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HOI'. JENKINS’ LETTER.
The interest of the reader will not
dag, and his admiration and gratification
w jU intensify, as he peruses the corres
pondence attending the presentation of
die State’s gift of a golden seal to ex-
Oov. ('has. J. Jenkins. The ex-Governor’s
letter abounds with great truths and no
l,]e sentiments, and they will arouse
a ,id reanimate his countrymen in another
contest for the restoration of the govern
ment to its constitutional sphere and
former purity.
■flit; BRUNSWICK AN /> ALBANY
RAILROAD.
lhe Savannah Advertiser's statement
of the terms of adjustment of the
Brunswick and Albany Railroad litiga
tion is perhaps a little more explicit than
that of the Albany News, already copied
by us. It states the terms of the com
promise as follows:
First, the contractors agreed to accept
fifty cents on the dollar, which was j
agreed to, and upon this same basis the
laborers also consented to a settlement. j
But there was one large claim of over
forty-one thousand dollars, which was !
lost. This was the claim of the Dawson !
Manufacturing Company. Under the terms I
of their contract, if the cars which they j
bad manufactured for the road wore not J
jiaid for up to a certain time, they were
to be taken back. They were not paid j
for, and the manufacturing company did
take them back. They then sued the road I
for the use of the cars. Under the Judge’s
charge the jury rendered a verdict ugaiust j
them, and their claim was lost.
The final decision in the case is that !
the road is to be sold on the loth of Oc
tober, of which sixty days’ previous notice
is to be published in the newspapers of
Brunswick, Savannah, New York and
some other points. The road is not to
l.e sold for less than $300,000, one-half of
which is to be paid on the day of sale.
Thin is to be appropriated to the payment
of these preferred liens, the whole amount
of which is something less than SIOO,OOO.
There is one question in connection
with this compromise or adjustment,
which ought not to be wholly overlooked.
It may present no legal difficulties, but j
people who desire an equitable adjust
ment of all matters connected with the
Brunswick and Albany llailroad will take
it into consideration. The State was not
it party to the litigation just compromised,
and the parties litigant ignored any in- j
terest of Iter’s in the road. 'They have
not regarded the mortgage which the j
State holds if slm is bound as endorser of
the bonds, lint they propose to acquire the
absolute ownership of the road by the
sale in October. Ought not this sale,
then, to be regarded as tin extinguisher at
any claims which the bondholders may
have against the State? Wo shall regard
tlm adjustment as a fortunate one if it
settles finally the question of the State’s
liability as endorser of lhe bonds, and we
believe that the fact that the bondholders
and creditors effected this adjustment
among themselves, appropriating to them
selves all the available property and ig
noring any interest of the State, will
operate to the disadvantage of the bond
holders claiming endorsement.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
announces another scheme which promises
well for that city. An English capitalist
lias subscribed S32,O<K) towards forming
a land company, with a capital of SIOO,-
000. The balance was made up by resi
dents of Augusta, and the company is
now a certainty. The Chronicle says: ;
“The English capitalist referred to, as an j
inducement for citizens hero to join him
in a manufacturing enterprise to be es
tablished on the Augusta canal, stated
that ho would head a subscription list in
England with eleven thousand pounds
(fifty-five thousand dollars), to organize a
company for the purpose of building on
said canal a factory of 25,000 spindles,
and use his influence to get up a company j
with a capital of one million dollars with
that view. M. J. J. Gregg will leave for
England this morning to perfect the
scheme in concert with the capitalist. He
is sanguine of success, as he has received
great encouragement from prominent
English ciq litulists. If the scheme is per
fected, as we trust and believe it will be,
a great impetus will be given to the manu
facturing interests of Augusta, and a
large addition made to her material wealth
and prosperity.”
The (illiipillai in Florida.
A friend who had just come up the
river tells ns that the caterpillars are very
plentiful in Jackson county, Florida.
They had already eaten up all the cotton
on a plantation of two hundred acres and
were goiug for others. Poison and fly
traps are being used extensively. One
gentleman put so much poison on his
cotton that he in jured it. The caterpil
lars were killed by it, but in a short time
they were replaced by others. This costs
two dollars per acre, we understand ; en
tirely too costly for much use. It has not
demonstrated as only a partial success in
Florida. With traps, hundreds of the
caterpillar flies are captured at night,
But this does not seem to do much good.
Many tUes caught and kept, but no eggs
were found produced. Hence many think
that the egg is laid immediately after the
fly escapes its shell.
Caterpillars were reported to a greater
or less extent all along the rivei to
Eufaula—none this side. The only talk
below Eufaula is caterpillar.
Way to (Jet Southern Capital.
If Southern farmers would only let fu
tures alone, plant corn enough to sustain
plantations, raise as much meat as they
can. and every pound possible of eottou
for ten years, the South would be the
richest eountiv on the face of the globe.
There is a great hue and cry about North
ern capitalist, Ac. It will come just as
soon as it is seen our mills and industrial
enterprises pay. Money always goes
where it will bring money. The West is
said to be wealthy, yet what farmers in
the West could exist and pay two per
cent per month for money? The South
erners have been doing it every year
since the war. If the South would be in
dependent of the West fifteen years, she
could buy out the country. Before the
war the South prospered without north
ern capital and can do so again if she will
he true to herself.
Protection is Robbery. —The St. Lou
is Republican pitches into protection
after this fashion:
“When the American iron-master ships
iron to England at $lO a ton, he proves
that he can make a profit at that price.
Why, then, should the people be taxed $7
a ton for his protection against the very
manufacturers he is underselling? When
American iron-masters sell iron to foreign
ms at sll a ton less than they exact of
their own countrymen: and the Onondaga
Salt Company sells its salt in Canada for
thirty-five cents a barrel less than it asks
>n the home market: and the Boston sew
mg machine manufacturers sell their ma
chines in Europe for $25 less than the
price they compel us to pay at home, they
ail prove that the whole system of protec
tion of which they are the beneficiaries,
is a hypocritical and fraudulent pretext
for robbery, and that the sooner the peo
ple are relieved of it, the better."
VOL. XV.
LAIiOJt, IVOKTIT AND SOVTR.
The correspondent of the Enquirer
(“* ’) to whom we referred yesterday, ad
mits that we have shown that according
to the census returns a larger proportion
of the whole population of Georgia and
Alabama are engaged in gainful and re
putable occupations than in Massachu
setts, New York and Pennsylvania. But
he has the rather singular notion that we
ought not to take into this comparison all
the people, of both sexes, over ten years
of age, as the census does, but that we
ought to count only the males. He also
contends that it is because the negroes of
the South are nearly all engaged in such
occupations, that we can make so good a
showing—tlie whites not being engaged to
the same extent.
Says the correspondent of the En
quirer: “ lake out the females, and in
these five States we find that of males,
both white and black, there are enumer
ated as following some occupations—in
Alabama about 9-12, in Georgia 8-11, in
Massachusetts 10-12, in New York 11-12
and in Pennsylvania 8-12. Thus showing
that as large a proportion of white men
are engaged in such occupations in the
Northern as both white and black in the
Southern States.”
Our friend will excuse us for making
a square issue of fact with him here. The
figures don’t work that way for us, whether
we try them by division or multiplication.
Again we refer to the census book, and
make up from it the following table, in
cluding males only over the age of ten
years:
Males. All Occ. Agrlc.
Alabama 340,984 275,640 226,768
Georgia 401,547 329,185 262,152
Massachusetts 554,886 451,643 72 810
New York 1,658,504 1,233,979 373,455
Pennsylvania 1,292,518 886,209 258,772
In all the above columns only males are
included.
Our calculations give the following
comparative results: In Alabama, the
number of males not engaged in reputa
ble occupations is (15,344, falling 3,204
short of one-fifth pf the whole number;
in Georgia, the number not engaged is
72,302, slightly exceeding one-fifth;
in Massachusetts, the number not engag
ed is 103,343, falling 38,171 short of one
fifth; in New York, the number
not engaged is 424,525, being a little
over one-fourth; and in Pennsyl
vania, the number not engaged is
400,301), being nearly one-third. So on
Massachusetts approximates Alabama and
Georgia in the ratio of males occupied,
and it is a little ahead of Georgia, while
New York and Pennsylvania are far
behind.
So we beat them in the number of males
creditably occupied, and the fact stated
by our neighbor’s correspondent, that we
beat them badly in the number of women
engaged in reputable occupations, is only
the more creditable to us, though it does
tell a tale of lamentable poverty and
necessity. We would that it could be
obviated.
This correspondent is also mistaken
(and we say it with more of regret than
satisfaction) in his opinion that there are
no white females engaged as farm laborers
in the South. During a late visit to
Northern Georgia, we saw many white
women and girls at work in the corn and
cotton fields. We stopped one night with
a farmer in Dawson county, who had two
white girls employed as farm hands, and
they worked early and late in the fields.
They were not members of his family,
but hired girls; and we heard of others
hired at the same work. We feel confi
dent that it is no exaggeration to say that
ten thousand white females have this year
taken part in the cultivation of the fields
in Georgia.
But why should the negroes be excluded
from the count in our calculations show
ing the number of persons in the South
engaged in reputable occupations ? If we
deduct their numbers from the population
in our exhibits of industry, should we not
also deduct the foreign-born people from
the population of tlie North reputably oc
cupied ? And if wo did, taking only the
native working males of the South and
native working whites of the North, the
difference made in our favor would be
very marked. Let us see : In Georgia
there are only 5,405 foreign-born laborers
to deduct from the aggregate of males em
ployed ; while in Massachusetts 187,030
foreign-born laborers have to be deduct
ed ! This would take off one-third of the
white males of Massachusetts reputably
occupied ! We will not make a close cal
culation for the other States which we are
comparing, but in New York considera
bly over one-fourth of the white males en
gaged iu reputable occupations are of for
eign-birth.
We have to express a difference of
opinion with this correspondent, too, on
his proposition that more negroes than
whites are engaged at work iu the South.
In this matter we can only express opin
ions, since the census (for reasons which
we shall notice presently) does not fnr
nish us any figures to go upon. Our be
lief is that by far the larger proportion
of the idle or vagrant class are negroes.
Look at this city and its suburban sur
roundings—is it not so here ? Aud Co
lumbus furnishes no exception to the
general condition of things throughout
the South. In all our cities aud larger
towns there are great numbers of negroes
not regularly occupied or engaged iu any
supporting business.
But why does not the census classify the
whites and blacks iu its statistics of
industry, as well as the sexes, the ages,
and the nativities? The compilers had
the data before them, for the census
blanks gave the color of each person.
There can be only one answer—it was
because would have shown that the
whites of these Southern States are the
most working portion of the population,
aud that most of lhe idlers among ns are
negroes. Such a table would have vindi
cated the South from aspersions cast upon
it by this census as published. The pur
pose to make the South appear thriftless,
ignorant and indolent is apparent through
out. Look at its map entitled “lUitera
j cy,” which we have already criticised. A
j very good offset to this map might have
been furnished by one entitled “Crime,”
but it is not to be found in the cen
; sus publication. The returns show
that crime is far more prevalent at
the North thau at the South, and a
map exhibiting this in light and spotless
hues for the South, while dark clouds
overspread the North (reversing the con
ditions in the “Illiteracy” map) would
have been only fair for our section. But
it is not to be found. Neither are the
figures given to enable us to tell what
proportions of the whites aud blacks of
the South are engaged in reputable occu
pations : and for the same reason.
We wish to defend no man in his idle
ness, nor to encourage any one to neglect
his business for politics. But we think
that the South has suffered enough
already by odious comparisons, and we
regret that our friend “* ” will not also
j taka a more cheerful view, and while
j laboring (as we have no doubt he does)
to retrieve our faults and errors, claim
for us full credit where credit is due.
The Buenos Ayres correspondent of tho
I New York World narrates the particulars
! of the discovery in a province of the Ar
geutiue Republic of a wonderful gold
mine, said to be the richest in the world.
One-half of the site of the mine has been
j goldfor $100,000,000.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
EXIiOV. JENKINS.
PBESEKTATIOS OF lit I STAFF’S
GIFT.
A Noble Letter from Mr. Jenkins.
I rom the Atlanta Constitution, 20th.
governor smith’s letter to ex-oovbknoe
JENKINS.
Executive Department, )
State of Georgia,
Atlanta, Ga., June 21, 1873.)
Eon. Charles J. Jenkins :
Dear Sir — l had the honor to approve
August 22, 1872, a preamble and resolu
tion unanimously adopted by the Legisla
ture of Georgia, the object of which was
to express the feelings of the people of
your native State iu regard to your pa
triotic course as Governor of the Com
monwealth.
The preamble recites that, “ when ex
pelled by usurpers from the office of Gov
ernor of this State, you had the firmness
and the courage to save the public Treasu
ry from the plunderers, aud applied it to
the obligations of the State ;” and that
you also “removed the archives of the
State Treasury, and saved from desecra
tion the Seal of the Executive Depart
ment. The preamble further recites that
your “efforts to save the people of Georgia
from oppression relaxed not with your
hold upon the executive office, but that,
in the midst of discouragement, they
were continued before the Supreme Court
of the United States, so long as there was
any hope of success;” and that having
“preserved the archives and the Seal until
in better times you might restore them to
your first rightful successor,” you had
“delivered them to His Excellency the
Governor” of the State. It is further
stated iu the preamble, that “gratitude to
a great aud good man, deference to the
feelings of the people of Georgia, and the
encouragement of patriotism aud virtue
in the generations to come, ulike render
it good that we (the Legislature) should
make and put iu imperishable form a re
cognition of his fidelity to his trust.”
The Legislature therefore adopted the
following resolution:
“Resolved by the General Assembly of
the State of Georgia, That his Excellency,
the Governor, be authorized and instruct
ed to have prepared, aud in the name of
the people of Georgia, to present to the
Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, a seal to be the
sac-simile of the one preserved and re
stored by him, except that in addition to
tho other devices it shall have this in
scription : 4 Presented to Charles J. Jenk
ins by the State of Georgia,’ aud this
legeud, 4 ln Arduis Fidelia.’ ”
I have iu part performed the grateful
task thus assigned to me by the Legisla
ture of our State, by having prepared a
seal in strict conformity with its instruc
tions ; and now it only remains for me as
the exponent for the time being of the
feelings and wishes of the people of Geor
gia to present it to you, aud in their name
to beg your acceptance of it as a testimo
nial of their heartfelt appreciation aud
gratitude.
While performing the agreeable repre
sentative, duly permit me to express to
you my cordial approval of this popular
recognition of distinguished public service
and personal worth, and the wish that you
may be spared for many years to enjoy
the admiration and gratitude of a people
whom you have served so long, so faith
fully, and so well.
Though not required of me by tho Leg
islature, I have also thought it fit and
proper to have copied on parchment and
suitably framed the preambles and reso
lutions referred to, entiro, which I beg
you will also accept.
I have the honor to be with the highest
association and esteem,
Your Friend and Obedient Servant,
James M. Smith.
kx-gov. jenkins’ reply to gov. smith.
Augusta, Ga., July 18, 1873.
His Excellency James M. Smith:
Dear Silt—l have received through the
Hon. Jos. B. Gumming your communica
tion of the 21st ultimo, accompanied by a
copy of the resolutions of the General
Assembly of Georgia, referring to myself
approved August 22, 1872, aud a beauti
fully designed and executed sac-simile of
the seal of the Executive Department
prepared and presented as therein pro
vided.
It is probably within the experience of
every man who has attained the age of
three score years, that there are occasions
when language is found wholly inadequate
to express the emotions of tha heart.
Thus it certainly is with me at this time.
Doubtless the highest reward of official
fidelity is the answer of a good conscience.
It is only in the court whence that answer
proceeds that intention can be thoroughly
scrutinized and motive reduced to its last
analysis and accurately weighed; which
is, after all, the crucial test of merit.
The spirit of man is never gladdened by
the plaudits of admiring multitudes, nor
yet by the encomiums of the wise and
good against which conscience whispers
her solemn though unpublished protest.
But it is no less true, that the human
heart craves public recognition of con
scious rectitude. And when to the ap
proval of the inward monitor and judge,
public opinion, with full knowledge of
facts, after calm deliberation, superadds
its affirmatory decision, a judgment is
rendered from which in tha awards of
time there lies no appeal.
The circumstances surrounding the
Executive at the time referred to iu the
resolutions, were peculiar aud embarrass
ing. History furnishes no precedent to
be consulted. Law gives uo clew to be
followed, for although the Congressional
rescripts which threw order into chaos,
had been pronounced unconstitutional by
the Federal Executive, the Federal Ju
diciary refused to restrain the desperate
lawlessness that persisted in their en
forcement. Thus environed and daily
encountering difficulties requiring solu
tion, my duty demanded careful absti
nence from any imprudence, tending uu
neeessai'ily to complicate still further the
unhappy relations existing between the
State and Federal Governments, on the
one hand, aud on the other studious
avoidance of any act having the semblance
of lowering the dignity of Georgia, or of
acquiescence iu the usurpation of her
rightful prerogatives. Far from assuming
that no Georgian in my position could
have done more for the State than was
done, I have a serene consciousness that
more could not have been accomplished
by me.
Between my ejection from office aud
the passage of the resolutions now before
me, there was an interval exceeding four
vears, during which Georgia was denied
self-government —her voice silenced —her
interest and her honor confided U< the
hands of strangers, who neither under
stood the one, nor regarded the other.
Os the former they made sad havoc, but
in trifling with the latter, whose spiritual
essence they could nut debase, they sig
nally wrought out their own dishonor.
All this while the intellect of Georgia,
though circumscribed and shackled, was
busy with the past, the present and the
future. It never subscribed to error—
never repudiated truth—never succumbed
to power; and when the next ballot-box
was opened, it rose up undaunted, assert
ed its supremacy and re-entered its legis
lative, executive and judicial chambers.
It was just iu this renascent epoch of
Georgia's history that the General Assem
bly passed in review my executive servi
ces, aud you, sir, have placed before me
the result.
The preamble and resolutions have made
for me. in the archives of the State, a re
cord I had not hoped to merit, but trust
never to dishonor. The medal, having
engraved thereon a sac simile of the seal
of the Executive Department, once en
trusted to me with words of donation from
the State of Georgia and a legeud embody
ing the spirit of the resolutions, I proudly
■ accept as a memorial possession for life,
' aud a testimonial certificate for all time,
i Iu itself a thing of beauty, wrought by
the skillful hand of the artisan, in the
most precious aud imperishable metal of
nature, it has for me a value derived
neither from nature nor art —a moral sig
nificance imparted by the fiat of a noble
i constituency—a. popular sovereignty. I
i would not exchange it for Star or Garter,
|or other badge of knighthood—nor vet for
: highest patent of nobility ever bestowed
j by King upon subject.
Iu view of the high positions in each de
j paitment of their government in which
my fellow-citizens have heretofore
i placed me, and of this unique testimon-
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 29,1873.
ial, I may truly say that the measure of
my ambition is full to overflowing; and
that through the same channel of com
munication my heart sends back to the
State of Georgia, measure of measure, a
swelling gratitude and devotion.
Would to God I had remaining enough
of life and vigor to do more for her. But
having nearly- filled my span of three
score years and ten, in the retirement of
my quiet home it is a cheering reflection
that the noble Commonwealth numbers
not by scores only, but by hundreds, sons
younger, more vigorous, and no less de
voted, who will achieve for her a larger
material prosperity, a grander civiliza
tion, and a higher renown than she has
yet enjoyed.
I am prompted, both by inclination and
a sense of duty, to refer in this connec
tion to certain most worthy gentlemen, in
close official connection with me, and who
shared the responsibilities, trials and
perils of the time. I allude to Messrs.
John Jones, Treasurer; Nathan C. Bar
nett, Secretary of State, and John T.
Burns, Comptroller General. These offi
cers were not appointees of the Execu- 1
tives —they held offices creative by the
Constitution, and were elected by the
Legislature. Although, to a considerable
extent subordinated to the Executive,
they were yet so far independent in their
several positions, that had they in the
then deranged state of affairs refused co
operation, they might have materially
thwarted his plans, subjected the State to
loss, and secured to themselves present
emolument. But fully according with
him in opinion and feeling, they distinct
ly refused to recognize the authority of
his (so-called) successor, who lacked the
first essential qualification for the office—
citizenship of the State. Each thorough
ly appreciated and faithfully performed
his duty. The position of the Treasurer
waß the most exposed aud per.lous of all,
because the Treasury was the objective
point of the raid. To carry into effect
promptly and successfully Executive
directions for placing the funds of the
State beyond the reach of the raiders,
and still to confront them in their rage
was nothing less than the exhibition of
moral heroism. Two of these faithful
public servants, the Treasurer and Comp
troller, were actually placed under arrest,
though soon admitted to parole. The
latter, while restrained of his personal
liberty, was by the just appreciation of
his people returned as their Senator at the
first election after these events, and sat
there a paroled Federal prisoner, fearless
ly performing the duties of a State Sena
tor. Having served to the eud of his
term, he is now in voluntary and honored
retirement. The other two, Messrs. Jones
and Barnett, on the first occasion presen
ted, have been severally restored to, and
now honorably till the offices from which
they had been ejected. Thus has Georgia
vindicated their integrity, rewarded their
fidelity, and exhibited to tho world a
striking proof that Republics are not al
ways ungrateful.
I refer to these officials, not because
there were no others animated by the like
spirit, and making like sacrifices; but be
cause of their intimate official associations
with me, and simultaneous removal from
office.
Here, perhaps, I should close, but I
trust your Excellency will indulge me in a
few practical reflections upon the present
political status of the country.
It 'is often inconsiderably said, and
written, and I fear also inconsiderably
believed, that onr Government has been
entirely revolutionized —State sovereignty
destroyed—the Constitution set aside—and
personal liberty lost. These laments be
come not an intelligent, heroic people,
overshadowed by a written Constitution,
admitted to be a good one. That the peo
ple of the Southern States so regard it is
apparent from lhe fact that the Constitu
tion under which they recently attempted
to establish a separate Confederacy is al
most a literal copy from it. If really
good then it must be so now, unless
marred by subsequent changes, which
good orbad, are technically called “amend
ments.” Os these there have since been
only three.
The first simply ordains that from and
after its adoption slavery shall not exist
in the United States. But the abolition
of slavery bad been previously declared
(whether authoritatively or not) by Fed
eral Executive proclamation—had been ac
quiesced in by the parties in interest and
prohibited for the future by the new Con
stitutions of most, if not all, of the South
ern States. The second in effect extends
to emancipated slaves the rights and priv
ileges of citizenship—provides that for
all male citizens over the age of twenty
one years, denied suffrage by the States,
there be a proportionate diminution of
the representative population—disfran
chises a large number of the best citizens
of the Southern States; but empowers
Congress to remove this disability, de
clares the public debt of the United States
inviolable —repudiates the war debt of the
Southern States, and prohibits compensa
tion for emancipated slaves. The third
ordains that tlie right of citizens of the
United States to vote shall not be denied
or abridged on account of race, color, or
previous condition of servitude.
I do not propose now to discuss the
merits or the validity of these changes,
but to inquire how far they iffeet the
practical working of our system of gov
ernment. In this view, it will be found
that the only change wrought is in the
general body of tho constituency, and
this by conferring the right of suffrage
upon a very large number not previously
entitled to it, and as we believe not
qualified to it. It does rot mxe from the
States the general power to regulate
suffrage, but prohibits the denial or
abridgement of it on account of race or
color, etc. This change in the constituent
body is certainly most deplorable, and
especially prejudicial to the Southern
States. But let it be borne in mind that
this enlarged body is still hedged iu, pro
tected and restrained by the Constitution
as it pre-existed. That instrument still
contains the saving clause: “The powers
not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the States re
spectively or to the people.”
But it is said this is theoretical only;
practically, the poser of the General Gov
ernment has grown to enormous dimen
sions, while that of the States has prpor
tionally diminished. The congress of the
United States has repudiated State Con
sti tut ions confessedly lepublicauiu charac
ter and compelled the formation of others
—the civil authorities of the States have
been subordinated to the Federal military.
Yes, these and numerous other outrages
have been perpetrated. But these things
have occurred during the prevalence of
the mania which followed the termination
of a protracted civil war. There are indi
cations that this abnormal excitement is
subsiding. The time for sober second
thought must come soon, or the country
will rush into anarchy. If there be no escape
from a result so full of horrors, we must
meet our owufate as best we may. But
untli overwhelmed by the catastrophe we
must pretermit no effort to avert it. My
position is that there is now no cause for
despondency—that the wrongs and op
pressions we have endured resulted from
administrative abases, not from struc
tural changes in the government.—
The distinction should be kept con
stantly in view. In a complex govern
ment like onr own (the political powers
divided between the General and State
governments,) let it never be conceded
that a power once usurped is thenceforth
a power transferred; nor that a right
once suppressed is for that cause a right
extinguished; nor that a Constitution a
thousand times violated becomes a Con
stitution abolished : nor, finally, that a
government prostituted by two or three
consecutive administrations to purposes of
tyranny aud corruption must thereafter be
regarded as a government revolutionized.
The startling occurrences of the last de
cade should stimulate the patriotic men
throughout the length and breadth of the
land to bury sectional animosities, to
unite heart and soul in vindication of the
principles they have seen violated, in
i correction of abuses they have witnessed,
in struggling within the pale of the Con
stitution with all the power of earnest
manhood, to restore that sacred instru
ment to its pristine supremacy. Such is
the grandeur of the work which now chal
lenges the patriotic enterprise of the
young and middle aged of our common
: country.
Lest the view's submitted should be
utopian, at the risk of being considered
prolix, I will make a brief reference to the
; recent history of Georgia,
i At the first general election after the
formation of the reconstructing constitu
tion of the State under Congressional au
spices, which was conducted by the mili
tary authorities, the result (as finally re
ported) was in accord with the views
of the ruling party. Then a feeling of
dismay settled upon a large proportion of
our people. The event was received as a
foreshadowing of misrule for an indefinite
’ period. But mark the sequel. In No
vember of the same year, (ISGB,) a Presi
dential election occurred. Amid the dis
couragements, the people of Georgia ral
lied for another effort. The old and the
new constituency met at the ballot-box—
there was neither bloodshed, nor tumult,
nor fraud. All voted who were entitled
and sought to vote. If the bayonet
gleamed it did not terrify. Though the
newly enfranchised voted they did not
dominate. Then the election was con
ducted under State laws, and when the
returns were consolidated and published,
the previous verdict was reversed by a
tremendous majority. The voice of the
good old State was heard rebuking, in
thunder tones, the faction that had at
tempted her subjugation.
So again iu 1870 (election for members
of Congress and of the Legislature;) so
again in 1871 (special election for Gov
ernor,) and again in October, 1872 (elec
tion for Governor and members of the
Legislature,) and finally in November,
1872 (election for President, Vice-Presi
dent and members of Congress).
Thus we see that in five consecutive
general elections, occurring in the space
of four years, conducted without violence 1
or fraud, or the serious allegation of
either, there has been achieved an un
broken triumph of ancient conservatism— j
a triumph immediate upon the return to |
self-government, and sustained to this j
day.
Now, what is the explanation of this
unexpected change ? Simply this : The i
people of Georgia have been law- j
abiding, peaceable; but inflexibly re
solved to stand by their princi
ples aud maintain their rights. Let
them steadfastly pursue the same course,
avoiding dissensions among themselves
and the future of their State government
is secure. Under less favorable circum
stances, renovation may come more slowly
to other States; but come it will by pa
tient persistence iu like courses. And so,
at no distant day, the reform of the Fed
eral government may be effected. Tho
prospects may teem with discouragements,
but the end in view is stupendous—
worthy the struggle of successive genera
tions.
In conclusion, allow me to render to
your Excellency my sincere thanks for the
tasteful, kind and cordial manner iu
which you have given effect to the resolu
tions of the General Assembly, and to
wish continuing success and honor to
your administration, which will be ever
memorable for the new birth of an old
Slate.
Very respectfully,
Your obliged fellow-citizen,
C. J. Jenkins.
THE CHINESE “NEW DEPAR
TURE.”
Reception of Foreign Ministers.
Telegram to the New York Herald.
London, July 18. —Details have been
received of the audience granted by the
Emperor of China, on June 2!)th, to the
Diplomatic Body at Pekin.
Although na notice was given of the
ceremony, the streets around the Im
perial Palace were crowded with people
who had come from all parts of the city
to witness the arrival and departure of
the foreign Ministers.
The Ambassador of Japan was re
ceived first and had a separate interview.
When he had retired the Ministers of
the United States, Russia, Great Britain,
France and the Netherlands entered the
presence in a body.
M. de Vlangali, the Russian Minister
and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, read
an address to the Emperor in French,
which M. Bismarck, the interpreter of
the German Legation, repeated in
Cbinese. Each Minister then deposited
his credentials on a table in front of the
throne.
When this ceremony was concluded the
Emperor delivered in the Mantchee dialect
his reply to the address.
Prince King, kneeling, interpreted the
Emperor’s words in Chinese.
Eight hundred mandarians, iu splendid
costumes, were present.
At the close of the audience the foreign
Ministers were escorted to their chairs
with great ceremony by members of the
Bung-li-Yamen.
M. de Geoffrey, the Minister of France,
had an interview with the Emperor at a
late hour on the same day and presented
the letter of his government in regard to
the Tien-tsiu massacre.
The Pekin Gazette says the wording of
the Imperial edict according the audience
is considered insulting.
COLONEL SCOTT’S DEPARTURE FOR
EUROPE.
On the eve of his departure for Europe,
Col. Scott made the following statement
to a New York Herald reporter :
44 May I inquire;” said the correspon
dent, “as to the truthfulness of the rumor
that your trip to the Continent has not
something to do with the Memphis aud El
Paso Continental Line, over which Col.
Fremont exercised sway ?” The accom
plished tactitian was in deep thought a
moment, and then raising his head, said,
“I don’t know' that I am at liberty to say
as much. Yon newspaper men are shrewd
fellows, and catch at straws ; but after
all, if it were not for you at times I don’t
know what the public would do. To answer
plainly, that is one object of the trip.
The French people hold at least 20,000,-
000 francs worth of bonds in that road
which were placed on the market before
the Franco-Prussian war. The proposed
line to the Pacific, with the rich dividends
promised them by the originators, gave
them confidence in the American project.
Its disastrous ending has turned capital
ists against anything American. Now, to
do away with all this, I have fully made
up my mind to take up the bonds aud in
demnify the bondholders “dollar for dol
lar and franc for franc.” This unexam
pled confession of fair dealing by the
President of the Peunsyivania Railroad
will be hailed with satisfaction throughout
the country, and especially in France.
The thing is unheard of in these degen
erate days, and Col. Scott’s action will
doubtlessly do more to raise American
credit abroad thau the prompt payment
of interest by the Treasury Department.
It is also understood iu well informed
circles that Col. Scott, as soon as he has
arranged this matter, will lay the subject
of the Texas Pacific Railroad before the
continental capitalists, and bonds will be
placed in the market at an early day.
Shortly before bidding the correspondent
adieu he gave him to understand that
such was the case, and at parting said
hat the new steamship line in two years’
ime would prove such a success that
everal more steamers would be built.
A planter, who shall be nameless, was
iu the city on Saturday aud purchased
several barrels of Paris green for the
purpose of killing worms. While seeing
ins wagon loaded, a friend remarked that
he had bought enough poison to kill all
the negroes iu Montgomery county. One
of the planters’ hands was standing by and
heard the remark. He went home and
told what he had heard to the balance of
the workmen. That planters’ crop is now
being destroyed by the worms, and not a
negro can be got to touch the Paris green.
The thoughtless maker of the remark may
have to stand a law suit, and probably
pay consequential damages.— Montgomery
Journal.
The Air-Line Railroad—Near Com
pletion.—We are informed that the train
on the Ant-Line Railroad will reach Fu
galoo river to-day, and that the trains on
the other eide are running within a few
miles of it. Soon they will meet at the
river, aud the completion of the bridge
will be the last link in the chain. The
timbers for the bridge were all prepared
in Gaiusville sometime ago, a train load
of which went up yesternav. The piers
are completed and the bridge will be rap
idly put up.
We also learn that a number of houses
are being put up at Toccoa City, giving
the place a town-like appearance already.
—Atlanta Constitution, 19th.
Mr. Stephen Talmage, of Monticello,
committed suicide last Saturday by tak
ing an overdose of laudanum.
A MAD NEWSPAPER REPORTER.
A Badly Scared Darkey and a Jolly
Steamboat Man.
We heard a steamboat friend, a few
i evenings since, describing a steamboat
i accident, which happened several years
ago, on the Chattahoochee.
It seems the boat had sunk near tho
bank, and the water was only over her
lower deck. A plank was extended from
her boiler deck to the bank, aud some of
the passengers went ashore to sleep. Just
about the break of day another boat came
up the river, and the Captain of the
sunken boat sent a colored deck hand
ashore to wake the passengers, one of
which number was a one legged man, who
in the hurry aud fright at the time of the
boat’s sinking, could not find his cork leg.
During the night someone aboard dis
covered it and threw it ashore, where in
dumping down brushwood to supply
the fire, the brush had partially covered
the leg. The darkey in groping around,
(having only tho dying embers and grayish
light of early dawn to guide him), to
awaken the men, struck the cork leg and
called, “Git up; I say, git up dar.” Not
seeing any motion in the, to him, appa
eutly sleeping man, Darkey stooped and
gave a pull, whereupon he tumbled back
ward into the water, with leg in hand,
and a cry of horror upon his lips. Upon
again reaching the bank he made for the
boat, with eyes sticking out like skillet
legs, and his wool almost straight, crying,
“Fore God! dat man rotten a ready; less
git furder from here, and dat quick.”
This steamboaler, who is a bit of a wag,
upon reaching Columbus. Ga.,was,at once,
interviewed by a reporter, as to accident
and causes, aud if any one was hurt. To
the last enquiry, the boatman answered,
that one passenger lost his leg aud had
been sent ashore at Eufaula, Ala. The
next morning’s paper gave a full account
of the accident, and stated that one passen
ger had lost a leg and been left at Eufaula
tor medical treatment. Before that steam
boat man landed at Columbus again bo
sent out a flag of truce and commissioners
to treat with that newspaper reporter, for
it is said that the 44 maddest man on Gor
gy grit” for many a da}', was that newspa
per gent.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Mr. W. H. Pryor, of Sumter county, I
informs the Americas Republican that
he hopes to have a bale of new’ cotton in
market by the first of August.
A correspondent informs the Atlanta
Herald that there were fourteen thousand
acres of land for sale lately iu Hancock
county, and says that it was “the result
of the overturning of the Homestead
Law.”
Mr. S. W. Patterson has two acres
planted in cotton at his residence in this
city, which ought to take the premium at
the next State Fair. He is certain of a
bale and a half per acre, yet two bales
are not improbable.— Bainbridge Demo
ci at.
Rev. H. M. Turner, colored, of this
city, has had the degree of LL D. con
ferred on him by the Wilberforce Col
lege, a colored institution of learning in
Ohio. He now enjoys the title of Hon.
Rev. and Dr.— Savannah News.
The Albany News, of Friday, says: A
private letter from Sherman, Texas,
dated Thursday, 10th, informs that
Judge D. H. Pope was disgusted, aud j
would lenve for Georgia on the following i
(last) Wednesday.
T. J. Nelson, of Upson county, has ae- j
cepted the challenge of John F. Lewis, of |
the same county, to try which can raise j
the most corn with the least labor next |
year. Others will no doubt enter the
contest, aud a prize ought to be awarded.
W. G. Stewart, deputy sheriff of Mur
ray county, drank too much cold water
one day last week, while overheated, and
wat a corpse in a few hours.
A negro boy about twelve years of age
shot and instantly killed a negro girl of
about fifteen, on the plantation of Mr. A.
E. Singleton of Upson county, on Tues
day of last week. It is supposed to have
been an accident.
A special from Athens, Ga., 21st, to
the Atlanta Herald, says that Professor
Frank Lipscomb, of the -University of
Georgia, is quite sick, and paralysis of
the brain is feared.
We learn from tho sum • lispatch that
on Monday Robert Child i mil three of
his alleged confederates v • ,e sentenced
to twenty years imprisonment, with hard
labor, in the State penitei iary. They
were accused of knocking down and rob
bing Mr. Green, the contractor on the
Northeastern Railroad, three mouths ago.
Childers’ ease will be carried up to the
Supreme Court.
Catf.rpii.lars. There is much talk
among our farmers south of Thomasville
about caterpillars in the cotton. Mr.
Wm. Harrell says they are in his cotton
thick, and he thinks they will clean .him
out in a few weeks without a remedy.—-
Thomasville Enterprise.
A correspondent of the Atlanta Consti
tution reports a serious shooting scrape
at Barnesville, on Tuesday, between H. J.
Land and W. P. Bussy. Land was shot
aud severely wounded. Seale McDowell,
colored, was also shot during the fracas.
The difficulty originated from the attempt
of Bnssy to arrest Land.
Wm. Brantley, who was on trial before
a United States Commissioner iu Houston
county, on a charge of whipping a white
woman at Montezuma, has been honora
bly acquitted.
The Fort Valley Mirror gives us this
encouraging opinion: “We firmly believe
that Houston county will make a suffi
ciency of corn for home consumption.”
The Macon Telegraph, in reply to some
lugubrious complaints by the New York
Sun, states that the women lately con
victed as vagrants in Macon, who were
given their preference to be hired out or
go to jail, and chose the latter, w r ere
not negroes, but white women. We sup
pose that the Sun's sympathy is squelched.
The last number of the Union and Re
corder completed the 43d volume of (he
Federal Union, aud the 53d of the South
ern Recorder.
Southern and Middle Georgia, pretty
generally, appear to have been favored
with good rains within the last week.
Planters talk more hopefully, but dread
the caterpillar.
ALABAMA NEWS.
The State Journal of Sunday says that
cotton worms have appeared all around
Montgomery, and that nearly every wagon
going from the city carries several barrels
of Paris green or some other remedy for
them.
The same paper makes the following
statement: “We heard of a planter in
this vicinity who had planted a crop esti
mated at GOO bales of cotton, who now
offers the whole crop for 50 bales—
worms.”
A Miss Stewart applied to the Chancery
Court at Gadsden, a few days since, for
license to practise law. It was decided
that her sex did not prevent her from ob
taining license, but on examination she
was pronounced incompetent, whereupon
she gave the court “a piece of her mind”
until the Sheriff interfered.
The Marion Commonwealth proposes
that the Legislature of Alabama shall ex
empt from taxation, at least for a few
years, all lands in the State planted in
cereals, or indeed in anything else thau
cotton.
The Eufaula Times reports the killing
of two oxen by lightning, on Saturday, on
the plantation of Mr. J. H. G. Martin,
five miles south of Eufaula. They had
taken shelter under a small tree, and were
both killed by the same stroke, us wit
nessed by gentlemen riding along the
road.
The Selma Times of Sunday morning
says: “The information concerning the
cotton caterpillars has undergone no ma
terial change in the past two days. They
,are spreading over the whole country, but
as yet have not done any damage.”
Gov. Lewis returned to Montgomery,
from his trip to New York, on Monday.
It has already been announced that he
arranged to pay the July interest on the
bonds.
DON CARLOS IN SPAIN.
PARTICULARS OP HIS MARCH.
Resources of the Royalists.
Telegram to tlie New York Herald.
London, July 17, IS73.— The following
telegram has beem addressed to the Her
ald from Zugarramurdy, Spain, by express
to Bayonne, and from France by wire
despatch to this city:—
DON CARLOS’ ENTRY TO SPAIN AND AN EN
THUSIASTIC RECEPTION BY THE PEOPLE.
The correspondent reports as follows:
At ten o’clock Wednesday morning, the
lGth instant, Don Carlos entered Spain
amidst a scene of indescribable enthu
siasm on the part of the people. Starting
from Fau aud journeying by Bayonne,
the Bonrbon Prince reached Ustaritz at
the hour of live o’clock in the morning.
He was mounted on horseback, and was
accompanied by two French legitimists of
note, a Carlist officer of high military
rank aud a special correspondent of the
Herald.
His Royal Highness look his departure
from Ustaritz almost immediately and ad
vanced to the Spanish frontier. No arms
or army uniform were carried by the
party. The members of it were dressed
in plain clothing aud furnished with for
eign passports. Not a single gendarme
was encountered, so that precaution was
unnecessary.
FOREST SCENES AND RURAI. EXCITEMENT AT
DAY-DAWN.
Thus, preceded by two guides, we rode
duiing a space of three hours over hills
and through forests iu the spurs of the
Pyrenees. The balmy odor given forth
from the forest, the hour of the morning
and the peculiar excitement of the occa
sion helped, with the other surroundings
of the moment, to make this historic ride
a rare treat. #
HALT.
The party halted at a small inn on the
Spanish side of the frontier, near the foot
of Pena Plata.
FRIENDS TO THE FRONT.
Marquis Valduspirias and General Lis
suraga were here waiting Don Corlos’ ar
rival, surrounded by officers of a royal
staff aud escort. All present kissed the
King’s hand.
UNIFORMED AND MOUNTED.
Don Carlos here donned a brilliant uni
form which had been provided for his
use, the coat of dark blue cloth, trimmed
with gold, pantaloons of a scarlet color
aud a Basque cap of scarlet and gold. He
mounted a handsome field charger, of a
bay color, which was furnished for his
use by a W'ealthy Irishman, a resident of
Pan. His Majesty looked “every inch” a
king.
THE HEAD OF THE ARMY.
From the point of meeting at Pena
Plata the King advanced to Zugarramurdy,
where several thousand Carlist troops
were waiting to receive him.
THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE A TOUCHING
SCENE.
A “Te Deum” was celebrated in the
church. Afterwards, at the close of the
altar services, almost every soldier present
went forward and kissed the King’s hand.
The picture was really touching and
affecting. These hardy, devoted servants
of the royal cause, simple-minded men,
were thus apparently rewarded for the
endurance of so much hardship nnd suf
ferings.
AMNESTY AND FRATERNITY.
All the Spanish republicans held as
prisoners of war in (he place were released.
BIG GUNS BOOMING.
The cannons of the fort were fired at
intervals during the entire day. Univer
sal hilarity prevails.
ARMS AND MUNITIONS OF WAR.
There are 4,000 Carlist troops on duty
here ; but the main force of the royal
army, under command of General Elio, is
engaged on the line of the Biscay coast,
to cover the landing of cargoes of arms
and ammunition from English ships.
IMMEDIATE USE FOR THE NEW SUPPLIES.
In a pioclamation which has just been
issued Dou Carlos states that he will now
fight with the army of tlie Republic using
these arms, which, as it appears, have
been taken ashore.
VICTORY IN THE FIELD.
The report of the capture of the town
of Estella by the Carlists is confirmed.
The Carlists are marching on Logrono.
HOPE FOR THE ROYALISTS.
The International Society of Barcelona
has been dissolved.
Colonel Aizpnrnra has taken command
of the force which was formerly led by
the Cure of Santa Cruz, and which now
numbers 1,000 men.
Lizzaraya, with 4,000 well-disciplined
infantry and some cavalry and artillery,
is operating iu Gnipuzeoa.
Contreras has levied a forced loan of
SBO,OOO on the citizens of Cartagena.
REMAItKARLE CONUERSA TION
WITH BISMARCK.
Mis Attempt to Crush the Christian Re
ligion,
AMD EXALT THE STATE INTO A DEITY.
New York, July 18.—A correspondent
of the World, under date of Berlin, .June
20, makes public a most remarkable con
versation with Prince Bismarck, in which
the Prince, after giving expression to his
weariness of spirit, is made to say : The
truth is, there are not half dozen men in
Germany, on our side I mean, who clearly
comprehend the
P.EAL MEANING OF THE CONFLICT
in which we are engaged, and in which,
notwithstanding our success thus far, 1
now believejwe shall be beaten. The Em
peror does not understand it, aud if he
did, he would change sides in a minute.
The Crown Prince, perhaps, does under
stand it, but he will put himself on the
other side, if indeed he is not already
there. The fight is the
EMPIRE AGAINST THE CHURCH.
It is the fight of the State, Empire,
Monarchy or Republic against God, and
in this fight the State will get the worst
of it, unlsss it succeeds in
DESTROYING THE IDEA OF GOD
and placing itself in his place. Men say
they must have something to worship.
Well, then, let them w'orship the State ;
let it be all in all ; let it take the place of
the family as well as of the deity ; let it
lie the deity. In two generations, if we
had the field wholly to ourselves, we could
so •
OBLITERATE THE IDEA OF GOD
and of imaginary rights bestowed on man
by Him as their creator, that the substi
tution of the State in His place would be
effected, and the State, as in Pagan
Rome, would be all in all. The corres
pondent giving iu his own language the
spirit of a continued conversation with
Bismarck, says the seminal idea of the
whole was that
THE ASPIRATION FOR LIBERTY
grew out of belief in God; that it would
be impossible to make a perfectly sub
servient people out of men imbued with
dogmas of Christianity, and that while
all forms of Christianity were alike falla
cious, he could war against none but that
of the Roman Cathlio Church, for the
reason that it alone was formidable. He
suid nothing has amused me more than
praises which I have received from
Protestant Christians of Engiand and
America. I have
WISHED TO CRUSH ROME THAT I MIGHT
CRUSH CHRISTIANITY.
They praise me for my services in the
cause of what they call Reformed
Christianity. If anything could console
me for chagrin, which I forsee I,am to
endure for some time to come, it would
be to witness the amazement of these
good friends of mine when they under
stand the truth; but understand it, they
never will.
FISHING FOR THE “GRANGE” VOTE.
New York, July 22. —It is stated the
Congressional Committee on Transporta
tion have issued a circular to the State
Granges of Husbandry throughout the
country, askiug them to appoint dele
gates to meet the committee and
furnish information on the subject
which they are investigating, and
present the views of farmers in the
different States in regard to defects,
abuses and grievances alleged to exist
under the present system of transporta
tion.
NO. 25.
EXCITING REPORTS EROV CAR-
T HAG EX A, SPAIX.
Bayonne, July 22.—News has been re
ceived through the Carlists, concerning
the insurrection at Carthagena and throws
additional light on the defection of the
Spanish squadron in that port, which was
made a subject of a government decree
and a vote in the Cortes. Yesterday, the
Insurgents, after gaining control of the
city, seized the castle, a strong fort on
the east side of the harbor, less than a
thousand yards from the entrance which
it commands completely. This gave them
the control of the two lower batteries on
the shore at the mouth of the harbor.
They hoisted the red flag of the Com
mune over the fortifications and sum
moned the squadron lying in the harbor
to surrender.
The crews were in sympathy with the
j insurgents, and the vessels fell into their
| hands without opposition. The chief
I command is now entrusted to Pasas who
! led the insurrection in the naval arsenal
| at Ferralo in the province of Corunna
i some months ago.
j The vessels taken by the insurgents are
j the Victory, iron-clad of twenty-four
j guns; Nnmancia, iron-clad of twenty-five
guns; Petrau, iron-clad of forty guns;
I Allmasea, frigate of forty-eight guns, and
| steamers Fernando, Catalizo, Ferrolana
and Braseo Garay, not classified. The
four vessels first named are among the
finest in the Spanish navy.
SPAIN AND HER TROPHIES.
MADiirn, July 23. —A meeting, which was
attended by all the members of the Cabi
net and a large number of the majority
of the Cortes, was held last evening to
discuss what means should be adopted to
secure the overthrow of the insurrection
ary movements in the country and resto
ration of order. The Cortes has approved
a bill prohibiting the imposition of extra
ordinary war taxes. Persons who are
known to be in sympathy with the Car
lists are to bo taxed heavier than the loyal
population. The minority of the Cortes
have issued a manifesto condemning the
policy of the government.
Madrid, July 23.—President Salmero
held a counsel of Generals to-day. He
was advised to summon immediately into
active service ninety thousand reserves. I
The civil governments of Seville and
Albacete have been dismissed nud re
placed by special delegates. v
Bayonne, July' 23.—The Carlists claim
that their effective force in Spain now
numbers 30,000 men. They have disem
barked a large quantity of arms and am
munition from England.
Paris, July 23. —The Carlists have made
a formal demand of France for the reeog
uition of their rights as belligerents. The !
French Government has refused and de- I
clares that it will remain perfectly neu
tral. In accordance with this policy it
"has forbidden the Spanish .Republicans
from sending succor to Paycerda by way
of Port Benders, a French town on the
Mediterranean Sea.
SPANISH REGIMENT MUTINED—CAR
LIST BUTCHERY.
Madrid, July 22. —It is reported that
the Iberian regiment which the Govern
met dispatched to Carthage to aid in
quelling the outbreak there, has mutined
and joined the Insurgents in a body.
At Bellevue there are 7,000 Republican
troops in a complete state of demoraliza
tion and disorganization. Several of the
municipal officers have been murdered by
the soldiers.
The Republican troops at Crangan sur
rendered to the Carlists ou condition that
their lives should be spared. In spite of
the terms of the surrender, the Carlists
shot a number of them after they had
delivered up their arras. Don Alphonso
has Rent to the Spanish Government a
formal proposition for the arrangement
of a cartel for an exchange of prisoners.
SPANISH AFFAIRS.
Bayonne, July 10. —Don Carlos with
10,000 men is marching on the city of
Bilboa. He has ordered his agents to
purchase torpedoes with which to close
the port when captured.
Bayonne, July 21. —The Carlist forces
which just captured Ingulada are un
der command of Don Alphonse, and com
prises three thousand five hundred in
fantry, two hundred cavalry and three
pieces of artillery. In consequence of
the Carlists successes the authorities at
Barcelona have organized a committee of
safety and are pressing into service for
local defence all men between the ages of
twenty and forty.
Madrid, July 21. —The Mayor of Al
bertina, in Valencia, was assassinated du
ring the loe ! disturbance which grew out
of the recent election.
THE GERMAN EVACUATION.
Paris, July 23. —It was officially an
nounced to-day that the fortified town of
Mezeirecs, Capital of the Department of
the Ardennes, and Charloville, on the op
posite side of the river Metz, in the same
Department, were evacuated last evening
by the German forces which have occu
pied them since the conclusion of the war.
The staff of General Monteuffel, the com
mander of the army of occupation, will
remain at Nancy a short time. After its
departure from that city the Verduue dis-
Iriet will be the only French territory oc
cupied by German troops.
WHITE SEA VEII Y.
New Haven, July 21. —Giovanni Glion,
an Italian padrone, has been arrested in
this city for holding four Italian children
in a den on Oak street, and supporting
himself on their earnings as musicians
and boot-blacks. He had beaten some of
them very seriously. The prosecuting
attorney tiled complaints against him in
the City Court for holding free persons
in servitude in violation of provisional
liberty. The cases were continued until
the 2.'Sd inst., and Judge Harrison laid
Glion under bonds of one thousand dol
lars on each complaint, lutalian residents
of the city are taking great interest in
the details, and believe this will lead to
a thorough investigation and rights of
these padrones to hold children in a
state of servitude and slavery.
THAT MYSTERIOUS INSURANCE
CASE.
Westchester, Pa., July 2.'?. —Nothing
new has developed in the Goss murder
case within the past two days, except the
finding of the person who shipped the
body to Baltimore, which was found in
the ruins of the burned building. Ud
dersook’s mother spent an hour with him
this morning. Most of the time was
spent in prayer by the mother, who be
lieves her son to be guilty, yet hopes in
his ability to prove his innocence. He
appears calm and collected, dressed him
self with care and is polite to the last de
gree with callers, lihoad and his broth
er-in-law have not beenarrested, as re
ported, nor will he be, as no evidence can
be obtained against him. «.
RAO CONDUCT Or NATAE OL
EIC ERS.
New York, July 22. —A letter from Ybk
ohoma states that most of the American
squadron was at Shanghai the latter part
of June. Lieutenant Imprey, of the Ash
uelot, has been sentenced to tw r o years
suspension for bad conduct; Commander
Wilson, of the Yartic, is being tried for
drunkenness, and Lieutenant ltowland is
to bo tried for obtaining money under
false pretences.
A JtRUTE ATTEMRTS SUICIDE.
Philadelphia, July 21.—John Miller,
an Alderman, was committed for trial
la. t week on a charge of attempting an
outrage on children. While he was being
removed from his cell to court to-day for
trial, he cut his throat badly with a sharp
piece of iron, but it is thought not
fatally.
LARGE WILL PKOBATKI).
New York, July 22. —The will of the
late E. G. Mills was placed in the Surro
gate’s office to-dry. The will provides for
a disposition of an estate estimated at
•$3,000,000; all is left to his widow, who is
appointed executrix in conjunction with
the sou, brother and brother-in-law of
the deceased.
A. T. STEWRT’S WEALTH.
New York, July 22. — A. T. Stewart
made his will before sailing for Europe.
It shows him worth $100,000,000.
DARING RAILROAD w
ENGINE THROWN Oi l i S,U J
AND ENGINEER KILLED,
Chicago, July 22.—A special dispatch
from Des Moines gives the following ac
count of an attack on the train of tho
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad:
Last night the train left Council Bluffs at
five o’clock with four coaches; two sleep
ers in the rear filled with a company of
aristocratic Ch'iese on their way to New
England colleges. There were two bag
gage and express cars, in which was the
throngh California mail and express mat
ter, consisting of nearly two thousand
dollars in the express safe and three tons
of bullion. When about sixty-five miles
west of Des Moines, at about eight o’clock,
i at a sharp curve in an islolated spot, no
house within thirty miles in any direction,
and the train was going twenty-five
miles per hour, the engineer, John
Rafferty, saw suddenly one rail was re
moved from its place about fifty feet in
front and instantly reversed the engine
and applied the air-brake. When in the
act bullets came pelting into the engine
like hail. The engine ran into a bank
and turned over, throwing out the en
gineer, John Rafferty and fireman, the
former falling on the latter dead. It is
supposed that Rafferty was killed by the
concussion as no bullet wouuds were
found on his body: the fireman escaped
unhurt. The train being very heavy ran
about one hundred feet and stopped. The
baggage cars doubled and were badly
smashed. Soon a3 tho train stopped
several large athletic men, masked in full
Ku Klnx style appeared at the express car
in which was conductor Win. Smith, Su
perintendent Royce, Express Messenger
Jno. Burgers, and other persons, com
menced firing rapidly into the car; and oth
ers yelling get out of there ! damn ye, get
out of there ! Two bullets passed through
the cloths of the conductor; two grazed
tho baggage master ou the side of the
head. The inmates jumped out to the
rear under cover of a half a dozen navy
revolvers. Two of the robbers marched
up and down the train, threatening to
shoot any person who should speak, say
ing, “Get down out sight, damn ye, or
we will shoot you.” The robbers
then took about two thoijiiand
dollars of express money, opened the mail
sacks, hut toek no letters, then mounted
their horses and rflde off across tho pi ano
in a Southern direction, the whole be
ing done in less than ten minutes. They
fortunately did not cut the telegraph
wires, and Superintendent Royce hastened
to the nearest telegraph station and tele
graphed in all directions. Engines and
a possee were sent out from Council
Bluffs on the Arlington and other roads to
intercept the robbers. Their dress and
voices indicated that they were regular
bushwhackers. They evidently intended
to possess themselves of the usual valuable
express matters by this route Monday,
hut which went through ou an extra train
Sunday night. The robbers during the
day stole a spike-bar and hammer from
the hand-car house at the station. They
drew the spikes at one end of the rail and
secreted themselves several rods away,
and as the engine approached pulled them
out of place. The promptness of the en
gineer in reversing the engine and use of
the air brakes, saved the passengers from
harm ; not one was injured. The track
was at once laid aronnd the wrecked cars
and the train resumed its trip, arriving
here at 7:30 this morning, bringing the
dead body of the engineer, who resided
here, and who leaves a wife and three
children.
THE VOGT EXTRADITION CASE.
Washington, July 22.—Special Attor
ney Gen. Williams to-day transmitted to
Acting Secretary of State J. C. B. Davis
his official opinion in the case of Carl
Vogt, a Prussian citizen charged with
murder, arson and robbery, committed in
Brussels, and a fugitive in the United
I States. The question submitted to the
j Attorney General was, can the German
I Government rightfully demand the sur
render of the fugitive under the treaty of
June 10th, 1872 ? The Attorney says
the only point in controversy appears to
be the following: Whether or not, ac
cording to the true intent and meaning
of said treaty, the crimes committed by
Vogt in Belgium were committed within
the jurisdiction of Germany.
The Attorney General in a lengthy
opinion reviews all the facts in the case,
and concludes as follows : I have careful
ly read the elaborate opinion of Judge
Blatchford upholding the jurisdiction in
this case, transmitted in your letter, but
with diffidence and regret 1 am compelled
to dissent from his views; they do not
appear to me to be sound in principle or
sustained by authority. Able writers
have contended that there was a recipro
cal obligation upon nations to surrender
fugitives from justice, though now it
seems to ho generally agreed that this is a
matter of comity; but it is to he presumed
where there are treaties upon the subject,
that fugitives are to be surrendered only
in eases and upon the terms specified in
such treaties. Conformably to whut is
above stated, I make a negative answer
to your questions.
ITEMS FROM GOTHAM.
New York, July 21. —Custom receipts
over $500,000.
Rev. Chas. F. Deems, of the Church of
the Strangers, will assume editorial con
trol of anew religious unsectariau news
paper, The Christian Age, the first num
ber of which appears next week.
Ex-Governoy Colby, of New Hampshire,
died at Concord last evening, aged 80.
THE ESTATE OF OAKES AMES.
Boston, July 10. —An inventory of the
estate of the late Oakes Ames was yester.
day filed in the Probate Office at Taunton;
It is as follows: Real estate, $285,500-
persoual estate, $5,408,751 41; total,
$5,754,254 41. This does not include his
interest in the works at North Easton,
which is contingent and cannot now be
ascertained.
EIICES.
Nashville, July 21. —A large and de
structive tiro occurred at Jackson, Tenn.,
yesterday. The post office and Whig and
Tribune newspaper offices, were among
the buildings burned. Total loss from
$75,000 to SIOO,OOO, on which there is
hut little insurance.
A Harrisburg School Girl Becomes
the Possessor of a Fortune of Over sl,-
500,000. —The Harrisburg Patriot says :
The will of Thomas McKee, of Allegha
ny, whose death was announced a few
days ago, has been filed in the Register’s
office. Nettie Adelia McKee, a daughter
aged about twenty years, who has spent
a portion of her time attending school in
this city, is made the sole possessor of
her father’s immense wealth, estimated at
from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000. The will,
dated March 2, 1870, is voluminous, hav
ing three or four codicils appended.
We print the above for the benefit of
our yonng friends of the bachelor per
suasion who may have notions of house
keeping. If Nettie Adelia would like to
he some fellow’s “dear gazelle” we don’t
think she will have much trouble in be
ing suited.
The Third Term Question. —The New
York World proposes the following test :
It is in the power of the Republican
statesmen to bring this question of Csesar
ism to a speedy test, and we hope they
will manfully do their duty. Let Senator
Morton, who broke ground in this direc
tion last winter, or some other Republican
of similar standing, propose an amend
ment at the begining of the next session,
and resolutely press it to a vote. If
Grant is not looking wistfully to a third
term, there will be no substantial opposi
tion.
But if the subjeet is postponed, evaded
or finally smothered by parliamentary
tactics or the pretense of other business,
the ambitious designs of the Adminis
tration will be disclosed, and the country
he forewarned and forearmed. We depre
cate all attemps to make this a party
question until the Republicans in Con
gress have had a fair opportunity to
make it clear that they will not lend
themselves as accomplices to establish
ing imperial on the ruins of American
liberty.
The exploration and survey of the Colo
rado Desert to the head of the Gulf of
California has been commenced. It is
believed that the “inland sea,” or salt wa
ter canal project will be found more feasi
ble than has been generally supposed.
“If the Gulf of California,” says the San
Diego Union, “is extended northward
one hundred and fifty miles, as proposed,
it will open navigation to a point on the
line of the Texas and Pacific Railway in
San Diego county, giving us an inland
port, in fact, less than a hundred miles
from this city. Os course, the successful
accomplishment of this scheme will add
largely to the traffic of the railroad.”