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Tli© Greoi'fria, 'W'eekl'v Telearraxih and. Journal &c Messenger. Telegraph and Messenger poor Farrow. IVo are really sorry for Mr. Attorney General Farrow. We liad no idea lie has been so swamped vitli business as to require so much legal help. ■\Vhyhis friend Bullock was actually forced, last year, to call for $14,580 worth of idd from other lawyers—his legal adviser was so burdened and overwhelmed with business. No wonder the poor mflu is bald, and wears specs, and has such a solemn presence. It’s enough to kill him. The names of the lawyers who were so kind as to help the Attorney General at Bullock’s re quest, and the beggarly pittance each man or firm received, are hereunto appended. Wo are almost as sorry for them as we are for Farrow: January 26—0. E. Broyles $ 50 00 March 3—0. A- Locbrane 2,000 00 August 21—L. J. Glenn & Bon 500 00 August 21—J. I*. Hopkins, Betainer 500 00 September 7—Hopkins A Dougherty 5,000 00 September 14—F.S. Fitch (out of practice) 500 00 September 23—Collier & Hoyt 2,500 00 September 27—Normally & Doyal 2,500 00 October 4—L. J. Gartrell 250 00 October 27—Alfred J. Smith 530 00 November 4—J. L. Hopkins 260 00 $14,5800 Decadence of the Sea. Island Cotton Gul- TOTE.—The low price of sea island cotton is dis couraging the planters of that variety, and many are discontinuing it altogether. The Charleston Courier has the following statement from a sin gle county in Florida : fph* inKnlor ofafcmanf nf UlA mull- berof acres of cotton planted by seventy-sir farmers of Alachua county, Florida, one of the best in the State for fine cotton, for the years 1869 and 1870, taken indiscriminately, shows the difference in the crop results for two years: 18C9 Uplands. Sea Islands. 76 planters planted 282 acres. 8,593 acres. 1870 Uplands. Sea Islands. 76 planters planted 5,419 acres. 1,866 acres. This is a fair average, we understand, for the whole country. The increase in the number of acres planted would have been greater but for the difficulty of procuring seeds. If a good crop is made this season, and remunerative prices obtained, the cultivation of long cotton will pretty generally be abandoned for the fu ture. Bonk Weekly fob Boys and Girls.—We have the May part of Burke’s Weekly for Boys and Girls. The publishers send ns the follow ing announcement: This admirable Southern publication has nearly completed its third year. A new volume will begin in July, and now is the time to sub scribe. The publishers promise a rich and varied programme for the new volume with many new features. Gen.. D. H. Hill says: “We have seen, we think, a large part if not all of the children’s papers in tho United States, and we regard Burke’s Weekly as superior to them all. In fact we would rather have it than all of the others combined.” Terms, $2 a year. J. W. Burke A Co., pub lishers, Macon, Go. Mercer University—A Shot ftr City V j SubierlpUoa. If your correspondent in this mornings issue, using the signature Fathers, will offer argument*, to show that the City Council should not make the proposed donation for college purposes, or. to show wherein, if at all, the location in the city of a first class Male College will enure more to the advantage of the rich than to the poor father, he shall have a respectful answer from one who honest ly holds to the opposite opinions. There was a call published in advance, for a meeting of the citizens to oonsider of this subject; the meeting was held according to appointment; respectable number of citizens, embracing different classes, was present; the matter was duly proposed and opportunity for discussion offered, and, “nemina contradicmtd'—without haste or hurry, the resolutions were put and carried—the first with but one opposing vote and the aeoond unanimously. The proper time and place for discussion was at that meeting. Then and there opposing views could have met, face to face, and all the “points” been openly and fairly canvassed. The writer is a father—living and supporting a family by his labor,—he has six children to educate, “jive 7iims and a Tier," and he and his wife are both still young. He wishes to give his children a better bringing up than his has been, and ho sees in the prospective loca tion of the College at Macon, the opportunity for the accomplishment of his cherished as pirations. Mr. A., the rich merchant, Mr. B., the banker, Mr. C.. the capitalist, and com pany can afford to furnish money for travelling expenses, high board, fine clothes, pocket change &o., Ac., for their sons at Howard, Yolo, Virginia University, or even at Athens, and not miss the amount, and it is a good con dition to be in, but the writer, a plain laboring man, cannot. He might start the thing with George Washington, but long before he conld get down to Jeff Davis the resources would vanish. He can by saving “candle ends and sich,” manage to pay high tuition. Ho can by living on “hog and hominy,” manage to hoard the lads at home. Their washing and patching can be done at home, and old garments be made “almost good as new.” The boys can find odd jobs about town to furnish themselves with pocket funds. Then he wishes—yes wants—his boys to re main at home. He can overlook them himself as much as they may require, and moreover, he likes association with them any how, to hear their talk abont their studies, Cicero, triangles, lectures, society debates, honors, and the girls. These are personal details and personal feel ings, but they also are the personal details and feelings of a large class of worthy citizens of this city. We want the College. We think it cheap at the donation. Maconxan. The Georgia Bill. The Washington correspondent of the Cou rier-Journal under date of May 22d, writes thus: “The friends of Bullock & Company are de moralized somewhat by the resolution of the Senatorial investigation, and the prospect is, that a bill less liberal in its provisions to that regime, will pass Congress. The conservative Republicans and Democrats are fully united to oppose the bill which has been agreed on by the Reconstruction Committee and have agreed to support a measure to admit the State at once and to provide for an election of the Georgia Legislature next falL” The bill agreed upon by the Reconstruction Committee, and which leaves the question of the tenure of office of the Legislature an open one, will probably come up in the Honse to day. If so, our telegrams will give the latest information on the subject. As Brigham Young grows older, with more wives and more children, and the latter reach ing the age when dres3 is naturally a prominent matter with them, the persistency with which he denounces the fashions of the Gentile world de monstrates the fact that he feels one of the bur dens which must inevitably come with such a large family. In his sermon before the confer ence his instructions to the Saints were very decided in tone. He classed the entire range of fashions as devices of the wicked, bonnets, boots and parasols, all to be condemned by those of the true faith; and when he asked the ladies to signify their determination to make their own clothes and not to make them in the fashion, the Tabernacle was white with upraised hands. If Brigham Young can array the entire female population of his dominion in opposition to the fashions as they receive them from the East, he will accomplish a greater feat than he did in planting the barren soil of Utah and building up a colony there—for his opposition is not to fashions as they exist at present, but to fashions at all; and in attacking the right of woman to change the size of her bonnet or the length of her skirt, he impeaches one of her moat inalienable privileges. The bombs which were alleged to have been manufactured for the destruction of the Empe ror Napoleon were filled with a new fulminating powder as dangerous to the maker as to his vic tim. The substance was unknown up to the present, and is formed of twenty parts of chlor ide of potash, ten of prnssiate of potash, and five of snlphur in powder. The slightest fric tion, pressure, or shock, produces an explosion of fearful violenoe. Competent persons, who have examined the projectiles, consider them terrible engines of destruction, but most unfit for assassinating a person in a carriage. They wonld have to be thrown from an elevated pos ition, and from the form of the shell and the force of explosion, it is thought that the debris would not rise, but sweep along tho ground.— Flung from a barricade into a close column of troops, the effect would be fearfuL ■Washington correspondents report that the Spanish Legation were so badly frightened at the statement that 15,000 American officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of our late volunteer armies, had enrolled themselves in tho Goicuria movement at New York, that A secretary was sent to that city to learn the frets. One of General Jordan’s suite told him they designed to build a monument of Span iards, cement it with Spanish blood, and crown it with tho bodies of De Rodas and Volmaseda, in retaliation for the garroting of General Goicuria, . ■ i-—— The New York Sun says tho Republican party in that State is rowed up—sewed up—done np— and “tho sooner it gives it to be understood that under no possible circumstances can Grant be its candidate for a re-election, the better it will be for that party.” Thebe were fine rains at Americas and Daw son Wednesday afternoon. In fact, from the look of the clouds to the east, south, south east and south-west, and from what we hear, the impression is that Wednesday’s rain was general and heavy. The late Mr. Littell, of “Littell’s Living Age,” was oertainly one of the most remarkable men of tho age. His parents named him “Eliakim,” and yet he grew np, founded a very popular magazine, enjoyed general good health, and actually lived to the age of seventy-nine— which shows what a load some men can carry, and not even stagger. The Courier-Journal says they do things on the run, out West. When the two trains were mashed by a collision on the Missouri Pacific railroad, the other day, one of the first to crawl out from the wreak was a man, holding in his hand a telegraphic dispatch to a lawyer in St. Louis, telling him to bring suit against the road for ten thousand dollars damages. Well sutplixd.—Charleston has three daily papers, one seint-weekly, six weeklies and two monthly magazines. The hoariest internal tax, and a very distress ing one, paid on ardent • liritp, is paid every Bieriing by those who drink the stuff at night Counterblast for Atlanta. Our correspondent S. and others, profoundly interested in the fortunes of Atlanta, complain of a supposed local jealousy on the part of Ma con and other “ small villages ” of their suck ling Chicago; whereas, if the court knows her self, she feels none at all. It is true, when those profound and ingenious gentlemen of the Atlanta press pitch into Macon, as they fre quently do, on account of her odious quietude and supposed insignificance, we occasionally return tho fire in a modest way; but that is simply an illustration of the law of self-defence. So far from wishing ill to Atlanta, we bid her good speed in her upward flight to glory and greatness, and hope her morals will improve with her fortunes. And again: ./Uthough we are oppoeedto At lanta as the capital of Georgia, and hold that the record of our public administration there should have black lines written round it; yet if the capital must bo there, we have no violent prejudices against the mere bricks and mortar composing the Kimball Opera House. On a question between buying that at a fair price and building a more costly structure, we should probably agree with our correspondent. Our point wonld be economy of expenditure. And lastly, this paper has ever held to. the policy of welcoming immigration into Georgia. We have never had any sympathy with those who wonld proscribe a genuine Northern immigra tion, if there be really any such in Georgia.— We rejoice to see a- growing disposition in the North to make Southern investments, and so far 03 such men as Kimball, are concerned, the only regret we have is that there are not many more them to set business on foot with their enter prise and capital. We hope that all Northern men who invest in Georgia property will reap an ample return in bnsiness profits and increase of values. Such men are now setting on foot in Maoon, one of the grandest industrial enter prises in the State, which will afford employ ment to hundreds of operatives. Let them come—the more the better. What this or' any other Southern paper may have said in refer ence to mere political adventurers, never was intended to have the slightest application to men who identify themselves by their labor or capi tal with the progress and prosperity of the State. The Canada Invasion. According to the noon telegrams that “enter prise of pith and moment,” the invasion of Canada, and a big battle in pursuance thereof, were suddenly arrested by United States Mar shal Foster, who nabbed the Fenian Generalis simo, O'Neil, and carried him off in a hack. As O'Neil bad solemnly sworn to fight to the death The fieergla Press. The Newnan Defender aaye lie crop of peach es in that ooonty is smaller than usual, but sufficient will be raised for the wants of the people. The wheat crop of the county ia un usually good. Meningitis has disappeared from Newnan. It attaoked only negroes. A letter to the OonstUntion, from West Point, has the following with xeferenoe to the reoent fire there: - *’ • _ West Ponrr, Ga., May 23, 1870. A destructive fire broke out this morning at 2} o’clock in tbe bnilding occupied by M. A. Bridges, destroying tbe entire block, which em braced four business houses, occupied respec tively bv M. A. Bridges, jeweler; J. W. Oalin & Co., druggists; G. O. Lvon, grooer; Beaty & Gibson, grocers. Bridges 1 loss $3,500, insur ance $8,000; J. W. Oran A Co.’s loss $2,500, no insoranoe; G. C. Lyon’s loss, $3,000, in surance, $1,500; Beaty A Gibson’s loss $11,000, insurance $6,000. The entire block was owned by W. O. Darden, and estimated to be worth $12,000. A party of gentlemen from Columbus, du ring a seven days’ marooning at Apalachicola, recently, killed three deer and caught several cart loads of fish. ° Two negro boys, aged about 14 years each, drove a baker’s wagon over a small white child named Grehooley, Tuesday, in Columbus, seri ously injuring it. One was arrested, but the other escaped to Girard. Macon A Augusta Railroad.—The Chronicle and Sentinel of Wednesday says s From Mr. George Hull, agent of M. K. Jes sup A Co., the contractors for building the Ma con and Auernste Railroad, vro learn that the railroad will be finished through to Macon in sixty days. Some delay has been caused by un expected events transpiring, or the road would have probably been finished at an earlier day. Under the head, “Letting Out Secrets,” the Chronicle says: Bryant, in a late issue of the Georgia Re publican, gives tbe publie some insight as to the causes which have disrupted the Republican party in Georgia, and as to the differences be tween the two hostile wings—the Reconstructed Republicans and Radical Republicans. It ap pears that in the Oomulgee circuit there were the names of two candidates for the position of Judge of the Superior court. One, Judge Phillip T. Robinson, the present incumbent, who had been a secessionist and an officer in the Confederate army; the other, GoL Isham Fannin, a very respectable gentleman; and a lawyer who, in a practice of thirty years, had attained some eminence, but who is awfully afflicted with blue-light Federalism—a Union ist under all circumstances. Of the two, Bollock preferred the ex-Gonfederate, and alleged as a reason for this preference that “he had more confidence in the rebels who came to our (his) side, than in the old Union men. Three houses were struck by lightning in and near Augusta Friday night The Confederate building at the Arsenal was strnck a short time since, and daring the reoent thunder storm a tree in the same enclosure was demolished, and one in Delaigle’s Grove struck. The residence of Judge Platt, at'Aiken, was struck on the same night Of the progress of work on the Augusta and Port Royal Railroad. The Chronicle says : Iron enough has been received to lay the track to Yemasee—a distance of five miles—and several cars and a locomotive having been re ceived, that mnch of the line is being operated. Besides this, we learn that sixteen hundred tons of iron for this road are now in Charleston awaiting shipment Negotiations, we under- staed, are still in progress looking towards the crossing of the Savannah river by this road on the bridge being built by the Charlotte, Colum bia & Augusta and South Carolina Railroads, in stead of bnilding one of its own below the Sand bar Ferry. The Constitutionalist says a number of prom' inent railroad officials were in that city Tues day, among them R. B.. Bridges, President of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Com pany, W. A. Walker, Treasurer of the same cor poration, and Vice President Tyler and Super intendent Peake, of the South Carolina Rail road. Their visit was understood to have some reference to the project of building in connec tion with other roads a handsome union passen ger depot. Of the extensive forgery, or rather series of forgeries, recently brought to light in Savannah, the Republican of Wednesday says: The fact that Epstein & Einstein have been for some time raising large sums of money by means of forged indorsements, was accidentally disclosed yesterday morning. It appears that the names of Meinhard, Brothers & Co. have been forged to the amount of about $17,000, that of Blun A Meyer to the amount of some $.">,000, George Gemenden for some $7,000 or $8,000, and A. A. Solomons for $4,000. When the discovery was made, a warrant, charging Epstein A Einstein with the offence of forging the indorsement of Meinhard Bros. & Co. upon a note for $3000 was issued by Justice Wade, upon which Mr. Einstein was arrested and gave bonds for his appearance for trial at the next term of the City Court, but Epstein could not be found. Upon the arrest of Mr. Einstein it transpired that he was not the partner of Epstein, but that his son, who resides in New York, was his partner, where- Memphls Conference. Mzmfbis, May 23. Editor* Telegraph and Meistjiger ' The new Bishop, Dr. Keener, modsstly took hiapiaoe imosg the rest of the Bishops this mor ning. The ordinary ceremonies of yesterday were very impressive. In addition to the college of Bishops, all of whom took part, Dr. J.- Hamilton, of Mobile, and Rev. N. Craven, of New Orleans, also assisted in tho consecra tion. - - —* Rev. R. J. Harp, well known in Georgia, made a statement in reference to the de pository at New Orleans. Altogether it was regarded as a success. The past year the sales aggregated over $40,000; the profits in four yean aggregated $12,000. Report No. 1 of Sunday School Committee was taken np, read by resolution, and adopted. A uniform system of lessons were recommended. An improvement of the Sunday School Visitor, also was recommended, (as all the report is rec ommendatory) and issued every week. ASunday School Secretary was ordered, under whose su pervision the whole Sunday - School .interest shall he placed. The city of New Orleans for many years has been an exception to the common usage of Methodism. The ministers stationed there were not liable to the chaage which, applied to all other points. But at the last Annual Confer ence in Louisiana, they unanimously petitioned the General Conferer.ee to remove this restric tion. It was granted, and now the preachers there will be moved as all other ministers are. A committee of five were ordered to prepare a Sunday School Hymn and Tune Book for the use of the Sunday Schools in the denomination. It is a want that long has been felt. A large number of lay delegates have left, and the Bishops had. to shut down upon the granting of leave of absence, unless the circum stances imperatively demand it. It Is now thought that the Conference will adjourn on Thursday next. Many will leave on to-morrow, and among them your correspondent. Memphis, May 24, 1870. We had a fine shower last night which has “quickened the things that were ready to die,” and allayed thefears of many that we were from the intense heal about to me . The dust that has been sweeping over tbe city at the meroy of the winds, this morning is as quiet as a sleep ing lamb. It vas a blessing in meroy sent Between Chattanooga and this city the dust has been intolerable. As many of ns leave to-night for GeoiGia, vs can appreciate the blessing. The propostion of Dr. A. T. Bledsoe to iden tify the Southern Review with the fortunes of the Southern Methodist Church, was duly con sidered by an ahla committee and accepted. He agreeing to eliminate the political and substi tute a theological department, and assuming all pecuniary respomibility and reaping all profits. Dr. J. M. Bonrell, President of Wesleyan Fe male College of jour city, in connection with Dr. N. X. Harrison, of Atlanta, and Dr. T. O. Summers, of Nashville, Term., were appointed a committee to prepare a hymn and tone book for the use of Southern Methodist Church con gregations. An admirable as well as a judicious selection. The present session has developed a strong desire for speaking reputation. As a proof of it, a member from North Carolina was np on the floor twenty-five times in one day. If he continues in the way of well doing he-will learn to speak, whether he makes much reputation or not. - Bishop MeTyeire decided to-day that the General Conference conld not amend the report of the Board of Foreign Missions, or-the report of any other board created at a former Confer ence. - The Conference gave permission to the Bish ops to organize a Conference in any Territory where there is not already a Conference of the M. E. Church South, when in their judgment such an organization would be for the best in terests of the Church. A resolution looking to the revival of class- meetings was introduced and passed. This can not, with the present indisposition of the peo ple towards them and the low state of spiritual life, ever be accomplished. It was a great power in this denomination in other days, but its glory has departed. Tho constitution of the Missionary Society was presented, and so amended that its origina tors would hardly know it. No report has been so completely torn to pieces as tins during the entire session. There is to be a President, Sec retary and Treasurer, and a Board of Directors consisting of eleven in number. May 25th. The missionary constitution was finished after a long discussion by adopting it as amended. Thus all the missionary operations are confined to one Board. The report of the Committee on Episcopacy, relative to the veto power, was adopted Without much discussion. The election of General Conference officers then came np, with a number of candidates for the various offices. After several ballotings the following was the result: General Book Agent.—Dr. A. H. Bedford, of Louisville, Ky. Book Editor.—Dr. T. O. Summers, of Ala bama Conference. He has long held this position. Missionary Secretary.—Dr. J. B. McFerrin, of Nashville, Tenn. This leaves out the elo quent Dr. Munsey, who has been so successful in the past. Sunday School Secretary—Rev. Atticus G. Haygood, of Atlanta, Ga. This is a new office just created and the selection of Secretary be ing judicious. Editor Home Circle—Dr. N. P. narrison, of Atlanta, Ga. This monthly Magazine has been discontinued ever slnoe the first year of the Weekly It can me of Foreign Affairs. PREPARED FOB THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER. GREAT BRITAIN. Though such eminent men aa John Stuart Mill ana Fawcett are devoted to the cause of female suffrage, the British people at large are opposed to the emancipation of women in Eng land. The English argue that the true empire of woman is her homo, where she-has the best opportunity of making her inffuenoe felt by property bringing up the younger generation, on whose shoulders tbe safety of the empire will rest at some future time; they fear that the ballot would deprive the women of England of that reserve and modesty which will always exercise so great a charm over the heart of man; and; politically, thoy apprehend that female voters would bo guided too much by the insinu ations of tbe clergy. In accordance with this opinion is the decision of tho British Parlia ment. The female suffrage bill laid before Parliament has been morally defeated, Bon- verie’s proposition to postpone it for six months having pawed by a majority of 126 votes. Long nliAAni rAAnivml tWfl cheers received this decision. The naughty Fenians will not allow poor John Bull a minute's rest. 'While the Dominion of Canada is threatened by a Fenian raid, the London polioe have arrested fifty people, sup posed to be Fenians, who had just arrived from Liverpool. They were all armed with revolvers and well supplied with money. The prisoners were examined and remanded. The charge preferred against them was bnt ill sustained by the evidence. Queen Victoria opened the new University building in London in the presence of the most distinguished members of the Cabinet and Par liament. The Earl of Granville, George Groto, and Robert Lowe, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, received the Queen on the threshold and presented her an address. Her Majesty, instead of reading the lengthy and tedious answer pre pared beforehand, bad the good sense to con dense her whole speech into this laconic ad dress : “I declare this building opened.” The bill allowing a husband to marry a de ceased wife's sister, was rejeoted by the trifling majority of four votes in the House of Com mons on the 19th instant Lord Houghton ad vocated in vain the abolition of the restriction by citing Talmudic authority to prove that such marriages had the sanction of the remotest antiquity. Disraeli’s novel, “Lothair,” has been favor ably received by the British Press. He is said to have sold the copyright for ten thousand pounds. France.—Comparative quiet is reigning imperial France. The Corps Legislatif counted and verified the vote on tbe Plebiscitum. The result was received with vociferous “Vive V Empereor” by the majority. When Jules Simon, a deputy attempted, to pass a severe critioism on the way the election had been conducted, tbe Chamber refused to hear him. The session closed with repeated shouts “Vive 1’ Empereur’ on tho part of the majority. The police are still arresting many person, believed to be connected with the regicide plots The measures against the Radical press are very severe. Several of them were seized and heavily fined. The sentences pronounced upon the Radical editors are truly draconic, four editors of “Le Rappel” having been sentenced to five years imprisonment each. The Prince Imperial mot with a painful so cident by falling from a velocipede and sprain ing his foot . ’ The high court of justice, which tried Pierre Bonaparte, will, exceptionably, sit npon the al leged regicides, to afford them an impartial beanng. The Tribunal will assemble on Juno 15 th. j • Zi The Emperor’s speech in reply to the address of the Legislative bodies is full of fair promis- e.s. If he carries them out faithfully, Franco will have no reason for complaining of her ruler. Austria—A Democratic manifesto, signed by several members of the Reichsrath, urges the conciliation of nationalities, and various re forms in the laws and administration of tho Empire. There died, in Prague, the Capital of Bohe mia, where he had been living for twenty years, an Irish refugee, Duffy, a teacher of languages, and formerly one of the leaders of the “Young Ireland” party. A fortnight before his death he was conveyed to a hosipital; but growing worse, he called one day for a cab, and drove, to the house of a lawyer; at his request, one of the clerks took a seat beside him and drew np his last will. One hour after his return to the hos pital the testator died. Though generally be lieved to be very poor, he left 2000 florins to the doctor who waited on him, 2000 florins to the lawyer’s, clerk who drew up his will, and 20,000 florins to a sister still living in Ireland. This entire legacy consisted in Austrian bonds. His dwelling being examined, a number of in teresting letters were found in a mattress filled with rotten straw, which,. suspended from the ceiling like a hammock, had served the deceas ed as a bed. Most of these letters were from Smith O'Brien, and the other “Young Ireland’ chiefs, a few bearing the signatures of Hazzini and Garibaldi. One communication contained the particulars of Smith O’Brien’s arrest in 1848. Duffy was at the time of his death, about 63 years old. Spain.—Spain is emancipating herself more and more from the influence of the Roman church. The Cortes has passed a law introducing civil marriage into the country. The fact that the vote was 142 to 34 may serve as an illcstra ticn[of the religious tolerance which is fast spreading over Spain. However incredible it may appear, we are as sured that Espartero, the Duke of Vittorio, has at last accepted the Spanish crown. strongly guarded ; but the troops, after a few disnltory shots, broke ranks and fraternized.— The crowd entered the Palace and, displaying tbe popular flag and singing national songs, marched through the corridors and grounds without committing any violenoe. The Prime Minister, the Duke de Louie, having laid down his office, Saldanha resigned his command into the hands of the King, wko charged him with forming a new Cabinet. The people took little or no part In the movement, though the citizens of Lisbon, Oporto and other cities, are sympa thizing with the Duke of Saldanha. Jabno. upon eight attachments, amounting in the ag gregate to the sum of $25,794 were issued and plaoed in the hands of Sheriff Dooner, who pro ceeded forthwith to take possession of their dry goods store on Congress street 1 We are also told that Mr. Epstein borrowed three hundred dollars from Mr. Gemenden, three hundred from A. A. Solomons, and three hun dred from Mr. G. L Taggart on Monday. We learn that the Merchant’s National Bank of Savannah is the heaviest sufferer by these forgeries, but there are other victims whose names we could not learn. The Savannah News has seen “a Invariant stalk of cotton, some twelve inches high, with several “squares" on it, which was presented to us by Capt. J. B. Oliver, of this city. This stalk was pulled up in a field of forty acres, on the plantation of Dr. W. J. Oliver, near Bain- and conquer Canada, or be carried back “a bridge, Ga. Although no crop in that section M /> Jt mk mama OTTflvft CfO 1 ilrn DA '(IVrtn 4 FI ^Arfvr demned most unpleasant body,” and as none of the other Finnegans were under the binding force of this sanguinary obligation, they wise ly concluded to discontinue the fight, and the list of casualties footed up two killed and two wonnded. Meanwhile, the United States and the British Governments were both hurrying on troops, and we hope, therefore, that this ridiculus and criming enterprise is as good as exploded with- out further damage. Mercer University—A Shot at City Subscription. Macon, May 26, 1870. Hear a. Editor a ;—We notice that a few gen tlemen of our city have voted away $125,000 of city bonds for the benefit (if accepted) of Mer cer University.' By what authority do these gentlemen act ? The city charter distinctly lim its aggregate indebtedness to $250,000, which amount it now owes and struggles hard to pay interest on - The University should be located here, bnt the amount raised should be by indi vidual subscription and not at the expense of a debt ridden city. How many tax payers and voters were in that meeting ? If the question was submitted to the people it would he de feated overwhelmingly. Many Tax Payers. Alleghany Springs, Ya.—There is no doubt about the extraordinary medicinal excellence of this water, which is strikingly demonstrated every season. As a place of pleasant sojourn and excellent accommodatsons, too, it has no superior in the mountains of Virginia. The Alleghany will be open on the first of Jnne, prepared to accommodate in its agreeable style all who may seek tbis fountain of health and pleasure. ,-ri,.at—nS m* Capt. Calhoun, the resident proprietor, in forms ua that his information so far leads him to expect a fine season. Tbe applications for quarters have already been large. The terras have been reduced to suit the times, and every exertion will be made to please and benefit all visitors-:—Lynchburg Virginian. Benj. Gibbs, - of Mississippi, is awarded the belt for being the homeliest man in the Uni versity of Virginia. would average anything like so large, the forty acres mentioned, would. The crop prospect is reported as flattering in Decatur aud Thomas counties. Rain is begin ning to be needed on all crops, especially oats. But fields have never been freer from grass, perhaps, at this season of the year, and the cul tivation of crops never more thorough.” Judge O. A. Lochrane has. recently bought $10,000 worth of real estate at VanWert. There was a fine rain in Atlanta yesterday. Mr. C. H. Moorefield, an old and highly re spected oitizen of Borne, died Saturday. Bouilly, of the Hawkinsville Dispatch, adver tises a tomb-stone for sale at his office. That’s a bully way of advertising a town. The Dispatch says a timely and refreshing shower of rain descended on Tuesday afternoon last. There was enough of it to make puddles in the streets. It was greatly needed, as gar dens were burning np, ootton suffering, the heat oppressive, and the dust a nuisance. Macon Telegraph & Messenger.—It is'with pleasure that we call the attention of our read ers to the advertisement of this paper. It is one of the best, ablest and most courteous jour nals in the State. Measles are very prevalent in Athens. Many grown persons and children have died. The Cartersville Express says: On Monday afternoon we had a light shower and at night, a most cheering rain. Crops being well worked during the dry spell, will now grow rapidly. -u #•*$•■_ J)’- : Corn being at almost famine prices, we are glad that the wheat crop of Bartow has not promised a better yield since 1857. From Sumter County. ni’.-J-coM Americus, May 25, 1870. Editors Telegraph and Mesaengen—Youoopied a few days since a statement of tbe Sumter Re publican, in which the moat flattering accounts were given of the growing crops in this section. With few local exceptions we have, in Sumter and surrounding counties, Buffered from pro tracted drouth bo that the oat crop is a failure, corn very small and thousands of sores of oot ton not yet np, with thousands more only a half stand. Should our section be a fair average of ootton prospects for another crop, despite bet ter preparation and higher fertilizing, we should say hold on to any ootton on hand. Gardens a complete failure. Irish potatoe vines are dead. Sumter. Dr. E. H. Myers, of Macon, was re-elected to editorship of tho Southern Christian Advocate. The business of the session is nearly closed, and many are leaving for home. So good-bye for the present. I’ K' 'LaReve. Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs.—The advertisement of these celebrated Springs ap- appears in the Virginian to-day. They are now open for the reception of visitors, and are pre pared, under the enlarged capacities, to accom modate fromfifteen hundred to two thousand guests. The reputation of the White Sulphur is so extended that little need be said in commenda tion of it. As the centre of fashion it has no rival in the South, and is fast rising to the popu larity of the great resorts of the North. In point of the value of its water and beauty of its scene ry, it is far ahead of them, and should attract many of those who are in the habit of spending their Summer vacations at Saratoga and Long Branch. They will find more real enjoyment and benefit here in Virginia than at those over crowded places. Now that the railroad is com pleted to the White Sulphur and that access is so easy, we expect to see the number of its guests greatly increased and circumscribed only iy the capaoity to accommodate. But the enterprise and resources of the Messrs. Peyton are equal to any emergency, and if they havn’t room enough for all they will make it. No Springs season in Virginia is complete without it includes a sojourn at the White Sulphur.—Lynchburg Virginian. The Fall-Elections.—The fall elections this year are to decide not only the character of the next House of Bepresentatives, hut also, to a certain extent that of the Senate. Twenty Sen ators will be elected by the next State Legisla tures. The Senators whose terms expire on the 4th of March next are Morrill, of Maine; Cragiu, of New Hampshire; Wilson, of Massa chusetts; Anthony, of Rhode Island; Cattell, of New Jersey; Willey, of West Virginia; John son, of Virginia; Abbott, of N. O.; Robertson, of S. C.; Fowler, of Tenn.; Grimes, of la.; How ard, of Michigan.; Thayer, of Na.; Ross, of Kansas; Yates, of Illinois; McDonald, of Arkan sas; Revels, of Mississippi; Williams, of Oregon; Harris, of Louisiana; Warner, of Alabama; Saulsbury.of Delaware; McCreery,' of Kentucky, and Norton, of Minnesota. The outgoing sena tors are all Republicans, except Sanlsbnry, Mc Creery and Norton. The seat of Mr. Fowler has already been filled by a Democrat, and that of Mr. Grimes by a Republican. The Demo crats will probably lose one senator in Minne sota, and gain in New Jersey, Oregon, and per haps one or two Southern States. In many of the States the contest will be spirited,for person al as well as for political reasons.— Charleston News. New Opera House in Baltimore.—The Bai- timori&ns are projecting a new Opera House of grand proportions on the north aide of Fay ette street. John T. Ford is to have the man agement. It ia stated in the Naw Orleans Prices Cur rent that the increase in the number of acres now under cultivation in Louisiana is from fifteen to twenty per oent. over the acres plant ed last year. Insurrections and riots are again a daily oc- currency in the Italian Peninsula. The Prov inces of Venetia, Romagna, Naples, and tho Island of Sicily, are this time the oenters of the movement. It appears that Mazzini has suc ceeded in forming a conspiracy extending over the whole land, which proposes to change the Kingdom of Italy into a Republic, with Rome as its capital. It is believed that the agitator, whom the Government was obliged to banish from Italy on account of his unceasing plot ting, is secreted in Genoa. The Garibaldiana are supposed to have made common cause with the Mazzinists; the Italian frigates are there fore cruising around the coast of Caprera to prevent the old warrior from leaving his Island Home to join ths insurgents. Menotti Gari baldi was accused of having taken part in the recent disturbances in Pavia; bnt he asserted his innocence, and there being no evidence, he was discharged. The Government is on the watch, apprehending the outbreak of serious troubles at any time. Bat, not knowing where the first blow is to be struck, the authorities are at a loss how to act. In the larger cities strong parols are parading the streets day and' night. The' troops are consigned in the barracks, fully equipped detachments are stationed at the principal railroad depots, to be dis patched at a minute’s warning to any point of the kingdom. If we examine into the causes of these symp toms, we must trace them back to the precari ous financial condition of the country. Since the existence of the Kingdom of Italy, the taxes have more than doubled, while the na tional wealth of the land has not increased in the same proportion. The secret revolutionary emissaries are availing themselves of the dis satisfaction of an overburdened people to real ize their Utopian dreams of an Italian republic. Fortunately, the Government is strong enough to uphold its authority. Mazzini will neither advance the annexation of the remaining Papal dominions nor the proclamation of the Repub lic. This last plot of the agitator will but swell the number of the Italian patriots who staked their lives and liberty on the realization of his plans, while the leaderwisely secrened himseif from the avenging arm of justiee. The latest reports on hand bring intelligence of unusual outrages oomitted in Naples and the Island of Sardinia. Nothing new has transpired from the oonncil. The report that the canonization of Christopher Columbus is contemplated sounds too strange to be credited without being officially confirm ed. We are assured that von Beust, the Aus trian chancellor andcourt Andrassy, the Hun garian Premier, have agreed to forbid the pro mulgation of any deoree of the Eoumenioal Council declaring the infallibility of the Pop. Portugal.—Portugal, generally exciting but little interest, claims suddenly our attention. For some time past there has existed a good deal of dissatisfaction among the Fortngaese people owing to tbe exorbitant taxation. The Ministry, which had been instrumental in bring ing this burden npon the people, was, therefore, the object of tbe popular indignation. The Duke of Saldanha, a Marshal of Portugal, is a favorite leader, and, though eighty years old, is still possessed of great ambition. He oon- ceived the plan of overthrowing the Ministry and secured the support of the troops for that purpose. On the 19th Inst, he pat his project into execution by attacking and carrying, after a short struggle, the Citadel of Lisbon, the Castle of St. George. The Duke then marched to the Royal Palace, which, however, he found Letter From Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga., May 25, 1870. Editors Telegraph and Messenger : You see that my letter is dated from Atlanta, and please read me that riddle called Atlanta. From Sa vannah to Macon or Augusta, and from thence to Columbus across the width of the State, you see business wearing a very grave aspect indeed. Many men are gloomy over the financial pros pect, and of course external affairs sympathise with this state of things. And while, it is true that the vitality and courage everywhere visi ble' in the State, in the midst of all the discour agements incident to the recent past, are admi rable indeed; yet candor compels me to say that the aspect of things generally is neither joyous nor bright But this place makes the ex* ception. Go where you will, taking Washington City as your point of departure, if your direc tion point South or Southwest, this place, for bustle, life and cheering signs of prosperity, far surpasses all others so far as I can bear witness. They tell me here that for years the large rail road expenditure disbursed in Atlanta every thirty days, gave birth to a solid cash business utterly unknown to the business customs of the cotton belt. But, evidently, this trade must be inadequate to the support of the extent of the business which seems to be done here. I have been told that one dry goods jobbing honse in the city sold last year one million, a tobacco house more than $400,000 and several grocery houses upwards of $500,000 worth of good*. These figures will, to the merchant princes of great business centres, sound quite insignificant I am aware, but I am just as certain that few merchant prinoee have so little business sense as not to know that in an interior city, situated inaseotion where business is so generally dif fused and divided out among men of limited means, that this showing is far from contempt ible. Then superadd that the place that makes this record was a heap of ruins on the first day of January, 1865, three thousand houses out of four swept away by fire, with ten thousand other wonderful things, and one may well afford to join the general woDder at Atlanta’s present prosperity. An old resident declared in my hearing that if he failed to make the circuit of the city every fortnight he lost the ropes, and the town grew out of his knowledge. There is now a string of residences from the city to Deoatur, a distance of six miles, and bo in every direction out Atlanta is stretching her arms. Of course she must have a great many more than the usual dual allowance. The fa mous old Thompson lot, so long a grim repul sive blank, has been sold to Mr. H. L Kimball for the enormous sum of $98,000. The news had hardly reached the ears of the public, before the spot was crowded with men and vehicles busy at-the excavation, that has been already completed—the area walls far ad vanced, and the substructure of much of the first story well begun. The plans and elevation of the magnificent Hotel with which Mr. Kimball intends to sup plant the old “Thompson’s,” have not, I under stand, been submitted to the eye of the public, bnt enough is known to give the assurance that there is nothing now existing in the South out of New Orleans orLonisville that will at all com pare with it. The remarkable talent which Mr. Kimball unquestionably possesses for the inter nal and commodious adjustment of the various parts of a great bnilding gives assurance, that when his great hotel is completed—that for comfort and internal convenience, nothing will excel it in the South. After all, is not this the main thing to be re garded in the estimation, we are called on to place upon a public building ? When sensible people come to pass judgment adaptivenessand not vain glorious show will cast the balance. If this is true, we then must say that the eapitol building, mainly constructed under Mr. Kim ball’s direct control, is, all things considered, the very best structure of its sort we ever saw. We will not stop to compare the State house here with the old rookery at Milledgeville, but challenge the admirers of those ambitious structures either at Nashville or Columbia to the comparison. We have carefully and im partially surveyed the entire building appro priated to the use of the Capitol from the foundation stone to turret, and if our opinion is worth anything, we declare, there is not a similar building in tho South that should be mentioned in the same day with it. It is true, this house is mere brick, iron and mortar. We will admit that the stupendous piles raised so laboriously and at such frightful cost at the seats of government for Tennessee and South Carolina, are more imposing in the impression made at first sight, but that i3 all— the moment you enter the three different build ings, the distinctive and vital discriminations occur instantly. In the two first buildings you have the idea of display, nothing but display, and at an enormous expense, so utterly dispro- portioned to the advantage secured, that the ju dicious mind begins a censorious criticism. But the very reverse of this takes place in a survey of the Georgia State CapitoL Highly respect able in its first aspect, one can bnt admit; yet this building makes no very striking impression at first sight. The external appearance, we re peat, is in fine harmonious keeping without any striking effeot. But the moment you enter this house, planting your feet upon the beautiful marble tessellated floor, you . have your gaze riveted on every object—every appointment around you, charmed with the perfect adapted ness and completeness of all its arrangements. The designs of the internal structure of the Georgia State House has shown consummate judgment as well as taste. While no insane ex travagance and useless waste of money is any where to be seen, you yet are all the time as sured that no mean littleness of parsimony has dwarfed or pinohed in any essential part, where completeness was an object The offioes on the first story, easy of access to the publio who wish to consult them, are yet so well lighted, ventilated and retired, aa to make them entirely available as places to work in. While the two Legislative Halls are in closest juxtaposition, separated by a step or two, there is no more oonfosion arising from this propen- quity than if they were a day’s travel apart The beautiful court room for the Supreme Court of the State is unsurpassed for its convenience and its appointments, and in fact, including the library room, officers’ rooms, committee rooms, with the machinery and aparatns for warmth and an ample supply of water and light, it is not possible to ask fora thing really needed for suoh a building that has not been provided, and admirably provided. These facts have pro duced on the minds cf a good many a most sin gular effect after one year’s experience in the use of this superb bnilding. Upon the minds of those tax-payers who foot all bills, and npon the minds of the gentlemen whose enterprise and skill erected tbis great structure, the same causes have produced like results. When the Capitol was offered by Mr.Kimball to the State, there was a great outcry raised against the “job,” as it was called; it was repeated with mnch “noise and confusion” that this bnilding could not have cost more than $250,000 and that this attempt to pat this great pile off on the tax-paying people, waaa trick in which Gov. Bullock was interested, and mnch more of the same sort. Seeing that Mr. Kimball was very qoiet about all this and that, oorrnpt as the times were, no man oonld spot a dollar that he had employed in securing his aims, when men so naturally looked to see the signs of such influence, men began to settle their efferves cent Bpirita and take a calm survey of the ques tion. Now that Mr. Kimball is as calm as a zephyr over the - result of his venture, snd is perfectly satisfied with his expenditure as a fair paying investment, men onoe violent in opposi tion to its purchase, are beginning to assume the aggressive in the onoe disavowed and obnoxious negotiation. The friends of the State act wisely in doing so; the men who are against going back to the region of fossibferous deposits act wisely in doing so. Wiser than all are the tax- bnrthened and impoverished people of Georgia who are not willing to see erected, at a oost of two hr three millions of dollars, a new eapitol, and are therefore willing, at a reasonable price to be paid for the bnilding now occupied, to re tain it, and settle the question for at least twenty years to oome. The people of Atlanta generally oppose the purchase, having in their mind the expenditure of twp or three millions of dollars for the building of a new capitoL which* would give employment to several hun dred mechanics who would be ooasumera and house renters for several years, than enhancing business and the value of rental property very largely. I have come to this conclusion after calm and honest reflection, notwithstanding my previous open committal against the purchase of the oapitol, which, I am not ashamed to qwn > came out of my prejudice agate* . , has borne so heavily on prejudices so naturally engendered l? ; eneed my judgment in this matter Governor Bullock has not one's„., est in this property, and is in no in its sale. # uitet, Mr. Kimball is a thorough genii his deportment, has nothing to do » and is pursuing a course here that ties among honorable men is him one of the most popular men in ll 1 Outof a family of six brothers not a politician; the Democrats claim *** dered one of them the nomination fn-!v ts< ’ emtie candidacy f or Q or<anol Qf he declined. , They all speak of making Georgia • . home, and if they are life H.f wffl open our arms and hearts ag’ t gates of the East to make them wefc£ " You will be my witness, Mesamv, I that I ought to know I am -one of them, or I am a ; mn r, Then I undertake to say, fectation of moderation or'magnanim;i^4| to say, that to the Northemb^N compliments our people and our JS 6 ^ riving them the preference overkill that we from our hearts make Ummi-‘SI and hail them as brothers. Only !! ** grodges and revenges, such fraternization at arm’s length vS theJTunballs come-let them energy and strong purpose. Let twH a lot for weal or woe among ns, amu-T* mg a common fortune with to w?** common brotherhood. Men of gr«Lf, , • be long in learning the good?&H others nature, and tho day that North and South and We? energies and sympathies together JH in a Union stronger than one made rf ^ From Knfaula. Editors Telegraph and Messenger : Ll Eufatjla, May 21, lga . Tke weather is in unison with trade aA siness—exceedingly dry, and saving t*o U showers, rain has not fallen in several The atmosphere is as hot, oppressive, atidJ laxing, as the- breath of a Sirocco, and l\ gardens and vegetation generally are pu^l and wilting under the glowing heat of J burning sun. Man and beast, as well« J crops, literally thirst for refreshing rain, vtu would be as welcome as an oasis in the a»l Sahara. Complaints of the backwards^! the crops,the combined result of the early spring, and the present protracted ura&l come from all quarters. In this immojSI section, while the corn is doing very well jJ not despaired of, (that is, the little plante?| cotton is suffering severely. Fanners QjJ realize the folly of trusting to the vicissitahl of tbe uncertain cotton plant to buy conn other grain, instead of “making assn doubly sure” by planting a sufficiency u», selves; and not a few have expressed tit i| termination to reverse the old practice fortkfl future. I Were your industrious “Local” con&uedsl this “rent up (editorial) Utica,” and assail the daily task of interesting the readerToi^l Telegraph, or even a more diminitire sh&l he would be thrown upon the resource ofal exuberant fancy for most of the iacts, fenk] dearth of local news is so great as to paa| even the fertile imagination of gossips nil street corner loafers. 1 The large sign: “Shorter, Bradley,Fatal &Co., Railroad Office,” gotten up'by.Mil O. L. Shropshire, means business, and ril shortly be placed over the door of a commoi-l ous room on Eufaula Street These cot tractors want a thousand hands, and rtj inaugurate work on this secticn of the Brut I wick & Vicksburg Railroad immediately, .'isl one will be taken from the farm, as tie country is full of oleaginous, able-bodied “buck-niggers.” who can serve the Sto more efficiently with the shovel and the ke, than by discussing politics, “mendin de kb- stichooshun,” and dreams of social ffpaEttj and the degradaiion of the white people. Tls depot will be located near the business eentit The_ extent of the line from this tennicasta the intersection will be about two hundred nil fifty miles, and the amount required forth completion of_ the work, will cover serai I millions,—an immense work, but the cos- tractors are equal to the undertaking. I The Young America, No. 3, may fedia-1 terested in learning that Phoenix, Sio. 2,d| this city, will soon be equipped with arei Engine and Hose, with all the modern im provements. The Company, and citizens g® erally, will contribute liberally, and it is ia-1 portant that they should, for unless it is so- uomplishedjjt is feared, that_ it may results! disorganization, so discouraging is it to sod splendid matenal and so much muscle to wort atthe brakes of one in a dilapidated conditioa They cannot do justice to themselves or tie public. The Chewalla Hotel, lately conducted by A W. Bra non & Co., who have retired, is nor in sole charge of Mr. Jno. D. McCormick, il very worthy young gentleman of this citjJ who has shown to the travelling public ttej he is the right man in the right place. Sfl cess to the retired as well as the new prorwj tor. ^ Y. 1 From Crawford County. Knoxville, Ga., May 24, 1870. Editors Tdegraph and Messenger: Darisfl our last session of the Superior Court, held a J this county, a man by the name of B. C- Be j ley was put upon his trial for hog-stttdajl Bailey is an extreme Radical, and Juscondasj has been very objectionable to most of ooj people; yet when he was placed upon trial th? I testimony showed so conclusively that 0*1 prosecution was unfounded and in all prtf’al fility a malicious one, that the jury only «-| mained iu their room five minutes, before tM I returned a verdict of not guilty. Tbe jatf j were all. composed of staunch Democrat" I men who never had the least sympathy v.tl j the Radical party. The prosecution ** I brought by an old imbecile man, who ia*f I ineid himself wronged in some way by Bailey: j to what extent he could not tell. The entire I community felt perfectly indignant at the offljl duct of the prosecutor, and yet, in the ft* all these facts, a Radical sheet P u ““ s "tJ somewhere in Georgia called the “South*® - j ern Georgias,” comes out in an editorial I charges the Democracy of Crawford f with getting after the only Radical in I county for hog-stealing. We presume t. 1 the writer of the article is perfectly ft^ir j with the faots of the case, and il so he hti i j party purposes wilfully slandered the pWfr I of this county. Politics had nothing tci with the prosecution, so far as the mass ot people was concerned, and if anything it was a quarrel between the Radicals, the Democrats had to step in and se tue > the prosecutor himself has been frequ charged with being a little tainted with calism. ■ And while I am writing about the permit me toeall you attention to a I that appeared in the Telegraph and ^ I ger, which I suppose was written, I olace during court week over the siSJJJjI “Flint” He says: “In the trod ofthe' negroes, Jack McCrae and RosaVi^Cof-I the murder of the little negro cmlu, tn i citor general did his best but Colonel I Hall made the best speech that was e « r I in this court house and carried the juij I A person not acquainted with thc ft<^ this case would naturally suppose tuv ^ i negroes were cleared, when in fact bw j convicted of murder, with a request nv ^ j jury that they be confined in the pc M | for life. If it was Flint’s intention to I Mr. Hall, would it not have been bette r ^ .1 to have sunply said that Colonel Hau , ( fine speech and lost his case. And ui « ^ j was useless, for all who know Mr. ^1 willing to aamit that he is one of t 1 lawyers in the State, and thereisno is more bitterly opposed to newspiPf^-l .than he is. We art still suffering l° r I Wheat is looking extremdy weffi jp. I A Washington tolemanlag* 1 J of a eoloied female clerk ta* ek£l deal of disgust among the whiteie® f The reason of this disgust is £ th f next dispatch, 96 * thermometer, at Washington, indiost** i greos in the ehade.