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jCouisville, Ga:
-FRIDAY JUNE 2, 1871.
f Editorial Correspondence. J
GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL,
Nsw Turk City, May 24, 1671.
The trip from Charleston to Mew York
by •teenier ia not altogether as pleasant
aa by rail from the inland cities of Geor
gia la the aeaboard, bat would be more
agreeable if “land lubber#,” as the sail
ors term ns, could keep well. But the
waters most keep moving, and the vet
sel, however great, will rock some, and
too mnch rocking makes ns sick.
We left Charleston Tuesday evening
at 6 o'clock on the new and elegant side
wheel steamer “Georgia,” of the New
York and South Carolina S. S. line.
The weather waa fins and the voyage
waa most pleasant. A slight wind set
ting back, we arrived at New York Fri
day afternoon. Many of the passengers
were not sick at all—your correspond
ant for one, did not miss a single one of
those sumptuous meals which are served
up to passengers on these boats. The
courteous and attentive Capt. Crowell
of the Georgia, graced the bead of the
dining table at each meal, while Purser
CnAMr, young, handsome and agreeable,
provided over the foot. No pains or ex
pense is spared in the fitting np and ac
commodations of these steamers, and ev
ery attention is givon for the comfort
and welfare of passengers.
We think that merchants and tourists
going to New York, should try this ele
gant passenger line. It is about as
quick as by rail, and some say far more
comfortable, and is certainly much less
expensive. Those who are fortunate
enough to meet the “Georgia,” may be
•are of • pleasant “berth," and accom
modation# giving auiplu proof that the
reputation of our noble old State is am
plified by its worthy namesake.
New York is not so lively with busi
ness now. as in the winter mouths—but
it seems busy enough to one accustomed
to life in our quiet Southern cities. Tho
theatres are kept open, though many of
the theatre goers are now at the various
westering places, for the summer, which
gives the opera troupes the pleasure of
performing to empty seats
There is oo striking feature on the
New York stage now. They have a
pantomine at Fisk’s Grand Opera
House; Shakspeare’s "Winter’s Tale”
at Booth’s—rather dragging and thread
bare; "Jack Sheppard” at tho Olympic,
and minor dramas at the rest.
There has been considerable change
made tn some parts of the city during
the past year. On Broadway several
very imposing buildings have been
erected, one of which is the Grand Cen
tral Hotel, at which your correspondent
ia now stopping. It is one of the very
finest hotels in the city—second to none.
It is splendidly, rather gorgeously, fur
nished in every department, Being
conveniently located, and entirely free
from any objections, it will doubtless
share a large amount of Southern pa
tronage.
There ia much news in the papers
thia morning. The Herald contains its
usual budget of crimes and casualties,
all written np and expanded, so that
New York at a distance must look worse
than any Ku Klux down South. TLc
papers here dilate on news of this kind
at all times, and espeoially when their
■took from other sources is limited. They
pander to a corrupted taste, because, un
fortunately, it sells best.
There seems to be a very cordial feel
ing for the Southern people among busi
ness men, and a good trade from the
South is expected next season, especial
ly if cotton should bring a good price.
Maeon will soon boast of a fine Ma
sonic temple.
Savannah is still enjoying frequent
raids from burglars. They steal cigars,
and bacon.
Athens ia waking up to the impor
tance of bnildiug the railroad from that
place to Clayton.
Thomaa county is bragging over a
stalk of cotton two feet high, that has
ten forms and a blossom.
Warreiiton has been heard from. She
don’t know whether it was au earth
quake or a chill that she enjoyed.
Hon. B. H. Hill has written another
letter on "The Situation”—of the Geor
gia Railroad, and yet be is not happy.
Augnsta leads ofl’ with a barrel of floor
ground from wheat of this season—ship
ped on the 21st. So say* the Sat. Newt.
Templeton's Opera Troupe was last
week performing in Brunswick. These
little salt-water hamlets are bolding op
sh*ir bead*. '
McLaughlin, the Atlanta Peat-ofte*
embeasler, after convict iou bee been
EMcjrrr^Br
The tenli eud S&thwesterftAiU
gPO& jlu jjgjfer naJLiere vkmmA'
tending the Regatta at Savannah aa the
Slat, and fat of June.
A snake was rrcrently discovered on
the principal street of Coluudtojk mak
ing for a drug store. He w|sjd<£it§tfeaS
banting up a supply of poison.
Hhwfluny MMi faunas I j Uv»
District Attorney fee Georgia, and since
the war a citizen of Savannah, died at
Dee Moiues, lowa, on Tuesday last.
By way of variety we torn to Savan
nah thieves. They tunnelled into the
Poor Hoose, stole 50 chickens, end 4
turkey*. What wilt become of that lit
tle sea-port town i
Covington thinks she ean now stand
a money order office. Several other wa
ter stations of no more importance than
herself stand them without the quiver
ing of a muscle.
Atlanta is troubled about tbs Mariet
ta and North Georgia Railroad. Bhe
thinks it is in tho bands of a clique that
intends to oontrol it in the interests of
the State Road, and under pretence of
building it, aotualfy prevent its construc
tion. Atlanta certainly has a mania for
railroads.
The Rome Courier is guilty of the
following : “We wish Atlanta all ma
terial success and prosperity, but we do
think that the Capital ought to be moved
back to Milledgevilla, and it will be.”
On last Friday the Air Line Road
sent out an exenrsion train to Gaines
ville carrying the Stockholders, Knights
Templar, Mayor, Press, &c. This is
the firet train through to Gainesville from
Atlanta.
Horace Greely ought to visit Thom
•sville while on bis Southern tour, to
learo some new things about Irish pota
toe trees. A tree of that kind down
there bears fruit on its limbs as well as
on its roots.
The Central Railroad company has
leased for ninety-nine years the Macon
& Western Road from Macon to Atlan
ta. That knocks up all prospects of
Savanuah’s co-operation in building the
Savannah & Atlanta Railroad.
The Covington Examiner says that a
Baptist minister, DeChamps, was mur
dered in cold blood while in his pulpit,
in Newton Cos. The murderer Handley
shot him twice, and mounted his horse
And fled. No polities involved.
Eclectic Magazine.—' The June nnm
her of this capital monthly is at hand,
and is embellished withs fine portrait,
excellently engraved on steel, of Prof.
Darwin. A sketch gives the leading
eveuts of Darwin’s Me, and 'The Descent
of Man,’ the title of his last book, is also
the title of a very humorona poem re
printed from Blackwood.
The table of contents presents about
twenty excellent articles, in which the
instructive and the amusing reoeive e
qual attention. ‘The Political Future
of Europe’ is a masterly synopsis of pres
ent political tendencies in Europe. There
is a critical essay on ‘Mr. Tennyson’s Po
ems ;’ and, besides them, there are, ‘A
Week in Paris after the Peace,’ 'Modern
St. Pauls,’ 'A Miniature Sun,’ ‘Change
and Progress in Japan,’ ‘Rome under the
New Regime,’ ‘The Dntohmau at Home,’
‘The Author of That Heathen Chinee,”
and ‘Journeys in Central Africa.’ The
Editorial Departments are fall of mis
cellaneons information of all sorts. Pub
lished by E. R. Pelton, 108 Fulton
street, New York. Price $5 per year.
The Grand Central Hotel—These
modern days of wealth and luxury de
velope frequent enterprise that startle,
while they compel us into admiration.
A visit to “Gotham” never fails to im
press this truth. The new Grand Cen
tral Hotel, on Broadway, New York,
whose palatial walls cover almost an en
tire block, is a notablo instance of what
wealth, taste and enterprise can accom
plish. Although the many descrip
tious given of it are highly eulogistic,
the visitor will find, like the Queen of
Sheba, that the half has not been told.
In richness of appointment and complete
ness of detail, not even the palace of
Louvre, of Paris, nor the far-famed
Laugh am, of London, can surpass; while
it surpasses them both in size and ca
pacity.
Under the management of H. L.
Powers, the proprietor, whose genial,
sterling, administrative qualities fairly
claim him to its charge de njf'airt, with
bis affable corye of gi ot emen in the
office, there ia a quiet determination to
make this modern palace of taste and
luxury outrank any other in the world.
One would suppose from the appear
ance of the Grand Central that the in
come of a prince would be necessary to
enjoy its hospitality, when, in fpet, its
prices arepuly from three to four dollars
per day.
Strange Mail. — l he Wheeling. Intel
ligencer was shown at the postoffice, on
Wednesday last, a mail-box of bees,
that were on their way from lllinoia to
’Christian-burg. Va. They were of some
rare species! And seemed to be doing
well, not a dead one visible. A abort
time ago a “homed toad” passed through
the office, hailing from Sau Francisco
and bound far Washington, and a lizard
*lw lately pari armed the same journey.
Macau waa last week mnch exerei-ed
by the arrival of two Heathao Cntnesr
ia that i- said that
Tku Kaighta Temftar held their
tenth an ana) conelave tn Atlanta oo
Wednesday. Quite a number of Knights
from various parta of the country joiued
the eneamptneut. They lire in regular
soldier fashion, in touts: wear military
B. will not issue a proclamation against
them for being in a state of armed in
surrection!
Jefferson Davis, the Great Chieftain,
was in Augusta on Thursday and Fri
day. An enthusiastic crowd of citizens
met him at the car shed, conducted him to
the Planters’; and everything was done
to let him feel that he ‘vas still the Presi
dent of the Southern Confederacy, in
the hearts cf oar people. He waa re
ceived with a speech from Hon. H. W.
Hilliard to which he responded briefly -
Like Breckcnridge, he does not wish to
be again involved in politics—not for
bis own, bnt his country’s sake.
Rufas Behemoth Beelzebub, the Bul
lock has isaned a column proclamation
offering five thousand dollars reward for
tome twenty Ku Klux organizations who
have been butchering negroes by the
wholesale. The Bullock can beat all
the editors and reporters in the State
combined in collecting news; frequently
informing r community that half a doz
en murders had been committed in their
midst of which the good people
never heard before^
We would like to hear the explana
tion given by the Radicals of the fact,
that notwithstanding the thousands of
negroes butchered in cold blood month
ly in the South, the census shows an
increase of several hundred thousand
since 1860.
New Books.
We have received from D. Appleton
& Cos., Publishers, 549, Broadway, N. Y„
through the politeness of J. M. Cooper.
& Cos.. Savannah, some very interesting
and instructive books.
“Tho Descent of Man and selection in
relation to Sex,” by Charles Darwin, with
illustrations, in two volumes. It is a
work that is creating quite a sensation
among all classes, but especially those
fond of scientific investigations. Part I.
treats of the Descent or Origin of Man.
Part 11. of Sexual Selection. The heads
of a few chapters will give the reader an
idea of the work. Chapter 1, argues
the evidence of Man from some lower
form. Chapter 2, Comparison of the
mental powers of Man aud the lower an
imals. Chapter 4, Manner and develop
ment from a lower form. Chapter 5.
The cares of Men. Mr. Darwin holds
that mania a development npon the mon
key; or that there is a general and
gradual development going on in nature,
The whole field of natural history is
laid before the reader, and the facts con
tained therein are wonderful, iuteresting
and astonishing. He concludes by say
ing—“ The main conclusion arrived at in
this work, namely, that man is descend
ed from some lowly organized lorm,will
be highly distasteful to many persons.
Doubtless they thiuk man may be excus
ed for feeling some pride at having ris
en, though not through bis own exer
tions, to the very summit of the organic
scale; and the fact of his having thus
risen, instead of having been aborigin
ally placed there, may givo him high
hopes for a still higher destiny in the
distant futuro.”
“The Genesis of Species,” by St.
George Mivart, with illustrations. The
work is a review of the Darwinian theory
af development, and is as fully interest
ing as the work it replies to. Full of in
teresting facts in natural history.
Both works should be read, if the read
er desires to be posted in regard to the
great scientific question of the day. 'Mr.
Mivart closes his.work as follows—“My
aim has been to support the doctrine that
these species have been evolved by or
dinary natural laws —for tho most part
unknown—controlled by the subordinate
action of “Natural Selection,” and at the
same time to remind some that there is
and actually can be absolntely nothing
in physical science which forbids them
to regard those natural laws as acting
with the Divine concurrence, and in obe
dience to a creative fiat originally im
posed on the primeval Cosmos, “in the
beginning,” by its Creator.
The Atlanta & Savannah Railroad.
The people of Savannah, we are glad
to see, are moving in the direction ol the
Atlanta & Savannah Air-Line Railroad.
Them >* some opposition to the freight
Hd« amongn Bavanah people, but so far
as we are able to judge from the papers,
•ad from frequent eonferenee with Sa
vannah gentlemen, tho people of tho
Forest City favor the road with a singu
lar unanimity. A meeting was held on
the 18th, and the Mayor and Council
were authorized to cull an election tode
cide whether or not the city es Sevan
nan shall subscribe half a million of dol
lars to the road. The action of this meet
ing is sufficient testimony that the op
position to the movement is Dot very
strong.
It is not easy to form an exact esti
mate ol the great importance of this
road. It is true we have several lines
from the mountains to the seaboard,
bat here is anew one sugge-ted, which
will shorten the distance from Atlanta to
Savacnab over fifty miles, which is a
' matter of the utmost importance to com-
merce, as well aa to the agricultural in
terests of the ootuMAy^.
The road <rkUp*w ihtoogh a seetion
being one ot thw maet 'thickly eat’led
and fertile secftCH es ffleergia. The
people are atjAyprishtg. in
dustrious ewd ecaaomieal.-aaa know the
value of ready intercourse with the out
side world. They are all eager for the
road to be built, and in each county they
are ready to do what they ean to help it
riwog. Ol rite, whole, we regard tfc*
prospect, & Wf .*4? u
flattering, and we believe that the time
is not far distant when the Atlanta and
gad——’KlWi'tHir'Wl IWHfI Ift the
network.of raUroqds|hei ja being rapid-
Jy spread over Georgia. —At font a Su*.
The subject of the above road is again
on the tapis in this section, and the anx
iety of the people to have the road built
is increased. There has been a rumor
afloat that Savannah and Atlanta intends
to subscribe only on condition that the
road is as far as possible an air-line, thus
leaving out every town of any size be
tween Tennille and Atlanta. All the
citizens between these two point* would
in this event atrenuonsly oppose it, if
tbeir interests also were not consulted in
the construction. An air-lino would
cross the Macon k Augusta Railroad
jußt four and a half mile* north of Mil
ledgevilte, two south of Eatonton, and
seven north of Monticello. By deflect
ing the road so as to touch these points,
only about Jive miles more of traek
would be necessary, and the increased
subscriptions would more than compen
sate for the additional outlay! These
facts will no doubt be takeu iuto consid
eration when the actual building ol the
road ia initiated. We understand that
the Central road will take stock in the
company, by giving the use of tbeir line
from this place to EatontOn, a fine track
of twenty-two miles. Monticello needs
a railroad, ynd the interests of Jasper
county should uot be entirely overlooked.
Let the citizens along the proposed route
subscribe liberally, and then they can
have matters to suit themselves. *
Siuoe the above was written the Cen
tral road has leased the Macon k West
ern ; which is a death blow to the Ten
nille and Atlanta road. Wo take the
following from the Savannah Republican
of a later date.
The Tennille & Atlanta Railroad.
It has now been decided that neither
the bonds of the city nor an endorse
ment of the railroad company’s bonds
will be granted to this enterprise. It
has been evident in the discussions that
have arisen in relation to it that there
existed a kindly feeling on the part of
our citizens. We would all like shorter
roads in the same sense that we all de
sire longer purses. These two very de
sirable things find their beginnings and
endings iu the expression of a wish.
But Savannah haß attained in reality
what benefit was proposed by the Ten
nille and Atlanta Road. The amalga
mation of the Central with the Macon
aud Western seoures to ns all that the
direct Atlanta road could ever have
achieved.
Several shorter routes, or short tuts,
have recently been built. By the light
of their experience we may learn what
would probably have been the fate of the
Tennille and Atlanta bad it been built.
*•••#*
Our 8500,000 are now saved to the
city. If it be expended in sewerage
and paving, we shall at least have some
thing for our money. Sewers and scav
engers press upon our immediate atten
tion. We cannot read the account of
the awful desolation of Buenos Ayres
without connecting it with our own par
allel condition. The yellow fever, which
lias utterly destroyed the population of
100,000, either by death or flight, is
reasonably attributed to the innumerable
cess-pools in the city. The wholo area
on which the city stands is represented
to be honey combed underground by
these receptacles of filth, so much so that
good foundations cannot be had for new
buildings. Oar city, to be sure, is but
little more than one-third of the age of
Buenos Ayres, bnt let us turn that ad
vantage to sanitary regulations and pre
cautions.
The Pestilence in South America. —
A letter from Bnenos Ayres says: “The
yellow fever is taking the people off at
the rate of 250 a day. The fright a
mong the people is somewhat awful.
No nurses can be had at any price. If
a servant ia taken sick, the whole family
clears oat; and in some instances, the
closest family ties are entirely disre
garded. Whole squares in the south
ern part of the city are abandoned, and
every little town within forty miles is
overflowing with fugitives. The few
Americans here stick by each other, and
nurse tbeir sick well. We have lost
but ono yet, and we buried him last
night. Strange to say, the harbor and
shore are entirely free of disease. It is
only the air of the city which seems to
be poisoned; and this comes of its crow
ded population and overflowing, neglec
ted wateroloaets and cesspools. The
city is a white-washed sepulchre.”
Heavy Verdicts. —ln the United
States Circuit Conrt at Savannah, on
Saturday, the following heavy decree
was rendered:
W N Marsh, el. al„ vs. W H Bur
roughs, el all Decree for complain
ants iu the aggregate sum of $444,505-
46, less $9,500 heretofore paid, to be
collected from the stockholders, who
are parties defendant in the above cause,
from the amount they have in their
hands of the unpaid capital stock of the
Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank. The
amounts of unpaid stocks are aa follow-,
to-wit: W H Burtongbs, $5,000; W N
Habersham, surviving copartner, $9,765;
R Stafford, $30,000; J W Nevitt,
$2,500; N B Knapp, $9,000; J V Con
nerat, $4,000; GeorgeS Nichols,s2,ooo;
John Screven. $13,114; Thomas P
Screven, $13,193; H D Weed, $4,500;
George B Gumming, $40,000, Hiram
Roberts, $360 000; John Cooper. 39,139;
Edward Lovell, $2,950; the estate el
E Molyneanx, $96,480; the eatata Os
sums agf
the paafceptgjpf K*rdcjjt Af gkefflsJ
appeal each for himself from the entire
decree, to the Supreme Court of the Un
ited Ststes, and it is allowed that a
transcript of the record, proceedings
and evidence in seid cense, may be
'an*
The Present State of Palestine. —Mr.
Cook the excursion manager, write* to
tlie London Times, giving a very favor
able account of the State of‘Palestine
now as compared with last year;—“The
land smiles in the beauty of green ver
dare and promising crops. The appear
ance of the corn fields ia snch as would
gladden the heart of ah English farmer,
while the lruit trees of Damascus pre
sent One blaze of floral promiae. Every
where we found the people hopeful and
cheerful as it ia possible for the Arpb
race to be cheerful. The valleys and
plains of Sharon, Esdraelon, Jericho,
Samaria, and the Lebanon are covered
with the finest cropg of .wheat and bars
ley, ia some places ready to bunt into
ear, so that if no more rain should fall
the crops are secure.”
The Tribune takes the ground that
Mrs. Fair should not be hang because
she is a woman. If memory serves ns
the same paper wanted Mrs. Surratt
bung three or four times because she was
n woman.
Laura Fair thinks that as the dignity
of the law has been satisfied by her con
viction of murder in the first degree,
she ought now to receive a pardon. She
aaid to her jailer, the other day; “Look
at tpy form and face! Can they ever
hang such a woman?”
It is estimated that tbero are two
thousand Chinese laborers employed on
sugar plantations in Louisiana, obtain
ed chiefly from California; and a num
ber of agents have been sent recently
to California, China, and the West In
dies to secure a larger supply of them.
The majority of the planters who have
tried them prefer them to negroes.-
They are extremely exacting in regard
to a precise fulfilment of the conditions
of their contracts on the part of their
employers, but the higher wages paid
for job work sometimes lead them to
break their own obligations. They are
slow at their tasks, but sure and nioe.
Their weakest point is iu ploughing, as
they cannot manage mules. In this the
colored laborers have a great advantage
over them, for no one can handle a mule
so well as a negro. But tbe Chinaman
cannot understand the mule, rnd the
mule is quite as much puzzled by the
Chinaman.— Sun.
Excitement in Constantinople. —The
following piece of intelligence it taken
from a Constantinople letter published
in one of the daily papers :—“There was
once a Greek Patriarch, Gregory, who
was hanged in Constantinople during
the Greek war of independence. He
hung in a public place three days, and
bis body was then given to the Jews,
who dragged it about the streets for two
days more; finally, wbat was left of it
was thrown into the Golden Horn. The
Greeks profess to believe that it after
ward floated, and was picked up by a
devoted fisherraau, and smuggled away
by night to Odessa. There it was re
ceived with great honors, and buried in
the cathedral by the Russian authorities.
The Greek Government has just bad the
boldness to demand of the Porte that a
Greek man-of-war be allowed to pass
Constantinople to go to Odessa and epn
vey the remains of this martyr to Greece,
where there ia to be a great national fu
neral over his remains, and he is to be
enshrined as a saint. The Turks very
naturally refused, but have finally agreed
to allow the remains to be taken by a
Greek merchant steamer, on condition
that the passage of the Bosphorus be
made in the night so as to prevent any
unpleasant demonstrations on the part of
the Greek population here. The whole
city has been ina state of excitement
over this affair, and it may yet mak'e se
rious trouble, if the time of the steamer’s
passage should become generally known.”
The agent of the Associated Press
has writteu from London to the manager
of the Ocean Cable Telegraph, char
ging the grossest favoritism npon the
Loudon office, and, what is worse, its
corrupt use. Thos ho states that a pri
vate commercial despatch was preferred
to one previously offered for the press,
and the latter was held back seventeen
boors. It is easy to'see that dealers who
can thus get information in advance of
the public may in a few bonrs make vast
sums of money, and they are willing to
pay largely in the way of bribery to get
such advantage. . It was hoped that
there was one public institution, an in-'
ternational one, an ocean telegraph,
that might be above the reach of' such
corruption; and if these statements Os
Mr. Simonton are substantiated; it will
go far to destroy all confidence in human
nature, and confirms the Walpolean re
mark that ‘‘Every man has his price.”
N. Y. Observer.
Change of Schedule on the New York
and New Orleans Line.—' The Macon
Telegraph says: A convention of par
ties representing this line, met here
Thursday, and made a complete revirion
of the schedule goiug North from the
latter point. The schedule, as it n6w
stands, is about as follows: Leave New
Orleans at 11 A. M-, Mobile at 6 r. «*.,
Montgomery at 7 a. m., Columbus at<l2
m , and Macon at 6:15 p. m., arriving at
Augusta at 3:30 a. m. next day, where
passengers will be detained until 8 a. it.—
four and a half hours. The scfaoihile, it
will be observed, greatly lengthens the
time between New Orleans and New
York via the intermediate points *Umsd
above, and if we are correctly informed,
was adopted solely to accommodate local
interests, it being found impossible to
compete with tbe fast schedule made
since the opening of the Alabama and
Chattanooga road, over which rente tbe
time between the two cities is only 70
hears, against about #0 hours over this
route under tbe schedule jut adopted,
A Story about Gen. Grant.
A tew days after tba capture of Fort
amatiK. ia lylMsitt wlmn tbe voices
)w 9* "bate eoojury Sas for war. we%
■MSa 4eweraa|i& wflh a gentleman
f* ryfoftf ll t xM® xic * 41 wan
■ n mteutea. hi
etvwan, twit we-have of
ten thought of sinee. Said he to us: “I
saw to-day an old comrade of mine in
Mexico, a West Pointer, but who rcsjgn ;
ed his position in the army a few yeari
ago. I asked him why he was not in
my surprise that
tManWrliwldy a colonel or general
of volunteers. His reply was: *1 think
JttMhdwjLtoifotori ifigkiafatouiaL.
What I want in this is a i lace by
idtOdHl *ome 6rn>ejt,£o&
sought to get that place here. He made
an effort to be selected by tbe Govern
ment as a buyer of horses, but failed.
He next endeavored to borrow a few
hnudred dollars of a military ,frjebd of
ours, then and now in tbe regular army,
for the purpose of entering into a busi
ness where he would get army patron
age. Being refused, he applied, as we
understand, to Gen. Burns for a position
in the Commissary Department in this
city, but failed also in getting it. There
being nothing here to suit him, he wend
ail his way back to Illinois, and became
a sort of secretary to Gov, Yates, and',
everything else being unsuccessful, be
ehose at last to go into the army. But
be did no£ waut to go where there was
fighting at all. It was money he was
after, and money he has made as Gen
eral and President of the United States.
If he hsd obtained the position be asked
for, as a buyer of hbrses; the country
would have had a competent if not an
honest man in that place, and we should
not now have a bad President, who
makes (he filling of bis purse his princi
pal business.
Chinese Ku-Ktiix- in Louisiana.—
One of nur coast planters, who has a
number of Chinese laborers in bis em
ploy, seeing a disposition on tbe part of
some of tbe negroes to annoy the Orien
tals, and apprehending a resort by the
latter to the nse of the sharp knives
which they always wear, cautioned them
not to take the law into their own hands,
but in case they were troubled by an\
negro, to bring tbe offender before bin)
and he would see that justice was done.
Accordingly one day tbe planter, whilst
sitting on bis gallery, observed a proces
sion of Chinamen comingirom the quar
ters bearing at -their bead a dark pack
age. They marched with great deliber
ation and dignity up to the mansion and
laid their burden on tbe gallery at the
feet of tbe planter. It proved to be a
“chunk of a negro,” securely bound as
only Chinamen know bow to tie a par
cel of goods. The negro was scared ont
of bis senses, though entirely unburt.
Laying him quietly down on tbe gallery,
tbe leader of the Chinese, pointing to tbe
dark mass, said to the planter, “Niggah !
too much ! too much niggah !” and then
tbe whole party trotted back to their
work. It was an hour’s hard work to
uutie tbe frightened negro, who on his
release, very cheerfully acted upon the
suggestion of tbe planter to “make him
self scarce.” We publish this incident
in anticipation of tbe accounts which
will doubtless be forwarded to the North,
by tbe correspondents of the Radical
journals, as one of tbe incidents of law
less violence so common in the South,
against which President Grant has just
issued his high sounding proclamation.
[■Afew Orleans Times.
JOHN VOGT & CO.,
IMPORTERS OF
French China, Belgian and Bohemian Glassware, Lava ware, •
opaiEpasim sx£aiEpiiDa<3&o jaa® 08
SS <Ss 3V FAKJEC PLACE,
Between Church St. & College Place, NEW YORK.
54Ruede Paradis Poisscnniere, PARIS. 6 Coins Jourdan,Limo«w PRAiarw
46 Neuerwall, HAMBURG. '
■ , June4,lß7l, npr 573 22 6m.
•' ' I I I .
187 T. Spring and. SiarcLiaaer, ISVI - r
MILLINER! GOODS
MRS IaECBLIH
XT V.'.Y
AAAVING returned from New York, takes pleasure in informing
friends and the Ladies generally, that She has now open a °
SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
LACE BONNETS and HATS 1 aUles "BESS CAPS Infant’s
The largest stock of FRENCH FLOWERS in the city
The handsomest assortment of Jet and Gilt JEWELRY in the citv
The largest stock of Jute and R„al HAIR CURLS and CHIOUnNSir, ti, >,
All the above goods will BE SOLD AT REMARkIbI? LOW PRICES C 3 ' -
T-FI, 171 Broad Street,
n& p April 8,1871. gg Jj[ nder tbe A »gusta Hotel.
PETER KEENAN
BOOT and SHOE STORE,
Mo. 230 Broad St. under Central Motel,
wtrk™rhif 7WmfindeTeryttingthatpe^ insto Stock, good style, and good
ter^sts Scrup'ulousl^p^ected* 1 neverSYSTEM, their in-
Integrity will be hie GUIDING STAR. hTpubhc as will a S b £&^ r,nc, P le ." o! Honor and
PET4&KEENAN,
vriw&M -M.l.
n«
, Georgia Railroad Workshops -We
; were sorry to learn, on yesterday, eays
- that business has
I bMom&o SilLf i||the workshops of the
pyrgijßaSroidm id this city, that the
psrttßßH|ver vo hundred- hava been
half pay. The
-cm, only work now from
seven o’clock in the morning nntil twelve,
and have had their wages cut down one
balf.
The Annual Regain. —Tbe annual
regatta, wbieh cotnraenceA'on Tuasdßjf,
May 30th, promises to, Jeana or the
most interesting and enjoyable affairs
whose auspices ihei taee take* place, is
.making every effort to make tbe affair
gusta, Columbus, Brunswick, Charles
ton, and other eitiey and towns, we
would say come, and come in crowds.
Don’t. only send your boats and their
crewi, but briug your wives, young la
dies, sweethearts, etc., and we firmly
believe that'tve can show you one of the
most interesting and pleasant affairs ever
witnessed iu out State, and we do wqt
thiuk any one Will return home disap
pointed with thrijr trip to Opr city.
Savannah Republican,
A California paper tells how the jury
in the case of Mrs. Fair made up its
verdict, the statement being made, it is
claimed in the words, of one of the jury:
“During the progress of the trial hot
one juror spoke to. his fellow-jurors of
the case, and when we retired to make
up a verdict no one knew anything of
the opinion of his fellows. On entering
the jury-room the first thing done pras
to cut a piece of -paper into twelve
pieces, and to Dnmber them from one
up to twelve. These were put in a bat
and drawu, and the slip drawn was the
number of the juror. On these slips
eacih juror wrote his finding in the case,
and when bis number was called put it
into the hat. When I wrote my find
ing murder iu the first degree, I hardly
thought there would be another such
finding on any of the slips, bat when
the slips were all deposited and taken
out. and read, to my great astonishment
it was found that each juror on the first
and ouly ballot, had voted just as I had,
murder iu tbe first degree.”
Several narrow-gauge railoads are
projected in Pennsylvania, A compa
ny has been chartered to build a road
of thirty inch guago from Philadelphia,
to connect with the Pennsylvania Cen
tral in Chester county, passing through
Upper Darby, Hereford, Maple, New
town. and Paoli. In a week or two
work will be begun on another narrow
gauge road from Bell’s Mills Station on
the Pennsylvania Central, in Blair coun
ty, across the Alleghany Mountains
through Bell’s Gap, a distance of twelve
miles, which will afford an outlet for the
coal, lumber, and iron of an important
mountain district. Some of tbe gra
dients on this line will be over one hun
dred feet to the mile. The Lancaster
and Reading Narrow Gauge Railroad
Company has been incorporated,.with the
right to build a road with a guago not
exceeding four feet, from the city of
Lancaster to the c<ty of Reading; also
to construct branches. There is also a
movement on foot to build a narrow
guage road from Media to Chester, in
Delaware county.—lV. Y. Sun.