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THURSDAY MOKBTKO ...JULY 29
their diplomas as graduates of the I
Southern Female College, of which
more anon.
I cannot close without expressing I
through you, my sincere thanks for
hospitality and kindness exhibited by
the good people of LaGrange. I
might dilate to some extent upon
this particular point, but the fact is
too well known all over the country
direction.
The Real Story of the Kn-Klnx.
Mr. Copeland, the intelligent and
fair-minded correspondent of the New
York Journal of Commerce, has a let- j some few localities the wheat crop is sul
ter in that paper, in which he gives
his evidence as to the existence and
character of the Ku-Klux in the
Southern States. The Journal says
editorially, by way of comment on
the letter:
“Besides being one of the most com
plete accounts of that mysterious organ
ization that we have ever read, it has the
higher meiit, we believe, of absolute im
partiality. A Northerner journeying
Southward isapt to be swayed by intend ^tement is confirmed by the following
prejudices when he approaches this tick-
ish subject. If he is a bitter radical, he
talks with radicals only, believes all he
hears, and imagines Ku-Kluxes for him
self in every stirring bush by moonlight.
If he is an extremist of the opposite par
ty, he affiliates with ultra men of his own
political school, who are greatly tempted
to understate or extenuate or even pooh-
pooh at the lawless'deeds ascribed to the
mystic crew.
Our representative at the Sonth, act
ing under explicit directions from this
office, purges himself from all bias, erases
from his memory, so far as any man can,
the one-sided statement of Congressional
reports, and proceeds to investigate, in
dependently and impartially, from all
available sources on the spot, the exact «*• V^oyting their wheat under Winter
. *• * I trhnor ia AAmmnnnitwv rn - wnof from 4-no
status, of the Ku-Klux-Klan. His state
ments, therefore, possess au interest?and
value wanting in all, or nearly all, the
expositions of this theme which have I c r °P s l°ok very light. The rain came
Quit-
hitli erto appeared. The conclusions that
he n.aches may he briefly set down thus :
Florida has no Ku-Klux organization, but
is cursed with her share of outlaws, like
every State in the Union. No Ku-Klux
band proper exists in Georgia. Alabama
is equally free from the pelt, but in por- of the Z^ f.°P 7^ be bel °" the aver-
ADDRESS OF MR. SAMFORD.
M.
. lt l v LAGRANGE. f “
The Annual Exercises at the
* Southern Female College.
i LaGrange, June 28, 1873^
At 11 o’clock Tuesday, your repor
ter arrived in this pleasant little city. f or me to attempt one word in that
Learning that the exhibition of the
Junior class of the Southern Female
College was in progress, I wended my
way at once to the large and comfort
able Town Hall, in good time to hear
the reading of the original composi
tions by the class. The Hall was fill
ed by the beauty and chivalry of La-
Grange, and numbers were present
from other places. The reading of
the young ladies was splendid, attest
ing the fact that particular attention
had been given to the modulation and
tone of voice.
’ Below I give you the names of the
Junior class, their residences and sub
jects :
1. Miss Addie Baker, Buena Vista
Fact and Fiction.
2. Miss Ophelia Stone, Alabama—
Nature’s Voices. 1 *
3. Miss Aliee Cox, LaGrange—The
Mystic Seven.
4. Miss Nina Homady, LaGrange
—Quid Nunes.
5. Miss Lizzie McQueen, Lowndes
county, Alabama—The Eastern Win
dow.
6. Miss Lenna Matthews, Marion
county—The Western Window.
7. Miss Jennie Hubert, LaGrang
Imperfection of Human Knowledge.
8. Miss Lillie Moor, Griffin—Pa
triotism.
9. Miss Fannie Rountree, Quitman
—You Know How It is Yourself.
10. Miss Gussie Murphree, Troy,
Ala.—Beautv.
11. Miss Carrie McMullen,
man—Both Sides.
Many of these productions exhibit
ed a depth of thought and close re
search seldom displayed by those, so
young. While all did so well and reflec
ted so much credit upon their teach
ers, it would seem invidious to make
distinctions, but we must be excused
for mentioning particularly, Miss
Nina Homady, subject “ Quid
Nunes.” It was a well written thing,
and splendidly spoken/ Her thrust
at the “ newspaper reporter ” would
have had a telling effect upon a cer
tain individual, had he not taken the
precaution to get a back seat, and
keep his business to himself. Also,
Miss Jennie Robert of LaGrange,
deserves special mention. We only
mention these because we could hear
distinctly every word uttered. While
no doubt all the young ladies had
good compositions, yet their sweet
little voices were stifled by the timid
ity so natural to tender years. The
sweetest of music was interspersed
all through the exercises.
The Western Wheat Crop.
The Western Associated Press
furnishes its members the appended
summary of news relative to the
wheat prospects of the West. It will
be found of interest to merchants
and bread eaters generally:
Chicago, June 25.—Dispatches re
ceived at Western Associated Press office
in this city from Eastern and Central In
diana, and all parts of Illinoies, indicate
that the recent terrific thunder storm and
hurricane had no perceptible ill effects
effects uponthe growing crops. In most
of the localities from which dispatches
have been received, the storm was much
less severe than in this vicinity. Many
of the dispatches state that the crop
prospects were never better, though in
[feting from the rust. Reports, from
Western Wisconsin and from the great
wheat-belt in Minnesota do not give so
favorable a view.
The St. Paul Press says that from a
| recent trip over the section bordering on
the Mississippi river, in that State, so far
as observation extended, evidence was
found that the reported ill condition of
Ac
of
the wheat crop was fully justified,
counts received from other sections
Minnesota justify the belief that the yield
will fall far below the average. This
dispatches, for the Western Associated
Press, received from prominent points in
Minnesota
Rochester, Minn., June 24.—The
prospects are that we will have a light
crop. The recent rains will help us very
much, but a good deal of the wheat is
past redemption. u3 J
Stillwater, Minn., June 24.—Wheat
will not exceed two-thirds of an ordinary
crop. Throughout this country the re
cent storms had no perceptible effect.
Wasica, Minn., June 24.—The wheat
crop is - all right,, looking pretty well,
although there has been very much rain,
Wabash, Minn, June 24.—Our wheat
is all very poor, and in many cases it will
be too short for cutting. Some farmers
wheat is commencing to rust from the
effects of warm weather.
Dover, Minn., June 24.—The wheat
too late to be of any benefit.
Lake City, Minn., June 24.—The
wheat crop promises to be very light; the
rain came too late. Other crops are look-
ing wajLjjMWMBBi
Winona, Minn., June 24.—The yield
tions of North and South Carolina there
are gangs of prowlers, who sometimes
rob and murder. The leaders of these
are dissolute whites, some of them scions
of good families, and their followers, es
pecially in North Carolina, arei fellows
who were the scum of society before the
war, and are now only gratifying their
old thirst for rapine and blood. Their
age. The light rains are considered ben
eficial, though rust is feared,
Miniska, Minn., June 24.—The late
rains have been beneficial to the crops.
The yield will probably be much below
the yield average in this vicinity,
Austin, Minn, June 24.—The wheat
crop looks favorable. The rain did no
damage.
■ Hudson, Wis., June 24.—Wheat never
numbers are small, and their maraudings . wis., Junewneat nevei
confined to limited districts. Owning | * tthis of the J ear '
horses, and having the complete disci
pline and bond of secrecy which always
obtain among banditti the world over,
and living in a sparsely settled country,
they fly from this point to that with tne
speed of the wind, defying detection,
arrest and conviction, and can keep a
hundred imiles square in a constant fer-, . , . , - , ,
ment. Like stage soldiers, who run be-1 tSZ&gjfSlp wa8hed lfc off > the
-The
Ripon, Wis., June 25.—The general
opinion is that there must be a light
crop, and the recent storm makes it
worse.
WhiteWater, Wis., June 24.—There
has been some complaint of rust on
wheat, but to-day farmers say the heavy
After tlie reading by the young la
dies, Mr. TV. J. Samford, a rising
young lawyer of Opelika, was intro
duced to the audience. TVe knew the
gentleman, having learned our A. B
0’s in the same school, and in later
years been on the most familiar terms,
TVe squared ourself for a treat, for
we knew it was in him, and he has
way of letting it out that never fails
to please. His subject was “ TVoman
—Her Duty.” He handled his sub
ject in a manner so different and so
foreign to the usual style of such adr
dresses, that from the first, his hear
ers were pleased. The entire address
consumed about thirty-five 'minutes,
and the many peals of genuine elo
quence were so natural and unpre
tending that no one doubted that
they came from the pure fountain
of his souL We were delighted and
felt proud of our friend, and congrat
ulate Opelika upon having in her
midst such a promising young man
as Mr. Samford.
At night, the j; c
tti > GRAND CONCERT
of vocal and instrumental music
came off at the Hall. All was a
blaze of-glory. The class, under the
direction of Prof. Schirmacher, as
musical director, acquitted them
selves beyond the power of praise of
this reporter. The hall was not half
large enough. When the halo of
beauty and loveliness first hurst upon
our vision, we were startled by the
very piagnificence and loveliness of
tile picture. The young ladies were
assisted by a number of amateurs, of
which this city stands unrivalled in
' SUNK- "*- 1 * - fl -*«*n*w;
Everybody was pleased — every
thing passed off splendidly, the
weather was propitious, and the
sweetest of moons cast her silvery
sheen over the happy throng who had
gathered at this feast. -
To-day is commencement, and a
pumber of young ladies will receive
hind the scenes from one wing to another,
and then march past the footlights in
endless procession, these K. K. K. ’s im
press the casual observer as a vast army;
whereas, all told, they are but a handful,
and if corraled could be captured by a
company or two of regular troops.
But there’s the rub. Their game is
is not to be caught—and twenty regi
ments of soldiers, mounted, might not
be successful in bagging them. That
they will disappear almost as suddenly as
they sprang into notoriety we have* no
doubt—but their extinction will come
from the clearing up and improvement of
As
wheat looks well
Gross Plains, Wis., June 24.
wheat crop is considerably damaged by
rust. The recent storm had a good ef
feet, and we expect a middling fair crop,
Hartland, Wis., June 24.—The wheat
is very rank. No damage was done by
the rain.
SchleIsingvtlle, Wis., June 24.—The
wheat crop in this section looks very
good. iMMtojdtaiMUlMi
Hartford, Wis, June 24.—The pros
pects of wheat in this part is very good,
and if the weather, remains as now, we
will have a very heavy crop.
Richfield, Wis., June 24.—The wheat
The Alabama and Chattanooga
> Railroad.
The Chattanooga Times of the
27th instant has the following:-
The news of the decision of Judge
Woods in Montgomery yesterday, that
the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad
had not been and could not be forced in
to bankruptcy, and ordering possession
to be given to Mr. Stanton for the com
pany, spread like wildfire through the
city, causing the greatest rejoicing.—
Some of the employees of the road got
an old anvil to the top of the stone fort
and gave vent to their joy by burning all
the powder they could get hold of. Mr.
Stanton himself showed his joy by hang
ing out the American flag at his private
residence. • > .
Of course the first men to say “I told
you so” yesterday were those who had
before insisted that the road could never
get out of the scrape.
This decision removes, in a great meas
ure, the depression which had weighed
upon all our spirits. It restores confi
dence in the road, in Mr. Stanton andih
ourselves. It insures the speedy ruuning
of trains and the revival of business rela
tions with the rich country so lately
opened to our merchants. The . attach
ments upon the rolling stock will be no
impediment, for the trustees, under the
mortgage, can replevy at' once and of
course will do so.
It will be easy for the Company to
raise money now to pay off the employ
ees and a portion of the floating debt;
and we may look soon for the return, if
not of the flush time of the old days, at
least of a reasonable amount of prosperi
ty and comparative ease of money.
J. C. Stanton has again demonstrated
that he is hard to beat. He is a man of
indomitable will and great ambition, and
these qualities added to an untiring en
ergy, have enabled him to succeed in the
face of difficulties which would have
cowed most men.
The people of Chattanooga do well to
rejoice at this happy_consummation.
serenade.
Mr. Stanton was serenaded by the Sil
ver Cornet Band at the Burns House last
night. He responded briefly, thanking
them and the people of Chattanooga IW
their sympathy and confidence, and as
suring them that he would run tlie_ road
for some time to come, and iu the inter
est of the people along its line, and that
Chattanooga should be the terminus, ei
ther under his management as Superin
tendent, or that of his successor in years
to come. He paid a very high compli
ment to the baud. At the close of his
remarks he was heartily cheered.
• : ;
A Superb Swindle.
the South, politically and socially. , .... .. ,
fever and ague vanishes before proper cro P ^ this secrion was looking very
drainage and culture, so the Ku-Klux I goodbefore the storm, but I think this
distemper will quit the Southern body I sb)rm bas “IH!™ very much.
politic as the Southern people are re-ad
mitted to their rights and resume all the
functions of self-government. The Ku-
Klox are not a political cabal; although
they profess to sympathize with the con
servatives. This . illusion they keep up
by Northern or Southern Radicals. But
the Conservatives, without exception, so
far as our correspondent can ascertain,
repudiate these Bedouins, and wish for
nothing better than their extermination.
When the Conservatives regain power at
the South, they will make short work
with the false pretenders who occasional
ly steal and murder in their respectable
name. The list of cases presented in the
letter makes a startling exhibit of crime;
but so would a half dozen atrocities cull
ed from the police records of a day
throughout a Northern State. This
should be remembered in reading them;
nor should the reader fail to note, while
execrating such midnight horrors, that
some of the feeling against negroes and
carpet-baggers thus terribly exemplified at
the South arises from the misgovemment
and oppression inflicted upon that section
by the latter and their accomplices.—
Where rulers are demoralized some of the
ruled will inevitably be so too. The nui
sance of carpet-bagism breeds the other
nuisance of Ku-Klux Klan. The death
of one will be fatal to the other also.
Wampum, Wis., June 24.—The recent
storm has done no damage to the crops
in this section. Everything promises
fair for a good yield.
Magomanis, Wis., June 24.—Fair
prospect for wheat crop. The storm
has done a. vast amount of good; Corn
looks finely, the best for years. Other
crops are good. . [dpi
Burnet, Wis., June 24.—The prospect
for wheat in this vicinity is good for an
average crop, but the recent storm has
lodged the grain to some extent.
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The Cl Til Service Commission.
A Washington dispatch of the 26th,
to the Western Press Association
gives the following:
“All the members of the civil service
commission, except Mr. Walker, have
been heard from, and have accepted their
appointments. It is expected that they
will assemble here at an early day to
agree upon a plau of operations and the
belief among those interested in reform
is that, by the time Congress assembles,
the commission will be able to recom
mend a definite system for adoption. The
apparent change in sentiment regarding
the matter here is shown by a leading
editorial from a city paper, which, at the
I The Washington correspondent of
-the New York lUrald, writing on the
24th, says: : '
The Territorial Government here is
not so much of a success as it was confi
dently predicted at * the outset. It has
been found that the rings, which existed
under the old h form of government have
full as much swing now as' heretofore.
Under this state of affairs, various.influ-
ential citizens of the District are now
agitating the question as to whether it
would not be better to petition the next
session of Congress to repeal the Territo
rial bill altogether. It would seem that
the only ■ new feature which has been
realized under the new order of things
was a fatal tendency to recommend im
provement. The Board of Public Works,
in a recent report on the subject, recom
mended the adoption of plans for beauti
fying the city which would have cost in
the aggregate about §12,000,000. Acting
upon such suggestions the local Legisla
ture has had introduced several bills
which would have taken the entire valua
tion of the District to have carried them
into effect. They were voted down seri
atim, but only by a small majority. At
last a bill was got before this body with a
favorable report from a committee, which
involved an expenditure of about five
millions. In the discussion which fol
lowed it was discovered that not only was
this report a forgery, but that it contem
plated the disbursing of this large sum
of money without any degree of respon
sibility whatever. No one was to account
for the way in which it had been expend
ed, nor to make any record of its dispo
sal whatever. Under this state of affairs
property holders are naturally becoming
alarmed, and are fast coming to the con
clusion that it is better to be governed by
a Congressional committee than by an
ignorant, unlettered and corrupt set of
legislators.
Bigamist Bowen’s Pardon.
A Washington dispatch says:
Bowen’s pardon seems to hinge on the
political strength of the Republican fac
tions in the Congressional District of
South Carolina of which Charleston is the
center. So far the President refuses to
commit himself to either faction. There
is no doubt but that the majority of legal
votes cast in that District at the late elec
tion for member of Congress were cast
for Bowen, and that DeLarge was seated
simply by the count of fraudulent votes.
Since the commencement of the persecu
tion against Bowen, some half dozen
judges of election in that distriot have
been tried, been found guilty, and sen
tenced to the Penitentiary. This virtu
ally gives Bowen his seat, but his enemies
are making strenuous efforts to prevent
tho President from pardoning Bowen,
while on the other hand Bowen’s friends
are exerting themselves for his pardon,
assuring the President that they repre
sent the strongest faction of the Repub
licans, and that Bowen is their choice for
Congress. \ tdi merit i
And pardon is to be considered
solely upon its political merits, leaving
out of view the principles of morality
and justice, which were formerly sup
posed to exert an influence upon
those who have authority to remit and
commute sentences pronounced by
the law. The whole thing amounts
to this; If Bowen has most friends in
his district he will be pardoned; hut
if DeLarge’s friends are most numer
ous, Bowen will he allowed to quietly
work out his sentence in the peniten
tiary.
A Prophecy Fulfilled.
The editor of the Charleston Cou
rier, who was personally acquainted
with Mr. Vallandigham, contributes
the following: We were delegates to
gether to the Democratic National
Convention of 1860, whose disruption,
in the contest between Douglas and
Breckinridge, as to the character and
rights of slavery in the territories,
was the precursor to. the late civil war.
On one occasion, in this city, Repre
sentative Logan, of Illinois, Larabee,
of Wisconsin, and others being pres
ent, the conversation naturally turn
ed upon the threatening attitude of
the questions then before the Conven
tion. Mr. Vallandigham rose at the
dinner table with an heir of great
gravity,, and said, “Gentlemen, if the
Democratic party is dissevered in this
Charleston Convention, the result will
he the disruption of the Union, and
one of the bloodiest civil wars on rec
ord, and the magnitude of which no
one can estimate. In the unity of
the Democratic parly, and in theIJn
ion lies the hope of the Soi\jh and of
Republican government.” We think
it was Mr. Logan who replied, “Sit
down, Vallandigham, and drink your
wine. You are always prophesying.”
His reply was, “Gentlemen, I speak
earnestly, because I feel deeply im
pressed with the truth of what I have
uttered.” This was in'the Spring of
1860. The secession of South Caro
lina took place in December of the
same year.
Indiana Ku-Klux.
u
The Washington correspondent of time of the retirement of Gen. Cox, ridi-
the Cincinnati Enquirer says: “It is «*!». ^ notions of civil service reform.
i ^ It is now understood that it published
, ated m Republican quarters here nothi t what ifc bnows F snit
that a concerted efforts is bemgmade the pt £poses 0 f the administration. It
to heal the differences in the Repub- gays : “It is to be hoped that the civil
lican party in New York, and to re- service commissioners-will -soon get to
concile Senator Fenton, Greeley and work, so as to be ready with their plans
the President. If it can not be
avoided, the first step in the pro
gramme ,is.to be removal of Collector
Morphy from office. The negotia
tions are understood to he in progress
at Long Branch, and one prominent
member of the ring has arrived here
to consult with some Cabinet of
ficers.” /■ -j
Ko wonder that Miss Nilsson likes
America, and proposes to re:
Since the days of Danae there has
not been such a golden shower as has
fallen into her lap. One hundred
and fifty-two thousand dollars fori where he will not
herself; and besides that Strakosch
has his hat and pockets full to the
overflow. Two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars, probably, since last
fall, have been realized for singer and j
manager. -
and suggestions by next December,
when their recommendations will be sent
to Congress. Before the heat and ex
citement of the next Presidential contest
is upon ns we should like to have the civil
service question entirely disposed of and
eliminated from our party politics. It
would not only be an advantage to the
clerks themselves, bat be a great and en
during benefit to the country. Without
permanency, dependent on good conduct
and fidelity, we cannot have efficient ser
vice in any of the clerical departments of
the government A public officer must
be made to feel that he is secure as long
as he is honest and upright and industri
ous, and he must be placed in a position
where he will not feel a weary, restless
anxiety about his own future and the fu
ture of those dependent upon him.”
—
. Jealousy and Murder.
A Louisville dispatch of the 2Gth,
says : ; ■
Last night a young man was shot near
this city under circumstances which ren
der it almost certain that he was murder
ed by a jealous rival. Daring the even
mg'Jacob Rein and Valentine Rabbit,
rival, suitors for the favor of Miss Lizzie
Wertz, who was engaged to marry Rein
met at the house of, the young lady’s
pother, five miles of the city, and re
mained until 10 o’clock, when Rabbit
left A quarter of an hour after Rein
also left. He had gone about two hun
dred yards when Miss Wertz heard a pis
tol shot, and fearing some harm to her
betrothed, Tan out of the house and up
the road, meeting Rein staggering back
He fell in the road, when she picked him
np and carried him in the house, where
he died at 1 o’clock this afternoon. The
ball had entered the left side of the ab
domen. Before death Rein made
statement of the affair, declaring that
Rabbit ran out from a fence comer and
shot him with a pistol. Rabbit was ar
rested, but denies having done the bloody
deed. MB
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A woman in Pittsburg had her
husband arrested for ill-treatment.
He then had - her arrested for bigamy.
She turned the tables on him with
the same result. The sequal was that
the woman had a husband and he a
wife previous to the alliance between
them, but that each had deceived the
Bail-dl k
A dispatch, dated Louisville, the
26th, instant, says:
Special dispatches to the New Albany,
Ind., Ledger, this evening, give accounts
of a diabolical otrtrage near Orleans,
Lawrence county, Ind., yesterday. A
party of assassins attacked the house of
the Moody family, consisting of four old
brothers,'Mrs. Tolliver^ their sister! and
a hired man named Lee. They' threw
three jugs of benzine into the Jrooms oc
cupied by, the family, and threw in sev
eral torpedoes, loaded with buckshot,
nails, screws and similar missiles. The
torpedoes exploding set fire the ben
zine and aroused the family, when the
assailants commenced firing with revolv
ers into the doors and; windows. > Mr.
Thomas Moody, was shpt in the hip, the
ball ranging upward through tfte_body,
coming out in the upper portion of the
breast. Lee received a severe-wound iu
the thigh and another in the back. Mrs.
Tolliver was terribly burned with the
benzine and torpedoes. The assassins es-
laMiiMdniiii >ii»Z
The community is greatly excited.
Ten thousand dollars has been raised to
prosecute the guilty parties when qaught.
Detectives are busy ferreting them out.
The people are almost wild to g£t hold of
the assassins, and'threats of lynching are
heard on every hand, but it. is believed
prudent counsels will prevail. At 3 P.
M. Mr. Moody’s recovery was hopeful—
Lee’s doubtful. It is understood that
Moody’s statement of the. afiair was re
duced to writing, and 1 he said E&^rbcog-
nized several of the attacking party.
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TUe Stock of Rice.
The Savanuah Advlrliscr of Sun
day says: “From an. account as
accurately taken as possble, it is esti
mated that the stock of rice, last year’s
crop, now on hand, amounts to about
forty-live thousand bushels of rough
and about five hundrSd'casks <^lean.
The demand in this market lately,
has been ^principally for Gulf ports,
with some large .shipments North,
and as the stock on hand at. Charles
ton will not hold tho remainder of
the season, that port will also become"
a purchaser iii this market/whom the
present stock onkahd here will he but
sufficient to carry out the remainder
of the season. * From accounts iu
reference to the present crop, everv
thing thus far seems fayorable/with
fully as much acreage planted as last
season; -but it is .useless..to calcu
late on the growing crop, as old and
experienced rice growers never form
any opinion until after the plan:
blossoms and the seeds begin form-
piokunfi 08 smil 9UH ti
A New Financial Departure.
Tlie Coming Cotton Crop.
The New York World says of the
probable extent of the cotton crop
“The most contradictory reports
have prevailed, to which the Govern
ment at Washington, has contributed
its full share. The weather bulletins
sent out by the War Department re
ported less rain than the private ac
counts; but when the whole subject
had been pretty , well exhausted, and
the “bulls” had forced prices to about
the highest limits, the Agricutural
Department came out with a highly
sensational statement of injury done
the cotton crop, which was fortunate
ly so plainly overdone that it had lit
tle effect except to “ stick ” a few
over-confident “bulls.” The truth
about the cotton crop is that injury
has been suffered in v arious quarters
from too much rain, but there is
nothing as yet to justify and material
reduction of an estimated yield of
three and a half million bales.”
The Indiana Tragedy.
Forsyth, has a Church steeple, and
the Advertiser persists in poking it
into the eyes of the rest of the world.
South Joggins,Xova Scotia, lias its
scientific mystery, which the native
pundits are scratching their heads
over with slight hope of solution. It
is nothing less than a fossil human
foot, which a gentleman of an observ
ing turn of mind recently; dug out of
a sandstone rock. —
A Washington dispatch of the 23d,
relates the following:
A letter received by Commissioner
Parker to-day, from Superintendent
Hoag, encloses a report from Agent
Tatam, dated Fort SU1, June 10th, in
whichjhe states that the Kiowas are col
lecting the forty-one mules recently stol
en in order to return them to the Agen
cy, and gives the following interesting
particulars of the death of Satauka.
while being taken to Texas for trial for
killing white settlers: On the 8th inst.
Satanta, Satauka and Big Tree were in
formed that they were to start that morn
ing to Texas, to which they demurred
preferring to be sent anywhere else,
Sataukp, whom I have regarded as the
worst Indian in this agency, protested
that he would not go to Texas, but would
do something and be shot at once. Big
Tree told him that if he did they would
all be shot, and taking hold of him
pushed him toward the wagon in which
he was to ride, with two soldiers to guard
him. Col. McKenzie and Col. Grierson
were near him when he was put into the
wagon. The prisoners had all been care
fully searched some days before. When
about one mile from the post Satauka,
having., finished his death song, had, un
observed, succeeded in drawing his
shackles off his hands, and drawing a
butcher knife started suddenly at his
guard, cutting one of them slightly in
the leg. They escaped from the wagon,
leaving their guns, one of which Satau
ka took, and while in the act of trans
ferring a cartridge from the ctuimber of
the barrel he was shot several times. He
died in about twenty minutes. One
random shot hit a teamster, named An
tonio Barrel, in the side of the head, but
he is not considered seriously wounded.
Satauka was hurried near the post.
In the New York Herald's Wash
ington letter; of the 24th, we find the
followil%*fK*>
Secretary Boutwell contemplates call
ing in some twenty millions of the five-
twenties of the issue of 1S62, and re
placing them, where the holders desire
it, by equivalents in the new five per
cents. The object of the finanoial de
parture is to create, as far as possible, a
market for the new loan, as the majority
of the holders of the bends which are to
be cancelled are Europeans, and it is ex
pected that the foreign market will be
relieved to that extent. It would appear
from the statement of the Treasury
agent3 already absent in Europe, that
the markets there are glutted with the
securities of all kinds seeking purcha
sers. The Eranco-Prussian war has thor
oughly deranged the financial system of
Europe and capitalists are extremely cau
tious about making investments. The
heavy balances on hand iu the Treasury
warrant this step on the part of the Sec
retary, and if it succeeds it is proposed
to follow it up in the exact ratio that the
revenue receipts will justify.
L ..jii T vUrop, Prospects.
The wheat and corn prospects, ac
cording to the Department of Agri
culture, are not - flattering for the
country generally. The acreage ap
pears to have been somewhat increas
ed, hut the crop will not~ increase in
like proportion, 'owing tb a r variety of
causes, the chief of ; whieh is the dry
spring in mosttparts of the country.
The largest: increase in-acreage of
wheat is reported from Kansas; where,
it is thirty per cent, greater than last
year. The report on the whole is not
specially discouraging, except as fail
ing to show such an increase in the
product over other years us might lie
expected. ^ ^
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Akerman to Resign.
The Herald of the 2oth, has the follow-
ing iq its Washington letter:. .“One of
the many- Cabinet rumors here contem
plates a change in the Attorney General’s
department. It is stated that the pres
ent incumbent will be succeeded by eith
er Solicitor General Bristow or by Gen.
Harlan, which latter is Republican can
didate for Governor iu Kentucky, it is
well known that Mr. Akerman has been
on the evetof retiring for several months,
and that it .was an understood fact t hat
he was to go out some time last spring,
but he has found it convenient to retain
hia portfolio up to the present time, and
will probably retain it until Jibe Ken
tucky election is heard from.
►-•■4 — UK
^ Dog Kilted. Ti
A rabid dog was killed in an alley,
on Market street, just.below Chmvn.
yesterday morning, by John, the por
ter in the house of Massengale & Co.
There is a little history in connection
with this dog slaughter that will do
here to relate. The pistol used in the
annihilation of the danererous canine
was the property of H. T. Massengale,
which was loaded on the night Gen.
Jo.’ Johnston issued his famous order
at Cartersville, Ga.,' in June, 1864, and
never had been fired until brought
into requisition yesterday. Although
loaded for seven venrs, it went on at
first pull.—Nashville Union and