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Newspaper Page Texty W. A. HEMPHILL & CO. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1S7G. No. 6, Volume IX The Atlanta Constitution WEEKLY EDITION TK<M8 OF SUBSCRIPTION. Week y, one year, with postage $2 3D Weekly, six month*, with poatagc 1 10 TWO NOTABLE LETTERS. LmI week’s canvash produced I wo inlerefting Iciters, neither of which, we regret to *at, can we publish in full from want of apace. One is from the pen of Mr. August Belmont, an old democratic wheel horse, and the other from that of Hon. Frank W. Bird, old republican wheel ho f the founders and trusted advisers of that |>arty. Mr. lU lmont's letter waa drawn out hy statements made by Mr. R. W. Houghton at a Hayes ratification meet ing in New York, to the effect that Mr. Belmont had denounced Mr. Tilden. To this Mr. Belmont makes answer as follows: Mr. t>trtn(liti« «miM have aM-rrtalned by a H I Int i ever b*M or even uttered th< fcc opinion* Hut he could have bean aware that !••• loan of wnae In Kiw York ever could have l<eii< mnh LMifiwh roue* ruing Gov. Til •I ii, Uiati whom, if I may presume tr* Judge, no more clean handed, upright or mgarion* coun cilor, in my time, h** Ijvlonged to toe bar of My d.*i choice, indeed, for president vraa Hcnator Itayar-I of I>c!aw*re. But 1 concur l>mrtl)y in Uo-Ht. IxkiI* convention, and in their piatf no. andlmt, explicit and un«qulvneal in iu • very demand for reform, and thia I do the unhealuti UK y fur the reason that I have I* *iK la 111 ved Gov. Tilden to Ian one of the few aiateumrii u, any party|who la capable to fulfill tin- pleilgt a til Utai masterly p'atform In reapert »** ri-iliKU«n of expenditure, revision of Uz» t mi and a return to specie payment* with atead iiu M,e«M*and aafetv r»ilevltig labor whlchcvery nuere Im*« for employment, and It berating cap ital. which now an generally hidea in diatruat. Mr. Bird has long been a sagacious unselllsli counselor in the republican circles of Mussnchusetts, making only g«»«s) government ami the security of large private interests. He decided to siij>)Hirt .Mr. Tilden Imtuum? he had at length Is>eanie convinced that reform wilhin the parly was impossible. Sick ness prevented him from attending the recent democratic ratification meeting in Kaneuil IJ.ill, Ronton, ami he •^’irt instead a letter, from which we nkc ihe following comment on a section of the address put out hy the Fifth Avenue conference of reformers, iuiruMrd with the preside iv- ATLANTA’S PROSPERITY. hU ye od i . hut abo t lie v cU», nation* I Sihi r seriously at Heart should 1'inni) resolve ihni the country unut now «•* apriwMri twh rename I*already » w*tot)- r<l of ref >nn . whom rapiu-ity and tviiirage thoW'iU iiivtiutllrniof rwtipl rather U.hu i lly IU« Mr. Tilden. I Mr. Ilu>, •d Je • ’In •oM'latm their a in, i* on loll,,- repub'lran party solely on the ground ol ”U»«* worn-out dap-trap attalr of promura in party platforms, *’ aud of "mere fine proftwaloiia «>n U»e |«art of candidates ” got only lion, but Urey propose to enter the can vaas under ih«» ],-n«I of ' 7. ch".Chandler—a mao re pndlated l y the republican |»arty of hi* own Mate, aud rlti’kil mrainat the npjw*liIoii of Uw I Urmia of Mr. Hay, s apparently aoely because he la a metnlN't of brant's ,ah|r., t. Never be lore I think, was a cabinet minister placed a tne In a I o! a tiatmeal committee In a pnwldrn Hal cainpalKii; but tin* administration m ke> Itaown pnat Lute and il r< rtaiuly U very con venient for llie |»orty which iudorww Grn. Giant's administration to have for It* direetor a man w ho ia eminently tlrtawl toadminivter upon lliu estate mI the out going administration. It to'cnr, * o M.tinutiy «l |a>i:ey aa t ffeclurty a* Mr Franc churn ? The the liberal party. Bird and Charles ,'e weight ill Ma-sa- rv ot**er northern rnt the bent part of 'll' AI.IMl'l UltMKNT v The defiant J<rscyinaii has praciical- lyg‘»neto meet Belknap. He did his best to nice; every point raised hy the investigating committee,but he left his case at the end lamentably lame. Chairman Wliitthorne deserves the ihanks of the country for his energy in uneai thing the corruptions and abuses of the iittvul department. Ilis was no easy task, for Robeson proceeded from the ontm»t of his official career in a way to h.tiilc inquiry. He knew liow to rover uo his trucks. His asso ciates. the Cat tells of New Jersey, art old birds not easily caught. So adroit ly had they conductevl their business that the payment of money into the hands of ltobcson could not be |< hut there is u mass of testimony tliat leaves it morally certain he was so cor- rnj»t«l. For years he was a silent pntltur of the firm of K. O. Cat tell Co., wl o levied blackmail up *n contractors in the navy department. That firm sold contracts and trannac- tco a general gii-Wtween business in the depat tincut. All contracts for sup plies and work in the various uavy yarvta were grists in theCattell mill,and no man can read the testimony and believe Bol*cson innocent of the trims- av'tionsof the notorious firm. He is clearly guilty of violations of law and abuses of the power of bis of- ticlie tired null ions of the public funds to tide Jay Cooke M, Culk'ugh A. l\>, through the |utpic ot 1873, although the firm was then iu a kvankrupt coiulmon. lie made con tracts ami purchases in the teeth of the law without advertising; he freely used the vessels of the navy for junketing tr.|*s a.Tl other private purpovea. In short, he ie|s*at«>Uy almmsl the high privileges of his otliee. Mr. Whitthorne Isdieves him to 1h* one of the greatest official rascals of the pr. sent administration-—which is as strong as worvls can put it—and at the s .me time he is one of the shrewdest aud most skillful. The pnvjw*r wurse to pursue in his case i* not clear. A few months will forever terminate the disgravvfnl a*l- mtnUtration of Mr. viraut, when the whole cabinet w ill disappear from pub lic gaxe. Is it then worth while to bring the .crafty Bolw*>on Indore a republican senate for trial? The s«*nate to further ■caudal would acquit him ou- less a strong case ,d corruption, found- «*vl on vlireet ami positive testimony, were made out. The chances are that the silent partner of the Cattells would leave a court of imjeachment unpunished. It is very probable there fore that the toux* will not consider it pHai jmlicy to present articlea against lv d>eson, but will content itself w ith sending tl.e evidence taken by Mr. Whitthorne’s committee to Uie coun try along with some pretty distinct conclusi. u> founded on the committee’s re|vort,from which a |«artiaan senate can not »lih id him ever a much revere It is wonderful, the nttnre of the times being considered. It is not even approached, we verily believe, this aide ol the MimtiMippi, and we do not know of a town of similar size west of the great river tliat is increasing as rapidly. An extended tour that included citiee in every cis-Missiasippi section of the country, enables the writer to say with some knowledge that Atlanta's growth is exceptional. All the cities but ours are at a stand still, be they manufac turing, commercial or political cities. The hand of enterprise is paralyzed, and the town that can hold its own, tliat is not placarded with the significant “To Let,” is consid ered a town with a future. To keep up is the present limit of hope in ambitious towns, and a hard fight it is, when commercial houses of long standing are toppling, when trade re fuses to revive aud factories to resume We have no wish to exaggerate the situation. It is bad enough in all the northeastern states without the ad dition of a single statement drawn from the imaginatirm. All are snfferingjrotn the metropolis down to the smallest hamlet that feeds it. Anti yet Atlanta prospers, expands* pulls down jioor buildings to erect fine ones, and marches on with steady step to destiny. Why is it? Why should an interior city of one of the original thirteen states be except>onaly pros perous? Why should she wax fat in times that wither or at least palsy other cities? It is easier to ask this question than to answer it. Our city has become a great center. There must l>e some rea son that induced fieople to locate here, who iu turn made it what it is. We are convinced tliat the basis of the city’s steady growth consists in the health!illness and salubrity of our sum mers. Ho marked is this tliat the Mu tual Life insurance company of New York, the largest company of its kind in the country, excepts Atlanta and its immediate neighborhood from the sweeping inhibition against visits iu the southern states without sfiecuil per mission. Atlanta deservedly enjoys the reputation far and near of being abso lutely free of all climatic diseases as well aa epidemics, and this counts for something in the cotton belt, we may lire. The purity of her upland air and the enterprise which it begets are known and discussed from Denver to Portland. People w ho are looking for new bomes or new placesof business examine its merits first of all; and if our contem)»orraies who can not understand the secret o'f Atlanta’s continuous properity, will an- lyzc and estimate at its worth this ad vantage, we feel sure they will discover a lmttom fact that agitation cannot im pair. A tow n tliat ia a resort in the sum mer from the heat and malaria of the lowlands, and a refuge in the wiuter from the blasts and piercing cold of the northern states, does not deserve much credit for enterprise. Prosperity is thrust upon her, as greatness is said to be upon some men. Ia»t us then be thankful for our superb all-the-year climate; let us build accommodations for all coiners, and have faith in our future. OmciAL returns show tliat in the fis cal year of 1872-.1 we imjiorted goods to the value of $1(1.42 per head of popula tion. This amount has been gradual ly decreasing ever since. I^st year our imports were only $10.31 per capita of population, a decline of over thirty sev en per cent. The New York Bulletin adds: “For the last fiscal year, the exports of the country were about $115,000,01X1 more than the imports. Proltablv $75,000,000 of that surplus was required to |iay interest upon our securities held abroad. The lmlance of $40,000,000 represents so much ability to buy goods in foreign markets; but, actually, it appears to have been devo ted to the purchase of our securi’ier held in other countries, a natural dition ot the home money market. Nevertheless, it is clear that our ex ports confer upon us the ability to buv a larger amount of goods abroad than we are at present taking; and it will t>e a remarkable exception to common ex- pericnce if this ability should much longer remain unexercised.” Hamburg IN THE house. party harmony and the recognition of says that a limitation of the crop I the popular will by retiring from the * for three years to three and a half mil- The demagogues in congress could J contest. ‘ Jion bales would mean a people not leave the matter to the authorities I After a full and impartial survey of flourishing and free of debt. of South Carolina, whose duty it is to the field, and a careful scrutiny ot the investigate the whole affair, and bring the guilty to punishment. The radical leaders would not do that, for in that way no material would be furnished for a bloody shirt campaign. Although the government of South Carolina is in all its branches under the control of the radical party, yet they insisted on bringing the matter into congress. In that way they hope to divert the uorthern mind from the issues of form that are crowding the republican party to the wall. In the absence of Mr. Stephens from his seat, Mr. Hartridge defended on Saturday the people of Augusta from unjust attacks. He stated that no one regretted the unfortunate occur rence more than the people of Geor- did, and tliat its newspapers, all democrats, were demanding an in< vestigalion and were stamping the mat- ilh their condemnation. He ho)»ed the house would await the re sult of the investigation ordered by the gove-nment of South Carolina. The subject came up ugain on Tues day ol this week, when a persistent ef fort was made by Messrs. Townsend, Garfield and Foster to manufacture po litical capital out of it. M Lamar pretty effectually spoiled their game by a speech, telegraphic synopsis of which we published on Wednesday morning. It left the outrage shriekers for the time without auy ground to stand on, but later in the day Mr. Foster return ed to the attack. This aroused Phil- Cook. We give this part of the debate show the spirit of the whole: Mr. Ko*ier called upou the representative from Georgia to s&p these iufcmal outrage*, and l<e active In hunting out the inhuman fiends that crossed the bridge, from Augusta to Ham burg. Mr Cook—They never went from my state. Mr Foster—They did. Mr Cook—No, sir. they did not. Mr Foster -Do this, and then sing tons a p n- egyric on the vindication of outraged law, in- sn-od of talking of your nohle blood, aye. a no bility tliat murders in cold blood a captured uegto. if you have not the ability to stop tueee outrages, you are not tit to be the representative the people of Georgia Do it. and we will '■Well done," and we will faU ou your nccka rejoice. [Mocking laughter ou the demo crati. Hide, and shouts of "no, no.”] Mr. Cook—You have fallen on our property ryttilng else, and we do not want you to our necks. ox ridiculed Mr. Fos'er's expression >ut (<i!!ing on the uucxsof southern men, and d if lie had not fallen on the necks of Pratt. Yaryan. Dyer Jewell and others and suggested that he w .uld rather fall on the necks of Mc Kee, *■!< I> maid, Joyoc, Bat-cock, Delano aud Avery, and would eveu rather cmWrec-j a barrel crooked whhky. [Loud laughter and much confusion.] The repu’Jimn side of the house had defended Gra*it and his administration against all lb'**- men, and when the gentleman from New York (Mr. Townsend) ta’-kedso glibly Tweed and others with whom he (Mr. Cox) ration, he wanted to know bow it with Babcock, with Avery, wuh Williams and the rcat of these men. The entire debale was under the cover of a bill to protect the Texas frontier, to which an amendment was finally added that troops shall not be taken from any stale where “the public interest requires their continuance.” The campaign demagogues will scat cely the Hamburg affair rest, although investigation is progressing under their own supervision. They do not care to know the facts. They jump at conclusions, and are industriously put ting them forward at every opportunity. In this way tdl of us tuffer, and even Mr. Lamar’s speech will not prevent the hloody-shirters from shrieking Ham burg from every northern stump. \Viikki.kk’s record shows that he is a jobber of the worst sort. He wronged one of liis clients, Mr. Frederick W. Ames of New York, until the latter brought a suit, when Wheeler made haste to settle. He tried to cheat Mr. Ames out of the rise in some lands that the latter liad commissioned him to buy. He struck the second mortgage Uuidholders of the Northern railroad for $20,000 before he would give up possession, which he held as a trustee of the first bondholders. He was chair of the railroad committee when the Northern Pacific job was put through, and it is belie veil that his hare in that gigantic swindle would not stand exposure. Tnr. shrewd and unprincipled poli ticians of the republican ]*arty would live in clover indeed if they could se cure* the election of the indolent, plas tic, innocent, yielding Hayes They know him and are working l : ke l*cav ere to elect him. There is not a crook ed man in that party who is not a zeal ous Haves man. Mayor Woodruff, of Selma, Ala w ho has been selected as a compromise radical candidate for governor of that state, is a prominent citizen of Selma, and a man of high character. He was elected mayor os an independent can didate against OoL R M. Woolsev, one of the most popular democrats in Sel ma. StiU, he stands no chance of I election as governor, even with the as sistance of independent democratic VOUM. Judge Ballard, of the United States court at Louisville, has directed that hereafter no United States commission er within the jurisdiction of his court, shall issue warrants of arrest without first consulting the United States dis trict attorney, except in cases of erne* geucy a here there is a manifest danger that the accused may escape from the district unless he is promptly arrested hut the commissioner is then required to immediately report to the district Up dnervw tow- i Mtoraey punishment, | The biography of Samuel J. Tilden " j announced by Messrs I>. Appleton Jc The editor of the Athens Watchman ! Co., is from the pen of Mr. Theodore P. states li st he has also received a letter j Cook, editor of the Utica, New York from Mr. Mill, in which he san* Observer. Mr. Cook enjoyed unusual primary action of the state thus far, we tiiink it is manifest that Gen. Col quitt is overwhelmingly the people’s choice for governor. We hope there fore that the convention will be a unit in recognizing this fact, and thus pre serve harmony. Were any of the other distinguished gentlemen in his position we should urge the same course. The will of the majority is‘*the law of the democracy, and party harmony is the necessity of party success. The popular choice, without dispar agement of the other candidates, has fallen upon a worthy gentleman, who will illustrate the state and honor the exalted trust. He will appoint to office true and able men as we believe. Why then keep up a struggle so decisiveily settled? The “popular spontanety” has found its expression in Georgia on this question of governor. To disregard it would be folly in the extreme. GRAS3 HOPPERS. There are here, all around us, as the accounts elsewhere in this morning’s ]>a- per inform us. The air in the suburbs is not dark with grasshoppers, nor do we have to use giant powder to keep our country roads open, but they are a groat deal thicker than our agricultu rists desire. We could in fact spare a billion of them without a regret. Some plautations near Col umbus and Talbotton seem to have a supply already. They are plentiful only iu Bpota. and those spots of the state are in no reported instance of large dimensions. The swarms that liave taken the place of Sherman’s army and are real ly beseiging the city with a view of starving ns out, aro clearly to the man ner born. None of them have wings to speak of, although they are endowed with a wonderful capacity of digestion. Their wings are sprouting however rapidly. Natives though they are by birth, yet it is plain that their immediate ancestors were carpet-baggers from—no one knows where. They do not resemble in the least the grasshopper of pure Georgia extraction. They can out eat their Georgia cousins ten to one, and for numbers, the latter are nowhere. Just how they were brought to Geor gia is the problem of the hour. Some say they came in bales of hay to punish us for not pro ducing our own fodder. Some say they came in seed wheat or oats bought in the northwest. The truth one knows what route they took to get into Georgia or just when they arrived. We simply know that they are here, and we wish that they were not. All else is specula tion. Prof. 11 amplifies, of the agricultural department, who watches all such pests as a hawk does a spring chicken, is out of the city, and we must therefore get along without his experience at the outset. The belief prevails that they will not under our sun diffuse them- f-elves to any great extent—that they will speedily die aud leave no sign. This is very doubtful. But what shall lie done to circumscribe their work That’s the question. If any of our readers have any information applica ble to our stock of hoppers and to our climate, we beg them to let us have it. Our columns are open. The remedy must be 6peedy to be effectual. The insects have as yet no wings, and have deposited no eggs. He would have every district or township send delegates to a state con vention, which in turn shall select del egates to a general convention that sball be convened in Atlanta or Mont gomery on the first day of October. This geoeral convention'9hall form an association, whose dictum as|to cotton acreage shall be law to every honorable man. Each year it would decide what per cent more or less the planter should put in of cotton as compared w ith the previous season. The scheme is a beautiful one^nd only lacks the cordial co-operation of the planting interest to become a success. Will the selfishness and shortsight edness that exists in the human heart prevent ? The projector of the scheme says on this point, “I have enough con fidence in human nature to believe that in a matter of this kind, where men would pledge themselves to a cer tain line of action, that nineteen out of twenty would stand up to their en gagements, and by making a moderate allowance for the faithless and for such as might refuse to join in a pledge, and also allowing for possibilities of new acreages from new farms being opened up, the aggregate acreage nec essary to produce a certain result could be fixed upon with comparative accu racy.” It is clear that “less cotton and more corn,” combined with gen eral thrift and economy, can alone lead us to independence, and we are glad that the important ject is receiving its annual airing. Perpetual agitation and low prices may accomplish something yet; but it is a pity that we can not all co-operate to hasten abetter condition of affairs arid prevent the ruin of thousands. We give the views of the News* correspon dent for the purpose of re-awaking public sentiment on the subject. Large crops and starvation prices 6tare us in the face, Shall we go on filling the pockets of the spinners and short eell- , and depleting our own ? Co-oper ation in some form is the only way to limit the production of cotton, except a general condition of poverty towards which we are drlftimr. he will a candidate for renotuina- liou os rvprem uiative from the ninth dutrk:, a:.d tliat lie will shortly be at home when he will address his con- #Jiweoi»Ui*w J*v- facilities for the execution of his task, and he ia well known aa the master of a vigorous aud daent style. It will be a book of con-iiderfble historical and political value. While the Constitution has observed the rule of impartiality between mem bers of the democratic party in the canvass for position, yet it has been equally conspicuous for its absolute faith and unswerving zeal in enforcing the wishes of the party when the masses of the party have fairly and authoritatively spoken. This paper has never been the organ of any man or set of men, but it has sought to repre sent the whole party, its aims, princi ples, mission, exponents and prefer ences. During the present gubernatorial canvass we have observed our usual impartiality, affording all of the distin guished gentlemen aspiring to the high position of governor the fullest eqnali- of resort to our columns, and report ing justly the progress of public senti ment for each and every one, without discrimination against any. Of the 137 counties in the state 12 all but 15, have appointed delegates the gubernatorial convention, and have thus taken primary action upon this important issue of whom the people waut to be governor. The del ‘gates thus selected number 289, leav ing only 38 to be chosen. Ot these 289 delegates representing 122 counties General Colquitt’s friends can show 190 either expressly .instructed or personal- announced for him. This leaves ly 99 or about one third divided among all the other aspirants, the hignest fol lowing of any one of them being the l2J delegates instructed and announced for Judge Johnson. It will thus lie seen that the over helming preferenccfof the democratic ma>ses was never in the annals of Geor gia’s (Militical history, more unmistaka bly declared. *n if Gen. Colquitt did not get a ingle one of the remaining thirty- *ht delegates, aud none of the other iclegatcs as second choice, an abso lutely improbable thing, his strength would be 190 against 139. or a clear majority oi fifty-one over the field. But the prospects are that he will get a pro portionate shaic ef the uuappointed thirty-eight delegates, mhi ; e it is posi tively known that he is the second choice of a numbrr cf the fifty-six del- gates not declared, and declared for the other gentlemen besides Judge Johnson. The email number oi thirty- three delegates to be gained by Gen. Colquitt from the thirty-eight uuap pointed, and as second choice of the fittv-six scattering delegates will give to him the two-thirds majority. Who doubts but that he will get more than tb*» thirty-three required votes? The expression of popular will simpiy overwhelming ia its preference Colonel Hardeman, the next strongest candidate at the time of his withdraw al from the contest, saw the public choice and bowed to it, retiring sub stantially in General Colquitt’s favor. The Macon Telegraph and Messenger, that had been supporting Col onel Hardeman, in its ed itorial comments upon his withdrawal admitted that Geu. Colquitt was tne choice of the people, and urged the other gentlemen to follow the example ofCul jla^lcman and contribute to FIFTEEN CENTS FOR COTTON. CHILD DESERTION. what nqriREMAjravH found in HIS DRAY. The Po'Ice Trjlng to Catch Blether. The crime of child abandonment seems to be increasing ia the load in spite of the se vere punishment which our Uw metes outjto the unnatural parents when discoveietl How a mother cau he so perfectly heartless to desert a helpless infant and leave it to be o ed for by strangers or to miserably peiish is too hard for ua to aolve. yet instances of this heart- les&uess are not unfreqnentlj occurring in our city, and we have another to report this morn ing. rax F\cre. The place which waa chosen iu this instance for the abandonment is on Windsor street, near the residence of Dr. Massey. The lot is owned by Mr. Charley Pines, a member of the police force, and ia occupied d/ negroes. One of the tenants is a drayman named Squire Mangnm. Wednesday evening Squire returned as usual from his daily labors, unhitched his mule and left his dray, as was his custom, standing be fore the gate, little dreaming what a disc *ve~- he was destined to make upon his r ext v sit it Yesterday morning Squire started forth hitch up again, and upon approaching the dray saw that it contained a ratal! b quite confident he h*d not left — —„— before He also he*rd a sound i manating from the basket thst closely resembled the “* - □ewly born infant. Squire and was astonished to rind umi did contain A UTTLE BABY. The child appeared to have been born about two days aud was fully developed and healthy. mulatto. It was attired iu a flannel petticoat and a white dr.ss. The basket also contained two other dres&ca, some under clothing aud a glasa tumbler. . Trie and rapidly neighborhood. — — , - id ted by crowds of curious people. A of Squire’ through lire little stranger atlfti Windsor street, who small chlldreu ol their own, finally ked Squire to give it to them to adopt. As he was not particularly auxious for any presents of this description, he at once transferred all his claim. The family own their bouse and lot,and are negroes of g- character,so that it is prova ble ihat fortune has liestowed upon the baby a better home than it would have had ita unnat ural mother. Tne police made an earnest effort Yesterday morning to discover mother, and i >nug her to pua:s:iment. The ouiy clue they > ould obtain was ' * *" stated that about SPECIAL SPLINTERS. YEIFS FROM A. COVFLE OF COUNTY MEETINGS. COWETA GOMES TO TIME. Special to the Constitution. NewnaN, Julv 19,1876. The delegates from this countv were appointed by county districts—two delegates for each district. They go to the convention in structed to vote for Gen. A U. Colquitt A PREMATURE PATRIOT. the dogs barking v break she was aroused by ientty in the next lot She looked out and saw a negro man ▲ BASKET ON IDS ABM standing before the gate. She thought he had some evil de ign in view cud ordered him to e which he at once di 1. He went oil* in tne . :U&n in which the child was found. Tne probability is that the child was born in a dis taut part of the city, ana seut out to ;this place to be left The police were unable to ascertain the slightest fact leading to the oiseovery oi th = mother. Tns French exhibition of 1878 is to a gorgeous affair. It is to be held the Champ de Mars. Its area is to be 2-10,000 square metres, to be arrange- like a chess board, with the products all nations disposed longitudinally, that visitors proceeding transversely find in the same line all the pro. ducts of the same kind belonging to different nationalities. The fine arts section being iu the centre will be sep arated from the rest of the building by large open spaces, which will isolate it from the dust and noise. There will also be a large central hall fer concerts, meetings and solemnities connected with the exhibition, containing six or eight thousand seats. Iu the garden will be conservatories, an aquarium, cafes, and picturesque struct urea. The total expense is estimated at about $7,000,000, about $1,500,000 being for the buildings alone. The total expense the exhibition of 18G7 was some thing over $4,500,000, the increase of expenditure in 1878 being due to the additional surface to be covered. The receipts reckoned upou are about $3,500,000 in 1867, agaiust less than !,500,000 in 1S67. Including the sale material at the close the receipts will probably be in the neighborhood of $4,000,000, so that the deficit will be about $3,000,000. Judging from the stimulus to commerce by the exhibi tion in 1867 the minister of commerce has much reason to believe that France will derive more than enough benefit from that of 1878 to over-balance that deficiency. ^ ^ Hon. Geo. E 1*ugh,whose death from paralysis, was announced yesterday, as born in Connecticut in 1822. Not long after his admission to the bar the Mexican war broke out, and he served until its close as a captain of an Ohio regiment. On his return from Mexico in 1S48, he became the law partner of Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton. After serv- g in the Ohio legislature, as city at torney for Cincinnati and as attorney general for the state, he was in 1854 elected to the United States senate. Here he served for a long period as a member of the judiciary committee, and took an active part in the proceed- igs of the body. In the Ohio democratic state vention of 1863, the largest ever held in Ohio, he was the champion of free speech and a free press. He was, at that convention, nominated for lieu tenant governor of the state, and at first declined the candidacj', but recog nizing his defeat certain, he ran simply to carry the flag of his party. In 1SG4 he was nominated at the head of the democratic electoral ticket of Ohio, but leclined to serve. In the same year he was nominated for congress, but was defeated by Benjamin Eggleston. In 1873, he was elected a member of the state constitutional convention, but subsequently withdrew. After the date last mentioned, Mr. Pugh re tired from politics and devoted him self entirely to his profession. The practice of law was his favorite theater of action, and few men ever appeared in any court to greater advantage. HE POL ICE COUR. SluuerN Who Were Panlnli<Hl Yes terday—A JennlngMtown Fus- • The recorder opened business yester day morning by settling a fuss between Ann Lee snd Amelia Thomas, two ladies from the well-known province of Jetraingfctown. There has been a feud of longstanding between these high minded femaies, and as is usual iu such cases, a man is involved. Sometime ago it came to the ears of Mrs. Thomas, that Mr. Thomas was dropping in to see the widow Lee when he should nave b°en droipingln at home, and she also discovered that divers quarters and half dollars which she wanted to apply to her own use, were no longer to be found In his breeches pocket when she made her morning search. W fth a view of improving the nonus of the community in general, and of teaching her husband a lesson that would give him enough of widows for the Nalauco of his days, a few nights ago, Mrs s laid in wait for her truant loid, near revol- In pound brick hat, which collided with it J .- above the left eye. aud the head and the bi.cl disappeared withiu the door together. Tha night an hour or two later, when Thomas re turned borne he found Mis. Tt-omas pulling .. ked him why his head was tied up io that old shirt and what made him cawy it sideways 1 horn as tiad something about a fool uifKcr <lr.>p A correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier discusses at consid erable length the )iaramount economic problem in the south. The times fore shadow widespread distress to all class es, unless to use bis own words, “a sjieedy betterment is brought about.” Cotton could be profitably raised at present prices if planters were out of debt, but owing to the neglect in pro ducing abundant provision crops, they are not out of debt. On the contrary they are sadly in debt as a rule, and the prospect is not a eood one. ’I he low price of cotton is not attrib utable solely to excessive production, although that is the chief cause. It aided by the system of short selling. The spinner and the short seller now- work together, the two forming a pow erful combination, whose united ener gies are devoted to the task of getting cotton as cheaply as possible, regard, less of other interests, and especially of the farming interest. What is the remedy? How shall the cotton planters become masters o* the situation? The News* correspon dent thinks the only remedy lies in a grand cotton planters’ protec tive association—in a grand co-opera tive movement to control production— such a movement as would turn the bears into bulls, cripple, if not destroy, the dangerous system of short-selling, and force the money rings to speculate in favor of cotton instead of against it. He would have the cotton planters join an association that lias power to decide every year what amount of land is to be planted in cotton, so as to regulate the approximate number of bales whic ill be produced e; ch year, due regard being had to the policv of not haviag the crop too large or too small, bn* such crop as it is likely could be marketed at a minimum price of not less than fourteen cents per pound for middling at the ports, thus giving the farmers fair remuneration, and keeping prices within such a range as will afford fair profit to spinners, and tend to maintain the position of American cotton against too severe competition from India and other cotton-producing countries. Suppose, he says, it had been decid ed last March that the next crop should under no circumstances exceed three and a half million bales, what a differ ent state of tilings would now exist Cotton instead of dragging would selling freely at three cents per pound higher than it now is. The mills of the world wouldbe actively engaged instead of working short time. Goods instead of lumbering the shelves of manufac turers and jobbers would be in good demand at prices remunerative to the manufacturer, and we should have no ' Chariton county-J r Bart ton. m <ii«tnct ’ , J A Ia will ex. 1.142; Japtih kawh. 1,.: more cries from “Providence journals smi h. &.9 g Ken-hG?, 121a). far complete stoppage of work, so that I j ;!ujtS the turns could get the produce of the. “&, rarcwEItr _o T w« to or.,’.nC. 513 dte- poor plauters for next to nothing, in i trite J w woiota.. 5W: u J U.ue, 5ci:J M order that New England mills could | w B Mctnmel. su; J M Boyce. i.oo‘: P. H w continue to pay big dividends at the * 1 Iw " l - erJoh3 ' expense of poor operatives and cotton j liie coentj — " " " — planters. We used not iojlow the! tout:; bright picture that the correspondent i»» a '** 1 “ * “**• of the Sews proceed, to drey.. He | cKSaii 0. w coUej. «6 district; J certainly not exaggerate wii»n h. JutaUnj. Sin ie gate. To thia mean !ge Mrs. 1 hoxuns \\ lio washing in the back yard rent word back that she "didn’t mix wid nigger* of Mr*. Let* s degree," aud "dat shre’d scorn to be a -ed writ! her " Thuginollilyiug message stimulated Mrs Lee to such a degree, that she procetde i to in ‘lrs Thomas in a very sh»ill key, that she old black nigger, that she was not fit to be in de church and that "she had cum down 10 try and run ober white niggers." She challenged her to single combat outside tiiegate. Nuwu no quaxrell was ever kuowu to late place between females without every womau in the neighborhood joining In a 1 »ge number of colored ladies around the scene who had been attracted to their doors and windows by the noise, felt it eucumbent npm tht ‘ »express their opinions all at the Rime tim ad iu the same key. The consequence w tnat the war of w ords ran high, and in ail pro ability would have been ruuning now, baa not a stray policeman put a quietus upon it, by marching off Mr*. Lee ana Mrs. Thomas, the principal belligerents. The recorder fined them A WATEB-XELOX TROUBLE. Eli Arnold and Thomas Matthews, two fair specimen* of African Bohemians, presented themselves before tne bar u> explain about a piece of water-melon, which had occasioned something very closely approximating to a ii tht Two dirtier, or more Impudent young dark- ys are seldom brought into any court and aa these came up. the crowd felt as if there waa fin ger of stnal. pox. Some two days ago, Eii. after making a light breakfast upon the stump of a cigar, some one had thrown away, ret forth upon a wandering expedition to see if some thing would not turn up out of which he could extract a dinner. In the course of his wanderings he came upon a party of gentlemen w-ho were engaged in the pleasant task of stor ing away a couple of fine watermelons inside of tneir shirt*. Eli found her* also hi* friem. Thomas, who was seated on a log near by. watching every piece oi melon as it disappeared from view, with tear* in both eyes. These two congenial spirits soon concluded that the only way to rai*e a watermelon that day was to make a bold charge aud carry off what sjioils they could capture. A half melon was at that instant “GLORY ENOUGH FOR GLA8SCOCK.” Special to the Constitution. Warrenton, July 19th., 10; 21 a. m. The meetinir was held in Glasscock cou-ty yesterday to send delegates to the con vention on the second of next month. The suit was not unexpected, for the people spoke and their delegates will cast the vdc of tli county for Gen. Colquitt Glory enough for Ulaareock! H. ELBERT ENTHUSIASTIC. Special to the Constitution. Elueuton, (via Athens) July 19. There was a contest in this county between the fiicnds of the two candidates— Colquitt am! Johnson—but the people who wish see thei: next governor in the "hero oi Olua- f* beat the * Cireulaire" folks over two U the ballot, which waa til agaiust 28. Every effort was made agaiust Co quitt but tho people liuck to him. E. F. RUNS WELL IS THE * STATE OF DADE,” Special to the Constitution. Cole City, July 10th. The lUlesates from this county are in favor of A. H. Colquitt for governor, believing him to be the choice of the people of Georgia. The countv will have but two votes in the b_il lotiug. but eight delegates were choseu iu order to insure the attendance of eouuty representa- tivesat thecorve.Uon. B •ALL THE WAY FROM PIKE ” Special to the Constitution Barnesville, July 20th:— 7:15 p.m. A meeting of the democratic citizens of Pike county was held at Zebu ton, the county scat, to-day The object of the meeting waa to steel delegates to the gubernatorial convention The two delegates reletted are CoL A. A. Mur phy and Mr. Baker. They will represent the unanimous favor of the mectiug which waa for Colquitt. W. A RADICAL RASCAL CAP TURK OF A. DEFAULTING SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICIAL. Yesterday Lieut. A. M. Prather of Uxe Augusta police force aud one of the most skillful and successful d-tectives iu the south, was registered at *he Kimball House. lie had with him a companion who proved to be a re calcitrant radical ofli-.-lal from that poll Ically cur-ed, but proud old commonwealth, the slate of 8outh Carolina. Ih.s man was JOHN H. MCDEVITT, late trenaiirer of Edgefield county, in that state. Me Devi li 1* a young man, about 35 years of age, florid complexiou. black hair, smooth face with ti e exception of a slight moustache and gotee. has a pleasant countenance, stands aiamt -V feet 10 itichcs in height, and weighs iu the neighborhood of K0 pounds. He is agreea ble In wanuere aud quite intcl'fgent. He Is the son of au old and respectable citizen of Augusta, fotiuerly of South Carolina. This youug man w«s bom in Edgefield county au<f report says was edueatcdretiirouifl^^ J«bcratity of some of i‘a wealthy cTUz-.nu>. who thought he possessed the elements <«f true manhood and could be made a useful and honorable citiz u. He served as s lieutenant iu Co. B. of the l'Jth South Carolina regiment, iu the confederate army, going from GraniP-viile, ana is said to have mane a brave and efficient officer. IBS POST-BELU'K CAREER hits not teen of so favorable character. He allied • iniseil with ihe radical-negro party which was put in control. through ihe agency of the bayonet, of the pub ic affairs of Soutn ' nliua. In this unnatural alliance ho expert- ir-d the terrioleandgal ing ret ibution which iftiy befal's all renegades. He found himself limb'd from hi old friends and patrons; his late com jam ion* iu arms tegrdtd him with strom aud all who claimed decency and respect ability treated him with tha^ lo-.thing an l con t nipt which burns deeper ani hotter than Ore His mauho'Kl fe t the galling disgrace aud he found i'o other couiseop-n to him except tht of a deeper detcent' * •* * •■*---* WHAT HZ SAID He ran his rubicund nose into the door of the saloon and remarked: “The campane cnramftt* hazn’t bln aroun’ to cnange fnrthe bova. Jist yit, I reckour* ’Not yet!" answered the keeper. I 1 ’*Pg* eol d **m Tilden hasn’t knocked in the head o’ that ar* barrel o’ scads—yit!" “Hardly!” was the reply. “Yarn; well ye might gimmea reium check, er « kind o’ euepond. yc know, ter show that l ve bin ’round ter stand by the nommvua- shuns!" 1 ogUt! WtC U ° ff ther0yelleJ tfc® mixol- “All right, then; ta-ta! But I warn vo that fa’r prey fur the Inemy! ” and ie streets again. THE COLLAR QUESTION. the uususpecting gentlemen Before theastoo ished owner could realize what hinpeued, Eli had that melon under his arm. and he and Tom were doing some traveling which would have astonished a rifle ball. After they hud p‘“ about a mile behind them, Tom thought *n< had retired far enough and hollered at Eli slop. But Tom noticed that Eli not only didu’ stop, but went faster. Tom soou saw that! Ii relying upon his own greater length of legs, wo* about to play the same joke upou him that he had upon the owner of the melon, and not be ing in a humor for such delicate jesting, fe te- , an gathering rock' he ran, and soon raised «uch a clatter abou thought a rock qua... _ _ mound Fli decreaHxi his speed to dodge falling rocks and when Tom caught up, each gathered the other by th j wool, and commeue d an ani mated conversation, interspersed with many . up Fannie t'hisoim. a dilapidated young lady of dubious age. was fined 31 and costs for usiug her tongue too freely on Srenter Post, a shoe-inukei IRS. StALONET’S OPINION, FREELY EXPRESSED “Bad luck to yez, if yezM be afther aniatlu’ the only eomrort of a poor lon« widdy, wid four fatherless chitder at the brecht," ex claimed Mrs Maloney to the long-lagged police man who had a auspicious eye on her canine porecsslon “But, madam, all dogs without collars are to be taken up.” "bui. iu uibko nogs waie contra \\ orra, worm, what’d Dinuis say to know that such *pal t-peensof peelers wanted to driss np dogs wid col- Inn*. Falx au’ if he did have a collar on a bitter ‘ »kin’ man than you he’d make, anyhow ” Tho "peeler” did not wait to tliveus* the matter, but marched solemnly ou, meditating ou the ways of mankind. (iriwshfliipfn Rot her Old 81. Old Si came rushing into town yes terday morning as fast as his limping gait would slfow. Hello. Uncle Si, 1 ha=zn’t seed yer in town ice Chuseduy 1” *a.d Pete. An’yer won’t see me hyar agin tell nex’ hu«eday’nudder, ’ceptin' dar's a flood or a fire out dir on my place ’twixt dis and den I" •How cum dat?’' Kase •’* got two acres ob de liveliest bizness . dar seuce de wa-1” “Tell me all ’bout it, ole man !'• 'Ef y* r jtT»s wants ter see fights, nigger, {css n out «lar aud see detn gra«s’oppcrs! Good hers, dcre's millions ob dem! An’ yer neb- s*!td rech forrfgtu’ an’ instrucs kun ob truck iu de foelds fence do days when de Lln- ’* “ army cmn ’long hyar!’’ ‘ ondered the interested Pete. e» milt’ hab migrated hyar •rhood, too. fur dey's de mot* oppergi>ss adatyou nbcrdidaee. Dry ‘I« dat _ Yss, sah; from a po’ nolghterbood, too. fur dey's de mas* hongrv hopi*;rgi>88 s dat you ober did ree. Dty j-*s lights down on your place like ntggor onto a waterm'lllon an’ de x’ dug yer knows dcre aint nutt’n left dere t.ut a ptshol o’ stubs aud nubbin cobs ” “Jess lissouattUt. will yer!" exclaimed Fete another gaping dstkey. the embrace cf hi* bad of the wiliest and bitterest of wnz down dere iu de rode a yard ob de long leg aa iuspecktin ’round onto sheriff of Edgefield eouuty. and ti.t ‘ ' **■ ' Toveruor he taut and It ty. To this office v e FOLDKTH BIS T money previously. On the ltith day of May last . ' r , ... —- -- , ,yjgefi* ld was >f her treasure _ wedl An cisiniuaiiou of th . tliat McDevitt wasadeiauller to a larg not less than THIRTY THOUSAND DOU.AR9. Lt. Prather look tne casein hand and followed th*- tracks of the fugitive through Florida atid to New Orleans and thence on to Montgomery, which latter place he rcacned but several weeks i. There he disappeared, aud it was not straw hat an’ lit inter ’em wid de breah fust lick 1 hit ’em dey jess hop up like dey wuz skeeren. but bross de good Mar ter, dey only ober mv ole head inter de feeld. Dat nemadau’l lit inter’em stronger dan her. An’ what yer link, nigger? When I turn round ter see whar dey all gwiue 1 seed de "hole army cmr min In troo’de fence, climln* up de oo n stalks and chompin away jess fatten ter kill, an’ ’fore de angels! dey’d done chawed up dot ole hat ob mine tell dere wuzn’t ’nuffob it ter show what kiud ob straw dat it had bln made ou ten.” •Oomliooh! aint dey bad!” “Dey’s regular awgimzud, wid ole red-coat gin- ils at de bed ob de line, au’ kerne’s wid yaller ripos dowu dey leg* an’ captiugs wid colors all sla r h’d up tiu’downde body an’do good anrster only kno .vs how many ob do privlis dere ia— i rusticating ?r i i Eastern . Prather left i alongside of til last ueck that Lt. Pruth-r acain got track of iduu. Be was discovered to b * ** ' the little village of Tallasce, ~ nitty n * iwuy rcasurer McDevitt. esq. THE AUKE-T was effected by two other parties, at Lt Pra tiler's instance, he holding requisitions upon the governor for the crimiuul. McDevitt took his arrest coolly and said he was perfectly will- return to South Carolina not have done so just Vet < cord. when his "fhort" was disovered claim.-' to be able to settle the amonul at early dav and that be went to Tallasree to away from auuoyance and gain t me which to fix up his papers in shape for a rettlemeut. lie is supposed to ha*e spec ulated in the county warrants upon eouuty funds, and says he has in South < arolina, were they can be reached, a* much as 9&> h00 of these warrant*. He thinks it U we’ienough that he ia going back, and thinks he will te able to make everything all right again. He was at the hotel in Tallaresee, living ler his own proper name He has a wiie aud Executive Department Yote*. The terms of oflice of the notaries public of the state expired yestexday. There are something over l,du0 of them. The work of is suing commission* to those appointed by the governor is progressing. The following com missions were issued yesterday; Bartow county -Lb McDaniel. 810th district D Bowdan. roc; B F McMakin. SVi, alias tel*. .14 ; Z B Ajcock. Stt’; J L Addington. 827; T K Sprout, tut; J W Pritchett e z; E L Gaines Burke county—J B Miller, 6C—02 district; J Crawford, til: T J Barton. 63; A Lively, tit; S O Kheny. 6 : W B <*>x. 07: A S Sjmes 07; B M Blacker. 0a; JUud.-lph iudgly.7i; ajlas Wyatle. 71: J C Hill, 72; R J Barton, 7 i; J J Davis, 74; W BJonea. Baldwin county—J W Noran. 105: W H Fames 115; LCar.ington, s’S; Perrin Brown, Z19. Peter Faun. I-OO; E Ramsay. 32:; C Stephens, ;22, Butts cc ur ty—J T tliis, 612 district: W Doug *.014; U W Thurs.~- *-*- w * LBarnett CIO; J 0 009; G W Head. 010 brooks county—W titiO; J M Wi liams 7».s Curtis Carroll 1,130; GroTtr, 1,190; H F Mabtett, 1,193; J B WUiams, 1.230. Baker County—T H Cuke, 900 district; R C Jackson, 957; W C Odum, 971; R E McCollum, ’ Bullock County- M J Green, 44 district; John Green. 45; H M Lanier. 40; M U Denmark, 47; W Waters. <$: A B MU!. — tCi ih;- - *71; J White 445: J M Brooxs, 46j; J Per i j Echo;*, 912; W D Uix. 1.206; F M Owen 1.21 J Campbell county—W Bart’etr. 1134 district; G M Dodd, 1,904; C M Do. bon. 499; B fl L ]•*$#. 1.165; G-o smith. TA4. A O Hardnnan, J M Brooks, " “ rything she said. This case closed the docket, and the court re- red ton wait the next haul by the police. How Atlanta Was Laid Oat. Chattaroog* Commercial Correspondence. At auta la but about thirty year* of age. shouid jud„e that it was formerly the abode of a few eiriy adventurer* who buikrude huts and carried on a farming busine!■ ou a small kmI*. The general shape ot the streets rad - i*t£s plsinly that the town sprang up by acd- ii stead of being one of thoa-> cities built by toe prezaeditaLd "cusseditef-a’* or sh: foresight of man. It is c ur m m y aid that many of the streets were orig- nally paths, and while a jo^e I have Near where the panomger de- treated doubt it pot now aiand* was a little settlement known a* Marthasrilie. Here some one built a shanty and lived off from what he could raise, the g-tme t-ep. turned at night as cows’naturally will.' In this way a path, very easy to follow, was worn »u^fi the woods. The next rett’er who c-me matter of course built his shanty ou this i, which led to a fine spring. And so numer- circuitous path* were made in different di- erf or thia,captu... lor South Carolina last night. COL. HENRY D. GAPERS. Let tern from Hts Brother Stating ttie Fact of Ufa Insanity. From the Sunny South of ihe current week we extract the following Corropomlei which will surprise many persons iu this city and state who know tire gentleman r ferred in Texa^ ad lres-iiug the board* of trade of that *iate upon some project [Sunny s-mth.l Some time siuee. we received the following s-artling letter from Major Capers, of Ch ion. r*>uth Cardins, in reply to the card c brother. Col H D. (Aper*. in which the cc »ought to establish hiscla m to the authorship of a poem in question; but preferring not to publish it, we wrote to the m-tj -rou the subject and h;s reply will be found below. From die tone of both letters, he seems to thiuk. it a duty he owes both to his brother and the public to make this public declaration of Lis insanity, and for that reason we give Li* letters iu full, notwithstanding our reluctance: CHARLESTON, S. C July 1 187G. To the Editor of tU Sunt..j South Dear nu: 1 have just been u ee ;rd from my brother. Colonel Heory D. Opera, in regard the au honhip of * The Family Harp.” There can te no doubt whatever that the poem wa* written by the Rev. J*mc3 W Mi!< and printed iu a sermon, as stated by his bro er. Mr C. Richardson Miles That Colonel Henry D Capers should ha claimed Its authorship is attributable solely the tact that hi* mind In and haa been for tome time past affected. A petition to legally estab lish his lunacy, sustained bv the opinion of ol the leading physicians of thl* state, was warded toCoiuaibia in Decemrcrl»*t It is doe to the memory of the Kev. Mr. Miles that th-- statement should te made, however <ie ’** f I may regret the circumstance* which re-i nec&sary. Yours, very respectfully, F. W. Capers rectio^a. Louse* were built uion them, and t’ ty ! The following is ia renly to our private letter were finally used as roads. They are no - used j to Major caper*: __ the itrecU of a flourishing city. Whitehall, ! * ha RU3TTON, S. C., July 14, Marietta. Decatur and Peachtree street*, all 1 John II. Stab. converging from this point, bear in their . Dear Sir—1 '— shape unmistakable evidences of having te n - THE GRASSHOPPERS. WHAT THEY ABB DOING WHEAT STREET, AND IN OTHER NEIGH BORHOODS. The grasshopper pest to which we alluded a few days since, ia rapidly becoming a very serious matter, not only to property hold era in their immediate vicinity, but to ouren tire community. They are now bidding fair to devastate all of our garden< and crops unless some efficacious method of destroying them be speedily devised. The? increase with* rapid ity that exceeds anything we hare ever known, and field* which a few days since, appeared to have been abandoned by tbe older grasshopper* are now teaming with myriads of small ones, thousands not aa large aa a bouse fly. HOW DID THEY GrT 11 ERR? A great many of our people, especially those residing on a heat street, are much interested to know how these little peats were brought here. Several theories hare been advanced U explain their presence, but none of them are satisfactory. It is now about two weeks since they were first noticed in Mr John Lynch’s field. This field had been sowed in Timothy hay, the seed of which had been procured from the west. From this it was generally suppose i that the eggs of the grasshopper* had been transpi mod here in the seed. This explanation would fully account for them but for the fact that they have appeared almost simultaneously in different act-dons. It is very clear, however, that they are not identical with the ordinary varieties we find in our gnu* plats, and therefore must have been brought here in some way. It is Tcry interesting to catch a handful and notice the different change* of color and shape they un dergo, in passing from extreme Infancy tomatu rity. The very little rascals are green aa grasi with a broad bUck stripe running down the back the full length of the body. In the n •tago they seem to ioao this black stripe, are tirely green, and the first appearance or their wings can be noticed. Next we Had them be coming variegated in Jcolor, and the wings speckled. The largest we noticed were very dark on the back, with gorgeously tinted bodies and legs, and were ao far grown that they were stretch of tw.-ntyor thirty devastation on wheat street. A visit out on % heat street yesterday after noon, showed that there was just cause for the alarm existing among garden owner* in that section. We found the community vigorously engaged inaUemp-ing to drive baca the com mon enemy with uwitche* aud bushes, and ou every side were to be seen the evident-* sol their ravages. The advance guard, ofperhnpsamill- ion or two have finished extcrmmauuR every thing that waa eatable in Mr John Lynch'* grass field, and crossing the street aud a vacant lot beyond it have attacked a com field belonging to Mr William Harville. They seem to carry ou their work of whoaewtle destruction in a very methodical manner. They appear generally to climb to the vet y top of the stalk ana eat down wards, devouring everything, including the green oars of com. Mr Uarvi.le has attempted to get rid of them by w plentiful use of pair* green, which he has scattered over the plants, •t number of nogroe* who were industriously testing them back with bashes, seem'-d to be also doing good. Ak yet this corn has uot becu seriously damaged, the two field* only hav log suffered to any considerable extent. At Major Shor.er’splaoe. a little beyond Mr. Har vine's the scene was very different. There the grasshopper* have been keeping up a steady at tack iu countless numbers tor the past two days. Yesterday a force of darkey* was put at work upou them with bushes; and it i* thought .that they must have deatroved. some TWENTY OR TWENTY FIVE BUSHELS, butinsoiteof all the com is nearly ruined. tion, locks if it had been struck by lightning Many of the stalks were cut down to within a foot of the ground, and all were completely di- vestedof everyi bing even remotely resembling a leaf. A com field belonging to some negroes across the street, wa* in precisely the same oon- ...... ' premises have suffered ter- riby. Uis potato patch is gone where the woodbine twineth, and yesterday he too had a force of hands beating back the foe with bu- hex and endeavoring to save the last remnant of his garden. birds and chicks. Tne latter are enjoying a car nival time, and are expanding to such a degree of fatness as will make chickens from Wheat street a luxury in the market for tome time to come Yesterday a hundred or two people visited Wheat street to witness this extrcomlnary scene, and every day 1* adding to the excitement, as well a* to the number ofgrasshoppera To give an idea of tbe density of their numbers, we may state that we saw one briar onsh ao lull of them that they were crowded upon each others bac*s snd hundreds were hopping around hunting tor e to light upon. >y of the Wheat street people think that they will be worse next summer than they are thia, unless tr— — * ated. as they . _ _ _ mense crop of egvm. There arc two singular traits about these In* recta. Evi-rv night they go to roost a* regularly as bird*, and we saw several trees that contained myriad*, and those who rouM not get into tree* were upon fences They don’t like ra'u a par tide, and take to the trees and fences for alicllcr as soon as a storm comes up. The greate t danger, perhaps, to be appre hended from these voradon* insects Is when they teoome matured enough to fly. They will tula, unless they t an in some way be extermin- * certain to leave hexes then probably spread themselves over the entire AT THE CITY HALL “ b only y mom _ ► meant pleasing discovery that they were in the clover city. Wheat street is by i flic ted even new wi ing Judge Pittman made the by pleasing discovery that they were il around the city. At prerent those unwelcome guests arc very small, but there are million* of them, and at every step through tbe clover they iutotheairllkea swarm of gnats Young . “ . - . I. 1 1_, and portions of the clover i*already stripped perfectly bare. Another squad of the common dej 'gwiue up hy*r ter sit sum Paris greens . _ un demand cf dat don’t kyore dem ob forrigin, yer ’needn’t speckt me at church Sunday kase dere’* heaps of tings dat a 'ligious Digger kin stand wi’dout bickslidin.* but dese furriu gra&’oppers aiut ’mongst ’em.” A Negro Opinion wf Tilden. “Pete, who is yon gwine ter vote fur fur de president?” asked Jake last evening. “Nobody; now yer got it!’* “What’s de reezin?'’ “Well. I done told you some time b*ck < warn’t gwine ter vote no more of dem ’publi- ns in office, didn’t 1?” '•Yes’- ' Well, I wuz tinkin’ dat I'd act de free nigger ’ vote fur de dimmycrat di* time.’’ •But yer can’t Hand him eh?” “No, sah, no how 1 Yer see de papers, dey mokes him out all buckra an* a flue gemman. but one ob dem men at de pot* offia he done sot right.” What do he say!’’ He say d*t Mister Tildum am de man war dey have all dat trouble ’bout twixt him dat Beecher feiier. An’ linen to me—when a ’lows anudder raau to ’n*ult his wife an’ don’t go cut him wid a raz jr, dat lets me ou wid him! ’ “You’se right, old man; you alius is,” sal Jake as he resumed his half of a watermelon. Old HI ou llnyeA. We stopped at the post-office yester day to hear old Si expouud politics. ‘Itide born truf. sah,” he urged; ”de readln’ niggers is dead sot ’ginst ’em l” Against whom, Si? n we ventured ^ ‘ ’Ginst dis hyar ’publican party, sah/" Dey is j of gnats r they arc, they are air* ady hard at * small portions of the clover 1 perfectly bare. Another sqi enemy has made a visit to West Eud, and. — ver field belonging to Mr G W Adair contains iu*t now more eras hoppers than it does clover They are infecting Kirkwood, and much dam age to corn and crops is reported, and alio in the lower edge of the county. "*■* “ffaawe are, dome of oi ie following clipping — e*, arc In a worse plight. Oncol kind, ii given afew month* togrow in and plen ty of clover, might pick hi* teeth with a small sized fence rail, out as for fanning his face with - It’* out of the reader* have grasshopper* are pretty bad in Beal wood. Sun day afternoon a pretty rood wind struck up *~ ttiat neighborhood and one gentleman sold . thought the wind would blow them away. An- rho by the way is a Broad street grocer. Uk about the wind blowing the grass hoppers away. One of them faced Sunday’ . ithlngleol i awful sul- “Did yer see any declamations In dat letter •Well, what’s the trouble about?" “De trouble am dat man don’t omierstand de nigger. He nebber owned no nigger-*; what do be knows ’teut ’em? Anybody dat knows a ui?ger know* dat he’d rudder be ’bused twice dan lef* alone once! Mr. Hazes done lef* ’em alone bow *nd dey’li lei’bim alone when de Tcctaon o<*:nes; d»t n *u*iaeM!" Two other negroes no»lded tons approvingly ud vre had gained a new campaign idea. llow Xhry "Kwni They looked sad and doubtless felt x t s they stood up against the h jrse-rock. "Times iz hard!” »ighed >ue “Wiirs then confedentr* the other responded “An’ work’s too ex’snstinl’’ “Hit draws a msn down pow’rful!’ "I never did see money oo bard to git a fist i left, yon laid out in this way, and not by standing at the point where th*j center, you can - «... - - diieciiou. but look where yon will, I kiu-b.e-a to my brother, lt is impoielMe oblieed by the frienSty In-1 —ilra. J. W. Englisli, of thin city,has -i iay • raised the finest Irish potato:* that we have Aa Aaaiwrwiry. Ma- „ wh.ch giv s me theopp-irtuniiy to I still think tbe oommucic-tiou sent to y^ t days ago should te publDhed. snd “ ' eyonwilLj'" ' you took squarely * gainst a building. They form {u». w graceful currn in many places but their general t If convenient, : wo uld be glad * »rare is unquestionably that of cow paOts I ihe w«.rd* "mental deraiig>.me&l” for ••luuacy,* Ainonsf the ezenrsioniats from A suggested to a c tizen that this was only one of iu that let'er. Otherwise, on looking over the A »« » />__ the uii-toucea in which dumb animal* \xad made 1 pencil copy ia my po-ses*:oa, there '* nothing I Lima who are now in our my is rror r J cow themselves useful to men in nov-1 wajs, and would care to recal | art, editor of the Troj Messenger- He visits that the goose which saved Rome was no more With thank* tor your cour my. I remain. . anniversary of the death of hJs broth- pnaewunhy ihMi the cow. which lni-1 oot the . Very MpeoUal y. i. W. C.ru*. . »t«o ' “ “ n ~‘ cry of Atom to. The citizen thought the au«.a , itemson B t^ar.. who was k.lled in toe aidiyauDf-***- —Tlie diamond necklace an<l ear-' imu., tuci-j st twelve years ago' boy. only 19 year^of age. wasapri ... .’-7th Alabama regiment, and wal killed upon the fieid and left there. If his grave —You can now bay a paper^ collar ~r u" V* killed upoi with the picture of George Washington taken from the vault* of tbe treasury W he:e'iisplaosia unknown to hit brother on each corner. The time is at hand . and sent to the care of the acting aec- Talbot , of ^ M ^ when a man earning six dollars per retary of the treasunr, who will deliv- ou trL field in toe same charge.' ue -k can have pictures ail over his er them to General Sherman in accoru- xncre are sad rw> !iccflona of the dark and j ir ^ • • ance with the *n OI cungrets. bioodj season of war aud carnage. WOUi tt Very rvsptcdul y, —The diamond necklace an<l ear rings seut by the khedive ol Egypt b Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch have oeei of my house for a fan, saying it •^Tbe graRshoppen alluded to In toe above ar ticle must be of toe variety a friend of ourr.aoir a member of toe police force, saw some yean ago when he was out west. He camped among them one night with a pair of males and a stout wagon The next morning he found exactly two mute taila, six hoofs, aad four iron ties be- ' igto what had been a wagon. Ho con- 1 to come home, and accordingly struck a The grasshopper now creating such devastation diff-rs from the red-legged grass hopper of the east in having lo igev wings for prolonged flight it is the caloptenuas spreta or *‘H ATETCL «EAMKOrrxa" lt is called in the wort, it does not deposit its eggs until after its wings are formed. They then deponit their egg* in the ground, where no de gree ol cold can affect them. They are extreme ly prolific, hence it becomes a matter ol vital mportance to kill them before that time while they can be forced into compact muses. In Utah, toe people destroyed them by THE CREMATION PROCEK8 effectually. They forced! them; into mames. then threw in. around and upon them, piles of straw and fired tbe straw. Others tried turn ing water upon their fields Bat upon the whole toe cremation process is toe sim plest and moat effectual. THESE rOETS APPEARED IN TROUP COUETT upon a field of wheat, tbe seed of which came from the northwest. Col J H Fannin effectual ly squelched too op-eta with his baptism of fire. Commimtoner T f* Janes, yesterday, received a letter from Mr C ▲ Alexander, an intelligent farmer IN WILXES COUNTY, stating that the calopteous made their appear- anoei u his clover field about two week* ago.and now In counties* numbera,werc eating the stems They are of all sizes from *be smallest to the largest with wings. They are eating up toe clover rapidly. The “hateful grasshoppers,” greatly abound in toe neigborhood of Wheat street, and arc ■peadlng rapidly Wednesday they cleaned up a man’s garden in that neighborhood in four hours. 1 he grounTU 1 literally alive with them, from toe size of a flea. np. Mr W H ffarvifl has socoesafnlly checkmated tirir operations on his corn field by a liberal use of PAX’S GREEN which destroyed them by the bushel and they now give his field toe goby. Mr. Harviilyea terdey addressed toe following note to Judge C H Strong: Atlanta. Ga.. July 20,1874 Judge C It. Strong—My Dear Sir: After my compliments and kind regards. I tike great pleasure in Informing you that the Fai' is a cuccesa in every particular. In fact a perfect gras-hopper exterminator. with many thanks for your kindness and toe information of toe remedy, I am aa ever, your true friend, W. H. Haryill The rapid movements of this plague demand pat MPT ACTION upon the part of our diy authorities and people iu getting rid of them at onoe. The use of Paris green may be a little danger- _ us. That of cremation is toe most feasible. They should be destroyed before they have time to deposit their egg* in toe ground, for then we get ild of them tola year aud toe next. Hair Fare Mates for De legate* to Use NUto Democratic Convention. Ho. Q’es State Dem. Ex. Com., Atlanta, July 20,1876. The following railroads have agreed to paw delegates to the state democratic conven tion in Atlanta, August 2, going and returning at one fare The delegates pay full fare going and will be p ssed borne free upon certificate of the presidirg officer of toeoonvenhou that they were delegatee: WHEELER’S LETTER. HE STATES THAT HE HAS NOT CHANGED HIS SOUTHERN VIEWS. He la In Favor of Bcsnmptlon In *79 and for Other 1 hi ur*, Prom inent among which la Office. Telegrams to the Constitution. Washington, July 20.—Mr. Wheeler in his letter of acceptance quotes his report to congress on southern rela tions, flaying that his views remain un changed. Recarding the money and schools and reform he says: ‘‘The just obliga tions of the government to public cred itors created when the government was in the throes of threatened disso lution and as an indispcnsible condi tion of its salvation, and which guaran teed the lives and blood of thousands of its brave defenders, are to be kept with religious faith, as are all the pledg es subsidiary thereto and confirmatory thereof. In my judgment the pledge of congress of January 14,1875, for the redemption of the notes of the United States in coin is the pledged faith of the nation, and the national honor and justice to the people whose permanent welfare and prosperity are dependent upon true money as the basis of their pecuniary transactions demand the scrupulous observance of this pledge, and it is the duty of congress to supple ment it with such legislation as shall be found necessary for its strict fulfill ment. . ‘Tiioursystem of government intel ligence must give safety and value to the ballot; hence the common schools of the land should be preserved in all their vigor, while in accordance with the spirit of the constitution, they and all their endowments should be secured by every possible and proper guarantee against every form of sectariain influ ence or control ‘There should be the’strictest econo my in the expenditures of the govern ment consistent with its effective ad ministration, and all unnecessary offi ces should be abolished. Officers should he confirmed only upon the basis of high character and party fitness, and should be administered only as public trusts and not for private advantage.” II EXDBIfHS’ STATE. upopnlnrlty or the Bepnbllcau Nominee for Vovcuor, Washington Special to toe New York Herald. News comes here that there is grow ing dissatisfaction in Indiana over tho nomination of Mr. Orth as governor The foreign affairs committee of the house have damaged him hy evidence, most ly his own, which showed that while lie was a member of congress, the com mittee of which he was a member, re ported favorably uuon the Venezuela claims; that Mr. Orth thereup on appeared before the next congress of which he was not a member, as at torney of FtillwcU, minister in Vene zuela, who had $80,000 of these claims, and Talmage, the American commiss ioner, who audited the claims, aud ac cording to Mr. Orth’s account, ow ns a huger amount than Stillwell. Mr. Orth was elected to the forty-third con gress October, 1872, and after his elec tion and during the winter of 1872-3 he came to Washington, in the service of the same persons, to lobby an act through congress, ratifying the final aw r ards of the commission, for which he received $7,000 and his expences. This is forbilxlen by rection 1,781 of the revised statutes, w hich makes such ser vices i*erformed by a member of con gress a penal offence. It is said here that when the report on this Venezue la business is made public it will need something more than tho appointment of Mr. Tyner as postmaster general to strengthen the party in Indiana. Orth, in Indiana, Marshal Packard, in Louis- ana, are heavy loads for the j»arty to carry. THE STORK UI\U. Telegram to the Constitution. Richmond, July 20.—This has been next to the hottest day of the mason, the thermometer ranging from 100 to 103 in the shade. Between five and six o’clock there was a very heavy thunder, lightning and rain storm ac companied by considerable of hail, and the inercurv falling 23 degrees in halt an hour. The wind which accompa nied tho storm was also very severe. A number of houses were unroofed and otherwise damaged. Many shade trees in the city were unlimbed and stripped of their foliage. Scabrooks’ tobacco warehouse, used during the war as a general receiving hospital, had the southern section demolished, and the sheds were lifted bodily and carried into Uie street. A large quantity of tobacco stored in the warehouse was damaged. The loss cannot now be estimated. Three Were Herlounljr Injured. At the warehouse the entire upper story of J. H. Dickerson & Co.’s sad dlery establishment was carried away, and two persons injured, the other workmen narrowly escaping. The walls of the fifth Presbyterian church are reported in a dangerous condition From the storm. Several tobacco fac tories also sustained serious damages from being unroofed and having their stock exposed to the rain. The light ning struck in a number of places, out nothing serious reported. The storm seems to liave been entirely local as telegraphed from several neighboring points report no signs of it. Elsewhere. New York, July 20.—The following shows the height of the thermometer at 1:30 p. m. in the cities named: Buffa lo, SO; Cincinnati, 96; New Orleans, 92; Baltimore, 98; Washington, 99; Albany, 92; New York, 88; Philadelphia, 95; Boston, 93. Atlantic and Gulf road. Jnlj 28 to August. Central railroad and branches, July 28 kUKUSt®. Dome railroad, no limit. Georgia railroad and branches, no limit. Wonderful Snecess Itls reported that Bracara GxaxiN Syrup as, sine* its introduction in toe United States, eached the immense sole ol 0,000 doacn per fsar. Over G.000 druqxto* have ordered this oediefne direct from the factory at Woodbury, •1. J., and not one have reported a single fail ure, but every letter speaks of Its astonishing access In caring, coughs, colds nettled on toe xcast, consumption, or any disease of throat and lungs. We advwcany oeraon that has any predisposition to weak lung*, to go to U el Iruggiste, Hunt Rankin dt Lamar, wholesale igenta, and get this medicine, or Inquire about L Regular size, 75 cents; sample Lottie, 10 x&la. Two doaea will relieve any case. Don’t •detect vowr ough. «prt- deodAwir An Explanation. To the Proprietors of Tne Atlanta Constitution: Gentlemen—In yonr advertising column* I find four articlea, alitor which bear a rcaadaloua and • ajpdnrt me, and as act of justice. If d friend*" er* of yoor valuable paper. Although unnecessary to iboee of your reader* who have come in contact with me, either professionally, or socially, to repu diate the filthy aud libelous chargee In those four articlea. It is to toe many readers who do not now me that I wish to vindicate myself. 1 catered DR SHERMAN'S office, as hi* assist ant, m 1806. and, with toe exception of one year, continued in that capacity until tbe Cl b of May, 1871, and I can easily grove Ire citizen* of At- — * of n as prove by them that I use toe used by him, ia every respect, i having toe proper authority to <k The brag in regard to my cl easily prove to be a falsehood, and that which ne offers to send tor ISO to be trash, only manufactured to throw dost In tbe sufferer's eyes. I cannot scad my Curative*, a* each Instrument ha* to be madeand adapted to meet the nature and character of the case as find It, on personal exam ln.rtrm Os my return to ATLANTA, which will be next Fall, I will give a!l necessary proofs to vindicate my character, aod my numerous prtcntewiU.no doubt, cheerfully assist me. Until then I must request your readers to suspend their judgment. W. U. CKEMPIKflf. former assistant of Dr. Sherman. P. S.—I have already taken the necessary-steps to proceed legally against this atrocious and insurious assault DR. CRSMFXEN’S RUPTURE CURB METHOD Is toe genuine Sherman Jaethod. dfrt-«unktae«lm-letp.h-04W-m4fcw’

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The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1868-1878, July 25, 1876, Image 1