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ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements inserted at persquare (ten lines or less, in small type,) tlrst insertion, and (ply cents each subsequent insertion. tI'HEA T “ CORNERS.” They mako and break “corners” in pro duce so rapidly at the North, that we hardly know whether what we announce as the condition of the market to-day will he near its qnotationsof to-morrow, lint we believe that we can report the titter overthrow of all the “bulling corners” in wheat for forty-eight hours in Chicago, and that gives 11s some confidence. Forty eight hours is an exceptionally long time for rascality to stay whipped out in Chi cago, and the occurrence being so rare, we must needs make a note of it. A dis patch of the Ist instant from that city re ported the “corner” broken, and a fall in wheat from $1.40 to sl,lll. It is true that this welcome intelligence was some what dashed by the additional announce ment that “no failures have resulted, though some parties were t ightly squeezed” —thus intimating that the “eornerers” were not incapacitated for future mis chief. A dispatch later in the same day quoted wheat in Chicago at $1.04(6)1.05, which was perhaps too low, as the Cincin nati quotation on the same day was $1.25 <6j1.30. There was no report for Satur day for wheat in any of the Western cities, which may he suggestive of more mischief brewing, hut we only feel au thorized to accept it as evidence of no change in the market. It would tie a waste of time and effort for us to point out the evils to heulthy commerce resulting from such nttempts to “corner” the markets of great staples. The truth is that they ought not to he per mitted. The people are entitled to pro tection from their governments, so far as regards the prohibition of any practice calculated to affect perniciously the regu lar supply and steady valuation of so in dispensable an article as bread. All con spiraces or combinations that seek to establish other values than those legiti mately springing from supply and de mand ought to he, prohibited. The com mon laborer ought not to bo made the prey of the speculating Shylock, if it is in the power of the government to pre vent it. The commerce of the country ought not to ho unsettled and disturbed by the pernicious influence of capital A'pcrated for the benefit of a few selfish gamblers in the necessaries of life. Why cannot the General Government, which so readily finds the constitutional power to punish “conspiracies” at the South against an individual’s political or civil lights, also find the power to crush out conspiracies at the North to withhold the bread from the mouths of the poor all over the country ? We read in the con stitution that Congress has power to “regu late commerce among the several States;” but we nowhere read that it hasthe power to punish violations of individual rights within a State. Is commerce free be tween Illinois and Georgia, when a Chicago “corner” either monopolizes the wheat in market in the former State, or runs up its price above the figures that the legitimate supply and demand of the article would fix ? Is it free when the wheat is with held from market by speculators for the purpose of stimulating a demand and run ning up prices? Would commerce lie free between Georgia and Massachusetts, if large capitalists in Georgia were to buy and hold lip the cotton crop for exorbi tant prices and stop the mills of Massa chusetts ? The popular movement for cheap trans portation will stop short of a remedy for the evils complained of, if it does not also demand free and legitimate commerce, foreign and domestic. When it does this, its strength with the masses all over the country will he largely increased. I SIGSUICANT FACT FOll THE people or the south. It is now generally understood that the ‘‘unification” movement in Louisiana, headed by Gen. beau regard and other Democratic and Liberal leaders, failed not so much because of Democratic op position to it, hut because the negroes would not give up their alliance with a few carpet-baggers and unite with the whites of the State on the terms proposed. They said in effect, in their meeting which was regarded as having rejected the prop osition, that they were gladthartho whites were willing to extend to them the politi cal ami social rights which they had been instigated to demand, but that they had no idea of breaking their connection with the ltadical party. In other words, they demanded a complete and unconditional surrender of the whites of the State; they would not he content with an equal ity of races in all matters that could be regulated by law, but they must have such equality under the rule and guaranty of the Radical party ! This involved a con tinuance of all the usurpations, the had government, the corruption and profli gacy, and the ignorant and oppressive rule, that have already brought the State to the verge of bankruptcy and the people to the liiiuk of ruin and despair. Os course the consideration moving the whites of the State to propose so humili ating a concession utterly failed when it was found that they could gain by it nothing whatever ; and we may therefore accept unhesitatingly the judgment of the New Orleans papers, which at first gave a quasi support to the movement, that it is now dead and stinking. We have already alluded to the bitter alternative which the Democrats of Lou isiana had in view when they initiated this “unification" movement. Wo have, while deprecating their course, plead for “charity” for men who felt themselves impelled by an inexorable necessity to do what they had so long been opposed to doing. The disappointment which they have encountered has no doubt made them sadder as well as wiser politicians. Let us also hope that it has made them more determined to stand up unflinch ingly iu future for rights whirii no legis lation can properly invade and distinc tions which a greater than human law givers has created. The significant fact to which the atten tion of the people of the South is invited is this : that the great body of the ne groes ding to the Radical party as their sole ark ol safe!y, and will not be weaned from their idol by any advances which the whites may make to them. The preju dices instilled in their minds l>y the host of carpet-baggers who overran the South as soon as the war ended, seem ineradi cable—at least ineradicable so long as the Radical party remain in power. The utter defeat and overthrow of that party is the first great step towards the recovery by the people of the South of their equal rights in the Union and their just share " f political power. It must be accom plished before we cau secure the mutual confidence and good will between the whites and the blacks of the South, so desirable between races which must live and work together, and whose material interests are so intimately blended. Let VOL. XV. us rejoice in the fact that though iniquity still revels in high places and uses its ill gotten power with most despotic sway, its usurpations and excesses are estranging the honest people of the country and pre paring the way for a victory of right and justice no less signal and important be cause so long delayed. -V O-PA It TYISM. We frequently Lear (says the New Or leans Picayune , and we fully approve and adopt its sentiments) of the great advan tage to he derived to the public from the abandonment of party, which is alone needed to secure all the blessings of good government. \Vith a very small madicum of truth, which is obscurely hinted rather than expressed in this doctrine, is com bined in a huge mass of error and fallacy. This great desideratum of some of our political doctors is as much beyond the possibility of attainment as is the elixir of life. It never has been and never can be realized in any country the government of which depends upon the will of any large portion of the people. Nay, even under the absolute rule of one man the cabal of a court will take the place of party; and that this is productive of any advantage to the people at large will be doubted by the student of history. The parasites who flatter an emperor are no less corrupt than the demagogues who flatter the people. They are precisely the same class of men, differing only by the circumstances in which they are placed. Party is simply organized thought and action directed to political ends. It is thus a necessity in all governments in which masses of men are called upon to determine the character of public meas ures. On such subjects there will, from man’s nature, bo differences of opinion. Those holding these diverse opinions will seek to impress their views upon the Government; and this can only be ef fected by organization. When men are thus organized for political purposes they constitute a party. This is the whole matter, and it must be evident that the idea of renouncing all party affiliation whatever, is completely futile, while the people remain free, as is that of shaking off any other condition of our existence. Public interest being lost in any subject, the parties of which it is the germ may disorganize and fall to pieces ; but it cau only be to reorganize around some other. The Granges of the Northwest may renounce past party affili ations, but in the very act of doing so they at once form another, to effect the purposes of which they enter into obliga tions as potent as any by which they had previously been bound. Yet it is the ex aggerated character which is given by most men to this obligation that consti tutes the only just and practical objec tion to party obligations. Men having connected themselves, either through judgment or prejudice, with a party, are too apt to remit to its leaders the duty of thought and right of man agement which are incumbent upon every individual member. They vote for the candidates and measures of the party without inquiring how the former were selected, or whether the latter are consist ent with the principles of the party itself. This slavishness to party is undoubtedly an evil and needs correction; hut it is one which results from the im proper use and not from the existence of parties. A greater independence of thought and action on the part of the peo ple should lie cultivated, and every man shoul 1 he impressed with the conviction that the determination of the grave ques tions of public policy and the selection of fit and proper officers is a duty personal to himself and one which he cannot shirk or throw'upon another. Anything which tends to stimulate this activity and inde pendence of thought should be welcomed as restricting and controlling the despot ism of party. Wo merely deceive our selves, however, if wo indulge in the de lusion of no-partyism. The introduction of this leaven into the public mind of the West is the service which the Granges have rendered to the country; but they' have not de stroyed party. They have only organized anew one; for, in combining to attain, by political means a certain end, they constitute a party. How far they will affect the existent organizations it is im possible, at present, to predict. We think, however, that, unless the leaven shall work further than it has hitherto done, it will hardly produce much impression upon them. A party which limits its object to the reduction of railroad fares and the reprobation of certain detected political thieves, has too narrow' a basis to prove very efficient, in the mighty political con test which is forcing itself upon the peo ple. In that contest is involved the very existence of constitutional republican government on this continent. The pub lic mind, once aroused into activity, may ho directed to this subject in time to avert the danger. On the other hand, it may be feared that its energies may he wasted and frittered away upon petty and local issues of subordinate consequeces. It is the imperative duty of all who can influ ence the minds of the people to avert this last result, aud to show' to them that a great constitutional principle is of far greater importance than the price of wheat or cotton. If all the products of the West were for the next ten years transported to market entirely free of charge, it would not compensate that people for the estab lishment of the Louisiana case as a pre cedent of constitutional law. The one would for a time put money in their pock ets; the other will wreck their liberties and all security for their future happi ness and welfare. The advice then, so frequently given, “to accept the situa tion,” and to “let the d—nod politics alone" is the insidious counsel of enemies to the public liberty. The situation is despotism; to accept it is degradation and ruin. Politics is the very life of a free people; to let it alone is to abandon duty and to renounce lib erty. Could our voice reach the people who hold the destinies of this country in their hands, we could say to them: Awake, arouse yourselves, for the roof of your dwelling is on fire; tiend every en ergy to the extinguishment of the flames; after that shall have been accomplished there will be ample time to readjust the furniture. The old adage, “it never rains but it pours,” seems to have been strikingly ex emplified in the accounts which we have of the wonderful rain-fall iu Peru. That is represented to be a country' in which rain very seldom falls, and the probability is that the houses overflowed’ were locat ed without the least thought that rain would ever wash, much less overflow their sites. Old Nature has her eccentricities sometimes that upset the calculations of the wisest aud most observing men. The Philadelphia Press sums up “the substantial results of Republican policy as interpreted under President Grant as follows: “Its unparalleled currency, its financial success, its rewards of labor, its comfort to the emigrant, its trophies of redeemed wilderness aud improving cities, and its peace with the world—all com bined in universal content aud peace.” This was written too early to include the late refreshing rains.— N. Y. Tribune. Young men do not find it half so hard to marry as they do to get their furniture. THE WEEKLY SUN. ALABAMA HISTORY. The Canoe Fight—General Sam Dale. Editors Eufaula Times: A short time since I read in “Alabama” by Reeves, an account of the celebrated canoe fight on the Alabama river below Claiborne, which was so different from what I heard from the lips of the old veteran himself that I have determined to give you his version of that conflict. I will premise by staling that I crossed the river in 18(12, at a ferry which was then said to be located at the very spot where the canoe fight took place. Some distance above the ferry, there was a very sharp bend in the river, making almost a right angle, so that a person on either side of the river at the crossing, could only see an object as far up as the bend. A short time after this, in 1832, I met Sam Dale at the house of David Cham bers, in Perry county. My father, with myself, were spending some time at the houso, when he came and remained some two or three days. It rained every day while he was there, so that out-door busi ness was impossible, hence most of the time was spent around the fireside ; and as General Dale was quite talkative, and my father fond of stories of frontier life, lie drew from the old frontiersman much about his wild and adventurous experience. He was a very large man and quite rough in his manner and expression—fond of talk, but rather inclined to put himself in the back-ground %ben telling of dangers which he had shared in common with others. I was just at that age when such stories were of thrilling interest to me, and when each word almost of the narra tor was impressed upon my memory in dellibly. I know that I can now relate it just as he told it, which was as follows: He and a party of men had been across the river ou a scout. He separated from the rest of the party, after an arrange ment had been made, that if they did not meet again sooner, they would all meet at the place where they had left their canoe on crossing tho river. On returning to the river (which he did iu some haste be cause he had found fresh Indian signs close by, which led him to conclude that it would be unsafe to remain in that vicin ity longer,) ho found that the balance of the party had crossed over and gone on, leaving a negro with the canoe to bring him over when he called. He called to the negro who was on the opposite side from him, to bring the canoe. The negro immediately paddled out into tho stream, but had Sot but a few boat lengths from tho shore when a canoe with Indians in it, came in sight around the bend above. Tho negro called his attention to the In dians, and immediately turned the canoe back to the shore. Dale commanded him to bring the boat across, telling him if ho did not, that ho would certainly' kill him if he ever put his eyes on him again. The negro knowing that Dale would be as good as his word, and that as the Indians could do no more to him than Dale would, struck boldly out across the river to where Dale was standing. By the time the canoe reached Dale, the Indian canoe—in which he now counted seven warriors—had got withiu three or four hundred yards of him, so that escape was impossible. He jumped into his own canoe and command ed the negro to paddle it straight to the Indian canoe, which was then descending the river pointed right towards him. The negro obeyed instructions, and Dale took his stand in the bow with his rifle in his hand. He said it was a very large boro and the longest range gun in the whole country. He further directed the negro to run the hows of the two canoes togeth er, and then to keep the sterns apart with his paddle, so that but one Indian could get at him at a time. As soon as he got in shooting distance, he fired at the In dians, and wounded one of them severely. He immediately commenced to reload and the Indians laid down in their canoe, and there having been a hard rain a short lime before, there was a good quantity of wa ter in the bottom of it which wet their guns, so that they' could not shoot him. Before, or just as the canoes came to gether, he shot a second time, killing an other one of the Indians, which left only five able to fight him. As the bows came together he stepped one foot into tho Indian canoe, and there the struggle for lifo commenced. After a hard contest he succeeded in killing foui-, one after another, with his clubbed gun. The fifth and last one, was an Indian whom ho had known well, in friendly times, and had many' afoot race and sufflo with—pretty near his own match, in strength and skill. He called this Indian’s name, but I have forgotten it. As he stepped up to take his place, he exclaimed, “now Big Sam, you and me,” Dale said, w<cried as he was with his conflict with the other four, he felt like he was gone, when this fellow stepped forward so con fident and cool, knowing as he did from experience, what a powerful man he was. Tiie light betweon them was long and doubtful, but at last, after receiving him self some stunning blows, he succeeded in knocking him over into the river. The wounded Indian, lying in the bottom of the boat, seeing his companions all gone, and he helpless, defiantly pulled open his gown upon his breast, and scowled upon him sayring “shoot.” Dale sa’id, hot with conflict and excited as he was, he smashed his brains out also, but had always been sorry for it. This was his version, and I submit it to any one who will read it and compare it with that published by Reeves, if it is not the most plausible of the two. In the other version three men against seven In dians, the canoes side by side, held to gether by a negro in the water. It is al together improbable; while this is very reasonable, when wo consider what an ex traordinary man Dale was as to manhood. They had the advantage of him in num bers, hut that availed them but little, as but one conld get at him at a time. I give it to you for what it is worth. Dale may have exaggerated in making himself the sole actor in that exciting conflict, but Ido not believe he did; at any rate I give it just as he told it in 1832. Georgian. Macon, Ga., July 20, 1873. CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY. C rops—School s—Eclig ion. Cusseta, Ga., Aug. 3d, 1873. Editors Sun: I thought it would not be amiss to let you know something about crops, etc., in Chattahoochee. The “cotton crop” is tolerably good. “Gen. Green,” with his army', camped a good while in some of them ; but the farmers have about whipped him out, and they now rejoice in triumph. Not many caterpillars have yet been seen, but the farmers are getting uneasy. One hale of cotton to three acres will he abont the average crop if the catterpillars don’t come. The corn crop is by no means good, the drouth has nearly ruined it: the stalks are turning yellow and the ears are small. Farmers are “pulling fodder.” We have plenty of peaches, few water melons and apples. Plenty of rains for the present; there have been four or five this week. There are two schools in Cusseta, both of them are good schools. Prof. J. ,T. Ilarvey has charge of the academy, with Miss Annie Murphy, assistant in the pri mary department. They have proved themselves to be excellent teachers, not hy T “self-puffing." however, but by perse verance aud industry. There has been a good revival at the Methodist Church in Cusseta, and thir teen have connected themselves with the church. Adieu. A Subscriber. Remedy for Caterpillar. The following, highly' endorsed by the Galveston News , is recommended. It is very cheap and said to work perfectly : “One quarter pound of dry Paris Green, one pound of arsenic, five pounds of flour, twenty poundsof slack lime or ashes. Mix well and apply when the dew is on the plant through a box or can, with a seive two inches in diameter iuthe bottom. The above is sufficient for five acres. Care should betaken not toinhale the mixture.” The worms will turn white within twenty-four hours, meanwhile losing their appetite. It has been recommended that to the above mixture a larger amount of lime be added. This will, it is thought by some, increase the strength as well as quantity’. “Who took care of the babies,” asked a little Columbus girl oa hearing her moth er say that all people were once children. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA; TUESDAY, AUGUST 12,1873. GOV. SJtIITH. Synopsis of II is Speech at Thomaston. From the Thomaston Herald, 2d.] On Wednesday, the 30th ult., at 12) p. in. a large crowd of people assembled at the Court-house door in Thomaston to listen to a speech from Gov. Smith. Af ter the Governor had expressed his pleas ure in meeting so many friends among whom he had lived so long, he stated that when the war was ove- men sought to recover their fortunes by othe, employ ments than agricultural pursuits—all the best talent of the country engaged in professions, and if there were a tool in a family he was put to farming. Agriculture required the very highest order of talent. Agriculture was the ! greatest of all interest; it was the founda tion or source from which all other busi ness derived its support. Let the lawyers be set aside and community might do without them—set aside the physician and men might get along without them, hut suspend tho agricultural interest for a year aud ail would go to ruin. Common sense directs that the most important matter must be attended to first. If we would be successful we must go back to first principles—we must look after the interest that produces all profits. These views are not pul to produce an tagonistic feelings; there is room for all i -—make the farming interest prosper and men engaged in all other branches of business will also prosper, ask any lawyer present, and he will tell you, that he always made most when farmers pros pered. The farmers of Georgia are ignorant of the natural resources of the country— Georgia abounds in all kinds of minerals,« ; gold, iron, copper aud even diamonds ex- I ist in the State. Vast coal beds are situa ted in the Northern section of the State. We have the best country on which the sun shines. The soil of Georgia is adap ted to the growth of every description of production that grows between the Frigid and the Torrid Zones. The Legislature of Ohio in 183 G, appro priated $5,000 to promote the agricul tural interest of tho State, and you can by going to the State Capitol ascertain the quality of the land iu every township iu the State. This system has greatly en hanced the value of the lands in Ohio; lauds there have advanced 25 per cent, in j the last eighteen months. I In Georgia there are coal mines enough | to run all the furnaces in England and : America for fifty years. In the same localities iron ore abounds in vast quan i tities. Yet, with all these natural advan tages of soil, climate, ore, and with natu ral productiveness equal to that of any country beneath the canopy’ of heaven, { men of Georgia are suffering for the ne cessaries of life. You may form as many j organizations of labor as you please, and ; they will do much good so long as they ; are kept up, but the natural tendency of 1 tho human heart is to “grow weary in I well doing.” The only' way to keep up a j permanent interest in agriculture is to | establish an Agricultural Bureau. If y'ou will put money into a business, men will | attend to it. If you would have men to ; take an interest in their business, you must make them understand their busi ness thoroughly. The farmers have it in their power to have things as they wish. I want men to legislate for the good of farming. I have heard men say that the lawyers were going to have a good harvest —when a man can not pay his debts he cannot pay a lawyer, but when the cattle on a thousand hills are spread out before the eye, when the granaries and the smoke houses of the farmers are tilled to overflowing, then it is that the lawyer can get his fee, the ! doctor his bill and the minister his salary. Let the farmer make his corn, meat, hay, oats and other supplies at home, and he will starve out the middlemen and force them to go at other employments. A man purchased ten thousand bushels of corn in lowa, this season, for 15 cents per bnshel and it was afterwards sold iu Mont gomery’, Alabama, for $1 25 per bushel now where did the difference between 15 cents and $1.25 go? L went to the middle men. The farmer ir get rid of the tax that these mi. me r m impose upon them. Some objec.. .0 ti e granges because they have ladies in them; another objection is that it is a secret society'. Well, there cannot bo much secrets where ladies are. These labor organizations, if they are not abused, are likely to do more for the country than all other things combined. All tho burdens and misfor tunes of life fall more heavily on women than on men ; for this reason it is pioper for them to take an interest in these or ganizations. We would not have tho la dies turn politicians—that is not their sphere ; but we have no fear of anything of this kind; their natural modesty will prevent this. If men would take their wives with them when they go out they would never get in trouble. Keep politicians out of y’our organi zations, for if they get in they will be worse than the middlemen. Too much legislation is a curse to the country. So great an evil has this become that the passage of any law at all is to be dreaded. The farmers have it in their power to have things arranged to suit them selves, and if the men they send to make laws do not make such as will protect the farmer, then drop them and sen i such men as will give the farmer justice. Send the ablest, purest and wisest men to make your laws. It is a melancholy fact that last year only 1,000 immigrants came to Georgia, while 20,000 of her citizens left the State. If we want immigrants to come to Georgia, we must be able, to show to them what the resources of the State are—we. must let thorn know what is in the State. The Governor appealed to the people in conclusion, tou.se their united efforts to advance the agricultural interest of tho State. His speech was one and a half hours long and abounded with sound aud weighty arguments throughout. The Mobile Register advises the South ern Grangers : *l. To consider as individ uals how much land, or„eottou, or other aid each one can and will give to a local immigration society in his own immedi ate neighborhood. 2. Having so consid ered, for each one to mako up his mind to give it, and to so inform his brother granger and aid a general and prompt ac tion to form such local immigration soci ety. 3. To confer, as a grange, with neighboring granges, and to endeavor to form a simple and immediate basis for concert of action. By thus acting at home the granges of the South can of themselves solve that problem so vital to them —the introduction of white immi gration.” “Black traitors to the Republican par ty,” is what a correspondent of the Mont gomery Journal calls those negroes who, he says, “are pretending that they have | not received their full share of offices, | and are threatening that hereafter they | mean to elevate their own in preference jto those (Radicals) of the white race.” A j negro, it seems, is not free in one thing at least--if he opposes the policy or the i office-seekers of the Radical party. 110 is ! a “black traitor.” The Oswego (N. Y.) Gazette, noticing I the sickness of George Francis Train in j Germany, says: “ His death would be a | strange finale to an eventful life.” We j wonder how the Gazette expects Mr. ; Train s life to end ? To us, at this dis tance aud with the lights now before us, any finale to Mr. Train’s i,. other than by death, would seem v .v.range. But we are called ail old fogy. The Commissioner of the General Land Office is in receipt of information that valuable deposits of gold have l>sen dis covered by army officers stationed in | Alaska. A dispatch from Nashville says that Andrew Johnson and Horace Maynard are commonly spoken of as couipetetiug as pirants for Governor of Tennessee. Omaha, August 5. Grasshoppers light • ed at noon Saturday in the Western part jof the State. Corn and oats are gone. : Wheat had been harvested. KILL THE WORMS. A Very Cheap Destroyer Suggested. To the Editor of the Argus: Dear Sir : To save the present crop of cotton is engaging the attention of all thinking men. It is now certain that either paris green, arsenic, or sulphuret of potassium will destroy the caterpillar. But the great aim must be to introduce some compound which will be so cheap that the poorest farmer will be able to use it. Baris green and flour will cost nearly two dollars per acre. Only the few can mako use of this combination. Arsenic is the substance in paris green which kills the worm; and arsenic costs only from six to eight cents per pound in New York. The writer would therefore suggest the following combination: Ar senic one pound, water eighty gallons, and dextrine one pound. Arsenic may be said to be almost insol uble, as only' twelve parts will dissolve in one thousand parts of water at ordinary temperature. It,therefore become nec essary to reduce it to a very fine powder, aud to hold it in suspension in the water, which is accomplished by means of the dextrine. The dextrine should be dis solved in the water first, and then the fine ly powdered arsenic added. Eighty gallons of this combination will be sufficient to go over four or five acres, and will not cost more than ten cents per aero. Tho best way to apply it is by means of ordinary watering cans, of about two gallons capacity. If the cotton is very high, the persons applying the mixture had better ride mules or horses. The dextrine, besides suspend ing the arsenic in the watejr, will cause it to adhere to the cotton plant. It is the opinion of the writer that very little of the arsenic is absorbed by the plant—it remains adherent to the leaves, and as the worms eat of these they are destroyed. It is not probable that cattle will be injured by the arsenic, as it will all be washed into the ground before the crop is gathered. The mixture can he prepared in barrels, and these placed at each end of the field, so that the hands can get it conveniently. A two gallon can will sprinkle a row that is a quarter of a mile long. It is now proven beyond a doubt that one application of paris green and flour will not be sufficient to save the cotton .crop from the destruction of the caterpil lar. The plant grows rapidly, and the new leaves and sprouts are again attacked. This necessitates a second, and perhaps a third application of the compound, thus increasng the expense an additional dol lar or two per acre. There is another point to be considered in regard to the paris green, and that is, that so much arsenic is now being used by the manufacturer that the planter runs a great risk in its application, as its strength is so much greater than the standard article that it may destroy his cotton. O. F. Fahs. Selma, Ala., July 30, 1873. GEORGIA NEWS. A slight change has been made in the schedule time of the passenger train on the Macon and Western Railroad, by which it will leave Macon at 11 p. m., and arrive in Atlanta at 5:4S a. m.; leave Atlanta at l:40p. m.; arrive in Macon at 7:20 p. m. The other passenger trains are discontinued, but an accommodation freight and passenger train will leave Ma con at 0:10 a. m., and Atlanta at 7 a. m. Thos. E. Lloyd, Esq., a prominent law yer of Savannah, died there on Thursday evening last. In 18G3 he was a member of the Senate of Georgia, and Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and would no doubt have been often iu the public service had he desired official position. His age was tifty-two years. Franklin county returns 7GB white aud 347 black polls; 15,500 acres planted in cottou, and 14,472 in com. The News of the Ist inst. says that crops in the county are looking remarkably well. Crawford county returnes 20,034 acres iu cotton, and 15,541 in corn; very little in anything else. Carroll returns 2,OGG polls, an increase of 105 in one year; acres in corn 19,820, in cotton 13,275, iu wheat 0,587. The Times of the Ist inst. reports abundant rains and flattering crop prospects, and says : “From present prospects we may safely calculate on at least 5,000 bales of cotton for Carroll.” The Atlanta Constitution has informa tion that a regular time schedule for freight has been arranged, by which freight from New York and all eastern cities will be received in Atlanta in seven days from and after the date of shipment. Crops in Cherokee County.—The Car tersville Standard and Express thinks the corn in the Etowah bottoms of this coun ty “will average forty bushels per acre; aud if no disaster befall the cotton it will certainly yield two bales to every three acres; and we saw a good deal which we thought would make a bag per acre. An Atlanta correspondent of the Au gusta Chronicle says that “Hon. Ben. H. Hill was asked to give his opinion of tho Groesbeck new party movement, but de clined giving his views, saying that he was out of politics.” The Crops.—Tho corn crop is about made, and our farmers are busily engaged pulling fodder though the weather will doubtless cause much of it to be lost. We may set the com crop as the best in this section for years. The caterpillars are appearing in force, and on many plantations are working much destruction to the cotton. From the best information we can get, we are compelled to believe that a fair crop of the staple will be made. Bainbridge Democrat, 31 st. Charley, a little son of Mr. Win. P. Smith, of Upson county, was drowned while bathing in Respass’ mill pond on Saturday last. The Tax Receiver’s statistics of Decatur county show 24,31!) acres planted in cot ton, and 28,760 in corn. This is a good showing for Decatur, and we are glad to learn from the Bainbridge Democrat of the 31st that its crops promise well. Caterpillars are reported among the cotton on the sea islands on the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina. Sir. Robt. Campbell, aged 87, and sup posed to he the oldest citizen of Augusta, died in Clarksville on Sunday. Mrs. Clara Dickson, wife of Hon. Da vid Dickson, of Hancock county, is dead. The returns of the Tax Receiver of Hall county report six thousand acres planted in cotton iu that county. This is con firmatory of the great increase in the cul ture of cotton in upper Georgia, of which we have heretofore had occasion to speak from perusal, observation and inquiry. ALABAMA NEWS. The Eufaula Times of Sunday says that the report from the cottou fields is “more and more alarming,” and thinks that un less the planters succeed iu destroying the caterpillars by the poison, the cottou iu its section will be stripped by the 20th inst. It reports the success of some expe riments with the “destroyer.” The .Montgomery Advertiser gives a positive contradiction to the newspaper report of an alarmingly fatal epidemic fever at Pensacola. We suggested, when we noticed it, that there must be some mistake. The Advertiser says that the blunder arose from a too hasty reading of some reminiscences of an old epidemic in Pensacola, which a paper there lately published. The Birmingham Independent says: “Col. J. R. Powell is iu communication with a body of English capitalists who de clare that if the abundance of minerals iu this section are as represented, they will invest one million pounds sterling ($5,- 000,000) in thjs vicinity. The worthy Colonel can soon convince them the state ment is true, if they come and investi gate.” An Alabama exchange says: An impor tant suit for infringement on the patent light of the Whisenaut Caterpillar De stroyer, has been instituted in the United States District Court, against several par ties who have used a compound of Paris Green and flour for the destruction of caterpillars. The fact of infringement is clear, but the difficulty iu proving the in gredients used, without the aid of an analytical chemist, renders the success of the prosecutors precarious. Heavy dam ages are claimed. SPAIN. TIIF GOVERNMENT AND THE IN SURGENTS. Madrid, August 4.—Official dispatches from Valencia to-day report that the Gov ernment troops are making their way into the city. The forces advancing against Cadiz have entered San Susar I>e Bareneda, IS miles north of the city. A regiment at Maureza fired upon their Colonel, who left his command with a number of Republican volunteers. An other regiment at the same place has dis missed its officers. The Government has received intelli gence from Malaga that upon the arrival of the insurgent frigate in that harbor, Commanders of English, French and Ger man squadrons had a conference with Contreas, in which they urged him to or der the return of seized war vessels to Cartagena. The Government is further informed that Commanders have decided to hold Gen. Contreas as a hostage until the vessels are returned. In the Cortez to-day’ a special commit tee w’as appointed to consider the expedi ency of authorizing a legal prosecution of the insurgent deputies. The bombardment of Valencia has be gun. Madrid, August 5.—A large popular demonstration iu Seville iu favor _of the Government. SURRENDER OF INSURGENTS. Washington, August G. —The Navy De partment, to-day, received a telegram from Capt. Wells, Commanding Shenan doah, dated Cadiz, August sth, in which he says Cadiz is iu possession of the Government forces. Tho Insurgents sur rendered without fighting. The city is tranquil. 110 says nothing about his con duct iu that port, and for this reason the Department does not credit tho recent tel egraphic statements, of the 4th inst., that he ordered the Spanish Insurgent frigate Villa de Madrid to abstain from hostili ties, and that the vessel remained at anchor under the guns of the Shenandoah. SPANISH NE WS. Madrid, August G. —Germans have cap tured two insurgent frigates in the harbor of Malaga. The insurgents at Cadiz have surren dered to the national troops. Gen. Pavia, at the head of the Repub lican forces, entered the city yesterday. Scuor Ronez has been appointed Presi dent of the Junta of Cadiz until the arrival of the authorities. A powder magazine in Valencia explod ed yesterday, killing many insurgents and wounding a still greater number. THIERS ON FRANCE’S FOREIGN RELATIONS. Paris, August 4. —Ex-President Thiers yesterday, in the course of a reply to Madame Koeheling, who presented him with a gift from ladies of Mulhouse, de clared that the attitude of France towards foreign powers should be strictly neutral. The difficulties in Spain were purely in ternal. If France claims the inviolability of her territory she ought to respect that of Spain. FRANCE. Paris, Aug. 4. —There is no longer any doubt that the Count DeParis has gone to visit Count DeChambard. He arrived at Vienna to-day and was received by the Emperor Francis Joseph. There is much excitement in view of tho reconcilia tion of the Bourbon and Orleans branches to which this proceeding points. A vigilance committee of Left and ex treme Left of Assembly hold daily' ses- | sions and are prepared to call the leading members of their respective parties to gether when the time comes to take ac tion. The Conservatives have elected a majority of the. members of the General Councils in the Departments of Savery, Eure and Orne and the Radicals have car ried the elections in Drome and Low'er Loire. Paris, Aug. (i.—A dispatch from Vien na says Count DeChambard received Count DeParis to-day. Thiers assured his Republican friends that they need have no tear that a fusion of Bourbonists and Orleanists conld be effected. The French troops entered Nancy to day, and were received with wild enthusi asm. Paris, August G.—A dispatch from Vi enna says the interview yesterday between Count Do Chambord an ! Count De Paris was of the most cordial . “ire, aud that the political situation w~. .tot alluded to during their conversation. ENGLIS H NE WS. London, August 5. The Bishop of Ely succeeds Dr. Wilberforce as Bishop of Winchester. London, August G. —The Queen’s speech prorogued Parliament. Landed them for provision for Duke of Edinburg. The best relations exist with foreign powers. The Zanzibar mission to suppress the slave trade w r as successful. The relations between France and England have been brought to a satisfactory issue. Provis ions for the treaty of Washington are being carried out. . GREAT BRITAIN. A Conservative Triumph. New York, August G.—A London spe cial says the. election in Greenwich to till a vacant seat in tho House of Commons resulted in a Conservative triumph. This is tho first instance since 1852 of a Con servative candidate being elected for that borrough. The result, which was not altogether unexpected, caused great de pression in the Liberal ranks. Iu well informed circles it is accepted as virtu ally deciding the political campaign. It is an almost certain indication that the Conservatives will return to power after the approaching general election, with a fair working majority. It is already sta ted on good authority that Gladstone will not seek a re-election at the hands of his Greenwich constituents, and that he con templates retiring finally from Parlia mentary life. GERMAN NEWS. Berlin, Aug. G.—Princo Frederick William, of Germany, is visiting King Oscar, of Sweden. The German Government has instruct ed its representatives iu Spain to co-ope rate with the English and French repre sentatives for the protection of foreigners and their property, oven if force has to be employed. BIGGEST RACE OF THE SEASON. Saratoga, August 2. —The chief entries for the races to-day were in the three mile race, in which Harry Bassett and Wanderer again met. 't he McDaniel en try was the favorite. Wanderer, how ever, found many backers. A good start was effected, Bassett getting away first, Wanderer second and Hubbard third. At the half-mile post Wanderer was leading Bassett by about a length, Hubbard mak ing a trailing race some dozen lengths in the rear. No change of consequence took place in their relative positions for the first mile. Going up the back stretch Bassett quitted and Wanderer, increasing his lead at every stride, looked every inch the winner. At this point tbe backers of the McDaniel stable sought to hedge their bets, and there were large odds that Wanderer would win, finding hut few takers. The glorious uncertainty of rac ing was destined, however, to receive another illustration. When it seemed all but impossible that Wanderer conld lose, Hubbard, passing Bassett, rushed along at a tremendous pace, challenging Wan derer and taking the lead from him. En tering the home stretch, Hubbard led by two lengths and won us he pleased. The result of the race created general astonishment, as before the start, Col. McDaniel applied for permission to with draw Hubbard, stating that the horse was sick. The judges, under the rules of racing, declining to grant permission, McDaniel gave out that he would merely' gallop Hubbard and leave the race be tween Bassett and Wanderer. ah sin as a duelist. Little Rock, August G.—Two China men dueled in Lincoln county. One killed, the other arrested. SOUTHERN CLAIMS. RICH developments expected A List of the “Trooly Loil” Furnished on Application. Washington, August 4. —All tho claims presented to the Southern Claims Com | mission sitting at Washington, under act of March 3, 1871, have now been numbered and registered, aud their num ber is found to be 22,205, aud their aggre gate amount, as claimed, is somewhat iu excess of $50,000,000. In their last re port to Congress the Commissioners esti mated the total number of claims to bo filed uuder the act at 19,000, and the amount to be claimed at $50,000,000 in round numbers. The extraordinary ex ertions of tho Claim Agents, how ever, when they found tho time for filing claims was not likely to be extended for the present beyond the two years originally' fixed by Congress, resulted in a considerable addition to tho estimated number and amount of claims to be filed. No less than 1,278 claims, representing according to claimants’ figures, considerably more than three million dollars, were filed under date of March 3d ; the last day allowed by law for the presentation of claims. Many more were put out from present consideration by the somewhat unexpected termination of the right to present them, and there are believed to be several thousand per sons yet in the late insurrectionary States who, despito the exertions of the Govern ment agents and the attorneys, have not even heard of the act of Congress passed for the benefit of such of them as were not adherents of tho Confederacy. Claims are presented daily to the Quar termaster General and Commissary Gen eral by residents of the better-informed loyal States who have but just learned that Congress passed a special act nearly ten years ago to pay for property taken for army use in the States not in rebel lion. Gen. Meigs, the Quarter Master Gen eral, will not recommend the statute of limitation for claims coming before him as in the case of claims before the Loyal Claims Commissions, and the Commissary General, believing from his daily expe rience that such a statute, whenever pass ed, would be certain to include some mer itorious claims against the government from justs settlement in the case of the Southern Claim’s Congress, must either extend time for filing them before the Commissioner or submit to the alterna tive of receiving and considering them singly under the constitutional rights of petition. A small number of excluded claimants have already signified their intention of prosecuting their claims directly before the Claims Committee of the two branch es of Congress. Under the settlements so for made by the Commissioners about $1,200,000 has been distributed among some 1,400 claim ants scattered all over the eleven insur rectionary States; the awards, except iu a comparative small number of instances, have been for a few hundred dollars each. At the coming session of Congress they expect to award about $1,000,000, to be similarly distributed and used. They will then have disposed of about 24 per cent, of tho number of claims filed and 20 per cent, of the amount claimed. Not all tho claims are before them that can bo pre sented uuder the original act of Congress. Tho Commissioners have had prepared and have in press a full digest of the claims, giving by States and counties the names of claimants and the amount of claims, accompanied by the explanatory statement that tho names are of those citizens of tbe Southern States who have within tho p:tst two years declared themselves to have been devoted adherents of the Union cause through out the late war and the amounts. Not the values set by claimants upon the supplies contributed voluntarily, or other wise, for the use of the Union forces op erating in the South, but the damage, loss and destruction, of real and personal property, suffered through the casualties of war, or the unauthorized spoliations and depredations of the troops and camp followers. This list of claims and claimants has beep prepared chiefly to meet the appli cations of former officers and soldiers of tho Union army. Curious to know who among their Southern acquaintances of tho war arc now claiming to have been both loyal and opulent ten or twelve years ago, the Com missioners, for the sake of tho informa tion to lie obtained, intend to send the pamphlet free of charge to all who apply in person or by letter. THE COMET SEEN FROM THE NA VAL OBSERVATOR Y. Washington, July 31.—Rear Admiral Sands, Superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory, reports to tho Secretary of the Navy to-day that Profes sor Hall, of the Observatory, last night observed the comet discovered M. Borelly at Marseilles, France, July 27, and recently announced liyacible tele gram to Professor Henry. The position of the comet is as follows: Washington time, July 30, 12 hours, 23 minutes, right ascension, 1 hour, l(i minutes and 28 sec onds; declination, 7 degrees and 38 min utes souts. Motion small and to the smith east. WASHING TON ITEMS. Washington, August 4. —Robert S. Chew, Chief Clerk of the Stato Depart ment, who died yesterday, commenced his career in that department under John Forsyth, of Alabama, Secretary of State to Andrew Jackson. Official dispatches from Washington Territory report two white women killed by Indians returning from the peace com mission. Leroy Brown has been appointed Mar shal of the Southern District of Missis sippi. .John B. Stickney appointed United States Attorney for tho Northern District of Florida. Washington, August G. —The President has appointed some forty civilians second Lieutenants in the regular army, and as signed a number of cadets to duty. Appointments—S. H. Siuitliers, Re ceiver of Money at Natchctoches; Potter. Postmaster at Warrington, Va. Colonel Hughes, Congressman Plant and Colonel Carter, of Virginia, called on the President, who gave them assurances of support in the coming canvas of that State. The President has signed postal treaty with Japan. Postage, fifteen cents each way. THAT STORY ABOUT ESCOBEDO. Telegram to the New York Herald. Matamobas, August 2.—The Voz Pub lieu denies the rumor in the American papers that General Escobedo, with the Fourth Division of the Mexican army, had been ordered to the Rio Grande, anil says that General Escobedo is on his es tate near San Luis Potosi, aud that the Fourth Division of the army is stationed at different and remote parts of the Re public on active duty. The report, al though stated to have emanated from the headquarters of the Department of Tex as, and which first appeared in the San Antonio papers, is groundless. ELECTION. Sr. Louis, August 5. —Aii election was held yesterday in the Cherokee nation for members of the National Council and delegates to the Grand Council at Oc niulgee, which meets ou the first Monday in December next. The interest of the I election rests mainly upon the issues which have sprung up in the nation during the past fev years relative to tho estab lishment of a Territorial Government for the Indian Territory. The progressive party believe they have carried the elec tion, but owing t i the remoteness of some of the voting precincts and the ab sence of the telegraph, the result cannot he ascertained for some days. The new Council of Cherokee will vote to ratify or reject the constitution which was framed by the Grand Council at Ocmnlgee in i 1870, and upon this issue the campaign was conducted. St. Louis, August 4.—The Texas cattle plague prevails in northwest Missouri. In the past two weeks several thousand have died. In Nadaway county alone the loss j is estimated at $500,000. NO. 27. NEWS FROM GOTHAM. “CIVILIZATION” AT THE NOETIC. Haitians Attacking- an Exiursiou Party— Brutal Prize Eight. New Yoke, August 4. —During the ex cursion of the llelitia Manor Choir to ! College l’oint yos ter day a rain storm drove the excursionists on board a boat. A crowd of pick-pockets endeavored to i get on board. Failing in this attempt, | they attacked the excursionists with bricks and stones. Two gentlemen had their skulls fractured. Several ladies were se ! riously injured. One reporter was knocked j down by a stone. Several of the injured partis were carried to llellevue Hospital. BRUTAL I'JUZE FIGHT. The Chambers-Siddons prize fight yes terday was carried out so quietly that tho police were completely frustrated in their attempts to discern the parties. The locality of the fight was on Long Island, between Gravesend and New Utrecht. The line was formed in a clump of trees, ropes being run around tho trunks in lieu of stakes. There was little formality in the preliminaries, the men walking in the ring in plain clothes. Chambers was in splendid condition. Siildous showed | signs of over-training. Forty-seven rounds were fought. Chambers drew the first blood. The men came to time promptly until the fortieth round, when Siddons showed the effects of the heavy pummelling he had received. At the end of the forty-seventh round Siddons’ face was pummelled to a jelly. Failing to come time, his second threw up the sponge. Chambers is not much injured. Siddons was barely able to stand up, and had to be carried to a carriages and con- 1 veyed to his house Chambers imrnedi- j ately left for his home in New York. SUNDAY AMUSEMENTS. A pitcher thrown by one of the Brook lyn roughs at another killed a child in its cradle. Timothy Donovan kickod his wife fa tally. A boy only twelve years of age, named j Christine Dimer, was arrested in Newark, N. J., on Saturday, on a charge of killing a child four years old by wilfully throw ing him down. ANOTHER PRIZE FIGHT. Flushing, L. 1., August 4. — .Jack Boy kin and Pete Cracker fought at tivoo’clock this morning. Thine were numerous spectators. Twenty-three rounds were fought. Cracker won. Boylan was se verely punished. The fight was for five hundred dollars and the middle weight championship of America. ARREST OE A CUE AN HANK li E EAVLTEIi. New York, August 4. — A detective and the deputy surveyor of tho port yesterday met the steamer City of Mexico down the Bay and arrested Antonio Tnero Y. Al verese, clerk of the Commercial Bank of Havana, who robbed that institution of exchange to the amount of $67,000 and $2,000 gold. Nearly all the money was found. He had a fowule with him, who took the matter very coolly. She was concerned in the robbery and was also arrested. NE tV YORK ITEMS. New York, August 5.- —There are six teen prisoners still in the Tombs charged with homicide. Numerous families are reduced to penury by tho recent Long Island fire, and one family forced to the poor house. The police are after the concerters of a circular signed Wright, Robinson & Cos., claiming to have exclusive knowledge of what horses will win iu foreign races, and offering it from their office, 599 Broadway, on receipt of ton dollars. No such firm is found there. New York, August 6.---A series of law suits are about commencing against the Erie Railroad, on a formal demand for tlie adjudication of the Erie as a bankrupt for refusal to pay interest upon certain bonds. The friends of the Erie charac terize the projected suits as a stock job bing manoeuvre. Thehealth of Kate Stoddard, the alleged murderer of Goodrich, is failing rapidly. THE no It Lit ON I*l ri: NEW OR GANIZATION. New York, August 2.— The World has a double-leaded editorial on “The Demo cratic Party and its Allies.” The article begins thus: “The natural allies of the Democratic party at tho present time arc two more or less imperfectly organized bodiesof citizens, namely: Liberal Repub licans and farmers’ granges,” and closes as follows: “T i true thing to do is to encourage the other organizations, but resolutely maintain the Democratic stan dard of political doctrine ; for unless the Democratic party can be again made the living conviction in the public mind, re form of government will novor bo more than skin deep.” A RATTLE IN CURA. New York, August 5. Mail advices from Cuba state that a very severe en gagement had taken place at Barancas, nine leagues from Manzello. The Span ish loss was severe. Thirty-seven wound ed were taken to Manzello, and thirty more severely wounded were left at Ve queta. The Spaniards were very roticent. A GREAT OIL EIRE. New Yoke, August 5. —Five tank boats filled with oil moored to the dock of ltock afeller’s Oil Works, Hunter’s Point, Long Island, exploded this afternoon and set fire to the barrels and tanks of oil in the yard. The fire spread almost instantan eously and enveloped some three squares occupied by the oil works of various par ties. There was a very light wind, and volume of smoke ascended to an immense height, and of a density such as never was before seen here. It covered Brooklyn completely from the sunlight and extend ing for miles over the bay and out to sea. The firemen, who were promptly on hand, were unable to approach the yards or docks owing to the intense heat and suffo cating smoke. Pratt Oil Works, the Long Islaud City Oil Works, Lowenstein’s Varnish Factory, and other oil works wero consumed, and several buildings in the vi cinity. Capt. Meyers of one of the tank boats reported killed by the explosion, and a large number of boatmen jumped into the w-ater and escaped being roasted alive. Fire burned from 3 o’clock all the afternoon, and is still burning to-night. Various rumors of large loss of life are current. New Yoke, Aug. (>.— Loss by the Hun ter’s Point fire .$200,000. The remains of Capt. Meyers, who lost his life by throw ing a lighted match on the deck of an oil vessel at Hunter’s Point, have been found. Two persons missing. I'JIOM MEXICO. New York, August (!. —A Herald spe cial from the City of Mexico says Lazar do, liebel Chief, has been shot. Cholera is raging in Chiapas. The Government gains heavily in the Congressional elections. Legal stays are allowed in the decree expelling American priests from Mexico. THE PROPOSE!I XE If STATE. Nashville, Tens., July 31.—The New- State Convention is talked of here as an ignominous fizzle. Lvory prominent man with whom I have talked speaks of it as an inconsequential side-show. The Ex ecutive officers have lost very little sleep thinking of it. An influential West Ten nessee man told me that it was not so popular in that portion of tho State as might be supposed by persons at a dis tance. CHOPS IX KENTUCKY. IjOuirvii.le, August 4. Recent rains have brought out corn and tobacco crops in eastern Kentucky finely, and both pro duce well. Iri the blue grass region corn and w heat are generally in good condition. Corn promises well throughout the cen tral counties. In southern Kentucky wheat and corn look well. In western Kentucky not more than two-thirds ordi nary crops of corn and tobacco are expect ed, though recent rains have improved the prospect somewhat. IN COLORADO. The potato bug has done great damage in the counties adjoining Colorado City. THE MEXICAN OUESTIOX —IS A WAR PRORAMLE Special to the St. Louie Repiblkui:.] Washington, August 2.— What founda tion in truth there is for the published assertions to the effect that the Adminis tration is desirous of haring a tilt at arms with Mexico, and is taking advantage of opportunities tending in that direction win oh happen to occur, is not quite evi dent. Except such proof as can be found in the expressions of certain Administra tion journals, there seems to be no good ground for the statement alluded to, aud it is believed by persons high in official position that the etatements contained in me a nicies in those papers are not in spired nor acquiesced in by the. President or the members of his cabinet. Bui it is certainly not true that the reports of out rages along the Rio Grande are generally, or oven to a very large extent, exaggera ted or made up, as alleged, to creato sen timent in this country against Mexico, or unpleasant relations between tho govern ment of that couutry and tho United States. Reports of raids by marauding parties from Mexico are received here through private parties as well as official sources; each, as u rule, substantially confirming the other. The latest from an official source is a letter received at the Treasury Department to-day from the Collector of Customs, at El Paso, Texas, who informs tho department that on tho 13thof July a party of Mexican citizens, well known, with force and arms recaptured a herd of COO sheep, seized by him about three j weeks previously, aud drove them into Mexico. The herder was at the same time seized and bound aud thus conveyed into Mexico. This occurred 90 miles below LI Paso, where tho collector had the sheep grazing under the protection of the post j commander at Fort Quitman. The collec tor forwards a translation of a letter on tho subject received by him from tho chief civil officer at El Paso, Mex., aud asks what further duty devolves upon him iu relation to this matter. The letter mentioned is given in full as follows : El Paso, Mex., July 10, 1873. To Col lector Colilwell, Franklin, Texas—Mir: I have incidentally received notice that on j the 13th inst., several Mexicans crossed to j the left bank of the river, anil drove to j this side a herd of sheep that was seized j by virtue of the office you have the honor j to hold. Surprised as 1 was, it aroused my indignation at tho procedure of those cit izens, who without doubt noted alone through ignorauce iu a manner so unwar ranted. 1 have already taken the neces sary steps to correct this abuse aud you can rest assured that I am animated with ; the greatest desire that the harmony be tween the two nations shall remain undis turbed aud your laws and institutions bo respected. Dr. Mariano. Samaniago Gifo Politico Del District Bravas. This correspondence lias boon sent to the Secretary of State for consideration. VIRGINIA CONSERVATIVE CON VENTION. Richmond, August 6. —The Conserva tive State Convention met to-day at noon, at the Theatre, the interior of which, es pecially the stage, was decorated with liags of various nations, also State and National colors. The orchestra chairs aud the parquette were filled with dele gates, nearly four hundred iu number. Tho remainder of the building was crowd ed with spectators. Tho stage was occu pied by a large number of prominent per sonages representatives of the press from this city and other points in tho State and out of it. The Convention was called to order by Hon. R. J. Daniels, Chairman of the State Committee, on whose motion M. G. Harmon, of Augusta county, was chosen temporary Chairman. A committee consisting of two from each Congressional District was appointed on credentials. During the absence of tho Committee Hon. Robt. Ould was called upon and ad dressed the Convention in a speech of welcome. Other speeches were made by Hon. H. M. Kelly, Mayor of Richmond, and ex-Lieutenant Governor Robert L. Montague and others. A recess was taken till 4 o’clock, at \yhieh hour the Committee on Credentials reported. Several hours wore consumed in discussing and amending tho report. The question of appointing a Conduit tee oil Permanent Organization gave rise to a heated debate as to tho manner of formation of the committee, some con tending for each Congressional delegation to have tho privilege of electing three of their own number to report them in the committee, and others for the whole committee to bo appointed by the Chair man. The debate was conducted amid great confusion, but finally the latter mode pre vailed aud the chair appointed three from each district delegation, with Hon. llobt. Ould as Chairman. The Committee thus formed, then retired. Avery decided spirit of antagonism was displayed iu tho various debates by tho friends of Gen. J. L. Kemper and Col, Robert E. Withers, tho two promi nent candidates for tho nomination for Governor. Recess till 3 o’clock. OHIO JOEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Columbus, Aug. 6.—Tho State Demo cratic Convention assembled nt the Opera House this morning, all counties being represented; some by very large delega tions. T. Hunt, of Hamilton, was chosen tem porary chairman, and made an earnest speech, predicting an active contest dur ing tho coming campaign and the future, greatness of the Democratic party. Ho wanted the cry to go forth that “The Old Guard dies but never surrenders.” After appointing a committee, the Con vention adjourned for dinner. THE NEGRO KU-KLUX. We loarn from the Jackson, Tenn., Whig of tho 2d inst., that twenty negroes were last week arrested in itR county for ku-klnxing and murdering William Hamil ton Wyatt. They went to his house at a late hour in the night, and riddled * his body with balls. The charge against him was that he had outraged an old negro woman, but the woman herself contradic ted the report. Tho strange part of tho matter is that these colored ku-klux had to be arrested by the State authorities, the Federal officers being no doubt too much engaged in a vain search for white ku-klux! Membuis, August s.—Of the twenty negroes arrested on the charge of lynching W. H. Wyatt, in Madison county, all were released on SSOO bail but three. The charges against Wyatt were disproved by his alleged victim. It RIG HAM’S 17 th. Salt Lake, August ii. Ann Eliza Young’s father and lawyers oppose a com promise between her anil the prophet. It is asserted that Ann Eliza’s first hus band is alive and that she was never di vorced. THE CHICAGO WHEAT CORNER. Yesterday the wheat corner terminated, and proved to be successful. We do not know that any previous corner was ever so successfully maintained, or resulted in such profits to the operators. The figures of the operation may be thus approxi mately stated: The “corner” purchased 800,000 bushels of wheat in options, sel ler July, and 400,000 bushels of wheat for cash. The sellers were of course unable to deliver, and yesterday, after 3 o’clock, made their settlements. The combination settled with the shorts at different rates, anil sold out their cash wheat at a loss. The balance sheet of the transaction will foot up something after this fashion: Sold by the “Comer” and Settled for. 100,009 Bushels options at $1 30 $130,000 620,000 bushels options at $1 40 358,000 80.000 bushels (est.) at $1 40 112,000 40u,000 bushels cash, at *1 18 472,000 Total sales anil receipts $1,582,000 Purchased by Ditto. 400,000 bushels cash at $1 22 $488,00) 800,000 bushels options (av’ge) at $1 iy 952,000 Oommissions on 1,200,000 bush at '/f... 8,000 Other expenses 7,000 Total outlay $1,447,000 Net profit $130,000 We do not understand that it was de termined to corner the market until alxiut the 520th of July, though purebasas were made before that time. There were about six persons, all, we believe, residing in Milwaukee, who were concerned in this corner. The cash-capital required to run the corner, including a reserve, was about $860,000. Conceding that this capital was employed a whole month, tho profit of $130,000 was not only liberal, but enormous. It is not likely that this thing can be repeated, though it is probable that it will be attempted.— Chicago Tri bune, let. A person who undertakes to elevate others by scandalizing others might as well sit down on a wheelbarrow and try wheel himself.