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.From the TimchlookS (Ala..) Okterrer. LAKXXTAIXJt OOOVUIXCX. We are pained to announce that on. Fri day rooming laat a serjeH* occrad near the uSvenity grO*fo. ta which one of the student*, named E. L. Waberfc of Picket,, county, was killed a. Her rinr, another student from Misslaalppi, and tof'Jjmfrom that State. The facta in the owe. as shown by the evWsnco adduced in the Magiatrate’a Court, hi which L. 8. Skftmer and 11. 8. WhitefieH, Safe, presi ded, were substantially follows: A week or ao ago, the prisoeer, Hemng, j was tnnch teased by a number of his follow students, who boarded with Win, beaaese be was a resident of a State which had repudi ated'her foriegn debt; and this imputation was ao of .on thrown up te him on the Col lege Campus, at the boaodrog-Uouse and oth er ptaoes, that S become very tlmoying to the young. men, and ho gave utterance of his disftrerase upon the subject. The other students peremving this, continued to further taram him until iU-foeUiqp ware engendered • both side*. To so great an-extreme was this-state of things kept up, the! Use young mm fearing an attack from them, provided himself with a repeater, and on Friday morn ing, just after leaving the breakfast table, one of the parties in question, pursued him end bautered him for a fight} and when the •there bad gathered around, struck him two blows with a stick, when Nabors, rushing forward, also struck him one or two blows vs It Is a stick, when the latter discharged hie ■artel, the ball passing through the heart of Nabors, of which lie died almost Instantly,— The whole of the following dey was consum ed in examining the. witnesses and in the dia eassion of the connsel on both aides of the question. Wm. R. Smith and L. V. B. Mar tin, Esqs., appeared on the part of the State, andJTw. Pock, N. if. Browne, and Wuite tioi<l A Fitts, on tlio part of the prisoner.— Aftea a patkni and thorough invratigstbn of all the faets connoetod with this melan choly affair, the Court discharged the pris oner without requiring bail, on the ground of Uia having -committed the act in self-de aramrama ) . -r*f Wo havo confined ourselves briefly, but strictly, to the facts as elicited from the wit nesses. It is proper, perhaps, that wo should state, that it was shown in evidence that Mr. Herring was a quiet and peaceable young man, of oniform good deportment. • • Tko decision of the Court appeared to ful ly accord with public sentiment. We understand that the Faculty of the University intend publishing the entire evi dence of the witnesses in this ssd affair which will be more in dett.il than we are at present able to give. v GOLD DISCOVERY. Our former predictions are being verified. A quartz, or according to the gold diggers’ phrase, pocket mine, has recently boon open ed by Messrs Findley, Nix, A Cos., on lot ene thousand and forty-eight, twelfth district first section, that exceeds anything of the kind since the days of the intrusion. We visited the mines several times, and were an eyf witness to some of the panning, wbieh was noless pleasing than astonishing; from five to thirty pennyweights of the shining natal at each successive panful of the slate and fraced quartz was the. result. We have not been out to the mine for several days, bet we learn that it is not so good as at first, but prospects still flattering. We learn that th# Vein has been prosecuted to the depth of forty or fifty feet. This discover/has bad a wonderful invigorating effect upon our mining commuuity. You can scarcely turn your eye any direction but what you can see seme individual armed with a nick, shovel and pan. The consequence lias been sever al discoveries, but none so valuable as the one described. — Dahlonega Signal June 12- ■ ■ • - • • t,-,, . - . ■ HOIMON HEGIRA. Tbo most wonderful phenomenon in the social and religions developments of the age is indisputably the sect of Mormons.— Whatever we may think of the blasphemy and sensuality of their creed, we cannot de ny that they adhere to It with h sacrifice of •vary thing usually regarded as valuable in riiislifo. Driven fron Natrvoo, they took refuge in the far West, where, separated from all the refinement of civilization, they prepared to organize a society of their own; ana now, that they are justly required to submit to the laws of the United State* we see them deliberately abandon’their homes and go to seek a habitation in the untrodden wilderness. This movement is snggestive of many reflections, and may be pregnant with much political significance. The tele graph states that they are moving South— that is, towards Mexico. What effect will < their location in that country exert upon the annexation of certain portions of Mexico to < this Confederacy t This exodus of the “ Lab- i tor Day Saints” may be fruitful of troubles. 1 **’ ‘ ■ .-W 111. I— Ml. .<l.ll ■■ I. I 11. I IX4 xmx &MWT. A marine monster of formidable dimen sions was exhibited at No. 98 Wall street for a short time on Saturday morning, hav ing been eanght early the same day, by Jo seph Grary, while fishing off pier No. 1 East River, with a hook and line. It was oi the viper tiibe, 9$ feet long, and 12 inches in cir cumference,in the largest part,covered with di amond-shaped spots in yellow and black, and very handsome when first caught. The ercn- Sure was sent off to a person skilled in the art of staffing, and When thns preserved will be returned to Wall street. If not the veri table Sea Serpent of which so many talos are told, it roust have been one of his lineal decendants. Mr. Curran to whom it belongs says be lias seen the same kind of reptile on the coast of Florida, bnt of smaller dimen ■ioos.— N. Y. Journal ts Commerce. ■ Hiiath of aU. 8. Consul. —The King ston, Jamaica, correspondent of the New York Herald, states that Cok Harrison, U. 8. consul at that port, died there on the 24th ult. His death was deeply, regretted by all the inhabitants of the islaod. Gen. Jim Lane, of Kansas, one of the leaders of the Republican party of the Ter ritory, And a senator of the United States, nndef the bogus Topeka State Government, is locked up in the oammon jail ot Leaven: worth dty,to protect him from the vengeance of the people of Lawrence, who have been outraged by his murder of thei* follow citi aenr Mr. Jenkins. , The Commissioners for the erection of the Ethan Alien Monument have published a statement denying that the bones of Allen w ere found iu the grave yard at Burlington. It is still unknown where they lie buried. I rare Ton or prenident horror . Tho commendable action of thq Virginia Legislature relative to the removaMf the re mains of one of the illustrious sons of the Old Dominion from their resting place to the city of New York lias brought to publie notice, in the Chwckman, the fact that, netwihststnd farg James Monroe hpd one of the most im posing funerla pageants ever witnessed in New York, yet still bis body was.deposited in a borrowed grave ; and to thislay the fifth President of the United State* has ‘no tomb of his own, but is resting in a vault upon which there is an assessment of many years, standing.. Tho Churchman makes these comments: ‘! • £.• ‘) “ la it not enough to make oor ink turn tod with shame 1 Is it not a sad index of the spirit of our people T And aa atl this he attributable to the fact that tho administra tion of President Monroe, mooing through s term of eight years, was remarkably full of the spirit of the Prince of Peace t Whore is the milito ry hero who lies thus unhonor -edl Towering monuments rise almost as a matter of course in commemoration of-those whose exploits on the field of blood make tho heart shrink with horror | whilst the fact stares os hi the fiaee that the green sod or enunbling brown-stone slab is considered an araplo adornment for the graves of our gnat civilians?’ THJ HUGHS! TELEGRAPH HACHIKS. . A private letter received at Halifax, from London, from an intelligent gentleman nnd r practical telegrapher, who witnessed on the 29th nit., at Plymouth, England, the formal tests of tbo several electricians in telegraph ing through the entire length of the Atlan tic cable, states that Prof. Hughes, with bis wonderful printing telegraph machines, was able to write through the three thousand miles of cable at the rato of thirty-two let ters per minute, equal to about seven words, a degree of success which was as unexpected as it woe gratifying. Prof. Whitehouse was able to write only at the rate of nineteen words iu eighteen minutes, and Prof. Thomp son was unable to work at ail through the ca ble. - It affords us much pleasure to chronicle the favorable results of Mr. Hughes, as he is not only a southern man but an experienced and enlightened electrician. Host. Belly and the Nicaragua Transit Route. The Paris Correspondent of the London Times gives a copy of the convention conclu ded between the government of Costa Rica and Nicaragua on the one part, and Felix Belly, acting on behalf of Milland A Cos., of Paris, oh the other, relative to the concession of an inter-oceanic canal by the river San Juan and the lake Nicaragua. The docu ment was dated May 1. The company are to commence work in two years and complete it in six, and the channel of the canal is to admit two of the largest ship* to pass abreast It is to bo entirely under French direction, and the French government is to have the exclusive privilege of keeping two ships of war on tho water of the route throughout the whole period occupied in the construction of the canal. The duration of the concess ion is ninety-nine years from the opening of the eanal, and the lino is to be Open to all flags at a moderate uniform toll. The Times pronounces this scheme impracticable, the i capital being estimated at ten to fifteen ions sterling. Appended to the above con vention is a declaration signed by the Presi dent of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, setting forth the sufferings they have endured from the filibusters, and the risks they still run from fVesh invasions known to bo in preparn .tioii, nnd in reality under the patronage of the Uuited States government,nnd appealing to the great powers of Europe to sustain them in their independence, and not leave the coasts of Central America at the mercy of maraudors, but enforce the observation of the public law. A New Thieving Dodge.— On a few oc- ‘ casions recently a gang of pickpockets have adoptod the plan of taking excursions to Sta ten Island. One who is a good swimmer falls overboard, to gather a sympathizing crowd, so that his occomplices can operate. This was tried yesterday, on board the Hunch back. Tho captain having heard of the dodge let the fellow remain in the water till he was nearly drowned. No arrests.— N. Y. Com. Ada., 16th. ‘ ‘ : ’ „ ’ -- •& *- Narrow Escapk.—A party of members of the General Assembly lately sitting ii Chic ago! went on the Rock Island Railroad on the 3d Jnst, and'when about seventy miles from the city, the track gave way, owing to the injiiries.it has'sustuined by tbelate heavy rains. The locomotive tender and bggage-car dash ed down a slight embankment into a ditch partially filled with water. The first passenger ear ploughed after it, and the second was thrown over on the opposite side of the track. None of the cars but the last, or fifth, re mained on the track, but only two were much broken. By a singular good fortune no one in either of the cars was injured be lond the extent of a few bruises. On oard there were “grave and gay"—mem bers of the General Assembly and a party bound for a ball. There was a general confu sion and ruffling of such fine feathers as chan ced to be most exposed, but, hapily, nothing serious. L The Late Fatal Affray at Macon, Miss. —The Macon Beacon, of the 9th inst. says: The case of the State vs. Lewis Eth ridge for the killing of 11. M. Clopton un derwont an investigation on Monday last, at the courthouse in Macon, before Justices Dix on, Simmons and Favors; and after an exam ination of many witnesses, which occupied nearly the wholo day, Mr. Ethridge was acquitted, “it 1 “being decided n case of justifia ble homicide. It may or may not be a case for future action of the Grand Jury. Gold in Kansas. —Next to the War ox eiteinent in Kansas, at present, is the gold excitement. Parties have been fitting out in all direction* and starting to West Kansas, to the diggings. The gold obtainod is like that of California. Those who have been in tbe California diggings and in Kaneas placers, say that tbe latter are aa rich as the former. Several parties are to meet at Council Grove in a few days, and start out together. Par ties are also fitting out and starting from Mis souri. For Eoropr.— Thoq. Pnryear, Esq., we understand left our city yesterday, to at tend the races in England. We learn that Uia bone, Charleston, will ran for tbe Good wood cup, and that tire object of Mr. P.’a vis it is to be present on the occasion.— South I Carolinian. c i | THE WIRE-GRASS REPORTER. aETIR t. UOVI, KOI TOR. THOmAStIKXE, GEORGIA. -- —lij, WEDNESDAY MORN I HQ, JUNE 90, IBM. UTNOTrCE la hereby give* to our advertising friends, that their ADVERTIBEMENTB tv be •or* of insertion,must be handed in by twelve o’clock •very Tuesday, rffThe Wirp.-Gkask Reporter is the Official Organ for. publishing the Sheriffs’ Sales of i he coun ties of TelfslV, Berrien, Ware, Colquitt, and Thom as; also, for publishing the Advertisements of the Ordinaries of Clinch, Colquitt, and Ware. ” faul pry or wahmbobo. This communication has been received, and there are some fun and wit In it, but no responsible name accompanies it, and our in ’ flexible rale is, to publish nothing unless we i know from whom it comes. Even with a name wo should hesitate to publish this piece, \ as some of tho cuts are a little too hard. < FOURTH OF JULY. The Celebration of the Fourth of July will take place on the Third at the Metho ’ dist Church. The Declaration of indepen dence will be read by Dr. T. B. Winn, and the address delivered by C<>l. C. S. Reck, well. All ere invited to attend—the ladies eepeciully. , • • . —...i TBODPVILLE. ° We spent the greater portion of the last week in this town, and very pleasantly of course. A man must be hard to please if he cannot enjoy himself among the clever citi zens of Lowndes, and pretty sick if he can not feel entirely comfortable at Tranquil Hall. On Tuesday night about 3 o’clock the alarm of fire w;; given, and upon get ting into the square, the upper rooms of the court houso were to be in flames. Miy J* R. Folsom of. Clinch, rushed iuto the court room and carried out the clerk’s desk, containing the docket aod trial papers, but by this time the whole building, whicb was of wood and old at tbat, was on fire.— The niglit was clear nud perfectly calm, and the raging, roaring and towering flames were grand a!d fearful to behold. In about thirty minutes tho roof fell in and myriads of fiery particles shot up and floated off in the air— In about thirty minutes more the building itself fell, and was gradually consumed. The records of the Superior and Ordinary courts were destroyed, and this really con stitutes the true loss by the fire. That it was the work of an incendiary do one seems to doubt, but if the rascal had only carried the records out before be applied his torch, the damage would not have been worth talk ing about. The building was utterly worth less and has been for years. After the con flagration the Court was held in the academy and such business done ns was possible un dor the circumstances. It is to be hoped that the good citizens of Lowndes will settle their domestic troubles, and labor together as brethren in advancing the common interest of the whole county. DISEASE AMONG THE CATTLE AND DEES. The Florida papers, some weeks ago,gave accounts of large numbers of deer being found dead in the woods, and that the cattle were also diseased. We are sorry to have to say that this scourge exists in some of the counties of Southern Georgia, particularly in the counties of Clinch nnd Lowndes. A gcntlerqnn informed us at Troupville the oth er day, that Mr. Benjamin Sermons of Clinch found thirty head of his cattle down in one of his peDS a few days since, and we heard of the disease at various other places. The woods, it is said, are also full of dead deer. Tho disease manifests itself by great stiffness of the animal, the beast walking like a bad ly foundered horse. Saliva streams constant ly and freely from the mouth, the tongue be comes sore,swells nnd ultimately turns black, and in a few days it dies. On our return from Troupville, we spent the night with Mr. Dennis Williams of this county, and the next morning tbere was a cow at bis pen, down with this disease. We saw a goat on thq road also, which we think was affected is the same way. > These are the duly eases which we have seen or beard of in this county, and it is to be hoped that this terrible scourge will not prevail to any great extent. The cause of this disease, is ascribed by intelligent plant ers, to rust, which exists upon vegetation.— It is known that thb small grain crops were destroyed in this section by a sort of rust, and we aro informed that the same thing exists upon vegetation in tiie woods. This is beyond doubt, in our mind, the true cause, of, the distemper among the cattle and deer. -IV 8. Since the above was put in print, we are sorry to say that we have heard of uumorous cases of this discaso among the stock of this county. A wash made of copperas, burnt alum and salt, freely applied to; and in the mouth of the animal is said to be a certain cure. CHOPS. We take the following extract from a pri vate letter of a friend in Pulaski couuty t “ The prospect of the crops in this county has never been, in ail my knowledge, more flattering than the present. I hare hoard from all parts of the county, and, all is en couraging. I was in company with a gentle man yesterday, (that is an old citizen,) and lie says he has never seen a brighter pros pect. Even on the poor pine lands the crops seem to he astonishingly good. The same report will embrace Houston, Dooly, Lau rens. Wilkinson and Twiggs, and, as far as iffy knowledge extends, the rains seems to hold out good with them all. The health of the above named counties is good with but few exceptions.” ‘ , 1 MAIN THUNK BAILBOAD. We pereejve that the Directors have loca ted tbia road on what is known as the lower line, and the dissatisfaction thereat by a large portion of tbia people of Berrien and Lowndes is great and undisguised. We are not per sonally interested in this matter, nor are the people of Thomas county, so we trust that we shall be excused from expressing any opinion as to the justice or policy of this act of the directory.We learn however, that the company have determined to let out contracts upon the line to *he Alapaha river, and then stop, until fnrther subscriptions are obtained. Upon tbia part of their action we have a word to say. It waa always our understanding, and that understanding was gathered fro© those in power, that the work was to be pushed for ward as rapidly, and as far as the means in baud would allow. Quere: Is it pretended that the eleven hundred thousand dollars will be exhausted by the time the road reach es the Alapaha t We are of the opinion that it is not. Then why stop there? But again, our understanding was that contracts were to be let out payable partly in cosh, partly in stock, and it it pretended that con tracts of this sort would not bring the road a very considerable distance this side the a!- paha? We think not. Then why this change of schedule? Certain persons will remember that one of the greatest objections to a settlement of difficulties between the Brunswick and Main Trunk companies was, the fear that, if the settlement took place, the Main Trunk road would stop indefinite ly at the Alapaha. These fears were freely and fully expressed, and was not every as surance given that they were Unfounded 1-t- The people aro mortified at, and greatly dis satisfied with the action of the company, and it is no answer to say that they iiave no right to complain, because they have not subscribed enough stock..,. These promises were made not upon condition of* subscrip tion of any amount of stock, but upon the effoctatiou of an organization of tire compa ny. But it may be said, that this is done for the purpose of getting up additional stock, and not with an intention to delay the work. Upon the score of policy, the move is a bad one. The people of this country can be persuaded into almost anything that is right, but they are a hard set to drive. If the company lack funds, and all admit that it is desirable to secure the other half million from the State, how much better would it have been’ to have stirred up the generous impulses of tiro people by encouragement and hope, than to try to force the©, by-an im plied threat? Wc heard a director say the other day that, with the remaining half million obtain ed from the State, the road could be carried to the Chattahoochee without difficulty.— Now wc have one simple question to ask.— ; If two million two hundred thousand dollars will carry tlie road from the initial point to the Chattahoochee, will not one million one hundred thousand dollars bring it to Thomasville ? But we have said enough on this subject. We want this road built, and as harmony among the people is essential to its speedy construction, we hope the board will ulti mately pursue such a course ns will secure tbeir sympathy aud co-operation. __ CHOPS. We have been blessed with bountiful and seasqnnble rains this whole sec tion, and the crops are just as good as they can be. The greatest grumblers in the coun try cannot find it in their hearts to utter a word of complaint. SOUTHEBN CULTIVATOH. Among the many useful and instructive papers now issued, we know of none, so much so, especially in this farming and plan ting section, as the Southern Cultivator— the July number of which we have just re ceived. In its list of contents are embraced everything that would boos interest to the planter. It is published monthly at Augus ta Ga. All farmers, planters and stock bree ders should take it. The terms aro SI,OO in advance. Address Wm. S. Jones Augus ta Ga. HASP KB FOB JULY. We acknowledge the receipt of the July number of this very popular magazine. This number commences with a well written and finely illustrated life of General Frances Marion; “The Swamp Fox of Carolina.”— The remaining articles, including tho contin uation of Thackaray’s Virginians, are also very attractive. EPIt affords us much pleasure to place upon our exchaago list, The Daily Patriot— qoite-a lillapution style of newspaper, pub lished at Marietta, Ga. It is only diminutive in its size however, as it contains some very large ideas,and we should think that its bump of benevolence was largely developed also —its terms of subscription are so very liber al indeed, beifig only “ Free Gratis, for noth ing” ~ ‘ Death ot Gen. W. B. Wofford. From the Atlanta American, wo regret to learn that W. B. Wofford, late Treasurer of the State Road, died at his residence in Hab ersham county, on the 10th distant, of chron ic diarrhoea. Gen. Wofford has s)led many places of trust and honor in Georgia, and al ways with credit to himself and profit to those whom he rvpresetod. He was well and favorably known to the people of Georgia and his death will pe regretted by all who knew him. ’ r ** . Stbychmnb.—This deadly poison is ta ken from the root of a tree which grows in India. The Hindoos chew the root as they do opium. Written for the f)>jke-Grai He porter. | * Troi pviu.k, June 25tb, 1858. M. Reporter Having little elae to do, iseeking to change the monotony of life which fixedness of location begets, I visited tliis place to be present at the Superior Court, now in session, that I might meet old friends and mingle with the members of the South ern bar, with whom I have spent many a pleas ant, social hour, and often in the severest mental conflict in the investigation of some abstruse legal principle and the examination and scrutiny of complicated facts involving the rights of parties litigant in court. I confess there is something agreeably exciting to me in the Court room, where mind is’ forced to compete with mind in all its powers, and its contrasts are-exhibited in the advocacy of right, and the exposure and condemnation of wrong. The excitement usually incident to Court week waa not felt, because e’er tho im portant business was entered upon, some wicked incendiary set fire to the Court House, and it was consumed with the records. The people of Lowndes county aro bless ed with good health and good crops; but they are sadly out of joint about the location of the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad, and I think not without cause. The reasons assigned for the location agreed upon are wholly in sufficient and indefensible, either upon the score of public policy. State pride, economy, or any advantage to the company. The line selected is the longest and most expensive, and possesses do superior resources. No. 3. The line selected is 2 miles longer less 324 feet, runs too near the Florida line —making a Florida more than a Georgia en terprise—enhances the cost of the right of way—crosses the river below the confluence of the Withlacoochee and Little rivers—sub jecting the company to heavy expenses for trestle work and building a bridge.a mile in extent, and incurs the risk of being wash ed away by high water, while the two bridg es above the confluence would riot each ex ceed in length one fourth of a mile—avoid ing risks, and could bo built at greatly -di minished cost. No. 3. According to the engineer’s esti mates will cost 523.257 more than No. 1, (Troupville line,) and $136,980 more than No. 2, (the Brunswick line.) Now stands the case. Mr. Herriot, the engineer, says, No. 1. is shorter than No. 2, by 1 mile 2071 feet, and passe} through a country of superior resources, but will cost more than No. 2, by $113,693, and No. 3 will cost more than No. 1, by $23,287. The engineer remarks that so far as the prospects are concerned, on either of. these lines, he considers them equal—the distance between the lines not exceeding 13 miles, all having the same termini (common.) After this declaration of simple facts lie jnmps to the conclusion that ‘.lie country through which No. 3 passes is better able to aid in tbe construction of the road, and supe rior in ability to snpport if after construction. This statement is denied, but even if it were so, the ability to build the road, and willing ness to „do it are entirely different things.— He argues to his employers that you have every prospect of securing a business from Florida nearly if not quite equal to that to be derived from that section of Georgia thronsh which the portion of your liue (No. 3) pass es, and consequently the most practicable road. This is not only a remarkable discovery but a still more remarkable conclusion, and the decision of the Board of Directors is as tonishingly marvellous and unsustainable. The public mihd has been reposing upon line No. 2 (the Brunswick line,) for twenty .years, as tho best Railroad line for the devel opment of South-Western Georgia. This is changed a distance of 13 miles to approach the Florida line, to deprive the people of Georgia of the benefit of this road so as to buid up the argument that the business from Florida will bo quite equal to that to be ob tained from Georgia, and at a cost over line No. 2of $136,980, an amount sufficient to build 11£ miles of Railroad, and all this loss submitted to, and injustice done with no fixed compensating advantage, to accom modate certain local interests. Added to this is a vast detriment to the future business prospects of the road by the competition sought with a line of Railroad, commencing at Tallahassee aud running East through Jefferson, Madison and Hamilton counties, in Fla., vnrying in distance from the Atlan tic &. Gulf Road on lines nearly parallel from thirty to forty miles, for a distance line ally of about 70 miles. The business inter mediate these tw'.a roads must be divided. Tho interests of tho largest portion of Thomas, Lowndes, Clinch and Ware are set at naught, and Geqrgia aid and the private stockholders pay an expense of $136,980 to carry out this scheme, which could be saved by adopting line No. 2. I)r. Scroven. who I know to be a Georgian at heart, always said he wanted this to be a Georgia Legislature of Georgia intended it should be a Georgia Road—tiie tax-payers of Georgia are unwilling to bo taxed to develop Florida. Again, good faith should be observed and kept. When the stockholders of the Brunswick & Florida Railroad met in May, 1857, and passed reso lutions requesting their organization to re lease the right of way, it was done upon hon orable assurances that the line of the Atlan tic & Gulf Road would not materially vary from the Brunswick, lino (No. 2.) Without their aid no'settlement of this matter could have been had, and now what do they re ceive in return. ‘ l.*t us, however, pause a moment, Mr. Mclntyre and Mr. Stapler insist that there is a mistake in the figures in the communtee tion of Mr.flcrfctpt to the Board of Direc tors— ffcey are wrong—that they did nA so understand them—that tbe excess of of coat of toad over IfojtS waa not thus rep. reented to them. Let gentlemen settle this matter. ’ A great enterprise like this should be conducted intelligently, wisely and faith fully. The present decision of the boaid cannot be sustained. It ia to be hoped (the error being admitted) that this decision will be reversed before any futnro evils arise.— The public mind at present is m a state! levolt; lawsuits innumerable will ensue; the payment of stock already subscribed will be resisted; no Dew stock will bp subscribed, and the Legislative power of the State will be invoked to remedy the wrong. Why not let us have pegee ? Why renew the strife of former days ? Take the long established line, adopted by the people, sanctifiedby tbe acquiescence of 20 years, and every one will join to push on the good work. A Stockholder. * [cOMMt’.NICATBDj ODD FELLOW'S CJSLEBBATIOB AT QSOOVtfi. FILLS. Aucilla Lodge had a regular turn out on the 24tb inst., and an address delivered by Col. C.#. Rockwell at the Methodist Gknreh. The of the address was, the princi ples and objects of Odd Fellowship; delivered in the Col’s usual quiet but impressive style, and calculated to nwnken renewed interest among the members of the mystic brother hood and to quiet opposition from without.— A heavy rain came up during the address which threw a damper over the audience and an excellent dinner which had been prepared by the Lodge, near the Church, to escape tbe rain and preserve the dinner, the materials were brought in doors and properly disposed of. At 8 o’clock, P. M. a party assembled at Odd Fellow’s Hall, and here I saw such an array of beauty—lit up with gyes and smiling faces— as can be seen in bnt few places out of Thomas county. The music was fi the dancing (i. e. the ladies’ part of it) was elegant—enjoyment seemed to rule the time until the first hour of the morning, when the party departed, and we, of the Thomasville delegation— or rather a portion of it—formed oruselves into a travel ling party —and a lively one it was—reach ed home a short tiino in advance of the pur. suing day. * Later From Europe. ARRIVAL OK THB A. K I K Ju . Capk Rack June 26. The steamship Ariel arrived off the coast to-day, with dates to the 16th inst. Her news is unimportant. The cotton market ill Liverjrool was repor ted dull and slightly declined. Breadstuffs and Corn dull. Consols quoted at 96. Nsws in General. Tho Paris Moniteur denies any extraordi iinry,war preperations in France. Ship Wrecsed. , New York, June 26. The steamer New York hound for York was wrecked on the coast of Scotland, all hands on hoard were saved. Nothing has been heard from the Atlantic Telegraph Ca ble Fleet. New Y'ork, June 26. —Cotton quiet.— Middling 12 3-16 Flour heavy. Sates 13,000 bids. Southern $4.45 to $4.75. — Wheat buoyant. Sales 70,000 bushels. Old Southern White $1.25. Corn Sales 16,000 bushels. White 77 a 78. Turpentine steady. I The Western Bivers. St. Louis, June 18.—The river here is falling and the weather is fine. Cincinnati, June 18.—The Ohio river is filling here and the bottom lands along tbe Miami river are again free from water. Cora planting is going on and barley harvesting.— The wheat crop is flourishing. The Flood at Cairo. St. Louis, June 18.—The latestkccounta from Cairo show the reports about the flood at that place to ho much exaggerated. The damage is considerably less than reported. M.wfi. Thalbkro. —Among tbe arrivals by the Asia, was that of Mme. Tlialberg, who ia a daughter of the late Signor Lablache. Thal berg will immediately retnrn to Europe with tier, indefinitely postponing ||is visit to tbe west. The Salt Crop. —Tbe Syracue.(N. Y.) Daily Standard says: V “ The coming season bids fair for tho man ufacture of both coarse and fine salt, the wa ter being very strong and the supply ample. The works of coarse and fine are far ahead in their shipments of the same period last year.” I The Wheat Crop.—Our exchanges from all sections of tlic country bring us glowing j accounts of the coming wheat crops. A I greater yield is anticipated 4han from last ’ year’s harvest. To the many flattering ac counts from other sections, wo gladly add that of ours. Our farmers generally tell u* that a better prospect for wheat has never been known.— Athene Tenn. Post. Women reqjuire more sleep than men,and farmers less than those engaged in any other occupation. Editors, reporters and printers need no'sleep at all. Lawyers can sleep as much ns they choose aud thus keep out of mischief. Clergymen can sleep twenty-four hours, and put their parish to sleep once j week. Troops Recalled From Utah.—Tbe | National Intelligencer announces that Lieut. 1 Gen. Scott, on consultation with the Secreta ry of War, has sent orders by express to turn | back a large portoin of the troops now moving jin the direction of Utah. Tbe knafenee meg* azines of supplies will, however, be fbwarded to Utah, as a consicrable body of troops will be kept there for some time to come. It ia stated that General Concha bad rv queated to be relieved from tbe Governorship of Cuba, on the ground that-he is afflicted with n severe liver complaint.