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THE ATIANTA WE <E K L Y SUN THE DAILY SUN Satcbpat Mobntn* .....Setrmbeb 23 ‘ The 9th Resolution of the Penn* sylvfcnia Harrisburg Conven tion! of) the Embodiment of Vhe ®IS'ew Departure.” Discussions are always attended with very little profit on any subject .where the parties to it do not have a .clear add distinct understanding of the meaning of the words, and terms, wsed in the propositions set forth fay each respec tively. All that we have said against the “New Departure,” has been based upon the assumption that its real and true mean ing was clearly expressed in the 9th Res olution of the Pennsylvania Harrisburg Convention. The words of that Resolu tion are: Resolved, That we recognize the binding obliga tion* of all the proviHious of the Constitution of tbe United States, i#lhoy now exist, and we deprecate the discussion of issues which have been settled in the manner and by the authority constitutionally ap pointed. Now, if words have any meaning at all, those in this resolution, according to our understanding of them, do most explicit ly declare that the body of men by whom the Resolution was passed, did recognize the binding obligation of all the prov isions of the Constitution of the United States, as they note exist; that is, they did intend to be understood as recognizing the bind ing obligation of the 14th and 15th Amend ments, so-called, as redid parts of the Con stitution; and they further meant to de clare, not only that these amendments had been incorporated in the organic law “indie manner and by the authority constitutionally appointed,” and therefore, valid, but that all discussion touching them, or their validity, thenceforth, should be deprecated. This, we say, is our un derstanding of the language used. The concoctors of the Resolution, os we un derstand them, intended by it to express a full recognition of these amendments as, not only do facto parts of the Consti tution, to be obeyed as such so long as the Ruling Party should be clothed with Power to execute them;* but as dc jw-e parts of the fundamental law of the Union, never thereafter to be questioned pr inquired into. The object, clearly, was to declare a purpose to accept and receive these amendments, not only as valid, but, in the language of one of ■ the advocates of the Resolution, as a foundation to <t buifd” upon hereafter. There can be, it seems to us, no mistake as to the meaning of the words, or. what was intended by them. r J Now, the great untruth of the declara tion of this Resolution, to-wit: that these amendments have'been carried fin .the manner and by the authority constitutioiicdly appointed,” is what we have denounced, and do denounce, as well as the ruinous polity of tllA ft.ff.AT,ipf. liArAin mai^A. fn nnmmU the Democratic Party of the Union to the validity of the most stupendous frauds in the annals of Republican Government Our neighbor, the Constitution, on the 20th inst, seems to think that we are mistaken in our understanding of the meaning of the Resolution now under consideration; and contends that it means “pretty much” the same thing as our own formulas of expression on the same sub ject; that the object was only to recog nize the “fraudulent amendments” as ‘‘existing fads,” “to be obeyed while the administration of the Government is in the hands of those who are clothed with power to enforcethem;” but was not in tended “to indorse them as finalities-,” and that the intention of the movers and ad vocates of this Resolution was only to declare a purpose “to acquiesce in them as de facto, but not de jure, parts of the organic law'.” To this we reply, that ice do hioic that such was not the intention of the authors of this Resolution, and the “ New De parture” movement. Apart from the clear and unmistakable meaning of the words, ice know; from the discussions in the Convention, and other sources of cor rect and reliable information, that the meaning and intention of the authors of this Resolution, and the whole “New De parture” movement, ore just as we have stated our understanding of them to be. It has no bearing upon this point, to refer to the address of the Executive Committee of the Democratic party of Pennsylvania subsequently put forth. The truth is, this Resolution, which had been carried through a packed Con vention, by means which need not be here stated, was so objectionable to the honest masses of the Democracy through out the State, that it was found to be im possible to rally the Party upon it. It was, therefore, virtually abandoned in the address subsequently issued by the Ex- ecutive Committee: for, in this address, they not only discussed those measures which the authors of this Resolution de precated all future discussion of, but they arraigned the Ruling Dynasty at Washington, just as we do, for the “frauds” and “ brute force” by which these amendments had been carried. If these amendments were carrieil by “fraud,” and “brute foi-ce,” as this address declares, how can any man maintain, that they have any validity, or any “binding obligation” further than that, or beyond that., exacted by the bayonet? The effect of this mischievous “New Departure,” movement in Pennsylvania has been as might have been expected, to weaken, instead of strengthen, the Demo cratic Party in that State, as its effect has been, and will be, every where else. For this reason, as well as for its gross errors in fact, and mischievous objects in doctrine,we have warred against the ‘ ‘New Departure” and shall so ooutmae to war, until there is hone so* low in the Demo cratic Party any where as to do it re verence. r | . to our neighbor of the Constitution, in the meantime, we say, that whenever the aathors, plotters, and contrivers of this movement shall say that they wish to be understood as meaning nothing more, in substance, than what we have repeatedly said on the subjects which gave rise to it, then thettime to which we have refer red will have arrived, and then our oppo sition will cease. Our war is not against the Democracy of the North, or the De mocracy any where, but against the prin ciples and schemes of those whose policy, if pursued, will not only destroy the harmony of the Democracy everywhere, but, if successful, will be as ruinous to the liberties of the country as undis guised Radicalism itself. A. H. S. “The Tidal Ware.” We invite the attention of our readers, to-day, to the letter of Ivanhoe, from New Orleans, in which the subject of the “tidal wave” is disposed of. We had intended, some time ago, to allude to this stupendous newspaper hoax, for the purpose of quieting the apprehension of some of our sea coast friends, who had become more or less disturbed by it, especially as it hod been, asserted that Agassiz had expressed the opinion that such a “tidal wave” might be expected, but other matters of a more practical nature occupied our time, and now we refer all who feel an interest in the subject to what Ivanhoe says upon HA A. H. S. i — .LETTER. FROM IVANHOE. The Tidal Wave-—Negroes in IS ew Orleans—The Dead Fish— The Governor Challenged, and the Charge of Bribery.}&c. New Orleans, Sept, 19, 1871. Editors Sun : i We have abounding rains, but the city as yet remains healthy, without an epidemic,' *1 speak by the card, being in immediate communica tion with the highly respectable medical fraternity of the.cjty. : JJ f t. O r .» -j The “tidal. wave,” the paternity of whose horrors has been attempted to he fastened on the learned Prof. Agassiz, but of which it now seems that he is guiltless, still awakens apprehensions, and spreads alarm among uninformed persons, especially our colored citizens, male and female, who are preparing* it is said, jin ^considerable numbers, to make their exodiis unto higher and safer re gions. A pious Mahometan would say, “The blessings of the Prophet rest upon their departure!”—a wish in which I do not hesitate to say the most orthodox Christians among us could join without doing any violence to their consciences. Their departure—never to return—is to ubuesireu uy an masses here, than their presence. Never was community before—to bor row a significant term from “the higher law”—cursed with such “helps.” Some of the older female domestics, properly trained upon their masters’ plantations, make excellent house-servants, laundress es and cooks; ; but ninety-nine out of a hundred, of the "colored girls that go out to service here are possessed of seven devils—the devils of deceit, lying, theft, laziness, un cleanliness;,'' street-walking and hoodooism. God send the city of New Orleans a safe deliverance from all such trumpery! Political liberty, which; they havb enjoyed for a few years without stint, has borne them, with rapid strides, to the Valley of the Shadow of Death. The “tidal •Rave” is a prolific subject here, and Dr. Burns expected, to illus trate his ingenuity and make money by a lecture on it, at Lyceum Hall, last eve ning, at the rate of a dollar a ticket, but the inclemency of the weather prevented the realization of lus. expectations, which are, therefore, postponed to a brighter eveniug. Meantime, Prof. Forshey, a really learned man, and a favorite iu New Orleans, of long standing, has treated the whole subject scientifically, and so satisfactorily that none of the cotton vendors and cotton buyers on Carondelet street entertain any fears of tbe interruption of fair bargains, on or about the 5th proximo, by reason of the overflow. The Professor has, also, re cently published, in the Times newspa per, a very devious and interesting com munication on the subject of the recent extensive mortality among the fish, on the coast of Texas. Whether produced by sun-stroke or not, (a theory of some “scientists”) he does not decide. You have heal'd, doubtless, 'of the threatenedxluel between Walsh, former ly a Wamioth man, and the Governor himself, The Governor refused the challenge, on the-grounds of official po sition, and. the progress of civilization, and the Christian religion, which now frown on this method of settling personal quarrels. Walsh declares that he offered the.Governor a bribe of .£50,000 to in duce him to sign the Nicholson Pavement Bill, and that the Governor refused, on the ground of the smallness of the bribe, and demanded $75,000 and upwards. The Governor impugns the veracity of Walsh—affirms that he is unassailable by the temptation of. bribes, and that the story was gotten up by Walsh simply to injure his reputation. He does not deny, however, that Walsh offered him a bribe of $50,000 to sign the bill referred to, and, although he says he declined it, lie does not deny fhat he afterwards con tinued to shower upon Walsh all sorts of political favors in the shape of office. People think that both parties are not only not immaculate, but are. no better than they should be. I fear that “we are fallen,” as Milton says, “on evil times and on evil men; that the war has sadly demoralized the whole country, and that we stand, just now, in greater need of other amend ments than those of the Constitution What with old and “new departures from the latter, and new pieces put into it, making the old rent worse, I am afraid we shall, at length, drift to sea without rudder and compass, and be overwhelmed by the tempests. God rescue the brave ship of State from the billows. Ivanhoe. Foster Blodgett. This individual is universally regarded by the people of Georgia as bankrupt in character: mid neither we nor they have the slightest interest in him personalty. We would prefer to fight a skunk, to having any controversy or issue with him personally. But the people of Georgia have been scourged by having the Largest property of the State placed under his control, on account of which it seems that the State has been fleeced of over a half million of dollars. For this reason we, and the people, must take notice of his official conduct, and however unpleasant it has heretofore been, and will be in the fu ture, we shall endeavei* to discharge a public duty in this case without stopping to consider its unpleasantness. And we predict that the “rodin pickle,” which the people now have on hand, will be laid upon him thick and fast enough before he hears the last of this State Road business. The people of this State intend to have answers to such questions as the fol lowing: 1st. How is it, that instead of paying a half million of dollars or more into the Treasury of the State, from the earnings of the Road, the said Foster Blodgett not only paid nothing into the Treasury, but had the unparallelled impudence to ask the Legislature to appropriate a half million of^dollars to put the Road in re pair; and still more, left the Road in debt very nearly, ifjnofc fully, a quarter of a million of dollars, to be paid out of the people’s pockets ? (This last item, we believe, was mentioned by him as a big joke.) 2d. How is it that most of those who were connected with the Road under his administration, appeared at first, to he poor as church mice,' but seem sudden ly to' have become rich, and now - appear to be rolling in wealth, and are impu dently and defiantly flaunting their fine horses, carriages, houses, dressing and money-bags, in the faces of the impov erished taxpayers of Georgia ? These are two of the questions which the peojfie of Georgia intend to have answered. Foster, can you face the music ? The good people of the State feel towards this hateful crew of carpet-bag gers and seallawags, who have grown fat upon their poverty, and now gloat over their achievements, the mostunut terable contempt, personally; but with their-official conduct they intend to have : something to do andity. The people are after them—on the war path;—and we intend to fight it out on that line. Once upon a time, a farmer bad been missing vegetables from his garden, and trying to detect the thief. .Going into the garden one. day, his gardener, in excite ment, “cuxmu- juHu, a _ L pole-cat, which was crouching under a few weeds in the farthest corner of the inclosure, with exultation exclaimed . Massa, dar’s de chap what stole you inguns ! I smell his brejf!” Who Is It ? Onr 'Washington correspondent, “An gus,” makes an important inquiry: What Georgia lawyer—lately in New York— holds a certified Recount against a Rail road in this State for fees to the amount of 8100,000 ? Does hat lawyer reside in Atlanta ? Is the Railroad referred to the Western and Atlantic ? How could any one lawyer possbly render enough services, as an attorrey. or counsellor, to any one road, or an; number of roads, even in a number of years, so as to amount/to the large rnru of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLL AES ? If any lawyer hoHs .such an account, why did he try to selit in New York—if such be the fact ? Aid why is it that Mr Wigfall, alluded to, s placed under obli gations not to disclce the name of the attorney, or the rod against which he holds the claim ? I such a claim exists, and is au honest ont why is it not col lected at the office o' ^he proper railroad company, openly cd without conceal ments ? If there be any luth in the report, it must have arisen fcm some of Bullock’s heavy feeing of foyers in connection with the State Roa, and is a portion of the machine.y by hich the people have been robbed of i' earnings and their substance devonreiby greedy carpet-bog cormorants. We recollect the the Governor gave Rob’t H. Brown, Jq., an Attorney of this city—late of jdiana, we believe— Five Hundred Dolrs to investigate the title t© the proper) on Peachtree street, purchased by tin late Legislature, of John H. James, i' a Governor’s man sion—an expense hat was wholly un necessary. Why <A not the Governor have the Attorney *beral to make the investigation? He\sfully competent to make the investition, and it need not have cost the Sta one cent. If he was not able to do th he is not fit to be Attorney General—High we all know he is competent for s li work; and Mr, Brown was not emplc d to assist CoL Farrow in this work cause the a-ssis tance was] needed. It as for some other purpose—some . othe|end was to be thereby subserved. The Petersburg -ogress says. ‘ Tt,is hard to understand w ; Mr. Stephens is aiming at.” Not at 1 He is aiming at the “New Departs s” and all other Radicals, and from th ray the Progress and other Radical paj 3 are squirming, it is easy enough to njecture that he never misses his aim, Plenty ot Counsel. We have, heretofore, stated that Hon. B. H. Hill, Hon. J. W. H. Underwood and Capt. John Milledge had been em ployed by Gov. Bullock and ex-Superin- tendent Foster Blodgett, so it is stated, as associate counsel with CoL Farrow, the Attorney General, to represent the State in prosecuting those against whom charges of embezzlement or misuse of the State Road funds have been or may be preferred. The Constitution, of yesterday morning, announces that Capt. Geo. N. Lester, of Cobb; Gen. W. B. Wofford, of Bartow; Col. W. H. Dabney, of Gordon, and Col. Wash. Johnson, of Whitfield, have also been retained to assist in these prosecu tions. This is bringing a bountiful supply of legal ability to bear; and if these gentle men all do their best to catch and convict those who have swindled the public and fail, it will not be for want of a sufficient number of lawyers of first-class ability. But what is the use <5£ employing so many eminent lawyers ? Would not one- fourth of these be sufficient ? They are all good lawyers and first class citizens, and no one will find any fault with them, for taking a good fee in this case ; but what is the object—the motive, in employ ing so many of them ? Who is to pay them for their counsel ? Who has a right thus to squander the people’s money uselessly ? Another thought: when some of those who have employed these lawyers to as sist the Attorney General in prosecuting the robbers, are themselves arrested and put on trial, for the same high crimes, how vigorously is it expected that these eminent attorneys will prosecute their present clients? * •-« —— Tliomas G. Simms. The case decided in favor of Mr. Simms in the United States Court, day before yesterday, was a criminal prosecution against him under a charge ol embezzle ment of the public funds. The Govern ment failed to establish any criminality in his conduct as Post Master in this city, and the Jury, when the case was submitted to them, quickly rendered a verdict in his favor. The Government, however, has a civil suit against him to recover the amount of money it claimed as due from Mr. Simms. That suit will eomeupin the United States Court next week. -i± ai tutu The Preparing For It. - ■* ;1 .- ‘signs of the times,” in the col umns of;Dr. Bard’s paper, .indicate that lie is preparing to throw Gov. Hoffman overboard, and taker Judge Chase upon his rickety craft. If this should be done, then we will be anxious to know what it is that Hoffman has done, or tWfcJtte Hardr' should treat him thusly ? The thing'** not done yet, but the drift points in that direction—so it seems to a man up a tree. To Many Lawyers. Gov. Bullock has been in the habit of keeping a large number of lawyers re tained on various pretexts. We suppose this has resulted considerably to the ad vantage of those thus retained or em ployed, and possibly to the advantage of Bullock in some way, but we think we are safe in expressing the opinion that the State eas never been benefited much thereby. ‘ : »-o 4 ——- Passengers and Freights from New York • -for the Fair. Savannah, September 21,1871.* Sam'l A. Echols, Esq.,Secretary, Dear Sir: We are this day in receipt of your circular of the 19th inst. Acting in the interest of the Great Southern Steamship Company, we beg to advise you that this hue of steamships, the Gen, Barnes and the H. Livingston, as well as all other lines plying between New York and Sa vannah, in conjunction with the railroads connecting Savannah with your city, will transport passengers desiring to be pres ent at your Fair, on the 16th October next, from New York to'Atlanta, and re turn, under special aeccursion tickets, for the sum of $35—said return tickets to be good until the first day of December next. In like manner, all goods intend ed for exhibition will be taken at full regular tariff rates outward, and will be returned free—provided, they are re turned by the same line of ships which bring them out. Trusting that these low rates may induce a large attendance and promote an increased interest in the ob ject you represent, we are yours truly, Wilder & Fullarton. . Musquitots. We dislike very much to “bore” our readers with this subject, but it has be come such a momentous question of late that all are more or less interested in it. We do not recollect ever to have known the little pests more numerous and busier than they are at this time. They annoy one before retiring, and after getting into bed it is absolutely horrible. They laugh at bars. What makes the babies so fretful at night?—Musquitoes. What causes one to have the appearance of measles on the forehead in the morning? —Musquitoes. What makes a “milk- and-cider” Christian come nearer losing his religion than anything else?—Mos quitoes. What are the meanest things in the world?—Musquitoes. Thou sleep disturber—in tbe gloom I bsar thee winging through my room With insect glee; That sound peculiar to thy self. Mosquito—caitiff—poisonous elf— Bodes ill to me. Thou goest forth while mortals sleep, At evening’s shade or midnight deep. To break their rest;V I know thy gilt, yet minstrelsy So freely furnished gets from me Slim pra'se at best. Go sing thy song, thy lancet' try Where forms more fair recumbent lie In deep repose ; Go ply thy trade with those whose flesh Is softer, and whose blood more fresh Redundant flows. Why hover round me, why not light ? I’ll compromise—give mo thy bite— Bnt spare the song; Be qutet, insect, with thy bill, Take one long draught, gorge to thy fiU, Then pass along. Thou little vampyre, on thy sting Rest maledictions, vicious things, Forever be, Accursed of man—yea, for thy bite, Shall man, thon winged Ishmaelite, Vent rage on thee. I may not kill thee, but the blast, Of chill No vember binds thee fast; Then go they must Thy winged tribe and thee, shall then Give place, and go from biting men, To bite the dust. SUN STROKES. Butler says his forte was not Fisher. * B©- Brownlow’s health is better. His morals have undergone no improvement Bgte While Connolly insists on being Comptroller of New York, ho refuses to allow (H)all of New York to be controller of him. Bgk- An exchange says: “Theodore Tilton has attempted Mrs. Woodhull’ life.” Pity he didn’t attempt it other wise than with his pen. B@~ General McClellan refuses the Comptroller’s office unless it shall have been evacuated. Although he in a mili tary man, he prefers not to take a posi tion by assault. JSgy* Lowell delegates are prepared to declare for Butler in Convention. This goes to prove the extreme fitness of Lowell for a little wholesome ravaging by the small-pox. The New York Herald asks : “who is Mayor of this city; Hall or Havemeyer?” Hall is the man; but it really seems as if you have mire enough to bury him out of sight. ' <2 Jjj £S/*The Herald asks: “Are we to have lawor anarchy in New York?” A little of the former and a great deal of the latter are what they’ve been having for many years. ;i Greeley was asked what was the best mode of protecting sheep. He at first said, “kill all the dogs;” but having given the matter more serious thought, he concluded that the safest pr^ection would be to get Congress to double the tariff on foreign wool. After a careful summing up of the results in California and Maine, the edi tor of the Courier- Journal was heard sing ing as follows; - f 'vHO.tO “Come, New Departist, iu whose breast No conscience may revolve; Come with no sickly fear oppressed. And make this one resolve: I’ll seek the party, though my sin Has like a mountain rose, And charge them well and get their tin, Whatever may oppose!” WASHINGTON. Letter from Angus. Wltat it Costs to Run a Radical Government—VVliat it Used to Cost to Run a Democratic Gov ernment The Wall Street Brokers Attempt a Corner in Gold.—Tlie Financial Policy of the Government—Who is that G eor&ia Lawyer 1 Special Correspondence of the Atlanta Sun. Washington, D. C., Sept. 15, 1871. The National Democratic Committee, to-day, issued a brief tabular statement of GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES UNDER GRANT compared with Democratic Administra tions. The Lincoln Admistration is omitted in the comparison, because it had the expenses of the war. The cost per capita, exclusive of interest on the public debt, according to the Pierce Adminis tration, was one dollar and ninety-six cents. According to Buchanan’s Admin istration two dollars and nineteen cents, and according to Grant’s four dollars and seventy-six cents. Including the pi-in cipal and interest on the public debt, /the amount per head, in a population of forty millions, is, under Grant, ten dollars and twenty-eight cents. The figures further show that Grant spends per year, one hundred and ninety millions, seven hundred and ninety-six thousand, three.hundred and fifty-five dol lars, exclusive of principal and interest on the public debt, being more than Polk, Yan Buren, Pierce and Buchanan spent in four years. The total amount of: taxes collected for the last fiscal year is placed at FOUR HUNDRED AND ELEVEN MILLIONS, TWO HUNDRED AND EEFTY-ECVE THOUSAND DOLLARS 1 These tables are all compiled from of ficial reports, submitted to and printed by Congress. The latest attempt of certain Wall street Brokers to create a “corner” in gold, has been dreaded for some time, because of the limited quantity of gold on the market, and the small amount to be sold by the government this month. It has been deemed singular that the gold premium has steadily advanced since the consummation of the five per cent, loan negotiation, an event which, as de monstrating the improvement (so-called) of the public credit, should have lowered the premium on gold. The rise, how ever, is thought to be explained by the fact, that while the New York city banks hold $12,000,000 of specie, and the wants for customs duties are at the rate of$17,- 500,000 per month, the Secretary of the Treasury has fixed his sales of coin for September at the unexpectedly low figure of $8,000,000—which indicates a heavy redaction daring the month in the al ready light supply in the market. The proper explanation is, however,that the business men of the country have no faith in the financial policy of thegovpm ment. They look upon Mr. Boutwell# a great financial fraud, (only equals,i k the C. O. D. Governor of Georgia ) 7 For instance, in the matter of the loan in funding the debt at a lower rate of in’ terest, which Mr. Boutwell urged r strenuously upon Congress, he has siv nally failed. Out of the fifteen hundred millions to be funded, only two hundred millions of the five percents have been taken ; if, indeed, it can be said that the amount in the hands of these agents (th syndicates) has really been taken, which a great many people profess to doubt It is believed that THE “SYNDICATES” may yet slip up in their efforts to place a portion of the two hundred millions for it is not believed that tney have made a bona fide purchase of the bonds. The whole “ Syndicate” business is denounced as A GIGANTIC JOB for the benefit of the Treasury ring of bankers and speculators, and, as a conse quence the action of the Secretary in employing these .agents ito dispose of a loan which the Department ought to have'been quite as able to place without additional cost—has destroyed, or seri ously impaired, the confidence of all eminent Bankers in the financial ability of Mr. Boutwell—and the policy of the Administration in backing him up. THE IMMEDIATE CONSEQCENCE of all this is that the speculators seize upon every opportunity to control the market, in the belief that they will be able to put the prices to any extent their greed may dictate. It is to be hoped that every effort will be made to find out the name of THE GEORGIA LAWYER who holds a certified claim, against a cer tain Georgia railroad (supposed to he the State Road) for legal fees, amounting to one hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Wigfall, the gentleman to whom the said lawyer tried to trade the claim, positively refuses to divulge the name, as ha was specially requested to treat the matter confidentially. Angus. GEORGIA NEWS. SAVANNAH. The News of Thursday has the follow ing items: A special dispatch from Prof. Agassiz states that the tidal wave has broke down on the road, and will not be here until some time in November. He wishes us to pacify the people until it comes. It was feared by many that the storms which have prevailed during the past month along our coast and inundated the rice fields, had nearly destroyed the crop. It appeai-s, however, from the receipts by the steamer San Antonio, which arrived here yesierday, that the new crop along the Satilla river, promises a very fair yield. The steamer brought 1,000 bush els. Mr. S. P. Hamilton, of Savannah, and Messrs. Sharp & Floyd of this city, are the only bidders for the contract for furnishing premiums to the Savannah Fair. Look out, Hamilton; Atlanta is after you with a Sharp stick. The Republicxn has this ripple: • The Atlanta papers tell us about Blodgett’s employing counsel to prose- ente the State Road plunderers. We think it high time somebody was em ploying counsel to prosecute Blodgett. ilGOi AUGUSTA. The Merchants and Planters National Bank at Augusta, has $50,000 to loan for a term of six months or longer, at 7 per cent., on good collaterals. The Chronicle and Sentinel, of the 21st, has the following: The soldiers sent to Jefferson have been stationed in Louisville, and not at Bar tow, as at first reported. They are un der command of a Prussian officer, who has made a very favorable impression on the citizens. The commandant seems to think that he will be kept in the counLy for several months. He was sent there very hurriedly, and had not received in structions from headquarters how to act. It is now very positively asserted that the three soldiers who came back with Bug Pierce as a guard last Friday did not belong to the United States Army, bat were discharged men, whom Pierce hired to act as protectors. Avery heavy rain fell here on yesterday morning and continued for several hours. The weather remained threatening all day. MACON. The Telegraph of the 21st has the ap pended items : Mr. John Map, late owner of the cele brated horse Bismark, has returned from New York. He sold his horse to Mr. Smith, the owner of Goldsmith’s Maid, for $17,000. Whilst on the training track he made the time in 2:24. Mr. Marr gave $250 for this horse, and won enough on him to fully pay the purchase money and all expenses—or in other words, he has netted. $17,000 cool cash on his little investment. On Tuesday morning last, a difficulty occurred in the suburbs of this city be tween a Mr. Williams and his son-in-law, Doe. Ivey, which resulted in the shoot ing of the former by the latter. The af fair grew out of the destruction of some of Ivey’s property by Williams, and when Ivey remonstrated, Williams assailed him with an ax. Ivey then ran into his house and getting his gun (a small carbine) shot his assailant, the ball entering the neshy part of the thigh, inflicting a severe but not fatal wound. Ivey is justified by those who witnessed the affair. A Fort Yalley correspondent of the Telegraph writes: We have had rain almost continually for the last four weeks. The cotton can not grow as we have no sunshine. The bolls are rotting by thousands, and if this weather should continue much lon ger the cotton crop will be a failure.— The clouds at this time look heavy and threatening. I think iu ten days ” more fally one-half of the cotton crop will be rotten and consequently totally lost. We "have lost all hopes—don’t expect to save much of this crop. barnesville. The “ tatur” crop is said to be unusu ally fine, commanding from 75cents to ?rl per bushel. The general yield of corn is good in this vicinity. Several gentlemen report 20 bushels per acre gathered.