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OOLUMBUS: rUIItAT MOBHUiJ, JL'LY 7. STOCKHOLDER'S MEETING. —That of tha S. & M. R. R. will be held in Ope lika on August sth. Not Convicted. —The white man whom policemen Cash and Foran ar rested. with so much trouble in Brooks county, has been acquitted. lienee no reward will be paid. We believe the charge was murder. Arrived. -‘-The material for the iron lront of the Chattahoochee National Bank building, and a man to superin tend the erection, have arrived from the Baltimore works. The stone foundation was laid yesterday. Ihe vault has al ready been constructed. N. & 8. R. R.— Harris County Sub scßirTioN. The reports from the meeting at Hamilton, on Thursday, are that $50,000 were subscribed, independ ent of pledges of land. The right of way has been freely tendered through the county. Harris ought to give SIOO,OOO, and we are confident Bhewill. A meeting was held at Whitesville yes terday. About $30,000 have already been subscribed in that section. Dissolution. —A letter informs us that the commission houses of Ross, Roberts & Cos., of New Yprk, and Blackmar, Roberts, Chandler A Cos., of Bt. Louis, has been dissolved, and that Blackmar A Chandler, at Bt. Louis, will continue the same stylo of business as heretofore. Both those gentlemen wero among the leading merchants in Columbus a few years ago. Personal. We were pleased to meet yeßtcrday Prof. J. W. Ryan, pro prietor of the Rankin House, who has returned from a trip of several weeks to tho North and Weßt, whither he gone to procure tho furnituro to entirely refit the hotel. Tho Professor is a pop ular and genial host, who thoroughly understands his business, and when he is around there can bo no complaint of lack of attention, for the acoommoda tions of his guests in the best style is the object for which ho labors. In Mr. Frank Golden, the book keeper, ho has tho prince of clever gentlemen, for Frank is one of the most popular and courteous employees an establishment ever had; and hiß assistant, Mr. Frank Clark, appears fashioned in the same mould. “Cnder tue Shade oftheTrees.” —On Wednesday night, of consump tion, died Mr. Thomas O. Scroggins, a citi/.eq of Columbus for the last three years, and appreciated by all who knew him as a very deserving man. The diseaso of which ho (Tied was the resuit of wounds, exposure and hardships during the late war. He was, during tho revolution, attached to Btonewall Jackson’s command, and at the battle of Frederick City, Maryland, lost a leg. His ago was twenty-nine years. He leaves a widow, a worthy lady, whom ho married in Columbus. His body was interred yesterday afternoon, alter ser vices at the Baptist church. Crobs.— Work as planters will they eannot got grass out of cotton. Good showers have fallen every day of thiß woek. On the river plantations labor ers are being hired at tho rate of 75c. and $1 per day, and still the grass holds tho ascendency. Tho prospect of a quarter of a dollar per pound does not kill it very fast. On the uplands crops aro passahly clean but tho presont weather helps tho grass more than cot ton. Tho crop is several weeks-back ward. Here it is in July and we hear of farmers showing cotton blooms as curiosities. This report is_ general throughout this soction. Corn has suffered much, but thore will boa large yield. It can bo hurt but little now. A Small Pony. —The sensation at noon yesterday was the leading by Capt. S. 11. Hill, Superintendent of the Southern Express office in Columbus, of a black marc pony down one side of Broad street and up the other. The steed was a beautiful black, perfectly proportioned, threo feet in height, im ported from Arabia and received by the Southern Express Company at Balti more. The animal was so gentle that she followed tho Captain without hesi tancy into any of the stores. She is the property of Mr. Micou, of the Tal lasoe Manufacturing Company, in Ala bama, to whom sho is being conveyed by the Southern Express Company. She weighs 382 pounds. This office received a call from her ladyship and the Cap tain. Murder Trials in Sumter County, Ga.—ln the Superior Court at Amori cus, last woek, four white nion, to wit: Samuel Pouncey, Jack McMath, Wm, Wilder and Robert Bolton, small far mere and married men, were indicted for tho killing, on or about tho 7th ult., of -one Isham Jenkins, a negro man about forty years old, living Bt the time on the farm of Mr. Thomas Davenport, four miles southwest of Amcricus. The State concluded to sever, and Pouncey was tried and acquitted, his wife and othor members of the family having clearly proved an alibi. Upon this re maining trials were continued by the State. Tho chief evidence against the accused was the declarations of the negro boforo death, which the counsel maintained were not made in extremis, nor wero they roliable, on account of the notoriously bad character of the deceased. The Atlanta Sun publishes the fol lowing dispatch from the President of the Marietta and Western Railroad, who is now in New York: The Engin eers of the Marietta and Western Rail road Company are now in the field, lo cating our line of road by Dallas, Van Wert and Cedartown to Gadsden—ex tension from Dallas to Marietta direct, with branch to Marietta as ordered. Atlanta may thus secure the most di rect route possible—shorter by many miles than any line projected. This company ha3 the ability to build, and will endeavor to build the road with quicker dispatch than roads are usually built in Georgia. The room of Mr. Alexander Lyon, at Pinch’s Ferry, in Greene county, was entered one night last week and his trunk, containing S2BO in gold, s2l in silver, and $1,450 in greenbacks, taken therefrom and robbed. The Eutaw Whig says one James A. Harrell was suspected of being the perpetrator, and whilst a warrant was being taken out for his arrest, he vamoosed the ranch for parts unknown. He took a sensible view of the situation. The Greensboro (Ala.) Beacon of Saturday last, says the crop reports in that part of Alabama “continue to be decidedly bad, though, we judge, from the weather we have had here for some ten days past, that they will soon be of a lesß unfavorable character. The ces sation of the rains, and the very hot sun we have had for some days past, have enabled planters to make consid erable headway against the grass, and improvod the appearance of the cotton. ’’ FEMALE SEFFBAGE. J. Q. Adams, in a late letter to a citi zen of Arkansas, uses this true and forcible language : The unit am o celled exercise of local self-government by the people of the Slates, is the salt which pre serves our whole system. Take that away and our frame of polity will rapidly rot into despotism.” These are golden words, full of wisdom. The departure from this lundameutal principle of local self government in the reconstruction measures, is the poison root of all our political evils. It is dif ficult to estimate the extent of the wrong. Its dirty work and fatal wounds are visible and felt in every bone, nerve and muscle of the body politic. It is to our beautiful system of government, what the destruction of the law of gravi tation would be to the material universe. For grandeur, order and harmony, we would soon witness a wreck of matter and a crush of worlds. We propose to make some comments to day on the communication of M., as to the effects of a fundamental departure on suffrage. Until our government has ‘‘rotted into despotism,” the ballot must give it form and pressure. As the voters are, so will bo the government. If they are good and wise enough to will, BeC, and do right, the government will be pure and the people prosperous. If, on the other hand, voters are igno rant and corrupt, power will be exer ; cised by demagogues—the people will | be purchased by flattery and bribes, and at last become slaves to lordly official masters. Suffrage, by our wisest statesmen and jurists, bas been always regarded as a political privilege to bo conferred, and not an inherent right to be demanded. The distinction is important, and its violation by Congress has worked un told evils. If it is inherent, women, like men are citizens, and why then should they be denied their rights? It inherent, why should a whole class of our most intelligent men be ostracised ? It may be answered that this class have forfeited their rights by treason. The answer to this is simple and conclusive. Forfeiture is a penalty annexed and de pendent on the commission of a crime. In a government of laws, crime is only known through a verdict of a jury and the judgment of a legal court. Where is the record that is plead as a justifica tion for a tyranny unexampled save in the infernal regions, where, we are told, Chief Justice lihodamanthus first pun ishes and then hears ? To prove that suffrage, until the ad vent of Radicalism, was looked upon as a privilege to be regulated by age, sex and condition, it is only necessary to re fer to the constitutions of the different States. Minors and women have been excluded from voting in all the States, and yet some minors are as wise, and some w'omen wiser than many of the “Lords of Creation.” Some have adopt ed educational qualifications together with a fixed residence for a period of time; and until 1835, North Carolina required each voter to own fifty acres of land in fee , before he was granted the privilege of a ballot for a State Senator. M. may rest his soul in peace when ever Radicals give a suffrage-showing to the three R’b—Reading, Riting and ltithmetic. Like Jack Cade, of Eng land, they have a holy horror for A B C’s, and such unchristian things as white grammar schools. To secure the re-election of Ulysses 1., they would hang every white girl with her ink-horn around her neck. If, too, suffrage is ex tended to white ladieß, then of course the colored sister must spread herself at the polls. This would be expensive, as perfumes, ice cream, feathers, ribbons, buttons and patent skirts cost too much for a poor candidate. An office seeker would be in bankruptcy sooner than by dead-shot whisky. Then some of the colored sisters would soon wish to bo called Mrs. President or Honorable Gen eral, or Senator. She must be dressed in gold; purple and fine linen every day, suitable to her title and position, and where is the mule and forty acres to come from to pay expenses? When the shebang suffrage comes at last to this complexion, as it will come, we hope the white men will sell out, lock, stock and barrel, doff hats, pants and boots, and then as the latest expir ing now departure— “ Suckle fouls , And chronicle small becr. ,, The Rome City Subscription.—An election to ratify or reject the Bubscrip tion of SIOO,OOO mado by the City Council of Rome to the North and South Railroad, takes place on Satur day next, §th inst. We look for a pretty unanimous vote in favor of the subscription. This road will be a big thing for Romo. The subscription is hedged in by the following conditions: Fij;Bt, That no part of said Bonds thall be used except upon the construc sion of the Road. Second, That no part of them shall be used except upon the work at this end of the lino. Third, That no part of them shall bo used until the work is ready for the superstructure. Not exceeding Nine Thousand Dollars of Bonds shall bo issued and delivered. Fourth, That no Bonds shall be issued unless the work shall be begun by the Ist day oi January next, and that the ballots shall designate for subscription or against subscription. Congressman Wallace, of South Carolina, testified before the Outrage Committee, at Washington, three weeks ago, that he was afraid to go to his home in that State, for fear of the Ku Kiux; but as soon as he got his fees as a witness ho did go home, and has re mained there since without molestation. Licenses Granted.— Between April let and June 00th, T. L. Appleby, Judge of Probate in Russell county, Ala , has granted $l2B 81 worth of li» censes. Os this amount SSO are from five physicians. We notice that whole sale liquor dealers are charged only $lO per quarter. Advocates of a liberal education for women will be glad to learn that a young lady student in the State Uni versity of Missouri has gained the first prize for Greek scholarship. Miss J. F. Ripley has the honor of being the first woman who has ever surpassed the young men in such a contest. A Columbus Man Marshal. —We notice that E. G. Chaffin, formerly of Columbus, is now Marshal oi Troy, Ada. The Council reduced the salary of Marshal J. M. Scarbrough, and he re signed. Mr. c. fills fiis place. The Advertiser says the place is noted for its good order since his appointment. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Georgia Western Railroad, held in A’lanta, on Tuesday, Major Campbell Wallace, of great railroad celebrity, was elected President of the Company. The Atlanta press are greatly rejoiced at the selection. The Legislature to be elected in Ohio next fall will be called upon to elect a successor to John Sherman, whose term as United States Senator from that State expires in 1873. This makes the elec tion of that body by the people of Ohio of more than ordinary importance. The Griffin Georgian makes quite a lengihy argument to show why thj pro posed Air-Line Railroad from this city to Aliai-ta shuUid point to and Itruii nate at Gulfia, iusita; ol Atlanta, trorn which we make the inflowing exuaci: ine object ..I tne roa . from Allan la to Columbus is to give Columbus a closer connection with the Siate Roau, and to give Atlanta a ciosci connection with lire Mobile and Girard Rihioau, and thence to the ports on the Guif. We unhesitatingly assul that the same enJ can be attained by constructing ibe road trom Griffin to Columbus, and at a greatly less cost. The difference in distance between an Air-Line road from Columbus to Atlanta, and trout Columbus lo Atlanta via Griffin Is 8 milts; w hilst the difference in the price of constructing each o! these roads is $896,000 in favor of the Griffin road. This saving is made by taking advan tage of the ALacon and Western Rail road from Griffin to Altunin, a dislauce ol 43 miles. it would seem to us tha. when wo compare the distance between the two routes that ii is bad policy, to say the least, to build a road 3d miles longer than there is any occasion tor. i/e want the road built .iom Griffin to Col umbus, and ibe time bas come when the people are lorctd to acknowledge that this road must be ouiU, and that the road from Atlanta i>. Columbus will ruin the prospects of the town. We are reliably informed that, although the project is anew one, SIOO,OOO has been subscribed; and the friends ot the road, and those acquainted with the people of Meriwether, say that they will sub scribe libeially. Partits have already proposed to take the contract upon most favorable terms. It crosses but one stream of any con sequence for 40 miles and can therefore be built at a small cost. If Columbus will subscribe $200,000, Harris, Pike and Talbot SIOO,OOO, Meriwether $150,000, Griffin and Spalding SIOO,OOO, we will have over a half million dollars, and can build the road without State aid. If tho Griffin and Madison Road is built, Columbus will have a closer con nection with Augusta. If the Madison Railroad is not built, the building of the road from Griffin to Columbus will ren der its completion a necessity to tho Georgia Road, and that road will either build~ it, or aid materially those who may undertake to build it. If the Grif fin and Madison Railroad, and the Col umbus and Griffin Railroad secures the Georgia Railroad almost an air-line connection with the Mobile and Girard, we at once see why the Georgia Road will be benefitted. What we of Columbus want is a direct communication with Atlanta by one road without complications with any other. This road gives us a con nection with Charleston via the Geor gia and the Charleston Railroads; with with the State Road, and through that channel, with Tennessee, with a con siderable saving of distance as com pared with the present route; and it will place our city on what must become the great line of travel, when the At lanta and Richmond Air Line is com pleted, between New Orleans, Mobile and Now York, compelling the comple tion by the combined railroad interests on the line, of the Mobile and Girard Railroad to Pollard. These compose part of the considerations that prompt the movers in the building of the Air Lino between Columbus and Atlanta, and the change will not be made. What the Georgian says about the small loss in distance and the great saving of cost of construction by placing that city on the line, and using 43 miles of the Macon and Western Road, may be true, and possibly is. This will not influence a change, however. In this outlet our people are determined not to be blocked. When the road from Griffin to Madi son shall have been built, it will be an easy matter to have its charter extend ed to Greenville, and build to and con nect with the Columbus and Atlanta Air Line at that point, should its stock holders choose to do so. WOMKN’S SBI'i’HAOE. Editora Sun : As there has been so much said and written of late years about “Women’s Suffrage,” permit me to have my say through your independ ent journal. A few years ago it would have been considered a now as well as a wide “departure” to have advocated “Women’s Suffrage.” But behold the change that has come over the spirit of our political dreams ! Look at the nu merous new schedules that have been adopted to run the machine during the last seven years. Who, ten years back, would have supposed it possible for our country to have gone through so many "departures,” and so many Liliputians occupying places once filled by such men as Webster, Clay, Calhoun, and hundreds of others equally as great and patriotic? But one “departure” brings | another, and since ten times ten thous and ignorant blacks have been permit ted to walk up to the ballot-box and cast their votes, when it is made a i penitentiary offence even to challenge one of them. Why, I will ask in all sincerity, should intelligent white wo men be debarred from the same privi lege? Where is the will ad vocate that his mother, wife, or sister is inferior in intellect to the horde of semi-barbarians that flock to the polls at every election, and to-day rule and ruin our country until it stinks in the nostrils of every civilized nation of the earth? It may be a weakness—l will plead guilty to the soft impeachment hut I have an abiding faith in the intel ligence of the American women. Nor do I believe they would be guilty of committing such “fantastic tricks be fore high heaven,” as the politicians of our day, the advocates of “new depart ures,” who would “circumvent heaven” ior an office. I believe if every white woman above the age of eighteen in our land, that could read and write, were permitted to cast their votes, as an off set to the negro vote, we would soon be living under the glorious old consti tution of our fathers—abolish the new amendments—renew our love and ven eration for the once glorious anniversa ry of the 4th of July of ’7o—fire our cannons, burn our bonfires, and hurrah for Independence Day as of old, when we had a constitution and a country to be proud of. M. j Xii« North ami Month Koml -Mecttur at Hamilton. Hamilton, Ga., July 4, 1871. j Pursuant to call a large number of' the citizens of Harris county assembled ; at the Court House to attend a meeting in the interest of the North and South : Railroad. On motion H. C. Kimbrough was made Chairman and J. F. C. Wil- ] liams Secretary. By request, W. D. Chipley, Secretary of the Company, stated that his visit to Harris was for the purpose of ascertain ing what amount of aid the different j routes were willing to give the compa- j ny—that the matter of subscriptions would enter largely into the question of location through Harris county. The following committees were ap pointed to co-operate with W. D. Chip ley, Secretary of Company, and J. F. C. Williams, corporator of Harris, in obtaining subscriptions: Above the Mountain—Jas. G. Smith, J. G. Tucker, Sam’l C. Goodman. Below the Mountain—H. C. Kim- : brough, J. M. Mobley, L. L. Stanford, J. T. Johnson. The meeting adjourned with determ ination to show the interest of the Ham ilton line by immediate action. H. C. Kimbrough, Ch’n. \ J F. C. Williams, Sec’y, MATCBDAT MOUSIN'*. JULY 8. North and South Railroad — Some of the Subscriptions in Harris. Caps W. D Cbip'.ey, Secretary of the N.irth ami South Railroad, returned iuai evening from a canvass of Harris eounty in the interest of the Company. Ills report is very cheering. He gave us a peep at his list, not list either, but actual stibscrption notes signed and sealed. We were struck with their substantial character, and without a list before us will try and give a few of the most familiar names : James Love laee, $500; Wm C. Johnston, $2,000; Joel T. Johnson, $1,000; A. Hunley, $1,000; Li. C. Kimbrough, $2,000; HU. hard VY. Pius, $1,200; Jas. M. Mobely, $1,200; Rtiburu O. Hood, $3,000; Prof. A S Franklin, $500; Jas. G. Smith & S oi, $1,300; Irby Hudson, $1,000; W. 1 Hu'isou, SI,OOO. We have made no special selection, but give such names as arc most familiar lo us, and our ciii zens generally will bear us oui that they are among the most reliable men ill Harris county. We prophecy Harris will subscribe SIOO,OOO. The Young Men’s Union Prater Alketing. The annual election ol officers of the Young AleDs’ Uuion Player Meeting was held at the Pres byterian church on Monday evening. The following officers were chosen : Chairman—G. J. Peacock. Assistants A. R. Wilkerson, E. P. Chambers, J. A. Ramsey, J. R. Davis. Secretary—D. Q. Abbott. At the meeting next Monday evening, at the Presbyterian church at 8$ o’clock, it is hoped all men who feel an interest in these meeting, will attends. Large Excursion Party. —A large one is to start from St. Loui9 in a few days for San Francisco. California. The round fare from St. Louis and back is sl69—the tickets being good for sixty days. A good many merchants arc go ing from Chicago, Louisville, Cincin nati and other cities. We understand Mr. A. Illges, of the firm of Allen, Preer & Illges, ot Columbus, and Mr. Daniel Pratt, the celebrated gin manu facturer in Alabama, are going to make the trip, and that Mr. I. leaves this morning. Killed by Lightning. —Thursday, at 6 p. m., a severe thunder Btorrn pass ed over Seale Station, Ala. The light ning struck Mr. A. Zarkowski’s stable and did some damage to the building. A son of Mr. Benjamin Henry, of the place, about ten years of age, was in stantly killed. A white man and two negroes were severely shocked. Crops in Tallapoosa. —The Dade ville (Ala.) News, of the 6th, says “The rain continues, and its unfavora ble effect upon the farming interests in this section are still more and more visible. The corn in the bottomlands is nothing and will be nothing. That on the uplands look better. “Cotton, on the uplands, looks tolera bly well, but that on the bottom lands have nearly gone by the board.” Tho same paper says for the past two weeks rain has fallen in abundance. Friday, heavy rain and winds accom panied with hail. Saturday more rain. Sunday the heaviest rain of the season. The Tallapoosa News states that seven additional miles of the track of the Savannah and Memphis road has been graded. This takes the grading to within about two miles of Dadovilie. It is anticipated that the cars will be running to that town by the first of October, or in time for the opening of tho fall trade. Would it not be well for members of the mercantile firms of our city to circulate freely among the peo ple of Tallapoosa during the summer months? It is a pleasant country, and 1b filled with a solvent and hospitable population whose trade is worth an ef fort. The Macon Medical Convention. —ln consequence of dissatisfaction among some of the medical fraternity at the action of the last Medical Con vention of the State, towards the At lanta Medical College, a convention of the physicians of the State was called to meet at Macon on the sth inst., to consider and, if possible, reconcile mat ters of difference. The convention met but was not largely attended, and, as is reported, adjourned without any defi nite action, the majority contending that the convention had no right to interfere with the action of the body complained of. Tho Convention elected Dr. S. D. Hawkins, of Americus, President, and Dr. C. U. Hall, of Macon, and Dr. Walker, ofMonticello, Vice-Presidents. Dr. William Duncan, of Savannah, was chosen Secretary. J. L. Pennington, President, has written a long letter to the Opelika papers, in which he virtually says that the East Alabama and Cincinnati Rail road is an Opelika enterprise, and will aid that place more than any other. He desires action on the part of the Ope likians, and thinks he can have the road completed to Guntersville in two years. The impression is created that he desires his southern terminus to be at Eufaula. Central Railroad stock (ex-dividend) sold at Savannah, Tuesday, at sll7 to sll7 50 per share, Southwestern at s9l 00; Atlantic and Gulf (guaranteed) at $49 50; Atlantic and Gulf (com mon) at S2S 50; Savannah and Augusta at SB4, aud Savannah bonds at SB4. A little son of Mr. Joseph Nisbet, of : Milledgeville, fell from the platform of the depot to the track, injuring himself severely. Gainesville is the head-centre of enough mineral springs to stock the State. It is rumored that Hi Kimball has purchased one for his hotel. Census returns of Pitt county, North Carolina, shows that there are some fifteen or twenty persons in that county who are from 100 to 110 years old. Claims Allowed.— The Commis sioners of Russell county, Alabama, allowed, at the April regular term, and at the April adjourned term, held on June 19th, $2,508 30 in claims. Rath er a neat tittle sum for a quarter. The Middle Georgian says the Sa vannah, Griffin and North Alabama Railroad—now running as far North west as Newnan—is apparently doing a fine business. It says the cars gen erally have more passengers than the Macon and Western Road. The St. Louis Times exhibits a keen appreciation of “carpet-baggers,” when it so truthfully and pertinently de scribes them as “Radical vagrants who have squatted like vultures upon the leavings of the war, croaking of loyalty between every swallow.” ' The editor of the Milledgeville Re corder went to his own wedding last week, The Sparta Times is responsi ble for the statement that he sent his wife off on a bridal tour by herself. A juvenile tournament is an original institution for which Sparta respectful ly claims the copyright. Uou. A. 11. Stephens—>'ew Issues, Ac If hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue, slander is the penalty often rendered to greatness by meanness and mediocrity. Since his accession to the chair editorial, Mr. Stephens seems in a fair way to receive his proportion of abuse and misrepresentation—of envy, hatred and malice. He has been denounced as an egotist and a “fanatic to truth," as if to be modest and write truth, was sin. He has been called a dotard, as if there were things in his present political wis dom sod situation suggestive of the fol io wing, beautifullines: “Id life’s last scenes, wtiat prodigies arise, Fears ol the hrave, and follies of the wise, Down Marlborough’s cheeks the tears ol do tage Bow, And Swllt expires, a driveler and a show.” We would be glad if his learned crit ics could, in what they pronounce his "hair splitting nonsense," exhibit half the method in their madness as the sage of Liberty Hall. Some tven of the dirty birds would foul their own nests by ex pressions that Mr. Stephens, in his con nexion with the Fourth Estate, has dis houored the position of an ex Vice President and member of Congress. Such little, mean souls never see great ness outside of a title or an office. They never realize that a tomtit is still a tomtit, though perched on the Alps, and that St. Peter’s is not shorn of any of its beauty and grandeur of proportion, because it is not seen and comprehended by the blind. It is the God-like intel lect and virtue that adds dignity and reverence to position, and no position except among the base, can lliug a lus ter around moral corruption allied to political crime. “What can ennoble fools, or slaves, or cow ards! Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards.” Washington amid the shades of Mt. Vernon among his flocks and herds, was as great as while sitting iu the Presidential chair, and the conqueror of the Cimbri, an exile surrounded by the ruins of Carthage, was greater in his adversity than when his ears were saluted with Roman triumphs. Posi tion was unco some evidence of mental and moral excellence, but if we And greatness now, we must extend our search beyond the confines of office. We are not the oulogist ot Mr. Steph ens or any other mortal except so far as they may teach, and illustrate by example, the principles we believe true and just. Mr. S., with all of his alleged dotage, and notwithstanding he lives in a little gully-waßlred village somewhat removed from the splendors of New York or the Kimball House, is fully able to "tote 7iis own skillet." He may not deem it necessary to impale on his pen every little stinging insect which may annoy him, but his good name and fame should be dear to every Georgian and bo defended as well against the as saults of Southern editors as Northern correspondents. It has been industri ously attempted by those who profess to ignore old issues and the first in practice to revive them, that Mr. S. is ready to assert what he thinks is the right of secession on the first opportuni ty. This, slander may be pardoned, coming from a Radical quarter, but when it is circulated to injure and prej udice by those who, whan the doctrine was popular, agreed with Mr. S., it then becomes low and contemptible. Joe Brown, Ben. Hill and.others voted for the ordinance of secession with Mr. Stephens. Why should not the “accept the situation” of Messrs. Brown and Hill be equally an argument for the “Lost Cause,” as the reject the situa tion of Mr. Stephens? Because Southern Democracy was so closely associated with secession, an appeal has been mado to the Old Whigs to unite with the Radicals on a sort of "new departure" platform. We, with thousands of Old Whigs, opposed seces sion until it ripened into armed revolu tion. We then did not remain at home to prey on the misfortunes of our country. We did not seek the soft places and offices, and resist the laws of the Confederacy. Asa soldier, we en deavored to be loyal to God and our native land and subject to those then in authority. Our objections to secession were derived from intellectual examina tions and convictions in relation to the true construction of tho Constitution. It is very different with Radicalism. Right, or wrong, secession may have struck at the life of the nation; Radical ism not only strikes at the root of Re publican government, but is an enemy to the human race. It seeks by force and fraud to clothe with power and honor ignorance and corruption, and ostracise honesty and intelligence. It stimulates a war of races at the expense of the white natives of the South. Its policy is war and not peace; its profes sions hypocritical, and its practice de structive and tyrannical. We do not intend it shall manufacture issues for us, but will esteem its friends our ene mies and its enemies our friends, in all sections of our common country, and shall rejoice overitsoverthrow whether in anew or an old departure from Con stitutional government and rational liberty. A Narrow Escape.— On last Salur day afternoon, at about 4 o’clock, a sud den, unexpected dap of thunder, and, notfourtickßof a watch thereafter, a sharp, terrible fiery streak of lightning started the family of Rev. Mr. Davis of this city. The lightning struck a pe can tree standing about twenty feet from the side of the house, and right op posite a window where Mrs. Davis was sitting sewing, at which the oldest child was standing. A young dog wsb chain ed near the tree. He was thrown from his feet by the shock, and he rolled over and over in strange disorder. The younger child was under the house, get ting the dog house to put the dog in. He was shocked speechless, for a min ute or two, and when he recovered, he said, “something struck me, and burnt my foot.” Red streaks, as if done by fire, were seen on the inner side of his right foot, just under the ankle joint. The older child at the window was so shocked that he could not move. Mrs. Davis says she saw the sparks of Are on the needle in her hand, and felt an im mense pressure upon the brain. At the time of the stroke, there was sunshine all around the house—a cloud seeming to rest sullenly some distance to the South-east. —Eufaula News. General Toombs, we learn, made a Fourth of July speech to the largest crowd ever assembled in Wilkes coun ty. The people came from far and near to hear him, and Washington was literally packed. The speech Is reported to have been a thunder storm of elo quent invective against the “New De parture,” and so powerful was it that the new political bantling was stripped of its swaddling clothes and then torn into frazzles and turned loose upon the whirlwind of his oratory. And it is now said that in all Wilkes county there is not a man who would willingly pick up a frazzle, or even admit that he was ever inclined to “depart.”— At. Sun. The Georgia papers are disputing as to where the prettiest girl in Georgia lives. She is over here on a visit from Columbus. —Opelika Locomotive. Respectfully received and approved, with the remark that Columbus boasts a host of the prettiest girls. The Shreveport papers state that the proposition to make a donation of $500,- 000 forty-year six per cent bonds to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicks burg Railroad, to be used in building the main branch to Shreveport from the trunk road, was ratified by a vote of the citizens on the 20th ult. SISDAT MOKNING, JULY 9. N. & 8. R. R.— Handsome Subscrip tions—Our New Road a Certainty. —We believe there is no difference in the minds of our citizens as regards the importance of this road. The enter prise has been pushed forward with such vigor that we may expect in a very few days to see dirt broken upon it. As the Company continues to grow in dimensions and its success appears more and more certain, our people show their willingness to give substantial ev idence of their interest and faith in the road. W. D. Chipley made tho first canvass ever attempted in our city in the interest of the North and South Road yesterday and, although he hardly got through the first block, he reports the following handsome result; Dr. E. C. Hood SI,OOO H. H. Epping 1,000 W. A. McDougald 1,000 I. G. Strupper 1,000 Thos. Ragland 200 Martin J. Crawford 500 F. G. Wilkins 500 E F. Colzey 200 Thos. E. Blanchard 300 Bass & McDougald 3,000 Seaborn J. Benning, Ad’mr 1,000 Swift & Murphy 1,000 D. R. Bize 200 S. U. Hill 500 John King 500 Satn’l B. Cleghorn 200 Ilobt. Thompson 200 We presume the entire city will be canvassed and we hope every merchant and property holder will take some stock. The office of the Company pre sented a busy scene yesterday, a large number of contractors being present examining maps, profiles, etc. The Race Yesterday— Furse S4OO —About SI,OOO Bet The Gray Horse Wins—Mile Heats,Best Three in Five Yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock, com menced a trotting mulch on the Fair Grounds track, between Kiiuk’s bay horse and the gray horse, “Jeff. Davis” —s2oo a side—mile heats—best three in five. The gray trotted to a sulky; the bay to a skeleton wagon. About 500 present—among them were many of the leading and most charming ladles in the city. The betting on the course seemed to be mostly on time. Upon the “toss up” Klffik won the inside track. Mr. John Mclntosh drove the gray. Mr John Odom handled the ribbons on the bay the first heat. Mr. Henry Kliuk the three subsequent ones. The First Heat —The horses had a good start. Jeff' Du vis at the end of the first quarter was about a length ahead. He gradually iuerea-ed the distance and came under the string forty yards In advance of the bay. Time, 3:14|. ijecond Heat. —The gray, through the entire mile, kept about a length in ad vance, until uearing the home stretch, when the bay made a heavy eff rt. The gray, however, passed the stand half a length ahead. The bay ran a good distance. Time, 3:05. Third Heat. —A fine start, and a close match throughout. Tho bay kept a little in advance and came under the string at a sweeping lick, leading the gray half a length. Time, 3:09. Fourth Heat.— This was tho tug of war. The horses began well. The gray kept the bay at such a rapid lick, that the latter frequently broke and ran farther than he was entitled to. The first quarter the bay was ahead; the sec ond, the two were abreaßt; the third the gray, who had broken but slightly, forged ahead; under the run the bay passed him and came under the string a length ahead. Tho gray was given the heat and the race. Time of heat, 3:075. The fourth heat was given the gray, though the othor came out ahead, because the latter ran so much. The gray was brought down from a run very quickly. summary: Jeff. Davis 1 12 1 Bay Horse 2 2 12 Time, 3:142, 3:05, 3:09, 3:075. The gray is nine years old; the bay six. The former is originally from Montgomery, but was sold here at Sheriff’s sale for $l5O, and purchased by Mr. Gammel. The bay is a Frank Allen colt. Intervals of 20 and 25 minutes were given between the heats. Neither of the horses made the time expected, but it was pretty good for scrubs, con sidering the' heavy condition of the track. Large Number Out.— At the Market House yesterday, one hundred and twenty-five vegetable wagons appeared, loaded with almost every conceivable production indigenous to the soil. A finer display could not be found any where. Blackberries appear to be get ting scarce as only about a bushel were brought in. Watermelons were plen tiful, and wero selling from 10c. to 40c. Some were very large. There were hundreds of them. In a few months a handsome vegetable shed will be com pleted, which will be a great conven ience to the sellers and the large num ber of purchasers that frequent the mar ket every morning. Ku-Klux After Gen. Benning.— Hon. Henry L. Benning has been sum j moued as a witness before the Ku-Klux | Committee sitting at Washington City. |He leaves on Monday. P. W. Alexan | der, Esq., who had, also, been sum moned, has been excused on account of j ill-health. | The Jail.— Mr. John Cleghorn re : ports that he has fourteen boarders. ! One who was discharged three weeks . ago was sent back Thursday. He had i been stealing again. The jail is a heavy | expense to the county. Bullock’s Leg i islature abolished the chain gang and | the inmates must be supported in idle j ness. The One Shocked.— Cspt. R. N. Howard was the white man so soverely shocked by the lightning which struck Zorkowski’s stable at Beale Station, Thursday, and killed a boy. He slowly revived, after being drenched with wa ter, and now uppearß all right. It is said a man shocked by lightning can tell who struck Billy Patterson. Already Removed.— ln the list of Georgians who are buried at Gettysburg, appears the name of Lt. C. A. Baily of the 10th Georgia. His remains were removed from the battle field to Colum bus in 1867. Wc neglected to mention the fact when we saw the list in the Savannah Republican. Might this net be the case with some of the other Georgians mentioned ? H. I. Kimball. —A reliable gentle- j man and contractor from Eufaula, now present in our city preparing to bid on j the work of the North and South road, | reports that H, I. Kimball has sold out, the Brunswick and Albany Railroad, of which he was elected President a short : time back with such sounding of trum- : pets. The Central Railroad interest i was the purchaser. Comment is un necessary. *. ! R. D. Locke, of Union Springs, Ala., had awarded him at the recent com- ; mencement of Columbian College, D. ! C., the Davis Prize in elocution. The ! subject of his speech was “Apprentice j Thyself at the Mill of Knowledge.” | The reporters mention it favorably. TELEGRAPHIC. Foreign Vienna, July 6.—John Jay gave a dinner on the 4th. The ambassadors were all present. Count Beust toasted the United States. Jay responded. He thought the treaty of Washington would prevent wars by establishing arbitra tions. Paris, July G.—Details of the army vote are coming in. The garrison at Lille gave .700 Republicans and only 10 Legitimists votes. The city of Calair gave 3,000 Republican and 800 Monarch ical votes. The Republicans are in the ascendent nearly everywhere. London, July 6.—A submarine mes senger and devotee of the telegraph says: The public and the press are allies against high cable rates. We must have opposition. It is said that Napoleon -goes to Ge neva, and Eugene to Spain. Frederick William and wifo are ex pected here to-night. Paris, July 6.— The supplemental elections occur next Sunday. Prince de Joinville, having declared for the Republic, will undoubtedly suc ceed in the department of la Manche. Gen. Manteuffel dined with Thiers to-day. Moltko has ordered tho German com manders to forbear inflicting punish ment for offenses which French law can reach. Count Walderse complains of the bit ter language of the journals toward Germany. The Official Journal,publish ing this statement, advises the other journals to exereise the utmost forbear ance. London, July 6.—The steamer Gam bia was totally wrecked iu Algoa Bay. No details. Paris, July 7.— The court martial of prisoners will proceed as follows : Ist Members of the Central Committee. 2nd. Persons who usurped public func tions. 3d. Those generally implicated before the special Tribune. It is proposed to lend Thiers the Pal ace Elysee as a residence. The Bank of France sent a hundred and four million francs to Prussia. The trial of Rochefort, Assy and Kos sel has been postponed for a fortnight. Tho organization of tho French army has been completed. Its effective strength is 320,000. The Pope writes Thiers that he will remain in Rome. Madrid, July 7. —A motion censur ing the Government was rejected by a large majority. I'he vote stood 119 to 61. The Cortez has issued a general am nesty in Spain and the colonics. London, July 7.—A storm occurred to-day, during which a number of churches were struck by lightning, ands. number of lives lost. London, July 7.—The Waveriy cele bration in aid of the erection of a monument to Sir Walter Scott was immense. It was a success. Fve hundred pounds was realized towards the object. Tho Prinee and Princess of Wales, Prince and Princess Chris tian, Prince Teck, Marquis of Lome, Princess Louiso and Prince Arthur were present and danced in character costumes. Paris, July 7. —Only 45 per cent, of tho new loan is allotted to subscribers of Paris. Forts will be abandoned when ten thousand million of indemni ty is paid. In the Assembly, upon a motion to tax pasports, Joubert attacked the En glish excursionists. Favrc expressed regret and spoke glowingly of the charity of the English government and people towards France during tho re cent calamities. Favre also stated the government wished to prevent conflicts with tho German army of occupation. The motion taxing pasports was with drawn. An additional hundred and seventy-five millions will be sent to Prussia before the 10th, when the Ger mans will evacuate the Departments of the Seine, Somme and Infercure. Treasure will be delivered to the Germans at Strausburg. A woman was shot in the Depart ment of Jura, for complaining of the requisitions made by the departing Prussians. Paris, June B.— Count Dechamberd refuses to see the Orleans Princes until he consults France. From WaMhlnKton. Washington, July 6.— Akerman is the only member of the Cabinet here. Treasury disbursements for June was over $15,750,000, exclusive of interest. H. B. Peterson has the contract for a tri-weekly mail between New Orleans and Vicksburg. Judge Pettus and Col. Pugh, of Ala bama, before the Ku-Klux Committee, corroborated Lindsay’s and Clanton’s testimony that no such organization exists in Alabama. J. M. Justice, of Rutherford county, N. G., testified that some four weeks ago disguised men came to his house and took him out of bed, whipped him terribly with clubs and pistols, and took him to the woods and threatened him with death. He promised not to go to Washington to testify regarding outrages previously committed in his ! neighborhood. He was confined to his j bed three weeks from the hurts. Jus tice believed these were not mere neigh borhood quarrels, and firmly believed the existence of Ku-Klux in North Car olina. Washington, July 7.—Captain John Nye, brother of Senator Nye, is dead. Jos. H. Spoed testified beforo the Ku- Klux Committee : In Alabama things were quiet until last winter, when dis guised bands commenced various out rages, and continued till recently.— These outrages terrorized the negroes, and made them afraid to vote. Oppo j sition to negro education comes from the lower classes, the former owners being strongly in favor of general and impartial education. Speed claims to be an ex-Confedearte officer; now re gent of the State University, and Su perintendent of Education in Perry county, Alabama. Albert Richardson,colored, of Clarke county, Ga., formerly a member of the Legislature, testified that in January last a band of disguised men, whom Richardson believed Ku-Klux, came to his house and fired at and wounded him. He returned the fire, wounding one assailant mortally, whereupon they retired, carrying off the dead. He knows no cause for the attack. Whipping and similar outrages con tinue in that section, creating such ter ror that the negroes living in isolated places have abandoned their places for towns, where they have nothing to do, and suffer distress. The State Department has advices that ladies require passports to enter France. Wives must be mentioned in hus band’s pasports to enter Paris to avoid annoying investigations. Washington, July B —The Secreta ry of the Treasury instructs collectors to take no active steps to interfere with quarantine regulations where the port of entry and up river porta conflict. The question arises from a conflict of regulations in Florida and Georgia, re garding navigation of State riyerß. J. Gen. Sherman has been elected Pres ! ident of tho Society of the Army and Navy of the Gulf. The negotiations for postal money orders between the United States and Great Britain are nearly completed. U. S. Grant, President of the United States—To all whom it may concern these presents shall,come. Greeting; Whereas, On the 13th day ot June, 1871, in the Supreme Court of the Dis trict of Columbia, holding a criminal term, one C. C. Bowen was convicted of bigamy and sentenced to be impris oned for two years and to pay two hun dred and fifty dollars fine; and whereas it is represented that be was innocent of any violation of the law, that he acted iu good faith believing his former wife to be dead, and it appears that he rendered good service to the cause of j the Union during the rebellion and since its termination, and has endeavored to j lead an honest and upright life, and for these reasons eleven of tho jurors who ; found the verdict against him and many other citizens of tho highest con sideration and weight, urge his pardon, and United States Attorney Fisher would be gratified by the exercise of Executive clemency, now therefore be it known that I, U. S. Grant, President of the United States ot America, iu consideration of the premises and di vers other good and sufficient reasons there unto moving, do hereby grant to the said C. C. Bowen a full and uncon ditional pardon. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and caused the seal of tho United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this first day of July, A. D. 1871, and ot the independence of tho Unitod States the ninety fifth, U. S. Grant. Bowen has been reloasod. From Mexico. Mexico, June 27.— Tho primary elec tion is quiet. Pachuca, Jalizieo and Orizaba favor Juarez. Tho result will be divided, and belong to Diaz and Jaquez. The government orders the fortifica tions at Tampico levelled. There was a serious fire at Zaeaticas. Many lives lost. Domestic Nummary. New Orleans, July 7.—About 10:30 a. m., Sam Rainoy, general book-keep er of tho New Orleans National Bank, while at his desk, was shot and almost instantly killed by Wm. Bird. The homicide was the result of former busi ness complications. Bird was arrested. Senator I’inchback, colored, institut ed a suit against tho Jackson Railroad for refusing to furnish him passage in the sleeping car on account of color. By an ordinanco of tho City Council an administrator of finance refuses to receive any more metropolitan police warrants in payment of city taxes. Warrants suddenly dropped from 98 to 75c., and a further decline is expected. A fatal case of sunstroke occurrod yesterday. New York, July 6. —The Spanish brig Integredade has arrived and quar antined with the yellow fever. New York, July o. John M. Dow, formerly a citizen of Augusta, Ga,, where he accumulated nearly a million dollars, suicidod from despondency. He lost niOßt of his fortune speculating. Aged 55 years. The Grand Jury of Herkimer county have indicted A. H. Laflin, a naval offi cer of this city, for perjury. Laflin’s friends claim that the suit is malicious. Long Branch, July 6.—The yachts reached goaf in tho following order: Sappho, Dauntless, Columbia, Mada line, &c. The judges award tho Sap pho the winner of the schooners, and the Grade winner of the sloops. Idaho won tho first race by half a neck; time 2.165. Salina won the sec ond by half a length; time 2.435. Helmbold won tho third by two lengths; time 3.415. Philadelphia, July 6.— Horace P. Robinson, son of a Third street broker, was shot, probably fatally, by Wm. Barstal, son of a wealthy sugar refiner. The youths had been talking of bur glars before going to sleep together, and it is supposed that the act was committed while Barstal was asleep. Cincinnati, July 6.—A saloon keep er, of Frankfort, Ross county, Ohio, fractured the skull of a son of Dr. Latla. Geo. W. Gray, of New Richmond, Ohio, drunk, insultod some ladies, for which the bystanders killed him. Judge Pratt granted a stay of the proceedings in the earhook murdorcr, Foster’s case, which is equivalent to a respite till Octobor. Bt. Louis, July 6.—Chief of police McDonough has gone to Washington in connection with the national police convention here next fall. After con sulting Secretary Fish with a view of opening a correspondence with foreign police, McDonough will visit the cities and principal towns of thiß country, gathering information regarding the police, detective and refirmatory sys tems. Chicago, July 6. —The citizens of Watsaka, Illinois, took Martin Mera, who is charged with murdering his son, aged ton years, from jail and hung him. A thousand men, women and children participated in the act. Hartford, July G. —The House passed the general railroad law, by a vote of 12U to 57. Oxford, July 7.— The Juno Term of the District Court has adjourned. The Grand Jury returned forty-five bills under the Enforcement Act, implicat ing three hundred persons. Hudson, July 7. The Convention of the manufacturers of straw paper, nearly every mill represented, resolved to run on halftime for the coming year, commencing August Ist. The cause is high straw and low paper. New York, July 7.— Colored Sen ator Andrew Jackson Jones, of North Carolina, has sued a gambling house for $5,000 lost at cards. San Francisco, July 7.—The semi annual report of the Board of Trade shows a partial increase and & large accumulation of bullion and coin. Troops are in possession of the mines in Amada county. A sharp earthquake felt at Vistia. No damage done. Cincinnati, July 7. A Catholic school house, Presbyterian church and county jail at Portsmouth, was un roofed by the storm. New York, July B.—A convention of the Irish Societies, in Becret session, it is said, rosolved to appeal to the May or to break up tho Orange procession. The Herald’s special says Count Chamberd intends to issue a proclama tion calling upon the people to rally found the Bourbon throne, and if the authorities interefere there will be an imitation of Napoleon’s Strasbourg pro gramme. Trains from Newark and New York collided. Seven bodies were taken from the ruins. It is supposed many more are in them. The lists show no South erners. New York, July B.— John Kealy was fatally stabbed by a young ruffian, who has been arrested. Pleasanton's resignation is undenia. bly asserted. Bank Statement—Loans have in creased two millions and three quarters spocie increase, nearly three millions deposits increase, nearly three legal tender decrease, over a million and a quarter. Dewitt & Duncan’s cotton store was burned to day. Chicago, July B.— The Coroner’s j n quest over tho lynched man elicited ike following: Mary Mora, mother of tho child, tea tilled as follows: My husband, Martin Mera, whippod my son Martin, aged ten years, two weeks ago Tuesday night. My babe was born Hint day and I did not see tho whipping. It Was done in another room. I heard the blows and heard the child beg for mer cy. The child went to bed about ten o’clock. The next morning the child came to my bed room, followed by his father, who was whipping him v tr y hard with a black snako horse whip. The child dodged around the room to avoid the blows, and begged for mercy. He tookolfhis shirt and whipped him. His face was swollen from the whipping he had received the night, before. Ilia lather whipped Imn very hard for ten or fifteen minutes. At last be Hopped and told tho child to put ou his shirt. He made an effort to do so and failed. His father repeated the order, when the 'boy said: “1 can’t see; 1 can’t see." “You can’t sec it?” responded Ins fath er. “No, father, I can’t Bee you; 1 can’t see you; I feel dying.” The father then rubbed tho boy with spirits and forced some down his throat. The child raised his hands, moved his lips, and expired. Mera then took the body and put it uu der the bed where the sick mother was lying, and it remained there until even ing, when he burned it. The testimony oi tho boy’s sister is still more horrible. Mobile, July B.— Braxton Bragg, jr., a nephew ot Gen. Bragg, was attacked by Madison Wilson, son of L. M. Wil son, Vice President of the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad, this morning iu front of the Custom House. Each tired one shot. Wilson was instantly killed. Particulars after the trial. Richmond, July B.— Mary Bishop, a married woman, committed suicide this niorning, by cutting her throat with a pocket knife and bleeding to death. Cause, domestic troubles. She leaves six children—all girls. Herbußband is in Baltimore. Long Branch, July B.— Third raco was run yestorday; Conductor was tho winner. Time 2:43. Julius won the first; Helmbold won the second, time 5:43; Willie Ransom won the third, timo 2:405. From Cuba. Havana, July B.—Valmaseda is at Sanctu Esperatus. Cefallcno has tho vomito. Apprehensions are folt for the saloty of the Port-au-Prince. She is over due from New York. Lumber and shingles are wanted in Jamaica. Nnhacrlittioii to tho North amt Nouth It. B. Carried. Rome, Ga., July B.—Tho city elec tion to day decided whether Romo would subscribe one hundred thousand dollars to tho North and South Road from Rome to Columbus, Ga. Vote unanimously in favor of subscription. An Agricultural Depot. Hoi. stead & Cos. have an establishment ou Broad street which it is well to visit. They can secure you any kind ot seed or shrubbery you cau desire. They aro also agents for every conceivable vari ety of agricultural implement. They claim to have the best and cheapest churn of the age. Fruit baskets aro to be had in abundance. They are agents for the broom factory in Atlanta. They also are prepared to furnish any species of stock, native or imported. One feature of the establisment is tho keep ing on hand copies of all the agricultu ral, horticultural, &c., journals and papers of the United Stales, and also any quantity of colored plates illustra tive of different articles in tlicir lino. Soon they will havo a sample of every agricultural machine and Chineao paper water buckets and othor articles of the same material. In Demand.- Major Campbell Wal lace and U. I. Kimball appear to bo iu great demand in railroad circles. The former, the efficient Superintendent ot tho Bouth and North Road in Alabama, and under whose energetic supervision that road is being pushed with energy towards completion, was tho other day elected President of the Goorgia Wes tern Road, being projected from Atlan ta in a westerly direction to Elyton, Alabama; and thence to tho Mississippi at Gaines Landing. Whilo this is being done, yet another road in prospect— North Eastern Railroad from Athens to Raburn Gap—is patiently awaiting his acceptance of the proffered Presidency of that Road. We do not see why ho, like Kimball, cannot accept and fill all the places. It would certainly, pecuniarily,be a capital move. Kimball, we believe, fills tho Presidency of five roads, one bank, besides having the general supervision of tho Hi Kimball House. The Dalton Citizen has heard it stated that a terrible murder had been commit ted at some point ou the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad. It seems that a man was attacked by a party of negroes and robbed of about $7,000. On tho discovery of tho deed, suspicion rested on twelve negroes, nine of whom wero caught, accused and hung, having con fessed to a knowledge and participation in the crime. The “Plantation Publishing Compa ny” has just been organized at Atlanta, with Gen. J. B Gordon, Rev. C. W. Howard, and Messrs. W. C. Morris, C. li. Hanleiter, and B. C. Yancey as stockoldere. The latter is President, and Mr. Hanleiter, manager of the mo chanical department. The Intelligen cer office will be united with the “Plan tation,” but the Intelligencer nowspa paper is still for sale. One of the most novel and handsome improvements to be mado at the Cen tral City Park, Macon, for the conven ience of visitors during the Fair, will ! be the terracing of the bank of the river for one or two hundred yards along the grove, so as to seat safoly and conve niently a crowd of five or six thousand persons within ten or fifteen steps ot the water’s edge, while the boat racing is going on. The Directors Os the Georgia Western Railway mot at Atlanta on Thursday, President Wallace in the Chair. John H. James was choson Vice-President and W. P. Ormo Secretary andTreasu rer. Resolutions were passed appoint ing a committee of three to solicit sub scriptions, requesting the people along the line of the road to hold meetings and raise money, fixing tho gauge of the road at five feet. Cotton at Montgomery.— Receipts past week 155; total net receipts 97,083; stock, July 6th, 2,171. Total not re ceipte to same time lasi year, 79,930