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Telegraph and .Messenger. MACON, JUNE 13 1871. ' KDITOBIAI* COBEESPOSDESCE J lie Xowh ia SontUwost Georgia, Bnlns, Crops, Kie. In the past ten days, it seems as if tha very flood-gates of Heaven were open, and the aqneons fluid permitted to descend without let or hindrance. To plow has been out of the question, except in raw new ground, and few have been the in- tervals between the drenohing showers, when that handy implement, the hoe, could be brought into service. The African loves sunshine, and will sleep with op-turned face exposed to the fiercest rays of the King of day. But the wet makes him like the salamander, take coyer incontinently; and vain is the effort to dislodge him while the clouds shed a tear, or the boom of thunder falls upon his ear. No argument of grass, or dire ne cessity, affeots him one iota; the stereotyped re joinder “I’s free’’ is ever deemed a sufficient answer. The damage to the cotton crop of this section can hardly be estimated. In a careful survey of fifty acres by the writer, he is satisfied that not loss than Jice have been completely washed np and destroyed. The land, too, where in the least undulating, has boen greatly injured. Thousands of gullies now furrow the soil with unsightly rents, where washes have never oc curred before. We were struck particularly with this fact, that long and very gontlo descents had been af fected most disastrously. Fields lying at an angle to the horizon of not more than 15° seem ed to have n large portion of tho top soil bodily lifted and carried to tho plain below. In such cases, it would appear that the water has time to accumulate in great volume, and then moves off slowly but with irresistible momentum, bearing with it the saturated earth beneath. On tho contrary, the rain passes off as fast &3 it falls when tho acclivity is steep, and has no time to gather its forces for mischief. The stands of cotton aro defective, and the plant suffering from grass and tho lack of work, though looking moro healthy since tho weather has changed warmer. In point of time it is ful ly three weeks later than usual. The com crop, unless a sudden drouth sets in, will bo overwhelming. Everywhere it looks green and flourishing, and is beginning to Bhoot thelasseL Many forming aro preparing to give at the finishing work. Oats, unless very early, will be much cut off by rnst, and the wheat, already short in yield, is destined to farther damage from the excessive wet. Much of it is growing in the ricks, from la<& of the necessary sunshine to oomplete the curing process. , The late continued rains have also damaged to some extent, the admirable road-bed of the Southwestern liailroaJ. Below Andersonrille, near Major Black's plan tation, several hundred feet were undenninod by the rain of Sunday. At another point one and a half miles north of the samo village, an other bad wash occurred. The latter resulted from the rain Sabbath afternoon. Tho passen ger train from Eofanla on Sunday, met tho up train at the former of theso obstacles, and the mails and passengers having been transferred, relumed again to Enfaula, after a delay of sev eral hoars. The night freight and accommoda tion train from that point, succeeded in reach ing this city on Monday morning, after a deten tion of two hours only. The writer was on board, and testifies most cheerfully to tho zeal and industry displayed by those charged with tho duty of repairing the damages to the road. Like beavers, they toiled through darkness and rain until the track was again passable. Mr. J. E. Dense, also, the obliging conductor, understands his business thoroughly, and ex hibited commendablo tact and caution in the management of his train. If the prosent rainy and humid weather con tinues, the result must prove to tho last degree disastrous to the crops, as all meadow and bot tom lands must soon be beyond recovery from the grass. Six brief weeks will decide the crop campaign for the present year. Remember this farmers, and gird up your loins for the straggle that awaits you. _ Editorial Correspondence. In the Ar.tn.uar, June 2. Iho deponent finds himself suddenly “caught up” and on the wing towards the “Marsysip.” Yesterday he got a summons which would ad mit of neither denial, ovasion nor delay, and a little after 5 o’clock thiB morning found himself in an elegant special train from Savannah bound westward, drawn by a very handsome new en- gino—the Chatham—a trophy of the artistic skill of the designers and machinists of the Cen tral Railroad workshops. Following this engine is a car devoted to kitchen and larder. Next we have another which represents dining and sitting room, and then a third fitted up as sleeping chamber and parlor —with beds nicely arranged with musquito nets, and luxurious seats occupying tho remainder of spaoe. The party ig a small one. It consists of Presi dent Wadley, and Messrs. Rogers and McIntyre, of the Central Road, Mr. Cunningham, (of Cleg- hom & Cunningham) a Savannah merchant and, I beliove, a Director; Gen. Wa 8. Holt, Pres ident, and Superintendent Virgil Powers, and Mr. Clark, of the Southwestern Road. At Ope lika we wore Joined by Judge King, President of the Georgia Road, and by Mr. Foicacre, and at Montgomery will bo joinoa by Mr. Presi dent Pollard of the Western Road, eg (bo con tinuous line from Opelika to Selma is now de nominated. Theso ten with the writer will con stitute the party. V, The business purpose of tho trip I suppose to be to make some arrangements with the Selma and Meridian Road, which has been lately bought in by tho mortgagers, and which is an important link in the great line.from Savannah, ox the Atlantic seaboard, and Vicksburg on the Mississippi. This is tho shortest line of com munication between tho father of rivers and the ocean daddy; and the Central Road main tains that it crosses the lowest Sonthernbelt in which speh a line can be supported in vigorous opera tion. This line passes through the great cotton zone, and they say with entiro confidence that it is destined to maintain and stregthen its po sition a3 the groat ootton carrier of the South- while lines below or above it can at best catch only the driblets. ' • Tho day has been sultry and cloudy with oc casional light showers. We ore now (at about 0-1 o’clock) near Montgomery, and will go as fur as Selma to-night. The cultivated fields and patches on the road sides look better than I ex pected to seo them. About two-thirds aro in corn—generally backward, but very healthy— the highest corn, up to tho shoulder. Colton, too, looks better than yon would expeot—es pecially west of Columbus, where a rolling and dry country protects It against tho rain. But I am told the low and prairie lauds make a des perate allowing. Generally, tho country on tho railway from Macon to Opelika is uninteresting—for the most part pino barren. There is our good old county of Taj lor—a fine ootmtry, but from the railway Jim Barfield said It would fake a thousand acres of ter to winter a goat. Houston makes a good showing—and is a splendid county. But west of Opelika tfro country is pretty—-g beautifully rqjl- ing and moderately rich upland. Whioh, how ever, has been badly treated by inch-and a- quarter plowing. 1 ' Oaelika is scooting heavenward hard after Atlanta. Foreacro says they asked him five thousand dollars for a quarter of an acre lot to put a shanty on fo* lii3 family. Indoed, the Opelikelaus say they will tread on Atlanta’s tail before two yearn are ont. As for sates and gate cities, they say Atlanta has but four, while they are all gates. But good bye, and take care of yourselves. J. C. On the Boas, June 3,187i. The Selma and Meridian Road is said to tra verse the garden spot of Alabama, and certainly a finer agricultural region never opened Us gen erous and expansive bosom to tho industrious husbandman. It discloses a considerable variety of soil and landscape. Ton pass a good deal of dead level, river bottom country; but far more of a splendidly undulating surface, hero called prairie. The soil varies from a light grey sandy and pebbly formation through all shades of color—yellow, reddish and brown clay, to a deep black alluvium. Of these various descriptions of surface and soil a landscape is constantly, and, in fact, almost uninterruptedly opening to you on cither side of the road, varying from half a mile to two miles in width. Much more of this noblo area is under culti vation than I expected to find. The eye fol lows great fields of waving com back sometimes for two miles in depth, generally, say from two to five feet in height' and of the rankest and darkest green. A good deal of the com, how ever, is not moro than n foot highland some even less. Of the whole vast area in actual cul tivation,, I think full ouo-half i3 exclusively ip com; and from Opelika westward to this point, where I am now writing, (Uniontown,) almost every cotton field is crossed with com rows at intervals of fifteen feet. This produces, they say, about five to ten bushels to tho acre, and the ordinary yield of. the full aero of com is about forty bushels. - ' ' - The forest growth of this country, where It yet remains undisturbed, is magnificent—great oaks, hickories, maples, gum, cedar amfcypress, and now and then n little pine—but not much; The cross-ties of the road are mostly oak; and tlie-locomotives run on oaken fuel. I cannot imagine a moro splendid oonntry than this is destined to become, when it is put under corresponding culture and improvement, as, one of these days, it will be. It will abund antly subsist as dense a population as anyspot. on earth, and probably there are few parts of the globe which will not only subsist but en rich so largo a population. Consider that it is as good a grain, as it is a cotton country, and there is, apparently, bnt the smallest proportion of it which cannot be brought under tho plow. The most of this land is still hold in large bodies by the great ante-bellum planters, and is priced at ten to twenty-five dollars per acre. But land which will bring forty bushels of com without rnauuxu ami witxi veryincunerent band- ling, seems cheap enough at twenty-five dollars per acre. How does this prairie land cotton look ? Va riously. In low spots it is about drowned ont, and a good deal of it irredeemably grassy. The most of it 13 from two to four inches high, and some little five or six. On the whole, the average of it does not look vory unpromising, though it is backward, and, generally speaking, in bad tilth. - - - -7 —■ ■ ■- We are at this moment running slowly over the road, examining tts condition. The bond holders and mortgagers have taken it for one million dollars—that is to say, eighty miles of it, to York, and wish to sell it (as I suppose) for about the samo amount. Beyond York, twenty- seven miles to Meridian, belongs to Stanton’s line, and this is tho only missing link in the chain to Vicksburg. I have heard it said that Stanton demands thirty thousand dollars yearly rontage for right of way, bnt that i3 too much, and probably this gap will havo to bo built. So far, about 12 m., it ha3 rained none to-day, and Africa has been ont in force fighting grass. A larger proportion of women are In the field than I have noticed elsewhere. In such a coun try as this, labor, judgment and economy, are all that is needed to reproduce a condition of overflowing wealth and abundance. From Selma beyond Demopolis, say fifty-five miles, it is apparent to the eye that tho whole country rests on a rotten lime Btone substra tum. As yon approach Demopolis it crops ont more constantly, and the railway track is fre quently cut through solid beds of it, sometimes to the depth of fifteen or twenty feet. For two or three feet the stone generally assumes a greenish white color, and is rapidly disintegrat ing. Below it is a solid blue—frequently seam less—but it all disintegrates on exposure to the atmosphere. It takes the form of slate, and then slacks and breaks up into little squares, and gradually abrades into an impalpable pow der. This is the secret of tho extraordinary fertility of tho soil, and in this unknown depth of limestone substratum is an inexhaustible sup ply of -creative vegetable wealth. Here, too, according to tho popular theory, is the secret of these Artesian wells, which sup ply Dallas, Greene, Marengo and Sumpter counties with their perennial, gushing foun tains of limpid water. Boring through this massive superincumbent bed of limestone, a spring is reached whoso course is depress ed below its sources by this enormous pressure. Touch the subterranean current and it springs up with great force above the surface. On thi3 road, for example, is cer tainly one Artesian well, which discharges a heavy stream of water into a tank high enough to supply the locomotive, and so has been pour ing day and night, an uninterrupted stream for years. For this distance note the streams intersected by this road—tho Little Bigby and the Big Big- by, and all the creeks which intersect the track. Every one cf them presents/on either side, a «"»lid limestone wall, smoother and moro com pact than was ever laid by mortal hand. Now, coaneivo tins fifty-five miles of country old and well titled—no stumps in tho fields —full of fino EolllcinOats and stately mansions— opening to tho eyo a vista «t ihrco to five miles of splendid farming improvements, and it is a right worth seeing. From five to teii mile3 bo- low Demopolis the country is poorer and «toie broken. J. O. > Strikes—Sambo an Apt Scholar. In Washington City, several days ago, a large number of negro laborers were employed to work on the Columbia Street Railway at $1 25 per diem. Taking a leaf from tho book of their Northern lay and order friends, however, on Monday they refased to go to work, demanding $2 00 for eight hours’ labor. About a dozen who reported for duty wore beset by their com rades, and told if they did not all join the strike they would be killed. The mob was finally dispersed by tho police, but not before they had driven away their com panions who were at work. The managers of the road have found no dif ficulty in procuring reliable white labor, and avow they will not employ the strikers now at any price. How easy it is for the ignorant and degraded to acquire bad habits and ape the vices of others. These emutes are but the first buddings of the harvest of calamity and death which will follow a contest between labor and capital. They should be put down by the strong arm of the law in their infancy. In some English manufacturing, towns the • xonqyof secret societies, takes shape ip the persecution of labor sivigg iuvntors, and industrious and innocent rtrtn thro not un- nnfrequently Iho victims ef there oorspiracies. Once let our untutored colored population believe that they can control their employers by forcible exactions, and there will be no end to the troubles which will ensue. We trust their Washington experience will inculcate a whole some lesson for the'fuinro. Jeff. Dayls. Too New York Herald and the whole crew of Northern journalists, have.let slip the dogs of war upon the person of the hapless ex-Prerident so recently liberated from a long and inhumane incarceration at Fortress Monroe. The Herald even gives utterance to tho fol lowing spiteful paragraph: “ Give him the length of. the string that ought to have brought him up long ago." While we feel that it was in bad taste for Mr. Davis to have uttered one syllable uponjwliti- cal subjects, and believe that a vast majority of Southern Democrats are opposed to taking any active part in the formation of a Presidential platform, still we confess to a feeling of sad ness at the venom which is exhibited towards an unfortunate and ruined enemy. This does not savor much of universal amnesty and the doctrine of forgiving and forgetting, which Mr. Greeley and others aro so fond of expatiating upon. , Doubtless tho “raw head and bloody bones’ of another rebellion on the tapis will be made to do good service for Grant in the campaign before him. It will not be the first time that willful misrepresentation and falsehoods ont of whole cloth, have been made to subserve unholy partisan purposes. All honest Northern men know that the Sonth does not seek the renewal of hostilities, bnt on the contrary, presents the spectacle of a law-abiding people, patient and forbearing even under aggravated wrongs and grievances. ■ j THE CEOltGU 1’ItESS. ; Without a single solitary exception the press of the State allude to the almost inoessant rains of the last four days, and express sympathy for the cotton planters. The Republican says the recent heavy show- ert of rain have thoroughly washed the streets and lanes of Savannah, thus rendering timely aid to the street and lane committee, and giving the assurance that the present health of tho city will continue daring the summer. Mr. A. D. Lockwood, a great cotton mill en gineer of New England, says Augusta' is des tined to bo -the Lowell of the South in manu facturing proportions. It is to be hoped his prediction will be amply fulfilled. The Chronicle and Sentinel reports the arrest of General W. Kryzanowski, Supervisor of In ternal Revenue for this Btato, Florida and Ala bama, in Angnsta on Friday, on a possessory warrant, issued by Justloo Yerdery, at the in stance of a firm in that city, whose books ho was cnargeil with haviog illegally seized. Tho COSO came before Judge Yerdery on Saturday, and a motion was made to transfer it to the United States Circuit Conrt. Counsel for the firm ob jected, and the court refased the motion; whereupon defendant’s counsel excepted to tho ruling and gave notice that a writ of certiorari would be aplied for. Augusta negroes havo a novel way of receiv ing their colored creditors when they call to make collections. They snatch up double bar reled guns, and offer to settle their debts in powder and lead, if the creditor don’t leave in short order. J. O. Mathewson, Esq , of Augusta, shipped to Baltimore recently a lot of white wheat. It being the first of tho season received at that point, it sold for the fanoy price of S3 per bushel. One of the Macon Knights Templar, recently on a visit to Atlanta, gave it as his opinion when ho went home, that Atlanta is decidely a one-horse place. He says ho mustered his com pany np here, and not more than two negroes followed it around through tho streets. Ho mustered tho same company in Macon last year, and was followed by at least two thousand ne groes.—Atlanta Sun. Cuors in Hancock.—The Sparta Times and Planter of the 3d Inst, says: Tho wheat crop i3 said to bo excellent thronghont.the county. Some have harvested their crops, yielding well; few instances of rust are reported, but as a general thing, tho crop is above the average. The com crops in this county cannot he surpassed. Planters say the prospects are better for a large yield than they have known for many 'years. About an aver age crop of oats will be made, but tho cotton is sorry throughout this section. A failure in this plant the present year is predicted. Rev. Dr. Skinner, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Columbus, has been granted indefinite leave of absence, in consequence of tho failing health of his wife. One of the proprietors of the Savannah Ad vertiser won a §C00 set of f umituro at a raffle in his town on Saturday night, and is, of course, highly elated. Excoubaging.—Moneyed men report less de mands for loans on good collaterals at present than at any time in our history. The city is also doing an average business. There is as much good security as ever. This Bhow3 farm ers at least have moro money than they aro credited with. It i3 pleasant to know all has not disappeared, as tho croakers would have us believe.—Columbus Sun, 4th. Riot in Angnsta. The -pres3 of Augusta of Friday, report a rather seripns riot that occurred near the fac tory in that city on Thursday evening last, da ring tho progress of which two men weire shot and several struck with bricks. Tho Chronicle says tho row was of a sectional obaracter, and tho War one of race. The difficulty seems to have originated in the. following manner: It appears that at a-laio hour on the ovening of Thursday, Frank Miller, colored, passed along Marbury street, in front of the Factory, just as a number of lad3 wero coming out of tho building. Seeing that Miller was intoxicated, tho crowd commenced making remarks to and abont him. Not fancying the manner in which he was addressed, Miller replied rather roughly and some of the boysbegan to curse him. Miller hap pened lobe accompanied by several colored boys, and these latter espoused his quarrel. Seizing some bricks they commenced pelting tho whites, who throwbriclrs in retnrn, and charging caused tho colored combatants to fall back. A running fight ensued until tho retreating party reached tho old pistol factory. At this point one of tho colored boys drew a revolver, but before he conlduso it another colored boy, named Mnr- plirey, snatched the weapon from his hand3 and fired it three times at tho white party. Two of shots took effect—one of the balls striking .f J 0o ®{£ roan named Tom Bryant, in the chin; *“9 . ^ penetrating the shoulder of William Tcthston. " Aether of the young men received serious injuries. Ag. soon as the shots were fired both Bides retireu. Mr. Bryant, wo under stand, had nothing to do -*ith the affray, and had merely approaohed the spot to see the oc casion of the disturbance. LaFatetie, Walker County, Ga.,\ June 2,1871. > Editors Telegraph and Messenger :—We see arrayed in Governor Bollock's Ku-klnx column tho case of a Mr. Andrews, of this county, whose rouse was recently robbed. We have often heard the facts of this case, as related by Mr. Andrews’ family. But never until the Governor’s proclamation was published did we hear even a suspicion intimated that it was a Ku-klnx outrage, or the work of any organized band. It was simply a caso of robbery, perpe trated by two unknown disguised men, who came to Mr. Andrews’ house early in the night in Us absence, and, in presence of his family, searched Us trunks and took hls'money. And from the indignation naturally aroused by such a crime as this, and wUch we have, heard universally expressed, we doubt not that the citizens of this county unanimously desire the apprehension and punishment of these crimi nals, even more sincerely than our immaculate Governor does. Very respectfully, J. C. Cvesosxs, J BY TELEGRAPH. SUNDAY DISPATCHES. New Oeleans, June 4.—That portion of the city west of Galvez Btreet, andbelweon Old ana New Canal street, is partially flooded, caused by heavy rains and crevasses in the levee. The Bonnett Carre crevasse and east and southeast windsfor tho past two day>, driving in a heavy _ rise in Lake Fonchartrain. The rain and unfa vorable winds continue, causing apprehension that tho city west of Claiborne street will be flooded. The Milnebnrg and tho lake end of tho Fonchartrain Railroad are several inches under water. The New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad, from FortMeComb to the rigo- lelts, about 12 miles, is partially flooded. Laves.—Tho crevasse in the new canal levee at the foot of Hagan Avenue is 125 feet wide and 4 feet deep. The water is ponring into the city through another break reported on the inner levee of the old canal. All that portion of the city between the two canal3 and weist of Clai- bomo street will, doubtless, be flooded before morning. Washington, June 4.—The - United State, and Spanish Joint Commission meets this weeks Ajl claims of alleged American citizens, grow ing of confiscation and imprisonment during the insurrection in Cuba, wjjl bo adjusted. The considerations also extends to tho heirs of those who suffereej. The Commission consists of Judge Alto, for the United States, and Senor Patestad,for Spain,and Baron Ledorer, Austrian Minister, Umpire. Caleb Cushing, . counsel for the United States, James M. Carlisle, for Spain. Credentials os Minister to the German Em pire have been forwarded to Mr. Bancroft. Ban croft desires to come home, but the Govern ment urges him to remain. Among the treaties which failed of notion by tho Sonate, is that relating to the Darien Canal. The Committee on Foreign Relations, having the subject in charge, believe that the terms of this treaty were not sufficiently explicit, and be sides they desire to leam the results of the Te huantepec survey before coming to a conclu sion as to the inter-Oceanio communication. Bowen was released on bail under a motion for a new trial. Cotton movements for the Week. New York, Jane 4.—The ootton movement shows a farther falling off of both receipts and exports, being the smallest in the aggregate for any previous week for a long time past. The receipts at all ports are 36,403, against 40,178 last week; 45,007 previous week, and 40,840 three weeks since. Total receipts sinco Sep tember 1st, 3,792,209 against 2,772,432 for the corresponding period of the previous year. The exports from all ports are 47,892 against 36;1G0 last year. Total exports for the expired portion of the cotton year, 2,944,177, against 1,959,593 for the same time last year. Stock at ail ports 207,139, against 370,0S0, at the same time last year. Stocks at interior towns 2i,cs9, against 50,400 last year. Stock in Liverpool 907,000, against 009,000 last year. American cotton afloat for Great Britain 188,000, against 180,000 last year. Indian cotton afloat for Europe, 305,093, against 249,559 last year. The weather has been rainy again, and further damage has boen done to the growing crop. San Fbancisco, May 4.—Judge Dwinnell overruled tho exoepUons, and sentenced Mrs, Fair to be hanged on the 28th of July. New Yobk, Juno 4.—A Herald cable dispatch dated Berlin, June 3, says Thiers promises that whatever sentence is imposed npon Assi and Rochefort, will be executed. An order 6igned and sealed by the Commune, to bum the Hotel da Ville, has been discovered. Emperor William has decided the San Juan question in favor of the United States. Pabis, June 3.—The theatres havo been au thorized to reopen, but the cafes and chantants are still under restrictions. Versailles, June 4.—Tho Assembly has voted 1,053,000 francs to rebuild the house of Thiers. Berlin, June 3.—Tho bill incorporating A1 ace with tho German Empire, was read threes times before the German Parliament Savannah, June 4.—Arrived, steamship Gen. Barnes, New York; ship Cynosure, Liverpool; brig Cora M. Tucker, Cuba. Cleared, steamship Cortes, New Orleans. Washington, June 5.—Tho reports on im pending changes in the department and district commanders, with a view to the stringent en forcement of the Ku-KIox bill, are unfounded. Neither has the war department any advices confirmatory of the reports indicating a general Indian war. Louisville, June 5.'—Greeley passed here to day en route North. He gives a glowing ao- oonnt of Texas, but wa3 unfavorably impressed with Mississippi, where he says there is moro waste land and old Southern spirit than in any Southern State he had passed through. Chicago, June 5.—The wheat harvest has be gun in Southern Illinois earlier than ever known. The yield is abundant. Legal proceedings compel Cheney to leave the pulpit when abont being inaugurated.. San Francisco, June 5.—Mrs. Fair’s spirits and health are unchanged since her sentenco. The demonstrations of sympathy from strong- minded women continues. 3 The murderer of Miss McDuffie 1 , at Cherokee Flat, is surrounded by citizens who are deter mined to hunt him down. Five thousand dol lars reward is offered for him. The murderer has a heavy rifle and two revolvers. New Yo2K, Jnne 5.—Five thonsaud invita tions have boen extended to tha telegraphers by Tillotson & Co,, for a complimentary excur sion upon tho inauguration of the Morse Statute on Saturday next. Count Gasperin died recently at Geneva. Paris, June 5.—Egress is forbidden after 9 o’clock. The arrival of foreigners is increasing daily. Fifty thousand who boro arms are still at large, from whom the police are in' constant danger. -Gronsset has been arrested. There is active search for Pyatt. A motion is pending to prolong Thiers’ powers two years. Duke d’Aumale is at St. Germaine. Archbishop Dor, boy’s funeral occursonthe 7th fronfNotre Dame, Port-au-Prince, May 23.—'Tho jonrnals.pnb- liah protests of the people against annexation. San Ddanxoo, May 30.—Baez Is making ex tensive preparations, having received army stores from New York. Tho revolutionists are also preparing for the struggle.. Havana, June 4.—The impost on imported, cattle is reduced to two on Spanish, and tbreo dollars on foreign bottoms until December. Versailles, Juno 4.—Tho probabie result of thejsittings of the National Assembly to-mor- rowj is the cause of great excitement. It is be lieved tho decree of the exile of the Bourbon Princess will be abrogated.. Tho newspapers generally disapprove of such a course, which they say'will bo afterwards restoration. - New York, Juno 5.—Arrived out, Germania, City of Brussels, Nevada. Vritf VrtMT Tnnfl K K n shrubbery and gardens have all been ruined— houses damaged and property depreciated. The ayei flow directly from tho Bike in the Gentilly Road quarter, has caused heavy loss in the de struction of many fine market gardens. Tho Milnesburg and Ponohartrain Railroad, from Gentilly Station, is still overflowed. The water on the lake is receding slowly. A train came through from Mobile yesterday on th'e Chatta nooga Railroad. A passenger roports about 45 .miles of the road under water. A Jackson Railroad passenger who came in this morning, New York, June 5.—Arrived—Clyde, Helen, Sami. Castrer, Clara, Snow Squall. New York, June 5.—Arrived—City Port- au-Price, Saratoga; Ha'.tiras, Herman Living ston. New Orleans, June 5.—Back of Claiborne street, on Canal, there is an average depth of two feet of water, and the flood is increasing. Water Is as far np Canal street as Rampart street, with the exception of the neutral ground on Canal street, whioh is not entirely covered. East of Cltdburce there is an unbroken sheet of water from Villery street to thefMetaire bridge, and from the new to the old basins, an area of five or six square miles, including abont three hundred thickly inhabited squares. The suffer ings of the inhabitants of this quarter, especial ly among the poorer classes, are very great. Thousands living in Eingle story houses have moved out, while most of those living in two- story houses have been compelled to move into the second stories. The city authorities seem to be doing all they can to alleviate the sufferings of the people. Every available boat and skiff has been brought into use. Policemen may be seen moving in almost every direction, rendering such assis tance as they can, moving those who are in danger and distributing provisions to the needy. The damage by this overflow cannot be esti mated witp. any degree of certainty. The George A. Fruret, Vice President of the Union Bank, was found in the canal this morning op- ■ posite Hagan Avenne. He was last seen at the Half-Way House Friday afternoon- Joseph Fusond was drowned in Canal street canal yes-, terday. . New York, June 5.J-The City of Brussels' time t(j Queenstown was eight days, fourteen hours and thirty minutes. An immense pile of bricks, on Church street, fell to-day, burying several children. One was rescued ^ith its limbs broken. It is feared the others are killed. •, .'' rf. * Later.—Another child has been rescued, badly hurt. A man is still under the brickB. John Arno, a Chinaman, is held, in $5,000 bail, charged with an attempt to kill an officer of the American brig, Thomas, which arrived last night. . A large portion of the business part of the city of Waverly was destroyed by fire to-day. Loss $75,000. ... - * f y'/. It is rumored that the Agricultural Bureau reports tho growing cotton crop at 1,250,000 bales les3 than last year. . The prize fighters’, (Edwards and Collins,) case will bo argued before the general term on tha jurisdiction of the sentencing court. Washington, June 5.—Latest official advices report the number of Indians massacred at Fort Grant at 80. Fall River, June 5.—Lightning fired the City Hall to-day, and killed a man in the vioini- ty who had refugecd under a tree. Baltimore, Jnne 5.—The eighteenth annual session of the International Typographical Union convened to-day, Wm. J. Hammond, of New Orleans, presiding. Sixty-four Unions were represented by seventy-eight delegates, including Miss Mary Moore from Womens Union No. 1, of New York City. An informal ballot for President resulted: Win. J. Hammond 52; Mr. Walsh, of New York, 18; T. A. Cros by, of Montreal, 3; scattering, 2. Hammond was declared re-elected by acclamation. They are a fine looking body of men. John Collins, of Cincinnati, was re-elected Secretary and Treasurer. ✓ Fisher & Sons bought from the State over five thousand shares of common stock of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at $140 per share. The sale was ordered by the State to pay State bonds matured January last. By this sale the Stato loses two directors in the company. The amount realized being insufficient to pay the bond, a farther sale of preferred stock will probably be necessary, when the State will lose more directors. London, June 5.—Earl Do Gray has resumed his seat in the House of Lords. He was warmly congratulated on the conclusion of the treaty.--* In tho House of Commons, Gladstone’de- clared that the existing laws were ample to enable tho Government to fulfill tho conditions of the treaty at Washington. London is now in direct telegraph communi cation with China, the cable between Sanga- pore and Hong Kong having been successfully New YoLS,Jnne 5.—Arrived, City of Mexico. Arrived out,'Erin. Savannah, June 5.—Cleared, bark Marietta, Barcelona; brig Amiable Tero, Barcelona; schooners Harriet Brewster and Nougebo, Porto Rico: Coquette, Baltimore. Washington, June 5.—The Republican Ex ecutive Committee of Alabama, with twelve signatures, has Eent a communication re monstrating with the President against tho re cent official changes in that State. It contains .the following sentence: “ We are the moro im pelled, so to speak, because we are aware that tho administration, while we keep silent, is justifiably, or even necessarily led to rely upon the statements or recommendations of those whoso positi&n or pretences enable them to practice impositions on it.” The document lacks the signature of only one member of the committee and represents every Republican paper in the State bnt one. San Francisco, May 5.—Australian George, alias Portuguese Joe, who murdered Miss Mc Daniel because she refased to many him, was hunted ont of his hiding place in the moun tains, near Cherokee, and was to-day shot and his body bnrned to ashes by the infuriated cit izens. Versailles, June 5.—The Assembly to-day presented an animated appearance. Many no tabilities cccupied seats on the floor, and tho galleries were- crowded with spectators in an ticipation of a debate upon the right of the Orleans Princes to seats ia the House. Among the distinguished Princes present was Prince Meiternion and nearly all the members of the diplomatic corps. President Thiera rose to move a postponement of the discussion.' He Eaid he had passed hours in consultation with the members of the Committee having in charge the snbject whioh now engaged the attention of the Assembly. TheCommitteehadacknowledged that it was impossible to come to an agreement to-day, and he hadreqnestedthem not to hasten their deliberations. He stated that he was very unwell, and begged that the Assembly would consent to a postponement of the question at issue till Thursday. The Committee, he said, favored a simultaneous decision in verification of the elections of the Orleans Princes and tho abrogation of the decree of exile against them. Tho Assembly agreed to an adjournment of the debate. The committee appointed to consider what action should be taken in regard to the acts of the recent governments of Franoe, re ported in favor of an investigation into the ad ministration of the Government of National De fence at Paris, Tours and Bordeaux, and of the G rvemment over which Thiers was President. Paris, Juno 5.—French soldiers returning from imprisonment in Germany replace the mobilized guards as fast ns they arrive. In Algieria none of tho Mobile Guards will bo re turned under arms. elation and surroundings forbid a waste of time in fruitless speculation, and ho thanks Versus for solving tnw problem of motive. “The party in power wanted patronage, wanted to form a neuolus around which they hoped to build up'* party in each district—wanted eighty-eight ad ditional offices;” and to attain the end, sought the criminal jurisdiction of several hundred officers (one-half of whom were “appointees of. Bullock,”) was taken away and conferred upon forty-eight officers, simply “to form a neuclua for party purposes.’ 1 Wonderful Radical strat egy ! A coup d'etat worthy of the second Napo leon. - i -;••••••• ;•».-« ■> Quidam has now admitted all that Versus claims, and ho now bids hinr & final aSie% hop ing that when they meet again that the dark clouds which now overshadow the sky of Versus and “our oounty" will have passed away, and the glory of a new life dawned npon them, and Jh&t he can proudly exelaimjNhis is “our coun ty,” and poiut triumphantly to an upright and enlightened judiciary. Quidam. [ADVERTISEMENT.) Tite Decent Railroad Movement* Ex plained. From tho Morning News.]' « Savannah, Ga., June 2,1871. Having been informed by my friends in the interior of Georgia that there is prevalent in that section a report that the recent lease of the Macon and Western Railroad by the Central had been secured through some collusion of the Cen tral Railroad with the gentlemen interested ni the construction of tho Atlanta and Savan- vah Railroad, and having had my attention called toa newspaper article, in which it was in timated that I had, as a “junior attorney,’’been a party to this matter, I consider it but just to the Central Railroad, to the interests of the Savan nah and Atlanta Boe3, of which I am a Director, and to myself r that a statement of facts should be made. In my correspondence with Colonel ’Robert C. Humber, of Putnam comity, I find a letter of the 25th of May, which presents these facts, and I prefer to present them to tha pub- lioby the publication of this letter, rather than by a statement made subsequent to the events which seem to have disturbed the of some persons. Vi Mk D - Capers. deuce this by subscribing^ progressive place abounding^to vrws 3 - 0 reac b l be trade of this Thw w manifest in the subscription km? - *:-!* The increasing commercial import S&Yttnnab, os & stjauort vill j? stimulate merchants otenterpiise^ 8 ! ant 4? teined to make our city more than who knowa butthatthe day wig ay the people of this city caa^^^ ^ xn uie prosecution or our work must fully appreciate one faot'cotec^s'’* our record. ^ We are clear of “Stateaid," the fllctedon our people m these davi of ,2^' Lst us keep the record preserved ft lcti ° B - pie want a railroad, in the name rt CCr P«>- honesty let them build it with thei- n CGClao t> or with means secured in same rtV 0 " 0 Bit PMnrremicirn Wav rt,.. The District Courts; Editors Telegraph and Messenger.—Quidam would not again thrust himself before an indul gent public were it not for the purpose of cor recting a wrong impression oh the mind of Ver sus, and perhaps some of your many .readers. He does not assume tho championship of the District Courts in general and challenge a nows- papor war. Tho article -of the SOlh was written solely for the purpose of. correcting what was honestly’ conceived to bo an error in the prac tice of some of our local courts, and call tho at tention of thinking men to the practical work ings of tho District Court in this county : and if Jiis theory and arguments were not confined to the wants of his own connty, then his mind was Tn error (if error it be) and not his heart. Quidam has not seen the practical working of the District Court in any connty other than his own, and would “not seek to enlist other Sec tions . of tho Stato in its favor. “Having, he hopes, convinced Versus that the article in ques tion was intended to apply solely to local algdir8, and not to the public at large, nothing is left to him bnt to apologize to his “Piney Woods” ac quaintance for having unwittingly entered his rustic retreat, and disturbed his equanimity by advocating the claims of the District Courts in sral, and bids him adieu by admitting all ho claims for his own connty, his people and his judge. He admits that “jaslices in our county” were good men, learned and.true, and the pres ent encumbent in “our county” has * knoro beaver; than brains. ” Such’ a state of affairs is truly un fortunate and deplorable, and when Quidam' turns from an upright and enlightened judiciary at home and gezes upon the sad picture,his heart yearns in sympathy over tho misfortunes of the people of “our county,” and he regrets that the virtuous indignation of Versus did not inspire manly courago enough to. tell the name of hla unfortunate. connty, his oppressed people and his wonderful Judge, and not leave his. friends groping in the dark seeking the proper Tecip- ents of their sympathy and fearing lest they bestow iton the wrong object. He admits that justice was cheap under the old regime and that “it has cost fifty times as much to get ready to try the first case (in the District Court) as it did to try all the cases by the two justices under the act of 1868.” Truly, a wonderful ratio of in crease. Yet he accepts it as true to the letter. He admits,that “our people are so xnueh op posed to tt that they refuse to come in contact with it in any shape,” and that their indignation rises to such virtuous heights that their very op position to the court nips crime itself in the bud, and leaves a brainless judge to gaze In dis- pair over dockets nnspotted with crime. A new theory, bnt true in fact. Quidam admits that “he does not comprehend the motives that prompted. the Legislature to organize these tribunals.” Hie education, asao- SAVASSXaS^5a§!®ay'25tb > 1871. Robert C. Humber, Esq., Ealonton:. Mx Deab Bib : Your letter of iha 1 _ has been anticipated by nie, and hence my com mu&ication of the same date,' giving m j eon- jeobares as to the action of the City Council of Savannah on the resolutions adopted at the cit izens' meeting on the lGth, a copy of whioh I have forwarded to'yofr , The claims'c^ the 'At- lanta and Savannah Railroad have been pre sented to the people of Savannah, as we desired that it should be pres9nted-ufoly,on M as an enterprise'in which’thoy'arn Ini representatives of the interests of Georgia’s commercial emporium.- . ' . As far as my part in this mailer is concern- whether well performed or not, IfcavO certainly labored under great embarrassments, just such as yon know how to appreciate, from our .ex. tended conversations and correspondence. Yon are, therefore, fully prepared to appreciate the remarkable action of the Council last night, a copy of which I enclose, takerf f(oni this morn ing’s paper. From the information I have received, I am satisfied that some good has already come to At lanta and Savannah, the termini-of our road, even though our friends along the line may be for the present disappointed. I am assured that a lease of the Macon and Western Railroad has been, or is abont to be consummated J>y 4he Central. This is a result, at least, of ihe agita tion of the questions involved in the construc tion of the Atlanta and Savannah, and an inci dent in the progress of our work which'will re quire careful consideration. I would inrite your thoughtful attention to it now, as I will make it ” the principal subject of this letter, and it must become a snbject of grave deliberation among tho friends of the Atlanta and Savannah. Rail- th&d- You aro familiar with the circumstances con nected with tho inception of our enterprise and the obtainmentof its charter from the Legisla ture. Pray, pardon ms, if I should weary you by repeating them, and bo assured, my dear sir, I only do so to preserve against every future contingency the record of a work which has to this date been preserved in its spirit, and moved onward in tho fult recognition of every principle of equity or law—recognized by men of character in the civil walks of life. Our Charter, as yon aro aware, was obtained from the Legislature by myself representing the wants of the pemle in your section of Middle Georgia, and tL.-ir groat commercial friend, the Cenirt.1 Railroad. Mr. George W. Wyly, a sagacious business man and publio spirted citizen of Savannah, acting at tho time as tho President of the Cen tral Railroad, during tho absence of Mr. Wad- ley, approved it, in advance of its being sub mitted to tho Legislature, and has to this day, unofficially declared his hearty endorsement of the enterprise as one in the interest of the peo ple along its projected line, the cities of Atlanta and Savannah and of the Central Railroad. Acting under, his advice, I presented the charter to the Legislature in the form of an act of incorporation. This had not been done long before I discovered in the opposition arranged against it the interest it was to affect on the State. Notwithstanding that we askedfor none of the “aid” which was being lavishly bestowed npon tho multitude of railroads chartered at this session, our enterprise was mot with an op position in iho Legislature, the very organiza tion and openly declared purpose of which evidenced the fact that rival corporations were at least afraid of.iffi power. This opposition wn, by persistent effort, overcome, and the charter granted by.a very small majority vote in both branches of the “developing” General Assembly. As soon os I returned to Savannah acd could do so, I presented tho charter to the Board of Directors of the Central Railroad in session, believing that it was from the circum stances of my relations the property of this corporation. • : It wa3 then, for the first time, that I heard di“ reclly the views of . Mr. Wadley, the President of the .Central Railroad, expressed upon this subject, as it had beea associated with the in terests of his road. Mr. Wadley, in the frank ness and deliberation characteristic of the gen- tleman, stated to me, that, under the circum stances then existing, the Central Railroad oonld not aid in the construction of the Atlanta and Savannah Railroad, either as & branch of the Central, or as an independent line "of rail; way, and that, as -far .as the interests of his road were ooncemed, he did not appreciate the necessity for its construction. The action of the Board of Directors was in harmony with Mr. Wadley’s views, as expressed to, mo, and thus terminated all connection whatever of the Central Railroad with onr enterprise.. Up to this time I considered, that I had been acting as an attorney for the Central Railroad*, with the interest of an. attorney:4n the work whioh had been completed by him,, and as a cit- e ' Izen of Georgia, with the interests of a citizen in the resalts to accrue to this seaport, the city of Atlanta and. tho peoplo along the dine of the projected road from Tennillo to Atlanta. Since then, by no word, spoken, written, or in any manner whatever conveyed, has Mr. Wadley or any official of the Central Railroad intimated to nie, or to any one connected with our enter prise, that I am aware of, that de desired the construction of the Atlanta and Savannah Rail road, or that he or his Board of Directors would encourage any more in that direction. This, as a fact, you -are aware of.. All that has been done towards the construction of onr road has been accomplished through the advice 'and counsel of our President and Board of Directors and as independa&t of the advice or of any col lusion with tho Central Railroad as we aro to-, day of the railroads in Great Britain. The lease, therefore, of the Haeon and Wes tern Railroad .by the Central, if indeed it. be really accomplished, 13 bnt incidental to the ac-i five manner in which wo have prosecuted our work. Mr. Wadley, with the sagacity of an able executive officer, has watched tho progress ,o£ the fight, and having placed himself in pesition. has accomplished an end which he would have achieved at some day by a slower bnt by an equally sure process. Had he done Ies3 than tins, he would not have been aoting np to his past record as a discreet and skillful officer. I think Atlanta and Savannah should be con gratulated on the result, and give us, at least, the credit of haring hastened the completion of a through line between these important com mercial points. There yet remains much merit in our enter prise, and I am rather indisposed to leave the field when my judgment is convinced that there is a remaining chance for success. Let us bury the dead, send the wounded to the rtar, get the old women and the croakers out of dangers, and oall another council of war. j ■*T j I have great confidence in onr General, and at the same time that the great Central hat not expressed any opdn friendahip, we have no pea- son to believe there is any enmity existing to wards us. u<iminima way,in. my ot>i 0 j oa ,T"““-'j;00 worth the time I have i4 tet letter. ® tbj 3 * * * * , Very truly yours, H D> A. Southern Prcsbyieri^T Cuire™. We find the following in the AU«S tution of yesterday, and in noticing editor saysone gentleman alone mmJl f 5 nation of ^50,COO to the institution' 1 ^ £3 8 ^ CL In accordance with your request it b= pleasure to furnish yon a few in relation to the Great Southern trills which, it is proposed to establish unde* & pioesofthe Presbyterian Church ibr*" 4 ’ aremen of distinguished ability and eiuS An institution of the higher learning se^at meet, with general favor ia the conventi^ v,M the details of the plans drew forth a prolS^,' and spirited discussion. Borne of thenenw of the body were utterly opposed to the ^ lishment of-ecclesiastical control overlS, instituUpns. And advocated tho creation7{ ■close corporation to manage the mattes* * hand. Some expressed serious apwehe-=C Wst the inauguration of so great an enterpri would, like Aaron s rod, swallow up the sr4iif. II n Jibd piety.to’church and State. ! i Others deemed the movement la flues’-'ca wfcoOy unwise and-impracticable, iuTievcf the present impoverished state of the peoak But this objection was obviated by the tative statement that certain liberal and u-ealihv Presbyterians intended, by largo gifts and be^ quests, to commence the work of a great South, em University, and that, therefore, the resour ces of tho Onureh proper would not be tak a: all in this direction. Authentic Information va received to the effect that one gentleman mu’] give fifty thousand, another thirty thousmi, ml a third twenty thousand dollars to inaugurate tts magnificent scheme. In view of these genera propositions, tho General Assembly, towhich body was referred the report of the Educations! Convention for a decisive disposition ot tie question, appointed its own trustees (acharterej board) to receive and holdall funds that mj be contributed for this purpose till the nsi meeting of said Assembly, which is to be Men in the city of Richmond on the third Rushy in May, 1872, when final action will belai in the case. It was the sense of all concerted that a half million of dollars will be required aa an endowment for the University. Where this contemplated institution wQbe located ia yet to be determined, but from shat we heard in Huntsville, we fee! assured that the claims of Atlanta are paramount to these of ary other place in the South. Indeed, no oihr lo cality was mentioned in this connection. Ve cherish, then, tho confident hope that this city is destined to be the fnture location of oneo. the grandest enterprises of the age. In this event Oglethorpe University will, of course, o» absorbed in the larger and moro coaBandirg establishment. In conclusion, permit mo to state that the General Assembly has enjoined upon all tha Presbyteries and Synods under ils care to rally round the existing institutions of the Church, and to sustain them by their substance, patron age and prayers. Tins timely action ou the part of the Supreme Court of the Church, ridUeni to give a new impulse to the cause of Christian education. Oglethorpe’and other institute , of like character, have never received stronger assurances cf support and encouragement a! tie hands of those directly interested in them David Weis. Oglethorpe University, June 2,1871. The Macon and Knoxville Rulsoid.-!! is thought by many of our citizens that if fit Central does suoceed in getting the Jlacoa&ri Western that it will oppose the building rf fit Macon, and Knoxville Railroad. Wetnutfis! in no event will this be the case; for that io»l would be of vast benefit to the old Central, tut j jjot to the Macon and Western. This city sorely needs this new line to tha northwest, and we must and will have it in I spite cf opposition coming from ary sacra | whatsoever. And should the Cental interpose 1 any obstacle, it would only have tho effect d j stimulating Us friend3 with fanatical zeaL Still Raining.—Two more very heiu w» j clouds passed-over this city and section jostcr- day aftemoon-rtha first about one, aui th ; second at four o’clock—-both of which | down copious showers upon us.. It h* 3 r more or less, (mostly more,) for the last 1 days in this viclny, daring whioh time W* j inches of water have fallen. It is really tern-1 bio on the planters. Just now is v time, bnt the weather is so wet ths* it ’ of course, be cured. Tha sams'ja truo^c. I As to the cotlon—well, Us no use , I there is little or none by thi3 time to ta^ •• I Cotton Speculators. —This very BITot to any community are jaetnowsteppi&g 83 '' Jedn as high as blind horses. To say that t- e 7 as fine aa a horse with plenty of oats, mild. They are particularly, espec 1 J generally elated at tho greatadvauw And wfc° '*° nia blame them? N°*«i .j^lcert For, for the last two years, they could lapic at a bale cf cotton without losmg: whilst the shipment of ten bags t0 J\ . was equivalent to failure, ana to send that Sto Ltverpool amounted to * financial^ and panic. n . r “Futubes.”—Hereafter we shall repfirtg in our commercial column, New Yor futures/’ though we must express t-e ^* that such quotations aro extremely ^ Ond unreliable, and will not begin to ^ upon which to base a legitimate tw» “J [ac . St would bo best for tho oonntry if ^ L ot tlons were ignored altogether in co* y rather in-cotton circles. V» fi E5 special requeafc, but at the same as illegitimate and nnteliabie. Daoon.—The Burdick Brothel street, are now selling a superior ^,1 bacon at the very low rates cf pound for clear -rib sides and c ‘^jte per pound for shoulders. Now U lime to buyyour bacon. Afnlllinc-’ = provisions and plantation supplies e u at this house, , and .on as reason^- .they can be bought in Central Georg 1 *- the advertisement. _ * . -w ——- , ExTBAOBblNABY BAINS.—It raUje ’ , I few and short intervals, in this c f S^l from Wednesday noon tmtii day last It then held up nnhio evening, when the heaviest r “° nnP aniej* 1 .l fell in and south of the city, I heavy peals of thunder itwa 3 lightning. At (alate hour last wg“ 1 -r WoodSfllta The Stbexi Railboad.—5Ve night that tho ssbsoripGon Square Street Railroad had nearly ;»■ 000—a sum sufficient to B success—th® people of t0 “first-cousin," Vine* ought B^o, branch. ■the III: ISu fee Ihv ] adi Bit leor iiOE py "ae Ml Ha |tbe fila ! 1D g It i of tho Ihll; syn ah: are ridi pas Y ablf Fre it w R-ou ana *0] b< ■ou ft t [top love: I <( | con I 1010] I my |riU I he] h*p I h«a pee |*wa |?rui ling! I toer fit. I I gob f hue I am I tea; is s “A] We« I Jon I “ye I fate
