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V*. ) > THE DAILY SUN. Friday Morning.. . Junk To Oar Daily and Weekly scribers» i,, '* r **»<**»• Republican Harmony. We have retained on our books till now’ tho names of some of our subscribers whose time expired recently. This we did till we could issue our enlarged paper and send them a specimen in its new form. . * * Having done this, we shall proceed to erase tho names of, and stop sending tlic paper to, all who do not renew without delay. We shall make it an invariable rale to-J enter no names on our books till the subscription is paid, and to erase all the names when tho time paid for expires.— We shall not be calling on our subscribers either through our columns or otherwise to pay for subscriptions past due. Wo congratulate our readers on the im proved appearance of The Sun simulta neously with onr enlargement. We are not done making improvements yet, but shall continue to make thorn from time to time. It shall net be long- as tho pivsidcnttaj intmdati till The Sun will make a better appear ance in several respects than it does now. xn Distinct print 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. - ! >-• « 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.