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We take the liberty of presenting
:o our rentiers to-day an exceedingly
interesting letter from Senator
Arnow, upon a leading question
which is now agitating the public
mind throughout the Northwestern
gn d South Atlantic States—that is
cheap watei transportation between
these sections. The letter was not
written for publication,but it contains
much good sound practical eense
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tain both.
Please excuse haste, as I have
pressed for time while writing.
Truly, J. M. Abnow.
MR. SlhFIIEW OI-1MOV OF GEA.
ORA ST.
Vte are gland to stand corrected, it we
have in a recent editorial aserbed di
rectly or lnferentially to Mr. Stephens, a
bigner admiration ot" Gen. Grant that he
really entertains. It gives ns pleasure
to copy from The Atlanta Sex the com
ments of Mr. Stephens on that editorial.
It is especially pleasant to see in those
comments a disclaimer of being a eulo
gist o? Geu. Grant. At the same time
THE (HIKE JlSTlCK.i.
The reo-nt death of Chief Justice;
Macon, May 17, 1873.
Chase remolds ils oi the fact tuat lam Editors Telegraph and Messenger
high poem *u has been filled bv seven I Two
Fr»m th. TAwccn .nd Meleager. May 17 p ooleS of the St .t«S BO deslri d hereaft. T,
His position as to Grant's iut**rpo*i
’ tion in Louisiana, as i nndtrstand it, is
, . .. questions which Pave vexed the ' eV, ‘ 8 Hud 11,8 ‘
persona. fne “ World’s” H.atement that mindsof the people of this State andj: , r. consequence o
“ we cun count the names of , ur C ..ef the United States for Borne little time “ ’ * nd if T ? M
Justices on tue fingers <.f n single hand,” i past, an I whicl^have caustd much prm - j ^ *" r * ’ ci •* os
i? iuccrrec*, unless the “ World” holds | ers’ ink to be shed,
a l>etler Land than we have any reason j tied ov Sir Oracle,
to believe. But the tact is worth noting Atlanta Sun. It is to be
we deem L due alike to him and
our readers that his \iews should be
generally known. Tne time ‘or their
j,re-eiitation—contemporaneous with
the action of the Convention in this
city—is opportune.
The views of the Convention foi
securing cheap water transportation
lor the grain of the West to the At
lantic coast, seems to have been con-
lined exclusively to these three great
canals, one thiough Georgia, one
through Virginia and one round
Niagara Falls.
We have seen no probable esti
mates of the cost of these combined
works, but we take occasion to repeat
what we have oiten said before, that
in our opinion a snip canal across
the Peninsula of Florida will be
found to be decidedly the cheapest
and most feasible of any of the sug
gested schemes, whether undertaken
by the Government or individual en
terprise.
When the actual cost of the pro
posed Greai Western Canal is known,
those who may be called upon to
“ foot the bills” will find that there
is a vast deal more in Air. Norcross’
‘‘incline planes” suggestion for as
cending the ridges than the Conven
tion seemed to think.
Our object at present, however, is
merely to submit to the public the
letter of Mr. Araow, which will be
found below. A. H. s.
we are compelled to say that we know
upon this highly important; subject J of no 8° a, h«’ro man enteriaining Demo-
‘ i ... :• .1..,. „i:i.„ , | cratic views except Mr. Stepnens who
has stepped forward to r» bake Southern,
men for making assaults upou Gen.
Grant’s persoual character, his ability or
integrity, anil who has asserted that all
such assaults will recoil n[ on those win-
make them.. No other Southern Demo
crat that we know of has stepped for
ward to declare his opinion % in em
phatic terms that Gen. Grant is neither
we k in intellect nor corrupt in money
matters. No other Democrat has
stepped forward to depr; cate the
churgt s against Gen. Grant of nepitism
and gilt tatting as injurious, ami to de
clare tin m iu his opinion as u.terly un
true.
I is because Mr. Stephens has volun
tarily do:>e tliis, and in doing so, umit-r-
takes to reiuike the entire Democratic
prei-a oi the c <untrv, that we have very
mihily c aracterized this conduct a-
champiouiziug Gen. Giant—as exhibit
ing extraordinary admiration and io
mantle enthusiasm for Gen Grant. It
is iu our opinion bot # extraordinary and
romantic for a Southern Democrat to
take any such position. Ic does look
like Oriental Idolatry lor a Southern
ujuu to be so blind to tuo-e defects of
Grant’s character and those blemishes
upon his Presidential career which all
other Southern Democrats, and North
ern ones, too, see so piaiuly. Ii our ex
pressions seem extravagant, it is be
cause Mr. St. pheus’ position is an ex
traordiuary one.
We never designed to intimate that
Air. Stephens concealed before the elec
tion ins opinions of Gen. Grunt. On
the contrary, it was notorious that iu a
published book, as well asm private con
versation, Mr. Stephens expressed ad
miration of him. All we meant to inti
mate was that notwithstanding the
knowledge of this fact, it was hot made
a point, against him, was not discussed
by way of embaras ing the canvass and
exciting opposition to him, out was
magnanimously suppressed.' It was not
discus ed, bei anse sue i a discussion
might have engendered at least a re-
lUetaBCe muone the Democrats to vote
lor Mr. Stephens. It was agreed by com
mon couseht to rais • no issues agains'
him.
This forbearance was entitled to some
cou8irlera ion iu return. It was for this
reason, Mr. Stephens’ stepping to the
rout, to ebanpionize G.-n. Grant, and
to rebuke ms assailants, was criticised
by us. The public must judge whether
the terms of that criticism be ex
travagant or undeserved.
If he hud uttered tins reuuKe before
the Congressional election it would nave
been resented. The voters of the
Eighth Distnct, who directly by then
votes, or by staying from tue polls, con
sented to let Mr. Stephens go to Con
gress, would have resented the rebuke
in a significant manner. Bat on thfs
subject there was a truce by tacit agree
ment.—Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist,
16/7/ Mai/, 1873.
We have but few comments to
that the '-.ghty-od;. years of the Preei- j the public generally,
dent’s ffice have furnished near a score | President Grant iu
of nam- s, those rarely distinguished by , breathe freer:
the head of the Suptetn * G>nrt are ouly
Joh^ Jay, John Rutledge, William Cush
ing, O iv. r El sworth, John Marshall,
Roger B. Taney and Salmon P. Cliase.
True, the “ World” claims
John But ledge and William Cush
in/ wete never Cnief Justices in
fact; but the latter was nominated
and confirmed, if he never took his
sea.; wniie tue former did nreside ovt-r
Gov. Smith and
particular, will j
1st. As to the daty of the dovernor to
pardon Susan Eberhart, the paramour
and accomplice of Spann, the murderer
of his wife in Webster county, and if re-
that port be true, the instigator and prime
actor in that most foul deed. The Gov
ernor, acting under oath, and in view of
his responsibility to tne people, to see
that the laws are duly executed, decided,}
that he could not consistently interpose
»be tuor«-me Cour;—to wLuch us was his prerogative between a violated law
choaeu in the r ecess of Congress
though his nomiuation was not subse-j
quentiy confirmed.—Mobile Register, 20th |
May, 1873.
In this matter we think the New
York World is right. We have not,
in point of fact, (even according to
the Register’s statement) had but
live Chief Justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States. 15u*: is
the Register correct in say ing that
William Cushing was at any time
nominated and confirmed as Chief
Justice, though he never took his
seat? A. H. S.
| and one who had incurred i.s penalty, j
although that person was a woman. “A. |
H. S.” decides that the Governor did !
wrong in not granting the pardon. Bo
tl at qutstion is settltd; the Governor I
did wrong, because “A. H. S.” thinks j
so. Wuatapity (for Bnsac) the people 1
, , . to be nu:i and void, md so did the Dem-
bave now been set- ; party ln 1868.
/' °\ . His ad'i to Louisiana is a good and
iou* 11 a j Statesman-lik.* appeal to the courts. Do
not re<s art to arms; if you /ail of your
r emedv in the courts of yonr country,
then rely upou the ballot-box; but never
abandon the true Jeffersonian faith.
If this is radicalism or endorsing of
Grant's administration, then make the
most of it you can.
We are, at least, of the opinion that
if no other evidence can be adduced to
sustain the charges reie.red to, tuen what
we have seen, the people can well hope
that the “ sage of Liberty Hall” is still
true to the principles of Jefferson Mad
ison and Jackson. J. F. R.
EICLESIASTII AL.
Proceeding* in (he Presbyterian (len
eral Assembly.
, Baltimore, May 20.—The General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
of Georgia did not make “A. H. S.” 1 continued iu session this morumg, and
Govern* r instead of “ J. M. S.”
2nd. As to President Grant d >ing
resolved that the next General Assembly
convene iu the F.rst Presbyterian
right or wrong in sustaining the Kellogg ! Oburch, St. Louis, aud that the sessions
St. Mary’s, Ga., May 0, 1873.
lion. A. 11. Stephens :
Dear Sir : On the morning of the 8th
instant I maih-d you a letter and a map,
pamphlet, aud exiructs from papers on
the subject ot tlie proposed s« a cim-t
water couimuuieatiou between the Mis
sissippi und the Abautic seaports. I
neglected to state that it is proposed
that it be done by tlie government, and
made as iree to tbe comweiee of the
country as the Mississippi itself ; that it
is not to be iu tlie interest of private
purtu-H, Imt for the free use and benefit
of the whole country. It is intended to
make a continuation of the Mississippi,
so that a steamboat can load at Bt. Loirs
and other ports aud Come through to tbe
Atlautie ports.
I am informed that six feet oiggiDg
will answer the purpose,*but that lrom
teu to twelve feet cau be had. So far as
reachiug the Apahcliicola n concerned,
I urn advised by a gentleman who saw
G0oer-.il Joseph E. Johnston a few days
since at Savannah, that the General says
the route could bo made even without a
survey ; that between those points suffi
cient surveys huve already been made,
and tliut ti-e surveys uie on file in the
proper office at Washington, so tlia* an
approximate estimate, could be ms le of
the oust without auy further expense.
At present we have steamboat navigation
lrom this oily t « Savannah. In order to
secure it, just such cuts, and through
about such lauds, weie made. I think
that you will see At once the great prac
ticability of such a route. The demand,
as you are aware, for new end cheap cut
lets for Western produce, is very great,
and if the government spends millions
in keeping eg en aud removing obstruc
tions on uavigable streams, wuv not ex
teud those streams when the commerce
of the country demands it, when it
would do so much towards cementing
th 3 Southern and Western people in com
mercial eut* rprises ? Nature has done
the larger portion of the work, and all
tha it needs is the appliance of art to
finish it aud make the greatest commer
cial revolution in the trade oi this coun
try that it has ever experienced.
Ti.e Chamber of C immerce of Savan
nah, has addressed letters to all of the
principal Civil Engineers in the country
upon the tubjat, and I presume as soou
as they reply th-ir letters will be pub
lished*. Gen. Johnston aud Geu. Gil
mer have privately expressed a similar
opinion.
This route would relieve the West in
a short time, because as soon as tne Ap
alachicola was reached, the Savannah,
A. <fc G. Road and the Florida roaife
could be used to transport produce until
the entire line was opened to the Atlan
tic. Col, Raifordsays: that CoL Screven
told hi n that he could carry grain from
Bainbridge lo Savannah as low as seven
cents per bushel—one cent lower than
Col. R lifurd’s estimate. So, if the gov
ernment would extend navigation from
Mississippi to the Apalaehicol -, it would
t'A nil* K HENRY’S GRANDSON.
The Cincinnati Chronicle in mak
ing the statement th-*.t the grandson
of Patrick Henry had lately died in
the menial capacity of treasury
watchman at Washington city, asks
sneering’.y, “Would it not have shown
in Congress as green a remembrance
of ancestral devotion to the country
to have mellowed his later life with a
pension, as well as that of John
Tyler’s rebel daughter ?”
As a question of justice as to the
claims of Patrick Henry’s grandson
and “John Tyler’s rebel daughter,”
upon the bounties of the uation, we
do not see that the other question as
to which side either .party sympa
thized in the late war has anything
to do with the matter. Now that all
the people of this country are one
people, living under and obeying the
ante government, we do not see the
justice ol making sectional distinc
tions, based upon hatreds of the late
war, in dispensing national charity.
It is just such stuif as the Chroni
cle’s question that keep up the asperi
ties of the late war between the two
sections.
make upon the above editorial of our
distinguished cotemporary of Au
gusta. It seems to us he does not
properly distinguish between admo
nition and rebuke. “ Mr.. Stephens
has never intended to set himself up
as a censor of his Democratic breth
ren of the press, nor has he ever
“stepped forward” iu any spirit of
arrogance to “ rebuke ” them in any
matter whatever. If he has warned
them against making “assaults
which would, in his opinion, effect
nothing but “ a recoil ” on them
selves, it has been done iu the spirit
of kindness, and he has been actuat
ed in doing it, by nothing but his
deep interest and earnest desire for
the ultimate success of that cause
on which the liberties of the country
depend. The liest *»f causes in law
and iu politics are often lost by in
discreet advocates, making them turn
upon side and erroneous issues. Our
cotemporary is certainly in error in
stating in the manner he does, that
“ Mr. Stephens” had not uttered
these words of admonition, which
arc here styled “ Rebuke,” before the
Czar and Kaiser.
The London Spectator thus grimly
describes the meeting of these Imperial
worthi s:
Kaiser William arrived at St. Peters
burg on Sunday afternoon, on a loDg-
promised visit to his failhtulally aud de
voted nephew, Czar Alexander. It is an
occasiou which gives room for a good
deal of thinking. Tbe Czar oenfers
usurpation iu Louisiana by Federal in
terposition, iu opposition to the will of
the people of that unlortuuate Stat.. ‘‘A.
H. S ,” A am told, approves and en
dorses Gen. Grant’s Administration in
its totality, and hence indorses his acts iu
the Louisiana intorogliu. So that ques
tion is settled. Grant is right, Kellogg
is right; bayonet rule is right, and the
people have no voice in the selection of
those who are to bear rule over them.
Long live A. H. S. !” Georgian.
From tame paper, 2!st May, 1873.
lit ply to •• Ut orgian.”
Barnesville, Ga., May 20, 1873.
Editors Telegraph ib Messenger: There
appears an extraordinary article in your
columns of the 17th inst., communicated
by some perplexed individual signed
“ Georgian,” whicu the author, no doubt,
intended as an attack upon the Hon. A1
exander H. Stephens, n >t only one ot
Georgia’s noblest sons and profeundest
statesman, but her truest patriot.
The long political life, the ardent and
unwavering advocacy of true Jefferso
nian Demociacy by Mr. Stephens, now
aud at all times, aie facts so clearly estab
lished by history that it seems strange
any one would attempt to deny them,
without fear of succtssiul contradiction.
And when such nuked and bold asser
tions are made, as we shall presently see,
there need be no eulogy, not even a de
fense at my hands, so lar as Mr. Ste
phens is concerned, when such unfound
ed assaults are made upon him us is found
in the production as it hastily emanated
lrom the vexed mind of your communb
cant, who signs himself “Georgian.”
In all controversies truth should b.
the only object, and for fear of misrep
resentation, I reproduce that portion of
the article referred to, that appears so
extraordinary, which is as follows:
“As to President Grant doing right or
wrong in sustaining the Kellogg usurpa
tion in Louisiana by Federal interposi
tion, in opposition to the will oi the
people of that unfortunate State, 'A. H.
S.,’ I am told, approves and endoises
Gen. Grant’s administration in its totali
ty, and hencej endorses his acts in the
Louisiana embroglio. Bo that question
is settled. Grant is right—Kellogg is
righi—bayonet ru*e is right, and the
people have no voice iu the selection of
those who are to oear rule over them.
Long live A. H. S.’ ”
In this simple arraignment of Air.
Stephens before the people of the coun
try, a giave charge is made, yet it i?
upon hiui the great military order of St
Geoige, and also the Iron Crossof Merit, j founded not upon any utterance of Mr,
with the inscription, “ For Valor,” and Stephens, or any of h.s mends, I hardly
makes him besides a present of a por
trait of himself, a swot d ana an inkstand
of lapis lazuli—at wuich point of the
proceedings it is stated that, the Emperor
was “ moved and overwhelmed”—proba
bly reflecting that one empire remained
iu Europe the wings of whose eagle
needed cl pping with the sword, and
whose disasters might yet be chron
icled in epistles to Empress Augusta,
indited with the aid of that very iux-
stand. Grand Duke Nicholas immedi-
atel presented him with the flag oi the
Kaiuga Regiment, witn wliien it would
nave Deeu characteristic had he removed
the traces of his emotion. Next day
Emperior Alexander took his atipus
guest to visit the mausoleum where the
lead Czars repose—a suggestive atten
tion on the part ol the head of a mon
archy which is said to be only “liudted
by &88ination;” and after dinner a tre
mendous tattoo was beaten by 2,000
drummers—whereupon Kiizer William
went to bed to dream of Badowa, Bedan,
and, perhaps of the still bloodier battle
tuat may some day be fought out on the
road lrom Berlin to St. Petersburg.
Prince Bismarck, of course, accompanied
nis sovereign load, inseparable as Me-
puistopheUs from Faust.
“That is,” says an English journal, “a
story—apparently to iliu&trare the dan
ger of the family differences wh'ch the
concession of women’s suffrage might iu
troduce—of a poor woman in his parish
who had a very bad husband, and whom
the clergymen exhorted to sp?&k softly
, , „ , . . , .to her husband, and so ‘heap coals of
late Congressional election. ” Mr. on ^ia head.’ Being afterwards ask-
Stephens ” had just as distinctly and
emphatically uttered the same senti
ments before as he has since the Con
gressional election. This the record
will show and the results too. But
enough of this lor tiienreseut Time
will prove whether “ Mr. Stephens ” ■
be right in his admonitory warnings
ed by her counsellor how domestic mat
ters 4 were going on, she replied, ‘I thougnt
a good deal about putting fire on my hus
band’s head, bui I tried boiling water.
That woman was clearly not a moderate ;
she had the intuitions of a peiroUmse.
Crop*.
Harris County.—Wheat promising—
greatly relieve the West and beat fit the ' now or not—to this test, and the ar- 1 sraa ® area sjwed. Corn backward
ontinued aero s hitrament of the great future he sub- " "
mits all he savs or writes. A. H. s.
South. If it then be
Florida to the St. Alary’s R ver, it would
require no Jigging to'reach Charleston,
as the route is uow opined as far North
«s that city. Iu continuing the Missis
sippi tot:, e Atlautie there would be at
suppose. But some one has told “Geor
gian” that “A. H. B.” endorses and sup
ports “Grant’s administration in its
totality.” If this is all the evidence that
can be adduced on this point that we
complain of, it is reully unnecessary to
make any defense in his high court of
impeachment; for, however able in ar
gument “Georgia” might be, and how
ever great a searener after truth he may
be, he could nardly persuade an in
telligent court, not even a court that
presided iu a bailiff beat, to enter
up judgment against . ae defendant upon
any such a made out tase. And “Geor
gian” seems to rest >>is case here, and
brings no other evmeuce, only some one
told him so; and he i .is the manhood to
publish this fact to me world! Great
searcher after truth, indeed, to form such
a conclusion in tne lace ol facts and his
torjr; and upon tLis important indict
ment before tbe people, who are inter
ested in their lepresen la lives, closes his
testimony with “I am tola thi-,” and
therefore it is a tact, and the glorious
record of Mr. Stephens’ political life, all
he has written, the great Democratic
principles he has contended should i_ever
be abandoned, the great outrages upon
public libertt and tne rights of jheStntes
to local sell-government that has been
perpetrated by tile r.dieal dynasty,should
never be accepted by the Jeffersonian
Democracy, is all uutruo, according to his
established fact, and “A. H. S.” endorses
and supports Grant’s administration in
toto. How ic the camo of all that is
sacred and true can an intelligent mind
make such assertions without fear of suc
cessful contradiction ?
If the author intended to manifest any
fairness in this assertion, that Mr. Ste
phens approves of General Grant’s ad
ministration in its totality, he has been
most awfully imposed upon by his in
formant He cannot produce a single
expression, one iota of proof, that Mr.
Stephens ever endorsed or approved a
single usurpation or outrage of the Rad
ical party. He makes war upon the infa
mous laws and measuies that have been
enacted by the Radical dynasty—not
*if the churches of Bt. Louis be a com
mittee of arrangements. The unfinished
i-usiLe-s of yesterday, the consideration
ot the rtporc of the special committee
of Benevolence and Finance, was re
sumed. Tue particular feature of the
report which has given rise to such pro
tracted discussion is that it proposes a
radical change in the benevolent and
financial system of the Presbyteriau
Church, iu creating a permanent con-
tro' of the Finance Committee, wno
shall receive all benevolent contribution ,
and pay out or distribute the same to the
several boards, who had heretofore each
levied a-d distributed them according
to tbe direction of donors, or propor
tionally according to the sums deter
mined to be raised by the board. It also
proposes to dispense with all paid Treas
urers of the Board.
Tbe secretaries of the several boards
were requested to give their views to tlie
scheme for a grand central treasury, each
being restricted to ten minutes. Dr.
Kendall and Dr. Dickson, of the board
of Home Missions; Dr. EUeuwood and
Dr. Sawrie, of tha Board of Foreign Mis
sions; Dr. Hall, of the Committee on
Sustentation, and Dr. McClelland, of the
Committee on Freedmen, severally ad
dressed the assembly. A majority of them
were decidedly opposed to the proposed
chang Q . After (ho secretaries had spoken,
the debate became general and continued
till noon, when a recess was taken.
During the session a telegram of frater
nal greeting was received lrom the As
sociation of the United Brethren in ses
sion at Dayton, Ohio, which was received
WTth manifestations of appreciation and
goodwill, and the Moderator was directed
to reply. Dr. Smith, from, the Commit
tee of Arrangement, submitted a state
ment in regard to the proposed excur
sions to Annapolis and Washington.
The Assembly agreed to visit Annapolis
on Monday next, where they will bo re
ceived by Governor White and Mr. Wash
burn, including a call upon the President
on the Wednesday following.
After a recess, the discussion was re
sumed on benevolence and finance, and
finally the report was voted on, seriatim,
and with a few unimportant amendments,
the principal one giving Churches per
mission to contribute through a perma
nent Committee ou Benevolence and
Finance, or directly to the Board,
adopt d.
The suoject of the publication of a
free periodical was referred to a commit
tee.
The matter of the conflicting claims of
the two churches at Jacksonville, Florida,
was disposed of by directing the Board
of Church Electors to appropriate $1,900
to reimburse the church at Jacksonville,
and allowing an appeal to the Northern
churches for $5,000.
Tne session then adjourned nntil 8
p. u.
In the evening session a resolution, that
baptism as administered in the Catholic
and all other evangelical churches is not
baptism, was tabled
A a.*** ia’ from New Orleans says War-
moth has commenced a suit against tha
Times for damages of $25,000 for offensiva
articles which asserts his corrupt official
action on the Mississippi and Mexican
Gulf ship canal.
The Republican editorially anuouncea
Dnrell’s intention to resign, and snggesta
that Dutell has earned a foreign mis
sion.
Four hundred and twenty-eight bodies
has been recovered from the wrecked At
lantic. Oue hundred aud eighteen pas
sengers yet missing, including nearly
one dozeu cabin.
New Yoke, May 24.—Specie shipments
I $200,000.
The Free Masons have decided to re
ceive th*- remains of tbe Russian Miuis-
j trr Orr nt on its arrival
The Carpenter’s Bociity have notified
all tne members workiug ov.w eight
! Lours to quit work on Monday week at
I 5:30.
Tr.ou has a heariug ou W- u .-day on
his own application, Ai d tuu endorsers
of Team’s sat itv.
F>>ity thousand emigrau's arrived at
Castle Garden this week. Over 8,000 OH
Monday—the largtsta ivai ever kuowD.
Newuasil
ceived tweu
ceny.
FHOM NEvVo \STLE.
Mi v 21.—Tw
each ti
whitts ro
day foi Iit-
FROM LONDON.
London, May 21 — I her - is a half holi
day here to-day iu houor of tne Queen’s
fifty-fourth birthday. Bj lutes, ringing
of bells and review of troops take place
to-day and illuminations to-night.
FROM IOWA.
Wa8Hin(,ton, May 24,—The loss of life
and property from the tornado is greater
than at first reported. Six additional
dead have been discovered in Lancaster.
One house only is left standing,
FROM PRAIRIE CITY. 1
Prairie City, May 24.—A'fearful tor
nado passed one mile aud half uorth of
here, which prostrated houses, telegraph
poles, fences, aud killing and wounding
a number of persons. The wind moved
heavy scores from the top of their cellar
walls.
FROM CAIRO.
Cairo, May 24.—Geo. Welden attempt
ed to arrest AlevauGer Tuotupsou, a ne
gro, who r“sisted aud struck Welden, the
officer, in the throat with a knife.
Welden killed the uegro aud then him
self fell dead.
sma(l amount planted—growing finely
since the late rains. Oat crop good and _
large crop growing. Cotton looking upon Grant’s personal character—“meas-
We are overtrading at a fearful rite.
The monthly report of the Bureau of
, Scati8t.cs at Washington, shows that for
least six ports whose bars are sufficiently .|j e year ending December 1872, the im-
badJy, abd from present appearances a urea not men.” When the Constitution
full croy is out of the question. Ftuit wifi , has been violated by the enactment of an
deep to enable them to ie ship to foretgu
ports. Tuoy do a heavy lumber bustuess
here, and ve?se a go over our b..r that,
draw as much as eighto n feet of water.
They generally go to ’ cm 3 foreign ports.
Bath Brunswick and Savannah have still
deeper bars, so that if the route is opeu a
the importing and export'ng for the
West, to a large extent, cau be Jour
from Geo”g ; i ports. I should ■« j nf t ’
see that lay, aud I am perfectly sati fi- <
tnat if you'fiud i\in your line of Ju y : •
alvocate it, the nex Cougrcss wnl make
the appropriation to put it iu in 2.0 t.
If ?Lj Gr-at Wcatern a id *li s rue
oorts exceeded the domestic and lorejgn
exports to the amount of 874.271,775.
Lh u excess for the year ending ISM, of
imports over exports, was $52,976,962.
tint:, appears that iu the last two years
we h ive bought front E tropeau mer-
o iants ami mittiif.e’urrrs $12 ,248,(3.
iu ire than we had the wher w;.U to
my. Tois excess male up iu our
mils, which draw a heavy interest
■» ill we go on ti. i ig reea-e—iy.
be abundant.—Hamilton Visitor, 23rd.
Jacks cx C< untt.—Co.ton geftiog up
*nd good stand reported. Corn looks
well. Very littli* wheat—rapidly ap
proaching maturity—straw will be low
ind heals snort. CUts bid fau to yield
well. — Gainesville L i/le. 23rd
B rnesvillc G.-zette: From the coun
ties of Monroe, Upson 'and Jrawfuid
we hear good reports as to crop prospects
infamous law, attack it, and never aban
don the fight, n ver accept the situation
until you erase from that sacred instru-1
ment the law that has outraged an hoLest ;
peorle.
Is it not true (hat .n the late Presiden
tial fadare of 1872 that Mr. Stephens re
fused to endorse aud approve tiue usur
pation of the Radical parry, even after
tlie Baltimore Convention did so, and
earneaiiy proieMeu agaiust marching into
TEEGRAPHIC ITEMS
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, May 24.—Schofield of
ficially confirms the unconditional sur
render of a part of the Modocs. Gen.
Davis reports himself in hot pursuit of
Capt. Jack and the remainder, and hopes
soon to end the war.
Rev. John Early, President of the
Georgetown College, died of apoplexy,
which prostrated him on Thursday.
Rev. Father DeSmet, for thirty years
a Jesuit missionary to the Indians, is
dead.
A special says that the Mexican Minis-
*er anticipates no trouble between the
conntnes over the invasions of the Kick-
apoes.
Washington, May 24.—Treasurer Spin
ner’s eldest daughter is dying at Buffalo.
The special Cabinet meeting to-day
had reference to the Civil Servioe regu
lations.
The postmaster gives notice that inde
cent postal cards will involve a fine of
from $1,000 to $5,000.
The War Department has advices that
the Sioux Indians attacked Fort Abraham
Lincoln, in Dacotah Territory, bnt were
driven off.
Washington, May 24.—CoL Scruggs
is here. He has received iustructions
from the State Departmeat in regaid to
his foreign duties.
FROM ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis, Mo„ May 24.—A special
reports great excitement among the
Wichita Indians on account of the mur
der of their principal chief by the Osages.
St. Louis, May 24.—The funeral of
Father DeSmet, the Indian .Missionary,
took place iu this city this morning and
was attended by an immense concourse*
A special dispatch from Little Rock,
Ark., says the Southern Presbyterian
General Assembly has adjourned. Nearly
allthe ^members have gone home. No def
inite action was taken in relation to an
organio union, but the general sentiment
was clearly in favor of uniting with the
Dutch Reformed Church, rather than
with any other body of Presbyterians.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Baltimore, May 24.—The resolution
for the mobility of ministers was tabled
without discussion.
FROM PROVIDENCE
Providence, May 24.—The teu houi
committee have issued a circular advis
ing the operatives to resume work for the
present.
YY .cat promises an abundant yield — j tne Radical camp upon a complete tin
-pleadid st .u.U of corn and Cottou, aud j ood m- tit of Ridica 1 principle and a li e-
ut -t of thefaimers have tn-en ab e to long Radical as the siaudird-o.-arer—
Junei P-.ei.u,
.1 • tor iu A.'abim t.
Mcaipli.s.
•* noted I twyer am
die! the oth« r lay n
Keep well up with their work, coait-
q t.utly th-ir er »m are gtuwi’ « finely,
:» i to gro I C. t l * on.
Ahi-'h bound the D-mo-ra ic party, a*
met o' honor, never t, re -.p-n r q
iton .no r j‘.. e ns ss • »f, ev. u it the
FROM NEW YORK.
New YoBK.May 24.—At the mass meet
ing of carpenters it was resolved to
adhere to eight hoars and enforce regu
lation.
The Herald special saj3 Thiers expects
14 majority to-day, and if defeated he is
prepared tort sign, apprehending distur-
bacee8.
Generals Lucre, and Chaueey are or-
FROM BARCELONA.
Barcelona, May 24.—Two corpses
have been found placarded. They were
killed while attempting to aaaasinate Don
Alphonso.
Gen. Yelorde orders a tevy from the
youth. The Juntas are forming to en
force the levy.
Many factories wLH continue the salar
ries of their operatives while serving in
the Republican ranks.
FROM ROME
Rome, May 24.—The Pope contem
plates anathematizing members of the
Italian Cabinet and all other parties en
gaged in secularizing the monasteries.
Rome, May 24.—The funeral of Count
Mouzoni will be a most imposing one.
The Carlists deny the butchering of
volunteers at Sanalinja. They hold all
prisoners captured and .are ready ta ex
change them for the Canists in the
hands of the government.
FROM NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, May 24.—Tne Belle
Lee with tne Congressional excursionists
returned from Balize at eight o’clock
this morning. Tbe visitors are welt
pleased with the trip. The Congress
men seem to regard the proposed fort on
the St. Phillip canal as the only practi
cal means of seenring a permanent deep
water outlet to tne Gult. The excurtion-
dere * to join their cammands at Tours 'ists departed this evening at 4 o’clock by
aid Nevonrs. [the Jackson Railroad.