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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JfJNE 17, 1871.
The Case of Airs. Laura I). Fair.
Mrs. Laura Fair fared badly in her ef
forts to procure a new trial. She is to
be hanged on the 28th day of July.—
Why should she not be? She is a cold
blooded murderer, tried and convicted
before the law. Her sex by no means
mitigates the horror of her crime, nor.
should it lessen her punishment. The
law prescribes but one mode of punish
ing crimes of the grade of that for which
she has been tried and convicted, and for
which she has been condemned.
A great hue and cry has been raised
in certain quarters against the hanging
of the murderer upon the single ground
that she is a woman. This, objection ib
worth nothing at all. If a woman be
comes depraved enough to take the life
of a fellow creature, she at once becomes
amenable to the laws which punish mur
der. The usual plea of insanity has not
been set up in her case. Every thing goes
to show that she committed the deed
after mature reflection; that she was bent
upon killing the man out of revenge for
his having abandoned the lewd life which
the two had been living together. It
was cool, deliberate, premeditated mur
der, proven so before the tribunal of jns-
tice, and those who attempt to avert the
ordinary and just course of the daw, in
her case, do society a great wroDg. That
the murderer is a woman is a matter of
sincere regret; but that she is a woman
does not lessen the dignity of tl>e crime
and ought not to abate the stringency of
the punishment. Laura D. Fair ought
to be hanged, because she has committed
a crime the only punishment for which is
death. - !
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Grime.
Assuredly we must have fallen upon
evil times. Never do we remember to
have seen such a continuous record of
crime in all its phases, os has been forced
upon our attention lately through the
public press. Murder, suicide, infanti
cide, abortion, and, indeed, all other
crimes have been reported in such rapid
succession that one is almost led to in-
quire if that period, when tho devil is to
be let loose for a thousand years, has not
arrived. In a New York paper the other
day no less than five suicides were repor
ted. Our telegraphic reports has barely
been without a suicide a single night iu
a fortnight. It is rarely a paper reaches
us that does not contain the bloody de
tails of a murder.
Really crime seems to be holding a
high carnival, and it remains for onr
moralists and humanitarians to suggest
some means for its suppression. It is
time society were becoming alarmed.
The public is not safe. Tremendous as
saults are.being made upon the citadel of
purity and virtue. The people evince an
alarming morbid" appetite for reading
the shocking details of crime. Those
which are the result of domestic infelic
ity and most sickening in their details
arc the most eagerly read and discussed.
It is time, now, to pause awhile and
A sljprt-time since, it seemed to be a
necessity for the Badicals to cling to
Grant as their next candidate for the
lency. That time seems to have
pas.)fd *uay, and some of the most in
fluential Republicans find it necessary to
look around for a stronger man than
Grant. The Cincinnati limes and Chron
icle of last Saturday has the following
paragraph:
The distinguished rary gentleman who writes
political editorials f i Harper’a Weekly—Mr. George
Wiliianr-Curti*; declared ior me renomiuation of
President 't/rsjit.. Tho Jndq>ti\dent follows suit,
raying: "TThC paity wants its strongest man, and
that man ia Wynne* S. Grunt.” On tho other hand,
the New York Triirurn favors a changa, and Republi
cans of .the city and Stale, under the lead < -f Senator
Renton, "are ijrejjarlngTd bring out Horace Greeley,
u thfrpresidMtAd candidate for U:■>.
Tho feud betjreen Senator Fenton and
President Grant is one of long standing,
and repeated efforts have been made to
end it, bat always without success. Fen
ton was coaxed into the "White House a
few weeks ago, and was closeted with the
President. The interview, however, was
w ithout amicable resnlt, and Fenton,
possibly the strongest Republican in the
Sta" o of New York, is not only personal
ly opposed to the renomination of Grant,
but is actually conspiring to prevent it.
Horace Greeley has committed himself
against Grant, so far as to declare in fa
vor of the “good old whig rule of one
Presidential term.” Greeley states the
case mildly. He does not want Grant re
nominated, and gives the reason of his
objections in the mildest manner possi
ble. Ho does hot care to put it in the
harsh grounds of personal objections to
Grant, or the repeated errors of his ad
ministration; Lnt he puts it upon the
friendly but not less positive basis of one
term is enough for one man.
But Greeley indulges a lingering hope
that he may be the choice as nominee.
In a recent correspondence, put out as a
feeler; he does not say he will not agree
to be a candidate for the nomination;
but he plants himself upon the patriotic
declaration that he is in the hands of his
friends for them to do with him as they
please.
We do not discover how the Republi
cans can do better than to nominate him.
He, more than any other man, deserves
honors at the hands of his party. For
more than a quarter of »a century he has
been the animus pf the party. He kept
it alive when’ all others were ready to
abandon it, and would have abandoned
it but for his continuous expostulations.
He is growing- old now, and if he is to
have any reward for his long service it
must come now. Greeley was making
the Republican " party while Grant was
making leather and voting the Demo
cratic ticket
But Grant is determined upon having
the noiirinatiou. Leading Republicans
have grown breechy and are equally de
termined to put out some other man.—
Grant will insist - upon having ' it The
others will be equally stubborn in resist
ing his claims. The West is to be con
sulted, and the West does not want any
more of Grant. Upon this, the question
arises, cab the Republican party afford to
swap the heavy German element of the
west, under the leadership of Carl
Bciiiirz, for Grant ?
These are only a few of the points that
are arising which promise abundant com
plications in the Republican party. Grant
is playing his strong cards and manag
ing to keep near the surface. Greely has
been electioneering in the South West.
He knows he need not put /orth any es
pecial effort in New York. Fenton
and other of Grant’s enemies will map
age affairs there. So the matter stands.
The prospect is very enconmging to
the, Democrats, They have only to avoid
dissensions, establish prudent platforms,
-nomixutte goodimen -auclgo in and win
by an overwhelming majority.
think this matter over. Things are grow
jug worse daily. Crime is steadily be
is growing daily less and less sensitive
The Crime of Infanticide.
A leading physician in New York who
has been interviewed by a correspondent
of the New York Xkrmnurcinl Advertiser
coming more common. The public taste says that the eriinc of infanticide is abso
lutely rani pant.in that city, and that the
Where it will stop heaven only knows! 'l£pulatioAis being left
unless the pulpit and the >W e».j>£aeli >fthX nat
ural laws.. He added that he did not be
lieve that a Hebrew was ever guilty of it.
against and fight against it, and if possi
ble turn the current before it becomes an
irresistible torrent.
Speaking with reference to Cuba, the
President says: “Time heals more
wounds than medicine; and patience is
a very good specific.” Now if Grant
would only imagine the South were
Cuba, and allow time to work a little
without the aid of his Ku-Klux medi
cine 1
ll
* Theodore Tilton’s reason for not want
ing Grant re-elected is, “the victorious
North should not a second time impose
on Ihe whole country the conqueror of
one-half of it.” The Democrats long ago
came to the same conclusion. • ,v
In this connect ion he remarked:
‘Twice asked an old nurse why this
waadlieease, aud she gave two reasons.
The first was that they were fearful of
destroying the Messiah, who is expected
to appear, and the second, that they con
sidered it a crime on a par with murder.
I may also add, from my own observation,
that ttfrJew%T believe that they cannot
prospervn the aeenmnlation of worldly
geiods unless thoyolaffithc difia#i^bw
tion to increase and- multiply. There
maV'be something in this, for many of
*most pro?pterons citi
zens’ire JeVis.' Then, again, the crime
prevail* chiefly among Protestants, and
sSl'doi'S among Catholics, comparatively
Wwj&fjig The religion of the latter
class-.teaches that the offense is among
the must enormous that can be com-
niittic. - - actual murder.”
An Interview witk Grant.
No sooner had the President been
installed at Long Branch,, than a Herald
reporter posted, down to his cottage for
the inevitable interview. We quote some
paragraphs: . :
OUTRAGED DELICACY.
“Some fellow,” raid the President, pretending to
be a gentleman, induced my steward to show him
over my cottage before I came. I hear that he has
published a tot of stuff in a New York i>aper, de
scribing the furniture of my bedroom and the qual
ity of the spittoon iu the hall. Why are these crea-
tnres tolerated?”
THE TREATY.
Referred to the dissatisfaction with the
treaty evinced by some of the leading
Jinglishh journals, the President said:
“They will grumble, of course: hut th*-v won’t
grumble long. The treaty was fully and ably dis
cussed, and, in my judgment, is the best settlement
possible of the outstanding differences between us
and Great Britain. There is a good deal of misap
prehension on both sides of the water concerning
the Treaty of Washington.
“ It is thought by many that it was rushed through
and acted upon as a whole without proper considera
tion on Lite part of both governments. The facts
are that every article of the t-eaty was submitted to
me after it was adopted by the Commission and ap
proved by rue; aud that each article was in the same
way submitted to the British Cabinet and approved
by the Ministers of the Crown at once. The English
Commissioners spent a ftreat deal of money iu tele
graphing the sections of the treaty. The Qneeu of
England pledged her signature beforehand. I there
fore. regard the treaty as practically ratified. There
will be pecuniary considerations, of course.”
“Measures will^bave to be adopted on both sides
to carry out the provisions of the treaty. Our House
of Representatives will, I feel certain, act patrioti
cally and wisely iu the matter. The treaty must be
ratified and made a law of both nations—it is neces
sary—the necessity is Immediate. As far as we ar<i
concerned we would like to have better terms ;
but there were two parties to the bargain. If I had
it ali my own way I think I could make it more fa
vorable to us. (A siuile) The point aimed at was
not merely a pecuniary satisfaction for our losrtjjb by
the Alabama and other cruisers from BrUi-h ports,
but the settlement of an irritating aud disturbing
question likely any day to bring the two nations in
to aimed conflict. My aim was by this treaty to se
cure peace through justice, and I believe I hav suc
ceeded. No apprehension need be felt as to the
conrse of the British people. I would regard it as
an act of bad faith on their part to reject the treaty
after its almost unanimous acceptance by our Sen
ate. Tho English must surely prefer a fair settle
ment of our differences willi them, ft r which this
treaty provides, than to nurse a causa of war. Set
tlement or war were the alternatives. (As the Presi
dent said this he threw away his cigar with a sudden
jerk.) The final ratification will be a blessing to both
countries.”
HOW THE CANUCKS FEEL.
The reporter having remarked that the
Canadians don’t seem well pleased, the
President said:
“Well, I suppose,” “they will,;after a while. They
will be reconciled to it by and by. And why shouldn’t
they ? The fishery clauses of the treaty are as fa
vorable to them as to ns—perhaps more so. I’ll be
glad If they settle the matter, at once and he done
with it. The Canadian fisheries don’t amount to
much for ns, while the equivalents we grant must be
considerable to them. I don’t attach much impor
tance to the pecuniary consideration one way or the
other. Tho pith of the thing is the avoidance of
war. It was a dangerous question to be held open.
Our fisheries were always a trouble and an annoy
ance. The fishermen of the East who fish on the
Canadian coast have but little respect for trea
ties or engagements. They are rough fellows,
hardy, self-reliant, and are a law unto them
selves. They insist on going where they like aud
doing what they like. Of course they find op
position, and, too,whether they are right or Srrtfig,
they are sure to have supporters in many quarters.
Indeed, the public sympathy is always with our
fishermen, no matter what they do. This backing
up of onr own iieople under all circumstances shows
a lively, patriotic spirit, but it has its evils. We are
forced to send men-of-war to the Canadian coast to
protect these men from the consequences of their
own acts ; the English must send armed ships to
watch the doings of ours, and so the relations be
tween us and Great Britian, which ought, and I now
believe wilPbe of the friendliest nature, are 'con
stantly disturbed by anticipation of strife. This
fishery affair wav not the worst difficulty we had to
meet, but it was embarrassing. Now I hope the
whole affair will be settled. There were so many
questions between us and England demanding set
tlement that war seemed the only alternative. It is
well, sir, that war has been avoided. I prefer the
treaty to war; war would be hurtful to both nations
and profitable to neither. It might be ruin to one."
ANOTHER FISH JOB.
In answer to a question as to whether
ornotthere was any truth in the reported
resignition of Secretary Fish and a
change in the policy of the administra
tion toward Spain and Onba, tho Presi
dent responded:
No sir. There is not a word of truth in these
statements whatever they are. Not a whisper of
MB. FISH’S RETIREMENT
has lately passed me or any of the Cabinet. Mr. Fish
will not leave the Cabinet or resign the seals of the
State Department with my consent while I am Presi
dent. He responded unwillingly to my call, and en
tered upon the arduous duties of the Foreign Office
with diffidence: he haB discharged them well. He
has been faithful, patriotic and diligent. I should,
be grieved if be resigned; but ho won’t resign. Now,
as to Cuba. There has been no discussion in the
Cabinet in reference to Cuban affairs of late to jus
tify what yon say is in that paper. The policy of
the administration is unchanged in regard to Cuba.
We are mindful of our obligations to friendly na
tions, while carefnl of our rights. The United
States will not be unjust while I am President. We
will do as we would wish to be done by. The condi
tion of affairs in the island of Cuba does not seem
to mo or to Mr. Fish to demand action on our part.
Time healds more wounds than medicine, and pa
tienco is" a very good specific.”
THE EVERLASTING KU-KLUX.
The President said in relation to the
annoyance occasioned him by the Ku-
Klux Klan:
“ The disturbed stato of the South and the Alaba
ma claims question were certainly disturbing. They
seem to have no connection, but you will understand
otherwise. There w«-re thousands of influential
people in the South, treacherous and treasonable,
who hugged the thought that the cause of secession
would triumph whenever the country got involved
in a war with England. These were they who helped
on’the-Ku-Klux for the encouragement of their
agents abroad, and it was they who were moBt ac
tive ili supporting a show of opposition to the na
tional authority. I told Senators of this matter aud
urged them to act on the treaty with England at ouee.
It was very important sir. You will concede that it
was wise to so urge the Senators ? The settlement
of the Alabama claims, as they are called, aud all
other differences which England will have the hap
py effect of preventing a war. It will also destroy
the hopes of the Southern rebels and perhaps per
suade them to become peaceful law abiding citizens.”
JEFF DAVIS. ' '
The reporter asked, when Jeff Davis is
at large, will it not be difficult to allay
Southern disaffection?” To which his
Excellency responded: *" i
’He mighfibeimpriaaMd-s But what would be the
use? It would be like seizinga newspaper. Itwoud
only create sympathy for the sufferer and inflame pas
sions now happily dyiug out. We can’t afford to make
a martyr of Jeff. He will find his own level in due
time, and the Southern people will get tired of him.
“Besides,” said the President, with a laugh, “Jeff is
making all the couutry republican. Let him go; he
is a wasted candle and will light no fire.”
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.
What Andrew Johnson has to
Say.
A Correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial recently had an interview
with Andrew Johnson, atKnorville, Ten-
nesse. "We copy a few paragraphs, os
showing the drift.of sentiment in a man
who, three years ago, was the most prom
inent man in American politics:
THE GREAT DEPARTURE.
The q’ stion was asked Mr. Johnson what he
thought of th ■ Yallandigham departure:
"1 lia\ on’t read the entire platform,” replied he,
“but from IliwX bear ol it, there are some sensible
points in it. I'-ut we must not depart too much. So
tospen - there Is as much danger in getting too far
away a j'dayiug too uear. There are middle grounds
which t is the best policy to occupy. The trouble
is that seme of our party want to accept too much,
and others don’t want to accept anything. It should
not be ’i-c policy o! the Democracy to threaten to
use for- j aeaiust the Reconstruction Acts, or against
the recent amen cents There is a lawful and con-
stitutlo'.oil remedy for every evil. Our party is a
party oi peace, ot la-.v, of order. Wo want no violent
UK.isui es. In my opinion, the letter of Frank Blair
to Broad bead at the eve of the last Presidential cam
paign did a groat de d of harm. Why? Because it
was VcvrV anf. 218 to k° cou'-truod into a threat that
in ca.. ... oeracy came to powor they would use
force Reconstruction Acts. Now, we
should 5•*. threaten force, nor anything like it.—
There is a peaceable remedy, and that remedy is in
conviuciug the people that the two amendments to
tho Constitution and the-Reconstruction Acts are
wrongL-It is within the province of the people to
alter f&gfee tilings if they will. The true policy is to
accept :.ll 1’iOHe things as accomplished facts, but at
the same .me leave ourselves free to hereafter urge
their abrogation at the bar of reason aud justice. I
hav< aiwn\ s jiad great faith in the good sense and
intellig -nee of the American people. We must ap
peal to mein to remedy those evils, but to do it in a
lawful mid institutional way. Another amendment
c*fi be adopte d that will do away with the evils of the
last t\v>. 1 have no faith in a remedy through tho
courts - It must be done at the bar of tho people.
Therefore look for a remedy m tho future, and I
am not going to say, aud no other Democrat should
say, Ui.; he accepts the reconstruction measures and
amendments as finalities, and that no attempt will
be ma W iu the future to get rid of them in a lawful
and iieaceablu mauner. We should not commit our
selves to any such absurd doctrine. We should
boldly pro-'aim that v,e accept these amendments
and acts as fb • iaw of the land-now, but that wo vrill
fierealVr use every honorable means to convince the
people that they should be abrogated aud repealed.—
If the people will not do it then of course it cannot
be don. . B’i for us to say that we will foreverclose
our lips against these iniquities iB d—d nonsense.”
SHERMAN ASD GRANT.
r lashed Mr. Johnson wl at he thought of General
Sherman as a Democratic nominee for the Presiden
cy. - •
“Sherman.” said he. "is a smart man and a shrewd
man. These is no doubt but what he is looking for
ward 1 * the Presidency; aud if fie can’t get it from
one party he intends to from the other. He is not
very particular about parties. In course of time he
ext eeta to be President, but he is in no particular
hurry about it. His chief aim now is not to lose his
popularity, and to be ready when the golden moment
comes. He is a military man and don’t care much
about parties. He is a good deal as Grant was alter
the clo.-e of the waif 1 That little fellow had quite a
notion of yping with tho Democrats for a while.”
“He was formerly a Democrat, was he not V”
“No,.he -.va-u t anything. He didn’t have sense
enough, ile has got no head of his own. Sherman
is as much smarter man than he aB you can imagine.
Freqiv '.tl> they have both come in. to see me on
businc.-s. Grant always stood back and let Sherman
do the talking. The little fellow felt his.inferiority,
aud to -J; a 1 ick seat, and let Sherman transact tile
busii.. s- .-email is a man. while Grant is noth-
^ '.ir, ha is just nothing,”
But tie BepnbUriuis will QB tptio lt-nornim.
him. don’t you think?”
■Appearances indicate that they will.”
‘They havo got him, and seem inclined to hold on
to him ?”
■ No,” replied Mr. Johnson; “he has got them.—
They can’t get rid of him. He is in and intends to
remain in. He l as got the patronage and iliat in
famous Ku Klux Bill to rid him. That Ku-Klux
law is a damnable infamy. Twenty years ago it
would have shocked the American people like elec
tricity.
HANCOCK FOB-PRESIDENT.
‘You think, ML Johnson, that there is no pros
pect that tho Democracy will take Sherman ?”
No, they will not bo apt to take him. Generally
speaking, I am opposed to a military man on the
ticket; but if it is necessary that we have one, why
not take General Hancock ? Ho is a soldier, a states
man, a scholar and a gentleman. He is a noble spe
cimen of a man evory way you take him, physically
or mentally. There is no comparisofl between Grant
and him. Grant is no man; he is nothing.”
“It seems to nie, Hr. J< hnson, thatthe Democracy
have a golden opportunity to win next year if they
will act sensibly ?” . .
“Yes, so they have, as you say, if they act sensi
bly. But will they ? There aro men in the South,
especially, who are continually committing blun
ders. Now, look at the speech of Jeff Davis, recent
ly made at Augusta, in which he talks about the lost
cause and all such foolishness That will be trum
peted all over the North to frighten men away from
the Democratic paity. I have no donbt but what his
Selma speech contributed much toward our defeat in
Connecticut." •
AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
I asked Mr. Johnson what" ,ho thought of John
Quincy Adams as material for a Democratic Presi
dential candidate. „ jjjHi
“Adams,” said he, “is a man of considerable abili
ty, and some of his_ views recently enunciated are
sound. But he lives in Massachusetts, a poor plaoe
for the Democracy to look for A candidate. Up there
they all go in for the office. New England, so • to
speak, is a nation of office-seekers. Take Massachu
setts lor example. Was there ever a timer she did
not have more than her share of officers in the gen
eral Government ? She understands the science of
looking out for herself.”
A SLAP AT GRANT.
One night a crowd came down to the hotel to sere
nade Andy. The ex-President attempted to excuse
himself from a speech, but the crowd would not bear
to that. A man jumped up and asked the speaker to
“give Grant a slap.” “Yes, give Grant a slap” was
seconded from all sides. . “I am asked to give Graut
a slap.’’ Baid Mr. Johnson. “Well, I should like to
do that, but the fact is there is hit enough or him to
slap.” ’ ’ ‘ * ". r
THE STATE OF COBH.
I
Seclusion and Happiness*
A Sliitckpen Outrage— Factories,
Mills and Water-P«w<r-llains
Etc.
A German Goes to Hot Springs—
The Appearance of the Coun
try and the People of Arkan
sas—Sad and Sickly—Sighing
to Return—-Hot Springs Fash
ions, &c., &c.
[Extract from a private letter, dated at Hot Springs,
Arkansas, ;ll May.]
I did not reach here till late last even
ing, having been detained thirty miles
from here by high water. Quite a num
ber were detained at the same place, and
we amused ourselves in various ways—
sleeping, reading, playing whist and
hunting. We killed several deer, and
had plenty of venison to eat while we
stayed.
Yenison is the only thing I have found
in Arkansas that I like. The country
from Little Rock to this place is very
poor—resembling that between Dalton
and Spring Place—very broken and very
little cultivated; in fact, it is uncultivated
except on the rivers and creeks.
I think if people who emigrate from
Georgia to Arkansas would visit the coun
try and look at it before moving, nine-
tenths of them would remain in their na
tive State. The people along the road
whom I saw, as a general thing, looked
sickly and sad—very much like they did
not care “whether school kept or not.”
From their appearance, I am satisfied
that nine out of ten of them, who came
here from Georgia, would be glad to be
back there. Most of them seemed to
have but little energy—not enough to
take them across the river, unless there
was a chance for a shot at a deer or tur
key. Both of these are very plentiful,
and I guess constitute the meat of the
greater portion of the people.
I have not been here long enough to
form any opinion of the place, but I
came here to test its merits, and I shall
do so before I leave. I have taken one
bath, and during this morning drank a
half galloii of water by way of a com
mencement. Every other person I meet
has a half-gallon coffee pot to carry
water in, which has to be filled and the
contents drank twice a day. I bought
aiid filled one, and have swallowed the
contents, to be in the style.
:
Tine Rain Fall.
Sun Correspondence.
Cbawfordville, Ga., June 5, 1871.
Editors of the Sun : During the last
week we had an abundance of rain.—
The showers set in on Monday the 29th
May. The entire fall of water during
the week, by accurate measurement, was
3.55 inches.
Prof. Barnwell’s late letter on the pro
bable quantity of rain . which will fall
during the ensuing sotf.son seems to be
attracting attention. It may, therefore,
be interesting to a certain class of your
readers to see a comparison of notes on
this subject, made in different localities.
With this view, I send you an accurate
account of the fall of rain in this place
for the last three months :
March, 4.03 inches.
April 5.67 “
May.; 3.82 “
Total 13.52 “
The fall at Macon, as reported in. the
Telegraph, for two of these months, I
see was as follows:
March ......4.38
April 5.58
The difference between the quantity
which fell in Macon and this place in
March and April is very small.
The quantity which has ::allen here
since the 1st of June, up to this time, is
2.30 inches.
But the most noted meteorological fact
of this vicinity during the present sea
son is, "that up to this date, the thermom
eter has at no time this year, been above
82 degrees Farenheit. ^This continued
low temperature, greatly, retards the
growth of cotton. " j
Silver Mines.
The St. Paul Pioneer publishes valua
ble and reliable information in regard to
the silver island on Lake Superior, and
the silver mines on the uorth shore of the
lake, gleaned from a letter written by A.
H. Sibley, President of the mining com
pany, to his brother, Governor Sibley, of
The
Colored Race -
Theory.
Darwin’s
The New York central Park Museum
lias succeeded at last in obtaining a Cas-
marvnclni8 carnncnlatns. The Manage
ment would never have been happy with
out it.
A cable dispatch says the insurgent
prisoners are arriving at Rouen. We
nave been aware, for some ’irne, that
the insurgents were going to ruin at.a
rapid rate.
Mr Beecher ou the Tuilerics.
The Bev. Henry Ward Beecher, speak
ing Sunday evening on the events in
Paris, said :
•‘It is rad that the palaces should be burned, but
consider. The Tuileriea have no poetical recollec
tions for these , wen. The palaces .were the dens of
tlieir oppressors. I don’t wonder that iu * moment
ol frenzy they destroyed it. ; I do not mar vel that
they cried, ‘Wipe out Parle as a oity. and. build again
iu the wilderness.’ I do uot’justify their acts ; I only
seek to explain them. We of this country are fortu
nate. We have no monuments of oppression to re
vive in our minds memories that' are. odious. Woe
to that nation whose lower classes are stripped'of
everything.’*
A Southern gentleman of the-old school,
a South Carolinian, having been inter
viewed by a New York Tribn ne cOrrespon-
ent recently, expressed the belief that
the African race would soon become ex
tinct in all the country, with the excep
tion, perhaps, of the hot, marshy sea
board, where the white race would not
come in competition with it. He said
the mortality among the negroes greatly
increased since they were emancipated,
and this increase resulted from insuffi
cient food and clothing, poor shelter,
and car lossnesS and lack of judgment in
tending the young and nursing the sick.
Pulmonary complaints, i formerly almost
unknown, had .become prevalent and
fatal. He discussed Darwin’s theory of
the straggle for life, and maintained that
its truth would-be strikingly illustrated
on this continent by the' gradual disap
pearance of the negroes, who, now that
they are brought into active competition
with the whites, must inevitably perish,
according to the law of nature, which
preserves only the strong and vigorous
races. “In the days of slavery’,” he said
“it. was for the interest of the white man
that the negroes should increase in num
bers. There was, therefore, no struggle
between the two races; the stronger, on
the contrary, aided and protected the
weaker. iNow the case is changed ; and,
with all the feeling of kindness we have
for the negroes, and.unwillingness to see
them suffer, tlic aggressive energy of the
Anglo-Saxon race will push them out of
existence.”
Innesota. Mr. Sibley writes that the
average yield of the qtfartz is about $2,-
000 per ton, or Sj 00 per pound, although
they have taken out quartz which yielded
from $15,000 to $17,000 per ton. He
says they shipped $155,000 worth of the
ore to the smelting works in New Jersey
on the 1st of May, and that they had
about the same amount awaiting ship
ment when he wrote. The workiug of
these mines is yet in its infancy. From
all the indications the deposit of silver
on the north shore of Lake Superior is
beyond all calculation. The farther the
rock is quarried the richer becomes the
deposit. The marvelous discovery has
induced a company to commence the
erection of smelting works at Detroit for
the exclusive purpose of smelting the ore
from these mines.
Secretary Fisli.
The Tribune's Washington correspond
ent telegraphs that there is no doubt that
Secretary Fish has long intended to re
sign as soon as the treaty of Washington
was ratified, and that, formally or infor
mally, he placed his resignation in the
hands of the President a few days ago.—
Many of the President’s most trusted ad
visers have, however, opposed any change
in this direction, on the ground that if
absolutely necessary, it would weaken
the administration. The President also
is personally opposed to Fish’s resigna
tion, and remarked to a Cabinet- Minis
ter, on Sunday, that Fish would not leave
if he (the President) could help it. It is
generally believed that the matter will be
allowed to rest for the present. Should
Fish insist, however, that his resignation
be accepted,, he will be requested to _ act
as arbitrator on the part of the United
States at Geneva, and it is believed will
accept that mission.
Correspondence of i’u« Ban.
Powder Springs, June 5.
Mb. Editor : The people of Cobb are
too industriously engaged in farming to
notice the doings of the outside world, v
and instead of attending the national cull
for Ku Klnx outrages, they are devoting
time, energy, and muscle to the culture
of eatables and manufacture of sveara-
bles. Neither small things nor great
events divert their attention, unless like
ly to terminate in the construction of the
Western railroad, and while the public
mind elsewhere may be agitated on ques
tions of politics and commerce, it is dif
ferent here, where thoughts are busied
most about agricultural pnrsn its. As Ion g
as meat houses and corn cribs are full,
conscience and appetite are easy, aud
they accept the agricultural situation.—
They don’t care which way the wind
blows if the storms are moderate.
It is uncertain whether the Ku Klnx
•fraternity have ever organized a club in
this section. The nearest conceived re
semblance to such an organization is a
fantastic show with its attending excite
ment and resulting amusement. If fan-
tastics and Ku Kluxes are the same,
then Cobb claims precedence; for we
sounded horns and tin pans of dis
turbance in the pristine days of informal
innocence and utter harmlessness. In
this line we have just heard of a shuck-
pen difficulty, but withhold names as
federal troops are now on the alert. One
of our clever, good natured,' but fun-
loving citizens resolved himself into a
fantastic minstrel or Ku-Klux organiza
tion, put on all the paraphernalia of the
brotherhood, assumed attitudes graceless
and terrible, aud went for a nigger. Tlia
chase was dreadful! The nigger in
a state of trepidation, fled over field and
fence, glade aud glen, with rapid foot
steps, which were somewhat accelerated
by a few unnatural explosions, till at last
a retreat was effected into a neighboring
shuckpen; when like the condor in tho
Arabian desert, Jhe hides his head and
thinks the trouble is over. The Ku-
IQux guu is sounded; no projectiles
were scattered by the explosion, but
close to the nigger’s heel the mnzzlo was
placed, and loud as the explosion of a
bursting magazine, the sound went forth,
and on, through shucks aud over rails
like an arrow from an Indian hunter’s
bowj glided the trepidated amendment.
The Ku-Klux has since doffed his fantas
tic paraphernalia, reaction ha^ taken
place, and the nigger is domest icated.
No other nigger having deceased from
other causes, aud this one still living, no
Ku-Klux outrage is reported.
The water-power of Cobb’s deep, rap
id flowing streams is great. Her manu-
factural resources are already developed
beyond the wants of her own citizens,
and still the water is wasting.
Roswell Factory sends many goods into
our markets; and since the “late unpleas
antness,” in these Ku-Klux times, the
Concord Factory lias been built. It is
located within a few miles of these
springs, and gives employment to a large
nuinber of operatives. Beautiful" cash
meres and other fabrics of superior grade,
are made upon her looms, and are fast
finding their way into our fashionable
markets. The extensive dye-house, con
nected therewith, is a gigantic concern,
and does its own coloring.
We also went through the Barrel Fac
tory, in this county, and felt aatouudod
at the workings of its machinery.
Other mills ure grinding all around,
aud independence is on the increase.—
Perhaps “you know how it is yourself,”
As to the rain, the flood gates have been
left open, and from the mountain sides,
the little rippling brooklelwjbave over
flowed into the valley fields. Along the
larger, swolleustreams, storm clouds have
passed with, their “living., thunder” and
“burning ether,” and the tallest trees
with rotten hearts have fallen. In fact,
the farmers say there has been too much.
We were actually water-bound yesterday,
and couldn’t get our drink (of mineral
water). The spriugs were submerged,
and the “sands of time” are fast bury
ing them out of sight. We opine 1 , by
the time the Western Railroad reaches
this point, which we think will not be
long, ; they will bp completely covered by
the sands, aud the Atlanta Company who
own them will have to excavate, build
walls, construct aqueducts and expend
dollars there, when dimes now would do
the work.
We still enjoy fishing and hunting,
health and happiness, aud find more fna
and frolic fixing up for our future, aud
don’t desire to depart from these delecta
ble shades, balmy breezes, clever people,
table comforts and couutry sports ; but
must soon pay our merry greetings to
other sections and other people, perhaps
among the pine lands and gofer hills.
Harry Lightheart.
* Sensible.
—
Ex-Governor Holden, of North Caro
lina, the great impeached, has written a
letter, in which he says:
I do not-know wlieu I shall return. I am taking
no part iu j> -litics. You may well imaginn 1 have uo
taste for such things. 1 am living iu a retired part
of the city, and have ample time for meditation.—
Yet no one loves North Oa-oUna more than I do. As
1 said in my inaugural: Her sky is above my home
a-j it will be above my grave. I am here, not to avoid
lawful process, for some of ihat was served on me
before 1 left, but to allow the minds of excited peo
ple on b- th sides to cool. We want peace, quiet,
good wi'l and a closer brotherhood m the State : and
I am prepared to do anything that a Christian man
ought tt> do to effect t-\;s result. Persons who sup
pose that I would return clothed with power from
the centre here at Washington to take vengeance ou
any, are mistaken. 1 am out of politics aud out of
publi life. I do no* exje-ct to enter them again. I
am simply ambitious to ao our people all the good I
can while I live.
Previous to the settlement of Califor
nia singing birds, fragrant flowers and
honey bees were not to be found in the
entiie country. Now, however, in all
parts of the State, may be found many
varieties of singing birds, like the un>ck-
ing bird, bobolink, larks, linnets, Balti
more oriole, and the common robin,
which always follows civilization.
forests in all parts of the klled
with the honey bee, and li^ejHfcxou Los
Angelos country is an article
of commerce. And as for fragrant flow
ers, Ciiliforuia can now beat the world.