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THE WEEKLY SUN. 1 I|llMA S DK WOLF. THOMAS GILBERT. THOS. GILBERT & CO., PROPRIETORS. terms of subscription. line POI.V, "110 year % I 50 ?lx inontlis I no club RATKB. . j - r ,-H copies, one year, to same j.ost- at *1 40 each 4 \iO r i- one >ear, to same pORt- at «l :t.i each li 75 I. ,1 ,dpios, one year, to same j.ost- at si its each I*4 50 l (p en copies, one year, to same post- at each 17 ‘45 t ,-ui v eople.’, one year, to same poat '.m. at *1 each ‘4O (ID S.iliccripMons iliscontlnued at the expiration -1 time. \ll remittances must he hy registered letter ~ inifice money order, otherwise at the risk , i ,|, e sender. Address, Tima. Gilbert & Cos., Oulumhus, (ia. ADVERTISING RATES: A dcertisements inserted at $1 per square (ten ili-... -r less, in small type,) lirst insertion, and | ny cents each suhsoquent insertion. i defense: or cotton futures. We regret to see that a paper of r.o miu h respectability nml of so much influ ence in its sphere as the Financial Chronicle defends the practice of dealing in “cotton futures.” it bases its article on the decision of an Alabama Judge, p, -noiinoin ; such transactions “gam no," and ruling that no legal recovery can be had upon them. The Chronicle that this question will “speedily be carried to our court of last resort.” To that tribunal, then, we leave the legal question involved, with something of confidence in our hope that tho decision of the Alabama Judge will be sustained. lint the Chronicle defends the practice on the score of custom. It says: “Deal ii,;m in futures are no novelty, for they li.i,been a recognized mode of transac ti.,ii in Kiiropean ports for rape seed oil, hemp, etc., ever since the Napoleonic wars. Liverpool, upon the establishment of channel telegraphs to tho Continent, applied them to cotton in its dealings with Continental spinners, and tho mo ment. the Atlantic cable became a fixed institution futures in cotton were intro duced among us. Even prior to that such contracts were in nso in oilier trades. Ten years ago petroleum was sold months ahead in our market. Now, transactions of this description have become a neces sary leading element in modern mer chandise dealings, as well recognized as any other form of agreement, and al though at first received with little favor by our older merchants, they have finally been accepted by all as of great service in every branch of trade when rightly used.” We are not advised of the effect upon prices produced by “future” operations in rape seed oil, hemp, etc., in Europe; but we know that the Uuetuatious in pe troleum for the last ten years have been hard to account for except by the disturb mg element of speculations in futures, ll i: moreover apparent that such specu lations have not been beneficial to the oil producers generally, however much some of the dealers in “futures” may have made by these speculations. Hut all this wo look upon as begging the question, both as regards the legality of gambling in “futures” and tho benefits of the system to any class. If “custom” can make an act rigid or beneficial, manslaughter can date ils claim to legality and beneficence from the days of (fain and Lamech, and illicit trading can claim respectability from the time that Joseph’s brethren sold him to the Egyptians. But what we wished particularly to no tice is the following proposition of the Chronicle: “ But we stated that this mode of deal ing is a decided advantage to the planter. We have not the space to-day to develop the idea as fully as wo would like, and yet it, will require only a moment's reflection to see many ways in which lie receives benefit. For instance, every one knows that the most of the cotton produced is grown on borrowed money, and that tho difficulty or facility with which the needed money is obtained is a very im portant element in the cost of the crop. Under this new system the country mer chant can now sell cotton in New York for October delivery at about 18,1 c, and hence lie has a sure basis upon which he can negotiate with the planter, and will, of course, make the required advances on lunch easier terms Ilian he could do if he were ignorant as to u bother he could get in October Ufa or 18c per pound for cotton. Then, again, the plan ter has all tho time he is producing his er.*p to lake advantage of the market. Whenever he thinks the prices are right he can sell. In olden times he had to ac cumulate and store it at great expense and risk, frequently to be forced into the lowest market by his factor, after paying a ruinous interest on an uncertain value as a basis. Or if the planter desires to hold his cotton to a later date, lie can realize upon it, and buy a contract for a future jiiotilh, being at no greater risk aH to price, and at much less expense than if he had to store and keep the oi it ton us under the old system. That the purely speculative dealers are at times oaugiit and lose largely is of little interest to the people at large—that is simply the abuse of the system.” The Chronicle, misunderstands the mode el doing liiisineas between tho cotton planters of the South and the advancing merchants, if it supposes that the planter can. with the New York quotations for cotton futures in October or November in hi- Imuds, go to tho merchant and obtain from the latter an agreement to take his cotton in the fall at those quotations ; or that he can go to any cotton buyer here and obtain an advance based upon such a “future” price. Neither can tho mer chant feel that h ' has any assurance that he will lie able to got 18 cents for cotton in October because that is now the New York quotation lor cotton deliverable in that month. If the sellers of “future” cotton were bound to make an actual do livery of the nuiubor of bales sold, at tho times and for tho prices stipulated, that might have an effect beneficial to planters by causing a demand when tho contracts foil due But we know that such is not the custom that they only pay or receive the difference iu price between tbut agreed upon and tho current quotations at the time stipulated. And herein is where the custom fails to give to the producer any share iu the speculation, be it illegal and gambling or legitimate. The little spurt that has now advanced cotton in Now York above Liv erpool prices will not benefit planters at all, because its effect will be entirely over before they have any more cotton to sell. It has, indeed, as we are advised, been caused as much by Hie tricky devices of those who have to be paid cotton at a certain price, as by the necessities of those who have to pay it. It is not an advance based upon the state of supply and demand, nor is it caused by auy in fluences which tho planter can control, now or hereafter It is, therefore, a ‘'peculation in his industry, which does not regard his interest to the value of a pin, and which can only lie hurtful to him by bringing other influences than those in which he can take a part to affect the price of his produce. * Kors I \ ALABAM I. Avery ..l.scuMiit and reliable gentle man, all.) ins reocutly traveled extensively th rotighuut Alabama on business, favors us with his information concerning tho crops in that State. (Join is everywhere looking well, and if the late long contin ued rainy season is not immediately fol lowed by (.»> dry a spell, the yield must "e large. Cotton generally is grassy and backward, aud the planters have much liaid work to do to bring it to a good con dition. TLe finest and largest cotton "Inch our informant saw was on tho line 1,1 the Montgomery aud Eufaula Railroad, >ut supposes the crops on the Bigby fora U | Ut sueu laU dy) * ,e equally 5 inrinuati paper says a Chicago horse falliul a . l *) his life last week by the f eb] * “ “is diamond pm on oue of his VOL. XV. THE FORT ST. Fill LIP CANAL. An Inland Water L.ine for the South and West. A dispatch of Tuesday night reports in fluential officials at Washington (Jity as interested in tho Port St. Philip canal project, and prepared to urge its impor tance upon Congress. Fort St. Philip is on the Mississippi river, perhaps about forty miles above its mouths. The design of the canal is to flank the bars at the months of the great river, which so seri ously impede tho commerce of Now Or leans. Avery short canal here will con nect the river with the Gulf, at a point more favorable to navigation than the present places of debouchure. The de tention of largo vessels at the mouths of the river is at times very annoying and injurious to the trade of New Orleans, and at no time has it been more so than this spring, as is indicated iiy the single fact that for weeks lately five millions of dollars worth of property in ships and their cargoes has been embargoed by tho bar of Pass al’Outre. The great value of this projected canal to Now Orleans and to tho commerce of the West generally, in the facilitation of its trade with foreign ports, cannot be questioned. But New Orleans needs also -—and the great West needs —another canal connecting the Mississippi river and the Gulf, to facilitate their domestic com merce. Tho great South needs it, to cheapen the freights <*f Western produce, and to enable our people to raise cotton at less cost. This paramount need of both those sections is a canal, or system of ca nals, connecting the Mississippi with the Atlantic by an inland water communica tion—a land-locked water line that will allow a steamer loaded at St. Louis, Cin cinnati or Louisville, to make a through trip, without breaking bulk, and discharge her cargo at an Atlantic port, or at ports on the Alabama, Apalachicola, Chattahoo chee or Flint rivers. It has been ascer tained t hat tho distance to be canaled along (his route from Now Orleans to the Apalachicola river will not exceed forty miles. It would connect the several la goons ur sounds along the northern shores of the Gulf of Mexico, requiring only one canal of four or live miles from the Mis sissippi to the Lake and the Gulf, one short one between the mouth of Mobile Bay and Pensacola, and two short cuts be tween Pensacola and the Apalachicola. No locks would anywhere be required, and there could be no lack of water at anytime. Is not its feasibility apparent, and that at a cost that ought to be consid ered trifling in comparison with the great benefits to be secured? We have no opposition to make to the proposed Western and Atlantic canal, con necting the Tennessee river with the At lautic. If ils friends can prevail on Con gress to undertake it, we shall be pleased. But we say frankly that we have little hope of this, and that we are not satisfied as to the practicability of the enterprise, even at the immense sum named as its estimated cost, lint we have in the Gulf coast, project an improvement certainly foasible, and that nl a cost, inconsiderable in comparison with the Tennessee river canal. It may not be quite so short or direct as the lasL named project, but in view of the abundance of water, audfree dom from locks that cause so much de lay iu navigation, the trip could be made as quickly and cheaper. The truth i:s, nature has almost finished the inland Gulf water line for us, leaving so little of it to be made by man, as seemingly only to test his energy and sagacity—to see whether he would give the finishing touch es to gaps left merely as a temptation to his enterprise. TAPPING A COTTON MARKET. St. Louis has got control of the entire cotton trade of the Indian Territory, Western and Central Arkansas, Central and Southeastern Texas. And this has been accomplished by that city getting control of a lute of railroad thence to Dal,as, Texas, on the Southern Pacific, wit h feeders int o the edge of Louisiana at Shreveport oil tho East, and to several points West and South into the heart of the best agricultural regions of Texas. The New Orleans Herald says “cotton is now carried from the Indian nation and West Arkansas to St. Louis for three dollars a hale, which could not be sent, to this city (New Orleans) for six dollars.” The St. Louis Democrat says the mer chants of that city have made “an im mense hit in securing the cotton trade of Texas; that this traffic is almost doubling itself every month, and will soon bo one of most important elements in our (St. Louis) commercial industries.” Now, if we consider that this road, with its feeder's, is about 750 miles in length; that it cost St. Louis directly and indirect ly about $ I *?,<)( 10,000 to secure control of it, we can see how enterprise and nerve pay. Cincinnati has a chance to secure the cotton trade of a country worth double to anv city that which has been licked up by St. Louis. She can do it by building 331 miles of road against St. Louis’ 750 miles. And the cotton trade of Central Alabama, Central and Sothwestern Georgia will be a more bagatelle (an adjunct) to the trade iu ores, coal and manufactured iron that her road will secure to her merchants anil manufacturers w ithin ten years after its completion.— Chattanooga Times. Party Strength in Virginia. —An in telligent Washington correspondent, who seems to bo well posted on Virginia poli tics, says that the total voting population of that State in 1870 was 2(1(1,080, of which, with the following proportions ol white and Mack populations respectively as a guide, it may he assumed that thero are 155,080 white and 111.011 blacks twen ty-one years old and upwards, making a white majority of 11,111)8. The white rad ical vote, including the straightout demo cratic element which could not swallow Mr. Greeley, is estimated atteu thousand. Making the most liberal allowances, the writer does not think that the conserva tive majority can fall below twenty thous and. Most of the municipal elections held recently in the principal tow ns of Virginia were earned by the conservatives, and the vote m all indicates that their party strength is fully maintained. The New York of Friday, says: The nomination of Nelson Dingley, Jr., as the Republican candidate for Governor of Maine, and the appointment of George F. Sanger as United States District Attorney for Massachusetts, settle two (hiugs, to wit That Speaker Blanks influence iu the Republican party in Maineissnpreme, for the nominee is familiarly known as "Blaine's man,” and that the power of General Butler among the Republi can party in Massachusetts preponderates over all opposition, for Mr. Sanger was Butler’s candidate against the combined forces of the anti Bui tellies. This would seem to secure Butler’s nomination as the Republican candidate for Governor, iu which event his election, like that of Mr. Dingley m Maine, may be considered a foregone conclusion, for in both States the Republicans have overwhelming ma jori ties. A Railroad to the Atlantic Coast. Capitalists at Chicago held a meeting last Tuesday to take steps to organize a com pany to build a direct trunk line of rail way from Chicago to the southeast At lantic coast. The route proposed is through Indianapolis, Lexington, Ivy-, Knoxville, Teuu., and tjien connect with present lines to Savannah, Port Royal and Charleston. The air line distance be tween Chicago and Savannuh is 787 miles. TH E WEEKLY SUN. THE POLARIS. RESULT OF ROBESON'S INVESTI GA TION. Ills Report to the President. Washington, June 10.—Secretary Rob eson has scut to the President his report iu full of the investigation of the Polaris matter iu which he says the statement of all the persons rescued who could speak or understand English except that of the wife of Haas Christian was taken down and now together with a diary kept by some of the party on the ice and the diary of the cruise of the Polaris (tho latter kept in German by* Herman Searons, one of the seamen remainiuing on board, and picked tip on the ice after separation from the ship; are being rapidly printed, the bulk of them being already in type. BUDDINGTON VET TO BE HEAKD. Secretary Robeson says it must be clear ly understood that in permitting this pub lication t)*« Department will neither make nor declate any judgment against Bnd dington, who has no opportunity for de fence or explanation. The facts show that, though he was wanting in enthusiasm for the grand objects of the expedition and at times grossly lax in discipline, and though ho differed iu judgment as to the possibility, safety and propriety of taking the ship further north, yet he is an expe rienced and careful navigator and a man not affected to liquor, of which none re mained on board at the time of the sepa ration, a safe and competent commander. The Secretary then gives the details already made public of the measures taken by him to send the steamers Juniata and Tigress to the relief, if possible, of tho Polaris and tho remainder of her crew. The Tigress he proposes to purchase and strengthen for the service required iu search in the Arctic regions. Capt. Ty son, Esquimaux Joe and all the rescued seamen will accompany tho expedition, being anxious to rescue their comrades and bring out their old ship. CAPT. hall’s NOHTUEF.MO.ST REACH. From the report of the testimony we make tho following extracts: In his sleigh-ride towards the pole, Capt. Hall discovered as appears by his dispatch a river, a lake and a large inlet, the latter in latitude 81 degrees 57 sec onds north. lie named this Newman’s bay, calling its northern point Cape Bre voort and the southern one Summer headland. At Capo Brevoort, in latitude 82 degrees 2 seconds north, longitude c>! degrees 20 seconds west, he rested. On October 20th he wrote his last dispatch to the Secretary of the Navy, the original draft of which is fouud iu his own hand writing and iu his own desk. As proved I on examination at Washington, after it was delivered to the Secretary of the Navy by Esquimaux Joe, who had kept the desk in his custody front timeto time, it was picked up on the ice after the sepa ration of the rescued party front the ship. After detailing his death, the report proceeds: From a personal examination of all the witnesses, and front their testimo ny as given, we reach the unanimous opinion that his death resulted naturally from disease without fault on the part of anyone. All persons examined testify to the uniform kindness and care of Capt. I tall and to the good order and efficient condition of the Polaris while under his command. After wintering in (lie ice, early in June, before tho Polaris was released from the ice, Capt. Biuldington dis patched Mr. Chester and Tyson with boats to endeavor to get as far north as practicable. With much difficulty and delay they got as far north as Newman’s bay. They there awaited tho possible j opening of the ice till the middle of July, when written orders from Capt. Budding | lon directed their return to the ship. THE SEPARATION. On the night of tho 15th of Oct., in about latitude 7!) 53 north, during a vio lent gale of wind and snow, the ship was suddenly beset by a tremendous pressure of ice which was driven against her from the southward and forced under her, ’pressing her up and out of tho water and by successive and violent shocks finally throwing her over on her beam end. Capt. Haddington directed the provisions and stores, out iu partial readiness before, to be thrown overboard on the ice and ordered half tho crew upon the ice to car ry them upon a thicker part of the ham mock where they would be comparatively safe, lie also sent, nil the Esquimaux with kykaeksont of the ship and lowered the two remaining boats upon the lioe. While so engaged in the darkness of an arctic night in the midst of a tierce gale and driving snow storm, the hawsers of the Polaris failed to hold her and she broke adriftj from the lioe and in a few minutes was out of sight of the party who were at that moment on the ice. THE SHIP STILL VISIBLE. After losing sight of the ship some of the men and a large part of the provisions were found to be afloat on a separate piece of ice. The men were rescued by means of boats which liad been saved on tho ice, and the party thus collected on the main 1100 passing the night as best they could. The Polaris came in sight to the northward apparently coming toward the ttoe under steam and sail. An india-rub ber blanket was hoisted in tho air and dis played from the top of a hammock, colors were set and other siguais were made to attract the attention of the Polaris, and as she approached so near to them that they plainly saw her down to her rails and could distinguish her escape pipe, and kept on towards them until they supposed her to be not more than four miles* off, they felt sure she could force her way through the ice to their position, and in a little while they would be again on board. Iu this they were disaappointed. The Polaris altered her course and disappeared behind the shore. Some time afterward, as tho iloo drifted away, she was again seon by some of the men under the land, with sails furled and apparently at anchor or made fast to the shore. It is most likely that tho party on the ice were seen from the Polaris. The hut erected on tho lioe, the ship’s boat, the colors, the eleva ted signal, the blanket and the ground of nineteen persons standing iu relief against a white background, could scarcely have remained unnoticed. It was nat ural, under these circumstances, that the party on the ice should have felt deeply disappointed at tho failure of the ship to cotue to their relief, and should, at the same time, have ascribed it to over cau tion, if not indifference, rather than to the inability of the commander. But it must nut bo forgotten that they, like our selves, were and are w ithout full informa tion of the actual condition of the Polaris at the time spoken of, and cannot know how far the real dangers of their position were understood and appreciated by those on board of her. Much information and knowledge is necessary to a correct judgment and must not be assumed as the foundation of censure against per sons acting under circumstances so try ing, who by reason of their enforced absence have no opportunity of explana tion. It seems most likely the actual condition of the Polaris was such us to impose upon her commander the duty of gett-iug her with the lives and property which remained under his charge at once into a position of safety under the shelter of Northumberland Island, where she was last seen by the party on the lioe. If such were the case it was the | duty of Capt. Buddington to look after h:s vessel, particularly as he probably be lieved the party could by the aid of the two boats, the kykaeks and scow iu their possession, find their way la.ck to the Polaris quite as easily as he could force his way to them. But whatever may have been his opinion on this, the ele ! meuts quickly determined the question. | Shortly after the Polaris had been | sighted for the second time, a violent j gale from the northeast sprung up, the weather became thick, and ship and land were lost sight of. In view of the circumstances detailed, f it is therefore our unanimous judgment I that this final separation from the ship ! was also accidental. PROBABLE SAFETY OF THE POLARIS. At the time of their separation from the Polaris every one belonging to the exjie ! dition was ill good health. Ihe Polaris | had plenty of provisions, but not much coal probably enough to last through the winter. She Wvas seen last apparently at anchor under Northumberland, where it is most likely remained for winter quarters. Dr. Hays found an Esquimaux residing on that island, and an Esquimaux settlement at Navick is close by. Commu COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 1,1873. nication with these people could bo easily opened and maintained, and no appre hension for the Polaris, in the absence of accident or sickness for those on board, is entertained by any of the rescued per sons. CLIMATE AND VEGETATION Winter temperature found to be much milder than expected, minimum being 59 degrees below zero. The soil during the summer was covered with more or less dense vegetation of moss, with which sev eral arctic plants were iuterpersed, some of them of considerable beauty but entirely without scent, and many small willow scarcely reaching density of shrubs. The rocks in some instances contained fos sil plants, specimens of which were col lected. ANIMALS. Animal life was found to abound, musk and oxen being shot at intervals through out winter. Geese, duck and other water fowls, including the plover and other wading birds abounded during the sum mer; although species of laud birds com paratively few. No fish were seen, al though nets and lines were frequently call ed into play at attempting to catch them. Flies, bees and insects were observed. GEOGRAPHY. The geographical results of the Polaris expedition, so far as they can now he ascertained from the testimony of Tyson and his comrades, may be summed up briefly: The open Polar sea laid down by Ivane and Hays, is found to be iu reality a sound of considerable extent, formed by the abrupt expansion of Ken nedy channel to the northward and broken by Lady Franklin’s bay on the west and on the east by a large inlet 20 miles wide and certainly extending far inland. LARGE EXPECTATIONS. The full sientifie results of the Polaris expedition cannot be known until that vessel has been found and brought back with the treasures gathered and the re cords and details of their arctic explora tions, but enough is told by the witnesses whom we have examined to excite expec tation and encourage the hope of large and valuable additions to human knowl edge, Geo. M. Robeson, Secretary of Navy. tyson’s testimony. Capt. Tyson says in his testimony that in a consultation of officers with Capt. Hall on the 2(>th of September, 1871, in relation to going further north, it was de cided to advance. Buddington opposed the plan, saying he would be damned if she would move from there. Capt. Hall then had some further conversation with Buddington. The ship then went into winter quarters, although the channel was then open as far as they could see. During his sickness Capt. Hall was de lirious. After getting somewhat better he still seemed to think someone was go ing to injure him. He was very suspi cious; thought someone was going to poison him. He accused Buddington and the Doctor with trying to injure him. When ho partially recovered he was ear ful of what he ate and drank. Tho night of his death he retired and Mr. Chester who was with him said he was feeling bet ter and would be around in a few days. During the night he grew worse and died. Tyson obtained the information from Buddington who came to his room and told him the Captain was dying. Capt. Ty son went to the cabin to look at him. lie was insensible and lay on his face in his berth. Capt. Tyson could not see his face, which appeared to be buried iu the pillow, and he was breathing heavily, and so he died. He never said a word before his death. There had been some little difficulty between Capt. Buddington and Capt. Hall. It was before he started on his journey. Capt. Hall was about to suspend Buddington from duty. The difficulty was his foul language about the ship, and his taking anything he could lay bauds on, provisions or liquors. Capt. Buddington assumed command in his own way. Spring came on, and no body was allowed to go. He swore he would be damned if anybody should do anything, but he allowed an attempt, at an expedition with boats. Just north of Cape Frazer Capt. Bud dington was intoxicated, and run his ves sel off in the middle of the sound. He was not drunk on rum, but alcohol, which he obtained from Dr. Bessel’s stores. The Doctor caught him at it and they had quite a tussle together. OTHER WITNESSES. Frederick Meyer’s testimony was iu ac cord with Tyson’s as to Capt. Hall’s sick ness and death. Buddington was drunk most always. Esquimaux Joe and his wife Hannah having been examined, the former said the ship was all light when Capt. Hall was alive. Capt. Hall com plained to him that the coffee made him sick. He said something about being poisoned but Joe could not tell exactly what it was. Hannah testified that Capt. Hall told her the coffee was too sweet for him and made him vomit. Did not hoar him ac cuse any body of poisoning him except when he was out of his head. From the Eufaula Times. EARLY TIMES IN BARBOUR. Wellborn’s Pea River Rattle. From the fact that the squad of Indi ans, fought by Cooper’s company of Lou isville militia, exhibited such a determin ation to reach Florida, and from other facts, it was believed throughout the county in the spring of 1837 that all the Creek Indians intended to join the Semi uoles. The Creeks were satisfied that they could only make peace with the whites by being removed to a reservation in the Indian Territory, beyond the Mis sissippi. But they further believed if they could join Billy Bowlegs in the ever glades of Florida, they would ho secure from further molestation by the United States. Iu consequence of tho knowledge among the whites of this intended attempt by the Indians to cross into Florida, there was a general feeling of uneasiness from Pea river to the Chattahoochee, each set tlement not knowing but that it might be in the line of the exodus. Asa means of mutual protection a fort was built on the hills south of Beauchamp’s mill, to which tho neighbors all resorted at night, anil at every alarm (and there wore a great many amusing incidents from those alarms, some of which may hereafter bo recorded in these memoirs). Other arrangements were made in different parts of the coun ty for protection from the expected visi tation. Scouts were,constantly kept out i between the settlements and the Indians. About the loth of March, a considera ble band of them under the leadership of Enotichopka were discovered near tho in tersection of Dry creek aud l’ea river, traveling very much as the baud which | Cooper had encountered six weeks before. There wore supposed to be nearly two I hundred warriors aud about the same number of women aud children. Suppos- I ing they had left all the United Stales troops behind them they were not afraid i of any serious opposition from the whites. ' The alarm was sounded however, aud all : the volunteer companies iu reach were i called on to assist in driving them back, j Successive reports of the burning of dif ferent dwellings near Pea river, com mencing near Anglin’s bridge and extend | ing down toward Hobdy’s bridge, suffici i ently revealed the direction which they were taking. Enotichopka’s progress was discernable at a distance by the confla grations of the dwellings near his line of march, just as his more Christian imita tor, William Tecnmseh Sherman, illumi nated his march through Georgia and South Carolina. In two days three companies were in camp near Ilobdy’s bridge. Capt. Jett. Buford’s company, from Pike, camped near H. Hobdy’s, on the west side of the liver, Capt. Win. Wellborn’s company, from Georgia, camped on the Barbour or east side of the liver. Besides these, there were forty or fifty men unorgan ized, citizens of the surrounding country, present, with the intention of taking part in the expected conflict. In all, there were two hundred aud silty men. Scouts sent out reported the Indians encamped about two miles above the confluence of Pea Creek, aud Pea River, near the run of the river, and in the present planta tion of Matthew Fpnn. High water from recent rains had impeded their progress. They were encamped on an island in the swamp, and it was impossible to get to them without wading. A council of war was held. It was agreed that. Capt. Buford should make the first attack, on the Pike side, and should try to draw the Indians out of their ; camp, which wa» supposed to be forti- tied, and while the warriors were follow ing up Buford, believing they were driving the whole force, Wellborn, with the remainder of the force, was to at tack and capture the camp, containing the old men aud women and children, and then the two commands proceed to annihilate the warriors. It was splendidly planned, could not have been better ; and although tho result was very much as de sired, the details did not occur according to arrangement. Early iu the morning Capt. Buford left his camp near Ilarrei Hobdy’s place, with eighty men xvell trained iu the use of fire arms. About eight o’clock he arrived op posite tho ludian camp. He dismounted and formed his men on foot, leaviug a few with the horses to guard them. The loud talking of the Indiaus, and the bark ing of their dogs, could now be distinctly heard by the men. Deployed as skir mishers, the command moved forward through mud aud water frequently to their waists, every man resolved to do his duty. The Indians seem to have become aware of the intended attack. Before reaching the run of the river filing began, aud soon became very rapid. After making a respectable stand, Buford, according to the programme, ordered his men to fall back slowly. The men at first obeyed his order, and acted finely for about a hun dred yards, firing and falling hack to the trees. They began to move faster, and a little faster, until when they reached the edge of the swamp, notwithstanding eve ry effort of their brave commander, their retreat had become a complete stampede, two hundred Indians yelling at their heels. Some did not take time to get their horses, but kept iu the thickets next the swamp, running for life. Some of those who got on their horses ran them to Monticello, eight miles distant, aud still felt unsafe. The Indians pursued about two miles. There was ouo casualty only. Oeliee Bill Davis, not being able to keep silent drew the fire to himself, and received a ball in tho mouth. That Indian shot well at a noiso. Iu tho meantime, Captain Wellborn was preparing to perforin his part of tho programme. Ho left his camp early, but compelled to go up to the mill (now King’s mill) to cross. He left a detach ment of twenty men at the bridge, to prevent tho Indians from escaping down the river. Owing to the circuitous route which he had been compelled to take, he arrived at the camp on the east side toil late, and after the most favorable oppor tunity had passed. Most of the warriors had already returned from the pursuit of Buford’s retreating force. Wellborn dismounted his men, and hur riedly formed them, with his company in the centre, Morris’ company on the right, aud the citizens on the left. They were deployed, and the advance began. As before stated, tho swamp was overflow ed, and as soon as the whites entered it they were compelled to wade, the water being waist deep in most places, though gener ally about knee deep. 'The line arrived within two hundred yards of the camp, the Indians opened fire. The centre pro tected themselves with trees and re turned the fire, shooting at the noise and smoke, in the absence of any visible object. The right and left wings, not having anything to oppose thorn, contin ued to advance, until they arrived near the run of the river—the one above aud the other below the camp, thus enclosing it in a semicircle. The whole line was then ordered to charge, which they did in splendid style, capturing the camp and its entire contents, with the loss of only two men killed, Bradley and Wellborn, tho captain’s son, and two wounded, Hart well Ball, one of the volunteer citizens, and one of Captain Morris’ company, name not remembered. B. F. Dennis had on an Indian shot-bag, aud to prevent its getting wet, had it thrown over lii,sshoul der, aud suspended against his breast. A ball struck this aud knocked Frank down, and for several moments he was satisfied that he was perforated by a rifle ball. Ho jumped up, however, exclaim ing, “Did you see that?” ami went gal lantly forward with the rest. He has often been beard to remark that he could feel distinctly the point at which the ball came out on the opposite side. For some time after the capture of the camp an indiscriminate slaughter of wo men, children, old men and warriors en sued. The killed were estimated at oue hundred and fifty, though the number was never known accurately. ■ Some were killed in the l iver and the bodies of others thrown in, so that no reliable count could be made. No warriors were made pris oners. The women and children captured were made slaves by the captors. We can all remember seeing some of them, and indeed one or two of them l'emaiYaiuongst us even to the present day. There is one, we believe, still living in Eufaula. Tiio band was completely broken up. No subsequent effort to collect the scat tered remnants was ever discovered. Several individual stragglers were from time to time found by the whites and killed, within a few weeks afterwards. It was supposed that very few, if any of them ever made their way to Florida. The disastrous result of this attempt to reach the Seminoles made it the last by that route. Soon afterwards they per mitted themselves to be removed to the hunting grounds set apart, for them be yond the Mississippi, in the Indian Terri - tory. From the Natchez Democrat. THE REPUDIATED MISSISSIPPI RON OS. That there is such a scheme on foot, well organized, we cannot donbt, because we were made aware of its existence nearly three years ago, when quite liberal offers were made, in a very delicate way, to the Natchez Democrat, tho Vicksburg Herald, and one or two others of our in fluential St ate papers, to procure their in fluence in favor of the bondholders, or at least to buy off their hostility while the scheme was pushing through. It was then well understood that certain parties in Memphis, and their agents iu Jackson, had several hundred thousand dollars furnished by the Philadelphia and Am sterdam holders, to be “placed where it would do the most good.” But it was then found that public sentiment was not ripe for the venture, so it was indefinite ly deferred, but not entirely abandoned. Another faint effort w*as made to revive the scheme for payment during the last session of tho Legislature, but it, too, failed to meet such encouragement as warranted ils then being pushed. It was then that the Jackson Pilot, the leading organ of the ruling party iir the State, published this very significant utterance, and, as far as it could speak for the Re publican party, placed it on record for bond payment: “That this debt (Union Bank and Planters’ Bank; will ultimately be paid by the State, provided the Repub lican party remains in power, there can not exist the shadow of a doubt.” As this expression has never been expressly repudiated (to our knowledge) by auy of the Republican leaders in the State, it may be taken as true that that party is committed to the payment of this immense debt, which now amounts to about thirty millions of dollars, or as much as twenty per eent. of the valuation of all the leal and personal property in the State. It is also well to know, in view of the pending State election, that it has been stated in certain quarters (with how much truth we are not prepared to say) thai Benj. F. Butler, of Massachusetts, is one of the counsel for the holders of the re pudiated bonds, and that the proposed elevat ion of his son-in-law, Senator Ames, to the Governorship of the State, has in view, and is part of a well laid plan to bring about the early assumption by the State of this debt, and its ultimate pay ment, principal and interest, in full. The St. Louis Democrat of the 17th inst. says: “There is a paragraph circu lating among our exchanges to the effect that the present winter wheat crop (now largely beiug harvested) is a bad failure. From every quarter of Missouri, Kansas and Southern Illinois we hear but one story, namely: that no crop ever looked better or promised to yield better wheat, or more of it, than theoue now ripening." Kuklux Prisoner Pardoned. The President has pardoned the Rev. John E. Zell, a Baptist minister of South Carolina, who was convicted of knkluxism and sent to Albany penitentiary by Judge Bond and one of his packed juries. THE Kill PAN IVAR. Tlie Russians Capture Khojaill ami Mangit—The Khivans Fall Back to tlie Capital. St. Petersburg, Judo IS. —Dispatches from Kungrad report that the Orenberg division aud the column which started from Mangyshlak, on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, effected a junction outlie 2Cth of May before Khojaili. Here the Khivans made a stand; and the next day the combined Russian forces attacked aud carried the place by storm. 'The enemy fled southward closely pursued, until they reached the fortress of Mangit, where, re-euforeed, they made prepa rations for another assault to check the progress of the Russians. The latter having come up in sufficient force by the first of June, another battle took place, this time of a more desperate character. The Khivans were again defeated, tho fortress was captured, and the remains of their army fell back toward tlie capital. At the last accounts the Russian comman der was pushing on in the same direction. Intelligence has also been received that Gen. Kauffman, commanding the eastern column from Tashkand, Las crossed the Amu-Daria River at a point OHly 25 miles from Khiva. St. Petersburg, June 23. —Gen. Kauf man’s column of the Khi van expedition has captured a strong fortress within GO miles of the capitol of Khanoth. GUANO NAVAL lIEMONS TRATION. London, June 23.—One of tho grandest naval displays ever beheld in British waters was made to-day in honor of the Shah of Persia, at Portsmouth. 'The town was ornamented with streamers, and triumphal arches. Tho harbor was filled with shipping of all kinds, decora ted with the flags of all nations, and ihe shores on both sides were covered with a mass of spectators, thousands of whom came from London. The fleet, drawn up at Spitheail, consisted of forty-four vessels, the finest and largest in the British navy, comprising the entire chan nel squadron, with numerous additions, and nearly all the great iron clads. A train bearing the Shah arrived at Portsmouth at noou. His Majesty was re ceived with cheers by tlie assemblage around the depot. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert was waiting with steam up and the Shah immediately em barked, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred and the Czarowitz. The yacht steamed slowly out of the harbor, and arriving in front of the fleet was greeted with salutes from the iron clads. The fleet was drawn up in three long lines. The Shah took a conspicuous po sition in the yacht, surrounded by the Princes, and proceeded to inspect the fleet, passing up and down in front of and between the lines Tho yards were manned anil salutes fired as the royal yacht passed. When inspection was completed, tho Victoria and Albert, steamed to the front again, aud the review terminated with a grand salute simultaneously by all the vessels of the fleet. The Royal party then returned to Portsmouth, where a banquet and other festivities are now in progress. The Shah of Persia, in conversation with tho American Minister last week, regretted that distance and want of time prevented him from visiting the United States. SPANISH AFFAIRS. Carllst Defeat—Riot in Barcelonla. Madrid, June 2-I.—The War Depart ment has advices of tho defeat by the troops of the united bands of Carlists. The Insurgents lost sixty killed and three hundred wounded It is officially announced this morning that the Republican troops in the North, under Gen. Norillas, defeated a force of Carlists on Friday last, inflicting severe loss. Barcelona, June 24.—-There are serious disturbances in Barcelona, in tho suburbs of this city. Yesterday somo men of the garrison to the number of twenty-four or thirty, being drunk in the streets, interfered with the town people, occasioning a conflict, in which weapons were drawn on both sides. Some of the drunken soldiers were arrested and their comrades threatened to release them, and further rioting is feared. A PIITLA DEL PUT A HORROR. Tivo tittle Girls Start • ! in a Closet. Philadelphia, June :o ■ ITie excite ment attending the tindi . i two chil dren who had been missile; nee Wednes day in a closet of an unoccupied house, still increases. At the post mortem examina tion this afternoon it was e.early shown that the child had not been lavished. She died of suffocation. Her stomach reveal ed the fact, that she had eaten nothing for nearly 48 hours. This goes to strengthen the opinion of some, that the little ones hail strayed into tho house and locked themselves up in the closet, but., the testimony of officer Den gee and others, is to this effect, that on Thursday afternoon, they made a search of the house and the children were not in it at that time. The coroner’s physician says the bruis es on the knees, hips and elbows of An nie Rogan are easily accounted for. They might have been caused by the child’s own efforts to get out of the closet, or they might have been inflicted by Maggie Malony, who, when fouud was sitting on the dead body of her companion. Mag gie, when taken from her place of con finement, made the remark, “A woman took me to the country for a gum doll baby, and when I got back a man put me in the closet.” At this time the child was laboring un der great mental excitement, and the statement is not credited. By direction of the attending physician no one is al lowed to see or converse with the little one and the officers have not as yet un dertaken to question her. Au examination of the live child, did not reveal any evidence of outrage. The theory now is, that someone out of pure hatred of (he Mulvay and Bagan families, or some idiotic person caused their im prisonment in the closet, and now fear to confess. I‘RESIOENT GRANT. Efforts to Remove Secretary Richardson. Minister Jay, New York, June 25. —The Tribune's special from Long Branch of tlie 24th, says the President, accompanied by Thus. Mui pliy, left here to-day for Washington. He was visited last evening by several gentlemen who urged the removal of Mr. Richardson from the Treasury Depart ment, and it is known that Wall street is making a determined effort to induce the President to make this change. E. I). Morgan is urged for succession, and all these facts aud others that can’t now be given induce well informed men here to believe that the President’s visit to Wash ington at tliis time has reference to this subject. Persons who have spoken to the President lately on this matter say that while he del not declare his intention of making a speedy change iu the Treasu ry Department. They left his presence with the belief that his decision was made to do so. It is also ascertained that the official life of Minister Jay will terminate upon the close of the Vienna Exposition. lie has long been marked by the President for removal, and lie would have been dis placed several months ago but for the fact that his residence at Vienna seemed to furnished sufficient reason to the adminis tration for retaining him aud his expe rience during such au important period. Crops Along tlie Railroads. A brief trip as far as Griffin has proven to us that the reported damage by grass has been greatly over estimated. If we have a few days of dry weather fields can be readily cleaned. Com aud cotton, es pecially the latter, is very backward. Cotton that should lie knee high hardly more than extends above the ankle. There is an abundance of fruit. Between Macon aud Griffin are some of the finest j orchards iu Georgia aud the trees are ! laden with splendid fruit of all kinds. In the cotton fields, oxen aud cows are be ing used to pull plows. The small grain crop appears good. Large portion cut. Many hands working in fields, near the city. -4 G RIC ULTURAL B UR EA I r. Report of tlie Coinlition of the Crops. Washington, June 24. —The following is an extract from the report of the De partment for June: Twelve mouths ago an increase over the previous year in the cotton areas was reported iu every State. An increase over that of last year is now reported in every State. The percentage of increase in a State as found by divid ing the aggregate of increase iu couuties by the number reported is, as a rule, too high, because almost always the largest per cent, of increase will be from counties having a comparatively small acreage. But reckoned in the rough way of esti mating, the increase indicated in is in Virginia 23 per cent., North Carolina 14, South Carolina 2, Florida 3, Alabama 9, Mississippi and Louisiana 4, Texas 31, Arkansas 40, Tennessee 45. This makes the average increase in the cotton States reckoned in the same way nearly 12 per cent. The per cent of increase reported last year was, in North Carolina and Arkansas 10; South Carolina, Georgia and Tennes see 12; Florida and Mississippi 10; Ala bama and Louisiana 11; Texas 18, and the average throughout the cotton Stales, approaching 13 per cent. It will be no ted that in both years Texas makes the largest relative increase. Our reports indicate a prevalent increase in the rela tive amount of fertilizers used. The av erage cultivated will fall considerably below that planted, a cold backward spring causing much seed to rot in the ground, a very wet May preventing work and increasing the subsequent demand for it, aud the imposibility of obtaining labor to subdue over the whole breadth sown, tlie excessive weed and grass con sequent upon the extraordinary wet sea son, conspire to make this result inevita ble. Returns concur in placing the crops from two to three weeks later than usual. Florida reports an average condition of 2 per cent, above the annual average; all tho others fall below. Virginia and Alabama 7 per cent., and North Carolina 15, South Carolina 11, Georgia and Louisiana 0, Mississippi and Arkansas 8, Texas 14, Tennessee 10. But it will he seen from the extracts below that very generally the weather in the last days of May was favorable, and there was a hopeful prospect that the condition would rapidly improve. Another- part of this record will show that worms aud cater pillars have made an early appearance at various points and are causing con siderable apprehension of destruction by the ravages. Virginia, from which four counties re ported the culture of cotton last year re ports this 8 and an increase of acreage iu all except Patrick, Chesterfield and King William, in which it is unchanged. The statistical reports of corn completed to June first do not include the area and condition for tlie reason that it is 100 early. But the foot notes of correspond ents show that the planting of corn in most sections of the country have been much retarded by excessively wet and cold weather, and that the pests which usually thrive in such a season, the cut worms, have commenced extensive opera tions and they threaten great damage to the crops. THE NATIONAL REVENUE. Special to tlie Courier-Journal. Washington, June 20. —The estimates of the Secretary of the Treasury for cus toms for the current fiscal yoar wore $191,000,000 in coin. From present in dications tho actual result will vary but little from this estimate. Tho receipts for this month arc larger than during June of last year. They were diminished last year by the fact that business opera tions were suspended iu order to wait for the now tariff law of July to go into effect, by which a good many articles were made duly free. The revenue has been much diminished this month by fluctuations in the price of gold. But for this tho de partment believe that tlieir estimate would have been largely exceeded. 'The inter nal revenue receipts preseut a more fa vorable showing. The returns for to-day were $339,738 84, and for tho first twenty days of June $(!, 134,372. The grand total for the year thus far is $112,- 150,894 49. The estimates for the year were $110,000,000, and the indications no v are that t here will be an excess of four aud a quarter or four and a half mil lions. The commissioner reports that the bureau is working very satisfactorily, and especially the new provisions in respect to direct assessments. OUR RELATIONS WITH SPAIN. Washington, D. (!., June 21. —It is ru mored this morning that our Spanish re lalious were under discussion at the Cabi net meeting yesterday, and there was a decided feeling expressed iu favor of the struggling Cubans. The rumors seem continued by the following utterances of tho National Republican, the recognized organ of the Administration, in an edito rial this morning, headed Spain and Cuba. The Republican says: “Recent occurren ces have attracted attention to the condi tion of affairs in Cuba, and the almost unanimous verdict is that the patriots on the Island, after live years of war, during which time the home government has failed to maintain its own, are entitled to a better recognition than has yet been as sured them. The argument that the man dates of international law prevent all ae knowledgeiuent of belligerency does not. find a submissive response, and the im pulsive sympathy of tlie people mani fests itself in expressions of warm denun ciation of the restrictions which inter pose to prevent the accomplishment of their most earnest wishes. But our Gov ernment is actuated by motives of a pure and independent desire to confine its policy to the equities of the case as viewed from an unprejudicedintemational stand-point. We cannot afford to destroy, iu response to our sympathies, the record of generations in which we have preserved a consistent refusal to take part in the internecine or national quarrels of our neighbors; nevertheless, it must bo acknowledged that the growing disfavor towards Spain may result in a demand from our people to so change our life-long policy as to include warm encouragemeut for Republican rule wherever and when ever it may he asked.” There is logic in this which is plain, and which has been applied to Spain iu the proihpt recogni tion of a republic iu that country. It is evident from the hurried statement that our relations with Spain, imperilled in their friendliness as they are by constant ly recurring outrages against American citizens, are getting to bo complicated. It is known that they demand the most serious attention. In other words, while adhering implicitly and patiently to the line of duty presented by law and prece dent, our State department is harassed by influences of a contrary purpose. — St. Louis Globe (Adm'n). FORT ST. I'll I LIP CANAL. Washington, June 24. —Senator West to-day called upon General Humphries, Chief of Engineers, aud ascertained that the Chief Engineer is favorably impressed with the report of Maj. Howell on Fort St. Philip Canal. It being a matter of such magnitude, however, the subject will be submitted to a board of engineers for their opinion. A final report from Gen. Humphries may be looked for when Con gress convenes. PENSIONS. Washington, June 25.—The Commis sioner of Pensions has promulgated the following older: “On and after the Ist of July the consideration of all invalid increase of claims will lie suspended by the pension office until after the biennial examination which takes place on the 4th of September, proximo. Medical examina tions, however, will continue iu such cases so that no applicant may suffer loss | as to the commencment of the increase ; by reason of date of the medical exami nation. In the meantime all original cases { upon the files will be considered aud dis- I posed of so tar as the evidence will ! warrant.” WHAT'S A WIFE WORTH 2 New York, June 23. —Judges Ingersoll and Brady have decided in a general term j of the Supreme Court, that a man cannot ; recover damages for the death of his wife, | even if willfully murdered, but he may sue for the value of her services and so ! ciety, while she is under the care of the I doctor. NO. 21. MEXICO. The Revolution In Jalisco Assumes Se rious Proportions. Matamoras, Juue 21.—The revolution iu the State of Jalisco, Loaded l>y the priest, Aguilar, growing out of the at tempt of the State Government to collect the taxes for the past sixteen years, while the State was under the control of the In dian chieftain, Lozada, who was recently deposed by the Geuend Government, has assumed serious proportions, anil Gen eral Palacio has been 6ent, with his com mand, to assist in quelling it. General Carlos Fuero telegraphs to the Government that it will he impossible to restore order iu Jalisco if the State au thorities enforce these taxes, and it is be lieved that the Stale Government will be compelled to abandon their collection, or the Federal Government will suspend the State Government. A BRUSH WITH THE SIOUX. Bismarck, I">. TANARUS., June IS. —The engin eering party escorted by a detachment of infantry begau the survey yesterday and surveyed over three miles up Hart Htver valley and walked four luilos to the camp at Fort Lincoln. This morning about ti o’clock the surveying party started out with a company of infantry, and others to follow. On their way to continue the survey the escort was attacked by 150 mounted Sioux. Two companies of in fantry, 2t! Bee Sioux, and 30 cavalry went to their assistance. The tight was two miles from Fort Lincoln. The Sioux were driven back and four of them killed. The cavalry pursued some distance. The Sioux dispersed and disappeared. The engineers then wont on with the survey; ho one was hurt on our side except one boy scout, who was wounded in the liesby part of his leg. These particulars were obtained from Gen. Carlen and other officers who wit nessed the light. The main escort, in cluding the 7tli Regiment of Cavalry, will march from Fort Rice to-morrow. Iu a few days they will form a junction with the six companies of infantry, to start from Fort Lincoln. The escort is so strong that the Indians cannot succeed iu any regular light. CHOLERA AT CHATTANOOGA. Chattanooga, Juno 23, 1873. Some alarm was manifested last night on the announcement that two persons had died of the cholera. One of the de ceased caught the disease in Nashville. The othor, an excellent, lady, had had a severe bowel complaint for a week, and having a house full of hoarders, had ex erted herself too much under the circum stances. She also carelessly eat a quanti ty of ice cream. The doctors report that we have several cases of the “prevailing disease,” but that they readily yield to medical treatment. The wildest rumors have gone abroad from here that have no foundation of truth. I can only hear of three casos this afternoon, and none of these are danger ous. Two deaths occurred this morning —one was a negro and the other a poor woman who lived in an ill-eared for por tion of the town. The foregoing are the faels, all rumors and false reports to the contrary notwithstanding. —Atlanta Con. IIAI Lit OA D ACCIDENT. Richmond, June 23. —A Pullman car of the night express train to Cincinnati, on the Chesapeake and Ohio Kail road, was thrown from the track last night soon after leaving Richmond. The car was turned bottom uppermost and badly wrecked. A number of persons were in jured, though nono fatally or very seri ously. Among the injured are Mr. Geo. Ailing of England, Mr. and Mrs. Waller and Miss Waller of Chicago. Mr. Waller had his shoulder-blade broken. THE ST. LOUIS EAILURES. St. Lours, June 20. —The amount for which the provision dealers failed was greatly exaggerated. The actual losses of three linns are less than SIOO,OOO. All meats bought by the parties involved re vert to the original owners, and the rest of the losses are margins on purchases for future. The figures given yesterday were, however, furnished by the parties themselves, and were supposed to be cor rect The failures created no excitement on ’change, nor produced any influence on the market. A VERDICT I'Oli LIBEL. A Bribed Jury. New Ok (.rank, June 22. —TlieHawkius- Picayn ne lib I i,e which has been goiug on for eight .lays before what is known as the 41 h District Court, terminated in a verdict at 10 o’clock to-night. The jury returned a verdkjt of slß,ooofor Hawkins. Immediately auer the adjournment two of the jury went to the Picayune and acknowledged that they had been bribed— one receiving $125, the other an order for SSOO. The Picayune will apply for a new' trial. THE RICHMOND DUEL. Richmond, June 23.—The seconds in the Mordecai duel made successful effort to get bail. To-day they were taken on writ, of babas corpus before .Judge Lacy, of New Kent below Richmond, and after hearing the case and argument of coun sel, were admitted to bail on five thous and dollars each to appear before the Grand Jury on the 17th of July. A TLANTA NE tVSEAVERS. Atlanta, Juue 33.—The Atlanta Sun has been merged into the Atlanta Consti tution. lion. Alex. 11. Stephens has be come corresponding editor of the Consti tution. THE BEST .ToHE OE THE DA V. New York, June 20. —Somebody at Louisville forwarded to President Grant at Long Branch, for his son Jesse, a live alligator, four feet long. Jesse declined the present, and the President paid the express charges, sl4, leaving the alliga tor with the baggage man. The monster soon aftorwards became dejected and died. BLOODY END OE A QUARREL. Aiken, S. C., June 22. —John Harden shot and killed his cousin, Elbert Harden, yesterday, at Beech Island, near Ham burg, and about fifteen miles from here. Both parties were respectable white fann ers in moderate circumstances. They had quarreled several times before. After killing his victim, the murderer broke his gun-stock over the head of the dead man, and then walked to Aiken and surrendered himself. Nfw York, June 24.—The Walworth murderer trial opened this morning. The Court was crowded. Young Walworth and his mother and two of his younger brothers were near him ; also Rev. ilr. Backhouse, a Presbyterian minister and the husband of Mrs. Walworth’s sister. Several friends of the family were also in the court room. The work of getting a jury has been commenced. The crop report of the Agricultural Bureau, made up to the first of June, affords lint littie support for those who are making estimates of a crop of four millions and a half or five millions of bales of cotton. It will be seen, on ex amining it attentively, that in only one of the largest cotton producing States (Texas) is the increase of acreage planted over 8 per cent. Virginia, which has in creased 23 per cent , Tennessee 15, and North Carolina 11, are not heavy cotton producing States. Making allowance for this excess, which does not amount to a great deal, and limiting the excess ac cording to the proportions of the crop which each State raises, the average ex cess will fall considerably short of 12 per cent. It is also apparent that the Bureau is aware that deductions from this excess must he made ou account of bad stands, the caterpillar, and the abandonment of small portions of the crop planted. But it is too soon to estimate the extent of the losses from these causes. Perhaps the July report can do this. Washington, June 25.—The Presi dent’s movements, reported by the New York Tribune, are unsubstantiated. KIMBALL’S CREOI I" J/, .. It is generally known, (says the Atlanta Herald,) that H. I. & Ed Kimball have gone into bankruptcy for a large amount. The public may be interested to know who aro the losers. Below we publish a complete list of the creditors of H. I. & E. Kimball, and of the personal creditors of H. I. Kimball. This list was issued by the Bankrupt Court at Middlesex county, Massachusetts, and brought to Atlanta by ltolaud B. Usher, United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts as Mes senger ; CREDITORS OP H. I. & E. N. KIMBALL, Morton, Bliss &. Cos, N. Y., about $ 45,W0 “ “ “ 65,000 “ “ “ #o,ooJ Coin’l Warehouse & Security Cos., N. Y., about 295,01 W l’ulton National Bank, Brooklyn, about 35,000 •T. Boormau, .toUnsen a. Cos., N. Y. about 80,000 Kussell Sage, New York, about, 80,000 Union Trust Cos., “ “ 75,000 Kichaml lying &.Co., NY., “ 100,000 Broadway Bank, “ “ 133,000 Metropolitan Savings Bank, N. V'., about 75,000 Brooklyn Savings Bank, Brooklju, about 100,000 Ad a ins Lx press Cos., New York, about 50,000 Kidd, Pearce, & Cos., “ •• 375,000 DuKtiaui, & Cos., “ “ 2,100 Henry Clews, & Cos., “ “ 1,000,000 H. K. Tbutter, & Cos., “ " 50,000 GiteaJ A. Smith N Cos. “ “ 200,000 Tredtgar Iron Works “ " 60,000 Marino National Bank, “ “ 80,000 S. 11. Kneeland, “ “ 30,000 tirant, Alexander & Cos., Atlanta, about 24,000 Lapham, ad’r, Millwaukee Wisconsin, about 62,000 Pittsburg Locomotive Works, Pitts burg, Pennsylvania 60,000 Henry S. Wells, New York 25,000 Hoyt &. Jones, Atlanta 4,500 O. H. JonesN. Cos., Atlanta 0,600 H. K. Thurher it Cos., N. Y., about 40,000 A. .1. Whiten, “ 10,000 K. N. Kimball, Atlanta, “ 47,000 J. C. Kimball, “ “ 2,000 Georgia National Bank, “ 45,000 J. A. Burns, Attorney, Atlanta, about, 200,000 George Cook, New Haven, Connecti cut, about 6,000 Rutus B. Bullock, Atlanta, about 26,000 Georgia Railway Contracting Com pany, Atlanta, about 75,000 11. ft. Brown, Atlanta, about 550 Fisher & Bird, New York, about vtoo Richard Gage, Borland, Me., about 2,300 Hoyt it Jones, Atlanta, “ 4,5u0 O. H, Jones it Cos., “ “ y,500 J. G. Soars, Gritfin, “ 40,000 Kidd, Prince it Cos., N. Y., “ 65,000 H. K. Thurber, & Cos., “ “ 40,000 PERSONAL CREDITORS OP H. I. KIMBALL T Russell Sage, New York $ 375,000 11. A. Johnson, “ 57,000 Paton it Cos., “ 6,600 John Rico, Atlanta, Ga 118,000 Joseph Thompson, “ 46,000 Richard Peters 6,000 John P. King, Atlanta, Ga 8,000 Lapliam, ad’r, Milwaukee, Wis 66,000 Geo. Cook, New Haven, Conn 25,000 F. Contina, Now York, 22,500 Nicol Stllavidson, “ 12,000 Purdy & Cos., “ 6,000 W it J Sloan, “ 13,000 W. H. Jenkins, “ 5,500 B. Slianingor, New Haven, Conn 2, 000 L. Cauder, “ “ 3,300 Kimball Bros., Boston u,ooo Eliot National Bank, Boston 12,077.45 Fisher it Bird, New York woo Griffith St Thomas, “ 800 .1. G. Sears, Griffin, Ga 40,000 (Signed) Roland G. Uuuek, U. S. Marshal, Massachusetts District, as Messenger. THE NE tVS I'ROM A ERICA. Wo print this morning a brief letter from Khartoum, giving the pleasing intel ligence that Baker Pacha has been rein forced aiul is pushing toward the great basin of the Nile with his imperial expe dition. With Goudokooro as his capital, the elephant hunter of Ceylon sat down to build au equatorial empire. It is a lofty purpose, and, iu connection with the Soudan Railway, we believe that its reali zation is not far distant, lie lias an army for land operations of over two thousand men, a navy for the two Nyanzas—engin eers, machinery, vast quantities of cotton seed, and, what makes the pioneer con tent in unknown lands, a courageous wife, who. has shared the honors and perils of his long experience as au African travel ler. Miani, the septuagenarian explorer is reported as approaching the source of the Nile from the westward. We hope he will arrive in time to obtain that recogni tion which should reward a long life of solitary journeying among savages of the African tropics, lie lias been snubbed by the geographical societies of Europe because of his peculiar views, and his present expedition has been undertaken to sustain what he believes to be just. Wo perceive also (hat (lie Viceroy has actually begun preparatory work on the Soudan Railway, and that he is endeavor ing to suppress the predatory tribes who infest the Abyssinian frontier Well done Africa!—.TV. J’. Herald, Tld. The Herald’s Letter. Khartoum, ) Junction of thkßlue and Whitr Niles, - April 30, 1872. ) On April 7tli, there arrived three ships, with 150 cantars of ivory, direct from Goudokooro. We have thus news that SIR SAMUEL BAKER AND FAMILY were well, at Fatuka, in the mouth of February. The forces of Agate belonging to the mercantile establishment had been placed under the command of Baker. The vakel Woad-el-Kek hail been sent to Fatuka ou February 5, with A REINFORCEMENT OF TWO HUNDRED SOL DIERS. With these reinforcements, it is said, Baker will renew his inarch to the Albert Nyanza, in the Territory of Kabarego (formerly lvamrasi). Thus the rumors of Baker’s assassination which had circula ted iu Cairo are exploded. We are hour fy expecting a fleet of nineteen govern ment harks, carrying mails and direct re ports from Baker, and then we may throw light on the obscure rumors which have been circulated. WAR ON THE ABYSSINIAN FRONTIER. I stated in my last that Adam Pacha, a negro, had gone to Kalabat with 2,G00 soldiers and four caravans, with a view of protecting that province against the robberies of the Abyssiniaus. He had previously given warning in writing that those robberies would meet severe punish ment with all the military forces at his disposal. If we are to believe rumors, the Abyssinians BURI’RISED ADAM PACHA during the night while feasting—took 300 guns Without killing any one, however— they subsequently surrounded the village Mattamma, and it is apprehended that Adam Pacha would be compelled to sur render. Another rumor says that many of Adam’s soldiers have died, and that he solicited succor from Khartoum. It is doubtful whether these reports are cor rect. Anyhow, the fact is that 200 sol diers were hastily despatched to Kalabat, and another 300 will be sent from See naar, as well as from Egypt. Another obscure report states that THE TRAVELER MIANI hail advanced south through the territory of Manbutta, with the view of reaching the western shore of Albert Nyanza. This, if confirmed by Miani, will interest the entire scientific world. English engineers, it is said, have left Cairo, in order to provide WELLS IN THE DESERT OF DONGOLA, in view of works for the future line of railroad through that district. GRAIN I'ROSEECT IN THE WEST. Our Western exchanges give much space to information concerning the grain prospect which is unusually cheering. In a summary of the situation one of them says: “Advices generally have concurred in representing wheat and other small grain as very promising to the present time. Harvesting has already been be gun in some counties in Illinois, neigh boring to St. Louis, and it was reported by merchants on Change having business correspondence with them, that it would probably begin generally the present week in the southeastern counties of Mis souri and some of the noar river counties of Illinois; while newspapers further north stated that harvesting would proba bly commence in their sections iu ten days or two weeks. Wheat cutting was reported as begun Monday last at Bandy Ridge, .in Madison comity, near Alton. Corn, though plant ed late, owing to unfavorable weather, and consequently backward in develop ment for that cause, is said to be rapidly making up for lost time, under the in fluence of the genial weather prevailing, and apprehensions are yet expressed of anything but an abundant but may be not so large a crop as in the previous year. The wet weather so continuous early, and prevailing iu showers since, may limit planting in very low localities, but it may be believed not to any very appreciable extent. Large amounts of last year’s crop are reported in crib in some localities, and there is a tendency among grain merchants to think that there is a large surplus to come forward in any exigency, and hence no short sup ply is at present looked for. ” The Houston Telegraph says that Texas gives Gen. Mackenzie honor for his raid into Mexico to protect her frontier set tiers, and that should Mexico make it a cause of war there are 20,000 young Texans who will gladly volunteer to defend our flag and carry it again victorious into the halls of the Montezumas.