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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. - 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 — 1 Minor Telegrams. Jg Jr 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,