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OM) SERIES, VOL. LXXVII. Chvonicie & TKi( 1.-i OK SUB.HUKIFTION. DAILY. ’ '-"h - . *1 UO I ■■ . : ; j(o !« 1660 TKt-WEKi y. <«.->•»?. M fIQ W KELLY-' ■aor.’in l on 1 Ml Lgjt it (IQ WKIINEBDAT MOK.MSO. JILT 13. The Kcfoini Morement in South Carolina. The oanvai-s Las opened in South Caro lina. Judge Carpenter, Gen. M. C. But ler and .1 adge Bacon addressed a large Radical meeting, held at Edgefield Couit Hou«e last Saturday, the real object of the meeting being, however, to celebrate the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment. This purpose gathered together some three tlion.-and persons, mostly colored, who were to be addre-sed by Iloge, the carpet bag Congressman, Elliott, Delaney and others, in the interest of Scott —he of the Winchester-rifle law and carpet-bag regime. The candidates of the Union lie form Party determined to meet them on ground of their own choosing. In other words, they attempted and succeeded, af ter considerable skirmishing, in making a successful flank movement. The ieadiog scalawags and carpet-baggers present ob jected strenously to allowing Judge Car penter and Lis friends the privilege of ad dressing the meeting, but to the credit of the colored people, be it said, they insist ed on hearing the candidates of the Union Reform Party, who were then heard with respectful attention, and loudly cheered. The plundering acts of ,Scott and his nrstof dishonest and corrupt office-holders, were laid bare to the negroes with telling effect. The addresses calm and earnest appeals to the colored people to abandon the wicked and thieving demagogues who were leading them cn to ruin, against their own and the best inter ests of the honest and respectable white people of South Carolina. The speeches unquestionably had a good effect. The Union Reform Party, aud its can didates, Judge R. B. Carpenter for Gov ernor, and the gallant General M. C. Butler, for Lientcnant Governor, have our fynipathics and best wiehes for sue cess in the contest upon which they have entered. It South Carolina is ever to be rescued from the vampires who arc now -uekitig out her life’s blood, it can, in or.r humble opinion, only be done by just sonic hu di movement as the one now in opera tion—a movement which must certainly, and most certainly does, command the sympathies, at least, if not the aid and hearty co-operation of all the intelligent, respectable and honest people of South Carolina. Wc believe that the recent co alition is perfectly justifiable, and wo wish the good people of South Carolina God speed in their reform movement. Tlie Cotton Manufactures of Great Hiitain. A carefully compiled statistical review of tho cotton manufacturing industries of Great Britain for a scries of years, pub. fished in a recent issue of the Manchester Transactions, shows tho courso of British manufacture sinco tho beginning of the cotton famine. Tho foreign trado in tex tile fabrics is shown in the table of exports for the United Kingdom from 1855 to 1801, and from 1802 to 1808 : Dec. 1856-61. 1802-08. c. rollon JU31,290,000 £46,280 000 35 Woolen 10,430,000 18,380,000 70 Parliamentary returns of the manufac tures of tho throe great textiles of Great Britain set forth the following : COTTON SPINNING SPINDLES. 1856. 1881. 1888. Knclnul ami Wales..,.r.,SW.Mfi, iM&SVM 30,478,228 1 feluad. ICO,MI HU,HI 114,210 Totals 28,010,217 30,587,4u7 32,100,014 WOOLEN WORSTED AND SHODDY SPINDLES. 18’,0. 1861 1808. laubn.l and Wal.t ... V<«*.27fi 3,002, 7'! 0 040 049 5,,,,11,11,1 29a 802 306,181 ISO 240 Ip.l, ml. .. . . 19*84 28,274 20.064 T,,UI« 3.121,521 0,471,781 6 451,879 FLAX, HEMP AND JUTE SPINDLES. 1856. 1801. 1868. lalunt ami Wa1c1.... 441.759 840.102 448,050 Scotland »»«.*» 331,151 | U ,| ; „„| 567,f«l 504.805 800,20 J Totals 1 2*8.04't 1,252,236 1,679,867 The number of persons employed in these industries is shown in the following table: 1-; . IS'l. 1 S4'»S. 1n c. per c\. (•ottou n.y.oeo iiooo ii. w oolis. . . 17ttjOO »'S.H.UO 4«».l I- :;.* . M),eoo 0 ur>.(XMi 4*. Total 625,C00 718,000 7t«,(XK) 0.0 During the period from 1861 to 1808 .the number of cotton factories iu opera tion was decreased ly the stoppage of 338 mills,—tho cotton looms showing a falling off during the same period of 20,603. On tho other hand the woolen and flax interest lias developed so rapidly that the factories engaged in tho manufacture of the former show an increase of 2,084,098 spindles 54,047 looms, or 86 and 83 per cent, re spectively ; while the flax factories have increased their spindles 427,112, and their looms 19,700, an increase of 34 per cent, in the former and of 128 in the latter. The following table will exhibit the pro portion of cotton furnished by the United States end other countries to England, before and sinco the war : 1855-61. 1802-68. Countries. percent, percent. United States 75 05 28 10 Hast Indies 18 93 -IS 20 , .gvpt 3 24 10 70 Brazil 1 05 5 88 Mediterranean Countries 02 2 20 China and Japan 01 1 00 Other countries 81 2 79 Total 100 100 The President's Great Mistake.— j If tho President persists in trying to force the San Domingo treaty through the Senate, the Jour no! of Commerce says he ‘ will make the greatest mistake of his ad ministration. because he will Dot merely be lighting such Republicans as Sumner, Ed munds, Schurl, and Patterson, but will be putting himself in conflict with the now thoroughly aroused public sentiment ot his party throughout tho Union. fjgThc San Domingo treaty (the editor goes on to say) covers a job, and a very rotten one. Its real purpose is not to enlarge the boundaries ot the country and contri bute to the national greatness and glory, but to disburse some millions of money among au unscrupulous lobby. All the franchises and privileges in San Domirgo worth having arc already parceled out by contract to the men in the ring- The United States will get nothing tor their bargain but a nominal sovereignty oyer the aunexed country, and tho obligation of defending the rights of the franchise monopolists against all comers. Farther on the Journal tells us: A few .-peculators originated the idea of -annexing Sau Domingo ; and they and the lobby who have since become interested in the' scheme have manufactured nearly ail the public opiuion (xpressed in favor ot it, have enlisted the President and those Sen ators who sui port it in its behall, and their sole object (the speculators at.d the lobby s, we meau—not the President’s and the Senators’) is to till their pockets out of the transaction. Miss Bote’s Scnooi,.-*-Owing to her indisposition, Miss Buie will cot be able to open her school at Whitevillc. She re quests us to say that due notice will be given of the opening of the nest session. Auditor of the Georgia Railroad, ! —Mr. Carter llillyer, of this city, a son of Judge Junius Hillyer, of Athens, has i been appointed Auditor of the Georgia i Railroad and Banking Company. The lice arc doing great damage to the cotton in Burke county, and in southwest ern Georgia generally. The boll-worm has also commenced work. Columbus reoeived 447 bales of cotton during the month of June and sold 2,222 bales. H j ' | 1 ' '> % A Good Suggestion. j The communication of “Georgia” in an j other column of this paper, should receive i the careful consideration of all classes of j our people, and particularly of those en gaged iu agricultural and commercial pur suits. * We arc satisfied that very much good can be accomplished by such an organization a3 “Georgia” suggests. We believe that the association known as the “United States Agricultural Society, ’ has been of ) great benefit to the Eastern and Middle States. Since its organization some twelve or fifteen years since, it.has held annual r ■meetings in the different States represent ed in the association, generally during the State Fairs, and in this way has brought to gether the leading men of those sections and elicited much valuable information upon the subjects of agriculture, mechanics, and other cognate subjects. We trust that leading agriculturalists in the Southern and Cotton States will take the matter up, and if, upon consideration it is found practicable, that steps may be taken at once to secure a meeting here du ring the October fair for the purposo of organizing such a stciety. The press of the South can do much to wards forwarding this enterprise, and we would be pleased to ha7e their views upon the subject. In the meantime would it not be well for ' the “Gotten States’ Mechanic and Agri cultural hair Association,” in conjunction with our Board of Trade, to take the ini- ) tiative in procuring a meeting to be held ; during our fair in the fall. The State Treasurer. Wo call the attention of the public to the letter of Colonel Campbell Wallace, in an swer to a note of Dr. Angier. Colonel j W allaee is a gentleman of high moral j worth, and has long been known as one of j the leading men in successful railroad en terprises South. He was, for many years, President of the East Tennessee & Geor- j gia Railroad, then Superintendent of the i Western & Atlanta Railroad, and now Business Manager of the North & South Railroad. His views will have great weight, and the cases he cites, where “State endorsement of Railroad Bonds have been procured and trusteeship ac- | ceptcd, and mortgage trust deeds executed, and registered iu each county through which said road is constructed,” are, wc understand, somewhat like the case of Dr. Angier, who, we learn, was made trustee for the Brunswick Road. The custom of other roads in this particular, as reported by Colonel Wallace, and the views he ex presses upon it, goes very far to mitigate the censure which has been incurred by Dr. Angier on account of the transaction in relation to the issue of B. & A. State Bonds. Dr. Angier is a Republican—was elect ed to the office he now holds as a Republi can and by Republican votes. The Dem ocratic party can in no wise be held .re sponsible for his shortcomings or mal practices, if any have been committed. The Democratic party has made no charges nor waged any warfare against him. These all come Irom the members of his own party, and from a ring or clique of that party known to be the most corrupt and un scrupulous set of thieves and robbers in the whole South, not even excepting the “Scott ring” in South Carolina. The very fact that these creatures are the public and private accusers of Angier goes far to throw doubt upon the whole matter- If the State Treasurer has knowingly violated the law, he should be punished, although his accusers arc Bullook, Rlodgclt, Gaskill and such cattle. If he is innocent, public sentiment should sustain him, although he may be and is a Republican. Wo should do justice even to our enemies. Stock and Bond Sales. —ln Savannah on Tuesday there was a large attendance upon the sales at the Gaurt House, but, as is usually the ease at this Feason of the year, real estate, except whore parties were compelled to sell, brought such low figures that auctioneers were forced to withdraw ot '*id iD. The only sales ohect ed were in stocks and bonds, (ho entire assets ot the Home Insurance Company being offered and disposed ol as follows : Ninety shares Merchants’ NaUonal Bank stock, SIOO per share ; sixteen thousand dollars consolidated bonds Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, $76 75; three thousand five hundred dollars Atlantic and Gulf bonds, City of Savannah endorser, $76 ; two thousand five hundred dollars first mortgage bonds, Atlantic and Gulf Rail road, $77 25 ; three hundred dollars City of Savannah bonds, SB4; eleven "shares Southwestern Railroad stock, $93 per share; twenty shares Marine Bank stock, S2O 25 per share; one hundred and twenty seven shares Atlantic and Gulf Railroad stock, $32 per share. Cotton and Cold. The following abstracts of the cotton movement and financial situatifja are furnished by the New York Associated Press : Tip COTTON MOVEMENT For the week shows a further falling off in the line of receipts while exports are considerably in excess of last week and last year. The receipts at all ports for tho week were 11,700 bales against 12,847 bales last wees, and 15,526 bales the pro™ vious week, and 17,995 bales three week s since. The receipts from September Ist, 1869, to date, aggregate 2,825,469 bales against 2,101,576 bales for the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase this season of 723,893 bales. The exports from all ports for the week were 29,798 bales against 19,898 bales last week, and 7,649 bales this week last year. The exports from September Ist, 1869, to date, reached 2,089,071 bales against 1,417,403 bales for the correspond ing period of the previous year. The stock at all United States ports is 189.64S bales against 55,915 bales last year. The stocks at tho interior towns are 37,551 bales against 42,913 bales last week, and 4,676 bales this date last year. The stock of cotton in Liverpool is 555,000 bales against 332,000 last year. The amount of American cotton afloat for Great Britain is 111,000 bales against 80,000 bales last year. The amount _of Indian cotton afloat for Europe is 390,771 bales against 642,011 bales last year. The cotton market at this point was dull and heavy during the week, with a further j decline in prices. Bales of the new crop have been made at 17J cents for delivery j during the closing mouths of the calendar j year. At the close of the week there was a steadier leveling on cable telegrams from j Liverpool to the effect that the actual stock of American cotton was seventy j thousand bales below the estimates. The 1 crop advices from the South are less fa l vorable, and we have a great many com- I plaints in regard to excessive rains, the j lurther growth of grass and weeds in the i cotton fiells, and the appearance el lice in ; some sections. There is no doubt that i the damage as yet has not been sufficient to \ materially reduce the crop. What tho j cotton plant now wants is dry and hot weather. If we have this during the pres ent mODth then there is every reason to ; look for a large crop this year. • the financial situation At Washington excited much attention during the week. Chief events iD C >n i sress were the defeat of the currency biii and passage of the funding bill by the House. The latter bill in its i resent shape virtually amounts to nothing, and has ceased to attract attention. | The session is rapidly approaching a 1 close, and there is very little chance of any financial bills being enacted, ihe two houses differ widely in their views, one being lor expansion and the other loi con- U The legitimate business interests ct the country will be best served by letting the national finances alone. The events o the week in Wall street were important, a showing a remarkable change from bear to bull” in the speculative temper. Ihe heavy disbursements and the prospect that Congress will adjourn without ing on any financial Fill were the cbiet causes for this ch&Dge. The present out look is favorable to a more pronounced ‘‘bull” speculation in the future. The j bank statement »s favorable, and shows j that the banks have made a net gain ot >2,- ] 500,000 in their legal reserve. They now i hold $25,000,000 above the twenty five ' per oent required by law. That Wheat. HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DTE. Cravvfordvii.le, Ga., June 28,1870. ’ Messrs. Editors Chronicle it Sentinel: In the weekly ot June the 15th there is j an article dated June the Bth, written from Crawfordville, enclosing a head ot wheat grown by Mr. Lawson Stewart, of this coun y, who having, as he now thinks, raised this wheat to its highest standard of perfection, proposes to sell in small quantities to such as desire to purchase. Now, Messrs. Editors, it is but justice to Mr. Walter A. Beasley, of Greene county, j to say that Mr. Stewart purchased the [ wheat of him, from which he raised his present crop, last fall, consequently he could not have improved it much. Mr. Beasley is aa old Virginia farmer, who removed from tht re during the war, and brought a small parcel of this wheat in a trunk because it was the favorite with the planters of that section. It is the game wheat noticed in the June No. of last year’s Souther, Cultivator as being very forward. This wheat is known by no other name in this country but the Betsley wheat. I have seen Mr. Stewart’s wheat and examined it particularly. I find it no ' better average wheat than any of his neighbors who sowed the Beasley seed. I This brag wheat seed growed in a rich bottom of made earth, which formed j during the fall and winter rain, and this ' great whale was off to itself. Mr. Beasley has a fine crop on hand now, from which ! he can supply those wishing to purchase, j Mr. Beasley is also a quiet, unassuming gentleman, and opposed to notoriety, but his friends assume the responsibility of bringing his name before the public as a successful grain and clover raiser. He has also a fine lot of winter oats, of which he brought the seed from Virginia. Ilis postoffice is Union Point, Ga. Mr. Robert F. Edge has a large lot of j this wheat for sale. Ilis address is Craw- j fordville, Ga. Pea Ridge. | P. S.—Crops of cotton never were more ’ flattering. Corn, what little is planted, i looks very well. Wheat, I never saw it j better. I will give more anon when the wheat j is thrashed. P. R. [communicated.] Kingston, Ga., June G, 1870. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: There is rather a singular state of affairs existing here—sort of a summer blockade amongst the railroads at this point- From twenty to forty cars loaded with through freights, and destined mainly for points on the line of the S. R. and D- R. R., have been detained here for some time, as I un derstand, under the following circum stances : The Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad arc, it seems, largely indebted to the Rome Railroad —the former beirg about 240, and the latter only 20 miles long. So far, the little Rome Railroad has been carrying its big neighbor on its back, by advancing to the W. and A. R. R. the accumulated freight charges as far as Kingston on goods destined for the line of the S. 11. and D. R. 11., relying on the latter road promptly repaying iu turn. Failing to do so, the funds of the Rome road be come exhausted, and its managers notify the officials of the W. and A. R. R. that they can no longer advance for their Selma connection, but if the State will run the risk, they (of Rome) will do so likewise and send the goods forward, depending a little longer on the S. R. and D. R. R.’s Droiuises to pay. The W. and A. R. 11. demurs to this, aid ere they will part with the goods demand the accumulated charges now due thereon. This the Selma road fails to advance, and as a consequence, we have, as I said before, from twenty to forty cars loaded with freight tied up at Kingston —a veritable cxcmplicatiou of n railroad “circumlocution office,” showing “clear as mud” “how not to do it.” This is certainly not a creditable stat of affairs, and reflects directly on the man agement of any road which thus exposes its patrons to such unwarrantable delay. I understand the Georgia Railroad owns the “biggest halt” of the Rome Railroad, and as its interests must suffer in such a state of affairs, perhaps the “Judge” might put his shoulder to some of the many wheels now tied up as-above and send them “about their business,” which is certainly not to remain still on a sideling here. Crops of all kinds looking well and farmers in good spirits. Quondam. Educational. Social Ctacr.E, June 30tb, 1870. Tho exercises of Social Circle High School were closed onThursday and Friday twenty-third and twenty-fourth inst., with an examination ami exhibition on Friday, night. The first day was occupied princi pally with the smaller classes in spelling, reading, arithmetic, English grammar and exercises in English composition. It cer tainlyihas never been our pleasure to wit ness greater proficiency in the training of those classes. Besides these primary stud ies, the more advanced classes were exam ined in arithmetic and English grammar complete, algebra, geometry, Latin and rhetoric. The examination was conducted with fairness, and reflected great credit upon their preceptor as well as themselves. The attention given to reading and spelling in this school merits special consideration from t*-c fact that they are so lightly esti mated in many other schools. The audi ence were delighted on Thursday at a con test in spelling, consisting of about thirty of the metre advanced pupils, chosen upon different sides by two of tho young ladies. The contest was long, exciting and fierce. Each one that missed had to retire, and during a painful -struggle all had been i beaten off but two on each side, until i finally the two on one side gave j way, and two on the other were j alone left standing. Tjtus ended a I contest exciting and deeply interesting to this large audience met to witness the exercises. The afternoon of Thursday was devoted to declamation and composi tion reading by the juveniles of both sexes, interspersed with music from the string band. Never was an au dience more interested than the one that ] witnessed this juvenile exhibition. At j night was an exhibition of speeches by ! the young men, aDd cOmpo-itions by the | young ladies, and the concert of vocal and instrumental music by the class of Mrs. j Garrett. The declamation of the young | men and large boys all was excellent, but a I portion of it seemed to be perfect. The compositions of the ladies would have done honor to any senior class, yet we must be permitted to jay that the one on the old ; bachelors and widows exceeded anything 1 in the way of natural wit and humor that we etcr listened to. The music by Mrs. Garrett’s class, for the time they had been practicing, exceeded anything we ever ; witnessed, which shows her superiority as an instructress in the very pleasing art, 1 and we must give a merited to the string band whese excellent music I added much to the entertainment of the I large audience thus assembled. Upon tbe i whole we conclude that the citizens hive much reason to congratulate themselves in i securing so efficient a principal as Prof. Atkinson, and an assistant so accomplish ed as Mrs. Hammond, and an instructress wno has performed such satisfactory ser vices as Mrs. Garrett. The school has, during the spring term, reached the num ber ot seventy, and, considering the health fulness of the place, the cheapness of board and tuition, and the competence of i the instructors, we wonder that twice that number is not in attendance. Georgian. Financial Showing. -The total rc- : ceipts from internal revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30th, are within a frac tion of $188,000,000. The total receipts from customs are estimated at $110,000,- 000, and all oiher sources about $30,000,- 000. This will make an income for the Government of nearly $400,000,000 The sinking fund up to same date inclusive, shows $37,005,191; the, special sinking fund shows $86,437,776, or a total of $124,202,968 to be deducted from the na tional debt. The reduction of the national debt for the past month will nearly reach Hon. Robert Toombs is in Atlanta. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1870. [communicated.] An Agricultural Council of the Southern fctates. Georgia sends an urgent solicitation to ; her industrial sisterhood ot States, and earnestly invokes the sympathy and co ! operation of her agricultural brotherhood to meet in general council during the fair of the “Cotton States Mechanics’ and Agricultural Association” at Augusta the last week in October, to inaugurate an an nual “Agricultural Congress,” to counsel upon this great industrial interest; to or ganize a power that shall be felt, acknowl edged, and respected; potent to protect ! itself against all antagonism; to elevate | the standard and advaaee the cause of progressive agriculture in the Southern J States. During the interview the views and opinions of leading and distinguished ; agriculturists will be expressed fully, set j tfog forth the necessity of such action and i organization, in view of the present status and future destiny of this great and com mon interest. All agricultural and news journalists who have a desire to aid this organization will serve their race and country by giving this notice publicity so long as may be practical to do so —at the request of many who approve, sanction, and will cheerfully co operate in such organization. July 1,1870. “Georgia.” From Our Travelling Correspondent. On the Wing, July 3, 1870. j Editors Chronicle tfc Sentinel: The hotel accommodations on the Geor gia Railroad arc inforior to none in the Southern country. This is a subject of re mark among travellers, and is not the least among the many advantages of this great thoroughfare. At Berzelia we re -1 ceive the cordial greeting of our friend | Leitner, aDd a hearty welcome to his ! saloon to enjoy the richest luxuries ts the season, with everything around conspiring to pleasure aud enjoyment. This seems a j favorable point for the various fire com i panies, sabbatli schools, &e., of your city j to have their celebrations, and is alike creditable to their taste, and the good peo j pie of the place. The crops through Columbia county are very promising, and farmers are hopeful of abundant rewards for their labors. The refreshing rains have made the grass come forth, and threaten possession of the fields, but the forces of King Cotton are numerous and powerful, and the enemy | will have to yield. Everybody, male and female, seem absorbed in the interest of the crop, and the little towns look almost deserted. In Greene county the crop prospects are better than for several years. The wheat harvest is over and the yield, both in quan tity and quality, has been very good. The oat crop also is much better than was expect ed, and wiil go far to check the outlays for Western corn. In Hancock county the crop reports were about equal to those of Greene, small grain excepted, but very little of which I learn was sowed. Hope they will do bet ter in the future. Too much of intelli gence and economical adjustment of mat ters among the people of Hancock to neg lect small grain, so important to the health and vigor of their stock. My sojourn at Sparta was as usual pleas ant and agreeable. Meeting up with Bish op Pierce, Rev. Josiab Lewis, Dr. Pendle ton, Colonels Harris and Turner, the con troling spirits of this noble old county, was a pleasure indeed. These men have done as much to advance the cause of Christian civilization, and to develope the material resources of the country, as any of their day. On Friday I attended an examina tion of the pupils of the Culverton Insti tute, followed by au exhibition at night. At an early hour the buggy aqd carriage wheels began to rattle, and the streams of dust to mark the line of travel to tho village from eveiy direction, and by noou tho boou iful grove wan in quite a stir, and the fumes that ascended from smoking pit, sprinkled the air with an odor that forcibly reminded me of camp-mecting occasions in ante, helium days. At half-past eight. o’clock an - examina tion of the different classes commenced, by a committee appointed for that purpose, which is the best method of ascertaining the progress of the pupil. The scrutiny was close and protracted, and developed a degree of proficiency highly satisfactory to the patrons, and worthy tho expressed administration of visitors. It would be difficult to discriminate where all did so well and I have rarely ever heard recitations that evinced a more thorough knowledge, especially of the classics, where only two previous reviews had been allowed. At the close of the exercises it was ex pected that Bishop Pierce, who, with all his family of children and grand-children, was present, would address the audience, but he having so often been heard before in behalf of education, and this institution in particular, it was thought proper to assign this duty to Colonel B. T. Harris, of Sparta. The Colonel stated that it was peculiarly embarassing to him to address so large an audience under such eircutu stances. Before him were gentlemen re nowned for their oratory and eloquence both in the pulpit and at the bar ; also those whose condition has given them honors from the best literary institutions of the country, and having received his meagre education at an old-fashioned country school house, it should not be ex pected of him to deliver a learned dis course. He paid a very touching tribute to Hardv C. Culver, deceased, to whose memory that institution of learning was a monument. Ho thought teachers ought to have the wisdom of Solomon, the patience of Job, untiring energy and a good moral charac ter, and paid a very high compliment to the present incumbents. Considering that the speech was impromptu, it was good, abounding with practical suggestions and wholesome admonitions. At night an exhibition came off consist ing of vocal and instrumental music, speeches, compositions, dialogues, &e., which received many enthusiastic cheers from the large audience. These exercises were closed up with a speech from Mr. George F. Pierce, Jr., of Sparta. As I hope to furnish the address for publication, j I shall refrain from any,comment. On the I whole, the social, intellectual and temporal | character of the ieslival reflected great | credit upon those who participated in | getting it up, and for their many kind re gards they will, for one, accept the thanks I of Traveller. From ike Philadelphia Southern and Western Trade Journal , The Southern Fair at Augusta. In our last we incidentally relerred to the fact that the ertton States were about to enter into a grand agricultural fair, to be held at Augusta, Ga., next October. It may not he amiss for our friends to learn something of the proposed objects of this fair through the columns of the Trade Journal. After the war many of she Southern people might have felt a strong desire to enter politics,inasmuch as it was a business which the most ofithem understood better than any other- The Acts of Congress, however, had a depressing effect upon their spirits, and drove them into employ ments, which, if not congenial to them, were at lea&t necessary to their ex istence. Agriculture and commerce re ceivedlmore attention than at any former period. The result, considering the dis advantages under which the people labored, has been astonishing, and the Southern i people, so often branded as indolent by i persons who little knew their true charac ter, stand, by their own actions, convicted of being industrious, upright, and frugal, j They have, by their behavior in surmount- . ing the difficulties of their peculiar situa tion, demonstrated the true chivalry of their natures. In the pamphlet issued by those who have the forthcoming fair in charge, the difficulties against which the | Southern people have had to on'end are all stated at length. No people, save brother Americans, could have risen so soon from the ashes in which the torch of battle left them. The design of the Geor gia fair originated in January ’last with General R. Y. Harris, a gentleman widely known for his interest in agriculture and* manufactures. The General at first only contemplated the holding ot a small county exhibition, for which purpose an attempt was to be made to raise $5,000 or, if possible, SIO,OOO. Tbe very most that was contemplated was a yearlyl county fair. A month, however, since "the first mooting of the enterprise had hardly passed away before $25,000 were subscribed, with more being daily added. Then came the assurances of the i best citizens of Georgia and her sister 1 Southern States, that as much more money I should be forthcoming as would be neees j sary to make the Fair not a local one, but a representative of the agricultural and manufacturing industry of the whole South—in short, a “Cotton States’ insti ! tution. The city of Augusta and the surrounding country offer great inauee : ments to capitalists, agriculturists, artisans ! and, indeed, to all kinds of frugal aud honorable men. The railway advantages | of Augusta are unsurpassed, and the Sa ; vannah River is navigable at nearly all seasons of the year There is scarcely a grain crop or vegetable that cannot be ad vantageously raised in Georgia. Even now our northern capitalists are turning atten tion to the advantages of this energetic State, and we doubt not the result ol the coming fair will be manifested by many of our leading Northern capitalists changing their residences for sunnier climes. The fair opets on the 25th of Oc tober, and will continue five days. The arrangements are of the most complete na ture, and the time of holding the exhibi tion is exceedingly opportune, since it will draw Northern men away from the bleak days of. October, which, in these latitudes, always precede the Indian summer of No vember. Immigration and Acclimation. LETTER FROM PJ, BERCKMANB To the Editors of the Courier : Gentlemen Having published in your journal, the report on the “Flora of the State,” as it relates to new sources of industry, &c., the accompaying paper re ceived from the able associate member of the Committee is placed at your disposal. It comes Irom a gentlenan thoroughly ac quainted with the wantsof the immigrant and highly educated iu his profession. V ery respectfully, F. i’EYRE POIC HER, M. D., HYGIENE AND FOOD OF IMMIGRANTS-AC CLIMATION, ETC The sources of productitn of malaria and the means ior its avodanec, have been set forth in previous irticles ; the next important subject, havng a direct bearing upon the welfare o.' the immi graut, being that which heads this page. The newly landed immigram is seldom aware of the effect that the change of climate and food has upon b.s system, and should use some precautions during his stage of gradual acclimataticn. The masses of the laboring classes of Germany, France aud other countries of Middle Europe, are what may bi termed vegetarians, the basis of their fool consist ing of vegetables, cereals and diiry pro ducts, with a small proportion of animal food. In fact, there is in many iistriets almost a total exclusion of the latter. This diet having been the lot of most of the European laborers for generations past, has materially influenced upen their system, and, in a measure, national char acteristics. A sudden change of climate anl diet must necessarily have a similar infkience upon the system aud health of the Euro pean immigrant, who finds at onct his food entirely different in its nature from what he had been accustomed to. S’oreign travelers of an observing mind, invariably notice that the diet of the laboring classes of the South is the opposite of what it should be according to the common laws of Hygiene. A vegetable diet, or at least one iu which vegetable elements predomi nate, seems to be the rule in all waim climates and in every semi-tropical corn try, except in this portion of the American Continent. A diet in which aii mal elements predominate being necessaiy by climatic influences to colder zones, tbe animal proportims increasing as the coun try becomes more Hyperborean, and de creasing as we approach the torrid zone. Notwithstanding this natural law the diet of the Southern laboring masses is better suited to the colder regions of the Northwest and Northern Europe than to our semi-tropical section. As an evidence of whatis here advanced, let one notice the fresh and ruddy complex ion of the German agricultural immigrant when newly landed on our shores. Notice the same indvidual again alter six months or a year’s residence in this country, when he has at once adopted the diet and habits of the native laboring population. His healthy complexion has vanished ; sallow cheeks, suggestive of a system replete with bile, is in most cases seen ; his whole ap pearance has undergone complete change; and his looks indicate him as a lit supject for bilious or malarial fever, dysentery, or any disease originating from a repleted condition of the liver. \ If the immigrant instead of following the established form of diet of the nativ# laboring population, will, as far as practic able, continue the diot to which he has al ways been accustomed, with such modifi cations as the producing capacity of tho country necessitates, he will not only retain the freshness of his complexion, but unim paired health aud activity. The principal articles of diet of the na tive laboring population, and which are tho most conductive to a sallow and un healthy appearance, are fried bacon and hot bread, which form the basis of every meal; two articles of food most injurious to health when prepared and consumed iu tho usual culinary style. To these add the habitual use of coffee, in combination with the immoderate use of and the causes of incipient disoase to the immi grant are apparent at once. To diversify the natural resources of the country as lar as the production of articles of cereal and vegetable food, is .of the utmost necessity in a hygienic point of view, as well as pecuniary one. The immigrant will find here a numer ous variety of vegetables which caa be easily cultivated, and which with some care he can command for a portion of his daily food during the whole year. Fruits of every description and belonging to the temperate zone, of Europe and America, can be successfully cultivated here; their products will enable him to vary his daily food with beahh-promotiDg elements. In this climate, food preventive of bile is of the utmost necessity ; from the culti vation of the grape, apple, and other fruits he can procure ' the desired products to counteract the tendency which his system has in becoming bilious by the change of climate and food. A well regulated diet in which the vegetable element predominates, and freed from fried and indigestible grease, will not only secure health but promote his energy, rpnder him capable to accomplished much labor, and gradually inure his system to the climate. These hints are especially given to im migrants from the colder sections of Europe, where long winters necessitates the use of more animal food, and where the system requires food adequate to meet the loss caused by the rigors of the climate. There then is a season of rest for the body which does not exist here to such a degree. The use of stimulants, especially spirit uous liquer , during the warm portion of the year, is by many persons thought not only advisable but necessary. To the Eu ropean immigrant we would counsel ab staining from spiritutus liqußrs, or if used, to do so in very moderate quantities. The habitual indulgence in these stimulants, j especially during the summer, are condu : cive to debility and disease. Our loDg warm sumiflers tend to debilitate the sys tem, which effect is helped by the frequent use of spirtuous liquors. Ihe use of light acidulated wines would have a far more beneficial effect. Niture has been lavish in bestowing to this country an endless number of varieties of wild grapes which are found in abundauee upon tbe barren hills as jrell as the richest bottom lands. There the industrious immigrant will find natural facilities for the cultivation of vine yards and the producing of a healthy and ! withal stimulating beverage. This is only one ot numerous wild fruits which can be used to great advantage as articles of diet. One needs oniy to bs willing of purpose to derive healthy as well as remunerative re i suits from resources thrown at his com ! mand by a generous Providence. Frugal diet, cleanliness and industry, of fer here to immigrants a land of plenty, and as healthy as exists in the temperate zone of the world, together with a climate un surpassed in promoting the success of the ■ active and industrious. P. J. Berckhans. I Augusta, Ga .-, June 20,1870. The Atlanta Lquor Dealers’ Associa tion has resolved to resist the collection of the twenty cents per gallon tax levied by tbe Stati* government. Justice of the Peace Olivirras, of Sa vannah, has been tried for taking ipore > costs than the law allows, and sentenced to ray a fine of SSO. He will be arraigned before the Superior Court for malfeasance in office. The Ladies Memorial Association of 1 Atlanta is going to give an excursion to Stone Mountain on next Monday. There are now eight hundred hands employed on the Brunswick & Albany Railroad, and the work ig rapidly pro gressing. Rev. Mr. Lewis, of the Methodist Epis copal Church Souih, has been appointed Presiding Elder of the Atlanta district in place of the Rev. Mr. Haygood. Sam Weil, the Foreign Commissioner of Emigration, will bring himself home in a i few days. From the Constitution. Treasurer's Office, 1 Atlanta, Ga , July I, 1870. j Colonel Campbell Wallace, Marietta, Georgia ; Dear Sir : Though personally I have not tho pleasure of an acquaintance with you, yet relying upon your indulgence, I have presumed to address you by letter. Your name has, for many years, been associated with railroads as a prominent and successful officer, and you are presum ed to be conversant with the practices of the various railroad companies. The point of inquiry I desire to make is this : Is it the custom of railroad compa nies, when they have trustees connected with their road, to pay said trustees for their labors and responsibilities growing out ot such trusteeship ? Wou'd be pleased with an early reply. Very respectfully yours, N. L. Angier. Marietta, Ga., July 2, 1870. N. L. Angier, Esq., Atlanta, Ga.— Dear Sir : Your note of yesterday, al though asking information touching a matter of custom in railroad practice on a particular subject, I have no doubt is in tended to be used in connection with a controversy ot much bitterness existing in this State, in which 1 have; from the day I ceased to manage the State Road, pur posely abstained from participating, but I do rot see that T have a right as a citizen to withhold an answer. So lar as my knowledge extends, the cus tom of capitalists, before negotiating what are known as “State endorsed railroad bonds,’* is to require that a regular mort gage, appointing trustees for the protec tion of the purchase of such bonds, be ex ecuted and registered in each county through which said road is constructed. These trustees usually signify their accept ance of the trust by signing eaoh bond in a place provided for that purpose. The la bor performed by them in thus perfecting these bonds for market is heavy, and the responsibility connected with the faithful execution of the trust is both morally and pecuniarily very great; hence, in all cases that have come to my knowledge, the com pensation demanded and allowed has been liberal. Sometimes that compensation.is made by embracing in the same persons the trusteeship and the agency for the sale of the bonds. When this is done, com missions are allowed on sales in place of a fixed sum paid in advance; but, in one case of recent date that I now call to mind, on a three million mortgage, when tbe trusteeship and agency were combined, nine or ten thousand dollars was allowed on execution of deed, and a commission of two and one-half per cent on sales as made. It is a matter of bargain between the contiacting parties, and as one .party as sumes the responsibility and does the la bor, and the other pays for it, I do not sec how it interests or affects the public or any outside party. Respectfully, etc., Campbell Wallace. Special Correspondence of the Baltimore Gazette. From Washington The Income Tax—Discordant Opinions Among the Radicals—New England Thimble-Riggers— r lhe System of Es pionage to be Maintained as a Party Necessity--President Grant —His Sin gular Appointments and Removals — An Insinuation — What the New York Times Says of Him — Etc., Etc. Washington, July 3,1870. The extraordinary course of the Senate in retracing its action upon the income tax has surprised every one unadvised of the discoulant condition of the Radical fac tion- Four days ago I wrote that the country would be compelled to submit either to a tax upon income of all kinds, except from interest upon United States bonds, or to a tax upon gross_ receipts from all sources, except that referred to. The Administration—that is Mr. Bout well and his New England thimble-riggers —demand a full treasury, with theperpetu ation cf the present system of espionage. They have staked their whole political fortunes upon the assumption of merit in extorting from the people a nominal monthly reduction of tho public debt, and the means which domiciliary visits of their army of Assessors and Assistant Asses sor® “ J lQtf"">al R(>v orn lo ,Sni'q.o affords of harrassing and intimidating voters and controllers ot votes. I learn from a gentleman who has just left “the sinking ship,” that the Treasury Depart ment “calculates” upon a los9 of five hun dred thousand votes (throughout the coun try) if deprived ot the opportunity of forcing or subsidizing the industrial classes —especially the larger manufacturing es tablishments. It makes no difference to the conspirators which taxis retained, so. that sufficient revenue is drawn from in dustry, and their horde qf public posts and extortionists are kept in the field to in timidate and plunder the people. That my prediction of Thursday last was well founded, I annex what occurred in the Senate on the day following : “Mr - Edmunds moved to reconsider tho vote striking out the income tax, remark ing that, by the showing of the Chairman of the Finance Committee, the country must have either the income tax or the tax on gross receipts iu order to make up the required amount of revenue, “Mr. Anthony took similar ground, that the Senate was bound to choose between these two taxes. ’ ’ The vote which ensued —22 to 26 — showed, in the first place, a preference of tho Administration (between the two) for the “income tax,” and secondly, that a considerable number of Radical Senators are indifferent to the success of the Radical faction at the next general election. And this is precisely so, as otherwise to be in ferred. There can scarcely at this moment, be combined in either House a majority to sustain a purely party proposition upon any measure affecting the North. Very nearly a majority in the Senate opposed both taxes as unnecessary. What the result of this tax question, in all its bear ings, will finally be (the bill has yet to go to the House), cannot now be foretold. It may be that the pressure of public opinion will defeat both the taxes which have thus been antagonized. Should this come to pass, Boutwell, Jt ?s thought, cannot re main in the Cabinet an hour. Indeed, I hear all round me reports of a thorough “reconstruction” of the Executive De- partments from stem to stern. The dissatisfaction with General Grant’s mode of “doing business" is wide-spread and out-spoken, as well asdeep rooted. No man, of his own party, pretends to be in formed of the secret springs of his official action. The Senate has, on this account, several times snubbed him unmercifully. The San Domingo treaty was rejected purely on the ground of objections to the manner and motives of its negotiation. No President has ever before been thus indirectly'charged with personal interests' being involved in treaty stipulations. Be sides such insinuations, plainly inferable from the action of the Senate and the inuendoes of Senators of the severest Radical as well as the mildest Republican stripe, I have not heard a single attempt made to solve the enigmas invariably in volved in his general appointments (singu lar enough in themselves) by any pro fessed friend of the Executive in Congress. They, one and all, now speak of them as inexplicable upon defensible hyptheses. It would be useless to particularize. The purpose to recall Motley ; the virtual re moval of the batch of office-holders in New York; the selections for the two vacant judgeships here, etc., etc., cannot be accounted for anybody upon any princi ple consistent with the public welfare. We 1 are, on the contrary, told by a journal in Washington of Republican sympathies that most of these movements have their origin in personal causes, and that if the appointment of Mr. Murphy as Collector of the Port of New York is referable solely to his ''''Long Branch relations to General Grant." , What this particular insinuation may be intended to mean lam not advised. It is soffie’ent, however, to say that the current talk, legislative actioD, and newspaper de velopments, all point in tbe same .d ,rl^s ' tion, namely, that the President in the brief time that be has been at the VV hi e House has, somehow or other, lost not OBly the confidence of the country, bnt mat ot Nor are animadversions upon the official conduct of the President confined to that portion of the Radicals supposed to affected from private grief. The New York Times, one of his most steadfast sup porters, has a leading editorial m its issue of Friday, in which it says that the com plaint that in many important respects he is disappointing the just expectations of the people gains ground every day ; that it would he useless to deny that the Resi dent is rendering it a task of increasing difficult]/ to defend him against enemies into whose hands he is constantly playing. * * * “Matters seem to be get ting into very much the same state as they were in the time of Andrew J ohnson, and projects in which the President takes a deep interest are ignominiously cast out ot the Senate. It is certainly not the iault of his suoporters in the press that so thorough a want of harmony exists be- tween the Senate and himself. He seems to have lost the art of conciliation. His nominations to office are dictated in many instances by caprice, or by personal prefer ences. which are founded on motives inex plicable to those who entertain a high opin ion of his character. His antagonists, in deed, find it east/ to interpret his conduct by the assumption that he is influenced by all kinds of unworthy considerations. Wo who have patiently stood by him cannot tranquilly accept that hypothesis. But in presence of some cf his acts w'stand be wildered—it is impossible to] defend then ; it is impossible even to understand them. They are purely phenomenal in their char acter, and cannot, in any way, bo traced to the ordinary causes of political action-” The better opinion hero is that a very serious outbreak between tho President and Congress must take place at the De cember session, if not before. Very great exertions are being made to prevent an explosion, in view of tb s fall elections. The Departments will all be closed to morrow. The House on Saturday adjourn ed over till Tuesday. The Senate will sit to-morrow, as usual. That body is much behind the House iu legislative business. X. A Card to the Public. Atlanta, Ga., Juno 28, 1870. To the People of Georgia : I desirj a few words with the people of Georgia, in ex planation of rhy conduct as developed by (he testimony before the Bullook-Angier Committee. Somp wifi censure me be cause they and ire to do so- Others will look at the facts, and make up a judg ment based upon the surroundings. All that can be said against me is, that I paid Treasurer Angier money for doing what I believe tho law required of him. But law did not require him to labor at extra ordinary hours, which Jie Aid, and that was what 1 paid him for, aneniothing else. 1 never asked a bond till the Brunswick and Albany Railroad had done all, in my opinion, the law required : I am as innocent of any intended wrong, in this matter, as any oitizen of Georgia. I)r. Angier thought he had a right io take pay for extra labor, and I did not imagine it was wrong to pay him. The Central road has been, from tho start, op posed to tho State endorsement of the Brunswick aud Albany bonds. The fight between the roads has been fierce. I had it lrcui a source that satisfied me the au thorities or the Central Railroad would have me prosecuted. Knowing that I am innocent of aDy intended violation ot law, and believing that the Governor, from the testimony, must see that I did not intend to do wrong, only to be relieved from the perplexities ol a prosecution, I asked and got a pardon in this behalf. I simply desired to be relieved’from any unnecessary trouble and expense iD the matter. I acted as an Attorney for other panies. The State has lost nothing by my act. I bavo been a citizen of this State for near a quarter of a century. I have obeyed no law, paid my taxes, to support the Government, promptly, and labored for the common welfare as faithfully as most men. I regret this whole affair more than my friend can for me. I have labored to maintain i..u upright life. Barring frail ties, to which all flesh is heir, I have a re cord which I am not ashamed to leave be hind when called to that “bourne whence no traveller returns.” I make these statements because I de sire the good opinion of my fellow-men and to be understood. Such papers as noticed my connection with this affair will confer a iavor by copy ing this note. V. A. Gaskill. From the Galveston Civilian. Extraordinary Case of Delusion aud Superstition. The Ledger at length brings us the par ticulars of a case of negro superstition in an upper county, of which we have had vague accounts before: On Sunday, the 15th day of May, at the farm of Mr. J. Wright, two miles from Springfield, in Limestone county, an old negro woman, named Jane, who, with her husband, lived on said farm, announced to the rest of the negroes on the farm, some eight or ten adults in number, that she had just received a revelation irom God that the millennium was to come on Thursday, tho 26th of last month, and that the mighty “Ship of Zion” would come— water or no water—aDd take all those to glory who siiouid follow implicitly tlie directions she (Jane) would give them, she being, as she avowed, the chosen in strument of God for their salvation. She first preached a whole day to a large congre gation, aud after having made many con verts, she commanded them to burn one-hall of all the household kitchen furniture, cloth ing, &c., they possessed, which they did in a mighty bonfire. She next commanded them to cut up with hoes one-half of their growing crops, which they did, digging everything up by the roots. Much of the corn was nearly waist high, and both corn aDd cotton were good generally. She then commanded that they give away halt of tbeir children, their wagons, plows, and other farming utensils, which they did, to sevetal persona living near. Thjncamea command lor both sexes entirely to disrobe themselves and pray and danco the “Floly Dance,” which was implicitly obeyed. Many of the small children, upon refusing to obey these orders, were sovere’y beaten, and one man, who refused, was very near ly beaten to death by the women. They were then made to partake of what she denominated the “Lord’s Supper,” the bread consisting of water and salads, and the wine of water and molasses. She said a human sacrifice was demanded, and ac co:dingly stripped her own infant of its clothing, wrapped it in a cloth and prepar ed to give it as a burnt offering, and would assuredly have* done so but for tho inter ference of some present, who were not so insane. They were then commanded to kill all their dogs, which they did, to the number of fifteen, and after some two days —these things all the time going on —they were ordered by their leader to eat of the putrid carcasses, at which command they, for the first time, evinced a disposition to “go slow.” While they were halting, their leader en deavored to show them how to “go through a dorg,” but her stomach being of differ ent notion from her head, eschewed the re past, and speedily delivered itself of such wonderful morsels. At this stage of ti e proceedings, Mr. Isaac Durst, a gentleman living near, and who Lad desired to stop the insane proceed ings before, but knew not exactly how to proceed, told her husband sbu was crazy, and to get a chain and fasten her, where she could no longer do mischief. She at once fled, and was pursued, caught and se cured, and at once the rest of herfollowtn gathered round and seemed, for the first time, to become aware of the mischief they had wrought. They thanked Mr. D. greatly for breaking the spell that Jane had thro »n around them —went to their now almost ruined fields and commenced work again in good earnest —tho parties having kept and rctuaned to them their stock, farming utensils, &c. They are now, however, without the necessary apparel and food to enable them to work successfully. The excitement lasted some seven cr ten days, and all that time no work of any kind was done by *bcse deluded creatures. A Stir Among the Edwards Family —582,000,000 Awaiting Identity of Claimants.— By the recent expiration of a niuety-nioe years’ lease of property in the city of New York, on Broadway and Canal streets, granted by King George, of England, to Robert Edwards, and leased out by said Edwards, the heirs of tbe aforesaid Robert Edwards, on proving their indeDtity as such, will come in pos session of a property now valued at the snug sum of eightv-two millions. It i a said that General Edwards, of LaGrange in this State, claims to be a descendant of Robert, and has employed Benjamin 11. Hill, Esq., and Judge Bingham, to look into the matter. As all the Edwards may be presumed to have -descended from the aforesaid Robert, it is reasonable to sup pose a st'r and a rush will be made. We learn from the Times that two men in Gadsden bearing the lucky name are much exercised. It is said that the occupants of the property are so well satisfied that the title of the heirs of Edwards is valid* they will not contest it, except so far as to compel them to prove themselves true de scendants of the aforesaid Robert Edwards. If the Edwards living in Augusta wish a slice of the $82,000,000 they had better bestir themselves and prove their descent from the Robert Edwards above men tioned. The Whiskey Tax.—Tho New Em states that the Atlanta Whiskey Dealer’s Convention has held a meeting and de termined to resist the State tax of 20 per cent, per gallon on distilled spirits. Mr. Bell, the Cemptroller General, has agreed to instruct the collector not to oollect aDy tax until a case has been decided that wiH coyer the matter. NEW SERIES, YOL. XXVIII. NO. 28. Cuba.— Our latest Cuban advices report much despondency in Spanish oircles in consequence of the refusal of the Home Government to send more troops to the island. Espaniel telegraphed to Madrid for 20,000 men, he offering to pay tie ex pense of transportation, and the response came back, “We cannot send you even five men.” This refusal ot aid caused great tribulation among the Spaniards, who fear the guerrilla system of warfare adopted by the insurgents will enable them to carry on the contest for an indefinite period of time. To add to the general perplexity and discomfiture, epidemio cholera has broken out along the coast and in the garrisoned places, and is making dreadful havoc amoDg tho unacclimated troops, worn down as they are by their arduous labors during the past season. It is said, too, to be prevalent among the war vessels cruising about the island, and some of the officers and many of the men on the gunboats and men-of-war have already died. The yellow fever cases as yet in the city have been very few, but a goodly number of sailors have been sent to the hospital from the various war vessels in the harbor. All this furnishes cause of depression, and incites gloomy forebodings for tho futuie. The insurgents continue active in the western department, and, on the 18th instant, captured a eouvoy com prising fourteen carts, loaded with pris oners, while moving between Camasan and Bijaru, in the jurisdiction of Holquin. No further barbarities by the Spaniards, or executions of inoffensive American so journers in the island, are reported. A Millionaire’s Will.— On Tuesday, in the Court of Ordinary of Chatham county, the last will and testament of Edward Padelford, deceased, was admit ted to probate. Tho exact amount of Mr. Padelford’s wealth, is as yet unknown, but is reputed to be between a million and a half and two million dollars.— The donations made by deceased prior to his death, and within the past six months, were munificent aDd numerous, amounting to upwards of $200,000. Embraced in his will are the following bequests, after de ducting which from his estate, tbo remain der is left to his daughter and two grand children: To the Union Society, 100 shares Southwestern Railroad stock ; to Widows’ Society, 100 shares Southwestern Rail road stock ; to Savannah Female Orphan Asylum, 100 shares Southwestern Rail road stock ; to Episcopal Orphans’ Home, 20 shares Southwestern Railroad stock; to the Needle Womens’ Friendly Society, 20 shares Southwestern Railroad stock. The entire will occupies twenty-eight sheets of closely written legal cap, and instead of requiring $7500 worth of stamps SSOO covered the amount. Mr. Theodore F. Rowzee, who lives near Elberton, sowed six bushels of wheat last fall on old land, without any manure, from which he threshed 197 bushels last week. Twenty-one cases of small pox have been reported in Walton county—eleven are convalescent, eight still confined to their rooms, and ten have died. An Atlanta paper having stated that feathers were in demand in that place, the Columbus Sun suggests, in view of the assembling of the Legislature, that a cargo of tar should also be ordered. BY TELEGRAPH. TO THE ASSOCIATED PRCSS. Foreign. Paris, July 6, noon.—The Constitu tionel, the semi-official organ, says that the government would consider tho Span ish enthronement of the Prince 1-ohen zollern as a menace to France. Prim and the Prussian Minister attend ed Minister Ollivier’H banquet. The early denurturc of the Prussian Ambassador was caused by comment —many asserting that France would have just cause for war if Hohenzollern’s candidature was pressed. Late yesterday, after interviews with the Emperor, Minister of FWeign Affairs and Spanish Ambassador, resulted in an energetic note of protest to the Prussian Ambassador, who departed im mediately for Ems to meet the King of Prussia. London, July 6, p. ro.—The Morning Post has a telegram dated at Teintscin, June2sth, giving pirtieulars of a terrible massacre of Christians by natives of Pekin, on the 2lßt. Count Deßoche Chanort, the FYench Secretary of Legation, and a number of priests and sisters of mercy were slaughtered- The cathedral was burned and a number of Russians killed. A well-informed correspondent says that Prince Leopold, of llohcnzollern, has formally accepted the Spanish crown. The English Government approves it, but France still objects. The Governnunt of Hungiry urges the Bishops of that country at Rome to resist the dogma of infallibility to the last. A Joy Morris, the American Minister, attended the festivities in Constantinople on the occasion of the anniversary of the Sultan’s accession. He was not attired in Court costume, but wore a black dress suit on the occasion in accordance with the recommendation of his Government. The circumstance excited much comment. At a special meeting of the stockholders of the Great Western Railroad of Canada heldhere to-day, the directors of the - com pany were authorized to subscribe for all stock in the Air Line Railroad from Glencoe, Canada, to Buffalo, and to proceed im mediately with the construction of the roads. Parties arrested for masquerading in female attire are to bo tried for misde meanor only, and will be released on bail. The Prince and Princess of Walts are to have a garden party at Chiswick. The Irish members of Parliament have combined to urge the purchase of a resi dence for the Prince of Wales in Ireland. Trinity House gave a grand banquet to night in honor of Lesseps. The House of Commons had a brief session to-day devoted to local matters. Brussels, July 6, p. m.—Arrange ments aro being made here and in Antwerp to give a fino reception to tho officers of the American squadron expected in the Scheldt. Lisbon, July 6, p. m.— The Govern ment has sent orders to the Governor of Portuguese Guiana, to receive from the English authorities formal possession of the island of Bolamo. Paris, July 6, p. m. —la the Corps Lcgislatif to-day Duke DeGrammont, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said it was true that Prim had offered the throne of Spain to the Prince of Hoheniollern, who had accepted it, but the people of Spam had not pronounced on the transaction, and France bad yet to know the details of an affair which had been conducted in* secrecy. The French government would persist in its policy of neutrality, but under no prettxt would it permit the German power to place one of its Princes on the throne of Charles V. lie hoped, how ever, prudence in Germany and wisdom in Spain, would avert extremities. The Paris journals unanimously oppose the project of General Prim. Madrid, July 6, p. m. —It has been positively asserted that the Council of Ministers deoided to convoke the Cortes for July 20th. Brussels, July C, p. m. —Advices re ceived here render it certain that no pro clamation of the dogma of infallibility will be issued before the 10th inst. Scvoral sittings are yet required for votes on sepa rate chapters of the schema. The corres pondent of Independence Beige, at Rome, says the proceedings of the Ecumenical Council are all dictated by Father Becks, the General of the Jesuits, known as the Black Pope, and that the Jesuits appre hending expulsion of their order from Germany, postponed the execution of more ambitious projects to times. ' From New York, New York, July 6, noon—Charles Delong, injured by the explosion of a cannon on the 4th of July, is dead. New York, July 0, p. m.—On the Government will receive bids for $2,- 363,680 in gold—the same being the J uiy dividend on five-twenties ot the sinking and special funds. On Monday it will re ceive proposals for the same amount of five-twenty bonds for investment ot pro ceeds of sale of said gold. From Virginia. Richmond, July 6, p. m.— MY. Ander son an aged merchant of Pittsylvania county, a D d father of the State Senator from that district, was murdered last night and his store robbed. From Washington. Washington, July 6, noon.—The House Committee on the Pacific Railroads held a meeting last night for the considera tion oi the Texas Pacific Railroad bill, w.nch recently passed the Senate, and agreed to report adversely upon the sec tion establishing the gauge at five feet anu providing for various branch roads, they will also recommend that the stock holders be required to pay up ton per cent, on 5,000,000 dollars instead of on 2,000,- 000 dollars, as provided by one of the sec tions of the Senate bill. In the Senate, Abbott, from the Com mittee on Pacific Railroads, reported an amendment to the House River and Harbor Appropriation bill, by Sawyer, in. corporating the coptemp ated Trans-Con tinental Railway Company under the name of the Western North Carolina Extension Railway Company. The bill authorizes « le Western North Carolina Railroad, Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, and tho Spartanburg Union Railroad Companies to consolidate ior the purpose of constructing and completing a continuous railway com munication via Ashville, North Caro hna, and Ducktown, Tennessee, to Cleave land, Tennessee, or Dalton, Georgia, con necting the ports ot Newberne, Wilming tnn and Charleston with San Diego, California, by way of the contemplated Southern Trans-Continental Railway. An amendment by Sawyer was adopted a }??, ro^rla^ $7,500 for the improvement of lown Creek, near Charleston, S. C. Washington, July 0, p. m.—Akorman assumes tho Attorney-Generalship on Friday. Fish is absent. The report of his resig nation is discredited. Sonate Conference Committee on the F unditig bill: Sherman, Sumner and Davis. The Conference report on the army bill was made the special order for to morrow evening. The River and Harbor bill was reported as it came from the House. Sawyer moved an appropriation of $7,- 500 for Town Creek, near Charleston har bor. Adopted. Also, a survey and ex amination of Charleston harbor, with a view to the removal of obstructions; Adopted. On motion of Abbott one hundred ihou-. sand dollars was given for Cape F’earrivqr, A number of others were adopted, in cluding $1,700 for Bayou Teche, and an additional fifty thousand dollars for James river. The bill finally passed. During the discussion. Chandler, who had charge of the bill, said it was well known that these abstractions were put in these Southern harbors during the war. We have no report from the engineers on them, but it is provided for new surveys to be made of all these harbors, aud until tbe result of those surveys were known the es timates could not be made, and it is best to make no appropriations in advance. Os course, if the Senate chose to load down the bill with amendments and kill it, they can do it, but he asked them to stand by the Committee. The Conference Committee’s report on Post-office appropriation was adopted. The Conference Committee on the Cur rency reported a bill as adopted by the Senate, except that new currency is fixed at fifty-four instead of forty-five millions. The report was adopted. In the House the Public Lands Commit tee reported a bill defining swamp and overflowed lands, which, provoking much opposition, was postponed to the next session. Darrall, from Louisiana, was seaied. Four thousand dollars was allowed Bailey, who held the Governor’s certificate of election. Tho Pat Woods’ case occupied the bal ance of the day. Revenue to day over a half million. Grant returns to-morrow. Twenty thousand dollars was appro priated for Artjc explorations. The President appoints a commander and the Secretary of War details two vessels. Replying to questions. Senator Williams, regarding the currency, su’d that tho Comp troller of the Currency was to provide im mediately for the distribution of this in creased circulation of fifty-four millions of dollars, giving the Western State's what they were entitled to under the existing law, and that as Boon as the census re turns for 1870 were iu a redistribution was to be made. Trumbull thought it most extraordinary to provide for the establishment of banks for taking up the additional fifty-four mil lion within the next three months aed then to require a rodwtribution a fbw months later. Sherman replied that under the exist ing law, it would take ninety days to or ganize a bank, and therefore the c»nsus returns would be ascertained before any tank could be established. Trumbull said there would then be uo distribution under the existing law. '1 he report was adopted. Cotton Markets. Liverpool, July 6, noou.—Cotton quiet —Uplands 9;(, Orleans 1(M : sales 10,000 bales. • LATER. • Cotfou steady. Sales now estimated at 12,000 bales. Liverpool, July <>, evening.—Cotton lirmer but not higher— Uplands 9|d, Or leans lOd ; sales 12,000 bate?, exports and speculation 3,000 bales. Havre, July (i, evening.—Cotton open ed flat at 115f on spot, and quiet afloat. New York, July 6, noon.—Cotton dull and nominal—Uplands 20c, Orleans 201 c ; sales 200 bales. New York July 6, p. m.—Cotton steady —sales 2,300 balos ; Cplands 20c, Orleans 20}. New Orleans, July 6, p. m.—Cotton quiet and weak ; Middling 18}<g»19c; sales 1800 bales ; net receipts 125 bales; coast wise 144 bales; total 259 bales; stock 63,098 bales. Savannah, July G, p. m.—Cotton— nothing doing—Middlings 18}@18ii; sales 14 bales; receipts 348 bales ; exports— coastwise 201 bales; stock 9,955 bales. Charleston, July G, p. m.—Cotton dull and but little doing—Middling 1 ■'§) 18Jc; sales 50 bales; receipts- 102 hales • stock 5,356 bales. Norfolk, July G, p. m.—Cotton quiet —Low Middling 174 c; sales 100 bales; re ceipts 115 bales; exports—coastwise 116 bales ; stock 1347 bales. Mobile, July 6, p. til,—Cotton firm IjOW Middling 16}@17}c, Middling 18Je; sales 800 bales; reeceipts 5 bales; stock 19,825 bales. Money Markes. London, July 6, noon.—Consols 92J. Bonds 90}. later. Consols 92}. Bonds 00}. London, July 0, evening.— Consols 92}. Bonds 90}. Paris, July G, noon.—Bourse opened declining. Keutes 711 50c. Paris, July 6, evening—Bourse cioscd declining. Kentes 70189 c. Frankfort, July 6, evening.—Bonds opened heavy at 96@96£. New York, July G. noon.-—Stocks weak. Money 3(®5. Exchange- long 9 i, short 10}. Gold 11L}. Bonds 11}. Ten nessee ex-coupon 65}, new 63}. Virginia ex-ooupon 681, new 65. Louisiana old 71; Levoe 6’s 7G, B’s 92; Alabama B’s 98, s’s 77. Georgia sixes 85, 7’s 921. North Caro linas old 52}, new 36. South Carolinas old 89, new 81. New York, July 6. p. m.—Money 3@5- Sterling 9?@10. Gold lllj@lll|. Gov ernments firm. Southerns quiet and dull. New York, July 6, p. in. Money 3(0)5. Exchange; steady. Gold was firm during the forenoon at 111?, but advanced to 1114, and afterward declined to 1 ill, but later it became firm and rallied to Ills, and during the afternoon it was steady and closed at llli<g)lll}. Governments were quiet and firm throughout the day—6’s 8; coupons 15; 1862 11?; 1864, 11} ; 1865, 1!?, now, 10}; 1867, 10?; IS6B, 10? • 40’s, 6?; Southern Securities were quiet’ throughout the day and closed dull with but little change—Tennessee 65, new, 631; Virginias 67}. new 65; Louisiana levees, sixes, 75; Alabama eights, 90; Georgia sixes 85 ; sevens 92 ; North Carolirjas 52{, new 35|; South (Jarolinas 89, new 80. New Orleans, July 0, p. m.—Sterling 22}. New York Sight par. Gold 111?. Produce Markets. IjTveryool, July 6, noon,—Breadstutls quiet. later. dull.' Tallow 43s 9d. Liverpool, Juty 6, evening.—Provis ions dull. Turpentine 295. New York, July 6, noon.-Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat quietand heavy. Corn scarce but firm. Pork quiet— mess $29 50. Lard dull at 15}@16|c. Turpentine steady at 38c. Rosin dull— l strained $2. Freights dull. New York, July 6, p- nl ;, *‘?. ur 10c lower. Wheat 2@3c lower. Lorn firmer. Pork $29 50@29 75. Rice firm at B@B}c. Sugar firm. Navals steady. New York. July <8 P- f!rm refining 9i®9|c, Havana9}(3) 10c. Molasses dull Wool dull— Texas 21@23. Hides unchanged. Freights quiet. Louisville, July 6, p. m.-Flour and orain unchanged. Pork S3O. Bacon shoulders 13|c. Lard 17c. Whiskey 98c@$l. Cincinnati, July 6, p. m. —Flour dull. Corn firm at 85c. Provisions unchanged. NewOrlkans, JulyC, p. m. —Flourdull —superfine $5, double $5 50, treble $5 75. Hay firmer at $22. Whiskey easier at 95c @1 074- Others unchanged,
