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aeration of JOB PRINTING of every descrip
tion. .' •
The “Herald,” of Griffin, announces
that owing to tho tightness of the times, it
will cease to appear tri-weekly, and be week
ly until money, gets easier.
Tin: Address of tiie Chief Justice.—
Manifestly, says tho Washington National
Intelligencer, tho Chief Justice doc3 not re
gard it as within the province of the depart
ment commanders to depose Governors and
Judges, set aside laws, and convert every
petty subordinate into nn autocrat
PRENTICE 6N TIIE SITUATION.
European Correspondence.
It seems that the Georgia Agent of.'the ' Paris, May 21, 18G7.
Associated Press—perhaps we should say | To the Editor of the Georgia Telegraph:
the Atlanta Agent—in taking upon him-j It has been snggested t<v me that some gen-
self.to express an opinion^on political mat- oral information respecting the present gov-
ters in Georgia, lias called forth some very mcnb of the French Empire would be inter-
strong remarks from tbe Louisville Journal csting to Americans at this time, more par-
on tho great questions nowTisforc the South.
That able paper says: . •
“The telegram which announces tho forma
tion in Georgia .of o Conservative Union par-
ty, opposed tp the apccptaDce of the military
schenje of reconstruction, asserts thqtthc new
party will effect nothing, addihg as a reason
.for the assertion: “The people are sick and
tirc’d of uncertainty, and will conform to tbtr
requirements • of Congress in good faith.”
This reason, in our judgment, weakens the
assertion, instead of strengthening it. if the
people are disposed to accept tho military
scheme to get rid of uncertainty, they will
be disposed to reject tho scheme, we may
reasonably infer, whenever they find that
their acceptance will merely gird them with
uncertainty, while increasing their abasement.
The disposition will end with its reason.
They will not be likely to bow their heads in
the dust for nothing.
“And they will soon find that nothing or
%,7-Ainong the different routes North, that
by way of East Tennessee bears the palm for ! worse than nothing must bo their reward for
cheapness, expedition and comfort. New Alio humiliation. This is now indeed so plain
cars, sleeping coaches and polite conductors 'that we do not see how any man of even or-
niake the route pleasant to tho traveler—to
say nothing of the mountain air and fine
scenery. ..
Tub Child's Delight.—This illustrated
Baptist Child’s Sunday School paper is pub
lished in Macon, Georgia, by S. Boykin, at
fifty cents for single copies, and 25 cents eacli
when 12 or more are token to be sent to one
address. The office of tho Delight is in the
Daily Telegraph Building, where subscrip
tions will be take^.
jsp* The 740 tons of railroad iron brought
by the British bark Levanter, says tho Sa
vannah Republican, which arrived on Mon
day last from Liverpool, is consigned to and
intended for the uso of tho Milledgevillc and
Warren ton Railroad Company.
Immense Immigration.—The arrival of
immigrants at New York on 'Wednesday,
from ioreign countries, made a total 8,184
persons. They came in the vessels from the
ports ns follows: Tho Helvetia, Liverpool,
822 ; tho Baltic, Bremen, 1,134 ; the St. Lau
rent, Havre, 283 ; tho ship E. F. Gabain,
Bremen, 588 ; tho ship Neptune, Rotterdam,
the bark Meridian, Bremen, 283.
The Happy Family.—The Grand Army of
the Rcpablio, a secret political, dark-lantern
association, tho bummers of the negro suf
frage Radical party ot tho North, arc having
family jars among themselves in Illinois. A
portion of tbe order swear they can never j
stomach negro voting, and threaten to rebel: “Onslow,” the correspondent of the St
if the order supports any candidate favoring p au i Pioneer, speaking of the Sherman bill,
it. The probability is that the dissenters has tho following in n late letter :
General Pope said to a gentleman, the
other day, that unless we adopt this bill, and
that speedily, Congress would impose still
harsher measures on us, and in less than
twelve months we would find ourselves in
the condition of Tennessee and Missouri.
The gentleman replied, “that it was to avoid
the condition of Tennessee and Missouri that
he was opposed to the measure ; that these
States were in the Union and enjoyed the be
nign protection of the Federal Constitution,
dinary intelligence can doubt it The terms
of the so-called law undeniably leave every
thing at last to the discretion of Congress ;
and, to say nothing of the notorious purpose
of the measure, and putting aside the avow
als of Stevens and Wilson and Kelly and Col
fax and others, a Congressional Committee,
speaking authoritatively for tbe majority of
the body, has just unequivocally declared
that Congress will so exercise its discretion
as to exclude every State that does not deci
dedly and permanently radicalize itself. And
Congress will do it, if the scheme is accepted.
This is certain. Nothing is more certain.—
Radicalization is unquestionably the one con
dition of admission under the military
scheme. It is the condition which includes
all others. It is at once the highest and the
lowest.
“ Will the white people of Georgia or of
any other State accept it 1 We do not be
lieve they will. Their acceptance is to us in
credible. They surely will not renounce
their manhood and their Statehood for the
sake of coming into the Union as tho liveried
menials of the Radical party. They will not
sacrifice their self-respect and the respect of
mankind for the privilege of becoming the
tools of the assassins of liberty. They cannot.
It is impossible. But if they do not, they
must reject the military scheme. And we
confidently believe that in tho end they will.”
“Of Swo Evils Choose the least.”
will bo kicked oat, as they are said to be tew
in number, while tho admirers of Sambo are
largely in the majority.
Aid for tiie So urn.—It is stated that the
subscribers to tbe English cotton famine fund
desire to appropriate tbeir surplus funds,
amounting to the large sum of $000,000 in
gold, to tho relief of the Southern States ©f
the American Union. It is known but a an ^ y et wcre ten thousand times worse off
there will bo any difficulty in tbe way of its
suggested application. It would be f. mag
nificent donation. Tbo Liverpool American
small portion of tbo funds would ever be j than wc were ; that Ohio or Connecticut or
claimed by ’he subscribers under any circum- Pennsylvania cared very little what Browlow
uaimcu uj im.» . .. . J , .. . did m Tennessee or Fletcher in Missouri; but
[stancoa, and therefore it i» not c j tij e y begin to wince when Congress at
tempted the same tyranny in Georgia, be
cause their turn might soon come.
Said the Genrrel, “What are you going to
1 do then ?” The gentleman replied, “defeat
sa )' s: • ; the convention if possible, and remain under
There may l>o some legal obstacles to its i m iUt ar y ru ic, for wc would much prefer Gen.
immediate uso for this purpose, but as the . p 0 p C f or our king than any such Governor
character of the suffering will admit of 110 a3 ( ve would be compelled to elect by tbe
delay, it has been proposed to send forward j p rov isions of the Sherman Bill.” The Gen
ii portion now, and retain a part until such , * ra j rC pii e( l ? “But,sir, tbe country wont stand
time as might bo fixed for its withdrawal. | a perpetual military government.” Said the
At present no demand is more urgent, no , Gentleman, “I am well aware of that, Con-
peoplo more necessitous than the sufferers , ^ rc5S ] ln3 placed military rulers over us, and
from old wrongs, civil war and recent fire and | j t bink wc can stand it, if they can, and I for
flood, in the Southern States of America. j onC) p r0 p 0se to stand it until they get tired
— j of paying them. Why did Congress enact
General Buckner, of tho Confederate ■ that we should go through the farce of an
army, has been sued for $307,000 for burning : election, and give us the option of voting
, convention or no convention? Why not
bridges during tho war. have prepared just such a constitution as
.. - **' m T • -n tliev desired, and designate the men in view
Nonix Liberalitt.—The Louisville Cou- JJgJ" j sce n ° rcason for it) except
rier says, since tho 1st of Jtrnc, the South- j t j iat t i le y desire us to do by our own act, and
western Relief Association lias shipped from complete by State legislation what they
that place twenty-six car loads of grain and arc not yet prepared to accomplish by a
?. ’ V , ... . 7 ■ , further usuroation of authority. Confisca-
provuions ter the destitute peop.e of tiie , j s v ,.] !a t their lenders desire,
South. ! nn( j this they well know cannot bo brought
I about until tho Southern States are placed
IIoiv rr was Done.—Tho Washington 1 unc j cr t }, c con t ro l of such masters ns Brown-
Constitutional Union of Wednesday says:— • i 0T vand Fletcher. ”
“Two thousand (2,000) negroes who voted at * * ’ ~ _ , ,
the election in the city of Washington yestcr-j Crops in Mississippi.—1 he Columbus
day, left for their homes in Virginia last night. ' Index, of the 5th, says :
By actual count, wc understand that quite j n Lowndes and some adjacent counties,
this largo number ot black men passed over ; the crops givo every hope of an abundant
, r . viol,! The wheat crop turns out fine, escap-
thc Long Bridge during the night and up or no rust, and is being rap-
to daylight thi9 morning. It is understood harvested. Two or three weeks will sec
that the entire number voted, and of course j a g boused, and then we may reasonably
ill fraudulent votes. Is it not a burning j expect a fall in the present high price of
that such a gluing wrong is pnr- CSSJSSSt S
Q “ted?” with favorable weather reaching to the first
week in July, may be set down as almost a
ST" The Atlanta correspondent of the "dainty.
Saint Paul Pioneer says: g 0 f ar the cotton crop displays the absence
Kelley in his speech caused the negroes 0 f lice and other ills, and thrives splendidly
"feat disappointment. Gov. Brown met him under this chnrming weather.
*t the depot and told him, for God s sake and 1 ~
his (Brown’s) sako to be moderate; that Wil- gp- Captain Martin L. Bryan, of Scriven
»n had nearly ruined tho party, and had county, Ga., (formerly a Captain in "\\ ilsoa.s
done more harm that lie could repair 1 six ojt], Georgia regiment), while moving his ;
a onths. And this was true, because. Jyciorc boat from one landing to another, in the
ticularly when the Universal Exhibition is
absorbing public attention and creating a de
sire among our trans-Atlantic brethren to
know something of the workings of an ad
ministration which has placed France at the
head of nations—foremost in national pros
perity, foremost in diplomatic superiority,
and foremost in world’s Fairs. Presuming
6uch a (lesirc to exist, I shall undertake a
cursory review of the leading departments of
the Government,, their functions, etc. This
account must necessarily be abridged and
imperfect, since the space allotted a single
correspondence precludes the possibility of a
thorough and detailed investigation. After
the revolution of 1848, brought on by the
aristocratic usurpation which characterized
tho old Bourbon regime, resulting in the ex
pulsion of Louis Philippe, an abortive at
tempt to inaugurate a republic convinced
the French people of tho necessity of a strong
er and more durable form of government,
a throne surrounded by republican institu
tions, which would ot once prevent a second
Reign of Terror, guarantee an equal enjoy
ment of political rights, and insure a devel
opment of the resources of the country.
Tho President of the ephemeral Republic
understood the gravity of tho position and
the wants of the people. Tbe celebrated
covp d'etat was not ill-advised or premature,
and when a Senatus consultvm and subsequent
decree of 1853 revived the Imperial dignity
in the person of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte,
no doubt the wishes of the nation were real
ized. Tho new Emperor, recognizing tho
Dnke of Reiclistadt, the only son of Napo
leon I, as Napoleon II, took as the legitimate
successor of his uncle and cousin the title of
Napoleon III. In 1853 he married tbo Em
press Eugenia, Countess of Teba and dnngh
ter of Count do Monti<£>, Senator and gran
dee of Spain. The only son of this marriage,
the promising young Prince Imperial, is heir
to the throne; in case ofhis death, and in
default of other issue, the throne descends to
the eldest child of the late Prince Jerome.
Franco is governed by its illustrious Em
peror in conjunction with the Senate, the
Legislative Corp3 and the Council of State.
The prerogatives and power of tho Emperor
are considerable, yet no sovereign perhaps
has ever exercised authority with more sa
gacity, prudence and moderation than Napo
Icon III. The annual dotation of the crown
amounts at present to 25,000,000 of Irenes
that of Princes and Princesses of tho Imjfif-
rial family to one and a half millions. A sort
of paternal authority is exercised by the
Emperor over all the members of the Impe
rial family. Prince Napoleon, cousin to the
Emperor, is the most refractory of the body,
still he is easily silenced whenever he surpass
es the bounds of prudence. At heart he is a
great admirer and warm supporter of his Im
perial cousiD, and if he occasionally commits
indiscretions prejudicial to Napoleon III,they
arise more from hot blood than any desire to
embarrass the harmonious workings of the
Government. Senators are appointed for
life by the Emperor, and number about 170
their pay is 30,000 francs per annum. The
President and Vice-Presidents of this wor
thy body are named annually by the Empe
ror. Tbe Senate is properly the guardian
and interpreter of the Constitution, regula
ting all matters not specially provided for by
that instrument, opposing its approval to any
laws contrary to tho Constitution or endan
gering the safety of Government It exer
cises the power of modifying the Constitution
whenever required, provided such modifica
tion docs not conflict with its fundamental
principles, in which case it must be submit
ted to the people. Any measure to be passed
in this body requires an absolute majority of
the Senators present, and then a quorum of
one-third of the whole number is necessary.
In all debates the Government is represented
by Ministers or Councillors of State appoint
ed by special order. The sittings of the body
are not open to the public, though their.daily
discussions arc published in the journals.
As a matter of course all of its members are
true frieuds and supporters of the Empire, and tbo
plans and projects of the Emperor seldom fail to
meet wllb tbe approbation of tbe body. The
Corps Legislate consists c f 2S3 members elected
by universal suffrage in tbe proportion of one for
every S2,400 electors. Tbeir term of office is 6lx
years ; tbeir compensation 2500 francs per month
during a session. Like those ol the Senate tbe
President and Vice-Presidents of this body are
appointed annually by the Emperor. It votes or
rejects bills presented, bnt cannot amend them
without the previous consent of tbe Council of
State. Its debates llrst turn on tbo bill as a whole,
and then on tbe separate articles. Tbe annual
session of the Corps Legislate Is of three months
duration ; tbe Emperor, however, exercises tbe
power of convoking, adjourning or dissolving it
at any time. In ease oi a dissolution be Is requir
ed by the Constitution to assemble a new one with
in six months alter.
Eleclod as its members are by universal suf
frage, we find in the Corps Legislatif all shades
of political parties. The Orleanisfs, Legiliina-
tists, Liberalists, Republicanists and Imperial
ists, aro all represented hero, and each striving
for the ascendancy. Their debates are often an
imated and boisterous, and tbe President’s ham
mer docs not always succeed in restoring order
in tho hall. Tbe opposition, though watched
over by those in authority whoso business it is to
Tbe Emperor opens tbe session with a discourse
from tbe throne which, until latterly, was dis
cussed by both tbe Senate and Legislative body;
and. an address voted in reply. Tbe privilege-of
discussing tbe addrdss from tbe throne has been
revoked, and tbe right of interpellation.granted
instead. This right has been freely exercised in
the late session, and the results Obtained thereby
have proven more satisfactory to the people than
those before attained by lengthy, tedious and jdv-
Cotton and the Future.
From tbo New Orleans Crcscent.l
•, The lugubrious conclusion now much in
vOgue among some of our journals, that cot
ton-growing must cease to be one of the great
staple industries of the country, is not war
ranted, we are satisfied, by either theoretical
reasoning or obivfous fact. Those who come
to this.conclusion can only do so by assuming
olous discussions on the Imperial discourse. -The, that the enormous cotton-producing power of
the South in former years was due almost ex
clusively to slave labor. But that was only
one of the elements on which the vast supe
riority of Southercn cotton, in respect to both
quantity and quality, was founded. That
was an incidental circumstance, not a natural
and inflexible fact. That could be taken
away; it was .taken away; but tbe un equaled
advantages of noture remain, and there it is
not ih the power of sinister legislation or
1 ■ ’.e^-olatipgrevolution to change or obliterate.
jI\V®8’avtr^b«>oil*ly reminded of the advan-
diese “missionaries” came along, tli s Brown neighborhood of Resource, on the Savannah ! see that tho well being of the Empire is m.
Party outnumbered us four to on \ and now rivt . r) ; n company with Mr. Hansford Owen, jeopardized by incendiary discourses, from time
tliey are in a hopeless minority, ivelley, loo, on Monday last, was upset by accidentally f to timo come out with rather revolting demon-
bad no doubt a wholesome recollection of rlmn ing his boat on snags, which are nutner- ' stration in the way of Legislative harangues.—
Mobile, and instead of talking about the 15th 3ViS i,, that immediate portion of the river, j It numbers in it* ranks many of acknowledged
'nfrantry, lie addressod himself to minerelo- , in( | was drowned. talent and influence, whose good sense fortunatc-
couchology, astrology and Pennsylvania [SorannaA JtepvbUca*, 13tA lv induces them to moderate tbo opposition of
vt, oats and barelv.
Sale of
MW _ _ Molasses-
mcctin
btld
Proscrip tl
■bos» niuw .« 1 tierces
of “Indians not taxed," whom they declare ctlUs . alu i twelve
*o be tbe only true native Americans of this lasses at fifty-frye cents
country. Csrg 0 of the brig Resolute.
of
tbe more ardent “lesser lights” of their party.—
sittings of tbe Legislative body are open to tbe
public and I have had tbe satisfaction of witness
ing several of them, which, by tbeir turbnlence
and uproar, reminded mo of tbe 1 stormy scenes
which too frequently occur in tbe House ot Rcpre-,
sentatives of our ga-lo-rtoiu Republic. TbeCom>-
cil of State is appointed by the Emperor and re
vocable by him. It consists of /orty-foar membets
with a salary of 35,000 francs cacl}. Its duty is to
frame bills and regulations of public admifilstra-
tion, under tbe guidance and sanction'd the Em
peror, ior tbe Corps Legislatif. It supports tbe
discussion of all bills presented by the Govern
ment to the Senate and Legislative body. Its
members are tried and true friends to the Crown.
Tho Council of Ministers follows next in dig
nity, and is composed of tho Minister of State
and tho eight chiefs of tho State Departments.—
Its duty is to overlook administrative legislation,
everything concerning general external and in
ternal policy, the security of tho Empire, and
tbe maintenance of Imperial authority. Each
minister receives a salary of 100,000 francs per
annum.
Other departments of the Government may bo
summed up as follows: Ministers of State, of tho
Imperial Household and Fine Arts, of Foreign
Affairs, of War, of the Marino and Colonics, of
Finance, of the Interior, of Justice and Public
Worship, of Agriculture, Commerco and Public
Works, and of Public Instruction. That France
is admirably governed thero can bo no doubt.—
Fifteen years of prosperity have taught the peo
plo that Napoleon has tbo best interests of the
country at heart, and will not sacrifice its wel
fare by any injudicious or selfish o£ercise of
power. .
An Unpublished Anecdote about
George Washington.
The following letter is contained in Ex
President Van Burcn’s recently published
volume on political parties in the United
States:
Ogdensbcrg, N. Y., April 30,1867,
Hon. JIT. Van Buren:
Dear Sir: During the session of the
Presbyterian General Assembly in Cincinnati,
in May, 1852,1 dined twice at the bcspitable
mansion of Hon. Jacob Burnet, now deceased.
He was bom in Newark, New Jersey, inJlTTO,
and was the son of Dr. William Burnet, who
who was in the medical service of his coun
try tlirough tho Revolution. Judge Burnet
was acquainted with our early distinguished
statesman, and his conversation was rich in
the recollection of their manners and charac
ters. He related an anecdote of Washing
ton, which he bad from the lips of Alexan
der Hamilton.
When the Convention to form a Constitu
tion was sitting in Philadelphia, in 1787, of
which General Washington was President, he
bad stated evenings to receive tho calls of liis
friends. At nn interview between Hamilton,
the Morrises, and others, the former remarked
that Washington was reserved and aristocratic
even to liis intimate friends, and allowed no
one to be familiar with him. Gouverneur
Morris said that was mere fancy, and he could
be as familiar with Washington as with any
of his other friends. Hamilton replied:
“If you will, at his next reception evening,
gently slap him on the shoulder, and say,
‘My dear General, how happy I am to see
you look so well,’ a supper and wine shall be
,provided for you and a dozen of your friends.”
The challenge was accepted. On the even
ing appointed a large number attended, and,
at an early hour, Gouverneur Morris entered,
bowed, shook hands, laid his left hand on
Washington’s shoulder, and said:
My dear General, I am very happy to see
you look so well.” '
Washington withdrew his hand, stepping
suddenly back, and fixed his eye on Morris
for several minutes with an angry frown, un
til the latter retreated, abashed, and sought
refuge in the crowd. The company looked
on in silence.
At the supper, which was provided by
Hamilton, Morris said:
“I have won the bet, but paid dearly for
it, and nothing could induce me to repeat
it.” Yours, truly,
John Fine.
Notes Given for Purchase of Slaves
Void.—The Supreme Court of Louisiana has
decided that notes given in consideration for
the purchase of slaves are null and void, the
case coming up in an appeal from the Dis
trict Court, in which a contrary decision was
rendered. The Court held that freedom was
a pre-existing right, and slavery a violation
of that right; that contracts for the sale of
slaves did have the sanction of the law, but
when that sanction ceased the contract ceased
also; that a mortgage of the slave to secure
the payment ofhis price was part of the same
transaction and became null in the same
manner; that the prohibition against laws
impairing the value of contracts does not ap
ply to the sovereign power, and that its fiat
is potent to release the contractors as well as
to set the slave free.
It is stated that cholera has already
mado its appearance on the lower Mississippi.
Several cases are reported to have occurred
at Helena, Arkansas, about eighty miles be
low Memphis, and the country is reported to
be in a state of alarm. Memphis and other
large towns are preparing diligently against
the insidious enemy.
J5?”T1io Sultan of Turkey is making
rather startling preparations for his July visit
to Paris. His suite is announced as consist
ing office hundred persons—three hundred
women nnd fifteen eunuchs, etc. Whether
these ladies and gentlemen—wc mean bouris
and euniichs—will be lodged in the Tuileries
along with the grand Turk himself, we have
not yet learned from the Monitcur. Wc may
be sure that lie nnd his suite will create a
greater sensation in Paris than all the Em
perors in Christendom.
There is a still report in circulation
that about three weeks are, Prate Anna
managed to slip away from Staten Island for
Mexico with an expedition ot six thousand
men. composed of Swiss, Irish, and Ameri
cans. That he himself may have left is not j
improbable, but that he has taken with him I
any such number of recruits as that stated js
entirely out of the question.
tages here adverted to by some of the felici
tating exhibits which the British press has
made of the increasing production of cotton
in the East Indian Empire. Taking advan
tage fret of the late American war, next of
the d-sorganization of Southern labor, and
lastly of the vindictive and foolish tax on
cottonby a radical Congress, the English have
made extraordinary efforts to extend the
production as well as to improve the quality
of Eas; Indian cotton. That they should
have attained measurable success is no mat
ter for marvel. The whole drift of affairs in
the United States has had the aspect of an
ingenious contrivance to build up the cotton
interes in India by interposing factitious ob
stacles to the development of the superior
natural resources of the South for the pro
duction of cotton. But when we look at the
precise extent and character of the success,
we cannot fail to perceive indications of the
natural inferiority of British India, for pur
poses of cotton cultivation, to the cotton re
gion of the United States.
The cotton commissioner in India exults in the
statement that, by the most improved mode of
cultivaton, cotton production in that country has
reached seventy pounds to the acre, which is less
than one-half the average rate of production in the
territory distinguished as the cotton belt of the
South. At the same time, every attempt made to
natuialiie the New Orleans and Sea Island cottons
in British India is acknowledged by the commis
sioner to have failed; and, consequently, the
British Indian cotton interest must be content
withan iaferiorshort staple, which cannot boused
iu the manufacture of flue and strong material
with one ol the American varieties.
It shoald be particularly noted by those who are
disposed to despair of the Southern cotton inter
est, because it is forced to try the chances of free
labor, that the British Indian cottou interest has
had only free labor to depend on while making its.
recent progress. It la not to be expected that the"
negro population of the South will wholly desert
agriculture; and nothing is wanted bnt the return
of public affairs to their normal condition, along
with the liberation of capital which political un
certainty causes to be locked up, to secure the re
placement of every freedman drawn from cotton
production with two other laborers not less effi
cient. With a reasonable prospect, then, of ulti
mately getting on an equal footing iu respect to
labor with cotton producers in any other quarter,
it is not vain to hope that the Southern cotton
interest will at last be able to defy the most stren
uous competition of British capital in India, and
as far rcgain}its splendid supremacy of old as to
command once moro tne markets of the world.
A soil adapted to the production ot the choicest
qualities of cottoD, tbe genial influence ofthegnif
stream, an equable alternation of showery and sun
ny weather known in no other qnasi-tropical cli
mate, make a felicitous combination in favor ot
tncsoutbeni cottuu belt positively unexampled ami
uuapproached. However much gloom may be
cast over the future of onr cotton interest by pe
culiar and by general causes of depression, which
are now operating, calm reflection, lilting us
higher even than fancy, will reveal, beyond the
present horizon, a broad path of prophetic light
conducting to the final revival and triumph of
this interest.
Nature is on our side; time is on onr side; and
the folly and madness of men cannot always defeat
the beneficent decrees of the one, and the mitigat
ing and healing influences of the other. Unless
we are ready to despair of evetything, there is no
occasion to despair of onr cotton interest. Those
who believe that it should bo onr permanent poli
cy to abandon a staple in the production of which
no part of the world can naturally compete with
us, and to adopt others in the production of which
many parts ot the world excel us, aro both too
doubling and too sanguine. Let ns not be tbe
victims either ol irrational hope or 6tupid skepti
cism.
Fight Under the Bluff.—Yesterday after
noon, about four o’clock, the Bluff in the vicinity
of the Market dock was tbe scene of great excite
ment, caused by a rongh-and-tumbie tight between
a Northern speculator and a negro drayman. It
appears that he had made a contract with tbe em
ployer of tbe drayman to deliver some lumber
which be intended to ship North, and upon the ar
rival of the dray, the negro began to unload it,
throwing tbe lumber on the ground, as the specu
lator said, in a too rough manner. The negro
then began unloading iu a very careful manner,
bnt this didn’t suit, and he called one of the sail
ors to assist him. To this infringement of his
business the colored man objected, and some
words passing between them, blows followed,
which were kept up for some time, the negro get
ting the advantage. Jumping upon his dray, the
driver attempted to leave, when “yc contractor”
grasped the mules so roughly that they took
lrightand ran off, bnt were soon captured by tbe
colored man. Again did the contractor seize
them, attempting to turn them back, and threat
effing the negro under pain of death to deliver the
load. Blows again followed, when the white man
received some severe cuts on the head with a billet
of wood. The excitement at this time became so
great that a number of colored draymen jumped
upon the wagon and threw the lumber on the
ground, ordering tbe aggrieved party to drive on,
which he did, leaving the forlorn speculator to the
jeers of the negroes and the “duns” of his credi
tors. When we left the scene, be was vainly en
deavoring to hire a drayman to carry the lnmber
down to tho vessel.
[SavannahNews & Herdhl, \2th.
For tho Georgia Telegraph.
“LUGILEI”
Tho sprite of the Lily, puro and pale,
Slipped from her swaying throne
And spread her wings on the od’rous gale
O’er tho whispering garden blown;
For the huntress Moon o’er tho green rode bright.
And her silv’ry arrow-beams,
Tho flower fays warned, "I’is twelve 0’ tiie night.'
And tho world’s safe wrapped in dreams.”
The sprite of tho Lily passed the Rose,
Who raised with a languid grace,
(Just roused from her folded nest's repose,)
Her blushing and beauteous face f
Bift by tho zepbyr-liko flitting stirred.
Upward she darting flew.
And shook from her wings like an eager bird.
The diamond weight of dew.
The sprite of tho Violet, gentle, sweet.
As tho flower on which she hides,
. Stolo forth as a dawn-waked perfume fleet.
From tho haunt where it abides.
And followed the flight thro’ the argent air,
Till the fairy ring shono near.
With its circling fays and their restless wings,
AH a glimmer of gossamcrc. .
Titania signed, from her blossomed throne,
Command to her firefly guard,
And a path thro’ their sparkling ranks was blown.
By tho waft of tho sceptre starred ;
Whilo faries three, thro’ tho cljm glow,
In linking brightness came,
One bluo as lieav’n, one pale as snow.
And one liko a rosy flame.
The Lily, the Roso and the Violet,
Bent meekly, her voice to hear,
And it rang liko tho chime of May bells, wot
With a smiling April tear:
"Go forth, oh spirits of earth,” she said—
And her glance was a blessing’s beam—
“By yon errant and curious moonbeam led
To mix with a poet’s dream.
“He loves us well—I have marked his look,
Onr names on tho light lip taken—
And I have read in his glance at an open book—
Doom not thoir haunts forsaken;—
For tho air overflows with their minstrelsy.
And my heart with their whispering fills,
They speak from the pink-lipped shells o’ tho sea.
And tho far, faint echoing hills.
Then go, yo spirits of tho blossomed sod.
Since this, his poet trust.
And with my wand as a wizzard rod.
Touch light tho child of dost,
That tho scales from his inner sight may fall.
And ontcringlike a wraith.
Ye may his world-shut sense enthrall—
Fair recompense of faith. .
“And thus, oh earth’s most favored flowers.
Stolon thro’ the gates of sleep,
Whilo Night her starry beaded hours
Tells o’er tho chanting deep.
Weave in your spell the Rose’s passion.
The Lily’s sigh ’in vain!’
The Violet’s loveliness to fashion
The creaturo ofhis brain.”
The moon on the fairy ringshlno3 still.
But tho gleam of its gossamere,
And its rainbow wings with their rostless thrill,
Will never reappear ;
Fora mortal foot, on its carpet green,
Unwillingly ha3 trod.
And flies the court of the fairy queen,
Tho desecrated sod. *'
But the mystic mission of sprites was done
At the sov’reign will, and long
The world has smiled on the fair dream won
From the murm’ringrealm ofsong:
Ohl no’er may soul to the soul impart.
Nor soul to tho eye reveal, •
A being that speaks to tho soul or heart.
As tho dream-bom child, “Lucile,”
And men, tho’ purblind grown, in tho light
By a glaring Age shed o’er—
Half doubting elf and airy sprite.
Dim seen thro’ shades of yore—
Must still, that fairy changeling's art
Called genius, thrilling feci,
When gathers sight to charm the heart,
Tho story of “Lucile.” Latiexxb.
The Coronation of the Emperor of
Austria as Bing of Bungary.
New York Dry Goods Market.
From the Dry Goods Reporter, 8th June.]
, The market continues languid and dcnre-iiod far
the great bulk of all textile fabrics, and stocks are
accumulating fast. This fact will not be gainsayed
Still there is apparently a firmer focling existing, ami
the market for woolens is said to be stronger and cot
tons is supposed to have reached low water mark.
The only demand we observe, however, is that some
buyers are looking around to buy goods in small
qualities at prices litr below cost; prices that would
rum the manufacturers were they to accept them*
COTTON’ GON’DS-
The cotton market has ruled quite firm although
the goods market is characterized by inertia and de
pression, and stoeks of plain brown, and bleached
and colored, are accumulating. Some agents have
just all tho stocks they cup well manage at this sea
son, and although the indications point to an advance,
wo regard it as a bad policy to anticipate it, and
would much sooner see tho mills stop until the de
mand would overtake the supply.
BrOwn* &HKKTINGS an’d .Shiktixgs!—Although tho
demand has been light prices have ruled quite uni
form, so that it would appear that prices have finally
found a level. The Atlantic A and Appleton A, and
Indian Head sheetings aro firm at 18c ; Atlantic H
and 1 adhc A and H, 17%c; Stark A and Lawrence
Uatlic. This latter sheeting; which was once in
great lavor, is again becoming very popular, as they
measure a yard over on every piece, and aro noted
for their fullness of weight. The agents now hold
them atlT^c; the Eat lo^c ; the P at ldc, and the
L hntljAc. The Lawrence A, full37 inches, com
mands R 40 inali ot :—i. 101/-
ine cloth, at lie.
Bleached Sheetings and Shirtings.—Favorite
makes of shirting mnslin arc still called for to a. lim
ited extent, and prices aro maintained, although
there is now less scarcity of those on sale. There 13
no surplus stock, however, and consequently agents
are not desirous to realizo or mako any redaction so
long as it would not be likely to increase tho demand*
The New York Mills command 10c ; Wamsutta 82 'Ac:
and Lonsdale cambric 110c : the latter nro still sold
ahead. Thero has been a largo production, howover,
of low and medium grades, and thoform.'r.particu-
larly have pressed to sale at unprofitable rates. The
Lonsdale muslins nro steady at 22J£c ; the Hope and
Franklin at 18c; the fancy Hope at ltij^c : the Green
ICe, and Red Bark ]2c, tho Inttorare sold ahead as
are the % widths at lie: the Green % are sold atlOJ^c:
wa think, however, most of tho producers will not
henceforth willingly submit to ruinous prices which
they were compelled to accept last month. Already
.go obsorvo that some jobbers linvo been obliged to
advance a few styles per yard. The Boott fine 35
inch B command 16c ; 3i inoh 21J^j 45 inch 26)4e: 23
inch fine shirting H 12V£e: 32 inTff'dn. 14c: 26 inch
sheetings 16c ,- 45 inch do. 20c: and 28 inch B shirt
ings lie. Tho Utica wide sheetings are in better sup
ply nnd are offered at much lower rates. tVe now
quote 4-4 at 2214a t 5-4 at 35e ; 6-4 at 49c: 9-4 at 65c;
andl0-4 at 70c, rogular for the last three makes;
Utica fino goods commands 22i^.
Prints.—Tho weather has been much warmer dur
ing the week, and this lias given a stimulus to theje-
tail if not the jobbing trade throughout tho country.
For general distribution we notice an improved in
quiry and a good many goods aro called for on orders,
which fact leads us to believe that stocksin tho hands
of jobbers in tho interior, as well as hero, aro light.
Good styles of.light grounds, especially iu set figures,
are in request at good prices; but unreasonable pat
terns. particularly in stripes, can only bo disposed of
at a loss.
———————
News received from British Hondu
ras, to May 14, stutes that about 30,000 acres
of land had been bought by American South
erners at fifey cents per acre, for purposes of
colonization. Nearly one hundred families
are expected by the next steamer from tho
States.
A Beautiful Tribute.—On Thursday after
noon a most beautiful scene was presented at
London Park Cemetery, and the act of affection
will carry joy to the hearts of many mothers who
still mourn their lost loved ones. In the after
noon, while the sun was stakin'? in the west, a
cavalcade of carriages entered the gates ol the
cemetery, filled with ladles, all of whom had pro
vided themselves with beautiful bouquets, wreaths
ot evergreens and flowers and growing plants, with
which to decorate the graves of the Confederate
dead. From the entrance the graves occupy a
Jcnoll of ground in the southwestern part of the
grounds, which is shaded by native oaks, and to
reach whicli tiie train passed over an undulating
plain, over which were scattered monuments that
mark the places where the dead repose. Tne Con
federate graves, almost secluded from the sun, had
been resodden by the cemetery company, and on
the green turf of those graves about sixty ladies
laid their floral offerings. Not one grave was
passed, bnt all shared tho tendtr care which only
woman’s hand and woman’s heart can bestow, and
they lingered until the sun bad gone down, re
luctant to leave the spot where sleep the remains
of so much of manliness, ot valor. Who the ladies
were was not known, even to th-se who have
charge of the cemetery, but, like true daughters
of .Baltimore, so quietly and unostvntatiotlsly was
the work of love done that bnt few knew of it
until it was accomplished.—Baltimore Gazette,
June Sth.
Iron for the Central Railroad.—The
schooner Harriet Brewster arrived yesterday
afternoon from Richmond, with a valuable of
assorted merchandise, including 150 tons of
railroad iron for the Central Railroad Com
pany.—Savannah ItepulAican, 12th.
T r> . - _ ,i fSf-Acavold boy of sixty-odd years re-
Thiers, tho historian, Joint I avre, Emile Olliv- j cent |, F morr jed, in Portland, Maine, n bloom-
distinguished statesmen i ^ u^iden not out of her teens, and on Sat-
and so mo degree oh pop- | ur( j a y night last the young woman presented
opposition factions which they I { 0 i, er venerable but vigorous lord and mas-
the people at large are ter four children at one fell swoop—two .boys
barrels'* Muscovado" 7 mo" iricndly to the Napoleonic dynasty, and the Im- and two girls. After mature deliberation, the
being a part of tbe j perialists maintain a decided majority in the I old fellow has concluded not to drown any of
■Sir. Hep., 12th. assembly of legislators.
I the litter.
The Tennessee Senators who lately
concluded the farce of a trial, and the out
rage of impeaching Judge Frazier, it appears
charged the State tor cightv-six day’s sen-ice
when they only served thirty. The remain
ing fiftv-six were speut, it is presumed, at
home m tbeir usual avocations. They were
paid six dollars per day in gold, vote 1 to
themselves. So, to morel turpitude they have
added open swindling.
Pesth, Hungary, June 8.—The Emperor
and Empress of Austria were to-day crowned
King and Queen of Hungary, with mediaeval
pomp and splendor.
The sun rose clear and bright, but was ob
scured by passing clouds, which, by some,
was considered as a premonition of the fu
ture of Hungary.
The city was crowded with visitors from
all parts of the world, and was splendidly
decorated. The Ambassadors of all nations
having diplomatic relations with Austria,
except the United States, were present on the
occasion.
The condition of the Empress Matilda, or
of Maximilian, tbe late Emperor of Mexico,
did not interfere with the ceremonies, neither
did Kossuth’s recent letter diminish the pop
ular enthusiasm on the occasion.
The Coronation took place at Ofen, across
the river Danube, and the concluding rites
in this city.
Eight hundred Hungarian aud Austrian
nobles, sixty peeresses, a hundred diplomat
ists and thousands of strangers witnessed the
coronation. The scene was magnificent.
Bishops ot the Roman Catholic and Latin
Churches assisted at tbe ceremony.
The costumes displayed were gorgeous.—
The Emperor was anointed in the ancient
robes, crown, mantle and shoes of St. Ste
phen, the first Christian King ol Hungary.
The Empress was anointed under the right
armpit.
The special mass sung by the Imperial choir
from Vienna was composed by Listz.
After the coronation, the King knighted
several Hungarians, and then rode in person
to Pestli, where lie took the oath, in which he
promised to reconquer the ancient limit!? of
Hungary.
The pageant far exceeded anything des
cribed by Froissart or Sir "Walter Scott.
Nothing like it lias been witnessed for centu
ries, and, in all probability, they will never
he repeated.
The coronation ceremonies were closed by
the King riding up a mound of earth formed
of soil brought from the different depart
ments of Hungary, and waving bis sword at
tbe four points of the compass, at the same
time solemnly swearing that he would defend
the Kingdom against the world.
There was immense cheering from the as
sembled multitude during the performance of
the rites.
There is a grand illumination and banquet
to night. At the banquet peers act as ser
vants.
The Hungarian Diet voted a hundred thou
sand ducats ns a present to the King and
Queen. There was the greatest excitement
and enthusiasm displayed. Ten Archdukes
were present. The Austrian Prime Minister,
Yon Beust, was conspicuous. Mona. Deak
was absent. 31. Androssv crowned the King
and Queen. A general amnesty for political
offences has been proclaimed
Interesting Colloquy vHnouon “the Spirits.”
Not long since a kind-hearted and generous man
died, leaving behind a fearful, jealous, sober-
minded wife to mourn his los!k After the poor
man was dead she began to exhibit signs o. re-
penteflee, and acknowledged to her friends that
she had dono her poor, dear husband a great
wrong while upon earth. She was advised to
visit a medium, and ask hi3 forgiveness, which,
she did. The medium called up tho departed
spirit of the husband, when the following dia
logue took place: Wife—Is this the spirit of my
dear husband? Answer—Iti3. Wife—Will you
forgive me for my wickedness towards you while
on earth ? Answer—Yes. Wife—Aro you more
happy now than wlien you were living ? An
swer—Much happier. Wife—Do you desire to
return to earth ? Answer—No 1 Wife—Where
are you ? Answer—la h—1! Exit - bereaved
widow.
Another Irish Famine.—Great destitu
tion is said to prevail in the western portion
of Ireland. The Rev. H. Fineraw, a Catho- r
lie priest of county Galway, writes that the *
money contributed for Fenian purposes
might be much more usefully spent in reliev
ing the widespread distress. He says: “It
is painful to record that we have a recur
rence of the great distress which struck down
so fearfully tbe people of Ireland in the fam
ine years of 1847 and ’48. There is at pre
sent a distress of a most alarming nature, and
which, if not met-at once and relieved, will
place before our eyes some such heart-rending
scenes of starvation as we witnessed it the
former years ot famine. I myself have seen
a number of people who have not tasted food
for two days. This fearful distress has been
occasioned by a severe winter and failure of
tbe crops.”
Duffy, the Condemned Fenian.—Tho
Fenian Duffy, who has just been condemned
to twenty years penal servitude, said in court,
after the passing of the sentence, that Head
Center “Stephens sent him and others to Ire
land to fight, promising to be there himself;
but when the time came Stephens went to
France to see the Paris Exposition. He would
not be in Stephens’ place now ; Stephens
was a lost man—lost to honor, to country.”
Duffy is described by the reporters as a sick
ly person, who spoke with difficulty and could
scarcely at times be heard.
pgf* The Hon, Wm. G. Swan, who re
sided in Eufaula some months during the
war, has just pitched his tent in ilemphis,
Tenn., for the practice of law.
(SiF”A Boston wit, defining the difference
between an accident and a misfortune, says:
“If "Wendell Phillips should fall into the
river, it would be an accident. If he should
ever get out again, that would be a misfor
tune.” The author of this, it is reported, has
been appointed Secretary of Legation to Mr.
Bancroft.
At His Old Trade.—A good thing is fold
of the President in Raleigh. "While respond
ing in a feeling manner to the welcome given
him, he used the expression, “Let us my
friends, repair tiie breaches”—and before he
could add “made by the war," an old woman
exclaimed, with perfect delight, “bless the
dear man, he has conic home again to work
at his old trade!”.
The Prince of Wales has given rise
to much scandal in Paris, in connection
with her Grace the Duchess of Manchester.
The question of admitting females to
practice ns physicians by the American Ho
meopathic Institute, lias been decided in the
negative.
is said that Gen. J. E. Johnston has
beeif appointed President of the Charleston, j
Memphis and Topeka Railway, via Atlanta .
and Decatur, direct. ’ j
Thomas Taylor and Albert Gan, con
victed of the murder of Captain Harris, in
Gallatin, Tennessee, early in 18G5, have been
sentenced to be hanged on the 12th of July.
A Radical paper recommends Gen. C.
B. Fisk, the former Bureau Agent in Tenn
essee and Kentucky, as a candidate for the
Presidency. The Louisville Courier suggests
that Big Bethel Butler be put on the ticket
with him, so that “honesty” may be repre
sented as strongly as “veracity.”
£3?“ A private letter to the Nashville
Union, from Bedford county, Tennessee,
dated June 7. soys “our crops arc looking
admirable. Wheat is very fine, so also are
the corn and oat, crops."
The first line of the new Radical song
begins thus : “We'll hang Horace Greeley
ou that sour apple tree, because he heipedto
set Jeff". D^is free.”
^-?f° Why can you not prevent the Missis
sippi from overflowing its banks ?
Because dam it you cw't,