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About Tri-weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 18??-1877 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1869)
CONSTITUTIONALIST. AUGUSTA. GhA. TUESDAY” gQBNINg, JUNE 15, 1869 MR. STEPHENS AND MR. BENNETT. The New York Herald is amazed at Mr. Stephens’ recent letter on the causa cau sans of the late war. It says : “ On both horns of the dilemma, slavery and State sovereignty, he is transfixed. The man is merely mumbling in his sleep who talks at this day of the constitutional Union. It went down in the deluge with African slavery.” That’s an explicit confession, and makes the Northern cause a sham and hypocrisy. Having declared the impossibility.of a re turn to State Rights, the Herald speaks of the alternative of Imperialism thus: “We cannot restore the Bourbons. We must go on. Railways, steamships and telegraphs have taken the place of South ern abstractions and the old stage coach of live miles an hour and the old clipper ship passage of six weeks across the Atlantic. Rip Van Winkle, after his twenty years’ sleep, was nearer the time of day than Mr. Stephens.” All that refers to our progress may be true and still leave Mr. Stephens as a vigilant observer of the times rather than a political somnambulist.' What Rip Van Winkleism is there in the sharp, clear and incisive proposition of the great Georgian, which may be summed up thus: The ship of State, (pardon the metaphor), is drifting on a turbulent sea without chart or com pass, and dreadfully water-logged. To what destiny shall she drift—Anarchy, Imperialism or Republicanism ? With a drunken or reckless pilot on board she must strand on the reef of Chaos. With an unprincipled helmsman she will drive on the rocks of Imperialism. With a navigator of the old school she may reach the haven of Republicanism. Now Mr. Stephens fears what the Herald avows, viz: that a ship-master of the old school cannot get on board because of the pirates who have taken possession of the good craft; and so, he predicts that empire is the crag gy port to which she inevitably tends. The Herald says no old fogy of a cap tain can possibly reach the ship’s deck. Very well, says Mr. Stephens, then the pirates will force her into, the harbor of Imperialism. Granted, rejoins the Herald, but we must let her plunge on. Mr. Ste phens still hopes that a savior may some how scramble to the post of danger. But the Herald is determined to make his at tempt as difficult as possible. We do not see any Rip Van Winkleism in the alter natives presented by Mr. Stephens, but we do see that the HeraleTs spasmodic attacks upon the Imperialist newspaper are just what tlie editor of that sheet describes them to be—mere pretense. In an article entitled James Gordon' Bennett, the Im perialist says: “ All who have watched the career of Mr. Bennett are aware how persistently he has abused the infancy of every great move ment, except in cases where he could bet ter smother by seeming favor, and with what unvarying regularity he has, in after days 6f prosperity, fawned, and groveled, and demanded ‘ consideration ’ for his ser vices as nurse, if not as parent. Now, knowing as we do that the owner of the Herald is strongly monarchial, opposed not only to Republicanism but to that Free Empire to which we are pointing, but which he cannot comprehend, we can have no doubt that before long he will attempt to take our powerful and growing move ment under his protecting wing and claim it as his own.” The prediction of the Imperialist would seem to be in swift course of verification. The Ilerald declares that the “Constitution al Union of our fathers went down in the deluge with African slavery.” That is an exact copy almost of the everlasting re frain of the Imperialist. If the Constitu tional Union is forever at an end, Empire is the next thing in order, just as Mr. Ste phens presages and dreads. The fact is, an open declaration of this great truth galls our Northern brethren so that they resort to all kinds of evasion to es cape the condemnation such an enunciation involves. When the American Republic shall have become an Empire, we should like to know how those honest dupes who fought for the Union and the Constitution will feel. We fancy they will look upon the struggle of the South with different ey es > just as certain poor armless or leg less wretches in blue, who grind hand or gans in Northern cities for a livelihood, wonder at their folly and curse their cre dulity. Mr. Stephens, then, may speak with somewhat of the vain inspiration of Cassandra, but there is nothing in his in tellect or utterance that associates him with the drowsiness of Rip Van Winkle. THE MILK IN THE COCOANUT. The late opinion of Attorney General Hoar, concerning the status of Texas, given at the dictation of Beast Butler, the Na tional Boss, is well calculated t to cause concern, now that the same worthies have the ease of Georgia under their malign consideration. Georgia is an obstruction to Radicalism, and must be removed. Even the Radicals dislike the idea of med dling with her without some mockeries of law, and so, a weak judge is to lie made, perhaps, the instrument of vengeance. Commenting upon the peril of the hour, in this regard, the National InteUigenecr says: “ The fundamental idea that underlies the entire reconstruction business is this r Will thisor that State when ‘reconstructed’ vote with us or not? If it will, it is fully and properly reconstructed ; if it will not, it is not reconstructed at all, and does not, in the cant of the times, ‘ possess a repub lican form of government.’ Georgia is no exception ; she must be judged by the same criterion as the rest. If she is not reliably Radical her reconstruction must be begun de novo, and the State put again through the crooked and stormy ways to which a violent and usurping party resort when they wish to convert or coerce a State to their all-destroying faith. The Union, of course is nothing to them. Constitutions and laws are. nothing to them. The cry of the country for repose, that the Uniou’may be completely restored, that bad and angry passions may lie allowed to subside, that industry should be revived, that taxation should be lessened, is nothing to them:— They care for nothing but the accomplish ment of their own infamous partisan pur poses, though in consequence the people should be made mere hewers of wood and drawers of water, and the institutions of the country disintegrate and fall to pieces, to reappear, perhaps, in the form of an empire. “ With such a party as this, therefore, neither Georgia nor any other State need look for much justice or mercy. They ac knowledge no principle no law but the law of force, and .would stick at nothing, however criminal* or cruel, or un justifiable, that seemed to them to be for the advantage of the Radical party. Hence, so long as the South is in their hands, a State may be in the Union to-dav, with its sitting members, as Is the case with Geor gia, and out of the Union to-morrow, where Georgia is attempted to be placed. There being with them no principle in the matter higher than party expediency, it is never possible to say when or how long a State is in the Union, or what will be attempted or wlig,t done, where they have the power. If all the States lately in rebellion are to be kept out, or put out, of the Union until they are innoculated with the virus of Radicalism, and consent to range them selves politically on the side of that party —and this seems to be what is threatened— who can tell, we ask, when the Union will be restored, and the country, with all its shattered and suffering interests, set at rest ?” ■ «mi W 'f " „As we have already declared, Georgia may be remanded, but she will not stay re manded. She will, in every lawful way, prove a veritable thorn in the side of her oppressors. As for the poor Union about which the Intelligencer lias so much con cern, we do not see how it can ever be re stored without those who still remain true to it rise in their majesty and discard the tyrants who have made it, and still make it, an impossibility. Groaning over the situation will never mend it. If men who were so prompt to crush the rights of others are slow to vindicate their own, they must lapse into the slavery they help ed fasten upon ‘their victims. In Georgia and the other Southern States we are. doing what we can to build up our waste places, and, though our insatiate foes may pros trate _us still further, we shall still peace fully essay to build again in spite of ad verse fortune. A persistence of this sort generally survives the malice of genera tions and has a tenacity surpassing the .assaults of evil. But while we have been trained to endure the very worst, our Northern friends are just commencing their ordeal. We can do nothing to help them, the more as they are so impotent or so careless in the effort to help themselves. [From the Ami-Slavery Standard. Wendell Phillips on the Pacific Railroad. All hail and farewell to the Pacific Rail road. The telegraph tell us that the In dians have begun to tear up the .rails, to shoot passengers and conductors on the road, We see great good in this. At last the poor victim litis found the vulnerable spot in his tyrant. “ Thank God, America lias resisted !” cried Lord Chatham. Our feeling is the same. For seventy years or more the Indian has begged this great na tion to attend to his wrongs. His cries have been unheard. Ruthless and unheed ing, we have trampled him down. To-day the worm turns and stings us. Last year Indiaus destroyed locomotives and shot conductors. Timid Durant for bade the telegraph wires to report the fact. He trembled for his road. To-day fifteen thousand warriors on the war path—a thousand miles of exposed road—this rail way, the pet plaything of the American people! Would our words could reach every Indian chief! We would tell him, lay flown your gun, but allow no rail to lie between Omaha and the mountains.— “The accursed code” is O’Connell’s best weapon, said Sheil. The Pacific Railway is the Indians’ Alabama. Every blow struck on those rails is heard round the globe. Haunt that road with such dan gers that none jvdl dare use it. Some men may think us needlessly ag gressive. No citizenship, they may say, would tie a better remedy. Yes, by-suid by. At present, citizenship means little.— Heaven forbid that we should betray the Indian to such protection as “ citizenship ” gives to the Georgia negro and loyalist.— No, we are thankful the Indian lias one de fense that the negro never had. He is no citizen and lias the right to make war.— Well may lie use that last right, and never yield it till. “ citizenship ” means more than it does now. An Abolitionist may well glory in these red men. When, in 1865, General Sanborn carried to the Seiniuoles the news of eman cipation, they instantly set their slaves free. But, more just than we, they pro ceeded at once to divide their possessions with them fairly—shared with them their pension money, and last Winter, in Wash ington, were specially earnest to secure such a teacher as these emancipated men would prefer. When, two or three years ago, Sherman’s commission met the In dians, Navajoes refused to come into con ference unless their women could be admit ted on equal terms witli themselves to share the debate. Could these men be persuaded to undertake, for a few years to come, the task of reconstruction ! What a saving of time ! What a saving of honor! Earnestly do we wish that this nation could rise to the level of once doing an act of justice from pure and simple motives of honesty and duty. But it does not seem as if this level would ever be reached in our day. In default of that we rejoice to sec the nation scourged to its duty. Long and weary were the years of blood and misfor tune that finally broke us into willingness to emancipate the black. May our stub bornness yield sooner and easier in this matter of the Indians, It seems probable. By the time Congress assembles, again, we think its members will be ready—as they never have been—to listen on this topic. The sad and ponderous documents stored in the Capitol will, at least, lie read, and we shall learn that a nation by its own con fession always in the wrong must seek some other path out of its troubles than by sending butchers to waste treasure and blood in the vain effort to “ exterminate” a braver race than ours. We spent a hun dred millions really—fifty confessedly—to “ exterminate and remove ” the Seminoles from Florida. But there are everglades in Florida to-day where no white man enters, and which the Seminole still holds. If this be the case in Florida with a thousand Seminoles, how likely are we to “ extermi nate ” twenty thousand such, spread over the boundless West ? Sherman is barter ing the glories of Atlanta for defeat, utter and shameful and well deserved, on the prairies. Wendell Phillips. What are Consols. It. is not to be expected that everybody should know what Consols are, or if they that they should constantly bear in mind what an important element they are in the afi'airs of Great Britain. We propose to make a simple explanation as to their im portance, by remarking that a permanent fall of 1 per cent, involves a loss to holders of, in round numbers, thirty millions of dollars. The national debt of England began with the relinquishment of the old custom of ex torting from the people and substituting borrowing therefor to meet public exigen cies. Charles I borrowed largely from his partisans ; all his debts were extinguished by the revolution. It was under his sons, Charles 11, and James 11, that the founda tion of a permanent debt was laid in Eng land. On the accession of William 111, the debt was £064,203. During his reign, how ever, the system of credit was expanded throughout Europe. A large part of the annual expenditure of the Government was defrayed by borrowing money and pledging the State to pay annual interest upon it. At William’s death the debt was £15,730-, 439. From his time to the present the pro cess of borrowing has been continued in all exigencies such as war, the large payment on account of negro emancipation, &c. In periods of peace when the rate of interest had been low the Government has redeem ed small portions of the debt, or it has low ered the annual charge by reducing, with the consent of the holders, the rate of in terest. The debt, then, consists of several spe cies of loans or funds, with different de nominations, which have been, in process of time, variously mixed and mingled, such as Consols, i. e., several different loans con solidated in one stock, 3 per cents. Re duced Consols, new 3 per cents., &c. The public debt continued to increase, until, at the accession of George I, in 1714, it was $54,145,303. Some two millions was paid off during this reign, but during that in 1763, it had reached the sum of £138,865,- 430. During the peace from 1763 to 1775, ten millions were paid, but at the conclusion of the Americau Revolution, it was £249,- 851,028. In the peace which ensued from 1784 to 1793, ten and a half millious were paid. Then came the great moral aucl po litical revolution of Europe, in the course of which England sided with despotism. She fomented quarrels, caused coalition after coalition to be formed, spent more freely to uphold every absolutist, subsidiz ed every despot and was the persistent enemy of the people. During this insane career she contracted an increase of debt exceeding ‘'six hundred million sterling,” so that, at the close of the war and when the English and Irish Exchequers were consolidated, the total funded and .unfund ed debt, in 1817, was £830,850,491, and the annual charge upon it was £32,015,941. From that time to 1854, there was a con tinued reduction of debt. On the Ist of April, 1854, it was £760,644,248. But then came the Crimean Avar, and afterwards the war in India. Immediately following these came the necessity for increased expenses in placing the navy and army in prepara tion for a general European war. The Crimean and Indian wars increased the debt more than all the reductions which were made during forty years, and to-day it can not be less than £850,000,000. Ex-Secretary Seward as a Georgia School-Master. Richmond, Va., Jane 18,1869. To the Editor of the Enquirer and Examiner: In your issue of the 9tli you publish a notice of Win. H. Seward in connection with a school in Georgia, which was very complimentary to him, but you did not know, perhaps, that he was forced to de part rather hurriedly from that section on account of an unpleasant miscegenation scrape with a colored housemaid belonging to the family in which he boarded, thus in early life demonstrating what in later years he publically proclaimed, “ the doctrine of miscegenation,” as peculiarly his own. An old and reliable gentleman who lived in the immediate neighborhood at the time, assured me that this was strictly true ; he recollects the young man well, his populari ty in the outset, and his hasty exit, with the indignant scorn of the whole com munity. W. „The Jackson Tragedy. —The Memphis Ledger, of Thursday, publishes the follow ing: “Col. Yerger had a previous difficulty with Col. Crane, growing out of this same transaction. During Yerger’s absence to this city, Crane caused a very valuable piano belonging to Yerger to be seized and sold, and became the purchaser himself at a mere nominal sum. On Yerger’s return lie demanded personal satisfaction of Crane. This was refused by Crane. At the time of the homicide the parties had met in the street, and Yerger denounced Crane, to which Crane responded by an attempt to cane Yerger, and in defense of himself Yer ger drew his knife and inflicted the wound which proved fatal. “ The public should be slow in making their Veniict against Yerger, as there are many mitigating circumstances connected with the affair which will show that Yer ger acted In self-defense. “ The conduct of Crane was grossly out rageous and aggravating, and the dispatch first sent is a one-sided affair, and evident ly gotten up in the interest of the Radicals, as it comes from the Radical operator at Jackson.” LATER. “ A gentleman who came from Jackson yesterday states that Yerger challenged Crane and that Crane refused to fight him. Yerger then denounced him on the street. Crane was armed and finally drew a pistol, whereupon Yerger closed upon him with the knife. Crane was formerly in the army, but had been mustered out of service, and at the time of his death was Mayor of the city by military appointment. Yerger’s piano was sold for city taxes, and consid erable telegraphic correspondence had taken place on the subject while lie was here.” Horrible Outrage and Murder—A correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch, writing from Lexington, Va., under date of June 9, says : Our community has been shocked by a horrible crime which was perpetrated some eight miles below here on Sunday evening last. The confession of the negro and other incontrovertible testimony elicit the follow ing facts : Miss Susan Kite, a young lady of high respectability, was on her way to church, when a negro, named Jesse Ed wards, met with her, dragged her into the woods, outraged her person, and then mur dered her and threw her body into the river. Suspicion fell upon the negro, and when, after pursuit, he was arrested, he confessed the murder, but insisted that it was in “ self defense .” He told where the body could be found. It lias been recovered, and the examination before the coroner revealed the full enormity of the crime. The negro now makes full confession, but even with out his confession the proof of guilt is con clusive. The fiend was committed for trial. The fact that he was not lynched, but permitted to take the slow process of trial, and par don by Wells, speaks volumes for the dis position of our people to submit to- even badly administered laws. The young lady was about eighteen years old, and bore a high character in the com munity. Five of her brothers lost their lives in the Confederate army. Alas ! that they should have fallen in a struggle which has resulted in such a state of things as that a negro dare perpetrate such an out rage, and go unwliipt of justice. How Circumstances Alter Cases.— ls common rumor and almost daily newspa per reports can be believed, it is a warrant able conclusion that an expedition to Cuba leaves our shores—and often right under the eyes of the United States officials—on an average, at least, once a week. Now, this may be all right. We do not say it is not. But, when filibuster (naval) expedi tions left English ports to help Southern “ rebs,” we all know how bad we felt about it—and how we are now insisting upon John Bull, not only to pay, but to apolo gize for it. ' Again—it used to “ rile ” us when the English papers spoke of Jeff. Davis as “ President Davis.” But now—every day we see journals that used to be most indig nant thereat, speaking of the Cuban rebel general'as “President” Cespedes—before the United States Government has recog nized a “belligerent,” even. . We repeat, these things may be all right, we don’t say they are not, yet one cannot help thinking, how, with some folks, cir cumstances alter cases. [New York Express. Land Commissioner.— The Unionville (S. C.) Times says: “ The richest office in the State has been given to C. P. Leslie, the Senator from Barnwell. He receives a salary of two thousand dollars a year as Land Commis sioner, and in addition thereto ‘ shall re ceive such fees as the Advisory Board may prescribe, not to exceed ill. the aggregate for each title the sum of ten dollars.’ The simple meaning of which is that he shall receive exactly ten dollars for every title. He will have at his disposal, for the pur chase of lands, the sum of $150,000, with which he can purchase 40,000 acres. This will be divided off into one thousand tracts, of forty acres each, giving to Mr. Leslie the neat little sum of SIO,OOO, in addition to his salary. How much more may be made out of the large sum of money at his dis posal, and from bonuses, depends entirely upon the honesty of the Land Commissioii- Tiie Railroad to the Isle of Hope.— We are pleased to learn that there is a prospect of a speedy completion of the Isle of Hope Railroad to the Isle of Hope. We understand that it is expected to have the cars running to that point by the Ist of August. Jhe opening of this outlet to the salts, thus affording our citizens an oppor tunity to enjoy the invigorating sea breeze and salt water bathing during the sultry months, is looked for with great anxiety by all classes of our population. We under stand that in anticipation of its speedy consumation, Mr. Coolidge is making ar rangements to open a house at the of Hope for the accommodation of excur sionists and families visiting the salts. [Savannah News. Death of a Well Known Citizen of Columbia. —The Phoenix announces the death, on the 11th inst, of Mr. Wm. It. Hunt, who was for many years employed as clerk in tile office of Secretary of State, and by his admirable business qualities so recommended himself to the Legislature of South Carolina that he was elected first to the office of Surveyor General, and after wards to that of Secretary of State. Du ring the period of fifteen years in which he was engaged in the State Department, he also filled the post of Deputy Comptroller General. Mr. Hunt had acquired in his term of service a large and varied expe rience. He died a victim to consumption, at the age of thirty-five. How She Kissed Me the First 1 me. She stood below me, where the vines Half hid the face so wondron6 fair: The glancing sunbeam left a ray Os glory on her goldfn hair ! Her sweet brown eyes looked up ti *Jne. With all a child’s simplicity;, I ; , Yet iu their depths I fain had read! More than a passing thought forb e ! The tiny hands and soft white armst- Oloseiy uie trellis work entwine;! The rosy lips held richer feast Than amber clusters from the vin<L*- I stooped and whispered, soft and'lot' 4 So sacred seemed the words to tne/ ' “ Kiss me 1 shook with sudden fe|r, Aud then I waited trustfully ! Quick, like the glow of early morn,i The blushes spread o’er cheek fttidbrow: She bends that fair and graceful U.enf— ; Those brownest eyes are dewy not! ' ’ And then she raised to mine the pp| That should be mine lorever njort}; And all the earth, and air, and sky 1 Was glorious as ne’er before ! Through all my life, in good or ill, Till hushed in silence of the grave My lips with glad delight will feel j,- That first warm kiss my darling gßfel. New York, May 19, 1869. Ij. [For the Consfitulionalirt. PEN AND INK SKETCHES. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL OF THE NEW 1 ORK PRESS. painted in face and feature, WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR, BY COL.' LEON LAFITTE. NUMBER 111. ' ' THE TIMES. "-f-v HENRY J. RAYMOND. - " First making his mark as an industrious and skillful reporter of the Ti‘ibuMfhQ be came afterwards a co-editor of the -New York Courier and Enquirer. Gen. James Watson Webb having been sent as Minister to Austria, Mr. Raymond was left in its re sponsible charge, and soon after, ejauging the policy of the paper to his own interests, against the instructions of his principal, it brought on a quarrel that ended in his leaving the Courier, and, with others, es tablishing the Daily limes. ’ Starting from a tame and timid paper, it became ultra conservative in all social and political questions, until it was considered the synonyme of puerility. Adapting itself somewhat to the times, it revived to some thing of vigor, and Mr. Raymond’s unmis takable ability as a journalist begafc to show itself upon his paper. Frequent visits to Europe, however, and ventures in political aspirations, showed the want of an efficient head, and it became a tame and trimming sheet. The mental vigor of Mr. Raymond was diffused in his ambition for office, and his pursuit of political power. Unprincipled as a politician, and selfish as an individual, he was alternatively a Conservative and a Radical. He was the eloquent defender of the South at the Phil adelphia Convention, and the supporter of President Johnson, to become the defamer of the one and the betrayer of the other. The dispenser of the patronage, with Thurlow Weed, of Mr. Johnson’s power in New York, after it was withdrawn lie be came his bitter foe ; and, rejected by the Senate as Minister to Austria, he turned against the man who had nominated him. With pretentions to literature, he has no sympathy with letters, anti, like most men of ordinary learning, his ideas of ability are conjoined with pecuniary success. Not counting this upon absolute merit, he at tributes prosperity to power; and when this cannot be achieved, he recognizes merit its deserved reward. A sycophant to wealth and power, lie is never in his ele ment except when advocating the most ful some laudations to conservative tyranny. Hence, the limes is a paper printed in the most unexceptionable type and upon the finest paper, and would like to see the re cord of men and of principles refined jlown to the lowest standard of humility to meet its own exalted standard of pretensions. THE EVENING POST. \ WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.' ' The theoretical character that is inherent in every intellectual man, not actually of the world, is particularly distinguished in William Cullen Bryant. A superior poet, a sublime theorist, an educated journalist, he is not entirely a practical man. Too exalted in ideas, if not in principle, his nature is not political. Removed from the actual affairs of com merce, he is a theoretical economist, aud retiring, he is a student of the political and social affairs of the world. Identified from an early age with one of the leading and most influential journals of the country, the necessity of a conflict wi th the ques tions of the day, has forced his nature from its natural quietude, to grapple with the energetic and engrossing turmoil of a pub lic life. Illustrating the, necessity of habit ual adaptation to the demands of daily journalism, he has grown old with the har ness of political controversy yet upon him, and the wreath of poetry with the frost of age encircling his brow. It, might with truth be said of Mr. Bryant, applied to his political and practical style, that he “ wields the club of Hercules entwined with flowers ” Like his cotemporary chief of the Prers— vlr. Bennett—he is not habitually a courtier of society, though courted by It. In other respects, tiiere is not much resemblance between these two veterans, or editorial gladiators. Both, indeed, are retiring and observant of the proprieties of life to asceticism, and both have lived to an advanced age, surviving many political parties and cotemporaries and amassing large fortunes. Surrounded with an admiring literary and artistic circle, Mr. Bryant hats always been an advocate of the adornment of the more sterile and severer studies of the com mon place of life. With no apparent en thusiasm, his mind and fee.ings h*ve been wrought up to an enthusiastic state of ex citement upon any question thatjhas ap pealed to his philanthropical ideas of prin ciple. Without being an actual patron of letters in an individual respect,' he has nevertheless shown a fraternal interest in literary aspirants; but that sifflshness which corrupts the noblest natures when it becomes allied to prosperity in political pursuits, and fortune identified vlth the press, has not been entirely exempt from his. Not invulnerable from contempora neous criticism, he is, however, an object of reverence and admiration. Keeping up with the spirit of the age, without mingling in its warfare, he has been identified with the radical section of the Republican party, though free trora the desire to enforce the cruel doctrines of its leaders. Repudiating the monopolizing, through a plausible policy of protection, he is a great champion of free trade, and is, we believe, at the head of the Free Trade League, of New York. Herein he differs widely with one of his most formidable antagonists and cotempo raries, Mr. Greeley, who is a violent Pro tectionist, and in the advocacy of- its su periority, he has often carried his battle-axe into the Evening Post's sanctuary, est, in his pen and ink raids. Something, indeed, of the spirit of the old crusaders items to actuate, if not inspire, the controversies of these two veterans of the press. Mr. Greeley particularly becomes very abusive and personal, and has been known to use language towards the venerable poet and editor which his age and vocation should have shielded him from, if not his political economy. But that tierce; crusade spirit and fire that animated Lord Nelson against the French, and which made him swear like a Trojan as well as a sailor, when hesentflve hundred Frenchman to the bottom of the sea, seems to inspire a certain class of onr editors, when they are battling like Baladin or Coeur de Leon for their principles against each other. That they use ink does not alter the simile. That they may be chicken-hearted instead of lion-hearted may he true, but that they are equally in earnest there is no doubt. The truth is, the whole of political and social warfare is crusade, and though we are not surrounded with the trappings and romance of the days of the early cru sades, yet we are not without thousands of Peter the Greats; the Paleslines are often in tfie people's pockets, and the march is against everybody and every principle that Is not strong enough to resist the selfishness and political brigandage of the age. Sev enty-five winters have encircled Mr. Bry ant’s venerable head ; yet he is firm of step and bright of eye, and revered of his friends and feared by his foes. The Annapolis Railroad Accident. The Baltimore Sun, of Friday, says: An accident occurred on Wednesday night, near the Annapolis Junction, on the Washington Branch Railroad, to the “ through ” train for New York, which left Washington at 9 o’clock—which, though resulting in the injury of several passen gers, was not so disastrous in its effects as from the peculiar circumstances might have been expected. The train consisted of the engine, tender, mail car, baggage car, smoking car, ladies’ car, chair car, two sleeping cars and a spe cial car—‘the latter occupied by Gen. Grant, Mrs. Grant and two children, Mr. Cramer, Consul at Leipsig, (brother-in-law of the President,) and wife, and Hon. Secretary Boutwell, who were en route North. The train, being a through one, did not stop at way stations, and was proceeding at full speed, and when reaching a point about 250 yards north of the junction, in a deep cut, where a county road crosses, a cow appeared upon the track, which was caught up by the cow-catcher and thrown up the bank. Many of the passengers in the cars which went off the track were violently thrown from their seats, and several received in juries ; though, with but one exception, that of Mr. Samuel Weil, of Atlanta, Ga., none were, it is believed, seriously hurt. Immediately there were frantic cries and much alarm. The next car, occupied by ladies, was also turned over upon one side diagonally across the track, and was badly broken and shattered. The passengers were thrown together in a mass, but none were, it is be lieved, seriously hurt. A colored woman, having a child in her arms of Mrs, Lincoln, of Washington, had her collarbone fractur ed by being thrown violently against the car. The child was also somewhat injured, though it is thought not seriously.— Others in the car received bruises, slight cuts, &c. The smoking car fared the worst, it being overturned and whirled around endwise upon the track. It was very badly smash ed up, and it was in this car that most all of 'he injuries to passengers occurred. It is a source of wonder to railroad men and others, that an accident of such mag nitude as the one described above could oc cur with no more serious results as to the loss of life and maiming of individuals. STATEMENT OF A PASSENGER. Mr. Julian A. Selby, editor of the Colum bia, (S. S.) Pine nix, was a passenger, and was seated with a lady in the ladies’ car, the second one that went off the track. Hist statement conveys an idea of the alarm an wonderful features of the scene, and espP ciallv the miraculousness of the escape from death and injury of so many. The locomotive, mail and baggage car ran some distance ahead before they were checked.— The smoking car, filled with passengers, was thrown across the track, with one end elevated at least ten feet up the embank ment, and turned completely upside down and wrecked, several of the occupants being seriously hurt. The ladies’ car followed, and was tolerably tilled with passengers, mostly ladies and children. It was thrown on its side directly across the track, the ends resting on the banks on both sides of the track. The scene presented was one never to be forgotten. Mr. Shelby says that hearing the noise of the car ahead running on the cross-ties, and the breaking and crash as it went over, and feeling the jar in the car in which he was siting, he braced himself in his seat, poising himself as the car went over. He seized hold of the seat with one hand, holding on to the lady in his company, and firmly supporting her with the other arm, and as the car was slued around and over on its side, individu als were indiscriminately jumbled pell-mell together upon the side, which rested some three feet from the ground. Mr. Shelby found himself beneath a number of fellow passengers, male and female, who were soon struggling amid the din and alarm for extrication. In the catastrophe all the lights had been extinguished, and men, women and children were screarainsr at the top of tlicir voices, and, all being in total darkness, no one could tell at the time the extent or the accident, or ascertain, who had been injured or who had escaped.— There was no chance of egress from the car by the doors, its ends being imbedded in the banks. Following the promptings of instinct, Mr. Selby, who had maintained a pretty good position and never lost his presence of mind, knocked out a w’ndow sash, which he felt below him, with his foot, and creeping out from beneath the ruins, was at once in a position to relieve others. One after another, then, he receiv ed women and children in that car, as they were brought forward, and handed out by other male passengers. An aged lady fell through one of the windows, and had her head badly cut, and an infant, and its col ored nurse, were badly hurt, but with these exceptions, the passengers in this car all escaped serious injury, although no one got off without bruises. The chair-car followed, and crashing against the dilapi dated ladies’ car, was also thrown on its side, and the passengers shared about the same fate as those in the ladies’ 1 car. The sleeping cars were also thrown oft’, but not upset, and no one in them was hurt. The President’s car remained on jthe track, and none were disturbed in it. Rati, HO\n Sale.— Tiic Opelika I/Komo tive, of the 12th, states upon the authority of Governor Smith, of Alabama, that the Montgomery and West Point Railroad Com pany have sold to the Georgia Railroad Company that part of their line of the road from Opelika to West Point; and to the Georgia Central Company, that part from Opelika to Columbus. For some time it has been whispered arouuil that sugfe a trade was under consideration, and tSRif consummated, the project of a road from this city to West Point would be abandon ed by the railroad interests agitating it. We have no doubt the purchases have been made—the authority is good. Whether or not it will have the effect of killing off the enterprise from this city to West Point, will doubtless depend on the liberality of the Central Company in acceding to such through schedule rates as the. Georgia Rail road may desire to make between this city and the West, and with Charleston. f Columbus Bun. A Negro Orator Inciting to Outrage. —We publish an abstract of a speech re cently delivered by a negro orator in Mis sissippi under the auspices of the white Radical Executive Committee. The fellow had the effrontery to acknowledge that he was an “ emissary” and an “ incendiary that he was paid for coming, advised the negroes to stop Working for white rebels, and otherwise incited the black population to riot and outrage. If the Federal com manders in the unreconstructed States can not choke off these nigger incendiaries, the sooner the whites take them in hand and choke them off in a more effectual way the better. —New York Herald. The Senter party in Tennessee have bought out the Press and Times, the Nash ville organ of the Radical party, and through its columns are pouring hot shot into its former favorite, Stokes. The two candidates are stumping the State together, the leading object, being, to carry the negro vote. A few days ago Senter “ made his Jack” on Stokes by proving that he was the last man to bring a slave to Nashville in chains for sale, and soon after the war began wrote a letter urging the people of Tennessee to join the Confederate army.— Stokes was dared to deny it, but was silent, whereupon the “ man and brother” ‘opened his eyes. Suicide by a Young Lady.—We learn that Miss Mason, a young lady from the neighborhood of Wetumpka, who was visit ing an estimable family in the lower por tion of this county, committed suicide on Friday last, by taking strychnine. She left a note stating that she was of life. The deceased belonged to a good family, and fine social position, and was in all re spects regarded as a most estimable lady. [lattaderja (Ala.) Reporter , S Wi. Personal. —Solicitor General J. R. Pres cott is in attendance on the Superior Court of Richmond, apparently in the enjoyment of a physical and mental health that will prove a terror to evil-doers who may fall into his hands. Col. E. H. Pottle, of Warren, is also in attendance on the court BY TELEGRAPH. [Special DiupiuoU to the Constitutionalist. Slew York Stock Closing Quotations. REPORTED BY HOYT & GARDNER. New York, June 14—P. M. The following are the closing quotations this day: American G01d..... .... 138% Adams Express New York Central 188% Erie 29% Hudson River 155% Reading 97% Michigan Central *.. None Michigan Southern 153% Cleveland and Pittsburg, 96 Chicago and North Western, 83% Chicago and North Western, pref.... 93% Milwaukee and St. Paul ; 74% Milwaukee and St. Paul, pref 85 Lake Shore 103% Chicago and Rock Island.... •. 118% Toledo, Wabash and Western 72% Toledo, Wabash and Western, pref., 81 New Jersey Central 110 Pittsburg and Fort Wayne 106 Ohio and Mississippi 32% Hanibal and St. Joseph 125 Hanibal and St. Joseph, pref 121 Tennessee, old 61 Tennessee, new 67 Georgia Sixes 83% Georgia Sevens 92% North Carolina, old North Carolina, new 66% Alabama Eights ,:..None Alabama Fives None Virginia Sixes 57 Missouri Sixes .' 92% Pacific Mail 79% Western Union Telegraph 39% Stocks weak. Gold bearish. Money easier. [Associated Press Dispatches. WASHINGTON. Washington, .Tunc 13.—The new South ern Methodist Church, just finished in this city, was dedicated this morning. Sermon by Rev. W.'E. Muncie. Washington, June 14—Noon.— The Revenue Bureau is authorized to employ troops in North Carolina when necessary to carry out the revenue laws. Washington, June 14—P. M.—Revenue to-day, over $1,250,000. The Tallapoosa left for Fortress Monroe, to convey the monitor Saugus to Cuban waters. | Gen. Beckwith is ordered to supervise Subsistence affairs in the Fourth Military District, in addition to his Louisiana du ties. Gen. Harvey is relieved of duty against the Indians, and ordered home on the re tired list. Discriminating duties against French vessels on merchandize imported directly from the producing country are abolished, in reciprocity of like abolition and dis crimination by France against cargoes im ported by American vessels. VIRGINIA. Richmond, June 13— There-was a duel Saturday afternoon between Capt. W. E. Cameron, editor of the Petersburg Index, a Conservative paper, and Robert W. Hughes, contributor to the Richmond State Journal , a Republican organ, in conse quence of an article denouncing Hughes. The tight took place in North Carolina, sixteen miles from the Norfolk and Peters burg Railroad. Weapons—pistols. Cam eron was struck ill the breast the first tire, the ball striking a rib and glancing.— Hughes demanded another tire, but the surgeons pronounced Cameron unable to deliver-another shot. Hughes then de clared he was satislied and the affair ended. Cameron’s wound is severe, but not con sidered dangerous. Staunton, June 14.— . Jesse Edwards, (negro), who raped, and afterwards mur dered Miss Susan Ityle, a respectable young lady, was taken from jail and hanged.— Edwards confessed the crime. Edmund Fountain, the father of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, is hopelessly sick. NEW YORK. New York, June 13.—Fremont sailed on the Ville de Paris. The Quaker City has been reseized. A letter says that emancipation is strong ly urged by prominent citizens. The allied army at Ascencion is completely demoral ized. Lopez is among the Cordilleras, growing stronger daily. McMahon's where abouts still unknown. New York, June 14.—The editor of the New York Spanish paper, who said the native Cubans were cowards, and a Cuban youth, fought at Lundy’s Lane. The Cu ban was shot in both legs seriously. GEORGIA. Savannah, June 13.—A letter from the Mayor of St. Mary s, Ga., to the Morning News , says the report of yellow fever there is entirely unfounded. Savannah, June 14.—Crop reports in Southern Georgia and Florida good. OHIO. Cincinnati, June 14.—A drunken Cov ington auctioneer shot, mortally, two women. FOREIGN. Havana, June 13.—A severe engagement is reported near Puerto Principe, and one hundred reported killed, including General Marmore. Reliable information wanting. Havana, June 14.—The heavy engage ment reported at Puerto Padre is confirm ed. The Spaniards admit sixty killed.— The Spaniards estimate the patriot force killed and wounded at twelve hundred, in cluding General Mormal, killed. A San tiago dispatch, from a Spanish source, states that a schooner landed with one thousand fillibusters within sixty miles of East Santiago. A guide betrayed the fllli busters, of whom sixty were killed and the balance captured. The leader was shot. The captives were taken to Santiago for execution. The stores of the expedition were captured, including two millions of unsigned revolutionary currency, several hundred rifles and three or four pieces of artillery. London, June 14.—The Cabinet consider ed the Alabama treaty loosely. It is stated that Lord Clarendon read a communica tion from Motley, that the Senate rejected the treaty on account of the failure to fully settle the questions in dispute. Motley intimates that the administration approves the action of the Senate. Motley being in structed to negotiate a treaty which will be just to both parties leaves no question open for future misunderstanding. Motley is willing to receive and consider proposi tions. The Great Eastern, in preliminary move ments to the commencement of the laying of the cable, acted admirably. Madrid, June 14.—A member of the Cortes stigmatized the Mexicans as cow ards. Prim, replying, said people who were able to sustain themselves against in vaders were not cowards. Prim called Juarez the great Republican. ["Loud cheer ing] Prim told the Cortes no king was ob tainable under the present uncertainty.— When the Regency was settled candidates would be plentiful. Prim hopes the re fusal of Fernando, of Portugal, is .not irre vocable. Paris, June 14. —Documents seized indi cate that the recent disorders were foment ed by paid agents. Persigny, writing to Ollivier, says “ the Empire and freedom are not incompatible, a just government can bear the existence of every liberty.” . MARINE NEWS. Charleston, June 13.—Arrived: Steam er Magnolia, New York; schooner Matilda Brooks, New York. Charleston, June 14.—Arrived : Steam er Maryland, from Baltimore. Savannah, June 13.—Arrived: Steam ship Livingston, New York. Savannah, June 14.—Arrived: Bark Lamplighter, from New York. Reports lost her mate, Geo. S. Bowen, overboard off St. Helena on the 12th instant. Sailed : Bark Libertad, for St. Mary’s, Ga. New York, June 13. —Arrived: Steam ship Hecla, Rio Janeiro. New York, June 14.—Arrived: City of London. Wilmington, June 14.—Cleared yester day morning Mary Sanford, for New York; Lucille, for Baltimore. Arrived: Rebecca Clyde and Fanita, from New York. MARKETS. London, June 14—Noon.—Consols, 92%. Bonds quiet and steady at 80%. Sugar quiet, London, June 14—Afternoon.—Bonds, 80%. London, June 14—Evening.—Consols, 92%. Bonds, 80%. Liverpool, June 14—Noon. —Cotton quiet and steady; uplands, 11%; Orleans, 12; sales, 8,000 bales. Breadstuff's quiet. Liverpool, June 14—Afternoon.—Lard quoyant at 72s 6d. Tallow, 44. Liverpool, June 14—Evening.—Cotton quiet, quotations unchanged; sales, 10,000 bales. Tallow, 445. 3d. Naval Stores quiet. , Havre, J une 14—Noon.—Cotton—Afloat, 139. Paris, June 14.—Bourse firm. Rentes, 71 f. 30c. New York, June 14—Noon.—Stocks un settled. Money active at 7, with l-16th commission. Sterling, 9%. Gold, 139%. ’62’s, 22%; North Carolinas, 59% ; new, 56%; Virginias, ex coupon, 56%; new, 61%; Tennessees, ex coupon, 67; new, 63%; Louisianas, old, 71% ; Levees, 66. New York, June 14—P. M.—Govern ments closed steady; 63’s, 22% ; Southerns dull. New York, June J4 —Noon.—Flour dull, 5 lower. Wheat in moderate demand. Corn quiet. Pork quiet at $32 62. Lard firm. Cotton very firm at 32, Turpentine, 44%. Rosin Arm; strained,s2 35@7 50. Freights quiet. New York, Jane 14—P. M.—Cotton firmer; sales, 3,700 bales at 32%. Flour heavy; superfine, $4 75@5 20; common to fair Southern extra, $6 20(30 70. Wheat lc. better, with active export and fair home demand. Corn closed heavy and declin ing. Pork steady. Lard closed dull; ket tle, 20(320%. Whisky, 99@$1. Groceries dull. Turpentine, 44%@45. Rosin, $2 30 @B. Freights active and firm. Baltimore, June 14.—Virginias, old, 48%; ’66’s, 56% bid. Cotton firm and very scarce at 3t<g3~1%. Flour dull and favors buyers. Wheat weak ; choice red, $1 50@ $1 60. Corn active and advanced; white, .$1 01@1 02; yellow, 93(394. Oats dull. Rye dull. Pork dull at $33(333 50. Bacon active; shoulders, 15. Whiskv firm at 98@$1. Cincinnati, June 14.—Flour dull; fami ly, $5 50@5 05. Whisky firm at 92@92% ; 93 asked. Mess Pork, $32 75; held at $33. Lard held at 19%. Bacon firm; shoulders, 14% ; sides, 16%@18 ; held % higher; hams, 19% @20%. Wilmington, June 14. — Spirits Turpen tine, 39%. Rosin rather better; strained, $1 70@1 75. Crude Turpentine unchanged. Tar unchanged. Mobile, June 14.—Cotton closed firm; sales, 1,450 bales ; 250 after close Saturday; low middling, 28%@29 ; receipts, 230 ; ex ports, 814 bales. New Orleans, June 14.—Cotton ad vanced %; middling, 30%@30%; sales, 1,400; receipts, 604; exports, 3,284 bales. Gold, 138%. Sterling, 52; New York Sight, % premium. Flour firm; superfine, $6; double, $6 25; treble, $6 50. Cora— white, $1 05. Oats, 75. Bran, $1 15. Hay lower; prime, $25. Pork held at $34 25. Bacon held at 15, 18% and 19. Lard— tierce, 19@19%; keg, 20%@21. Sugar— prime, 13014. Molasses nominal. Whisky —Western rectified, 90@92%. Coffee firm ; fair, 14%@15% ; prime, 16%@16%. Charleston, June 14.—Cotton quiet and steady ; sales, 100 bales ; middling, 30; receipts, 178 bales. Savannah, June 14.—Cotton market firm; middling, 29%@30; sales, 150 bales; receipts, 600 bales. CITY ITEMS. Superior Court.— The June term of Richmond Superior Court 1 commenced its sittings yesterday morning, Judge Win. Gibson presiding. The following gentlemen were sworn in as grand jurors for the term : Charles A. Rowland, Foreman ; John McAuliff, Gustavus A. Blount, John Til key, William Hogrieff, Edwin V. Sharp, Wm. 11. Scott, Jesse Johnson, Anthony F. Budler, James P. Allen, Joseph Sumereau, Henry S. Jordan, George P. Curry, Arthur Bleakley, Absalom W. Rhodes,. Wesley A. Dcas, John W. Pope, William H. Johnson. Bailiff—Jesse Turpin. J udge Gibson, delivered a very full, able and comprehensive charge to the grand jury, detailing the objects and purpose of all governments—namely, the protection of life, liberty and property; spoke of the solemn duties of grand jurors, the respon sibilities which rested upon them, and the necessity for a careful and rigid examina tion into every crime perpetrated in the country. He then gave them the criminal law of the State, which he stated consisted of 15 divisions, 500 sections, and covered about one hundred pages of the Code. De fined and gave them in charge the offenses of insurrection, riot, vagrancy, illegal em ployment and carrying concealed weapons. He specially called their attention to the statutes relative to the use of opprobrious words and indecent language, as constitut ing a misdemeanor. Also to the evil of gaming, which it had been made his duty to give in charge at each session of the Superior Court. The grand jury could not say they could not arrest this crime; that it was the duty of the police. They possessed, more inquisitive power than all the police. If they knew of any house devoted to gam ing, it was their duty to make it known Players at such places were competent wit nesses, and were protected in giving infor mation to that body. Jlad given this in charge at preceding terms of Richmond Superior Court to grand juries, composed of men, who, if they discharged their duties faithfully, would not have permitted the existence of such places to escape their de tection. That no returns had been made of these establishments, lie regarded as evidence tiiat they had ceased to exist, which, for the credit of the county, he trusted was the case. The crimb of false swearing had become so common that it was incumbent to direct the attention of the grand jury to this evil. Places of drinking and gambling, where immoral and illicit conduct prevailed, should be broken up. The jury should make an investigation of the Tax Collector’s insolvent account. This examination was a particular duty, as many persons, who enjoy all the privileges of citizens, bear none of the burdens. The Tax Collector should furnish a list of sol vent and defaulting tax-payers in each pre cinct. The jury should get that list, and note the names of defaulters. The Tax Collector was paid to perform this duty, and he should be required to do it. The books of the County Treasurer should also be subjected to a thorough examination. On the subject of roads and bridges, his Honor charged that the whole county was interested in keeping the public roads in order. He desired that when parties haul ing their crops from Jefferson, Burke, and adjoining counties passed the Richmond line, they should feel that they had struck good ground, and hoped that every road leading to Augusta would be placed in proper order. The Judge recommended a close exami nation as to the Poor House. All who are unable to work should be provided for, and some regard paid to their comforts, in fur nishing suitable houses, etc. None but in valid paupers should be admitted; all those who were able to wofk should be compelled to labor for their own support. The grand jury should recommend 4 suitable tax for educational purposes. In conclusion, his Honor directed the at tention of the jury to an examination of !l! e ° f the clcrk of the Court and the Ordinary, and likewise of the jail—to see lat t was perfectly secure and proper ly kept. The following gentlemen were sworn In as special jurors: First Panel. Thomas W. Coskery, Jas. A. Bennett, Nathaniel Rachels, George Jones, W J. Owens, Robert A. Fleming, Francis Holman, J. 11. Van Winkle, George Evers, W. W. Frost, W. R. Davis, L. It. Collms. Second Panel. B. F. Frazier, Charles A. Coopei, Bartholomew Morris, J. J. Hicock, Thomas Battle, Nathaniel Weeks, Thomas Hopkins, John Hahn, John A. Moore, A. Is - Cox, John Byrne, I. P. Girardey. Bailiffs, Irvin Hicks, John H. Neibling, Wm. E. Keener, Joseph B. Ramsey, Robert Stallings, r I he time of the Court was principally occupied granting rules-a single case liav ing gone to the iurv. The cases of E. H. Pughc vs. Henry Moore and John L. Stockton & Cos., and John L. Stockton, were, on motion of defendants’ attorney, non-suited. This was an action instituted by plaintiff to recover from de fendants SSOO each, bonus paid for the privi lege of sharing the Associated Press Dis patches of the Chronicle and Sentinel and Constitutionalist newspapers, in the Fall of 1866, for the use of the Daily Press. A petition was received from Mr. Louis E. LeConte for permission to practice law in the courts of law and equity in this State. On motion, a committee of the Bar was appointed to examine the proficiency of the petitioner, as follows: Judge A. P. Aldrich, on the first book of Blackstonc ; W. R. McCay, on the second book ; J. C. C. Black, on the third book; and Solicitor General Prescott on the criminal law of the State; the examination to proceed this morning at half-past eight o’clock. Court adjourned to convene at 9 o’clock this morning. Storehouse at the Canal Basin.— The merchants of Augusta have long felt and expressed the necessity of the.erection of a warehouse in the vicinity of the Augusta canal basin. The advantages of such a building, for the protection of goods to be shipped from this city up the Savannah river to the contiguous counties of Georgia and Carolina, as well as for the safety of consignments of cotton and other produce seeking a market here, have been palpably manifest for a number of years. With an accommodation of this character, there is every reason to believe that the business of the canal could be largely increased, the mercantile interests of the city greatly ex tended, and the convenience of planters along the river promoted to a far greater extent than at present. We are gratified to know that this matter has been a subject of earnest and thoughtful consideration with the Canal Committee of the present City Council for the past two or three weeks, or with at lest one of the members of said committee. To remedy this ap parent evil of forcing goods designed for shipment on the canal boats to become liable to theft and damage from exposure to weather, by being thrown on an open and unprotected wharf when they fail to reach the basin in time for immediate shipment, the committee have determined to bring into use the now useless Workhouse at the Canal basin, heretofore used by the municipal authori ties as a place of confinement for chain gang convicts engaged in breaking rock. This building is admirably adapted to the purposes designed by the committee, and will afford complete security and protec tion to freights received and dispatched by the Canal. The boatmen have expressed tlicir pleasure at this contemplated move, and will cheerfully pay the small amount of storage necessary to be levied to enable the committee to employ a reliable man to take charge of the building and supervise the receipt and shipment of freights. Inde pendent of this, the committee anticipate that quite a respectable revenue will ac crue to the city treasury from this plan. This plan is now so near completion in all its details that merchants and planters may congratulate themselves that they will be enabled to reap all its great practical advantages during the approaching Fall trade, when its importance will be made manifest to all concerned. Gratn. —ln consequence of the bountiful yield this year in wheat, prices have tum bled considerably. Quotations yesterday in this market were $1 70<@1 HO for choice white, and $1 50@1 70 for amber and red. Buyers are very cautious and do not seem inclined to buy at those prices. Should the season prove propitious during tht next few weeks for harvesting, the crop will be more bountiful than at any time since 1837 —the crop that year being the largest that has ever been known, even in the memory of the “oldest inhabitant.” In St. Louis, at the close of the last com mercial week, wheat (white) was offered at $1 per bushel, and it is reasonable now to suppose that there will be a still farther and heavy decline very soon in this locali ty in prices. Corn continues scarce, and the demand from the consumers being much larger than was anticipated, high prices are still sustained. The stock here is very small, and receipts limited, and as a necessary consequence, holders and deal ers expect to obtain $1 25 per bushel very soon. Quotations yesterday were* $1 18(3 1 20 from depot, sacks included. Heavy Rain. —During yesterday and last night this locality was favored with a heavy and continuous fall of rain. It was a perfect dust leveller, arid has harmonized all the stray particles into a beautiful con sistency for the use of architectural tow headed urchins who desire to exercise their talent in the erection of mud-houses.— Although no serious complaints have, reached us of the need of rain in the rural districts, we opine that this copious season will not fall amiss on the maturing cropq, except in respect to the encouragement of grass, which our farmers are battling against with all their industrious labor. Ordinary’s Notice. —Executors, ad ministrators, guardians and trustees are cited to the importance of making their annual returns to the Ordinary on or be fore the Ist of July proximo. Judge of the Columbus Circuit.—lt is reported in Columbus that ex-Provisiorial Governor James Johnson, late Collector of the port of Savannah, is to be appointed Judge of the Columbus Circuit. He is to take the place of that eminent and incor ruptible Jurist, Judge Wofrill. Col. Weil Out of Danger. —The At lanta Era, of Sunday, states that a private dispatch from Col. Samuel Weil, says that he is much better and out of danger. He is in Baltimore.
