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on Atlanta.
4bout Our Paper.
In a very eliort time, The Sun will be
ranch improved in its dress, style, typo-
j)Uicol execution, dc.
Lhe public. v:o have no doubt, will ap
preciate this, and bo ready to respond in
efforts to sustain us whic h they have not
liitherto put forth.
W Lot our friends remember that itisbut
little more than twelve months since The
fira was started in Atlanta, nndcr many
disadvantages. During this time, these
who have been connected with it have
toiled day and night, intent upon build
ing up a live newspaper, which would
instruct, interest and amuse tho public.
Its patrons have constantly increased.
o t) iank{tho generous friends of Tns Sex
tor their kindness and good wishes, 'Wo
hopo this patronage will ho largely in
creased in tho futuro. It is our uim to
deserve success. If we do, vre doubt not
wo shall attain it in a high degree, and
make The Sun a first class journal.
One of tho attractive features of the
paper in tho future, ns it ha3 been here
tofore, which has attracted to it an en
lightened attention for which we are
grateful, will be tho personal sketches of
distinguished gentlemen of tho repre
sentative business classes in Georgia—
such as Bankers, Railway men, Mer
chants, Lawyers, Master Machinists and
others.
These sketches will bo of such men as
havo taken on aotivo and extended port
fn tho great interests of the State, and
whose energy and exomplo has hod an
effect upon tho country’s good during
‘heir day. Those papers will contiue to
be prepared by Colonel C. Peeples, the
political editor of The Sun. This will,
wedoubt not, bo valuablo to tho younger
generation and to society generally.
Colonel Peeples’ professional engage
ments have, to some extent, interrupted
tho preparation of theso papers, bnt ho
will again 6nter upon them, and contin
ue through tho coming snmmor, hoping
that good will como of thorn, and that
they will assist in arousing a just State
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Our Telegraphic Dispatches.
We congratulate our readers on our
success in procuring news by telegraph
SO much to our satisfaction.
About tho middle of lost month, the
Now York Associated Press cut oil the
nows from The Sun, and loft it without
dispatches. This was done, as the agent
alleged, because Thf. Sun had commented
unfavorably, and with somo severity, up
on the character or qnality of tho news
sent by the association, in its columns a
few days previous.
All th is took placo before tho recent
chan go Jin Ubo .business control of the
vapor, which was on tho 17th nit.
When the present management took
charge of The Sun, a restoration of tho
dispatches was politely asked for by us;
but the request was refused, except upon
conditions with winch wo were not w ill-
ius to^SompIy. TfflS i
tog toTfomply. THis forced xitf to look
out for, and make other arrangements,
which roquired somo time, bnt wo fi
nally succeed, and now havo perma
nent arrangements by which wo
recoivo full telegraphic nows, which are
certainly groatly improved in qnality.
Wo do not receive thoso very unreliable
weather reports, which arc bringing con
tempt upon tho science of meteorology.
We do not reoeivo trivial iteigs of intel
ligence not worth reading, lot alono pay
ing for; but every thing that comes to us
is genuine news—worth paying for and
worth being read by all. During tho
short space of time theso dispatches have
appeared in our colnmns, they have
given fall satisfaction to oar readers. Wo
havo been complimented on their superi
ority by a very largo number of patrons
and tho pubho—among whom aro somo
of the first men in tho State of Georgia,
who havo carefully scanned them, and
brow their worth. Not a day has yet
passed that wo have not had important
nows which tho New York Association
failed to furnish to its patrons, wlrilo wo
have, in overy case, had all tho important
nows furnishod by that Association,
missing nothing of special importanco;
while the general character and value as
news, of wlrat we receive, is, in our opin
ion, every way superior to thoso of the
Associated PreBS.
We invito tho attention of tho public
and of onr ootemporaries in Georgia to
this matter. Wo respectfully ask a care
ful and just comparison between our dis
patches and thoso of tho Now York As
sociation.
The collection of nows for tho public,
in any sphero, is a profession that re-
cnires special natural qualifications,
which bnt few men possess. There aro
not many persons who aro instinctively
(tcJfo/s in’thrs important' business.
'Thte gentlemen who compose tho
Agency .from which wo receivo our dis
patches atre skilled and talented in tho
work. Tliej- know what nows is, when
they soo it, nn*d know whero to go to find
the article. Wo i»ro of opinion that some
who oollcct nows fo».. tho New York Asso
ciation, do not alwa^nj know tho article
when tlrny find it. YVo jndgo so from
tho charastcr of their, reports.
In conclusion, wo 'ask tho attention of
the press of Goorgfja to tho following:
\Yo will supply our nows reports to
5®y of them at rates which will mako
their dispatches cost less than at present.
We also will tdlow them to make any
comments on tho dispatches which they
may sec ftt. If any of our cotempora-
xies desire to havo our dispatches, we will
bj liberal with them and impose no re
evictions and no monopoly.
Since it transpired that the Central
Railroad had become tho lessee of the
Macon k Western Road, and had
also procured a very largo interest in the
Griffin & North Alabama Railroad, much
speculation has been indulged in by
those who take an interest in the welfare
of tho Gate City. What will be the
next movement, or who will head it, or]
what quarter it will como from, no one
can tell; the quid nvnes are for once non
plussed—distinguished gentlemen claim
ing the the right to lead opinions and to
enlighten minds oh tho all absorbing
future of Atlanta, differ widely as to
which quarter points - to the path of
safety.
Without pretending to any very largo
quantity of experience or sagacity in
such matters, wc beg leave to be allowed
to possess onr soul in peace, and to say
that, situated as Atlanta is, relatively to
other leading places and interests, with
tho amount of established business com
manded by her people, with her commer
cial facilities, tho energy and capacity for
doing things known to belong to her bus
iness men, wo think a very consideia-
blcj’futuro awaits her, even allowing that
no other railroad points in or out of her
limits. There is in the native strength of
the position, and in tho vast quantity of
unemployed power concentrated and
concentrating here, a sufficient field,
already established, to command the en
ergies of a population four or five times
that which at present finds a homo in
this city. _ .
Her present chartered strengths of cap
ital, will, intelligence and muscle, if
brought into full employment with all
the machine power which tho advance of
the present age over the last secures, will,
if actively and intelligently directed, give
good employment and plenty to do for
the present and prospective population,
and all comers for years to come. There
is much to do within our present limits,
with the command of onr present means
and under our present advantages. Let
ns take counsel about what wo have got,
and mako that secure and available. Wo
want a great Atlanta interest built up; wc
desire tho city to he noted for what she
is doing, and what she is sending out as
of her own growth ami products. We
want good streets, good public institu
tions, good side-walks,. Railway cross
ings, manufacturing institutions and
dairies, gardens, nurseries, engino shops,
machine shops, and scores of other
things within her own control, belong
ing to her own people having their source
in thifl city and sending out fertilizing
streams of comfort and commercial traf
fic to build up and gladden this conntry
of hardy people and small farmers for a
hundred miles in all directions around
tho city. Wo want things wo can control
ourselves. Wo do not want new rail
roads to bo built and owned by strangers,
taking Atlanta iis a starting poiflt, or an
ending point'in appearance, when in fact,
tho great point sought to ■be controlled
is within tho interest of a combination
which makes her but a way station and
sets her somewhat xnnn**™ g " 1
aglow witnjrfScy advantages to be
by other. nVo nave examin
your arm, ior X run noi well,
nd you Ece is scarcely a fortnight old";
Tn the Co'M-tilutian vesterdav moraine ■ ^ ^ -OTiy message I hid to tell,
« Li ,,, '' - V l V morning ( rve traveled many a mile in wet and cold,
we find the following paragraph :
“White at tho Georgia Railroad freight depot yes- j Yon is the old gray chateau, above the trees,
terday. wo noticed that jour merchants were receiv-i He had bade me seek it, my comrade bravo and
tog their freight via tjie Charleston route. We are gay ;
told that tho recent consolidation or lease of the i Stately forest and river so brown and bread,
Macon and Western road by tho Central has had tho | He showed mo the scene as lrc a dying lay.
effect td drive onr merchants over to the Charleston
A PHASE OF YOUTHFUL AD
VENTURE.
A bon Robs His Father and At
tempts to Elope with His Par
amour.
route, and the opposition of the Macon and Western
Railroad to the Passenger Depot has also had its in
fluence to this direction.”
While we doubt whether recent occur
rences have diverted the channel of a
single pound of freight; wo take the op
portunity offered by tho abovo to state
that the merchants of Atlanta have no
quarrel whatever with tho Macon and
Western Railroad. Tho road is of too
vast importance to tho trade of Atlanta
for them to go into a quarrel with it, at
least until Capt. "White had on opportu
nity to explain his action. Wo aro not
the champion of Capt. White in this
matter, nor are we advised of his position
further than explained by himself in his
card published in The Sun of Tuesday.
In this he sustains his position upon
what appears to be good grounds.
The Constitution publishes only a
portion,—the * least material portion—
of what Captain White has to say, and
then proceeds to “ adjudgo tho. case
against him.” This is rather a singnlar
procedure, especially as every point made
by tho Captain is in defenso of his own
action, and, taking his testimony alone,
his position is not only sustained but
justified. According to Captain White’s
showing he was not a party to the car-
shed contract, and it is, therefore, op
tional with him whether he pays a pro
rata share or not. Bnt, taking even this
view of the matter, we do not feel at lib
erty to say that the Captain is either
right or wrong, until his statements are
denied by tho authorities of tho three
other contracting parties.
As we stated above, the Atlanta mer
chants cannot afford to qnarrel with the
Macon & Western Road, and they will
not do so. The road bears away too im
portant a part of the produce and mer
chandise sold in Atlanta. It runs through
wealthy and populous section of tho
State, from which onr merchants have
been seeking trade, and now that the
trade is coming this way, tho merchants
will not deprive themselves of the means of
.carrying on this trade by ^getting up a
foolish quarrel with tho authorities of
the road. Wo think tho Constitution’s
paragraph hasty and ill-advised.
X have been there, and, neighbor, I am not well;
I boro hi3 sword and somo of his curling hair
Knocked at the gato and said I had news to tell,
Entered a chamber and saw his mother there.
Tall and straight, with tho snows of age on her head,
Brave and stern C3 a soldier's mother might be,
Deep in her eyoB a living look of tho dead,
She grasped her staff and silently gazed at me.
I thought I’d better bo dead than meet her eye ;
She guessed it all, I’d never a word to tell;
Taking tho sword in her arms she heaved a sigh,
Clasping the curl in her hand she sobbed and feU.
I raised her up, she sat in a stately chair,
Her £ice ltke death, but not a tear in her eye;
We heard a step and tender voice on tho stair
Murmuring soft to an intent's cooing cry.
My lady she sat croct, and sterner grew,
X'ingcr on mouth she motioned mo not to stay ;
A girl came in, tho wifo of the dead, I know,
She held his babe, and, neighbor, I fled away!
I tried to run. but I heard the widow’s cry.
Neighbor, I have been hurt and I am not well :
I pray to God that never until I die,
May I have such sorry news to teU!
—All the leaf Round.
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THE CXIESEXT CITY.
■rax;
tho coun
try to bo traversed with somo interest,
not by actual lino and measures it
is truo; but wo havo some knowledge
of thb situation, and looking to the
railway combinations already formed
and being rapidly in process of forma
tion; to Roads in process of construc
tion or proposed to be built, and" wo
offer anew tho suggestion that when our
people again tnrn their attention to
ward railway enterprises, they had as
well look to the building of tho Western
Railroad, as to their best stroke of poli
cy now at command. Wo know whereof
wc speak, when wo say that the sooner
this project is put under way, tho better
for Atlanta- An Atlanta Road to Elyton
or Oxford, West,owned and controlled by
Atlanta, subject to no combination but
her own, is indispensible to her future
railroad strength.
Do not all seo that tho Central Road
has secured the Griffin & North Alabama
Road, and Savannah and all below onr
city on that line, aro rejoicing in tho
prospect of an early union with Steven
son and Noshvillo direct, or via Griffin
and Carolton through - to Decatur and
Memphis, thereby shortening tho great
through lino to Savannah from the West,
in ono case near 120 -miles, and in tho
other 80 or 90 miles, and going by its,
State Road and all
Way not sell the stock in the Air-Lino,
now an admitted success, and begin tho
Western, either uniting with tho Griffin
& Alabama at some point on it, and run
ning a common line, or an independent
one of onr own across it, in Carroll coun
ty, at Amos’, Carrollton, or elsewhere,
and reaching the great coal and iron
fields of Alabama, go through to Ely
ton, whore many roads meet or will soon
do so. But enough—wo throw out these
suggestions as the result of some thought
upon tho snbject.
The Prosperity of our Country.
The progrcB3 of tho United States in wealth, popu
lation and material development is without a parol*
lei in the history of notions. It had scarcely emerged
from tho most gigantic, cosily and devastating civil
war of modern times than it began to rise with re
newed vigor and prosperity. Within six years after
the war closed a'stnpcndons floating debt of hundreds
of millions was paid and several hundred millions
of tho organized national debt liquidated. And all
this without complaint on the part of the people.—
Never before did any people pay what tho govern
ment demandod of them- so freely and liberally.—
True, the American peoplo begin to realize the fact
that the enormous revenue which lias been raised
year atfer^year since pcacs has been restored has been
unnecessary—an unnecessary burden—and now de
mand a reduction of taxation ; bnt thoy aro ablo to
bear theso taxes, or heavier ones if ncedod. Really
there is hardly a limit to tho resources of this rich
and prosperous country. .Even with tho. improper
abortion of so much capital from industrial-pur-
Buita to U.yiUlain himijiwl ; i »> Xul’.kina ar Aat-i. < *
tJrtccp.tho vaults of too T*s.isnry full of gold to
52at Is Goot.
As » gentleman from Now York was taking a glass
of wine at tho St. louts, corner ol Freeman and
Hopkins streets, Cincinnati, about three weeks ago,
observed at another table, seated with sc \, r.J
ethers, a German, who seemed uneasy and anxious,
•s if there might have been a Franco-Prussian disar
greement between his beer and liimsdf. Presently
to ran a little girl, her face radiant with smiles, cx-
ClllllUOd !
•• Oh. father, wo have got a little boy at home!”
Dat Is goci.” said tho Dutchman, as the anxiety
disappeared from his countenance, “fill up dc-
tfTimtfifl M
Not many minutes elapse*! before in rushed tho
XEUe girl again with announcement:
«• Oh, father, wo have got two little boys at homo I”
Ths Dutchman looked a good deal astonished and
not at all gisdfled at the littla family redundancy,
trut rising at length to the magnitude of the occa
sion, he said:
■' Yell, den, flat is also goot. Fill np dcr glasses."
In a fsw minutes again appeared the radiant me s-
—.uger with the astounding proclamation :
-Oh. tether, we have get three little boy8at
home!”
This was too much even forTev.'on'c impassibility.
There was no farther call for glasses,
O- Veil, 4en, says ho, “ I goes up dc:
ft** nm wit buses*. ”
Mr Davis’ Speed*-—Tlie Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel.
"While tho Chronicle and Sentinel was
copying Mr. Davis’Atlanta speech, would
it not havo been courteous for it to have
mentioned from what "paper it derived
tho report?
That speech was reported for The Sun
and appeared in full in no other Atlanta
paper, though tho other papers made very
excellent synopses of it; and if onr report
was worth copying, it was certainly worth
while that The Sun should have the cred
it of it
, A few of tho old poke-and-go-easy pa
pers of the State havo persistently used
the columns of The Sun while gathering
the hows, and have as persistly avoided
giving The Sun credit therefore. Why
it is, wo cannot conjecture. Wc have at
tempted to deal courteously with all, and
to mako The Sun welcome into fellowship
with the Georgia press. If it is not ac
counted worthy to this fellowship, well
and good. It does not care to intrude
itself whero it is not welcome. Wc must
insist, however, that when its colnmns are
used, as in the case of tho Chronicle and
Sentind, the paper so using shall award
us the cheap and common courtesy of
credit.
In Boston they tax 5,571 women, rep
resenting a total taxable property of
$53,272,967 and eighteen cents, (do not
forget the cents); from which a total rev
enue of $316,069 and eighty nine cents
The wheat crop in this section, it is
now thought, will not turn out as well as
was anticipated a few weeks ago, being
injured by wet weather and tho rust.
Some has already been cut, and the re-
ere ana i out * is derived, After that, who'can wonder, maiadar of the o'opvrill very soon be
‘ that the Boston women want to vote ? 1 ready for toe reaperi—Eatontm Frets,
A Few More Words About Vicksburg—
The St. Cliarlcs—A Few Old Friends
Ilcv. Dr. Palmer—Jackson Square—
Business Notes—Amusements. *
Sun Correspondence.
purpose, the country has advanced surprisingly in its
material prosperity. Nor lias this-;bccu local or con
fined to particular sections. It has been general—
North, East, West and South.—X. 1*. Herald.
Tho above remarks of the Herald are
undoubtedly true, and, while they aro a
compliment to the people of the entire
country, tho compliment to the South is,
beyond a suspicion, tho most merited of
all. Wo aro happy to know that, since
the war, the South has made important
strides toward prosperity. We had tho
ruins of a former prosperity upon which
to build. The work was done amid des
olation and what seemed to bo a general
decay. Atone tremendous sweep, wealth
and influence passed from tho grasp of
onr people, and almost the only heritage
left was their intelligence, of which the
result of the war could not deprive them,
nor could adventurers come down and
steal. . »
If a semblance of prosperity has grown
npen this most unpromising foundation,
greatly to bo praised aro our people. No
one knows, however, except those who
havo passed over the rugged and prickly
road, what this beginning of wealth has
cost. For six years the Southern peoplo
have toiled as they never had need to
toil before. This toil has been conduct
ed [under the most depressing cir
cumstances—circumstances which re
quired almost heroic fortitudo and the
greatest patience and long suffering.
They were not' encouraged by any of
those advantages which a liberal national
polity ought to throw around a laboring
mid struggling people. There were no
inducements held out for them to labor
in a common cause, in conjunction with
the people of tho North and East and
West.
In addition to all this, an unprece
dentedly heavy State lax has been added
to tho revenues that go to the general
Government. The State governmental
affairs have passed into the hands of
aliens. Strangers gather and expend the
public monyes, land no. one knows
how the expenditures are made save
those who are fattening most unwonted-
lv, and growing suddenly rich.
All these things the Southern people
have had to meet and overcome, and
nothing but the most strenuous endeav
or could have been equal to the task. If
they have overcome them, and aro grow
ing prosperous in despite of it all, we
again say that great praise is due them,
and they may assume a largo share of
the compliment expressed in the extract
wS' make from the Herald.
New Orleans, May 2G, 1871.
Dear Sun: As well as I can recollect, tho truth is,
this changing from placo to placo confuses ono’s
memory very sadly. My last was written aboard of
the Steamer R. E. Leo, whilst coming from Natchez
up to Vicksburg.
Nothing of importanco occurred at Vicksburg dur
my stay—all serene. Business was remarkably light;
no fights and no fires; smoked several cigars with a
former Colonel of Grant’s, and afterward of Mc
Pherson's Staff—a staunch conservative now; took a
careful survey of the largo sower being constructed
up Washington Street. That’s.aboutallldid. As to
that sewer, U't mo say it looks liko a work of super
erogation.
Vicksburg is perhaps tho hilliest city you ever saw,
It requires an offort to kcop from rolling down tho
streets; never saw a man drunk thero, but can im
agine great danger to such. A mule can hardly
pull an empty dray. Somo houses are perpendicu
larly forty to sixty feet abovo others on tho samo
block; and yet, forsooth, hero is a huge sewer, cost
ing hundreds of thousands of dollars, to carry of as
easy a running thing as water. Who is greased ?
Don’t know. Doubtless somebody.
NEW ORLEANS.
Finding tho Rail Road by Meridian stfll impassa
ble, had to return by tho Jhckson Road, and Lako
Fonchartrain boat, to Now Orleans. This time I
stopped and interviewed the city generally. So much
is written about this, as ’well as othor largo cities,
one is at a loss how to mako up a readable letter. I shall
content myself with letting my pencil scratch along
through personal experience.
ST. CHARLES HOTEL.
Of course I stopped at this house, having for many
years heard of its name and teme. It is nicely kept,
and i3 a lino hotel; but honestly it docs not os nearly
comparo with your Kimball House as tho latter does
with tho Grand Central of New York. And I mean
this in all respects—architectural arrangements, ap
purtenances and comforts. To my great surpriso,
tlieJirst man I met was a Georgian; and then here
they^camo, several in a bunch, and wo had a good
time.
A friend of mino in Water Valley, MIbb., onco asked
if Georgians didn't go ovorywhorc. I told him not
exactly. It waBjurood steu to sco them about. They
The moral atmosphere of onr usually
well ordered and quiet community occas
ionally presents somo of those nauseaus
which become necessary to tho very exis
tence of society, iu other and more ad
vanced localities, but, which strike tho
moral and Christian sensibilities of our
people, with becoming astonishment and
disgust. A case of this character occurred
in this city a few days since.
A gentleman who is engaged in busi
ness here, having occasion to leavo home,
went away without apprehension as to
any serious consequences resulting from
his absence, as he loft in charge one
whom he had every reason to regard as
the safest custodian of his properly and
his interest, viz., his son, a youth of suf
ficient age to feel and appreciate tho re
sponsibilities of his trust.
In the absence of the -too confiding
father, his faithless son, with the aid of
female partner of his crime, robbed
his house of all tho money ho could find,
and, in company with his paramour, left
tho house hehadboen intrusted to pro
tect and defend, hoping, in the darkness
of the night, to roach the train that loft
tho city at 11 o’clock, and, with his fath
er’s hard earned savings, to be harried
away from the scenes of his follies and.
crimes as well as the frowns of an angiy
father, which he knew he richly deserv
ed, and would certainly receive. Alas !
for his calculations; “man proposes,”
&c. Jus t as the train was moving off
from tho depot, the astonished and in
censed father laid his hand upon his
equally astonished progeny, offering a se
rious impediment to his subsequent ar
rangements.
Tho youth was prevented - from contin
uing his journey, bnt the female accom
plice to this interesting little experiment
being in another car, sped on the wings
of steam, carrying with her the money
which had been placed in her’s, as tho
safest hands. "What her course will he
since her discovery of her separation from
her lover, the future alono will develop.
But with tho facilities for transmitting
information, and tho vigilanco' of the of
ficers of tho law, we seo no reason why
she should not be apprehended and re
turned.
It is to bo hoped that the ill-success of
this effort will discourage tho youthful
adventurer from all future attempts of a
similar character.
Sinco tho foregoing was written we
havo ascertained that the female compan
ion of this adventurous young man re
turned, to the city as soon as sho discov
ered that her travels wore destined to bo
unaccompanied by the object of her af
fections. Sic transit gloria mitndi.—Sav.
News, 29th.
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Ages of Noted Men.
Jefferson Davis is sixty-threo years old.^
General Tecamseh Sherman is jnst fif-
TELEGRAPH NEWS
Special Biatclies to Tiie Si.
By Atlanta and Nashville News Agency.
FOREIGN news.
FRANCE.
MEETING AN OLD FRIEND.
Scarcely had I gotten to my room v/hon a com,
panion of my boyhood-daya sent np bis card, and of
courso, was welcomed with open arms. Columns
would not contain the adventures, scenes and inci
dents of tho halcyon days of onr yonth, when wc
were almost inseparable at Casa do Lago—that house
of beauty, of pleasure, and hospitality—as its name
indicated “Houso of tho Lake”—pronounced by
a distinguished tourist os “ surpassing in beauty any
thing ever in Italy,” and by an eminent divtoo, the
“happiest homo this side of Heaven.” Ah, truly can
I sing, “ would I were a boy again.” But I would
not attempt to recall thoso joyous moments—too
bright and happy for earth. You wUl not wonder—
and I know. Dear Sun, you wiU pardon tho weakness
of even mentioning tho fact, that when wo so sud
denly met, alter twenty-two years of separation, wo
could only say “Carolus”—“Frank,”—and tears
sparkled in eyes that had scon forty summers, as
doubtless to each tho sweet reminiscences of youth
passed rapidly pn memory’s panorama.
Frank and 1 not only played together, but worked
together. Side by sido did wo used to stand, at tho
same “ case ” setting np tho wisdom which emana
ted from the “ Star,” snd afterward tho “ Southern
Journal.” You did not know beforo that your Caro
lus had been a poor printer boy, beginning even
with the “devil’s” position—did you?
WeU, well, wo can’t always bo boys. My friend
has l>eon for more than twenty years connected
with tho Now Orleans Press, and has mado a most
enviable reputation as a writer, a thinker and a busi
ness man. He soon took me to his home and intro
duced me to his lovely and accomplished Creole wife
—their five “interesting offspring”—and mother-in-
law and aunt Never did I won’t to speak
French so badly as when I listened to its soft accents
in this happy home. Many other friends of my
youth did I meet, and had a real joyous time with
them,
ON SUNDAV
I heard two magnificent sermons from Rev. Dr. B.
M. Palmer, ono of tho greatest pulpit orators of
America. His morning discourse, about Provi-
denco, was deep eloquent, grand—mostly too meta
physical, however. In the evening, his sormon on
the subject, “ Tho father is tho Priest of tho family,”
was ono of the most practical, and at the same time,
magnificent and ablo, I ever heard. It onght to bo
published. In tho afternoon I took a walk with my
friends to
LAFAYETTE CEMETERY.
At first my feelings were not pleasant at tho idea of
walking amidst tho houses of tho dead—for, as you
know, water is too near to admit of burial beneath
ground hero. But I confess, as wo walked about,
andl noticed tho names of “Dick” and “Thad,”
and “Jim” and “Bill”—aU old playmates,- thero
was a comfort in tho reflection tho boys were lying
eoftiy “ up there,” and not “ down yonder.”
JACKSON SQUARE.
Around this stands tho oldest of the buildings to
the city, each building invested with historic inci
dents, interesting to tho visitor, but too tedious to
bo written. In tho square is ono of Clark Mills’ flno
bronzed statues of Jackson, mounted upon a war
charger, poised in rearing attitudo upon a granite
pedestal—exactly similar to tho one in Washington
city, immediately to front of tho White House.
On the granite, Butler the Beast, had carved, during
his benign reign there, in large capitals, tho words—
' The Union must and shall bo preserved.”
BUSINESS
va* evidently dull in New Orleans—worse, 60 tho
merchant ; say, than usual at this season. The
Levee was comparatively empty, and boats arrived
and departed with littlo freight. All parties attrib
ute a good deal of it to Georgia railroads—meaning
primarily. Col. Wadley, of tho Central Road. What
a wonderful man ho must bo 1 By tho way, would it
pay Atlanta somehow to give him a Presidential sal-
ary to-work up and take charge of its railroad to.
terests?
AMUSEMENTS
iy-
The Commune in Paris advertised an auction of
tho building material and metal of the column of
Yendome after its destruction. Tho miserable
wretches who aided in its downfall, however, refused
to bid for the fragments they had made, because
there is a law to France which declares that all per
sons who In any way-in jure or destroy public monu
ments are Sable to fine, imprisonment, and to bo or
dered to replace them. This is proof enough, if
proof were wanting, that they had no confidence in
tho stability of tho government they were professed
ly erecting, They foresaw that their reign would bo
brief, and they feared -tho day when their lawless
ness might be punished iu the individual as well as
to the whole people.
Tho Barnwell (S. C.) Journal records the following
sad events:
Mrs. Josephine Hailey, wife of Mr. F^ank Harley,
who died a few days since, expired at the residence
of her father, C. H. Langley, Esq., near this village,
on Monday test. Tho two children of this lady ex
pired tho same day. Thus within a few days have a
whole family been stricken down by the hand of
Death.
They said were ail gone, and peoplo were casting
about for similar results. True, I saw many places
lighted up of Sunday nights, with largo placards of
theatres and minstrels, 63 I wended my way to
church, and saw many hurrying thither.
Many places of interest did I visit, and enjoyed
myself, bnt presume this is enough for the present.
_ Corolcs.
Lonisville Tobacco Market.
From the Courier-Journal of Saturday.]
The market has shown continued ac
tivity throughout the -week, and though
sales have not been so heavy as tho pre
vious week, yet the bidding bas been
spirited, and prices have been fully main
tained at the rates given below. Catting
leaf is in great demand, of good quality
and in good condition. The prices in
the following table may bo .relied upon
os a fair statement at tho close of the
market:
Light. Heavy.
Factory lugs $4 SOa 4 75 $4 50a 5 00
Pln’rs com. lugs 4 75a G 00 5 00a 5 50
PUTS good lugs..... 4 25a COO 6 75a COO
Com. sound leaf C 00a C 25 G 25a G 75
Good sound do 7 00a 7 50 7 50a 0 00
Fins to ch leaf 10 OOall 00 H 00al2 00
Good to fine cut 15 00a20 00
Ch. cutting do. .,,,,,,,,,..,20 00a30 00
m'i.W Ofett 09 19 ItiUQ 0
Charles Francis Adams is sixty-foffr
years old.
Gonerol McClellan is forty-five,ycars
old.
Gov. Geary is fifty-six years old.
Senator Morrill is fifty-six.
Charles Sumner was bom in Boston, i
January, 1811.
"Wendell Phillips is sixty.
Carl Schurz can never be Prcsidont or
Vice President because he was born in
Germany. Ago only forty-two.
Oliver P. Morton will bo forty-eight
next August.
Andrew G. Curtin is fifty-four.
George Francis Train is forty-five.
Gen. Phil. Sheridan is nearly forty.
Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, was
fifty-nine last February.
Ben. Wado is seventy-five.
Simeon Cameron is seventy-two.
John A. Logan was forty-five last Feb
ruary.
Clement L. Vallandigham is fifty-nine.
Ben Butler is fifty-three in years, and
two hundred and fifty in “tricks that aro
vain.”
Sanford E. Church is fifty-two.
Speaker Blaine is forty-one, and weighs
220 pounds.
Governor Palmer, of Illinois, is fifty-
five, and was born in Kentucky.
Geneaal Frank Blair was fifty in Feb
ruary.
Reuben E. Fenton is fifty-two.
General Winficlg Scott Hancock is
forty-seven.
Thomas A. Hendricks will be fifty-two
next September.
John T. Helmbold is forty-five.
Lyman Trumbull was fifty-eight last
October.
Georgo S. Boutwell is fifty-three.
John Charles Fremont is fifty-eight.
W. S. Groeebeck, of Cincinnati, is
forty-five.
Gen. N. P. Banks is fifty-five.
Chief-Justice Chase is sixty-three.
Horace Greeley began what he knows
about farming at Amherst, New Hamp
shire, February 3,1811. He is turned of
sixty. * *
Hannibal Hamlin is sixty-two.
Judge David Davis, of the Supreme
Court. Avoirdupois, 325 pounds; girth,
120 inches ; ago about fifty-five.
James F. Wilson, of Iowa, was bom in
October, 1828, and is now forry-two years
old.
George H.‘Pendleton is an low a man of
Virginia antecedents. Ho is forty yearn
old.
Judge Thurman is a Virginian, from
Lynchburg, born there in November,
1813, but removed to Ohio in 1819. He
is fifty-eight.
Schuyler Colfax was bom in New York;
is forty-eight years old.
B. Grata Brown, of Missouri, is forty-
five.
John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts,
is about thirty-eight.
The mood li-.dcltcry ProgTrexslng^-^Sltocklnir
lirutnlily—‘Surrender of I'incttmrs. .*
Paris, May 30, via Boulogne, May 31.
General Cluseret was shot irqtlio barracks
Saturday by Prince Eugenie. .
A prisoner named Dnfiel, who boasted
of having ordered tho execution of
Thomas and Lecompts, was arrested.—
When lie attempted to escape, tho Cap
tain of tho troops fired a revolver at tlio
fleeing prisoner, and struck him iu tho
head. He foil, but immediately attempt
ed to riso on bis elbows, when a sergeant
and four men fired upon him, killing him
instantly.
Large masses of troops aro now passing
down tho Rue LaFayett bearing 22 in
surgent standards. Bands aro playing,
the streets are crowded, and there is
much cheering. In fact, tho people are
afraid to look sad, lest thoy bo arrested
as sympathisers with the Commune. ,
A girl 17 years of age was seen firing
at an officer, and a number of persons
were detected throwing petroleum into
cellars, also firing upon the troops. All
were arrested.
Tho shops aro opening once more, and
Paris begins to wear again an animated
appearance.
M. Rickard lias resigned and is suc
ceeded by M. Lcfacie.
General Cirsy supercedes Gen. Liflo as
Minister of War.
M. Favro remains in the Ministry at
the special request of M. Thiers.
Picard will be made Governor of the
Bank of France.
Vincennes surrendered unconditionally
this morning. Tho garrison contained
300 men, among whom wero 18 chiefs of
the defunct Commune.
Generals Cirsey’s, Ledminant’s and Vi-
noy’s corps have completely occupied
Paris, and will remain until the city is
thoroughly pacified.
General Barrad has been named Gov
ernor of the city.
Keokuk, May 31.—J. M. Lowlett, an
old and well known theatrical manager
committed suicide by drowning himself
in the Mississippi. Ilis body was recov
ered.
Pound Head.
Chicago, May 31.—Coleman Rollins,
of Kentucky, a civil engineer who camo
over with Kossuth, was found dead in
his bed .this morning.
The End of Rochefort—Import nut Alluhte-
rlal Ciuwtfes~
Versailles, May 31.—Henri Roche
fort has been tried by the Versailles
Court-Martial and condemned to death.
M. Pierre bas resigned and M. Victor
rpuintuQ his' successor.
Several "other important Ministerial
changes aro supposed to be imminent.
Tht Preach Charnel Home-- The Corpse* liol-
Uner and Pilling' the atmosphere toil ft a Pear-
fnl Slcnch.
Paris, May 31.—A nauseous odor pre
vails iu the streets arising from ten
thousand corpses lying in every direction
in various stages of decomposition, The
smell is fearful afid an epidemic is appre
hended, its immediate measures aro not
taken for removing cause of ^tlie Jstcncli
and! cleaning the city. Many dead are^w
covered with such slight covering that
the first heavy rain will wash it away.—
Somo parts of the city aro wholly impass-
ble by reason of the stench from these
decaying, charnel heaps.
Tho wholesale execution of insurgents
continues. All, without exception, are
shot immediately upon being captured.
For Charity's Satee.
Rome, May 31.—The Sairs assembly
bas determined to grant the right of asy
lum to the flying Communists.
Europe Cries out .Vgaiast the Slaughter— The
(Hell.iathority Succumbs,
London, May 31.—Advices received
here state that evidences aro daily be
coming more apparent in France of a
general clerical reaction throughout the
whole country, supported by the army,
press and people.
Europe will unite in a general outcry
agains any further execution of insurgents
by the Versaillists. The Communo has
been sflbjected and its followers liayc suf
fered sufficiently for their orrors and
crimes, without the infliction of further
cruelties. Europe has grown sick of the
slaughter and protests against its contin
uance.
The military supercedes the civil gov
ernment in Paris. Tho powers and au
thority of civil functionaries have been
withdrawn and are how fully vested in the
military.
Ohio HcmotraUe Convention.
Columbus, May 31.—An unusually
largo number of delegates aro in attend
ance upon the Democratic State Conven*
tion. Vallandigham is here and is work
ing hard for the success of his new de
parture. The nomination for Governor
lies between McCook, Ewing and Dur-
liinward. Groesbeck declines.
The Decreased Acreage in Cotton.
The New York Commercial and Financial Chron
icle has received letters from almost ever; section of
tho south, giving very full particulars of tho area
planted to cotton this year, from which it obtains the
following results:’;
—Deer, ocr’g.— I —Doer, acr’g—
Slates. Pr. cfc Acr’s. States. Pr. ct Act's
N. Carolina..12 54,000 | Tennessee 7 37.000
S, Carolina...20 120,000 i Arkansas 8 56,000
Georgia 13 170.000 | Lsuisiana 9 83,000
Alabama 15 215,000 | ;—
Mississippi.. 12 197.00 | Total dec. ac. 932.000
The second column in the abovo statement of de
creased acreago is based on the total estimate of ave
rage given out by the Government test year, and
showB that the falling off reaches nearly ono mil
lion
A meeting in the interest of the At
lanta & Blue Ridge Railroad will 1?§ held
ja yarteravuie next Monday,
TSE1 LATEST.
Washington, May 31.—The President
and his family will go to Long Branch
to-morrow.
Tho cabinet meeting hold tc-day will
be tbe last full meeting for somo months.
Secretary Delano leaves for Ohio Sat
urday, to be gone some weeks.
A portion of tho act providing for an
additional issue of National Bank notes
circulation in the South and West will
expire in July. There is an increased
number of applicants from those sections
for new banks and several have been
granted within a few days.
The members of the Ku-Klus Commit
tee have arrived and will meet here to
morrow.
The Democratic Central Committee of
North Carolia has published an address
advising a full rate for the proposed Con
stitution, and urging the Democrats to
carefully abstain from violence, and make
an extraordinary effort to preserve peace.
Tho President to-day appointed Rob
ert Wallace United States Marshal for
Carolina.