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A 9THICT COSST'.ll'CTlOJI OK THUS COJIUTI rilTKIjr-AH HOIKJT ASO RODMniVtli JIHIIXI1 riUTKtN OK T11B GOVERNMEAT.
Ragland £ Wynne, Proprietors.
COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1871.
Volume XLILI.-No, 33.
The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN II. MARTIN . ..Edxtob.
columbusT
THURSDAY AUGUST 10. 1871.
—Trrmn of SiitwrrlpMon—
Lumpkin ami tlir Rail mud.
The Lumpkin Ttlegr>ij>h of Thurnday
tiiscusRos, both editorially and through ita
correspondence, the “little uupleaHuut-
ness" tb**t has b*en stirred up by the ap
parent cross pn.poses of that rising city
aud Columbus in regard to the extension
of the llainbridge, Uuthbert and Colum
bus Railroad. As the correspondent of
the Telegraph pronounces our article on
tho subject “unexceptionable,” and pays
his respo< ts entirely to the Sun's report
of the Antioch meeting, we “step out of
the ring” for the present.
On Tuesday of lust week there was an
other largo railroad meeting at Lumpkin,
and the e immitteos reported “more than !
$(’»5,0ih) subscribed for Lumpkin.” The I
TtUgraph does not give the proceedings j
of the meeting in full, but publishes two |
conciliatory resolutions ottered by Mr. it.
F. Watts and unanimously adopted, which !
WO copy. U follow*I
Uosoived, That we, rr citizens of » tew- J
an county, earnestly dobiic the extension 1
of the liainbrtVge, t’uthbert A Columbus J
Jlailroad from Ctdhb »rt through our
county to Columbus, n;i 1 that we cordially j
invite tne c ••operutnm «»f the citizens of
Columbus to a.d us in building this Hoad. j
ltd. That whiiat wo earnestly desire a i
connection with Columbus in as short uj
time iis possible, yet wo do earnestly pro- j
test against the proposition of the people |
of that city to unite a portion of our peo
ple with that of Columbus, thus disuniting
our people and rendering it impossible for
u^ to coipj !v with the proposition made
to Uh by the President aud Directors ot
this liond.
Tire Far
ci’ement wa
Arkansas, on
tempt to ass
oreu moinbi
Violence —Gm
used in Drew ..
1st iiistaut, by
i»e E. A. Fulton,
the Legislature.
attempt was undo by John T. Murrny, a
Radical negro from Chicago, and who, it
is charged, was brought there from Chi
cago for the purpose. lie first raised a
difficulty with Fulton, then hud Fulton
arrested for assault, and shot him in the
back while he wus in charge of an officer.
Fulton was probably mortally wounded.
Herbert Marr, a white Radical, was ar
rested as an accessory to tho crime, us be
instigated Murray to have Fulton arrest
ed, and it was with his pistol that Murrny
shot Fulton. Tho parties belong to the
two rival wings of tho Radical party, be
tween whom there is a deadly hostility.
Gov. Ghaut.—Tho vigorous protest of
tho Radical Governor of Pennsylvania,
last year, against President Grant's inter
ference in the election in Philadelphia,
will be remembered. It appears from the
report of an “interviewer" that Geary
still stands by his protest. “If,” said ho
to the iutorvvwer, “Grant don’t like my
position, I can't hup it. As tho Governor
of this common wealth I was bound in
my message '«»..lluJe to that, and to con
demn the uctiuu of the General Govern
ment iu using the marines at Philadel
phia during the election of last year. I
don't believe iu that policy, and I never
can be made to believe in it. Had I the
power I wotildagive the South universal
amnesty. Then I would say, ‘you are
put upon your good bebuvior. Hold yonr
elections in your own way ? Licet your
own candidutos. Let tho elections be
conducted fairly, if you are not able to
maintaiu order, let your Governors or
Legislatures call upon mo, and I will bu k
them with tho whole strength of tho Gov
ernment.' I believe that would have
douo more to securo peace than anything
else. You can't govern tlds people with
tlio bayonet. Whenever it comes to that,
the republic is a failure, and we had bet
ter «
Tho Radical .schism in Louisiana is
pected to cnlmiuato in the biggest soil of
a row on Wednesday next, when the
State Convention of the party will meet
in New Oilcans. The first effort made
by each opposing faction will be to ex
clude ho many of the other wing as to
make it a minority. With this object iu
view, the “State Central Committee” have
borrowed nti idea from McPheison, Clerk
of tho I\ K. House of Representatives,
who used to exclude Democratic xnouibers
elect by not putting their names on tho
rolls. This Committee announce that
they have apjtointed themselm a commit
tee on credentials, to decide “not only
who shall l*e recognized as delegates, but
who shall bo admitted to the place of
meeting.” The plain English of this is
%hat tho Central Committee propos<
“stock” the Convention and ran it them
selves. They know how such things
were done in the process of “reconstruc
tion,” and they do not propoiu to aban
don any expedient that served their pur
pose iu that memorable era. Tho v
excluded by the Ceutral Committee may
be in the predicament of “the engineer
hoisted with his own petard," but that
fact will not diminish the satisfaction of
those whom they once heljied to treat in
the same way. It is hardly necessary to
add that this usurping Central Committee
is composed of friends of Dunn, the uegro
Lieutenant Governor, sustained by Presi
dent Grant, and that the party to be ex
cluded are the friends of Governor War-
tuouth.
An Intluiely DUruttKioa.
It is apparent that the Radical press of
th- country is greatly pleased at Mr. Ste
phen ’ continued warfare upon what he
calls the “now departure.’' Northern
Radicals roly upon it to mako party capi
tal for them in two ways: 1st, by divid
ing and distracting the Douiocratio party
at the South ; and 2d, by enabling thorn
to w hip again into the truces such North
ern Republicans as may be disposed to
regard all questions connected with sla
very and “reconstruction" as settled, and
to act with the Democrats on other is
sues. We do not believe that the Demo
crats of tho South can bo divided or dis-
traded by this discussion, whether con
ducted by Mr. Stephens or any other
man : but we do apprehend that the con
troversy now so persistently kept up
(after it has been found that the party at
the North did not mean aud is not likely
to go to the extremes at first imagined)
will result in uniting more closely tho
Radical party at tho North on the old
platform of hostility to the South.
Wo like some remarks on this subject
whieh we find in the Atlanta Constitution.
That paper says : “If the Northern and
Western Democracy ure determined to
tight their Mute battles, preliminary to
the 1'ft shield iul contest of 187*2, upon
the platform of the ‘new departure,' is it
light for us by our opposition and cease
less agitation to supply the Kudical party
w»th weapons to defeat them, thus oudan-
;»oriug, or rather utterly demolishing the
prospects of national Democratic victory
in IS72, upon which depends our most
it.il interests ? Is not such u course po
ll teal suicide ?
“Rut again, it creates tho impression
f growing division in the Democratic
unks. Wo all know, whatever our differ-
i.cck of opinion as regards tho ‘now de
nature,’ wo shall heartily unite upon the
utioiiul Democratic platform when de
lated, and, like our gallant Kentucky
•ret bun, lock shields together iu tho
b-mocratic icsuult upon Radicalism.—
Rut this wrangling and dissension
gthens the enemy by all oncourage-
- to persist cut efforts to misrepresent
National Democratic party, tho
Southern people, and the true issues in-
olvcd. Wo have an unscrupulous, vic
torious foo to lueet, hacked by tho pow
ers of tho government, and representing
tho passions and war prejudices of the
ru people. Iu view of tho tra
in odds against us, harmony be-
essentiul to tho achievement of
Rev. Dr. Curry has written a letter do-
lining the position of I'resideut of Mer
er University, to which he lias boeu re-
untly elected.
Not Alarmed.-—The Now York Journal
f' Commerce sees no causo for alarm on
ooouut of tho reports of tho udvauco of
Lie cholera. Under tho head “A Panic
Unnecessary,” it says : “A contemporary
hus gathered up some reports about the
existence of cholera in Russia, a few oases
i . other Raltic ports, and some which it
alleges have occurred jttuong German em
igrants bo-.ud to North America, and sur-
inou’itiug these rumors with higLly sensa
tional captious, virtually attempts to ex
cite a four that tho epidemic is about to
set foot upon our shores at once. It is
alleged that tho pestilence has “raged"
for moie than two years in Russia, but it
is very fit range, if ho, that its ravages
have been thus far so effectually concealed
that wo hear of them now for tho first
tune. Resides, if eliolera has prevailed
in Russia for two years, and has but now
begun to spread beyond tho borders of
that empire, it is evidently making very
slow progress, and wo at this distance
ne ed not be much alarmed at tho pros
pect of it h reaching here this summer, if
at all. The summer is, in fact, two-thirds
gone, and thus fur has been unusually
free from epidemic disorders, an exemp
tion which is probably due to tho moder
ate range of tho thermometer during the
several weeks post. There is every pres
ent appearance that the same good for
tune will attend us the remainder of the
season. A panic about the cholera would
ut any rate be ridiculously premature."
From tin* Atlniti Plantation.
Governor llronn*n Corn I'mIdcr.
We had the pleasure this afternoon of
visitiug Governor Brown's handsome resi
dence and surroundings in this city. Tho
premises cover four times. It is a com
plete “rns iu urbe." The soil is heavily
manured, aud its products are sufficient to
afford a large shaio of the support of a
considerable family. Besides garden,
orchurd. and viueynrd, ull the sweet and
Irish potatoes necessary aio raised.
But the chief object of our visit was to
examine a half acre of so • ed corn, now
being cut aud stacked for fodder. Tho
stalks averaged ten feet iu heigiit. The
yield of tho half acre will certainly be not
less tiiun 10,000 pounds of cured fodder,
of the best kind.
The stalks are shocked on the ground as
soon as they are cut. A stake about six
feet tall is driven into tho ground and the
corn shocked around it. They are tied
near tho top with a corn stals, having
about three hundred pounds of cured
stalks iu a shock. The ground wus deeply
plowed and subsoiled, and tell dollars
worth of dissolved bones was applied to
tho half acre. It received one plowing.
Wo certainly have never seen so large an
amount of tornge pioduced upon nu equal
extent of ground.
.•n Coi
of ttu* Attic
Washington, 1). C., July 150.
Editor Sun: T he f* die wing is taken
from the sirorn testimony of Noodatu L.
Angier, Treasurer of tho State of Georgia,
given before the liu-Klux Investigation
Committee at Washington, July 14tl»,
1871:
Question—What is your opinion ns to
the manner iu which tho laws are aduiiu-
istered in tko Slate of Georgia?
Answer—-Well, sir, they have boon vio
lated. There has boeu very little regard
paid to law. 1 am now speaking of our
Stato laws.
Question—In what way Lave they been
disregarded ?
Answer—1 speak with regard to the
party in power there, nnd
THE ACTS OF THE GOVERNOR.
As the records will show', there has
been very littlo attention paid to law. At
the close of tho war there was considerable
old bonded indetboilness of Georgia ; and
on the Rt:h of December, 1 .8(5(1, this pro-
, vision, passed by tho Legislature, was ap
pro 1
; iu sow d corn last
of it left over. Yet
i fed twi
The
year. Wo saw worn
Governor Brown b
portions of the time two cows from t
hulf aero. Wo btlievo that tore *o for live
horses for the year would bo supplied
from this little spot. How unwise to pull
fodder, when we can obtain so mu 'll but
ter l'jsalts with such diminished labor.
That His Excellency, tho Govornor,
ami is hereby authorized to execute
I bonds, prepared as aforesaid, to tho
let | amount of .■sGim.ooo, and to issue tho
nnd j same upon such terms and in snob man
ner ns In* may deem best for the interests
of the State in ex •hnngo {of, or redemp
tion of, said old bonds of tho State fall
ing duo in 18(58, 18(111, and 1870.
That
hotter from Jlmpsi') llunter.
The Quitman Banner publishes the fol
lowing note from Jimpsey A. Hunter,
now confined in the dungeon of the Quit-
man jail, under sentence of death for
the murder of Thomas M. Alexander.
The editor says ho publishes the note ut
the urgent request of the writer :
NOTICE TO THE Priil.IC.
Quitman Jaii., August 1, 1871.
Friends and Foes Rear witness to the
stitteriiigH of Jimpsey A. Hunter! The
Ileus have spotted his shirt with blood ;
and for every spot on his shirt, there urn
times ns many spots and bruises oti
his body,aud that shut has to b. .-hanged
ry third day, owing to tho Ileus and
perspiration, caused from confinement in
this hot dungeon, where it is impossible
to keep clean. Heretofore, before the
Wooden door of the dungeon was loft
open, I came very near suffocating from
heat, and it is now at timcH not much bet
ter.
So rend, remembor, nnd try nnd be in
tho Court House ut tho next November
term. You will thus oblige, and hear me
eight or ten hours, if permitted ; and the
lano must be a mighty long one if there
is no crook iu it. After all, I trust in
God, all things will be (undo right—as 1
am only given up by Him to my enemies,
uh Fetor, one of tho Apostles, was given
up, to be Hiftod UN wheat, to try his faith.
JI .MUSKY A. HUNTER.
The Bhit;
Hughes elite
death of Quo
the existence
Mr
A Railroad to (tlennville.
Gi.ENNVii.LE, Ala., August .*», 1871.
Editor Enquirer: I have with pleasure
noticed the public spirit which has taken
hold of your people—a thing which I have
long desired to flee, a« your place hail all
the natural advantages to make it one of
the first citios in the South. With the
water power you have, it can be mnde one
of the first manufacturing cities upon tho
continent; nnd all that it is necessary to
do is what your enterprising citizens are
now doing, to make it the great railroad
centre. You have a country around you
which cannot be surpassed in point of
fertility, climate, health and social enjoy
ments. This, I Hoe, you feel fully aware
of. Yonr city has Acted nobly in bringing
tho*>e resources to yon, and convincing
poting cities that you are not unmind
Thom a«
ins the notion that the
Victoria would endanger
the Rritirtli throne, and a
grout many people fancy slm wili be tho
lust of the British sovereigns. But then
nobody cuu tell lmw long u time uuiy
elapse before her majowly shuttles off this
mortal coil. A icount writer mentions
this rather startling circumstance, that if
Kho lives as long as her grandfather,
George III, her reign will ext* ml iuto the
twentieth ceutury ; and if hLo should bo
as long-lived as wore all othorof the Han
overian British sovereigns, she will bo on
the throne long after tbo greater part of
the present genwratiou has passi-d away.
She has worn tho crown for thirty-four
years, but she is yet only fifty-two yours
of ago. Her grandfather departed this
life in hia 82d year, and in tho sixtieth
year of Lis reign—tho longest reign in
English history ; and if she should live
and reign for an equal length of time,she
will be ou the throne in the yuur 1JMH.—
She comoH from a long-lived family, as
may be soon by tho years of tho f<
Georges and William IV. As nobody
proposes to break down tho throne while
hIio tills it, tho question of British royalty
must be left to the democrat:;* of the 20th
century—perhaps. — Toronto Lender.
Washington, August .‘5, 1871.—A per
son who comes directly from the home of
cx-Presidout Johnson represents that Mr.
Johnson is living in quiet retirement in
Greenville, Tenu.; that ha is building
house aud grocery establishment, the best
in the town, for his son-iu-law, Mr.
Brown; that he superintends the work
men, goes twice a day to see the ineom
iug travellers, and finishes up the balance
of the day iu off-haml conversation with
the loungers of tho town iu front of his
door; that he is going to Europe this
full, and will there remain for about two
years.—Corr. Hall. Ornette.
Reposted Railhoad Combination.
Tho Chattanooga correspondent of the
Knoxville Chronicle telegraphs nndor
date of tho !td inst. that it is reported
what is considered good authority, that
an important combination of Honthe
railroads is forming to take possession and
operate the Alabama nnd Chattanooga
Railroad. This combination, it is under
stood, is the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia and the Mobile und Ohio Rail
roads. The understanding is that the
East Tennessee, Virginia ami Georgii
Road pays $.'00,000 and tbo Mobile and
Ohio itoud pays #5500,000, the new combi
nation to pay the back Jnnuary und July
interest on the Alabuina Stale bonds ami
the floating debt of the Alahamn and
Chattanooga Railroad. Touching this
matter, the Chronicle sayR :
“This dispatch conics from onr corres
pondent at Chattanooga, a very prudent
and shrewd observer of events,
have no doubt of such a report being be
lieved in that city. If Capt. Jaques and
his associates undertake the operation of
the Alabama and Chnttanooga Railroad it
will he successfully carried through.—
Capt. Jaques has been in consultation
with Gov. Lindsay within tho past fo
Col. Jack Tborington, an old and pro
minent lawyer of Montgomery, Ala., died
in that city on Sunday morning last. He
had been Mayor of the city, and was for
a long time oue of its leading citizens.
The Enfanla Eetrs reports the appear
ance of numerous cotton caterpillars on
a plantation ou the river eighteen miles
below Enfanla. and apprehends that their
appearance thus early in the Season is
indicative of great destruction to the
cotton crop.
Memphis, August —The Ku-klux trial
before the United States Commissioner,
in which iour men were arraigned for the
murder of a muu numed Garret, who was
taken from jail in Saulnbury, Toon#, lust
June, terminate- 1 lost evening in the dis
charge of the prisoners, the Commissioner
being satisfied that the prosecution, on
the part of the principal w itness, was ma
licious, and their testimony untrue. Two
of the witnesses were arrested for perjury
and committed to jsil.
ful of those who have sustained your days, iu reference to this road, wo know,
(rude. u:id still duKire to f.wtor (hat feeling “ d »° ho P® onr , “""pendent'a «tatc-
, . , , 8 ment may prove true.
which w ,»s engendered years ago.
While upon tho subject of railroads, I
hope yon will not forget those who have
stood by. you in your pecuniary trouble,
which was brought upon you by the late
di-astrous war. We want a railroad, hut
are too poor within ourselves to build it;
but, with a word of encouragement from
you, w e promise to do all that we can ;
and if your citizens will only he aroused
to tho matter, we can, I thjnk, honestly
promise that it will greatly add to the
prosperity of your place.
Bo, Mr. Editor, ask yonr public-spirited
men to aid us iu building a road from
Homo point on the Mobile A Girard Rail
road to our place, und I feel confident you
will meet with encouragement sufficient
to push the enterprise through.
H.
Fatal Accident.—Mr. James Bowers,
a young man well known in this commu
nity, was killed op Friday night last by a
fall from Lis horse. He waa riding along
tL ■> road iu company with several friends
ou their way to a dance, and whan near
Walnut Creek, about four miles from the
city, on the other side of tha river, the
horse scumbled and threw Mr. Bowen to
the ground, and the horse then fell npon
him, breaking hia neck and killing him
almost instantly.—Macon Telegraph,
Andrew Johnson's Description
Grant.—To al'ribuno reporter a few days
ago Ex-President Johnson aaid :
Grant is wantiDg in integrity, wanting
in intelligence, aud wanting in the will to
promote the good of the country. The
little fellow is selfish and avaricious be
yond hounds. His cupidity knows nc
limit. He is no statesman and no soldier.
He never displayed any goneralahip. He
marched at the head—no, not at the head,
hut in the rear—of an immense columu of
men that would bavo accomplished tho
same results if he had been iu the moon.
Grant was a mere unimportant incident.
He never showed a spark of genius. What
inspiring remark did be ever make that
cheered bis soldiers and hclpod to win n
victory? When did ho ever put himself
in danger, like KHpolcou at the bridge of
Lodi, to give courage to his troops? Ho
never bhowed a single trait of generalship.
He had no sympathy with his men ; ho
never visited the hoHpitals or sbowod any
fealing for the suffering wounded. He
waa utterly remorseless. Ho was no leader.
He had no plans and no strategy. I re
peat, that for any good he did in nutting
down the rebellion he might as well have
been in the xuoon.
A party of travelers passed through
Bainbridge on Tueaday, mounted on four-
wheeled velocipedes. The}* wero going to
Columbia, Ala., at an average apted of
fort/ allot a day.
That w ns i, provision for taking up the
»ld bonds fullng duo in 1808, 18(50, und
IS70.
these hones HAVE Not yet been TAKEN Ul*.
About $17:5,0(10 of those bonds ore ntill
ithtnndiiig. The reason is that tho Guv
nor iu 1 bod sold $2tm,000 of those Kev
in por cent, mortgage bonds, and he used
tho proceeds for other purposes than tho
ideiuptioti of tho old bonds. Fifty-tivo
lOiisiiiui dollars of tho proooods of thosn
mds lie gave 11. 1. Kimball to finish an
Oporu House called
KIM HALLS OPERA HOUSE,
n the city of Atlanta, ullhougli thorn was
no appropriation for that purpose at all.
Tho Govornor went on and sold those
bonds. Ho drew drafts in tho first place
in favor of Kinilmll for $5!.*»,000. Nome
of them wore drawn in blank; they did
ot say to whom tho money should bo
paid; but Kinilmll received tho money, 1o
bo applied to this Kimball's Oporu House,
. was culled. When it was found that
$:).*»,000 lmd boon used in that w
Goncrul Assembly culled on mo fo
make u report. I know nothing of tho
matter. Tho Governor used this money
t for months never reported to mo as
assuror. 1 got a report from the bank.
Finding out tho umouut that had boou
used,
THE LEGISLATURE APPOINTED A COMMITTEE
to investigate tho matter; and that com
mittee roported that this was done with-
y authority of law and in violation
of Ilia expressed will of the General As-
mbly. As Hoon iis tho General Assem
bly adjourned Governor Bullock wont iiu-
un-di.itoly to Now York, drew irdruftfor
more ou the Fourth National
Bank, and paid to Kimball, uotwithstand-
tho positive und emphatic notion of
the General Assembly. Tho vote of the
Legislature on tho report that was mlopt-
• d was one of eunuure and condemnation
of his conduct.
Tho General Assombly passed an net
authorizing tho Governor to issue a cer
tain number of bonds to pay off the
ineiubcrs und other expousus of that body.
Tho expenses of tho General Assembly up
to the time thoy adjourned did notoxcoed
$51(10,000 j about $27*0,000, I think; but
1 will put them at $1500,000. Tho Gov
ornor issuod bonds under that act to tbo
amouut of
TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
He had my name engrared upon thorn
irithout ui.i/ authorih/, ....-I i «nt them off
to New York without reporting them to
tho Treasury at nil. He undertook to
show that he had u right to use my naino,
when the law showed plainly that ho had
no such right, and that the bonds were
illegal without my higuaturo. On the
With of November last he wroto mo a
letter stating that he had ordered
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF
THOSE RONDS
to lie Rent to tho Treasurer's office, can
celled, from Clows & Co., Now York, and
that the balance would bo along in a few
days. That balance hits never come yet.
That makes a million and a half out
standing /
Then there was an act passed author
izing
THE GOVERNOR TO IHRUF. GOLD RONDS
to meet the bondod indebtedness and
other expenses of tho State. Tho General
Assembly at that time had not determined
to put off tho meeting till November.
They really did not need any bonds for
the purposes of lust year. But for this
ineetiug of the Generul Assombly having
boon put oil till November, I suppose
that, considering all the expenses and ex-
Iruvuguueo that there has been there, tho
entire amount necessary might have been
not exceeding oue million dollars of bonds.
At farthest not more thau that was needed
of these gold bonds. Tho Governor had
POUR MILLION DOLLARS* WORTH
of those bonds engraved.
Tho reveuuo derived from poll tax, tho
liquor tax, the tux ou shows, uul other
small special purposes, provided by law
for Kchool taxes, has been appropriated
by the Governor to other purposes until
there is none of those funds iu the Trea
sury.
Another point in which the State Ad
ministration hus violated tho law, is in
the use of
HTATM RAILROAD FUNDS
for other purposes than railroads. The
law is, that tho funds of the road shall be
paid into tho Treasury of the State at tho
eud of each month, except so much as
may be necessury for tho expenses of tho
roud. Tho Governor has paid out largo
amounts directly from the receipts of the
road, without tbo money ever reaching
the Treasury ; and it hus boon paid for
other than railroad purposes. A short
time ago he puid a committee that ho
selected himself, without Any authority
of law, to go to Kentucky to try to influ
ence the Gcnci&l Assembly there to grant
a charter for a railroad from Cincinnati to
Chuttanooga, both placea outside of the
State of Georgia—the road not touching
Georgia at any point. To pay this com
mittee, for which there was no appropria
tion, and which was not authorized by
law, the Governor drew his warrant for
$2,721).
HERE IS A SMALL ITEM,
the paying of an inordinate sum for the
printing of the Constitution of the State,
in pamphlet form. I have here a copy of
tho pamphlet. I have conversed with
several printers as to what would have
been the reasonable ox)>enKe of getting
up tho book. Sumo say ten cents, some
say fifteen, aud somo say twenty. At the
lattor price ten thousand copies would
coat $2,000. Most of them estimate tho
expense not higher than $1,A00. Tho
(iovernor drew his warrant for eleven
thousand five hundred dollars for the
publication of that little book, and 1 paid
it out of the Treasury.
The next point is paying the interoat
on the Alabama & Chattanooga Bailroad
bonds, to which the State granted aid.
Tho law on this subject provides:
“In the ovent that any bond or bonds,
ho endorsed by the State as provided in
tbe first section of this set, or the inter
est thereon, shall not be paid bv the said
railroad company at mat".rl*v, it shall be
the duty of the Governor, upou informa
tion Hereof, to MiM *nd take poitmrioD
of tho property of said railroad com- j
pony.”
The act then goes on to provide that
tho earnings of tho railroad shall be op- 1
plied to tl.o extinguishment of such un
paid bonds and interest. Tho Governor
pays no at'euliou to that provision, but is
PAYING TIIE INTEREST ON THESE RONDS.
Question—Does tho law which you have
just cited require tho seizure and sale of i
tho road in case of default ?
Answer—Yes sir.
Question—Without seizing or attempt
ing to sell the road, the Governor goes on |
aud pays the interest ?
Answer—Yes sir. Ho has.
A SORT or KUR TREASURY IN NEW YORK J !
ho has nuother in his office, he has sub- |
treasuries all around. 1 call them sub- ;
treasuries; thov are unknown to tho law. I
Tho law provides emphatically that no :
inoucy shall bo paid out of the treasury
without an appropriation nnd a warrant.
Ho pays no more attention to that pto-
vision thau if thero were no law. Ho
gets the money from New York, or from
tho Stuto Road, wherever ho can pick it
tip, from tho sale of bonds, legally or
otherwise.
Another point is in regard to paving
more clerks than the law authorizes. It
authorizes only one; he bus five or six
clerks in his office.
Question—Yon speak of money having
boon paid illegally to this man Kimball;
stuto who and what ho is.
Answer—Ho is a man who came to At
lanta, 1 suppose, bt tween three aud four
yours ago; that was the first 1 ever saw
of him. 1 have no question ou tuy mind
that
Bl'I'RKXK C'Ot'KT OF UKOQfili.
Atlanta, August 7», 1871.
Jos. II. Taylor, of Cuthbert, was ad
mitted to the bar.
No. I, l'ataula Circuit, was argued. It
is R. J. Allen et ul. vs. E. G. & Thos. J.
Brown. Equity, from Randolph. L. C.
Hoyle, A. II. Fielder, for plaintiffs in
orrtir ; C. B. Wootteu for defendant.
No. 2, 15. O. Keaton, administrator, vs.
J. B. Mulligan—attachment, from Early—
was, by consent, put to tho foot of the
Circuit.
By couseut, No. tt was next taken up
aud argued. It is James E. Loyless vs.
Thomas J. Blackshear et al. Fetitiou for
partition, front Terrell. C. B. Wootten
for plaintiff iu orror ; \V. A. Hawkins for
defendants.
No, 8, Georgo Henderson vs Louisa
Greer et nl. ; equity, from Terrell; was
continued for tho term. Death of Hutu'i
A. Greer, one of tho defendants iu error,
wiih suggested.
No. 4 was next takon up. It is James
W. Bond vs. lloury L. Graves, executor.
Compliant, from Knudolph. H. Fielder
for plaintiff iu error; C. B. Wootten for
defoialatit.
Feuding tho argument of this case, tho
Court adjourned till 10 o'clock a. in. Tues
day next.
Monday is consultation day, as usual.
I Constitution.
GOVERNOR BULLOCK WAS INTERESTED WITH
KIMU.U.L
in tho Opera House, and I judge ho from
this fuct:
When they wero trying to negotiate a
lease with tho citizens, Gov. Bullock took
uie iuto his private room ut tho National
Hotel. He wanted to get my inil'ionco to
pay $2o,000 rout for that portion of the
Opera House needed tor State purposes.
1 told him that it was
AN OUTRAGEOUS RENT *,
that tho city wus not able to pay it. Ho
did not say positively that the Stale would
pay it, but intimated that he thought the
thing could b« arranged. We finally
made the lease for $t;,taio, when ho want
ed us to pay $25,000. Another circum
stance, ou which 1 formed my judgment,
is that
HE PAID $55,000 TO KIMBALT.
without any appropriation, $20,oot) of it
being paid after the Generul Assembly
had censured him severely. Tho facts
satisfy tuo that ho was interested in the
ioru. Tho huildiug was finally sold
for twice its cost.
Question—Whore is tho residence of
Kimball uow ?
Answer—He lives in Atlanta.
Question—Does ho coutrol sumo rail
roads ?
Answer—It is roported that lio 1ms
bought out
BRUNSWICK AND ALBANY BAILROAD,
hundred and thirly-livo miles in
length. Conanl and Clews, in Now York,
in some way mixed up in the affair, I
believe."
ft or giving somo account of tho re
ported wealth of Kimball, his eonnoetiou
with Bullock and otliors in various rail
road enterprises in tho Htato, and a histo
ry of (lie inisiuaimgement ami plundering
of tho State ltoutl by Bullock mid J Bud
get, tho following question was asked :
WHAT HAS RECOMK OF THAT MONEY EARNED
DY THE ROAD ?
Answer—Well, sir, that is tho inquiry
of tho people generally; they bolivo it hus
hoon fraudulently used by tho officers of
tho road. Nearly every man who lmd
anything to do with it came there poor:
Mr. Bullock for one. never paid u cent of
tux in Georgia in his life, unless he paid
it this your. I have looked at tho records
myself, nnd up to lust your, when the in
vestigation of the committee was made,
he hud uevargivon in u cent of tax. Ho
is uow buying plantations nnd stocking
them with line Kuglihh stock; ho has the
best of everything aud lives very fast.
Question—What is his salary?
Answer—$1,000 a year—not a third of
his family expenses; Ido not believe it
is ono-sixth. Ho remarked to u person
that
IT WOULD NOT FEED HIS HORSE ON OATH.
Evory one who has anything to do with that
Road came there apparently poor; und
now they are all building uow houses aud
riding iu fine carriages.
Question—Has any effort been mndo to
couconl the true state of tho indebtedness
and liabilities of tho State of Goorgiu ?
Answer—Yes, sir, tho law requires the
Treasurer to make reports of all bonded
indebtedness—tho amouut of iuterost and
bonds falling due. Tho Treasurer is
sworn to do this. This thing has boon
covered up so much in darknoHw by Guvc-
nor Bullock, that I wroto to Mr. Clews,
requesting him to give mo a statement of
the bonds ho bnd received, the amount
hypothecated, tho amount sold, at what
price, und whut disposition had bean made
of the proceeds. My son presented the
letter to Mr. Clews.
MR. CLEWS IMMEDIATELY TELEGRAPHED TO
GOVERNOR BULLOCK,
stating what I wanted. Govornor Buttock
telegraphed to Mr. CIowh to unswer no
questions at all, aud stated that if I wan
ted to know such things I could learn
them at his offico. I wrote him a letter
asking for that iuformntion, Imt I got no
answer. The day I wrote the letter he
wiih not there , but he got thero before 1
left. I wrote a letter to his Sucretury re
questing a statement iu relation to tho
bonds of somo of tho railroads, J got no
answer before I left, though the Governor
had retrnod and was iu his office. Tho
Secretary, when my son went op, said tbst
he could not nnswer it, aud that ho would
rofur it to Governor Bullock. It has nev
er been answered. The attempt is to
keep all that mutter concealed.
Question—The attempt of tho Govor
nor atid his friends who ought to give the
information ?
Answer—Yes sir.
Question—They bavo it and enn give
it you think ?
Answer—Yes, sir, certainly. T have
here the statement of the party who en
graved those bonds showing that tho Gov
ernor hud four millions of gold bonds en
graved—out and out State bonds !
Further extracts from Treasurer An-
gier’s testimony will be given in my next,
when I also hope to furnish att tho infor
mation Clews and Bullock refused to give
Angier. Aug us.
White l.ulior at the South.
Tho old idi'ii that white men could not
work all iluy long, throughout the sum
mer ou a cotton plantation, uuder n south
ern sun,* is not yet eutiioly dissipated;
but the fact that since the close of the
war a good many white men have done it,
nnd the additional fact that a good many
negroes won't do it, tiro stoudily establish
ing n different doctrine. Wo have, on
repeated occasions, copied iuto our col
umns accounts ot profitable and suecess-
lul cropping in Alabama, Georgiu aud
Texas by uu industrious white man, and
aided only by his own half grown sons.—
In some cases an experiment like this
would result iu twenty-five bales of cot
ton; in others tho value of tho crop
would bo twelve to fifteen hundred dol
lars, and scarcely any drawbacks for ex
penses. These examples have
bad a goc l effect iu touding
to break down tho old plantation system
of “tending" so many acres of land with
a gang of hired negroes, managed by
overseer, and to introduce instead u
tliu 1.1.„U 1 Unity nml minute of furmiug i imbued with tbe motto—
on a small scale that prevails in the North.
Aloug with tho lader plan comes a
more cateful ami particular par-
ticipatiou by tho proprietor in tho culti
vation of his own crop. Ho assists to
work in his field, and acts as his own over
seer. The result. Las been unoxpoctably
satisfactory. Tha small planters, with
one or two faithful hands, and the labor
of himself mid his boys, if he hus any,
thrown in, finds that he makes as much
cotton us he formerly did with three times
as many hands, aud un overseer, while
the expense aud trouble are materially de
creased. When this habit becomes gen
eral at tho South the labor problem will
be solved, und the thrift un<l prosperity
of thut section bo largely augmented.
[St. Louis to publican.
SUNDAY Sl'lIOOl. (TLKBBATIOX.
Editor Enquirer: By yonr permission,
I propose to give you and others a little
of our social lift in Old Harris, as we
have had u surfeit of politics and railroads.
Being one of the happy recipients of
an invitation from uevoral frionds to
“come to Blue Spring Sunday School
Celebration, Fic Nio," Ac., “and bring the
children," we started on last Saturday
morning with four of the latter, and wife
to koep them struigfit, on our way to the
Blue Spring—which is one of the greatest
natural curiosities in onr Sunny Booth ;
its water, to look towards its bottom,
soems as blue as indigo, and in other
directions ns bright and transparent as I
glass; it is hard, pnre, cold water, afford
ing a stream sufficient for mill purposes,
aud away down iu its great depth may be
seen fish in countless numbers, gambol
ling aud sporting at will.
This Sunday Sohool is uuder tbe direct
msuagnmout of oar worthy friend, Hon.
Wui. I. Hudson, whose energy, tact and
versatile talents make him one of the
most accomplished Superintendents of the
day. This is no idle compliment—it is
facts that are proven by results iu hand.
I am informed thut a Sunday School has
buou attempted to be organized at this
place at loast twenty times in as many
years, with perfect failures every time,
until our friend, W. I. H., Dr. E. G. Hood
aud others organized the present flourish
ing school, about three years ago. The
Superintendent and his iudefatigable and
earnest corps of Assistants have worked
long and faithfully in the good cause.
Many of the good old people of the neigh
borhood were conscientiously opposed to
Sunday Schools; they were thought by
tuauy to be a “new fangled humbug,”
intended for no good ; but this did not
disconrugo those noble, high-spirited
teachers; they never once lost sight of
the ultimate good to bu accomplished in
tho otid, but it soemed that each was
Texas.
Texas will build this year 500 miles of
railroad. Tbe State within tho lost three
yoars has given $25,000,000 to railroads,
amouuts from the Legislature aud coun
ties. The Iuternatioual will complete 40
miles; Texas Central, (50; Texas Fuel fir,
20; San Antonio and Iudianola, 40; Gal
veston and San Antonio, 40; Waco Tub,
550; Houston and Red River, 40. Grading
will be done on all these roads, and tbe
work completed firrt part of noxt year.
Texas ships 1,000,000 head of cattle this
year. Out of Red river. 225,000 bales of
cotton. A Urge amount of cotton is
•hipped at Jefferson and Shreveport,
ooming direct to St. Louis via Garter line.
Immigrant* traveling by thia line save
time and money, and avoid the annoyance
of rtehipping at the month of the Red
river. The crop of this year is good, and
will bring more money than laat year; 20
per oent. leas cotton raised, but more
oom, grain and oereals.
[St. Louie Republican,
“A Third Fabty Movement in the
South.”—The article under this head,
which wo copy from the Now York Herald,
will more aiuuse than instruct tho reader.
H seems hard to make Northern politicians
understand that tho Budicul party in
Georgia is utterly hopeless and demoral
ized, and that the lenders—all of them
who have any regard for respectability in
political association—aio couiiug over to
tho Democracy, without regard to terms.
To loud their “rank aud file” was bad
enough when there wns a prospect of
success; but to lead them in a hopeless
cumpuign—who can do it ?
A Third I’nrt) Movement In the South.
Our Hpocial correspondent in Atlanta
solids us a singular story of a new politi
cal movement afoot in Georgia and
t hroughout the Southorn Status generally.
If true, it explains tho recent visit of Sen
ator Cameron to Georgia nnd the rnoro
recent Democratic tendencies of Gover
nor Bullock, of that State. It scorns that
the ontiro Republican party of the Bonth
hus gone over—horse, foot and dragoons
—to tho “new departure" movement of
tho late Mr. Vallaudighaui. But, iustead
of its going over to tho Democracy, our
correspondent suggests thut its leaders
design nothing less than the formation of
a third party, aud he hints that the object
is to prevent a choice for l'resident by
tho people next year, und thus to throw
tho election into Congress. Did we not
know that I’rosident Grant is not popular
with tho politicians wo should doubt
whether auy set of men meditated
tho tionchery to him which such
a design implies. lint, as matters stand,
we should not-be surprised if tbe sugges
tions of our correspondent prove oorreot,
especially as tho fact is unquestionable
that the ontiro body of tho Southern Re
publicans seoiu to hnvo deserted their
Northern allios and become significantly
conservative.
But won' 1 n third party movement re
sult in the failure of any ono candidate
obtaining a majority of the electoral vote?
It might. Tho defection of a very fow
thousands of voters from the Radicals of
Ohio, Feursjlvaniu and Indiaua would
give those Suites to tho Democrats be
yond a doubt. If, then, tbe “third par
ty" lenders iu tbo South could succeed in
splitting the Democratio vote in the
| Southern Ktutos, nnd carry those Stales
I for their candidate, whoever he may be,
| the election would inevitably be thrown
' into Congress. Who this “third party"
cmididute would bo it is difficult to sur
mise. It limy be Greeley or Geary, or
any other discontented Radical willing to
be used ah the cat's paw of the enemies of
Fresident Grant.
Of course we do not forget that Senator
Camerou, who is supposed to be at tho
bottom of the movement, is at present an
nvowod supporter nnd friend of Grant.
The wav« of politicians, however, are du
bious, ioubtful and tricky. As n public
character Cameron has never boon tho
steadfast supporter of any one but him
self; and if ho believes that his political
fortune can bo advanced by throwing
Grant overboard ho will not bo rcHtrainea
by any scruples of conscience. Altogeth
er, while it is possible onr correspondent
may be mistakon, we advise Fresident
Gruut to koep a wutch upon the political
manoeuvring in the South. It is certain
that in that section bis party friends are
going to tho dogs, and it may be that the
little game playing there iu intended to
destroy his chances for a second term in
tho White House.—Neio York Herald.
Tun Neoro Vote in North Carolina.
Whatever may be the result of the elec-
tiou iu this State ou Thursday laat, there
is one feature which stands out conspicu
ously and will give food for serious reflec
tion m tbe future. Tho negro vote has
again been cast iu a tolid body together,
with hero and there a few solitary and
praiseworthy exceptions, against the muss
of the whito people who pay the taxes in
to tho Treasury. The uegroe* voted
blindly and obstinately against light and
knowledge, in favor of the office-holders
Aud vile men who *13C the negro vote as *
foot ball to advance their selfish and mer
cenary ends. Tho inevitable tendency of
a consolidated negro vote ia to produce in
the eud a consolidated white vote—and
woe betide the poor darkey whon that day
cornea. He aloue will be responaible for
the result, and for beooming the viotim
of tho bad white men that for tha maan* *
purpoaea wo loading him to min.
l Lny on ! un I with nil yonr might, unit never
itnnlit;
Every lick well lnlj on, will tlml something out."
They wont to those f.iniliea, many of
whom were very poor, and begged that
tho ohildron only be allowed to come to
the Sunday School. The little fellowe
> reluctantly given np—many of them
twelve yearn of age, that did not know
the alphabet. Murk the result. These
Good Samaritans took them under their
kind, fostering oaro, and in a abort apaoe
ut time theno children conld read and
sing correctly—all learned in the Bunday
School ; and strange to say. many of theao
good old people come with the flocks of
smiling facos aa conatant attendants npon
tbe school, each one soeming to think the
whole responsibility of the sohool rested
ou their individual action. What a sve-
ccHt! This school is one of the largest in
the county, numbering about 116 pupils
in constant attendance. Friends, well
may yon be proud of yonr sohool—it ia
worthy of yonr just pride.
The opening address was delivered by
Col. Wm. O. Toggle, Hnperintendent of
a school at LaGrange. Tbe manner in
which he chained the complete attention
of hia very large andienoe, more particu
larly the children, proved that be thor
oughly understood how to make a Bunday
School speech. Ilia happy art of telling
the littlo ones good things—hie instructive
teaching—will long be remembered by all
Long may ho live lo repeat hie able effort
in behalf of the Sunday Sohool. Then
came the
D1NKXB.
I am truly at a loss to tell of it—it waa
a complete success. They hsd every
thing that waa nice and good, end in
abundance, end had enough left to feed
one-third aa many more. There was
present some 1,000 or 1,600 to eat, end
all bad a plenty. This wee one of the
“old fashion" basket dinners that we of
ten read of, but very seldom And. We
found it, end it wee good.
J31no Spring is noted for its good din
ners, pretty ladies end amert ohildron;
thia time she beat herself.
The exercises were then resumed,
everybody was in a good humor and pa
tient; tbo children sang many pretty
songs and delivered several speeches,
all of which reflected great oredit on the
teeohers. There were several other
schools represented, who assisted in ren
dering tbe everoisee very interesting.
Whore all did so well I shall refrain from
making any special mention of their suc
cess.
I send this to the Enquibib for publi
cation because a great many of the chil
dren and most all tha old people tak6 md
road the ENquiau. And I take this oo-
oasion, in behalf of Bine Spring, to ex
tend to yon an invitation to attend the
annual celebration next year. We will
get you a free ticket cn the Worth ds South
itailroad to come up, and let yon return
by the Atlanta <t- Cutumbue Air Line.
Estxrpxisx.
Hamilton, On., Aug. 7, 1871.
The cotton erop of 1870-71, aooordtng
lo the New Orleans Fioayune,will amount
to four milliou four huuilrad and thirty
thousand bales. Four million balsa are
reported to have been received at the see
ports, and three hundred end twenty
thousand bales, it ia believeJ, have bean
sent direct by railroad to the factorise.—
In addition, one hundred thousand balee
have been used in the Southern mannfae-
tories, and ten thousand have bean bnrnt.
These figures give e total orop of 4,480,-
000 bales, nearly squalling tbs crop ot
1860-00, whieh amounted to 4,076,770
bales; weighing on an average four hun
dred and ilfty-aeven pounds each, and
giving a weight of 2,130,820,890 pounds.
The average weight of bales this stsson
has been considerably in exeeae et font
hundred aud fifty-seven pounds, and it in
believed will reach four hundred and sev
enty pounds. On thia basis tha eotton
orop of 1870-71 is estimated at 2,002,-
100,000 pmiuds; that is, 64,720,890 Iba.,
or two and a half per oont. below tbo
erop of 1869-80.
One good thing has grown out of tho
Ku-klux invsetigation, “only am, and
nothing mora" in tbo language of Poe's
rnven. Facts have been developed whieh
show tho “oarpet-bag" Stats governments
have bean ineflteiant and corrupt, and
hnvo oraatad local oOesrs heretofore un
known to tho people, and filled thorn with
political adventurers; that the State deb*
and taxation have boon illihnnsolfa in
creased; and that the petty oOeeie ham
boon tyrannies! and overbearing in their
oondnot tad axtovtlocMto fai uik $#•
■AB^ewFaiMlli Union.
•OOmWl *1 1 v n** W "Hill
Lonirfrllow and Vtugfluher.
From tlio N. Y. Ifi ruld.]
The groat racing event of the year, the
meeting of tho wonderful horn oh I ong-
folluw and Kingfisher, in the raoo of four
railed over tho Saratoga course in August,
in now tho nuat proiuinont nubject of
diMfusttion ull over tho couutry. Having
divided the honorn at tho Jnly mooting,
whon Longfellow defeated Kingfisher for
tho BaratogA cup.two and n quarter railed,
but allowed Kingtlnhor to walk over for
the three-mile purse the hhiuo week, there
are sufficient rcasona for die confidence
of tbe reHpective admirers of both horses,
which is manifested in the numerous bets
—great and small,on even terms—already
made.
Before tbe race for the cup, in July,
tho Kingfisher party, including Mr. Bel
mont, bis owner, nnd Mr. Finoua, his
trainer, evidently thought hia speed waa
greater than that of any horse in the
county, and that be oould afford to ruu a
‘waiting race," relying npon a grand
“Chifnoy rash" at the finish. Hence
Palmer, probably under orders, pulled
tho “Fisher" behind at the start, allowing
Longfellow to dart ahead and gain An ad
vantage of several length* in the first
eighth of a mile. At the same time it won
tho opinion of tho friends of Longfellow,
including hia votoruu owner and trainer,
Mr. llarpor, thut it whs his policy to run
for every inch of tho ground, “from eond
to eond," oh ho expressed it. And, in ac
cordance with that idea, Bobby '.'win
drove the noble animal to hi. utmost
powers ns long as there waa run in Rina,
the first mile having been mn in ric
minute aud forty oecondn, ucjurfliUi* w*
half a dozen watches in tbe Lands i '
turfmen of experience. The rehiilt of the
race probably changed th'* opinions of
both parties. Tho fact was demonstrated
that Longfellow's speed was terrilin, und
that a waiting race would gain no advant
ages for any horse over him; while the
fact that Kingfisher seemed to outlast him
(gaming probably five lengths in the lost
half mile;, may have established for tho
son of Lexington confidence in his stay
ing qualities, especially an he was be
lieved by many to be a obade too high iu
flesh. Longfellow war never reached in
the race and won by several lengths ; but
his last half mile was only a big gallop,
though probably doing liis best. King
fisher did not “give it up" outirely, until
within 200 yards of tho stand. Although
Kingfisher evidently lost two or three
lengths by bis waiting policy at the start,
it is not likely that he conld have beaten
Longfellow for the cup on that day.—
That Longfellow allowed him to walk for
the three-mile race a few days after ia
fairly attributable to tho judgment of Mr.
Uarpor that his horse was at least not im
proved by the cup race, while it was j ust
tbe work which Kingfisher seemed to
need.
It is well known that no amount of ban
tering would induce Mr. Harper to start
Longfellow against Kingfisher for the
three-mile raoe, and that the backers of
the hitter were eager to bet from $5,000
to $10,000 that he would beat Longfellow
for the race of four miles at the August
meeting,for which Mr. Harper announced
his intention to start his horse. The five
thousand dollar bet was finally taken, and
numerous beta on even terms have fol
lowed.
That the great race will take place then
is now not the slightest doubt. Pincu*
wdl have time to give the “Fisher" the
grand preparation, while a little “let up, ”
followed by Mr. Harper’s most careful at
tention, will doubl.ess bring Longfellow
to the post m the best possible condition.
Mr. Harper has expressed ti e opinion that
the cup race did not hurt his horsa, and
announced his determination to boat Lex
ington's four-milo time, 7:19}; while tbe
Kingfisher party are still willing to bet
their money that he will boat Longfellow.
Both horses were doing remarkably
well at last advices from Saratoga. Their
work will be watched with great interest
as the meeting approaches, and many
thousands’are hoping that no aocidant
may prevent thoir meeting in August in *
contest the equal to whioh cannot be wit
nessed more than once iu a lifetime.
There can be little donbt that before
many years California will be olaaaed
among tbo cotton growing Btates. From
Loe Angeles and Merced counties, where
the experiment of cotton-growing has
been tried this year on an extensive scale,
the most flattering accounts hava bean
received.—Alpine Monitor.
We do not believe there is a county in
California wbero soil and climate is better
adapted to raising cqfton, than in San
Bernardino. It has surprised ns that tha
axperiment of growing cotton has never
been more fully tested by onr farmers,
particularly those who have within the peat
three or four years removed here from
tha South. In less than five years, if wa
should live, we expeot to see cotton be
come the staple commodity of southern
California, and every farmer in a greater
or leas degree engaged in cultivating it,
[San Bernardino Guardian.
The Cheapest Thinq in New York.—
Homan life, a great many p.ioplo think,
(aays the New York Evening Express,) is
etting to be about the cheapest thiavj in
few York. “Fifty killed” by a moh is
followed by another “fifty ku'M" b% a
hollar explosion. Death, in tbe course of
nature, oarrieB off abou. five hund vd j\
the city population every week ; but uiau’h
oarelaesnesa or man’s wickedness is im
proving upon nature, and ^es out of hia
way to make grave additions to tho mor
tality list, already sufficiently larga.
Dsouoht.—Tho drought continues yet.
Five weeks hava passe J and not sufficient
rain hsa fallen to lay the dual. Our grain
crops—corn is greatly injured, although
at least fifty per oent. more corn has been
planted thia year than waa laat, yat the
orop will be shorter. Tbe oottun crop,
already sorry and a very limited quantity
planted, the drought seems to have a
ruinous effect upon it.
We hear that sugar cane in many pla
ces ia dying for want of rain. Thia erop
whioh ouoe seemed so promising is out
off. Ground peas, and field peas, like
every other produot, is a failure.
[Henry Go. (Ala.) Reg.
Tbe A. A 0. Railboad.—W# wero
muoh gratified to learn yesterday that
there is no opposition in thio community
and never had been to the State of Ala
bama replevying all tbe property of the A.
A 0. R. R. that has been attached, and
putting the road in operation.
Bach being the caae we ara authorised
by Gen. Clanton to atate that next Tues
day, at whioh tima the period agreed npoa
by Stanton to raise money expiree, tbo
State will replevy thaproperfty hart and will
oommenoe running pasaeugora and freight
trains on Wednesday.—Chattanooga
Timet, 6tA.
Expensive.—The Washington Patriot
•ays, that “all important paper* requir
ing the signature of the Preaioent. must be
sent to Lons Branch by a special maasen-
ger,wbo is allowed two oenta mileage eaoh
way, for going and returning, hotel bills
and other expenses. It ia eatmatad that
every time the Preaidant signs' hia name
al Long Branch, to a oommisaioo, order,
bigamy pardon,or other paper, it coat* the
tax pay am about one hundred doliara.
Queen Viotoeia—Has *t
something that the
She has directed that the pulpit sand Elam
whioh indicate* the Wtli/time aW
ed for tho *ermoo, in the Boyal Qj*gi*
■ball be measured for tweety
only, iuMeadof an lw,
oocaraoerule established by the Qneeii,
SET *h. b-do/th. Af,Wa Oha^fc,
•ill be followed b, aU its nOnlaUlv an*
“to.aty ■tout- I« "*»<*" ™ W
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