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JUDGE NICHOLAS REPLIES.
In a late number of the Notional /ntelli
gencer, JndgeNiCHOLAS publishes what he
calls a brief reply to Mr. Stephens,. . The
document is tolerably brief, as the Judge
says, but It can hardly be a “reply” to
Mr. Stephens’ letter, although the Judge
may labor under that delusive Impression.
In the first place, affer apologizing for un
intentional misstatements of Mr Ste
phens’ position, fte proceeds to further
misquotations, Which argue either weak
ness or negligence amounting to condem
nation or defeat. For instance, Judge
Nicholas makes -Mr. Stephens bluntly
say that “ secession was the only remedy,”
etc. Here are Mr. Stephens’ own words ':
“If the facts of our history be as set
forth in the volume" referred to, (and the
world Is challenged to disprove them), then
the conclusions .to which they lead are in
evitable, even though they lead to a com
plete justification of the sovereign right of
secession as the only sure check and bar
rier against the usurpation of undelegated
power on the part of the General Govern
ment.
We fear Mr. Stephens is engaged in a
useless task when he tries to pin down
a Democrat like Judge Nicholas to a
fair discussion of the facts bearing on
the rights of States. The trouble with
Judge Nicholas is the same trouble that
disconcerts Frank Blair and all other
war Democrats. They attempt, as we said
the other day, to reconcile an impossible
thing. They Want to convince themselves
and the world that their armed invasion
of the South was justifiable and that con
stitutional liberty was not impaired but
rather aided thereby. You cannot do this,
Messieurs Nicholas, Blair & Cos. It will
be a hard matter for you to cry peccavi and
still harder to confess yourselves the real,
though not deliberate, abettors of our
great calamity. But you are, nevertheless,
placed in this disagreeable position, and,
unless you can muster up moral courage
enough to make a clean breast of it, dupes
will you remain to the end of the chapter,
even though empire stare you in the face
as an alternative. Judge Nicholas indeed
shows his true colors when he goes out of
the way to takeSa fling at the Southern
Generals in the New York Convention.
This Is unjust and ungenerous. He thinks
their presence at New York was a great
blufider, especially as they were “ unpar
doned.” We think JudgeNiCHOLAS will find
it difficult to name the “ unpardoned” Gen
erals at the convention. And then, where
did he get the license to. pronounce censure
upon true Democrats ? When does his De
mocracy date? Judge Nicholas is evi
dently one of those Southern men who went
for the war, and when he sees the result Is
affrighted at it, and wants to correct the
evil as Andrew Johnson wished, by build
ing up a faction between the States and
the Radical party. Johnson failed and
Nicholas will also fail, So, Judge, you
might as well cease the vain effort of at
tempting to reconcile the late war with
constitutional liberty. Lord Dundreary
never stumbled over‘ the pronunciation of ,
a word of three syllables as you are stumb
ling over an illogical essay.
HON. R. T. HUNTER’S LETTER.
Out Virginia brethren are soon to have
ail election on the reconstructed Constitu
tion and fc» r officers under it. That they
will be cheated is quite a matter of course,
but still the effort is to save something out
of the wreck, and in this view Mr. Hunter
seems to write. His letter Is too long to
republish but the main points appear to be,
first, that no reliance can be placed on the
good faith of Congress in this matter of re
construction ; and second, that nothing the
people of the State may do in the matter is
binding upon them, being in reality done
under duress and not of free-will. Taking
such to be Mr. Hunter’s view, we do not
know of any endorsement that is too hearty
for us to give. From the very inception of
this scoundrelly reconstruction scheme,
there has been no one single point or moment
of time when the collective affidavit of Con
gress in the matter has been more trust
worthy or respectable than an harlot’s
oath. That body has in plain terms lied to
the people of the South. We put it offen
sively because the thing is an offensive
thing, rank and noisome with the most de
testable and repeated unverities.
As to the obligation which is imposed
on the people of the South by virtue of
anything done by theta under the recon
struction scheme, where is there any such
obligation ? This very day, if the free will
of the South were restored there is not the
ten-millionth part of any moral obligation
o restrain her from tumbling the whole
accursed fabric from its topmost pinnacle
to its lowest vault in one common ruin.—
Reconstruction has no obligation but force,
an# when force goes, away goeg the obliga
tion. .
This, then, is the whole gospel of recon
struction, that Congress is in nowise to be
trusted, and that nothing the people of the
South may do or say or swear in the matter
binds them for one single moment.
Washington" telegrams.
By telegraph we are informed of the
resignation of Mr. Borie, Secretary of the
Navy, and the suspension of the National
Intelligencer newspaper, one of the most fa
mous, as it was one of the oldest, journals
in the United States. The resignation of
Mr. Borie might have been expected at
any moment, as he was merely a man of
straw in the Cabinet and the laughing
stock of the “ nation.” But the suspension
of the National Intelligencer was wholly un
looked for and will be universally regretted.
Letter from Greenesboro".
Greenesboro’, June 21,1869.
Mr. Editor : in a late issue of your
valued paper I observed a request that
planters should drop you an occasional
note on crops, &c.
Considering myself one of that fraterni
ty, and having laid down my hoe for the
day, my pen has been grasped, that I may
comply with your .request. You promise
t& correct orthography, &c. I flatter mv
self thatl will guard that department of
“ plantation economy.”
Pour times this month the gentle dews
of “ Hermon ” have fallen upon our inherit
ance, and the genial warmth of a Summer’s
sun is now being felt; and joy and glad
ness pervades the land, and we have no
cares as regards the President of the United
States.
The corn, in planters’ parlance, is “as
black 3s yonr hat,” and is vigorous and
strong. The cotton is fine—in some places
small, but on red lands is best. Wheat har
vested, but not t’ yeshed. Pastures splen
did, and milk and the Golden Beurre (but
ter) in abundance. Apple*;, half crop.
Peaches yielded to late fronts.
My department of Pisciculture, and which
I regard as an adjunct, contributes its
quota to my table, in the shape of a splen
did fish—my last effort hawing supplied me
with two noble specimens of five and eight
pounds each. C.
[Fsom tiieAtWflstn Const Ulrica.
Decisions of the Supreme Court of Geor
gia.
Delivered at Atlanta , Tuesday, June 22.
Wm. E. Smith, plaintiff in error, vs. Geo.
M. Lawton, defendant iaerror. Garnish
ment, from Dougherty.
Warner, J.
Where an attachment had been sued out
in favor of- the plaintiff, against a defend
ant, who was afterwards declared a bank
rupt, and a motion-was made to the
assignee of said bankrupt a part^>lamU , ‘‘'
in the attachment sui.t, in the fclaro-uud
stead of the original plaintiff in gtJzhnierU,
which motion was refused by (he court;
Held, that there was no ’error iu the judg
ment of the court below in refusing to al
low the assignee of the bankrupt to be
made a party plaintiff in the attachment
suit. ...£.
Judgment affirmed. ?
Strozier & Smithy and D. A. Vasojyf, for
plaintiff in error. 'y - ""
Wright & Warren, Hi£& & Hobbs, for
defendant ip error. /
Frank P. Smith, plaintiff in error, vs. Ham
lin J. Cook*, defendant in error. Con
tempt, from Baton*.
J.
Where a defendant had been enjoined
from removingAt’nd disposing of certain cot
ton, which had been placed in the hands of
a receiver, appointed by the court, and after
ward, the defendant was declared a bank
rupt, and it appeared from the evidence
that the defendant told ~the agent of the
receiver, who had the cotton in possession,
that the plaintiff’s injunction had been set
tled or disposed of, and that' he had turned
over four bales of said cotton to his counsel
in bankruptcy ; when, in fact, the injunc
tion had not been settled or disposed of,
but the complainant in the injunction bill
was Still claiming the cotton under a mort
gage lierr; and when the defendant’s coun
sel in bankruptcy, with the assent of the de
fendant, took possession of said four bales
of cotton for his fees to take the defendant
through the bankrupt court, and had sold
the same : Held, that this court will not
control the discretion of the court below
upon the stace of facts disclosed by the
record, in holding that the defendant had
violated the injunction, and was in con
tempt of the order and process of the court.
Judgment affirmed.
Vason & Davis for plaintiff in error.
Strozier & Smith for defendant in error.
Mason Tiller, plaintiff in error, as. D. Sprad
ley, agent for Green J. Jordan. Motion
for new trial, from Lee.
Warner, J.
Where a note was given to the plaintiff
for two hundred and twenty-five dollars,
for cotton seed for Green- J. Jordan’s plan
tation, and signed J. Spradley, agent for
Green J. Jordan: Held, That tjiis was a
contract of Jordan, the principal, and not
the contract of Spradley, the agent, the
more especially as the evidence in the re
cord discloses the fact, that the agency was
made known to the payee of the note at the
time it was given, and that the cotton seed
was purchased far Jordan, and not for
Spradley, the agent. The suit should have
been brought against Jordan, and not
against Spradley, the agent ; and the fact
that Jordan filed a plea in the case as a de
fendant, alleging that the cotton seed was
worthless, did not necessarily make him,a
party to the original suit against Spradley,
and there was no error in the court below
in refusing the order to make him a party,
inasmuch as Jordan was not named as a
defendant in the original suit, and not be
ing named a defendant in the original suit,
the filing of his plea did not make him a
defendant where no process was prayed
against him as such. The verdict in favor
of the defendant, Spradley, was right under
the law and the facts of the case, and there
was no error in the court below in refus
ing the-motion for anew trial.
Judgment affirmed. -MMfflr
C. B, Wooten. W. A. Hawkins, D. A-Jn
son for plaintiff in error.
Geo. Kimborougn,” F. A. West, by (Hr I
Wright, for defendant in error. I
Isaac E. Bower, administrator, yfjT !
Hamlin J. Cook. Motion to < iMniss bill
of exceptions from Dc»ughei^|^’ OUTlt y
McCay, J. Jr
1. An order of the Jndgeijf. thr awpwior
Court directing process for the
seizure and sale of the property claimed to
be subject to a lien, under what is called,-
the “ Steamboat Law,” is not such% }§M*J
ment or decision of the Judge, as majftuMff!
excepted to, and brought by bill of i
tions to this court. >
Case dismissed.
Hines & Hobbs, and B. B. Bower, Wl§
plaintiff in error..
D. A. Vason, R. Lyon, for defendant in
error.
Jake Collier, vs. The State. Assault with
intent to murder, from Dougherty
county.
McCay, J.
1. The charge of the court, under the
facts of this case, was not an error.
2. If a man shoot with a pistol at another,-
and hit him, the law presumes prima facie,
that he did it with malice. Nor does the
proof that the parties had been friendly, and
that the person shooting expressed regret
immediately afterwards, rebut the presump
tion. One has no right to. shoot at another
with a loaded pistol, in sport. If he does
so, he is responsible for the consequences,
and the law will imply malice from the
recklessness of the act.
11. Morgan for plaintiff in error,
R. H. Whiteley, Solicitor General, defend
ant iu error. 4,
William Toler, el. al., plaintiff iu error, vs.
E. W. Seabrook, administrator, etc., de
fendant in error. Motion to distribute
money. From Dougherty.
McCay, J.
1. A landlord may collect his reut by a
distress warrant, even though the rent be
payable in specifics, the value of which is
not fixed by the contract.
2. When there is a contract for rent of
real estate, it is none the less a renting,
that it is agreed that the tenant may have
the use of the mules, tools, gin, and other
personal property actually on the place,
forming part of the machinery for carrying
on the farm, and a distress warrant will be
ior the whole surq agreed upon.
John Doe, ex. dem. E. Granniss, vs. Richard
Roe and Samuel D. Irwin, tenant.—
Ejectment, from Baker county.
McCay, J.
1. It is the presumption of law that an
officer has done his duty, and his official
acts will be presumed to have been done
rightly until the contrary is shown.
2. Where a deed, purporting to have been
attested by a magistrate; and duly record
ed thereupon, was offered in evidence, cir
cumstances tending to show that the mag
istrate’s name was affixed subsequently to
the execution of the deed, are evidence for
the Jury, and it is error in the court to
withhold the deed, as not recorded.
3. If the evidence is pertinent, the court
should leave it to the jury, under his charge
as to the laiy.
Judgment, reversed.
Vason & Davis for ulaiutiff in error.
8. D. Irwin for defendant in error.
THE OPINION OP THE SUPREME COURT ON
THE INTERMARRIAGE OP NEGROES AND
WHITES —MISCEGENATION RULED OUT-
Charlotte Scott, plaintiff in error, vs. the
State of Georgia, defendant in error. In
dictment for Adultery and Fornication,
from Dougherty county.
3. When there is no day fixed for the pay
ment of rent, bnt it is payable in specifics
to be made on the place, and it is agreed
that “ it is to be first taken from the same,”
the rent is due in a reasonable time after a
sufficiency of the crop, alluded to, to
pay of the rent, is gathered and ready for
delivery.
4. Section 2263 of Irwin’s Code, protect
ing the crop against levy, under process
against the tenant, only applies where the
rent is a fractional part of the crop, and
not where it is a fixed amount.
5. The lien of the landlord, for his rent
npon the crop made, is superior to all other
liens.
®-The.liens, provided for by the act “of
1868, in favor of landlords, factors, etc.,
upon crops and growing crops, attach from
the date of the agreement, and the oldest
taken, i 3 of the highest dignity.
Judgment affirmed.
Strozier & Smith, Jno. A. Davis, for
plaintiff in error.
Hines & Hobbs for defendant in error.
Brown, C. J.—Delivering the Opinion.
The record in this case presents a single'
question for the consideration and adjudi
cation of this court. Have white persons'
au d Pgraqns q|Vgolor the right, under the
constitution aid laws of Georgia, to inter
marry and live together, in this State, as
husband and wife? Tfte question is dis
tinctly made, and it is our duty to meet it
fairly and dispose of it.
The Code of Georgia, as adopted by the
new constitution, section 1707, forever pro
hibits the marriage the
two races, and declares all srich
ntjl and void.
jrWith the policy of this law we have notlf
>|W4C to do. it is opr duty to declare what
aqfhavY is, hot to make law. For myself,
however, I do not hesitatoto say that it was
dictated by wise statesmanship, and has a
broad and solid foundation in enlightened
policy, sustain'd by sound reason aucl com
mon sense. The amalgamation of tUeHh*ees
is not only unnatural, but is always pro
ductive of deplorable results. Our daily
observation shows us that the offspring of
these unnatural connections are generally
sickly and effeminate, and that they are in
ferior in physical development and strength
to full blood of either race. It is sometime*,
urged that such marriages should be en
couraged for the purpose of elevating the
inferior race. The reply is, that such con
nections neyer elevate the inferior race to
the position of the superior ; but they bring
down the superior to that*of the inferior.—
They are productive ot evil, and evil only,
without any corresponding good.
I do not propose to enter into any elabo
rate discussion of the question of policy at
this time, but only to express my opinion,
after mature consideration and reflection.
The power of the Legislature over the
subject matter, when the Code was adopt
ed, will not, I suppose, be questioned. The
Legislature certainly had as much right to
regulate the marriage relation, by prohibit
ing it between persons of different races, as
they * had to prohibit it between persons
•within the Levitical degrees, or between
idiots. Both are necessary and proper reg
ulations. And the regulation now under
consideration is equally so.
But it has beeu urged by the learned
counsel for the plaintiff in error, that the
section of the Code under consideration is
in conflict with the eleventh section of the
first article of the constitution of this
State, which declares that: “The social
status of the citizen shall never be the sub
ject of legislation.”
In so far as the marriage relation is con
nected -with the social status, the very re
verse is true. That section, of the. consti
tution forever prohibits legislattda of any
character,
the social status.
It leaves social rights and status where
it finds them. It prohibits the Legislature
from repealing any laws in existence which
protect persons In the free regulation,
among themselves, of matters ‘ properly
termed social; and it also prohibits the
enactment of any new laws on that subject;
in future.
As illustrations, the laws in force Jpba
the constitution was adopted, Iqft the
churches in this State free to regudMe mat
ters connected with social status in their
congregations, as they thought proper.
They could say who should enter their
church edifices and occupy seats, and in
what order they should be classified or
seated. They could say that females should
sit in one part of the church, and males in
another ; and that persons of color, should,
if they attended, occupy such seats as were
set apart for them. In all this they Were
protected by the«omtaqn law of this State.
The new constitution forever :*.u irant. ■
th(s protection by denying to the. Legisla
ture the power#** luarflflS withdraw
ing it, or regulating the social status in
such assemblages.
And I may here remark, that precisely the
same protection is guaranteed to the color
ed .‘Churches, in the regulation of social
status in their assemblages, which is afford
ed 'thif'*Piiles. Neither can ever intrude
Upogf SLoCher. oHhterferff with their social
arrungqgients without their consent.
The same is true of railroad and steam
out companies and hotel keepers. By the
la *jn existence at the time the constitu
tiorfcwas adopted, they were obliged to fur
nish cs#tfortable and convenient accommo
dations, toMfee extent of their capacity to
accomniodamJto all who applied, without
.rpgard to rac<»r color. they were not
'compelled to races,
or of differentftexes, in cars or %
the same apartments ; or seat them at the"
same table. This was left to thhlf tiWh dis
cretion. They.had power to regulate it ac
pbrding to their own notions of propriety,
and to classify their guests or passengers
according to race or color ; and to place
them at hotels in .different houses or differ
,eut parts of the same house ; or on rail
roads, in different cars ; or on steambouts,
in different parts pf the vessel; and to give
them their meals at different tables. When
they hadlStode public these Regulations, all
persons patronizing them were baupd to
conform to them, and those who djd not
like their regulations must seek accommo
dations elsewhere. There was no Taw to
compel them to group together, In social
connection, persons Wlio did not recognize
each other as social equals. i ?
To avoid collisions and to pre
serve peace, harrfiauy, rthd good order in
society, tlie new constitution has wisely
prohibited the Legislature from enacting
laws compelling these companies to make
new social arrangements among their pa
trons, or to disturb those in existence. The
law shall stand as it is, says the constitu
tion, leaving each to regulate such matters
as they think best, and there shall be no
legislative interference. AH shall be com
fortably accommodated, but you shall not
be compelled by law to force social equal
ity, either npon your trains, your boats, or
in jour hotels.
The same remarks apply to the regula
tion of social status among families, and to
the social intercourse of soeief.y generally.
This, in my opinion, is one of the wisest
provisions in the constitution, as it ex
cludes from the halls of the Legislature-a
question which was likely to produce more
uuprofitable agitation, Wrangling and con
tention than any other subject within the
whole range of their authority.
Government has full power to
civil and political rights, and to give to
each citizen of the State, as ouc Cqde has
done, equal civil and equal politiJa 1 iygli'ts,
as well as equal protection of the la tvs.
But government has no power to regulate
social status. Before the laws, the Code of
Georgia makes all citizens equal, without
regard to race or color. But it does not
create, nor does any law of the State at
tempt to enforce, moral or social equality
between the different races, or citizens of
the State. Such equality does not in fact
exist, and never can. The God of nature
made it otherwise, and no human law can
produce it, and no human tribunal can en
force it. There are gradations and classes
throughout the universe. From the tallest
arch-angel in heaven down to the meanest
reptile on earth, mdral and social inequali
ties exist, and must continue to exist
throughout all eternity.
While the great mass of the conquering
people of the States which adhered to the
Union during the late civil strife have
claimed, the right to dictate the terms of
settlement, and have maintained If, pow
er those who demand that the people of
the States lately in rebellion shall accord
to the colored race equality of civil fights
including the ballot, with the same protec
tion under the laws which are afforded the
white race, they have neither required of
us the practice of miscegenation, nor have
they claimed for the colored race social
equality with the white raee. The fortunes
of war have compelled us to yield to the
freedmen the legal rights above mentioned,
but we have neither authorized nor legal
ized the marriage relation between the
races, nor have we enacted laws or placed
it in the power of the Legislature hereafter
so make laws regulating the'social status,
so as to compel our people to meet the col
ored race on terms of social equality.
Such a state of things could never be de
sired by the thoughtful and reflecting por
tion of either race. It could never promote
peace, quiet, or social order in any State or
community. No such laws aye of force in
any of the Northern States, so far as J
know, and it is supposed, -no considerable
part of this people of any State desire to see
them enacted. Indeed, the most absolute
and despotic governments do not attempt
to regulate social status by fixed laws' or
to enforce social equality among races or
classes without their coiabnt.
As already stated, we are of t)ie opinion
that the section of the Code which*forbids
intermarriages between the races is neither
inconsistent with nor is it repealed by the
section of the codstUhffoft now bhder con
sideration. It, therefore, stands upon the
statute book of the State forever probibit
iM#sH.surh m irriages-»nd defacing them
-tobdwuttand void.'
Let Ism judgment of the court 4|fLfiW
ailirtncf.
Crqjb in Nouth Caholi m.v At uo
war have pur people ySmd greator
cause rejoice ova* prospects of aii abtiu
daut ylßd of the various crop.*; The
crop no# harvestin' Ims uotj been betj|rf
for maul years pie. The dates crop®]
Corn id looking w iLrln a hjfph]
utßtlvaticb, and, inmo serious
drouffhtjshoult! Afcvl-take ft, will furnish a
'rich hjUjatat, to|ecco are be
ftmniflßßo give climes jfeich inspire
hOpe an^ncou rageeVfcV In fact there is
scarcely jny pfoduqly\> W e fgrort in t£fte-!
section, (lnd there a|W )( Jrv fe* / we do not,)
that doesliot give tjfie Tnost flattering as
surance ti the farmer of a bo ntiful yield.
The pnfcpect is ropst propping, and our
people, aajthey shallbe, veryneerful; for
rarefy haSthere been such a blessing be
wM upon then)— Salisbury Examiner.
Under of the warm
weather iugiv npfbn o§, ’'tire cfops seem to
fresh start and are now mov
.togtowardl maturity with a rapiility that
nraKfes the| farmed heart glad. The ill
effects of the cold-snaps upon the cotton
have been almost wholly erased, and that
crop now looks very promising, and we
may yet hope through this section of ob
taining a good yield ojf this staple. Corn .is
looking splendid, and.every farmer is now
“ as busy as a bee” in, keeping ahead of the
grass that grpws apace with the crops.
[Wddon News.
»»..■'
Horse Cars in London. —At last the
English metropolis is to have horse cars.
John Bull’s repugnanqe to there means of
locomotion has been overcome, and they
will soon be in active operation, snbject,
however, to restrictions, the severity of
which strongly contrasts with the un
bridled license enjoyed by rail corporations
here. The rails are to be perfectly level
with the road, and the thin flange of the
car wheels to ruu in a narrow, shallow
groove below the level of the rail itself.—
Thus the very lightest description of vehi
cle, from a dog cart to a perambulator or a
velocipede, can cross the tramway at any
part without the slightest hindrance. The
House of Commons have further insisted
that tiwre. shall .be no monopoly of the
track, but that Us use shall be open to all
vehicles, whether light or heavy, with the
simple condition %t all heavy i.rafle shall
draw off when the tram cars overtake them,
for the tram cays cannot, qffboqrse, turn
aside, as they run on flanged wheels in their
propergrooves. PpPgect to this condition,
the tram will, bo open to all carriages.—
Ooe very important clause provides that,
if, after the traiSpay has been opened three
years, It is noflmiund convenient for th«T
public, then thw compauy must remove it
plE’wieir owu coji
From the Foi|k. —We were pleased yes
terday to receivjftt call from our friend and
Bishop, from the Fork,
who ciods between the rivers
aefbeing good, fifth corn and cotton ; the
wheat crop is alsfcgood, better than for the
past ten years. JMr. Bishop speaks very
encouragingly oifeie negroes in his section,
says that they arf attending to their busi
ness and working well; this we are glad to
learn for of thefmany large farms in the
Fork, they ara/almost entirely cultivated
.by negro labour This is an evidence suffi
cient to show that they are peaceably - dis
posed, and atteimvc to their business'when
alone. Mr. Ifishop has spent nearly
WNfJty years of Ms life in Greene countv,
and sJys to-day 4e would not exchange "it
for any country under the sun, and says
that energy and industry is all thatis ne
cessary for our popple to grow rich. We
are glad to jtnovf that he, ns well as many
of our farmpa, fire making preparations to
grow clowrand the different grasses, for it
can but prfWe a success.
. [Kal-ynton Pressgnd Messenger.
Cotton.— jtome of our planting friends
seem to thin# this crop is ten or fifteen days
behind last ypar, while others; with whom
we agree, contend that it is fully up, and
presents a much better appearance than
then. Since the iate rains it has improved
greatly t and is now growing as rapidly-as
toottkl t)e clonir«<+. Tho landa luinn rrce,f/01T)
IrgbfSn and in good condition at this tune,
’s#ar farmers anticipate but little danger t)f
falling behind with their work
The first “ bloom of the seastn,” last year,
was laid on our tqble June 20‘,h, by 001. R.
B. Nisbet; this year we have sjen uo bloom
as yet, but are informed by. Mr. S. B. Mar
shall that he Ifes.cotton bloomijin his fields,
thus showing that it is as farftdvanced as
last year.— Jfatonton Press andMessenger.
Conditlw of the Cotton ]rop.— On a
recent visit try ; welfound a con
siderable portion of the cotfim crop veryi
grassy, some plantations almott hopelessly
so—Ui (yes 11 It of Aver plantpg. On in
quil’y, We learned that this cpnlit ion of the
crop was.not coniWed to the plantations
that under ounobservatioii. The cot
ton Ihixhas been weU cultivatdl is looking
well for the Spring,j«d is growing rapidly.
We found none overknee high,and a great
deal not over halfithat tall. It Is evidently
one month' behindTust yeai’s crop. Corn is
universally lookingljweH, and if the seasons
continue favorable.Vhe vield {o the land
will exceed that of several yeaifs. We re
gret to see that so lilAg has been planted.
f [Columbus Sun.
Curious Decisic^—'Two cases were
tried at Court last week,
where three the North Caro
lina Railroad Com polar for damages sus
tained by an explosio# of powder stowed
in the car in which tJpy were riding about
the close pf the wil Ireland and Duke
obtained damages—tlm former for $2,000
and the latter for SI4OOO. But the point
to which we direct attention is the decision
of Judge Tourgee of S. 8. Turn
er, who also sued The Julge
decided that inusmubft as Turner was a
Confederate soldier, an# on his way t> re
port for duty at Generp Johnston’s lead
> waiters, thus violating the law, lie was
not _eptirf£d s**kva»cove.r damages frem a
common carrier. From this decision the
counsel Cor to the Snpl-eme
A Soutberweditor, whose State has teen
specially overrun and afflicted with Radical
carpetbaggers from Ohio, who have q>me
into his State and monopolized all (the
offices, accounts for the recent suicidal
mania in our State Penitentiary onthe|up
position that they are the victims of des
pondency, produced by conflnemenj in
prison, while many of their companion! in
crime are permitted to go carpet-bagjtin"
down South, where they are made
emors and members of* Congress, o\ ap
pointed to Postmasterships and other luira
tive offices. They esteem it unbearable
that they should be punished for theif jttie
peccadillos and delinquencies, while offers
equally mean and dishonest, are used bl the
Radical party to punish the Southern rebels.
[Oinchinati Enquirit;.
Bad Policy.— An enterprising fin in
Washington City advertise a prepar tion
or compound that will take the klnl: out
of a nigger’s wotfl and make his hair
straight We advise our colored fr|nds
that it would be bad poi Fey for them use
the compound. .Justus sure as they get
their hair stwffgfftf the Radicals wilflose
their affection for them. Kfcep your 001.
byiattmeansrand, under no consideration,
have anything, to do?Hdth a preparation
that will whiten yoifr Rkljr
; An Egg Within an*#3o.—We bas. in
our possession a eurtesiJAt ,It is no ,i D g
saagaigmffA s
Eatouton hotel, who waOod to exarai its
contents by the shape and
appearance of one enaSSf the shell. Her
examination brought toJlight the ou ous
fact that it contained besides the mal
amount of meat, a 'smaflj egg, per| in
every plrtietreu-. T TI
Cnov Prospects.— So fine, sason
able rains are concerned, perhaps nArear
has excelled the present oqc for the Row
ing crops. The yield offrlqai in thf sec
tion is a little above cap, of
most excellent quality; tW dortrhas lrely
promised better, though' in many faces
the stand is poor, haaoome out wondrful
ly in the pant ten days*-ami.now nroklses
nearly an average crop.-iJtom (Mmd
pgry ' ■ 7-; . -j-*r ~
BY ethet" T.rux.
P Hoifmai'iy.fieirfd* does V e <ftllr~
B.iUy wlio t-niucbuAnintMitli ago?' V*
.«HM&Cber ties the kerchief’s knot,
Hpdcrly guides the swinging weighty gj|a
yMHKnrciutly over liis glasses peers
[fflßgod the record *• only eight.”
-
Softly the echoes »uos around ;
The lather laughs at the Btjy girl,
The fair young mother sings the words,
: While orrandmother smooths the golden
curl. ' '
And stooping above the precious thing,
Nestles a kiss within a prayer,
Murmuriug softly 44 Little one,
. Grandfather did not weigh y-u fair,”
*' ■ .
Nobody weighed tha baby’s smile,
Or the love that come with the helpless one,
Nobody weighed the threads of care
From which a woman's life is spuu.
No index tells the mighty worth
Os little baby’s quiet breath—
A soft, unceasing metronome,
Patient and faithful unto death.
jr Nobody weighed the baby’s soul,
For here on earth no weight there be
That could avail; God only knows
Its value in eternity.
i Only eight pounds to hold a soul
That seeks no angel’s silver wing,
TJut shrines it in this human gni6e,
'] * Within so trail and small a thing!
Oh, mother, lwigh your merry note ;
Be gay and Ylud, bnt don’t forget
From baby’s eres looks out a soul
That claims w home in Eden yet.
State Items.
The Columbus Enquirer has been pre
sented with a couple of onions of the white
variety weighing respectively 17% and 19
ounces.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch reports pres
ent crop prospects in Pulaski county as
most encouraging—all that the fainers
could desire.
The Americus CWr*@vof the 23d, Stated
that Mr. Doolittle, a citizen of'Jp«mter
Icounty, has gone North with an exhibition
in the sliape of three alligators—the largest
being nine feet three inches in length.
The Macon Telegraph complains of a hor
rible case of miscegenation in that city—a
big buck negro living with two abandoned
white women. The women have been put
to work on the-chain gang.
The Albany News advises those who have
large stoc-ks-of corn on hand to look out
for a market. The crop in Southwestern
Georgia is a-success, and a disaster can
hardly be ihlkglned that would reduce it
below an abundant supply.
Mr. John jtyle, of Chattooga county, has
sent the Rome Courier a specimen of long
bearded wheat, the heads of which are six
inches long.
The Rome Courier state# that Mr, J. J.
Cohen bought,the first crcg) (about JLSO ,
els) tfPnew wheat in that market, last Tue
sday, at $1 67%. Tim tfheat was raised on
the farm of Col. W. $, Cothran, near that
city. j£ •***v*l*r'
The Eatonto?Mjjrtts-.-< and Messenger lias re
ceived a bunwPJJf'oats, of forty stalks,
grown from a-sifigle seed, the stalks meas
uring from fhree-and-a-half
with heads ten tolburteciiAadtuanM|g, an,d
well filled. 'ljfccv grew !>7
Mr. R. J. Wynn, a few miles4P>m"Eatenton.
Another Grand Railway CoNsoi.rDA
tton.—We are informed negotiation
is now pending be tween,the Antral and
Southwestern Railways to consolidate these,
two gigantic interests under; tike exclusive
control and direction of the Central Road.
It is whispered that the Central Road offers
to take a long lease of the Southwestern
and guarantee t||r*stockholders eight per
cent, per annum pa the capital stock of the*
This is a very safe bid, inasmuch as eight
per cent, is the usual dividend of the roach
witli an improving hn"i"''— , i J ITI . fl “‘iHttyhirli
is pHhhahl}r to increase much faster
In ttapliitiwe than it-kloes now. Wo look
upon the road tributary to the tracks of the
Southwestern as bound to be the Cotton
Egypt of America. It is probably the
country of all the world which combines
the best cotton.pijSHscing conditions of soil
and climate, with the best proportionate
conditions of heftlth. It is pre-eminently
adapted to heavy free labor cotton crops,
and to show that we are not alone in our
judgment, we think we could safely bind
ourselves to produce, within a reasonable
time, a much higher bid for & lease of the
Southwestern Railroad, from parties as
responsible as any in are
not talking idly in this business.
The proprietors of th<* Southwestern
Railroad'should, therefom it seems to us,
consider whether they a PJiWKj n " their
best arrangement undlpftMs bargain—
whether they cannot do befiteflFS&'tOsiwiee,
and whether it would not be far more iSp
their mterestejifo retain control of',this
magnificent gpperty, as an independent
road, responsive to the interests of the peo
ple tributary to it, and, open in they- own
advantage to the natural developments of
the country, rather than to merge it.into
an immense combination, which will wield
its poAver solely for through freight, and
without much regard to the equities of the
situation.
It behooves the people of Macoirto put
on their thinking caps. Such g.n arrange
ment puts the cotton trade of the town sub
stantially in the hands of this combina
tion, and there are those Avkb say, so far
as our warehousing, storage aud sales of
cotton are concerned, the place wHI be a
Avay-statioii hardly more important than
Griswohhdlle. With the imperfect lights
before ns we do not now propose more than
simply to call'the attention of all parties
interested-to the negotiations alleged to be
on foot. —. Macon Telegraph.
The New Material fob Paper
Esparto grass is now the successful rival
of ragspaud the production and use of this
substance have become so goubvai that it is
no longer an experiment.
ssignable limit to its production, aitfPnw
point has yet been discovered where it is
not practically preferable to rags in furnish
ing a pulp for paper. Its general adoption
is, therefore, only a matter of time. The
name of the product will indicate its origin
to every reader. It is the growth of Spain
and Portugal. It is, in color, between hay
and straw, aud may be bleached or not, ac
cording to the purpose to which it is to be
put. It is an annual, aud, though the sur
face covered with it is now limited, it can
be increased indefinitely with the demand.
England imports 50,000 tons of it a year, at
a cost of $32 to $35 a ton ; and it is esti
mated that two-thirds of the paper manu
factured in the kingdom is made from
Esparto grass. As yet it is almost Avholly
unknown in the United States ; and Eng
lish importers have had the shrewdness to
secure the bulk of the probable crop for
years to come, so that we shall have to bay
in their markets. Thus, after two hundred
years of experiment, with more than twice
that number of different substances or pro
cesses patented, for seeming a cheaper or
better paper material, a perfect substitute
has been found. This' industry may yet
become to the > Iberian peninsula almost
what cotton is to the United States ; while
the beneflf will not be less for the whole
civilized world.
Judge Woodward, of Pennsylvania, on a
war with England, says:
“ Men who speak the English language
will never wage war any more as among
themselves. Insurrection and outbreaks,
no doubt, will occur now' and then, but
national wars among people of our lineage
and language are improbabilities of so high
a degree as to be practically impossible.
“ Such politicians as Sumner and Chand
ler wIH always be crying out for war, just
as ravens
wtrom the* 1 other not*"
[Frotn tha Providence Journal.
Lobsters.
I * * * , , | 1 ,*fl
sofie Crustacea its easily as with flsh.
The eggs of a female lobster are taken
I and piaeedNn a water-trough, and the seed
of the male strewed over them; ihey are
LJfbfn carefully attended to, and nourished
upbti such substances as observation or ex
periment prescribes, This is tin;.funda
mental principle of rearing Crustacea. N
M. Etienne Legui 1 lous sent to tlie Jardati
des Plants some young lobsters barely
hatched from tlie- eggs. After the space oi
eight days these larrn change their skins
or moult for the first time-, at two months
old their change of form becomes very evi
dent ; at the age of three months the large
claws which characterize the lobster begin
to show themselves, and at six months old
the transformation is complete. These
creatures have then the form of the adult
lobster.
Lobsters, in common with most crusta
ceans, possess the faculty of reproduction
to a great extent; if a claw be torn off it ft
renewed, and if injured the animal will
sometimes throw it off of his own accord.
Any violent shock to the nervous system
will likewise cause this. Hence, If a lobster
be thrown into boiling water, it will fre
quently throw off its large claws.
The regenerative force decreases as the
animal organism becomes more compli-.
cated. Hence, if you cut a polyp into two,
three, four, or a hundred pieces, each frag
ment will become anew animal. Jf a worm
be divided transversely, each section becomes
anew worm. Ascending still higher—to
lobsters and flsh—the exterior parts of the
body can alone be thus regenerated; and it
has been shown that when the tails of liz
ards—a class still higher—are cut off, the
new tail does not always possess the whole
number of vertebral bones; in other terms,
the regeneration is incomplete. In animals
with warm blood this regenerative faculty
is greatly diminished, but still exists even
in man himself. But the same force which
iu man forms the scar of a wound, or heals
the stump after amputation, will with liz
ards reproduce a tail, with lobsters a claw,
with polyps the whole body.
The mouth'of the lobster, like that of in
seets, opens the long way of the body, not
Crossways, as in man. It is furnished with
two teeth; but as these are not sufficient
it has three more in its stomach. The lat
ter were formerly used in medicine under
the pompous names of oeuli caneorum, tlie
yeux d’ecrevisses of the French, instead of
carbonate of magnesia. The lobster sheds
its shell in all probability once in a year,
and then retires under a rock or in a hole
until the new skin is again covered with a
solid crust. -While thus deprived of its
hard covering, the lobster becomes an easy
prey to most of the inhabitants of the deep,
and even to its own species; so that In
credible numbers perish annually from this
circumstance alone upop our coasts. Under
water, these curious creatures ruu swiftly
upon thqir feet, and %fteh alartnWl spring
.front twenty to thirty feet as rapidly as a
bird can fly.
Very young lobsters seek, refuge in the
clefts of rocks, find in holes or crevices at
ttoe bottom of the sea. There, without
seeming to take dny food, thfiy. grow large
in a few weeks’ time, being nourished upon
the various matters which the water washes
into their retreats. When their shell is
completely formed, they become bolder,
jeav*.|he rocks Had creep along the bo&in
lntfeaTCh.of prey. They live chiefly
thkCßpawn of fish, the smaller Crustacea,
marine worms, &c. All these facte must
be borne in mind by those who undertake
to rear them ariafleially.
The black or dark-blue color of lobsters
is very remarkable in a chemical point of
view, as it becomes red in iiot water. In
its hatural state It is a very dark bluish
green fatty matter, which becomes red
when exposed te-a heat of 70 degrees, (cen
tigrade,) and in this state resembles the
rod coloring matter extracted by Goebel
from the legs and beaks o i certain gteese and
pigeons. It can be extracted from the
Jpbster’s shell by means of alcohol, iu which
it is soluble; but during tlie operation the
color turns red. Sulphuric and nitric acid
turn tlie red alcoholic solution a permanent
green, which the alkalis do not again
Ch TbeVedc olorof thinobsterTaii be modi
fled by chemical means; for instance, with
OXICtB 01i l, prwtuccs a rtqict wntfrttmr
It.ion, and dark colored shell becomes
red when »ui contact with acids,
alkalis, certain salts, &c/ Tkalso red
by long exposure to the air, by jtntrefac
tion, &c.; bubit does not change color in
sss£sSfs&.’ vtn r- C “ ,od " c
—■ •»** " 1 >v
Miss Susan B. Anthbily fs out with a pa
ragraph in the Revolution, recommending
that married people should no. longer sleep
together*? that every man, tvoman and
child should have a bed to him or herself;
that those who are just going to house
keeping should buy no double beds; an<b
she exclaims with enthusiasm: “Cribs,,,
cots and single beds for health and hapi>J
ness !” Poets,.both male and female, have
■ often sung “ cots,.”, but. they have always
■ insisted on placing them beside a rill.—
the paragraph upon Avliich she
advice:
‘sMte Laics of Life says: if More quarrels
arise between brothers, between sisters, be
tween hired girls, between apprentices in
machine shops, belAveeu clerks in stores,
between hired men, between husbands aud
wives, owing to electrical,changes through
' whicli their nervous systems go by lodging
together night after night under the same
lied clothes than bv almost any other dis
turbing cause. There is nothing that will
so derange the nervous system of a person
avlio is eliminative in nervous force as to.
lie all night in bed Avilh another person
who is absorbant in nervous force. The
absorber Avill go to sleep, and rest all night,
Avliile the eliminator will be tumbling and
.tossing, restless and nervous, and wake in
in the inomiug, fretful,:peevish, fault-find
ing and discouraged. No two persons, no
matter who they are, should habitually
sleep together. One will thrive and the
other Avill lose. This is the law, and in
married life it is defined almost universal-
ly” •
When the Revolution, in revolving, has
overturned double beds and scattered their
contents ignominiously on the floor, or
bundled them off to opposite sides of the
room and packed them safely in $ ribs—
(imagine them “ peaking ” at each other
through the rails !”) —what will she do
next? The mind staggers at the thought
of what the next reform will be. And,'af
ter all—though Miss Anthony may not be
lieve it—it is time enough to sleep alone
when you are in your grav'e.
[New York World.
An Immense Peach Orchard. —A cor
respondent of the New York Express writes
from a village called Ridgeway, midway
between Wilmington and Weldon" North
Carolina, and gives the following descrip
tion of an immense peach orchard:
“ But the great feature of the picture is a
]leach orchard of 250,000 trees, occupying
2,500 acres of land. An idea of its magni
tude perhaps, be better shown by the
statement that if the acres were in a row
they would extend to the distance of 100
miles, and if the trees themselves were in a
row, would extend to the distance of 1,000
miles.
“ In the season for gathering, at only one
basket per tree per day, there must be on
the ground every day a supply of 250,000
baskets. As the peaches pulled to-day
are to be in New York to-morrow—for this
can be—it is easy to conceive the army of
gatherers necessary to fill the baskets and
place them upon the cars. An enterprise
such as this requires no small capital and
energy. It is in capaole hands and will
probably be a success. The parties have
secured, I am informed, a contract for
transportation for twenty years.”
-7 —*—'■ m ■
Great Freshet in Pumpkin vine
Creek. —Last week this creek was higher
than it has ever been known to be before
by the oldest citizens of this county. We
are told that, in the neighborhood of Pal
las, Paulding cohnty, the head waters of
the creek, H sained for seven hours in tor
tents without intermission. The waters
swept away, indiscriminately, very nearly
%verythiog along Us banks. It Is supposed
that.not less than ten thousand bushels of
whest was destroyed, together with fences,
mill-dams; bridges, hay, &c. Our friends,
Talton F.. Moore and Brasley Stegall, we
learn, sustain » loss of about sl,oofoea.ch
in wheat, while Maj. Wm. Milluer, David
Quarles, suffered severe-
BY TELEGRAPH.
[Special Dispatch to the Constitutionalist
Sew York Quotations.
REPORTED BY HOYT & GARDNER.
New York, June 25—p. M.
The following are the closing quotations
this day:
American Gold 1571/
New York Central 1041®
Erie 29if
Hudson River
Cleveland & Pittsburg 99
Chicago and Northwestern 82%
Chicago and Northwestern, pref. 96%
Milwaukee & St. Paul 7«if
Milwaukee & St. Paul, pref.....'..".'...’ 87
Lake Shore 100 W
Chicago & Rock Island .". .119 if
Toledo, Wabash& Western, pref 80'
New Jersey Central 106%
Pittsburg & Fort Wayne 107%
Ohio & Mississippi.. 83
Hanibal & St. Joseph 121
Hanibal & St. Joseph, pref..'. 119
Tennessee, old 60%
Tennessee, new 56%
Georgia 6’s ’ 84
Georgia 7’s 96
North Carolina, old 59
North Carolina, new 55%
Alabama B’s 98
Alabama s’(t- 91%
Virginia 6’s 57
Missouri G’s / 91%
Pacific Mail .... ..." 7f1%
Wes tern Unlon Telegraph 39
Stocks very strong. Gold closes steady.
(Associated Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, June 25—Noon.—Gould
has been commissioned Revenue Collector
for the First Georgia District.
The Cubans have late favorable advices ;
have been successful iutwo recent conflicts.
The Cuban army is comparatively healthy,
and confident, and the organization is im
proving. The cholera, yellow fever and
dissensions among the Spaniards are deci
mating and demoralizing them.
Boric has resigned. Geo. M. Robeson,
of New Jersey, succeeds him.
The National Intelligencer has suspended,
temporarily, it is hoped.
Washington, June 25—P. M.—Full
Cabinet, including Robeson, Secretary of
Navy.
Revenue to-day, SBOO,OOO.
Admiral Hoft' is instructed to resist
Seizures of American vessels not actually
engaged in landing troops or munitions on
the Cuban coast.
Geu. Howard appointed Rev. Jas. Lynch
Superintendent of Education for Missis
sippi.
Delano decides that lottery proprietors,
managers and agents must pay 5 per cent,
on gross receipts, whether from tickets,
certificates or policies, or any device repre
senting lottery tickets, without deduction
for prizes, commissions or other expense.
Turner, negro postmaster at Macon, Ga.,
departed yesterday, with his commission.
Lemus, the Cuban representative, lias an
interview with Grant and the Secretary of
War to-night.
VIRGINIA.
1 " ' •
Richmond, June 25.—The commence
ment exercises of Washington College, nt
Lexington, took place Thursday, Rev. It.
A. Holland, of Baltimore, addressed the
Literary Societies; Gen. Lee distributed
medals and diplomas. C. W. McCormick,
ofChicago, a member of the Board of Trus
teesffcvho was unavoidably absent, sent a
checlj for five thousand dollars, as a sub
stitufafor his personal appearance. Many
distinguished persons from other States
were preftent at the Alumni dinner, at night;
speechelflifcere made by Commodore Maury,
Geu. SmUjyuid others. The College prize
oration wa# delivered by Mr. C. Garret, of
Texas; the class oration by Jno. T.
Pendleton, of Kentucky ; and the Cincin
nati oration by J. P. Strader, of West
Virginia.
Registration, just closed, has greatly in-
Cfcaqcvl hLo irklio tlx a
The Conservatives, claim that their vote
has been increa^^ytwenty thousand.
CALIFORNIA.
San Fklncisco, June 25.— A volcano of
Cloima, Mexico, erupted on the 12th. The
whole cnliwn of the mountain fell in. The
first eruption since 1800.
J# FOREIGN.
’ Paris, June 25.—Fremont lias arrived.
' Madrid, June 25.—The Cortes rejected
the bill taxing rentes fifteen per cent.
, Brest, June, 25—The Great Eastern is
377 miles out. Signals continue perfect.
MARINE NEWS.
Savannah, June 25.— Cleared : Brig G.
F. Geery, for New Y#rk; Celeste, for Bar
badocs.
Arrived: Sophia, from Nassau.
Charleston, June 25.—Sailed : Schr.
Nettie Richardson, for Boston.
MARKETS.
London, June 25—Noon.—Securities un
changed.
Liverpool, June 25—Noon—Cotton firm
and quotations unchanged; sales, 12,000
bales ; sales of the Aveek, 85,000; exports,
16,000; speculation, 12,000; stock, 388,000;
American, 212,000; afloat, 593,000; Ameri
can, 70,000.
Liverpool, June 25.—Afternoon.—Yarns
quiet and. firm. Breadstuffs dull.
Liverpool, June 25—Evening.—Cotton
quiet; uplands,l2%; Orleans, 12*4; sales,
12,000 bales.
Havre, June 25.—Cotton firm.
Neav York, June 25—Noon.—Stocks
strong. Money, 7, 1-32 commission.—
Cold, 137%. Sterling, 9%. ’(&’», 22.
North Carolinas, 59; iicav, 55%; Virginias,
ex coupon, 57; new, 61; Tennessees, ex
coupon, 61; neiv, 56%; Louisianas, old,
7214; LeA'ees, 68%.
Neav York, June 25—P. M.—Govern
ments aud Southerns steady. Money easier
at 7. Sterling firmer at 9%. Gold, 137%.
New York, June 25—Noon.—Flour 5@
10 lower. Wheat I@2 lower. Corn un
changed. Mess Pork, $32 56@32 Lard
steady. Cotton steady at 33. Turpentine,
42@42%. Rosin firm; strained, $2 30®
2 35. Freights firm.
New York, June 25—P. M.—Cotton
very firm ; sales, 2,500 bales at 33. Flour
10@20 loAver. Wheat 2@3 lower during the
day. Corn closed active and firmer. Pork
heavy at $32®32 37%. Groceries steady.
Naval Stores quiet and unchanged.
Baltimore, June 25.—Cotton very firm
at33@33%. Flour Aveaker. Wheat lower;
choice red, $1 75. Corn closed weak ; pro
visions quiet and unchanged. Whisky flat
atsl 03® 10 4.
Cincinnati, June 25. — Whisky dull and
unsettled at 93, with no buyers. Mess
Pork, $32 75@33; no sales. Bacon—quo
tations nominal; shoulders, 14; sides, 17%
®lB. Lard held at 19%.
St. Louis, June 25.—Mess Pork, $33@34.
Bacon—shoulders, 14%; clear sides, 18%.
Whisky, 96*
Louisville, June 25.—Provisions quiet.
Mess Pork, $33 50. Bacon—shoulders,
14%; clear sides, 18%. Whisky, 94.
Wilmington, June 25.—Spirits Turpen
tine quiet at 37%. Rosin quiet at $1 80®
6. Crude Turpentine unchanged. Tar,
$2 25.
Weather cloudy and indicates rain
storm. Wind fair, S. W. Thermometer, 85.
New Orleans, June 25.—Cotton—sales
to-day, 238 bales; for the Aveek, 1,060 bales;
middling, 31%. Gold, 138%@138%. Ster
ling, 50%@51. New York Sight, % pre
mium. Flour—superfine, $5 75; double,
$5 90; treble, $6 25. Corn firm; white,
92%@95. Oats, 71. Bran, $1 10. Hay
prime, $25 50@26. Pork, $34 75. Bacon
retailing at 15, 18% and 18%. Lard—
tierce, 20@21; keg, 20%@22. Sugar easier;
common, 9%@10%; prime, 13%. Molas
ses steady ; fermenting, 40@64. Whisky
quiet; Western rectified, 95. Coffee—fair,
14%@15%; prime. 16%@16%.
Charleston, June 25.—Cotton in fair
demand; sales, 100 bales: middliqg, 31@
31%; receipts, 42 bales.
Savannah, June 25.—Cotton—market
quiet and active; middling, 31; sales, 550
bales; receipts, 120 bales.
Local ISTews;
Steam Plowing.— The introduction of
the steam plow promises a great revolu
tion in farm tillage, in process of time,
when the questions of moderating the cost
of the implement, and simplifying the de
tails of its construction have been deter
mined by the inventive and practical labor
saving ideas- of the genius of
the country. A correspondent of the New
York World gives an account of the trial
of an English steam plow recently, near
Woodford, New Jersey. The field was a
sandy loam soil, tolerably level, but un
even, having been in corn last year. The
engines were each fourteen horse-power,
and on the locomotive plan. The speed
was at the rate of five and a half miles per
hour, and the work was at the rate of
twenty and twenty-four acres per day of
ten hours. The universal of all
present was, that steaiMplowing was a
marked success. It is only a question of
capital and detail, to be settled by experi
ment, which there is reason to believe will
eventuate iu placing these plows within
the range of general use and appreciation.
There is one veryjmportant fact, which is,
that Radical fanaticism will hardly Insist
upon clothing them with the right of suf
frage, and to that extent detract from their
value as reliable farming auxiliaries.
The Big-Dog Test. —The “ town-crier”
of a San Francisco paper has the following
emphatic paragraph. It will be seen that
the allegory applies to other cities than
San Francisco:
“ The world makes few graver mistakes
than iu supposing a man must necessarily
possess all the cardinal virtues because he
has a big dog and some dirty children.—
We kuow a butcher on Kearney street
whose children are not merely dirty—they
are fearfully and wonderfully besmirched
by the hand of an artist. He has, in addi
tion, a big dog with a tendency to dropsy,
who flies at you across the street with such
celerity that he outruns his bark by a full
second, and you are warned of your dan
ger only after his teeth are buried iii your
leg. And yet the owner of these children,
and father of this dog is no whit better, to
all appearance, than a baker who has clean
brats and a mild poodle. He is not even a
good butcher; he hacks a spare-rib and
lacerates a sirloin. He talks through his
nose, which turns up to such an extent
that the voice passes right over your head,
and you have to get on a table to tell
whether he Is slandering liis dead wife or
swearing at yourself. If that man possess
ed a thousand young ones, exalted nasty,
and dogs enough to make a
cable of Bologna sausage, you would find
it difficult to make us believe in him. In
fact, we look upon the big-dog test of mo
rality as a venerable mistake—natural but
erroneous; and we regard dirty children
as indispensable iu no other sense than that
they are universal.”
The Late General Howell Cobb.—
We are pleased to learn from the Macon
Telegraph that tlie well, known publishing
house of J. B. Yiippincott & C0.,-Philadel
phia, have iu press a superb volume, to be
styled “Memorial Volume of Hon. Howell
Cobb,’ edited by Rev. Samuel Boykin, of
Macon. The contents of this book, it is
said, will be varied and interesting, and
will be composed of the addresses delivered
in honor of General Cobb at Athens and
Macon; of the sermons delivered at the
funeral; the able sketch delivered by Hon.
E. A. Nisbet.; an interesting communica
tion concerning the last moments of Gen.
Cobb, by Bisliop Beckwith, and various in
teresting communications from distinguish
ed individuals—all voluntary tributes from
friendly hearts. The proceedings of the
bar iu various parts of the State are given,
and all is thrown together in a manner that
make the volume one continued whole.
Orders for the book may be sent to S.
Boykin, Macon, Ga., and if auy particular
style of binding is required, that may be
stated.
Around the World. —Probably but a
few of our readers, says a New York paper,
We aware, now that the Pacific Railroad
is completed, that a journey around the
world can be made in eighty days, which
estimate allows* for ordinary delays inci
dent to traveling. Moreover the entire dis
tance can be traA'ersed by steam either on
land or Avater, save about one hundred
miles in India, between Allahabad and
Bombay, over which a railroad is now con
structing. The particulars of this marvel
ous trip—for it is even more than marvel
ous—r Ave condense into tabular form, for
convenient reference, as follows:
Bays.
New York to San Francisco (rail) 7
San Francisco to Yokohama (steamship). 21
Yokohama to Hong Kong (steamship)... 6
Ilong Kong to Calcutta (steamship) 12
to Bombay (rail) 3
Bombay to Cairo (steamship and rail). .. 14
Cairo to Paris (steamship and rail) 6
Paris to Nety York ..11
Total 80
* This includes the break of one hundred
miles mentioned above.
Another Negro Outrage. —The Co
lumbia (8. C.) Phamix, of yesterday, is in
formed that an attempt was made a night
or two ago, by a negro, to outrage Mrs.
Mary S. Smith, a widoAv, avlio, with her lit
tle son, liA'es on Big Cedar creek, in Fair
field county, about sixTniles from Doko.—
Mrs. Smith Avas aroused by a voice calling
her, and stating that her aunt, who lives
some distance up the road, was about to
die. She got up, opened the door and look
ed out, when an unknown negro seized her
and attempted to commit a rape on her
person. She resisted, when he cursed her,
and taking up a handful of earth, forced it
into her mouth, to stop her cries. A freed
man who lives near, overhearing the unu
sual noise, ran to her assistance, when the
intruder disappeared.
Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Bridge. —We noticed, yesterday, a force of
laborers engaged in laying a turn-out track
from the line of the South Carolina Rail
road track, at the corner of Washington
and Reynolds streets, to provide for the
transportation of rock and material to the
foot-of Washington street, preparatory to
the erection of the bridge of the Columbia
and Augusta Railroad across the Savannah
river.
Shooting Affray in Edgefield. —The
Edgefield Advertiser, of Thursday, says:
“On Tuesday, the 15th inst., at this
place, high words came about between Mr.
James Booth and Mr. L. G. SAVearengln.—
The trial of Benj. Booth (a brother of said
James), for the killing of Toney (a broth
er-in-law of said Swearengin) was going on
at the time in the court house. This quar
rel ended In Booth' drawing a pistol and
shooting Swearengin, inflicting a severe
wound In the groin. Mr. Swearengin, we
are pleased to state, is doing well, and will
soon recover. Active efforts were made
immediately after the fracas by Sheriff Mc-
Devitt, and a party of gentlemen “ pressed ”
into service by the sheriff, to arrest Booth,
but he made good his escape.
Northeastern Railroad.—We learn
from a reliable source that the survey of
the railroad from this place to Rabun Gap,
will be commenced on the first of July. An
engineer has already commenced a recon
noisance of the route.— Athens Banner,
