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% weekly sun. ~I K. TBOlUfl CtILBItT, thos. gilbert & CO., PROPRIETORS. terms of subscription. ■ «« Oaecoi'l. club hates. i.iea one year, to same post riinjo 11 .....at SI 40 each 4 ‘2O " one \ ear, to same post- Kire a t «1 35 each OJS " „,nies' line year, to same post- Te D '' l ’ at $1 4 25 each lii 50 ei’iii'e'*'.'one year, to same post- » 1 ....at 91 13 each It -.45 , ies, one year, to same post -1 at »1 each 20 00 vil'Hcriptiona discontinued at the expiration 'ilfremittances must be by registered letter ' money order, otherwise at the risk , the sender. Address, Thos. Gilbert A Cos., Columbus, Ga. ADVERTISING RATES: 1, 1 rertlsements inserted at per square (ten „r less, in small type,) first insertion, and •ifty rents each subsequent insertion. 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.”