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^^Onoycft^S 0 the Statdof Geor *
v 'senate of f° United States escaped
^ (their flsll* from Blodgett as a
It*^ 8 n gnM' He had been spoken of
^•e’and j/troduced to the House, as
g en .ior from Georgia." He se-
' " '^ijjulon of his party for the office,
^ j m0 « a miracle of luck by which he
l** 5 , j n tnow, on better acquaintance,
^js him out of the Augusta Post
: '"T. jfjrtnight’s incumbency, by his own
^turns him out manifestly because
t( tmst him with even that appoint-
■ Vorthem people loam from this how
ie ‘ tSj and the character andrepu-
! ' isaftty of the country (to say nothing
*f gut e) are imperilled by this scurvy
."taof negroes and white political ad-
jo«n So'dh -
’V ^ know how much worse Blodgett
“ proved himself than many others
emailed Southern loyalists have
" tJ)0 senate; but he would have been
s d the ti™ a is coming when the mer-
f c ( tho North over the humiliation of
honest and respectable in the South
weeping and lamentation over the
f # has brought upon themselves. A
<jrdwith theslimy creatures of cormp-
, no0 j death will, sooner or later, sting
..-which placed them there as well as
The Greox’gia ’W'ee-kly Telegraph..
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pTELE^RAPH.
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. sphere or the Sexes Settled.
■ ■ Convention of all the Sorosis was
■ flj r pnt lest week. Miss Anna Dickin-
chair. The report of the standing
■jiaccontbe proper mission of the sexes,
hr carefully prepared statistics, that the
«ii h »t length settling down to its proper
—pljyingbase ball—ridingvelocipedes—
cricket matches—driving fast horses—
tight striped pantaloons—sailing
J-plapngwith rowboats and going to
- With the educated women of the
-t rests the care of all outside matters,
j mn ,t n ow do tho thinking of the conn-
j proposition to add the words “without
- oa of eolor," was voted down. A spe
il committee was appointed to inspect
ating risks of tho country, and ascertain
rTere safe for tho men and the children.
A Challenge.
•JE WASHINGTON CHRONICLE DISPATCHER
SPEAK.
the man who sent the dispatch to the
ion Chronicle, which we copied yester-
i'oim ns when, where and how Stone was
«j; also, when and where the man who
iftins was murdered ? We have sought
j!!t for the infonnatson, but have been
to get it. We are also informed by a
tmaof high position that it has been but
in since Adkins was in the city. If the
hi dispatcher will give ns full reliable facts
,-jri to these murders, we will agree to de
my column of the Era to their publica-
.-thont any expense either to himself or
ate. If he is an honest man, and regards
welfare of tho Republican party in
jj, he will do it—Xeie Era.
give ns the particulars. Will not the
Turk Tribune, which has published these
of living men, second the motion?
dwitld the Tribune lend itself to the elis
ion of lies upon Georgia ?
Georgia Dyes,
foil the attention of our readers, and es-
ii!r of the ladies, to tho advertisement of
ikow dyes. Wo are informed.that over
M3 hundred bottles of the red, or “Pride of
wsh," were sold in Athens alone last year,
linntoge of these preparations is that
tpntnp by a practical dyer, from tho
wipes in his possession, and may there
in relied on. In addition to -this, by the
i these dyes there is a great saving of
» often spent in tho collection of barks,
Ihey are prepared at borne, and this
icvmmend them to the public. We wish
pprietors all the success which their ef-
serit. 2
Water Power in Columbus,
THE GEORGIA LOWELL.
Columbus Enquirer of Friday says: We
-•sed yesterday afternoon with a New York
saan, who had just returned from a ride
r •‘Columbus Factory," some three miles
the city. He spoke in the highest terms
present factory enterprise, and its bright
acts in the future, but was so enthusiastic
admiration for the magnificent water pow-
ithe grandeur of the scenery, that delights
ye in every direction, from almost any
■point, that he could not find language to
lately express it. He declared that Lowell
: crest seat of manufacturing power in New
cannot compare with the Chattahoo-
tiver, at this point, in natural advantages.
•*nied astounded that such splendid power
-■to allowed to fritter itself away in use-
-rtfs along a river line of sufficient length
iity, instead of one Factory. A few years
•die will visit the place again, he may
tsooje astounded at the change.
Hoyt and Gardner.
^ attention to the card of this Banking
*^«9ong onr advertisements. Two of the
Hoyt & Gardner, are well known
and CoL Gardner, as long editor of
-'I'ritntionalists, is most favorably remem-
*7 the people of this State.
- Qmmde and Sentinel (see outside,) an-
^ ^ that belligerent obstructionist, the
Railroad, is coming to terms.
.^•IbllXT’l strnctions, after all, are
he Herald to be substantially based on
- faspeech. See article upon the outside.
£^ BEvmv ’ r April, tho Leonard
" Uo P Ul y’8 reprint,was received yesterday.
—The general assemblies of
I’Atafo • ^ owSc bool Presbyterians of tho
t in the city of New York on
81 ire!! 11 ' in se P arate bodies: and on the
ntj? like assemblies for the Southern
. ~Mobile. The object in view in
1 for bodies on the same day,
aj. f tspective sections, in the same
■on of ti to endeavor to effect the re-
'•h*& r . 9 and the new school branches
-Vitiation.—Home Courier.
hy® tlniBAGEs.—For several weeks past,
cabbage-heads have been selling
cent® each, many of which
-V fill a peck measure. Allowing each
'while growing, a superficial
"-.rp 9 Sfi’oare feet, 4840 cabbages may be
which, if sold for only ten
w °nld amount to $484 for the
acte ' The amount of ma-
one acre, together with the
'“‘■'sIpIIj cultivation, would not exceed
**ts,, jPI5 a dear profit of $334 per acre.
^ distance from New York could ap-
three acres of their richest land
«»’ ft 1 “rus make three or four times
! ‘or n °w do. Every plant needs a
f 8?°^ deposited where
f feed on it—Hearth and Home.
**o«t —;Brom reliable source we
reTiy ing under the in-
K knui®**™ warm wesdher. The cold
heiW.i - ft «*•»* m*ny plants, but
9" look tittle and weak,
1 caoIiSL * stand, and with sea-
. * wnp- Oat crop, good
*Com. puny and a
The Earthquake.
- "When the writer reached home, in Yineville,
about dusk Friday evening, he was asked th
explanation of a singular noise which had just
been heard. It was described to be like the
rumbling of a heavy wagon breaking down with
a lond crash. Some said it resembled thunder
“breaking short off.” It was loud enough to
arrest a lively conversation and, in fact, to at
tract universal attention. In Yineville we heard
no mention of an earthquake shock, but it was
very generally noticed in town. One gentleman
describes the noise as resembling the moving of
a heavy table npon the bare floor of an adjoining
room, and, until ho felt the shock, he thought
that was the occasion of the noise. Some
thought a steamboiler had burst or a house tum
bled down.
Readers are aware that some philosopher on
the Pacific shore has predicted a dreadful earth
quake upon tho coast of Georgia, abont Savan
nah, during the month of June. The negroes
had got hold of this story in the newspapers,
and they had wild rumors among themselves on
Saturday morning that Savannah had actually
been swallowed np. We were questioned several
times by the darkies yesterday whether we were
quite sure Savannah had not been engulpbed.
She may be yet. The time for the verification
of the prophecy has not yet transpired. Ac
cording to that vaticination the coast for fifty
miles in the interior, would sink into the vasty
deep in June, and with it wonld go all those ob
structions in tho Savannah River. We shall see
if these awful events follow the slight premoni
tory symptoms of Friday night, and meanwhile
let our Savannah friends “watch andbe sober.”
Seriously, we suppose the shock on Friday
night probably signalized heavy convulsions
somewhere among the West India Islands. Per
haps, that grand depositary of volcanic forces,
the island of Hayti, was visited by one of those
terrific earthquakes, sis of which are of historical
record within three centuries. The last violent
one was in 1842, and we have little doubt, at that
period, the Atlantic coast of the South sympa
thized to some extent in the tremendous sub-
mundane throes which rocked that island to its
lowest base. We shall await advices from the
Antilles with a good deal of interest.
Bibb County School Commissioners.
The School Commissioners held a meeting in
the Ordinary’s Office yesterday at noon, and
audited the accounts of most of the teachers for
the first quarter of 1869. The following were
Mrs. R. C. Wheeler, $25 50; Maria Julian,
$78 00; Mrs. and Miss Cose, $247 40; John
Sullivan, $123 60; Mrs. S. S. Stevens, $37 90;
Miss M. E. Carlos, $26 70; Wm. Ryder, S22 92;
Mrs. E. McHenry, $11190; S. H. Everett,
$137 40; Sirs. HarrietL. Parsons, $151 60; Mrs.
E. L. Evans, $86 95; Enoch Parker, $158 20;
R. IT. Mitchell, $159 90; S. EL Robertson,
$163 10.
An account of the Sisters of Mercy for
$192.70 was passed, conditioned npon the usual
and legal verification by affidavit. Mrs. Fannie
L. Grigg’s account for $341.10 was referred to
Sir. Roberts for further inquiry. Miss B. A.
Hughes’ bill for $25.50 was laid upon the table
for the present, she not having been regularly
authorized as a teacher. Several other accounts
have not yet been rendered.
The result of the first quarter’s experiment
shows that the tuition of poor children in Bibb
county upon this plan, even at the low rate of
ten cents a day each, will cost the county about
twelve thousand dollars a year. And yet the
Commissioners have employed fewer teachers
than usual, and required that none but proper
beneficiaries shall be taught at the cost of the
county.
It is quite evident that this will not begin to
do. Tho county cannot meet the expense, and
some other plan must be adopted. We are in
formed the Commissioners will hold a special
meeting on Tuesday evening next to deliberate
upon some substitute for the present system.
People who are Afraid to go Home.
Atlanta, May 21, 1869.
Messrs. Clisby tfc Reid: You call upon mo
for the names of those Republicans that are re-
fugeeing here, and I now shall give them to
yon—and if yon wish can publish:
Hon. McW. Hungerford, Burke connty: Hon.
J. T. McCormick, Troup county; Hon.
Maull, Muscogee county; Hon. John Neal and
Hon S. Gardner, Warren county; Hon. B.
Moore, Columbia county; Hon. Thos. Speer,
Pike county; Hon. Platt Madison, Lincoln
county. Also, Mr. Norris, Sheriff of Warren
county.
And those in Augusta that are afraid to go
home are: Hon. J. M. Rice, Colnmbia connty;
Hon. F. Holden, Taliaferro connty. Also, in
Atlanta, Hon. Alex. Reid, of Dougherty county.
And there are many citizens here refngeeing
from their counties on account of political
opinion. Radical.
We publish the foregoing, although it comes
to us anonymously, and it is contrary to rule to
print an anonymous communication, particularly
where names are introduced. And in this cose,
we don’t believe one of the gentlemen named
is in Atlanta because he fears violence at home.
We know it cannot be the case, for example, with
Hon. Thomas J. Spear, tho Senator from this
district, who was in Macon a day or two since,
and we have no idea it is true of any one men
tioned. We shall keep the manuscript for refer
ence. It is written in a hand either purposely
disguised or by somebody unaccustomed to the
use of a pen. It is not written by the man of
whom we made tho request, to-wit: the outrage
manufacturer for the Tribune and Washington
Chronicle.
Instructions of Minister Motley.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Herald, under date of the 17th inst., thus
writes of Minister Motley’s instructions:
Secretary Fish spent some time at the White
House to-day in consultation with the President
over the instructions of Minister Motley. The
question as to whether Mr. Motley should have
written instructions, or whether he should be
sent out with a sort of general understanding to
do as he pleased is at last settled. The Secretary
of State read the instructions carefully to the
President, and received his assent to them prior
to. their being sent to Sir. Motley at New York.
The precise nature of them cannot be made pub-
Ho. That part of them which relates to the Ala
bama claims is understood to be founded, sub
stantially, on the speech of Senator Sumner so far
as material indemnity is concerned. Sir Fish
does not agree with the sentiments of Sir Sam
per with regard to a demand upon Great Britain
for a national apology in addition to payment in
full for damages to our commerce. He consid
ers this would be treated by Great Britain as
equivalent to a declaration of war, and therefore
would not be entertained if presented by Slinis-
ter Motley. Sir. Fish was scarcely in favor of
going so for as Mr. Sumner in other matters,
connected with the Alabama claims, but the Pres
ident was of the opinion that the people demand
ed a firm policy towards Great Britain on this
question, and therefore overruled the Secretary.
A special messenger from the State Department
left here this evening for New York with the in
structions for Mr. Motley.
Bad on Cotton.
We are having another season of uncommon-
cool nights for May, and the unhealthy ap
pearance of cotton on sandy lands continues.
Indeed, the young plants droop and wilt more
and more, and the indications are at this time
time very discouraging. We know of one plan
ter in the immediate vioinity of Columbus who
has stopped work in a field of about thirty acres
of cotton, determining to wait and see whether
half a “stand” will survive this weather and the
present sickly condition of the crop, before he
spends any more labor on it. If tie dying ont
of the plant continues, he will plow np cotton
and plant corn instead. We presume that quite
a number of planters, though they have not ac
tually suspended working their cotton, are equal-
1 -* uncertain whether the “ stand” that it is to
ileft them will pay the expense of cultivation.
■Oolumbtts Enquirer.
BY TELEGRAPH.
From Washington.
Washington, May 21 The President has ap
pointed Felix Costs Surveyor of Customs at St.
Louis. Alfred Sandford Supervising Inspector of
steamboats for the Fourth District. P. M. Sheibly
Postmaster of Borne, Gs.
W. W. Howard declines the Chinese Mission to
take a position on the Wisconsin Railroad.
Colonel L. C. Norrille, of Pass Christian, Missis
sippi, visited the President to-day. The election
day in Mississippi and Texas is not to be named un
til after the "Virginia election, though both will prob
ably occur in August.
Norrille has announced himself as a candidate
for Governor of Mississippi. He will sustain tho
administration and advocate the reconstruction laws
of Congress, but oppose tho proscriptive features in
the Mississippi Constitution. Norrille will soon
publish his list of appointments. Judge Lewis
Dent, the President’s brother-in-law, will assist in
the campaign.
The President has assigned to the Southern In
dian Superintendency of tho Choctaw and Chicka
saw tribes. Brevet Major J. M. Craig; of tho Creeks,
Capt. J. S. Olmatead; of the Cherokees, Captain
Warren.
There was a full Cabinet to-day.
Two negroes have been appointed to clerkships
in the Revenuo Department.
The Police Commissioners have appointed a ne
gro police.
Judge Bassett, tho negro Minister to Hayti, visit
ed the State Department to-day, and will receive his
instructions in a few days.
Commodore Wescott has been detached from the
Pensacola Navy Yard.
Douglass, the negro printer employed by Clapp,
applies to Simon Wolf, Register of Deeds, for a
clerkship, saying that in consequence of combina
tions entered into by tho printers’ unions through
out tho country, ho is unablo to get employment as
a printer.
Simon Wolf responds favorably to Douglass’ ap
plication, concluding thus: “lam particularly hap
py in being the means of encouraging you, for as a
descendant of arace equally maligued and prejudg
ed, I have a feeling of common cause, and who can
foresee but what the stone tho builders reject, may
become the head-stone of our political and social
structure.”
Grant proclaims that the eight-hour law involves
no reduction of daily compensation.
Washinoton, May 22—The Cabinet desires that
the elections in Mississippi and Texas shall occur
sufficiently early to allow tho Representatives to
present themselves at the opening of Congress.
Additional efforts to secure a separate vote on the
Virginia county organizations failed.
There will be no additional proclamation.
Internal revenue receipts to-day $634,000.
The negro, Douglass, who applied to Wolf for a
place, is a brother of Clapp’s.
Douglass is now working in tho Government
printing office on a card from tho Secretary of the
Washington Typographical Union.
Capt. George Brown, baring safely delivered the
Confederate ram Stonewall to the Japanese, has
arrived here. He reports tho health of tho Asiatic
squadron good.
The President has appointed Adeline Livingston
Postmaster of Greenville, Ala. Fred Ball, Post
master of Talmage, Ga.
It is estimated that the forthcoming debt state
ment will show a decrease of $7,000,000, with re
ceipts of revenue $18,000,000; customs $15,000,000.
Ex-Senator Jesse D. Bright is here.
It is stated that Salnave has purchased the Fed*
eral steam ram Atlanta.
An abstract of all the national banks—1600—
showB their aggregate resources and liabilities to be
$1,516,203,000, including loans and discounts $039,
000,000; specie, nearly $8,500,000; legal tender
notes, 880,500,000; three per cent, certificates,
$51,000,000; capital stocks, over $420,000,000.
Mrs. Harriet Balch Macomb, wife of the General-
in-Chief before Scott, died to-day, aged eighty-six
years.
Commodore Charles Stewart McConly is dead;
age, seventy-six years.
From Augusta*
Augusta, May 22—Edwin Belcher, colored, As
sessor of the Third District, publishes a card in this
morning’s Chrouicle and Sentinel in reference to
his letter published in the Washington Chronicle
and the New York Tribune, detailing the murder of
Stone, one of the expelled members of the Legis
lature, and the negro man who was with Adkins
when he was killed. Belcher says that he was mis
informed, and he believes willfully imposed upon
by certain parties here, as he now learns, upon
good authority, that Stone and the other person
mentioned are living.
Belcher states that the letter was private to
Charles Sumner, and regrets its publication.
Special despatches from Atlanta to the Re
publican papers North, announced the murder
of these two men by Ku-klux: but there is no
foundation for tho report. The outrages being
worked up to serve tho ends of certain parties
in the State, who are fearful of being deprived
of their offices under the State Government.
Commercial Convention.
Memphis, May 21.—After the meeting opened
many letters and telegrams from distinguished per
sons were read, regretting their absence and en
dorsing the work already done.
A dispatch from Gen. Beauregard tenders a free
passage to and from New Orleans to tho Commer
cial Convention.
The following dispatch from Now York was re
ceived : Our most cordial thanks to yourself and
friends for the action of the Convention. Onr
bonds are quoted in tho Paris exchange at 79 in
g*ld.
(Signed) J. C. Feejiont, for Directors.
The Levee Committoe made an elaborate report,
showing tho necessity for government aid.
The Banking Committee report in favor of the re
distribution or expansion of the currency to give
the West and South a due proportion of circulation.
Tho Navigation Committee report against the
farther bridging navigable rivers, unless provision
is made for tho passage of tho largest vessels at
high tide.
The Convention favors a redaction of the interest
of the national debt by means consistent with the
faithful discharge of its duties to creditors.
A resolution recommending all States to repeal
usury laws was adopted.
The Committee on Commerce, Manufacturing and
Mining, reported in favor of States freeing from
taxation capital invested in tho work of developing
the resources of the country.
Strong speeches were made in favor of the im
provement of water transportation as beyond the
reach of the machinations of bulls and bears.
and the press of Hmnpkis, 'and adjourned sine die.
New Yobk, May 22.—The steamer Mahoning has
been ordered here to aid in enforcing the neutrality
laws. ■ ' ' . w ’
Van Dick announces he will sell two infllibna' ot
gold weekly, on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Fobtbess Monhoe, May 22.—A Northeast storm
set in this afternoon.
Foreign Hews.
Dublin, May 21.—The Grand Lodge of Orange
men petitions the Queen against the disestablish
ment of the Irish Church.
London, May 21.—The French elections continue
more or less disorderly. Since the 12th, 149 persons
have been arrested for creating political disturb
ance—of whom seventeen only have been discharg
ed. The people at Niems sung the Marseilles. The
prison at Bourges was forced. Blood was shed in
the department of Anb.
London, May 22.—The Times, discussing the
Alabama claims, says England has equal cause of
complaint against America. Great Britain resisted
the temptation to recognize the South, thereby in
flicting sufferings on her own people, and disoblig
ing an ally, and, in fact, declared in favor of the
North, and is now misunderstood and accused of
hostility and selfishness.
Sir Francis Head has communicated several addi
tional official documents to prove that assistance
had been rendered by America to tho Canadian re
volt in ’37. He asserts that Sumner’s speech applies
equally to that and the Alabama claims; but that
England never claimed nor received indemnity.
Madrid, May 22.—A civil marriage bill has been
introduced.
Maputo, May 22—The Cortes has voted for a
Monarchy after a long debate, by 217 to 70.
Topite favors Montpensier, but, as Minister,
would await the action of the Cortes; bnt has cau
tioned the Cortes to allow no daring man to cut the
knot they were unable to untie.
From Mobile.
Mobile, May 22.—The Presbyterian General As
sembly, South, met on Thursday, tho 20th. Rev.
Dr. Robinson, of Kentucky, was elected' Modera
tor ; H. H. Payne, of Mississippi, temporary clerk.-
Bev. Dr. Waddle, of Mississippi, preached the open
ing sermon. There are over 100 Commissioners in
attendance from the Southern States and Obio.
Louisville, Kentucky, was chosen for the next place
of meeting.
Reports show that there are 250 students in course
of study for the ministry; about 20 foreign mis
sionaries ; a prosperous publishing house and vigor
ous efforts to sustain feeble churches.
A committee was appointed to mature plans for
tho better instruction of the blacks, of which Bev.
Dr. Girardeau, of-South Carolina, is chairman.
General Hews.
Memthis, May 21.—Yesterday, tho Committee on
Direct Trade with Europe reported in favor of the
formation of lines from Southern ports, which
should be supported by subscriptions. Tho com
mittee approves the scheme inaugurated by the
Norfolk Convention for a line between Norfolk and
Liverpool.
New Yoek, May 21—In the Old School Presby
terian Assembly a committee of ten has been ap
pointed to confer with a similar New School Com
mittee on re-union. Dr. Fowler, a warm advocate
of re-union, is chosen Moderator by 122 to 93.
Chahleston, May 21.—Chief Justice Chase, who
arrived here last night, presided to-day in the United
States Circuit Court. He made a brief address to
the members of the bar, indicating that be will re
main here about two weeks.
New Yobk, May 22.—The Old School Assem
bly on a motion fixing Tuesday for the discuss
ing of rennion, a gentleman from the Potomac
Synod said they were not yet ready to consider
that subject • Rev. Mr. Johnson spoke in favor
of the resolution- Taylor of Georgetown, op
posed it A motion to table whole subject, was
rejected and the matter referred to a special
committee of three ministers and three elders,
to be appointed by the moderator. Other busi
ness confined to the usual routine.
Memphis, May 22.—In the evening session reso
lutions have passed requesting Congress to put the
telegraph lines under the control of the Postmaster
General, and opposing bridges above the mouth of
the Missouri less than four, or the Ohio less than
three hundred feet span.
The Convention thanked the officers and citizens,
Second Day of tbo Commercial Con
vention.
Memphis May 19.—Every train arriving still
brings additions to the already large crowd of
delegates, who now number some 800. The
convention was called to order about 9 o’clock,
a, H. After prayer by the Rev. W. Patterson,
the Chairman, Governor Anderson, announced
that the reading of tho minutes would be dis
pensed with, and the first business in order was
the supplemental report of the Committee on
Organization. As to the order of business,
Judge Williams, of Kentucky, as Chairman, re
ported the following subjects for the considera
tion of the convention:
First, the Southern Pacific Railroad: second,
railroads generally; third, direct trade with
Europe; fourth, immigration; fifth, finance and
banking; sixth, manufactures and mining;
seventh, Mississippi River levees and improve
ments ; eighth, Tennessee River improvements;
ninth, river navigation, canals and other im
provements; tenth, agriculture and all other
bnsiness, and that tho delegations of each State
represented, announce the chairman of the
State delegation, and that the delegations select
one of their number to constitute a committee
on each of the above subjects, to whom all reso
lutions appertaining thereto shall be referred
without debate; also, that in order to expedite
bnsiness only twenty minutes is allowed the
chairman of each committee for debate on any
one subject, and ten minutes to others.
Tho report was unanimously adopted.
On a call of States the following weie report
ed as Chairmen of State delegations: Alabama,
Judge William Byrd; Arkansas, CoL D. C. Cross;
California, CoL W. J. Gatewood; Georgia, O.
B. Cole; Iowa, Hon. Geo. W. Jones; Indiana,
Hon. Hamilton Smith; Kentucky, Judge R. K.
Williams; Louisiana, Gen. Cyrus Bussy; Mis
souri, Hon. Erastns Welles; Mississippi, A. E.
Reynolds: New York, Frank C.Morehead; North
Carolina, Geo. L. Davis. Ohio, Ge~ F. Davies;
South Carolina, Geo. W. William; Test, Virgi
nia, Hon. J. T. Hoke: Virginia, CoL William
Lamb; Tennessee, Milton Brown.
A recess of Sfteen minutes for the various
standing committees was then announced, at the
conclusion of which it was annonneed that Sen
ator Sprague and General Halstead were on the
floor, and a motion was made to invito them to
seats on the stage. After repeated colls, Senator
Sprague was introduced by Governor Anderson
and spoke for half an hour, dwelling particularly
upon tho pornicions effects of the centralization
of the money power as in New York, and taking
strong grounds against free trade, showing that
by combination, England and Franco formed
for the culture of cotton in Egypt that would
eventually drive it from America, unless moans
were taken to reform nnd cheapen labor at the
South. His remarks were listened to with ea
gerness and were well received.
General Bussy, of Louisiana, received a let
ter from tho New Orleans Chamber of Com
merce, earnestly inviting the Convention aa a
body, to attend the Convention there on the
26th instant, and in a forcible speech urged the
acceptance of the invitation. The letter was
referred to the Committee on General Business.
The Convention then adjourned until 3 p. m.
afteenoon session.
Before the hour had arrived the second and
third tiers were crowded with ladies and gentle
men.
On re-assembling, Mr. Tresevant, of Tennes
see, offered a resolution for tho appointment of
a committee to memoralize Congress for aid in
establishing a line of steamships from Norfolk
to Liverpool, and for the construction of tho
Southern Pacific Railroad. Referred to appro
priate committees.
The following telegram was read and referred
to the Committee on Banking:
New Yobk, May 18.
To the Convention
Will the Convention favor a vote of interest
on Government obligations, not exceeding that
paid on English consols, and thus rebuke the
pernicious examples of those speculators and
bondholders who constitute onr Board of Trade,
or give an intelligent reason why we should ut>
terly ruin onr country by a further continuance
of the present financial system ? Will the Con
vention urge Government aid to promote water
communication for vessels of five hundred tons
burthen on tho Ohio and James rivers, and for
one thousand tons between the upper lakes and
the sea ?
[Signed] Hobace H. Day,
Plinel Fbeeman.
The following resolutions were introduced,
under a call of the States, and appropriately re
ferred without reading:
For memoralizing Congress for Government
aid for rebuilding the levees of tho Mississippi;
for reducing the duty on railroad iron; making
tlie telegraph part of the postal system; for the
appointment of a special committee to confer
with the Manchester, England, Board of Trade
inrefenence to the culture of cotton; for the
equal distribution of the national currency; for
Government aid for a railroad from Washington,
through Virgins, to Cincinnati; and the same
for railroad from Norfolk to Louisville and St.
Louis, and commending Cairo as the initial
point for the Southern Pacific Railroad; for the
appointment of a committee of three from each
State for selecting the time and place for the
meeting of the next convention, which were an
nounced by including a report from the same
for the organization of a Commercial Conven
tion on a permanent basis, and appointing
standing committees, who shall hold over.
The work of Commodore Maury, on the Phys
ical Condition-of Virginia, was ordered to be
printed.
When Rhode Island was called, Senator
Sprague rose and said in reference to the South
ern Pacific Railroad that Congress was ready
and willing to grant aid to this enterprise as
to the others, but owing to the absence of rep
resentation from Texas, through which the road
would necessarily pass, it had not deemed it
proper to donate the lands of that State for that
purpose, but Congress wanted a route deaigna-
ted and he hoped this Convention would do bo.
After some other unimportant business, at 5
p. m., the Convention adjourned until 9 o’clock
to-morrow morning, when reports from commit
tees will be received.
THE TRUE " S : uA 4
FOUNTAIN OF HEALTH.
The Cold Snlphnr Springs, Ya.
Two milaa from the Goshen Defob of the Chesa
peake and Ohio Railroad; 34 miles west of Stanton;
60 miles from the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs,
and within an easy day’s journey of Baltimore, Md.,
Washington, D. C., and Richmond and Lynchburg,
Virginia.”- • .... ■ ■ La ...
NATURE’S REMEDY FOR CHRONIC DISEASES!
Medical Properties and Uses of the Water'; ° >
This water combines in a remarkable degree those
properties which render it a remedial agent of pecu
liar, perhaps of unequalled value for the eradication
of disease and the restoration of health.
The extraordinary cores which have been
by it in many Chronic Diseases and in some cases
which seemed almost hopeless, justly entitle it to
rank with the most famous Mineral Springs of Vir
ginia and tho world. Indeed there is strong reason
to believe that in many of the most serious, unman
ageable and widely prevailing diseases that afflict
the human race, the Cold Sulphur Water is not only
the most safe, mild and pleasant, hut also the most
certain and effective remedy yet discovered. ’ • '
Under its benign, revolutionizing and renovating
influences, many chronic maladies vanish like the
mists of the morning under the unclouded rayhof
the sun; the ruddy glow of health revisits pallid
cheeks towhichit had become a stranger ; in many
cases animation, elasticity, energy and buoyancy su
persede the bodily languor, debility-, irritation and dis
ease which had long reigned supreme in the system,
and cheerful spirits, the natural companions of vigo
rous health, take the place of thiat gloomy and mel
ancholy condition of the mind whioh is the legitimate
offspring of physical suffering.
This water presents the rare combination of Ape
rient, Diuretic, Diaphoretic, Alterative, Tonic and
and Eutrophic properties. Acting freely upon the
Bowels, Liver, Kidneys, and Skin, it thoroughly.pn-
rifl.es the blood, and eliminates from tho system the
essential elements of disease; while it invigorates
the stomach; enriches the vital fluidgives tone
and energy to tho muscles and nerves; renovates
the entire organism, and re-establishes health and
strength. - -
In Dyspepsia, Liver Disease, Bilious Complaints,
Costiveness, General Debilily, it is a remedy of un
surpassed utility and power.
Especially upon the STOMACH its influence is
prompt, decided and highly beneficial. It speedily
relieves heart-burn, increases the appetite'and pro
motes digestion, so that as a general rule persons
using it can eat with impunity, and that all-impor
tant organ which supplies strength and nutriment
to the whole system is soon restored to a strictly
normal condition. „
Being on efficient Aperient apd laxative; it causes
a regular and healthy action of the bowels, and is a
most admirable remedy in cases of habitual consti
pation.
As an anti-bilious remedy it is unsurpassed.
Over the functions of the LIVER it exercises the
most powerful and salutary controL If the bile be
deficient in quantity, it acts as a direct atimulns to
tho liver, and surely though gradually forces the
secretion up to a healthy standard. And whether
the Liver be torpid and obstructed as in jaundice,
or in an excited and irritated condition, discharging
an excess of vitiated bile, the judicious use of this
water is equally efficacious in unloading the viscus
and restoring the secretions to a healthy state.
Being not only a free and powerful, but mild and
soothing DIURETIC, this water exerts a decided
sedative and calmative influence over the Urinary
Organs ; and has been pre-eminently successful in
cases of Inflammation, Irritation, and Debility of
the Kidneys, Bladder and Urethra. As a remedy
in such maladies it has no snperior.
In some diseases Pecut.tab to Females it is highly
beneficial. Chlorosis and Leuchorrcca will be readily
cured by tho Sulphur and Chalybeate waters here.
Amenorrhcea and Dysmcnorrhera—when purely
functional diseases, and uncomplicated by organio
or structural derangement —will yield to the same
means.
Casesof Erysipelas, Rheumatism and Cutaneous
Eruptions have been cured by the Cold Sulphur
Water. Aithma, Chronic Bronchitis and Chronic
Pneumonia will either receive much relief and mit
igation from its use, or be entirely cured by it.
Various Chronic functional derangements of the
Heart, the Brain, and the Lungs, and some forms
of Neuralgia, Gout and Scrofula are, in fact,
sympathetic or secondary diseases, and have their
prime cause or origin in, and are kept alive by a
deranged, enfeebled and irritable condition of the
stomach and alimentary canal. In such cases the
Cold Sulphur Water, by virtue of its unequalled
curative and restorativo powers in diseases of the
Digestive Organs, i3 the appropriate remedy.
The great Alterative, Tonic and Eutrophio pro
perties of this water are dearly shown by the marked
improvement of tho general health, and the increase
of flesh and strength which generally follow its nso.
In many cases so speedy and thorough is its cur
ative agency, that in the language of a distinguished
physician, who had himself seen its effects, “Noone
but an eye-witness wonld believe in the marvelous
ly rapid change to a normal condition or that of
health.’*
Some of the cares which have been made by it are
of tbo most extraordinary character. Cases which
were apparently of the most hopeless nature, for
the relief of which not only all the resources of
medical skill, but the most celebrated Mineral
Springs of Virginia had been used in vain, have
been entirely and permanently cured by the Cold
Sulphur Water.
CHALYBEATE SPRING.
Besides' the Snlpbur Water, there is upon tho
premises a fine Chalybeate Spring, which posses-
es the well known virtues of waters of its class.
LOCATION, CLIMATE, ETC.
This place is situated in the midst of the moun
tains of Virginia—a region of country which has
long been famous for the diversified character, beau
ty and grandeur of its scenery. The climate in sum
mer is delightful, salubrious and invigorating.
The buildings here are plain, bnt comfortable, and
the Hotel accommodations good.
tKT Tho Hotel will be open for visitors on the first
Tuesday of June next'.
USTThe attention of tho pnblio is respectfully
called to the subjoined letters and certificates of
eminent rmrsrciANs and others, which most conclu
sively establish the great and extraordinary powers
of the COLD SULPHUR WATER as a remedial
agent in many Chronic diseases.
S. GOODE,
Proprietor Cold Sulphur Springs Hotel,
P. O. address—Goshen Bridge, Rockbridge coun
ty, Va.
April28th, 18G9. ...
Extracts from a letter of Dr. C. R. Harris, a dis
tinguished physician of Staunton, Va.. His opinion
of the curative power of the Cold Sulphur Water in
diseases of the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Sirin.
“From what I have known and now witness by oo-
cular demonstration, I have no hesitation in Stating
that as a valuable Tonic, Alterative or Lutropliic and
Diuretic, the Cold Sulphur has no superior, if an
equal, anywhere.
‘In diseases of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys and
Skin its curative power is wonderful. The larger
proportion of patients who are now in attendance
have been and are now suffering from Chronic Gas
tritis or Dyspedsia, with sympathetic functional dis
turbance of the Liver and Kidneys. And the cura
tive agency of tho water is so extremely rapid in
amelioration of all the grave attendant evils, symp
toms or sequences of gastric disturbance, that no
one but an eye witness would believe in the marvel
ously rapid change to a normal condition or that of
health.”
Letter of Dr. J. L. Cabell, the eminent Profess
or of Physiology and Surgery of the University of
Virginia. “As the result of his observations on the
ground, he formed a most favorable opinion of the
value of the water.”
Uniyebstit of Virginia, >
January 30,1869.)
Sam'l Goode, Esq., Cold Sulphur Springs:
Dear Sir—In accordance with your request, I take
pleasure in certifying that I visited the Cold Sulphur
Springs near the dose of the last season, as the re
sult of my observations on the ground, formed a
most favorable opinion of the value of the water.
Drunk at the Spring, the water is found to be
very cold and very grateful to the palate and to
the stomach. No discomfort is caused by the drink-
ng five or six or more glasses, if only a few minutes
intervene between the taking of the successive
glasses.
Invariably, so far as I could leant, persona in good
or moderate health experience a marked sharpening
of the appetite and a capacity for indulging it with
impunity, and very many cases of confirmed Dys
pepsia are radically cured. Its immediate effects are
those of a mild laxative and an energetic urinary
diluent. I had no opportunity of observing its ac
tion in the treatment of Chronic Hepatic and Cuta
neous diseases, but from the analogy, of its sensible
effects to those of the Greenbrier White Sulphur
there is reason to believe that its therapeutical ap
plications are coextensive with those of that celebra
ted water. Very respectfully yours,
J. L. CABELL, M. D.
Letter of Dr. John B. Wood, ot Goshen Depot.
He considers the Cold Sulphur Water “the finest
Tonic, Alterative and Diuretic he has ever seen
among the Mineral Springs of Virginia.”
Ooshen Depot, Va. , April 16,1869.
S. Goode, Esq.: ' 1 ' v V ‘ . : l‘ i
Dear Sir—Having been located in the neighbor
hood of the Cold Sulphur Springs for the last eight
months, and having bad ample opportunity during
that time to observe tbo remarkable effects of the
water as a Therapeutic agent upon myself as well
as othere, I take great pleasure in stating, for the
benefit of the afflicted generally, that this water is
decidedly the finest Tonic, Alterative and Diu&ET-
ic that I have ever seen among the Mineral Springs
of Virginia.
Its efficacy in the rapid core of Dyspepsia and
Derangements of tho Digestive Organa generally,
is certainly astonishfeg and remarkable. I know of
two cases of dyspepsia of long standing and. of a
most aggravated character, in which ah entire cure
was accomplished by the use of. the Cold Sulphur
water for only a few weeks. From my knowledge
of the effects of this water; I am enabled confidently
to recommend it to all suffering with Chronic
Pneumonitis, Bronchitis, Asthma, Splenitis,'and all
affections of the Liver, Skin and Kidneys—also that
classes of diseases peculiar to Females.
. ' - ‘.‘Respectfully,* - aa dtc-fli «•;
JOHN B. WOOD, M.D.
Dr. John H. Freeman, of Lexington, Va.. in a let
ter under date of August 7, 1868, says: “Inthe
course of an active practice during thirty years I
have never seen, indigestion so speedily relieved by
any remedies-or by any. mineral water, -as by the
Cold Sulphur.*’ • ' _ ui'Mor v il : vvai
Letter of Dr. S. M. - Milkman, of Rockbridge
county, Virginia : Remarkable cure of a case of
Chronic Bronchitis and Pneumonia.
Kerr’s Creek, Bockbriflgo co.,Va.,7
August 11th, 1868. j
S. Goode :—Sir—In accordance with your request,
I submit to you a brief statement of a case of rapid
recovery which came under my own immediate ob
servation. Mrs. N. L., aged about 56 years,-was
about four years and six months ago affected with
Typhoid Pneumonia. Her illness was protracted,
and in fact for some time the case appeared entirely
hopeless. At length she was partially restored to
health. For four years she had complained with.' a
continued soreness of the breast, and a. very distress-,
ing cough; and, in fact, hadpreaented all the symp
toms of Incipient Phthisis. A visit of: five weeks at
the Cold Sulphur has astonished all by producing ft
perfect cure. .'
The Chemical properties of the water are unknown
to me, but its curative properties are astonishing.'
It is a powerful tonic—diuretic, aperient and altera
tive. By its use, ail Chronic Diseases of the Lungs,
Dyspepsia, Hepatic Disorders, Affections of the
Spleen, Bladder and Kidneys, and Chlorotic Dis
eases will receive great reliefs if not be permanent
ly cured. With thesebrief hints, I trust that many
may be greatly benefitted by its use.
. Very respectfully, , .
S. M. MXLEMAN, M. D,.
The Cold Sulphur Springs in diseases of tho
Stomach, Liver and Bowels.—Case of Giles A.
Miller, Esq., of Amelia county, Va.-i-One of the;
most extraordinary cures ever made by any remedy.’
A case of severe and complicated disease of NINE
YEARS’ DURATION, for the relief of which, in its
earlier stages, the Rockbridge Alum, the Hot
Springs and other mineral waters had been used
without lasting benefit, entirely, radically and per
manently cured at the Cold Sulphur Springs.
Deatonsytlle, Amelia Co., Va.,1
Oct. 27,1868. j
S. Goode, Esq.
Dear Sir: In the summer of 18511 discovered an
insidious approach of Dyspeptic symptoms of aDys-
interic character, (then epidemically, prevailing in
E. Va.,) which finally in my case resulted in in un
questionable ulceration of the lower portion of the
colon, with a general subacute irritation of the
smaller intestines. The ulceration continued for
more than six months, in a very aggravated form,
when in August, 1852,1 visited tho celebrated cura
tive waters of the Rockbridge Alum, and after using
that water fifteen or twenty days, I was not materi
ally improved. Thjnkingit rather stimulating at that
time, I left the springs, but continued to travel in
the mountains by private conveyance, until I could
venture home, where I remained in a feeble condi
tion. In 1854,1 returned by private moans to the
mountains, traveling and amusing myself by hunt
ing, fishing, ote. In 1855, ’56 and *57,1 found no
marked improvement in my disease. In June, ’58,'
I was seriously and suddenly attacked in a more ag
gravated form, when I returned to give the Rock
bridge Alum another trial, and after a stay of sev
eral weeks I was much improved. During my visit
I took in my carriage a party of friends to the Cold
Sulphur, which was then in an embryo state of im
provement. I was at once favorably impressed
with the water. Inext visited the Rockbridge Baths,
where I remained a month, and was, I must say,
decidedly benefitted, but only temporarily, as
again in the'season of 1859 "my general condition
was becoming more serious, by an obstinate cos
tive condition of tho bowels, with a considerable
thickening of the mucous membrane of the colon,
and by two physicians was pronounced tumorous.
This season I visited the Warm Springs, and from
thence to Hot Springs, using first the boiler for a
torpid Liver and Rheumatism of. the Spine. I was
by this treatment improved as far as the Rheumatic
symptoms were involved, but no effect on the obsti
nate Liver, for in 18601 was so reduced in flesh and
by continued constipation my nervous system was
so shattered, that it totally disqualified me for any
kind of business, Buffering from acid stomach, ner
vous debility, palpitation of the heart, with such
obstinate torpidity of the liver and bowels, etc., as
to compel the use of wooden bougies, under a rigid
contraction of the sphincter muscle in order to pass
any fecal discharge from the bowels. In August;
1860, in this condition, 1 visited the Gold Sulphur
Springs where i remained a month, and from the
constant use of the water (and bath occasionally,) I
was relieved of acid stomach, constipation, nervous
debility, palpitation of the heart and cold skin. My
feeble pulse of fifty-four beats to the minute was
restored to seventy-five, a usually healthy standard,
with a good appetite, no headache and what is very-
agreeable, after more than nine years of miserable
nervousness, I was enabled to. sleep well and have
continued to enjoy both eating and sleeping well,
and have been in good health and fine spirits ever
since.
Wishing you great success in your new enterprise
I remain, truly yours, GILES A. MILLER.
Judge L. Gibbons, of Mobile, Ala., in a letter
dated September 23,1868, says of the Cold Sulphur
Springs:
“Asa Tonic and Alterative, I consider them un
rivalled, and judging by their effects upon myself
and child, unhesitatingly say that I consider them
fully equal to, if not better than any that I have
ever seen. In all cases of Dyspepsia, and diseases
of the Alimentary canal and organs connected there
with, I have no doubt that these waters would, in a
short time, effect by themselves an entire cure."
The Cold Sulphur Springs as a remedy in cases of
Torpid liver, Dyspepsia, Erysipelas, skin diseases,
etc.
Letter of D. Kunkle, Esq., of Augusta oo., Ya.
Summebdean, December 12,1868.
S. Goode,Esq.:
Dear Sir—I had been living for a number of years
in a Southern climate—had frequent attacks of bili
ous fever—was only able to keep on my legs by the
frequent use of mercury, (blue mass.) when in the
summer of 1848,1 think it was, (I had then been in
Virginia a year or two,) I spent two or three weeks
at the Cold Sulphur Springs, and was completely
cured, and have enjoyed good health generally ever
since. X lived in the neighborhood of these Springs
several years, and saw many persons benefitted and
cured of torpid liver, indigestion, dyspepsia, erysip
elas, skin diseases generally, etc. But it has been
bo long since, that I cannot give you particulars. I
recollect, however, perfectly well, that after a few
days’ use of the water, dyspectie, as well as every-
kpdy else, can almost eat with impunity. Very tru
ly and Respectfully Yours, D. KUNKLE.
Mrs. E. N. Sloan, of Rockbridge county, Va.,
who resided at the Cold Sulphur Springs for 18
years, eays in a letter dated Angnst 6th, 1868 -.
“Its usb has almoetiAvafiaNjj been!
ficiaL I have known it to cBW Aaso4 Of*
Liver Diseases, Rheumatism CotanepuaErcp-
tioDs. The general health of persons uslhg it always
seemed to improve. 1 consider it folly, equal to any
mineral water in Virginia.” " ‘ ; ‘Iw.Viii
The Cold Sulphur Water in diseases Of the Kib-
XEY3.—Letter of S. L. McDowfcm, Esq. ’
A ease of severe Disease of the Kidney* ot ten
yean duration, and attended with most aggravated
symptoms, for the relief ot which the Greenbrier
White S ulphur, the Roanoke Red Sulphur wad '
the Sweet Springs were fully tried without benefit,
cured By the Cold Sulphur Water! . : ‘
Staunton, Va., April 3,1869.
More than thirteen years ago when* boy I con
tracted* severe disease of the Kidneys, owing to an-,
injury received from ft strain when lifting. For
some years afterwards I suffered a great deal, and
was often confined to bed for weeks at a tine, pass
ing blood with my urine.
was sometimes so ill that my life was despaired
of, and was compelled to ooottne myself to » vary
light and mild diet I was treated by some of the
moat ’eminent physicians end surgeons in Virginia,
but only received temporary relief without any per
manent benefit from their treatment 1 also tried
some of the most celebrated mineral waters in tho
State—the Greenbrier White Sulphur three sum*
mere in succession, and the Sweet Spring* three or
four Weeks. From the use of these Springs T de--
rived no benefit In the snmmer of 1866, when I
had been suffering in this way for ten years, I was
at the Cold Sulphur Springs and drank the water
once or twice a week throughout the season. At
end of the snmmer I found myself considerably im
proved. In the summer of 1867,1 was again at the
Cold Sulphur Springs occasionally throughout - the
season and realized a still greater improvement.
I spent last summer (that of 1868) at Goshen, and
visited the Cold Sulphur, and drank the water every
day. I havo found my health greatly improved in
all respects, and have had no attack of my old die- -
ease of the Kidneys, and have not now been troubled
with any passage of bloody urine for more than
twelve months. My digestion has greatly improved
and I can now nae all ordinary articles of food with
out inconvenience. 1 formerly suffered also with
constipation, which has been entirely relieved by the
Cold Sulphur water. - £ consider the Cold Sulphur
water the best mineral Avater'with which I am ao>. ■
quainted, and attribute the benefit Ihave received eo-. .
tirely to its use. S. L. McDOWELL, r -y v :,ni
Callahan’s V, P. , Alleghany county, Va. ■
The Feeling ia England.
The New York Tribune’s London correspon- 5
dence of the Gth says:
• The irritation caused by Mr. Sumner’s speech,
goes oh increasing instead of diminishing, as I
hoped it might after a little reflection. I have
already .described it as extending through all
classes, turning old friendship into ill-witi, and
uniting those who were for us' and those who'
were, against us, in one common purpose of re
sistance to'the demands supposed to be made
by Mr. Sumner. With a good deal of reluc
tance, and with some qualifications, 1 said we
had few friends left, if approval or even tolera
tion of Mr. Sumner’s speech was to be the con
dition of friendship. With a good deal more
reluctance, but without any qualification, I say
to-day that so far as I know we have not, in that
sense, a single friend in England.
. Of course I do not mean that mien long con-*
spicuous for their sympathy'with tis have on a
sudden become. enemies, or that they reoant
anything they ever said on our side. But they
dissent wholly from Mr. Sumner’s statement of
the American claims and grievances. They find
fault with the tone of the speech, and the ex
tent of his demands. In more than one partic
ular they are misled, or some, of them are, by
the misrepresentations of the. London papers,
all of which make Mr. Sumner say some things
which he clearly does not say. Comment on
the speech continues daily, in. the press and ev-:
everywhere else, and while there is a difference
in the degree of resentment expressed in the
different quarters, the agreement of opinion is
.practically unanimous.
England will fight rather than yield to the
claims made or indicated in' thi3 speech. She -
will fight rather than even negotiate on any such
basis. If Mr. Motley’s instructions cover any
thing like the ground taken by Mr. Sumner, he
will be met by a point-blank refusal to consider
his proposals. At this moment, I doubt wheth
er any proposals whatever would be listened to.
If popular feeling counts anything in the For
eign Office, they would be simply scouted. Of.
course, I don’t mean that Mr. Motley is likely
to be received with incivility. The most furious
would greet him with politeness enough, but all
parties will resist with equal resolution an at
tempt to enter upon any negotiation which does
not disavow, in fact if notin terms, Mr. Sum
ner’s authority to speak for the American Gov
ernment.
* * * The party that was ready to refer to
arbitration the question of the recognition of
rebel belligerency has disappeared. Indeed,
nobody thinks it possible, at this moment to do
anything. The irritation is too general, the
exasperation too great to permit even a discus
sion. No doubt, this fever will Bubside, but it
must run its course, and it will do no harm to
recollect that when Mr. Adams first presented
the American, claim for damages on account of
the Alabama, with his modest request for arbi
tration, claim and arbitration together were
resented with scarcely less indignation than -
rages now. It was .less general, put not less
intense.
Mr. Vemon Harcourt, hiding his blushes be
hind a newspaper screen as “Historicus,” pro
tested in the name of law and reason, and a lot
of other things that no such claim should ever
be considered. Yet it has been. I don't mean
to argue that England will some day be ready
to pay htdf the cost of onr war,' for I don’t un
derstand Mr. Sumner nor anybody else in Amer- -
ica to demand that, though the English papers
will have it that that is our ultimatum. But the
whole history, of tins controversy shows that a
very loud English No is capable of softening in
to a whispered Yes. Ihave no sort of doubt
that -when it suits our Government to resume
negotiations, they will get a civil answer, though
they may not get an immediate assent to their
proposals. Meanwhile, there is nothing to-do
but wait. >' - '*' . *i
Cnba-The Battle of Los Hinas.
Nf.w York, May 19— The World’s Havana
correspondence says that when a Government
vessel lately arrived there from Nuevitas with a
load of wounded, the press were forbidden to-
publish any facts connected with the event. It
transpired, however, that General Lesca had ft
fight with the insurgents, nine miles from Puerto
Principe, with a terrible result for them, although
the Cubans suffered the. loss- of a Lieutenant- .
colonel, a captain and six men, killed and thirty
wounded. An eye-witness places the insurgent
loss at 2,000 men. Better information, however, '
shows the result far more terrible to the Span
iards who suffered the worst defeat they have ex
perienced since the revolution began.
It appears that Qnesado and Castillo gathered
four thousand of their best troops just beyond
Los Minas and entrenched. Gens. Leoda and . !
Lesca came along'with a large body of Span- •
iards, and assaulted the position. They would
have carried it but for the timely arrival of
Marquis Santa Lucia, who immediately attacked
one of the flanks of the Spaniards. Still the
Spaniards might have carried the day but for a
battalion of Havana colored volunteers turning
upon their officers and passing over to the insur
gents, aiding them effectually in their struggle.
The Spanish then gave way. This was the first
attempt to use colored troops. The Catalian
volunteers ooverod the retreat of the Spaniards,
but they were frequently thrown into confusion
and lost heavily. Many of the best and bravest
of their Spanish officers are reported killed and
wounded. This correspondent also says there
is no truth in the reported convention of the
revolutionists at Ginoaocua, at which resolutions
favoring annexation to the United States were
adopted. It is questionable whether a majority
of the revolutionists favor annexation.
A later dispatch says the Spaniards in the en- .
gagement quoted above, lost nearly all their pro
visions, baggage-train, etc., and part of their
artillery. The insurgents had over seven thou
sand men, and the Spaniards three thousand five
hundred. The fight lasted nearly seven hours.
Truly Disheartening. —We were showh yes
terday a hundred or more cotton plants, which
had been promiscously drawn from fields in dif
ferent portions of the county, ont of which not
a dozen could be found that would have lived to
bear fruit. The leaves appeared healthy and
fresh, but their tardiness in growth led to an ex-
animation of the plant when it was found
the roots were dead, there being small fibrous '
roots enough just under the surface of tho
ground to keep the plant alive, while the nurifi
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