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mmmtm ■ * The Greorgia "Weekly Telegraph and Journal &: IVTessenger. Telegraph and Messenger. New Books. Porter* Coates, 622 Chestnut street, send through J. \f.Burke & Go., copies' of the fol lowing among their recent publications : Tut Romance of the Revolution, being sto ries of adventures, romantic incidents, hair breadth escapes, and heroic exploits in the days of ’TG. Illustrated, 444 pages. Loves of Celebrated Female Sovereigns and Illustrious "Women, including the Empress Josephine, Lady Jane Grey, Beatrice Cenci, Joan of Arc, Aoleyn, Charlotte Corday, Semer- amis, Zenobia, Boadicea, Isabella of Castile, Bengaria, etc., by Mrs. Anna Jameson. Pages 336. Life of the Empress Josephine, wife of the First NapoleoD, with a portrait. Pages 377. These works aro on sale at Burke’s Book- store. tir THE GALAXY. The June Galaxy has the following contents: Pat Fours elf in his Place, by Charles Beade; Fra Angelico, by Margaret J. Preston; Tobac- caphagoi and Tobaccophagism, by John C. Draper; Enola, by Howard Glyndon; American Men and Englishmen, by Justin McCarthy, Keeping the Cash, by J. T. McKay; Ten Years in Borne—Internal Economy of the Papal States Ecclesiastical and Civil; Two Women, by Re becca Barding Davis; Ad Astra, byH. D. Ganse, Senator Wilson and Edwin M. Stanton, by J. S. Black; Hostages, by H. H.; Early incidents of xi«i»oU;vu—a cnapter irom 'Mr. ’JL’nunow Weed’s Antobiography; The Galaxy Miscellany; Drift-Wood, by Philip Quilibet; Literature and Art; Memoranda, by Mark Twain; Nebula, by the Editor. Mr. Weed's article wo havo already given in fulL Judge Black’s paper on Stanton is very severe. Dr. Draper expresses an unbounded antipathy to tobacco. Mr. McCarthy gives ns one of the pleasantest essays we have seen from his pen. Crowding Him with Laurels. Blushing honors gather thick upon the brow of onr distinguished “Governor,” since the re port of the Senate Investigation Committee.— We copy, elsewhere, an article from the New York Herald as illustrative of the fact, and now we find the Richmond Dispatch heading an ar ticle “The Corruptions of Bullock,” and actual ly calling that good man a leech, a ra—but wo must consult our lawyers and see whether the word is actionable or not before spelling it out. Now ain’t that too bad after he has literally beg gared himself in “developing onr resources, and trying to give ns a good, loyal, cheap gov ernment. It really is a shame. Why can’t the — Dispatch leave onr jewels alone, and tnm its attention to polishing np somo of its own, like Underwood, Hughes, Chaboon, etc. The Cotton Excess. It will be seen from onr reports that the cot ton excess to date over the corresponding pe riod last year i3 698,771 bales. This excess added to the total crop of last year, and allow ing equal receipts for the remainder of the cot ton year, would make the total crop of 1869-70 considerably upwards of three million bales. Bat notwithstanding this fact, Watts * Crane's Liverpool Circular of May 6th, to the statements of which we also call attention (see first page) makes the total visible supply 977 bales less than at that date last year, due from increased consumption and diminished supplies from Brazil, Egypt and the Indies. These reports are interesting, and on the whole encouraging, as to the cotton fatnre. Pbesbyterian Re-union.—It will be seen from the telegrams on the first page, that the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, repre senting the re-nnited old and new schools, now in session at Philadelphia, is mnch exercised in behalf of re-nnion with the Southern Presbyte rians, whoso General Assembly is in contempo raneous session ut Louisville. The feeling at Philadelphia is said to be very fraternal and oordial. A committee of their most eminent ministers will be sent to Louisville, bearing 8alntations of peace and amity, and charged with expressing the desire of the Northern Presbyterians for a reconsolidation of the Chnroh. As the Northern Presbyterians have heretofore held a very high tone, an'd insisted that their Southern brethren shall first pnrge themselves of the sins of slavery and rebellion as a condition precedent to restored comma- nion, it wonld appear that the North is amelio rating a little. _______ Gov. Bullock is ont in a ten page pamphlet against Senator Ferry and the Judiciary Com mittee. Questions of State mal-administration are now transferred to Washington, and aro fought before tho Supreme government. This was the practice of Imperial Rome in respect to the pro-consulships, many years ago. The pro- consuls and farmers of the revenno had a fight before the Senate every year, on the question of Stealing and dividing, and were either condemn ed and thrown to the beasf s or returned to their jurisdictions to wring new plunder from the outside barbarians. Behold, there is nothing new under the snn. Littell’s Living Age, for the week ending May 21st, is on onr table. It contains among other article?, “The English Bible, from the Quarterly Review; A Sub-Way in Central Afri ca, Athenaeum; The Parson of the Nineteenth Century as shown in Fiction, Spectator; Philos ophers at Play, Macmillan’s Magazine; The Crisis In Franco, Pall Mall Gazette; Literati and Literatnli, Britannia; The Poet Moore and his wife, Belgravia; Rome in Winter, Temple Bar; The end of the Paraguayan Experiment, Spectator.” Gebmans in Tennessee.—The Nashville Ban ner says that Mr. J. B. Jeup, President of tho Tennessee Homestead Association, has bought, in the aggregate, 65,000 acres of land in Tennes see, settled forty-five families and made pro vision for three hundred German families alto gether. The immigration comes from the fanning districts of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and some of it from Europe direct. The settle ments are chiefly in Lawrence, Lewis and Giles counties, and the pursuits of the Immigrants aro mainly fruit culture and raising of stock. Unpunishable Murder.—New York got another case of the McFarland sort—one Broadwell having shot his wife for alleged infi delity, but, as her friends say, on account of his own drunken worthlessness and brutality. The question arises whether men and women, bom under the aegies of the law, are entitled to a fair trial before they are shot, or whether peo ple are to be judge, jury and executioner of a certain unwritten law which only the Northern preachers and sorosis can expound. Gen. Hancock.—According tothe World, Gen. Haneock recently wrote to Gen. Sherman en quiring why bo bad not been appointed to the position vacated by tho death of Gen. Thomas, and received from tho Li uu t General tho fol lowing curt answer: “l am requested by the President to inform you that there is nothing in yonr personal rela tions to Gea. Grant, or official relations to his administration, that could justify yonr promo tion now or lead-yon to suspect it hereafter.” The At aita Sun denies that Bard has any interest in that paper. For the sake of the Bun wo aro glad to hear it Bollock's Lillie Printing Bill with . Forney. JR Tho following entries taken from Forney’s books, as read before the Senate investigating Committee, show how liberal Bollock is to news paper publishers. They are exceedingly inter esting. The organs at Atlanta can read, and see whether or not B. has “toted fair” with them— whether ho has not paid Forney more liberally than them. Wo cry shame if he has.'.''Cer- tainly no men in the world ever more richly earned tho highest pay for their services. Now forth© items: The entries showed charges to Gov. R. B. Bullock for advertising defense of Bullock’s ad ministration, Deo. 23, 1869, being a speech of B. F. Whittemore in the House of Representa tives—606 lines, at 2o cents a line, $151 50; 150 copies of The Daily Chronicle of that date, at 5 cents, $7 7>0 ; Feb. 12, 1870, job office, 1,000 pamphlets. 60 pages, $450, and resetting 16 pages, $50; Feb. 28, 1870, advertising article, “Facts vs. Fiction” (being a letter of Gov. Bul lock to R. P. Lester and a reply thereto from Bullock.) cO lines, at 50 cents a line, $10; March 2, job office, 2,000 pamplets, $500; March 5th, 500 copies of Daily Chronicle, $25 ; same day, forpublishing “Remarks Before Ju diciary Committee,” 1,113 lines of space, at 25 cents, $78 25; March 21,1,000 Daily Chronicles, $50; March 22, job office, 1,000 pamphlets, $600; March 23, 1,500 Daily Chronicles, $75; same day, 60 copies, $3; March 25, 200 Chroni cles, $14 50; March 26, job office, 1,000 pamph lets, 28 pages, $220; and April 4, job office, 1,000 extra pamphlets, $115; witness did not know anything as to the numbers of pamphlets and papers famished except from the entries; the articles charged for were all on tho first page of the paper, and some of them preceded by an editorial; the largest item was (which is the only addition to those given above) April 18, 5,000 copies of The Daily Chronicle, $250, and it columns, ?i,no; tills snpplement contained Senator Morton’s Georgia speech and extracts from other speeches in the Senate, and was preceded by editorial comments; the snpplement had two columns of advertise ments beside; Gov. Bullock paid for all the sup plements of that day, one of which was folded with each copy of the paper, and took 5,000 copies beside of the paper and snpplement. As a commentary upon these healthy charges we have the testimony of Geo. Bailey, of the Globe, who swore that tho “Sixty page pam phlet for which the Chronicle charged $450 for 1,000 copies conld be furnished for $120; the the 2,000 pamphlets of March 2, charged for by the Chronicle $500, conld be famished for $80 or $85; the 1,000 pamphlets of March 22, charged for by the Chronicle $600, conld be famished for $120; the pamphlets charged for by the Chronicle, March 25, 1,000 copies for $220, and April 4, 1,000 extra, $115, conld be famished, the first thousand at $45, and the second thousand at $25. The Chronicle supple ment of April 18, containing speeches of Mor ton, Brennan, Pool, and Hamilton, of Texas, could be set up for $100, and $20 per thousand for the press work and paper.” TESTIMONY OF B. O. rOT.KINHOKN. R. O. Polkinhorn, proprietor of a job print ing office in Washington, testified to about the same prices stated by Mr. Bailey, ns the usual and proper prices for job printing in Washing ton. We hope tho Atlanta organ will not take it hard if we call its special attention to these prices, and ask if it has made as good a thing ont of the noble Rnfos ? Tiie Bollock-Bribery Case—Bollock’s Testimony. From the Tribnne, of Friday, we extract Bul lock’s testimony before tho Senate Investigating Committee, and also that of Senator Pomeroy. Wo congratulate Bullock upon being so “flnsb”. We had understood that he had so lavished his private fortune in securing tho great blessings of a loyal government and “protection to loyal men,” that he was too poor to pay his State tax: TESTIMONY OF BUFUS B. BULLOCK* Governor Bullock testified that while in Wash ington, in February, March, and April, 1870, he had used $14,500; of this sum $4,008 75 had gone to the Chronicle office, $505 90 to the Globe office, $1,400 was advanced by him to uuluicil uiuiui/oto vf tin) Oeurgia Urgiolaiuio tv pay their expenses in Washington, and the rest was spent by him for his private affairs in mat ters having no connection with legislation; the money paid to the Chronicle was on bills pre sented, wbich be produced; he made no agree ment about prices or charging things, bnt paid the bills as presented, withont questioning them or inquiring into them; this money teas aU 7iis private funds ; in regard to influencing Sena tors, the only proposition made was by one George D. Chapman, who represented that cer tain parties wanted to buy the Georgia State Railroad to make a connection from St. Louis to Hilton Head, and desired to get a Legislature in that interest, and with that view wished to have an election this fall; Chapman told him that Senator Pomeroy was “their man,” and wonld do what this “ring” wanted. TESTIMONY OP THE HON. 8. C. POMEROY. The Hon. S. C. Pomeroy, on having tho testi mony of Gov. Bullock read to him, stated that he did not know Chapman except from the faot of having been introdneed to him by a friend; when understanding he was from Georgia, had a talk of a few minutes’ about the condition of affairs there; never heard or knew of the “ring” referred to; never was under the influence of Chapman in any way; understood from Gov. Bollock there would be no objection to an elec tion in Georgia this Fall, if there conld be pro tection to all citizens, ana hence had offered his amendment. The French Pi chisel turn—Emperor’s Mpeccli. Our printers baring been very nnfottunato in ren dering the telegraphic report of Napoleon’s Speech, wo republish as we suppose it ought to read: Pabis, May 21.—This morning tho Emperor met tbo Legislative bodies in solemn assembly in state, and received from a deputation of the Corps Legis- latif the result of tlio voto in tbo plebiscitum. His majesty, with tho Empress and Prince Imperial, were greeted by the deputies and Senators with demonstrations of enthusiasm. M. Schneider addressed the Emperor in behalf of the Legislative bodies. The following is the Em peror's speech: Sirs—Receiving from yonr bands the result of this vote, my first impulse is to express my gratitude to the nation which thus renews to me, for the fourth time in'20 years; the signal evi dence of confidence, byuniversai suffrage, the ele ments of which change unceasingly; but neverthe less it accomplishes its purpose always. Itbasforits gnide tradition, thccertainty of its instincts and the fidelity of its sympathies. Tho plebiscilum bad for itssoloobject tbo ratification by tbepoopleof consti tutional reform, but amidst the conflicts of pasBion, and in the struggle with its opponents, its purpose became greater. Let us not regret that our institutions have made a question between the empire and revolution; but the nation has settled tho question in favor of that system which guaran tees order and liberty. To-day tho empire is strong, bnt it will show its strength by its modera tion. My government will exeento the laws witiiont partiality or weakness. It will not deviate from the linemarkedforit. Respecting all rights of its sub jects, it will protect them all. and all their interests without thought of dissenting votes or hostile ma neuvers ; but it will also cause the national weal to be respected, and will hold it above all controversy and freed from constitutional questions, which have kept them apart. Its beet spirits will dow have but ono purpose, to rally around the Constitution which the country has sanctioned. Honest persons of all parties will nownnitoin efforts to soften partisan paesions—to preserve social interests from the contagion of false doctrines, and to augment, by all lawful means, tho grandeur and pros perity of France. We shall labor to dif fuse instruction, to simplify the administra tion of measures, to introduce Into the Code ameliorations in favor of agricultural interests and the development of the public. works. We shall give our time to the reduction and best distri bution of taxation. Such is our programme, which if realized, will increase the progress of civilization. thank you, gentlemen, for the aid you havo given me on this occasion. The vote which ratifies those of 1848, 1851 and 1852, reaffirms your powers, and gives you,like me, new force to work for the nation Now, more than ever we may be fearless of those who oppose tb e progressive march of a regime which *331?* P*°ple founded amid political troubles, and 18 LllUa toitifted by the era of peace and Hb- .U" 0 c l ty illuminated this evening in honor of the favorable reeult of the plebiacite vote. The Georgia Press. The Savannah option statement, fox the week ending May 21s£, asgiven'by the Republican, shows total receipts, 442;7IG bales of upland, and 13,983 bales of sea island cotton; total shipped, 417,173 bales of upland and 13,360 bales of sea island ; leaving stock on hand 25,- 543 bales of upland, and 527 bales of sea island.- * The Columbus cotton statement for same date shows total receipts 65,854 bales, shipped 58,913 bales; leaving stock on hand, 6,941 bales. The British ship Alfred was cleared from Sa vannah for Liverpool, Saturday, with a cargo of rice, cotton, and pine timber valued at $350,- 603 23. The Methodist Church at Athens is to have a new organ. Mr. David Floyd, died in Newton county Sun day, aged 96 years. The Bainbridge Snn says at least forty addi tional dwelling hooses are needed in that town. Cotton in Decatur county has been materially injured by the dronth. Com is doing well, bnt needs rain. The Sun says: Mr. Buck Hayes of this county reports that the bo.ly of a drowned white person was found on Wednesday last among some drift-wood on the river near old Fort Scott. It was impossi ble to recognize the features of the body, but from the clothing it is supposed that it was a Mr. Sheffield of Miller county, who killed a ne gro sometime ago and disappeared rather mys teriously. Mr. Fanning Morgan Las arrived in Savannah from Bryan connty, with his wife and triplets, the latter aged seven months, and aggregating fifty-one pounds in weight. No need for im migration in that country. A White county correspondent of tho Chron. icle & Sentinel writes, under date of May 16th, that “north and west of the Chatiahooche river the peach crop is very abundant, and also the apple crop. South and east of that river the peaches are not so plenty, while the apple trees are well laden with fruit. In Northeast Georgia there is quite a spring drought, drying winds having prevailed ■ and no considerable rains having fallen for more than five weeks. Wheat continues to be very promising.” Ames Mnnroe has been appointed United States census taker for Mnsoogee connty, and Thos. Grier, for the city of Columbus. The Colambas Enquirer says: The little sprinkle that we had here on Thurs day afternoon was the thin edge of a very fine rain that fell to the north and northeast of this place. We were informed by gentlemen from Harris connty, yesterday, that they had a fine season from Nance’s, six miles above, here, to points beyond Catania. The cloud looked denso, and there was considerable lightning, to the east and sonth of here, bnt we have not heard reports from points reached by it. The Atlanta Snn very appropriately says that “advertisements dropped into the box at tbo foot of the stars," -will receive' due attention. The Sun learns that crops look well in that vicinity—oats injured to some extent, but com and cotton is growing. No rain for five weeks. Tho Columbus Son says: Six full car loads, each car containing 16,000 lbs, passed from the Montgomery and West Point Railroad to the Mobile and Girard road, withont change of bulk. That’s the way the $30,000 paid daily for cotton in Columbus goes. The Enquirer says: Heavy Freights—The rush of Western freights to our section is not diminishing, bnt is rather on tho increase. Last nightthe Mont gomery A West Point Railroad received here forty cars; and there were five freight trains into West Point, from Atlanta, bringing ninety cars. Policeman Andrews, of Bainbridge, was at tacked and badly bitten, Thursday morning, by a pack of vicious dogs. The Bainbridge Argos says com sufficient to meet tho wants of that connty has been planted. Anhnsta had a “gracious fall of rain,” Satur day moraine. Daring the thunder storm that followed it, the boose of Mr. M. Haley was struck by lightning. A window-frame was torn out, a bed set on fire in wbich two children were sleeping, and two pigs under the house were made into sansnge-meat. Crop Prospects in Washington. The writer made a flying visit to his old home, in Washington connty, on Saturday last, and was, indeed, gratified to find so little damage had been done by the drought. A very intelligent farmer, and a large planter, remarked that the dry spell had really been a benefit. Planters had been able to clear their crops thoroughly, which they wonld not have done, with the labor at command, bad the season been otherwise.— We met with several gentlemen—farmers—who had recently been in various parts of the connty and the common remark was that the prospect was never better, provided the friendly shower descends by the first of Jane. The stand of corn and ootton is all that oonld be desired; the plan healthy and doing well. True, where planters have left all the work to Providence, the drought has told fearfully ; but those who did their duty in the matter have as yet lost nothing. Gardens have suffered severely, and this is the extent of the damage. The wheat crop is, also, very promising, and bids fair to produce an abundant yield. Our friend, Col. W., says, as we understand, that wheat he sowed solely for stook, he believes, will make thirty bnshels per acre in spite of him. .v Tho freedmen never worked better than the past season. In. fact, from all that we could gather in tbs few hours spent in the county, tho prospect generally is bright. SUNDAY DISPATCHES. _ _ MEW YORK. Cotton, .Trade and Financial Report for Week Ending Saturday Nltkf, May 21. New Yobx, May 22, 1870.—The’Cotton move ments for last week were larger, both in receipts and exports. The receipts at all ports were 44,055 bales, against 38,286 last week—57,836 the previous week, and 50,564 three weeks since. The reeipts at all the porta for the ex pired portionof the cotton year were 2,719,023, against 2,020,252 for the corresponding period of last year, showing-an increase of 698,771, bales. The exports from all the ports have been 43,787 bales, against 51,240 last week, and 41,626 for the same week last year. The total exports of the year, estimating for the unexpired part, are estimated at 1,884,933 bales, against 1,318,952 for the corresponding period last year. The receipts of the past week exceed those of the previous week 5000 bale3, bnt the exports fall off in a corresponding degree. The receipts at the ports in the immediate fatnre will depend somewhat upon the prospects of the growing plant. If the crop promises well, planters will market the balance of the crop rapidly. But should the new crop meet serions drawbacks, (and there are already complaints from some sections) planters will hold their cot ton for better prices. The bulk of the ootton. has been marketed and the season is drawing rapidly to a close. Bankers have advanced rates of sterling exchange in consequence of a falling off in exports, to within a fraction of specie at the shipping point for gold coin. A1 ready Canada coin has gone forward and on DatuiCay the steamship Dtraad took 350,000 in gold bars. This shows the important bearing of the cot ton trade on foreign exchange; and it is likely to be farther illustrated in the immediate fatnre. Governments are relatively higher here than in Europe, and railroad securities have received a severe blow on' the other side. This leaves the country to the alternative of shipping other pro duce than cotton to fill the gap or to ship gold. As an instance of the dullness of exports, some European steamships have gone ont with stone ballast, owing to the small amount of freight and the low rates. The stock of cotton at all the ports is 317, 549, against 322,399 last week, and 188,816 this week last year. The stock in the interior towns is 59,709, against 63,715 last week, and 31,572 this week last year. The stock in Liverpool is 590,000, against 383,000 last year. The stock of American cotton afloat for Liverpool is 122,- 000, againBt 184,000 last year. The stock of Indian cotton afloat for Europe is 197,000, against 448,000 last year. Regarding the new crop, the advioes are gen erally favorable, tbongh there are some com plaints of cold and unfavorable weather. The estimates of the new crop have somewhat de creased daring the week. Pbtlndelpliln Presbyterian General As sembly—Reunion. Philadelphia, May 22.—The spirit of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Chnrcb, now in session in Philadelphia, in reference to an organic nnion with the Southern Presby terian Church, is most favorable. The feeling is of the most cordial character, as was evident when resolutions were introduced, and made still more manifest by the utterances of prom inent ministers. The sentiment seems to be nnanimons, and it was particularly noticeable in certain eloquent passages of Dr. McCosh’s discourse to-day in the Assembly church. It is said delegates will be sent to the General As sembly sitting in Louisville, to convey the salu tation of the Assembly here, and present resolutions whioh were unanimously adopted, The delegates who will be sent are spoken of as men of great liberality of sentiment, and notwithstanding they have been prominent men in Northern assemblies will still faithfully rep resent the desire of the Assembly for re-nnion. The question of nnion with the United Presby terian Chnroh is the speoial order for Monday. Crop Items from Mitchell Connty. A private letter from Mitchell connty to one of the editors of the TeleobaphandMessenoeb, has these items: “ffo are having a long, dry, and intensely hot spelL On the 18th the thermometer stood at 96 degrees hanging in the passage. I had green peas the 13th of April, and Irish potatoes the 30th—beans the 8th of May. have squashes nearly large enough to eat. en cumbers blooming, corn tasseling. The oats crop is very good, especially the fall oats. We have both the blaok and golden rust proof. The long dry spell is causing it to head rapidly. Corn crop generally very good. M. has beauti ful corn, very green, and averaging 30 inches. Tho cotton ia growing finely. M. and 8. will soon be done .chopping cotton. S. has a field of cotton averaging eight leaves—yon know he began very late. My boys are delighted with Dowlaw * Allen’s Planter. B. has engaged ten or fifteen for next year. Seed and labor aro saved,-and the cotton comes np so regularly, We are eating plums, dewberries and black berries.” Sharp—Will Ruins Sue ? The Herald, of Thursday, has the following. We tremble for old man Bennett. Rufus will certainly go at him for at least $100,000: “he Georgia investigating committee have made a report which discloses, most infamous attempts on this part of Governor Bollock and others interested in the passage of the stringent Georgia bill to influence legislation. The in tention to bribe Senators Carpenter and Tipton was fairly developed, but the parties called upon by Bullock's adherents to do the dirty work refused to approach those Senators for any suoh purpose. The result of the investi gation puts the Senate in--a-high position as contrasted with the result of the cadetship sell ing investigation in the House, and it remains to be seen if Gen. Butler, whose committee is trying to tack the Bullock clause to the bill, will proceed further in that business. A Washington Democratic Papes.—It is said that John Morrisaey, Ex-Mayors Barrett and Wallach are about to start a Democratic daily paper in Washington—there being none at the present time. Indian Troubles. Chicago, May 22.—A large number of rail road laborers, at Kit Carson, will strike unless supplied with arms wherewith to defend them selves ac-ainat the Indians. They threaten to seize the trains and come eastward. Advices from the Red River oonntry report an Indian outbreak imminent. From Washington. Washington, May 22.—A dozen Indian chiefs, including “Spotted Tail,” “Swift Bear,” “Fast BeaBt,” and “Yellow Hair,” are coming here at tho suggestion of Parker, the Indian Commis sioner, to meet “Red Cloud,” the hostile Indian chief. They left Sioux City on Friday. Marine News. New Yobk, May 22.—Arrived, steamer Liv ingston, from Savannah; Cromwell, from New Orleans. __ Got. Bullock Come Again. Washington, May 22.—Gov. Bullock has ad dressed a letter of ten pamphlet pages to the Senators and Representatives in Congress who sustain the Reconstruction acts, in reply to the speech of Senator Ferry, and the charges of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, that he paid exorbitant prices to the Washington Chron icle for certain publications. ... 'Wholesale Desertion. West Point, New Yobk, May 22.—Thirty sol diers of the Sapper Corps have deserted on ac count of alleged harsh treatment. The Govern ment offer fifty dollars each for their capture. A largo number of the poorer citizens of West Point have joined the soldiers in the pursuit. Mourning. 5-9 v ' I- - ' _ Cincinnati, May 22.—The Committee on the signs of the time of tho General Synod of Re formed Presbyterians have reported a long list of indications calling for the mourning of the people, including the marriage of relations and the corruption of the Government. A Pneumatic Tube Four Hundred Miles Long. [From the Boston Transcript. Tho following extract describes tho operation of a pneumatic tube between Glasgow and Lon don. Probably few of our readers are aware of the existence of tho process by whioh messages and packages are almost instantaneously trans mitted between these two cities. I had occasion to send s telegram to London, the other day, and in a few minutes received a reply, which led me to suppose that a serious error bad been committed by my agents, involv ing many thousand pounds. I immediately went to the telegraph offioe, and asked to see my message. The clerk said, “We can’t show it to you, aa we have sent it to London.” “But,” I replied, “you must have my original paper hero; I wish to soe that.” He again said, “No, we have not got it; it is in the postoffice at London.” “What do yon mean ?” I asked. “Pray, let me see the paper I left here half an h6ur ago.” ‘ “Well,” said he, “if yon must,nee it, we will get it back in a few minutes, bnt it is now in London.” lie range bell, and in five minutes or so, produced my message rolled np in pasteboard. It seemsfor somo months there has existed a pneumatic telegraph betwixt Glasgow and Lon don, and betwixt London and the other princi pal cities of the Kingdom, which consists of an iron tube; into whioh the messages are thrown and sent to their destination. 1 inquired if I might see a message sent. “Oh, yes, come around here.” He slipped a number of mes sages into tbo pasteboard soxoll, popped it into the tube and made a signal. I put my ear to the tube and heard a alight rumbling noise for seventeen seconds, when a bell rang beside me, indicating that the scroll had arrived at the gen eral post-office, four hundred miles off! It almost took my breath away to think of it. If I could only go to Boston with the same rela tive speed, you might count on my passing an evening every week at No. 124 Beacon street, and retnrning home to sleep. Who knows bnt we may bo conveyed in this marvelous manner before many years ? Perhaps yon are aware that there has been a large tube between the general post-office in London, and the stations in Easton square, in operation for a number of years. The mail bags for the north are all sent by this convey ance, so that the post offioe receives letters up to a few moments before the train leaves, three miles off. The transit takes less than two sec onds I Barely this is an age of wonders. New York Dry Goods Market. We copy the following report of last week’i operations from the Mercantile Journal: The week under review has been a quiet ono in dry goods circles. No marked feature is noticeable in any department. A moderate business has been done, bnt in the aggregate' it is less than for the corresponding period last year. The market for most descriptions r domestic cotton goods has been steady, with fair degree of confidence in the stability < prices. Notwithstanding the present demand; f or goods is light, there are fewer “jobs” •‘drives” being offered than is usually thee when-there is-4 dull market This would seem to indicate a healthy condition of trade, and that staple fab ic3 have touched about the lowest figures. The advance of id. on cotton, in Liverpool, since onr last report, has strengthened the cotton market here, and has helped to Bustain the prioes_ of manufactured cotton goods, notwithstanding the depressed condition of trade. There are very few buy ers in the city, and most of them only take small quantities of goods. This is not because of any special lack of confidence in the stabil ity of prices, but • arises, mainly from the con servativo idea that it will prove in the: end more profitable to carry light stocks and buy often. The orders received by mail have been quite libera], both as to numbers and impor tance. The express companies are receiving a large amount of thisfreight In dress goods there has been a fair demand, especially for staple descriptions. Black-Alpacas are still in good request. Delaine3 are .not.in as lar, demand as formerly. For light dress gooc . such a3 Percales and Lawns, there has only been a moderate demand. The stock of this class of goods is large, and many fine styles are to be found in the market Some good styles of 4 4 Merrimack Percales, that have been selling at SO cents, are now being offered by H. 13. (JlatHin & Co. at IS cents. - The Shawl trade has shown some improve ment, and the best styles are being well sold »P* ... In woolen goods, the trade is quiet, even for the season. There is some inquiry for light weight undergarments, but .medium and heavy grades are dull. For hosiery there is only a fair demand. The stock in.the market is large. There is not much doing in any description of cloths. The most is in the best fancy cloths and cassimeres, for custom work. The clothing manufacturers are taking very few cloths for the Fall trade, but there arc indications that a fair<business will soon spring up. A number of mills have stopped work, while others are running on short time. There has been a large^ over-production of most all grades of cloths, and manufacturers have been losing money. The slacking up of the mills fora while would be a benefit to holders, as it would give a chance for tho surplus stock to be disposed of at better prices. Prints of good style have been in fair de mand the past week.. Prices have been steady, and the most attractive styles arc being taken as soon as offered on the market. The Ameri can Print Works have been running most of the time on medium - colors, and are showing some of the best effects in tho market. The Cocheco Co. are also showing some very fine work in medium and robes. In light work, Spragues and Dunnells. are offering some very desirable styles, which are being taken quite freely at our quotations. Garner has put up the price for Wamsuttas to 7 l-2c.— The styles have been much improved. There is a good degree of confidence manifest, as it is claimed that there isnbfr.an overstock of prints on the market, and that soma^of the mills are well sold up. Brown Shirtings and Sheetings have been in brisker demand for small lots. Prices have been remarkably steady fonall descrip tions. Fine shirtings are a little firmer. We mention Pepperreil fines, Massachusetts BB, and Newmarket A, some ol which arc in light stock. Other fine makes are in fair supply. Heavy standard brands'are indair demand at our quotations, with stock sufficient for the de mand. Medium and low grades are without We quote Appleton New Yobk Cotton and Trade Report. A full and rerj interesting report will be found on the outside in Sunday’s dispatches, to whioh the attention of the commercial reader is in vited. The ootton figure# are very Inter—Hn g Falls E, 14Jc; Indian Head 36-inches, 15c; Otis fine 40-inches, 15c; Massachusetts BB ; % Myallu lUver 30 luulius, ia©10ie. Bleached Shirtings and Sheetings have been in fair demand, with prices firm at quotations. Thj production of fine goods is not as large as it was last year. The Manville 100s will not be on the market again, as the manufacture of that brand has bean stopped. It is also reported that the manufactures of the Nashuas will also cease, and that the Da- vols will not be made to the same extent as formerly. These facts account in part for the scarcity of fine bleached shirtings. Medium grade goods are in fair demand. There is a good inquiry for shirting at prices ranging from 15 to 18c. Low grades and narrow goods are plenty, and prices are weak. We quote the Amoskeag 46-inch, 18}@I9m Booth E, 12@12Jc; DavoL 36-inch, 27 ic; Kimball, 36-inch, lli@12c; Lowell X, 10c; Nashua, S, 20c; Reynolds AA. 11@ lljc; Stephen Harris Extra, 12@12; Slaterville 33-inch, 9® 10c; Swan River, 31-inch, 8l@9c; Washing ton, 31-inch, 9c. For heavy colored cotton goods, there is only a light demand, although quotations have been very steady for tho past week. In Ticks there has been a little more done. Osnaburgs and Cottonades are in light re quest, although there is more firmness in the prices of the latter. Corset Jeans have been more active for the leading makes. Drills are dull. Checks are in limited demand. Denims and Stripes are only in modcrato request for small lots, at regular prices for the most popular makes. Presidential Intriques and Specula tim. The Washington correspondent of the Balti more Gazette says: A movement is on foot for reorganizing the National Republican Execntive Committeo and the Congressional Campaign Committee for the Fall elections and the Presidential campaign of 1872. This will result in serions contention be tween the friends of the Administration and other Republicans. Many Republicans de nounce the Administration as a nullity, a com plete failure, and declare that with the excep tion of Boutwell, there is not a’man in the Cab inet who represents anything or anybody. And Bontwell, it is said, is working for the nomina tion and will endeavor to flank Grant. Sher man has no chance whatever, and has never had. If it had been decided to nominate a military candidate, Gen. Thomas, had’he lived, wonld have been tho man. The friends of Chief Justice Chase are moving, and look to the Sonth in particular for support. Grant, of course, expects a renomination. Indeed, he believes, and has so expressed himself, that the Republican party cannot hope to succeed with out him. The probabilities are that he will be renominated, although this may cause a split in the Republican party. Bbava!—To the following justly deserved compliment to that charming Southern woman and eantatriee, Miss McCnllocb, from the Her ald, of Friday, hosts of friends and admirers all over the Sonth cry hrava! with a will. Says the Herald: * Isabella McCulloch, a roseate flower from the ardens of South Carolina, about whose history here hangs that charm of romance whioh be longs more to the inner and domestic life of a girl studying and straggling for success than to the mere glare of stage fame, has made an im pression on the pnblio that will not be for gotten. If over there was an illustration of what industry and careful study, added to fine natural gifts and inspired by a noble ambition can ac complish, the perfection whioh Miss McCulloch has reached as an artiste famishes that exam ple, whioh may be wisely followed by oiher stu dents of the divine art. New Yobk Election.—-The groans of the Britons continue and in or ease. Awful frauds have been discovered in the New York eleotion, but the worst fraud is that perpetrated by the Radicals on themselves, wherein for the sake of securing the aid of the friendly Africans, they consented to forego that of the friendly whites. Letters say that the Radicals lost ten white votes for every negro they polled. Tom Moors compared love to a potato, “be cause it shoots from the eyes;” “rather," ex claimed Byron, “because it becomes less by paring.” Pewitien sand Prospects of Cotton, , We oopy the following interesting and impor tant figures from Watts A Crane’s Liverpool weekly market report far 6th May: The Position and Pbospeot.—From our table abovei it will be seen we now make the total risible supply 977 bales less than at this date last year, whereas six weeks ago the apparent ex cess over laat year was 225,116 bales. This change in the statistical position, at first glance, really seems astonishing, in view of the fact iw daring the past six weeks the receipts the American ports have been 106,000 balta larger (277,000. against 171,000) than iq same period last year. This result is mainly due to the decreased shipments from India, the falling off fit our import from Brazil and Egypt, and to increased deliveries both to the trade and for, export. If we only take into account the cot-, ton in and afloat for this port and London, we find that the deficit, as compared with this date last year, amounts to no less than 140,590 bales. In onr last issue we inserted a table in whioh we estimated the consumption in the United Kingdom since 1st January last at 52,000 bales per week, against 48,000 per week during^ the same period last year. We, at the same time, stated that this estimate of the disparity between the two years was 1000 to 2000 bales per week less than generally estimated. We adopted the lower estimate in order to be on the safe side. The Board of Trade returns since issued show that for the first quarter of this year 25,000 bales more were forwarded to the trade than the estimates of the Liverpool and London Cot ton Brokers’ Associations, If these returns be correct—and such seems to Iij the general im pression here—onr estimate of the consumption this year was doubtless too low. Assuming con sumption to have been 53,000 bales per week this; against 48,000 last year, and the trade would appear to hold now about. 79,000 bales less than at this date last year. This would swell the total deficit of cotton in and afloat to Great Britain, in round numbers, to 220,000 bi To*offset this deficit of 220,000 bales we have mainly to rely (1) upon the inerease whioh Great Britain will get out of the present excess in the stocks at American ports and in the inte rior, and (2) upon increased shipments from India. Now, if we assume the American crop at 3,000,000 bales and the total exports for the season at 2,100,000 bales—which seems now to be the popular estimate—the total shipments from 29 th ultimo to the close of August must amount to 326,000 bale3, against 226,000 daring same period last year, an excess of exactly 100,- 000 bales; and should Great Britain receive 70,000 bales of this excess (leaving 30,000 for the Continent,)it wonld reduce the deficit, as shown above, to 150,000 bales. Can this-defioit be made good from other sources ? Turning to India; it should be borne in mind —(1.) Our statement of ootton at sea is made np only to mail date (9th nit) From that date to 30th ult., say three weeks, the clearances from Bombay, as reported by telegraph, are to Great Britain 48,000 bales less, and to the con tinent 1000 bales less than during correspond ing three weeks of last year. (2.) The quantity on shipboard in the harbor of Bombay, ac cording to the Circular of Messrs. Bell, Ventz and Lucias, was on the 9th nit 108,222 bales, against 206,20 L last year. Telegrams report quantity on shipboard 27th nit. at 137,000 bales, against 190,000 last year. (3.) The scale of prices have a good deal to do with shipments from Bombay, and fair Surats are now not only jd to fd lower in this market than at this time fast year, but they are relatively about jd per lb lower than onr latest quotations from Bombay, and (4.) even should there be increased receipts at, or shipments from, Bombay this month, these will probably be offset by decreased ship- ments from Calcutta and other Eastern ports, from which the shipments to China are reported to be large. For these reasons the chances seem to be decidedly against any relief to the statistical position of our market, from India, before the setting in of the monsoon, which usually takes place about 10th June. From Bombay the cUarances last month are reported by Messrs. Finlay, Clark A Co., at 113,000 bales to Great Britain and 41,000 to the continent, against 176,223 and 39,902 respect ively, in April, 1869. The latest telegrams to handreport increased receipts.from the interior, bnt we are unable to obtain reliable figures. The quotations yesterday were—290 rupees for new Dhollerah on the spot, equal to 9fd cost and freight, a decline of abont §d from the ex treme prices current on the 27th nit. Goods, however, have improved, 8Rb shirtings being quoted at 6r 7a, against Cr 6a on 27th ult., an advance eaual to Wonder!al Sagacity of a Dog. From the Portland Press.) The following story, strange as it may ap pear, is vouched for by several witnesses whose testimony is unimpeachable, and may be placed on a par with the stories told of Dr. Gilman’s horse which our citizens know to be true. A short time ago a female Newfound land dog was in the habit of coming to the house of a lady in this city, who would throw to it pieces of cold meat, which the dog would eat, and, having satisfied its huifger, go away again. So confirmed did this habit become that at a certain hour every day the lady would expect the dog and the animal would put in an appearance. A few days ago, before feeding her, the lady said to her: “Why don’t you bring me one of your pup pies?” repeating the question several times as she stood at the window, the dog looking her in the face with an expression of intelli gence as if it understood every word the lady said. The next day, to the lady’s astonish ment, at the usual hour the dog returned, and lo! and behold! was accompanied by a little puppy. The lady fed both dogs and then took up the puppy into the window, when the old dog scampered off and did not return for three days- At the end of that time tho dog again appeared, when, after feeding it, the lady said, “Next time bring all your puppies, 1 want to see themand yesterday morning sure enough, the dog returned, accompanied by three Newfoundland^ pups. Several of the neighbors saw the whole transaction, and declared that they consider this one of the most remarkable proofs of the sagacity of the dog they ha v e over known. Where the dog came from or to whom it belongs i3 not known, but we have the name of the lady and also of those who were eye-witnesses to the occur rences as narrated by ur. Prentice and Hobaoe Mann.—Prentice’s style, more especially in early age, was sharp, incisive, at times almost savage. He had been a college friend of the Hon. Horace Mann. At one time Mr. Prentice was called away from the paper be then edited, and Mr. Mann being pres ent, he asked him temporarily to fill his place. This Mr. Mann consented to do, being directed by Prentice to “pitch in” and make his articles as strong as he was able. Those who remember Dr. Mann’s furious controversy with Daniel Webster, and other evidences of h[s mastery of the power of satire and denunciation, need hardly be told that he could wield a caustic if not a bitter pen. Mann had just completed a “leader,” when Prentice returned, and the arti cle was read to him. Mr. Mann had done his best to be severe, and flattered himself that he had succeeded. “Good,” said Prentice, “very good; now let me finish it.” He sat down and commenced with these words: “Thus far we have restrained our feelings!” Richmond Election,—Tho city of Richmond holds her municipal election next Thursday, and there is much excitement abont it. Hen ry K. Etlyson is the Conservative candidate for Mayor. The Dispatch says : When they (the Radicals) are finally defeated, and the oolored voters act independently and intelligently by dividing and voting for the best men, there will be peace and harmony, and the country will improve ; bnt as long as the strife between the races lasts there can be no more peaoe. From the Few York Tribune.] The Southern staple From the time when so good .* George Washington had a C his yards,'and yet bought batter f<!- u the South has been a st andiH > a system that seems to bring fact leads to penury. _ Ten years S* to war, trusting mainly to the could do one tnmg to perfecdon-A., ^ long-staple Upland Cotton at 1 than ten cents a pound. She haH 0 learned that national strength dewna 01 mg many things well; shem notinT 4 master that lesson now, though it i enforced with the gloomy rhetoric nf .i non. She has yet to learn the oiIt of concerted action and diversified 7 For instance, the last decade has, clusively that England will put L , the price she is willing to pay * amount of good American Upland. Jf! Cs les and looms are all fitted for just as Americar alone can grow; and ifsT pay a; gold dollar for a pound of it a pay the dollar rather than disnV^r- ootton. The Bcanty crops of 1867 reduced the supply in her factories sr Tt! beem billing to give 25 cents a pou«r the three million bales of’69 have <•«- to fill the void that the price has dtr and may descend to a point at wh : ch duc ^°" °f cotton by free labor be^ profitable. If in January and Febrm ' planters of the South could have Wi 71 * vention, talked these matters oW" 4 ' agreed to plant less cotton, and morerf thing else, they would have controls price and held it at a quarter of a dolt, over. As it Is, the old infatuation crop, one style of farming, has . upon the Southern mind, and with i- cases, an exaggerated estimate of the 7 aneo of tiro Southern staple to tho the world. Instead of this being M cotton crop, as an element of national,ir ternational strength, ceases at two andTc! million bales. When cotton is cheap i land uses choice American for both woof; now she mixes, it with the kinky staples of less favored climates! cotton is cheap, it creeps as a dull adah into all our fabrie3, it hardens the surfaces chills the warmth of our woolens, it tikes? gloss from our silks, it makes our linens ll 11 in texture, it drives richer and more 1» goods out of the general market, discos the wool-grower, the eilk-worm-feeder inS flax-producer—delaying the introduce ramie and of mohair, as profitable An staples. _ ; All this subtle miscliief a great cropefa ton works in the : world, while the curse ofo« sided and exhausted tillage rest3 over aB a cotton fields. The planter will float eta thousand miles down Western rivei3,aiij, haul it fifty miles over muddy and roads, that he may cling with a close- more ruinous devotion to his tingle a.* Ills cattle are small and bony. They ps| scanty living in the canebrake, ticks a them, musquitoes torment them, and ] ers kill them; so he learns to depend o tuckyfor his beef. His hogs are wL„ restless all summer, gaining no Ikik andij little bone. His corn is insufficient for ij plow-horses, and he learns to depend o cinnati for his pork. He needs artisans of all sorts new L wagon-makers, tanners, shoemakers, ■ walks, plow-makers and catton-weaven. if these persons find that while wages are si higher, food is a good deal dearer; tbs: roads arc narrow and dusty when not ms; that the streams keep all who are no; mounted weather-bouud for a day after e rain; that the undrained swamps bred a ads of musquitoes, and that where the! are rich' they abound in - malaria. Argm like this must continue to drive the me; from the Cottqn States, certainly wh addition, he is made to feel that neither Jii Watts nor George Stephenson nor “ ‘ Fulton, if landless, would be as mne! ored as the wild owner of a thousand \ acres. We are aware that the South has safe from the struggle and starvation of a longw We admit that .the Proclamation and theS* render destroyed a vast amount which, Ijfl Constitution, as it then read, wa« p«i be it from U5, wim justly prizB the t the enterprise, the invention, and the i gress of the Northern character, to drava dious distinctions, or fan a sectional pri 1 ’ But we wish to show the South how i cheated by that insane loyalty to old, tyr nous, and now uncrowned, King Colt* She wants bread and he gives her a stones asks a fish and gets a scorpion. Cotton jit her gold, but for all important ends of mi al power that gold is dross. It buys noth of that which makes nations great and ki them so. It has little power to fell foress,^ drain swamps, to bridge streams, fill k’ houses, and change villages into cities, fundamental mischief in that sunny, an: the most part fertile land, is not the nej nor the Bureau, nor the bayosef, nor i army-worm; but a political economy false! its first principles and ruinous in its worknf The South spen^ so much on factors r shipping merchants; she keep3 on the r suoh long trains of wagons; she supports s an army of steamboat hands and sailors t clerks and brokers and insurance agenti short, she pays so large a share of what earns in order to get a chance to buy wiulj wants, that she must continue to live ii J cabins and ride in bridle-paths. Wills most noeds is a statesman, far-seeing ani i gacious, as able as Calbonn was, to maitj the path of national greatness and dra*S feet into it : ,■■■ Charles Bowles, Esq., of the Paris 1 firm of Bowles Brothers, recently testi fore the Ways and Means Committee i policy and practicability of funding oars debt at a lower rate of interest. His test which is very voluminous and very inter* has just been published. He claims that*' advantage of the dissemination of small i among the people of the various connWf Europe would result in a more general of kimwledge of the resources, power raphy of the United States, and oonsei 11 ® in an increase of immigration. The pir mode of funding the debt, being wit straint on the part of the present bo: or coercion on the part of the govern new thmg in finances for European where the usual process is, in effect, s t conversion, and, therefore, would cially interesting faot to place before the r classes bolding our bonds in Europe. » so confident of the avidity with which the wonld be taken np by the smaller < d ass ff’„ at four per cent., that he said there wonlh ably be a demand for three times the cf amount, provided they were made pay* the three international currencies, either® francs or pounds, at the fiscal agen««f United States. Fob Congress. — Mayor J. E. Edgefield, has been nominated for Congress in the Third South Carolina distriot. Hia platform stated as follows: Negro Matt. Agents.—The followihSP offioe appointments were made last Isaac S. Mullins (oolored) appointed agent between Raleigh, N. C., andNorf^* 1 vice John K. Shore declined; Nathan ■ ter, (colored,) appointed route agent^ between Selma, Ala., and Kingston, Thomas D. Fistor, resigned. Opium Culture in Tennessee. —Th« Banner says that several gentlem® f Nashville are engaged in the culture o ^ py, and that in 1868 six and a q narter ,^ r Monkton, Vermont, produced six hnn J Bacon, of forty pounds of opium, which J prices ranging from eight to ten j pound. The consummation devoutly to be wished is the hearty co-operation of all classes of the com munity, regardless of oolor or previous condi tion, order to relieve the people from the oner ous bnrden of taxation so recklessly and cumu latively cast upon them; to inaugurate an econ omical reform of the finanoes, and to expose and denounce the corruption now rioting and fattening in the high places.” In the square of S(. Mark, at Venice, there a dock, and two bronze men strike the hours on a belt. One day an inquisitive stran ger put his head between the hammer and the ’*11, and the bronze man knocked hie brains out The latest dispatch from Capto 11 . ; says: “We have finished surveying ^ route and found it impracticable for* ^ £ I am now at work upon the line ^ je of San Bias, about eighty mil** It pin wall, with better prospects of s° peot to get through so that the return to the United States about t, June." Tbo health of those with to* continues good. __ A gopdnatared traveler L a short time ago. and was beyond his destination. A P*® this, isn’t It?” said he to a teSow “Yes, a little too far fetched, del. J j ietiy«°^j ■fr,
