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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,
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