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Taxation. agtort TAtgrtfl • Should you concur with in opinion 4511,4 4ke fo55owln g reflections on ji^, j D the United States would 'interest y otyonrreaders they are at your service for jbtcr.tien i tjtfrnalt*»tion and customs taxation com- ^ »re excessively onerous to the consumer, ^,js poweriees, except by restricted consump- ^ (o avoid the deduction from the wages of i-« jsdnstry and means occasioned by those gya fixes, which directly or indirectly, cause fcucessively enhanced prices of those commo- daily use in families and by individuals, fall sugar, tea, coffee and other necessaries, j, sick, infirm, aged, and afflicted persons, -.articles are necessaries which to others phnnea. guv is food for babes and superanuated 0cs ill adapted for persons in robust health, jjjrt. in its operation, customs taxation has ,yocnHtean character, taxing all alike by its jP«ur standard, and the head of a large farni- ybitobear the larger share of the taxation igwhich the bachelor is exempt. It is per- tpcot possible to remedy this inequality en- plr. hat it is unnecessary to aggravate it by iphtMD. keraal taxation and customs taxation con i'. inasmuch ns customs taxation, levied at |Mtrii«r period, taps the internal revenue and prevents the productiveness it would other- Utah), and which, if commerce were re nd of customs taxation, would soon beoome ral to the total collections of all present [sms of public income and probably exceed tea taneriy, public revenue for national services u derived nearly exclusively from customs inrioa and the proceeds of sales of public land, hi increased exigency for expenditure of an tanual character, gave birth to internal toxa- a, and if snch internal taxation be susceptible ibemi! prolific enough of itself slightly niodi- yky leaving commerce, industry and con- BBption free from customs taxation, why con- me to harthen the country with both systems? OMomi taxation has not tne same elastic awrotwereasing in productiveness as inter- alrcvrr.ne has; on the contrary, the higher he rate the less proportional proceeds are real- ial-ahile tmdo and commerce, relieved by ifudaction or abolition of high rates of ens- xu taxation, would immediately commence to nliiply their operations, and an increase of the c-nl revenue follow ns n follows q. Remarked contrast between internal revenue einstoms duties consists mainly in this: that ICMftd the person who pays direct, or inter- dnvenne tax pays only the amount th« legis- iwhaa Imposed, whereas, customs taxation □ the first instance, by the merchant, h necessarily adds to it the cost of the com- riiiy taxed and charges a profit on snch cost dduty combined; and a farther profit must n‘uined on this gross total as it accumulates i pissing through various traders before it c the actual consumers, to whom the cus- tii is practically increased much beyond to the Legislature contemplated, injury thus accrues to the entire community itthedonble system operation, when the direct |1 ampler one wonld be adequate if duly ad- Ib? commercial shipbuilding industry is a sa ve aufferer by customs taxation—finds com- -ition with the foreign shipbuilder difficult or ?t***!'>le, snd numbers are thrown ont of em- i)jment; »nd the railway interest suffers nec- ^n|y when foreign trade langnishea. Mnlti- wation of commerce is practically the mnlti- acation of the transit of passengers and mer- tMilise with increased profits and dividends, the raising a revenue by moans of customs axationwaean inheritance, and, as one other u t nUnce has recently terminated, so it would ad A 0 ' 6 ' 13 ^ happier means, the industry 00111 IDerce °f the country were emancipated eastern* t nation. Emergencies, when the tariff of customs ^ won was passed, did not. admit perhaps of ,'. niCs 1 ,■i a, twents in its imposition—but S" * n ° 5 eisore now afford the opportunity '“"perately examining the operation of either , ,. of ^“Won, and adopting a revised fis- policy which shall be adequato to sustain t5l . e con ntry; provide liberally for ~'tt expenditnre, promoto general industry v: ,”- commerce from customs fetters. J n . or should be a race in which all may run, may win. , «“id • dotii as a nation in spite of ens- ^dutieg, but at the expenses of a cruel r*5tof pauperism and crime, but after she policy of relief from customs duties *|ume gradually rose from under fort y-three 'terling annually, to upwards of se.ven- .' -s sterling annually. But there are re- ^inthe United Kingdom, still customs pressing upon consumers, upon com- Frotn Jones Comity. Jones County, August 27, 18(5!). Editor» Telegraph.: Whilst the cotton crop in Southern and Southwestern Georgia is being destroyed by rust and caterpillar, the crop in Middle Georgia is being destroyed by a no less disastrous cause, namely, drouth. Up to the first day of August we had the promiso of an average crop, but the intervening drouth snd w . . hot sqa has destroyed all our hopes. All of the and producing preventible amount of or la8t crop> * and at i cast fifty p6P cent of the middle crop have fallen off. In this county we cannot now, under the most favorable cir- t enmstances, make more than a half crop. raftson America should wait | j^othintr short of forty cents a pound will now ^S»ad to abolish customs duties. Why ,, - _ - i„„. P*.** rather not take the lead and set the 8ave tho furmer from n,lnon3 P eounlar y losses ; And if, Messrs. Editors, from a short crop and low prices the agricultural interest of the coun try goes down, what will become of the country? woma oenent ouse me commerce ana . ™hat will be the effect upon the material inter- of hoth countries, and form the bond j est of all classes of people? Answer, ye mer- h J tt8a5 P®ace. ( chants, manufacturers, railroad men, ship-own- ti? u profitable to have wealthy customers, i __ . 3 *«0tlnrl M 1! A J ers> » e ‘ c * -, crime and misery, by depriving the of adequate renumerative emplov- i'!-*liich free commerce and free trade could ~0 vwauuicito UUIU UliaiUUM XOUClAy ik rest ? re t5le currency to a par value j-_ and silver—encourage immigration, ' Word employment for all deserving of it. “*amerce is not “a war of interests,” it is Tbe Situation in Slexico. Editors Telegraph: The elections for the next Congress in Mexico have realized the ap prehensions of tho opposition. The Government, by exercising an unfair in fluence, seems to have succeeded in excluding B. j. •‘Chinese”—Lexter from Hon. Rioses. From the Columhut Enquirer.] Some one with a very fertile imagination has informed the public, through the newspapers, “that Chinese may be seen at work on my place.” Whence the idea originated I cannot im- the opposition almost entirely from the next a t? ae ' No believer in Confucius, Meng-tso, or session, which party was already verv feeblv' or Btidha, is to be found on my ptooe. renreaented iV (b Q incf r. 3 ; 1 should havo no objection to importing a few, represented m the last session of the Mexican to elaborate and ornament my gardens with Oongresfl. The adversaries of the present sys- i Chinese caltore, Chinese pagodas, and Chinese tem, who thns see themselves deprived of any' ® s51 P on ds; and if they came, they would find share in tho Government, will probably a f ter ^efoUowingfamiliarmaximB of Mencius bouse- r »hold words on my place: “He who subdues men s lon ’ r ® sor4 40 8ecret plots, which by force is a tyrant. He who subdues them by hare become chronic in that country, to vindi cate the rights of their defeated cause. The 4orce do not subdue the heart; but those who news of another .complot, organized by five gen erals, for the assassination of Juarez and the usurpation of the Government, can therefore hardly surprise us. But Juaret, favored once more by tho lucky star which several times al philanthropy is a king. Those who subdue by subdue men by -rirtuo gain the hearts of the subdued, and their submission is sincere. _A little sprinkling of these maxims, imported with Chinese, and impressed upon the policy of “the best government on earth,” would tend much more to the material prosperity of the ... ... South, and the political reformation of the ready bus turned the assassin s dagger from his ; North, than would the hundreds of thousands, breast, was warned of tbe approaching danger, I which some propose to import, that they may and all the chiefs of the conspiracy but one are I £ ene ^ the old system of skinning Jand and ex- in the hands of the Government. Conspiracies are like tho explosions of a vol cano, whose glowing, contending forces in the interior seek vent in an outburst; and, as long as these plots and insurrections are perpetrated, Mexico is still very far from treading tho path to prosperity under a healthy constitutional government. But it is not to be dented that Juarez, more than any other President before him, has up held the authority of the Central power, while though no soldier himself, he very dexterously has mastered tho soldiery, for strengthening his position. Juarez’s almost discretionary power will be increased by a contemplated change in the army, which is to be recruited by hirelings in the place of conscripts. As on army of hire lings is naturally opposed to a constitutional government, this innovation may be fruitful of grave consequences. In the present moment the government is master of the situation; the States of Puebla and San Lnis have again submitted to its author ity, and also the insurrection iu Tamaulipas, which for a time past has assumed a threaten ing character, is suppressed; only in Michoa- can, where the Indians have risen, and in Qne- returo, where the question of “states’ rights” is still argued, the public peace is not yet re stored. Rumor has it that discord is fostered by par ties in tbe United States; were it so, it * would be a grievous wrung, for, by having contributed so much toward the expulsion of the French and the downfall of Maximilltan's throne, the United States have pledged themselves to promote peace and order in the sister Republic. Yet it is possible that the men who now preside over tbe destinies of the American Union, with an insatiable thirst for new acquisitions, are look ing toward a protectorate over, and a final ab sorption of Mexico, as in accordance with the doctrine of manifest destiny. Such a consum mation, like Pandora’s !>ox, would prove an in exhaustible source of evils, and the boundless extension of this Repnblic with its heteroge neous nationalties in times of great commotions, would prove the Achilles’-heel of the Empire. Jabxo. Theory its fo Knst In ff’otton. Macon County, Ga., August 20, 1869. Editors Telegraph : Noticing in your paper that some writers think tbe causes of rust in cotton are either lice or gnano, and believing their theories erroneous, I send yon what I think a much more reasonable conclusion.— Without doubt the rust of this year had its origin in the peculiarity of the season. To the 20th of May cotton suffered from the effects of cold. Indeed, about that time much of it was killed by frost From this period until the early part of July, the seasons were singnlariy propitious, and, as a consequence, the growth of cotton unprecedented. ’Che first part of July found it large, well fruited, but extremely tender and sappy, with large lateral, bnt small tap roots. This was tbe state of the crop when the hot, withering, scorching weather of July set in, scalding the sap in the very tissues of the cotton. This contingency, in my hnrnble opinion, was tbe cause of the rust—sappy succulent cotton and withering hot dry weather. Suddenly checking its growth, it originated the disease. Could we, at this time, have had frequent (show ers, a less heated temperature, or could the farmer, foreseeing the event, check the suc culent redundancy of his cotton by judicious culture, it would have prevented the rust. Nor is it true that guano is the canse of rust; so far from being so, a liberal application and deep preparation is a preventive. Rust being more apparent npon guanoed fields is simply because the guano nas prodneed its natural effects; a rapid development, thns producing only one of the contingencies necessary for rust. Upon snch fields there would have been no rnst bad there been the proper climatic influence. The above theory will bear the test of actual obser vation. F, ■ !i‘l thereby enable the advocates of ^ 1 '-litiou of customs duties, thns to quota .undent and overcome opposition, tir, e “Volition of customs duties, here and 5**®. wonld benefit alike the commeroe and hausting the soil, familiar to the days of slave labor, when the South, nnder its agricultural system, benefitted the world by making cotton at eight cent3 a pound, and redneed to sterility this garden spot of the earth. It is sad to think, that just as we have emer ged from this blighting, wasting, exhausting system, and commenced by improved cultiva tion to lessen the area of land planted, and by cultivating more thoroughly, plowing deeper, manuring heavier, and adapting all the improve ments of machinery to the cultivating and reno vating of tbe soil; when we begin to hear of one, two and three bales o£ cotton to the acre, and to see the waste spots rehabilitatiiig them selves in the beauty and bountifulness of their virgin richness—that we should bo so short sighted, as to think of importing Chinese, that we may extend the area of our cotton fields, and reduce the price of the staple to a minimum price, which will destroy the value of our lands by reducing the price of our products. It we were much indebted to the world, and tne North especially, for past favors or present magnanim ity, und the problem was, what is the greatest sacrifice we can make to prove our gratitude to these onr benefactors ? I should answer. Im port Chinese, cover your cotton fields with them thick as the locusts of Egypt, wear out your old lands, clear new lands, hnd bring the crop of cotton up to five millions of bales in twelve months. Sacrifice yourselves, that the world may be clothed cheap, and the spindles and looms of Manchester and Lowell may give full employment to their operatives. If I were asked how the South could best serve herself, I should answer, limit the number of acres to be cultivated in cotton to that nnrn- ber which wonld keep the staple to its maximum price, and below that price which wonld induce a forced eastern competition. Impress npon your people that for this pur pose the white men of the Sont-h and the freed- inen “native and to the manner bom" afford an ample supply of labor. Import Chinese, if you please, to cultivate tea, raise mulberries and silk worms, manufac ture silk. rais9 fruit trees, teach you how to economize manures, plant rice, improve yonr systems of irrigation, asaist in diversifying your labor, bnt impress on them that “Josh” will not bold him guiltless who tonches or in any way hundles the unclean thing, cotton. Encourage a healthy European immigration that will gradually take up your spare lands and put them under the most improved systems of European farming, and with this class of popu lation flowing in with a natural and healthful flow, increase and improve your grain and root crops, and thus further diversify labor, so that in time the South with her cotton fields, grain farms and manufactories will create a demand and snpply within her own borders for most of the wants of life, and annually export to other markets her surplus productions. Keep your former faithful slaves in their ac- enmtomed channel; encourage them to full in to the improved systems of cultivation; educate them its far as they are capable of education; teach them that the law which protects them will punish them if they are not good citizens, The Loss oi the Germania, PABTICTJiABS OX THE PIS ASTER—8TTFJT5B1NG3 OX THE PASSENGEBS—THEXS HAPIY BELEASE. The Great Boat Race. Oxford beats Harvard four lengths in 22:40 1-2 —Scene on the Biver—AS London crazy—One j million spectators—A glorious Contest—The From the Bottom Poa, Avoutt Zitk] Harvard* take the lead—Doggedness of the The fine steamship Germania,'-Captain Kier, Oxfords—The trouble at Hammersmith Bridge from New York, August 3, for.pamburg, be-1 —The Oxfords dose the gap and go to the fore reported wrecked, had on board several front—The Howards six seconds behind. well-known Boston parties as pasiengers. Let- Special dispatch to the New York Sun.] ters from them received in this aty yesterday, I London, August 27, 1869. day, 5:30 a. m„ August 7, when s& ran ashore *TK nag ^ r,,oeHarvard ^.Oxford during a thick fog, in Fresh Watet Cove, about ff*?’ 7 ho e xoltemel:l t was unprecedented, six or seven miles S distant from Oaie Race. She ~ ^ went on at the foot of a bluff ot rocks, sup- Every ^? d y posed to be from ISO to 200 feet h^h, and ap- UJS^w™d^ parontly (as seen from the wreckel steamer) almost perpendicular. Tho rock-iTTTM the morning unal late in the afternoon vehicles was seen a few seconds before the atramer September. ■ . i ,, . . ... . ing people, orowdedall the roads leading to the strack,andthe engines wereimmediately re- co ^ e . The day was hot and the crowd was headway conMDot be stopped in hot The roads in the vicinity of Putney, Ham- «5h° r 0 , preveat4 ' le disaster. ' mersmith, Chiswick, Barnes, Mortlake, etc., She did not strike very heavily-at first, tow- were thronged with pedestrians. The railway ever, which fact is proved by another, viz : that companies found themselves almost unable to many of the.passengers (including ladies) wire p^de cars sufficient to carry the vast num- not aroused from their morning slumbers. £ er8 in waiti a t the depot Dukes, coster- Thosewho were up and dressed rushed below, monger8 prin b ceg cordwa&ers, lords, fishmon- and spread the unpleasant intelligence, so Hat f and ’ rongbs p0Qre ’ d t0 ’ the river aU on board were soon on deck, quite a nun- g aD ^ in on e conglomerated mass. Many ladies her in their night habiliments, bnt excellent cr- wera m l loom3 commanding views of der prevailed. The steamer was soon backed the c J urse wer0 rented at fab^ prices . off, but while this was being accomplished, sVe S{jme brOQght ag high as £100. seemed to swing aronnd to her port side, atd upon a sharp rock—and, when the sea lifted her, j scenes on the bivee. she came down with a heavy crash, terrifying, 1 The steamer London Pride was anchored of coarse, all unaccustomed to such scenes. 'A abreast of the_Thames Conservatory yacht. large hole was stove in the steamer's botton, when sh8 commenced to sink quite rapidly. The officers remained perfectly cool, and, fuljy realizing the situation, attempted to run her jn shore again, but did not succeed in getting in so near the blaffs as when she first struck. The Prince of Wales, it is affirmed, stood npon her deck surrounded by several members of the royal family. Ail carried large lorgnettes. The umpire’s boat was but a few feet distant. Thom as Hughes, the umpire, was snrronnded by a group of distinguished gentleman, among them The boats were got ont without delay, as the Mr* Gladstone, Bulwer Lytton, the Count de steamer struck about 5:30 o’clock, and about six Paris, John Stuart Mill, Charles Reade, and some of the passengers were leaving 'in the others. The arrangements being nnder the di boats, one of which, containing the Boston rections of the Thames Conservators, that body passengers and others (twenty-three in number) of gentlemen exerted themselves to the utmost was steered for a time in a westerly direction— to insure “a fair field and no favor” for the two a compass having been saved, together with a crews. The captains of steamboats on tho riv- liottle or two of water and a small quantity of er were served with printed instructions forbid- bread. It was proposed by one “to steer*for ding them to come beyond a mark mapped out New York.” The absurdity*of this idea was ap- by buoys across the river, and the river police parent to the majority, who ruled. Their suf- were active in keeping back and arresting the forings were great for hours, as they were ex- progress of craft that now and again shot out posed, half-clad, to heavy fogs lind rain, from beyond the prescribed limits. In fact, the ar- 6 a. at until 2 p. h, when they succeeded in ef- rangements were as perfect as mortal man could fecting a lauding through the breakers, which make them. were heard distinctly roaring all the time, and i condition op the cjbews. found themselves in Biscay Bay, some nine ; The Harvards remained in their quarters du- miles from where the steamer sunk. The lady rmg tb e greater part of the day. A great many passengers were very sea-sick on board the little life-boat, and were naturally very weak on get ting ashore. A fire was built upon the beach, American and English gentlemen called upon them, but few were admitted. It was freely as serted that the American crew were overtrained. all expecting to remain there through the te- q^e condition of Simmons and Loring was the dions hours of the coming night; but fortune smiled upon them, and two small houses were soon discovered, whose inmates kindly rendered what assistance they could, in getting the suffer ers food and dry clothing. subject of frequent comment. The former was suffering from diarrhoea, and the latter was troubled with an angry boil. The American crew, however, were quite confident. Blaikie and Josh Ward wore smiling faces, and occa- On Tuesday morning the party walked over siona n y tooj£ the long odds offered on the Eng- a very rough road or path, a distance of about i ish cre w. Kelly was cool and calculating, and four miles, to Trepassy Bay, where they were ^ bnt little. Some of the members of the welcomed on board a French frigate, and ar- American legation appeared despondent, but rived at St. Johns, Newfoundland, tho same this exception, all seemed confident of a evening at 8 o clock. They lost their baggage, tight race, with a good square chance for an Steamer Cimbria has since taken all hands to American victory. Europe, as before stated. The rescued passen- j D ur m g the day the Oxfords kept quiet. None gers seem to think the terrors of alee shore b ut favored friends were welcomed to their head- hard to describe, particularly when the fog is quarters. A few of the English nobility and a dense and tho rocky cliffs are almost directly ba lf dozen boating men and collegians remained overhead. Those who are tot .with fer- with them until late in the afternoon. All of tile imagination seldom if ever do justice to a their friends were enthusiastic, and freely of- situation like that alluded to. j fered two to one on their success. The crew | were in tip-top condition. They based their The I.ulc Eclipse— An Old Yegro and ' hopes of victory npon their superior bottom. It His Chickens. j was generally conceded that Harvard wonld take From the Utica OUerrer. Aueutt 21 ] I th6 lead and kee P i4 as - far as .Hammersmith i Bridge. “ But they can’t stay,” said Yarbor- Dr. Peters, the eminent astronomer connect- r ougb, you may be sure of it.” This seemed to od with Hamilton College, went West to observe be the general opinion of the vast maases of the late eclipse of tho sun. While there an Englishmen that lined the banks of the river, amusing incident occurred which is told by a j the betting and the speotatobs. Keiitleuian present at the time, who says that! . fho effect of the eehpso upon the animal ere a- 1 , The Thames was fringed withi yelling specta- tion has been exaggerated. Horses or cattle 4ora - Every available boat and housetop was paid little or no attention. Creatures that are oovered * 314 ** *? en and women. The betting was accustomed to go to some particular place at kea ^‘. ,^ ko , 5oa S odds offered <m Oxford was will puuutu mom n mejr ooi gom dark did start for their places, and undoubtedly *F® e !f c taken by the Americans and soma of t e and everything in the past promises from them in some dismay. Birds were apparently aston- English. Kelleysays^hat over a milhon pounds in tfiA fntnrA a docile, obedient, affectionate and ' ished bv beiuir suddonlv canoht out late, and sterling were wagered m London alone. Many of the ladies wore the magenta colors of Har vard, and ventured sovereigns on the skill and in the future a docile, obedient, affectionate aud industrious peasantry. There will be idle and vicious white men, but the negro is clay in the potter’s hands—you may monld him almost to your will, if you teach by example that indnstry, kindness and a faithful fulfillment of contracts is the surest road to comfort and happiness. I commenced this only to contradict an im pression which seems to have obtained that I was a pioneer in the madness which seems to havo possessed the people to import Chinese, in order to increase aud reduce the profit of cotton culture, and in so doing I have extended my remarks I fear to a tedious length. If so, suppress what you please, but correct the error which has obtained iu reference to my having Chinese quietly working on my farm. Yours truly, R. J. Moses. A Womlcrlul Silver Cave Discovered in Nevada. From the Treature City {Nev ) jV'ev*.] The largest, or rather the longest, deepest, and most brilliant cavern yet struck in Treasure ished by being suddonly caught out late, and must have fancied (bat they had absent rninded- ly neglected to notice sunset. They flew rapid ly. An old rooster took to the fence and folded himself up, but in two minutes and fifty-two j seconds he crowed lnstilv. It was a very short i night to him. endurance of the Americans. the chews on the bivee. The Oxford crew glided out of the London boat-house at a quarter of four. Their ap- Suturday morning Dr. Peters requested an pearance was the signal for an immense cheer, old negro living near his observatory, to watch which was carried up and down both banks of carefully his big flock of hens, for at 4:45 they the river for miles. As they paddled toward would go to roost. After the eclipse was over, , the Star and Garter their long sweeping body he came, evidently much excited. “ How was stroke elicited another cheer, and drew out a it?” said the doctor. “Beats de debbil," said thousand exclamations of admiration. The sun the negro. “ When de darkness come ebiy was shining brightly, and the water was nearly chicken rnn for de hole in de barn. De fust as smooth as a mirror. Scarcely a breath of air ones got in, and de next ones run ober one anud- was stirring. The oars of the sturdy English- der, and the last ones dey just squat right down men rose and fell like the steady sweep of an in de grass. How long you know dis ting was a eagle’s wing. Their bodies were bare and their comm’ ?” “Oh, I reckon we know it more than skins were well tanned. Turning off at the a year,” said the doctor. “ Beats de debbil! Star and Garter, they swept down to the start- Here yon away in New York knowd a year ago ing-post at Putney Bridge, where another cheer what my chickens was gwine to do dis bery af- mounted the air and was wafted up the river.— tornuon, an’ you nebber see de chickens before Their stroke was moderate, and their faces bora ' nudder!" ; the calm, impertorbed look peculiar to English sporting men. > Five minntes elapsed. The Harvards spurted out in the stream. Another cheer flew over the mUflb U1UUUUU UUVCtU JCt) SUUVA IU iicanuio | — Hill was opened by the south ore breast, forty Tlio Cron* foot level, southeast of the Belmont shaft of the 1 ‘ * Consolidated Chlorido Flat Company, day be- Never within onr recollection have we seen fore yesterday. The cave is about* four feet! such disastrous effects of slight drought upon vast multitude, but it lacked the volume of its wide, three feet high, dips to the south at an j the cotton crop. The dry, hot weather has lit- predecessor. Naked to the waist and bronzed, angle of forty-five degrees, and may be descend-1 ©rally parched it up already in many places, and the shoulder-blades of the Harvards rolled in ed to a depth of one hundred feet. At this ' every day adds fresh iojury. In some few lo- their sockets, and their oars took the water with point the cavern is choked or partlv obstructed ‘ calities rain enough has fallen to sustain the marvellous precision. Down toward the stake- by loose rocks and detached stalactites and 1 crop, but tho suffering has been quite general, boat they sped with the grace of a water-fowl, masses of oriental alabaster. To what depth it j Manured cotton has, of course, suffered most. The multitude waved their handkerchiefs, and descends below this point is unknown, bnt it i We give as our opinion that in no event can we sent spasmodic cheers in the wake of the gal- will be opened within a few days and explored I expect more than two-thirds of a crop for the lant crew. The Oxfords spoke not a word as thoroughly. j county, while some few planters will make an the Harvards ranged themselves at their side. The face of the ore breast around the entranco | average ono. In our judgment the rnst itself The vast crowd became breathless with excite- to this cave is similar iu appearance to other . has done but little damage. The greatest dam- meat. portions of the mine in the same vicinity—ore ; age is attributable io the want of moisture. We “off, gentlemen !” extending down tho wall for several feet. Next; havo had no clay wetting raius for r ny months. I The tiny stems of the spear-like boats were comes ten or twelve feet, top, bottom and sides, j Superficial showers have been sp^ ily evapo- ed on a level> The crew8 held the oars in of compact and capillary alabaster, partiapyal- , rated by the hot sun, and the tender plant has rea | inesa . Not even a w hisper was heard. A tered to quartz; then a vein crossing to the ; been left to languish, and threw off its heavy sU ht nervousness, however, was observed in southwest, at an angle of fifty degrees of stem , crop of leaves and forms The damage is irre- th J movement of Simmons. Loring sat like a bergire or flexible silver ore, implanted m crys- ; parable. The plant is too much exhausted, tat eager-eyed and immovable. Little Bum- tals, forming fan-like aggregations common to j and the period too late for the recovery of the h f ^ rti | ely i anced at the Oxford coxswain, silver ores of this character. This takes us , crop, whatever the seasons mayJie hereafter. and silently alaited the word. The English twenty feet down from the ore andsixty feet from , If snch is the condition of the crop elsewhere, orew ^ ^ their bodie8 bent to the front 6 and the surface. Here the compact opaque alabaster ! we may expect good prices again this season, in arm8 extended so i id and apparently indifferent gives way on all sides to coralliform stalactites, ; sptte of all Ihe efforts to lower it .—Hancock T he Harward crew had won the toss for the po- and the sulphate to carbonate of lime ; passing ; Journal, 2 ith. Bition> and chose the Middlesex side, the outside of the semi-circle. It was five o’clock fourteen minntes and six and a half seconds. The tide rapidly from tho milk-white seleoito to the gold-, - « l i ers, eic. . en-hued masses of capillary dendrito, which glis- j I rotillctH Of One Acre. ,0 »^ as iCreL «n^ V ^^t™U^fiTs^nd ! For many reasons, Messrs. Editors, too lengthy, ten by candlelight like tbe pendules of a chan- j (What is, and what has been on one acre of WdS doggish,~and a light Southwest breeze pre- :!ts t»ad fimv «» in hormnnv * i to bo given in a communication like this, tho i delier. j land in the lost three months, withm the corpo- vailed, with the water as Bmooth as a mirror. HftSXSSSSPit policy — “ M M|' ^ in expenditure and of tbTraising • and Chinese imtmgrutiom■ What we. need . expenditure and of tbe raising; > by methods which will prove the least; to ““ ke Mld<n ” ™ world, ara fj/riU Jl^eslion, after the abolition of customs , husbandry and an iutt Rkely to arise in any section of this ’ P°P n ,lU ° n ' tke letter Hero, too, small and great arches swoop over rate limits of this city:) 2 grape arbors, 80x12 There was a moment of dead silence, masses of the nearly-evenroof, and reappear in ' feet each; 2 forcing houses and 2 manurepens, <• gentlemen I” said the starter, in a clear \ bass voioe. And they were off—off like the wind. The udees clicked the springs of their watches. At ‘"'•r>arwri m ® e f eril l 0ner0 i U ? Ue8i, . t i! ay ' us tike heed lest in our hasie lo get laborers to banter, where broken, is dendritis aud beautiful yield enormous; roasting ears iu abundance J^to jw^nok^crw biles eZ® crops, which as a moss agate. The cavern is nearly uniform from May to 1st’of August, for family of 10 1 band, but which may eventually spread . r “V? e ^ mischief. It would ’ " *- rf " 1 oq ra*? K . QT 08i~August**30.—Information iha J'wwJT'lh.n^ of mongrel” dfataiiod.' ev« ^ snake. The (tirisVe, and candles bare freely hare W bsaM, tommto^'psppor, okra, beSts! t^S^wSinld^^A ..^“Ted here “hawing that a proposal will bleeding Mexico. Ocmulgee. j to the greatest depth explored. . , cucumbers egg plants, spinach, melons of all ^ad were suU cainbfu ^Their auiok at the next session of ConorMsto ore- 1 — —«• ! Stopping for a moment to gaze on the won- kinds, and iu the greatest profusion; ten bush- length and were stiu gaming. meir quiox L *2 ®e» States out of old oues B one by cut- Weatheb and Coops.—We are still having drons beauty around us, a ticking, like that of e l H onions gathered, besides what was consumed strok ®f^! m ™£ > a !°.? g ^■5^t Tennessee from 1 drvhot v,^her in these parts, and vegetation 1 the death-watch, attracted onr attention,and wo for sixty days; 4 rows of sugarcane. 180 feet ****** o WUV VI U1U UUV5, uuo uy OUV* j ?v taAnnn aiw “• ' ~ . & . , Tennessee from Middle and Weet dry hot weather in these p irts, and vegetation \ the rfj -j ~ — ---- . . ,> ^ f A Oxfords. and onMiwi. The cotton has been nt a inquired of S*m Fergueon the cause. He said . long, equitf to the best Louisiana cane; millet was even witn tne dow oi tne vxioraa. rawota^Natlon. Such a divusion . of seasons from this on, the crop will be small. • which were busy within «50 feet ofusandin- gathered 500 pounds fodder and there w now a outa^tory rf k 'ofiad favor among a few scheming poli- The Lite corn can do but little: the forward formed ns that they can be heard ^00 feet ]tlrge peacrop ready for cutting.—Tnb- 3kee ^rf amile th and out of office who desire to get ! crop-pl mted early-hss turned out pretty well, : through solid limestone. Ladies cannot go j nne, 2»th. ■ H^h ^iMactmm^hr^qwrters^ a mtie the assent of the old Stetet^d il wo are to he subjected by the short crop most on hand and knees, and, .in some places. Northern lady and teacher of Avery Oha^l d ^|« d5 y l ^ir pr^kii^steag 'f?SX i &2S&S? rai ° ! 'I’WthB Mkk to. mi Hto. to' The first b«le of iny foonieit of -,ter. Shet/ieSt. dMv, .A BtwJt (rf JsjUghtwisopflned Terra+Am HR « . , ' . . 4’ ToZrZninsta^ raised by J. W. C.v her older white child, bat the little fellow e*ved J 'hsoussed ju {^t St&to Iasi wiutvr, > Mt Courier, Soft.” n;eU._ ^ . V *.Ph^ hy rAneing awsy. teed, a mile and eight from-fce «ar>. At the Aqueduct, the Americans were fully two lengths ahead. They were pulling at the rate of forty- three strokes per minute, the Oxfords holding their own at thirty-eight strokes. Above the point the coxswain of the Harvards hugged the Middlesex shore, and the Oxfords slightly quickened their speed. At the soap works, a mile and a half from the acqneduct, they had closed the gap, and Harvard held a lead of half a length by the skin of their teeth. • • HAMMEBSMITH BRIDGE was dead ahead, and both boats were going for it like terrified water spiders. The bridge was reached, and a subdued murmur from the spec tators above reached the ears of the rowers as they entered its shadow. From the soap works to the bridge Harvard went with magnificent - - - ■— ■ -■ - —— rjngi speed, bnt in snouting Tne unuge tneirTusmm. bodily ascension of the’ Hedy Virgin will be pro claimed by the Roman Council. Fins IX has ordered, a magnificent monument to be erected in memoriam, which will be inau gurated before the departure of the Bishops. Spain.—The reports from Spain are very un reliable. Though the Cuiist movement vm considered to have signally failed, new bands are forming in all parts of the country. To fill the cup of misery, dissensions are reigning in ’ the Cabinet. Topete threatens to resign if his colleague Zorilla persists in his severity towards the militant bishops. . t. »- •».,> 1. y.,^o The Bishop of Jaen contests that the Regent has any right to issue a decree calling upon the bishops to warn the clergy against the insurrec tion ; he will appeal to toe Holy See. C^r i 1r2Se , ^y 0 SSS» i, iSr ai SS J ’ , tm t ^ sported and came up gradually tp the Harvards. but when opposite <“the Doves," the boats were found to be too close together, and the Harvards gave way. At “Chiswick Ait,” (2£ miles,) the boats were “level.” After proceeding fifty yards further, the Oxfords began to gain, though tem porarily, and the Harvards again got even with them. Oxford gained rapidly at Chiswick, where it became clear that the pace apparently told on the Harvards, who were rather wild at this part of the race. From this point the OXFORDS BAPIDLY DBEW AHEAD, and in a few strokes obtained a lead of two lengths. The Harvards, rowing pluckily, held them there for half a mile, when they fell astern, and Oxford, at thirty-eight strokes per minute, shot Barnes’ Bridge (3 1-2 miles) three lengths ahead. Along Barnes’ Beach the Harvards refreshed their stroke (Mr. Loring) with riyer water, there by retarding tho boat. The Americans then tried to spurt, bnt found the effort ineffectual, and the Oxford getting more of a lead, eventu ally won the race by four lengths, easing up in the last few strokes and pulling up fresh. THE ENGLISHMEN CRAZY. And then arose a yell of joy from 500,000 English throats. A stranger would have thought, to have heard it, that the whole British nation had but just escaped from some unknown but terrific disaster. Hats were thrown in the air, and hands were shaken in congratulation. When English honor was thus satisfied, a royal out burst of huzzas were given the Harvards. The Oxford arrived at the ship at 5 o’clock, 36 minutes, 47 seconds, making the 4J miles in 32 minntes, 404 seconds. The Americans were well received at the finish, and returning, landed at Barnes. The race was a good one, and exci ted a degree of enthusiasm along the banks of the river utterly unknown before. The Volunteers have petitioned the Govern ment to spare the life cf Polo, who was recent ly captured at the head of an .armed Oadiet. band. Fifteen thousand workingmen have strack for. higher wages in Barcelona. Yet, despite all these calamities at home, the sale of Cuba is more doubtful than ever, for an other reinforcement of 6,000 men will shortly sail for the theatre of war. Austria.—President Pnlski made the follow ing declaration in the sub-committee of the Hungarian Delegation for foreign affairs. The Delegation approves of non-intervention in Ger man affairs, and hopes, ont of respect for the dual basis on which the equilibrium of parties depends that our foreign minister will puraoe the same policy in the future. As Hungary does not de8ire'to extend her possessions in the East, the equilibrium between the two halves of the monarchy would be destroyed if a greater influence were gained in Southern Germa ny. The policy of Hungary with respeot to ~ lanr i a fVio nxoooxtratmn rtf iYin 4 ‘ctofna Weekly Resume ot Foreign Affairs. PREPARED FOR THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH. Great Britain.—Rev. Dr. Camming has ad dressed a letter to the Pope begging permission to be present at the (Ecumenical Council, with a view of explaining the causes which have separated the Protestants from the Roman Catholic Church. Marquis de la Yalette, the new French Am bassador at the Court of St. James, presented his credentials to the Queen. Gladstone’s health is perfectly restored. Tbe International Boat Race, on the Thames, between the students of Oxford University, SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS. England, and Harvard, America, has caused an . by the latter, unusual excitement among the phlegmatic . In Ecuador the President of toe Republic has English, British superiority in the art of rowing ' transferred toe reins of government to General being at stake. The annual boat race of the ' Garcia Moreno, who celebrated his asoension Oxford and Cambridge students form a part of j to supreme power by banishments and execn- English national life, and in the month of April j lions. always draws two millions of people to the banks , The new Constitution invests all power in the of the Thames to watch the result of the eager Government. The Roman Catholio faith is de contest ; and, though, in the last eight years the 1 clared toe religion of the State; no other form of Oxford University invariably has carried off the ; worship is tolerated. The Government has the palm, the interest felt in the national sport ■ right to banish all foreigners whom it considers never decreases, as everybody thinks that this the enemies of public peace, time the Cambridge crow will strain every j United States of Columbia.—Mosqnera was sinewy muscle to conquer their opponents.— ; defeated in the Presidential campaign. A riot The bold challenge of Harvard had, therefore, ‘ took place in the capital and. the people and roused the national pride to the utmost degree. ■ soldiery met in a bloody enconnter. Another Victory sided with the English, though the Har- revolution is soon expected, vard stndents acquitted themselves admirably, j Bolivia.—Large coal mines were discovered Tho English press unanimously favors an an- in the District of Copacabana, along the banks nexation of Cuba to the United States of Amer- j of the river Titicaca. ica. j Great disatisfaction prevails among the In- Reports from all parts of the Kingdom show dians. Several regiments were sent to check that—wheat excepted—the harvest will yield an j them. average amount this year. _ | Peru.—Peru is progressing, and directs her Another mass demonstration, favoring the ' attention toward the construction of railway and release of the Fenian prisoners, in which 20,000 telegraph lines. There are prospects that she people participated, was made in Drogheda, will soon be connected by telegraphic wires with Ireland. Enthusiastic harangnes were delivered, Panama. A million dollars for this pnrpose has while bands of mnsic played the moBt favorite been subscribed in Enrope. Irish melodies. The resolutions, which were i Several slight shocks from earthquakes wera adopted, declare that a continued imprisonment. felt again in Lima. of the Fenians will be an imprudent, impolitic Chill—The Indians in Arancania, who have and unjust measure. 1 made no new invasions, show friendly disposi- Fbance.—Tho French exiles have gratefully 1 tions toward the Chilians, accepted the Emperor’3 amnesty. Felix Pyat, < The prizes for the exhibitors of the Agricul- the boldest representative of red republicanism tnral Exposition were distributed in Sant Jago. in 1849, who was banished from his native land Several Americans obtained prizes, but the when in the prime of his life, has now returned greatest number were awarded to the English as a sexagenarian. Victor Hngo, the author of . exhibitors. Jabno. “ Napoleon le Petit,” will, of course, scorn “the tyrant’s” pardon; his example, however, will be followed by only a very few. The Emperor has appointed General Leboenf as the successor of Niel in the ministry of war. He is slowly recovering. » ;.. * i % » / v *- £V .\l 1 Germany is the preservation of toe "“status quo.” He also expressed a wish for more cor dial relations with Berlin, and regretted that misunderstandings with Prussia still occasional ly occurred. Russia.—The news of the suicide of Komis- sarow, who saved the life of the Emperor Alex- antler is denounced by the Russian papers as a malignant falsehood, as well as the statement that this young man had become a drunkard.— He is attending to his military duty as officer of a regiment of hussars, and employing his leis ure time in improving his education. The na tional subscription taken up for him amounts so far to 70,000 roubles. Though he is not known to have taken a temperance pledge, he is noted for his sobriety and excellent character. Turkey.—The Turco Egyptian difficulty is settled to mutual satisfaction. Ismail Pasha will pay a visit to his suzerain in Constantinople. A gigantic fire distroyed 1,300 bnsihess houses and 300 private residences in Ganina. Greece.—The project of a canal through the Isthmus of Corinth has been laid before the chambers. . * • ! . \* V. , A \ * ( 4 •* * •,V »'. 4 ' * *t • ♦» ‘ /v-c > . A , . < li. The news from the South American Repub lics, which roally represent despotic govern ments of the most degenerate kind, with the exception of Chili and Peru, is but a melan choly tale of chronic warfare, misery and woe. In Venezuela, Generals Monagas and Pulgar are contending for the empire. Monagas is laying siege to Maracaibo, which city is defended- 'v ■ *' . \ i • •* 1 . . t* The Hnmnn Deficit,. In an article with the above title, the Wan derer of Vienna makes the following remarks; “In every 1,000 inhabitants, 353 deaths oocur Eugenie has sturted'on her tour to the East. 1 iu Austria and Hungary, 258 in France, 290 in Tbe French authorities arrested twelve Cariist Prussia, 259 in Holland, 220 in Great Britain Chiefs who were about to cross the Franco-Span- t and Ireland, 222 in Belgium, and 361 in Spain, ish frontier into Spain. j Truly it is a Bad pre-eminence to' stand next to ’ News was received in Paris that two French- Spain in the rate of mortality. Bnt what is onr men and one Belgian, all partisans of the late ' position with respect to elementary education ? Emperor Maximilian, had been arrested in Mex- . For ^vety 10,000 inhabitants the number of ico as being complicated in the conspiracy scholars at the elementary schools is m Austria against Juarez’ life. It was said that the Amer- . and Hungary, 830; in France, 1,160; in Frussia, ican Ambassador had declined to interfere in ■ 1,520; in Holland, 1,280; in Great Britain and their behalf. i Ireland, 1,100; in Belgium, 1,140; in Spain, 700. Salvatori Patti, the father of Adelina and Car- : Hence we find toe two countries where the rate lotta Patti, died in Paris. ! of mortality is highest are, by a striking snalo- Gebmant.—A direct communication between gy, those in which the proportion of 'scholars is Swinemuende and New York by toe steamers of • lowest. But a skeptic may say, perhaps, the the North German Lloyd is about to be estab- high rate of mortally arises from immoderate lished. ■ production, and is caused in fact by too large a The Royal Family of Prussia has largely con- number of births. Hubner shows that for every tributed to the subscriptions for erecting in 10,000 inhabitants there are 403 births ini Anhtria Berlin a monument to Alexander Von Hum- ; and Hungary, 269 in France, 404 in Prussia, 851 boldt’s memory. ; in Holland, 849 in Great Britain and Ireland, As a remarkable phenomenon, the fact de-: 300 in Belgium, and 400 in Spain. If we con serves mentioning that the Chinese Government sider the inorease of the popnlation by the ex seeks in Berlin incumbents for offices in toe Ce- cess of births over death, we find that it aver- lestial Empire. In the contest between classical ages for every 10,000 inhabitants 50 in Austria and practical education, which has been going and Hungary, 31 in France, 114 in Prussia, 92 - on for some time in Germany, the Chinese in Holland, 129 in Great Britain and Ireland, seem to side with the champions of classical 78 in Belgium, and 39 in Spain. From this wo • lore, for they want for their revenue depart- see that France alone among the countries with ment young German philologists who have largely visted schools stands below Austria in passed through the classical training of a gym. . the rate of Increase, but that all toe others which nasimn and university. It was hitherto the ; surpass her on toe one point do so on the other custom in China to appoint for the seaports for- : also. We, with our sparse popnlation and our eigners who had mastered several tongues, the ' rich natural resources, have _ therefore, as we Chinese, of course, included. Bat this system of ■ have shown, for every 10,000 inhabitants an in- appointing foreigners without regard to a supe- crease of 64 less than Prussia, 79 less than Eng- rior education has been found deficient; and i land, 42 less than Holland, and 28 less than Bel- . the Government wishes to nominate yonng giurn. This is an important loss both in mate- - German philologists, who, by their studies, for-. risl and intellectual respects, and physical defi nish the guaranty that they will acquire the Chi- cit which arises from onr spending too muoh— * •».' • * ,**< ■ «% nese language in a tar different and more per fect manner than mere practical conversation can impart it The present foreign officials are said to be incapable of carrying on an official correspondence with the Government. For the first three yeare the new candidates, that is, from onr high rate of mortality. Tii« Family Relation* According to the Talmud. HHL w If yonr wife is of a small stature'bow down tp who receive at onoe a liberal salary, are only her and hear her words in reference to domes tic ; v. ’. j* as well as worldly affairs. The husband should ever be anxious that tho required to study the Chinese law of import practically, but the Chinese'language theoretic- t __ .. . ally and practically ; after having then passed ! proper respect be paid to his wife, be cause tho through sn examination, a brilliant career is house is blessed only for her saka. •> # v ** waiting for them. In Cassel, died Braun von Montenegro, bom 1798 in the same city. Under Bolivar, the Lib erator's leadership, he played a valiant part in the war of independence of the South American Republics, and Bolivia nominated him oom- mander-in-chief of the army. With declining years, he had left the scene of bis chivalrous exploits, to pass tbe evening of his life in his native land- An io Tbe exact number of mines* .killed by toe recent explosion near Dresden is now officially stated. It is 279, who leave 22 ( widows and 650 Honor your wife, and yon will be blessed with. richness. Good and bad luck, pleasure and grief, joy and sorrow are in the hands of the wife. Who takes unto himself a wife brings look to' the house, or a yawning golf. I have found a woman who is more bitter than death—a bright jewel or an oppressive bur den—Ssnh. 100. Who lives without a wife knows no pleasure* no bliss, no blessing-- Who-has to thank so much to his wife kritt hot only treat her with the, • - -* spoilt, but make hex ] *. * v:c a • **. \ \ i % - children unprovided £nr, „ ... „ . Italy.—It is positively asserted that the in- equal to hie owtp V-. i fallibility. .U»,;Pop»,*»A t^ ^|il «hI< *. A.- . aiyi i i iiifKtfrlr 4 ; i *