Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, May 21, 1872, Image 1

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WWMp^iqpU. '„*'**«« • -• ( v -. > . . -. a »r:ucT oo.iiTKiicriui or tub ooiiTiTvriot—if hoiiiit aro bouro.hioai. admiristuatior or tub oovbrhmbmt. — Ragland & Wynne, Proprietors. COLUMBUS, GA, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1873. Volume XLIV.-No. 21. The Weekly Enquirer. JOHN H. MARTIN '.......EditJiT. COLUMBUS: THURSDAY ...MAY 16, 1872. TUK PRKSH AND TIIK S011XATI0XN. I Tili; CANAL. Tbe New York World bos made A I While in Atlanta ve called on Colonel compilation of the views of the Demo- 1 V™ s^den* uj tbo^Camil Coiupany. cratio press of tbe country, so far as —Tereu of 8*berri»U*a- One Year iu - * - * * - #2.30. (iOtHO TOO FAST. While we are disposed to oonoar with the 1 >emocratio Convention of Tennessee in recommending the endorsement st Baltimore of the nominations of Messrs. Greeley and Brown, we are far from ap proving tbe unconditional support that seems to have been pledged to the Lib eral Republican nominees. It is pithily the policy of Democrats everywhere to refrain from such committals at prasent; and the very act of electing delegates to Baltimoro made it tbe duty of tbe Ten nessee Democrats to hold themselves free to nccept any nominees that the Demo cratic National Convention may select. But wo find that the reeolatione of the Tennessee Convention contain no pledge to ubido by tho notion of tbe DfiPocrata at Baltimore, and that s proposed amend ment pledging such support waa voted down by u large majority ! Before the voto on the adoptiou of the resolution which we copied on Sunday (approving the nomination of Greeley end Brown, uud deprecating Democratic opposition to them), the following proceedings oc curred : ascertained by it, in regard to tho accept ance by the Baltimore Convention of tho Cincinnati nominee*. Its teat embraces the names of 162 Democratic papers iu all acetiona of the country, and we find the numbers embraced in its eevoral classifications as follows •„ In favor of a xtraiulil-out Democratic ticket,” 45 Mr. Tyler, of Shelby, offered the fol lowing resolution : But this committee will add that while they are willing to support the Cincinnati nominees,- they recommend that this Convention shall nevertheless declare that Ten u ensue Democrats will abide tbe nomination at Baltimore, if the Demo cratic party iu convention saaembled shall del ermine to make such a nomination. Mr. .Inutes, of Hamilton, moved to lsy the umoudrueut on the table, which, upon the vote being taken by counties, was curried—yeas 553, noes 266. The Tennessee Convention not ouly acted thus hastily iu committing itself to the Cincinnati nominees, but it appoint- cd one or more Republicans aa Delegates to Baltimore, and it tnrns out that it made a mistake in supposing one of these to bo a Liberal Republican. In the Chat- tanooga Herald (Bard's paper) of Satur day wo find an “authorized" announce ment that Capt. Wm. Crqtchfield, ono of the delegates to Baltimore selected by the TennesKeo Democratic Convention, is not for Greeley and Brown, bat will support Grant! lie generously declines to take advantage of the mistake made, saying that he will refuse to receive his creden tials. But tho simple disclosure of the mistake made at Nashville in appointing him ought to be u sufficient admonition of the folly of all kinds of batty action— ns well in tho selection of delegatee i unconditional pledges to support Greeley and Brown without waiting to too what the Democratic National Convention ia going to do about it. We do not think that either the descriptive classification or the division of the press in aocordauee with it in en tirely correct, #o far aa the Southern Democratic papers ere concerned. The position of the first class, we presume, is correctly stated—“in favor of a straight- out Democratic ticket"; but in this clas sification wo find two Georgia journals which we are satisfied are w rongly placed there, and whose true position ia in the second class, viz , the Savannah Republi can and the Griffin lines. Tho second classification (in which we fiud our own paper) is correct so far as we know and far as it goes ; but it should be added, iu respect to quite a number of tho papers put in it, that they indicate a ready willingness to accept the Cincinnati nom inees. Such we believe to be the positiou of the following Georgia and Alabama papers put iu the seoond classification : Augusta CohUitutionalist, Macon Tele graph, Columbus Enquirer, Montgomery Advertiser, Selma Jinn*, Mobile Register; also the Richmond Enquirer, Charleston Courier, Haleigh Sentinel, Columbia South Carolinian, Nashville I 'nionA American, Vicksburg Herald, and Louisville Courier- Journal—all daily papers. Of the views of the 21) Democratic papers put down as unconditionally for the Ciucinuati nomi nees, we are not otherwise informed, as we do not exchange with a siugle one of thorn. They are mostly Not thorn and Western paper?. Tho latest advices from Northern Mexi co indicate the complete demoralization of tho late aggressive and aucceasful revo lutionists. Trevino was retreating, and aoveral Juarist armies were in pursuit of him. Tho revolutionists are said to be without food or clothing, and when cloeely confronted by tho approaching Govern went troops, they will be unable to forage for subsistence. It appears to be another iuatanco of tbe breaking down of a formid able revolution for the lack of money or credit. Such instances ought to admon ish all contemplating such movements to snake Home reliablo arrangements of a financial character before commencing hostilities. Tho Now Orleans Price Current eaye that the heavy rains of April caused a wider breadth of land to be put id corn then planters would have devoted to it had the season been favorable to cotton; also that the appearances of- the Hugtr crop are at present decidedly unpromising. The Kadicsls of the Connecticut Legis lature have in caucus nominated Ex-Gov. lfawloy as their candidate for United Btates Senator. But abont thirty ltepub- licans would not go into the caucus, and it is said that these members (friends of Ferry, moderate Republican) and tbs Democrats will have the majority. The Democrats nominated Ex-Gov. Eaglieb, hut may finally support Ferry. Tho Baltimore American, whose editor is ono of the Nutional Republican Eiecu- iive Committee, and chairman of tbe Htutc liepnblican Committee of Maryland, published on Friday au editorial, calling upon the Fhiladelphia Convention to unito the party, end intimating that the only way iu which this can be done-is to select another candidate than Grant. This is regarded as very significant. Information Abes! Cette*. We copy the following circular, issued by tho Department of Agriculture, from iho Charleston Courier: Department of Agriculture, > Washington, D. C., May 4, 1672.) Hon. 0. ir. Clark, Collector of Customs, Charleston, S. C.: Sia:—The correspondence of this De partment with Southern planters has made tbe impression that cotton seed and its product are gradually deteriorating in cjnality and quantity. .If thie Department, , could do a by any effort on its part, could do any thing to benefit the cotton growing inter- oats, it would be pleased to do so. That we may have aoenrate information on the ■abject, I have adopted tbe expedient of addressing several intelligent planters to aak— 1. Have tbs cotton seed and cotton crop deteriorated in quantity or quality, or both ? 2. To what do yon attribute auoh dete rioration, if such there be? 3. Could this department aid by means to promote tbe interests of cotton planting, and how ? 4. In whut respect is deterioration moat manifest ? 5. What variety of cotton is the beet, find what is its origin ? 6. Is it a common practice to aeleot tho beet, end what is its origin ? d. Is it a common practice to select the beet bolls for seed ? 7. What efforts have heretofore bees made in the introduction of eottoa at and what has been the remit T Any other information which you please to oommunioate on this subject will be gladly received. I am, vety re epectfully, Yonr obedient servant. Fun's : Wat PHiLAxnBJWA, May 1*.—Cotton qnitt Piddlinge 24o. WHO STOLK THF. lit ELL HKC01ID I id ton of tho Don NOT SO! 80MB INTKBXSTXKG REVELATIONS. Editor Enquirer: “A. II. S." of tho Atlauta Sun, assert* tliut the act of Mr. Greeley in taking Jiffernon Davis out of prisoo was no uoblcr than the threat of Gcu. Grant to Stautou tliut he would re sign bis office in the army if ho arrestod and imprisoned Gcu. It. E. Lee. The net of Mr. Groeley ami the threut of Gen. Grant are very dissimilar in thoir piotives and nobility of character. Tho word and honor of Gcu. Graiit had been given to Gen. Loe, iu writing, that neither lie nor his officers and Soldiers would be molested so long as they complied with the terms of the surrender. No word of houor had ever passed from Mr. Greeley to Mr. Davis, of any kiud. In Gen. Grants case, the word and honor of a soldier hod been given to a soldier, and Grant, to Have his honor, made the threat he did to Stanton. So yon see it w&h to save Grant's honor as soldier, and not that* he cared whether Gen. Lee wsh in or out of priHon. It was to eave Grant, for the true soldier is always a stickler for tbe preservation of his honor and the redemption of bis word when pledged to another soldier. Grant's threat to Stautou sprung from motive* of deep interest to himself ; therefore his motives were low and servile. Greeley's act was free from all constraining inllu- encea; therefore it was a noble and un adulterated and humane act of the highest character. “A. H. 8. saya he would prefer defeat to victory with Greeloy and Brown. That is, if be cannot elect a Democrat, lot Grant, with all tho misrule, militury rule, despotism, oppression, end thieving gang remain in office ; that North Carolina and South Carolina may be more degraded und their citizens tormented to a more lacera ting degree ; that there may be no justice meted out to the South, no removal of political disabilities, no local self-govern ment free from tho control of centralized power, no supremacy qf the civil over tbe military authority, no peace, no quiet, and no aecurity of any kind from des potism. Suppose Greeley has been against us in the past, shell we reject him becanse he is with us and for ns now ? If he is our friend uow, shall we rejeet him because he was once our enemy ? The question that most interests the Southern people to know and act upon is, not what Mr. Greeley baa done in the past, but what ho proposes to do for the South and country now. He proposes to give us general amnesty, remove military rule, leave us to manage cur local affairs, restore peace and quiet and good will, aud root out ull dishonesty in the affairs of the Govern ment ; for it is conceded that he is an honest man. With his energy, his in dustry, and his power of endurance, he will see all and know all. I am for the man that can beat Grant, be he whom he may. Habpxb. He i« sanguine of the snocess of tho bill uow before Congress, granting aid to this gront enterprise. This bill requires tho Government of the United States to en dorse the bonds of the Company, uud guarantee the payment of the interest until tho completion of the work ; the amouut of the guarantee by the Govern ment to bo eighty thousand dollars per mile. The Company do net proposo to do the carrying trade themselves, uud therefore there run be no monopoly or unjust dis crimination against way freights, which gives no much cause of complaint against tho railroads of tho State. Everybody who denies to, can put a barge upon the cuual, p'lviug the low rate of toll provided by tbe bill, that being five mills on a ton per mile. The expense of building u oannl boat with a capacity of two hundred tons, will not exceed two hundred and fifty or three hundred dollars. Ordinary farmers, with small menus, can own their own boat and transport their crops to markot with their farm teams dtiriug the full uud winter. We have heard the ques tion frequently m.kod, What length of time will it take to conipluto the work ? Col. Frobel’s opinion is that if Congress passes the hill this xosaiou, thereby afford ing the Company abundant means to push tho work forward, that it may bo com pleted iu two yearn. Tho important questiou now is, What is the prospect of Mien h* ? The bill is now upon its third rending and has been referred to tho Committee on Commerce, who aro waiting tho re port of Col. MnFurhind, tho ougiuorr ap pointed by tlio War Depart to superintend this survey. 'That report is now ubout toady, aud wo aro informed it will ho an fuvorabo ns tho most snuguiue friends of tho nitet prise could expect. As soon as this report- is presented, Iho commit- toes appoint.'il by the oitiea of Atlanta, Mac .in. Savannah, ltoino and other ei ion, aud tho delegates appointed by tho State Agricultural Convention, will proceed im mediately to Washington and go before the C-Minn dice. Tho .Secretary of Wur lias given assurance that his influence will bo exerted iti behalf of tho project; numerous Senators and U» pvufeutativos from tho West aro taking an activo interest iu its behalf, uud tho President will interpose no objection, but tho company expect his hearty co-operation. Col. Price, who is a member of the company, feels confident thut no organized opposition husyot l ecu developed. Tho prospect is bright, and this great onterpnso, which at first waa regarded by many us visionary, uniy bo- foro tho first ul Juno bccomo u fixed cer tainty. The ngent of tho company left our town Inst week seeming the right of way on tho line from this point to Macon, which tho people iho elieoiful y giving. An agent will soon ho on tho other cud of tho line.—(j icinnilt ( tin.) Herald. 8l»-cinl to tlie CiiiHmmti Commercial.) Washington, May 8, 1872. There has been no importqpt testimony since Friday last in reference to tho missing records of the War Department. There aro some important points iu the previous testimony, however, that have not been fully stated, which are worthy of attention^ One is that the Buell re cord was discovered to be missing shortly after Gen. Budoau was authorizsd to rnui- j mogo at will among the papers in tho War Department and csrry off to the White TIIK “CLAIMS” QIWRKEL SKTTLKI). Official.StatcmcsU of the Juggle. I'tali Not to he Admitted. The Mormon delegation are apprehen sive that they lmvo blundered iu choosiug Philadelphia instead of Cincinnati. It i w ar expected before they left Salt Lsko the w as III noton STATEMENT. j City Unit President Grant’s renominatiou Washington, May 13.—Tho President and re-election were aottled facta that ouly to-day transmitted to tho Seuute tho cor- awaited proper time for realization. An- rospondeueo between tho United States ; ticiputing that the three electoral votes of and Great Britain relative to the treaty of ! the proposed State of Deseret might be Washington, accompanied with a brief vuluable to President Grant, Brigham message. The envelope bore the word . * , *“^ t * *kat l **e point of importance. The (confidential.) A short time after the re- I MurmoifS who have ever boon Democrats ceptioa of the dooiimeuts the Seuute went j nn< * fierce in thoir denunciation of the into executive session, when they wore I 4 ‘Black Republicans' —or, as Brigham read. It appears that the desigu of the 1 elaborately designated them iu the President was to ascertain the views of labornuclo, as “black-bestted Black Re- Tbe “Oak City Hook add Ladder Com pany”, of Bainbridge, hava “challenged the State" for.a trial of speed in the man agement of their apparatus for combat ting the flumes. They boast that they “ran on l'ueaday, May 7th, 1872, a dia tom o of ono hundred yards, took off three ladders, pluoed ono against a house, a man ascended to tbe top, descended, and we replaced all three ladders in tho short space of thirty-eight and a half seeonds !" The presumption is that the houses in Bainbridge are not quite as high as the planet that a cow, almost as renowned as Mrs. Leary's, “jumped over.” The Finest Cotton.—Mr. J. T. Gray exhibited yesterday s stalk of cotton that was far in advance of the average crop of this section. It was five or six inches in height, asd bad branches, and squares just beginning to form. Mr. Gray has several acres, of which this stalk wss an avsrage speeimao, on his farm in this eownty. Most of tbs ootton of this sec tion in just in the “chopping out” condi tion, end not thrifty at that. Obots.—Col. Thomas C. MUler, dor sheriff, informs ns that in tho last ten eonnty, and the crop*, generally, look r them |on 'ten days be has made a eonnty, and the a better than he has seen TMtn. Com aod ootton i( tmtiih op •ad look, trail. Hon corn ha. boon S ad tbU you (fata in ton inn. Wo this i« on iadiwtion that oor poapto dotoiainod to lira it hooto.—la. Urai ft importer, Att'ini'llng In Kltluajt. Kir. II. \Y. lleudn.'tv.H, ibu nutoii'iu. police licor, under the tyrannical rule of tho ncicul Mayor 1’illxbury of Charleston, South Carolina, w«h bef« ru Justice W. M. Butt yesterday afternoon undergoing a preliminary iu\ontig>iliun under tho charge ot false iuipiiHjmmm! und at- uupiing to kidnap J. Tboiiiiia Hancock, clerk in tho atom of M. C. .V J. F. Ki ser. Tho evidence allowed thut a man named Williuins walked into lliu store of srx. Kiser, on Whitehall at root, on the 4tU of April, aud pretended to bo about to roturu to South Carolina, offer ing to take any tnohsugos to young Jinn- lock's relatives over there thut ho might desire to Hcnd. Subsequently, on the Kamo day', Williams returned, bringing HeudriekH with him, and introduced him to Hancock. llendrickM thou informed Hancock that he was arronted, und thut be must go quietly to tho MuTHhal’a office. Hancock was then informed by WilliimiH in the pnscnco of Hendrick* und Mr. M. 0. Kiuer that if they hud Hucreedod iu taking a man named Scott back to South Carolina, that he (Hancock) would have been let alone. The warrant wax produ ced in court and was proven to buvo the mime of Hancock interlined in a differ ent hand-writing from the original. This imrportH to be a bunch warrant from the District Court of South Carolina, and counsel for tho prosecution offered tho court n telegram from tho Clerk of tho said court, iu Charleston, stating that no bench warrunt had boon issued against Thomas Hancock, ns in alleged in tho warrunt produced. General Gwrlington, in an eloquent speech, urged tho continuance of the case until 10 a. m. Thursday next, iu or- dor to get prominent proof, under the seal of the said District Court, Rhowing what tho said eloik has already stated. This motion wan not objected to by the Diutrict Attorney, aud Hendricks was al lowed to give bond in the rc.iii of ^l'mOO, with Marshal .‘•'myth n« soourity—Huiyth Htating that he was not a freeholder, but that he was worth the amount over and above the homestead, liis debts and lia bilities. Gen. A. C. Garlington, Col. U. A. Al ston and W. D. Ellis, Iv-q , attorneys for the prosecution. II. 1*. Farrow, U. 8. District Attorney, for defendant.— Atlan ta Constitution, With. seo fit to iny hands upon, leaving no cord of the papers he took. Auolhor important fact is that there is every rea son to suppose that the Buell record, when taken from the box in the Bureau of Militury Justice, aud sent over to tho War Department building, waa deposited ' in the file room of the department aud j never returned, from the fact that uo ouo recollects that it was returned, and from the strongest und almost conclusive evi- dunce thut it was iu that room that tho few papors that wore found of the record were discovered. The file*>room, it ap- pours, was iu charge of Colonel Loot, of recent goueral order notoriety, and it was from this room that Badoau carriod off four or five chests full of documents to examine in tho White House at his leisure while writing his biography of General Grant. None of the pupem he took from tbe room appear to buvo bueu returned. No trace of them can be fouud. Fortu nately a record romaius of such papers as were letters, so thut it is known who wrote tho letters, to whom they were written, and the subjects ; but there was no re cord kept, it appours, of the proceedings of Militury Courts of Inquiry like thut which investigated General Buell’s cam paigns. Of letters Mono, Badesu took over f*ix hundred, all of them of great importance, and rnuiiy of them indispensable to a full knowledge of the great military move ments of tbe wur. The most ningulur part of tho utl'uir is that when the Adju tant General requested of Badoau the papers he had taken, ho replied that ho had already returned them, when he hod not. It iu impossible to k«o how he could have been mistaken uud supposed he had Kcut them buck wlieu such was uot the cuso. Five or six boxes of papers, each box ah large oh a commou-sized trunk, could not have disappeared without some person’s knowledge. Bndeau could not iiave carried them over to London with his private baggage while supposing that ho had safely returned thorn all to tho Department. What became of them mystery which finds no satisfactory explanation. The Militury Committee, in conducting the investigation, continues to sil with closed doors, for tho purpose of keeping from the public the information elicited, "'his course, it is said, was taken nt tho instuuoo of the chairman, Gen. Coburn, ho appears to think that the Interests of iu Administration uru bust subuerved in this Accident.—Both as a warning, and be cause the parties are well known in M.»e- on, wo republDh from the EufanU Daily News, tho following : Mrs. Joseph E. Wells, jr., met with a siugnlar and most painful accident jes- terday forenoon, while sitting at and using her sowing machine. The machine wan running pretty bibkly und she was feeding it with her left hand as usual, when something in tho sired attracted her attention through tho window', and she ruined her eyes from tho machine a moment to look out, but w-ithont stopping her work, and just as she did so, she ac cidently plaood the forefinger of her hand uuder the needle, und it pierced entirely tbrongh tho end of her finger nail, and fastened it to the cloth on which she was sewing. The pniu vuu so intense that she swooned,and her friends sprang to her assiRtaiico and released her h uni from the machine by turning the screw' that holds the needle iu its place. Dr. Fope was sent for, who drew tho needle out and restored tho lady to conciousness from her swoon. It must buvo been exceedingly painful. The Crops.—We had a conversation yesterday with Mr. Win. Doughtie, ono of oar best and most experienced planters, in regard to the condition of crops in the lower portion of Barbour and upper por tions of Henry and Dute counties. Mr. D. had just returned from a jaunt through tho section of country named, and spoke from personal observation. He says that an a general thing there is a bad Rtsnd of cotton, owing more than anything else to the recent dry spell, and which still continues. Tho heeds are in ground, but for want of rain they have not yet sprouted oud come up. Those who planted c ott m just before • the lust rain hxyo goupially pretty good stands and the plant js looking well, but very small for this time of the yeur. Indeed, Mr. D. Rays, both cotton uud corn, as a general thing, were never more backward foe the middle of May in this section. Mr. Tom Me Tyro, who is working the Ghembsrs place, about six miles below Sofatfls, has a forty acre patch of ootton Which Mr. D. thinks is farther advanced and looks better than any patch of cotton in Southeastern Alabama. It ta eight or tan inches high all over tho field, and many squares have formed. A good gen- end mlnjwst now would b« of vast bene fit to th* crops, whereas if it continues dry nracfc longer, veet and irreparable in- jaty will be t \,Eujaula Timee, 14*4, Any. Li.TTKU lit X0NT6UNKRV ULAIIt. Montgomery Blair has written tho fol lowing letter on the Cincinnati Conven tion, uud the future course of the Dem ocratic party. It is adddrossed to a prom inent Democrat in Baltimore: Washington, May 7th, 1872. Wo will have to lake Greeley or Grunt, and wo will take Greeley, reluctantly, of ourse, but not the lens certainly. Aud he will be the more certaiu of election, bucimtio the Democrats do uot wish to mu- hruco at first. As for thoir running a candidate of their own, that would be both disastrous und disgraceful. They all o in thoir adhesion to the Cincinnati Convention, und tho most obstreperous of Greeley’s opponents had their candidute before that convention. Mr. Voorhees, for example, was loud iu his advocacy of Judge Duvih ; and the World was earnest in preK<iitig Adams. Now there can be no great or departure from principle in sup porting Greeley than iu support ing Davis or Adams, or any other Radical. There can be, in fact, uo motive ussigued for the support of ono of theso men and the refuHul to support either of the otliors, but mere persouul preference. This is not statesmanship ; it is mere caprice, if not Koine thing worse, which men cannot in dulge in without the lo.ss of nublic confi dence. For my own part, I go for the movement initiated at Cincinnati to arrest tho further progress of Rudioulism. It is the ouly practical way of arresting. As for running in a straight Democratic tick et hotwecu Groeley aud Grant, thut is a dodge that will not be allowed to succeed. Thut can bo done only iu the small field of local politics, where tho contest be tween the roid aspirants is personal, and has become embittered. But the contest between the Republican and Democratic purties has always been a sectional con test, one purty representing the North and the other tho South ; aud whenever the contest returns to that character, tho llepubiicuu success is assured by tho cen sus. It in only by dividing the numerous North and allying itself with the more 11bond division, that the Democracy lep- rescuting tho 8outh can hope for the re covery of the right of self-government for itB section. The moment that tho De mocracy shall set up for itself, the North will close its ranks again ; and the ouly effect would be to saerafice the leaders iu the Liberal party who attempted to help us. This would disgrace uv, aud ho help to defeat us, not only now but heroafter. Of cour«e, there will be some honest Democrats who will not regard tbe sub ject iu this light, aud who will prefer to stand by their guns, Ac. ; but the noisiest fellows will be those who are in the pay of the Administration. Chandler suid re cently, X learn on good authority, that thero would be a straight Democratic ticket, aud he would give $25,04X1 to stait it himself. There aro a good many Dem ocrats of the Tweed order, ready to take his money uud help to keep the statu quo which is profitable to them—fellows who understand manipulating claims quietly— and the Administration has the publio purse at its disposal, and understands them aud how to make the most of them. There were over one hundred officeholders of them, Grant's emissaries, iu tho Cin cinnati Convention working for Adams ; they wero nearly all from Washington ; I can furnish the names of about fifty of them. The strategy of Grant’s friends was to secure for him the Irish vote by putting Adams on us, and so compensate for tho lo.ss of the Liberal Republican vote ; bht ho failed, and they are furious. the Senators to a new article to the treaty, withdrawing the chums for couHequeuiiM duiunges from the American statement of the ease, with the provision, in eubHtance, that wheuevor England or the United Htateu shall be at war aud the other a neutral, the belligerent will make no com plaints lor any indirect, remote or conse quential iu juries or losaoa resulting from a failure to observe neutral duties. As it is kuuwu thut Great Britain will agree to tho proposed new* article, and thut both Governments uro anxious to save the treaty by this means, it was thought prop er to place tho 8euate in pohsussioti ol nil the facts iu order that (ho executive, act ing upun thoir udvicc, might pursue tho negotiation ko^h to socuto the consumma tion of tho troaty iu a manner satisfactory to the two governments. There wus a brief debate alter the imuling of tho docu ments, involving tho merits of the ques- tiou. A motion was made to remove (he injunction of secrecy, but this tailed aud the mchsugo uud doLUtuenla were then ordered to be printed iu confidence, und referred to the Committee on Foreign Re lations. There in scurccly u question thut the Scuato will udvi.se the acceptance of the additional urliclu to tho treaty. THE DltlTIHU STATEMENT. London, May 1J1.—In tho llonse of Commons this evening Gladstone made his promined explanation of negotiations regarding uulrruct claims and tho positiou taken by the Government. Thu House its full and the galleries crowded. Gladstone, on ruling, was greeted with cheers, lie Raid in order to allow an op portunity for discUkKion on the statements he was about to make he would bring a fnrtnul motion tor tho adjournment of tho House. After alludiug iu tonus of prutne to the forbosruuctt shown by Furliameut during the controversy, ho suid ho would oomuieitoe his narrative of its progress with tho 18Ui of Jnuunry, the day whuii it first became known to him that claims for indirect damages had been presented at Goneva in the American case. Her Majes ty h Government protested on tho fid of February that indirect claims wore not within the scope of tho treaty of Wash ington nor within the iutunliou of either party to Iho treaty. 8ecrotary Fish re plied in April that ho thought tho Genovu Board ought to decide the cut ire question. Tho tone of Mr. Full's dispatches was moat courteous. In the moantimo a communication wus received from Mr. Hchonck, tho Amoiic..n Minister, suggesting another comae, which would bo ncccptablo to England amt America. This was au interchange of notes sotting forth the views, terms and conditions wherein both would ugruo to proceed to arbitration. Wo accepted this suggestion, continued Mr. Gladstone, and carried on u correspondence altogeth er by telegraph. On Wednesday, 8th instant, President Grant hubiuitlud a propoKitiou to the Uni ted States Seuute. ()u T'huradny wo as certained the proposition was not precise ly us we undcratuod it should be, because of the brevity of tho cable dispatch, on which it wuh based. On Friday a draft, covering tho letter of our views, was forwarded to Miuisfor Schenck, and although lengthy was im mediately tulegruphod by him to Wush- iugton. On Saturduy Mr. Hcheuck informed Lord Granville that tho President had accepted, uud tho Senate entertained that draft. Gladstone thought this fuel war ulinost equivalent to ratification. Hu bugged further forbearance of iho House now thut tho question was approaching a Kttt- isfuctory issue honorable uliku to both na tions. If HiicrefKftil in his negotiation, Her Majesty's Government had Iho right, to exnct praipe for settling a- niomeutotiH question. Tho IakI proposals on tho part of Grout Britain Kiistaim d tho position taken by the government in the Queou’s speech ut the beginning of the prohout ses sion. Gladstone, in concliiHion, said lie thought ho was not too Riuiguine in pre dicting that the negotialioUH would result iu u settlement which would redound to the credit of both parlies. As Gladstone took bis seat there was lotul and repeated cheers from nil parts of the House. Disraeli followed with thanks to the Premier for his statement. Ho should not seek to embarrass the government.— Whatever differences existed on other subjects, all parties wore united in a d*<- sire for u peaceful uud honoruble settle ment. In tho House of Lords Earl Granvillo made a statement similar to Gladstone's. Karl Russell again postponed his motion for au address to the Grown to withdraw from the arbitration. Ho hoped the quostiou was no longer one between the houor of the Grown and the re-election of President Grant. Earl Derby uud the Duke of Richmond expressed a hope that, tho new proposi tions of the British Government were un ambiguous. They had heard enough of misunderKtaiidings. locume Hyoophantish to the Republican cause. But thia has not benefited them atiything. The Republicans would not trust them in nuy bargain fur thoir electo ral votes, and the Democrats are disgusted at their momentary abandonment of De mocracy. Add to that the utter contempt with which President Grant views this scheme and his determination to veto any bill that Would secure Utah's admission into the Union before the wholesale mur ders iu that Territory are atoned for. The Mormon delegation Aro very Rick and discouraged. They linger here solely iu tho hope that Romcthiug might tnrn np before tho end of the sessiou that would be favorable, aud if they aro on hand they would rush for the advantage. Tho Apos tle feels it very humiliating, after being tho “mouthpiece” of the prophet in Utah, to whom all the saints listened oagerly, to mo down to Washington and dance attendance upon Henators and GongreKH- men, for whom ho has so frequently ox- But for the J profound contempt, urgency of the measure and the Hdvantage it would be to his chief he would instantly abandon tho capital and seek the charm* of his throo buxom' brides. Whatever promises may have been held out ill the beginning to tho delegation, it is now a certainty that Utah will not be admitted a Slate this session.— Washington Cor- •pondencc N. Y. Jinn Id. •More llloeilriicd in the Indian Territory. Leavenworth, Kan., May fi, 1872.—A gentleman who lias just nrrived hero from tho Indian Territory reports that on Sat urday lust Deputy United States Marshal Joe Peevy, of the Western District of Ar kansas, with a posse of his men, came np with the outlaw ZekeProotor, at the head of Bird Greek, iu the GheroUee District. A terrible fight ensued, resulting in five of the Marshal's party being killed and eight wounded. Six of tho outlawa wer« left dead on the ground, und several oth ers, it is thought, wore wounded. Mar shal Peevy was slightly wounded in two places, and had his boree killed uuder him. Proctor escaped unhurt. The wild est excitement prevails throughout tho country. Wendell I*IiIIII|in on (lie Situation. Boston, May t'.th, 1872. Hear Paired: I wish I could nid in the discussions of your Reform League nt tins important mouiont. Old purlieu ale breaking to pieces. New onus are to form on some of the issues yon propose to dis cuss. Whether Grant or Greeley or who- e\er else is olected, this in the last time the Republican und Democratic parties oh such will take part in a Presidential can vass. Whichever party sueeoeds, both die iu tho effort. Whether the Gincinnati Gonvontion fails or trinmpha at the ballot box, one thing it has done. It bun scat tered forever the Republican aud Demo cratic parties; has killed both. Tho Presidential canvass of 1876 will turn on new questions : 1 thiuk, on the relations of capital nud labor ; the condi tion of the working cIokhon ; the injustice done them by law, finance, privileged cor porations, and trade—an injuxtico which is the rout of poverty, prostitution, in temperance, and crime. May your discussions ripon the publio opinion for this new crusade. Yours, hcaitily, Wkndell Phillips. Coffee Culture in LimsnrA.—A letter from Liberia states that the nxperiineut of cultivating coffee in that couutiy promises to bo very successful. The cof fee raised has been pronounced by com petent authority to lie equal in quality with any iu the world, uud superior to most. The reason it does not present a more desirablo appearance is the people of tho country have not uocofsarv ma chinery for taking tho berry from the hull that covers it. The hull was remov ed from this by boating iu uu ordinary mortar, by which proL-oss you will discover many of the grains wero broken. By close observation a misfortune of greater importance has befallen this coffee by reason of same process, to-wit: the very delicate skin that nature provides the calico berry with, for the purpose of pre serving that aromatio flavor that renders the Mocha so delectable to tho practiced appetite of the epionre, is Almost entirely destroyed. Liheriaus are but now discov ering tLo fact that coffee is to their coun try of by far greater importance than cot ton has proved to us. Iu vnin havo they endeavored to fiud their Maple in sugar growing. Euch country can make its own sugar, either from tho beet, cane or some other sugar growing plant. Cottou bill never be more than their auxiliary staple, because they will uot be fouud equal to outer cumpiuu'ive competition with tho great modern republic, and be cause of their being located so many re moves from th* groat markets of civiliza tion.—S. JiulUlin. The great maiority of Adama’ supporters dorstai did not understand it; but tbe public mind is now thoroughly aroused, and when this is‘the case, the power of pur chasable individuals and of tha venal press is inconsiderable. The Covington Enterprise learn* that several severe esses of meningitis have •ccurrod in that vicinity lidely io Dr. T. ‘ ‘ ~ B, X W. Hims’ practice. One, S negro gill, was taken while in tbe field at I«bam Weaver's, a few days ainoe, and carried home insensible. The Doctor being sent for at once, fonnd her neck and shoulder* aa atiff as a board. Having need all th* usual remedies for twonty-four hours, tbe patient continued to grow woroe^nntl] she was almost in a state of * . ...y. then, aa a loot resort, the Doctor applied a red hot iron to tha book of the head and down the opine, till the skin waa well obarred, and in ten minutes the symp toms all passed off, end she is now well, except the efieota of bum." New Yobs, Hoy 15.—Cotton quiet, dies 370 bales. Uplands 23jo., Or- •06*4 Grant and Hartuanft—Efforts Save Fennsvlvania to the Radical Philadelphia, May*,).- -Ten days ngo throe of tho lending Grant Kcptihileans of Huh State were in Washington in conference with Grant aud Senator Camefon rotative to the retirement of Hartranft from hia candidacy for the gubernatorial office.— Grant wus unwilling to risk the dubious chances of a re election unless Pennsylva nia was secured to the Grant Radicals iu Octobor, while Cameron was not wholly indifferent to the retirement of Hnrtrault if his nephew, llou. John 1). Packer, be came his stiocesHor. Mackey and Quay— who were two-thirds of the cmiuent Ihreo —told Grunt that Ilrrirouft would bn elected by a larger mnjority than was ever given any candidate in Pennsylvania, and that under uo circumstances would he bo withdrawn. Htill the wise bond of the nation donbtod, and maintained’ that Hart rand’* withdrawal was essential to his success in November next,— Thun matters stood at the close of the conference. Hartranft, who i* ah wise a statesman as Grant,and his equal in every thing, now proposes that U. 8. Grunt re tire from the field as an aspirant for an other Presidential term, believing that if he reinaius in the rare be will endanger tbe election of Mr. Ilurtratift in Octobor next. As the greater portion of the activo Republicans in litis city, from Colonel William B. Mann and Mayor Htuukley, down to. Mill and Komble, agree with Hartranft, it remains to be seen whether llartranft will throw up the sponge to save Grant in November, or Graut decline a re-nomination to secure Hartranft tha Governorship in October. {N. Y. World. On Drr.—J. L. Pennington, late Sena tor from Lee county in tbe Alabama Leg islature, ho* been appointed Governor of one of the Weetern Territories; also that i Opelika Era will change proprietors within a _ few days and come out for Grant. The Era ie now fighting for Gree ley, manibVi jiedibusque. [Htnlymery Advertiser, Average Weight of Cotton Bales. Thu average weight of cott«»u bales, put up in difloretit countries, during the past years, is given as follows : American cotton balcHaverage 4fi8 lbs.; Egyptian cotton bales average 4tif> lbs.; East India cottou bules averugu fi86 lbs.; Turkish cotton bales average fi62 lbs.; West Iudia cotton bales average 216 lbs.; Bruziliun cottou bales average 165 lbs. The average American crop is throe million bales. The average Egyptian crop is three hundred thousand bales; to tal crop of Iudia is fifteau hundred and fifty thousand balew; total crop of Tur- ' ales; total Ucn. Toombs au<l the Noiulnutiuux. CorrM|iotalfiico gevammh Adviullatr ] Atlanta, May 10, 1872. Tho general impression which bus prevailed ‘that Gen. Toombs would unite with Alexander If. Stephens in bitterly opposing the candidature of Horace Gree ley, is likely to be disappointed. 1 loam thut in a conversation, a few days ago, on the subject, Gen. Toombs remarked thut ho bad not yet made np his mind what course lie would pursue, bnt that he was giviug the matter serious thought. The tenor of his remarks left au impression that it was not improbable bo would de cide in favor of Greeley. It certainly would be a curious freak of politics which put Groeley aud Toombs once more in the Maine political ship. Iu tho “good old days” they battlod for the Whigs together, * ‘ d, ‘ " ' bnt who would have imagiued, after tho disruption of their allianco, and tbe bitter political enmity which has existed be tween thorn for yearn, that the possibility of their reconciliation would ever arise ? Should Toombs. decide in Greeley's favor, his influence would certainly alter tho presciit determination of many Dem ocrats to abstain from voting if the De mocracy oudorse the nomination. TRXAH HEKP VS. WKNTLKN FOUR. lion. Jahn Hllltdg*. Wo are puined to announce the deAth of this well known Geoigiuu ou Monday night nt eleven o'clock, in Forsyth, With typhoid pnenuioniii, after a painful illness. Of aristocratic Georgia lineage, und real wealth, Golouel Milledge for a nnni- er of years wuh prominent iu the politics of Georgia. Ho represented Richmond county for u number of years iu the State Assembly. Thus another of tho old laud murk* pas-os away. He had removed to tho pleasant little village of Forsyth to live quietly his de clining yours in retirement, llis last mo ments wero full of Christian resignation to his fate. Do loaves a widow and two childrou, one au accomplished daughter uud the other our fellow townsman, Capt. John Milledge.—Atlanta Const., Udh. Tin* State Uoail Li-m\p. Atlanta, May 11.— I was iuforuiod to day that the committee appointed to in vestigate the leuse of the Slate road have completed their labors, and seut in their report to the printer. My informant states that tho report is exceedingly severe upon the lessees am well as npou'lho les sors. It is shown that tho louso was ob tained by fraud and collusion, and that money was used to insure its success. I have given you merely the .statements of another ns 1 received them. Whether or not the committee recommended declar ing Iho loose void, 1 have not learned; but I hear that they havo advised the Legislnturo to grant others authority to bring suits against the Hiatt*, with a view to testing the validity of the lease. As yon aro awaro there was auother company formed which offf red a lurger rout than tho road wus finally leased for, and us its members are all men of wealth and ro- apectubility, it is proper that they should bo given an opportunity of breakiug the leaso. Governor Brown, I hear, recoutly remarked thut ho was ready to givo up the road at uuy time, because he was not making anything out of it. I do not be lie vo any such stuff us this. If that road is not clearing $.*>0,04)0 per mouth, then there must be something wrong about its arrangement. I rather believe that the lossoes will tako the advice of Ben Hill, who is iu favor of fighting all opponents to the bitter end. That tho lease of the road was a rascally transaction is uudeui- ably true—rascally iu this: That Brown, Hill & Go. were permitted Io lease it for $25,000 per mouth, iu the face of an otter greatly iu excess of that sum made by sumo of tho wealthiest citizens of Atlautu. It is to bo regretted thut the committee on tho Icuno have been so reticent on the subject, and thut bcouuae of such reti cence 1 am compelled, without vouching for its reliability, to obtain the foots given iu the foregoing, from outside parties. [ Core. Savannah Adeertiser. The Wife-Slayer.—Ferdiunnd Spann, who killed his wife in Webster county, Georgia, Saturday night, the 4th instant, was ufterwards (raced to Florence, Ga., thciieo to Glenville, Alu., aiul thence to this city, where he was hist seen last Wednesday. After having murdered his wife, he eloped with a girl, who was with him when seen at the Moutgoiuory and Eufaula Railroad dopot ou tho day above naiuod. Both of them wero afoot, each carrying a bundle of clothing. Sight of them has been lost since their appearance here. It is to be hoped that justice, though slow,may overtake the guilty man and mete out to him the penalty due tho commission of such a shocking crime.— Eufaula Is etc*, 14th. A Tberielb Accident.—On tho even- H. Dent, by the upsetting of a ker osene lump, was bu.in-d to death. Her mother in her t.itoiupt to rescue tho child, was also set on ti.e. Mujur Dent, on an adjoining pi zu, hearing the Hcreams, and setiug the bright light, was instantly on tho spot, but not before tbe child and Mrs. Dent hud rushed into the yard. In his efforts to assist his lit lo daughter, his hand wus seriously burned. Mrs. Dent's hand was burned, bnt the fire around her whs put out. Our deepest sud most tender sympa thies reach out to our estimable friends this, their terrible bereavement.—Home Courier. key is two hundred thousand bi crop of West India is one hundred and fifty thousand bales, aud the total Bra zilian crop is eight huudrod thousand bales. The Cotton Situation. Tho whole position of this staple (says the New York Daily Bulletin of the 10th iustuiit) uu it preseutN itself now, may be summed up iu a few words. The crop prospects in the South have been materi ally improving since the 10th of April; tilt then, the weather was cold and damp most of the time, aud the plant was back ward. The weather and the general con dition of the field labor huve been all that could bo wished for. A larger area lias been planted, and more thoroughly— twice, and in some localities three times, at much fertilizer* as last year having been used, flush of funds as the planter* ', for the first time since the war. A Radical Gerrymander.—The fol lowing table, exhibiting the black and white population in tbe six Congressional districts of Mississippi, as formed by tbe late Legislature, sufficiently indicates what a set of sooundrela composed the majority of that bodjr: District. White. Black. First :.00,518 86,642 Second 58,085 00,225 Third 54,742 80,056 Fourth 67,175 86,008 Fifth 55,585 71,763 Sixth Total. 126,155 148,010 181,708 151,173 127,266 133,710 With 8b2,8!)6 white people, and 414,201 (hievif) in tho Legislature givo the ue gross Jicc Representatives aud the whites one ! Comment is unnecessary. [ Vicksburg JJerald. Richmond, 51ay 14.—A special to tbe Dispatch from Peterabnrg says the largest atnoa Conservative meeting in that city sii tho war ratified the nominations ol ley and Brown with great enthusiasm, and speeches ware mod* by Col. Wm. E. Cameron, Hon. C. T. Collier, Col. Geo. W. Bolling and other prominent Vir ginians. __ The New York Herald aaya: “Thera ia no mistake about it. The majorit? of our exchanges, Democratic and otherwise, go (or UrraUjr »ud Drawn," rst Although the stock and prospective Mr. John W. Ifaylor, a prominent mer chant of llockport, Texas, and a large stock raiser, furnishes .tho RooUport Transcript with tho following information, gathered in his recent trip to the Went, relative to the prospects of Texas beef in competing with tho Western hog crop, snpply of American cotton are scanty in Europe, other kinds uro ploutiful, und India cotton especially is coming in in forco. Money is getting dearer, and there is a revnlsion against speculating any further in merchandise. Tho accumulation of cottou fabrics iu Europe ia known to be large, indued ex cessive; and to a considerable exteut the cotton of our large l862-’70 crop is still represented is these very fabrics. if our crop proceeds butisfaotorily,there cun bo no rouMonable doubt that between now and the oud of the year we shall *ee lower price* for cotton here and in En- ropo. Home of the old ootton merchants and brokers here fed confldedt that, if matter* develop noriu*lly, sud we have no special drawback from caterpillars aud froHt this fu-uNon, we shall see 16 cents for Low Middling Uplaudi before Christmas. The prediction may seem extravagant, yet we had ootton down to 18 cent* in Maroh lost year In thia market, at a time when the faoilitiea for bringing India oot ton to market through tha iathmua ware not half of what they are at present. Clove* Hat.—We aaw n day or two sinoo a bundle of red* oloter hhj, grown the present season on the premtooe of Mej. R. J. Moeea, some flve milee from the city. The ftelka were some two feet in length, f«Uy developed end well cured. This would seem to be proof that this de scription of hey can be anooffplly and profitably grown here, which is uliko interesting to the cattle men of Texas and our dealers in Western, produco. Ho says; In particular would I call attention to tho statistics presented for an obvions comparison iu tho pork markot iff the two past seasons, as contrasted with that of previous years—its luigo iucrcaso, and at the same time diminished valuation, evi denced in tho acrobatic exercises of pork in its tumbling since January Inst, ono year ago, from 15*32.00 to # 13.50 per bar rel; bacon aud lard from 18 cents to 8 cents per pound. Why is this, wo natu rally inquire, when our iuoreaso of popu lation uud tho almost total failure ou thn part of the people of tho Bouth to raise any pork would indicate au iucrcnsing de maud instead of supply. In con vernation with a member of the Board of Commerce of tho city of Cin cinnati, I learned the following facts in regard to tho pork produco of 1870-71 und 1871-72. Tho comparative statistics givon would probably range as follows: 1870- 71—Number of hogs slaughtered 3,623,401; aggregate gror’a weight 1,033,- 120,160 pounds ; total lard rendered 130,- 658,181 pounds; nvoragu price pur 100 pounds $6.34 ; nggrogato cost ut crops $65,578,121. 1871- 72—Number of hogs slaughtered 782,403; aggregate gross weight (130,055 pounds; total lard rendered Uri.- 52,627 pounds; average price per 1641 pounds $4.53; aggregate coat of crops $55,818,711. Showing a not gain for 1871 and 1872, over 18 74) and 1871 ( which were good years for hogs) of 1,158,!)!)!) hogs and 177,‘246,040 pounds in weight, wliilo ex hibiting a deficit iu valuation to the hog raisers of 1871-72 of }|js'J,4>'.K),412 lean than 1370-71. This statement does not iucludo any pork packed in the mouth of October, 1871, nor the largo amount killed nnd put up for private consumption, which, owing to tho cheapness, was large. In view of those facts, and tho further fact that every barn yard in tho West is a perfect hoggery, what ate the people hero to do with their beef V Beef cannot bo driven North or packed hero to compote with pork at .*5513.4)0 per barrel for laborers’ consumption. True, hotels and tho wealthy will still demand thoir steak as a luxury, oven at luxurious price*. But lfio class of consumers who aro market men will profor pork, not only on account of its price, but also from tho fact that bacon and pork will “go further" towards satisfying tho demands of a hungry family, as also satisfying more of tho munifold wants of tho kitchen. Therefore, it will bo readily conceded by any reflecting person, that unless beef raisers are relieved by hog cholera, short gruin crops, or a foreign war neither of which now seems imminent—they will have to begiu preparations for packing to supply foreign markets. These facts aro too palpablo to need further demonstra tion, other than the statement that whilo iu the Eastern States a laboring man can procure sugar-cured canvas hams for 13 cents per pound, lie would lie under tho necessity of payiug from 15 to 24) cents per pound for beef. Heart Disease. The tendency of modern investigation into tho influence of civilization on lon gevity seems to show u two-fold series of agencies nt work. On tho ouo hand, san itary improvements nnd tho lessoned mor tality from epidemics undoubtedly tend to diminish the average death-rate ; but, on the other hand, thero is practically much loss improvement in total death- rates than might bo expected, if these ameliorating cause* were not counter balanced by the increasing fatality of other classes of disease, such as diseases of the brain uud honrt. It is important to reoognizo the precise facts. The ex cess may probably to some exteut bo re garded as an unavoidable result of tho great mental strain and hurried excite ment of these times, in which steam and electricity mark tiwo for us, in an < is carried to the higuost point, and wher the struggle for existence, uot to sr»y for intellectual and other distinction, i* car ried on with sleepless and exhausting en ergy. But an evil recognized is some times half cured, and the intellectual classes, looking at figures such us those which Dr. Qtiain has displayed at his in teresting Lumleian lectures at tho College of Phyaioians, on disouses of tho walls of th* henrt, may well consider tho proprie ty of attending to tho hygiene of their lives, as well &s of their houses; and to remember that, to onjoy and buuefit by even pure air, soil and water, they must avoid disabling heart and brain by tho iu- essant labors which too often make i fal lives joyless, and embitter tho liar- eating of the c crop which has been but too diligently sown. These warning figures toll that, during the lost twenty years, the total, death* of moles at all ages from heart disease ha* increased in number from 5,746 in 1851, to 12,428 in 1870*. . Tho percentage of deaths from heart disease for 1,0«M) of population living waa .755 between the years 1851 and 1855 ; it lias risen to 1.085 from 1866 to 1870. This iucrcaso, it must .be observed too, lias taken place vholly in connection with the working years of active social life. Thero is no change in the percentage of deaths from this cause, iu males under 25 years of oge. Between twonty nnd forty-five years of ago it ha* risen from .553 to .74)!), nnd that almost exclusively in male*, for thero is almost no increase iu the percentage of foninles dying from heart disease during the twenty-fivo years of life from twonty- one to forty-five.. Theso figures convey their own lesson, aud warn us to take a little more care, not to kill ourselves for tbe sake of living.—Uritish and Medical Journal. Tahiti Cotton.—In January, 1871, thi* Department received through Hon. Geo. M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy, a specimen of the cottou staple grown in , (he island of Tahiti. Tho staple was of suc h unusual length aud fineness that Iho then Commissioner at onco wrote to Hon. Durance Atwutor, our consul at Tahiti, re questing him to prooure from two^to five bushels of tho seed for experimental pur pose* in the extreme Southern or Gulf States. Secretary Robeson, in bis letter transmitting the sample of cotton, in forms the Department that tho nnval offi cer forwarding it state* that in the year 1870 two million pound* of tbe cotton were sold in France at £1 per pound.— About six bushel* of tbiq seed were re ceived from Mr. Atwater, \ few weeks ago, and five bushels of it were at onoo forwarded, in packages of one neck each, of the to leading eotton-growera of the South. The remainder, about onq bushel, was forwarded to the Oottoo-Growiog Associ ation of California. —Agric. ■ Report for The Lateid Hliwourl Xertmtnt. Kanban OiTt, Mb., May 13.—A report telegraphed from hero Saturday night that OoL Van Horn, editor of the Journal of Oommecoe, mad* a speech endorsing Greeley end Brown is falso. No auoh ipsooh was made. The report wss evt- JKSy Telegraphed Tor a^malicious par-. pow. 7 Th* Jqnrnul of w«il SscissJSSs^ tortobadaw* »n important moram*nt Ul Mtawwi.