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THE WEEKLY SUN. BiWOW. THOMAS GILBERT. THOS. GILBERT & CO., rnopniETous terms of subscription. )C ST | Six months SI 23 CLUBS. , ~ to same postollicc % 3 * .. •• « «* 17 9t .. .i u u 22 23 ADVERTISING RATES: • ,'vertiseinents inserted at $1 per square (ten . .inr less, in small type.) first Insertion, and wpv cents each subsequent Insertion. [ UOKNINUi 71A V 11. v; Columhu* Rose.—This gentleman . ; , was so badly shot by the Marshal of Newnan, is getting well. Goon Size Pf.bcii. —Dr. Ed. ft. Schley u /lit Saturday in a lake near Upatoie r ,a white perch weighing two and a iialf p I'tnds. It was sixteen inches in length and six broad. Solid Hoof Hogs.—Mr. A. Zorkowsky, proprietor of the hotel of Seale, Ala., has whose hoofs do not part, being solid tike those of a mule. The hogs were raised by Mr. W. L. Ingram, near Uchee. Escaped from Jail. —Tom Johnson ,lured, charged with robbing the store of Hubert Allen, at Sand Fort, some two weeks since, made ins escape from the nil of Bussell county on Saturday, by running over the jailor, Mr. Simpson, while feeding the prisoners. Mr. Simp .,n shot at Tom twice, without effect. Georgia Thief Arrested in Alabama. -Ned Davis, colored, (of course) was ar rested below Glennville on Sunday, charged with stealing a horse, the prop erty of Dr. Tuggle of this city, from the 'aide of Mr. Jack Odom, of this county, a short time since. Dr. Tuggle had loaned Mr. Odom the horse to ride to his home, ami the animal was stolen at night. Ned carried the horse to the neighbor hood of Glennville and traded him. He „uvh he traded a Jack for the -horse with someone in Girard. Ned slecpeth in the jail at Seale, awaiting a requisition from the authorities of this State. A Frequent Okfknrkh. —Sheriff Ware returned to Scale from Opelika on Satur day w ith one John Ivey, colored, charged with stealing a horse from someone in (he southwestern part of Russell county, some two years ago. John was arrested soon after the theft was committed and put in jail, but was demanded by the proper authorities of Macon county to answer the charge of attempting to com mit rape. John had broken jail in Macon before stealing the horse, lie was carried to Tuskegee, tried for the attempt to rape, convicted and sentenced for a term in the penitentiary, but was placed, with other convicts, at hard labor on the dif ferent railroads where convicts have been worked. His last place was the Savannah and Memphis Railroad. He bids fair to oh tain anew lease of railroad privileges. Fii.es of N ewspapers. — Ah an evidence of the value of the files of a newspaper, it is stated that a complete tile of the London Tunes is quoted at three thousand pound; sterling—equal to about twelve thousand dollars in gold. How often have lawyers in our courts been sorely puzzled in at tempts to ferret out facts of importance to a ease ponding, inconsequence of the absence of thu copy of the newspaper in which cer tain legal publications wore made. It is this feature, principally, that gives the value referred to to the London Times. How many papers aro there in the State us Georgia or Alabama that can produce complete tiles from the date of their'es tablishment to the present time? We venture to say not half a dozen in oither State can do it. This paper has complete tiles from its first establishment, 30th July, 18.15, to the present time, substan tially bound and in a complete state of preservation. Two copies of every issue. One thousand dollars could not purchase either copy. Their importance is shown j in the frequent application of our friends for opportunities to consult them. Russell County Delegates. At an iuljoui nod meeting of the Democratic party us Bussell county, on Monday even- j ing, at Scale, Col. A. G. Jones, Chairman us the Executive Committee of said cimnty, in the chair, the following named gentlemen were appointed delegates from the different boatsto represent the county in the State Convention, to be held in Montgomery on the 19th day of June next. Fight delegates from the county at large " ill lie appointed by the Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, be tween this time and the meeting of the State Convention: Boat 1. David Dudley, Freeman Stewart. Beat 2. A. G. Jones, J. M. Fuller. Boat S. S. Scott, William Himes. Beat 4. O. R. O'Neal, R. H. Edwards. Beat 5. Dr. S. A. Holt, E. N. Brown. Beat 6. J. F. Waddell, 11. M. Henry. Beat 7. W. J. Howard, M. L. Patterson. Beat 8. Dr. D. W. Johnston, A. C. Miteh- Good Cotton.— Mr. J. T. Gray yester. day showed us a specimen of cotton, ta li from his plantation, some ten miles east of Colmubns. The plant was fully i ght inches above the ground. Ho says he has three acres equally as good, and that the land was richly fertilized with stable manure. No one in his section has any approaching it. He does not think tile dry weather is much effecting the cot :i above ground, but is preventing much from sprouting. It is, however, seriously Tiring corn. The stand of cotton is v > ry thin. We have yet to hear any favor able account of crops. Apropos of the subject, we aro told the A' v Orleans Chamber of Commerce is salting arrangements towards securing •‘gents in every county in the Southern states to give weekly atatemehts in regard rowing crops. We are told that Mr. W. 1. Young Las consented to furnish lhe.se ’Torts from Muscogee. Hie general tone of the Democratic ; rt'ssof the country is against it hasty; ‘ lament in reference to the Cincinnati 'foment, but to submit the question to decision of a National Democratic ' "' ciihou, soon to be called, and in the ultimo to interpose no obstacle to the ptien of any course that may then be ■■" tad best to meet the emergency pre ufd. In the terse language of the New | * borld. the temper of the three par- 1 C present may be thus expressed: l iberals confident: tbo Radicals •••rung; the Democrats waiting." '"'femur Walker, of Virginia, strongly ‘•uorses Greeley and Brown. James 'kx M. C., has declared in his favor, ‘ support Horace in the New York : • ss. There is a growing conviction “ at " r, ' ( '’fy will be accepted bv the Dein • s . in which case liis election is re ■'t'Jed as certain. Actios ! —Every genuine bos of Dr. '• we s Liver Piles bears the signature 1 ming Brothers, Pittsburg, Pa., and ‘‘•' ir private U. S. Stamp. «T Take no " ;r ; the market is full of imitations. ! !s the popular verdict that people ' ' have been accustomed to the use of ‘•tors or Cordials, are obliged, eventually, •esort to Mci.ane'r Liver Pills for per tinent relief. ap 23 Wfim lorn 0 Connor, an unassuming Irish in T lB h lr a l as ' He does not know exactly how >’ he has, but the total will not vary “'ten lrom 60.000. VOL. XIV. Wo regret to see on the part of promi nent, life-long Democrats, a disposition to let their anxiety to get rid of the Grant dy nasty, carry them too far in committing themselves to the Cincinnati ticket The constituted authority of the Democratic party lies called a Convention of the par tyof all the States of the Union, to assem ble in Baltimore, on the 9th of Jnlv. In this body, the great lights of the party—the wisdom of the great Democratic party of the 1 nion will be assembled, to consult and determine what shall be done in the premises. The decision of the Conven tion should be the word of command to all Democrats. If, in the wisdom of the body, it should be determined to nominate a straight-out Democratic ticket, every Democrat should stand untrammelled, and prepared to enter the contest for victory with all the vim that is within him, deter mined to conquer. On the contrary, should the Convention endorse the plat form of the Cincinnati Convention, and recommend the support of its nominees, it is equally important that Democrats should occupy a position to go into the contest determined to win victory. Then how important it is that we should not put ourselves in a position to be embar rassed in the happening of either contin gency. A great work is before the country — Constitutional liberty is on trial—the people constitute the jury. The contest which will end in November will decide the fate. The nominee of the Philadel phia Convention, which is to assemble in Philadelphia on the 7th of June—whether he be Grant or other member of his dynasty, must bo defeated. We believe the Convention can put up a standard bearer who will secure victory to the cause, if the Democracy will rally in a body to bis support. The Convention may take a different view of the matter. Should it do so, we ttust every Democrat will be in position to do his duty in bringing the entire strength of the party to the policy it shall indicate. Mr. Greeley has many commendable points in his character which we admire, and others we do not approve. Whatever may be his foibles, he is an honest man— opposed to peculations, and all kinds of thieving on the part of officials. His most objectionable feature is negro on the brain. Os this we think he will bo totally cured before twelve months of the Presi dential term shall have elapsed. Should he be recommended by the Convention to the support of the Democracy, none will go into the contest with a greater deter mination to win victory than the quill drivers of the Sun. Another objection to too great haste m Democrats declaring their determination to support the Cincinnati ticket, is the strength it will give the Grant dynasty. More than a month will elapse between the time the Philadelphia nomination will 'lave been made and the assembling of the Democratic Convention. In this in termediate time the two wings of the Re publican party will have so for progressed in their discussions as to have created a permanent breach—such a gulf wiU have been created between them as can not be healed or reconciled. Such a breach ns cannot be reconciled with a large portion at least of the Cincinnati party, even though the ticket should be withdrawn in the event of « Democratic nomination. Then how important is it that Democrats should be cautious in tak ing position in advance of the decision of the Democratic Convention. Good Gen erals never divulge their plans of battle. Grant Uneasy and Distrustful, The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says the defection of leading republicans in Congress from the proposed renomination of Grant, is no longer a secret to the President or his person al adherents. The plotters are moving cau tiously and dread a premature discovery of their designs. What they hope for is that may find safety in some apparently spontaneously abandonment of Grant as the Philadelphia candidate, or shelter un der the bold utterance of some recogniz ed giant of the party. The names of a few of them are known. The unexpected turn that affairs have taken since the Cincin nati Contention and the time-serving po licy of men on whom he has showed po litical favor have greatly affected the President, it is said, and inspired him with such unconcealed distrust of every body that tho friends who have clung to him, by their own showing, through the coldness and neglect of the three years of his Presidency, aro justifying themselves in advance for their own contemplated desertion to the camp of the flying politi cians. Through the whole circle of poli tics there in a feeling of uneasiness and j doubt. From the Baltimoro Sun. Virginia and tho Political Campaign- Posi tion of Senator Sumner. Washington, May 10. — Gov. Walker, of Virginia, is iu town, and was on the floor of the House this afternoon in conversa tion with many of the Democratic mem bers. He expressed the opinion that the Virginia delegation would support Greeley and Brown in the Baltimore Convention, and that the State would ratify that nom ! inatiou if made by the Convention. The feeling among the members seems to grow stronger every day in favor of allow ing the Convention to decide the great question of such ratification without at tempting to influence the result by speech es and letters from members of the party. Even among those opposed to adopting the Cincinnati ticket, no special candi dates are talked about, unless possibly the the namo of Judge Davis is now and then favorably mentioned. The statement that he has declined the Columbus nomination and is not in the field is denied on the best authority. Whether it will appear or uot before the Baltimore Convention is yet to be seen. There has been some gossip to-day over a reported movement on the part of some of the Government Senators to conciliate Mr. Sumner and restore him to the ehair ni.uiship of the Foreign Relations Commit tee. His undecided position on the Pres idential question, and his recent coalition with those Senators to defeat amnesty and pass the social equality bill, have doubtless given rise to the story. The liberal Republicans, however, find that while Mr. Sumner is so pronounced againt Grant, he is so much in favor of himself that they have quite abandoned their efforts to" enlist his active support. It is reported that after the Cincinnati Convention, the Chairmen of the Repub lican State Executive Committees of Illi nois, Wisconsin apd lowa hurried off to Washington, to urge the nomination of some other candidate than Gen. Grant, at Philadelphia. _ A Sensational Bet. —The Western press dispatches say that on I riday, Sen ator Pomeroy bet his riding horse against five hundred dollars, on the part of Conk ling, that the Democrats' would ratify Greeley's nomination. Prospects of Greeley and Brown. — The New York Herald says: "There is no mistake about it. The majority of our exchanges, Democratic and otherwise, go for Greeley and Brown.” The World still fights shy, but admits that Democratic editors have a perfect right to indicate their preference for the philosopher, •provided they acquiesce in the dicta at the Baltimore Convention. THE WEEKLY SUN. GEORGIA NEWS. The residence ocenpied by Col. W. T. Weaver, inThomaston, was burned Thnrs ' day night. Col. W. has been burned out ; three times. The Bibb county Grand Jury has found j a true bill against E. Wooliff, barber, for I mercilessly whipping an apprentice. 13 years old ; color not stated. The New York Sun states that Gen. Jno. B. Gordon is in that city, and says the ; democratic endorsement of Mr. Greeley, j is a thing which will he agreeable to the ; South. YV e don t believe Gen. Gordon said any 1 such thing. In Columbia county, one of the mines in ; which Col. J. Belknap Smith is interested j has yielded over one million dollars since ; it was opened. At the last day’s tournament at Augusta the silver spurs were given General R. H. Anderson, commander of the Savannah Club, as the best rider. Messrs. Tilton and Baynon, of the Savannah Club, won the first and third prizes, scoring 38 and 35f points respectively, and Messrs. Hack and Thayer, of the Augusta Club, second and fourth prizes with 36| and 31{ points. Mr. Tilton crowned the Queen, and was presented with a medal; Mr Hack crowned the first Maid of Honor, and was presented with a saddle and bridle, and also a plume, and Messrs. Baynon and Thayer crowned the second and third Maids of Honor, and were presented with spurs and a bridle, respectively. The horse and wagon, of Dr. D. B. Plumb, of Augusta, ran over a boy named Lawson, hurting his back and leg. The Augusta Boat Club have christened their new boat the Lady Emma, after the wife of member John W. Clarke. It is saicj to be the lightest race boat south of Baltimore. She is forty feet in length, seventeen inches wide and is constructed principally of paper. Her cost was three hundred and fifty dollars. Last Friday afternoon, Dr. JohnM. Mil- i ler, died of hemorrhage of the lungs, at ; his father’s house, on Beech island, near Augusta. From April Ist 1871, to April Ist 1872, 31,545,418 pounds of Guauo were trans ported over the Georgia It.R. The Augusta Chronicle says last week a party of South Carolina boys went in bath- j ing. Three have died. The Augusta Typograhical Union, on Tuesday afternoon, elected Mr. A. J. Gouley of the Banner of the South office, to represent them at the approaching ses sion of the International Typographical Union, which meets in Richmond, Va., in June next. The Saw Mill of Mr. Cribb, on the B. & A. R.R. was destroyed by fire on Thurs day last. Five cars loaded with lumber were also destroyed aud a portion of the track burned so that the train for Newnan was detained several hours. Judge Cooke has decided in a habeas corpus case that on the separation of man and wife, the right to the possession of the children is vested in the mother equally with the father, and that she was entitled to their possession as between herself and a third party. The Griffin News says twenty acres of old field within a mile and a quarter of that place, and without a tree on it, sold a few days since for SI,OOO. Th« Crriflßn CS-oovgiaii nuy o 00-grvoicus farmers in that region consider the dry weather by no means a bad omen—as, they say, they never knew a bad crop year when there was a drouth in May. The wheat crop of North Georgia is re ported unusually fine. Mr. John Halbrooks, of Rome, aged GO, is dead. The Bainbridge Black-and-tan have en dorsed Grant and Wliiteley. Mr. H. H. Ash, of Lumpkin county, with several wagons, containing two thousand dozen eggs and nine hundred chickens, passed through Gainesville last week. During the month of April, Messrs. Sanford & Lathem shipped from this place 2,750 dozen eggs, 3,550 chickens, 450 ducks, and 12 turkeys. The firemen of Savannah contemplate forming an association, to be known as “The Volunteer Firomen,” the character of which will be charitable and benevo lent. Such organizations exist in New Orleans and Mobile. Harper C. Bryson, a native of Ireland, and a citizen of Augusta for 50 years, died Friday. The Mechanic Hook and Ladder Com pany of Bainbridge, claims the champi onship of the State. They say the com pany run 100 yards, took off three lad ders, placed one against a house, a man ascended to the top, descended, and they replaced all three ladders in the short space of thirty-eight and a half seconds ! Some 250 men, who have been cutting live oak in Florida for the United States, were in Savannah Saturday en-route for Maine. One fell between the cars on the Jacksonville road and was killed. The stockholders of the Jacksonville, Mobile and Pensacola Railroad, at a meet ing in Jacksonville, elected M. S. Little field President, Calvin Littlefield Vice President, and F. IT. Flagg Secretary and Treasurer. Charles McCay, a wood passor on the State Road, fell between the cars Friday and was killed. Capt. Hamilton, Long and Willis, con victed of robbery in McDuffie county, and a negro named Henry Spines, convicted of barn burning in Lincoln county, wore brought to Atlanta and lodged in jail for safe keeping until they can be turned over to Grant, Alexander & Cos. They were all securely chained together. The scoundrels who have been arresting South Carolinians in Georgia on Ku-Klux charges are about to be arrested. One of them arrested Mr. J. T. Hancock. He sued out a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Erskine and was discharged on his own recognizance. He had immediately arrested one scoundrel, H. W. Kendrick, who had figured conspicuously in his ar rest. In answer to telegrams the clerk of the U. S. Court in South Carolina, stat ing that no warrant had bet n found against Hancock. The case, by request of U. S. Attorney Farrow, was continued to Thursday and Hendrick required to give a bond of $2,500. Dr. P. H. Mell, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Georgia, has not been able to read a line of print in over eight months. He is going to Europe. . After consultation with the trustees a motion has been introduced into the At lanta City Council providing for giving Oglethorpe University #50,000 of 20 years 8 per cent, bonds, provided the college will raise an additional #50.000 and erect buildings mortgaged to -the city and edu cate all boy residents of Atlanta free of charge. The resolution was referred to a Committee to get legal advice whether the city can do this lawfully. To the Hawkinsville and Enfaula Rail road, Dooly county has subscribed #50,- 000: Americus #100,000; Webster #45,000 —#5,000 more to take: Stewart #60,000; Quitman SIO,OOO. Stewart and Quitman are expected to subscribe SIOO,OOO. Lumpkin had a united Sunday school COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 21,1872. 1 picnic on the Bth. Mumps are raging in ! the schools of Lumpkin. Mr. J. A. Matthews, of Lumpkin, had his knee pan broken last Monday by a kick from a mule. The Ordinary of Stewart county has awarded the following bridge contracts: Paremour bridge; to Charles Chesnut, for $8C0; Pataula bridges, (four) to B. E. Bozeman, for $795: Turner creek, to T. P. Kimble, for $595; McKinnon bridge, to J. E. Carter, for $l5O. The above bridges, except the Pataula, were let out uunder bond, to be kept up for seven years. The letting of these bridges leaves but few bridges yet remaining upon the county. All the balance have been let out under bond for a term of years, and are being kept up by the contractors. Os the Georgia cotton cases decided for four claimants in the Court of Claims in Washington, on the 10th, the most impor tant was that of Edwin M. Price, for cot | ton to the value of sixty-eight thousand dollars, seized near Adairsville. The other decisions were in favor of Edward Lovell, Wm. B. Adams, Lovell & Latii more and Abraham Becker. Houston county has returned 11S com mon law suits. The railroad from Fort Valley to Perry is to be completed by Oc tober Ist or contractors forfeit remunera tion. There are now at work 150 hands. A house owned by Henry S. Fagin was burned in Houston county. Chancellor Lipscomb has appointed Mr. George W. Calvin, of Augusta, as one of the students from the State at large, in the recently organized Agricultural and Mechanical College. About a hundred students have already been admitted in the new agricultural col lege, at Athens. The Early county News thinks there is no doubt but the Southwestern Railroad will be extended from Albany to Blakely 40 miles, by November. Capt. C. G. Wheelar has been appoint ed, by Mayor Huff, to take the census of Macon. In Bibb Superior Court, James Newman, charged with the murder of Mike Hartley, has been acquitted. Hon. D. W. Voorhees has this to say about the late Radical Legislature of Geor gia in Congress: “In the earlier times the clerk hire of the Legislature of that State did not ave rage over SIO,OOO per annum. That item alone reached the sum of $125,000 for the one Legislature whose conduct I am dis cussing—more than equal to the expendi ture on that account for any ten years of the previous history of Georgia. The Gen eral assembly consists of 175 Representa tives and 44 Senators, making 219, taking, both branches together. The record dis closes 104 clerks in the employ of this body while the Republican party was in the ascendancy there. One clerk for every two legislators is a spectacle which I com mend to the consideration of the American tax-payer and voter everywhere. Who can doubt that such a body was organized for the purpose of robbery and extortion. ” Aldermen F. J. Ruckert, A. G. McAr thur, Hon. Edward C. Anderson, H. Brig ham, William Grayson Mann, Esq., and Hon. W. W. Paine have been appointed by Mayor Screven to represent Savannah in petitioning Congress for aid for the Great Western Canal. They have gone to Washington. On Saturday two negro Delilahs eucred one B. R. Screvon, negro, of $250 while he was asleep. John Jones, an aged colored man, well known in Savannah as “Old Jones,” died at the advanced ege of 103 years. The deceased had, throughout his long life, so conducted himself as to merit the respect and good opinion of that community. He was born in Nassau. A Griffin man in a card addressed to the slayer of his little pet terrier, says: “I trust that you may yet live to learn to he as good as that dog was.” The Atlanta correspondent of the Grif fin News has this : It is rumored here that Judge Montgom ery’s concurring opinion delivered on the question involving the legality of the ses sion of the last Legislature after 30 days, was made in accordance with the wishes and desires of the Executive. A newspaper writer should be ashamed to write such slanders about a gentleman. It’s pure bosh, stuff, too thin for the most sick-hearted to swallow. Georgia Railroad stock, since the meet ing of the stockholders, has been sold for $lO2 per share. The Macon Enterprise reports that dust is plentiful in Columbus—trees are cover ed at least a foot, and the river has a coat of dust so thick and hard that the young people think of using it as a skating rink. That’s nothing to the reports that come from Macon. It’s so dusty there that all the trains go round the city, and the place looks like a floating sand cloud, and the la dies’ eyes likejaponica jars. Twenty gentle men came over yesterday to get rid of that horrid dust. The mother of Mr. Chas. Gamble, of h e firm of Small & Gamble, died at her residence. She was about seventy years of age. A match game of billiards took place in Ralston Hall, Macon, on Monday night, between Messrs. Tutt <fc Palmer—l,ooo point*. American four-ball game, push shot barred- Sixty innings played. Time of game, 1 hour 58 minutes. Palmer made 703; Tutt, 1,002. Tutt was presented with the gold-mounted cue by Col. J. B. Weems. Number of ladies present. In Atlanta on Sunday night Mr. W. F Jackson was married to Mrs. Lou Sartian, only daughter of E. W. Holland Esq. The Chattooga Advertiser has been in formed that a party of surveyors will leave Chattanooga next week, to locate the road between Rome and Chattanooga. This is a very important line, and one that mnst be built. This is a continuation of the North and South Railroad. On Friday night the steam mill of Mor rison & Gilliam, in Rome, burnt down, and their machinery almost totally destroyed. The fire was the result of an accident; no insurance. The annual revenue from the Water Works will now amount to about $3,000, and it is uow increasing at the rate of $25 or S3O a day. It will soon run up to about SB,OOO. This will pay all expenses, inter est on the bonds, and provide a handsome sinking fund. In five years the income on the Water Works will be $15,000: in ten years it will be $20,000. This is a reasonable presumption. So says the Rome Commercial. An elegant Episcopal church has been erected in Frankfort, Ky, by Mrs. Emily : D. Tubman, of Augusta. A Healthful Political Move.— The Reform Association of New York city re ports fifty-five thousand voters enrolled. The one "plank” of their platform is hon esty in the municipal service. Each voter by "his enrollment gives his pledge that he will vote only for honest, capable men for the various offices of the city government. Partisan political issues are ignored by the association, which embraces men of all parties. The association adopts the usual party machinery, district and general ex ecutive committees, nominating commit tees, Ac., as means to exercise its influ ence in the city government. The recent cold weather and cut-worms are damaging the cotton crop seriously in Decatur county. ALABAMA ITEMS. More than fifty new cadets have appli ed for admission to the University. The wife of Judge J. McCaleb Wiley tlied at her residence last Thursday. Sir. M. Cody has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the Barbour county Com missioners Court, occasioned by the res ignation of Mr. Adams. From April 10th to May 10th Eufaula received 12,424 bushels of com by the Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad—rep resenting in credit prices some $15,000 —all for cotton. Mrs. Crew of Eufaula has a hen that laid 48 eggs, and 12 more in other nests than her own while she was setting There was a disastrous fire at Tuscaloo sa, and North-Port on Wednesday night last. In Tuscaloosa a livery stable be longing to Messrs. Baird & Hurst, and in North-Port a warehouse with 250 bales of cotton was also destroyed. Both fires are thought to have been incendiary, but sus picion had not fixed itself on any one. The loss is estimated at $75,000 Mrs. Jas. E. Wells, jr., while engaged with a sewing machine, suddenly looked out of a window and happened to place the forefinger of her hand under the nee dle, and it pierced entirely through the end of her finger, about the centre of the finger nail, and fastened it to the cloth on which she was sev. ing. The pain was so intense that she swooned. A fisherman at Selma found attached to his trot line a dead negro with a broken skull. j Mr. James Mass, aged GO, was thrown j from his horse in Selma and broke his j right arm. Sweet potatoes can't sell for $1 50 per i bushel at Selma. | The Red Iron Mountain Company iias secured sufficient capital to develop their property iu North Carolina amounting to 7,340 acres. Daniel Pratt was elected President; A. J. Noble Secretary and Treasurer aud H. F. D. Bardelaben, Su perintendent. The following was disposed of in the Circuit Court of Mobile county on the 9 th: W. I. Squire vs. the Mayor, Aider men and Common Council. Judgment for plaintiff for $2,600, on the ground that the plaintiff was deprived of his office by the Mayor, Aldermen aud Common Council without authority of law, and without fault on his part. A drove of eight or nine partridges walked gravely and undismayed up one of the main streets in Jacksonville, about dusk last Tuesday. The artesian wells in East Selma are failing rapidly and some of them have already ceased to run over. The cause is attributed to tbe big well in rear of the Central Block. The Episcopal Convention of the Dio cese of Alabama, recently convened in Montgomery, adjourned on Sunday, the 12th. Tbe next annual convention will be held at Christ Church, Mobile, begin ning on the 2d Wednesday of May, 1873. The Eufaula News has this about the Montgomery and Eufaula Railroad : Gur informant states that a petition was filed in the United States District Court at Montgomery to have a Receiver ap pointed. whose duty it shall be to appro priate the earnings of the road towards paying off the floating debt, pro rata, among the creditors. The object of the petition is to prevent the road from being forced into bankruptcy by impatient cred itors. It was granted, and Col. A. J. Lane, President of the road, was ap pointed receiver. Two days prior to this petition for the appointment of a Receiver, a petition in bankruptcy was filed by creditors of the road, asking that it be declared bankrupt, and Thursday next, 16 th inst., was ap pointed by the court in which it would hear the case. The friends of the road under a petition for a Receiver, declare that it is not bankrupt, but that their pe tition is nothing more than an effort to obtain a little more time in which to meet its indebtedness, and they are making an effort to induce the withdrawal of the pe tition for bankruptcy, and so harmonize the matter as that the road may remain in its present condition until its creditors are paid off. For the first time in the history of the State since 1860, the claims of several counties upon educational account for any one year have been fully paid. All the outstanding warrants for the year 1871, upon the educational fund, have been paid, and every legitimate claim of teachers has been cancelled by the State. This can be said of no other year during or since the war, and is a conclusive an swer to the Radical attacks upon the ad ministration of Public Schools by Dem ocrats. The proceedings in relation to the bankruptcy of the M. & E. Railroad in Montgomery, have been postponed until the 27th inst., when there will be a regu lar term of the U. S. District Court. The Montgomery Advance, of the llth inst., says “it is whispered on the streets that some of our largest business houses are about to fail. ’’ The Journal thinks there is no foundation for the report. The mails from New Y'ork now reach Montgomery in 57 hours making an average of over four hundred miles per day. It is reported in Montgomery that J. L. Pennington, late Senator from Lee county in the Alabama Legislature, has beeu appointed Governor of one of the Western Territories; also that the Opelika Era, now for Greeley, will change propri etors within a few days and come out for Grant. A difficulty occurred at Calera on Mon day between a fireman and oue of the em ployees on the S. A N. Road, in which one of the engineers became involved when a regular cutting and shooting en sued, in which the fireman was cut and the engineer so badly shot that no hopes are entertained for his recovery. No names given. Dr. A. G. Mabry and Hon. E. H. Mo ren have been appointed trustees of the State Asylum for the Insane vice Dr. E. F. Bonchelle, of Pickens, and a colored M. D. of Mobile, removed. A. F. Given, of Montgomery, has been appointed to ! another vacancy in the same board. Hon. J. Q. Smith, on last Saturday, • held, in his charge to a Lowndes county ' jury, that the late act of the Legislature 1 squelching the Tuskaloosa and other lot teries in Alabama was unconstitutional, and the jury, acting under the charge. ’ fined an agent of the former institution five hundred dollars. The Herald says that at the last cabinet i meeting it was determined that every iron-clad in the navy should bo put in condition for immediate service, and the ; Secretary of W T ar was instructed to make the coast defences impregnable, particu larly those on the Southern sea-board, where there are so many valuable niggers j to be protected. Fourteen sea-going iron clads will be ready for sea in a few weeks. Three have been sent to the private yard of Cramp A Son, Philadelphia. All those at Boston, Brooklyn, Norfolk and New Orleans are being fitted oat as fast as possible, and the Committee on Naval Af fairs will report a bill to put ten more iron pots in course of construction imme diately. TELEGRAPH IC. FOREIGN. Paris, May 14.—Reports have beeu re ceived. from Carlists sources, that the in surgents have ocenpied Bilboa. Don Car los has entered Biscay, and the Carlists are i masters of three basque provinces. An important engagement is expected iu Bis | cay. Madrid, May 14.—Fifteen thousand government troops are now concentrated j in the Department of Biscay. Opposed to l them are 7,000 Carlists, who adopt the I Fabian policy. | The Carlists leaders who escaped into i France, have been arrested and returned j by the French authorities. London, May 14.—Parliament has ad journed for the usual holidays. The House of Lords will re-assemble on the 31st inst., the House of Commons on the 27th. Paris, May 15. — Marshal Bazaine, tho' placed under arrest, is allowed to remain at home, but guards have been placed in the grounds surrounding his residence to prevent outside parties from communica ting with him. Madrid, May 15. — The force of Carlists which entered Spain from Portugal was met by Government troops and driven back into Portuguese territory. London, May 15, 3 r. m. — The message of President Grant to the U. S. Senate, submitting proposed additional article to the Washington treaty rclativo to indirect claims, serves to reassure the public that the differences between the two nations will be honorably settled. The publica tion of the message has had an effect upon the market for American securities, which are now firmer than at opening. Paris, May 15. — An official decree ap pears to-day announcing the following ap pointments of French Ministers: Duke DeNoalle, at Washington; Jules Fervey, at Athens: M. Gabria, at The Hague; M. Gadomean, at Stockholm. WASHINGTON. Washington, May 12.—General Jones and Major Sayre are doing well. No ap prehension, though both are badly bat tered. Washington, May 13.—House.—Voor hees’ personal explanation was made. It was a bitter anti-GrGeley speech. It is the sensation of the day. The Senate is considering supplemental enforcement bill. Casey’s successor will not be named for some days. The Conference Committee have adopt ed the House substitute to Morrill’s amendment to the Deficiency bill with the same restrictions with regai-d to payment. The President to-day transmitted to the Senate the correspondence between the United States and Great Britain. Tho Senate is in possession of all the facts. The matter will be adjusted to the satis faction of both governments. The mes sage was ordered to be printed. There is scarcely a doubt that the Senate will ad vise au acceptance of the affair in the cor respondence. The Senate Committee on Conference was ordered upon the House amendment refuting taxes upon burned whisky. The Judiciary Committee reported a bill removing the political disabilities of Clark, of Texas, who was sworn in. The Court of Claims has adjourned to November. Washington, May 14. —Senate.—Un- important. House.—Tariff; no action. Senate.—Bill for a District Court in the Indian Territory was up. Nye said the reservation policy for Indians was a complete failure. He favor ed a railroad through them and the open ing of lands to settlement. Kellogg’s supplemental enforcement bill resumed and finally passed—34 to 17. Mr. Thurman, in the course of the de bate, said he thought the bill a fair one, but would vote against it from principle. The discussion was quite ex nting over various amendments, and indicated the hopelessness of amnesty this session. Deficiency bill resumed. It is thought that both of Morrill’s amendments and the House substitute will be dropped, leaving the matter in statu quo. Scott called up the bill extending to March 4, 1873, extraordinary powers of the President under the Ku-klux bill. No action. Night Session.—Naval affairs. House.—Conference ordered on naval appropriation bill. Tariff resumed. Buckley, of Alabama, moved to except cotton machinery as an amendment to the section affecting iron aud iron manu factures. Adopted. A resolution that watches and articles of ornament be excluded from the general reduction was carried. The Committee on Naval Affairs re ported in favor of the construction of ten sloops of war. The Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate held a meeting to-day on an additional article to the Treaty of Wash ington, but came to no conclusion. The Committee meets again to-morrow. The opinion of the Senate has not yet developed itslf, although the measure, as au administration proposition, will, it i s thought, be ratified. The President sent a message to Con gress advising Federal regulations for the protection of emigrants. The delegates from the Western and Southern cities arrived in this city last night, representing the interest of the At lantic and Western Canal which is to open water communication between the Missis sippi river and the Atlantic ocean. A meeting to-day was attended by several Senators and Representatives from these States, and was organized by electing Ed ward Anderson, of Alabama, chairman, and Col. Capers, of Georgia, secretary. The delegation will call upon the Presi dent m a body to-morrow, and present au address. Washington, May 15. —Negotiations are about resalting in a waiver of conse- j quential damages before the Geneva tri bunal. though retained in case they will not be noticed. To-day a delegation of Georgians, con sisting of Judge Holt, of Macon, Henry ; Brigham, of Savannah, State Senator ; Gresham. Cois. Edw. C. Anderson. H. D. i Capers, and Mayor Huff, of Macon, sent" there in the interest of the canal project, to nnite the Mississippi river with the At lantic, called on the President. They were accompanied by the entire Georgia delegation in the House of Representa tives, and were introduced to the Presi dent by Gen. Young. , Col. Frobel, in a speech of a few mo | ments, called the attention of the Presi : dent to this important movement. The President replied that if not for the ; lateness of the session of Congress he would recommend its adoption, but would, however, give it his attention at the ear liest moment. He said the measure de served National aid. Senate —The Senate concurred in the Conference report on .deficiency appropri- ations bill, and discussed at length the Baltimore and Potomac ilejiot site bill. Recess till evening. House—The House ordered a confer ence committee on Consular aud Diplomat ic bill. A resolution that both Houses adjourn from the 29th inst., until the last \\ ed liesday in November, was introduced, but subsequently, the mover gave notice that he would offer it again to-morrow. The tariff bill was considered. Dawes withdrew his pending substitute for the 2d section. The 2d section now stands as follows: it reduces the existing duties on the follow ing articles—lo per cent, on all manufac tures of cotton, all wools, hair of goats aud other animals, and all manufactures there of, all iron aud manufactures of iron, all metals not herein otherwise provided for, and all manufactures of metal except watches, jewelry, and other articles of or nament, all writing paper, all manufac tures of India rubber, gutta percha, or straw, and oil-cloths of all descriptions; provitled, that the duty ou umbrellas, &c., shall not be less than on goods of the samo material and quality as the coverings theron, of all steel, and manufactures of steel wire rope, and wire strand made of iron wire, or of steel wire. Tho Conference report on the iiefieien cy bill was submitted and agreed to. The paragraph in regard to cotton claims, which was the chief point of disagree ment, is modified so that the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay to the lawful owners or legal repre sentatives of all the cotton seized after the 30th of June, 1865, by agents of the government unlawfully, and in violation of their instructions, the net proceeds, without interest, of the sales of such cot ton actually paid into the Treasury, the receipts thereof to be entirely in satisfac tion of all such claims, and not to apply to any cause now pending before tho Court of Claims or to any cause uot filed in the Treasury Department, within six months after tbe passage of this act. NEW YORK. New York, May 14.—There were five trots at the Fleetwood Park yestorday. The first was won by Frank in three heats, the best time being 3:06. The second was won by Belle Jones in five heats, tho beat time being 2:541. The third was won by George M. Patehen in four heats, best time 2:58. The fourth was won by j Starlight in four heats, best time 2:431-. j The fifth was won by David in two boats, best time 2:55. A letter from Cadiz says Dr. Howard suffered considerably on the voyage from being loaded with heavy chains, but upon the request of American officers at Cadiz the irons were removed. Albany, May 14.—The break in the ca- nal at Big Nose, will be repaired by the 20th. The new officers of the Stock Exchange were installed to-day. President King and Chairman Wheolock made addresses. The Board voted a service of silver plate to ex-President Clark. In the Methodist Conference Rev. Dr. | Wild, delegate from Canada, addressed 1 the Conference, saying the Canadian Methodist Episcopal Church would prefer a union with the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States, rattier than with other Methodist bodies in Canada, j under their present traditions with Eng land. He said the M. E. Chiux-h in Cana da is growing more and more favorable to the independence of church and State aud for the non-interference of Europe with I this Continent, and was politically and re- I ligiously growing tired of the interference of England. (Applause.) The Tribune, of to-morrow, publishes I the following card: The Tribune has ceased to lie a party j organ, but the unexpected nomination of i its editor, at Cincinnati, seems to involve it in new embarrassment. AU must bo ; aware that the position of a journalist who i is. atthe same time, a candidate, is, at best, i irksome and difficult; tkatjhe is fettered! in action, and restrained in criticism; whatever he may say or do is closely scan ned, by thousands, eager to find in it what may be so interpreted as to annoy, or per plex, those who aro supporting him as a candidate, and to whom his shackled con dition will not permit him to be servicea ble. The undersigned therefore withdraws absolutely from the conduct of the Tri bune, and will henceforth, until further notice, exercise no control nor supervision over its columns. (Signed) Horace Greeley. May 15th. The editorial management of the Tri bune falls on Whitlow Reid. MICHIGAN. Detroit, May 14. A special dispatch ; from Houghton states the strike ?s gen -1 eral at Calumet, Hecla, Schoalfact.Quincy, Franklin, and Pena'oeck mines. Two \ thousand men have been engaged. The ringleaders at Calumet and Hecla mines were arrested but were rescued by a mob. No one has been injured as yet. i The strike has been going on twelve days. MARYLAND. j Baltimore, May 14.—1n the Superior 1 Court this morning, the counsel for the Rev. S. D. Huston filed a declaration in a libel suit brought by Huston against the proprietors of the Baltimoro American, laying damages at SIOO,OOO. The committee appointed by the Church authorities are about commencing their official investigation of the charges against Dr. Huston. CONNECTICUT. New Haven, May 14. —The combination to elect Senator Ferry has succeeded. The House to-day gave him sixteen ma jority. The Senate gave Hawley seven majority. Ferry’s majority on joint jiallot on Wednesday will he nine or ten. Haw ley was the regular Republican nominee. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston, May It. —New arrests of citizens under the Enforcement .Act are daily reported from Fairfax and other counties. Hon. Alfred Huger, a well-known Charlestonian, and a conspicuous Unionist in the days of nullification and secession, died to-day of paralysis, in his 84th year. He was postmaster of Charleston from the ! time of President Jackson to 18(55. PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia, May 14. Round trip tickets has been announced to the Con vention at about half rates, and covering liberal time, and adopted by most of the railroads, including the Pennsylvania Central and its connections. ALABAMA. Mobile, May 14.— The Daily Tribune, of this city, hoists the names of Greeley and Brou n to the mast-head this morning, i subject to the people of Alabama, through the Representatives of the Convention 1 which meets at Montgomery, June 10th. TENNESSEE.' Nashville, May 14. — First race, Dou ! ble-ont winner; time— l:sl, 1:474. Second race, time—l:474, 1:46f. KENTUCKY. Lexington, May 14. —The first race w»s won by Hollywood, 3:30, 3:39^. Second race. Plantation ; time—2:44. NO. 15. WEDNESDAY MORWre. tmv is. Rice Mill —What K of One. —A gentleman in our office has been suggesting the propriety of estab lishing a rice mill in Columbus. He thought such an establishment would pay. He is a practical farmer and a nail pro prietor of many years experience. There are no such mills in this section—none nearer than the coast. His estimate was that within a radius of fifty miles from Columbus about one hundred thousand bushels of rice were raised annually. The only way to clean it was with the old fashioned wooden mortar and pestle. On his own farm ‘-'.VO bushels were raised, and on every place rented by negroes some little was sown. White planters also give the cultivation some attention. He said there wa; much land in this section suitable for rice, and if some establish ment could be erected at which it could bo cleaned easily and rapidly, large areas would bo devoted to its production, and make the enterprise pay well. He thought a good-sized mill could be built for #20,- 000. in this day of modem improvement it is very desirable that the productions of the earth be varied as much as possible, llice is one of the articles whose cultiva tion, our informant says, requires little time and money. We recommend that thoughtful attention he given the subject. The “New 'Cotton Factory.”—Hap pening in the neighborhood of this enter prise yesterday, wo paid a visit to the es tablishment, and were kindly shown the modus operdndi of manufacturing now going on in that busy looafiiV. Quite a number of males, as well as females, are employed in the works, and if the constant clatter of looms and the noise of other machinery in full operation are an index, the fabrics made must certainly be meet ing with ready sale. Some twenty-five or thirty looms were in operation, and to our inexperienced eye, each loom seemed to be employed in weaving a different text ure or variety of cloth. We were inform ed some thirty different patterns of checks, ginghams and stripes are already made, and many of those which we were shown iu the salesroom, and being baled for shipment, were quite handsome. Notwithstanding the short time this factory has been in operation, many or ders from abroad have been received, and the goods manufactured are daily becom ing more widely and favorably known. Messrs. A. Clegg, (!. E. Dexter, T. Mcll henny and It. S. Stockton, under the firm name of A. Clegg & Cos., are the proprie tors of the factory. - The Ice Comfany. —This company has resolved to increase its capital stock from ten to fifteen thousand dollars. Present stockholders are to have the first opportu nity. Capt. Golden, of the Columbus Iron Works, who went to New Orleans for the purpose, saw a model of the Muhl patent, and also conversed with the con tractor from Texas, who has built several of the machines. He is confident they can do all that is claimed for them, and his es tablishment is prepared to take the eon fraet which will probably be closed to-day. The ice company is confidently expected to l>e in operation in forty days, and citi zens be furnished withrice at one and one and a hah" cants psrpotmd. Capt. Brain toil.i ns the Directors have agreed to pur chase the :sito of the Carter mill, and run the establishment with water. The price of the property is # 10,000, and the compa ny is allowed tea years to pay the amount. The Eagle and Phcnix Mills Company, from whom the property is to be purchas ed, guarantees all rights. Mutin'/ at the Jail—Neguo Shot.— [ It has been the custom in the jail to re- ' lease the negroes from the cells and allow : them to walk around in the iron recess. Yesterday there were seven negro priso ners in there. One George Elkins, who has been a numerous offender, had been kicking up a fuss and in consequence giv en bread and water, lie became very obstreperous. He refused to allow the jailor, ('leghorn, to enter. The negro was armed with a stink pot and piece 'of iron. The jailor sent for assistance and several policemen were sent him. The negro re mained insubordinate. The jailor attempt ed to enter, when Elkins threw on him the contents of the pot, and was prepar ing to strike with his iron, when Captain Cash, of the police force, shot him with a double-barreled gun, loaded with duck shot. The load entered the negro's wrist, arm and right breast. The wounds are not considered very dangerous. The ne groes came to a “pint” of order at once. Is it a Valuable Glass 't- —Judge de Launay showed us last week a tuft of grass which was growing all over his premises. The stalk is slender, and seem ingly juicy, some eight inches high and has very small seed. The bunch shown us, some twenty stalks, had grown from a single seed. Judge D. noticed it only within the last few months. We have ] asked a number of farmers concerning it [ but they did not recognize the variety. Cast. A. 11. Buech. — This gentleman is announced by his friends as a candidate j for the position of clerk of the criminal court of Russell county, Ala. He was a brave Confederate officer, and is as true, staunch and undaunted a Democrat as breathes, and is an honest gentleman and admirably qualified for the place. He ought to have the office, and we feel con fident he will get it. See the card. That Knock Off. —The man we men tioned yesterday, as having been knocked from the Western railroad track, by the up passenger train Sunday night, between Auburn and Opelika, was Mr. Young, a section master. He left Opelika that af ternoon for his home. It is thought he was asleep. One arm and a leg were so badly broken that both had to be amputa ted. The Westeen Railroad.—Superintend ent Foreacre is splendidly managing the line; Mr. E. A. Bacon is helping him ably at this point. The mail trains now make 22 miles per hour, as au average. Col. F. is having the Westinghou.se Air-brake put on all the passenger cars. By means of this brake the engineer has entire control, and can stop his train within two car lengths when moving nt the rate of forty miles per hour. Reduction in Duy Goods.—A turning point seems to have arrived at least in the price of fancy prints. The New York telegraphic report for last Wednesday, states the Pacific Mills have reduced their prices for prints to Uic., which is only a prelude to a redaction in the price of all other makes. Labge Rewaed.—Governor Smith has offered $250 reward for the apprehension of Ferdinand Spann, who killed his wife in Webster county on the 4th inst., and the same amount for the girl, Susan Eberhart, with whom he eloped. When last seen they were at the Montgomery andEufaula Railroad in Eufaula. Both were afoot and each carried a bundle of clothing. Our officers should have a lookout for them. From tho Savannah Nowt Voorhees Goos for Doctor Greeley. WHAT HORACE KNOWS ABOUT ELECTION LAV. - »NO THE Kn-KLTTX.—A SCATHING SPEECH. Washington, May Iff, 1872. VOOEHEES VEESCS GREEI.EY. There was quite a sensation in the House of Representatives to-day. Mr. Voorhees, of Indiana, rose in his seat and. in the expressive language of the prize - ring, “went for” the great and good Mr. Greeley, formerly of New York and Texas, but now of Cincinnati, iu the liveliest manner imaginable, lie reviewed the po litical career of the Cincinnati nominee at some length, and in a style which caused the Greeiey-Demoorals some uneasiness The members from the ilepublican side of the House crowded around \oorhees and greeted him with warm and oft-re peated applause. H. G. AS A POLITICAL ECONOMIST. He reviewed the antecedents of Mr. Greeley as a high protective tariff man and the life-long exponent of a policy in imical to the western constituency which he (Voorhees) represented. Going farther bao.t, the issues which had divided them were as wide as the Gulf. In 1850 and ISfiO Greeley hail maintained that the States which felt aggrieved had an iualieu able right to set up for themselves when ever they so desired. Had he recanted? WHAT HORACE KNOWS AIiOUT SECESSION. On tiie contrary, on the 10th of April. 187,1, he had published a book giving an analysis of Iris opinions at that time, in which these views were repeated, reaf firmed and reiterated. Greeley had been assured by the Southern, people that, more than any other one thing that led them to take the slops they did. was the voice of the then victorious Republican party through its organ, tho Mew York Tribune. But when they went, no wild beast ever spin tg for blood more eagerly than Gree ley did, shouting “On to Richmond.'” THE WARRIOR OF CHAFF AqUA. A red sea of blood was not enough to satisfy him, no General was quick enough, no army could fight enough for him. When the law was passed in 18(52 confis cating the homes of the men, women and children of the Southern States, he, not satisfied with blood, gloried also in this work. GREELEY AS A KU-KLUX. lie had been a savage advocate of the Ku-Klux law, while President Grant had, under his oath of office, executed the law, Greolev had, without an oath, clamored for the law itself, lie had been one of the earliest and most earnest advocates of the bayonet election law. Two years ago this very month, he had clamored and raged for a law placing the election hi the State of New York under the control of Federal troops. Was such a man tit to lead a reform movement? NOT FOB DAN. Others might do as they please, hut as for himself (Vorhees) and his household, they would have noue of this worship. There was something higher and sweeter than success. One whom he held in the highest reverence had said that he would sooner be right than be President. He would sooner be right than be successful. The Democratic party had three million s of voters, and he protested against the transfer of the organization to a camp where there was nothing belonging to it. ROSEVELT RISES. Rosevelt, of New ; York, asked if lie would support the nominee of the Balti more Convention, whatever he might be. Voorhes replied he would define his posi tion as standing by principles and voting for the man who represented them. It had been said that Mr. Greeley went hail for Jefferson Davis. That was too narrow a platform to stand upon. A million of men stood ready to otter the bail, and it had seemed to him (Voorhees) a piece of needless impertinence on the pari of Mi*. Greeley. WHAT GRANT DI1). When Andrew .Johnson proposed to ar rest Gen. Leo, Gen. Jos. E. Johnston, ami other leading officers of the rebellion, there was one man who had stepped in and told him that these men had given their parole as soldiers and should not be ar rested; that man was tho present incum bent of the Presidential Chair, and ho feared if he took the stump for Greeley he would find one opposed to- him who had done more for the South. (Loud ap plause on the Republican side and galleries ) The speech has been the universal sub ject of comment and conversation through out the day. Trade Prospects. —We heard one of our largest and most prominent merchants say yesterday that if good crops were produced this year, next season would see the largest trade Coliunhus has ever known. Credit has been so strained that now few merchants are able to extend it except to the most reliable of customers. The result is that farmers are unable to secure much accommodation, and hence will be forced to provide means for sub sisting their prodcclivc force on their own plantations. The result will be next fall that they will have few debts com parativily, and considerable money. With funds all will purchase more or less of luxuriei, which pay better profits than necessi lies. He thought now that steam had to be put on to prevent one from sell ing goods. AVi th prospering seasons all will go well. Col. John Forsyth in the last Mobile Register thus concludes a long editorial: There never was an hour when the pru dent maxim, Fes ina Lente , was so fraught with meaning to the Democracy and with [ safety to the country. It is the first duty j of every citizen to make haste slowly;— to consider without, haste and without heat I wherein lies his political saltation. There lis plenty of time. Two full months are given, wherein for him to decide if he will think it best to instruct him who speaks for him at Baltimore to accept, or tore, ject, the men of Cincinnati:—to decide if that ticket shall he utterly refused, shall be supported by the Democracy , or shall be voted for by Democrats. Agricultural Congress. —The third session of this body convenes at St. Louis, Mo., on Monday, May 27th, under the auspices of the St. Louis Agricultural Mechanical Association. Delegates arc being appointed in all sections of the | country, and the prospects for a full at \ tendance and an interesting meeting, are I most flattering. Societies in every department of agri ! culture are entitled to send delegates upon a Via,is of one of each fifty of its members. The Secretary, Mr. Chas, W. Greene, of Jackson Tenn., will furnish any infor mation desired. We would advise our local societies to he represented. The Atlanta correspondent of the Sa vannah Advertiser has been informedthai the committee appointed to investigate the lease of the State. Road have complet ed their labors, and sent in their report t . the printer. The report is exceedingly severe upon the lessees as well as upoi the lessors. It is shown that the lease was obtained by fraud and collusion, and that money was used to insure its success. Whether or not the committee recom mended declaring the lease void, he has not learned, but lie hears that they hav. advised the Legislature to grant others authority to bring suits against the State, with a view to testing the validity of the lease. The Atlanta correspondent of the Grif fin News says: The proposition now pending in Congre -s to withdraw the Circuit jurisdiction from this Court and organize a Circuit Court for Georgia, will probably go through. Its purpose is probably to provide a place for Akerinan, without interfering to any great extent with Erskine. Quite a number will go from Atlanta to St. Louis to attend the Agricultural Con gress which assembles on the 29th. Mr. Stephens says in the Atlanta Sun : The telegram published a few days ago from Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees, clearly shows that it is the determination of the leaders of the party in Congress to make no choice between Greeley and Grant, the present Radical candidates; but to run a straight Democratic ticket. This also seemsto Vie the determination of the Penn sylvania Democracy. At the Philadelphia Medical Conven tion, last week, three negro doctors pre sented hemselves for admission, fully empowered with credentials as medical doctors But by on overwhelming vote the Convention declined to receive them as men and brothers, and cruelly closeu doors against the American citizens u f Afrieandescent.
