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Newspaper Page TextTHE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN. o. rfHE DAILY SUN. JIoKDATT Morning August 21. gflilratwaf Popnl -v Approval. ■qjQ this morning lay before our readers fl few extracts from correspondence re- c;ived l»y « s on Saturday—all on that jtv, which is only a sample of wlmt fre quently occurs; for we could make up a similar chapter almost any day. The following is from one of the most prominent men iu Georgia, whose name is known to almost t very farmer in the United States; whose maxims and coun gels are everywhere treasured and quoted ns authority. He is not a politician, and never held or songht any office, but is tnilva great uiau, whose fame is equalled |-j hut few iu any of the walks of life: , County, Ga., 1 Aug. 17, 1871. \ Messrs. Editors: Send mo the Daily gen to the amount of the inclosed draft, i want to read something which has about it the ring of the true metal of 1798-99. I never can be brought to ac cept a wrong. Those who accept wrong principles are worse than the authors of them, for they do so deliberately upon so ber second thought, with full opportunity for reflection upon the nature and conse quences of their action. If we accept and abide l»y all the oppressive measures and villainies of the Radicals, I see no cause to turn them ont of office. If we have no issue to make with them for ivhat they have done, they ought to be let alone. I am for principle and right, even if I am left alone. Respectfully, Rockpokt, Ind., Aug. 14, 1871. J. Henly Smith, Manager Atlanta Sun, Atlanta, tin.: Dear Sir—Inclosed I send P. O. order for The Weekly Sun to be sent to the names in the inclosed list, l>eing twenty-three in alL I have started out to raise a club of fifty subscribers for your valuable paper, and hope soon to swell the list to that number. The Democrats of this county stand square on the old, true and tried princi pies of the party, as expounded by that great statesman, Hon. Alexander H, Stephens. No New Departure for us. Hoping that lie may live long, and that his writings may be read by everybody in the Union, I remain Yours truly. If Capt. Blodgett was in earnest in de siring that man’s case to be tried before our Courts, why did he allow Fry to es cape ? Why did he not have him re-ar rested under another charge the mo ment he gave bail iu the one case, as was done with Mr. Hotchkiss the other day ? There are plenty of cases against Fry which no doubt were known to Capt. Blodgett at the time, and he could have had him arrested on perhaps as many as a dozen distinct charges, each requiring a §2,000 bond. This would have held him. If the object was to put Fry ont of the way, where he could not be brought into Court, either as a criminal, or as a wit ness, then we can understand what was done ; bnt if the intention really’ was to arrest and pnnish a public robber, then we cannot understand Capt. Blodgett’s oondnet. We have no desire to do any one in justice, or make any.unjnstifyable insinu ations, bat the earnings of the State Road daring the administration of Fos ter Blodgett have gone somewhere be sides into the State Treasury, and he ought to be able to tell where that money is, whether he can or not It seems also that most gigantic frauds and forgeries have been peipetrated^by those who were in some way connected with the road,'assisted by outside parties. He ought to have detected those forgeries while they were going on! It is nothing to his credit that they were ferreted out and proof of the fads obtained by others, before he let it be knowriy and there is a certain (mount of \responsibUily for this robbery from which he cannot possibly escape—even if he should be able to prove positively that he knew nothing of it at the time. No reward has been offered for the arrest of Fry. Who is trying to catch him ? Why does not Gov. Bullock offer a ward as large as he has heretofore for some of those imaginary “ Ku-Kluxes ?’ Why is he not at his post ? Is he trying to “shove” those bonds which he charged with having illegally issued ? Who will offer a reward for his.apprehen- sion and safe delivery to duty ? scrutiny has not been exercised; and that one thing was allowed which seems to us should not have been, that Mr. Culber son himself should have refused to enter into. What Does tht« Mean ! On Saturday last a negro man, (who is a hard-looking case), was tried before the District Court on a charge of carrying concealed weapons, and convicted. Judge Lawrence, in passing sentence, remarked that owing to a confidential communication or message of some kind, from the Mayor, he would not inflict the punishment he would otherwise, but would impose only a nominal fine. What does this mean? Was this dirty creature a bungling secret detective in the employ of the city government? We wonld like to know. Clinton, N. C., Aug. 1G, 1871. J. Henly Smith, Atlanta, Ga.; Dear Sir—Send the Weekly Sun to the following six names, for the inclosed order. » * # * * The masterly manner in which Mr. Stephens is discussing the ,l dead issues” (so-called) is meeting with the approba tion of every man here who has the in terests of the country at heart, and who loves liberty for its own sake. May ho continue to wield his powerful l>on iu defence of truth, till the masses shall see where they have been drifting for the List ten years.. Yours &c., We will only add that on Saturday we recicvcd forty-four new subscribers, and that during the past week the number of new subscribers recieved by ns amount ed to two hundred and seventeen. FOSTER BLODGETT. A Cute Trfcfc, Lut it won’t quite Tnlte, yet awhile: SUN-STROKES. ^^..Constantinople has a street railway and Turkey is “ gobbling” over it. B£§=Ohio Radical organs says “ let all collateral questions go and save the par ty.” Things are weakening up there. JCSy^Douglas appears to have gone into the Revenue Bureau hampered by no other instructions than to reverse Pleasanton’s decisions, right or wrong, as fast as pos sible. v £3?“The New York Sun exclaims:“Honor the brave and faithful statesman.” Point him out, and the people will delight in honoring him. That kind of statesmen are scarce outside the Democratic party. An English paper hits it precisely when it speaks'of “Bret Harte, the nom de plume of Mr. Benjamins, late editor of the Overland Monthly.” Those Britishers have a great way of finding out things. The Huntsville Independent says “a man or a woman well-shod, is half dressed.” It is reasonable to suppose then that the other half is a pair of kid gloves. Such a toilet would no doubt prove attractive. GEORGIA NEWS. A correspondent of the Telegraph and Messenger, writing from Dooly county, says: The com crop of ’71 may be said to be made, which, from a multiplicity of causes, falls short in quantity of the crop last year, Still, with proper economy, enough will he made for home use. There was hut very little Western or shipped com used by our farmers this year, and I confidently believe that the increased acreage, devoted to the present crop jof this cereal, will fully make up the deficit in production. i Cotton is not looking so well as it was three weeks ago. The struggle between the weed” and “Gen. Grass” has been severe indeed, and if cotton is the victor, which in several instances is questionable, it is greatly “battle-scarred,” and its ranks have lost greatly—being reduced to not much over half a“ stand, which had previously died out from the cold of the spring. These ^‘wounds and scars” have proven themselves great barriers to the strong, full growth and development, which the stalk would have attained had the spring and early summer months been propitious. Add to this the great falling off in the use of commercial manures, and we have another great reduction from an average yield. The Telegraph and Messenger of the 18th says: A virtuous young lady, an employee at the Macon Cotton Factory, presented herself yesterday at a lawyer’s office to institute suit against a white man who had severely beaten her, in a fit of pas sion, the evening before. She bore upon her neck and shoulders, we are informed, the bruises and blows he had inflicted. If what she stated be true, and we have no reason to doubt it, it will pay the cow ardly wretch to make himself scarce in this community. A correspondent writing from Talbot county says: The crops are comparatively a failure. The excess of rain in the spring, followed by the drouth of mid summer, have left the cotton plant in a very feeble condition, and much of it is diseased. It is a great relief to see a more promising state of things in Talbot Talbot would do pretty well but for the irregular stand. Every where else, whether on new or old lands, valleys or hillsides, great barren spots are visible in the fields. He reports the planters greatly discouraged. POLITICS IN ALABAMA. THE STATE ROAD BOOKS TAKEN FROM FOSTER BLODGETT AND PLACED IN THE HANDS OF THE AUDITING BOARD. The Governor Give* the Order. We understand that all the books and vouchers of any importance belonging to the State Road Office, have*been turned over to the Board of Commissioner ap pointed by the Legislature to investi gate and audit claims against the Road— this, upon the order of the Governor, who gave the same by telegraph from New York or wherever lie may have been at the time ho gave the order. That, highly important “Pass Book” which “ turned up missing” while Mr. McCalla was absent bnt a few moments a few days ago, as was noticed in The Sun is also among the books given up. It seems that Mr. A. L. Hairis had the book. He makes a written statement which is published in some of the city papers, that, lie took it, because he had a right to the book and its use, and needed it to assist iu making up the Report which he and the other Railroad officials sny they ore now preparing, to be laid before the next Legislature; bnt he fails to tell why he took it by the forcible means which it is said he resorted to—that of breaking open lock. We do. not know that this report is true, but have heard it so di rectly that we believe it, and here men tion it. If it is not true, we will cheer fully make the correction when the fact is made known to us. But we understand that the Governor telegraphs—sending a long dispatch at the people’s expense, when he ought to be here to give the order—directing ev erything in the way of books, papers, &c., to be turned over to the Board of Com missioners on State Road claims. This Board consists of Benjamin Con ley, of Angnsta, late the Radical Presi dent of the Senate; Judge Dawson A. Walker, of Dalton, understood to be a very decided Radical, and Maj. George Hillyer, who is the Democratic Senator elect to the next Legislature from this Senatorial District. Mr. A. B. Culberson, an Attorney of this city, was made Sec retary or Clerk of the Board. Mr. Cul berson claims to be a Democrat. We understand the Governor, in his dispatch, stated that he suspected, or was informed, that something was Vrong before he left, and had re quested Capt. Foster Blodgett to investigate the matter and see what he could discover.— Blodgett had Fry arrested, it seems, but allowed him to escape by forfeiting his recognizance in the pitiful sum of $2,000. Editors Atlanta Sun: About a week ago the public were surprised upon hearing that Foster Blodgett had quietly caused the arrest of an inmate of his house, and who was connected with the State Road service as clerk to the purchasing agent, or some such capacity; also another per son in this city, both upon a charge of cheating and swindling the Stale. At the time, knowing Blodgett’s ante cedents, it seemed strange; but the de velopments of the Hotchkiss trial gives quite a plausible reason for what he did. It seems that as long ago as thirty or forty days back, some of the parties en gaged in the nefarious business became alarmed, or “conscience stricken,” and announced their intention to “draw out, by refunding the money they had received, and, if necessary, making a “clean breast of it. This, it seems, would have prominently exposed the said member of Foster Blod gett’s household (Joseph Fry)—an inti mate of himself and his son, Ed. Blod gett, and circumstantially strong suspi cion would have attached to both. It was necessary in some way to “head off this exposure. And more, the action will bear thiscon- struction: Was it not important to them to have Fry sent out of the way, where he could tell no tales? He might have been induced to turn States evidence against some one. Failing to “hush up suppress the inevitable exposure, Blodgett had the parties arrested some days iu advauce; and as soon as a small bond of $2,000 could be signed, Fry took his departure for parts unknown. Can any one for a moment suppose that if the Blodgetts wanted Fiy commit ted or brought to justice, he could have gotten off so easily? If he had thus been robbing the Blodgetts individually, does any one suppose he could have gotten off at all? Why was he not arrested and bound over upon different counts, as was the case with Hotchkiss? With every dis position to be charitable, there is some thing very curious in this matter. Foster Blodgett is known to be good at cute tricks, but until he produces the body of Joseph Fry, I hardly think he can get any credit for proper motives in having that arrest made. The “trick” in the Varney Gaskall case was fixed np tolerably well, bnt this looks very much like a botch. Many think Fry is the last man whom the Blodgetts wonld like to see back in Atlanta. He might be troublesome to them. Detective. J8@““Open the door for the children 1 is the first line of a poem tbs/; is going the rounds of the press. If the writer had ever had any experience with the children, he or she wonld have written about the necessity of shutting the door after the children. There is a lady, Mrs. Frances Carmical, residing in this county, says the Newnan Hei'ald, who is famous for three things: Her age, which is 67; the number of her posterity, which is 230, and lastly, for her vision, which having been lost for eight or ten years has recently so far returned that she can read coarse print. Tnat Auditing Committee. Speaking of the Democratic party and itself, the Courier-Journal says: “We belong to neither the patty nor the poli ticians.” The first is apparent; and it belongs to any politician that will pay for it. For instance Rodman owned $144.00 worth of it, while his “list appointments” was standing in it. During the three months preced ing the Kentucky elections Harlan made 150 speeches. That helps to account for Leslie’s immense vote. The Democrats ought to hire Harlvn to canvass the na tion in the interest of the Republican candidates next year. He, together with his recent ally, the Courier-Journat, could do the Democratic party some good by working on the other s5.de, as they did during the Kentucky canvass. jSgy- As an indication how well drilled the army is for the coming campaign, the New York TForM says : “ A major in the army made two bets in that city recently of $100 each with an ex-officer of the army and a civilian that General Grant would he the next President, or, in sport ing parlance, hacking the General against the field. This, coming from an army officer shows how well drilled and disei- pined is the army for that campaign. But $100, or even $200, worth of confi dence is “no great shakes” especially for an army officer, and such bets are not of that kind that kindles enthusiasm. Let some one begin to make $50,000 or $100, 000 bets and that will begin to look like business. Speaker Blaine made a speech at Saratoga* last week, and the Radical pa pers are expressing astonishment that he did not say a word about Grant in t con nection with the coming campaign. One of the leading New York Radical journals says: “He announced at the outset of his speech that he would discuss all the po litical questions of the hour, but he never once touched upon Grant or Grant’s New Orleans usurpation. He spoke of the successful foreign policy of the Govern ment, bnt not a word of credit did he give Grant. He touched upon the payment of a portion of the national debt, but Mr. Boutwell got the credit. He alluded to the New Departure of the Democracy, bnt omitted to mention the Gatling gun departure from Texas to New Orleans.— In short, he mentioned Grant’s name bnt once, and then he spoke of him as a dis tinguished General.” From all this it is evident that Blaine must have been dis turbed from, the ordinary Radical purpose, by some unaccountable* fit of honesty. The Air-Line Eagle of the 18th says A difficulty occurred a few days ago in the upper part of this county, between a Mr. Harrison and a negro named Hack- ett, in which Harrison was knocked down by the negro with a gnn and dreadfully beat and bruised, and left for dead.— Harrison’s condition is considered criti cal. The negro had not beeD arrested at last accounts. The Hawkinsville Dispatch of the 18th says: It is our painful duty to chronicle the death, on Saturday evening last, of Rev. Mat. M. McCormick, a young gen- leman about twenty-seven years of age, and widely known throughout this sec tion. lie died at his home in this coun ty, of typhoid fever, after an illness of about thirteen days. Rev. Dr. Wilton, of this city, preached at Gainesville yesterday. The Gainesville & Dahlonega Railroad is what the up-county people are talking about. It seems that the work of this commit- lias not been done as carefully as was de sirable. They passed upon and allowed at least one chum which was fraudulent, if not a forgery. We have discouraging reports, says the Hawkinsville Dispatch, of cotton pros pects in Pulaski, Houston, Dooly, Wil cox, and the adjacent counties. Various causes have damaged the crop to such an extent that two-thirds of a crop will be Thev have also allowed their clerk to ? large^ yield. So much wet weather first J , . . . - ^injured the plant, next followed the prosecute claims before them, justasFos- droughfcj and now tbe rust bas made ite ter Blodgett allowed Gaskill to prosecute appearance, though not generally. Fif- /Unimfi against the State Road while he teen thousand bales were shipped from was Blodgett’s clerk. I this p J’ ,c f e , t 1 °- Maco “ and Savannah, last __ , 0 . . .. f r j year, but this year there cannot be more We do not impugn the good faith j than eight or nine thousand bales shipped either of these gentlemen, and shall not ] according to the highest estimate. A few do so until we have evidence sufficient to justify us in doing so, which we hope and believe does not exist; but we call attention to the fact that enough severe farmer acquaintances report their crops in good condition with prospects of a fair yield. A majority, however, make ad verse statements. * The Deyeraux-Joiner Homicide in Dooly County.—Great excitement pre vails in Dooly county over this homicide, and some fears were, on Tuesday, appre hended for the safety- of the sick widow of the deceased, It appears that Mrs. Joiner, quite a cultivated woman, was first married to a man by the nome of Deveraux, by whom she had a son—the slayer of Joiner. Deveraux died and she married Lester, a man of large means, and who left her a considerable estate. John Joiner next married her, and the union proved to be a most unbappy one. He was probably unkind to her, and she became a termegant. Quarrels of the most aggravating character were frequent between them, and she frequently threat ened him with violence from her son. On the morning of the homicide she told him she would make her son kill him, and during the day he repeated this threat to some of his neighbors. That afternoon Deveraux came to the house and proved a difficulty with Joiner, and in the fight killed him. His mother then told him he had committed an awful deed, and ruined them both. He ap pealed to her for money to leave the country, and she gave him five dollars. These facts coming out before the in quest, Mrs. Joiner was arrested, and the citizens gathering in became furious, and for a time she was in great danger of being lynched. Gen. PhiL Cook was employed for the prosecution, and Cols. W. A. Hawkins and T. C. Good for the defense. Gen. Cook succeeded in allaying the excite ment somewhat, and preventing the woman from being carried to jail till ap plication could be made for baiL Judge Clark of that circuit being absent, Judge Strozer of this city was the nearest Judge, and on Wednesday morning Cols. Hawkins and Goode arrived here for that purpose. They succeeded in obtaining an order for bail in the sum of $2,500, and an injunction affainst the relatives of Joiner, restraining them from disturbing the estate, and returned by the 10 a. u. train.—Albany News, 18$. Capt. Nick King, of Savannah, was robbed last Tuesday night, of over $300, and by three o’clock, Wednesday, the thief, a gentle gazelle of radical politics named Bill Grant, was nailed, and $233 of the money recovered. It all came of William’s being so unfortunate as to leave his hat in the house wlfere the robbery was committed. _ From tbe Mobile Register. What Kentucky has Tang tit tile Dem ocratic Party. The Register has maintained) from, the beginning of the “Departure” de bate, that, that dodge was as great a blunder in policy as it was palpable as an abandoment of principle. The theory of the “Departure” was that it was to serve as a bridge to bring over to the democratic cause moderate Republicans who were alarmed at the strides that the Grant and Morton administration were making towards Imperialism, and generally disgusted with the mal-administration of the Radical party. The answer to this pretext for the)“Departure” is, that if it be true that there are such Repub licans as are described (and we doubt not there are thousands) they do not need this bridge to lure them over, because they are already under the strongist motives to come over, that can influence men. And what is it that alarms these citizens? It is the unconcealed purpose of the Radical leaders to distroy constitutional gov ernment and to build upon its ruins one of irresponsible power. And where do they find the strongest evi dence of this*purpose? Precisely in such acts the XIVth and XYtk Amendments, which are the boldest strokes the Radical leaders have yet made to destroy the individuality of the States, to break down State lines and local authority, and concentrate all power at Washington. Then the case is this: The Departurists pro pose to bait their hook to catch alarmed Republican voters, with a promise to accept, or, at least, to forego, opposition to the very meas ures of the Radical party which have so alarmed them. Those men are trying to run away from, and avoid, the very dangers the Departurists shake in their faces as a means to bring them to the Democratic camp, But example and experiment are worth more than theorizing, and we point to Kentucky to prove the prac tical power of a party that fights its battles on principle. In tnis State there was no “Departure” in the con test, and the battle was fought out right and openly, qp the ground of hostility to the Amendments. What was the result ? 1. That Gov. Leslie is elected by the largest vote ever cast by the Dem ocratic party. 2. That although the Democrats in some parts of the State ^were luke warm and well organized,* and20,000 of them did not vote, although the Radicals contended for every inch of ground, aud managed the canvass with consumate skill, notwitstanding the fact that 40,000 negroes went solid||for the Radical ticket—in spite of all this, the Democratic candidates were elected by an increased majority of 15,000 to 20,000 votes. The gener al majority will be nearer 50,000 than 40,000, while since the introduction of tbe negro vote the Democrats did not claim over 32,000 majority. The question arises, where did this in creased vote come from? Unques tionably it came from the class of moderate Republicans for whose cap ture the “Departure” was invented. It came from white men, who, though Republican in politics hereto fore,did not choose to belong to a black party-from Republicans who were ter rifled at the length to which the Radi cal party was being led to destroy the liberties of the people. These foots and figiifes prove two tilings 1 1. That the “Departure” is not needed for the essential and alleged object of its invention. 2. That popular sentiment in Ken tucky, brought out by the election, sIioavs a powerful and rising current running against the Radical party. We copy from the Louisville Ledger an article entitled “The Lesson,” which is conclusive on the subject.— Mobile Register, August 16,1871. on investigation that the only Radi cal votes polled are the negroes, and the Avhites Avho are in some way de pendent upon the Washington Gov ernment or the Radical party for fa vors.—New Brunswick (JSf. J.) Times, 14tli, Aug., ’71. ^ TELEGRAMS GEORGIA. .Vtic Cotton. Augusta, August 18.—Three bales o£ new cotton were received to-day, classing Liverpool and New York middling. One bale sold for 30 and another for 20 cents per pound. LOUISIANA. J'nrtj Frauds—Heaths by hightniug. New Orleans, August 18.—A great deal of fraudulent substitution of jiu*ors has come to light, and will, it is thought, result in many new trials. In the Crimi nal Court, Judge Abel sentenced P. J. Hulsey, a jury broker, to ten days im prisonment and a fine of $50; Henry Jones, for falsely representing Lewis Hardnian, to ten days imprisonment and $100 fine. The Judge regretted that tho law was not more explicit for the punish ment of misdemeanors of this kind; but hoped that if ever before similar attempts had been made by parties to corrupt the jury box, that they would now’ take warn ing of such speculations -by the fate of Jones. • The Alexandria (La.) Democrat of the 16th says that during a storm on Bayou Rapid, on the 7th instant, two strangers who sought shelter under a tree, were struck by lightning and killed. Letters and memorandum books found on their persons led to the belief that they were Canadians, named Book and Shook. No money was found on them. In the mem orandum hook was found written:— “Frank Neal’s book.” The letter was from Kilbourne city, Wisconsin, signed “S. Patie.” In it reference was made to Shook being in ill health. The citizens gave them u decent burial, and did all they could under the circumstances for the unfortunate strangers. KENTUCKY, Louisville, August 18.—The protrac ted drought in some sections is injuring the com and tobacco crops. A little daughter of Thomas Burnett Ewing, aged ten years, living near Ful ton Station, on the Paducah and Grand Gulf Railroad, was choked and outraged with the aid of a knife, and then thrown into a pond. A negro confessed to tho deed, and was about being lynched at last accounts. California! San Francisco, August 18.—The Clo- verdale coach, in Sonora county, was at tacked by five robbers. The coach con tained ten men and four women. In the fight one passenger was killed, one fatal ly hurt and one woman died. ,The rob- * bers escaped without the booty. The Montana took $72,000 worth of California wine for New York. TENNESSEE, POLITICS IN NEW JERSEY* From the New Brunswick Times. Tlie Kentucky Election. Petroleum Y. Nasby will have to re move his headquarters from the “Con- fedrit X Roads, iu the State of Ken tucky,” if the next election shows so great a reduction in the Democratic vote as the one just held. We would suggest New York city as a by far more congenial locality for Nasby, Elijah Pogram, Dea con Gravatt, and their confrere, than the X Roads.—State Gazelle. All but tbe reduction in- Demo cratic votes, Mr. Gazette, and we would advise you, witb so ambitious a title as you possess, to obtaiu in formation for yourself, and not pin your faith to the N. Y. Tribune. There could hardly be a more pre posterous idea than that of Demo cratic losses in Kentucky. It is an insult to the character and intelli gence of the people. What is there in Radicalism that it should appeal to the love of Kentuckians? Rad icalism made that State the dark and bloody ground of the Avar; desolating and robbing it from center to circum ference. Radical spies and carpet baggers since the war have tried to swindle the people out of what little the Avar left them, and Radicalism has pat forty-five thousand ignorant Memphis, August, 18.—Edward Barr, a son of wealthy parents, was shot and instantly killed to-day, by desperadoes, in the southern portion of the ciiy, A. S. Mitchell, special master in Chan- eery, iu the case of T. E. Brown vis. the oity, for paving sir cots with Nicholson pavement, has decided in favor of plain tiff for $500,000. Judge Taing, a leading lawyer of the city, is dead. P-+-4 ENGLAND. London, Aug. 18.—The Bullion of tho Bank of Paris has increased eleven and half millions. The Emperor Napoleon HE has given a grand fete at Chiselhurst, at which tele grams were received from the Czar of Russia, King of Portugal, King of of Holland, thS Prince of Wales and others. *-♦-< The Persian famine is more terrible than reported. Twenty-seven thousand have died in Ispahan. The condition of the province of Mazarderan is still worse. The rice crop is a complete failure. The cattle plague, small-pox, typhus fever, and cholera, prevail. Tliomus Seal, charged with the murder of John A Griffin, in Heard county, Georgia, was last week arrested in Arkan sas. It is stated that half a million of the North Missouri Road, owned by the city, was sold for $65,000 to the present own ers of the road. The Republicans of San Francisce are indignant at the speech of Charles Gor ham, Secretary of the United States Sen ate, Avherein he repudiated the anti-Chi nese and anti-subsidy planks of the Republican platform. Georgia \Vegtern ltailroim survey. The Engineer Corps of the Georgia Western have been hying most of the past week to find a good point at Avhich to cross the Chattahoochee below the mouth of Sweetwater Creek, but have been unable to find a place where it is practicable Avithout too great an expense. The object was to avoid crossing the river first and then the creek afterwards; but it lias been determined to cross the river about a mile above Aderhold’s Fer ry and above the mouth of Sweetwater, and then cross the ereek near its mouth; and the Corps, yesterday and to-day, are engaged in running the line from the point of crossing the river back to this city. They will reach here this evening, we learn, and remain till Monday mom- Why are the ex-officials of the State Road like an old library ? Because they need binding over. The store of Mr. Lovejoy, at Floyd i a few work of an incendiary. Loss $4,000. Partly in sured. IlCtttll. blacks as a set-off to au equal mum-: Springs, was consumed by fir ber of intelligent Avhites. There is a | nights ago, supposed to be the The Chronicle and Sentinel, of Thurs- great deal, truly, in the Republican- day, says the contract for building the ism, • with a Grant as its dictator, Augusta and Hartwell railroad has been to commend itself to a once free ratified by tbe directors, and that work people. _ Y i] \ 2 ° nce commenced—the con- The truth of the matter respecting: “ Ve . ffiTCSjX'wf ven£™hiTiJher tractors, whose names, by the way, are % , - _ ,, „ 1121111 in the loss oi n*s venerable Jatner, not given—binding themselves to com- ; Kentucky election the a. tale Ga- vvb i c j. occurred yesterday in DeRaib plete the entire lme from Angnsta to . te IQUnq. out ere tins—an m- j county. The old gentleman was 79 years Clayton by January 1st, 1874, and to j crease and not a decrease of Demo- j of age, and has been very sick for some finish ten miles within sixty days. Chas. cratic votes. It will be found, too, j time past.