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Old Series—Vol. 25. 3STo. 122.
Hans Christian Andersen was buried
with great ceremony, yesterday, at Co
penhagen. Not long before his death,
some American admirers asked per
mission to send him a money testi
monial, fearing that he might be in
want. The old man thanked them
kiDdly, declined their gift and stated
that “ his king and country never al
lowed their poets to starve.”
Reports continue to come of the ex
ceeding richness of the undeveloped
gold and silver mines in the Black
Hills, and hints are given that a second
California and Nevada will, at some fu
ture time, reward the miner, capitalist
an 1 speculator. This may be simply
an effort to “bull” the market. So
many tricks of trade exist now-a-day
that it is difficult to decide upon the
geuu'neness of anything.
Our absentees at fashionable water
ing places and rambling through moun
tains are requested to read the state of
the thermometer at Augusta. They
can all come heme ivithout fear of solar
heat. The Augusta watermelons are
liner this year than usual, whilst our
general market is loaded with splendid
vegetables. They have a good idea of
what they are missing. Whilst we want
them all safely back, we hope they are
having nothing but unalloyed plea
sure.
The Sick Man of Europe, the Grand
Turk to wit, is sending troops into Her
zegovina to suppress the revolt there.
This is a small matter now, but, in spite
of Mr. Disraeli’s peace predictions,
may yet involve grave consequences.
Speaking of Mr. Disraeli, it is a little
curious that last year he publicly an
nounced that Europe was on the eve
of inevitable hostile demonstrations,
growing out of political and religious
troubles, and now he sees nothing to
justify that prophecy.
A reign of terror is announced in
Williamson county, Illinois. This is
occasioned by a vendetta existing be
tween several families there, from
which it is said no less than 57 murders
have resulted, and not one of the per
petrators brought to justice. It seems
that as there be “ land rats and water
rats,” so there be Southern ku-kiux and
Western banditti. Well, Phil. Sheri
dan, though married, is still a soldier,
and no doubt begins to pine for the
ragged edge of war. He would be
very well employed in Williamson
county, Ills., since it appears that the
Government of that State is utterly
powerless to protect its citizens and
punish red-handed outlaws.
It is gratifying to see the press of
the State and its correspondents ven
tilating the disgraceful treatment of
lunatics. It is w T ell known that they
are inhumanly crowded into the rooms
and halls of the building at Milledge
ville ; that it has several hundred more
than it can comfortably and decently
accommodate, whilst many others are
held in confinement in felon’s cells of
county jails, because there is no place
else to pur them. The only solution of
the whole matter is to build a second
asylum. 11 must be done. We demand
it in the name of humanity. Had any
one told us that the rich and prosper
ous State of Georgia was competent to
thus treat her unfortunate inhabitants,
we would have denied it.
The death of Hon. Wm. A. Graham, of
North Carolina, is announced by tele
graph. He was born in Lincoln coun
ty, N. C., September sth, 1804. Edu
cated to the law, he entered into polit
ical life in 1833 as a member of the
State Legislature. He was elected
speaker of that body several times.
He was a Senator in Congress from
1841 to 1843, and Governor of the State
from 1845 to 1849. He was Secretary
of the Navy under Mr. Fillmore’s ad
ministration, a position he resigned in
1852 to accept a nomination for Vice-
President from the Whig Convention.
He was a Senator in the Confederate
Congress, and, after the war, a delegate
to tin Union or Philadelphia Conven
tion. He was a man of great talent
and unblemished character, command
ing to the last the confidence and re
spect of his fellow-citizens.
The Atlanta Constitution pours hot
shot into one Copeland, a correspond
ent of the Chicago Times, who stated
that the document found in Andrew
Johnson’s handwriting, acknowledging j
an humble trust in God, was a forgery,
and that Johnson himself was not a be
liever in the Christian orthodox faith.
The Constitution says the document is
vouched for as genuine. It adds :
Andrew Johnson, while not an adherent
to the forms of any" sect, was yet a man in
whose earnest nature and upright soul
lived a strong religious sentiment. He was
buried by the Knights Templar, to whose
forms and teachings he had subscribed, and
in whose ritual are concentrated the sub
hmest features of Christian love and faith.
The reasons for not receiving the assistance
of the clergyman named we will not enter
upon, because we do not care to wound sen
sibilities that possibly may be suffering
from unkind and unmerited judgments.
We are happy to know that Mr.
Johnson did write the article in ques
tion ; but, as a public character who
never spared an adversary, he will pass
in review, as all other notable charac
ters have passed, and it cannot be ex
pected that his history will be written
iikd tombstone literature, which led a
little girl, whea wandering though a
graveyard, to ask “where the bad peo
ple we're buried >” That he has repose,
light and refreshment in other worlds
than this, all men may join in the
prayer ; but the impartial historian will
weigh justly his merit* and demerits
• nd assign him to his proper niche,
ther as one who has been a benefit or
curse to his kind.
ofr 51ailn
FROM WASHINGTON.
Yellow Fever Bulletin—Letter from
Secretary Delano to the President—
An Official Spoke in the Wheel of the
Texas-Pacific Railway.
Washington, August 11.—Gen. Bran
nan telegraphs that no new cases or
deaths have occurred. Every patient
is convalescent.
The Secretary of the Interior recent
ly addressed the following letter to the
President, and it has been returned to
him with the recommendation ap
proved :
Department of the Interior, |
Washington, D. C., August 4, 1875. \
Sir : Ou the 7th of April, 1874, so
much of the Texas and Pacific Railway
as lies between Marshall and Dallas,
Texas, was accepted on the report of
Mr. Isaac A. Sturgeon, Commission
er, who had examined and found
it constructed in substantial • com
pliance with the requirements of
the printed instructions of the Depart
ment. In addition to the portion thus
accepted by you, Mr. Sturgeon also
made a favorable report on said road
constructed from Marshall, eastward,
to the line bounding the States of
Texas and Louisiana; from Marshall,
northeastward, to Texarkana, and from
Sherman, eastward, to Brookston.
These portions were not then accepted,
because they did not come within the
act authorizing the construction of
said road. Since then, however, the
act of the 22d of June, 1874, has de
clared said portions to be deemed and
taken to be a part, of the said
Texas and Pacific Railway, and shall
hereafter be subject to all the provis
ions and limitations of the acts of Con
gress incorporating said company, and
of the supplements thereto. In view
of this act I have the honcl. to recom
mend that said portions, viz., from
Marshall to the boundary line dividing
Texas and Louisiana, from Marshall to
Texarkana, Ark., and from Sherman to
Brookston, Texas, of said road favora
bly reported on by said Commissioners,
be accepted.
I am, sir, very respectfully,
C. Delano, Secretary.
The President.
Halleck and Brown w T aived examina
tion and were sent to jail. Bail, $40,-
000 each.
Postal Arrangements With China and
Japan—The Tea Trade.
Arrangements are completed with
the Occidental and Oriental line to
carry the mail to Japan and China on
the 15th of each month, making the
service semi-monthly.
The Bureau of Statistics has advices
of the shipment of twenty-four million
pounds of tea from Kankow during the
first fortnight of the season.
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FROM NEW YORK.
Bishop Cummings anil His Reformed
Church—More Tweed—A Theatrical
Squabble.
Newburgh, N. Y., August 11.—Bishop
Cummings, at a meeting to organize
the Reformed Episcopal Church, said
there were now fifty ministers and
forty congregations of that church in
the United States and Canada.
New York, August 11.—The Repub
lican State Convention meets at Sara
toga September Bth.
Judge Westbrook desired a motion
to relieve from notice lis pendens in
Tweed’s case property claimed by
Edelstein, former law partner of Wm.
M. Tweed, Jr.
Dion Boucicault was arrested as he
was leaving for Europe, on the suit of
Robert McWade for libel. Bail was
furnished and Boucicault proceeded.
A Memorial Window for Savannah.
New York, August 11.—Oliver Hoyt,
of this city, has donated $2,000 for a
memorial window in the Wesley Monu
mental Church at Savannah. Ga.
INUNDATION NOTES.
The Situation at Memphis and Other
Points—Plantations Submerged.
Memphis, August 11. —From six last
evening to one this morning the river
rose one and a half inch. It is now
within half an inch of the Spring fldod.
A violent rain and wind swept over the
city to-day.
The river to-night stands 33 feet 10
inches by the Government gauge, which
is the same the Spring rise attained ou
April Ist, and as it continues to rise
slowly much alarm is felt for all ex
posed plantations. Another rain storm
passed over this section this afternoon.
A letter from Vicksburg dated Suuday
uight, from a gentleman who had just
arrived, says plantations at Cork’s
Point, 235 miles below here on the Ar
kansas side, are submerged ; also those
at Jersey Point, Chisona, Chicot City,
Arkansas City, Gaines’ Landing, Point
Comfort, Linwood aad Luna, the latter
278 miles below, all on the same side of
the river, while at Chicot City the rail
road is flooded.
Special River Report.
7:30 P. M.—The Mississippi river has
risen two inches at New Orleans, Hele
na, Vicksburg and Memphis, and re
mains stationary, but is rising at
Cairo. It has fallen fourteen
inches at St. Louis. The river
will continue to fail at stations
above Cairo, and rise very slightly at
stations below. The river' is now four
feet and nice inches above the danger
line at Cairo, and one foot and seven
inches above at Helena. It is three
inches below the danger line at Mem
phis, and eleven inches below at Vicks
burg. The Red river has risen ten
inches at Shreveport.
DEATH OF EX GOV. GRAHAM.
Honors to His Memory ami Prepara
tions for Burial.
Saratoga, August 11.—Ex-Governor
William A. Graham, of North Carolina,
died of organic disease of the heart at
Congress Hall this a. m. He came here
about three weeks since, and had been
confined to his room foqr days.
Raleigh, August 11.—The pews of
ex-Gov. Graham’s death at Saratoga
this a. in. cast a general gloom over
the community. The flag of the Capi
tol is at half mast in honor of his
memory. Mayor Separk called a meeting
of citizens to appoint a guard of honor
to meet the remains at Weldon, Fri
day, a. m., with a special train. The
bar will also hold a meeting and ap
point a similar committee. The re
mains will lie in state in the Senate
chamber Friday evepiug, and be buried
at his home in Hillsboro (Saturday.
Philadelphia, August 12. —A meeting
of the stockholders of the Texas an 4
Pacific Railroad heard and adopted a
voluminous report of the President’s
work. Construction lias been practi
cally suspended now but will be re
sumed in September.
A.TTGTTSTA., GA., THURSDAY MORNING, A.UGTTBT 12, 1875.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
Repulse of Mexican Insurgents—Re
lief for British Strikers—More Lon
don Failures—Turkey Preparing to
Crush Herzegovina—Qurrels of Rus
sian and Prussian Soldiers—Funeral
of Hans Christian Andersen.
Santiago, August 11. —The Purser, of
the City of Panama, reports that the
revolutionists attempted to sack San
Bias, but were defeated and fled.
London, August 11.—The Dundee Re
lief Committee has given assistance to
over seven thousand strikers. Masters
and workmen continue firm.
Sir Charies Adderly’s Mercantile
Shipping bill has passed the House of
Lords. It had already passed the Com
mons.
Shaw & Thompson, in the iron trade,
have failed. Liabilities 120,000 sterling.
Assets 50,000 sterling.
A telegram to the Times from Con
stantinople, says 2,000 Turkish troops
left for Herzegovina via Klek.
The Post publishes that a serious
scuffle occurred between the Russian
and Prussian frontier guards. The af
fair was provoked by the Russians who
trespassed ou German territory.
Constantinople, August 11. — The Gov
ernor of Bosnia has been ordered to
send all available troops of that prov
ince to march against the Insurgents.
Two battalions were sent from this
city to the scene. Others will follow.
Copenhagen, August 11.—Haas Chris
tian Andersen was buried to-day. The
King attended. The whole nation
mourns his death and affecting tributes
were received from abroad.
Copenhagen, August 11. —The obse
quies of Hans Christian Ahdersen
were held to-day in the Frau Ivircke.
The ceremonies were touching and im
pressive. The King and members of
the royal family, with ministers and
chief officers of the Government, as
sisted. Deputations came to the fun
eral from all parts of the Kingdom. In
the Cathedral were representatives of
public bodies, State and municipal.
The diplomatic corps, Faculty and
students of the University, work
men’s societies, gentlemen of the
press, including several connected with
American journals, and an immense
congregation of citizens, who filled
every part of the edifice. The casket
containing the poet’s remains was cov
ered with hundreds of wreaths of
laurels and fioral offerings, many of
which were sent from Germany and
other countries. The day was made
one of national mourning throughout
Denmark. In this city business was
suspended and flags placed at half
mast.
Compromising with Creditors —Those
Stubborn Carlists.
London, August 11. —Shaw & Thom
son have compromised with their cred
itors at fifty cents on a dollar.
Madrid, August 11.—Official dis
patches announce that supplies of
heavy ordnance and other seige mate
rial have arrived at Seo d’Urgel. The
fire of the besieging batteries yester
day exploded a magazine in the Oarlist
defenses.
Pari-', August 11.— Carlist advices
from Bourg Madame, declare that the
garrison wifi defend the citadel of Seo
d’Urgel to the last. The Alfonsists
wifi find its reduction slow work.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
A Budget of Intelligence from Naval
Sources.
Washington, August 11.—The Navy
Department has advices, dated Pana
ma, July 31st, from Captain Simpson,
commanding the United States steamer
Omaha, regarding the troubles there.
President Mira arrested an English
subject named Taylor, superintendent
of the gas works. The British Consul
applied to Captain Simpson, his being
the only war vessel there, as an officer
of a friendly power, to intervene. Sub
sequently Taylor was released without
Simpson’s intervention.
Capt. Simpson refers to troubles in
Magdalena and Boliviar, between State
and Federal troops, saying it really
seems as if a general war in Colombia
is imminent. The Omaha has been in
structed to remain at Panama during
the disturbances, for the protection of
American interests.
Rear Admiral Collins, commanding
the South Pacific Squadron, has been
ordered to repair to Panama in his
flag ship, the Richmond. The Depart
ment will order the steamer Shawmut,
now at Hampton Roads, to proceed to
Aspinwall to look after American in
terests this side the isthmus,
AFTER THE FLOOD.
Review' of tlie Situation—Crop Pros
pects in the West.
Cincinnati, August 11.—The Gazette
has letters from 140 county seats where
the flood occurred. The prospects are
much better than expected. Wheat
and oats have suffered. Of the former
two-thiids of the crop will be saved; of
the latter less than half can be saved.
Of corn there will be more than an av
erage crop, owing to the increase of
acreage. Potatoes will yield largely,
although some few farmers complain of
rot. At most points the yield will be
over the average. The hay crop will
not fall short of an average in quan
tity, but the quality is not as good as
usual.
FROM THE BLACK HILLS.
Miners Preparing to Leave-A New
El Dorado Promised,
Cheyenne, August 11. —General Crook
and Colonel Stanton have returned
from the Black Hills. The miners were
preparing to leave the country. The
mountains are full of quartz. Capital
and skilled labor will develop mines
equal to those in Colorado and Nevada.
There were 1,500 miners in tho Hills,
who had done much preliminary work.
WESTERN BANDITTI.
A Reign of Terror in Illinois—Where
is Sheridan?
St, Louis, August II. —The Globe-
Democrat learns that twelve families
have been compelled to leave William
son county, 111., to escape the vengeance
of outlaws who rule that county. Many
more are quietly arranging their busi
ness to leave.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
Result of the Election—Tight Squeeze
for the Democrats.
Raleigh, August 11.—Latest authen
tic reports show that the .election has
gone 60 Democrats to 59 Republicans
and one Independent Democrat. Sixty
one is necessary for a majority.
LETTER FROM ATLjixTA.
*"* if
A Baptismal Day—The Gat||City and
its Water Works—Toady jig Stran
gers—An Exceptional Cas||-A Dele
gation of Englishmen aniljllieir Po
mological Propensities—Brow n
and His “ Ground Ho?*’ —Minor
Topics. j|
Atlanta, August if), 1875.
The fidgety ball of mercijfy in At
lanta’s thermometer of glolf bobbed
to the ceiling yesterday, an<|f n conse
quence thereof Atlanta w:l| happy.
The water trickled through tlfi dumpy
hydrants with quite a modlft move
ment, and the solid meo smiljf 1. Then
it came with a boldness and jpish, and
the solid men doffed their piles and
jumped high for go-lory.
It was Atlanta’s baptismal’ Jay, and
the streets were filled with m4 l, women
and children, eager to hearFthe first
gurgle. It looked more like Siere was
a circus iu town than a tiwt. of tho
water works. But we needffl water.
The crimson soil of progressi'ji Atlanta
had been ground to powder finder the
hurrying tread of the progressive citi
zen, and the dust lay panting Wind dirty
on the broad bosom of the but
The air was dry and close,: ;ith just
enough warmth in it to remil >d one of
August. No rain has fallen I’o weeks,
and there isn’t the slightest; lint of a
sign of a shower. Hence a he; lorrhage
of water was considered a blessing.
But it was a failure. The w t er came
iu a sort of jerky, spasmodic way, and
didn’t lay the dust worth a c at. The
mere fact, however, of the ci y having
water works, even if they a 5 not in
successful operation for two >r three
centuries to come, is suffioienlto grati
fy the vanity of the solid mff t of At
lanta. We can manage to wadi through
dust a foot deep, snuff it up (fir noses,
drink it in with every breath.imd live
through it some how, and coia.etit our
selves with this gloriful conscpition.
They say that the water wif be run
ning in steadily, and for ustl in a few
weeks. Till then we pant fjr a wee
drop of—something stronger.!
The Englishmen, a
Very few cities, North or Soglii, jump
into such ridiculous rhapsolies over
the visit of a stranger as Atlslita. Just
let her people hear of the prisence of
a stranger in town, and downpjoes the
hammer and saw, the pen :i thrown
down, the book-leaf is tun id down,
and the solid men rush ou of their
shops and offices as if there ' as a dog
fight around the corner, and $ asp the
stranger’s hand, deliver a fc ty yard
speech of welcome, take hi 1 around
iu stylish turn-outs to Pone DeLeon
and the new factory lot, and len give
him a night cap in the wav of a five
hundred dollar banquet. ilia some
cases this prodigal welcomij is meet,
but in most cases it is a matt jr of gush
that results in nothing. j
Yesterday, however, was t p excep
tion, I reckon. A party of English
men, representing the great uanufac
turing establishments of Euj and, tar
ried for a while in the city. ”hey are
on their way through the Sou h, seeing
and hearing. They want dir it trade.
They want to take our cotto and pay
us for it in manufactured goo Is. Thoy
also want homes for emigra ing Eng
lishmen. They were met in g >od style
by a committee of solid men, 1 ad pleas
antly entertained. During til meeting
they were taken to the ron is of the
Pomological Society, where w s exhib
ited a tempting array of fruit |*roduced
from Fulton county soil. Th( fruit was
the creme de la creme of the 1 ost val
ued trees, and was fine. Aft <r the in
spection the Englishmen wer invited
to test their several tastes, ind iu a
twinkling there were not enoi jh speci
mens left to satisfy a kitten.
The delegation were high! pleased
with their stay. Subscriptl as were
opened for the Mississipp Valley
Trading Company, and a fe r shares
were subscribed.
The Revenue Collector? tip.
The friends of Jack Brcg’n have
been assidious iu their effoili to free
him from the clutches of sever! charges
preferred against him by Cjl. H. P.
Farrow, and have succeeded! Happy
Jack wifi commence his reigi iu War
saw, on the 16th. He will on I; Holtz
claw, the present incumben , in fine
style. i
Slices.
Gen. Beauregard and fami l r passed
through hero last night. T e brave
General was on a trip to the Virginia
Springs.
The Rod Men will barbecue ;nd raise
the war-dance on the 20th, the iccasiou
of their 2d anniversary. ;
The weather took a suddeii change
this evening for coolness, andi the air
is as delicious as heart oould &ish for.
5: t.RTHA.
FROM KEY WEST.
A Bark with Yellow Fever 1 its into
that Port. ;
Key West, August 11.—Tj e bark
Herman Becker, of Stettin ; Ja
maica, put in here. The Capt* :n and a
portion of the crew are down # ith yel
low fever. One death had occfrred.
Recapture of an Escaped (fnvict.
Richmond, Va., August 11.-g William
Hall, the only one of the escapi 1 negro
convicts not recaptured, wil. found
this afternoon in the bushes a*>ut two
miles from the city. He haJjoue leg
broken, which was done iu scrling the
penitentiary wall, and wa* nearly
starved. Parties finding him ere at
tracted by his groans. j
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Minor Telegrams. Jg
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Baltimore, August 11.—CJrdeman
lectured to 450 people in the Vlasonic
Temple. No disorder. J
San Francisco, August 11.-*,he ha
beas corpus for Woodruff was djimissed.
It is understood tho lailroad Jtnpany,
in the settlement, allowed j*oodruff
sufficient to keep him comf table for
life. Woodruff left for China. -I
Denver, August 11.—By an jlcddent
on the Denver and South Park R ailroad
James Smith, telegraph rep; Ser, was
killed ; Mrs. Jane Lane and ijsughter,
of Denver, fatally injured, anili num
ber severely Jiqrt, 1
St. Louis, August 11.—A lispatch
says John A. Joyce, late reven i* agent,
has absconded. He was undef $15,000
bonds. J
The head waiter at the Pala! b Hotel,
San Francisco, will wear a pui ole vel
vet suit, powdered wig, silk h| be and
pumps. He will receive guot ■1 at the
dining-room door to the t lund of
operatic music, and gently ass I n them
seats by a slight inclination of *.ae
head and a graceful wave of 1 s hand.
Ou Sundays he will walk on 1 sewood
stilts. As his fine plothes art thrown
in with his board, the idea oflieeding
him must never be entertained!
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
The True Situation of Spain—Carlism
Likely to Hold its Own, Unless Be
trayed.
[Correspondence of the Courier-Journal.]
London, England, July 27, 1875.
In the general lull of European poli
tics there are two subjects which come
in for a fair share of attention—the
proceedings of the French Assembly
and the Carlist war. If we may credit
the asservations of the Madrid press,
often mendacious to a degree, Carlism
has received its coup de grace in the re
cent operations around Cantavieja.
When all the truth is known it may turn
out that though checked, perhaps
forced to give ground, the Carlists are
yet far from being crushed. Tho evac
uation or surrender, whichever it turn
out to be, is damaging not so much from
the number of men taken as from the
war material lost. The Nationals
have more troops, more resources of
every kind, a naval force which, co
operating with the land army, prevents
the lauding of supplies and military
stores for the enemy, and iu the ordi
nary chances of warfare must in the
end win. Relatively as to numbers the
opposing forces stand very much in
tho same proportions as did the armies
of Gen. Grant and Gen. Lee before the
conclusion of our civil war. The Fed
erals could afford to fight and lose two
to one in every engagement with the
certainty of being victorious in the end.
Their reserves, not to speak of the ar
mies in the field, were practically un
limited, while every man killed and
wounded in the Confederate army was
an irreparable loss.
So with the Alfonsists and Carlists
to-day. The former draw from nine
teen-twentieths of Spain, while the lat
ter get neither men nor money beyond
the confines of the three or four little
provinces of the Northeast of Spain.
Nearly all the able-bodied men have
been enrolled in the ranks, either by
voluntary enlistment or by conscrip
tion. The passes of the Pyrenees,
through which military stores were
smuggled from France, have all been
closed, and the few remaining creeks
and inlets ou the seacoast from San
tander to Bayonne are rendered so
difficult of access through the increas
ing vigilance of the Spanish coast
guards that no supplies of consequence
can reach them through these chan
nels. Still, Carlism is likely to main
tain itself for some time to come, un
less some convention, such as that
which closed the first Carlist war at
Vergara, hands over the cause, aban
doned and betrayed through the
treachery of some of its chiefs.
The indications at present are that it
must be worn out by the slow process
of attrition. Great battles in that
mountainous region arc an impossibil
ity. Great battles between Spanish
troops, pure and simple, are not in
digenous to Spain. It is beyond ail
others the homo of guerrilla warfare,
and especially so in the Northeast,
where natural defenses exist capable
of being turned to account at the in
stant on every hand. Cavalry can aid
little in such a country, either in a
defeat or a rout. Artillery requires to
be moved by long and tedious pro
cesses. Were the Basque provinces
twice as large, Carlism could defy all
the arms of Spain for a quarter of a
century.
Iu the course of a month or two we
shall know more about the boasted
successes before Cantaviega, and their
influence in determining the final re
sult. Meanwhile, the Spanish Govern
ment is attempting to float a loan of
seven million piastres on the strength
of the late achievement, and subscrip
tions have beeu opeued simultaneously
in Paris, Madrid, London and Porto
Rico. The object is ostensibly to in
demnify the former owners of emanci
pated slaves in Porto Rico; but should
the loau prove a success, it is highly
improbable that a single real will ever
find its way to their impecunious pock
ets.
Grain Speculations.
[Philadelphia Ledger, August 5.1
We have already thrown out a word
of warning to grain speculators, and
again caution them to not overstand
their market. It is much more satisr
factory to au honest and kindly dis
posed dealer to see that his buyer
makes something on his purchases,
thau that, having purchased at the top
of the market, he is found to sell at a
loss. The grain excitement continues,
but there is nothing, as the Journal of
Commerce truly remarks, in the line of
facts to justify the high prices for
grain which many are anticipating. It
is true that in the best of seasons
Great Britain does not produce all the
cereals she consumes. Part of the sup
ply comes from Franoe, a little from
other European States, when they have
a surplus, no inconsiderable quantity
from the Black Sea, some from her own
Eastern possessions, and the remainder
from the United States, This year’s
floods on the Continent will cut off a
large part of the French surplus, so
that this source of supply will be less
available. It is possible that France
herself may need before the year is out
an addition to her product for her own
people. In this country we have a
surplus from each of tho last three
years, and an unprecedented harvest
for the current season. Without
draining our granaries or diminishing
a particle of the apparent supply await
ing home consumption, we can furnish
from our Atlantic and Pacillo porta
enough to fill the threatened vacuum
and leave much still unsold. Our
present caution, while addressed to all
classes of speculators, is iu the interest
also of the producers. It is au old
trick of the foreign consumer, when he
needs a little additional to his surplus,
to raise a clamor about it, create an
excitement, and put up the price. He
understands human nature, and knows
what will be the sure effect of sqch $
course. Especially ia he secure of his
aim when money is very abundant.
People have capital piled up in banks
and do not know \yhat to fio with it.
They are tempted by a promise of a
speculation in grain. Food for the
famished ! Surely “there must be mil
lions in it;” and they are lavish of
their idle hoard in the hope of a large
return of profit. But the Englishman
isn’t famished, nor at staryatjpn’s door.
He has stiil a surplus of grain on hand,
and his own harvest, such as it is, now
coming in for his use. He eau afford
to be patient. He laughs ipwqrdly at
the excitement gs he sees the whole
world, outside of his little island, pre
paring to stock his granaries. He
cares qot how high the price at which
they purchase it. Re knows that when
he comes to buy the price wifi be what
he chooses to make it, as he oan take
advantage of the overstock and seleot
his time. This is the lesson of the
hour.
Frankfort, August 11.—McCreery’s
majority is pearly 37,000 with 24 coun
ties unheard from.
JOE JOHNSTON.
His Plan to Flank Skerinan at At
lanta.
[Correspondence Chattanooga Commercial.)
As we crossed the bridge over the
Chattahoochee river, one of the party
said : “ I passed through this section
with a wagon in 1865, after the war
closed. I crossed the river at a ferry
below this bridge. Near the ferry I
came across a mau of middle age, who
seemed to be living on the road near
the ferry. A conversation ensued in
regard to the ferries ana fords across
the Chattahoochee river near Atlanta.
This gentleman said that there were
very few practicable fords on the river
for many miles above Atlanta. He fur
ther said that Joe .Johnston had sent
for him a short time before he was re
moved from command at Atlanta, and
that he was required to give iaforlna
tion as to practicable fords and ferries
above Atlanta ; that a ford known to
but few, but which was, as he knew,
safe and not too deep for artillery
was selected, and that two other fords,
not so safe for artillery, were also se
lected. Tho Federal army was at the
time on the south side of the river, and
did not use the fords of which he
spoke. He further said that on one oc
casion he was ordered to be ready to
take charge of pioneers; to dig down
the bank, and make a road for artillery
at the best ford, but the order was
countermanded without explanation.—
That the wagons of Johnston’s whole
army were put iu order, packed witli
ten days’ rations, and the men ordered
to cook five days’ rations at another
time, when ho had orders to prepare
the same road and ford. When Joe
Johnston was removed ho was still
under orders to be ready to go to that
ford,” etc. The man seemed to be in
telligent and reliable, and expressed as
his opinion that Joe Johnston was pre
paring to march rapidly out of Atlanta,
cross the Chattahoochee, and perhaps
make a stand at Kennesaw. A great
many questions would arise at once as
to feeding his army at Kennesaw. Yet
as Joe Johnston, in his narrative, has
failed to give his plan for defense when
he was removed, and theory on the sub
ject will interest the reader, Johnston
owes it to his own military reputation
to give the world the benefit of his
plans for the immediate future at the
date of his removal.
Wliy Did Gen. Slierman Pass by Au
gusta on His March to the Sea?
Mr. Editor— Your editorial of this
morning shows, I think, that his con
duct was extraordinary if not unac
countable. Augusta alone of all South
ern cities was not entered by Northern
soldiers until the close of the war.
But there was nothing in the situation
of the city or in her defenses to secure
her from invasion, while there was
much in her relation to the Confeder
acy to make an invasion desirable on
the part of the enemy.
It was said, while Gen. Sherman was
marching from Atlanta to Savannah,
that President Davis had telegraphed
to Gen. Bragg, then in this city, “What
are your means for defending Augus
ta?” and that Gen. B. replied, “One
regiment of soldiers and three procla
mations !”
Now, my own answer to the question
which heads my article is, that Augus
ta was saved by special interposition of
Almighty God.
Some time during the Summer, or
Fall, of 1861, our City Council passed
an order, requiring the watchman at
the Bell Tower, to strike the alarm bell
three times, every day, at one o’clock,
as a signal to our people to pray for
the Divine help and protection. Iu no
other city, or town, so far as I am in
formed, was any like recognition of
God’s power and presence, publicly
made.
The order took effect at once, and
the prayers continued to be offered
until the cessation of hostilities.
This act of the Council, as heeded
by our people, was a solemn confession
of God’s being and authority ; a sub
mission of our cares and anxieties to
His good providence, and a recognition
of the truth, “Except the Lord keep
the city, the watchman waketh but in
vaiu.” Our city formally chose the
Lord for our God, and He rewarded
our choice by accepting us as His
people.
“As birds flying, so will the Lord of
Hosts defend Jerusalem; defending, He
will deliver it, and, passing over, He
will preserve it.” C.
The Results of the Moody-Sankey
Mission,
l Dr. John Hall in N. Y. Tribune,]
The results of the Winter’s labors in
Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, and
finally in London, so far as the time
permits an estimate of them, may be
briefly summed up as follows : Anew
and unprecedented interest in the oou
oerns of the soul with the future has
been awakened. Hundreds of thou
sands not used to hearing the Gospel,
praise, or prayer, have been earnest
hearers. Newspapers, commonly in
different to religious movements, have
been full aud respeotful in their notices.
Clergymen of various denominations,
alas ! too generally running only in par
allel lines, if not, indeed, in collision,
have prayed and worked together. Di
vine truth, in sermon and hymn, has
been sent down into strata of society
not yet penetrated by it. Men and wo
men claiming to be religious have had
their zeal, as they affirm, wonderfully
stimulated, and their benevolent ac
clivities increased. Systematic efforts
for the ignorant and negleoted have
been organized and provided for.
Many thousands of such persons as
“join the church” here in New York
iu twos and threes at quarterly inter
vals in our churches have, according to
their respective methods, been received
into the chprcheej in soipe instances as
many as a hundred at a time. And all
this has been done without making any
new party, setting up any new sect,
proclaiming any novel and distracting
but by the earnest, forcible pre
sentation of what among us is called
“the old Gospel,” to the people, “iu
their own tongue in which they were
born,”
Men ask,“Wifi this last?” Will what
last? Mr. Moody’s preaching? or the
religious fervor ? Did Pentecost last ?
The effects of it did. The “fruit re
mained.” Did the zeal, personal power,
and heroic courage of the reformers
last? The effects did, and they would
have been more prominent and exten
sive as far as we oan see, but for the
unbelief, selfishness and cowardice of
those who ought to have perpetuated
their work. To ohurches and to com
munities it is as to individuals—accord
ing to their faith so is it unto them.
An Irwinton negro, who went to the
lower regions in a dream, says there is
“no eibil rights down dere •. ehery
Wfiite pusson I saw was a holding a
nigger between him and de fire.”
WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS.
The Planets in August.
[From the Providence Journal.]
There is stirring work ahead for our
planetary brothers and sisters during
the month of August. A gala season
is in progress on the celestial pleasure
ground, and the planets of the system
are the principal actors at the fete. In
the first place, there is grim old Saturn,
marvelous for his rings and his moons.
He comes into opposition with the sun
on the 15th. This means that the sun,
earth and Saturn are in the same
straight line, with the earth in the mid
dle. The planet is then only about
830,000,000 miles from the earth. This
seoms a long distance to mortal com
putation, but it is the merest nothing
in the universe cf space. Saturn,
at this epoch of his revolution,
is about 182,000,000 miles nearer
to us thau when on the other side
of the sun, and in conjunction, as
it is called. At least there is a very
perceptible difference in the planet’s
size and brilliancy, as any observer
may test for himself. At opposition,
as the word implies, a planet is oppo
site the sun, and rises when the sun
sets. Saturn will therefore rise at sun
set on the 15th, after which it will be
an evening star, and may jQ easily
traced in the eastern sky, differing
from the other planets in its dull, mur
ky yellow light, and being inferior in
size to its companion evening stars,
Mars and Jupiter. The full orbed
moon on the 16th pays her respects to
the latest coiner among the evening
stars, and the conference of the Queen
of Night and the stern Father of the
Gods will bo worth witnessing, if the
weather is propitious for the royal pa
geant.
Jupiter is a brilliant object iu the
West during the evening, setting be
tween 9 and 10 o’clock about the mid
dle of the month. True to his fickle
propensities, he is running away from
Spica, his fair attendant, and wifi keep
on a direct course for the rest of the
year. He is iu conjunction with the
crescent moon the 7th, and moon and
planet in contrasted tints of silver and
gold will trace a fair picture on the
azure background of the arching can
opy above.
Mars is conspicuous in the South, and
easily recognized by his ruddy light.
At his oppositiou iu June, he was only
forty millions of miles from us, nearer
than at any time for fiften years. But
his great Southern declination prevent
ed him from being in a favorable posi
tion for observation by Northern as
tronomers.
His next position in 1877 is eagerly
antiepated. He will then bo thirty
four aud and one-third millions of
miles from the earth, the nearest ap
proach for thirty years. He will be fa
vorably situated for observation by
Southern astronomers, and measure
ments to obtain the sun’s parallax will
be carried out with an energy and per
sistency that cannot fail to determine
the vexed question of the sun’s dis
tance. The moon and Mars carry on a
celestial flirtation on the evening of
the 12th, when they in their turn will
become objects of prime interest to
terrestrial star-gazers.
Venus is now a bright morning star,
rapidly approaching the sun, with
whom she comes into superior con
junction on the 22d of September, and
ends her present role of morning star.
The moon does not pay her respects to
her sister queen until the 30th, the last
morning or her reign. But the pret
tiest picture of the celestial gallery
will be on exhibition on the morning of
the 10th, when fiery Mercury and gen
tle Venus are in conjunction. Observ
ers must be early in the field, and look
with eager eyes to catch the lights and
shades of this brilliant show, for the
envious sun wifi quickly, with his
brighter beams, break up the. meeting.
There are various other items of
celestial interest to diversify the pass
ing month. On the 10th, St. Lawrence’s
Day, the annual fall of August meteors
occurs; and some of the “fiery tears”
will be sure to be visible during the
night, radiating from the northeast
near the constellation Perseus. Swift
footed Mercury comes into superior
conjunction with the sun on the 21st,
and then becomes an evening star. But
he completes his revolutions in such
short periods, and remains so near the
suu, that it is difficult to keep the run
of his movements. On the raro occa
sions when he can be “picked up,” he
is worth looking at, and they are for
tunate who have only once caught a
glimpse of his bright face.
Thus with Mars and Jupiter for
evening stars, Venus for morning star,
and Saturn and Mercury playing an
alternate role, the skies of the soft
summer night will be full of interest
for human observation. Adding to the
seplauetary movements, the fixing and
waning of tho August moon, tho ap
pearance of a second new moon on the
30th, the passage of the earth through
the August meteor zone; and the con
junctions and oppositions visible
and invisible of the great celes
tial forces, it is certain that observers
will have a busy time in tracing out
the movements we have indicated, as
they mark their shining course among
the myriad twinkling stars. If the
pleasure seekers among the mountains,
or by the sea shore, would cultivate a
taste for astronomy, how grand and
uninteresting would be their field for
nightly observation, and how ennobling
and exalting the study of tho star
spangled firmament that nightly renews
its miracles of beauty to earnest and
appreciative eyes.
Cornered Him at Last.— A Georgia
miller, in a recent conversation with
one of our grain buyers, incidentally
remarked that dealers in his section
wouldn’t need any of our coru this
year.
“Well, we have raised it for you,” re
plied the Fayetteville merchant, “and
you are bound to take It.”
“No, we are independent now—Geor
gia will have enough corn of her own,”
retorted the miller.
“Well, we’ll feed it to hogs, and sell
you the meat,”
“We are safe there, too,” cont inued the
miller; “our people will furnish their
own pork.”
Nothing daunted, our Fayetteville
friend discharged this Parthian shaft:
“Well, we’ll make our corn into whis
key, and you can’t get around buying
that.”
Georgia admitted that he had him
there.— Fayetteville Express.
Deaeon Richard Smith thinks it would
be morally wrong to dress the Samoan
women in the costume of Christians,
which would deform their “beatific
nudity and loveliness.” They must be
dressed, however, before they can be
baptized before a blushing deacon, and,
as it is absolutely peoessary to make
Cbustiqns of them, Deacon Riohard
Smith will have to let Steinberger have
his own way. Few barebacked people
go to Heaven,
-New Series—Vol. 3, No. 9.
GEORGIA CROP NEWS.
Farmers from the surroundiug
neighborhood of Columbus, report that
the negroes whom they employ by the
day on their farms, have to be paid
for their day’s labor every night, or
they cannot work, for they have noth
ing to eat, and what money they can
make in one day is for provisions the
next. — Columbus Enquirer.
The crops of this section are begin
ning to need rain. One good season
would soon place them beyond the
reach of drouths.— Gainesville Southron.
Tlie Capabilities of an Acre of Ground.
J. M. Smith a market gardener at
Green Bay, furnishes some interesting
statements of his experiments in high
culture. He has found the rulo invari
able, not a single exception to it, that
the more he has spent cultivating and
manuring the greater have been the
net profits per acre. Last season ha
cultivated fourteen acres, and began
with a more thorough and expensive
cultivation than ever before. The re
sult was that, although there was a
“terrific drought,” one of the dryest
season ever known in that region after
spending $3,986 or $384 pjpr acre, ho
had a better balance than for any
previous year. He appears to regard
constant cultivation, especially through
droughts, in connection with copious
manuring, as all important. Stable
manure is the standered, with such use
of superphosphates, plaster, lime, ashes
and other manures as experience and
geod sense point out. “After you have
learned how to spend money to the
best advantage,” he remarks, “a lar
ger profit may be made by laying out
S3OO per acre than with less. After
the second year if your laud does
not pay all its expenses, taxes, and
ten per cent. on SI,OOO per acre
there is something wrong somewhere.
I have some acres of land that did not
pay expenses for two years, but for a
number of years past have not failed
ten per cent, on at least $2,000 per acre.
I expect my whole garden to do more
than that in a short time. He adds
that he is now aiming at 1,000 bushels
of onions per acre, then a crop of car
rots or turnips, or 500 bushels of early
potatoes; or, if strawberries, 13,800
quarts, or 400 bushels per acre.—Cov
ington Star.
WIT AND WISDOM.
Sixty odd convicts in Maine State
Prison agree to exchange their rations
of tobacco for weekly newspapers.
They want to know how the boy Pome
roy proposed to escape.
A tombstone in Ramsey says : “Mary
Dawkius, who, having been tapped for
the dropsy forty-six times, reposes in
Christ, September 1, 1826.”
The Detroit Free Press learns that “a
stranger got a free dinner of an Ohio
inn keeper the other day by claiming
to be Thomas Jefferson.”
The papers are discussing the ques
tion, “Can Grant’s grandson become
President?” Well, he can’t next year,
though he might bo Consul to Brest.—
LaCrosse Sun.
“What,” asks Woodhull & Claflin’s
Weekly, “shall Idoto be saved ?” Un
til the facilities of all known schemes
of salvation shall have been very con
siderably enlarged, it is hardly worth
your while to do anything.— Courier-
Journal.
A correspondent of the Wisconsin—
the newspaper, not the State of that
name—says in a letter from London :
“I and the Sultan of Zanzibar ex
changed salutations.” We cannot but
admire the independent spirit of this
correspondent, who not only exchanges
salutations publicly with a poor Afri
can, but is not ashamed to acknowledge
the fact afterward.— Courier-Journal.
A Columbus tombstone says :
“They’ve buried me
’Longside of she,
And together in Heaven
Is her and me.”
A curious instance of the cheapness
of wheat and the dearness of provender
in the same time is given by an Eng
lish farmer in the Mark Lane Express,
as having come under his own notice.
A farmer sold the wheat grown on one
field for £56 sterling, but for the straw
which produced this wheat he obtained
£6O.
A Frenchman named Georges has
been for many years experimenting on
the preservation of fish. At length he
has invented a fluid which appears to
be exactly what is desired. Various
kinds of fish were placed in a bath of
the solution for two hours, then put in
a cellar, and after six days were found
in a state of perfect preservation. Both
flavor and color were perfect. This in
vention is believed to be of great value.
Macaulay’s Mother.— Lord Macau
lay, the great essayist and historian,
wrote these words : “Children, look in
those eyes, listen to that dear voice,
notice the feeling of even a single
touch that is bestowed upon you by
that gentle hand! Make much of it
while yet you have that most precious
of all good gifts—a loving mother.—
Read the unfathomable love of those
eyes ; the kind anxiety of that tone and
look, however slight your pain. In af
ter life you may have friends—fond,
dear, kind friends ; but never will you
have again the inexpressible love and
gentleness lavished upon you which
none but a mother bestows. Often do
I sight in my struggles with the hard,
uncaring world, for the sweet, deep se
curity I felt when, of an evening, nest
ling in her bosom, I listened to some
quiet tale, suitable to my age, read in
her tender and untiring voice. Never
can I forget her sweet glances cast
upon me when I appeared asleep;
never her kiss of peace at night. Years
have passed away since we laid her be
side my father in the old churchyard ;
yet still her voice whispers from the
grave, aad her eye watches over me as
I visit spots long since hallowed to the
memory of my mother.”
A Prodigious Infant.— One of the at
tractions of Chestnut street, Philadel
phia, a day or two ago, was a baby’s
carriage, containing a huge infant. The
Times says that every few steps the fa
ther, who wheeled the coach, would
turn and look in a piteous manner, as
though alarmed by the notoriety thrust
upon him, at a female who brought up
the rear. She, however, was not one
whit discomfltted. She was evidently
proud of the size of her offspring, and
to all inquirers would eagerly reply:
“Yes, I’m the mother.” She stated
that the child was sixteen months old
that day. Two months ago it weighed
fifty pounds, but now weighs much
more—probably seventy pounds. When
born it was not noticeable for aDy great
size, but it has rapidly grown from that
time. The mother is a woman of ordi
nary size, and should matters continue
in their present course she confidently
expects that her boy will be mistakeQ
for his mother’s father,