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Much Ado All out Nothing. The New York World advocated the nomination of Chase in 1868, and ever since it has been, with great tact and industry, paving the way for his nomination in 1872, or at least for organizing the Democratic party on a platform which would be but the embodiment of his principles. What ever its feebler imitators and follow ers may claim, the World deserves all the credit of the new departure in vention. It put the ball in motion, and the ‘-inland petty spirits” that have since been trundling at it deriv ed all their inspiration as well as their confidence from the great organ of Tammany. As 'usual, the original utterance is far more distinct and in telligible than any of its echoes^ For instance, the World finds some of its disciples jumping at conclusions with a vim that threatens to take them clear over into the Radical position, and in its issue of Thursday last it gently warns them thus: If the Radical interpretation of Amend ments XIII, XIV and XV were warrant ed, particularly that interpretation of Amendment XXV, which finds ground in it for the Ku-Klux act, then recognition of the validity of these' amendments wonld be an acceptance of an accom plished revolution—a revolution which lacked but time to blot out State Qovera- ments, to expunge the Federal Govern ment, to make prevail one consolidated centralized Government. No such re volution in the structure of our institu tions as the Grant Republicans are at tempting can the Democratic party be brought to “accept;” no such situation will they “recognize;” no such “new de parture” from the doctrines that are dearest to them will they validate with even the assent of silence. The Democratic party would cease to be Democratic; it would have begun to be (not a Republican party, but) a Grant ' Radical party—-the party of revolution the party of imperialism—if for one in stant, if in one election, if in one Con gressional district of any State it sub mitted without indignant protest, without organized and determined resistance to any and every such intolerable interpre tation of the Constitution as it is. * * * * In discarding the three amendments from the issues of 1872, the Democratic party surrenders not one single syllable of its past authentic utterance of the rights of States. Northern Democrats deny, as they have always denied, that secession is such a right; and Southern Democrats accept the situation that war lias ended debate. But every other State right defined or reserved in the Federal Constitution, asserted in Demo cratic platforms, affirmed by the Sup reme Court of these United States—to these and all of them they cling, accept ing no revolution which would melt them indistinguishably inGrant’s imperial brazier. Thus the Democratic party could not and would not discard from the issues of 1872 the three amendments if they justified those usurpations which Grant and lii§ party have cut the ties and laid rails for in the Ku-Klux act—usurpation of the State Rights of police, usurpation of the State right to have the suspension of the habeas corpus writ kept within the legislative discretion, and not delegated to a candidate for re-election to the Pres idency. Usurpation of the State right to make and administer all criminal and property laws would be as well justified— for the gate is left wide open—if the XTVth Amendment could justify the ac tual usurpations of the Ku-Klux act. But it justifies neither these nor those—not one of them. Now here we have the great leader of the new departure saying, as plain as words can make its meaning, that tlie Democratic party would cease to be Democratic if it submitted to the amendments as construed by the Radicals. This whittles down to a very small point indeed the issue be tween the new departure and the old Democratic position. One side pro poses to accept the amendments and construe them out of sight, seeming very confident, that it can be done; the other believing that the amend ments were made and the courts packed to insure the Radical con struction of them, proposes to eradi cate the amendments themselves, and with them every pretext for the fatal powers which the Radicals intend to assume and have assumed under them. The World makes a long argument to prove that the Radical construc tion of the XVth Amendment is un tenable ; but the World is neither the legislative, the executive,-nor the ju dicial department^ of our Govern ment. Unfortunately the Supreme Court has recently been packed for corrupt decisions Avhere only sordid theft was the motive. How can we trust to weigh the glittering prize of empire against the liberties of our people ? - If the Democrats were in power we have no fear that they wonld construe the amendments dangerously as the Radicals do. If we could have any assurance that power would never again pass into the hands of consolidationists we should have no cause to fear the amendments.. But, until we can have some such assurance, it is vaiji to expect that the Demscratic heart will be reconciled to the permanence of such startling innovations in the original scheme of our Government —such mighty changes in the distri bution of power as must unsettle the equilibrium of our system. Usurpa tion, it is true, waits for no constitu tional warrant; but we have seen that in this country it cannot perpet uate itself, without at least a consti tutional pretext. Those who refuse to accept the amendments as sacred, and never to be repealed, merely ask the people to destroy such a danger ous-pretext for the march of consoli dation. Those who accept them and promise to ward off the danger by a Democratic construction, propose to make the danger perpetual, while the remedy they offer must fail with the first reverse of the party. This statement we believe fairly covers the ground of difference be tween the new departure and the old Democratic position. There is noth ing in it to cause estrangement among honest Democrats. The great end in view is the same on both sides, and the only difference is as to the best way way of securing it. The bitterest en emy of the amendments does not wish to disturb the XHIth. He objects to the XVth because suffrage should be left to the States entirely and not be cause he would disfranchise the negro by its repeal; for they would still be voters under the Constitution of nearly every Southern State. His objections to the XIVth are precisely those innovations which the new de parture pledges itself to construe away. We said, and we sincerely believe, that there is no cause here for es trangement between honest Demo crats who take different views as to the policy of the campaign we are to conduct together against the com mon enemy. But there is. another class of new departure Democrats who stand in a very different relation to us. They have gone into the move ment because they are indoctrina ted with Radical principles, and are only restrained from joining the Radical party by the most sordid con siderations of selfish policy. It is easy to distinguish this class of Democratic papers from such as the World.— There are but three or four of them, and they may -be known by the trucu lent and shameless malignity with which they unceasingly assail Die Democratic party under the presence of attacking the “Bourbons.” It is from them that the North gets the Ku Klux alarms, its belief that the “Bourbons” want a new war to dis franchise the negro and reduce him again to slavery. It is from them that the North gets its opinion of Democratic government in Kentucky, as an organized system of lawless ness, conniption and cruelty. It is from them, in short, that the Radical stumpers draw most of their campaign material. It is not at all strange that they are known and shunned as political lepers. That there is no movement to kick them out of the party, and out of their dis guise as Democrats, results from the fact that their feeble sensationalism is not at all dangerous, and everybody knows that they will take themselves out of the party at the first favorable ity.—L\ the effect of which is unknown.-— Nothinghas been seen of the negro since. His wife came to town on Tuesday and had Mr. Grant and his son arrested on the charge of murder. They were released upon giving bond for their appearance at the next Su perior Court. From the Telegraph and Messenger, 8th. One of the most novel and hand some improvements to be made at the Central City Park for the conve nience of visitors during the Fair, will be the terracing of the bank of the river for one or two hundred yards along the grove, so as to seat safely and conveniently a crowd of five or six thousand persons within ten or fifteen steps of the water’s edge, while the boat racing is going on. The bank at this point has naturally the righfelevation and inclination for making a flight of eight or ten steps, with a rise of one foot each, and it will cost comparatively but a small amount of money to complete the work. While at the Park yesterday morning we noticed that the race track was being graded and widened, and we were informed that it would be made one of the finest tracks in the United States before the work up on it would stop. The grounds now present a busy and stirring scene, as in every portion of them squads of laborers are busy with the pick, shov el, saw and ax, in grading, fencing, trimming and clearing up. TELEGRAPH NEWS (it*. Hancock for the 1*residency. At a late meeting several friends of Gen. Hancock agreed to contribute one thousand dollars each, incase of his nom ination, and to raise the sum to one hun dred thousand dollars if need be. Sprigs of Boy ally Coming. Information has been received that the Marquis of Lome and the Princess Louise will visit this country some time in the fall, and after visiting the principal cities of the Union will come to Washington— arriving here about the time of the visit of the Russian Prince, Alexis. “ Macon Comes to Atlanta Again I ” opportunity.—Louisville Ledger. GEORGIA NEWS. Special Dispatches to tie Si. By Atlanta and Nashville News Agency. From the Athens Banner, 7th. The wheat and oat crops are liar vested and have proved light. Corn is looking very well, and the prospect of the cotton crops is good. The area of cotton planted north of Ath ens is somewhat larger than usual. From the Madison Appeal, 8th. On Saturday last Abram Dukes, colored, the mis-Representative of Morgan county in the coming Legis lature, was arrested in onr city upon a bench warrant, signed by Judge Philip B. Robinson, charged with the offense of carrying concealed wea pons. From the Columbus Sun, 8th. Thursday at 6 p. m., a thunder storm passed over Seale Station, Ala. The lightning struck Mr. A. Zar- kowski’s stable and did some damage to the building, A son of Mr. Ben jamin Henry, of the place, about ten years of age, was instantly killed. A white man and two negroes were se verely shocked. From the Elberton Gazette, 5th. Within the past few days this coun- has been visited with splendid owers o'f rain, which could not have come at a better time. Cotton was not suffering, hut upland com and gardens were badly in need of it. If it should continue seasonable for a short time the com crop in this coun ty promises to be the largest since the Avar. Cotton is not generally as for ward as it was last year, but where it has been well cultivated looks very promising. From the Augusta Constitutionalist, 7th. We are informed by Col. S. K. Johnson, the able and energetic Su perintendent of the Georgia Railroad, that one hundred and twenty hales of cotton were shipped from Nashville on last Thursday night to New York, by way of the Charleston line, A\ : hich includes the Western and At lantic and the Georgia Railroads. This is the first instance of the kind that has occurred since the war, all freights for New York having been heretofore sent by the opposite route. The management of the Georgia Rail road is equal to that of any other road in the United States, as its prosperity and increasing business will attest, and is using every means in its power to increase the freights and enhance the interests of the road. From the Cuthbert Appeal, 7th. About one o’clock on the night of the 3d inst., a daughter of Mr. Grant, living in this county, was aroused from her slumbers by the forcible en trance of a negro man into her room. Upon gyving the alarm the negro made his escape. The young lady’s father and brother came quickly to the rescue, and were told the direc tion taken by the negro, and also t” at he was in a state of nudity. These gentlemen proceeded to the cabin of a negro man employed on the farm, and sure enough found him in the act of dressing. They carried him out into the woods to give him another kind of “dressing, but he made his escape, followed by a few pistol balls, FOREIGN NEWS. Jl General Election to be Held. Pabis, July 10.—The Official Journal announces the elections for Councils General, to be held on the 28th August. 4lbundant Material for the Guillotine. The courts martial will begin on the 15th inst. Fifteen thousand Communist prisoners at Versailles have been re leased by order of the government, but sixteen thousand are still held at Paris. Thiers and the Hope. Thiers has written a letter to the Pope, inviting him to take a residence in France, and makes an humble apology for the inability of France to interfere in behalf of his temporal power in the Ro man States, but declares his earnest con viction that Italian unity is impossible. Versailles, July 10. Lateb.—A split has occurred' in the ranks of the legitimist deputies in the Assembly, and a majority will, it is be lieved, support the measures proposed by moderate Republicans. A meeting of the conservative peers was held in this city to-day, at which it was resolved to use all possible efforts for the rejection of the bill for the organization of the army. It is expected that the city will appeal for support to the city of Paris. . EATER FROM WASHINGTON. The Mto-Hlux Committee—Georgia Radicals Testifying. Washington, July 10. The Ku-Klux Committee heard to-day two. Georgia Radicals—the Prosecuting Attorney and the U. S. Postmaster at Rome, Ga., who knew but little person ally, but reported what they had heard from negroes. Their testimony is local and unimportant. The Committee talk of adjourning in a week or ten days. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE SDK.) NeW Yoek, July 10.—Cotton quiet to-day; mid dling uplands 21%; Orleans 21 %. Flour unchanged; wheat firmer; corn a shade higher. Stocks strong but dull.. Governments dull and heavy. Money easy at 3. . Gold weak at 12%. Livebpool, July 10.—Noon.—Cotton opened strong; uplands 9%@9%; Orleans 9%; sales 15,000 bales. Later quotations pnt cotton strong and sales of 18,000 Cincinnati, July 10.—Cotton in this market is dull and drooping; low middlings 20; middlings 20%. ~ •* AVhisky quiet at 91. Flour steady and fair demand; superfine $5.50; extra $6,25, family $6.50. Corn firm and good de mand at 58. Bacon doll and lower; shoulders 8%; dear rib sides 8%; dear sides 9; hams good de mand, at 16 for sugar-cured; bulk meats dull and neglected; shoulders 6; clear rib 7%; clear sides 8%. Lard steady and in good demand at 10%. Cincinnati, July 10.—p. m.— Floub quiet; Family quoted at $6.50@6.70. . Coen—There has been a light demand for corn, the market dosing at 57c. Oats—64 to 65c. Peovisions quiet. Mess Pork dull, and held at $15, without demand. Bacon—Shoulders 8c. to8%; sides 9c.; sugar-cur ed hams 15%c. to 16. Labd dull at 10%. St. Louis, July 10.—Flour in fair demand, at un changed prices. Coen—Firm—mixed in elevators 54c. Oats—Firm. In sacks at Cl@62c. Whisky—Quiet at 92c. Pobk—Mess quiet at $15 50@1G. Bacon—Unchanged at 7%@9%c. Savannah, July 10.—Market quiet at 20%c for middlings. Augusta, July 10.—Market dull, Liverpool mid dlings quoted at 19%c. DOMESTIC NEWS. SpanlBli Trade inverted. - Savannah, July 10. The Spanish trade which-as heretofore been confined almost exclusively to Charleston, has been. transferred to this city. During the past year there was an entry into this port of 42 Spanish ves sels, including two steamers, 26 barks and four brigs, exporting 31,162 bales of cotton and a large amount of luqJrer, staves and rosin. Great Storm—Terrible Disaster to a Sunday School dissembled in Church—Buildings and Bridges Destroyed, and kites Host. Dayton, Ohio, July 10. During a furious storm of wind and rain on Sunday afternoon, St. John’s Lutheran Church (German) on 3d Street, was holding Sunday School service in the basement. The Superintendent of the Snnday School had gone on the second floor to secure the windows, at the be- ginninfi of the storm, and had come down into the apartment, where he found the frightened children escaping through the doors leading to 3d Street. There is an attendance usually, of 300 children though they are not all there; In the panic, they had crowded against the door and were standing in the mid dle aisle. Ass’t._Supt. Christian Thomas was nobly at liis post, endeavoring to rescue the little ones. The storm now lifted up the roofing, and its falling through upon the second floor brought down an immense weight, principally on that’ part of the church between the altar and centre, and bring ing down with crushing force upon this floor bricks and mortar. Under this fearful wreck were Thomas, assistant superintendent, and twenty-others, badly hurt. The tornado thoroughly destroyed the Washington street bridge over the Miami, killing two boys and dangerously wound ing another. _ It unroofed the Southern Ohio Luna tic Asylum, seriously wounding two con valescent female patients; unroofed St. Marys Catholic Church and school house, and one “United Brethren” Church, and demolished the Little Miami Railroad depot, and unroofed or otherwise dam aged 50 houses. WASHINGTON NEWS. Grant’s Movements. Washington, July 10.—Dispatches re ceived here show that the President will not visit Washington until after his re turn from Ohio. J Scene Before the KuSLlux Committee. The Ku-Klux Committee’s first intro duction into Spartanburg, S. C., was rather novel. The first morning of their visit there they visited a court house where a JIu-Klux trial was progressing, and a witness was on the stand, who was .asked to testify who stuck a knife into a certain man that had been killed by the Ku-Klux. The witness pointed to a man in the audience and calling him by name. The man drew a bowie knife, called the witness a liar and rushed at him. Friends of both parties interfered and the military had to be called*out, before the business of the court could proceed. FINDLAY’S IRON WORKS, OOMMBROIAIi Cotton—18%@19% cents. Gold, buying $1 10 “ selling t 1 12 Silvee, buying 4 “ selling 8 Head of Third St., Sign of “The Hew Flag.” M ACON, GEORGIA. THE LARGEST IN THE SOUTH! Skilled Labor and Modern Machinery. All Worls. Warranted. Northern Prices for Machinery Duplicated. STEJiJII EJV'GIJV'ES OF JUT1T JSXVD jijtd size. Findlay’s Improved Circular Sato Jtlill,, Jllerchant Jtlill Gearing. most approved kinds: Sugar Jflills and Syrup Kettles; Iron Fronts, Window Sills and JLintels ; Castings of Iron and Dross of Every Description* and JHachine- ry of all kinds TO ORDER. IRON RAILING, Of Elegant Designs, and at Prices tbat Defy Competition. j3lS*No Chargo for New Patterns in Furnishing Outfit of Machinery for Saw or Merchant Mills. Jstf REPAIRING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES ! Competent Workmen furnished upon application to overhaul Engines, Saw Mills, etc., in any section of the country. FINDLAY’S SAW-DUST GRATE BAR SHOULD BE USED BY EVERY SAW-MILL PROPRIETOR. Millstones, Belting, Circular Saws, Steam Fittings, Babbit Metal, etc., etc. FURNISHED TO ORDER. TERMS, CASH OR APPROVED PAPER. R- FINDLAY’S SONS, Macon, Ga. THE GREATj ECLIPSE SCREW COTTON PRESS! Exchange on New York, buying at par. at % premium. Selling ATLANTA WHOLESALE PRICES [CAREFULLY CORRECTED DAILY.] 49-In ordering Goods, it should lie re membered that these are WHOLE SALE PRICES. Small orders charged higher rates. Baogino 27® 28 Bengal Kentucky 27%@ © 30 26 Double Anchor . 26® 28 Patched Cloth.... © 25 Double Phoenix _ 26® 28 Excelsior 26® 28 Iron Ties 6%@ 6% Bacon, Shoulders.... 8% Clear ft Clear ribbed..... .lb Canvassed Hams...........lb Plain Hams lb Bulk Meat, Clear Bib sides lb Clear sides ....lb Shoulder Hj Buttes, Goshen lb Bean— ...................... cwt Candles— lb Cbaokebs lb OANDY ft Coffee— Rio ...... ft Java, common to good lb Dby Goods— Prints, fancy yd %Brown Shirtings yd % Brown Sheetings yd 4-4 do do yd Yams, Ass’t Nos yd Fish, Mackerel, No. 1... .halfbbl do No. 1 kits do No. 2....half bbl do No. 2 -...kits do No. 3, large %bbl Herrings, No. 1 box Herringi, scaled, box Floue— ,bbl Gbain— New Com,..............bush ^ Oats (few in market)....bush Timothy.................ton Labd, leaf ft Lageb Sees bbl LiQuoss-r-Not quoted. Molasses— Hhds gal Cuba (Bbls.).............. gal Common gal Golden Syrup; gal N. O. Syrup gal Meal, fine,•••••....•.••....bush Nails keg Oils— Sperm... ....gal Whale .* gal Lard gal 10% 10% 16%@16% 14@15 9% 7% 13® 7® 18® 17® 25® 40 125 16 14 22 19 30 6%@ 10% 8%@ 10% 12% 135 © 8 75 @ 2 25 @ 700 @ 176 @ 600 @ 60 @ 65 6 75® 10 00 1 02®05. 80® 33 00® 35 00 12%@13 8 50® 62%® 65 @ @ 5 25® 31 35 35 80 72 1 05 6 00 2 75@ 3 50 1 25® 1 75 1 25® 1 75 Personal. Our friend Atkinson, of the Athens, Ga., Banner, is in the city, as well as could be expected of an editor. We are glad to learn that, the Banner is in a healthy, prosperous condition. It is an old Democratic ensign, which has been borne aloft in many a hotly-contested conflict in days gone by. May it long wave, and always be found in the front rank of the grand army of Liberty, in their charge upon the enemies of free gov ernment, always battling for right against wrong and oppression, and always be on the spot where Truth is crowned with vic tory at the defeat of the cohorts of error and despotism. Claims on the Government. A large nnmber of onr citizens have just demands against the U. S. Govern ment, for the successful prosecution of which the services of an attorney is nec essary. To such we suggest the advan tage of consulting the card of Col. D. P. Hill in this morning’s paper. Col. H. is a good lawyer, and will attend faithfully to business confided to him. -:o:- g © 1 © © r* >3 © rs 3 © g 2 a 2 « ® S' 3 d S — — W oo OS a. .= 0G ss 1= w w Et- ^T H 3 2. 5* B .43 5 fi g. « © S w 5* 0 w 0 m © 0 npHEY are safe. The furnace is surrounded by water, except at the door. JL urot« _ . .. . „„ The water bottom is a perfect protection from fire. They are safer than a stove, and FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES MAKE NO EXTRA CHARGE where these engines are used. , . _ „ vn There is POSITIVE PROTECTION AGAINST EXPLOSION. It is a natural "spark arrester, as SPABK CAN ESCAPF NO MATTER WHAT FUEL IS USED—an important consideration in cotto n gin- nlngand similar woi_. Awarded t'rat premiums by American-In. .itutt - 59-iO. Send forD<.scrp Circular and Price List. 4i5“Kimbaii’s B. & A. R. R. money received for old claims or new orders. Patented Feb’y 27, 1871, by Findlay & Craig. An ANTI-FRICTION SCREW—A MECHANICAL WONDER. This wonderful Mechanical achievement in point of RAPIDITY and LIGHTNESS of DRAUGHT, STANDS WITHOUT. A RIVAL, and is destined at an early day to supersede ALL OTHER Cotton Screws, be they fabricated of Wrought or Cast Iron. Colapabc bee, Ga., December 21,1870. B; FINDLAY’S SONS, Findlay’s Iron Works, Macon, Ga.; Drab Sras—Lato this fall I purchased from you one of your Findlay & Craig Eclipse Patent Screw Cot ton Presses, and, after a full and fair trial, do not hesitate to pronounce it the most rapid, of lightest draught, most powerful—in fact, the best (without an exception) Cotton Press I ever saw. Between this and Ml other Iron Screw Presses I have ever seen or used, there is just simply no comparison. Every planter should use your Press. JOHN L. GILBERT. p. s.—You may consider my order in for two more of the above Presses for next season, and may look for many orders from this section! my neighbors are determined to have them, as they can pack by hand twice as fa-»t as any of the other Iron Screw Presses can by horse power. J. L. G. Since last fall, and before accepting Patent, we added improvements and labor-saving conveniences— rendering it PERFECT in every particular. The Bcrew or pin, has a pitch, or fall, of 6% inches ; that is, at every tnm of the scrw, follower block descends (or ascends, as the case may be) 6% inches. The de* vice of the tube or nut in which the screw works, is such as to materially reduce the friction, so great in the common screw ; thereby rendering it an easy task for three hands to pack a bale of cotton in HALF THE TIME OF ANY OTHER Iron Screw Press by horse-power. [See J. L. Gilbert’s certificate.) When desira ble, an ordinary mule can be substituted for three men without change of fixtures. STRENGTH, DURA BILITY, RAPIDITY, LIGHT DRAUGHT, and STANDING ROOM attop of box, etc., etc., in short, we pro nounce it the BEST Screw Press IN THE WORLD, and respectfully invite a public test with any and all other Screw Presses. To purchasers we GUARANTEE SATISFACTION or REFUND PRICE MONEY. SEND FOR PRICE LIST, ETC. R. FINDLAY’S SONS, Macon, Ga. CRAIGS PATENT HORSE POWER, ✓ FOR DRIVING COTTON GINS. 43-Simplest, Strongest and Best ever yet invented. Requires no Wood Work. Sets upon the ground, and can be pnt up WITHOUT the aid of a Mechanic.«$8r Satisfation Guaranteed or Money Refunded. SEND FOR ILLUSTBATED CIRCULAR. R. FINDLAY’S SONS, Macon, Ga. :o: 1 The New- Portable Steam Engine For Driving Cotton Gins, Printing Presses, and for any purpose requiring from one to ten horse Power. jnne28* R. FINDLAY’S SONS, FINDLAY IRON WORKS, MACON, ftAi