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ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson. VOLUME XXII ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1. 1870. NUMBER 22 ftrtkli) JtttfUigfBffr ATLANTA GEORGIA Weinesdty June I, 1870. I’khwiul.—We bad tbe pleasure yesterday ol an interview willi Mr. J. C, Chbuj.—a brother of the Mimk Kimball, who have already in their enterprise done so much to farther rhe prosperity of our city—who, with his family, has removed from the North i<> become a peim&uenl resident of Atlanta We extend to the gentleman and his family, as we leel every one in oar city who takes an inieiest in ita primes does, a most cordial welcome into o -i midst For the present and until tho Bute Fair shall be over, we learn that Mr K wilt direct his attention to matters pertaining thereto, the improvement ol the lair grounds, the erection ol proper buildings and so torth, bringing to the important work the whole en ergy ol his nature, and much practical experi ence Such accessions to the population ot our city will tie ever welcome to it. They add to it (hi- wealth ol capital uj well as the wealth ot labor and enterprise. Woodhuli. & C^aflin’s Weekly—The lady bank kks ol Wall Street, New York, who upon U,or appearance as bankers and brokers there, created tor a lime much sensation in financial circles, have recently appeared “ as editors and proprietors" ol a handsome weekly with the above title. The number betore us which is its second issue is full ol varied interesting matter, aud the editorials display much ability, it is published at No 21, Dark Row, subscription price per annum $4. “ Upward and Onward ’ is its motto. Fir. Howard's Card. We are requested to stale, that not with stand mg the card from Ca.pt. C. W Howard withdrawing his candidacy lor the office ol Secretary ol the hiate Agricultural Society, which appears below, bis laliora to promote the cause lor which the Society was organized, will not cease, nor tie diminished, it being one in which he has ever felt and still feels the greatest poeeibte interest -. A CARD. The undersigned begs to inlorm his friends in different parts of the State, who are mem bers ol the Slate Agricultural Society that sell respect requires a withdrawal ol his name as a candidate lor tlie office of Secretary of that Society. C. W. Howard. Aaron AIprorla on (he Rampage In Waablngion. We are indebted to a mend in Washington tor a copy ot the followicg handbill, which the notorious “ Wahoo Bradley’’ had posted in that cny some days betore the one upon which he announced he would make his address and challenge public debate. The day came, and though an audience ol only some two score col ored persons were in attendance, the nefarious pest spoke his speech, displaying the same dis regard of veracity, audacious impudence, arro gant ignorance, aud malicious mischief, ot which his riai tire is capable. We can well imagine him a til ally of Bryant and Caldwell, hut bow any Democrat can recognize him as such, we are at a loss to comprehend. The lellow is a stench to the nostrils ot honest, men Bat read his Washington pronuuciamento, so illustrative of the creature: A NEW SYSTEM OP CHAIN-GANG SLAVERY IN GROKOTA. Lillie girls aud hoys under ten years of age are sent to chain-gangs for three potatoes or singing Shoo fly, with great locks and chains around their necks; colored bogusly-oonvicted women aud men are let out for ten cents per day to do out doors woik that should be done by honorable white and colored laborers at $1 50 per day, and never permitted to vote alter it. Any colored person can be convicted for anything, and white men cannot be convicted for anything doue to negroes. Outrages ot whipping, beating, starving, and shooting to death, are being putpetrated all ov< r the Stale ot Georgia by direct orders Gov. Bullock and Gen. Allred H. Terry The colored people have petitioned President Grant, Gen. Sherman, and the Congress ot the United States to relieve them Irom Bullock's, Blodgett’s and Gen. Terry’s wicked treatment on the Western & Atlautic Railroad. If these men ai» p>r,udteJ to continue, 100,000 votes will be lost to the Re publican party in tbe United States. Senators, representatives, editors, aud citizens arc invited to atleud the meeting on Georgia mat ters, at ONION LEAGUE HALL—NINTH STREET, On Wednesday Evening, May 18,1870, at 8 o'clock- The gentlemen referred to aboye are in the city, and are challenged to a public debate. A. Alpeoua Bradley, Senator of Georgia Uoreraor ■allsek’i Letter. A day or two ago, we laid before our readers tbe telegraphic synopsis of a letter addressed by Governor Bollock to the Republican Sena tors and Representatives in Congress who sus tain tbe Reconstruction Acts, giving oar readers the reasons that influenced us ia doing so. Tbe same reasons prompt ns to publish for their in formation tbe u/fiole ot that letter, noiwithat&nd mg the space it occupies in this morning’s paper, ns we find it in yesterday’s issue of tbe Em taken Irom the Washington Chronicle, & paper not upon our exchange list. What we said ot the synopsis which we published, we re- pest of tbe letter as a whole, hut leave judg ment to lie pissed upon it, according as it may be decreed by those who, through these columns, have tbe opportunity ot perusing the entire letter. Democracy lu iieorxls. The Atlanta Intelligencer, in alludiug to the reform movement going on in South Caro lina, says; “ In Georgia the party (Democratic) is in be ing, bat not as in days ol yore when it presented a uidt< d front. There are now Bryant Demo crals, Caldwell Democrats, Alpeoria Democrats who would dictate to the great mass of the party the policy it should pursue, thus distracting it, aud prevent!■ g that unity which is essential to sue cess. We look, however, for the near approach ol that period when the Democratic party in Georgia will present a solid front, having lopped off all such excrescences.” Aud we would simply suggest in addition that the Georgia Democracy may improve their •• lr. mt ” by “ lopping oft ” tbe Bullock and Blodgett Democrats, who appear still to claim letlowship with their organization.—Savannah Republican. The foregoing ornamented one of the dull columns of our neighbor, the “ Constitution,” yesterday morning. Doubtless tbe editor o' the Savannah Republican, when he perpetrated tbe contused paragraph which is re-published iu the “ Constitution," meant to be severe upon those democrats, whom, because of their refusal to affiliate with Bryaut, Caldwell, and Bradley, the (lose being too nauseous for them to swallow, he pronounces “ Bullock and Blodgett democrats.” We know ot none such. Bui, disclaiming as the Republican recently did, that it was a democratic paper, we should like to know what right its editor has to speak for the Georgia Democracy—what it “may” or may not do? We say to it, and to the professed democratic paper in this city which has taken those recreant radicals, Bryant, Caldwell, and others into its couucils, that when the “Geor gia Democracy’’ shall speak, its voice will be loud iu condemnation ol all who, proleasing -to be democrats placed such men in the lead, voted or sanctioned the vote given to one of them for Speaker ot tbe House at its late organization, and have since attempted to foist him upon the party as a faithful ally and recognized leader. The party will have none such, and however much it may be opposed to Bullock and Blodgett, it will, in the main, steer as clear and as far away from Bryant and his radical associates, as one would from the stench ot a pestilence that would destroy his being. Duperlmeut at AtcrlcuKure «C IVataiitua ton. We have received Commissioner Capron's monthly r«q*irt ol his divisiou of the Depart ment ot Agriculture tor the mouths of March ami April, amt find in it much valuable informa tion concerning the winter grains, the condition and diseases otlarm slock, together with corres pondence and ariicles ii|>on agricultural interests ol a varied character. On page 110 wo notice the following concerning our owu State.- “ Forty counties,” it says “ iu Georgia have made reports of the condition of whiter grain, ol which but six represent the cr op as uupropitious iu appearance, viz: Clayton,Chattooga, Macon, Meriwether, Laurens, and Towns. As else where, there is much that is small but Ucallby and standing well. There is some evidence ot winterkilling in places, aud a diminished area iu otlnrs, in consequence ol the expeuse of ter- tilizers, as iu Hancock, is indicated, while iu Decatur mote than usual was sown In Murray it was as “good as for leu yeai s oast;” in Co lumbia “ lletter than lor years ” Tne crop gen erally appears *• promising,” ‘'belter tiiau usual,” oi “au average,” as in Butts, Bartow, Coweta, Cobb, Decatur, Effingham, Fulton, Floyd, Gil mer, Greene, Heard, Johnson, Newton, Ogle- thor;*-, Pike, Pulaski, Pain am, Pickens, Rich mond, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor, Talbot, Terrell, Troup, Walton, and Walker The correspon dent iu Carroll County, says: “Ou account of the cold aud wet winter in March, the wheat as a general thing, looks p«Htr ami backward ; but the Tapp&haunuck wheat, obtained from tbe De partment o! Agriculture, so tar excels all other kiuds that it wilt eventually be tbe only kind sown.” • Ou the condition oi Farm Stock iu the State the report sat s: "In Georgia, the drought ot Iasi season re duced both summer aud winter supplies, which were supplimeuled, to some extent, by increas ed stores ot cotton seed. Tbe Iwiu-i part ot wiuter was cold, increasing the di6COmlort aud sufferings ot tarru animals. Scarcely au aver age condition of slock can, therefore, be claim ed in this State. The < arn.ll correspondent says: “Owing to the cold, wet winter, and spring so far, cattle are iu a very jtoor condi tion. Glass and vegetation ate almost one mouth later.” Since the foregoing reports w ir made to the department, Irom all S'lnu.- ol mioimatloii wubiu our reach, we are pleased u> learu that the wheat crop ot the Siam i.rmius* s to be an unusually excellent one, >out no i he condition ol a in >i ek eeueiapy. im u |.iocnases made and ihe caj*‘ thal low b. en lakcu >>l it, ha? gr. a! ly improved notwithstanding the seventy ot the weather since Fehruary last. We thaok Commissioner Capron for the copy of his report forwarded to this office and lor other favors of a similar nature. Personal.—Mr. Hughes, ot the Knoxville A doer User, made a call upon us Yesterday He visits Atlanta upon business connected with the iuieiests of the paper he represents—sn ex cellent advertising tntdimu, in East Tennessee, tor the merchants and bnsiuc-s m-n at our city —aud will remain here l.u u .lay >.i iw ., be headquarters being at the Amciie.au Hotel. We commend the gentleman Li the courtesies ot our merchants and otheis upon w horn he may Call. Tbe Wheat Crop. Official reports show tbeacondition of the wheal crop of this year in the iollowing States aDfl Territories: Iu Illinois the soil is in a measure exhausted from iucessaut cropping; but. on good land, where tbe seed was sown by the 20th of Sep- temtier, the crop looks about as well as in average years. A great breadth ol land was sown, and the prospects are that what is lost in the fertility ot the soul will be made up in the number ot acres under cultivation. Very little winter wheat was sown in Wiscon sin, but tbe reports concerning that little wre favorable without exception—the early sown being particularly fine. Minnesota is without any winter grain worth mentioning. Idaho has scarcely a tenth of her wheat area occupied by the winter variety. Ot this but little complaint has been made ot winter-killing or low condition, and an average crop is antici pated. In many of the counties of Missouri the crop is looktog well. Some complaint of freezing is made. In Lewis, Vernon, Taney, Howard and Benton counties these complaints are most numerous, and but a halt or quarter crop is anticipated. But with advancing spring the crop generally looks moie encouraging. Some reports of the ravages of the Hessian fly are received, but not sufficient materially to affect the crop. The reporis from Kausas are cheering iu the extreme. Scarcely a complaint is heard from any county. A very great breadth of winter wheat was sown, and an immense crop is now promised. Nebraska sows but very little winter grain ; but the crop, wherever sown, is in excellent con dition. Calitornia promises another excellent crop. A comparatively dry winter was teared, but a sufficient rain tall to secure a good crop was ex penenoed. In Sacramento county the crop is bet ter than last year. In Yuba county it was never better. In Eldorado couuty it is 50 per cent belter than usual. From Plumas from Meudo- cino counties similar favorable reports are re ceived. In Monterey and San Luis Obispo pros pects are less encouraging. Most ot the counties ot Feunessee report good crops, many of them excellent, and very tew unfavorable. Anderson, Campbell, Davidson, Dyer, Hawkins, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Monroe, Obron, Polk, Rbea, Smith and Uuinn counties report “ above me average ” or “ a fine stand." The crop generally looks well throughout Arkansas A lair average is reported from most ol the wheat-growing counties. Iu Texas the best lands, and those particular ly adapted to wheat, are given up to cotton.— Where sown, diought interlered to some extent with its giowth. But iu most ot the counties where sown it is looking well. More than lorly counties ol Kentucky report favorably, many ol them promising more iliau au average crop. West Virginia makes a poor show owing to late planting and cold weather. Fields early sown look well. A majority ot the counties of Ohio report both wheat aud rye as unpromising, below au avernge or not so good as last year. One causo ot the inferior condition was late sowing. Very wet weatber is also mentioned. While much com plaint is made, tne injury is generally of such a character as to be remedied by the favorable weather of April and May; aud later rap rts indicated that April has brought much of recu peration in its genial weather. indiaua reports below the average in a ma jority ot the counties, ihough the injuries, as iu Ohio, are mainly such as are reparable by due proportions ot rain and showers during the spring months. One correspondent writes from Warren Couuty that, “in the spring ot 1864 the appearance was most unfavorable up to the 1st of May, and that year we had the best wheat crop tnat I have seen during a residence of over Kiity ytars in this neign nor hood.” Iu Montana the spr.ng wheat is considered the more certain crop, though the winter variety at pie^ent looks well. It al?o looks well in Wash ington Territoiy. From Utah reports are not uuiKrui out generally favorable. A Car4 to the Public. Atlanta, May 24,1870. Mr. Phillips, of Rchols county, fees proper to publish again, after the withdrawal by me on the 19th iosL, of all I had said, except my original card This I did not expect, whether he had or did not have a reason tor it. As my understand ing oi the agreement was noi fully complied with, was it not my privilege to tall back on my original proposition it I was atiiinc to bide the consequences ? I think, however, 1 will be able to satisfy tbe public iu this card receiving the communications ot Mr. Price and Mr. Philli|is that I was justified in wiihdraaiug all l had said, ‘except my original card. I propose u* notice Mr. Price first. He says the “ publication in tbe Constitution lornu-d no part of the agree ment between Col Hill and myself.” I ask, wby did it not ? Did not Col. Gaskill, as admit ted by Mr. Price, in bis communication, say in oar presence, that it shall be published in the Constitution ? Did I not go to yon, Mr. Price, in presence oi Major Steele, after you and he had read the article and insist that it sbonld be published in the Contlilicn? which Maj. Steel said was proper, to which you assented, hut remarked you could only request it ? Was it intimated in Mr. Phillips’ explana tion that he bad ever requested its publication in tbe Constitution, or that you ever culled on the Constitution to do so? not oue word ! hut all that appears in my very kind note, which the Constitution, in its magnanimity, saw tit to call Mr. Hill’s retraxit releasing Mr. Phillips Irom further responsibility; and garbles extracts from bis communication, to my disparagement. 1 then bad no evidence that Col. Frice or Mr Ptiillips had requested the Constitutufh to do me the justice which bad all the lime been denied me by withholding trom its readers my defense to the unjust attacks which had been made on me in its columns. Mr. Phillips says, “Mr. Hill may withdraw the card, but he cannot withdraw the tacts. If he can be satisfied with the silly course he has pursued, the public can well afford to be. I cer tainly can bare nothing more to do with one whose conduct would ill become a child’s play.” How very manly he grows on taking leave ol me. “ Borne Generals however, are celebrated for their inaterly retreats, but their laurels are so cheaply won lhat every cowardly poltroon claims to be their peer. It the gentleman bad desired other than child’s play it was his privi lege to make it so, and not trouble the public with a bandy of words aud high sounding is; ” even now it ha desires to do so, he may take back all he has said about child’s play and treat me as a man, responsible tor all I have done to him. But 1 will not trouble tbe public farther with the “ Lame Captain,” only to give the action of the Committee ol this date on this unpleasant affair, which 1 herewith append. My note ad dressed to tbe Committee, I handed in and re tired trom the room. Alter being absent some time, I was seut lor and informed that ihe Com mittee had nnanimously adopted the' resolution which appears alter my communication ad dressed to the Committee. Atlanta, May 24,1870. lo the Joint Committee to investigate the affaire of the Western and Atlantis Railroad : Gentlemen : I published, on tbe 18th inst., a card in the Atlanta Intelligencer in which I denounced as false, certain charges made in the Constitution, ot this city, against me, and, not knowing the author of the charges, I said if the person who reported tne article which first appeared in the Constitution, was not present, then the Constitution was misinformed ; f, however, he was present then he had wilfully lied. On the day my original card appeared in the Intdlligencbr, Mr. A. W. Phillips, ol Echols louoty, rose in the Committee and admitted that he reported matter for the Constitution which drew forth the article, but said tbe Con stitution had misrepresented him, and com plained of the severe language m my card. The Committee then- called upon me to ex plain, which I did, by reiterating and insisting that all I had said in my original card was true, and I read the charges one by one and said if any member of the Committee disagreed with me, I desired an expression to that effect; no member replied lor they knew my original card spoke the truth. Mr. Phillips then explained by saying he was misrepresented by the Constitution, and gave a wishey-washey explanation of his conduct, the snbstance of which he has partly published in the Intelligencer. In bis explanation before tbe committee, he evinced snch an anxiety to adjust the affair, that I consented he should publish his views as he had stated them and let the matter pass. My connection with this commit tee has been pleasant and agreeable, and I have, to the best of my ability, discharged my duties. I desire, however, to relieve tbe committee* of any em barrassment it may have in consequence ot my being clerk, lor I assure you it would be very disagreeable to longer serve you, it you believe false tbe charges made iu my original card ot h the 18th instant. If, however, you desire me longer to continue your clerk, I shall consider that you believe true all I said in my original card. Please give an early expression ot your desire as lo my remaining your clerk. Respectfully, D. P. Hill. THE M7WLLO. [Extract from a Sermon by the late Bishop Elliott, in Christ Church, Savannah, March 27, 1863, entitled “ Samson’s Riddle.”] Jvc-618 xiv: 14—“Out of the eater came forth meat eon on of the strong came forth iwaetaesa.** * • • • • rr • • *• Before this war came upon m, the South al most worshiped personal bravery and physical courage. They were considered as the requisite qualities of every genllMMh, and whosoever did not possess them, was' willed and despised even while he was tolerated No proper dis tinction was made between tbe courage of mere temperament and the moral courage ot high principle. The duel was set up as tbe last of a man’s pretension to this quality. And this arose partly from the natural sprit ot our race, but was, likewise, a remnant ot feudal usages^which are certainly out ot place in our days. But this war is teaching us what an universal quality personal courage is, aud how few men there are who are afraid oi death upon the battle field. How many tens of thousands ol soldiera are there who, without any stimulus, save the sense ot duty and the impulse ot patriotism, march fearlessly up to the caunon’s moutli, literally s|M>rt with wounds aud death, aud stand up. >□ the outermost verge ol peril, and their cheeks ucwr blanches, aud tueir step never falters. And is this physical courage, wliiof* >so vahi d»- vrt-so common, U> be estimated a^ive that moral cour age, w bicli is so rare—that courage which will not follow a multitude to do eviLwhich will breast the world in arms tor principM which will restrain the madness of the peopl^at eyery sacrifice ot place, oi properly aud ot life? What we have needed in our civil affairs in the past has been this moral courage, and now we are learning in this war how much more rare a quality it is than mere personal bravery—such courage as made our gallant Johnson—Sydney in name and Syd ney iu nature —bear and sutler mere than mar tyrdom, and then lay down in quiet dignity his valued lile, that his country’s weakness might not be exposed—such courage as led our own heroic Tatnall to disappoint a natiou’s hopes, and burn his ship rather man sacrifice Lis brave aud trustiul meu lo a selfish and bubble reputa tion lor daring—such courage as has qualified our peerless President to face alt calumny, ra ther than deviate one hair’s breadth from his own clear perception oi his country’s good. It requires brave men lo do these things No com mon man can do them. Aud the longer the war lasts, the more it will develope such character istics, aud moral courage will rise in value, and mere physical courage—that which resolves bravery into brawling and dueling and private recoutres—wilt sink into merited insignificance. No people is more brave than the people which can boast of Nelson aud L’ollingwood, ot Hill aud Wellington, aud yet they find nobler em ployment lor their courage than in wasting it upon the field ol private .avenge. Aud it we learn this truLh, we shall indeed gain aholher morsel of delicious sweetness irom the grasp ot the strong. A Lion in Court.—We have heard of the production oi odd evident* in court, like that ol the ostler’s will mentioned by Mr. Dickens, which was chalked on a stable door. We have seen a baby offered in a delicate case to show that it resembled its putative lather. We re member a large door produced in a New Eng land court as a. book ot original entry ; but a subpeena issued to bring in a lion is a real nov elty. This actually occurred in tbe Superior Court at Cincinnati the other day, in the case of replevin ior a lioness and her cubs. It was argued that the progeny had been appraised at too high a figure, and the couit ordered a view. So one of the cubs was brought in with his negro keeper, and demeaned himself with a mildness and j meekness which should have been ediiying to the lawyers. The judge looked at the lion, and, like tbe first Daniel, was not alraid, but decided that the young beast had decidedly been overvalued —New York Tribune. A Remarkable Story.—A few days since, there was a colored man in the city with a scar entirely around his neck. It is stated that dar ing the closing days ol the late war he was tried by~ a drumhead court martial, found guilty, sentenced to death, duly hung, and pronounced dead by two surgeons iu attendance, one ot whom secured the body. He then restored the hanged man to life. Although he was to all appearances dead, yet the vital spark was not quite extinct. The hanged man hid himself until the war was ovet, »nd then settled on a iarm within thirteen miles ot the city where he is now at work. Tbe scar alluded to is but the marks of the rope by which he was suspended. The t xecution, it ia alb ged, took place in Ker shaw county. It is also stated that the surgeon who restored the man to lile ia now a resident of this city.—Char Into* News, Resolved, That we have received the cornmu- nition of Col. D. P. Hill, Clerk, addressed lo this committee, of this date, and while we regret the unpleasant affair between him and R. W. Phil lips, still candor requires us to say that tbe tacts stated iu his communication, addressed to tts, are true, and we desire him to continue Lo serve us as clerk. The foregoing sufficiently explains itself, with out farther comments irom me. D. P. Hill. Another Death, We regret to learn that Mr. Nathan Hawk ins, an old and highly respectable citizen ot MiUedgeville, departed this lile ou (Saturday last. The deceased was oue ot the most ener getic planters in Middle Georgia—beiore the war one of the most successfui and prosperous, aud was last recovering Irom severe losses which he had sustained by reason ot tbe results ot that disastrous conflict. He leaves a widow aud several children with numerous friends lo mouru al his departure irom this, it is hoped aud believed, to a better land. The funeral of tbe victims ol the recent Greek massacre was one ol the most imposing ceremo nies ever witnessed in Alheus. The solemn ser vice was held in tbe English Chnrrh in that city. All the resident ambassadors were pres ent, tbe Archbishop ot the Greek Church and the entire Bvnod. All the officers and ministers oi tbe Greek Government, aud tbe King, who never miugies with the muililude, atteuded — The Queen, loo, was there, and in tears. Alter he services at the church were over, Ihev all followed the bodies to the cemetery. The King and Queen led the procession, anil walked the entire distance, an act unpeeedented in the his tory ot Greece. About 8000 persons were col lected between the church and the burial place. The King, in a long military cloak and helmed cap, witti leathers, walked immediately behind the coffins, which were borne upon the shoul ders ot the marines, and covered with the national flags. The heads ot seven oi the bri gands killed by the soldiers during the late en counter were displayed, strung i > a line on a scaffolding in the Champ de Mars, where crowds ot people went oat to see them. The New York Sun represents the newly en franchised in that city as having been at the recent electh n placed in a sad predicament. Iu one ward “about 1.100 negroes registered; but lo! when the newly enfranchised came to the ballot boxes, judge ot their amazement upon learning that white repeaters had already voted upon marly five hundred >■! ;u*-«r um s 1 And as au exquisitely ridiculous coiumeLiirv upon the audacious proceeding, when a lew ui-gioes subsequently tried to vote upon tueir owl names they were arrested as repeaters.” It the “man hood suffrage” is to be thns treated in tbe North, the “lately enfranchised” will hardly esteem it any big thing alter all I Call on Congress! That’ll fix ’em. Mercer University. The people of Macon bid $125,000, iu city bonds, for the location of Mercer University in its midst. Should the generous bid fail to se cure its location there, then the Mayor and Council ol that city are requested to devote the same amount, and as much more as can be at tained trom other sources, to the erection of suitable buildings for, and the endowment of a first class male college there. Bully for Mar oon. White Men uua» Rocfc America.—Negro- mania is only the madness ot the hour. It will give place eventually to sounder principles. The fanaticism which has fraudulently invested the negro with the right, of suffrage, and which now seeking lo place him upon a plane ol per fect equality with the white man, will yield ere long to the more quiet, but stronger, conviction which is forcing itself upon the thinking men oi the country, that the only saft'y ior free in stitutions is in keeping the absolute control ot them in the hands ol the superior race. He would have been denounced as a madman even three years ago, who would then have declared lhat, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hnndred and seventy, we would have negroes at the polls, negroes in the jnry box, negroes in the State Legislatures, negroes ap pointed to prominent positions ot public trust, and a negro in the United States Senate. The march ot this fanaticism has been very rapid in deed. And now, the people stand appalled at the terrible mischiet which their uniaiinlul rep resentatives have wrought. They see these same political schemers who have imposed the “Fifteenth Amendment” upon the country by chicanery and traud, appealing to these uew sufirageist to sustain their tottering party. The Radical leaders recoguize the fact—too patent to be ignored—that the best men everywhere are disgusted with the doctrine that the negro is tbe equal oi tbe white man. Hence their trantic appeals to the negroes to “vote solid,” to “remember their iriends” and to be “true to the great principles of the Republican pary.” — Valley Spirit, Chambersburg, Pa. Correspondence ot the Courier-Journal. Shooting Affray—Young Lady Wounded. Stefhenspobt. May 19,1870. Our town was thrown into qnite an excite ment this morning about 9 o’clock, by the re port of several pistol shots fired in quick suc cession. It seems that the facts connected with tills sad affair are about these: A state of un pleasant feeling baa existed tor some time be tween a Mr. George Hawkins and James and Ed. Brashear. of this place (troth parties doing business here), which culmiuated this morning by a meeting of tbe parties near the brick store of the Biashear Bros., in which some words passed between tbe parties, when au indiscrimi nate firing commenced, in which a young lady by the name of Perigo was shot through the arm, near the shoulder, causing a painful Ihough uot dangerous wouud. This is the more to be regretted from the tact that the par ties are broiueis-in-Iaw, and all ot the higbes standing iu this community. Comparative M£armth of the Rexes.—The Schenectady Star is puzzling itselt over the con undrum why girls can dress as lightly as they do and slill keep warm, and relates the follow ing startling experience: “We once rode with a girl in an open cutter, fifteen miles, ou one of the coldest nights in wiuter, and while we sat frozen nigh as stiff as a stake, our teeth chatter ing like castiuets, she kept up an animated con- varsaiion, every now and then exclamiog : “Oh isu’t this delightful I Don’t you enjoy it ?” When we arrived at our destination, notwith standing we were dressed a great deal warmer than our fair companion, she had to lift us out ot the cutter and conduct us to tbe tropical atmosphere ot the kilcheu of a farm house. On tbe return trip we were frozen to death, and she drove the corpse home. It must be lhat girls are tougher than we men people. Corn and Cotton.—Commenting upon the cultivation of corn aud cotton in this region, the New York Herald says: “Before the war it was the great mistake of the South to be obliged to buy from year to year the actual necessities of fife aud rely for payment thereof upon the growing strip e* and when the crash came she was like an uu pro visioned garrison, filled with brave men with empty stomachs. I !>■• *fomh must rely more upon her own fi ld= lot her breadstuff and pro visions aud lea? Upon Hie gra :: a . i u of the gisat West. It a lesser bread>u >u cotton be planted the price ot the staple wiii be cor respondingly increased, in consequence ot a diminished supply, and in any event, provided in tbe meantime plenty of com and grain be planted, they will have plenty of food lor man and beast, without paying five fold tor the same to the West and California. The danger of the Sontli in the iutnre lies in having too much cotton and too little corn. The Manufacturer and Builder says that most ot tbe salad oils now brought into the market are made of cotton seed oil, refined and bleached. Among all Ihe substitutes for tbe genuine olive oil, none is better than cotton seed, since we are able to get it fresh; while the genuine olive oil often shows, from its age, a beginning, at leaat, of rancidity. From the Calcutta Bngiahman, March 3. Cattea Culilraiies Is the Casual Prov ince* of InSUn. So rapid has been the extension of cotton cultivation in this country that the latest returns from tbe Board of trade in England show that more cotton has been imported from India dur ing the past year than Irom her great rival— America. From America 1,038,811 bales were imported, and from India 1,469,674. The American bales are heavier than the Indian hut, it equalized, the result is still in favor ot India by about 200.000 bales. Another favora ble feature in ihe return for India is, that a much larger quantity of it is used on the Con tinent ot Europe, and the demand for this market may almost be said to be in its infaooy. According to the latest returns, however, from ihe central provinces, the cotton crop oi the present season from that part of the country is likely to be both bad in quality and deficient in quantity, notwithstanding the increased area cultivated. The increased produce ot the northwestern provinces—nearly double that of the previous year—may help tc make up the bulk of the crop to tbe same quantity as last year, but the brat Indian cotton ia the pioduce oi the central provinces, and a deterioration in its quality is likely to prejudice the other descrip tions of Indian cotton. The cotton crop in the aLjJpvinces has suffered during tbepast year "Irom several causes —damp, rain, iST fly and boll worm being the principal. Tbe damp and rainy weather in December, just as the plants were iu holl aud in blossom, spoiled the plants and knocked off the blossoms. More rain followed at the beginning of the year, and again ou the 17lh ol January, which fatther in creased the damage already done. During the damp weather tbe process of cotton cleaning is also stopped, and by this delay tbe color is in jured. lu many parts the cultivators estimate the loss ot the crop at fifty per cent, but Mr. Kivelt Carnac is inclined to take a more favora ble view ot the out turn. The cultivators, he says, spread these reports to raise the price, and many ot them are iu a position to be able to hold their produce until prices rise, and as this is gen erally the case towards the close of the season, it accounts lor the quantity already sent to mar ket being so much smaller than at this time last year. Up to the end of Jauuary the amount sent forward was only 23,391 bales, against 70,- 175 iu 1869. Although there may be some force iu Mr. Caruac’s argument, it appears just as pro bable that the deficiency in the crop has had as great an effect as tbe desire lor high prices, lor the returns from all tbe districts are unfavorable, and Mr. Carnac will not ven ture to rive au estimate ot the probable out turn. What the borer is to the coffee planter and the shenka poka to the rice grower, tbe boll worm appears be to tbe cotton grower. It prefers corn, but if corn is uot available, it at tacks the cotton ; and as the corn crop is gen erally carried betore the cotton crop, it always has to fall back on the latter. Like the borer and ihe shenka poka, it is also extremely diffi cult to get rid ot—in tact, the only r-inedy sug gested appeal's to fie to let tbe land lie idle lor a year, exposed to the sun and rain, which de stroy- the eggs. Auotber peculiarity ot the worm is that in a wet season it attacks the in- degenous plants and in a dry season the exotic varieties, as each description in nnder special circumstances the weaker. In America all sorts of devices, such as planting alternate strips of corn and cotton, keeping the former at a distance from the latter, ploughing up the ground several times and exposing tempting baits in tbe shade ot molasses, cobalt and vine gar mixed, have been tried, but without suc cess. The only remedy appears to be that pre scribed ior the shenka poka, to burn tbe affect ed crop on the ground, and let the ground lie fallow for a certain time. This is more than the cultivators can afford, aud the Ootton Com missioner should encourage any experiments likely to eradicate this pest of the cotton growers. BY TELEGRAPH. NEW TORS ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES. EVENING DISPATCHES. WASHINGTON. Washington, May 26.—Revenue to-day $582,000. Faragut addresses the graduating class of the Naval Academy. Butter has returned. It is supposed that the Georgia question will soon be resumed. The President is sick. Boutwell orders the Custom Houses of Balti more and Philadelphia, to be closed on Monday, in honor of the decoratiou. The President has nominated A. I Larkin Marshal, of North Alabama, postmaster; F, Beamont, Port Larvic, Texas; Mr. McHenry, MaCon, Miss.; Thomas M. Hogan, Columbus, Ga.; George Louder, Fayetteville, N. C.; Major Buddingloa was assigned to the duty connected with the indebtedness of Southern railroads to the Government. The River aud Harbor bill was repotted to day. It gives Upper Mississippi for dredging and removing snags $36,000; Rock Island Rap ids $150,000; Itinois river $100,000; month ol the Mississippi $300,000; the mouth ol the SL John’s, Florida, $5,000; the falls of the Ohio $250,000; the Mississippi, Missouri a^d Arkan sas rivers $150,000; the Ohio river $50,000; Mississippi, above the falls, and St. Anthony, $50,000; Tennessee river $400,‘*30: Galveston harbor $25,000. The Secretary ol War is au tborized to make mauy surveys in Southern waters. SENATE. A bill to aid in carrying tbe mails between the United States and the west coast of South America has been reported. It gives $31,000 to the North American Steamship Company for each round voyage, between New York and Valparaiso, via 1‘auair.a. a bill was reported requiring tbe New Or leans and Chattanooga Railrod to maintain a drawbridge over the chauel ol Great River let It makes the width of the draw 150 feet, The navagatibn bill was reported with amendments. Appropriation bill coutiuued, and amend ment adopted limiting newspaper publications ot laws to important measures The bill will be disposed of to-morrow. HOUSE. A Resolution granting additional sudsidies and the right to mortgage land to Northern Pacific Railioad. Passed yeas 107 nays 85. Committee on biil to enforce loth Amend ment agreed to 70te tomorrow. The bill to revive American commerce was resumed, and tbe substitute discussed^ A mo tion to lay it on the table was lest. Yeas 61 nays 105 SPAIN. Libb jn, May 26—The Emperor did not al lude to the emancipation ot slaves in his ad dress to the Brazilian Cortes. A Boston “Emotion”—Strange Story. The statements in the following ate worthy ot a Parisian invention, but stranger things have happened here A young girl living at the South end had expressed a wish to attend a ball under the escort of a youDg gentiem in residing at the time as boarder at the house. Her re quest being retoBed she flew into a pas sion, and said that if she was not allowed to go with her lover she would go with the devil himselt, if he would take her. On the evening of the ball she slipped oat of the house alone and unobserved, and to her surprise met her lover in the street. He accompanied her to the ball, danced the first dance with her, took ber down to supper, and ended by escort ing her to her own door. As he bade her good night, he gave her a very beautiful pearl-handled penknife, and told her that whenever she used it to think of him. With these words he vanished and the unhappy girl on enter ing her home was told to her dismay that her lover, instead of having, as she had supposed, accompanied her to the ball, had been in the house the whole evening, and that he was at that moment sonndly asleep in his bed. Terrified at this announcement, which she seems to have implicitly believed, she re tired to her own room, and in the course of the night, committed suicide by opening her veins with the fatal knife given her by the mysterious stranger. Tbe girl must have mistaken another man for her lover, or the la* ter had a double who took this means to test tbe girl’s sincerity, and terrified her into suicide by a wicked prac tical joke. The detectives have had the pearl- handled knife in their possession ever since the tragic aflair, but no clue has been obtained ot the man who presented it to the girl who was bound to go to the balL The girl’s lover pre tended to be entirely ignorant of the conspira cy, and exhibited great grief at what had hap pened. Of course, this aflair created great t x- citement iu the immediate circfe^kere it occur red, and the authorities succeeded well in keep ing the particulars of the suicide Irom the pub- lic.—Correspondence Chicago Evening Journal. A Motherly Rooster.—I have long wished to record the admirable behavior of a certain Shsughai rooster, once belonging to a relative of ours to the West. This fowl was old, but he was tender; be was ugly, but he was virtuous, as you shall see. Oae of the hem ot his flock died suddenly and mysteriously, of too many family cares, perhaps, for she left a brood of twelve hearty, clamorous young chickens. Old Shanghai stood by, and saw her die with a tear in his eye. Perhaps he received her last instruc tions, her dying bequest. If so, never was a legatee more burdened with responsibilities, for Irom that hour, the good rooster adopted all those chickens, and devoted himself to them.— When the fowls were fed, |he [guarded their portion; he watched over them when hawks were hovering near; he scratched aud fought for them, and stalked around alter them all day, and at night, alter leading the other fowls to roost, he would di see ml irom the old pear tree, gather those poor, sleepy little things under him, and do his best to brood them His legs were so long and stiff that it was a difficult job. First, be would drop one wing down, to shelter them ; then, seeing that they were exposed on the other side, would let down the other Then finding that he could not keep both down at once, he would try to crouch lower, and would sometimes tip himself entirely over, it was a laughable sight, 1 assure you. But somehow be managed to keep them warm, to feed them, and bring them up in the way they should go, and I hope they always loved him, and never made Inn ot their gaunt, ungainly old guardian, when they giew up and went among the young peo ple oi the farm yard; especially when chatting with the loieign lowl-s, ihe proud Spanish hens, and the pretty Doikui pullets.—Grace Green wood. A Fearful Crime.—At Jacksonville, Weak ley county, Tennessee on tbe 16th instant, Dan Hill, aged seventeen years, shot his brother, Biock Hill, to death with a pistol Brock Hill lode t* e colt hefoi.giu.il lo I'an H 1!, which so tor . . J the latter mat be swme he - ould kill his brother on sight In a e*L ms Brock Hill returned to tbe house, the residence of their father, and was met by Dan, who immediately fired npoa him, shooting him through the heart and killing him instantly. The fratricide was arrested and committed to jail to answer the charge of murder. The parties are of good fam ily and well connected. Great indignation and excitement was created in the neighborhood on account ot the mnrder. So far from repenting the terrible deed, Dan Hill declares that he does not regret it, and would do so again under like circumstances. The brothers were on good terms up to the time when the sad affair occur red, and no reason can be assigned or the rash act except violent passion and utter recklessness with reference to the value of human life, and a total disregard for tbe natural ties ot coman- guinity.—Memphis Avalanche, CUBA. HayaNA.. May 26—The Steamer Columbia has arrived. Spanish vessels are watching the coast of Cuba to intercept, fillibusters. Six persons were burned in tbe steamer sun beam at Valpraiso. West Point special to the Sun says a negro cadet from Mississippi has arrived, creating a great comthotion. Tareins refuse to entertain him. CANADA. Toronto, May 26 —The Fenians are retreat ing from Pigeon Hill, leaving everything behind them. No loss of lile on the Canadian side. Huntington is now point of interest. Every preparation is made. LONDON. London, May 26.—The Times says the Ca nadian authorities must have no tenderness. Invaders must be treated as robbers, ruffians and murderers. The Morning Post is confident that the action of the President of the United States will place the Fenians before the world in light, as ene mies of mankind. Bullion in the Bank of England, has increas ed nearly a half million sterling. OUBJHANY. Berlin, May 26.—King William, in closing Rucbstag, said its action would go far to assure foreign people that confederation is a powerful agent for the preservation ot universal peace. NEW YORK. Malone, May 26.—Four regiments of Fe nians crossed Front River, and are now moving on Huntington. Col. Cleary commands. Cols. Smith, McWade, Thompson and Campbell, commands regiments. , VERMONT. St. Alban9, May 29.—Col. Spear, of past Fe nian fame, has arrived. The Fenians are scattered. Arms and accou trements are scattered about tlie countiy. In the engagement three were killed and fifteen wounded. One is in jail at Burlington. ILLINOIS. Chicago, May 26.—The Fenian headquarters are crowded. Several parties have departed in different directions, some going to Minnesota. Francis Train has arrived from Minnesota, and reports that a tribe of Indians ha9 joined the Fenians in the Winnepeg expedition. north Carolina. Raleigh, May 26.—The latest news lro«n Yanceyville, where Slate Senator Stevens was murdered last Saturday, still leaves the matter enveloped in mystery. The attempt to foster the perpetration of the tragedy upon any politi cal parly is countenanced only by those wishing to make political capital out ot the horrible affair. The citizens ol Yanceyville, irrespective of party, held a meeting on the 23d inst, de nouncing the outrage, all t be prominent Demo crats ot the place taking an active part in it. VIRGINIA. Richmond, May 26 —The municipal election is progressing quietly.. The friends of Ellyson, the Conservative candidate, claim that bis suc cess is undoubted. Both parties are bringing out all they have Later.—The municipal election resulted in the election ol H. K. Ellyson, Mayor, aDd tbe whole Conseivative city ticket, by a handsome majority. The Conservatives are marching around in a pouring non to the d ffereni news paper offices, cbeciing fo» Uieir success. In Norfolk, it s estimated that the Conservatives have carried the city by fifty majority. OHIO. Cincinnati, May 26.—The Reformed Pres byterian Synod voted 10 for 25 against the pro posed basis anion. Proposition lor the new anion is completely defeated. KENTUCKY. Louisville, May 26.—In the Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday, the sutject of most intense interest was the reception of dele gates from tbe Northern Presbyterian church consisting of Rev. Dr. Backus, ot Baltimore ; Rev. Dr. Vandyke, of Brooklyn; and Hon. W. E. Dodge, of New York. They presented reso lutions of that assembly expressive of fraternal record, and followed them with remarks, in Which it was stated that they came not to ask for re-unlon, nor to ask for immediate corres pondence, but to ask the appointment of a oom- mutce to meet a similar committee appointed by the Northern Assembly, and confer respect ing the varied matters and questions of jurisdic tion and property rights between the twoassem- bhra,and to secure, if possible, the adjustment of all differences between the two bodies on a basis just aud honorable to all parties and wor thy of Christian men. White they were speak ing breathless interest and deep emotion formed a scene that will not be forgotten. The kind words of the speakers evidently found r lodge ment in the hearts of those to whom they were addressed. Overtures were referred to the Com mittee on Foreign Correspondence, which' was directed to prepare a well considered reply. MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES. NEW YORK. New York, May 26.—Judge Daly in Court ot Common Pleas, decided tnat the custom of brokers and merchants must govern transactions during the panic of September. The Alaska brings advices from Darien that the survey to May 16 had reached twelve miles inland. The highest elevation reached was 11$ feet. Heavy rains retard operations. *»*•■»• for Ba.lnea. Men. W hen a business, mana^aches the point where he thinks that he cannot spare any time to ex- amine sources of financial and commercial in formation, he may safely conclude that his busi ness is not well managed. When a business man fiuds himself in a finan cial situation so embarrassing that he cannot afford to possess every publication that would throw more light upon his business transactions, he should not delay making arrangements with an auctioneer to close out his stock to the high est bidder. Tbe above maxims are taken from the col umns of the New York Mercantile Journal, which is the best, as welt as one of the largest mercantile newspapers published in the United States. Its market reviews, and carefully re vised lists of jobbers’ prices, embracing almost every quotable article ot merchandise, together with its judicious editorials, fill more than thirty- five (35) columns every week. The subscription price is only $5 00 yer year, (less than 10 cents per week, and less than cents per day.) Par ties desiring this valuable publication, should aff dress The N. Y. Mercantile Journal Co ,350 Pearl street, New York City. A New Theory ot Finance. An exchauge publishes tbe following, and en dorses the views therein expressed. We sub mit it for the consideration of our readers, with out comment: “ In the interchangeability (at tbe option o the holder) of National Paper Money, with Government Bonds bearing a fixed rate of in terest, there is a subtle principle, that will regu late the movements of finance and commerce as accurately as the motion of the steam engine is regulated by its “Governor.” 8ach paper money tokens would be perfect measures of value, which gold and silver never have been.— The use of gold, or other merchandise, as mon ey, is a barbarism unworthy of the age.—'Wal lace P. Groom.” Leap Year Eternal, We do not know a privilege that seems to b9 more popular with the girls than the one which custom premils them to enjoy on Leap Year. How it would be if that privilege were to be made eternal, as it is among the Cossacks of Ukraine, we shall not undertake to say. Of them, it is said, that when a young woman feels a tender passion lor a young man she seeks him at the residence of his parents, and ad dresses him as follows : “The goodness I see written in your countenance is a sufficient as surance to me that you are capable of ruling and loving a wife, and your excellent qualities encourage me to hope that you will make a goodhusband. It Is fh this belief that I have taken the resolution to come, and beg you, with all due humility, to accept me for your spouse.” She then addresses the father and mother, and solicits their •onsent to the mar riage. If she meets with a refusal, she declines to leave the house, and snch conduct is usually crowned with success. The parents of the man never put the young maidens away, if they still persist in their suit, believing that by doing so they would bring down the vengeance of heaven upon their heads. We do not object to the Ukraine custom, and doubt much whether many of oar fair readers see in it anything more objectional than the having to conceal their “tender passion” tor four years after it has been conceived, wait ing for leap year to come before they can make a revelation of it. She who never tells her love but “Lets concealment, like a worm In the bed, Feed on her dim&ak cheek.” must suffer greater torture than the fault, if it may *> be considered, of loving deserves. Yankee Girls.—Miss Olive Logan, lecturing lately on “ Girls” in New York, described the “ Yankee girl ” as one who could “ make a bed or demonstrate a proposition with equal facility Her mental philosophy wonld never interfere with her pumpkin pies.” “ The Western girl was the very opposite ”—“ nothing but the Yankee girl let loose.” “ The strong-minded girl ” was in private life “ as gentle as a child, and as self reliant as Joan of Arc.” “The fashionable girl ” was always ready to ask the question, “ How do you.like my dress?” “ The fashionable girl, and something else,” felt the “ emptiness of fashionable life.” “ The beauti ful girl ” overrated her beauty, and underrated everything else. Cotton-Tbe Great Question. The great question of more or less production of cotton,says the New York Mercantile Journal, is still pending at the South, bnt tbe opinions of the brat informed business men are decidedly with us, viz: That if cotton can be produced, now, as we heat it alleged, at reduced expense, the more we have ot it the better. It is the cbieLstaple upon which we have to depend for relief from our mountainous debt and grinding taxation. The Journal ha3 been misinformed. Cotton is not, and cannot be produced in the South, at a reduced expeuse. The labor system is not, and cannot be so regulated as to brmg about a result so desirable in the manufacturing dis tricts North. Negro labor fa the main, we may say. the only dependance the South has for the production of cotton, and this fa failing instead ol increasing every year. Highland Ancestry.—A dispute arose be tween two members of the clans Campbell and M’Lean upon the never ending subject of their ancestors. M’Lean would not allow that the Campbell had any right to rank with the Mc Leans iu antiquity, who, he insisted, were in ex istence and a clan from the beginning of the world. Campbell bad a little more biblical lore than his antagonist, and asked him if the clan M’Lean was before the flood. “ Flood I What flood?” said M’Lean. “The flood that, you know, drowned all the world except Noah and his family and his flocks,” said Campbell.— “Pooh 1 pooh! you and your flood.” Pooh! you and yonr flood,” said M'Lean, “my clan was before the flood.” “I have not read in my Bible,” said Campbell, “of the name ot M’Lean going into Noah’s ark.” “Noah’s ark 1” retort ed JrLean, in contempt, “who ever heard of a M’Lean that had not a boat of his own.” Cheap Luxuries fob the People.—Oppor tunely, at the time when the cost of living fa enormous, a new article appears in the market, affording an unprecedented amount of delicious and wholesome aliment, almost for a song. We refer to the patent Sea Moss Fabinb, which is now, by virtue of its extraordinary cheapness, taking the place of all the gelatinous articles ot food manufactured from maize and grain. Tbe raw material of this nutritious and fattening agent is the free gilt of nature: a marine moss growing in prodigious quantities on the Irish Coast, and known as Canageen. Cleansed, des iccated, concentrated and reduced to powder by a patent process, this wonderful plant yields a larger quantity oj pure, palatable aliment in pro portion to ita weight, than any snbstance pre dated irom the gieat agricultural staples. Ar tistic cooks pronounce it the finest article for custards, puddings, soups, sauces, <fcc., that has yet been discovered, and tbe Sea Mom Ferine Co., oi New York, who own the patent, find it all they can do to keep pace with the demands for the new staff of life; may22 d6twU