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~~ FRIDAY JDNE 23, 1871.
In tbe First District of Tennessee,
the Democrats are talking ot ruuniug
Andy Johnson for Congress. Tbe New
Yatk'Hrrald says they ean sorely elect
him, and be is just tbe man wanted in
tbe House of Representatives to take
care of Ben Butler and the Constitution.
The Democrats of New Hampshire
have carried tbcorganization of the low
er house of the Legislature where they
have two majority. The question of a
Governor and a United States Senator
now d> pends entirely upon the complex
ion of-the State Seuate, which is not
yet organised.
Little Rhode Island shows signs of
progress. She proposes to abolish tbe
properly qualification for voters (except
where the question is upon matters of
taxation) and to substitute au education'
al test. This will give little Rhody an
augmentation of voters , for, while near
ly every body there cau read, it is gen
erally taken for granted that nobody
there holds any property except tbe ri
val families of Sprague and Ives.
Tbe Morse Statue, in Central Park,
was unveiled Saturday. Every tele
graph pole iu the country is a monument
to this illustrious man, while the cables
that arc fast stretching everywhere un
der tbe ocean, will fbrever bear bis fame
to all nations npon tbe earth. Morse,
less than any other man, has need of a
monument to perpetuate his memory,
and as much as any other mau deserves
ooe.
Tho incomes of States are the expo
nentsof their progress. Europe in 1816,
which was the point of its new depar
ture on the race for 1870, was scarcely
able to bold to its old political systems.
Nothing hut the combined monarchical
and religious forces could give a trail
sient lease of life to old ideas. The na
tional annual incomes of tbe five princi
pal uations in existence at that date,
were:
Great Britain, .... 1,750,000,000
France, .... 1,000,000,000
Austria, .... 950,000,000
United States, 030,000,000
Prnssia, .... 350,000,000
From this the world has leaped for
ward with strides which have threatened
the overthrow of every political system
not born of progress. Since the year
1815, iron, steam and electricity have
pushed forward their work, and their
great agency has changed the aspect of
tho world. There is no disputing the
mathematics of 1870, as shown in the
following incomes per annum :
United States, .... 5,000,000.000
Great Britain, .... 4,300,000,000
German Empire 3,025,000.000
France, .... 4,000,000,000
Austria, .... 3,000,000,000
We think, says the Constitutionalist,
the conclusion incomplete. Doubtless
tho progressive Democrats form the ri
sing party, and they will control the pal
itics of tho State. But the coutrolling
sentiment in that party will be to waive
useless discussion now, and hide their
time to right every wrong —to accept no
usurpation as a finality, but to aim at the
fight time aud in tbe right way. through
the peaceful process of the ballot-box,
and according to Constitutional forms,
to vindicate the violated rights of the
States and of the people.
A Tribune correspondent who has been
interviewing prominent Georgians—Ben
Hiii for for ot.e —concludes thus :
••The views of these uien appear to be
a pretty lair reflex of tbe opinn.usof the
three classes into which tbe white popu
lations of Georgia are divided politically
(not counting tbe small number ot white
Republicans.) viz: The old Whigs,
whose Union with the Democrats is tem
porary, and who appear likely in time to
become Republicans; the Bourbon Dem
ocrats, who, like Jeff. Davis, accept noth
ing, and are as bitter and as hostile as
they were in 1865; and the Progressive
Democrats, few iu number but rapidly
increasing, who are glad to drop the old
war issues aud consider them as finalis
ties."
The Funeral of t2ie Arch Bishop of Paris.
Wickedly, most mercilessly, after tbe
fashion of border ruffians centuries ago,
and according to tbe example of Greek
Brigands in our own day, the Paris Com
mune butchered the chief representa
tive of the Church la France The
commune killed, the modern vandala put
ont of the way France does justice to
good men who were left no choice but
bnt to suffer death at tbe hands of des
perate madmen. Contrast the sweet so
lemnities of tbe|funeral in tbe Church of
Notre Paine with the cool-blooded mur
ders iu tbe prison cells and know the
true character of tbe men who. without
reXgioi and without law and §m«ut
morality, made the insane attempt to
sate Paris to revolntieniso France cud
to benefit mankind The funeral and
tbe massacres, light and daikness, good
and evil.
Ten unhappy couples seek to be un
yoked at tbe present term of tbe Rich
mond Superior Court. “How high isb
dat” for Augusta ?
Who will be the next Democratic
candidate for President is a question
which no oue can answer, who is unac
quainted with the future, Who will
probably be tbe lortunate man, nearly
every newspaper editor in tbe coun'ry
has gratuitously offered to tell the pub
lic. Major General Winfield S. Han
cock is the “coming man" if we are to
form an idea from the opinions of tbe
press. We copy the following from the
Chronicle & Sentinel with our endorse
ment of the same:
Major General Hancock. —The friends
of tbis distinguished Federal General—
not more distinguished as a soldier in
the time of war than as a bold, tearless
officer who recognized his obligations to
civil libeity at the end of the war—are
taking steps to bring his name promi
nently before tbe people as a Demo
cratic candidale for the Piesidential
chair. We acknowledge the receijt of
a copy of a pamphlet entitled “The Civ
il Record ot Major General Wiufieid S.
Hancock, during bis Administration in
Louisiana and 'Texas.” This record,
made up from the letters ahd military
orders of General Hancock, written in
that dark period of military rule imme
diately succeeding the termination of
the war, is one which General Hancock
and bis, friends may feel more proud of
than bis military recoid, however bril-.
liant. Tbe following extract from Gen
Hancock’s orders, November 29,1867,
written in tbe midst ot this era, is a fair
exponent and illustrates the lofty char
acter and purposes of the soldier who did
not forget that he was a citizen : “The
right oi trial by jury, the habeas corpus.
tbe liberty of tbe press, the freedom of
speech, the natural rights of persons aud
property, must be preserved.”
' From the Sparta Timos and Planter.
Editors Times If Planter:
Fully appreciating the value and im
portance of tbe Oat crop, and apprebeud
ing the danger of a large per centage of
loss from careless and injurious har
vesting in consequence of the great press
of work which will follow the present
excessive rains, I propose to give a few
practical suggestions as to the time and
mode of harvesting.
Tbe timely and valuable article of
Mr. Barnett on harvesting wheat estab
lishes beyond controversy, the proper
stage at which that important cereal
should be harvested.
These facts are not only understood
but universally acted upon, in grain
growing regions further North. Indeed,
one great advantage gained by the in-,
troduction of reapers, is the facility with
which grain may be Baved before it
grows too ripe.
It is even more important to save oats
in the dough tban wheat, since the oat
straw is fed to stock as long food. My
experience is tbat oats cut iD tbe dough
will weigh from four to six pouuds per
bushel more than those suffered to be
come “dead ripe” before harvesting,
while the straw saved at this stage is
preferable to fodder, as usually saved,
for feeding mules.
The value of oats as summer food for
stock is not fully appreciated by our
planters. It is so much less heating in
its effect than corn, that stock fed on
oats stand work during the hot months
much better than when fed upon corn
and fodder alone.
( If every planter would sow in oats in
the fall or early in January, ten acres to
the mule, our merchants would soon
cease to find sale for Western corn.
But I am digressing. We say as to
time of harvesting—begin as soon as
the bulk of tho grains are in the dough
state. If you can save your crops at this
stage, it will be worth, grain and straw,
at least ton per cent, more than if allow
ed to ripen standing. If you have not
faith enough to treat your whole crop in
tliis way, try at least a part of it, aud
my word tor it y»u will always practice
it iu Juture. Few plauters will have
time this year to house their oats imme
diately after harvesting. If they will
put them up in conical shocks without
binding, this will not be necessary.
Take an armfull, set it up straight upou
the huts and build around it until the
shock will stand firmly; put about one
bushel or one hundred pounds to the
shock ; now lay down three or fourarm
fulls around this base to be used in “top
ping off.” Take up a good double
handfull at a time, stick the buts in just
below the heads of those in the shock,
go all around in this way, thus protect
ing all of the heads. Continue this un
til all is shingled over and the shock is
brought to a point at top; tie the top
with two witbs of straw and yon have
your crop securely bonsed in. My crop
stood in these shocks last year until any
cotton was laid by in August, without
the slightest injury from the weather.
Putting np in dozens and capping iu the
nsnal way affords no protection from
rain.
The question will be asked, “How
will yon haul them np unbound I" There
is no difficulty about tbat: after stead
ing in the shock for s while they settle
down end handle vary well. To throw
them up to the cart or loft, rake a piece
wjKioXk ft w<t ; ioqbq|l square
and two feetioqg; iu the centre bore an
inet auger hold, through which let tbe
handle pass eighteeAjsHießfaiidLjharp
en it to form one of the teeth ; at each
end pat in two more teeth of tbe same
length at right angles to each other.
With this implement an armfull of
the grain can he eaaily jtbrojen to a
height of twelve or ifteeo feel without,
tangling the straw, and as rapidly as the
most expert stacker ean place w ns hie
wagon.
Hoping these facts, taken from my
own experience, may be of service to
some of my brother planters, I leave the
subject with you.
J. 8. NEWMAN.
Rotkby, June 8, 1871.
General Grant and General Sherman.
General Grant, speaking of General
Sherman, said tbat lie and Sherman
were warm friends, and that “I am not
authorized to speak fur him ; but I am
pretty certain that Sherman wouldn’t
stand on tbe democratic platform. Sher
man is no democrat, and never was.”
Bet Sherman goes a little beyond this,
in his letter in yesterday’s Herald, in
which he speaks in this'decisive style :
“I say thet I never have been and never
will be a candidate for President; tbat
if nominated by either party I should
peremptorily decline, and even if unan
imously elected, I should decline to
serve." This means that General Sher
man would not on any terms exchange
bis present position for the White Ildusc;
that he despises party politics aud does
not want to have his name bandied
about in the newspapers by either party
for political par poses
This is not surprising, considering tbe
remarkable antipathy of Geu. Sherman
to newspaper repoiters. This antipa
thy crops out in this letter from Fort
Sill, and it was one of the first peculiari
ties of the General made manifest to
newspaper reporters in our late civil
war. They gave him, and he gave them,
a deal of trouble for a year or two; but
at last they were too much for him, tho’
he never became entirely reconciled to
their presence in his camp. Grant,
Meade, Thomas, Sheridan and other gen
erals, on the contrary, early learned to
recognize and provide for the press as
the agent of communication between our
soldiers in the field and their friends at
home ; tbat the recognition of tbis agent
was absolutely indispensable to harmony
in the Union ranks, frout and rear; for
tbe ‘boys in blue’ would have their news
papers, and they liked to see the press
gang iu their camps.
It is a curious fact that while General
Sherman is a capital speech maker, and
likes to make a speech on occasions such
as a meeting of the Army of the Cum
berland, be stilt shrinks from the news
paper reporter. It is equally remarka
ble that while Gen. Grant is no speech
maker he does not hesitate to call a prop
erly authenticated newspaper reporter
to his side and talk to him on pablio af
fairs ap freely and frankly as be would
talk with a member of his own family.
This difference between these two re
markable men explains why the one re
coils from the very thought of beiug a
Presidential candidate, while the other
rather likes tbe idea than otherwise of
running for another term. It is because
General Sherman has not yet mastered
the mystery of newspaper reporters, while
General Grant has pretty fully discov
ered the important part they play in the
shaping of political events, public men,
and public affairs.— N. Y. Herald,
“H. G.”—Mr. Greely reached New
York last Wednesday and was forthwith
interviewed by a committee of the reg
ular Republican organization and agreed
to receive an ovation last night. There
is a growing disposition among the
Northern Radicals to pit Greeley against
Grant as a candidate for tbe Presiden
tial nomination. They are getting sick
of Grant's selfish and scandalous in
trigues for a second term and are tired
of bis intense egotism. They say he
hag not a thought outside of self and
family, and the only expansive aud gen
erous feature in the'administration is
that tbe President includes all his fami
ly connections —even fouith cousins by
marriago. In short, the elements of a
lively contest arc gradually accumu
lating.
Sbertnan has committed the Egotisti
cally folly of declaring in the most per
emptory manner that he is not and will
not be a oandidate for the Presidency
This ig entirely gratuitous on his part,
as he has not been nominated by any
except the New York Herald, and the
Herald only meant it facetiously.
A Georgia editor says that Shrop
shire, ol the Macon Tthgraph, is “ven
erable and baldhendcd.” We have no
doubt this is slander. When we knew
him ia 1815. he was a man in the prime
of life. Sav. News.
We differ from brother Harris on this
slander question- It must have been
tbe graud-son of the Telegraph Shrop
shire that be knew. Our grand-father,
who Whs born in 1771 gays the fire*
thing he ev»r recollected, wsb hearing
bit. father say of ye present local of the
Telegraph, “There goes my old friend
Shropshire.” —Southern Recorder.
Wisconsin farmers complain bitterly
of the damage done to their wheat fields
by millions of pigeons- They make
tegular raids every morning, and leave
little of tbe sown grain behind them
when they retire.
A committee of Italians have been
some days in Meridian. Miss., looking
for lands for cultivating silk worms and
the production of wine. They are said
to have been muoh pleased, and inteqd
sending out a colony from Chieagb to
commtnee operations immediately.
The commencement exercises of tbe
Griffin Female College will, begin on
the 29th inst., with the sermoo of Rev.
W T Brantly, of Atlanta. t The anni
versary of the two literary societies will
take place on the 27th inst., on which
occasion Mr, A R Watson, the poet
laureate of Atlanta, and editor of tbe
“Son," trill deliver a poem.
Wm D. Atkioaoo WM ball, wounded
ast Friday, uear uonjers, by the burst
ing of his gun.
Brunswick, ‘the a meteor seaport town,’
is just recovering from the tearful effects
of an attack of Regatta, which she expe
rieuced last week.
Tbe citizens of Newnan nnveiled a
clause at Maj. Headrick, who fell at
Keucsaw Mountain, in tbe Confederate
service.
Warren county hath whereof to be
boastful, in that she hath a citizen of 29
yaars ot age. who displayetb the high
state of civilization of that section ; for
never hath he seen the locomotive steam
cugiue in the days ot his life.
Bainbridge local editors lack only a
tub to render them perfect imitators of
the great snarler.
Covingtop laments tbat her youths are
entirely uninitiated iu tbe mysteries of
tbe piscatory art, as their efforts result
in water hauls.
Buinbridge has turned out loafing, and
such is tbe perfection which the art hag
reached there, tbat traveling loalern
make it their resort, tho better to take
lessons in the fascinating accomplish
ment.
The Brunswick Sc Albany Railroad is
rapidly approaching completion. Every
mile between Albauy and Cutbbert is
under coutract, and a thousand work
men are on the line. It is intended to
finish it by the first of November.
Mr. Basß, of Ilawkinsville, laboring
under a mental aberation, jumped into a
lorty-feet well, bead foremost. No seri
ous injury resulted.
Hawkiosville is just now feasting on
bull bats. Every body that can muster
a gun, is daily providing lor the necessi
ties of the flesh by laying in a store of
fresh bull bat beef.
Darien tried to hang a negro the oth
er day, but had hot sufficient experience
in this useful art. The rope broke, but
t second trial finished the delicate ope
ration. Tho officers were all negroes.
Greensboro’ thinks she has by stren
uous exertions so reduced the stand of
dog-fennel, that a company of sappers
and minors wilt not ib future be a neces
sary prerequisite to a street procession.
Ncwnan is to Lave a skating sensation
soon. Messrs. Malery and Crocker, two
celebrated skaters, will contest for tbe
championship of tbe South. Rather hot
work lor J uue.
On last Wednesday evening, near
Jonesboro’, a man fell betwoen tbe cars
while in motion, and had two fingers
masbed off. He was situated on the in
terior of a suit of Yankee blue, but od
the exterior of a quart of good old New
England.
Hon, A. H. Stephens, it is anbounced,
has purchased an interest in tbe Atlanta
Daily Sun, and will in future fill tbe
chair of political editor. His salutatory
appeals in Saturday morning’s issue of
that paper. His principles are those
strictly of a Jeffersonian Democrat.
With such politics, and under such edi
torial management, the Sun lias a bril
liant prospect before it for being tbe
the leading Daily of the State, if not of
the South.
Atlanta is again nonplussed by a freak
of nature. Something new iB always
turning up in that remarkable railroad
station. The animal which is now puz
zling the science .and learning of that
place, is thought to be a “Grand Union”
toad, alligator and lizzard. Tbe “locals”
can explain its appearance, by no other
way than that it rained down, as it was
discovered immediately after a shower
On Thursday the Atlanta Intelligencer
was sold at public outcry, Col. B. C.
Yancey bidding it off at #4,070. It was
established in 1855, and was for several,
years a leading Daily in Georgia.
Ap atrocious murder is reported to
have been perpetrated near Kingston,
Ga„ by a demon named Humphries, who,
in the attempt to kill his wife, caused the
death of his son. He had previously
attempted to ent his wife’s throat, but
had failed to kill her, and made his es
cape. His family moved to Kingston,
where he followed them and committed
tho crime abovd mentioned. He was
arrested, and will be tried, unless he
meets bis just deserts at the hands ol
the lynchers.
Atlanta is now getting up a srnsation
in the iulanticide line. The report of
three cases occurs in one issue of au At
lanta paper.
It is said that Shropshire of the Tele,
graph is not. happy, because Nilsson is
going to have the bud taste' to marry a
jounglellow with a full- bead ol hair,
aud a hawk-hill nose. The explana
tion of this is, shat our iriend Shropshire
■ nose how it ought to be himself."
Savannah bi?at everything in Bruns
wick at the recent regatta in the latter
place.
T S Nickerson, proprietor of the Scre
ven House, Savannah, died recently,
at Milwaukie, Wisconsin.
A colored doctor in Rome will be tried
lor successfully doctoring ball a score ol
his sable brethren. The mysterious
d.eath of the aforesaid “trooly loti" is
therefore clearly out attributable to Ku
Klux, unless this M. D. has been bribed
by tbe Klan.
Albert T. Bledsoe, LL. D., the cele
brated Editor of the ‘Southern Review,’
and author of ‘Bledsoe’s Theodicy,’ will,
it is reported, deliver the literary ad
dress at Emory College, Oxford, on the
19th of July.
It ie proposed to build a railroad
from Columbus to'-Atlanta, and from
some of the most prominent citizens of
Meriwether we learn a meeting is to be
held in Greenville in the interest of the
road.
In an affray ip Wilkinson county, be
tween Captain D. H. Tucker and two
brothers Parker, a Mr. Davis and one oi
the Parkers were killed, the other Par
ker mortally pod Tucker painfully
wenaded.
Fort Valley bu a Lodge of Good
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Talbotton is tn bave a huge negro
camp meeting in July.
Tbe juveniles of Bainbridge will
have some theatricals soon.
Bainbridge is endeavoring to inaugu
rate the base bsU/tlitease.T' t - ? (
in the-vicinity es Biarfcsbear
are generally good. „
Tbe Bainbridge in or oka ate close their
stores at 7, p. tn.
Alligators are numerous in tbe river
below Hawkiusville.
A large amount of land in Pulaski
county is devoted to tbe cultivation of
sweet potatoes.
Atlanta thinks ber sales during the
past year will foot up twenty-five mil
lions of dollars.
Forsytb and Covington are longing
for a railroad between those two places.
A Bainbridge man advertises thus:
“Good 'lemplars cau get drinks, and se
crecy guaranteed.’’
Cuthbert is now represented in tbe
Penitentiary by two well developed sui
frage singers-
Win. H. lienaid and James M. Thom
son, charged with arson, in Savaunah,
bave been acquitted by tbe jury.
Wm. Jepson, an old citizen of Colum
bus, was found dead in bis room Wednes
day morning last.
The friends of tbe Griffin and Madi
son Narrow Gauge Railroad are jubi
lant over their prospects of success.
The case of Martin, charged with the
murder of Wcstfnorrland. which -was in
court in Brunswick last week, resulted
in a mistrial.
Newnan is organizing a bank, loan
and trust company.' Books of subscrip
tion will be opened ou the 10th June.
First class business''men control tbe
premises.
Two servants at Dr. Humphries’ ho
tel’ at Stone Mountain, are reported to
bave died fiom tbe effects of eating
half a bushel of lettuce. Enough to
bave killed them.
According to tbe late census. Geor
gia has a greater colored population than
any other State in the Union; Virginia
comes next, then Alabama.
Carl, a notoriously bad negrq. was
shot and killed by the Marshal oFWar
reuton, Ga.. a few days ago. The Mar
shal tried to arrest him, aud Carl re
sisted him.
The leaso of the Macon and Western
Railroad by the Central bangs fire. It
is understood that an injunction has
been filed against the project. )
The Trustees of the Georgia Luna
atic Asylum elected Dr. Clias. L. Bass
2d Assistant, and Dr. Thomas Konsn
3d Assistant Physician,
Brooks county claims a population of
9,000. She produced last year 6,000
bales of cotton, a large surplus of pro
visions, and ber debt is small.
The following officers for the Baptist
State Orphan Home wefe chosen it At
lanta on the 2d inst.: Hon. Cincinnatus
Peeples. President; Lewis G. Bra’wford,
Secretary; J. H. James, Treasurer.
Note of the £37.
Dead fish can float down stream. It
takes a live one to go up.
A young lady, in Madison .devotes
her “hours of ease” to teaching a frog
how to sing. \ j
The lash that a man does not object,
to have laid on his shoulders-—the eye,,
lash of a pretty girl.
The black tulips of the South Caro
lina Legislature, “frow*’eight dollar Spit
toons at each other. r
“I thought you ttdd mfe; Doctor, that'
Smith’s fever had goue off!” “Oh, yesl
but it and Smith Went together/'
It was a woman, it is said, who
prompted man to eat, bnt he took to
drink on his own account afterward.
A darky who witnessed the explosion
of a shell for the first time exclaimed:
“See dai! hell hab laid an egg.”
A ucw comic paper called Puck is
published weekly at St. Louis, in tbe
German language.
In a speech at New York, Earl de
Gray called George Washington “one
of the most illustrious of Englishmen.”
Londoners say that one-third of the
population of that city never saw a
grain fieid.
A large portion Os the village of Wa
verly, N. Y„ was destroyed by fire on
Monday, including thirteen stores and
saloons and two hotels, involving a loss
of 575.000. Insurance/- $50,000.
Ladies’ watches are now made in an
oval case to look like lockets, and worn
on tbe necklace.
Brother Beecher denies the resurrec
tion of the body, aud objects to being
reminded that he has a soul;
The King of Bavaria has bad agardeu
laid out on the top of the palace at Mu
nich. In the ccutre of it is a lake, in
which swans arc seen swimming.
Long Branch is dubbed “the Summer
capital of the United States” by some
of witiy Northern papers, who say that
“the Administration” has arrived there.
The ladies of one town in tbe United
States—Opelika, had
the good taste and courage to discard
the chignon as a bead dress.
An Illinois rural paper advertises
thus: “Wanted—a good rain; Olio that
understands the business thoroughly.
Apply all over the country.”
The latest invention in advertising
is that of a Hartford patent raediciQe
man, who has sheared his dog. and pain
ted ou the auimal the name of tho uni
versal cure.
Tbe voters of Petersburg decline to
subscribe half a million dollars on be
half of their city to the Petersburg end
North Carolina Railroad.
The Marquis of Westmejat,.lately de
ceased, was the only Irish peer of that
rank that did not hold alsd a British
peerage.
North Carolipp only sends 2,000 bags
of peanuts this season, against 20,000
last year, and fears of a famine in this
delicious esculent are sorely felt.
'■ The population of Loudon on April
2d was 3,251, 80,!,_0r about 4.170 more.
Ibaß tiTe istifcat* made in January
last.- The net increase in the popoD-’
t»• i* is abeufcS6o S Jpar.g
At clever tepprtee is attributed to the
member from Mortaondom in tho new
Congress. A brother member asked
him how many wives he had. “Enough
to keep me from running after other
peoples’,” ho promptly replied.
It h said that Mace and Coburn have
been fighting these last seven years with
out coming to blows. Bjt for these
last seven weeks they have been blow
iog without coining to a fight.
A proposition to submit to the people
of Connecticut tbe question of having
only one State capital, instead of two,
as at present, was lost io the Senate of
that State by lacking one vote of tbe
necessary two thirds.
The England fisherman are complain
ing that ono account of the excessive
catrh this sea-on, tbe prices of codfish
and mackerel have not been so low for
many years.
A preacher in Summerville, Mass , as
serted, in a sermon last Sunday, that
that town is the wickedest in the Uni
ted States. Only 2,700 of its 16.000
inhabitants ever go to church.
There are said to be 1,000 rafts of
timber on the Susquehanna, between
Columbia r.nd Wiiliamsport, that are
prevented from goiug down by tberhal—
lowness of the water.
A young gentleman who had just
married a little beau.y says she would
bave been taller; but she is made of
such precious materials that nature
couldu’t afford it.
The Courier Journal says: Secreta
ry Fish again denies the deathless ru
mor that he is about to resign. Hung
be the heavens in black—however; the
thing isn’t worth the expense.
A man named Nickerson in Savannah
attempted to kill his wife, by chopping
her to pieces with a hatchet, and after,
as he thought, the fiendish deed was
accomplished, he committed suicide by
jumping into the river. The woman
has a bare possibility of recovery.
SUMMARY OF WEEKLY NEWS-
Domestic.
June 11.'—New York politicians are
making strong efforts to conciliate Gree
ly and Grant, lest the Republican party
split on them in the coming election..
A protest by the stockholders of the
Macon & Western Railroad against the
lease of that road by the Central, has
appeared, signed by twenty ope persons
representing 6,897 shares. .Mrs. Laura
Fair’s deatb-warraut has. been signed,
and is in the bands of the Sheriff. .Im
mense deposits of Carroll coalhavo been
discovered in Alaska. '
June 12.—A tornado passed through
several towns in Massachusetts, tearing
up trees with a ton of earth attached to
the roots, and prostrating houses, barns
and fences.. The Comptroller of Curren
cy at Washington, directs the Banks
throughout the country to report their
condition.. The Alumni of the Univer
sity of Alabama meet at Tuscaloosa on
tbe 21st. New Orleans, —The side
walks on Canal street are clear of water,
andon Galvey street it has fallen twen
six-inches. Most of the inhabited por
tion in that quarter will be clear of water
in a few days. The heavy rains, winds,
and hurricanes have done great damage,
uprooting trees, tearing down houses and
fences, Sec.
June 13.—Congressman Bowen, the
bigamist, has been convicted, and sen
tenced to two years imprisonment and
$259 fine. He is now in jail. He re
lies upon the hope of Presidential clem
ency . -Greely had a grand reception in
New York from the Republican Com
mittee last night. He severely de
nounced the Kn Klux of the Sottlb, but
said the carpet-baggers were the. great
est obstacles to the ascendency of the
Radical party.. Two hundred hogsheads
of tobacco were burned in a drying
house in Covington, 0hi0... The ship
Dou Juan from San Francisco was burn
at sea, and fine hundred coolies fastened
under the hatches were roasted.,l Wes
ton, the pedestrian at New York, walked
112 miles in 23 hours 45 minutes..An
other terrible storm has visited Galves
top, Texas, destroying bouses and sink
ing, wrecking and. driving ont to sea a
gieat number of vessels. .Four thousand
dollars worth ofcounterfeit Central Pacif
ic Railroad bonds were recently purchas
ed by the brokers of Boston. .Mason
stands first in the graduating class at West
Point, and Grant, the heir-apparent,
thirty-seventh—the fourth from the foot.
Rev. R. S. Lakin, of Alabama, testified
before the Ku Klux committee four
hours, giving- a terrible picture of affairs,
saying that Alabama was us had as ever.
His testimony is that scores of people
are either killed or driven off by tbe
outlaws.
June 14.—Gov. Lindsay of Ala., who
is in Washington, utterly denounces the
testimony of Mr. Lakin, whom he char,
acterizes as a liar, sneak and a stirrer up
of strife. Gov. Lindsay says that State
is quiet and peaceful. He will testify
to morrow.. The crops of California are
reported good for this year.. Weston, the
Democratic. Governor of New Hamp
shire, was inaugurated with imposing
ceremonies. .Gen. Toombs and Horace
Greely will be summoned to testify be
fore the Ku Klux committee at Wash
ington. .Trains are running across the
Mississippi river on the new Railroad
bridge at Keokuk, lowa.
June 15 —Subscriptions for buildings
for the International exhibition and
World’s Fair, in New York amount to
$357,000. The buildings cover twenty
three acres. .Recent advices from Penn
sylvania indicate that Gen. Hancock
will sweep everything for the next Pres
ident. .Commodore Josiah Tattnall died
at Savannah, Ga., aged 75. He will bo
buried at Bonaventure, his birth place,
about’foflr miles from the city.. The
State Convention of lowa, atDes Moines,
has accepted the New Departure by a
vote of 188 to 54 . fit is authoritatively
stated that Bowen will not be pardoned
by the President..Tbe Secretary of
War, instead of dismissing the negro Ca
det, Smith, as per sentence of Court Mar
tial, has commoted the sentence to one
year’s reduction of bis academic stand
ing.
June 16—A thunderstorm of extraor
dinary violence raged through Oregon
Woodbnll & Clafiin of New York,
have sued Henry Ward Beech< r and the
“Christian Union” Jcr libel. Damages
S (jpitM of ta million. .The railroad ex
gi||meut at Chattanooga is still raging.
A trail* by tbe nnpaid labor
erS'and taken off. . W ’eston.the pedestri
an, concluded 34l miles of his walk at
11 o’clock to-day, and will complete his
400 miles in the time specified.. The
Savannah Hose Company was cordially
received at Boston..A dispatch fiom
Lebanon, Vthio, states that Hon, G. L.
Vallandingham accidentally shSt him
self, and tho wonnd is thought.to be fa
tal. He was arguing a murder case, had
two pistols lying by him, and was show
ing how a man might have 'shot him-elf.
He accidentally took up tbe loaded one
instead of tbe empty, and fired it off, the
ball passing fhrough his abdomen. .Six
tong of twenty dollar gold pieces, or
$200,000. and a million of mutilated
currency is tit irantilu from San Fran
cisco to Washington.
June 17. —Hon.C. L. Vallandingham
died from theeffeotsof his wound ..Wes
ton best bis time 18 minutes, and mado
the last mile in eleven minutes and sev
en seconds-.lt is positively known that
Jules Favre is Minister from France to
the United States.. The celebration at
the Banker Hill Monument is progress
ing.. Mrs. C. L. Vallandingham was in
Cumberland, Md., attending tbe funeral
of her brother, Hon V. L. McMahon,
wheD the news of her husband's death
reached her.. Johnson is restored to the
Marshalsbip of South Carolina. .Bishop
Mcllvame of New York, and Thurlow
Weed, have gone to Europe.
Foreign-
June 11. —Bonapartist agents are ac
tually at work electioneering for the re
turn of Napoleon. .Serious riots have
occurred at Rouen, raised by the people
against the German troops.. The mem
bers of tbe Conservative party in Eng
land are actively at work against *he
ratification o! tho treaty agreed upon by
the Joint High Commission at Wash
ington.
June 12.—The Emperor and Empress
of Brazill have arrived at LDbon..The
starving people of Teheran, Persia, have
eaten fifty children.. Paris is crowded
with returning citizens and strangers..
The deaths from yellow fever at Buenos
Ayres are diminishing at the rate of
twenty a day, and business resuming..
Harvest prospects in France and Prus
sia are discouraging. .The idea of the
re-establishment of government in Paris
is gaining ground.. The Court Martial
for the trial of insurgents meets next
week. .
June 13. —The Lord Mayor of Dub
lin is dead..A negro in Jamaica, aided
by a woman, seized a little boy, cut his
body and drank his blood, then cut of
his upper lip, roasted and ate it. The
cries of tbe child were heard by a mao,
who rescued him. He lived long enough
to give an account of the horrible aot..
The small pox has broken out in sever
al towns of Central America. .The work
of restoration throughout Paris is rapid
ly progressing.
June 14. —Many Communist prisoners
are discharged for want of evidence.
Twenty-oneexecutions yesterday. -The
Mexicans are still fighting. The bom
bardment of Tampico is continued. The
rebels have inspired great torrorby their
fire, and have silenced the government
batteries.. The French bishops are mov
ing to re-instate the Pope in his temporal
possessions,.Rochefort is seriously ill;
and his trial has been postponed.. King
George of Greece will visit Copenhagen,
and goes via Trieste.. The Bank of
France has twenty-two million francs in
bullion.
June 15. —The press of France, except
the religions journals, ridicules tLe idea of
the Pope’s temporal possessions being res
tored. .Persons from Paris say that the
half has not been told of the disasters of
that city. The general destruction far
exceeds anjthing that has been yet re
potted. Many of the citizens will emi
grate to America.. Berlin presents an
unparalleled appearance of festivity.
June 16.— The French Government
will remain at Versailles until October..
The Pope has announced his intention
of repairing to Corsica, if Victor Eman
uel enters Rome. .The triumphal entry
of the German army into Berlin is ono
of the greatest/eter of modern times..
Thousands of foreigners are in the city.
Bismark has promised to dimiuish tile
army of occupation in France. Napole
on and Eugeuie have made a visit to the
Priucess of Wales.
June 17.— The triumphant entry of
tho German army was unprecedentedly
grand iu the closing scene...lnsurrec
tionary placards are again posted in Par
is. .Tampico, Mexico was stormed and
all the insurgents routed or captured.
Tbe yellow fever is raging at Veia
Cruz.. The press of the City of Mexico
culls on the people to repel an invasion
of the Yankees; A general revolution is
imminent.
“SATL3OADS TOO MUCH.”
The mania for tbe construction ofrail
rctuis is playing havoc with the equan
imity of a certain planter, who lives be
tween Milledgevilie and Macon, in the
ti iang e between the Central, and Macon
& Augusta Roads. His residence, is
about five miles from the Central main
trunk, half-a-dozen from the Milledge
ville branch, and two from the Augusta
line; moreover, he lives, in expectation
of seeing tha Savannah and Atlanta road
pass directly through his bouse. He
says that he must either cease farming,
or leave this country for tho West, as
in ten yearn he thinks there will not be
twenty square yards of arable land
in middle Georgia that is not cut by a
railroad track. Hiß opinion is, that the
people had better let railroads alone
and attend to the time-honored avocation
of tilling the soil in peace; or at least
if they will not, they ought to allow an
honest man to live in quist, an attend to
Lis own affairs.
We were shown on Saturday a cotton
bloom that came from a field cultivated
by a hard-working negro, and appar
ently, ike rain has interfered bat little
with his prospects, ashis entire field of
six acres has a stand of cotton two feet
high, filled wjth blooms, and entirely
free from grass. That beats any field
Jo have hentd of this season. — Southern
xeorim