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Terms of tbe Telegraph and Meaaon- *er. Postage free to all Editions. Daily Ttlegraph and Messenger $10.00per gr .. .. . •• 5.00 Gmos 2.50 3 vi os. Daily Telegraph and Messenger . and Southern Tdt-nter's Monthly 11.50pers)*. Weekly Telegraph and Messenger 2*0 •• .. — ♦♦ *• 1.00 Gmos. Week's Telegraph ana Messenger and Southern Parmer’s Monthly MOperyr Remit by JP. O. Order or Registered Lettei, to dates, Manager. ttgtopji unit Jtostngtr FRIDAY, JULY 30,18S0. victs ansi several had been converted to tlie Baptist faith and were to he baptized. The place chosen was the immense exca vation within the stockade, from which the stone for the walls and building had been taken. The rocky sides of this great cavity rise to a height of more than a hundred feet and present a wild ap pearance. At the bottom is a pool of wa ter clear as crystal. In ‘.he afternoon the sides of the quarry were lined with con victs. Above them were the guards post ed as sentinels, while deep down around the limpid water were the converts await ing baptism. The ceremony began amid a most impressive silence. The words of the minister, the responses of the convict converts floated to the upper air with a strange softness and amid a stillness as of death. —Philadelphia is to have a thousand coaches of a pattern somewhat similar to those used in Central Park, to carry passengers at ten cents each. —Junius Edwards, of Galesburg, Illi nois, saved his plums by kicking a boy out of the tree, but has had to pay $3,506 for causing paralysis in the lad. A London firm advertises that it has for sale one of the identical stomps by which George III. attempted to impose the obnoxious tax on teas imported into British America. A Tennessee suitor wrote to his sweetheart as follows: “Your father kicked me last night, and forbade me the house. If I whipped him, would it lessen your love for me.” She replied that it wouldn’t and the parent was soundly thrashed. On her return to England at the end of this month, the Empress Eugenie will only stay for a few days at Cbiselhurst, as she intends to spend the autumn at Arenenberg, her beautiful place on Lake Constance. Before going to Switzerland, the Empress will pay a visit to Queen Victoria at Osborne. —Ice in Cincinnati this year is $5.50 a ton, against $4.25 in 1870, and brewers in Cincinnati are turning their attention to artificial ice. At the brewery of Wen- discb, Mullhauser& Bro., at St. Louis, there is a machine lately brought from Germany which is guaranteed to make a ton of ice for ninety cents. —Before the recent consecration in England of Canon Ryle, a protest was handed in to the archbishop, on the ground that a bishop must be the husband of one wife, whereas Dr. Ryle had been married more tbau once. It will be remembered that Bishop Whittingliam of Baltimore refused to assist at the consecration of Bishop Dudley, who had been twice mar ried. —A Swedish colony was located in an Aroosstook township of Maine ten years ago. New Sweden is now prosperous, with 517 souls, who have kept themselves wonderfully like what they were in the old country, except that they fare far bet- Tfu>v are about to celebrate the tenth amuverear/o?^ eir arrival with a speech by the Governor and several days of festivity. —F. G. Tibbets and J. B. Martin were suitors for the hand of the same girl nearly fifty years ago. Martin was the victor. He went to Milwaukee with his wife, prospered, and left $2,000,000 when he died. His dying request was that his widow should marry Tibbets, who had re mained a bachelor, and become a banker in Philadelphia. The wedding is to take place in September. Tibbets is 70 years old, and Mrs. Martin CS. —The majority against the separation of church and state in Switzerland, though almost a foregone conclusion, has surprised everybody by its magnitude. Of 13,000 ballots cast, out of a possible 17,000, only 4,000 were for the separation. This result is partly due to the attach men! of the people of Geneva to their national Protestant Church, so closely identified with the ancient glories of he republic, and partly to a feeling tbat the suppression of the Budget des Culies would be regarded as a Roman Catholic victory. —The pastor of the Methodist Church at North Adams, Massachusetts, in ex plaining to his Sunday school the mean ing of “original sin,” said that Adam’s fall did not morally affect anybody now The superintendent assured the children that the pastor was mistaken, and en deavored to prove it by argument. The discussion lasted two hours, and finally became heated, the pastor accusing the superintendent of being “neither a gentle man nor a Chrietiau.” The children did not get any veiy clear idea of that day’s lesson. —It turns out that some fellow in ■Washington has either willfully deceived the World or, through ignorance has ta ken the language of Mr. Doolittle, for an opinion of the Supreme Court. Judge Swayne never had the DeGolyer case before him and no decision was ever ren dered by the Supreme Court. While this correction is due front all papers which have published the alleged opinion, it does not alter the material fact that Gen eral Garfield did receive the $5,000, and that it was paid for the purpose of secur ing his services as a legislator. Pennsylvania's Tobacco Crop.— The Philadelphia Record says that a gen tleman who returned to this city yester day from a tour through Lancaster county stated that the tobacco crop there this year would bo the largest ever grown in the county. The acreage planted largely exceeds that of last year, and the only circumstance known at this time which can prevent its full fruition will be a vio lent hall storm. Three million dollars were realized from the crop in the county last year, and Mr. James Duffy, of Ma rietta, one of the largest growers, states that it is safe to estimate a realization of $4,000,000 profit on the crop this year. Teachers.—Senator Bayard, in an address to the Wilmington High School, said: “There is not a nobler or more use ful profession than that of instructing young minds and educating their facul ties. I should be glad to see a higher en couragement and recognition given those men and women in our midst who devote themselves to this lofty calling. Were it in my power X would make the name of schoolmaster and schoolmistress terms of public as well as private honor, and I would affix such just and proportionate compensation to their services as would make their positions not only those of honor in society, bat profit, so that every inducement should be offered to embark in their profession of instruction of the young.” A' singular scene at the Raleigh (North Carolina) penitentiary a few Sun days ago is tbo« described by a gentleman who was present: There are two “churches” so to speak, among tb* con. Chronicle’s Cotton Figures. The Chop Situation. The New York Chronicle, of Saturday last, reports the cotton receipts of the sev en days ending the night before, at 13,14S bales, against 3,272 the corresponding week of last year. Total to tbat date 4,- 880,043, against 4,443,553 np to the same point of the last cotton year—showing an increase of 446,300 bales. The interior port receipts for the same days were 3,454 bales, against 044 the same week of last year. Shipments 12,- 005, against 2,269. Stocks 50,062,-against 14,410 at same date last year- The Chronicle's visible supply table showed 1,700,135 bales of cotton in sight last Friday against 1,332,785 a year ago; 1,484,642 in 1878 at same date, and 2,111,- 541 in 1S77 at tbe same date. These fig ures show an increase of 367,550 bales on tbe supply of last year at this date, au in crease of 215,493 on the supply of 1578, and a decrease of411,406 on tbe supply of 1S77 at same date. Middling upland last Friday in the Liverpool market was quoted at 6 13-16. Last year at the same date the quotation was 6 9-16; in 1878 the same and 1S77 0 5 16. Tbe Chronicle appends tbe following to its table of receipts from plantations: The above statement shows— 1. That the total receipts from the plan tations since September 1 in 1870-80 were 4.029,404 bales; in 1878-79 were 4,444,- 705 bales; in 1877-78 were 4,252,404 bales. 2. That, although tbe receipts at the out ports the past week were 13,148 bales, tbe actual movement from plantations was only 3,612 bales, the balance being drawn from stocks at tlie interior ports. Last year tbe receipts from tbe planta tions for tlie same week were 2,154 bales, and for 187S they were 1,119 bales. The Chronicle’s weather telegrams from tbe cotton region continue very favora ble, the only complaint being too much rainy and cool weather. In Texas, Galveston reports showers on three days, with a mercury ranging from 74 to 90 extremes. Average S3. Indian- ola, bard rains on three days. Rainfall 1.48. Temperature 71 to 92. Corsicana, showers on four days. Rainfall 0.46. Temperature 67 to 97. Average 81. Dal las, rainfall u.oo—same temperature. Brenham, au inch of rainfall. Tempera ture 70 to 9S. Average 82. In all these points of Texas the cotton crop is repre sented to be as good as it can be. In lower Texas picking has been interrupted by wet weather. New Orleans, during the week, has bad an average temperature of 84, and a rain fall of 1.35. Shreveport had five days of clouds and raiD, with 1.69 of fall; temper ature 64 to 91, average 77. In Mississippi, at Vicksburg, rain on five days; weather quite cool. At Columbus, too much rain; mercuiy, 79 to 87. Boll worm reported in the prairie belt and caterpillars at Co lumbus. At Memphis, Tennessee, rain on four days and 1.73 of fall; mercury 63 to 86, average 78. Fields clear and well cul tivated-majority laid by. Weather too cool. Nashville, mercury 61 to 88. Aver age 75. In Alabama, at Mobile, 2.46 of ram during the week. Mercury 71 to 95. Crop developing finely. At Montgomery, 0.87 of rain and average mercury 81. At Sel ma, three days of rain and too much. Caterpillars are noted at all points in Ala bama. No damage yet, but much feared. In Florida, mercury 78—cotton strong and healthy. In Georgia, at Columbus, 0.68 of rain. Mercury 77 to 96. Average 84. In Macon light rains on three days. Average mercury 82. In Savannah 0.55 of rain—mercury 73 to 07—average 84. In Augusta 1.61 of rain. Average mer cury 03. Crops developing finely. In Charleston there was 1.19 of rain and a mercury ranging from 74 to 96. Average 84. The accounts from every part of the crop, it will be seen, are good. Comes Nobly to the Rescue. Let the Example be Followed. The Conyers Examiner says: Hon. J. H. Blount has been nominated as a can didate to represent tbe sixth congress ional district in tbe 47th Congress. Well done for tbe Milledgeville convention. It lias truly represented tlie wishes of this district, who will see to it tbat tbeir able representative is returned to tbe post of honor, where bis services Lave been so valuable, not only to Georgia, but to the whole country. Per contra, during the struggle which was so long kept up in the convention, without any practical result, the Eatonton Messenger printed the following ungra cious paragraph: Gentlemen of the sixth district, behold the “unanimity” and “spontaniety” of Hon. James H. Blount’s support! If nom- i.ated at ali, it will truly he ‘-by the skin of his teeth.” How are the mighty fallen! Take that back, good brother, and blot the record if you can. Albeit, all of Col. Blount’s opponents were clever and hon orable gentlemen, no one of them brought into the convention a greater strength than six votes. The combina tion of thirteen embraced every opposing element, while Mr. Blount alone had over a majority at his back from the first. But let bygones be bygones. We trust our Eatonton contemporary and all who stood so nobly by their favorites at Milledge ville, will display equal gallantry on tbe hostings in behalf of the standard-bearer of the Democracy, who could only have been unanimously renominated by their generous aid. Let tbe hatchet be buried in tbe 6th Congressional district. The Herald again attacks tbe Demo cratic executive committee for fussing and bustling atad boasting around and doing nothing, while tbe Garfield men are so busy, working night and day. There is a stringent necessity on the pert of the Garfield men to be busy as bees in a tar bucket; but tbe Hancock men can’t af ford to be idle. The Two-Thirds.—It seems now to be probable tbst Colquitt will fall from twelve to twenty short of the requisite two-thirds in the State convention, and some feel considerable apprehension of a dead-lock, or some other damaging dis crepancy. The State Campaign. We have scanned with much care and patience all tbe widely differing esti mates of our contemporaries, and do not believe that any of them are absolutely correct, from our standpoint of informa tion as to tbe present status of each can didate in the gubernatorial contest. There are fourteen counties not heard from, or which are still to elect delegates, casting a total of thirty votes. The others have all held their primaries and been vari ously reported. Without fully endorsing but,on tbe contrary, appending several cor rections^ print the statement of Sunday’s Constitution as probably approximating nearest to the true returns. It is as fol lows : COLQUITT. Twiggs 2, Dodge 2, Pike McDuffie » Towns 2, Coffee 2, Charlton 2, Calhoun 2, Camden 2, Effingham 2 Dougherty 4, Burke C, Milter 2, Liucolu 1, Spalding 2, Banks 2, Forsyth 2, Habersham 2, Walton 2, Gwinnett 4, Murray 2, Elbert 2, Lee 2, Mitchell 2, DeKalb 2, Appling 3, Hall 1, Baker 2, Franklin 2. Fayette 1, Berrien 1, White 2, Paulding 1, Douglas 2, Jasper 2, Walker 2, Thomas 4, Chattooga 2,Faunin 2, Wilcox 2, Warren 2, Putnam 2, Wayne 2, Glynn 2, Dooly 2, TatnaM 1, Decatur 4, Troup 4, Coweta 4, Floyd 4, Meriwether 4, Jones 3, G.asscock2, Wilkes4, Baldwin 2, Washington 4, Jackson 4, Union 2, Newton 4, Rockdale- 2, Greene 4, Brooks 2, Oglethorpe 4, Worth 2, Hancock 4, Col quitt 2, Houston 6, Sumter 3, Cherokee 2, Butts 2, Johnson 2, Dawson 2, Irwin 1, Haralson 1, Early 11, Pierce 11, Catoosa 2, Richmond 6, Whitfield 2, Clay 2, Mon roe 4, Lumpkin 2, Bartow 1, Henry 2, Pulaski 2, Carroll 4. Total, 203J. HARDEMAN. Bibb 6, Talbot 4, Crawford 2, Stewart 4, Paulding 1, Appling 1, Gordon 1, Ma con 4, Montgomery 1, Harris 4, Dodge 2, Sumter 1, Telfair 2, Pike 1J, Marion 2, Quitman 2, Hall 4, Jones 1, Webster 2, Laurens 1, Randolph 1. Total 44. LESTER. Chatham 6, Bryan 2, Liberty 2, Bulloch 2, Emanuel 2. Ware 2, Jefferson 4, Mont gomery 1, Hall 4, Berrien 1, Screven 2, Madison 2, Tatnall 1, Lowndes 2, McIn tosh 2, Echols 2, Terrell 2, Randolph 1, Laurens 1, Early 4» Pierce 4- Total 38|. GARTRELL. Fulton 6, McDuffie 14, Taliaferro 2, Lincoln 1, Fayette 1, Hart 2, Morgan 2, Haralson 1. Total 164 iy A BVK»L Gordon 1, Milton 2. Total 3. ANTI-COLQUITT. V Bartow 34, Muscogee 4. Total 7i. DOUBTFUL. Wilkinson 2, Irwin 1, Chattahoochee 2, Clinch 2. Total 7. SUMMARY. Colquitt 2034, Hai deman 44, Lester 384, Gartrell 164, Warner 3, doubtful 7, anti- Colquitt 74. Whole number chosen 320; delegates from counties to be heard from 80; whole number of delegates 350. To the vote of Hardeman should cer tainly be added Muscogee’s four votes, which will unquestionably be cast for him. Then we have the assurance tbat at least two other delegates, one in Coffee and one in Twiggs counties, will cast their ballots for him, and the intimation that others will do the same. Our Les ter friends also complain that some of his supporters have been p'.aced in the wrong column. So far as the vote of Meriweth er county is concerned, the Columbus Sunday Enquirer-Sun publishes a letter from Mr. Oenrge L. Peavy, chairman of the executive committee of that county, which declares that the LaGrange dis patches giving the Meriwether delegates to Colquitt are incorrect—on the contrary that a solid delegation will go to the con vention for Judge; Warner. Clinch, we believe to be doubtful, with tbe probabii- ties in favor of Colquitt. Fulton county went through the formal ities of an election on Saturday aud gave her vote to Gen. Gartrell, not on a fifteenth of tbe qualified voters going to tbe polls. Of course, this was one of those “put up' arrangements Atlanta knows so well how to effect. As the count now stands,Governor Col quitt, we think, has a majority of the whole convention in his favor. Whether he can hold his followers together and gain from the ranks of his opponents* sufficient number to insure a two-thirds nomination, which is the only nomination , at this juncture that the people will sub mit to, remains to be seen. The Democ racy will be glad to know, however, that the Governor is “no bolter” but will abide the action of tbe convention. Democracy. Yet some men are pert enough to say, “Why don’t be say he will abide by the'action of the convention ?” Why is this question not asked others who have been mentioned as candidates? The very question implies a suspicion. I have been asked tbe question in Augusta to day, and I will answer the gentlemen who put it right here. I suppose that is the only objection that they have in the way of giving me tbeir support. 1 will give the names to some of these citizens, who can see whether they asked tbe question honestly, or did it to catch me. Gentle men, never have I bolted a nomination. [Applause.] it never entered my mind the shadow of an imagination that I ever would. [Great applause.] Now I want to know of those gentlemen who have professed to doubt, if this is not a sufficient answer. Hasn’t the independ ent press been railing at me? Notone lias said a word in commendation of me. On the contrary, these vile sheets have been filled with mud and filth in deroga tion of my character. After wliat I Lave said I have great confidence tbat tbe gen tlemen who have asked tbe question whether I will abide tbe nomination, will say on the streets of Augusta to-morrow that they are satisfied, tbat their last ob jection has been removed. Angusta Politics- The Argument Presented on Both Sides—Gov. Colquitt Announces THAT HE WILL NOT BOLT THE AC TION ob Nomination of the Con- The Augusta papers are filled with the proceedings and speeches on Friday last of the antj^plquitts, and the Colquitt demonstration at the “Market Hall” on Thursday evening. The former took place at the Opera House, and the Chairman, Maj. Ganahl, who was introduced to the audience by Dr. De Sausure Ford, made a strong presentation of the objections and argu ments urged against his Excellency by those who refused to support him, and was followed by M. P. Foster, Esq., and Hon. J. C. C. Black on the same side. While disclaiming any intention to call in question the integrity and fair name of the present incumbent, they yet emphati cally urged the inexpediency of his re nomination to the chair of State. The next evening (Thursday), as stated, Governor Colquitt spoke at great length to a large gathering at the Market Hall. The Chronicle and Constitutionalist pub lishes his speech in full, bat wo only print a brief extract to put the governor right, from bis own lips, on the mooted question, whether he will jau as an independent, or be willing to abide the action of the con vention. Under this head he said: A Southern Emigrant Returned.” To the Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette’. Some time ago, being assured by some of your readers that tbe earnest aim of your journal was to propagate truth, anil having bad practical evidence of this, in the publication therein of certain facts about the South by myself, and otherwise, I venture to reply to the communication of “Republican,” in yesterday’s issue which does bun so much baun, and re flects so severely in various directions. He is doubtless correct in saying, “Five months ago, I was led, through highly colored statements, to emigrate South from New York; then I had good health, considerable money, and au abundance of clothing; this week I arrived in the city penniless, health much shattered, and almost naked.” Comment on this statement is unneces sary; I’m sorry it’s true. But it is not “a fact that men [italics mine] are sneered at, persecuted, and ostracized for their Re publicanism in the South. It is not a fact that “if you are a Republican you are shut off from all paid labor, white society, and considered lit to work and live [only] with the negroes.” It is not a fact that “the cruelties and barbarities of slavery are practiced to-day.” It is not a fact tbat “tbe hatred cf tlie white masses against the Yankee is bitter and intense.” It is not a fact tiiat “secession is not dead, but is cherished by mauy as among tbe possibilities of tlie future.” It is not a fact that “the great ambition of tbe South is to get control of tbe legislative and exe cutive departments of tbe general govern ment for purpose of robbery aud extrava gance.” No thoughtful person doubts that among the erratic North or South these sentiments may occasionally be found, .but there is not a well in formed' unbiased fellow citizen in tbe United States wl>o believes the accu sations are true of tbe South or any dcscribable portion thereof. If the gen tleman will dress himself and meet ine <at the Gibson House) to-morrow at 12 o’clock, and give me his name, if I do not condole with him, I will try and lead him to repentance; or if he will give the names of his “strappers” and the circum stances of his woej I will publish in the Soutkem Enterprise, have the same cop ied inmost of the Southern papers, and, if possible, have his fortune and his ward robe reconstructed. Life is too short, my friend, to cherish hate and bitterness for any purpose, and when one indulges such to tbe extent of making assertions in public journals lia ble to injure tbe unsuspecting and inno cent, don’t you tbiuk bis address should be given? S.T. Jenkins, Atlanta, Ga. The Cincinnati Gazette"is busily try ing to rekindle the fires of tbe outrage mill and to raise steam again; and, if it will help him any, tlie Southern States will admit tbeir inability to guarantee tbe suc cess of immigrants. That depends to sp large an extent upon the character an$ capacities of immigrants that insurance is too risky. The great West herself is so full of people who have lost by immigrat ing there, that tlie cant witicism" used to be, “I came here without a rag to my back, and now I am covered with rags.” The road to Texas is noisy with the groass of disappointed and returning emigrants—glad to get back home to Geor gia, though every cent has been lost in an unlucky experiment. Emigration is a crowning test of capacity, fortitude, judg ment and courage, in which tbe majority are apt, to fail, no matter where they go; and be who succeeds, in nine cases out of ten, would have succeeded better at home had lie used the same effort and address which his new circumstances have compelled him to put forth. The country wherefortunes are made without persistent effort is never found. Wherever the emi grant stops he will always discover that it lies beyond. Learn to confront and mas ter the difficulties that lie around you. Remember, you will find the same, or others as bad, wherever you go. Those who have been assaulting die have adopted all sorts of expedients. Here is one of the methods (holding up a pamphlet). These documents base been sent all over Georgia. I received them from the mountains, from the seaboard, and from the interior of tbe State. It is beaded “Governor Colquitt.” Who issued it? Was it a Democrat? Many mep are deceived by it. Many extracts have been made in the press from it. Who wrote it? Who printed it? Who distributed it? Nobody knows. shameless enough towwtt, and yetTus of them wU1 readi, y «* all over tbe country. There are great many people who beliere all tbey see in print to be true. A plain man takes this document and says: “I didn’t want to believe these things about Gov. Colquitt, bat there must be some thing true about them for here it is in print.” But, my .friends, it-is all a patch- work of lies. Yet I am to be prejudiced by such a document as that, that nobody U bold enough or shameless enough to avow. On every other page it is asked “Does tbe governor intend to abide by tbe action of the convention?” And it was -stated that at Athens I was asked this question three times and tbat three times I did not an swer it. Now, that was Just three times three lies. I have not yet been asked the question in public. For more than thirty yean I have been a Democrat in season and out of season, in peace and in war, in storm and sunshine, in good repute and bad repute, always in line, neither looking to tbe right or the left? There is not one The Janissaries of the Machine. Forney, in bis Progress, opens fire on machine politics in Pennsylvania, which he says are most disgraceful aud disas trous—working to enrich the corrupt and honor the mediocre—to prostrate the good and elevate the evil. A mere job—noth ing more. “Tlie slaves of the king” who boss the machine, control a hundred thou sand office-holders, each claiming to control at least two votes, and so making a force of 300,000 Janissaries, working for pay and to keep themselves in offico, and this is the army that has to be crushed. Now. there is no man in the United States who knows more about this army than John H. Forney. He used to com mand it, and when he proposes to “crush it out with 100,000 union veterans, black and white,” he talks conscious nonsense, Possibly they may help to doit; but if the Pennsylvania farmers do not take hold of the work and overthrow these “Janissaries of the machine,” the case is hopeless. The Eastern Question. A Paris dispatch says stocks on the Bourse yesterday suffered a heavy decline owing to the threatening aspect of the Eastern question. This may well be, No man can foresee wbat ulterior conse quences may flow from that “Eastern ques tion.” There may be little trouble insubdu- ing Turkey by tbe combined military and naval strength of the five powers, and all tent. But when it comes to dividing the spoils the five will become at once bitter and unyielding competitors, and a gener al squabble will arise, the event and dura tion of which cannot be foreseen. The next ten years may not see the general turmoil quieted in’ Europe. Certainly unless these powers manifest more gener osity and forbearance than they have heretofore displayed, the return of tran quillity may be long delayed. And when they emerge from this struggle how will, their securities stand ? That is a serious question for holders! A Corner in Opium.—It is encouragj ing to read that the “capitalists” are de voting their particular attention, just now, not to bread and meat, but to opium, mania Georgia who can say tbat I devia- Perhaps they may also include calomel ted one ineh from the straight path of and Brandreth’s pills. Out Great Grain Crop. At this time, when favorable and unfa vorable reports regarding tbe crops are manufactured for effect in Wall street, and when so much interest is felt in wbat are known as tbe Granger stocks, careful cal culations a3 to our probable yield of grain in 1880 are more than usually im portant. For three years we have prodneed re markable crops, and during tbe same period Jthe European crops have been de ficient to an exceptional degree. Tbe consequence has been, that our exports of wheat and flour have run up to an average more than twice as great as that for the four years from 1873 to 1S77. Are we likely to have as great a surplus for export this year? And will tbe foreign demand for it be as large as it was from 1877 up to and including the crop of 1879? In answer to these questions tbe Daily Commercial Bulletin presents statistics and estimates of the wheat product which are worth careful consideration. The yield of 1S79 was 449,000,000 bush els, the largest crop ever gathered in the United States; the average crop for the four years next preceding having been 293,000,000 bushels. The product ot this year is likely to exceed that of 1879, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding. There is an increased acreage under culti vation, the weather has been favorable on the average, and disasters to tbe growing crops have so far been confined to a few localities. The wheat was never in a bet ter condition. Tlie Bulletin, therefore, estimates the wheat crop for 1880 at 494,000,000 bush els, ten per cent, more than the yield of last year. Deducting from this total 250,000,000 bushels for home consumption Rnd for seed, which is 30,000,000 bushels more than the average from 1873 to 1876, there remains a surplus for exportation ol 244.000,000 bushels. Wbat are tbe chances of our making profitable disposition of such an enor mous surplus? If our exports of wheat aud flour equal those of last year, there will still remain a large supply on band, according to this estimate. Tbe estima ted exports for 1879-SO amount to a total of 175,000,000 bushels, and tbe averi.ge of tbe three years from 1877 to 1S80 Is 149,■ 000,000 bushels. But these exports took place during years when the European crops were suc cessively deficient, during exceptional years, and it would not be safe to assume that they will be equalled in 1880-81. Tbe European wheat harvest promises well this season, though bad reports come from Russia. We must base our calcula tions on tbat probability. Our average exports of wheat and flour during the four years next preceding the three short crops of Europe were 72,675,000 bushels, aud the highest amount, that in 1873-4, was 91,400,000 bushels. If our exports for this year do not exceed the average for those years, we shall therefore have a remainder of over 170,000,000 bushels, according to the Bulletin’s estimate of the crop, even after deducting the quantity required for seed aud for home consump tion. But the stocks of wheat in Europe are now greatly depleted, and to fill them up a large quantity must be taken from tbe United States. Allowing liberally for that, there would still remain in our granaries a surplus of 100,000,000 bushels. Even if tlie average exports of the past three years, the years of bad crops in Europe, were kept up, there would be a large sur plus. These estimates go to confirm the opin ion we have repeatedly expressed, that prices for grain are likely to fall to extra ordinarily low figures before tbe year is out. The crop may not be quite so large as the Bulletin anticipates, and tbe exports may be greater; blit the probabilities are tbat our"fanners will have to suffer from the consequences of markets overloaded With grain.—A". Y. Sun. Hon. John B. Gordon. Albany, Ga., July 23, 1880. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: In your paper of the 20tli instant you print a special concerning a speech made by Gen eral Gordon at Perry, Ga., on the 19th, from which I quote the following ex tract : “He said that Nelson Tift was the only man who had made charges against Col quitt over his own name. He asked, who was Tift, and where was he from 1S01 to 1865.” Before I was personally acquainted with General Gordon 1 bad learned to admire lum as a soldier and as a man. When 1 made his personal acquaintance my former impressions of bis exalted character were confirmed. Aud even now, with a cloud of circumstances which seems to involve him in some understanding with Govern or Colquitt and ex-Governor Brown, as to tlie use of public office for personal ends, it seems to me impossible that he should be guilty of any intentional wrong. In 1874, acting as the agent of tlie Cen tral Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, without compensation, I formed a combination of about five thousand miles of railroad, extending from Savan nah to points on and beyond the Missis sippi river, with the Empire and the White Star lines of steamships from Savannah via New York to Liverpool, with an ar rangement for direct trade, with through bills of lading and low rates of freight, between Liverpool and all important points in the South and West. Whilst pre paring to go to Europe on this business, 1 met Senator Gordon in Washington, when he kindly and materially assisted ine in procuring necessary statistical infor mation from tlie government aud gave me the following general letter, which I feel authorized to use for the purpose of re freshing his memory as to who I am: United States Senate Chamber, Washington, D. C., June 22, 1S74. This will introduce the Hon. Nelson Tift, of Georgia, former member of Con gress from tbat State. 1 cannot too highly commend him as a gentleman of the highest character and enterprise. The fact of his selection by tho people of Geor gia to represent the important interests which carry him to England is a sufficient introduction. I earnestly commend him and liis enterprise to business men c-f Europe. John B. Gordon, U. S. Senator from State of Georgia. Senator Gordon also gave me an equal ly strong letter to Hon. J. P. Benjamin who bad been a member of President Da vis’ cabinet, and was then a prominent counselor in London, England, on which, Mr. Benjamin, with whom I had beon ac quainted in Richmond during the war, gave me an equally strong endorsement from bis qjvn personal knowledge of my character. Since that time I have tried to main tain this good character which Senator Gordon then vouched for me. As to where I was from 1861 to 1865 the records of the navy department of the Confederate government will show that my brother, Mr. A. F. Tift, and myself in 1801, tendered our services to the govern ment upon the express condition tbat we would not receive any pecuniary compen sation whatever for our services. Our proposition was accepted. We were ap pointed agents of the navy department and served according to the best of our ability and to the entire satisfaction of the government during the war. First, in the construction of the ironclad Mississippi, at New Orleans. Second, the conversion of the British ship “Fingal” into the iron clad “Atlanta.” Third, in the erection and management of important establish ments in Albany for the supply of pro visions—beef, bread, flour End meal—-to tbe navy, and sometimes supplementing needed supplies for the army or for its prisoners. In the investigation which was made by the Confederate Congress, through a com mittee of which Hon. C. C. Ciay, of Ala bama, was chairman, into the manage-, ment of tlie Navy Department, in which bur conduct in the-building of tbe iron clad Mississippi formed a prominent,part, tlie committee, in tbeir report, paid us a high compliment for the faithful discharge I of our duties as* agents of the govern ment. I regret the seeming necessity for this communication, and my apology for it is that tbe above quoted questions, delivered under the circumstances, by Gen. Gordon, who holds so high a position in the esti mation of bis fellow-cilizens, would seem to infer that I was capable of knowingly perverting facts, and of infidelity to my State in time of her need. Nelson Tift. Another Branch Of the Agricultural College of the State University Wanted. The Rome Courier, in a strong article in favor of increased educational facilities for tbat thriving city, says: We learn there is yet an annual income of about three thousand dollars awaiting appropriation. This section of the State is entitled to it. Middle Georgia has hers at Milledgeville, Southern Georgia at Thomasville, southwest Georgia at Cuth- bert and northeast Georgia at Dahionega. Now let northwest Georgia locate hers at Rome. It is evident Rome is the place. But some steps must he taken by the citi zens or the city before it can he secured. A suitable house must he provided. This fund can be used only for the salary of teachers and the reduction of tuition. We call the attention of our city fathers to this most important interest. To-day Rome needs educational advantages for her boys worse than she needs anything else. She can boast as good colleges for girls as any place in the land, and pays as little regard to schools for her boys as any town in the State. We believe, from direct information re ceived from the treasurer, Dr. W. L. Mitchell, during the sittings of the board of visitors a-few weeks since, tbat our con temporary is mistaken as to there being $3,000, or, indeed, any other amount of superfluous income on hand for the pur pose of planting additional branches to the State University. • On the contrary, the writer was assured that it was very doubtful whether the board of trustees would be able to contin ue to donate as much as $3,500 to tbe Dahionega branch. Rome is one of the salient and growing centres of population and trade in Geor gia, and inasmuch as this system of branch schools, improperly yclept colleges, has been inaugurated by the trustees of the State University, wc think her claims to a similar foundation are just, and should be duly considered by the powers that be. But without additional subsidies from the general assembly, to be dispensed, under tlie ruling of the new constitution, by the trustees of tbe State university, we cannot see bow, under tbe free tuition regulation, even those “branches” tbat have been started can exist and flourish. The pro fessors and teachers receive but the^mer- est pittance for their labors. “Neutral in Nothing.”—This is the motto of the Albany Advertiser, and tbe editor even carries his passion for strife so far as to be discourteous to a contem porary who never harmed him in thought, -word or deed. We are perfectly willing to lie still under all bis insinuations and unkind flings, because it is a fatiguing and bootless task to fight tbe wind, and our brother’s balloon is always distended to tbe utmost. Of wbat avail would it be to reason with a man who could have the heart to pen such a paragraph as the fol lowing against one of tbe noblest patriots, gallant soldiers and glorious statesmen tbe South has ever produced. Even “General Lee’s right bower,” our own Gordon. Hear him: “Gen. Gordon don’t believe there can .exist any patriotism without a war record to back it. If any of the young men of Albany want to attain places of honor and distinction in this country, tbey must know how to handle the battle ax. Brains are not necessary to success.” How unjust. We forgive our young contemporary for the selfish and time serving motives he imputes to us without a shadow of reason, but beg him to hold bis hand when animadverting upon tbe battle-scarred hero of a hundred conflicts, who lias been equally great and meritori ous also in tbe councils of tbe nation, and as the eloquent advocate of constitutional liberty. Mother Shipton’s Prophecies The New York Journal of Commerce gives the following true account of the humbug known as “Mother Shipton”: Mother Sbipton was a veritable charac ter, who lived more than three hundred years ago, and uttered a number of so- called prophecies. They were, for the most part, a vague, unmeaning jumble of seeming predictions applicable to no special event, and without point or gener al interest. In 1641, a pamphlet containing a med ley of this sort, chiefly in baiting verse, was printed 111 London, and her “Life aud Curious Prophecies,”/ were given to the public in 1677. In 1SC2, Mr. Charles Bindley, of Brigh ton, England, issued wbat purported to be an exact reprint of “A Chap-book Version of Mother Shipton’s Prophecies, from tbe Edition of 1448.” In this, for the first time, there were pith and point, and spe cial application. All modem discoveries were plainly described, and one propheev wnich began, “Carriages without horses shall go,” and set forth the railroads, telegraphs, steamers and other modem inventions, wound up with: “The world unto an end shall come In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.” This, of course, quite startled the pub- I If all other, important events of the lie. nineteenth century had been so aptly de scribed, why should not the last predic tion be fulfilled? We copied the prophecy and, without knowing anything of the source, denounced it as a forgery. An English paper replied that it was an exact reprint of the old edition for nearly two hundred aud fifty years on file in the British Museum. We sent our correspon dent to the Museum, and learned that there was a chap-book of that title bear ing date 1641, another of 1642, containing what purported to he Mother Shipton’s portrait; other curious prophecies dated 1648,1667; and “Mother Shipton’s Life and Curious Prophecies,” complete in an octave edition of 1797. We then purchased tbe re print; and sent to have them compared. This proved tbat a fraud had been com mitted. The old prophecies were a vague jumble of local predictions that might have been fulfilled at any and every de cade since their date. All the pointed and interesting predictions in the new issue were not in the old book, and were' either interlineations, interpolated, or en tire new fragments, evidently written after the events they were supposed to predict. We then pressed the point, and then the secret came out. In the spring of 1873 Mr. Hiudley wrote a letter, confessing that he had fabricated the prophecy above quoted and ten others, in order to render his little book salable. Wheat.—Foreign telegrams still give lively accounts of the forthcoming crops in the United Kingdom, while on this side of the ocean it is new certain that the wheat product will be unprecedented, Wliat is to be the outcome of an immensely increased American surplus, on the back of a European demand, diminished by fifty per cent, or more, is easy to be an ticipated. Tlie opportunity for corners this year will be small, and brcadstulls will be comparatively cheap. The Porte is to be notified tbat be must come to terms in three weeks, or re ceive a naval visit from the “powers;” each one ot them contributing two iron clads for tbe purpose. Let tbe Porte send his regrets that he is not now receiving calls, or prepared to entertain the distin guished visitors. Negro emigrants from the border coun ties of Kentucky are pouring over into In diana under stimulus of an offer of em ployment at eighteen dollars a month and found, until the November election. They are expected to carry that State for Garther and Arfield. The Crops.—There never was a more general promise of abundant crops than is just now apparent. As to cotton, the promise is remarkably bright, but we are thinking tbat tbe next three or four weeks will put a different face on matters. A Novel Idea.—Prof. Tice, in a recent article, explains at length that electricity rules the weather, and the surprising changes in the meteorology of this conti nent, by which violent wind storms havo become much more frequent and disas trous than formerly, are due to the exten sion and multiplication of railways, which serve as great and rajjid conductors of elec tricity across and throughout the conti nent, and have produced such changes in the general meteorology, that the dry sands of the American desert are becom ing well watered and fertile, and the en tire character of our seasons is changing. Electricity found a slow pathway over the sands, but has a rapid thoroughfare., over the iron railway tracks. The North American Review for August contains tho following articles: “The Ruined Gities of Central America.” “The Law of Newspaper Libel.” “Nul lity of tbe Emancipation Edict.” “The Ceiisus Laws.” “Principles of Taxation.” “Prince Bismarck as a Friend of America and m a Statesman.” Part 2d.—Recent Literature. Edited by Allen Thorndike Rice. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Five dollars a year. The Rice Cbop,—We regret to learn A Political IhIL—The Two-Thirds Rule. The preliminary State campaign has about collapsed, as very few connties re main to be beard from—not enough to materially change the present outlook of tlie gubernatorial situation. In no event can Governor Colquitt, under the present count of elected delegates, receive a -two- thirds vote of tbe convention on its first bal lot. This has to some extent diminished tbe interest taken in the returns from coun ties which have not yet voted. There is some disposition, however, to discuss the propriety of the enactmait by the conven tion of the majority rule m lieu of a two- thirds vote in the nomination of candi dates. In State, county and district selections of candidates, this paper has always held that a majority of all the delegates enti tled to a vote, ought to be regarded as a fair expression of the voice of the people. But the present contest is exceptional in its character, and the nearest possible ap proach to unanimity is in tbe last degree essential to tbe harmony aDd success of the Democracy. The canvass for dele gates has been conducted with such per sonal bitterness, and so many antago nisms have arisen, that' nothing save an overpowering demonstration of the popu lar will as manifested in the choice of our standard bearers, can effectually reconcile these serious differences. Therefore, we trust the first act of the convention will be? to adopt tbe two-thirds rule, and pass a resolution binding all who partici pate in its deliberations to support tbe nominee. Again, the preliminary campaign has been conducted by general consent upon the implied understanding that the two- thirds rule would be enforced in the con vention. Not one voice in opposition has been beard until recently. It is now, then, too late after the primary elections have been held for the friends of any can didate, when the fact is . ascertained that he has not the control -ot two-thirds of that body to insist upon the majority rule. Such an attempt would be equivalent to casting a fire-brand into tbe convention, and be productive of the worst results. We trust, therefore, that the delegates will counsel kindly with each other and make a harmonious nomination ere they adjourn. Afterwards all loyal Democrats will certainly stand by tbeir colors and make a strong fight for the victory. 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Sunday in ail our great cities, like those of continental Europe, is assuming the character of a holiday and nothing more. .The Monday morning papers are filled with records of the day’s doings and amusements at the popular resorts, and also, to a great extent, with the day’s quarrels and bloodshed. A favorite in vestment in New York is in enormous seaside hotels and landings, and in the means of transportation of the hundreds of thousands who throng them on Sun day. These have absorbed investments to the amount of ten to twenty millions and are crowded on Sunday to their ut most capacity. To give them a less irreligious aspect, popular preachers are transferred from the city with the crowds, and preach a sermon from the hotel piazzas, relieved by sacred musical performances from military bands. It is generally claimed that a fair de gree of good order and no great amount of drunkenness characterize these assem blages; and that, on the whole, there is no marked increase of crime on Sunday in consequence of the introduction of these sports. Bat the churches are deserted. The attendance has diminished about one- half and is grtiwing less, and “the Sunday question,” so-called, is becoming the great moral question of the hour. . The doubts raised by some of the preachers aud papers about the general demoralizing effect! of Sunday frolics must soon resolve themselves by figures. One day in seven has been set apart by Divine wisdom for rest and reflection on man’s great immaterial interests and du ties, and no people can make a business of disregarding it with impunity. It will revolutionize the whole character of the people—social, moral and religious. The rush after trifling amusements will dis- This is the only suthentio edition author ized by General Hancock. Address tbe pub* Ushers, D. APPLETON & CO., jnbMalt 1. 3. and 5 B ud Pt N Y Indian Springs. A Brilliant and Lively Assemblage. Indian Springs, July 27, I860. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I arrived at this "long famed summer re sort, I have found, “just in the nick of time.” On my arrival I found all pre paring for the first fancy dress ball of the season, and I will not pretend that I did not soon become as much interested as anybody else. The affair was given by the proprietor of the McIntosh House, in honor of hi3 numerous guests. As usual the arrange ments were perfect, and the crowd one of the largest that has assembled for years on a similar occasion, the weather delightful, and tlie large assemblage of “youth and beauty” fully determined to make pleas ure rule the hour. Kessler’s famed corps of musicians furnished the strains that called life to the predisposed “light fan tastic toes” present; hence a gay and: pleasant time was enjoyed. If yon have space be kind enough to al low me to allude to some of the active participants in the festivities of the even ing. Macon contributed a goodly share, but numerous other points were well rep resented. Of the first, Miss Pauline H., as “Silver Bells,” was by no means the least admired. The role was carried oat to perfection. Miss Carrie S., as “Rose of Castile,” attracted general attention, and her every movement was followed by ap proving smiles. Miss Wilena L., “Bride of ,” regal in pearl silk, matchless overdress, diamonds, laces and plumes. . Alberta L., “Fishing for a beau,” capti vating in dress and acting, led many to- the conclusion that her hours ot angling in that line would soon end. Augusta was represented by Miss Alice- S., as “Angel;” dress exquisite, and in. character. Also by Misses Mamie S. and Mamie H., as “Fairies.” These were found giving kind words and bright prom ises to all. Albany was represented by one of the- fairest daughters of that city, Miss Annie- M.; Perry by Miss Florence C.; Opeliki by Miss Mollie M.; and Savannah by Miss Gertie B. Other distant points also had fair delegates present. The toilettes of all these were charming and appropriate. Forsyth sent over Misses Dosla II.' and Laura C. Jackson contributed a number of bright particular stars, while tlie young, ladies of Indian Spring and vicinity, and: “their name is legion,” were out in full strength. The array was a formidable one I assure you. I will not presume to trespass on your space or patience by particularizing the sterner sex present. Quite a number of well known Macon beaux were on hand- Nor will I name the “lookers-on” from all the points named. I am really gratified to find that Indian Spring has this year attracted so large and genial a crowd of visitors. Ample arrange ments had boen made to pleasantly accom modate a large number, anti tbe reward is- being reaped. If any of my friends desire to enjoy a. little rational recreation fortime during, the hot term, let them “come up hither.” " Absentee-. A Fool Once More. “For ten years my wife was confined to> her bed with such a complication of ail ments that no doctor could tell what was tbe matter or cure her, and I used up * small fortune in humbug stuff. Six months . ... .. , ago I saw a United States flag with non qualify them for tbe sober pursuits and printed on it> an j j thought I enjoyments of life. Mental and moral improvement will be lost sight of. Li cense will strengthen with every conces sion, and all sober and earnest ambition without rain these heads must be very j be drowned in a flood of constantly is- , igbt. creasing frivolity. would be a fool once more. I tried it, but my folly proved to be wisdom. Two bot tles cured her, she is now as well and strong as any man’s wife, and it cost me only two dollars. Such folly pays.—II. W., Detriot, Mich.—Free Press. july27-2w