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Volume XLHL-No. 84.
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A flTHICT OOHITRVCTIOB or TUI 001«TITUIT0.1-tl HOIKIT III) KOIMUllOtt IDXITMTRUTIOI Of TH* OOVBHXNBHT.
Ragland & Wynne, Proprietors.
COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1871.
The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN Ti7 MABTIN. .Editor.
COLUMBUS:
THURSDAY AUGUST 17, 1871.
-Ttr«« «f KaUrrljtUN-
One Year in »<lvt
#2.M.
LI'M Pit IS ISM THE BAHJOIW.
Colnibne Can **Oo to ThuMr."
The Lmnpkin Telegraph of Thuraday U
full of the Railroad movements and of
flings at Columbus. It confirms the re
ports of the operations of the Meeoe A
Brunswick Railroad to secure the charters
of the Amerions and Florence and the
Amoricus and Eufaula Railroads. Under
the head of *‘Glorious News,” it gives a
report of the meeting of the corporators
of the Americas and Florence Railroad
Company, at Atncrieus, on the 8th inst.,
at which books of subscription were
opened and a sum more than sufficient for
organization according to the charter waa
subscribed (chiefly by the Macon A Bruns
wick road’r) The following Directors
were then elected : G. H. Haaeihnmt, A.
J. Iano, A. 8. Cutis, J. E. Carter, Bam-
Non Bell, G. 8. Rosser and J. L. Wimber
ly. Tbe Directors then elected Hon. J.
L. Wimberly President. On Satudny tbe
fith inst., (preceding this meeting at
Americas), Col. Lane had visit Lumpkin,
in the interest of the Macou A Bruns
wick Railroad, and secured for the Com
pany which he reproaented the charter for
a railroad from Aiuericus to Eufaula.
The intention of these movements is to
secure a speedy connection between the
Montgomery A Kufaula Railroad at Eu
faula and the Macon A Brunswick Rail
road at Hawkinsville, and this, says the
Telegraph, will give Lumpkin “two val
uable outlets, cue towards Macon aud Sa
vannah, and one to Montgomery, the de
pot of the great Western provision mar
kets?" Then, it add*, “we can say to Co
lumn, go to thunder with your big city,
great cottou and provision market Ala-
•on aud Savannah are aa good cotton
markets, and Montgomery as good a pro
vision market as we want."
The Telegraph reports the sum of
$1,1*00,000 altendy subscribed to this line!
The subscription of Stewart county to the
R., C. A C. Railroad it says has now been
swelled to $100,000, and we suppose that
this makes the round two millions. No
woudor that our little neighbor, with such
assurances and cipec tat ions, is elated be
yond measure, and indulges in jeers at
“the city,” including “three groans for
Columbus and her Albany Railroad!”
As for the personal pleasantries of tlie
Telegraph, we will let them pass without
notice, deeming “the play not worth the
candle.”
Thongh the Lumpkin paper haa noth
ing bat sneers and ridicnla for Columbus,
we will tender to tbe citizens and friends
of Lumpkin this bit of advice, honestly
and sincerely given : See that your money
is spent in building the section of the
road from Lumpkin towards Cntbbert.
Judge Wimberly, we know, is a true man,
and will do what he can to protect the in
terests of the people of Stewart county.—
But is the organization such a one as to
give him the control?
Tk« Ckotvra.
Another westward stride of this dread
destroyer is reported by our dispatches of
yesterday. Tbe near approach of winter,
however, is a favorable event for this
continent, and there are other circum
stances which warrant the confident hope
that neither in Europe nor in America
will its ravages be so great aa on former
visitations.
A correspondent of the New York
Herald stoutly upholds the “theory of
Raspail," that the cholera is “an animal-
cube disease.”' lie Htates that during the
prevalence of the cholera in the W«n»t
Indies, in the years 1849-’ftO, he found
that the water of tbe infected localities
was impregnated with animalcule foreign
to the place, and that they disappeared
with the disappearance of tbe (Hhcnho.
This correspondent recommends the boil
ing of nil water used during the preva
lence of cholera, also the use of camphor,
which he sayn seems to be a deadly poison
to tha animalculv.
This theory is not inconsistent with tha
oliservations of French physicians, who,
a number of yearn ago, called attention
to the fact that fresh meat puUified
quicker during a visitation of the cholera
than ordinarily in the seme temperature.
The cause of M. Catacazy'a recall, as
the Russian Minister to Washington, at
the request of Secretary Fish, is stated by
reporters to have been “bis prevarications
in official tranaactionM." If tha balance of
the world know Gen. Grant aa well aa tha
American people know him (particularly
aa Andrew Johnson knows him), this will
l>e regarded as the richest official joke of
the century.
—
A Barbecue, on en extensive scale, is
to be given at Hatchechubbee, Ala., on
Hsturduy next, the 18th inst., in the in-
tereet of Churches, School ITouses, Ma
sonic Lodges, snd tbe proposed Railroad
from Opelika to Eufaula. It seems to be
an omnibus iuternal improvement gather
ing, and will no doubt lie largely attend
ed and promotive of the several interests
named.
Tbe Abbeville, Ala, Register, of the
llth inst., adda to its account of the de
struction of ths Colombia Factory by
fire: “We onderstaud that this calamity,
as great as it is, will by no means deter
tjie Company from rebuilding and repair
ing their fortune, for they are going im
mediately to work again, and In laaa time
than before they will be spinning again.'*
The corner atone for the Grand Lodge
Masonic Hull of Georgia was laid in Ma
con, on Tuesday, with the imposing cere
monies of tbe Order. M. W. Hamnel
Lawrence, Grand Master of Georgia,
officiated.
San Francisco, Aug. 14.—Tha English
in China danonnee tha return of the
American fleet as having all tbe moral
effect of n defeat Two Englishmen and
one German, who were engaged in saving
material from n wrecked German eeboon-
boo poles, — —
A British fleet sailed from Japan
guirt Into Um matter.
Tkr Arbiter at tieerva.
When it was reported that Charles
Francis Adams was to be the arbiter on
the part of the United States, in the con
vention at Geneva, to settle questions
Arising under the late Treaty of Washing
ton, we discredited the report. True,
Mr. AdaniH in a Republican, but he is one
of that class of Republicans who have
found but little favor with the present
Administration. Men combining his in
tellectual abilities with hie personal integ
rity and honor aro not to be found among
Gen. Grant’s favorites. It may be true
that the position was tendered to him,
but if so, it by no means followed that lie
would accept it. lie could not ignore the
character of the atutociationa it would
bring with it, the utter want of atates-
manship and principle by those to whotu
he would have to account, and the regard
for party capital which would be para-
niomit in the uiiuds of those who had to
pass judgment on his work. Ilia selec
tion for the position would have impaired
tlio cun grit it y of Geu. Gmut’s appoint
ments, uud have made the association
unpleasant both to him and to the Admin
istration. It was more in character with
the pernonality mid tbn aniuius of the
Administration that some unscrupulous
party tool nhould be aelei-ted to do Us
party work, aud we have no doubt that
Mr. “J. C. Bancroft l>uvia” fills the bill.
A correspondent of the New York
Journal of Commerce, who had just been
“interviewing" Gen. Graut on the sub
ject, states that the Cabinet, with the
probable exceptions of Meaurw. Akertuau
and Fish, sided with Bout well againHt
Pleasanton. He then gives the origiu
and progress of the difference between
these officials of the Treasury Depart
ment, as follows:
The commencement of this affair was
in the recommendation of Mr. Pleasanton
that Congress uholish the income tax, and
the publication of statistics furnished by
him to show that the tax is burdensome
and unnecessary, 'lheu came a few mi
nor decisions regarding the routine of the
office. After that curne tbo New York
Central llnilroiul tux decision. Mr. l'ieas-
Aiitou's ruling was revised l»y the Secre
tary. '1 he former would huvo collected
the tax in less than two weeks, but the
latter prevented him. Mr. l’leasautou
refused to modify his views to suit those
of the Secretary, and the Secretary finally
returned all thu papers the same as if no
Appeal had been made. Mr. Pleasautou
began to loose friends, and among them
were uumbered some of Ihoae who were
mainly instrumental in securing a position
for him. OtbriN grew cool towards him.
The reason for this change waa very ap
parent. Certain gentlemen expected to
use him ns a pliant, tool aud they found
they had selected tbe wrong man. The
next thing for them to do appeared to bo
to have Pleasanton dismissed. They
either joined hands with Mr. Bout well or
did not assist their friend Pleasanton.
Mr. Plcusantoii awarded contracts for
printing revenue stamps. He failed, af
ter thorough examination,to discover any
particular merit, but believes he could
foresee decided disadvantages iu the fibre
paper of one of the bidders, and there
fore resolved to use another kind of bank
note paper for stamps. Mr. Bontwell be
lieved the patent fibre paper used by the
Department for bonds, notes, Ac., was
a miraculous diaoovery, and decided that
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
should adopt that style of paper aud no
other. Mr. Pleasanton refused, aud
though the contracts were to commence
ou the 1st day of July, yet no work has
yet been done on them, because of the
disagreement between those two officials.
The dividend taxes assessed for the last
five months of INTO were declared wrong
ly ussessed by Mr. Pleasanton, aud the
Secretary overruled him again. When
Mr. PleuHunton reversed previous rulings
and declared that tbe law does not con
template taxing borrowed money as capi
tal, Mr. Bontwell again flew into a pas
sion and declared that the country would
be ruined by this man Pleasanton.
Thr 1'mldential Party at Leaf branch.
Lono Branch, July 2G.—I don’t know
of any one who has so many little triDft
aud private frolics as the President. lie
is ou the go the whole time. Tbe officers
at Fort Hamilton gave him a very haud-
sorne reception a few days since. Tbe
party from here, besides those of tbe
President’s household, were Mr. and Mrs.
Drexeli aud daughters, and Miss Hoey,
daughter of John Hoey, of Adams’ Ex
press. They* had a very exoelleut colla
tion on their arrival at Fort Hamilton ;
tlie young people had a dance ; aud they
all returned the same evening. The iu-
mstes of tbe Presidential household here
are Collector Murphy’s family and John
Hoye’s, of New York, and A. J. DrexeU’i
of Philadelphia. They all have plenty of
money, which they spend lavishly, and
have a very sociable, good time.
When tbo President drives himself, it
is usually in a high phwton—a very un
gainly anil awkward vehicle. Mrs. Grant
aud old Mr. Dent bit ou the buck seat,aud
the President, reins iu band, by the side
of the ooacbman. Then there is a single
vehicle to which he occasionally drives
his fast horse. Mrs. Grant’s landau is a
much more elegant and luxurious vehicle
than the pbwtou.
'1 he President is like the fashionable
clergymen of tne preseut day, who ignore
entirely the d—1 in but weather, or the
fact that there is any, leave their flocks
snd close their churches. He evidently
thinks tbe political enemy in Washington
is not much to be feared or regarded du
ring July, August or September. Tha
Hith of August is the dny now decided
upoo for the Presidential party to start
for Shu Francisco.
SOOTH ASP fiOl’TH RAILROAD.
81PBKME COURT OP UK0R01A.
The ItuHHiAN Army.—According to the
Military Statistical Annual, just pub
lished at St. Petersburg, tbe regular Ri
I siau army consiHta of 852 battalions of
! infantry, 281 nquadrons of cavalry, and
! 1422 gnus. This force, when on a peace
fooling, uniounts to 33,043 officers and
782,82!* men, snd wheu on a war footing,
to 311,083 officers aud 1,178,870 men. On
the 1st of January, 18G1», the number of
men on furlough was 00,000 more than
would have been required to bring tha
army to a war footing. The average pro
portion of officers to men is 37 in 1000.
The proportional number of eavalrj
troops has been reduced under the pres-
flair -
The proportional number of eavalry
troops has been reduced under the
ent government. Of every 1000 sol
in the army 71*7 belong to the infantry,
77 to the cavaliy, 101 to tbe artillery, and
2ft are pioneers. The number of officers
who leave the arn
than that entering
numbers "than tbs* lesve 1 sra drawn op In unci * manner ml
► last eleven rear* there' no J*** 1 ground, for them to crawl
MEETINO OP DinECTOCR — IHSlMTEStSTLD . ATLANTA, August 12, 1871.
action op n. l. blm>, xnq. | Argument of No. 42, Pataula, was con-
The Directors of the North .ml Booth “is w „ U ken up. It i. M. Crumley
IUilrond Conqisuy met in the parlor of V(t Janie , „ T Mandamus, from
Si."TZl . K r3 . . 6 h-***. H i» «•
nth of Augnrt, immediately after the.d- ror J H T , H ood 4 Kiddoo, for
ionrnment cf tbe stockholders. Win. A. - - • # * *
McDongald, Sum’l Cherry aud N. L. Redd
of Mnsoogee, John T. Burns and A. Grif-
Tk* * n V.e Ur,r - Court adjourn
. J ’ ' , H n r ; oU|)l I lueul.y next,
and M. A. Bunn of Polk. There beiug when thin n
defendant.
Pending tlie argument of this case, the
Court adjourned till 10 o’clock a. m. on
no other nominations the following offi
cers were eleoted by acclamation : Win.
A. McDougald, President; W. 1). Chip-
ley,Secretary and Treasurer; W. J. Winu,
Chief Engineer.
Mr. Redd, of Columbus, an alderman
if that city, aud one of the first and best
friends of the road, whose efforts in the
ibterest of the enterprise Uhvc been earn
est and efficient, Hiatefl to the Board that
he had nothing but the interest of the
road at heart, and believing that the elec
tion of John King, of Columbus, would
advance tbo c‘(it<ir{>iiso,(he being un older
snd a more experienced man,), ho would
resign. Suuh seit-sacrificing conduct
from a young man, who had just been
unanimously elected to hu honoiable po
sition, cannot be praised too highly, aud
is ths most gratifying spirit wo have ever
seen evinced iu connection with public
enterprises. Columbus, Rouio, and every
intermediate county will long remember
Mr. Redd and his uoble conduct. — Home
Commercial.
(*tllislnir Fruit—'The >*•« I'rocchu of KiA|Mir«*
lion - -One TIioSHautl bushel* First nnl iu
Tneulj-Foar llosrs.
The Wilwingtou (Del.) Commercial soys
that the great increase of fruit growing m
that Stuie, which it was thought by rnuuy
would outreach the deiuaud, secuis not
only to result iu the opening up of new
avenues of transportation to new markets,
but in improved methods of coudoiiHatioii
aud preserving at home, so that thu poor
est toiuily iu the land can have fresh fruit
the whole year round at lusu cost than is
uow paid for thu commonest article of
food. The new process of preserving
fruit snd vegetables by evaporation,
though iu its infancy, has developed suffi
ciently to show that u great revolution is
to he effected in housekeeping.
Ono of the reporters of tbe Commercial
beiug iu Middletown recently, called ou
the firm of Juckson, Pylo A Cox, who have
just put iu operation iu that town one of
those establishments for preserving fruit
by evaporation. The priucipul machinery
is a steam engine and what is culled iiu
evaporator. The luttor is made of wood,
beiug about five feet sqimro and til teen
loot high.
Ou the outside of the evaporator are
four endless chains, one ut each corner,
which pass up the outside and into tlio
top of tbs evaporator. Upon these chains
are loose boarors, nine inches apart, w hich
after entering the evaporator, become
supporters to wire hurdles, upon which
(he lruit has been placed.
The hurdles are made five feet square,
and being placed m tlie evuporator nine
inches spurt, about iwcutv ure required to
fill it.
Iu the bottom of the evaporator is u
coil of three thousand feet of iron pipe,
which is heated by steam from the boiler
of the engine, the teuiperatuie at the bot
tom being 180 degrees. A fan is so ar
ranged that the hot air is tempered by a
bloat of cold air. Tha fruit is all put into
the evaporator ut the top and takuu out ut
the bottom, with the watery mutter en
tirely extracted aud the sugar aud nutri
tious elements uot only preserved but in
creased, wheu compared with its raw cou-
ditiou. The hurtlloH, resting upon the
endless chains, are lowered by meuns of a
crank, which regulates the fruit according
to the capacity and temperature of thu
evaporator.
Alter the fruit is taken from the hurdles
it is placed in paper boxes, generally two
pound boxes, uud Nent to muiket?'
One bushel of tomatoes makes four
pounds after having gone through the
process. These four pouuds are said to
equal twelve quurt air-tight cans of the
same fruit, costing one-half the price now
paid for eanued tomatoes.
Of berries the proportion of pounds to
the bushel is greater and vuries according
to thu quantity of liquid iu tbo fruit,
which 1ms all to be evaporated.
Of peaches the proportion of preserved
fruit to the bushel is said to be from eight
to ten pounds, sold at hulf the price loi
canned fruit.
We were shown several varieties of fruit
which had been put through this new pro
cess, which were quite pulut.ible without
cookiug, from the tact that all the watery
snbatauces had been extirpated, and the
sugar, starch aud other nutritious ele
ments had not only been preserved, but
increased in quantity and quality. To
matoes, peaches and apples ure sliced by
machinery for that purpose snd after hav-
iug gone through the evaporator, appear
like wafers. These wafers or slices are
placed loosoly into cubical shaped paper
boxes, two pounds to a box. The fruit,
when taken to be used for culinary pur
poses and soaked in water, will resume
its original proportions, the two pounds
(of tomatoes) making a bushel of truit.—
Experimenting upon this new process,
Mr. Pyle, one of the firm, sent to Lippiu-
oott’s Hotel two pounds of blackberries,
which were made into pies, aud served
forty-five peroous for desert, uot more
then half the usual quantity of sugar be
ing required. Amongst those who pur-
took of these pies was J. B. Feunimore
snd other prominent and rdiuble citizens
of Middletown, who uuheaitatingly pro-
nounoed them the best thick berry pies
they had ever eaten.
It is believed that tbe experiment with
peaches will prove equally as satisfactory,
and the firm is now engaged largely iu
preoerving that delicious fruit.
The entire establishment, when under
full operation, will require a force of
about twenty hands, principally young la
dies, and will preserve ftoo bushels of
peaches per day, or 1,000 bushels if run
day and night. Mr. Juckson informs us
that there is no necessity for more than
two idle months in the year, os by this
S roceee not only fruit, but corn aud all
iuds of vegetables, os well as fish, meat,
oysters, and clams, can be preserved.
The Dabikn Outbaoe.—After cnrefully
deliberating tbe matter and consulting thu
beat authority in the city, Cant. Irvine
aod bis counsel, Mr. Delorme, determined
to institute proceedings against the sea
men of hia bark, the Grace, aud all the
officers in Darien who have been concern
ed in the late troubles. They accordingly
prepared the affidavits properly and ap
plied to U. B. Commissioner Gon. Henry
C. YVayne for warrants under the Ku Klux
bill. The warrants were issued yesterday
afternoon. Mr. Carl Epping, the con
signee of the vessel, and personally inter-
wbo I.-,.,, the »rmy i» geu«r»llj gre.tor «*«• '» 'he c * r go, l*»ng »o American
Ui.n that entering it. On the other bud 1 «'«*•“. together with Home otherx, wee
the men of the lower rank a enter the “»d; * P«tj complainant. The paper*
army in greater number* than they leave are drewn op In anch a manner ea toleeve
it. During tbe leet eleven ream there! no «*»> ground* for them to crawl out on.
were --’t J.aili wore recruit* than were re- 1 At leeat anch in the opinion of thoae who
quiretl to nil vacauciea. Tbe atanderd of «« auppoaed to know. It la hoped that
education in the Kuaaian army ia gradual- ?»' r 7 V e ' n uf . resi * t '
ly, thongh slowly, improving, in 1867
tha per ceutage of men who could naithar
read nor wnte was fifty-four; this wav
cootage fell to forty-six in the year 1868.
Tha greatest numbtr of uneducated msa
are, strange to aay, to be found in tha ar
tillery, and tha least in tha oevaliy.
When this ease is concluded, the Court
will go back aud hoar the sixteen casus on
thiN Circuit, which have beeu put to its
heel by consent.
Monday is consultation day as usual.
f Constitution.
Friday, Aug. 1ft, 1871.
After delivery of opiuiou iu cases nr-
ouod lost week, argmueut of No. 43—
Michael Germley vs. J. 11. Taylor, Dis
trict Attorney—was concluded
No. 2, UtitHiiln Circuit, was thou taken
KK STITHY.
The Louisville Ledger says: “Official
returns from sixty.three counties, with
the gains and losses as compared with the
Democratic majorities iu these couutiea
in 1H70, carefully calculated, show that
Leslie's net gain on these majorities is
7,001*. As our majority in 1870 was 32,-
214, Leslie' majority has to gain but 717
to reaeli 40,000. Evidently it will be
uearer ftO,ooo. In these sixty-three couu-
ties the whole Democratic vote in 1870
was 00,712. They gave Stevenson 81,284
in 1808, aud Seymour 83,011. They now
give Leslie 8ft,723—a gsin of 25,011
over the Democratic vote of 1870—« guin
of 4,430 over Steveuaou's vote—a gniu of
2,712 over Seymour's vote ! !! The 52
counties yet to hear from gave Seymour
32,878. This addod to the returns for
Leislie will bring his vote np to 118,001.
But unofficial reports from the remaining
comities conviuco us that he is gaiuing
ou Boymour's vote in all parts of the
State, and that his poll will reuoh 120,-
01)0. Keutuuky sends grouting to her
np. It is B. O Keaton vs. John B. Mil- sinter States, with assurances of greater
lrgan-Attacbuient from tarty. Democratic atretiglh than ahe ever lmd
J. h. ltowor, It. H. Clarke, for plaintiff befwe-at leant 140,000 Democratic vo-
ing legal prooess, or influencing others to
do no, will be apeedily brought to justioe.
Tbe ateemer Enterprise left her wharf
yeetorday about 5 o'clock, with the U. S.
Marshal, together with Capt. Irvine end
Mr. Delorme, for Darien. As soon as the
arrest of Ml the parties named in the war
ranto are made, they will return to the
oily, when w# expect to witoees an inter-
—Ung trial.—Sac. Rate, 12th.
in error.
Sims A Crawford, Hurd A Kiddoo, for
defendants.
Ponding the argument of this case, the
court adjourned till 10 o’clock to-morrow.
—Atlanta Sun.
The Macksiiel Trade.—A telegram
from Hulifnx on Friday last reports that
immense quantities of mackerel have
Htriu-k in along the coast iu that neighbor,
hood, and that there were neither barrels
uur salt enough to be bsd to cure all that
are caught. The market price at llalifux
is now ten cents per dozen, and per barrel
it 1ms gone down to $<». This will cuu.*o
a heavy loss to tbe merchants who have
not sold the ti.-.h purchased at the old high
prices. ^ ^ ^
Cotton Prospects.—-In connection
with the injury to tbn cotton by the wet
spell iu thu spring and the drought since,
the dmuled boll wiorui snd caterpillar
have mads their appearance to annihilate
ths bulauce of the crop. We learn that
on some very large farms those destroyers
have commenced their work of destruc
tion.
We were shown this week, by Mr. J.
1). Miller, a farmer residing in the upper
portion of this county, cotton bolls, some
of which were nearly or quite grown, that
had boon literally eaten out by the boll
worm. 11s says they are a oouiinon thing
iu his cotton. Gen. Gordou reports tliHt
any amount of the caterpillar may bo
found on his farm.
Not ns large s erop by twenty-five per
ceut. has been planted this as wan IsnI
year, and the very highest calculation our
best farmers make for their present crop
is that not more than a third can be real
ized.—Henry ('aunty (Ala.) Register.
Quinine Biscuits.—A flow dietary arti
cle has been introduced by the London
bakers in the shape of quiniue biscuits.
They hih small, extremely well made, and
have a pleusaut but delicately bitter fla
vor. Each biscuit is estimated to coutsin
one-fourth of a grain of quinine, nud,
for delicate stomachs, or where it is de
sirable to dihguise medicine ah much ns
possible, or to combine food with medi
cine iu a perfectly agreeable form, these
biscuits m u likely to become very popu
lar.
Mr. Perry II. Oliver, for seventeen
years a prominent citizen of Auioricun,
died very suddenly ou Sunday, tlio tith
inst. Mr. Oliver was born in Macon,
aud was about lory-five years old. He
whs at one timin tbe owner and exhibitor
of “Bliud Tom," whom be curried on a
ton*-through Europe.—Macon 'lei.
Not long ago some hunters and pros
pectors encountered in a ravine to thu
north of Tucson, Arizona, toward the
Salinas, a party of hostilo Apaches. Af
ter the tight thu pouches of the slain In
dians were found to eontuiu several gol
den ballots, liAmmered out of nuggets
picked up by them iu the course of their
rambles. “These bullets," says a corros
pendent, “1 huw and handled at tbo time,
and am thus enabled to confirm the ac
count of Aubrey, wIioko statement with
regard to the use of gold bullets was re
ceived some years ago with ridicule and
doubt.’’
The London Morning News, in no arti
cle entitled “The Fastest Time in the
World," says: “The new express train
from Plymouth to Tsindou will probably
be tbe fastest in tbe*world in the part of
its journey which lies over the Bristol
and Exeter and Great Western Railways.
Leaving Exeter at 10:30, it is timed to
reach Paddington at 2:1ft, including a
stoppage of five minutes at Bristol, aud
the inevitable and vexatious teu miuutcu
at Swindon, the journey of one hundred
aud uiuety-four miles will occupy four
and a quarter hours."
[Cn,
«l*l
Gem. Gunn, who to now devoting hia
principal attention to agricultural pnrvniU
at OtwiehM, Al»., w*a ia th* etty y«*t*e-1 Wumaomt. An*. 16.—Official ra
dar. Ha npoita aa tha naait of hia toiaa (Nat 86 ouontiaa ahinr a majority
labor* thia yaa», “braad aaoogh aad to «* *»«** —»*M* Oonvwtion. Than
*ara," togathar with aa ImptoTlag ooUoa ( ^ nthNa^a^j^Tto aSmt
crop. [ Moo,
An Am Fating ThUtles.
An shr was loaded with good provisions
of several sorts, which in time of harvest
he was carrying into the fie’ul for his mas
ter aud the reapers to dine upon. By the
way he met with a fine, large thistle, and,
being very hungry, begun to munch it;
which, while ho was doing, he entered
into this reflection: How many greedy
epicures would think theniRelves happy
amidst such a variety of delicate viands
as 1 now carry! But to we this bitter,
prickly thistle is more Havory and refresh
ing than thu moat exquisite and sumptu
ous buuquet.
Moral. —The Lmnpkin Telegraph,
abusing Columbus because slo will not
throw away her money npou the Bain-
bridge, Cuthbert and Columbus Railroad,
is an evidence of that complacency by
which tbe ass was enabled to persuade
himself that tbe thistle was sumptuous
aud savory. Ii Macou, Eufaula, or Al-
bauy, or all, or either of them, offer a
better rnurket than Columbus, Lumpkin
and her trade will go there. If Colum
bus, it will come here, the muttering*! of
the Telegraph to the contrary notwith
standing. Then let it alone—no body is
hurt but it—and it will quit crying with
the propor lulluby.
The New Bane.—Eighty thousand
dollars of the stock of the New Bank haa
been taken in the city, aud as yet nw
subscriptions have been asked for by the
committee appointed to wait upon tbe
merchants. This committee will probably
enter upon their duties about the first of
tbo coming mouth, when, no doubt, the
$100,000 expected to be raised at thia
point will be increased to at least $ Lft0,000.
The incorporators on yesterday rented
the Bank office, next Mrs. Dessau's.
We understand that Mr. llawkn leaves
next week for Bavannab, to make up a
subscription of $50,000; from wbioh oity
he, in company with some of tha other
incorporators, will prooeed to Naw York
for the same object.
Thia looks like work; and when it to
nnderatqod that only 26 par cant, of tha
capital stock is payable on or about the
1st October next, 26 per cent in January,
and tha remaining 60 par eaat. to not
called for until tbe fall of 1872, we think
every one should take Meek, U only a
tingle share.
tern, all while.
Mark or CouUUiiik*.
We copy with much pleuaure (he fol
lowing from the Montgomery Advertiser
of thu lftthiuat. it certaiuly is a great,
but wo believe a deserved, couiplunuut to
Major Campbell Wallace:
*Tt ia id resiling iu these duys of de
moralization to record an incident where
integrity tureen appreciation. One, of
recent Unto, redeem so much credit ou a
worthy citizeu. that we do uol think it u
breacn of confidence to make it public.
•'an unungeuiuut for the leuho of the
portiou of the Alabama A Chattanooga
Railroad from Ymk to Meridian to the
Aiuhauia Central Road was beiug per
fected. Our worthy Governor, repre
senting the Alahuma A ChVttunooga Uuil-
road. and Mr. Lanier, ou the purl of thu
Alabama Central, having tubed to come
to an undeiritauding on levuta, it wan
agreed to leave the question to Unto com
petent, disinterested railroad lueu.
“Gov. Liudnay giving Mr. Lanier first
choice, he uatueu Mnj. Campbell Wallace;
the Governor then requested Mr. Lauier
to name the second man, when Major
Wallace wan uguin named. Governor
Liudsay then claimed the right to name
the third man, and, to the nurpnse of Mr.
iatuicr, he ulno mnuud Major Wallace,
who, beiug nent for, promptly nettled the
poiut of difference.
“May mon, who thus enjoy the confi
dence of their fellows, live long with us
to exert the good iufluuuco of their ex
ample."
Major Campbell Wallace in well kuown
in Georgia, un the Biiperiiiteudeut of our
State Roud during Gov. Jeukinn’ admin
istration. He is uow the I'renidontof tbo
Georgia Western, u.h well as the Athenu
iba.j and Kuoxvillo Railroad.
Stewaiit Co., Ga., Aug. 10th, 1871.
Kditor Kia/uircr:—I clip the enclosed
paragraph from the Index and llaptist of
the 3d inst. An you will nee, it in on thu
subject of Missioun, from the pen of Rev.
N. M. Crawford, D. D., of Kentucky.
Dr. Crawford is ono of tho most distin
guished divines of the ago, ami a son of
William H. Crawford, Cltiy'n ami Cal
houn's contemporary.
Ilia roiuurks ou the subject of which he
treats ure no pertinent 1 think they aro
worthy of notico.
Respectfully, J. B. G.
When men have gono on in a wrong
course, three things are necessary ; First,
to perceive tho mistake; secoud, to ac
knowledge it; third, to correct it. Dr.
Fish, speaking foi tho Northern brethren,
uckuowledes mistakes, ami seems desirous
of our aid in correcting them. 1 am will
ing to help them. What, then, in their
great inislaku, and how is it to be cor
rected ?
Some of tbo missiotiarien of tbe Home
Mission Society have published to tho
Northern brethren tho evils that result to
the negroes themselves from sowing dis
cord between the whites aud the black.—
Now, the whole of this diBourd has boon
I iroduced by Northern “carpet baggers.”
n the greater part of the South, the reigu
of the political “carpet bugger" has come
to un end. It lasted long enough to beg
gar and Imnkruot several Staton, but now
we iiiuy thank God that that dog has hud
his day. The mistake of tbe Home Mis
sion Society has beeu, that in too many
canes they buve sent out mere “carpet
baggers" as their teachers and mission
aries to the negroes. If Dr. Fish wishes
us to help them to avoid their mistakes,
we tell them to appoint only the good
men that we tell them of. Complaiut is
made that we do not receive those whom
you appoiut. Dr. Fish wishes confidence
to bo restored. Dr. Fuller reminds Dr.
Corey that the great Earl of Chatham
said, “Confidence in a plant of slow
growth,” aud tho growth in slower still
when it ban been abuaed. How eau you,
brethren of the North, expect our confi
dence while you sustain the policy which
holds the hayouet to our bosom ? Fanl
gave no baud of fellowohip to the high
priest who commanded him to be smitten.
N. M. Crawford.
U thr Fltlxeas of Kassrll Csaatj.
At a preliminary meeting held at the
Courthouse of the county ou Saturday,
the ftlh day of the present month, the
undersigned were appointed a committee
to issue an address to the people o{ the
comity npou the subject of the speedy
construction of • railroad, oo the narrow
gauge plan, from Opelika- U» Snfaola, Its
uow designated termini, though the oor-
jHirators, who have already taken action
in the matter, have oalled it, and evident
ly with a purpose, “The Opelika find Golf
Railroad. Thia road nut pee* directly
through the eeuter, or almost so, cf Rus
sell county, opeuiog up to her a choice
lietween competing uiarketaon the north,
aoutb, east and went, reacting be# virgin
pine forests from Uieir present valueless
condition, aggregating population aad ap
preciating incalculably every foot of her
How the Money Goes.—In the last
day 's proceedings of tbeHtete Agricultural
Society, Gov. Brown mentioned that from
Jauu.iry lnt to July 1st, of thin year, thir
ty-three thousand lotion of Western hay
panned over the State Road for Georgia
consumption. This won culled fourth by
an esnuy on the cultivation of grasses by
Dr. T. R. Jones, in whioh it wan stated
that five tons of clover had been rained in
Upper Georgia ou one acre. I
Col. Alston, of DeKalb, stated that
twenty-seven thousand mules had been [
sold at Atluuta alone iu one year. j
Many such suggestive facts were
brought to light at this meeting. Upon
the whole the occasion was one of great
interest, snd tbe accounts of the Bute's'
agricultural condition and progress high
ly encouraging. The reports show im
provement iu crops, in modes of culture,
iu utilizing hoiuo-made fertilizers, and in
crease of stock and provisions. There
ill be union less money to go West next
year for corn aud bacon.—Avgusta Const.
The Wharton Cask.—There ban been a
rumor fluatiug about the streeU for tbe
lost three days to tbe effect that Prof.
Aiken has completed tho analysis of tho
stomach of Major Henry Wharton
(bronght from Norristown some weeks
sinoe), and that no poison has been found.
Prof. Aiken and the members of the Med
ical Faenlty, who are suppoeed to know
the result of the analrsia, decltue to give
any information, and the civil authorities
profasa to hava no information on the
subjeot. Without having any direct au
thority for the assertion, we think that it
may be safely stated that the elieu>icu! in
vestigation was concluded on Wednesday
last, aod that tbe result* obtained were
only negative; that is, the poisons looked
for were not fonod. This, of oonrae does
not decide the question aa to whether Ma
jor Wharton was poisoned or not, hot the
faot that the presence of poison was not
diooovered in hie remains will haven.pow
erful atoral effect in relieving 16re* Whar
ton from the suspicion of having teken
sway her son’s life. There wan the Ur
gant money motive ia this ease, end the
lattli ‘ ' ‘ ■“
Armti fbr Pleadrrlag the Rfate.
Front the Atlanta Sun, IMh.)
Yesterday two highly important arrests
were made in this city, connected with a
matter of the greatest importance to the
people of the State of Georgia.
Ono of tbe persons arrested was Joseph
Fry—who in a nephew or other near rela
tive of Fonler Blodgett—a boarder at hia
house aud member of hto family,aod who
has been hin confidential secretary or
clerk iu the office of Superintendent of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad; tbe
other a member of a prominent mercan
tile firm in tho city. Theae parties were
both arrented at the instance of Foster
Blodgett, who charged them, nuder oath,
with cheating and nwindling the State, or
the State Road, iu the sum of sixteen
hundred elollars !
The parties were brought before Judge
B. D. Smith, N. P., and gave boud in the
aum of tiro thousand diAlars ! for their
appearance at the Superior Court to an-
N\\er to the charge. Fry, an noon as the
bond won given, forfeited bin recogniz
ance and left the city. The merchant ar
rested ban no idea of leaving, but In go
ing to Htuy, attend court, and see the
esse out—ho we learn.
For more than a yunr, certain parties
huvo made it their special buHiucHH to
wutch narrowly, in order to loam where
the eurniugn ot the State Road were go
ing. and exactly what became of the half
million dolUm which Foster Blodgett
ought to have paid into the State Treasu
ry. They huvo carefully picked op
threads here and (here, and preserved
them * ith Hlecplens vigilance, giving heed
to but little elne. They, it neeum, bad
either made some discoveries which were
tangible, or were on the eve of getting a
clue that was likely to make some rich
developments, wheu Foster Blodgett,
w ho must have known or suspected what
was going on, caused the arrest of the
perhons alluded to, charging them with
swindling thu State Roud iu the sum of
$l(i(H)!
It is believed that Fry has carried off
with him a large amount of money—per-
hapH twenty-live or thirty tbouaand dol
lars, more or less—which justly belongs
to (he people of Georgia, and that he will
never bo seen here again, uulesa he is
caught and brought back by force, which
we hope will be the ease.
It is strange that these arrests should
have been made ut tho instnuee of Foster
liludgctt ; that the sum involved, or
named iu thu warrant, is only $1G(H); that
thu investigation before the magistrate
should have been no quietly conducted—
scarcely sny one knowing anything of it,
uml that bail should lisve beeu fixed at
the pitiful sum of $2000, aud thut Fry
should lmve had an opportunity to es
cape ! All these things are buspicious.
We hope thu earnest effort to unearth
the scciotH of tho financial administration
of Bullock mill Blodgett will he punned
vigorously, till they are fully uueartbed
uud exposed to the public gaze ; and that
whoever may be fouud guilty, may be
made to miflVr tbe extreme penalty of the
luw.
A KricMlIllr Wiper and It* Uraslti.
The papera report that an action arising
out of a scientific wager betweuu Johu
Hampden and Alfred Russell Wallace, as
to whether the earth is “round or flat,”
had beeu decided in the Secondary Court,
Guildhall. Mr. Edward Clarke, barrister,
applied under a writ of inquiry for dama
ges issued ill this cause, consequent upou
judgment going by detault ugainst John
Hampden. Thu learned counsel, in a lucid
statement, explained that an action which
had been brought by Mr. Wallace against
Mr. Iiampd( u tor a gross libel that had
been published mid circulated by the tie- ...
f*ud.iDt, h*d l»eu .nffurwl to uo by de- n.untI», book* of .nbwnption will
fault, ktld that th« plkiutiff in <ubw- : b* 0 *?* 1 *? to.bwto Btoliop. Md «> wa
queiice sought the damages he was enti
tled to. Mr. Wallace, ho said, was a gen
tleman of high reputation, and waa a
member of several learned and scientific
Hocieties. He became acquainted with
the defendant at the end of lost year,
through a challenge that he published,
offering to stake iftoo against XftOOof any
other scientific man, and to prove that the
world won a flat laxly, aud uot round, aa
was generally believed to be tbe case.
Fiudiug that some time elapsed before bis
challenge was noticed, he went further
aud stated that scientific men knew they
were guilty of an imposition in propound
ing the round theory, and that they were
iu consequence afraid to take up tbe
challenge. Mr. Wallaoe, subsequently,
answered the challenge, and lodged his
XftOO with that of Mr. Hampden’s, at
Coutts’ Bank, to be drawn out and handed
over to the party in whose favor tha arbi
trators decided after the proposed experi
ments had been gone throngb. The de
fendant proposed that the experiment*
should take place at tbe Bedford Level.
Mr. Wallace was quite conteut, and tbe
trial was accordingly proceeded with. It
was very simple. There were three long
staves of equal leugth; one was placed
on the Bedford Canal, another at the dis
tance of three miles, and the third also at
the same distance beyond. A teleaoope
was employed, through which it was olearly
and unmistakably peroeived that tbe oen-
tro stave was five feet above the line of
the telescope, which at once proved that
the earth was not flat, but oval. Mr.
Humpden accordingly expressed hiutself
satisfied, and the money wa* paid over to
Mr. Wallace by Mr. Walsh, of The Field
newspaper, who had stood as referee.
Borne time after thi* Hampden issued a
publication of his own, in wbioh he de
nounced Mr. Wallaoe as a liar, a swindler,
and everything that waa bail, persisting at
tho same time that his (Hampden’s) was
the correct theory. The libels, whioh
were of the grossest nature, were aggra
vated by the defendant asserting that Mr.
Wallace was afraid to go into oourt. Mr.
Wallace had been eminently for bearing,
but owing to the persistence of Mr. Hamp
den, was compelled to take the present
steps for his protection. Air. Wallace wee
called, and stated that he had experienced
a great doal of annoyance in conaequenoe
of Mr. Hampden’s oondnet; end the jury,
after a short deliberation, found a verdict
of A'GOO for the plaintiff.
A BeiS Ark able PreMrtlim ,
We have before itn a copy . PraJnj^i'a
Magazine for May 1 , lSn‘2, containing an
article by Horace Greeley off “Xbc Cos
tal Palace and its Ltsesotw."^ Tho intro
ductory paragraph of thitritfrtcTS’’fiofflafiiti
a prophecy, the entire fulfillment of which
to most remarkable. Frequently old
writings ate produced, in which some'
singlwfnturo event is dimly foreshadowed,
and the after fulfillment is clqiiuu4 as
something wonderful. But in this case
Mr* Groetey distinctly “predicted three
great achievements by Amcjicau geniun
and enterprise, to bo accaffvjjlifrbed within
the Nineteenth Odntnry, Afuilbe^have nil
been according to* (ho prophecy—being
•oil. TL« l*wt ..idioce Of til. utility ! tbe throe great ntHtcafUt nchlerotaoul. of
uul ivan imnMiMtiv <*f ttia vnari 4* 1
ftilui. to rnnUin it «1U lift a bmrj load
of napioioB from th. anham*. vdabad
down a. *h* ia with tha boraao oT th*
chargas brought against ha».—BoUiimn
Amtrfam, iff*.
Th* Nation*i. I.iBom Umov.—Thia or
ganization will hold a convention in Col-
unibu*, Ohio, on tha third Wadnaaday in
October, to nominate labor candidate* for
the Prcidency and Vice-Proaideiicj. In
tbe platform of the labor political party
there are the following plank.:
Tha rata of intareat govern* the diatnb-
ution of produata; nance tha praaant
rata, ara the chief mean* of maintaining
inequality of diatribntion.
A gold baai* ia a fallacy, Invented by
apeonlutiva capital.
A national paper enrrency, convertible
into honda bearing a rate of iuUrwit be
low th* annual inoreaaa of waalth, and
baatd on the notional waalth, aad receiv
able for all debt*, public and private.
Abolition of th. national banka.
Eight hour, to he a day'* labor.
Opposition to Chineaa labor.
Money Decennary for war* to ha collect
ed from tlie wealth of the oountry, and
uot funded into debt*.
and even neeemiiy of tha road, ia 1ho
proposed method of ooaatrnotion. It ia
uo wild acheuie of greedy apeunlatora,
bent upou their own aggraudiaement re-
gardlem of the geuoral good; neither hea
it any ouuurctiuii with many project,
now in exialeuce baaed upon State aid.
It ia the People'* ltoad, aud the people
theuiaelves are expeoteil to build it. If
the acheuie involved the expenditure of
gsMi.uou or gtto,(iuu per mile, ae now cal
culated for broad gang* made, no auch
enterprise would have been dreamed of.
Hut the chaapueee with which the narrow
gauge road can be built, aud it* capacity
to do ail and more than all the bueineaa
that oan he fouud for it to do in th* pres
ent condition ol the tkiutb, has comman
ded it to the moat favorable uouaiduratiou
of tbe leaden in thia undertaking, and
fully juatlile* aud eaoouragea ue iu iuvlt-
iug your active co-operatiuu iu ila apeudy
oouatruclioiu
We who are now addrewing you, are,
like yourselves, ignorant of the practical
detail* of railroad building, bat to evi
dence of the practicability of tbe road iu
queation, ae well uur ability to conatruct
it, we euggeat that from calculations al
ready pretty accurately made, the roud
ouu be built from Opelika to Eufaula, a
diutauce of VI j miles, fur Ad0U,U00. The
Cbewurlu Lime Work. Company of Leo
county have now in operation e narrow-
gauge road 8 miles aud 400 yards long,
the coat of wbioh haa been positively aa-
certuiued to havo been ouiy 614,000.
The grading upon that road i< heavier
than any whioh would be done between
Opelikia and tbe lichee Creek. Tho nar
row-gauge rued it in thought by persona
familiar with the nature of the oonntry
betweou theae two points, can li* laid the
eutire route, with few exceptions, upon
the surface of the grunnd. The shrewd
and sagacious Yankee, ahead of ua always
in tho development uf material waalth
and the liest use of hia own resource*;
the only man npon tbe continent, whoeo
ingenuity, skill, paraeverano* and oter-
aight could have redeemed hie granite
hill, from native sterility—haa taken the
trouble (tired, probably, with hie own
conetant success) to calculate and predict
for tbe South, aa tha surest and apaediaet
road to permanent prosperity, tbe home,
mediate adoption of a general aystcni of
narrow-gauge roads throughout our terri
tory.
The question which alone remain* for
iiu seem* to he, whether we will at once
accept the ailuatiou and go to work with
euergy and determination to redeem our-
aeivee from the ruin entailed upon ua by
the war. Th* question is on* of purely
looel oonoern, aud each section of tho
oonntry must take care of itself. The
immediate object of this address, howev
er, (and it haa no other object) ia to in
voke your reflection npon tho subject and
to auvue yon that ou the 30th day of the
day it ia hoped every friend of the enter-
prise in th* oounty will b* present at u
meeting to be held, whan tbe detail* of
the matter will be explained by praetioal
railroad men. The Company baa already
been incorporated, under the Legislature
of 1806, tha whole of whioh it would be
impracticable to recite In thia address.—
Kuffloe it to aey that taoh chare of stoek
ia worth (AO; that yon oan taka one, or
five hundred, aa yon plaaae; and it ia
contemplated, in order to facilitate the
enterprise, to let those who with to do so,
work out the atoek taken. Only 10 per
cent, upon the amount of atoek taken h
to be paid within eixty day* altar subscrip
tion, aod as aoon la th* sum of $00,0(10 is
subscribed tha Company oan organix* by
the election of its officers.
Thus it would iaeee, fellow-citizen*, that
tbe work has bean already eat oo foot
by onr people, and it remains only for us
to entreat yon to girs th* subject calm re
flection ; to meet with ua at the County ait*
on th* 80th day of thu month for farther
deliberation, and than and than to not in
relation to thia matter, as aanaihl* men
provident for tbe fntur* of thainaalvas
and their fanilic *.
Give one day at least to thia import**!
object, and let ua hava a masting worthy
the County and the ooaaaioo.
J. V. WjIDDXI.L,
IJltuzs Lame,
t. M. Biahhoh,
L. W. Minna,
W. J. Hemby,
L. B. Toaraa,
Ban. B. Pina,
I no. W. Fond,
II. Hi**ch,
Yf. IlOLUND.
Naaaleae t* Leeata la Aawrie*.
Naw Yoaa, July lt.-Tb* World aaya
it ia understood that pravlooa to tha fall
of th* French amplr* at Sedan, Louis
Napoleon wee in negotiation with Biahnd
Bohsll, of thi* oity, for the Jamal aetata,
which he proposed to see for n reaid.no.
in raw of hie being dethroned. The hue
of much of hia waalth by th* war foread
him to look for a ratranl mors mndaat ia
diinanaiona. Ha is, tharafoea, treating
with Hamnel M. Barlow for the Barton
lUnnsrd estate, at Gian dove, for which
ills exnaetad b* will hava to payflv*
hundred thousand dollar*. ,
In the meantime ex-Qnaen Christine, of
Spain, ia negotiating with SabsU for th*
Jnmel aetata for four million*.
What Pleaaaataa la «Mh« to to.
Naw Yoaa, August It.—Lata Comaria-
eloner Pleasanton hu retnrnsd to this
oity, and givw fra* sxpraaaloo ot hia
view* on tha causes which lad to hia re
moval. Hapaniata in holding that tha
law in tha caw fully justifled hia oondnet,
and that tha proper legal anthOritle* of
tb* Government could not have avoided
reaching that eonclnaion had their deri
sion been pronounced, aa wu desired tor
him. A full statement of tbe ground*
whereon he baaed his conn* wilt b* laid
before th* Sanata, and ha 1* eenfldant that
either that body will j notify him, or ala*
th* .listing ravanua laws, out of whioh
tba differenoa batwaan bimwlf and Sec
retary Boutw.lt STOW, will b* modtflad.
Th. «i-Oun>miariow«r ia raerivfng ths
visit* of his numerous friends.
SaosRsT Pxssaohs or BTHattna*. —Tha
quick paaaages of ocean stemuara have
beau aa follows
Scotia—I
1866,
Angtu
Yon,
1869, 8 day* *8'
the ccntnry on thia continent. , Tha
prophecy is also remarkable aa foreshad
owing notliihg else but what has-bach
literally accomplished. It Is tins that
sneb enterprises bud been thought pf bo-
fore 18,12, but ao hud many others yot
unaccomplished, and the most reuierhublo
characteristic of Mr. Greeley's prediction
of American history is that it eliminated
the great achievements.that wero soon. to
oocur and ignoro those not yet realized.
The stortu signal system foretold by
Mr. Greeley is not yet so couipletoor
extended an ho anticipated, but tho sue.
already achieved leuvos„liltlo roout
for doubt that tho prediction will be fully
realized before the dose of tho oontury.
We copy front Uf ahum's Magazine,
May, 1833:
Each age, anch race, inscribes itself,
with mote or loss distinctness, on His
tory's dial. Nineveh, almost faded from
onr traditions of tlio world's infancy, re
visits us in her freshly exhumed sculp
tures and in tho vivid narrations ef
Layard, Tho Egypt of Scsostris ail'd the
Pharaohs survive,, no less in her pyramids
mid obelisks than in the ovcr.cn,hiring
records of‘Motes nud Munclho, Jerusa
lem, iu her lonely humiliation, best t-ypi-
tlosthe Hebrew state and race. Ancient
ltoine livee for us in tbo Capitol uud tha
Coliseum, as does her medhovul and sacer
dotal offspring and natnesuke in Sr,
Peter's and tho Yritirnn. . Kbyiil le d ■
feudal France, tho Frunrn of lUehelien
and Louis lo Grand, still liugcro in tbo
boundless magniileameo nud prodigality,
the showy sieges and IndUe-pieces ,.f Ver
sailles, Tho England of t no laat-Uir.ro
centuries confronts ns in the Batik—not
a vorv stately nor graceful edifice, u roust
he allowed; hut very substantial and-wall,
famished—Iho fit heart’s coin of ii trad
ing, money-getting people: Sown Araer-'
ioansof the Nineteenth Century will bo
found in due time to have inscribed ,,nr-
srives most legibly, though nil nuoon-
soioutly, ou the earth’s unfading records
—how, or in what, lime alotio can faih
Perhaps n railroad over tho lioeliy'Mbun-
tains, n telegraph nerona tbo Atlantic, n
towering observatory wherein nit tha
storms and calms at any moment prevail
ing within th* earth's atmoqihoro shall bn
portrayed on a common diul-plnte, and
th* atorina whioh theill take place at tmy
point during tho next day nr week, wtih
their several directions and intensities—
perhaps something very different front
■my of those. Essential History still in
sists on writing itself, and will not he con
trolled or anticipated.
(irwlry and Woman'., Rlirhts..
Theodore Tilton has, by u recant edito
rial in tha Golden Age, ntimnlated Mr
Graeley to write * pithy letter correcting
some of its inaeuunieieo. The womansnl-
fragieta-bave been exceedingly anxious to.
•score Mr. Greeley to their cause, aud
for a long (fine have fissortod to aH'tho
arts of cajolery, persuasion and flattery to~
aoooiapliah it, but in vain. Tbi* last let- 1
tar pate n complete extinguishur upon
tbier hopes. ... ...
We'quote the concluding paragraphs;
“I have but two loft of Seven children,
snd these are both daughters. I would,
gladly fit them for lives of usefulness and
honor, as beloved and hAiog wives of vir-
tuona, ‘
ifl
they sr* to be,.not anch womou as thqs*
I have most admired and reverenced, bat .
man with a female physiqno—powerful In"
ward eattonte* and notninatttig cotfvan-
tiona, vehement in aenate and on tba-
atump, and cflyotive before,juriea In tlis
trial for actions for cnm. w>. —JL wif „
that my career on this globe ahull close
before theirs is frirly began.- When snd
whsr* they shall (has shine,-it Will not ba
plasssnt for me tq stay. -
“Mr. Editor, 1 believe oqy countryman .
ara indebted to you for having dlacqretad.
haps I should ssy invented) me Sa n
Ible (though most improbable) oandl-
for tba Presidency. Allow me, theti,
to'thank you for your early and,frank >
demonstration that I oan in nq contingen
cy be ooufited on or hoped fob aa n So-"[
man suffrage candidate. Aa you forcibly '
und justly aay, there is not even s remoter,"
Matxbixl Paoarsnnx in Wxst Txnxis-
sxs.—The Memphis Avalanche gives n
most encouraging aooount of ths erop
prospects in that section. It it now pret
ty certain that the new eotton erop is go
ing to turn out much better then wee; returning, • days If hoar* tl
thought of e few weeks ago. Concerning l Oity of Faria—Naw Tack
tba at dition of tha orop, especially on ' Jana, IMfl, fl Am* “
th* uplands, it is wall within tba bounds November, lief; *
of truth to lay that that* waa aavar a 8 day* II bownfi~
more ancounging prospect at Ui* parisd “
of th* season; nud along with Uua th*
farmer* hava mad* an abudaaa* uf eon,
thaaarth ha* dealt aroat ganaranriyth
roots aad fruits, aad many loealitia* will
bar* skw »tarp<M ri pr«TW«M.
tons, upright, noble men, and mothers,
’ it shall please God, of good, healthy;
appy, children. If it be decreed that
ability of my ultimately adapting toy-
to this end. My difference with ]
orowd is top. vital,. too tadisal; to J'
tha most sanguine dreamer th hoi
my conversion. I am growing oU
opinions are tolerably Arm; snd th*; sd-
vsneed female of the Laura Fair type,
who kills tbe paramour of whom ‘she
claims to bs the rightful affinity; 'enf
giro* the lie iu open oourt to the wife alia 5
has doubly widowed; is my pet avaxaian-
“But whyahonld any man be tl|0 caJt-
didate tor President or Hie Wdniftll Btitt
fragiato? Logically and oonHiatoktly, l
tool that their amididato should bo • wo-—
mao. She ought, moreover, to ha oas
thoroughly emancipated, from the “ab
surdity and folly 1 ,* the' ‘narrownesa;*snd"
tha ‘balaful conservatism,' which I am
uow too old to outgrow. Gould you not
And ono who illustrate* lit her oWn pmh;..
son xndwktdry what you so felicitously .
term the Hberal thought of an enlight- ,
sued age?’ Lit her be one who has vW* *7
husbands after a sort, and ByeswnJhk .
earn* house with them both, ahatipg.tto;^ ,
oonch of one, Lnt beariug Y tue hrwo or /'
the other, (to indicate her imparltgtityf
perhapO And oatila wftl b&-
ho fitly mated th»C there »ill be j
CAflfon, even under the uioiitjibe^*
class be parMsdefl’ to oVerbrii<
ing modesty and nawrototak
main, youro, ' UolCd
Tux tun Orntw, Aug.
totk* (Maaaah
Axaxxt or Dxxntn Hiring*..
Oo., August 18, UfTl,—Tha'
rivad this avwntug, and hu art
a. Campbell and several uf hi