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THE DAILY SUN. Tuesday Morning June & LATEST GEORGIA NEWS. Cotton Drop of 1871. 06^- T^he Southwestern Railroad has declared a dividend of fonr dollars a share. tt^t-Guthbert has contributor two ne gro men to the penitentiary. Weir Waynesboro has had a kerosene explosion. Nobody hurt. Oar The Central Railroad has declared a semi-annual dividend of $5, per sliare. B*i;.„Chattooga Valley has run np a pea vine ten foot in length. - U <- Ho 91 r- tkxt-Mr. John Robinson, of Savannah, was rim over by a streetcar Friday. One leg was broken and several toes were cut off the other loot Savannah had seventy-one funerals last month, fourteen of which were white persons. The Columbna Sun has something to say about “monied men.’' Some one ought to sepda dictionary do“ U that way. ftaf-The Rome Courier says: Wheat in the Cnattooga valley Is turning rapidly, with the promise of an indifferent yield. The official vote of Floyd county gives Scott 1.102, Prentice 449, Stewart G2 and DIdon one. Scott's majority over all is 691. Wc& n The Scrubs of Columbus have ac cepted the challenge of the Oglcthorpos, of Savan nah. That means base ball. B@u The survey of the North & South Road has reached LaG range and is about to return to Columbus by another route. • &xf- Lumpkin county vegetarians are licking their chops over the prospect of an abundant fru.tcrep. at' Rev. W. C. Dnnlop is organizing a Lodge of Good Templars in Romo. Join *c-m Grady. You're 21, that's old enough. The Sun says Columbus lias had twenty-flvo inches of rain in the last thirty-five days. 1842 M*y 17,,-v 26 1843 June 9.... .. do 28 ..2,030,000 1844 May 25.... 19 1845 May 30.... .. do 12 ..2 100,000 1840 June 10.... 19 1847 May 30.... ..Nov’b’r 19 ..2.347,000 1848 .June 1.... 21 ..2,728,000 1849 8 1850 .June 24 ..October 26 ..2.355,000 1851 .June 5.... ..Nov’b’r 6 ..3,016,000 1851 .June 3.... 7...s ..3,362,000 1853 ..2,930,000 1854 .June 12.... 5 That is doing very well for a place that is entitled to inches annually. only fifty-nix Mr. C. O. Loyd brings us some cotton over a foot long and with two squares on the stalk. He Bays that the wh.at crop will be pretty fair.—Hame Commercial. JEajr A negro man was drowned vester day evening in tiie Etowah, at Perkins Ferry jnst above the cite. Ho was attempting to escape a blast of rocks, and fell into tho river and never como up again.—Rome Commercial, llli jBSy-The remains of John M. Goetchins, of tho “City Light Guards," arrived in Columbus Friday, from Gettysburg, and wero interr-*d Satur day. MuJokn Campbelle, who shot one John Smith in Atlanta. Ga., on the 1st of May last and made bis escape, was arrested in this city Thurs day last, by Jos. Lumpkin, sheriff, and taken down to AUanta yesterday. The Governor off red a re ward of $500 for his arrest and delivery to tho sheriff of Fulton county, or $1,000 for his conviction. So wo hope Joo will get it.—Rome Courier, 3d. tOf We learn from a well-informed farmer that tho wheat crop of Walter county is a total failure. Much of the land will uot make two bushels to tho acre, and it took a bushel and a peck for seed Those who liavo kept last year’s crop in good order will bo found to bo the lucky ones.— Chattanooga Tima. JB6?* A splendid Durham bull stopped here yesterday on tlio way to Atlanta. U ln- t.till is tho property of Colonel Richard Peters, of that city, and has just been imported by him from England.— It can bo seen at tho Omnibus Stables, corner of Walker and Campbell streets.—Augusta Chronicle cC SentineL m^Tha Control Railroad, it seems, will have to fight for Its recent loase of the Macon k Western Railway. The-Moron Telegrajtl. announces that his Hon or Judge Cole has passed an order in Chancery enjoining any further steps towards con summating tho proposed lease of the Macon & West ern to tho Central Railroad. We are informed a house of Mr. Wm. McCalllstcr, an employee of tho Eaglo and Phenlx mills, was struck by lightning on Weanesdny night. Tne house had been recently purchased, and is located some six miles from Columbus, near the Western railroad. A chimney was knocked down and one room injured. We are also told it was at the time unoccupied.—ColumtiusSun, 3d. MABBIED, JSQT' In Marietta on the 2Sd ultimo, Dr. James B. Underwood, of Rome, to Miss Carrio Harrison. In Monroe county, on the 25th ultimo, E. F. Dumas to Lula O’Neal. B©„ In Macon, on the 25th ultimo, J. H. Bandy, of Savannah, to Miss Mary J. Rey nolds. BgL. In Campbell county, on the 23d ulUmo, W. H. C. Shannon to Tahitha G. Strong. aSy- In East Macon, on the 30th ult., Jno. X. Flowers to Sarah A. Given. JtSf* In Barnesville, on the 30th ult., Z. T. Davis to Adclie Chambers. died. . . In Hall county, on the 18th ult., Henry M. Blockshcar, aged 34. B&r In Vineville, on tho 25th ult., Whitfield B. Walker, aged 23. WOMAN'S HIGHS.T They Should ho Respected—IIoxv to Re spect them. The present unprecedented backwardness of tile cotton crop very naturally excites comment and s|<oculatiGn a* to the lorthcomiug crop. Tho reduc tion of area under cotton culture possibly reaching over 20 per cent, taken in connection with the pretty general abandonment of commercial manures will give us a reduction of production reaching at least 20 per cent, of pr*sent crop, and very possibly 30 per cent. It is not a vain speculation with the data be fore us to estimate the coming crop even at this varly period of the sea on. Gold and backward springs, whatever may be the after grow ing sea on. almost invariably preclude full crops. 1 transcribe the following observations from an article I had occasion to publish in the Charles ton AVias, In 1809: It will be observed, says tho U. S. Economist, that no l«ga crops have occurred when the bloom was after tho 1st of June. These blooms, of course it will be understood, are confined to the milder cotton sections. Strange as it may seem, nothing compara tively Is gained by recovering time lost in a late spring by a following late falL With the earliest frost on record (1845) the crop was good. For sev - entecn years the May and 1st June blooming crops were all good, whether frost in tho fall was early or late. The following tabular statement from tho Econo- mitt, makes the position maintained manifest and very conclusive: BLOOMS, roosts AND CBOFS. Eirtt Bloom Frost Crop 1840 June 6 October 25 1,624,000 marked ability and success, rich and of be in London uniting until the re.->tora- llinrll CAfMftl nlin is flip snlnpnt tin!! nf a nnann in li'isiH/.a anakliAO fkom 1855 May 30 October 26 3,527.000 1850 June 4 do 16 2,910,000 1857 Jnno 24 Nov'b'r 20 3,075,000 1858 Juno 1 * do 20 3,750,000 The crop of 1840 bloomed Jnne 6th ; frost October 25,1,634,000;1841 bloomed Jnne 10; frost October 28tli; 1,(185,000; 1842 bloomed May 17; frost October 19th; 2,378,000. Hereweeee no appreciable differ ence between the two June blooming' crops, whilst the May blooming crop frosting 6 or 9 days in ad vance of them, exceeds by 700,000 bales. The crop of 1844 bloomed May 25; frost Oct 19 2,391,000; 1845 bloomed May 30; frOBt Oct. 11: 2, 100,000; 184fi bloomed June 10; frost Oct. 19; 1,778,- 000. Here the two May blooming crops exceed a following Jnne blooming crop by an annual average of 600,000 bales. Tho crop of 1844 bloomed May 25; frost Oct. 19; 2,394,000: 1845 bloomed May 30; frost Oct 12; 2, 100.000; 184C bloomed June 10; frost Oct 19; 1,778,- 000, Hero tho two May blooming crops exceed a following June blooming crop by an annual average of 500,000 bales. The crop of 1855 bloomed Mav 30; frost Oct 25; 3,527,000; 1857bloomed June 24; frost Nov. 20; 3,- 075,000. Here the May blooming crop gains 25 days in time of bloom whilst the June blooming crop gains 2G days in time of frost yet the May blooming crop exceeds tho other by 500,000 bales. Enough has been said to show the singular value of early fruiting and tho consequent injury of cold Springs postponing the growth and fruitage of plants. Tho fact is no leas reasonable than evident. When a crop fruits early much of it is made at a time when Hie vicissitudes of the seasons are in a measure escaped. Most of the fruit m»de is held, whilst crops fruiting late often cast off as fast as they make. In the comparison mado above we find a variation on their bulk in favor of May blooming crops, in the first instance of 25 per cent; in the second 22 per cent; in thethird 12per cent. These givcpis an average of 19j£ per cent; we may therefore as eume 20 per cent as a very, reasonable estimate of loss likely to accrue from their present nnpropitious condition of crop. This gives us tho following estimate of coming crops: Present crops 4,200,000 bales. Reduce 20 per cent for loss of area and non use of fertili zers 840,000 bales. high social standing, who is the subject of a regular infatuation. He is one of the best business men of New York. He has an elegant house, and a wife to whom he is devotedly attached. Once in six months he leaves his home suddenly, and has a drunken debauch that lasts usually seven days. An uncontrollable fit comes over him, and he disappears without a moment’s warning and gives himself np to strong drink. He goes to a hotel, takes a room, and allows no one to enter but the servant who attends him. He pays liberally for all that be has, and feeds on the choicest viands of the sea son. Woodcock, game and the choicest cooking is served np'to him. During the week’s dissipation he drinks but one kind of liquor; but he varies it with his various debauches. Sometimes it is brandy; at other times whiskey; then it is champagne or gin. During his week’s rioting he is the most loathsome of men. He does not remove the clothes or pay any attention to’ personal cleanliness.—- If his friends do not find him before his furlough is out, he comes home, cleans himself up, and is a man again for the next six months.. When he starts on his tramp his family is nearly distracted.— He covers his tracks so that it is difficult to trace him. He is too good u customer to be interfered with,- and it is difficult to find him, even when the hotels are visited where he is. When he returns home the scene in his house is very ex traordinary. Covered with shame, re morse, and in tears, he throws himself before his sorrowing wife, and vows never again to touch the intoxicating cup. But as the period rolls round the par- oxyism returns, and he is swept away.— One would suppose that such excesses would ruin his health or bankrupt him in fortune, or do both. But he has pur sued this course now for fiften years, and promises, if he lives as long, to keep it up fiften years longer.—Burleigh, in Bos ton Journal. 3,360.000 bales. Reduce 20 per cent, for late blooming, etc 672,000 bales Probable crops ’71 2,688,000 DISTRICT COURT. lie Jurors—Important Question to be Decided. It is one of tho cardinal principles of a true gentle man to respect and anticipate the wishes of the la dies. The dear creature i do so much to make our lives hippy and enjoyable, that we feel no hesitancy in according to them every right they claim. What man, with the spirit of chivalry in his breast, would allow his wite, his mother, or his sister to pass her life using the antiquated articles which were in use five hundred years ago, when ho can havo them replaced by modern improvements, capa ble of doing a greater amount of work in a shorter length of time, and in a far superior manner ? Of the few champions of tho sex, none deserve more praise than Mr. Reese who has introduced into use the celebrated fluting iron. This is an article which can but be appreciated by the ladies, and which only needs to bo seen to convince. Mr. Reese is stopping at the Calhonn House, and desires us to inform all gentlemen desirous of wi nuing and re taining the lovo and respect of the ladies of their households, to call on him and procure one of these irons, and as they advance near home to hold it be fore them in such a manner that it can bo seen and they will bo met at the door with a shower ot kisses. Wm. Reeves, & Co., of Griffin, are also agents for this iron. The Griffin ladies would do well to calx and examine it. The 35th Senatorial District Court met at 10 o’clock yesterday morning, and the first dnty was that of securing a Jury. There was a good deal of dodging to keep off, and many humorous remarks were made as this or that individual was “ caught on the jury.” The following ndmed gentleman were the fortunate drawers of seats in the jury box : Messrs. Sunley, J. C. Conley, John Smith, Tom. Thrower Eddleman, John Middleton, and W. C. Harris. Tho'jury was dismissed until this morning, as a case was to be ar gued involving tho power of tho Court to iorteit a bond. y At 5 o’clock in the evening, the Court met to hear the case, As near as we could get at the matter it is as follows : Several months ago a couple of pick-pock ets were in Atlanta, prowling around taking all they could lay their hands on. Tho place finally be came too hot for 'them, anj they left on tho Western & Atlantic road. Out near the Rolling Mill, it will be recollected, one of them slipped off tho platform and was killed. His com panion went on to Nashville, where an accident be fell him also, which led to his arrest. He was sub sequently brought to this city. His name was ascertained to be Capranco. Ho was brought before the District Court; but objection was made that this court conld not sit as a court of inquiry. He was then brought before Judge Spencer. Pending the in vestigation in this court, an accusation was brought in from the District Court, and in order to allow its service, Judge Spencer dimissed the pending suit Capranoe was brought beforce Judge Lawreuce on this accusation, and pleaded that he was not ready for trial. The court required a bond of $1000. When the case was called up, the prisoner was non ctL Tho District Attornoy moved - to forfeit the bond. This motion was opposed by the counsel for defense, and the argument was set down as the first business on docket for this term. Messrs. Jackson and Tigner, counsel for defense, objected to the forfeiture on the following grounds 1st. That the court had no jurisdiction to forfeit a bond at all. 2d. That the court has no jurisdiction in sums to the amount of $1,000. 3d. That tho Legislature has foiled to supply the court with the machinery necessary, to forfeit a bond. lih That the accusation upon which the bond was given was defective in itself, and there could be no forfeiture predicated on it. District Attorney Irwin replied. Judge Lawrence reserved his decision until to morrow. A Southern paper relates a laughable incident connected with the visit of tlu* Joint High Commission to Harper’s Ferry. The presence of the distin guished party attracted a large number of citizens. anxious to obtain a peep at at the title dvisitors,and among them was a pompous old gentleman somewhat noted for his venerable appearance, flu ency of speech, and strict conservative principles, who was conspicuous in his endeavors to make himself agreeable. Attaching himself especially to a gentle man who was evidently one of the most prominent of the party, he took occas ion to remark in oratorical tones: “I am happy to seo you gentlemen of England. As an American eitizen I came to pay my respects to you, but I want nothing to do with those d—d Yankees with whom you are associated.” The gentleman addressed, and those of the visitors within hearing, appeared to en joy tho remark hugely, but the old gen tleman himself was intensely disgusted when he was informed that he had been talking with Gen. Schcuck. The German Army. General Yon Moltke, the greatest cap tain of the age, is now engaged in the reorganization of the German army. It is to be reduced to a peace footing of seven hundred thousand men. . With such a powerful’force as this the Germau empire will possess the largest army in Europe. Recent events have already tes tified to its efficiency in the trying reality of war, and there is no reason to donbt that the same watchfulness and admira ble discipline which proved so uniformly successful in the past will be continued, now that it has accomplished such grand results. The triumphal progress of the Germans through France united the Ger man people nnder the banner of the German empire.—Neic York Herald. Among the immigrants recently arriv ed in this country from Scotland is a Coolie_dog, from Scotland, said to be able to control five hundred sheep. He is to be taken to Colorado. Remarkable Infatuation. There is a merchant of this city of The London “Season.” The. 10,000 Americans who are said to A Forerunner of August. Yesterday was the present season’s first showing on the heat which is stored np in it, and which probably will still fur ther leave its latent state and become frightfully sensible before many days are past. A storm seemed brewing in the afternoon, and a little thunder rolled la zily down the clouds, probably following its lightning beyond the horizon to glad den the far-off wilds of Jersey, or fall uselessly upon the sea; we, however, got none of it, and the tidiest of us, like the unwashed iuliabitants of Chatham street and the “ Points,” had nothing for it but to suffer and be strong. The terrible days of last August were plainly recalled, and the times when one dreaded to run up stairs, lest on reaching the top he should melt and run down into the street again, came back too vividly for com fort. Even the sparrows refused to chirp, and rested idly in their houses or in leafy shade under the trees, telling stories about the owls that would eat them if they stayed out late at night, and how they would butcher the robins and ori oles when they should get a chance. People generally had an uncomfortable conviction that their lives were likely to be total failures if such a state, of affairs continued.—N. Y. World? of Saturday. tion of a peace in France enables them to fly over to their beloved Paris, are in no danger of suffering from ennui in the meanwhile. Never, in all its history, has Loudon been so pleasant and interesting as it now is. Everything has conspired to make it so—the state of things across the channel has driven all the French noblesse hither; the Emperor and Em press are close at hand; all the French dramatic, musical and art “stars” are here; there is an unusual number of emi nent persons from other continental coun tries here; the Queen comes to townmuch more frequently than usuul; the Interna tional Exhibition turns out to be unex pectedly good; the two grand opera houses and twenty-three theatres are in full blast, and the “season” is at its height, everybody who is anybody having arrived from the country. Such is the state of things, in a word, that should yon go into Regent Street or Hyde Park at four o’clock in the afternoon and shy a brick at the the first person you met, the chauces are ten to one thatyou would hit :m earl, a countess, a prince or a prima donna. This is all very delightfnl, and when I -add that at the theatre called Court of Common Pleas a new and in tensely romantic and interesting drama is now being performed, the denounce ment of which is as yet. unknown, you will see that the cup of our delights is full to overflowing.—Cor. N. Y. World. A Spanish Monster. A correspondent of the New York Sun at Havana says the order Regent Serrano in November last, confirmed by King Amadeus in February, in the case of the Spanish Captain N. Dominguez, has nev er been reproduced in any Havana paper; and in view of the very severe language in which it was worded, and of the fact that murders of old men and women are of daily occurrence and pass unpunished and even unrebuked, much curiosity was excited at Havana to know by what depth of infamy Capt. Dominguez had distin guished himself. The correspondent says that he has at last unearthed the secret. Capfc. Dominguez, commanding the district of Colon, ordered an insur gent to be shot, and that as soon as the man was executed his tongue should be cut out and his ears cut off. He invited two or three officers to breakfast with him next morning, and when they were seated at the table, be said to them : “I have invited you to taste of a very delicate dish which I have gotten np for you, and which I know you will appreci ate as highly as I do. It is this (uncov ering the dish) the tongue and the ears of the insurgent I killed yesterday.” His frends, who happened not to be cannibals, were horror stricken, and re ported him to the Colonel. He was con demned to death by a court-martial, but, notwithstanding the express orders of the King, has not as yet been executed, A Wall street speculator “ took a drink ” the other day which cost him ten thousand dollars. He gave orders to his broker for the purchase of five thousand shares of Lake Shore Railroad stock at 113; and shortly after doing so went off with a friend and had a bottle of cham pagne, which, as he was unaccustomed to drinking, quickly deprived him of his wits. An hour or so after his purchase, the stock rose to 115, at which point his profits, if he had closed the account, would have been five thousand dollars.— But he had given no orders except fo; the purchase, and when his broker aux T ious to realize in his behalf hunted him up and found him in a liquor shop, he was too much stupified to be able to give an order. Before another hour had passed, Lake Shore stock had taken a turn the other way, and had gone do wn to 113, at which point, as the brok.-r could get no orders from the speculator, and as the “margin” was not sufficient to enable the broker to hold on to the stock, in face of the further decline which was threatened, he sold it out at an actual loss of five thousand dollars.— If ihe speculator had “realized” when the stock was on the rise, instead of get ting tight on a four dollar bottle of cham pagne, he would have been the gainer, instead of the loser of five thousand dol lars, and there would have been a differ ence in his fortune of ten thousand d<il- lars. It was a dear drink for him, bn; then he lost his money easily and.expe- ditiously, without thought or difficulty. Two young lovers attempted suicide in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Friday night. Win. R. Scott had for some time been paying his addresses to Miss Emu C. Thom. The old folks of the lady looked with disfavor on their love for each other, which opposition sadly dis heartened the pair and they resolved to die together. They procured two ounces of arsenic, repaired to Prospect Hill and took the fatal dose. The girl-died, but Scott will recover. Dr. Pancoast, of Philadelphia, recent ly performed a painful operation on a little girl whose feet had been deformed by wearing high-heeled boots, and ex pressed his opinion that it was only the beginning of a large harvest of such cases. It so happens that extremely high heels are going out of fashion; but there is still room for much improvement in this direction. A Tobacco Detective. A postmaster in Illinois chewed ping tobacco, which vile habit was directly interested in sending him to the State’s prison. As thus-: A letter was mailed at his office containing five one hundred dollar bills, directed to Chicago. When the letter arrived at Chicago the funds were minus, and a detective was set at work. The clever man soaked and gummed a portion. He found on micro scupic examination that the resealer had been chewing plug tobacco, and in wet ting the gum left specks of the weed ad -liering to it. Then this detective went along the line traversed by the latter, for a “chaw terbaclcer.” Everybody was handy enongh to furnish this masticator with the desired article, but it was inva riably fine-cut, until at the mailing office he sat down, and to the postmaster, who was an old friend, he expressed himself that the thief would never be found.— The habit he had so industriously pur sued of asking everybody for a “chaw” instantly prompted him to say, “Old chap, give us a chaw .of tobacco,” to which the friend replied: - “I don’t think I have any you would use; I never chew anything but plug.” The detective was puzzled, Au old friend, the man before him was tlm tliief. -He stifled the promptings of itfeotion; arrested the postmaster; the ease was tried, and. now the tobacco olmwer is in Joliet, boarding at the State hotel. Negro Juries. The District Court met yesterday morning. Judge Lawrence presiding. The jurymen felt that they were foirly caught, and seemed inclined to grin and bear it. The first ease on the docket waa that of a negro, accused of using improper language before several colored females. One of the females, Dorathy Jones, was called on to testify, and her answers to the questions propounded forcibly reminded us of THE INTELLIOXNT WITNESS. The examination was about as follows : “ What is your name J ’* “ Dorathy Jane Brown.” ' . “ In what county do you live ? ” •* I dunno," “ In what State do you live 1 ’• " I dunno.’’ “ Do you live in Atlanta? ” “Yes.” -ISawiSi “ When did thii occurrence take place ? ” “ I dunno ; reckon last year.” 11 What day is this ? ” “ I dunno.’’ *• What month is this? *’ “I dunno.” *• What year is this ?” “ I dunno.” *• What, then, do you know I ”* “ Deed, massa, I dunno.” This last answer drove the nail in the coffin. Who T the witness don’t know, how can any one else find out The District Attorney, at this juncture, with good sense, gave up the prosecution, and let the prisoner go. Iu the afternoon, a case of a different nature was brought np. Mrs. Lee accused her husband of un- c on jugal conduct, and bad him ushered into Judge Lawrence’s presence for correction. Mrs. Lee was placed on the stand, and looked the impersonation of AH IRATE FEMALE. She testified that she was joined to Frank M. Lee in tho silken bonds of matrimony, about eighteen months ago, by some man in Judge Smith’s office; but that she had previously given birth to a child, of which, however, Lee was not the father. For about three months and a half they billed and cooed like a pair of turtle doves, and alT the bliss of Elysium was tlieir’s. At that time Mrs. Loo heard that her lord and master had an interesting wife and family in Tennessee. She got mad, and after that they lived like cats and dogs. About the middle of last March, they went to live together again, but still they “were not happy.” On Friday morning, May 26th, they both got out on the wrong side of the bed. Of course, they fell to quarreling. He went ofl to his work. At 6 o’clock the good Mrs. Lee pro cured a friend in the shape of a black' whisky bottle, filled with choice spirits. She only took two big drinks that time. They made her mad, and she didn’t care, no-how. She lay down. Her husband came in and found the fire out, no supper ready, and added to this, Mrs. Lee would not even allow him to court the wliisky bottle. He remonstrated by ■ shak ing her iu bed. She would uot agree to be tampered with in this way, and hence his appearance before Judge Lawrence. *His Honor reviewed tho case at length, and felt that the assault was no greater than the provocation. He advised them to live apart, if they could not agree any better, and not to be intruding their domestic affairs upon the public. He would discharge the prisoner with an admonition to go his way in peace. Mrs. Lee did not like this, and swore out a peace warrant against Mr. Lee. The Court adjourned until 9 o’clock on Saturday morning, as the attorney will be in attendance upon the Grand Jury until that time. At the request of a negro prisoner in Claiborne county, East Tennessee, a few days ago, Judge Randolph, says the Ban ner, had a negro jury, the first ever em- jci’ieled in East Tennessee, to try his case. When the Judge had delivered his charge, the jury went out and in a short time re turned with a verdict of “guilty” and “three years in the penitentiary.” This announcement rather startled the defen dant, who had presumed too much upon the partiality of liis race, by whom he expected to be set free. While on liis way to Nashville he swore that if he lived to be set at liberty he would never allow “any d—d negroes to try him again.”— Another offender who had been persuaded by his colored brethren to have liis case also disposed of by a negro jury, on hear ing of the other’s fate suddenly changed bis mind in that respect, and emphatical ly remarked that he preferred to be tried by white men. : : Wrf Surgery Extraordinary. In taking the Chair as President of the Ohio State Democratic Convention, Pendleton, after returning thanks, said, briefly: I sec tho light of battle in tho oyo3 of so many that 1 am assured this moans a movement to rescue our government from the hand of the military spoiler (cheers) and put it, with strong arms, on the ui basis of constitutional liberty. A Singular Experiment. The New York Sun of the 3d, says : ‘Yesterday, while some men were dragging for the body of Wm. Roman, who was drowned in Pen Horn Crn k on Friday, tw o Cai....bans approached and pro posed to try an t-xpci inu-nt. Accordingly a number of bottles were filled with quicklime, tightly corked, and thrown into the creek. In about an hour one of the bottles burst with a startling detonation, and soon the body rose. The Canadians said that when a I ot- tie of quicklime floats over a body it will explode.” In the feathered race, as in the hu man, song-birds fluctuate in value ac cording to the circumstances. Ten years ago a mocking-bird of good accomplish ments was worth $50 uj Pittsburg. The demand for this prince of song-birds is greater now than it was then, and yet a first-class one can he had for $20. The difference is owing to the improved fa cilities for procuring these birds. The Macon T'degraph tells the follow ing good one: “A good-natured cani- talist was approached yesterday in this, city with the subscription book of the street railroad, and asked to take a thou sand or two in stock, as it would in a short while pay a handsome dividend.— “Yes, and suppose it does,” he replied, “the Central Railroad Company will lease it ten days after the dividend is declared!” One of the most extraordinary cases of surgery on .reeord was rccjutlyperformed in Harnett county.— Mr Britain Castleberry had been suffering for some time from Hernia, and recently it assumed what is known a- a strangulated form. His sufferings be coming unbearable, he took his pocket-knife and ripped his abdomen open, causing his intestines to come clear out. He was in the yard at the time, and his daughter assisted him to the house, he holding his iutestiues up with his hands ; then lying down on liis back on the bed, he replaced them' carefully in their proper places. Col. C. H. Colfield hearing of his suffering, called in, and after stimulating him. proceeded to sew him up with a common needle and thread. Medical men bay this is a most extraordina ry cdse. The result of the cutting open of the abdo men was to relieve the strangulation, and as soon as i* wjs sewed up again Mr. C. commenced to recover. He cannot suffer again from the complaint, as the opening has been made sufficient to prevent its re currence. Where is another man who would have d -libcmtely cut himself, without medical aid or as sistance? And where is another man who would have proceeded to sew him up ? Who is not a doc- Times, .Vei c Berne, _Y. C. “Didn’t you say, sir, that this horse wouldn’t shy before the fire of an ene my ?” “No more he won’t; it isn’t until after the fire he shies.’ On last Sunday night, Mr. Theo- doric M. Green, of the firm of Green Bros., on retir ing to bed, accidentally discharged a pistol under his pillow, the presence of which he was not aware of. The ball passed through the pillow, missing ni. bead by only au inch.—Washington Gazette, M. DISTRICT COURT. An Intelligent. Witness—An Irate Fe- annle—Adjournment. AN EARLY REMIKI8CENCE. THEM NIGGER KU KJLUXES. Atlanta Many Years Ago—Its First Newspaper. Many, years ago, ere the insignificant village of Maithasville thought of metropolitan honors, there lived in Madison a yonng printer, who has since risen to distinction in this State. Ho was out of a situation, ana was prepared, so to Speak, “tore ceive orders.” One day he was approached by a wealthy old gentleman, who said: 'Look’a here, yonng man, don’t you want to make money ?” 1 Well,” replied the typo, “I am not very ambi tions about making monoy, but I want to make a living.'’ “I tell you what, my young friend,” answered the gentleman, “ there is a little place called Mar- thasville, a few miles from here. It hasn’t over a dozen houses now, but its a going to be one of the biggest cities in tho South. It will have railroads ex- tending in every direction, and if you will go with me you will have an independent fortune in ten years.” “What business do you wish me to enter?” “Publish a newspaper, and I will back you.” “What! a paper in that little place ?” “ Yes ; come with me, and see it it, before you de cide against it.” The young man had nothing to do, and the ride promised adventure, even if it did not secure busi ness. So the next day tho couple were on their way in an old-time conveyance, to see the place which was the occasion of so much promise. On their ar rival at a cross-roads, where there were several houses, the old gentleman alighted and said: “Young man, we are in Marthasvllle." “What, start a paper here?” “Yes, here.*? • ■ • “Where would I get advertisements; where would I get subscribers; why, where would I get anything in such a place as this ? There is not a dozen houses here.” “My young friend,” replied the old gentleman, ‘yonmaylangh; but let me tell you, that little as this place may appear, it is destined to he the me tropolis of the South. Mark my words, that if you live to be as old as I am, you will see that my predic tion will come to pass. I advise you to start a paper here, and grow up with the place, and as business expands increase your sixe, and in ten years you will be rich.” But the typo would not be convinced. He had seen the place and could not imagine where his sup port would come from. Subsequently, he removed to Marietta. One day he received a prospectus of a paper to be published at this much spoken of place, to be called the Luminary. Passing down this way in a week or so after, he went to see the office and found Royall making all preparations to produce his first issue, he said: “ Royall, do you know what you are doing ? ” “Yes,” replied Royall, “ I am going to build np a good newspaper here, and intend to remain with it, and grow up with it.” “ Why. man, you’ll starve I” nevertheless, Boy- all got ont his paper, and lived the usual life of first attempts. Since then, the place has kspt on increas ing, until now the words of tho old gentleman are fully verified. Last Sunday, as we stood on the por tico of the Kimball House, with the young man (now grown old), who la ughed at the idea of a city being built up here, he said : “ Sure enough, if I had taken my old friend’s ad vice, 1 would have been independently rich. He is dead now, peace to his ashes.” Post Mortem—A Faraphnie. Said Elder Brown to Deacon Jones, “Why weep for your lamented wife, For all your sighs and tears and moons Cannot restore her unto life?” “Since, then, my tears cannot restore,” The Deacon said, “ I’ll weep the more.” Iteceptioi Serious Oemonatr nitons. Washington, June 6, 1871. The movement here by negro Ku K1 ax es is assuming serious importance. The negroes are highly excited, and at their meetings the most incendiary speeches are made. The principal spoakers say the motto must be “blood for blood.”— In their convention last nighi they ex pressed a great deal of bad feeling, and several violently incendiary speeches were made. One speaker said they were all laboring men, and must have work to keep their families from starving, and if they were to be kept out of it by tlieso contractors, they would have their blood, and should this continue, he would say to them to take a contractor’s head off whenever they should meet them. He told them to go to their districts and form associations for laboring men, elect delegates to a convention to draw up a me morial and be ready to meet these Yankee contractors—the meanest and most con temptible set of men on this earth, whose administration was worse than that of their old masters; they were men who would slay them alive. The bitterness of the negroes against the Radical leaders is intense. To-day an excited crowd of 300 laborers attempted to drive the Irish la borers off from the work of paving the streets by threatening them. A large body of police was promptly on hand and ordered the crowd to disperse, which they refused to do, threatening the po lice. The police succeeded in arresting five of the ring-leaders, when their fol lowers moved off, threatening to return with reinforcements and prevent the Irishmen from workiug. A large police force was kept on the ground all day to preserve order. This evening the following was sent to Mr. Gleaser, the contractor having charge of the work: “In view of the present difficulties, and to preserve the peace of our city, we suggest that we suspend work on the 7tli Street improvements, until such measures can be adopted as the occasion demands.” Signed by H. D, Cooke, James A. Ma- griider, and S. H. Brown. . The Evening Star characterizes tho above note as truckling, to the mob. The laborers’ strike is liaviDg a mis chievous effect throughout the district. In Georgetown the coal trade is sus pended, and shipments from the Cum berland canal have stopped. Several blocks of five story buildings, projected in this city by parties from Philadelphia, were abandoned to-day iu consequence of the enhanced cost of bniiding caused by the strike, and other extensive improvements, which were con templated, have been abandoned for this season. , The object of these negro Ku-Klnx is to prevent poor white men from workiug at wages which the pampered and petted negroes refused to work for. Gen. Grant takes no steps to punish these daily violations of the late Ku-Klux bill of Congress, and conspiracies to re sist the laws and to deprive white citizens of their right to earn their bread by their labor. • Serious apprehensions of a general and bloody riot are entertained. His Excellency Governor Bullock gave a reception at the Executive Mansion last evening. We were unable to be present, but learn that it was a most agreeable affair. Among the distinguished persons present were Hon. Simon Cameron, Hon. Columbus Delano, Hon. Thomas A. Scott, Gea. Horace Porter aud other notables now hi the city. ADVENTURE WITH A MAD-DOG. Tile Animal Sn.cra.lieeil. In a city where there are so many dogs as are to be found in Atlanta, it would be singular if one should not g(S mad occasionally. It is not a frequent occur rence, however, that a rabid dog appears 'upon the 'streets, and when such is the case, a little consterna tion is entirely justifiable and proper. -Monday afternoon a smart stir was occasioned by a small ratter making its appearanco upon the street, with every evidence of a distinct and confirmed case of the hydrophobia. He was very courteously allow ed permission of street and side-walks. In fact, we do not know that we ever before saw such courteous attention shown to a dog. He passed along the street with foaming jaws, and mischief glaring from his groenlsh-lOoking eyes. He molested no one, howev er, nor did he seem desirous of spreading his conta gion among biped or quadruped. He was followed by his owner and a few others, all of whom were satisfied that he was mad, but none of whom were willing to violate a city ordinance by shooting the dangerous brute. Arriving at McBride & Smith’s carriage factory, the dog entered, and then and there was mounting in hot haste carriages and buggies, or anything else that could elevate the workmen above the reach of his dogahip. Upon this, the excitement began to increase and the crowd to grow larger abofit tho door. Fortunately, a policeman appeared upon the scene, and shifted the situation by putting three balls through the animal, and the crowd went away satis- fled, having for once in their lives seen a mad-dog Wiled. FULTON SUPERIOR COURT. Two Interesting Cases—Injunction and Relief and Bond for Titles. Tho Conrt met at 8. 30., Judge Hopkins presiding. Judge Collier made the concluding argument in the ease of James S. Craig vs. Delilah Venable, for injunction and relief. It appears that Venable and his wife had been liv ing apart, and that he had made to his wife a deed to certain property, ample for her support. Subse quently she sued for a divorce, attaching a schedule of her husband’s property, to her declaration, and among other property she named a house and lot in Atlanta. After the entry of said suit Venable sold this house and lot to Craig. At tho hearing - of the snit for divorce in Jackson county, the Jury granted the petition of Mrs. Venable for divorce, ami set apart for her portion the house and lot in Atlanta. The Conrt Instructed the Sheriff to put her in pos session of the property and to eject Craig. It is to prevent this action that Craig brings the present suit before the Court of Equity, which by consent of the Counsels was heard by the Judge without a jury. The case- was elaborately argued by Col. B. Thrasher and CoL George HiUyer for the de fence, aud by Judge Collier for Craig.' Judge Hop kins withheld his decision. • The next case waa that of Dr. T. S. Powell vs. Alex ander Rataree. It appears that during the war, Kataree sold to Powell some land in Fulton county for confederate money, which was to be paid in cash. Powell, how ever, only made a pari payment, and several months afterward paid the balance, and Rataree gave him bond for title. Powell now sues for the title. Rataree pleads that I’owell is not entitled to it on the ground that he had not complied with the original agreement, and that when the full rmount was paid, confederate money had so depreciated as to be almost valueless. In this case, which was tried under tho same agree ment as the one preceding. Judge Hopkins also re serves his decision. At about 5 o’clock the conrt adjourned. The rain was pouring down most unmercifully, and the al most universal cry in the court room was for an um brella. They had to go through the rain, however, as best they conld, the most damage being done to linen dusters and beavers. I A pretender to the crown—A chignon. xmDistinct phTmtI