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Old Series—' VoL 25, No. 122. Poor old Thjrlow Weed came very near getting ovt of jail yesterday. He was poisoned, together with his whole family, by a copper tea kettle. Who would cot rather be Mrs. Bes singer dead th in her brute of a hus band living, who drove her to plunge into the stream with her three children? It is the most horrible affair we have heard of in many years. Hudson, New York, lost a citizen yesterday born in 1769 ! She and Col. Susan B. Anthony were school girls together. Mary Hellenhouse should have somehow managed to splice out another year and attended the Phila delphia Centennial. There is a muddy dispatch from Chicago about Jones and the office of Secretary of the Interior. Jones in sinuates that ae has received a left handed intimation that he could have the office if he wanted it. But we liudu’t heard oi the matter before. It is something to receive a lift of six million dollars. The Emperor Fer dinand, who recently died leaving a for tune of sixty million dollars, gave six of it to the Pope of Rome, and most of the cash has already been paid over. This is the largest gift ever received at one time by his holiness. The population of Louisiana gives an excess of 45,608 colored people over whites. So long as this preporiderance exists we are afraid that State will be legitimate game for designing knaves. So long as these cattle are allowed to vote Kkllogs will reign, thefts be per petrated, the State and people kept poor. Texas has determined by a majority of over twenty thousand to hold a Con stitutional Convention. The Consti tution now in existence was, like that of Georgia, framed by negroes and knaves, superintended by officers of the army, and the people have deter mined to annul it. That State has a great and an inevitable destiny. By our second Centennial day it will have a population equal to half that of the United States now. ,■ m imm Another batch of insurrection news is given this morning. The whole thing has come to is sudden and as igno miuious an.end as it began. The Gov ernor of Georgia has gone to Sanders ville to consult with Judge Herschel Y. Johnson about prosecuting the ne groes implicated, taking along with him Atttorney General Hammond. The whole thing now looks like it was born in the brain of a fool and that his fol lowers were the original Mulligan Guards. It is well enough, however, to teach them what the penalty of in surrection is, so that they may beware of such diabolism in the future. We hope the Governor will retain the lea ders and sent the balance back to work as speedily as possible. It is a busy time with the farmers, and their crops need the labor of all their hands. Alluding to the negro disturbance in Georgia, the Union-Herald says: “Wo cannot refrain from expressing the opinion that, when sifted thorough ly, it will be found that the ‘insurrec tion’ had no larger beginning and no more terrible aim than the desire of a half deranged negro to exhibit himsell as a major general of militia. The letter said to be from Morris may have been written by someone willing to see a scare. Prince Rivers is not such a fool as to meddle in so serious a matter, and there was no authority to use his name. Morris should have emigrated to South Carolina a couple of years agx He would have been certain to as c for and receive an ap pointment as colonel on the staff of Governor Muses. We liavo lots of fiery fellows, whose eager military ambition is fully satisfied by that honorary title.” mum The Savannah News, of yesterday, contains same very interesting corre spondence relative to the opinions of Mr. Stephe>s on current topics. He said : “ There is no human power equal to that of the press of the country.” Much of its power, however, he thinks, is wasted by a premature discussion of public questions and the claims of can didates to public confidence and sup port. A wise General reserves the full strength of his army for the actual conflict, aud seldom wastes it in efforts of a doubtful character, for the mere purpose of frighteniug the enemy. Of the next Governorship the correspond ent of the News thinks that the Sage of Liberty Hall will come in on the home-stretch and distance all compet itors, including the present Executive incumbent. This is as much as to cay that “ Little Aleck ” is pursuing a “pos sum policy ” and allowing Colquitt, Hardeman, James and all others to “ plug the r melons ” beforehand.— Hardeman is the most promising nag, if Mr. Steiiiens does not enter for the stakes. W r e quote the conclusion of the correspondence: As the matter now stands—and it will probably re nain so for a time—both Gov. Smith and Mr. Stephens aro silent as to their future action in the race; but they do nffirm that they are not now candidates. Of one thing I am certain -speaking from a point of wide and careful observation—the next Governor of Georgia will not be self c.. 'octet!, nor the pet of any ring, class of itiz ' m6 > or religious denomination, but the . ree onld ieous choice of the great mass of the people °f Ge ' or 9 ia ' Maek THIa predic tion WEED. Well it n° e^e “ 110 bving or dead prophet to tell VB that; but we do not believe Mr. Stephens wants to be Gov ernor, or would ao fPi Dat i on ‘ Niagara. August 21. —Culler and Bard - ] V tea dealing defaulters, who ab sconded from Baltimore, were arrested in Canada under an old English statute concerning; absconded foreign debtors. flaihj (Ecmetihitioiialist. THE WAR IN TURKEY. A Turkish Dispatch—The Great Pow - ers Order No Interference —Turkey Ready w ith an Army of 18,000 Men. Constantinople, August 21.—1 tis officially stated that the news publish ed in foreign journals regarding the Herzegovinian insurrection is much ex aggerated. The Turkish Government will soon have 18,000 men concentrated in Herzogovinia. It has been waiting until able £o concentrate a sufficient force to be able to crush the insur gents with the least possible effusion of blood. Dervisch Paitha has now been ordered to take offensive steps. The powers that are entirely friendly have requested facilities to communi cate with the insurgents for the pur pose of counselliug submission to the Ottoman Government, aud informing them that they have nothing to hope for from the intervention of foreign powers. Paris, August 21.—The Memorial Diplomatique says all the powers have agreed in urging Servia aud Montene gro to remain neutral iu the present conflict and that this advice will be backed by force if necessary. London, August 21. Reuter’s tele gram from Vienna denies the truth of the special report iu the Daily News of yesterday that the Turks had forced the Insurgents to raise theseige of Trebigue. The town is still sur rounded by Insurgents in large num bers aud the siege continues. March of Turks. Vienna, August 21.—The tweuty-five hundred Turkish troops which were landed at Kleck marched into the in terior yesterday. Turkey Accepts Mediation. Vienna, August 21.—1 tis reported Turkey has accepted the friendly offices of foreign powers ia securing the resto ration of peace iu her northwestern provinces. Tne Turkish expedition which left Kleck yesterday have turned a mountain defile aud effected a junc tion with a force sent from the interior. MRS. PHILIP BESSINGER. The Woman Who Drowned Herself and Three Children. Reading, Pa., August 21. —Yesterday the funeral of Mrs. Philip Bessiuger and her three children, whose death by drowning occurred here Tuesday, took place here. The utmost excitement prevailed, and a very large concourse of people followed the bodies to the grave, the procession comprising over thirty carriages and not less than 1,000 people on foot. For an hour be fore the time for the iuneral the house was surrounded by excited people, and the excitement was so great that a de tachment of police kept guard on the premises. The circumstances attending the death of the mother and children were such as to create the strongest interest, which partakes largely of indignation. Bessinger is the keeper of a saloon here, and the family consisted of him self, wife and three small children—a boy and two girls. His mother also made her home with his family. Of late it is said there has been consider able unhappiness, caused, the neigh bors say, by the treatment of Mrs. Bessinger by her husband and his mother. The report commonly accept ed is that Bissinger had bestowed his affection upoa an unmarried woman from Philadelphia, who he frequently had at his house, and who was boldly accorded authority he denied his wifi. On Monday, us it is stated, a quarrel took place betweeu husband and wife on this account, and he ordered her out of his sight. He told her he would give her $2,000 to go away and return no more, she to take the two girls and he to keep the boy, aud threatened to kill her if she returned. This prospect of separation from one of her children added to the previous unhappiness of her position, and manifestly preyed upon her mind, and she was very much depressed. On Tuesday, accompanied by her three children, she left the house and entered the street ear in which she rode out of the city for a distance of about two and a half miles to a point on the bank of the canal. She had a basket with her, and this she proceeded to fill with stones, her children assisting her. Having filled it she bound it securely to her waist, and then taking a child under each arm and holding the third child to her breast, she jumped into the canal. The cries of the children attracted the attention of a man who could not swim, and before he could get help all were drowned. The bodies were recovered aud removed to the house of the hus band, and he was notified of the occur rence, receiving the news, it is said, while in company with the woman who had caused the unhappiness. So great was the indignation among the people at large that a detachment of police was kept guarding his house from the first until after the funeral. It is stated that in the crowd in at tendance not less than 50 men, and even women were armed with pistols for the avowed purpose of shooting Bessinger. He was guarded by police all the way to the grave and back, and as further protection, the coffin con taining the little boy’s body was placed in the carriage with him. When the bodies had been lowered into the graves a part of the crowd hooted at Bessinger, and a number of women endeavored to get at him. One shot was fired at him without effect. He was instantly hustled in his carriage and driven off. Another shot was fired in passing the gate, and it is sup posed to have struck him, as he was carried from the carriage into the house. Great indignation still exists, and lynch law continues to be freely talked of. POISON OP TIIURLOW WEED AND FAMILY. Arsinate of Copper in the Coffee Pot. New York, August 21. —Thuilow Weed, family and servants, have been suffering severely from symptoms re sembling cholera. Consulting physi cians are puzzled by the sudden and strange sickness which indicated pois oning. It was discovered that the copper of the tea kettle used for boil ing wa'er for tea and coffee had been scoured with oxalic acid, which, com bined with copper, formed arsinate of copper. Physicians say Weed, his daughter, and three servants had a narrow escape. PROM ROME. Cardinal McCloskey. Rcme, August 21.—Negotiations with the United States for exchange of pos tal money orders continue. Apartments in the American College have been prepared for Cardinal Mc- Closkey. -AUGUSTA., GA, SjDNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1875. FROM WASHINGTON. The Rio Bravo Afloat. Washington, August 21.—Brown, of the Treasury robbery fame, was before the Police Court, but at the instance of the prosecution the examination was postponed to Monday week. Lieutenant Commander Kells suc ceeded in getting the Rio Bravo afloat and carried her into Sabine Pass. She is ready for tow into Galveston. FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRES IDENT. The Banks and Lauiar Ticket, Plat form and Buncombe. Boston, August 21. —The initiative step to forming w hat is designated as the National Union Party, with Gen. N. P. Banks for Presidential candidate, and, possibly, L. Q. C. Lamar, of Mis sissippi, as Vice President, was taken here to-day. A State Central Commit tee was formed, and a platform and resolutions adopted. No prominent men of either party took part in the proceeding. The resolutions pronounces Republican or Democratic partisan or ganizations dangerous, aud call for a new party of peace, etc. They fur ther condemn enormous frauds on the Government, dishonest public officials, great monopolies, and corpo rations tending to oppress the people. Sudden inflation or eoutraction of the currency is declared dangerous, aad the only way to specie resumption is to make the promise of the nation as val uable as private notes. No encourage ment should be given to sectional en mity. Gen. Banks was not present, but in a letter stated he was uot a candidate for President, and did not desire his name to stand in the way of that gov ernmental reform which four-fifths of .the people demand. ATTACK UPON A RUSSIAN BODY GUARD. Gen. Kaufman to Avenge It. London, August 21.—The Times pub lishes a special from Berlin saying that the Khokaud rebels had attacked a liussiau body guard. It is expected that the Russian Government will order the military occupation of Kbokand The Daily News special from Vienna says the Russian General Kaufman is organizing an expeditition against Khokand in revenge for attacks upon the Russian soldiers. J THE INDIANS. Tliey Resolve Not to Dispose of the Black Hills. * Chicago, August 21. —The Indians at some of the up-river agencies are al ready dissatisfied, and the prospect is that some of the tribes will not send delegations to Red Cloud’s council at Standing Rock. They are very decided. Since the Commissioner left there it has been unanimously resolved by the Indians not to dispose of their light in the Black Hills country, nor have any thing to do with making anew treaty with the Government. ■ i THE POPULATION OF LOUISIANA. Excess of Negroes, 45,608! New Orleans, August 21.—The State Registrar reports the result of the cen sus of Louisiana, recently taken, as follows : City of New Orleans—whites, 145,721; colored, 57,647; total, 203,368 an increase of 11,936 upon the census of 1870. Population of the whole State .vhites, 404,361; colored, 450,029 —an excess of colored over whites of 45,668, and a total increase of 128,115 over the census of 1870. These figures may be subjected to some slight modifications, the returns of one or two remote par ishes uot being quite complete. New York News. New York, August 21.—Several ex cursion parties visited Java Island. A woman crushed and two men drowned. Representatives of the four great lines met at the Erie buildings yester day to arrange for Western rates.— They will be advanced on the basis of twenty dollars to Chicago, which is an advance of two dollars on the present rates, and goes into effect Monday. Proportionate rates were adopted be tween Philadelphia and Baltimore to the West. Bank statement; Loans decreased $500,000 ; specie decreased $1,000,000 ; legal tenders decreased $375,000; de posits decreased $1,875,000 ; reserve de creased $1,000,000. v From Fiance. Paris) August 21. —The Ministers af ter an examination of the records deny that the circulation of Mr. Gladstone’s pamphlets on Vaticanism was ever in troduced in France. Gen. DeCrisby, Minister of War, iu a a public speech at Contrexeville, de clared that France would confine the organizatiou of the army under the military law to a peace footing for purely defensive purposes. The Letemps says that Prince Gort schakoff has informed Gen. Leflo, the French Ambassador at St. Petersburg, that Russia will soon issue a note con cerning the troubles in Herzegovina. GREAT BRITAIN. Burning of a Large Warehouse. London, August 21.—A warehouse at Glocester nine stories high and 1,200 feet long, with many thousand quar ters of grain, has been burned. FROM TEXAS. Offlcal Vote on tlie Convention. Galveston, August 21. —Official count of the vote on the Constitutional Con vention, in 101 counties, shows the fol lowing result; For Convention, 40,253 ; Against, 25,055. Minor Telegrams. Pailadelphia, August 21. Albion Mills at Conshorken burned. Loss, quarter of a million. Virginia Home had a risk of tweuty-five hundred. Adelaide Dorshermen died in half hour from carbolic acid taken by mis take. Hudson, August 21.—Mary Hellen hoose, aged 100, is dead. Her maiden name was Lick. She married four times, first time in her 18th and last 88th year. She had a very intelligent and retentive memory. She has pro geny scattered all over the country. The Abbottsford, London, August 21—The investiga tion by the Board of Trade into the steamer Abbottsford iias resulted in a verdict that her captain made an error of judgment, but his certificate return ed to him. IETTER EROS ATLANTA. Celebration of the jßignth Anniversa ry of Young Men’|; Library Associa tion—A Charming; literary Enter tainment—Vagarie|\ etc. [From Our RegularSOo respondent ] Atlanta, August 20, 1875. The event of the vlea? was the cele bration of the Youlig Men’s Library Association’s eighth ftmfiversary at the Opera House last nig hi- All the nota bles, the literati, t*le ladies and the best class of citizens were out iu full feather, and t-fje evening was en joyed with a charm;|ig| relish. Probs. had kindly furnished' afbalmy evening for the occasion', an f fhe meek moon contributed her mitd tJ.vard the affair by a flow of mellow ftigjfY lavishly and opportunely given yihua the exercises were over, and the fiuiMence dispersed for their homes. ? As every one kno'jis, and public library is a blessing. In tip. ?louth very few libraries, other that private ones, ex isted anterior to thef war. Since then, however, they lmvif sprung up, and, fostered by the lov| of learning, have attained quite a prominence among the objects of intejreef in our cities. Notably amoug them is;the Atlanta Li brary. Like all otierft, it grew from the smallest sort <J? if nucleus to al most gigantic proportions. If iu as large a city as Phila|lefcmia, this libra ry would have atte?infj l in the eight years of its existence, -in the same ra tio of its success, a membership of a hundred thousand, ami a book list of over two hundred tyioßsand volumes. The Boston Public! library contains this number of book;, * ut its existence dates back to over; tY rty years. Our library now contains:s,6oo volumes, be sides all popular pf ri dicals, current newspapers, curiosities in art and liter ature, all magniflc|m ..iy set off by a gallery of in as te r! y pt£n ti n gs, embra cing the most charming landscapes, fruit pieces and ptrljaits of distin guished men dead ;i|ndf living. The visitor to thil library feels as if entering some luxijt iq :s parlor of a dilletante, rather th|n the rooms of a public library,so sjpe Gatieally, neatly and quietly does everything seem. Ho Is greeted with a genial good morning from one of the mo® k udious of Ches terfieldian scholar|, ? Major Charles Herbst, the librari|'u| and is carried through the rooms |bi£ his tour of ob servation as easily [ait politely as if iu tow of the supplest of* French dancing masters. Herbst, \vu<; is a genuine ge nius, is the architect c£ the library. It is his good, unerr|uf taste that has grouped the various Objects into such [•leasing shape. H<b k> the walking in dex to every book *>n the shelves and the preface to rnosjt <3f them, for he is an inveterate readei He is the library iu miniature—its second edition —and wheu we speak of otlie library we feel in duty bound to srpeak of Herbst, for they are one and Inseparable, and as necessary to each o|Li r as the night to the day. | The occasion of ttie eighth anniver sary called out the* vary best citizens, iu large numbers, t| the Opera House. A few of the best i,J< it iu the city vol unteered their servft ;<|s, aud the litera ry feast was seasQ-gdd with bon mots of song and music |The address was delivered by Mr. W! ji. Shorter, a ris ing young lawyer, hr*! nephew of ex- Gov. Juo. Gill Slftjfter, of Alabama. Shorter has a fraio, manly way of speaking, a comnVu* ling appearance, splendid voice and & good command of language. ft 1 . Miss Lena Mcftlafidless, the best lady performer on the piano forte in the city, gave a selection from La Trovatore, and after .\ ard sang the “Bird Carol” in a t\. ..rich voice. The dessert of •' | > feast was the singing of “The LaStflose of Summer,” by Mrs. P. H. Snoo|.f This lady has a reputation that elit*ids all over the State. She is saidifxfpossess the finest soprano voice in itid city. The song was the last exercise on the pro gramme, and it wan expected that the audience would nun for the door, as it always does' before the curtain falls; but this proved ;hu exception. Not until the sweet e|ho of the last line died away did the fu?dience move, and this, I think, was |h|i highest tribute that could have be? unpaid her. An original podmjj by Charles W. Hubner, Esq., ers; tied “The Book,” was recited iu a ftiuished manner by that gentleman. jfle was loudly ap plauded. It was au enjoy'fbio occasion, and I hope the Library fwfil celebrate in as pleasing a mannei| its one thousandth anniversary. Iwen t feel any interest in it after that. Vai|ai;ie3. The reception lf war-like telegrams from Southeast R Georgia, yesterday, stirred up the soljikry, and they were eager for the fray, i Gen. Mareellus jjE Thornton is nego tiating, so I learn; i >r the purchase of the Savannah Advertiser. He says he thinks a man with enterprise and liberality could n; ike it pay. Is Smith a cant) id ate for re-election"? That’s the quesKon with the corner politician at thib juncture. Why not ask him ? ’ | The Atlanta ladies are discarding the inconvenient tie-buck, which reminds me: A young ma ! ji called, with a bug gy, on his fair eufc|?: ver, to take her out riding. When attempting to get into the buggy she fojgfi that she was tied back so tight shji Rovtld not step up, and was compelled io excuse herself aud retired to fn? out the buckle an inch or more. Imagine the young man’s feelings. j| ' Martha. th|Jturf. Sarat. 4 a Races^ Saratoga, Aug. I, 21.—One and three quarter mile fioj {beaten horses, and Survivor winner,) fine 3:08. Four mile dash between |l|itherford and Wild Idle. Wild Idle Jwinner; time, 4:39. Mile and a quat: *r, Humbler winner ; time, 2:10. One jijile, all ages, Spend thrift winner ; ti|i|e, 1:45. Three mile steeple chase, JDtljfdhead winner ; time, 1:40. •••;}] ill Utica Park R 4 as—Lulu Distanced. Utica, N. Y., \ igust 21.—The con clusion of the Uf ea Park Association meeting was a i and field day. The weather was rem rkably fine, the track in the best poii ible condition. Over fifteen thousand; >ersons present. The day’s sport open' 1 at 2 p. m. and closed with the final he, of 2:34 race just be fore dark, at 7:!|J p, m. The winners were liarus, th; favorite, in the 2:27 race; Goldsmith Maid was in the free for all an'* Joh W. Hall in the 2:34 race. Set r;|*e, free for all, Gold smith Maid, 1, l; 1; American Girl, 2,2, 2; Lulu, 3,3, dia unced. Time, 2:18%, 2:17%, 2:16. % Chattanooga, iugust 21. —J. F. Baw yer, a painter, las killed, and Palsy Colton, a tinneift was injured by the falling of a scaf§ld this afternoon. SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. The Crop Prospect—Moral Statistics- Summer Resorts—Y. M. C. A. (Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.) An extensive trip through this sec tion of country during the last few weeks has afforded the writer an op portunity to inspect the crop prospect and observe the moral status of the people. In Lowndes, Brooks and Thomas the corn crop is good, though, perhaps, under an average. The cotton is cut short, and will not make more than a half crop. These counties are noted potato counties, and the late rains pro mise to send in a large yield. Mitchell, Doughty, Lee and Terrell. The corn crop in these counties is not so good as last year, still the acreage is larger, and upon the whole there will be but little corn imported. The cotton crop is hopelessly damaged, and the oldest famers do not expect more than crop, even with a late Fall. It is due the negro race to say that in Lee county, there are several negroes who are doing well. One owns a plantation, runs three ploughs and will make 20 bales of cotton, and there are several in like prosperous condi tion. These negroes have nothing to do with polities. They work. Sumter, Marion, Macon, Hunter, Tay lor and Talbot. The above counties embrace much of the bg'st land and many of the best citizens of Georgia. The crops in these counties are short—corn about two thirds of a crop, cotton not more than half, and nothing can change this. The corn is made, and it is now too late for cotton to do anything. Sumter County is, beyond all question, one of the best, if not the best county in the State. In addition to other attractions, there is in this county one of the most attract ive Summer Resorts in the South. I have been at most of the Summer places in Georgia and iu the South, but, all tliiugs reckoned, there is not a more attractive place in all the land than Magnolia Springs. The water is rich in medicinal quality, while the location, etc., etc., is ajl that could be asked. The springs lack only a little Yankee enterprise to make them a great Sum mer resort. There is a great change iu the mat ter of liquor di inking iu Southwest Georgia. Formerly the rule was to drink, now it is the exception. The United Friends of Temperance are do ing a great work in this section. The Y. M. C. A. Until this year the above Association was confined in Georgia almost exclu sively to Augusta, but now it is spread ing into all parts of the State. The Association at Columbus, together with Mr. Gofer of the State Executive Com mittee has recently held some meet ings in the interest of the good work. The most glorious results have follow ed those meetings. At Talbotton near one hundred have been added to the several churches. Other meetings will be held at Dawson, Americus, Marshall ville, Montezuma, etc. But uutil next week, adieu. Wingfield. Letter from Richmond County. Mr. Editor : We have had a good deal of rain since the Ist of August. The weather has been quite cool and pleas ant. Tiie cotton iti some places lias been injured by the rain and the in tense hot weather of July. Yet I pre sume a pretty fair crop will be made in the county. The corn generally is very good. A gentleman who was raised in the county remarked to me that be had been over the county a good deal this year, and ho thought the corn crop the best he had ever seen in the'county. The potato and pea crop looks finely. The watermelon crop was thought to be a little iuferior, but I think more have been raised than any year since the war. Richmond certaiuly is the banner county of the world for water melons. The Richmond Camp Meeting closed a day or two since. The preaching was earnest, plain and spiritual, congrega tions generally large and attentive. A deep spiritual influence seemed to pervade almost the entire congrega tion, especially the last two days of the meeting. Twenty-one accessions to the church and perhaps twice as many or more converted. The church very much quickened and revived. The sweet, solemn songs of Zion mingled with the shouts of praise from new born souls, as they arose from the great congregation and floated out on the still night air, impressed all with the great truth, that God still dwells among and hears the prayers of his people. Most excellent order prevailed during the whole meeting. Richmond. Brothersville, August 21, 1875. Cardinal McCloskey aud Attorney General Pierrepout. LUhicJigo Times. 1 Something refreshing comes from Brooklyn—refreshing because it is not a scandal. It is told in “Stiles’ His tory of Brooklyn,” and relates to two worthy men—Cardinal McCloskey and Attorney General I’ierrepont —aud to two worthy women, the mothers res pectively of those two gentlemen. The Cardinal aud the Attorney General are both natives of Brooklyn, and were both born in the middle of the same cold Winter. McCloskey’s father, who was a poor milkman, lived in an humble house near the residence of Hezekiah B. Pierrepout. Just after the birth of the babe who was to grow up and become a prince of the church, Mrs. McCloskey was ta”ken very ill, and unable to nourish her child. iu this emergency, Mrs. Pierrepout, hearing of the helpless con dition of the mother and her infant, went herself and nursed the child until the mother was able to do so—a state of affairs which must have been very humiliating to a milkman. Mrs. Pierre pont’s own child and the one which she charitably nourished at her breast ad vanced through the world with equal thrift. One went into the law and the other into the church, and each has reached the highest position in his calling. An Irate Farmer. —There lives in this town a farmer who was moving a load of hay from one point to another some time since, and after going a short distance the hay fell off. It was re loaded and shortly fell off again. It was again put on the wagon, which, after going awhile, tipped over; the farmer thereupon took a matph from his pocket and set Qre to it and saw the whole consumed—and that was the way this foolish farmer helped himself out of this difficulty.— Vooperstown {N. Y.) Republican. THE NEGRO INSURRECTION. Further Details of the Great Plot- Dispatches to the Governor—Letter from. Herschel Y. Johnson on the Crisis—Governor Smith and Attor ney General Hammond goto the Dis turbed Caunties. ] Atlanta Constitution, 21st.] The Governor, we may remark here, has kept himself fully posted upon all the events of the past two days at these points from the most re liable sources. What the Mayor Said. Senator John N. Gilmore, who is may or of Sandersville, a prudent and coura geous man telegraphed to the Governor as follows : Tennille, Aug. 20, 10:50, a. m. To His Excellency , James M. Smith : All is quiet with us Caudy Harris, chief commander of this county, has voluntarily surrendered to the sheriff, and demands an investigation of the charges against him. The freedmeu are orderly and we apprehend no trou ble. John N. Gilmore, Mayor. From Jefferson County. Later in the afternoon the following Was received: Bartow, Jefferson Cos., I August 20,2 P. M. J James At. Smith, Governor : Have just returned from an inspection of the entire picket posts. The negro forces have all withdrawn from the Ogeechoe river to the central portion of Burke coun ty. No danger is at present apprehended | in this county. Have you forbidden the as sembling and drilling of armed bodies whose officers are not commissioned ? I have been acting in accordance with suggestions from Judge Johnson; our Act ing Sheriff living in a distant part of the county. If called upon bv the Sheriff of Burke county to guard prisoners in Burke shall I obey? J. li. Murphy, Captain Jefferson Dragoons. The Governor replied that he was advised that the trouble in Burke count} 7 was at an end, and that hence he (Captain Murphy) might keep his j company at home. Letter from J udge Johnson. A letter was received by Gov. Smith from Hon. Herschel Y. Johnson, Judge of the Middle Circuit, who is present in Sandersville, in which he stated that there can be no doubt but what there existed an organized plot among the negroes to commit bloodshed and j murder upon the whites, but that ■ he believes it has been success- | fully detected and frustrated.— I He has ordered a special term of tlie Superior Court of Washington county, to be held at Sandersville on Monday, the 30th instant, for the trial of such persons as may have been con cerned iu the plot. He suggests to the Governor that Attorney General Ham mond be directed to attend this court and conduct these trials upon the part of the State. This he does that the trials may be given that solemnity and dignity which will show the lawless that the Commonwealth’s peace can not be disturbed with impunity. (toy. Smith Goes to the Scene. The Governor, after receiving all the possible intelligence concerning the af fair, determined to visit the threatened localities in person, for the purpose of investigating fully the origin, motives, extent and object of tlio insurrection, and giving such advice or taking such steps as the interests of law and order may demand. Accompanied by a Sec retary, the Governor departed for San dersville upon the 10:10 train last night. Attorney General Hammond, we learn, has been directed by the Gov ernor to attend tho court to be held at Sandersville on the 30th, aud to prose cute vigorously the cases against all the negro conspirators who may bo ar raigned. Sandersville, August 20th. The terrjble excitement under which this town and county has labored for the past couple of days is subsiding. The people took the matter in hand as soon as ttie plot was discovered, and, by promptitude and prudence, have been enabled to disconcert and dis perse their enraged enemies, thereby winning a bloodless victory ! Ail fears are now at an end, and the bitter re sentments aroused against the negroes are giving way to a sincere pity for the poor devils wfio blindly followed their reckless and designing leaders into this mad folly. Such trembling cowards as they prove to be, now that the mat ter is crushed, deserve pity, yet justice and the welfare of society require that the law take its course. Sheriff Mayo, with a number of depu ties and a large posse comitatus of citi zens, has from the start moved with rapidity and judgment in quelling the disturbances and capturing those en gaged in the movement. Already the jail is jammed with the wretches who are praying and trembling iu fear for their lives. They reason that the whites will, as a matter of course, give them short shrift. But the people will take the legal and proper course, and nothing savoring of mob or lynch law is whispered. col. \V. H. Wylly, editor of tho Sanders ville Herald, has been acting as Solici tor General in the absence of the regu lar officer, and has been remarkably cautious and successful iu his untiring efforts to preserve the peace and make prisoners of the conspirators. Judge Herschel V. Johnson, of the Circuit, is here, and has done much in the way of counsel and advice, to render the efforts of the peace officers successful. He says the plot was a terrible fact, and that by its frustration an awful scene of crime ha3 been prevented. He believes no trouble need now be feared. The Federal authorities, we believe, have been informed, through officials here, of the nature and extent of the insurrection, but as yet nothing iu reply has been received. The Hi g Chief Gives Up. Candy Harris, the notorious aud ras cally incendiary, who claims to have been an adjutant upon “Gen.” Morris’ staff, and who wrote the instructions to “kill and burn,” came and gave him self up to Sheriff Mayo. He says he is not guilty of the things charged upon him, and he wants a fair trial, so as to prove this. Ho claims not to have known that murder and pillage were parts of the programme. He is a badly scared fellow, and evidently feels re lieved from personal fears by being in jail. Teii the people that we are at the be ginning of the end, and are not dead yet! J. Russell Jones and the Secretary ship of the Interior. Chicago, August 21. —Hon. J. Russel Jones, regarding the tender of Secreta rpship of the Interior to him, says that matters are in such a shape at present he cannot give a definite answer. A Present pf Six Million to the Popq, Rome, August 21.— The Fau Falla says the late Emperor Ferdinand of Austria left, by bis will, to the Pope six million dollars, which amount has already been paid, JEFFERSON DAVIS. WAIFS FROM WINNEBAGO. Secretary Kimball’s Address. A Splendid Opportunity for Rockford, by a noble sacrifice, to gain the admiration of the civilized world—A week long to be re membered for its unexampled festivities and thrilling sensations—The Hon. Jef ferson Davis, ex President of the South era Confederacy, will deliver the annual address—Beniamin F. Taylor, Esq., of Dunkirk, N. Y. will give the Anniversary Poem—The South and the North meet in this Eden of the Northwest to grasp hands in fellowship—Our patriotism, our Christianity and our hospitality to be put to a test. Shall We Have au Undivided Country? The proclamation has gone forth and the news has been flashed across the continent, and Europe has learned the event, that the loyal and law-abiding North, crowned with laurels of victory, lias, in its Christian magnanimity, reached out its welcoming hand to the alien South, and tendered its generous' hospitalities to the President of the fallen Confederacy. Such a deed and such a spectacle, illustrating tlie es sence of Christianity, and the diviner qualities of our humanity, excites the admiration of angels, and thrills the heart of the civilized world with senti ments of profound gratitude and ap probation. Ten long years of bitter feuds and sectional antagonisms have passed away since our victorious armies furled their battle-flags and with triumphal marches, and flushed with victory, pass ed through the gates of our national capital to their Northern homes. Gra dually have the jealousies and animosi ties engendered by so severe a contest, "died away. The South, in the abase ment of her humiliation, has learned, by the most bitter and unparalleled re verses, to accept the verdict-of our in vincible arms. Struggling iu her weak ness and destitution to rebuild tho ruined palaces of her industry, aud de velop her resources by free and intel ligent labor, she appeals for assistance to tho capital and philanthropy of the North. She opens her borders to the East, the West, and the North, and to the very men who, in the agitation of the emancipation question, precipitated the conflict, she tenders the olive branch ofj>eace, and strews their pathway with flowers. Have I overestimated the Christian civilization of this com munity ? Is there nothing to expect from the chivalry and refinement of a city like Rockford, distiuguishd for its ecclesiastical and educational advanta ges? Ought our citizens to be exercis ed with feelings of anger and retalia tion, when a representative leader of the South is invited to come, here and pay a tribute to tht> thrift and enter prise of our agriculturalists ? We disclaim any motive, in the invi tation to Mr. Davis to address our so ciety, to offend the loyal sense of our community, or commit our citizens to any sanction or endorsement of his past career. We look back upon the atrocities of the conflict with as keen a pity and as strong a hate as words can express. They were tho abomination of cruelty and dcaolation. But the Government, in its high tribunals, has long ago settled matters by proper penalties and a general amnesty. As communities now, it should rather be our earnest endeavor, as it is our Chris tian privilege, to cultivate and foster amity aud reconciliation between the two sections, and by friendly inter course and commercial interchange, re establish our Union. Underlying my engagements with Mr. Davis is something nobler aud bet ter than dollars anti cents. There are involved the highest principles of our Christianity, and the manifestations of the most chivalrous and ennobling qualities of our humanity. But the question is asked : Why have we pass ed by so many eminent and loyal men of the North, to invite Mr. Davis? We had, previous to our invitation to the ex-Pr'esident, sent letters of invitation to Gen. W. T. Sherman, Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, Henry Ward Beecher, Theo dore Tilton, Roscoe Conkliug, Colonel Robert Ingersoll, Hon. John Went worth, Senator Morton, of Indiana, Horatio Seymour, George H. Pendle ton, Charles Francis Adams, Carl Schurz, and Emery Storrs, all of whom promptly responded, expressing their regards for the compliment of the invi tation, but their business arrangements were such that they could not comply. Considering what a golden opportu nity was presented to us to assist iu the good work of reconciliation, and believing that if Boston, the cradle of our liberties, could invite the notorious Toombs to defend the accursed sys tem of negro slavery by his ablest ar guments, in Faneuil Hall, the good peo ple of Winnebago county could exer cise their forbearance at least in listen ing to an agricultural address from the able ex-President. Far be it from my thoughts to in sult or outrage the moral sense of this community, to which a quarter of a century has bound me with ties of pleasing anti imperishable associa tions. If I have erred in the exercise of the privileges of my office, it is be cause I have misinterpreted the clem ency, hospitality and magnanimity of our citizens. I yield to none in my ad miration of our country and its glo rious institutions, in my honor to tho soldiers who defended our liberties, and my disapprobation for the men who would cast dishonor upon our flag. But can Rockford afford to be less generous than South Carolina? In having its loyalty and|hospitality put to the test can it afford to incur the unfriendly criticisms tnat will be made over the entire country? In the defense of the rights of “free speech,” and every laudable effort to bury sectional animosities, and restore order, prosperity and harmony between the North and South, no opposition can blanch my cheek, and no menaces can make me quail. But in the discharge of my duties I am governed by the honorable Board of Directors, and their wisdom will be my guidance. H. P. Kimball, Secretary. Purely a Business Transaction. [St. Louis Glube-Democrat (Rad.)l It is manifest from tho address of their Secretary, which we print to-day, that tho invitation was purely a busi ness transaction, and may be charac terized as an exhibition of that spirit of Barnumism which is gradually tak ing possession of all our Western fairs. It will bo seen from this address that Davis was not thonght of until a long line of illustrious people, including Sherman, the General; Butler, tho Mountebank ; Beecher, the Martyr ; Tilton, the Cuckold ; Ingersoll, the Atheist, and a number of others of equal claim to notoriety, bad aud good, had been invited and had declined. They accepted Davis for the same rea son that they desired Tilton—because he would draw. Jeff, could not be ex pected to make a valuable speech on agriculture; neither could Tilton, But .New Series—VoJ. 3, TsTo. 16 a variety of circumstances conspired to make Jeff, an object of curiosity, and the spirit of Barnumism seized upon him as “something that would draw.” Tlie “ Bloodhounds of Zion.” [Special to the Chicago Times. J Prominent among the leaders in this opposition to the coming of Mr. Davis is the Rev. jßenjamin Folty, Rev. Mead Holmes, the latter of whom has given expression to much “ righteous indig nation,” and the postmaster of this city, who is terribly outspoken in his indignation. Not having the military record of any of these gentlemen at hand, I am unable to state how long they were in the service helping to put Jeff down. For the time being even the Beecher scandal and the water works injunction are forgotten, and everybody is discussing pro and con. the coming of Jeff Davis. Public opin ion is about evenly divided on the pro priety of his coming; one class insist it is an outrage and an insult on the loyal citizens of Winnebago county to have invited him, while tho others vigorously declare it an in sult to protest against his coming in the manner it has been done, and that Winnebago county, having been a true and loyal county during the war, and overwhelmingly Republican, cannot afford to stultify its former good record by denying to any man who may be in vited by a society of its citizens to come within its borders the right to be heard, especially when ho does not come upon a political but purely social mission. ADd so they have it “hammer and tongs,” Davis and anti-Davis, and Kim ball and anti-Kimball for extending the invitation. What the upshot of the matter will be “no man can tell.” There is one thing sure, however, Rockford and Winnebago county and its agricul tural society are just now gettingabout the largest amount of free advertising through the public prints all over tho country that any city or society has ever had. Tlie Beauties of Resumption. [Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.] Preparations for the retirement of the fractional currency outstanding and the substitution of silver therefor are being pushed forward by the Treasury Department to the accomplishment of this end. Over ten million five per cent bonds have already been sold in the purchase of silver bullion, and. it will require the disposition of ten mil lions more before a sufficient amount of silver will have been accumulated to commence resumption, thus addiDg twenty millions to the interest-bearing debt. To carry out the provisions of the so-called specie resumption bill passed last Jan. will, it is estimated at the Trea sury Department, necessitate a total in crease of the bonded debt of about three hundred and fifty million dollars. Should this estimate prove correct (which is doubtful, for it is believed tho amount will be greater) there will be an additional burden of over $18,000,- 000 per annum imposed on the tax payers of the country to meet the in terest on these bonds. Secretary Bris tow claims the right, under tho pro visions of this bill, to issue any amount of five per cent, bonds ngeessary to carry it into effect. The funding act 1870 fixed tho amount of five per cent, bonds to be issued at $500,000,000. — Of this amount $463,000,000 have been disposed of, aud the Syndicate has the option of the remainder uutil November next. The resumption act of January last, under which Mr. Bristow claims the power to increase the amount of these bonds, contains the following words: “He is authorized * * * to sell, issue and dispose of at not less than par iu coin either of the description of bonds of the United States described in the act of Congress., appeared Juiy 14,1870.” Senator Sher man concurs with the Secretary iu hi:t construction of this section of the act, while other bond lawyers of equal ability give the opinion that no such right is conferred by the act, and that any increase of the live per cent, bonds over and above the $500,000,000 author ized by the funding act would be il legal. A Wise Child. [New York MailJ While we are in the dining room we must not forget the little miss of five or six summers, who unconsciously perpetrated one of the best jokes of the season. Wine was being passed I around, and She was invited to take i some, but declined : “Why do you not take wine with! your dinner, Minnie?” asked a gentle-f man who sat near her. “ Tause I doesn’t like it.” r “But take a little, then, my child, for your stomach’s sake,” he urged. “I ain’t dot no tommiji’s ache !” in dignantly responded the little miss in the most emphatic manner. As both question and answer were distinctly heard by those around, every one burst into laughter, which so frightened tho little maid that she cried. The same little miss, upon being one day bantered because she was a girl, and having represented to her that boys were much more useful creatures in the world, although they wore usu ally more trouble, was asked if she did not wish she were a boy. “No, indeed,” she quietly replied; “I’se worse now than most boys.” Jay Gould’s Baby.— Now, there is the other fiend, Jay Gould, he does not look as if he did it. Even when un bending in the midst of his family, Gould has a sinister cast of counte nance. I saw him going to Long Branch the other day, all attention to his wife, a quiet, plain lady, evidently an invalid. There was a girl twelvo and a lad tea, and a beautiful frank faoed boy of four, and a two-months old baby, unfortunately a.girl. If that Jay Gould baby was only the other sex you’d hear of it making a corner in nurse bottles and bulling the mar ket on safety pins early next week. I never saw such a wise, old baby in my life. There was speculation in its very eyes, and when it cried you could detect the latest quotations. I don’t know what its name is, but would suggest they hang it up as a stock in dicator.—[New York Correspondence of the St. Louis Republican. How to Live Forever. — M. Robing, an eminent French chemist, announces’ to the French Academy of Medicine his belief that life exists only in com bustion, but the combustion which oc curs in our bodies—like that which takes place in chimneys — leaves a de tritus which is fatal to life. To remove this, he would administer lactic acid with ordinary food. This acid is known to possess the power of removing or destroying the incrustations which form on the arteries, cartilages and valves of the heart; and, a3 butter milk abounds in such acid, and j s . moreover, an acceptable kind of food its habitual use, it is urged by M. R 0 * biug, will free the system from these causes, which inevitably cause death between the 75th aud tho 100th year.