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jk. '- \.gP~ • B*W3 Louisville, Ga: ~~ 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 Amytcd. I .p|i m M t*t* bl * tl "f* r S «%«#* V KM f _jL |l f 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