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EI HOPKAS 6RAIH FREIGHT!. Wf- - • '. * ThejCHßOxiCLi iititi already referred to the competition J recently established be tween New York and New Orleans t for Eu ropean grain freights. As has been indi s ’ ’ been JoaTing the port of 1 Jik toiUi LuuL*d iOt New Or- 1 leans, where the jetties at the month of the Mississippi and the barge line on the river enable tb*n.to secure fall cargoes of grain for Europe. Commenting upon this* tarn of shipping, the New York Journal_oj '-Com merce says: ’ * * Orain freights from New York to Liverpool art now the lowest ever known. 'They have de clined, since. January 1, frdm 7dtO'lVt<l- per bushel. Steamship lines a reenabled to offer these extremely lop rates in consequence-oT. the unprecedented rush of emigrants V> this country. The linesjngke their chief profits out of the emigrants.. Ttfey want quick cargoea for * the and* wheat and corn exactly anit them. It pays them to take grain from New York to Liverpool for” a bushel, or they would not 80 it. The-present grain rate from New Orleans to Liverpool is about 7d. The .lines in that business may afford to reduce it, bpjt tbey cannot come into competition with New York ocean freights while the tide of emigration continues, or at any other time. The question recurs, however, how is it that New York's shipping has been, of late, so crippled by New, Orleans competition? The Journal of Commerce affects to.believe that the advantage of New Orleans is arti ficial and momentary. It insista that the great metropolis still has the inside track for the European grain trade. “It only re mains..'’ says the Journal of Commerce, “to make the Erie Canal as free the Mississippi. Then we shall have a truly cheap water route for the grain of the Northwest. It may still cost more to land the grain in New York than in New Orleans. We do not deny that. But the difference in favor of New Orleans up to that point may be con verted to one in favor of New York by the better and cheaper shipping facilities to Europe which this port can offer.” This seems to be a better plan than in voking the repression of the law against the railroads which’ have been trying to give Now York, doubtless, the lowest possible rates. Clearly, it is to their advantage to encourage grain shipments by their routes, rather than lose them from Missis sippi river competition. But the roads are powerless to • fight the barge lines and the water ways. When the Erie Canal is freed of toll something in the right di rection will be done; but even then New Orleans will have the advantage, immeas nreably, with her big river. New York will probably demand all sorts of relief from legislation; but it does seem that New Or leans has begun to utilize her advantages, which are more than artificial or temporary. Bo that many of the New York clearing houses may be forced, either to follow the -example of the railroads and pool earnings with New Orleans, when powerless to do otherwise, or to establish branch • agencies along the Mississippi and fight it out on the barge line. courtesy of'the senate. There sedms to exist in the American House of Lords an unwritten and fre quently indefinable code of ethics. Whether it is founded upon precedent, politenoss or tradition, is sometimes bard to determine, and it asserted that each Senator has his own code and adapts it to suit his own times ,and circumstances. The courtesy of the Senate prompts its dignified member to Bnap his fingers for his page rather than vulgarly slap his hands its in. the lower House, and the con duct of'all Senatorial proceedings, until the late deadlock, was-supjxMed to have been regulated by the* strictest principles of eti quette and of parliamentary law. Such a thing as personal or .sectional vituperation —prior to recent declamations of Dawes and Fete were* characterized ns plantation manners; so refined, indeed had the order of business grown that to call the previous question and 1° cut off a sovereign State from further debate yrould have so shocked the Senate as to have involved the country probably in rival war. True, there have been rUraors, from time to time, of various bargains for political purposes, even among Senators, and these rumors recently have clustered about the same man ;■ but so rigid and righteous is Senatorial dignity that all allusions*'to the subject have been so violently and promptly rebelled by lessees and by the lessor, that the country has concluded, of course, to adhere to Sen atorial|conrtesy, and refuse to believe that there had been any bargain made in the NatioifaJ Ropnj) Hourie. One of the most sacred, if also one oftpe vaguest, superstitions of .(foe Senate has been the conviction . that no name should be confirmed for Federal office in any State where the concurrent objection of two Senators had been filed against, it' The barrenness of this tenet is evident. If the two Senators belong to a wing of a' party machine, no patronago can be dis pensed save to the followers of these-master machinists; indeed, should these Senators belong to different politicalparties from the President altogetlier, the latter would be powerless to make his own selections for Federal offices. Wisely enough, should the President be mistaken in his opinion of a name he had presented for of •ffcegad iMfiti Senators from the State in terested ‘in .the appointment represent him as corrupt apd incapable, the oonu mon sense rather than the oourtssv of ike Senate would‘impel a rejection of a .reprehensible character. The advocates of this doubtful point of t^e. courtesy Of tbe Senate have, presented a precedent which happened during the ad ministration of the first President of the United States, and which is of interest to Georgians. In 1789 President Washington se.ut to the Senate the nomination of Col. Bkn.'amtn Fishboi'BN, as NaYal Officer of tho Port of Savannah, Ga. For some, reason' Col. Fwbbouhn was not favorably -regarded b’y the two Senators from Georgia, and the nomination was rejeoted, probably at the instance of these gentlemen. This rejec tion is said to have bees the first act of the kind ever performed by the United States Senate. Washington sent a special message or letter, to the Senate, nominating Lach lan Mclntosh to the office, and explaining at some length his reasons for nominating Fishboi’BN. The message seems to have been written for the purpose of relieving Fishboirn from any imputation upon his character, in consequence of this action Of the Senate. After citing Colonel Fish bocrn's qualifications for office, and giv ing a sketch of his public services -a por tion of which had been performed un der the eye of the Commamler-in-Chief— Washington concluded by saying that it had appeared to him that Fishhocbn must have enjoyed the confidence of the militia officers, the freedmen of Georgia, the As sembly, And the Council. .Otherwise he could not have received their suffrages, as he had. when he had been successively elected and appointed to several important positions. Just what Col. Fisbboton's dis- abilities were, or upon what grounds the Georgia Senators opposed him, do not appear on this record. Doubtless there were reasons sufficient to the Senate, and not simply hecause the two Georgia Senators were opposed to removing some pet official or tried adhereut: The case of 1789 has no likeness Jto that of 1881. Judge Robkbtson, of New York, seems to possess not only the confidence of his peo ple, but to be a decided favorite with the Bee.ate, to which body his name was favor ably reported by the Committee on Com merce, and by whom he was yesterday con firmed. la view of the fact that his name and fitness are so well esteemed in the United States Sentto-outside of the New York members—the courtesy of the Senate would have impelled a withdrawal of their factious objection, and n acquies cence in a preference. The part of delicafc* was for Messrs. Conxlwo and Platt to have observed-*dnd the dis courtesy has been inflicted by them. His tory does not disclose that tbe Georgia Sea-, ators, in 1789. attempted to embarrass the* President or to forestall the action of their colleagues by resignation or threata resignation. Tbe Senate was allowed to adopt or to lay aside tbe objections of the Georgia member*, as it saw fit and a precedent was established, the opposite of which the friends of Messrs. Conklkg and Platt pretend to cite to-day in jnsfificatiom of their course. Hereafter, when recourse is taken to the courtesy of the Senate, it may be just as well to analyze these formula! and to investigate the precedents; so that whenever such are found to conflict with rules of common sense, they may be re . pealed as soon as possible. Wa*> - Talletband who remarked, “Aprea moi le dt£oge ?” We think it was. Any way, it is in order now for Conkling to .ex claim, • 'After me the avalanche!” There is an avalanche of disgusted public opinion after him with rapidly inwearing velocity. THE GEORGIA LEGISLATE RE. - On the second Wednesday, which will be* the thirteenth, of July next,the special sts-‘ sion of the Georgia Legislature will convene. This will be in accordance with a resolution, adopted by-both Houses, by virtue of which, the regular session adjourned onjthe fifth of December last. Although the aigns point to a very warui Bumo\er, and the Kimball Opera House is not a pleasant hab-' Ration, at <My season of the year, circum stanlls indicate a long session for the con sideration of important business. The Winter sitting*of the Legislature was laborious and unsatisfactory. Filled with the excitifcieat ot electing a United States Senator, after which a host of Judges and Solicitors-General had Ip be ch&sen, more than half of consumed be fore the business proper of the two Houses could be taken up. At that time, too. mem bers were subjected, to the severities of an unprecedented season. With wretched weather and imperfect accommodations at the Capitol, numbers of Senators and Repre sentatives were taken ill, and scores left.for their homes-called away during the bu siest season of the year. On the House ca lendar there remain fully four hundred bills to be acted upon, in committee and by the House, roott of which are for local or special purposes. Only the*most important and pressing of these measures were given attention last seaion, and many more of them will not s'ee the light this year. Among measures of general "importance, the subject of the State convictystem will attract muffii consideration. Many mem bers were sent np to Atlanta in the last, election, chosen upon the issue of or improving the penitentiary plan in gome way, and the House Committee on Penitentiary, of which Mr. Lake, of Bibb, is Chairman, was instructed to make full investigation for report.' Gov. Colquitt and Superintendent Nelms have made per sonal inspection of the convict camps, and valuable suggestions may be made in the Governor’s message in July. The legal as pect and constitutionality.of the lease will also receive general investigation * that time. One of the most important measures to be brought np will h* some elaboration of the immigration law of Georgia. Our ■statutory inducements are very meagre, and a carefully prepared bm by Mr. Babbow, of Clarke, Chairman of the Committee on Immigra tion, was inconsiderately Tabled by the House in November. It is-believed, how ever, that more liberal and enlightened judgment is prevailing upon this all impor tant policy. It is folly even for those who oppose encouraging immigration to Georgia to think that they can keep people away from this alluring land. The tide to Ameri ca has commenced to overflow in Georgia, too, and wise legislation should encourage a more complete system by which oqr Com missioners can securerthe best class ot- for eigners and*contract most advantageously in the ©id Country. The subject of railroad legislation will be revived in all its* bearings,, and it is con tended that there is a strong desire to repeal gome of the arbitrary provisions of the Com mission Law. Mr. Rankin, of Gordon, Chairman of the Railroacf Committee, is fully posted on the subject, and fully pre pared to oppose all backward steps in this direction. * There are several matters of local impor tance to Richmond and neighboring coun ties, and other matters will be submitted at the coming session, of special interest to ns. Since the adjournment of the Legislature two members have died —both being of the House—Hon. John Wilcox, of Telfair ponuty, and Hon. Augustus J. Hansell, of ,Cos bb county. Tb ese vacancies will be filled *by special elections. THE SOUTHERN RAILROAD CENTRE Movements in railway circles of the Soutfl/fw the past three • months have b&fn rapid and the developments- have been significant. To many, the events were so sudden and in some respects, thril ling, that the finger of sensation seemeif to be- gilding the hour or the hand of speculation to have been shaping events. Southern communities were *fiot accus tomed to look with equinimity upon nego tiations in which bundeedk of miles ,of , railroads and millions of property were bargained away, or' U> view without ,con *ceru the amalgamation of separate man agements. Stocks Were inflated, the money markets excited* and in the financial world it looked as if some had broken loose in our midst. But all of this railway excitement was the -mOst na tural thing in the world-, It tbas noj, the improbabio which happened this ’’time, but the inevitable. It waa but the *putgrowth of the struggle for transporta tion in which system contended with system and combination fought against combina-. tiau. It .was a war of giants for rights of 'way fbjpugh rich .Southern domain, and clearly tlw objective point of the whole campaign waa ths "pity of Augusta, with Georgia and South Cptolipa as the key boards. U po® the one side a great W estern combination had gathered in its network of trneks and reached nearly every available section. It had pierced the Shenandoah Valley to How York; it had crossed the Blu4 Ridge toNorfolk; if bad paved its way down the Valleys of the Mississippi and the Alar baina to New Orleans wfi. Pennsa- j cola. For the Louisville and RashvaUc j Rail load, then, there remained but one ! thing ta do- either to secure Augusta, which was the Southern key to the Darda nelles, so as La control the entire South At lantic coast—or to auc that no rival combi nation • captdied it befoxa ffepm. On the other hand, another system bad pjanted themselves ae far South as Ridges ,oi Carolina. From Philadelphia to the South- L era sea came the resistless Clyde, gnub- i bing Baltimore, it fastened up Richmond ; and soon invested Danville. Absorbing j Norfolk anil the main Virginia ports, it ex tended into North Carolina, where nothing attempted f? its sway. Charlotte easily abdicated i pU grasp, from which place, with a stupendous jsjgsp, Atlanta ; was caught np, having no counter combi nation to resist it, and" the boasted Gate j City of thetSouth became a branch terminus of the Richmond and-Danville system, Oo.ce at Columbia,.S. C„ (fie transition through Augusta was apparently easy;, for, I ►with a lease .the Georgia Railroad, we would have been' ft<h-CvwJ?l A tely captured as was Atlanta. . But sntjh eeSibS?rnation was not attained. By a masterly eGt&e the two Georgia corporations joined hands, and- with the' LoSisviile and Nashville nominally in the combination, made the break at the Savannah river and confirmed the inAfqWijdence of the city of Augusta as the terminal ptaftt of their gigantic" sys tems. It was a signal vvF.e. for by it the Georgia Railroad, without baUg .ifjptrolled by either of iheeaEasteruor Western com,bi nartons, strengthened its position at home. But this was not all. Soar&dy bad these advantages of Augusta been eitabiiaiwd'*’ before a third combination bore down upon us, and it was known that the Virginia Midland extensions were reaching out through Virgmia and the Carolina* to some available Southern >oigt. It was for some time, to President Baß|soob bis people, an undecided question as to,the of their route, but the growing advantages and independent outlet of this city soon turned the scale. The Atlanta Air Lie lease had hopelessly closed up that j place, si sll idea of forming immediate connection there hsd to be abandoned. Augusta’s enterprise wa* si that time ad vantageously conspicious, for with too Au gusta and Knoxville reasonably sure of early completion, ton Baltimore and Ohio system have, resolved to Awißbime. This wiU open up a doubly Northern sul past ern outlet from this city, and makes twice secure the new railroad which* is destined likewise to be an -important link in new Western connections via Spartanburg and Knoxville. Augusta has, not surrendered to any combination this new-made road. It will be as free to the new and extended Cols-McGhxb syndicate as it will be to the Babboub-Jaabkit system. It can and doubtless wiU be utilized by the Cincin nati Southern extension in its efforts to reach Port Koval, and unless ye are widely mistaken Colonel Colb would not hs ad verse to just some such arrangement. Au gusta, in short, will be independent even of the State Bond,-for in a short time she will have her own direct route to Cincinnati and to Louisville. Such, in fine, are the railroad advantages of Augusta. The adjustment of systems and the straggle for combinations have ofinfirmed oar own importance and. made more impregnable our city ae a railroad oentre. It la the converging point of East ern and of Wester* combinations, tor .with out Augusta, the South Atlantic porta could "not be advantageously *PP<*ied. It is, indeed, no exaggeration to say, in net* .of recent signal events which have in many respects shifted the railway map of Geor CHRONICLE‘AND CONSTITUTIONALIST. AUGUSTA. GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1881. gia and of this section, that . Augusta is the railroad centre ol the South —and com mands the keys to the Dardanelles. DEVELOPING THE STATE. Knowing ones declare that of all South ern States, since the war, Texas has attracted 'more immigrants and Georgia has secured "the most capital. W T hether we have been encouraged by this fact, and have resolved tb allow our advantages to speak for them selves without the trouble of inviting addi tional laborers, is not so plain; but it is true that Georgia has not exerted herself to hail wagon trains of immigrants on their way to the West. The advantage of secur ing Northern and foreign capital, after all, are superficial unless we can command our „harc in the increfeee' of the labor of the country. Our factories will cease to be re munerative should our force of laborers and mechanics not grow in proportioh, and further development of transportation lines be unnecessary unless our farms are garri soned and our productive industries well worked up. The wisdom of • the State of Texas in encouraging foreign and North ern labor at all costs is beginning to show itself. As her magnificent domain is be ginning to be peopled, and hfer crops increasing with each Summer’s sun, de mand for modes of travel pnd forms of transportation has grown apace, and capi tal has soon followed the wake of labor and responded to the yield of land. A promi nent Northern authority remarks of the growing developments of Texas : “ When it is considered that there are now some seven hundred and fifty miles of railroad • Actually under contract in what is known as the.* Gould combination ’ alone, besides about two \undred miles of other roads, thecmportance of the work to Texas can readily be understood. Of the amonnt needed for construction purposes, suppose that there are SIO,OOO per mile expended in th% State, and you have upward of $3,- 000,000 brought into the ’State by the Texas extension alone, since April, 1880. The work -.done on the Missouri • Pacific far since their com mencement has occasioned a further outlay of upward of $2,000,000 for the same pur poses. The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad has had over one hundred miles under construction at the same time. Some of the bonds of this road have been sold in New York and elsewhere, and so of the money expended in thebuilding and equip-, ment of it a good"V>art has come from out side the State to enrief) her, while opening up her territory to the inspection of new i comers, whose wealth, and industry are to ; add still more to her material prosperity. Then there are other lines that have been growing steadily, if not so rapidly, as those just named.” The same authority insists that up to this time Texas has been drowsily neglect ful of her interests for some time, and es pecially indifferent to railway systems. We rather believe, however, that the rail roads have waited until there wan need for them. With the influx of immigration into the prairie lands and rich fields of the great Southwest, business was worked up, abd the country now sees American capital and American diplomacy even extending, their lines through Texas, via tho Missouri Pacific, into. Mexico. It will be,, then, a glad day for Georgia, when she can persuade all the immigration sjie wants into her midst. Our State is an old one, but our lands are not worn out. When large plantations are cut up into small farms, and each acre receives its just share of careful and skilled cultivation, this section will pile up material wealth by adding*to private prosperity. Railways and factories will multiply and lengthen as ■rapidly as needed—and capital will respond I to the beck of industry on every hand. Im i migration may be encouraged by appropri ! ate legislation, but it cannot be checked by any repression. Disaffected .Georgians are as powerless to keep laborers out of their unused and unimproved possession? as'are the Governments of the old country to for bid their subje’c'ts from coming.. In the old days of the faming, the tribes of Israel gravitated naturally to the land of Egypt, where corn was stored .ip in abundance; so with the overtaxed and unproductive tracts of Germany, of Engl&nd and of Ireland give 1 Op its overflow to the rich fields of North j 'America. Wise legislation may hasten the j influx and speed the increase—but. all the old fogies of. Georgia cannot keep them away. Ten’millions of peoplA has immi grated to this country in eighty years,. In 1877, the number was one hun dred and fifty thousand; In 1880, nearly half a million. Such additions are more valuable than the old Eastern caravans, with their loads of fine woods, bright metals and precious stones. But it is not altogether in the increase of : wealth that immigration to Georgia and to j the South is valuable. The infusion of new j blood, hardy habits and well established characteristics, will build up cosmopolitan ; compact, which never faiis to benefit any | people. It was such an ingrafting of the { eclectic races and habits which, as Governor | Seymour has said, makes New York the J Empire State of the Union. This common’- i wealth has long since distanced the New England stock, with their puritanical no tions and their strict constructions. We have ngver that such a people are less honest because more liberal, or that | their institutions are less stable because more progressive. There is not only room j .W°HS?b in this broad land for all, but elas tigity enough our Government and prin ciples to embrace them all. Custgms and morals will adjust themselves, just as will( the varied modes of industries and of fife. All that we need to regulate so cosmopo litan a country is-to p.reserve the . geniuH of the American Government Mid to invoke i protection of the God of Nations. IMPORTASiT. R£IL.ISAP IHKKTING. ***- Rente to tUe Sorlkwett f'roip Bpr -tanburg, $. £ •yt Rutliertordton and - Marlon, 3. C,=.*?rani-e of Prompt Ac tion. [Special to the Chronicle and Constitutionalist .j Spartanburg, S. C., May 19. — An impor tant meeting was held at Rutherford ton, Ijf. i .0., yesterday, in the iuterest of anew 1 rovte to the Northwest from Spartanburg, S. C., via Kutoeriord.ton and Marion, N. C., to Cranberry Iron Works, >n IjitcljeH coun ty, N. C., to connect with the railroad now being built from Johnson City, Tennessee, on the East Tennessee, Yiirginia and Geor gia Railroad to Cranberry Iron Works, which is running sixteen miles and will be geigpfeeted to the latter point by’the first of September pejf. Representatives attended the meeting iron t Spartanburg and Greenvilie, South Carolina j /Jbaflotte, an>i Marion, N. C., and Jonesboro, Tepn. Hofi. M. H. Justice, of Rutherfordton, was elected* Chairman, and T. Stobo Farrow, of Spartanburg; S. H. Fleurning, -of Jtfarion, N. 0.,’ and T. A. Hayden, of I Rutherfordton, elected Secretaries. A I resolution was jpa*s : Cy unanimously favor j the' building of the whole line; also, resolutions favoring the immediate survey ( of tbe road f?9.m Rutherford to. Spartan burg-a link’ in tjie proposed line-and •the organization of the company npder charters' granted in both States; a150,,, gledging Rutherfordton county to ?on tribute her full share of iii in building the road. speakers all alluded to the importance of railroad con nection centering in Spartanburg, and fa i vored extending this .new iaae from the Northwest to Spartanbnrg as the best obi, jective point, Northern oapitalists axe. in terested in several irsn works in Tennessee s and North Carolina, on the line of this pro-, jested route, who are anxious to s.ecure di rect railway. ccicection with the Atlantic coast. It will be an ipoyto?t line, and will fnrnish iwa competing lines from - Spsrtanburg to the Northwest. The inter est taken ha ;he enterprise aU along the line \ gives assurance toa* it will be built at an , early day, thus adding another important I railroad to Spartanburg, which is already conceded to be the railroad centre of upper Carolina. T- ?• Suicides St Monte Carlo. (From the London Telegraph.] The preaenl proprietor of the notorious _._Sng establishment ri Monte Carlo bolds n lease of lucrative' privilege s*.tich will notoexpire till ISIS. The Prince ofthis anomalous little State rtivee as ground rent 50,Q00f. per annum, and a tenth of the profits of the tables, besides which his little army of forty soldiers in light bine uniform, and his 20 gendarmes in cocked hats, are clothed and maintain, 6 ? the same source. The number ef snirides last Tear, traceable to losses at the tables, is officially reported at 14 only, snd the numbs? of delinquencies attributable to the same easse as 47. According to Mr. Poison, however, a gentleman of high official position! at Nice, .estimator toe real number of suicides at ; an average of snout tfcrae a week. It appears that the local journals, for obvious reasons, do not en courage the publication of these distressing details, and that .it is hot annyusl to regard a*suicide by means of a revolver-as a la mentable example of- the incautious use of fire-arms. THIS AND THAT AT ALBANY. CHANCES OF CONK LING’S* RE-ELEC TION SLIM INDEED. The Friends of the Admiolitraiton a Untc-Pnpm, Dispatcher, eta. Condemn ing Conkllngnnd Plntt Being Circulate 1 Among the Assemblymen—How the N rw* of Kobertson’s Confirmation was Received. (By Telegraph "to Uje Chronicle.) a -fL Y., May 18.—It is prgtty well settled that the Senate will, not agTee to go into election to fill the taeadcieu in theJUait- States Senate. m .* Thirty-five membew-of the Assembly, in cluding Speaker Sharpe, met last.night in the rdm of the Republican General Com- The utmost secrecy was maintain ed as to the proceedings. .The 1880 Re publican committee adopted resolutions en dorsing the action of President Garfield on the Robertson nomination. Papers are being circulated in the Assem bly, one sustaining President Garfield and Conkling and Platt. Only tirehty-seven names are necessary to defeat the-election of Conkling and-Platl, and it is said that over forty have already been secured. ' . The Administration members of the Leg islature are a unit in their determination to vote for no man for Senator who is not known to be in cordial sympathy with the Administration, and they will, under no circumstances, vote for any man who has antagonized General Garfield or has avowed Bis purpose to do so. New SJay 18. —lhe Evening Post's Albany-special says of matters in the Leg -islmure: “Two papers are in circulation to-day for signatures. The first paper, in general terms, agrees to stand by the Presi dent. The second commits the signers not to vote for Conkling, Platt, or any other candidate who will act in opposition to the President. The papeis are now receiving signatures. It is asserted that they will re ceive about fifty names this afternoon. Peti tions, letters and dispatches by the cart load are coming in, protesting against the re-election of the ex-Senators.” Albany, May 18.—The following are the resolutions of the Republican General Committee of Albany county: Besolved, That we deeply deplore the course recently pursued by the President in attempting to fcrce the Senate of the United States to approve of the nomina tion of Wm. H. Robertson to be Collector of the Port of New York, when no vacancy exists in said office, and without other cease than to pay a personal political obli gation, which obligation was created through the treachery of said (nominee to the regular Republican organization in the State; and that we earnestly and confident ly express the hope that the Legislature of the State of New York will promptly stamp its condemnation upon the act by re-elect ing Senators Conkling and Platt to the positions they have felt called upon to re sign in the Senate. At twenty minutes of 2 o’clock, while the Senate was in Committee of the Whole, the telegraph operator handed Senator Robert son a telegram. A buzz of excitement ran around, and business was suspended. The committee rose. The Senate took a recess of five minutes, and Senator Woodin read aloud the following telegram: “Zb Hon. Wm. H. Bobettsan: “Your confirmation has just been made unanimous. Accept my congratulations.” The wildest excitement ensued.* Amid cheering and clapping of hand?, Mr. Ses sions jumped upon his chair and gave* three cheers for Robertson, while Mr. Austed, who had come Jin from the Assembly, also leaped upon a’chair and aided in cheering. Mr. Loomis then called for three cheers for President Garfield, .which were given with a will. A general handshaking followed, amid which the Senate adjourned. 'Albany, May 19. —It was announced yes terday trftqrnoon that the Republican Gon eral Comtuittqe, of which Thurlow Waeed Barnes* is-President, would serenade Mr. Robertson at Kenmore Hotel, and, although a heavy rain storm prevailed, at about nine o’clock a large concourse of people gathered 'aV the hotel to congratulate the newly ap pointed Collector of the Port of New York. The hotel was decorated with flags and colored lanterns, and the entire front illu minated. The General Committee and a large procession of citizens marched through ■ 'the rain, headed by a band. Inside the hotel a number of Senators and Assembly men were assembled. Mr. Robertson ap peared and was introduced by Mr. Barnes in a highly eulogistic speech, which con cluded as fallows: “I have the pleasure to present to you Hon. Wm. H. Robertson, of New York, by "the grace of all that is good in the Republican party, Collector of the Port of New York.” Senator Robertson wrb received with hearty applause. He said: “Felloios-Cilizens—Yoxi have come here to night to congratulate me upon the con firmation of my nomination as Collector of the Port of New York. Let fne con gratulate you, or rather the country, upon the fact that we have a President whose in telligence, firmness and ''patriotism will protect the Constitution from every assault, coming from whatever quarter it may. I did not seek the Oollectorshsp, nor did any one ask it for me.' I visited neither Washington nor Mentor.' I had no cor respondence pr communication, directly or indirectly, with the President in regard to it. The bestowal of an office under such circumstances is exceedingly gratify ing to me.” Senators Woodin, Pitts and Sessions, and Assemblyman Husted followed, al} in terms of high satisfaction at the course of events during the past few days. Albany, May 19.—The Senatorial situa tion to-day is unchanged. The Adminis tration Republicans say that they are ready to go into election to fill the vacancies, but' will have nothing to do with a cauous. They feel perfectly able to defeat the return of either Conkling or Platt unless the Demo crats go with the other side. But they will take the chances, believing that if the Demo crats fuse with the Conklingites they (the Administration Republicans) wi)l beat both at, the polls next fall. The . Conklingites are strongly in favor of going into election as soon as possible, and say Conkling is out of. the race—that he will not be a candidate. The Democrats are opposed to election, claiming that the question should be left to the people to decide at the next election. The probabilities are that there will be an election without any preliminary caucus on the part of the Republicans. Gov. Cornell and*Hoii. CSauuGey M. Depeware mention ed as candidates on the partnf the Republi cans. Albany, May 20. —The Conkling wing of the Republican party seems strengthened I fc l spirits this morning. The change is at-' Twibuted to the action of the President yes terday-: They now say a canons will be held next week, and that every Republican must attend it and abide by |ts decision, or suf fer repudiation at home. It is also stated that Conkling and Platt will be candidates before the caucus, whatever the result may be. Their friends declare that to ignore i them will be to read them out ot the party, . which will not be permitted. On the other hand, the Garfield men stand strong in the determination against the re-election of the ex-Senaiors, and still say that they will not attend any caucus. f|f)ftRJBL,E CATASTROPHE. A Aline Cave# in ns seventeen Persons— The Killed and Wonuded (By Telegraph to toe Chronicle, j Deadwqod, D. TANARUS., May 20.—A “cave” oc curred at Golden Terra mine, at Terraville, at? o’clock last evening. Seventeen per sons were in the mine. The night shift of sixty m'e'c was i ust coming on, but only about twenty tfee tunnel, when a mass of earth fell ip q.t a digtahpe of nearly 200 feet from' the' month, tearing and throwing down timbers at a fearful rate for one or two hundred feet. One man, named Thomas Green, was thrown by the concus sion of air nearly eighty feet out of the tun nel against a side wall of. the open cut, and killed’ instantly. Two others were felcwp right through the tunnel towards ra \ ne - rjnf< man eß * caped. Anetber* was Sfeitok | portion of the flying timber, and died last night. Eleven were buried under debris. The “cave” is supposed to be about 250 feet long, 100 feet wide and 50 feet deep, and it occurred directly over a large ore chamber, completely filling it. A large number of men went to work from all directions, but ths “cave” is so extended that it will take some time to take the earth away and retim ber the tunnel, lien who were working at the “cave” heard Farley, -one cj the im prisoned mineri, talking last ’ night’. He said tfes lumbers had fallen' on him and there was do hope for feiffi- Lateb. —Word has been received that Farley and Beatty have been taken out ofjthe cave, one being dead and the other dying a short time after being released. Thete will be no detention in the operation of the mine. _ . . , Lateb. —Nine men still remain in the , mine, cpd the miners working there can talk with them. It is expected that all of them will' fee cot out alive this evening. The affair, which cannot beef plained, has rested a great deal of excitement. ’ ARREST OF A MIRDVREK. A Sievrapa per Reporter Tracks the Slay er of and Secures Hls Arfrest, (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) New Yobk, May 20. —Thrpagh the efforts of Gustavus Seid, a reporter of the Jersey City Evetitng Journal, Martin Komkowsky, a brick layer, the murderer of Mina Schmitt, was arrested last night. Seid had traced him to his apart see urn, at 5J.0 West Thirty sizth styeet, where he was living with _ his wife and two phildren. Threra trtmkß'be longing to the murdered woman were found in his rooms. The tranks were filled female wearing apparel. An envelope ad dressed to “Mrs. Mina Mullq?” was found in one of them. The prisoner acknowledg ed tiiay fee hpew Mina Schmitt; but did not know she W#b jjjsuyisd to Muller. He also ackiiowiidged bemg’ tht OM with whom Mina Schmitt (or Muiier) had' Sy®? Christopher street, and to baring accom panied her to tbe Schuetzen Park, #4 HCr tenberg, bnt said she left him there for the cOmpafiy of two other men, and be had never seen he? arsmo, Komkowsky was locked up- '' —— ——UXW L-X.i ■* Col. Scott’# Condition Critical, (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) PlBLAfELpfiiA, May 20.—1 tis reported that Col Thos. A. Scott, who has ef late been convalescing; has suffered t rriapse and is now in a very critical conditioh. Fanners complain of a scarcity of farm jaboyers. C APT. - PAUL BOYTON. Why He FiltV Blow Up the C tillllan - Ironclad*Til South America. • • [ Cincinnati Gazette ] Captain Paul Boyton,the famous swimmer, was in the city yesterday. He appeared to b#in splendid physical trim, and, though a prisoner of war in Chili since tfle 23d of January, never looked better in his life; He failed in obtaining the prize of $750,000 offered him by the Peruvian Government should he succeed in blowing np the three immense Chilian ironclads, and, were the stakes doubled, the Captain says Jie wonld not underaake the task again. The failure of the scheme was owing to the want of a swift steam launch, which the Peruvians had agreed to supply, as it was impossible to come within any reasonable distance of the Chilian fleet in an ordinary sailing craft. He was captured, ndt while in the water as is commonly supposed, but in one of the small seaport towns, where the Peruvian army was surrounded. If( regard to amuse ments, the Captain says there is not so much as a hand organ on the western coast of South America from Cape Horn to the Equator, Boyton left last evening for St. Louis. From there he takes a steamer for the Upper Mississippi, intending to make a thousand mile swim down stream in order to obtain a few items for his forthcoming book, “Roughing It in Rubber.” AUTHORIZED STATEMENT Of What Took Place at tke Parsons (Kansas) Railroad Meeting —On to Mexico. (By TqlegrapU to the Chronicle.) New Yoek, May 19.—The Evening Post says the following dispatch is an authorized statement of what took place yesterday at the Parsons (Kansas) annual meeting of the stockholders of the Missouri, Kansas and ifexas Railroad: All stockholders were pres ent or represented by proxy, A special meeting waa called at 10, a. m., Colonel R. S. Stevens being elected as Chairman of the meeting, and Mr. Henry B. Heusen as Secretary. The purpose of, this meeting was to consolidate, under a management to be known as the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, the following lines of roads, viz.: The Missouri Pacific, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the Inter national and. ( jGreat Northern, the Texas Pacific and the Iron Mountain. These lines are all owned by the Gould faction, with the exception of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas and the International and Great Northern, which are leased for a term of ninety - nine years. It was resolved at this meeting that stockholders of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road ap prove all mortgages and contracts made by the Gould management in reference to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road during the time they have had possession of the same. It was also resolved to continue the construction of the road through to the City of Mexico, the stock of the consolidated company being increased $47,000,000 for that purpose. The meeting then adjourned. Jay Gould continues President of the Mis souri, Kansas and Texas Road. OUR GEORGIA SENATORS. What Governor Brown and Mr. Hill Say of the Situation—Fan for the Democrats. Washington, May 16.—Senator Jos. E. Brown said to-night that the fight between Conkling and the Administration is now transferred to Albany. “It will be as it has been here—very interesting. We have nothing to do but to enjoy it. Of course Conkling and Plai t resigned in expectation of an endorsement by the State Legislature; over this will come the fight now and it matters very little how it .results. It will benefit us in any event. It 'intensifies the bitterness betweeff the factions of the Re publican party and widens the split. It can result in nothing but good to us; but it is strange, isn’t it, that Dawes does not press (he resolution about the election of officers for the Senate? Odd that he moved an executive session so quickly this after noon.” Senator Hill ♦ Discusses the “solid South” with great candor, and predicts that the effect of the political movements now in progress will be to give the Democratic party anew lease of power in all ttie Southern States. He intends to do what he can “to revitalize ” the party by making “a free ballot, a fair count and an unconditional enforcement of the constitutional amendments and the re sults Of the war” the foundation of its plat form. Concerning the attitude of Southern Senators towards President Garfield in his controversy with the - Conkling faction of his own pally, Mr. Hfll believes that if it becomes apparent that the President is a ‘party to the Mahone bargain some of them will vote against the Administration and others will become indifferent and careless as to the result. Upon this point he further said : “We (the Democrats of the South), as a rule, desire to sustain the Administra tion as a matter .of principle. Although it is a Republican Administration, we want it to be a successful one for the good of the country, and our natural inclination and desire is to sustain the President, but if the President is to become a party to a bargain with.an element in the South which we re gard as demoralizing to the country and destructive of our peace and good name, and which is simply seeking to bring dis grace upon our States under pretense of being in favor of political reform, then we must regard the Administration as an ene my, and the effects can be imagined—they need not be.stated.” OLD KING COLE At tile Ileail of a Syndicate That Has Furchauetl a Southern System of Road a. [Special lo the Courier-Journal.'] New Yobr, May 16.— The purchase of the J Wilson-McGhee system of roads in the South and Southwest, described in the press dispatches of to-night, 'by a syndicate headed by Col. E. W. Cole, was actually macle on Saturday, when the money was paid oyer, and the transfer of the roads per fected. ’The synflicate in question is an* unusually strong and rich, ohe, represent ing, it is Said, oyer fqQO.OOO.QOQ. The amount of capital subscribed, $16,000,000, was taken ip twenty-four hours after it was offered, and when it plosed at 12 o’clock to-day there were applications for stock that could not be fillecl. The gentlemen interested understand the situation thor oughly, haye perfect confidence in Colonel Cole, and will lose no time in perfecting their system fit all points. They disclaim any purpose or moving on any oth6r system of roads, and say that Their proposed ex tensions will involve nothing of the kind. They simply intend to perfeet their system and give proper accommodation for the business, leaving the trade to follow its natural channel. Col. Cole leaves for Atlanta to-morrow night, ryhej§ he goes to close his ’contracts for the building of the' needed * connecting lines, involving about two hundred miles of new track. The Cole Combination. [Knoxville Chronicle.] Our readers will find in another column some very important railroad news, effect ing the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad and the system of roads under her control. We had an interview with Colonel AJcGhe'e last evening and learned that the woyV pronging ffiis im portant syndicate has been in progress for months under.fhe ful} endorsement of all the principal stockholders qf the above named road. The object has not been a change of management, but the infusion of new blood, capital and enterprise, and it will be seen that the parties enlisted in the movement have abundant capital as well as the pluck and determination to make this one of the most important systems of rail roads in the South. Mr. McGhee assures us that the arrangement will largely in crease th 'farnlifisi* Of this road to move the produce of East Tennessee South, and otherwise greatly benefit this section of the country. He, as well as the other princi pal owners of the old stock, have parted with a portion of their stock to the new syndicate, but Mr. McGhee holds the same relation to the new as he did to the old, and the management will remain as here fore,* the'only effect of the . transfer being the increase of the capital ajifi TtftpOftUPce of this line. _ GEORGIA NOTES. Dalton physicians report several cases of broken bone fever. It is time Catoosa was opened up for the Summer patronage. Old farmers say a dry May is a sure sign of a good wheat crop. Not A prisoner now boards in the Newton county jail. At ojie time there were sixteen. 4 tempefance ’and Sunday School gathering convened at Stone Mountain last Saturday. Cuthbert Enterprise: “We bear much complaint of sickness among the mules and horses of our section, from eating damaged com.” .. Rev. J. N. Bradshaw, of Covington, is at tending toe Southern General Assembly of Presbyterians now in session at Staunton, Va. He wjll retym home in about ten days. The general meeting of tbe Stcno Moun tain Baptist Association will be held ! witir the First Baptist Church, in Conyers, on Fri day before the sth Sunday in this month, and continue three days. Work has been commenced on the new college in Oxford and is to be pushed straight ahead. It will be remembered a rich New York banker by the name of Mr. Seney has donated ffdO.OQO to Emory College and a portion of the genetofetf gift goes fo pay for the building. ' Mr. John Harrell, who lives at the Rock dale paper mills and is miller of the grist mill, carried two of his little sons on last Sunday morning to the river to bathe them. The little boys got into some quick-sand, and VhiJe to 6 father was gitting the young est put of the tafidt sank and was drowsed, remaining in toe’ bottopi of j the river four hours. North Georgia Citizen: “The fourteen year locusts have come. In the bottom lands and alofig water courses there are. millions of them, and their ceaseless singing drowns out- ordinary conversation. The warm weathef fr&atehiag tfeem out and increas ing tsar •.g®* ed that this locust mss gsffeisK, beinjg pro vided by nature with a subsume# wfiigh gCjtalaa life for & flhef period, and when this" is exhausted :b4Set die*,” • ■ t A number or psoplp jp the city have been swindled of lata by persons obtaining sub scriptions for illustrated joamajs with chromos thrown in as an inducement. Tbe chromos were delivered first and toe money taken, but the journals felled to come to time. This is not the first time the people of this city have been swindled by the- same dodge. TOP A-T LAST! THE UNITED STATES SENATE AD JOURNS SINE DIE. No President Pro Tem. of the Body Cbmen-Proceedings Y'esterday Wil liam E. Chandler'* Soinlna’ton Re ject* d—Those Con tiemed—Miscellaneous (By Telegraph to the. Chronicle.) SENATE. Washington, May 20. —Mr. Bayard, of the committee appointed to wait upon the I President to ascertain whether he had any ! farther communications to make* to the Senate, reported that the committee had performed its duty, and that, the President had stated that he had no further commu nications to make. Thereupon Mr. Pendle ton offered a resolution declaring when the Senate adjourn to-day it shall stand ad journed sine die. Mr Ingalls objected to the present con sideration of the resolution, and it was laid aside for the time being, liable, however, to be called up at any moment. The Senate then at 12 o’clock went into executive ses sion. When the doors were reopened, the Sen ate, at 5:15, p. m., on motion of Mr. Pen dleton, adjourned sine die. Contrary to the usual custom, no President pro tem. of the Senate was elected. The Vice-President was absent from the chamber when the ad journment took place—the chair being oc cupied by Mr. Harris. Owing to the fact that up to the moment of adjournment the Senate had remained in executive session, there were no spectators in the galleries, and the usual scenes attending sine die ad journments were missing. The Senators indulged in the usual hand shaking and well wishing, and in a few moments the chamber which had been the theatre of so much excitement during the session just closed, was deserted. The Senate, in executive session to-day, confirmed the nomination of James O. Weeks to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Louisiana. Also, the following postmasters: Silas A. Sharpe, at Statesville, N. C.; Hamilton Jay, at Jack sonville, Fla.; Jno. F. Haynes, at Round rock, Texas;. John B. Nicholas, at Denton, Texas. The following additional United States Consuls were also confirmed : John B. Glover, of Indiana, at Havre ; George F. Mosher, of New Hampshire, at Nice, France; David Vickers, of New’ Jemy, at Mantanzas; E. H. Rogers, of Nebraska, at Vera Craze; H. S. Kelly, of Nebraska, at Chemnitz; and James C. Zuck, of California, at Tien Tsin. The nominations of Messrs. Woodford, Ten ney, McDougall and Kuox, for the New York attorneyships and marshalships, for which their name3 were respectively sent in yesterday, were confirmed to-day. WASHINGTON NOTES. Washington, May 20.—The Chairman of the Senate Commiittee on Commerce to-day appointed Senators Ransom, Jones of Ne vada, Kellogg, Conger and Vest a sub-com mittee to act for the full committee during the recess of the Senate, under the resolu tion recently adopted by that body, direct ing the committee to inquire into the con dition of the Potomac river in front of Washington, and the effect of bridges across the river upon the navigability of the stream and the health of the city, and report next Winter what steps ought to be taken in regard to the whole matter. General Ransom, on whose motion the inquiry was ordered, will call the sub-committee togeth er about the first of July. Col. W. H. French, of the United States Army (retired), died at his residence in this city this morning, of apoplexy. He was a Major-General of the volunteers during the late war and Brevet Major-General in the regular army. The President sent the following nomi nations to the Senate to-day : Willard B. Wells, of Michigan, to be United States Consul at Rotterdam; M. B. Wharton, of Georgia, to be Consul at Sonneberg. Chandler Rejected by the Senate. The nomination of Wm. E. Chandler, as Solicitor-General, was rejected by the Sen ate, in executive.session to-day, by a vote of 24 to 19. The Democrats voted solidly against him and were joined by Don Cam eron. All other Republicans voted for him except Mr. Mitchell, who withheld his vote. In the debate which preceded the vote on Chandler’s nomination, in the Senate to-day, Mr. Bayard briefly outlined the Democratic opposition to its confirmation on the ground that Mr. Chandler has been hostile to the South, and is too pronounced a Republican partisan for the position. Mr. Blair and Mr. Frye spoke earnestly in favor of confirmation. AmoDg the nominations which went over at the final adjournment without action was that of Wm. Rale, for re appointment as postmaster at Knoxville, Tenn. Ex-Senator Conkling and Senator Jones, of Nevada, left Washington this afternoon for New York. Senator Conkling intends to return in a few days. Intimate friends of A. M. Clapp positive ly assert that he is soon to succeed Colonel Irish as Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The report, however, as yet lacks confirmation. The Cuae of Michael P. Boynton. The President to-day transmitted to the Senate the report of the Secretary of State upon the case of Michael P. Boynton, re cently arrested in Ireland, stating that the case is not one which would warrant the interference of tho United States Govern ment, but declaring that should it be the sense of the Senate he would counsel the President to appeal to the benevolence of the British Government in Boynton’s be half. CROP NEWS. The wheat crop throughout Murray coun ty-promises a good yield. It is reported that rust has appeared in the'wheat in some sections. King -cotton is going to be the greatest tyrant that ever ruled tfle North Georg(a farmers. Dawson Journal: “We learn that rice birds have made their appearance in the wheat and oqt fields of tfiis county in large num bers. Tfiese birds play sad hayoc with the small grain crop when they set ip, apd as they are here thus early, we expect to hear of much damage by them.” We no tie 3 that some of the more thought ful farmers of Henry county, Alabama, in stead of the all cotton idea, have turned to the more remunerative system of wool grow ing. This kind of staple will always pay the producer from 20 to 25 cents per pound any time during the year. Eufaula Times and News: We hear of some farmers who are converting their cotton patches into com fields by plowing up the cotton and planting corn. Reports from all parts of the county indicate that the farmers are making great efforts to get their crops in good condition and will soon b@ up with them v°rV- North Georgia Citizen: “Whitfield county has planted an enormous cotton crop this ■year, which we regard as a risky venture on the part of the farmers, for should the crop be a failure the consequences will be disastrous to them. Plenty of hog and homin'y first, and then cotton, is the way a farm should be run.” Yorkville (S. 0.) Enquirer: “Complaint is made by the farmers -of (ho qry weather preyalept ip'paoat sections of the county. The oat crop especially is suffering for want of rain. So far as our information extends, cotton is doing well; the planters generally are well up with tbeir work, and the plant is in a healthy condition.” Covington Enterprise: “A planter told us Tuesday that while a heavy crop of cotton had been planted he feared that the crop would fall short of the expectations ot the. farmers. He thinks that the backward Spring and the backward condition of the ground will both prove injurious. Some have nof finished planting cotton yet.” Col. Campbell, qf Broadaivay, Anfi erson county, S. u., says tha( if it had hot been for the dry weather a large amount of the land planted in cotton would have had to have been thrown out of cultivation simply because the farmers could not have cleared it of grass.. As it is, they have got a good start, and by diligence can keep the grass down. Corn is now selling- in Clay county, Ala bama, at jj,l 35. pe? fjusual cash, qnd £1 5d per bushel on time. Meat 12}$ oents cash and 15 cents on time. At these prices there is a great demand for. both. It is impos sible to conceive how the farmer is to pull through, unless there are good crops made. There appears to be a good deal of corn in the county for sale, but owners are waiting for a better price, and forcing buyers to depend upon Western Ten nessee com. Chattanooga T\mt3 : “Shipments of straw berries fftjo this marked by ibc "Southern Express Company have beep unpreeed ejsted lyjheavy during the pastweekjand bidjfair to continue so for several days lon'ger, indica ting that this year’s crop is far in excess of any crop of strawberries hitherto produced here. The following are the shipments each day -by express since last Tuesday week : Tuesday week, 500 pounds ; Wed nesday, 1,000 pounds; Thursday, 2,700 pounds; Friday, 5,700 pounds; Saturday, 2,000 pounds; Monday, lQ,l£iQ pounds; Tuesday, 7,000 pounds; Yesterday, 9,000; total, 38,200.” Edgefield Advertiser: “For a month past we have had magnificent growing weather, and we feel gratified at being able to report, I from all parts of our county, good stands ! of both com and cotton, and that our farm ; ers are nearly up with the season. Cotton ; chopping is pretty general. Oats are ripen ing rapidly, and scythe blades are being sharpened in anticipation of earlv cutting; I but ‘the yiaid—without copious tain fall very soon —will not be miraculously large. The garden truck is also needing iriin very seriously. The apprehensions in regard to a failure of the peach crop are now dissipa ted’, as onr fruit growers calculate upon a good half crop, if -not more. If we mistake not, there is 3lso fair promise of a good ap ple c?op.' i I Topeka, Kas., May 16.—Reports of mag nificent rains and the consequent advan tage to grain and frnit in all parts of Kan sas continue to come in. The State Agricul ■ tnral Department and the several land offi ces in this city receive statements daily , from representative farmers in all sections concerning the already fine appearance of the the splendid gicwjnfc m* son with tykhch tjiey are Sow belng favofed." 'The wheat i* represented to be ip excellent condition, the oom in most places is np and growing nicely, and the general pros abundant yield of U kinds of grain are pronounced to be more —— .usually good- fwenty bushels’per acre is ’the lowest average claimed for wneaf, while it is imposavblejto predict the probable ex tent of the com crop, the acreage being so much larger than ever before planted,-and the season so much more favorable than du ring the past five years , COMMERC IAL NOTES. The number of hogs packed in Chicago since March 1, is estimated at 555,000 against 846,000 for the corresponding time last year. The movement of grain for the past week shows an increase in the supply of corn, oats and barley, and a decrease in the stock of wheat and rye. The Chicago, Burlington and Qaincy Railroad has notified receivers that, on and after Monday next, all grain sold on track will be charged 2c. extra per 100 lbs. for track service. Telegrams state that chinch-bugs have made their appearance in large numbers in Saline and Johnson counties and other neighboring areas in Southwestern Missouri; also in Southern Kansas. It should be understood that there is no corn out of condition in the elevators at Chicago. There is considerable damaged corn there, but it is all kept on track and disposed of there to parties who can use such grain to advantage. The stock of {ness pork on hand at Chica go is estimated at 195,000 to 200,000 bar rels, against 225,000 barrels at this time last year. The stock of lard on hand is re ported nt 80,000 to 83,000 tierces, against 140,000 tierces on hand one year ago. A gentleman has been figuring up the stocks of No. 2 red Winter wheat in all the reported points of accumulation in the United States, and finds the aggregate to be less than a million btlehels. From this it is atgued that consumers will be obliged to take Spring wheat, and that present stocks must melt away rapidly under the demand. There is reason to believe that a large part of the wheat in Chicago is under orders to move East, and only awaits vessel-room, which is furnished but slowly. At the same time the foreign markets are dragging un der fears that our next crop will be a large one. Chicago Tribune, 17th: “The leading produce markets were active yesterday, and more irregular than usual. Provisions were especially unsettled, with a range of about sc. on pork and 22>£c. on lard. The latter was shaken by large offerings for the longer futures, but pork seemed to have no special reason for vacillation except the will of the gentleman who is supposed to suppose that he controls the deal. Wheat turned down early, with depressing foreign advices, and turned up about the time that reports came in about chinch-bugs in Mis souri and Kansas. Corn followed the lead of wheat, but with rather a dragging feel ing in futures, and a good demand for shipment. Oats were unsteady, rye steady and barley weak. The receipts of all kinds of grain except oats continue small for the season.” New Yobk, May 17.—Robert Stabo, said to be running the market here, says he and Fowler stand ready to take the whole stock of lard in Chicago, which is reported to-day at 63,000 tierces, or about 17,000 tierces less than on May first. Said he: “It is cheap, and is going to and August option is the strongest and best purchaso on the list.” Heavy receipts of canal grain were reported this morning, consisting ot 400,000 bushels of corn and 20,000 bush els of wheat, out of total receipts by rail and canal of 561,075 bushels ot corn and 429,410 bushels of wheat. In order to make a market for these large arrivals with out breaking prices too much, the first call on grain was made higher. St. Louis Republican: “There has recently been complaint made to shippers to inte rior Southern points by their customers of the corn on its arrival being found dam aged by heating, and to ascertain how far this was the fact, if fact at all, Inspector Fears, of the Merchants’ Exchange Board of Inspectors, was deputed to visit some of the principal points the complaints had ema nated from, and make a close investigation. Mr. Fears has just returned from his trip of a week or two’s duration, and confirms the just foundation for the complaints - stating that the grain was in really very bad condition. But he also states that it is not alone corn from St. Louis, but from In diana, Ohio, Virginia and Tennessee—that from Nashville being worse off than from more distant shipping points. He ascribes it to this being the sprouting season and the long time in transportation—fifteen to twenty or more days— aud the confinement in close and excessively heated interior of the cars. Ho gave instructions for the hand ling of the grain by the receivers South, and states that the difficulty will exist but a week or two longer, when the sprouting time will be passed.” WAYNESBORO NOTES. Superior Court—True Bills Found—A Splendid Concert. f Correspondence Chronicle and Constitutionalist .] Wavnesbobo, Ga., May 19. - The honor able Superior Court met last Monday, at this place, and consequently our town wears a much more animated appearance than usual. Judge Snead, as usual, is dispatch ing the business of the Court as fast as pos sible. Solicitor-General Wright makes quite a favorable impression in Burke, and is making friends by the score. Messrs. Shew make, Twiggs, Hook, Montgomery, Carroll, Gibson, Bean, Fleming and Lockhart are in attendance from the Augusta bar. The criminal docket will not be reached before next Monday. The following true bills were returned on yesterday by the grand jury, viz : State vs. Paul Lawson, murder. State vs. Gus. Reynolds, assault with in tent to murder. State vs. Thomas Ward, larceny after trust. State vs. Mike Mixon, carrying concealed weapons. State vs. Buck Cooper, misdemeanor. State vs. Simon Byne, simple larceny. Much to the gratification of our people, on last Tuesday evening Mrs. Routzahn, aided by Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Munnerlyn and Miss Philo Sturgis, gave one of the best concerts our town has ever enjoyed. The following was the programme : 1. Overture—instrumental. 2. Duet—The Swallows Return, by Mrs. Routzahn and Mrs. Godbee. 3. “Only One Kiss,” hy Miss Jones —en core. 4. Jesus Dei Vivi, by Mrs. Godbee and Messrs. Spaeth and Boyle—encore. 5. Instrumental - Mr. Brandt, Prof. Hett and Mrs. R . 6. Solo, by Mr. Spaeth enoore. 7. Solo—Mrs. R When the Leaves Be gin to Turn—encore. 8. Duet—Mrs. G and Mr. B en core. 9. Solo -Mrs. G- “Ye Merry Birds”— encore. 10. “Como and Meet Me, Rosa Darling,” Miss Whaley. 11. Solo—Miss J.—Eostaoy—encore. 12. Duet—Fisherman, by Miss J. and Mrs. G——. 13. Instrumental Overture—Prof. Hett, Mr. Louis Brandt and Mr. H. Brandt. The music of this concert is given up to be the best we have had in Waynes boro for some time. Miss J , of Hern don, and Mrs. G , of our town, were highly complimented asicj Applauded for their in singing. The rendering by Miss Jones of the “Trundle Bed” was just simply exquisite. The kind assistance of Messrs. Spaeth and Boyle was highly appreciated by the audience, and encored until they wou!d ap pear no more upon the stage. Mrs. Rout zahn, with the aid of such cultured yoicps, need be proud of her entertainment, and we hope she. wijl got delay in giving us an qther entertainment ere many moons shall wax and wane. Attendant. CO.VKLItIG'S COUP D’ETAT. f Montgomery Advertiser. ] The qoqntry is to bs congratulated in be ing rid, tor a time at least, of this wicked though talented man- this dangerous and unscrupulous politician. [Nashville American.] The public will consider this action either that of an arrogant man smarting under dis appointment, or an attempt to gajn tlje ad vantage on q meye question of patronage. The result will be To throw together the Mabone repudiators of the South and the stalwarts of the North against the conserva tive elements of both sections. [Springfield Republican.] If President Garfield had made Robert son’s appointment with an eye single to the public service, he could laugh at this chal lenge and put himself vjpop the'high and impregnable ground that be is the President of the United States and not a party chief, responsible for good government and not for Republican victories; but President Garfield picked Robertson not because he w ould make a good collector, but because he was a good politician. [Cincinnati Gazette.] No one can crush or break down Mr. Conkling but himself*- and' We Add' that nothing the’Rresidfent 1 has " done can hurt the Republican payty in N e W York without the active aid of its senior Senator, and un less the Republicans of that State are wide ly different from the Republicans of Ohio, no sulking leader can hurt them, and per haps the party in New York may proceed to demonstrate that it can live without or in spite of its Senator, who is certainly insane on the subject of his own importance,. • [Louisville Courier-Journal,] .Vffieritau politics, with all its humbug ging, has rarely, if ever,, produced a more transparent sham than that which Mr. Conk ling and his doable, Mr. Platt, sought ves terday to pnt upon the Senate and the people. It takes the country by surprise only because no reasonable person could an ticipate so silly and so flimsy an expedient from anybody except the clown of a circus or the end men of a minstrel troupe. The proceedings of the extra session have been funny enough for a comic opera, But the dullest of dgll farces cquld survive this stu pid piece of Oheap-Johnery. [Cincinnati Commercial Washington Special.] A letter was received here yesterday by a prominent Republican from Gen. Grant, in which the ex-Preeident takes sides strongly with Conkling. Be mentions the' fact that if Mr. Sebertsou hr to- be rewarded for ren deritig General Garfield’s nomination possi ble, the. wishes of Mr. Conkling, the leader of the majority who rendered General Gar field's election possible, should also be re spected. General Grant does not appear to be gratified by the proposed transfer of General Badean from London to Denmark, and Mr. Cramer from Copenhagen to Swit zerland. Ohio. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) CoMJMBim, 0., May 19.—The People’s Temperance Reform Convention, in session here to-day, adopted resolutions favoring the amendment of the State Constitution, so as to prohibit tfee fljftnsfoctGra of lntc*!%tlh£ liquors, sad declaring that if the great political parties of the State fail to nominate candidates favoring tem : •perance, a convention will fiallfiq W ppygipafe State thWperafcce ticket. THE PRODUCTION OF COTTON. IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON GINNING. Letter From Major Harry Hammond. [From the Textile Record .] Beech Island, S. C., March 19, 1881. Edward Atkinson, Boston, Mass.: Deab Sib - When I had the pleasure of seeing you recently in Boston, I had only read newspaper accounts of your address in Atlanta, and having since then perused with much interest the full text which you were so good ns to furnish me with, I find you have gone ahead of me in many points. Nevertheless, I will avail myself of your re quest to write you, to call your attention to some points of view which, from my nearness to them, seem to me larger, per haps, than they really are. Using the modern phraseology, let me premise that in the evolution of industries there are (or should be?) certain pivotal points arouud which the energies and ma terial employed cluster and from which they may be controlled and directed. Such, for instance, is the oil refinery in the petroleum business, the cheese and butter factory in dairying, the rack cellar in the manufacture of champagne wines. These points are constant, they change w'ith the changes of time aud sometimes the wrong points are taken, but they owe their ex istence to the nature of things, and those wHo decide correctly what they are or ought to be and occupy them, gain a vantage ground and controlling influence over the industry, enlarge and develop it, add to the wealth and prosperity of others, and enrich themselves. It is from this high plaoe that I wish to show you the kingdoms of our cotton fields. In cotton culture, before the war, this point was undoubtedly the ownership of slaves. After the war it was thought the land-owner would occupy the stragetio point. But cotton lands were too abundant and, besides, the supremacy of land is a notion repugnant and daily becoming more so to the genius of these times. The direc tion of affairs soon fell into the hands of bankers, cotton factors and grocery mer chants. As the land-holdings became smaller and more numerous, it was appa rent that the capitalists belonging to these classes and residing in the cities and larger towns were too remote and could be too little acquainted with the large peasant pro prietary who were coming to the front to be able to make advances to them judiciously or to control them. Thus it happens that the business has largely fallen into the hands of tho country cross-roads storekeep ers, who are rapidly rising into importance and wealth. Now let us hope that this is not the end of tho matter, and that these men without culture or broad views, these Shylooks who squeeze their cent, per cent, out of the laborer for cheap goods of the poorest quality, will not long continue the masters of the situation, as their homo logues in Ireland, the “Gombein men,” have been and are. In casting about for the new position that is to exert a deter mining and controlling influence, I would suggest that it may be hopefully, for all concerned, sought in the gin house. Your statements, from the point of view of the manufacturers, clearly indicate that just here great changes and improvements are demanded. From the side of the cotton producers it is equally apparent that things here are in a transition state. The large and commodious gin houses of the great landed estates are disappearing with thorn. They are being rapidly supplanted by toll gins, that clean the cotton for tho small pro ducers. New devices are being sought out. Traveling gins with traction engines have been tried : they were found to do poor work at too great a cost and are being aban doned. They will never succeed, for the cotton crop is not gathered at one time like the grain crop, and the exigencies of the cotton farmer require that his cotton should be ginned bale by bale as he gathers it during the four months of the picking season, so that too great a waste of time must always attend the moving of portable gins back and forth, from spot to spot, to clean small lots of cotton. The gin can not go to the cotton, that must come to it, and it now does so from distances that only admit of two and sometimes one load being made in the day. Small stationary steam engines are now very pepular. The objections to them are the poor woik that all small concerns do of necessity, the im practicability of obtaining intelligent man agement and skilled superintendence, the cost of running them and of making repairs promptly in the open country, together with the ever-present risk of fire. It seems to me that water powers immediately on the lines of railways are in every respect best adapted to this purpose. The only gin house I have seen which would in any way answer as a model, is the one mentioned to you at the Glendale Factory, in Spartan burg, South Carolina, and it is not on a line of railway and can not accomplish half what it should. You may remember that I told you that wagons with seed cotton were driven directly on to a scale, weighed and tolled. The cotton was easily and rapidly thrown down into a hopper, and instead of being tediously and laboriously lifted in sheets or baskets, most frequently by hand, up a flight of stairs, into the ginniDg room, was conveyed from this hopper on an end less apron of cheap construction to a plat form in the building. From this platform two small boys with wooden rakes pushed into the automatic feeders of three Hall gins. Thence it passed through condensers immediately lo the press, A skilled work man in attendance on the gins closes the door of the press, shifts a loose belt, and the bale is packed. Meanwhile the cotton seed is delivered at another point by a belt. As soon as the wagon is unloaded it drives to the latter place, a trap-door opens, and the seed falls into the wagon, which then moves a few feet further and receives the bale on top. The whole operation is com pleted under the eye of the customer, with in the space of twenty minutes. This is at a very prosperous cotton factory, but I am told that this ginning is by tar the most profitable of all their operations, ootton is brought to it from eleven miles around, and sometimes 40 wagons with seed cotton may be counted in a line waiting for their turn at the gin house. So far are these arrange ments ahead of anything known in practice here, that when I gave my neighbors an ac count of it at our Agricultural Club, it seem ed to them like some fairy tale. This is the only gin house I know of, or, as I believe, which exißta within our borders that does a business of sufficient size to secure that in telligent and skilled labor in its ‘manage ment that would justify the adoption of the improvements you suggest. This establish ment might safoly and cheaply experiment with the Ralston trash-cleaner, tho Dobson or the Platt Bros.’ roller-gin, the boater and the Dedrick press and bagging of cotton cloth. The omsU farmers into whose bands the production of ootton has largely fallen, and into whose hands it is falling more and more day by day, know nothing and can know nothing of these things. It is entirely beyond them to ask if their ootton is well ginned, well-dusted and well-paoted. In deed, they often object tp. (he letter pro cesses, saying it mafteslheir bales too light. They o^ly' demand that their cotton be ginned promptly to meet their grocery bills, and that the heaviest bagging and ties be used, and that their cotton be not stolen at the gin house. But, as I have said, this Glendale gin does not do all or one-half of what it should do. It should be located fin a railroad. A box car should he Standing on a side track, un de? shelter, t> receive the seed without handling or exposure to weather (you know, perhaps, that a very slight exposure will set up a fermentation which totally destroys its value for oil). This car, as rapidly as load ed, to convey the seed to the oi' mill. The producer should return home with a load of cotton seed meal in the place of the easily perishable qoltdh seed themselves, and with a check in his pocket a an advance on his bale of cotton left at the gin house to be shipped, thus saving the labor and expense of hauling it round to his home and off again to market. In this way, and in this way alope, go farjas I can see, can oil mills here be made a suc cess. Sufficient seed to run them profitably can never he obtained under existing cir cumstances!' ll(ot that the produoor is at all averse to whanging hia seed for meal, but because he can not afford to haul them to the mill or to send them by rail in small lots, which would necessitate the expense of sacking them. There is a good cotton seed oil mill now in Augusta, Georgia, in sight from my window, that expi hot get seed enough to run it two months out of the twelve. A ?ert?.in number of cotton-gins, such as i havu described, located oa rail roads convenient to this town, would insure the success of this rfti.U beyond a question. The coat wo.nld be much iess than that of the smallest cotton factory, and tho profits would be far greater, besides the benefits conferred on all parties interested. A number of such gins in connection, with the oil mill would serve as cental of force inciting to various ceonoiaiei and indus tries. There would" be a vast saving in the preliminary handling of the crop. It would be Hinoh better prepared for market —ft benefit alike to producer and consumer. It would be more intelligently cheaply shipped to where it was toba manufactured. The oil product of o.ur buds would be saved that nqyp suffers total loss ; hundreds of thousands of tons of food for animals would be, as it wore, created. The water power could be profitably nsed, when the grinding season was over, in grinding &rn meal for the customers of the gin , In cleaning crops of upland rice—a ip.olf profitable business just developing ; in sawing lumber where timber was plenty, or where it was not, in running saw-tables, planing machines, or turning lathes, for which there is abundant and varied material here, equalled only by the home demand for et>oh products. If a store were opened in connection with the gin house, as would be done in all proba bility, the whole business of advances in bagging, fertilizers and groceries would . naturally centre (here, making them cheap er and more convenient to the cotton pro ducer. In my opinion the monopoly of all the profits of these operations is in the grasp of those who would occupy these water powers on the railways, and organize and improve them as above suggested, while conferring great bfipeflU on the vicinage. Why is it not done ? you mayask. Ido not know. Why did riot the gentlemen at din ner with Columbus set their eggs np on the table ? please excuse me for writing you so long a letter, and if yon think my suggestions won’t take water, as yon very likely may, at least let it assnre you that while I differ very seriously and widely from mu?h thpt yon said in yonr very “free speech ’ in At lanta lan dfwhich you to be rather severeaad ‘aggressive, neither it nor any other open and free expression of opin ion can mqka (fee unmindful of the very in telligent, not ip say not unkindly interest, yen take in affairs here. I think the views I have w4i, ba supported by many facts in the Report on Cotton Culture in South Carolina 1 am preparing for the Ceusas Office. Asa small ootton planter and the owner of a gin house, I hope to learn n great deal from your At lanta Exposition, which I trust will prove a great success. Very respectfully, Hakrx Hammond. new YORK STOCK MARKET. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle, i New Yobk, May 21, p. m. The stock mar t opened strong and gen erally higher, and dealings wt-ro charac terized by a firm tone throughout almost the entire day. There were occasional .re actions caused by realizations, but a general tendency in direction of higher prices, and the market closed strong at or near the best figures of the day. The advance on the day s transactions ranged from *-o to 4*, **r cent.—the latter in Central Pacific; Illinois Central selling up 4j>£ ; Houston and Texas, 4; Rock Island, 3; Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Indianapolis. '1\ A , and Northwest, 2 per cent. Some ft u shares show a fractional decline from yesterday’s closing quotations. Speculation was on a very large scale, and was at times charac terized by a very buoyant tone. Sales aggregated 568.782 shares. Sub- Treasury balances gold, $67,752 312 silver, $7,263,621. G°, v ---New s’g 104)4 Virginia 6’s ..40 do. New 4%’a . 1 ley' do. eona.fi ,1 .*-!>/ xT d v',? e, !‘V - <l°-. deferred. 1 N. V. Central 151 Panama * 2t> i “ r ‘° • 50*4 Fort Wayne. . .*l4O Lake Shore 133 l .4Chieago A Alton. . 145*' Illinois Central . 146*4Harlem 21,. N. and Chat’s 90 Mich’n CentTai.. 1151 L. and Nash’e 108 St. Paul 12 ,,s ’ Pittsburg* 141 do. preferred.. lit! * O. and Northw’n. 132J4D01. A Lack. . .125=. Pje f o> rod -144 N. J. Central KVJt? W. St. L. IP 56)4 Heading QObC do. preferred. .95%0hi0 A Miss. 47 M. &0.- - . 77 Che*. A Ohio . .31 Rock Island 147*4M<fi>ile A Ohio . :tsQ W. Union 123 Han’l A St. Joe .81 Ala., cl aA,2 to 5... 72 8. F. A St. L0ui5....47L Ala., cl’s A. small.. 72 do. preferred ~4'‘ Ala ,cl’sß, s’s 95 do. Ist prefd Ala.,cl’s 0, 2t05...85 Union Pacific. 124 V Georgia 6’s 109%Houston A Texas.. S7 ' do. 7's,Mortg’e’.lll Pacific Mai! 571 do. Gold 117 Adams Express 131 4 Louisiana 62^Wells A Fargo.. ~llB‘t N. Carolina, old.. .34 Amer’nExpress.... H7^/ do. new 21 U. 8. Express dgiJ do. funding .13 Cons. Coal, old. 41 '* do. special 8/4Quicksilver 19 Tennessee 6’s 73 do. preferred *66 do. new 72 ♦Offered. BALTIMORE AND THE SOUTH. The Spartanburg (S. C.) Connection- Railroad and Industrial Dtvrlnpmmi-. K (-‘sources of the Piedmont < . n trr— Spartan fCnterprlac—' The Aasata itulU I’oad Connect Ion?. [Special Correspondence Baltimore Sun j Spabtanbubo. 8. c., May 13.—1 have seen no interior town of the South whiob s.-ems to have before it a more promising future than Spartanburg. The town and county have already invested $350,000 in rail roads, and are ready to pay off a consid erable part of the debt, but the holders of the bonds prefer to retain them ns a good investment until tho date of maturity: Mr. Gabriel Cannon, who was the State Senator of Spartanburg for thirty Winters, and has ever ready at command a most accurate knowledge of all details of the pnhiic r.&urs of his State, informed me that the a„sessa ble property added to the wealth of the county within the past eight years h is been more than enough to provide interest on the debt created to stimulate development But the railroads already in existence havin ' the power, which they exercise, |o i,u. freights on flour from Atlanta from 40 cents to 80 cents a barrel, it has become i„ cos eery to control these charges by competi tion. This is one of the reasons why the upland regions of South Carolina and North Carolina are looking towards th • Midland Virginia Railroad and Baltimore city lor the extension of an independent line to Au gusta and Atlanta, with Spartanburg as the branching point. Work fur Baltimore lo Do. The Clyde syndicate, which cont .o’s lo cal roads identified with the R\chi\,r>-, | aTI 1 Danville system, has so many points of mat) agement and interest in common with th Wadley system in Georgia as to lea : to iL general inference that tho ownership n in fact the same. At all events the wb mid land region of Virginia and the Pi. dmant sections of the Carolines are fully crom-ed to the need of immediate co-opt ration wit)) Col. Barbour, who is backed hy the Balti more and Ohio Railroad in the scheme of of the Virginia Midland Railroad extension from Danville to Augusta and Atlanta. I;l timore should lose no time in seizing tin - opportunity to extend its influence ami to recover trade which has been cripple,] by successful competition. Baltimor trade interests must depcml upon nnbroken. di rect, speedy, reliable coramnuication with the West, the South and the Sotliwnl it was important for Baltimore to reach tin Ohio river, and then, as development weal on, to take another and still another step, until Chioago and the Northwest was linkc j ■'n the train, it is eqnally vital 1 bv, p, have independent connections, which can not be diverted and will make the Monu mental City their centre. The Son'.h :, n ri the West are the points in which Hilt'nriwi capital and enterprise must be felt, und no t New York connections. The nat will afford opportunies, tbe other will impiv end in making Baltimore and its lin- < a tributary to those already overgrown bus: - ness interests which are able to strangle competitive eeterprises. The Virginia Midland. The Virginia Midland Road, as nil are aware, extends through the ben/t of Vir ginia 243 miles from tho Potomac to th, rivorDan. Every station wan the 5,... „i important millitary operations during the war between the Statea, and many of the same points have tributary to them a pros perous and fertile back country, well calcu lated to enrich the business of any city able to control the aggregate produce of the rc gion. From Danville, Va.to Spartanbn rg.S.C , the proposed extension is through el ought 200 miles of the Piedmont country of North and South Carolina, which is rich in grass, cereals and tobacco lands. States ville, one of the chief towns on the route, i* the terminus of the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad from Charlotte, N. C. It is, the market town of Iredell, Alexander Wilkes, Yadkin, Snrry and Caldwell, five of the richest mountain conntiea of Western North Carolina, in which there is no rail road. The extension will have the advant age of coming between tho Piedmont AJr Line Railroad and the mountains. Fr*>tn Lincolton to Sheiby there is a section of the Carolina Central Railway which in > bo acquired, leaving hnt n small di vision to be bnilt to Spartanharg. Frou. Spartanburg southwest to Augusta, lj*s miles, the route via Laurens and Green wood to Augusta is assured. ports from various parts of tb three States interested in this et are encouraging in the highest ifigr, Maj. Yates with a strong engineering c,, is in the field making preliminary sum , - and locating the lines through the norther/ division, and Maj. 8. 8. Kirkland is op-at ing between Spartanburg and Shelby, hav ing jnst been transjsrred with his corp, from the Augusta end. Senator Cannon i, managing theagfincies employed to sectir rights q[ YAy, and taking other steps inei nenfai to the success of railway projects for which his ripe experience and gr'af. energy fully qualify him. Some of the towns and counties will be called npon to vote subscriptions. Statesville is expect'd to subscribe SI OO,OOO, and by using . charter already in existence for part of il ... northern division, it is expected to obtair. from the State of North Carolina the uoe of tho labor of 150 convicts to aid in the work Pledges To Be Fulfilled. On the one hand Mr. Barbour has pledged Augusta to reach Spartanburg, aud on the other hand Angusta is pledged to comp! ti the 118 miles of the Southern division and meet him at Spartanburg. It looks very much like (L* mutual pledges will be car ried out, But this is not all of the proposed, extension, though it is the work imuedi Ita ly in hand. The next step will be teoa. Spartanb.urg to Atlanta. 190 mil*-, -,-i. Athena, Oa., a rich and prosperous c.vn. For this extension Anderson, 8. Cl, pro poses to give $250,000, and hnsinen, and travel will have the advauaege, not only of farther competitive lines, but rnucY, sheter distances than by exiptiiig routes. CigasUt tyibnu. With the. details of these Hohomcs ca** fnl readers of tho Sun have been lom- <u ,d< familiar. Bow much the future o‘i luiti more depends upon their successful issue may be realized when wo remember whst the Clyde syndicate and Gem Logan, of Richmond, have recently acobmplished to secure the business o i this section to bui'd np Norfolk in tbq interest of their steam ship line to New York. It was only a week, ago in a Wrier on the Shenandoah Y.ul y development, that the importance of it. , Norfolk and Western and Shenandoah Val ley systems, connected with the Lonisv ills and Nashville system, was pointed out. By. this Shenandoah Valley link the l/misville and Nashvißri system reaches New York. By the Norfolk and Western it reaches Norfolk; on the south it has a grip on New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola, and on the west it stretches ta Memphis and St. Lonis eva the Mississippi river. From the Shenandoah Yaliey, to which Balti more is the natural outlet, all basur.esa is tending towards Philadelphia, whoso capital has been poured into the val ley, just as on the Eastern. Shore of Maryland and Virginia the business, of all that thriving peninsula has gone in the same direction. While it would be hardly fair to charge Baltimore with lack of enterprise when it has been adventurous in so many striking ways, if. has now come to a time when railroad con solidation and the formation of gigantic sys tems enfolding the territory of many State* in their grasp present an alternative as im perative as that which, two generations ago, brought her business men to bravely face the barrier of the Alleghany mountains. It mnst not be said that there was more busi ness pluah in the village of Baltimore than in (be great city it has beoome. Bat it will seive no longer to dwell on past achieve ments, save to poffri the way to those which, are greater; it will not suffice to rely upon “geographical position,” when a simple steel track may divert the trade of an im portant section of the continent; nor will the delicious birds and bivalves of the Chesapeake prove as alluring to trade a u a prospect of gain, however sweet the -song may be sang 3t banqueting boards by mayors and magnates. Meteorological Conaectlrm. (By Telegraph to the Chronicle.) Washington, May 2.l.—The Chief Bignat Officer announces that Mexico enters, by the BrowUsvim Texas and Tampico,, Mexi co, cable, into ineteoToktgicyl connection witt to® (JP-Ued Stales Signal Service, and that this country will receive a data from Mexico, Yore Cruz and Tampico hereafter.