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70. The Greoi^ia. _ Wee k~l y Telegraph. aD-d Journal fOVEesseiigei*# Telegraph and Messenger. MACON, OCTOBER 10 1871. News Items. Repudiation.—The Richmond State Journal, the organ of the Virginia Radicals, comes out sqaarely in favor of repudiating the interest on the State debt for the two years now next en suing. It says that the revenueswill not suffice to pay the $2,000,000 of interest due and also maintain the school system; that the people cannot bear any farther taxation, and that the school should be preferred to the public cred itors. Spasmodic Otstees.—The Wilmington Jour nal complains that J|m oyster season has open ed spasmodically. Do they open the oysters during the spasms, and if so, can it be done without a knifo? TTrr-p Cool.—The Journal is incensed at the Charlestonians who had previously taken um brage at the Wilmington non-intercourso ordi nance. The Courier calls Wilmington “a little fever hole,” and says people dislike to go to these little fresh water river places, like Wil mington and Savannah, they are so apt to be sickly. Upon that the Journal goes for the Cou rier with a handful of statistics. Sixteen foreign ships have loaded at that port in the last two months, besides any number of coasters and steamers, and during that time cotton, 1,637 bales; crude turpentine, 4,804 bbls; spirits, 37,437 bbls; rosin, 93,692 bbls; tar, 3,869 bbls; lumber, 3,965,000 feet have been shipped from Wilmington, which, says the Journal, does not include the enormous quantity taken away by the railroads, and by smaller crafts. Thousands of barrels of naval stores have been carried on to Northern and Western markets by rail, and nearly all the cotton goes that way. The Jour nal says Wilmington is acknowledged to be the best corn market in the South, and we supply the world with naval stores. The actual statistics show that the health of the city will compare favorably with that of any seaboard or inland Southern city, and, notwithstanding the disas trous effects of the war, our population has in creased more than 50 per cent, during the last decade. Let Wilmington proceed. We like to hear a good account of her. She is a famous place for mosquitoes and poor hotels. Books of the Day.—The deil is among the booksellers, for surely such a mass of trash a3 is now ponred out in the way of light literature from the pres3 was never before seen or heard of. As a case in point, we cite the subjoined from tho book notices of the New York Com mercial Advertiser: Carleton also publishes “Stolen Waters,” by Celia E. Gardner. This is 326 pages of a jour nal kept in what is called blank verse, and blank it is sure enough, as a few lines taken at random will show: “ My eiatcr lias been wishing mother to come And eeo her, for some time, and when she went homo Mamma promised to do so. She Wednesday re ceived A summons to come immediately As my sister was ill,” and so on through the whole 326 pages of what was once good white paper. Proposed Experiments in Exploding Boil- els.—According to tho Commercial Advertiser, Mr. F. Stevens, of Hoboken, is about to exper iment on four condemned boilers, in a manner never before attempted. He has, at bis own expense, (says the National Gazette) transported two boilers, which were in use thirteen yoars on board tho steamer Joseph Belknap; one which was in use twenty-three years on board the steamer John Nelson; and one which was in use twenty-nine years on the steamer Tren ton, to Sandy Hook, where they will be exploded by 8loazn pressure. They will be filled with tho regular quantity of water, the fires lighted under them, tho steam raised upon them until they explode. Every means will be taken to secure reliable data in reference to each boiler, the quantity of water in the boiler, the pressure of steam, condition of fires, and- the condition of the boiler after the explosion. A temporary house is being erected, 45 feet in length and 25 feet in width, for tho accom modation of the experts who will be invited to witness these valuable and interesting experi ments. Mr. Slovens is carrying on these exper iments at a large cost, and entirely at his own expense. “Does Grant get Drunk?”—Under this ir reverent caption the New York Sun prints a column to prove that Gen. Grant, so far from having overcome tho bibnlou3 habits of earlier days, notunfrequentlyget3 more whisky aboard than he can carry with discretion. The Sun’s cases in point, show, however, that the Presi dent is cautious, and always has prudent friends about him. It is worthy of note that the Radi cals when they quarrelled with Andrew Johnson, used to insist that Andy was rarely sober, and they never fail to represent every Southern Conservative or Democrat with a whisky jug in one hand and a plug of tobacco in the other. They cannot comprehend how any man in po litical life should intermit, for a moment, the sharp and eager pursuit for pecuniary as sets, unless he is so convivial in his habits as to neglect “the main chance.” It will be bad business if they prove the administra tion drunk and sharp too, because that, unfor tunately, is the case with too many of them. One of the charges made by tho Sun, should bo challenged by Mr. Greeley. The Sun says that at Senator Chandler’s great entertainment in Washington last winter, Mr. Greeley entered a drinking room and there saw the President and his military ring surrounding a huge punch bowl, and all under an extremely high pressuro. What is worse, the President had the ladle in his hand and was very active in pressing the pois onous compound on the merry throng about him. Mr. Greeley looked on with consternation and horror, but alas, alas, what soon befell that great philosopher is thus rather delicately in sinuated: “Being a cold water man himself, and realiz ing the evil effects from a lifo-time oi observa tion of the deadly poison that flows from the bowl, he at first stood in much amazement and then remained to satisfy himself.” This is an extraordinary statement, which should demand the nolioo of Mr. Greeley and his friends. The philosopher of the Tribune should have made a stouter resistance than all this comes to, to the “bad example of tho President.” What renders this confession still more significant is the fact stated by the newspaper correspondents, at the time, that Mr. Greeley lost his hat that night and never was able to tell what became of it. Frosts in South Carolina.—Light frosts were reported in various parts of South Caro lina last week and the week before. The Yellow Fever at Cedar Keys has died out for want of material. Ten persons have fallen victims to it, and only about a dozen of the population remain—the rest having fled. The Charleston Courier, of Friday, mention ing the death of Mr. O. D. Conner, says he re ceived every attention that could be shown him by his frionds and the officers of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. The Grand Jury of Newberry county, South Carolina, say it costs three to five hundred dol lars in each county to collect the taxes. Col. Downing, chief of the Cherokee nation, has married Miss Ayers, a wealthy and culti vated spinster of Philadelphia. The lady met the chief some years since, and immediately determined to devote her life to the pursuit of Cherokees and their advancement in civiliza tion. Texas Bnr.—Choice outs of fresh Texas beef are now sold in the Philadelphia market at 8 to 10 cents per pound. This beef is slaughtered in Texas nnd brought by the steamships in re frigerated apartments, where It is perfectly kept at a low temperature. Conflagrations in the Northwest.—That is a terrible story told in this edition abont the great sweeping conflagrations in Michigan and Ohio. To what natural causes can-be attributed the excessive drouths of the last two or three years in tho Northern portions of the United States, and the corresponding excessive rains in the South? What has deranged the equilibrium? Here is a question for the philosophers. * ‘Gobbling Mexico. A special telegram from Washington, in the World, says a grand scheme for gobbling up Mexico is on foot—the joint in cubation of Radical and Democratic politicians and Federal and Confederate soldiers. Gen eral Joseph E. Johnston is spoken of as the mil itary leader of tho enterprise, and Generals Rosecrans and John A. Logan are in sympathy with it. It is also claimed that trusted publio men in Mexico—among them Juarez himself— are in favor of it. Missions.—The American Board of Commis sioners for Foreign Missions met in Salem, Massachusetts, last Tuesday. The secretary’s report shows that $48,201 have been expended in the Sandwich Islands, China, Syria, Persia, and Gaboon. The work accomplished by Ihe board in the Tarkish Empire, India, China, Japan, Micronesia, and amoDg the North Amer ican Indians Is recounted. The prospects are considered as encouraging. The whole number of missionaries and assistants is 1,214; number of missions, 13; stations, 74; out-stations, 415: number of pages printed, 12,538,432; number of churches, 172; members, 8,486; added dur ing the year, 978; pupils in schools, 15,467. Rev. Dr. Post, of St. Louis, preached the annual sermon. The Mormon Trials—Herald reports state that Brigham Young has been indicted on the complaint of a Deputy United States Marshal, who heard him, abont a year ago, in a speech before a party of Bostonians, say that he had sixteen wives and forty-five children. The Ter ritory of Utah has never passed any law for the regulation of marriage, bat has a statute against “lewdness,” undor which Young is indicted. In reference to Young’s alleged mnrders, a cor respondent of the Son says: “Bill” Hickman, a notorious Danite, a vile murderer and a dirty scoundrel, has divulged to to the United States Marshal and the United States District Attorney the murders that he has committed, and in which he implicates Brigham as accessory, both before and after the fact. Hickman, aware of the penalty of his crimes, is trembling like a miserable coward, and says ho will tell all if they will only spare his life, that he does not want to die. No one but a fanatic would have over con sented to the murders that Hickman was privy to, and the inevitable result ensues. The Uni ted States judiciary have got “the dead wood” upon the prophet, and there is nothing can save him from tho penitentiary or the gallows. Storm in Texas.—The Texas dispatches chronicle a great storm and very high waters on the 3d instant. Putting on the Brakes.—The Bank of Eng land yesterday raised its rate to five per cent, in hope, no doubt, of putting the brakes on the cotton market. Cotton was dall and lower in New York yesterday. Mexico is ail sflame again with revolution, and foreign residents are in great alarm. What can be more deplorable than the condition of chronic civil war in which that country has ex isted since 1821—just half a century? During all this lime there have been more revolutions and pronunciamentos than years, and the conn try will never be quietnnder the control of such a wretched population. The Fires in the Woods.—The news yester day from the great Western woods and prairie fires is still more disastrous. They are raging in Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. The whole country parched up with drouth catches like tinder, and the very roots of the trees are fired through the heated earth. The very soil itself seem3 to be almost combustible. It re minds ns of what has repeatedly happened among those numerous little Keys or islands on the Gulf coast of Florida. Formed entirely of a vegetable mould resting on a coraline forma tion, in dry times some of them have actually burnt up, soil and all, down to the foundation— from fires left by the hnnter or fisherman. A negro who bad been in jail for eleven yearn under sentence of death, died last Tuesday at Philadelphia. The warrant for his execution had never been signed. TOE GEORGIA PRESS New Books. —Messrs. Lee & Shephard, Boston —Lee, Shephard & Dillingham, New York— send us, through J. W. Burke & Co., of this city, a package of new books, every one of which will do to read and then put away in a library— which is SBying a great deal in this age of trashy publications. First on the list is Barns’ complete works, beautifully gotten np as to binding, etc.—aperfectlittle typographical gem. Then we have “Cassell’s Children’s Album,” one of the most attractive books for very littlo folks, filled with pretty pictures and short stories. The pictures are admirable—far su perior to any similar illustrations we have ever seen. Next we have “Field and Forest, or the Fortunes of a Farmer,” by “Oliver Optio”— an illustrated story of the adventures of a pio neer upon the waters of the Upper Missouri, and fall of lively conflicts with the impediments of nature, and the more dangerous opposition of the savages. Next is “The Children’s Sunday- school Album,” a book of 320 pages of short tales and sketches, with upwards of 100 illus trated engravings. This is a remarkably taste ful volume. Georgia Business Directory.—We had a call, yesterday, from Dr. W. G. Phillips, the com piler of this interesting and useful volume. It contains a tolerably correct llstof the names of persons and firms engaged in tho mercantile, mechanical, manufacturing and professional interests of Macon, Colnmbns, Augusta, Atlan ta and Savannah; together with directories of the State Legislature, and the municipal gov ernments, Masonic and other societies, rail roads, factories, eto., in each city. On the whole, quite a useful manual for business and professional men. Dr. P. is stopping at the Brown House, and will take pleasure in supply ing all demands for his work. Death of Washington’s Nearest Living Re lation.—Col. Lewis W. Washington, who was the nearest living blood connection of George Washington, and well known throughout the District of Columbia and neighborhood, died at his residence in West Virginia on the 1st inst., in the 59th year of his age. Colonel W. will be remembered in connection with the memorable Harper’s Ferry raid of that old horse thief and murderer, John Brown, as having been made a prisoner and kept in confinement several hours by the latter. Southwest Georgia Central Fair.—We are indebted to Mr. H. G. Harris, Secretary, for a polite invitation to attend this Fair, which will be held at Fort Valley on the 17th inst., and continuing three days. We are assured that it will be a most interesting occasion, and that a fine display will be made. We know that in the matter of handsome women and good looking, intelligent men, Honaton and the adjacent counties will maintain their old reputation for sweeping the board. Cassius M. Olay delivered a speech in St. Louis on Tuesday in which he denounced the administration of Grant as a complete failure, and declared that “the rebellion itself was no* such a blow at the life of the nation” as his re- eleotion would be. Take Simmons’ Liver Regulator; it will re move all unpleasant feelings and make yon welL Prepared only by J. EL Zeilin <b Co., Macon, Ga. John Williams, a Columbus negro thief who was caught stealing a can of lard on Wednesday, elected to take 39 on his bare back instead of going to jaiL The dose was administered eon amove, by another colored brother, who thought it fine fun. We clip the following ftom the Colambus San, of Thursday: Rev. Dr. O. L. Smith.—Rev. Dr. O. L. Smith, pastor of St. Luke’s church in this city, who has just been elected to the Presidency of the Wesleyan Female College, in Macon, and ac cepted the position, tells ns he does not intend leaving at once to assume the duties of his charge. He will remain here probably until No vember 1st, unless his chnrch secures a tempo rary pastor before that time. The Trustees were very anxions to have him at the head of the in stitution immediately, bnt he waB unwilling to leave his congregation withont a minister. He has made an arrangement by which Prof. Wil liams, who has control of the Academy for the Blind, in Macon, will instruct his classes for a few weeks. It will be indeed difficult for the chnrch to fill his place, but she can obtain temporary supply to occupy.the pnlpit until the meeting of the Conference, which is to com mence in this place about the middle of Decem ber. Reports from Cotton.—Well informed plant ers state that in the excellent plantations in the lower counties one bale to five acres will bo good yield. They have heard of but few who expect to make one to four acres; area 20 per cent.' less than last year. Caterpillars are plen tiful, bnt are not doing much damage, as there is no second crop. They eat leaves, bnt ap pear not to have entered bolls. Under the sun shiny weather of last week, bolls opened rapid' ly. May this not be a year like 1868-9. when Colnmbns received 48,500 bales, and the United States 2,200,000 bales? The receipts are run ning very similarly. We find the following in the Savannah Ad vertiser, of Thursday: The Sheriff of Camden County Arrested and Reft in Custody Without Warrant or Authority.—This portion of Georgia seems to be bound hand and foot and delivered to a set of lawless set of vagabonds, alias negroes, who are the pampered pets of the government, per mitted to do just as they please; at least one would think so from the repeated outrages com' mitted by them, and that with seeming immuni ty from censure or punishment. A few days ago the worthy sheriff of our county, Mr. Ham ilton SimpsoD, was visited by a band of these lawles ruffians at his own home, about 17 miles from this place. There were at least 30 armed negroes in the crowd, and without explanation of any kind, they compelled him to leave home and accompany them to a certain place, distant abont ten miles. There they kept their prisoner in custody for a considerable length of time without giving him any satisfactory reason for their conduct, and without exhibiting any war rant or authority for hi3 arrest. They finally released him, and he returned to his home. A little boy named Edward Isaacs was run over and seriously injured by a dray, at Sayan nab, on Wednesday. A young man named Patrick McGrath cat his threat with a razor, at Savannah, on Wednes day, and is not expected to recover. Ho was insane, at the time. A man named Mike Carpenter was seriously stabbed on Tuesday night, near the Augusta Factory, by some unknown person. The vole on the question of enlarging .the canal at Augusta resulted in a majority of 634 for enlargement Only 928 votes, in all, wore cast. A large mercantile establishment at Savannah, is thus noticed by the News: Its stock on hand consisted of a peck of ap pies, two quarts of goobers, and three pints of chinquepins. There were employed to run the establishment, besides the proprietress, two ne gro men as wholesale clerks, four colored boys in the retail department, one collecting agent, and two book-keepers. Business was rather dull on yesterday, and some of the employees of the establishment were engaged in catching catfish, Borne capturing fleas, while a tremen dous lot were reclining upon tho back of their dignity, fast asleep. The Americu3 Republican of Thursday has tho following items: The weather for the last two days has been rainy and disagreeable. Thick clothing is quite comfortable. Who can Beat it?—Mr. Jasper J. Slappey ginned and packed five bales of cotton weighing 500 pounds each, in onG day this week, on an old Taylor gin, fifty saws, that has been in use twelve years, with old-fashioned running-gear. Mr. Jos. H. Maddox, living near Providence, in this (Sumter) county, had his kitchon and smokehouse—with their contents—destroyed by fire, daring the latter part of last week. Mr. David Dickson, the great Hancock county farmer, was married last week to Miss Clara Harris, of Sparta. A Griffin lamp post came to great grief on Wednesday,by a mule throwing anegroagainst it. A hunting party in Gordon county killed ten deer last week. The Calhoun Times says the Ordinary of Fannin is a murderer, and has run away and is concealed in the mountains. He is a Radical. There are just 99i candidates for Aldermen In Atlanta. There will be 200, by this day week. Mrs. Cathy, of Dalton, fell off a sidewalk in that town a few nights since, and broke her left arm and leg. Of the prospects of the Griffin, Madison and. Monticello railway the Indian Springs Mirror, of yesterday, says: Colonel J. S. Roynton, of Griffin, one of tho most active members of the Directory, has, since our last, by letter, informed MayorThom- ason, of Madison, who i3 also of the Directory of this road, that the contract with the “Geor gia Railway Contracting Company,” for build ing and completing the railroad from Griffin to Madison, has been signed, and that the “Geor gia Railway Contracting Company” have made a contract with Lyon & McLendon for gradinj the road. These able and experienced railroai men are to have one thousand hands on the road in ten days, and will rush it to completion. Col. B., in his letter, advocates a rapid survey of the entire line, and that work shall commence as early as possible at both ends—say at Madi son not later than the 1st of January next Ground will be broken at tho western end cf the road early next week; and while we do not believe the most energetic construction possi ble could fully satisfy publio anxiety along the line, we do entertain an abiding faith that so far as Bntts county is concerned her people will be in the on joy men t of ample railroad facilities before the holidays of the coming Christmas. The same paper says: 1 The Cotton Crop.—The favorable weather of the past week has enabled onr planting friends to make good headway in cotton pick ing, and also givo a reliable opinion as to the extent of the crop. In saying that Butts county will not place in market more than one- half of a good crop, we have no purpose of aiding either “Bulls” or “Bears.” It is an unvarmshgd fact—the honest opinion of nine- tentbs of onr planters. The Rome Conrier prints the following from a correspondent: A little boy of Polk county, John 'William Armstrong, only ten years of age, has recently picked with his own hands 916 pounds of cot ton in five days. Of this amount he picked 603 pounds in three days, and 211 pounds in one day. He picked this amount five days succes sively, beginning on Monday. On Friday night it rained so that he did not piek on Saturday. He excelled the best pickers in the field, lead ing the other hands who competed with him. I visited the family—found father and mother and all side, and this brave little fellow cooking for the family. The Putnam County Fair.—The editors of the Telegraph and Messenger are under obli- lig&tions to the Secretary o! the Fatnam County Agricultural Society for an invitation accompa nied by complimentary cords, to attend their fair on the 11th, 12th and 18th inst. It would afford them great pleasure to attend, for they know that whatever that sturdy, old county at tempts she generally succeeds in. We believe her Society is the pioneer ooonty association since the war, and her example has largely con tributed to stimulate the spirit of agricultural progress that is now bo active in the State. The Telegraph and Messzxoer will be represented on the occasion, it possible. Tlie Last “Ring” Combination. In tile Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, of Thursday, we find a letter from Atlanta which contains some information that ought to be in the possession of every honestDemocratio mem ber of the Legislature. We have heretofore alluded to the same subject, and warned the Democrats in the Legislature against allowing themselves to be influenced in advance of its meeting, by reports and combinations which we knew were being concocted for selfish—if not woree-i-purpoBes. After alludiDg to the arrest and prosecution of certain underling officials of the State Road for cheating and swindling, and which were, the correspondent avers, gotten np by Blodgett to divert public attention and inves tigation from the gigantio “irregularities” of the big Radical developers, with whom he has been associated, the writer sajs: But there is another matter which is whisper ed here in oircles of mnch greater importance to the publio if true, because it is more likely to overshadow those State Road frauds, and all other corruption, and sacrifice tho State’s inter est, and the cause of good morals and honesty in pnblio administration, for personal advance ment. It is this that I took my pen in hand to communicate, for it comes to me with snch an air of plausibility, and from such a source that I am constrained to give it credence; and this is Joe Brown’s new combination. This combi nation is said to comprehend Joe Brown, mats- tro; Bollock, Governor; Chief Justice Loch- rane and Parrott as leaders, for the purpose of electing Senator Trammell President of the Sen ate. It is freely stated in Republican circles that it is a matter cf necessity to the Radical party to defeat the eleotion of such a man as Wm. M. Reese to the Presidency, if only by the election of some other Democrat—one who is supposed to be moderate—and moderation hero means only that formality which will prevent the fall, open, publio exposure which inevitably awaits tho great Radical plunderers. Reese is unflinchingly honest, and, therefore, the defeat of Reese is a Radical necessity. This defeat, it is thought, can be easily attained by bringing to the support of some Democrats—some so- called moderate Democrats—the whole strength of the Radical party in tho Senate. The elec tion of Reese, it is alleged, foreshadows and strengthens impeachment, points out the suc cessor to the Executive chair, and determines the character of every committee in the Senate. In other words, fraud and corruption will have no access to publio ear, and will be exposed thoroughly and mercilessly, and its patrifaction laid so bare that there will go np from it snch a stench as will fill the whole land, and destroy forever the Radical party in the State of Geor gia. Wore I to speculate upon the motives which actnate these leaders, my speculations wonld be just those as will naturally suggest themselves to any unbiased thinker. Joe Brown struggles to save the State Road lease, notwithstanding Ben Hill’s generous offer of his interest; Bul lock, to avoid disgrace and degradation by im peachment; Bullock impeached, and the only possible chanco for the present Chief Justice holding office by Bullock’s favor and by appoint ment to a vacancy, vanishes; and Parrott’s as pirations are dissolved into thin air with the dissolution of the Radical party in Georgia; for this party, rotten as Tammany, now defeated and exposed, and covered with ignominy, will become a by-word of reproach and scorn and loathsome contempt. Better the chances for respectability of one of Alexander’s State con victs than a leader of such a party. There are many innendoe3 respecting a few suspected Democrats. Some of these suspicions are unjust I can speak personally as to one whom I have been led to believe unworthy of trust, for I know that he has stated openly that in all matters he shonld abide by and aot under all decisions of the party, when decision should be made, and in all other matters should act with the party according to the best of his dis cretion. It is cheering also to note that there are many honest Republicans who, in all mat ters of fraud and corruption, will unflinchingly stand by the right and vindicate their own fair fame and good name. The Chroniole comments, at length, upon this letter, saying that the same faota in regard to this schemo to get control of tbe Senate organization, had been received from other sources, and that it must regard them as relia- able. It adds : Tho truth is, Bullock’s and Brown’s rela tions, for the last three years, have been of such close and intimate connection that the safety of one involves the security of the other. Bullock will not be impeached if Brown can, by any means, prevent such a result. Too close an investigation will not be made into tho conduct of Bollock, Brown, & Co., if tbe latter can, by juggling or duplioity, prevent tho ap pointment of a too honest or intelligent Legis lative committee to examine into their joint and several actions since reconstruction began. These men know that with such a man as Reese as President of the Senate, the commit tees of that body will not bo packed in tho inter est of a Brown or Bullock ring. They know that they dare not tamper with such a man— that they dare not approach him for such a pur pose as their necessities demand. Hence they combine against him. Hence the money of the State and of tho State Road will flow freely to defeat him. No stone will be left unturned by these parties to prevent an honest investigation of Executive action. The State Road lease must be closely scrutinized. Tho legislative committees must be neither too honest nor too conscientious or trouble will befall the ring. This is the key to tho new combination of Brown and Bullock’s friends. riCTUKKS OF SEW YORK. Bat this new Brown-Bullock combination brings strongly to light the necessity of strict and thorough party organization on tbe part of tho members of the House and of tho State. Let the Democrats themselves determine who shall be ran for President and for Spcakor, and thus the plan of Bullock and Brown may be de feated. Thorough organization is what wo want and what we must have, otherwise we allow the Radicals and Joe Brown to select all tho officers and dictate all onr legislation. Our safety lies in tbe adoption of the caucus system. This will exclude Radical influence, and leave tho party free to select its best men. “Tbe Most Corrupt Body on Earth.” That stannoh Radical organ of the West, the Cincinnati Commercial, prints a letter from its New Orloans correspondent, of date September 26th, whereof the following is sn extract. It wonld bo a waste of words to add any comment of our own. Says the writer: The Louisiana Legislature is, perhaps, the most corrupt body that ever assembled on the face of the earth. It is no more tronble to bny their votes than to bny spring chickens in the Cincinnati market. Being a den of thieves, they have not among them even the honor that we are taught is customary among thieves. They sell their votes for money or stock in seme swindling contrivance, on as bnsiness-like manner as a merobant wonld dispose of a bolt of calico. A gang of negroes will get np a swin dle, mid they go into the market and buy legis lative votes enough to pass it. If the rogues are left a fair margin after buyiDg all the votes necessary, they go ahead with the enterprisebut if the votes happen to range higher than the prospective profit to be real ized, they drop it and go at something else. In the Capitol has been found a written agreement of some seven member to sell their votes to the slaughterhouse swindle for from fifty to three thousand dollars each. One poor devil sold out for thirty-five dollars; he had just been elected, and was not np with the quotations. Then there was the printing swindle, and the levee swindle, and the Lake Borgne swindle, and the “Backbone” railroad swindle, and the city charter swindle, and the militia swindle, and the Jackson railroad swindle, and the Nicolson pavement swindle, and other swindles, sb the auctioneers say, “too numerons to men tion.” . The Government and the Insurance Com panies.—The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette under date of Ootober 3d, writes as follows: A new movement is likely to be inaugurated in the Treasury Department to bring about a sort of enforced sale of the new four and five per cent. Government bonds. General Spianer suggests, and will work out in his annual report, which he is now preparing, the plan, which will include some aotion of Congress looking to the deposit by all insurance companies of their se curities in the shape of these new Government bonds. It is calculated that these securities of insurance companies will, in the aggregate, amount to a sum equal, if not greater than the aggregate of the remainder of unsold Govern ment bonds. By having this carried ont the Secretary of the Treasury, will dispose of all the new bonds. It is expected the President will, in his annual report, recommend this pro position to Congress for consideration. Scmattonnl Curiosities—Yew York Oh Wbeels—Homely Women In -Handsome Carrlnjrcs—Jim Fisk as n CImrcb Member —Hall.Tvrcedy and Connolly—Tbe Present Taker. Correspondence of the St. Bonis Republican.] ” ' , AS THBOUGH THE PARE I GO. It is a strange provision which has pnt the homeliest women into the handsomest carria ges! When I walk on Fifth ayenne and carriage comes along in grand state, the coach man blazing in golden buttons, I look up and expect to see a handsome woman. What shonld the noble animal be put in harness for, what fitter purpose indeed, than to carry beauty? The object is praiseworthy. Facolet cannot be too fast, Fat cannot be too handsomely covered over with broadcloth and gold, when the object is to carry beauty. But in nine times out of ten I am disappointed. Yon see the most vulgar looking, loudly-dressed women in elegant car riages. Why ? Why shonld women in elegant coaches be less good-looking on an average than women in omnibuses or on the street ? don’t know; I only state the fact. The last time I was in Central Park, a gentle man was with me who is an acknowledged de votee of beauty. The park was full of car- riages, and we counted them as they passed by us, and the good looking ladies in them. Of the first there were, on the way from 110th street to 59>b street, about 200; of the latter, four. They were not exaotly good looking, bnt they wonld pass in a crowd. As regards beauty, we did not see a handsome woman on the way. We saw some nice old ladies in the carriages, and some ugly, ill-dressed young ladies. We were disgusted. There were a number of omni buses passing by, and—how strange—the wo men who rode in them were prettier than tbe grand ladies in the fine carriages. The omni buses carry you for twenty-five cents throngh the whole park. They only hold about a dozen people. Tho driver waits until the omnibus is full, then he starts. The round trip takes abont an hour and a quarter. I should advise those of your readers who come here and go to see the park, to take the omnibuses in preference to a hack, for which they will bo charged five dollars or more. The omnibuses go throngh the finest part of tho park, and it is something to know. “All these beauties of nature, all these sights and scenes, and glories are viewed for twenty- five cents.” The Central Park for twenty-five cents, it is cheap. FISK Has not been, for a long time, at the park with his four-in-hand. The Erie king has given np much of his wild, extravagant royalty; he keeps quiet and tries, it would seem, to become what is called a “respectable member of socie ty.” -1 saw him a week ago. He lives in a small, pretty house, the seoond door from the Erio office. As I pulled the bell, King Erie came oat in shirt-sleeves. His majesty had the same peddler-look which his presence, august though it may be to the gallant officers of the 9th regiment, has always conveyed to me. His face is round, red and raw; all soap, all per fume, all towels have worked iu vain. No champagno has infused its sparkle to the eyes the face has received nothing of all the beaute ousness that has passed before it in the colonel’s happy hours of wine and love. It’s the face of a very low, brutal fellow. I called it raw: there is only a reddish mustache, long, thick and smooth, to interrupt the desolate blank of the red beef-face. That mustache has some little expression; it speaks, and laughs, and moves in place of the face, which remains dead as a stone, cold ns charity. The man looks like a hod-carrier, although ho dresses in the costliest olothes, and wears a gold chain. His notoriety is wearing away; no one speaks any more of the gay king of Erie. Fast horses, gold con spiracies, handsome womeD, liveried coachmen iced champagne—they are all transient. The Church only is enduring; and to go to church is better than to be tbe colonel of the 9th regi ment. Mr. Fisk will resign; his royal state will pass from him; and, os he will not bo able to shine any more as a brilliant rogue, he will relapse into a pew and become a member of church and society. Colonel Fisk in church— what a thought! Indeed, indeed, sic transit gloria mundi! THE THREE SACHEMS. Conolly and Tweed and Hall—the threenames must be well known now in St. Louis. In New York we have heard nothing else for the past three weeks. They have been written down, they have beon interviewed, they have been ex tolled and execrated. Tho Times has sent them to Sing Sing; the Herald has assigned Hall a place among the saints of heaven. Tweed has been threatened with the rope; and a rousing multitude has loudly proclaimed its allegiance to tho boss, and made him again candidate for for senator. Yes, men are viewed very differ ently, and ho who is a saint to me may be the deuce to you. The three men—Sweeny has pru dently kept in the back gronnd: he likes the position behind the scenes—are very different in point of appearance and character. Tweed is a large, broad-shonldered man, whose beard has already become gray; whose eyes are bright and blue; whose manner is quick and nervous and qnite straightforward. He speaks very qnickly, as if he were in a hurry to finish. Con nolly looks like a pastor, in his best moments like a bishop. His voice is low and sweet: and his eyes, that ere encircled by spectacles, beam mildly and kindly upon you. He smiles; he likes to smile, now saintly he looks' then. His face is large and smooth, not a hirsute spec breaks the calm evenness of that holy face. Then he speaks with snch a nice, unctron3 tone; surely yon must believe that this is one of those an- gelio men with the presence of which the world is but rarely, but very rarely, blessed. He is large, broad-shouldered. Ho must be passed middle age; but bis heart, as it shines out in the snowy vest, in tho splendid shirt glittering in studs of gold, in the bright, beautiful em bellishment of his comely person, is virgin. His face is plump, rosy, sweet. May others believe that ho stole tho half a dozen millions of which he and Mrs. Connolly, that smart woman, are •'he fortunate possessors, I shall believe, in the innocence of a man whoso voice sounds holy, whose face wears ever a saintly smile. HALL, THE MAYOR, Is very different from both these men. He is the chevalier of the “ring." He is rather small; has a black beard, a somewhat crooked nose, large eyes that change their color often and are ever endeavoring to look innocent, although they are quite knowing, and a gallant, dashing manner that seems to say: “ I am but 22 (he is 44); look at me and see how youthful and ar dent I am.” If you touch his official position, his office, he becomes dignified, speaks slowly and gravely, and tries to enact the chief magis trate of the American metropdlis. He is very affable: not the least snobbish; when he wants his orrand-boy to go and take a letter to the post-office he asks him to “ do him a favor;” and when a reporter converses with him, he talks Latin like Cato, quotes Horace, and cracks abominable jokes. Learned, affable and jovial —that is what he wants to be. Some say he is deep; I don’t know. Now that tho Times and Tribune declare him to be in fall view of Sing Sing, he is gny to ribaldry; laugbs and jokes, and throws the door of the mayor’s office open, so that every one shonld see: “Here I am, the innocentest man of America.” The happy man! ho has reason to be gay. He has eight daugh ters; ought that not make any man happy? V- j PRESIDENT GRANT Is very unpopular here. The Snn has so long and so constantly called him the present-taker and Useless S. Grant in opposition to Useful H. Greeley, and the World and Tribune have waged so bitter a warfare against him, that it is no wonder he has become unpopular. If New York shonld decide tbe presidential oontest, President Grant wonld be a dead man. It would be difficult for any one who does not live here to imagine the hatred with which the President is looked upon. It is a hatred qnite superior to party enmity; it is personal hatred. He has offended so many here that the most influential men have become enemies of his; that there are hundreds here to whom the simple fact of his being President is a continual oause of rage and excitement; and I donbt not some would like to see him lynched. I trust this willnot be the fate of the Chief Magistrate of the American Republic ; but, as a good New Yorker, I heart ily hope that he will be defeated at the next eleotion. I cannot bat wish it; it is the wish of all New York. Showing Fight.—The Mormons convened in their great tabernacle on Wednesday to the number of eight thousand. Brigham Young led •off by invoking curses on the heads of the Fed eral officials, and then exhorted the faithful to “trust in God and keep their powder dry,” and be sure to keep plenty of it on hand in the shape of fixed ammunition. What can Young accomplish by these menaoes ? He ‘will sesre nobody, and it ia certain he can gain nothing by armed resistance to the United States. That is wild folly. Young must learn that railroads are death to minorities. ENGLISH AGRICULTURE- History of a Clay Farm—Plowing by t team -Anglo-American Ideas—A Farm Chem ist-How it all was Made t-o Fay. A late letter from Charles Barnard, the well known practical minded literateur in the New York Evening Post, gives the following inter esting' account of one' of the most original as well as characteristic and practically successful farming experiments of onr time. The letter dated London, June 26th: The old fashioned'farming of England does not differ greatly from tho common farming of the northern United States. The crops are slightly different, the buildings very different, but the various farm processes are nearly iden tical. Plow and sow and reap—they mean the same in both countries. When we oome to the yonng farmers everything is changed. Science and brains are ooming to the aid of the toiling hands, and farming is about to enter upon a new, more honorable and, if possible, a more useful stage. It is becoming an art, and yonng men of cnlture and capital are preparing to win the golden: rewards that rightfully belong to that first of all professions—agriculture. As to which leads in high fanning, my opin ion is that Amerioa, if not leading, is destined to lead. As this is not of tho slightest conse quence to us we will drop it. Let ns, for onr own benefit, examine what onr cousins in the front rank of modem farmers are doing. .7 city farmers. These gentlemen farmers, with their cbem' ists and steam plows, are making a deal of stir in England. The sturdy old toilers, born and brought up on the soil, gaze with scorn upon their snorting engines and bags of phos phate. “Oh! he’ll fail soon. He does not do as hi3 grand-father did, and he’ll soon see the end of the land and his money. Waits bit. Seems to me the crops on the city man’s farm appear very respectable. Let’s have a good look at th9 place and its prodace. Taking the railway let ns ran into the county of Hertford and visit a remarkable farm in the town of Sawbridgeworth. On leaving the cars we pass throngh a fine farming district. Of the exquisite beauty of the landscape, and of the picturesque old farmhouses, we have nothing to say. Photographs have made both familiar. We will only remark, in passing, upon the excess ively disagreeable surroundings of all the rural dwellings, and upon the pretty but absurd Eng lish hedges. How the farmer’s wife can allow her visitors to approach the door through such a slough of bam-yard offenses is past findng out. In America we at least thrust the -barn, with its sights, sounds and smell, out of sight, and do not leave it before the parlor window. As for tbe hedges abont which so much poetry has been wasted, they are a blunder—a nest for vermin, the home of the weeds and a bar to good culture. AN ENGLISH FARM. Ah, now we reach something different. Com- ing out of the close and narrow lanes we enter a new country. The high hedge that entirely shuts out the’view gives place to a sensible two feet high railing, or stone wall, and the country spreads out wide and Bmooth on every hand. We are now approaching the centre of a farm of four hundred and fifty aere3. Yonder is the dwelling house, with its group of barns. Evi dently the owner of this place is in advance of his neighbors. We reach the picturesque old house, with its red tile roof and lattice windows, and ask permission to sec the place. The owner, Mr. John Front, of London, is not at home. The foreman, a very intelligent young man, appears. “Like to see tho place? So you may with pleasure. From America, I suppose? Glad to hear it. Mr. Front lived in Canada six years. He was a farmer there,” That acconnts for thiDgs. The bams and outbuildings are upon . American plans, and much better than the thatched absurdities of England. Though they do stand unpleasantly near the house, yet they have evidently been remodeled upon new ideas. Crossing the yard we enter a stone house, and tho yonng man show3 a huge pile of crushed bones and a cam ber of bags of superphosphates and other chem icals. We go out upon the farm. Next the entrance gate is a field of wheat; fifty-five acres—one smooth square of growing wheat. The heads, just appearing, glisten in the warm sunlight, and tho plants stand tall, thick and even, a tri umph of agricultural science. Never in America or England have I seen snch wheat. I do not dare to say much about it, for fear you will think me indulging in traveler’s tales.” The color of the foliage was something remarkable, and the size of the straw marvelous... From the wheat we pass through all the six fields into which the pi* -so is divided. With the exception of about forty aores of clover, (injured by last summer’s drouths) the appearance of the land and its growing crops was something almost past description. Success had crowned this farm, if no other. Stand near the farm honse, tbe entire place can bo soen at a glance. Not a hedge marred the estate. The only division was by the road where tho steam engine traveled, and the open drains where the nnderdrains discharged them selves. “ - - history of the farm. The character and history of the farm wa3 given me, in part by the foreman and in part by Mr. Thomas Rivera, the well known nursery man, who lives in the same town. The farm is what is called by the local geologists a “boulder clay.” It contains chalk, and was probably at ono time tho bed of an old lake. This, I think, is correct. It is a real clay farm. It has been occupied for a long time. Fifty years ago it was cultivated upon the “crop and fallow” sys tem. Little manure was used, and when its present owner came in possession it was consid- dred a womout, valueless clay bed. The new owner's first operation was to re move all the hedges. Eighteen acres of land were at once added to the estate. Beyond this fact comment on Englishhedges is unnecessary. Next, every rod of gronnd was nndergrained. These tile drains were put in much thicker and steeper than usual. Roads were laid out radia ting from tho buildings in the centre. These divided the place into six fields. Upon these roads the traction engine travels when at work plowing or cultivating. the steam flow used is of the Fowler pattern, and works upon the “single engine” plan.” This steamplowing business is one that deserves careful examina tion. Gonoerning the various methods of steam plowing I cannot now speak. At present we will content ourselves with the actual work done on this farm, and leave the rival Howard and Fowler systems to another time. Traction engines, for farm work, must also be discussed hereafter. At present it is enough to know that this en gine is a traction engine, that it moves itself ike a locomotive. 'When plowing or harrowing is to be done, steam is started, the engine rolls ont of the barn and proceeds leisurely to the field, dragging after it a train of wagons con taining the plows, ropes, eto. The working force consists of three men and three boys. The engine takes np its station on the road, at one end of the field. The plow with its fonr shares is ran on to the land, beside the engine, and facing away irom it at right angles. The wire passed throngh a block on a movable anohor, having disc wheels that cat into the ground at tbe headband. Tho rope is connected with the plow and with the dram under the engine. The engineer monnls his locomotive. The man at the anchor stands ready to move it as the plow cuts its wide path through the soil. The as sistants take their places along the ropes with iron frames, over which it runs to prevent fric tion, and the plowman mounts his strange ma chine. This is a pair of wheels, having two huge iron arms, eaeh containing- fonr plows, each set faoing the other. The plowman, the foreman of the gang, waves a white flag to start. The engine pnffs easily. The ropes tighten and groan. One ann, containing fonr plows, sinks into the gronnd, while the other, slightly ele* vated in the air, goes backward in front. The dost flies, and with tremendous force the soil is plowed up and turned completely over to a depth of 16 inches, and at a speed of sn sere an hour. As the plow goes tearing through the land, the boys remove the “porters” over which the rope runs, and replace them as the plow passes. A wave of the flag and the engine slows down. Another signal and it stops with the plow at the opposite of the field. The plowman changes his seat, the anohor is moved slightly, and the engine starts forward a few feet. The flag waves, the ropes tighten, and the plow starts on its return journey, making fonr new fur rows. ADVANTAGES OF MACHINERY. With these two splendid means the land is plowed, subsoiled or harrowed at a very rapid rate. Harrowing is performed at the rate of twenty acres or more a day. The exact figures in regard to plowing I will give in dne time. For depth, cheapness and thoroughness of culture machinery leads everything. Its ad vantages on large forms are too great to need disonssion. For the prairie farmer, and especi ally the man who can command a water-power, this system, or' something like it, presents - many features worthy of imitation. ShoutT’ happen that a farmer has a water power ina centre of his place, a slight modification of tv rope and blocks, ro that the motive power s not move, would enable him to.cnltivat* large farm with a single water-wheel. I n * of its high first cost, steam or other power side horses is destined to do all onr heavy h work. Bteam is being rapidly introduced i7? English farms, and not alone for plowing crops can be handled, thrashed, stored prepared in various ways for market h steam. The same engine that plows the’w can drive drive the root cutter, saw thewo&i' pump water, hoist the hay to the lofts, tun tK grain elevators, or drag a dozen loads to at once along the country roads. * V A. CHEMICAL EXAMINATION. ' To return to onr clay farm. After the thorough tearing and clearing up of the pi^J had been accomplished, the next thing waste have a careful • chemical examination made of each field. In fact, the chemist is retained, a J makes regular reports upon the soil. — a these reports the manurial practice is founded This, I was told, excited at first the greatest amusement among.tho neighboring farmers* Now they rub their sleepy eyes and admit th»l the chemist is one of the best men of the farm' The crops were pnt iu entirely by machinery As far as possible steam was employed, sit their horses have followed the engines. N one of the tiresome hand labor employed about Loj. don was allowed. The first four crops were comparatively small, end did not pay. g O0 ^ they began to improve,and continued improvinp until last summer, when the largest crops ever known to he gathered in the county were cm from these unmanured fields; thafis, fields not supplied with bam manure. • The only manure used was from the bone mill and chemical works. The New York Platform, So far as it relates to the constitutional amend ments and to the municipal frauds is as follows: Resolved, That the Democraoy of New York arraign before the people of the Union the ad ministration at 'Washington a3 false to its pledges and faithless to constitutional law. It has prolonged the dissensions that followed the civil war, kept alive sectional animosities, re fused amnesty to submissive citizens, and has- denied peace to the restored Union: It has set np privileged classes, and initiated a system of exemption from taxation to the protec tion of the monied interest, the tendency of which is to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. It has squandered upon mammoth cor porations the lands which were the pledged her itage of settlers, and it now attempts to perpet uate its power by recourse to the grossest cor ruption, by direct interference of Federal office holders in popular elections, aud by a resort to military forco to repress the civil tribunals of the country, and to control popular assemblages and elections—acts and usurpations which all history shows are strides towards despotism, and which, if not averted, most prove fatal to onr republican institutions. Resolved, That we recognize the emancipa tion cf the freedr en of tbe South, and their enfranchisement and perfect equality before the law, as the inevitable sequence of the civil war and of the overthrow of the rebellion against the Union; and we hold it to be the duty of all to sustain them in the enjoyment of their established rights, to aid them in promot ing their own welfare and the general prosper ity of tli9 country. Resolved, That we view with indignation the corruption and extravagance recently brought to light in the management of the municipal af fairs of New York, and denounce as unworthy of our countenance or toleration all who are re sponsible therefor. We pledge our best efforts to prevent the repetition of such abuses, and will look with satisfaction upon the punishment of all upon whom guilt can be’fixed. We appeal to the record and the facts to prove that the deplorable condition of affairs existing in New Yotk was inaugurated and foisted upon the city by a system of irresponsible government, insti tuted by tho Republican party and continued by them through many years, under which the growth of extravagance, peculation and fraud, was inevitable ; and we demand on the part of out next Legislatere such reforms in the city charter as shall secure, among other things, first, an early opportunity for the peo ple of the city to choose new mnnieipal officers; second, on the part of the Mayor, more com plete responsibibitv for the subordinate de- uartments of the ’administration; third, the iability of the Mayor of New York, with all the Mayor’s orders to be removed by the Gov ernor, in the same manner as sheriffs of the counties are now removable, upon proof before him of malfeasance in office or negleot of duty. Resolved, That experienco has shown the ne cessity of restraining and defining, by constitu tional enactments the power of towns, coun ties and municipalities to create a debt and tax the property of citizens. Illinois Democracy on the Amendments.— The Illinois Democraoy at their State Conven tion, which met in Springfield, last Wednesday, had the following to say abont tbe amendments: Resolved, We regard the Oonstitation, with its amendments, as the supreme law of th® Union, to be respected and observed in all its parts, and political distinction founded on race and oolor being now abolished, we pledg* ourselves in the future, as in the past, to main tain at all times the constitutional rights ana franchises of all men, without regard to previ ous condition. An alimentary old gentleman, residing near Harlem, has for three months past been experi menting upon a turkey, with the view of deter mining the weight to whioh be eon bring it by Thanksgiving Day, throngh s process of pom- >ering with seleoted farinaoeoas feod. Tbe ' d already polls the scale at forty pounds, and manufacturer confidently expects to bring “ * sixty before he places himself outside its DISPOSING OF THE CROPS is peculiar. Just as the various fields are in their best condition, they are divided into lots of ten acres each, and then offered at auction as thev stand. A large company assemble, and after’a liberal free lunch, the auctioneer proceeds to sell every available thing on'the place without reserve. Every crop must go if a decent pace can be touched. Bidding is active, and in one day the harvesting and marketing are over. Each purchaser pays down twenty per cent and has credit for ninefy days for 1 tho rest if he wishes it. The crops may be removed at the buyer’s convenience, provided he doe3 hot in terfere with the farm work. By this means a!] expense and risk of harvesting, storing and mar. keting are saved to the owner: r Whether this pays the following must show. This statement (reduced to dollars) from the books of the fares, was kindly given me by Mr. Prout himself, at his city residence: For labor $4,650; for seed $1,350; manures $5,750; interest on land, improvements and building and taxes, $5,600. This is the cost fot one year. The sales each year averaged in the last four years the sum of $23j000. Taking the yearly cost from this we have an annual profit of $5,750. Mr. Proutis well known in London. Theso facts and figures havo been published again and again, and ate beyond question cor rect. Fonr years since the Royal Agricultural So- ciety, hearing of this farm sent a grand com mittee to examine it They did so, and solemnly reported that snch a farm wonld certainly fail. The entire removal of the crops each year, and no return in the usual way, would sink anything. The proprietor was destined to fail. Ruin would visit tha place shortly. The above statement looks like it—very. This place is certainly a most remarkable one. Ten years ago it was estimated to have a rent value of 27 shillings to the acre. In four years its rental valno had risen to forty shillings per acre. At present it is higher still. The cost of clearing the hedges paid for itself in eighteen acres of new land, and several hundred dollars’ worth of lumber beside. The present oo3t, with clear fields and steam power of the sixteenth inch cnltnre, is the same as the five-inch cul ture of ten years ago. j DOES FARMING FAY ? It may be well to add the first four crops had no manure of any kind. The increased culture consequent upon steam power brought up from disused soil below snffioient materials to to sus tain the crops. Weeds were a serious tronble at first, and “fallowing” was resorted to in a measure. Within the last live years the land has been free of weeds, and, having at great ex pense been really cleared, is kept so easily. In conclusion, I may remark that the propri etor carries on this farm partly as an experi ment to solve tbe vexed question, does farming pay. Furthermore, being a man of liberal in- streets and culture, he publishes freely what he has done, that the perpelnal cheap food ques tion may havo one more solution. His aim is to show that capital, science and skill when ap plied to farming not only benefit the farmer, but indirectly aid and comfort every man, wo man and child in the United Kingdom. >ird its up to (
