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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1871)
(fiygrcntck & Sentinel. VIKBNKBDAY MOEHIHB. Jril 7. HARROW BAIKK RAILROAD. The opponents of narrow gauge rail roads maintain that while they may an swer for short branch lines, they will fail for trunk roads with heavy tntde. The Government of British India are akmt testing this matter in a practical manner. Its first experiment is to be with a line of more than a thousand miles in length, reaching from Kurrachee to Peehawar, from the seacoast. West of the mouth of the Indus, almost to the mountains on the Northwestern frontier of British India. The capacity of such a line is estimated so high that it is contended that in one week twelve thousand men could be car ried lrom the sea to the frontier, fully equipped with arms, and the necessary complement of guns, horses, stores, fol lowers, and rations for a month, without any more rolling stock than wonld suffice for the ordinary traffic. The economy of such a line is evident from the estimate that at least one million pounds sterling would he saved in the mere construction, while the cost of maintenance and operat ing wonld be correspondingly diminished. The resalts of this experiment will be 1 ooked for with deep concern in this coun try, where the question of narrow gauge railroads is attracting the attention of all men engaged in the improvement of trans portation facilities. AICIIIT AMD MODKRM MORGIA IC* ALII. Upon the late trip of the Augusta Rail road tourists there were many scenes and incidents which deserved to be put upon record; but to this a bar has been plaoed by the modesty of the gentlemen who were participants. There was an incident, however, at Milledgeville whioh we ven ture to commit to print, despite the in incction, as too good to be lost. As the train rolled slowly up to the platform of the station-house, the efficient conductor announced Milledgeville. Instantly one of the party added, “ Our Capital. No, was the rejoinder, this is tho Ku-Klux capital; Atlanta is the capital of the State. Yes, was the surrejoinder, the scalawag capital; and then and there arose as tisroe a dispute as oyer took plaoe be tween Orlcanists and the Legitimatists in the now unfortunate oapital of La Belle France. Beane and good order were, however, again restored by all taking the oath of allegiance in the manner and form as prescribed by that prinoe of loyalists, the lato Winfield Scott, familiar ly styled lang syne, “Old Fnss and Feathora.” But the fires were soon re kindled by one of the party reading Bul look's last proclamation of $250,000 for the apprehension of certain so-called Ku- Klux- Again the war of words ran high and Bullock came in for a full share of honost,(hearty inveotive of just that sort of which Curran said the Dublin Fishwomea wero masters. To allay the excitement an ancient Patriarch said that tho modern Ku-Klux sensation reminded him of the ancient Ku-Klux in tho palmy days of Milledgeville and Jack Jones, .and were fully depicted in the following distich of the olden times: Major Jack Hanford fit a mighty battle, He lit at the Ford while Leathers stole the He*kuooked one and baggopetted another, And sworeCiesar was bis grandfather And Bonaparte his brother. This recital of the verse banished poli ties and restored mirth and merriment, and the victory was complete by sharp suggestions from another quarter, that Bullock didn’t mean anything, because he intended to pay the rewards in Statu Aid Bonds, which were not so good as Georgia Treasury notes. FRANCE. In the long oataloguo of shameful disas ters which has attended French arms, in f 'the short space of twelve months, there is nothing so sad as that which records the dostruotion of the fairest portion of Paris, and tho wholesale butchery of its inhabi tants upon defeat/ Such is the furor for blood that it is gravely announced that the “ mitrailleuse ” is to be brought into use by the heroes who surrendered at Metz and Sedan to accomplish the speedy whole sale destruction of Frenchmen. The 1 rus sian may now rest proudly upon his laurels, gained in open and honorable warfare; and it, in tho history of the war, a single oxoess is reoorded as against his fame, he has but to point to the revolting pioture at Paris, the operations of the mitrailleuse in the streets of that oity, tho butchery of women and children at Pare la Chaise, the garden for the dead, the acts of McMahon, now General-in-Chief of the Versaillists, late Chief Marshal of Napoleon 111. The Versaillists have triumphed. They are in full possession of Paris and govern by military law, but their triumph is the grand slimatoric of a series of disasters, which has reduced La Belle France lrom the proudest position of the great powers of Europo to the grade of the Ottoman Empire in influence, and, in social oondi tion, to the level, if not below the level, of Mexioo. Franoe, conquered and over whelmed with dobt, and one-third or more of Paris in ashes; military rule —that mil itary rule which is trained in Algeria to the utmost lioenso in warfare —blooms and flourishes in tho capita! of what was once, for many hundred years, the “proud est nationality on earth.’’ The vandal excesses of the Communists are by no moans to be exonsed. Yet they are not without deep significance. They designate the nature of the contending parties. On one side is the wealth and the military power ot aristocratic France. On the other, the laboring population, the sans culottes, the pauper population of the greatest oity of the French Empire. The one strong, ie again in power. The other defeated, is in despair, oovetous of some new order of things, which would free them from the continuance of galling despotism. Both equally steeped in a sensuality—graded only by the command of money, and re fined only as possessed of the power of wealth. Both equally brutal. The one manifesting fury in the destruction by fire of every monument, whether of art or of glory, which would oommemorate the era of their oppression. The other employing the latest, most effective, and most speedy implement of destruction to destroy the lives of those whose labors reared those moonmenta —their own oountrymen. The destruction of the Napoleon monument in the Place Vendome was not a mere wayward, wanton destruction of a thing of beauty. The act had a deeper signifi cance. It symboliaed the deep hatred, the concentrated fury of impotence, ia the depths of deapair against the power which had enabled the Napoleons to rule, swin dle, debauch, bleed and destroy the French people. The destruction of prisoners in the streets, and of women and children even at the graves of their fathers, is equally significant. It depicts the de moniac lust of imperialism which demands abject obedienoe, or the forfeiture ot life. It is difficult to forecast now the future of France, The terrible revolutions of the past furnish no guide for the future. Then effects were local. Now, the causes at work are widespread. Then, it was but to have Paris and & tew larger towns to recuperate. Now, it is Paris and a large area of the most fertile portions of the French Empire to work up from deso lation. The necessities of Europe may preserve the autonomy of the Empire. But the condition of the people forbodes great evil* of long continuance, and suggests the recurrence of many scenes as pictured of the decline and fall oi' the Roman Empire, or expatration by emigration, the modern relief sought in great national evils. The address of Rev. Wm. A. Parks, agent Amerioan Bible Society for Georgia and Florida, has beea changed from New nan to. Atlanta, Ga. The new boat house at the foot of Se cond street, Macon, got adrift Wednesday, and a general smash up was threatened, bat a kind fisherman saved the oonoern. THI SIKATE vs. THE PRIBB. After all the bluster, the Radicals in the Senate have been foroed to the humilia tion of defeat; iu the matter of the New York Tribune correspondents. The last day’s proceedings were confined to an iteration cf previous discussions of the powers and privileges of the Senate to commit recusant witnesses to imprison ment for contempt beyond the limit of the session. It was with great difficulty that a quorum to old be retained for this pur pose. bat just a quorum was at last gather ed and the question decided negatively by the passage of a lesolution, by twenty three to thirteen, offered by Mr. Wilson, releasing the reousant witnesses on the adjournment. This was carried oat in twenty minutes thereafter, and the two in question went on their way rejoicing. The following is the vote in detail: You-Bayard Blair, Casserly, Cor bett, Cragin, Fenton, Frelinghuysen, Gil bert, Hamilton, (Texas), Harlan, Hill, Logan, Morton, Sohure, Sherman, Sprague, Stevenson, Btockton, Sumner, Thurman, Tiptoo, Wilson, and Windom —23. .Vay*—Caldwell, Clayton, Cole, Conk j ling, Edmunds, Flanagan, Hitchcock, j Howe, Nye, Orborn, Sawyer, Scott, and Wright—l3. It will be’ noted, however, that the Re publican party per te are opposed to the freedom of the press, and that Horace Greeley and “his fop,” as Benattr Car penter styles the alter rego of the Tribune, are indebted to the conservative Democracy, who came to the rescue of the conserva tive Republicans and relieved the Tribune and its friends from the power of the Senatorial inquisition. This is the greatest victory yet achieved by the Democracy. Blair and Bayard and Stockton and Thur man step forward, upon principle, to re lieve tho representatives of the great organ of the Republican party from un constitutional shackles and bars and dun geons. The Dayton Democratic Platform. —The Cincinnati Inquirer , the most in fluential Democratic paper of the West, commenting on the reception given to Mr. VallandiDgham’s resolutions by the Republican organs of Ohio, says : “ There are matters in the Montgomery oounty resolutions which, it is very sate to say, will not receive the approval of the State Convention, and whioh should not receive its endorsement. They have faults of omission and commission. They evinoe a desire to sail with tho wind and as near the water as possible without getting wet. Tbo Domocraoy everywhere believe that the Constitution was altered by fraud and force, and do not intend to be mealy mouthed in their expression of the out rage, whatever they may agree upon as to how the amendments should be treated iu tho future, for the sake of saving, if possible, what is left of constitutional liberty. The Democracy will not agree that the bonds shall bo paid in gold, but insist that they be paid in greenbacks, and that a sufficient number of Dew legal tenders shall be issued, not more thau three hundted millions in amonnt, for that is amply sufficient, with the revenue i n hand, and in process of reoeption, to pay off all tho five-twenties. But we are entering upon a discussion we had re served for another time. In a recent issue, tho Chioago Tribune (Radical) reviews the marked inconsisten cies aDdcbaDgus of policy whioh have ex isted in the Republican patty since 1860, ami inquires, where is the social Shekina of Radicalism ? It denies that it is to be fouad in the President, or in Congress, or in the national conventions of the party, so much as in the independent press, and adds: “It is time that the miserable flunkeys who set themselves up ‘ to read out of the party’ every statesman and journal of indepeudenoo and influence had learned their own insignifioanoc. It is by the independent and fearless criticisms of suoh statesmen and journals that the country is to be saved from the blunders of that immature and half finished class of statesmen whom the haphazard ex igencies of popular elections tunable by sudden change into places of trust and honor for whioh they are not fitted. It is because Franoe oan sustain no suoh free, independent and oritioal press, that she cannot sustain a republic. Were the bigotry of the cliques or masses—and especially of the conservative mass—-to bo effectual in gagging the republican press of this country, wo could no more sustain a republic than the French themselves.” • ,• nmm i —ITT A member of the Beecher family has just returned from a visit to the South, and she frankly gives to the Church Union an account of what she has seen and heard. She deolaros, she says, in all truthfulness, that from the time *ho left home until her return to it she and the female friend who was with her, though travelling by them selves, “ met everywhere and from all classes, only kindness and attention.”. Everything that courtesy could do to make their journeying pleasant and oomlortable was done. Two women—one an invalid— were regarded as haying » special claim upon people’s care aud politeueao. Warmed by these personal -experiences, she perti nently asks whether “it is well to talk of the continuance of Southern bitterness and animosity,' and secret enmity, when two unprotected North* ro women can pass through the States just emerged from years of war, and through those places where the deadly afrife was fieroest, not ouly without molestation, but with .sympathy and assistance at every step '( MCTTIBS FROM ATLANTA. THE NEW LEASE. Atlanta, Ga., May 30th, 1871. Editors Chronicle dk Sentinel ■' The lease of the Mason and Western by the Central Railroad is oausing much ex citement here as well a9 in Maoon. The probability of the Central’s completing the Savannah, Griffia and North Alabama lload, at an early day, has thoroughly aroused our people, and the fact that the Pennsylvania Central has assumed control of the Air Line only increases the excite ment. These combinations, or consolida tions, bode no ffoo<l to Atlanta. The people of Maoon, sco.-ible that the folds of the boa constrictor are being drawn so closely around them as to render ; them powerless, without a poweiful effort on their part, are making strenuous efforts in behalf of the Maoon and Knoxville Road, and with a good prospect of success. Without wishing to be thought officious, permit me to agaiD tall attention to a sug gestion, vi*: the change of the gauge of the Macon aud Augusta to three feet; the laying down of a third rail, C iinak to Au- 1 gusto, and the extension of the same ! gauge, Aagusta to Port Royal. Tne three-foot gauge, costing only about half that of the broad gauge, and from 15 to 25 per cent, lets to operate, can transport freight and paaseDgen at rates that would give a fair return upon the capital in vested. but which t could starve out a com peting broad gauge. An unbroken narrow gauge from Macon to Port Royal would give the Georgia Road and Augusta a hold on Middle Georgia that could not be broken. To the same end, the Griffin and Mad ison Road should be built—narrow at once. By the Georgia Road aiding io its construction, she couki control its busi ness. 1 am satisfied that a full examination of the gauge question would oonvince you that a three-toot gauge would be ample for the business of any road in the South. J, Atlanta, May 31, 1871. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: Our “Gate City” is all excitement about the nkw lease —I mean the lease of the Maoon and Western Road by the Central. The announcement came like a thunder clap in a clear sky. No one expected it. Its consummation altogether unexpected has produced a feeling ol bitterness towards the Central Road which it is difficult.to estimate. Those who lead in the Tenmlle enterprise are the most bitter and vindic tive, aud threaten unoom promising war on the Central. They allege that they are the victims of duplicity ami fraud, aud charge C— —, the active agent, who labored for the charter, and induced the formation of a party here in its inter est was only a paid agent of the Cen tral Road, and that there never existed any serious design of building the road from Atlanta to Tennille, bat that the whole thing was a well contrived ruse, which had for its sole, ultimate object the j purchase or lease of the Macon and IV es- j tern Road—to extend the monopoly of the insatiate Central. In the language of the street, the advocates of the Tonmlle scheme affirm that they have been soldi Not the least chagrined is our friend , who now swears that the only hope for Atlanta is to stick by the Georgia Road and Au gusta, and is now as enthusiastic and vehement for a quadruple alliance between the four cities —Atlanta, Columbus, Ma con and Augusta—as formerly energetic ' and enthusiastic in behalf of Atlanta in- I dependence through the Tennille scheme, j Os course he denounces the perfidy which induced an Atlanta subscription to be used only as the means for running around Atlanta. The exact terms upon which the Cen- tral has effected a lease of the Macon and Western has not transpired. It is stated that the lease is tor ninety-nine years: that existing contracts are to be main tained; that the present organization is to be preserved, tot the Central Road shall aid in the completion of the Griffin and I/ecatnr Road, and shall have the right to run its trains over the Macon and Western at a stipulated rate, and guaran tees ten per cent, dividend to the stock holders of the Macon and Western. It is alleged, however, that the contract cannot be completed. That the Macon and Bruns i wick Road holds $750,000, or about one third of the stock of the Macon and West ern Road, and will defeat the measure in a convention of the stockholders. From all that I gather I sum up that the Central has purchased for ninety-nine years the right of using the Macon and Western Road at a low rate—leased the use of the road lor its trains, and not the road itself. This is tp*l enough for Atlanta. It is worthy of note in this connection that the Macon and Western Company refuses to become interested in our new depot, and that it belongs now wholly to the State Road, Atlanta and LaGrange and the Georgia Road. This jcew lease promises to overshadow the State Road lease entirely. Those who profess to be wise in railroad matters, assert that if it stands as an fait accompli , it will force the lease over the Georgia and Atlanta and .Vest Point Roads, will force the construction ot the Athens ex tension and the Mmlieon and Griffin Road. As to this last mentioned road I am clear that it should be put through imme diately ; that we will never have peace until Augusta has direct friendly connec tion with Columbus, for when this is done the four cities will always be strong enough to hold in check the vaulting am bition of the powerful Central. You will recollect that I predicted that the Air Line would never do Atlanta any good. The people of Atlanta now begin to think so, too. It is being pushed for ward rapidly, and now its owners propose to extend it by building the Western Road Dot to Decatur but to Oxford , and look forward to a dose friendly oouDectiou with the Selma, Rome and Daltou Road, and ultimately to the control of the Southern .Pacific. Thus, you perceive, .we are all uneasy about future complications. I mean we who hold real estate in Atlanta. But how is it with you Augusta people ? You, or at least your press, seem to take it very quietly. We are anxious to see what move the Georgia Road will now make. It can’t stand still. I have written you a long letter, from which you may extract or consign to the waste-basket; but, in closing, 1 add that you may rely upon it, that lot sometime to come railroad questions aro to be of more importance than constitutional amendments or treaties with Great Bri tain, and I anticipate some grand and lofty tumbling iu the next Legislature. Acrobatic exercise will be the order of the day on railroads and several other ques tions. “The Guv” is again huge on re wards. H. H. Letter from Macon. Macon, Ga., May 28, 1871. Editors Chronicle Sentinel: At the inception ot the Augusta. and Macon Railroad I attempted to rouse up Augusta and the Georgia Railroad Com pany to the aggressive policy of the Central Railroad Company. My feeble voice was lost in “Sleepy Hollow.” Now, seel it is almost “ fait accompli.” The Central, like an anaconda, is drawing its folds around Macon, Augusta, and the Georgia Railroad. By its discriminations it is seeking to draw business from all inland towns to Savannah, and from all other roads over the Central. Through its cordon of roads, from Savannah to Vicks burg, it cuts off Augusta and Charleston from.cotton bags. And now leasing “ the Macou and Western,” it will soon build the road from Griffin to Decatur, and at the latter point graciously reoeive all Western produce from tho Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Good bye, then, At lanta, Augusta, Georgia Railroad and Charleston; grass will grow in the thor oughfares of these cities, and spiders weave their webs in their deserted houses. The Central Rajlread apd Savannah are not to blame. All honor to their spirit and enterprise! But shall Atlanta, the Georgia Railroad, Augusta, Charleston and Macon, accept the situation, and all be niorebund. That’s the question. En lighten us [hpough your paper, please. A.' Northeast tieorgla and Western North Carolina. Murphy, Cherokee Cos., N. C-, ) May 25th, 1871. J Editors Chronicle <sc Sentinel : My peregrinations have brought me to ; this pjaoc, and now, in this extreme west ern oorner of the old North State, one hundred and twenty milus from Ashville, lam penning this epistle to you. This town of pne hundred and fifty inhabitants is situated on the north bank of the Hiawassee river. The Hiawassee river takes its start near the top of the Blue Ridge, on the Southern line of Towns county, Georgia near the head spring of the Chattahoochee, and flowing in a direc tion a little North of West, passes through the ceutre Oi Towns county, Ga., giving its name to the county site, thence through the middle of Clay county, North Carolina, on its way to its junctioa with the Tennessee, On the Hiawassee and its oonfluents there is muon valley land of surpassing fertility; but the upland is nearly all mountainous and unlit for cul tivation, affording, however, very excellent range for stock. Indeed, being far from market, snd making only heavy produce, the people here have little means of making money otherwise than by stock raising. Th a re IS much mineral wealth buried be neath these hills aud valleys'. Gold exists in large quantities in the three counties named above. Near this town there are several Iron furnaces in successful epera tion. Marble abounds —many ot the chim neys in this town are of marble In this county there arc quarries of a peculiar species of steatite or soapstone, called here I rotten atone. It is white, soft, aud of a greasy and can be sawed, ent 1 and planed like soft wood. Teams are constantly hauling it hence to Cleieland, Tenn., to be shipped to Cincinnati. In Macon and Clay oounties, N. C., anew mineral called corundum, has recently been discovered, and it is creating considerable excitement. It resembles amethyst quartz, and is said to be almost as hard as the diamond. It is used, I believe, in the arts instead of diamond-dust. This town is near an air line from Macon to Kuosv ille, and if the Maeon & Knoxville Railroad and the Western JJorth Carolina and Dalton & Murphy Railroads should ever be built, the intersection at this plaee would work won ders for this mountainous regioti. Indeed, with proper railroad facilities, Northeast Georgia, Western .North Carolina and East Tennessee might, in time, rival Wes ; tern Pennsylvania in mineral and manu ! factoring wealth. There is water power 1 sufficient to move the machinery of all NewEogland. Our State has spent mil lions for the development of the resources of Northwest Georeia and not one dollar for the benefit of Northeast Georgia. I think the time has oome for our corner of the State to receive a little attention from our Legislature. Tne people are too poor ; to build railroads for themselves. Will i your people of Augusta give them aid? | It does not look so. Then is it not the 1 duty of the State to build a main trunk 1 road from Eatonton or Maeon or Athens I to the State line in the direotion of Knox- j ville? With such a road in successful operation, these mountains and fertile j valley would soon begin to pour towards j the seaboard such a tidal wave of grain, 1 ‘ hay, bacon, beef, apples, potatoes and 1 cabbages as would make Southern Geor- : gia clap her hands for joy. Besides, what a delightful suqnner retreat would thfs mountain region afford to yon Southerners from the coast region, were there rail roads to bring you to it! There has been much rain throughout all northeast Georgia, western North* Carolina and east Tennessee during this month and April In consequent*, the wheat is severely afflicted with rust. Last &11 was very warm and so was the month of March, and, therefore, the fly has dam aged the wheat a vast deal. It may now be set down as a fixed fact that this region will yield a very light crop of wheat. The frosts on the 23d and 24th of April killed nearly all the peaches north of the Chat tahoochee. Throughout all this region, the apple trees, _ having borne very full crops last year, did not bloom much this spring, and, therefore, apples will be very Boaroe. People were never more orderly, quiet and industrious than the people of northeast Georgia and western North Carolina now are. More anon. Franklin, Public Meeting iu Glasscock- At a meeting of the citizens of Glass cock county, Ga., on Saturday, the 27th of May, a large portion of the citizens were present at the Court House. On motion of the Rev. John J. Hyman, Dr. Joshua F. Uary was called, to. the Chair. On motion of William M- Kelly, David G. D- Allen was requested to act as Secre tary of the meeting. After taking the Chair, Dr. Jesliua F. Uary made some timely and pointed remarks, stating the object of the meeting. A committee was appointed by the Chair to draft resolutions tor the meeting. John J. HymaD, Wiley G- Bradley and William M. Kelly were appointed to draft resolutions for the meeting. On motion cf William M. Kelly, James M. Nunn and Seabon Kitchens were added to the committee. While the committee were preparing their reso lutions, Dr. Joshua F. Usry addressed the citizens upon the subject of agriculture, m which he showed, the importance of giving strict attention to the cultivation of the soil, the economy of making and using fertilizers and of forming an agricultural society. After the address, the committee appointed by the Chair to draft resolutions for the meeting, made their report, as fol lows : At a meeting of the citizens of Glasscock county, called for the purpose of expressing their disapproval ot out rages reported to have been committed in the county, Dr. Joshua F. U-ry was called to the Chair and David G. D. Allen re quested to act as Secretary- The commit tee reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were adopted : Whereas, Certain outages are report ed to have been comm ted in the county by unknown parties, which is calculated to throw a stigma upon our community ; be it Resolved, That we, the law-abiding and order-loving citizens of Glasscock county, Ga., disapprove of such acts, and pledge ourselves to use every effort to suppress them and bring offenders to justice before the courts. On motion of William M. Kelly, it was unanimously adopted that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Chronicle &' Sentinel, of Augusta, Ga.- Josiah F. Usry, Chairman. David G. D. Allen, Secretary. LETTER FROM lURT COUNTT. THE MAILS, LAW AND CROPS. Hart County, May 25, 1871. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: I Grant’s mail arrangements work along as they have done for the last five years. A mail is a perfect little-joker. Now you see it and now you don’t. . Our old Confederate Texas cattle driver did better than Grant’s post office man. He was a little slow but always sure. The Chron icle of the 3d and 10th, for example, have not yet reached tills office. This is dis couraging and provoking. The revenue man never fails to put in his appearance. The post office man fails whenever it suits. I rejoice to see that a deep, earnest movement for a return to constitutional law is being made. Thank God for such men as L. Stephens, R. Toombs and A. R. Wright. Oh, sirs, I glory in Lint. If our country is ever redeemed it will be through the efforts of such men; and that time will only come when not only the law is re spected, but those who execute the laws are respectable and worthy of respect. It won’t do to talk about respect for the law among the masses when there are men in office who not only do not respect the great law, but openly violate it, as any plain man can see. Then down with the devilish Rads and their devilish theiving , equality business. Crop prospects are not flattering. Ap ples will be scarce, as a great many trees failed t 5 bloom. Peacli crop promises fair. Gardens are pretty fair—lrish po- I tatoes, peas, beans, &c , are in use, and are yielding finely. Wheat is poor and sorry—injured by the rust, fly and other disasters. A late cold rain ruined a great deal of cotton that looked well. Some land in cotton has been plowed up and planted in corn. Corn on bottom land is late owing to the amount of rain that has fallen. Superior Court is now in session. Chief business one or two criminal cases. W. T. 00. The Platform of the Democracy of Pennsylvania. Resolved, That the force and bayonet bills recently enacted by Congress are gross attacks upon the reserved rights of the States, destructive of the elementary prin ciples of civil liberty, intolerable to a free people, centralizing in tendency, and should be forthwith repealed. Resolved, That the language of Senator Carl Sohurz, in his St. Louis speech, wherein he says: “ I consider it one of the most pressing needs of our day that we sh'ould return to the sound practice of Constitutional Government. The safe guards of our common rights and liberties contained jn the Constitution are too sa cred and valuable a boon to be perma nently jeopardized in providing for a pass ing emergency. It is time that the Amer ican people open their eyes to the danger ous character of this tendency, aDd that neither a great name nor an object appeal ing to our sympathies should be permitted to disguise it. As for me, I havo seen the working of irresponsible power and per sonal government in other countries, and I may assure my constituents that, while I am a citizen of this Republic, I shall struggle to the last gasp against its intro duction here,” was but the utterance of well-known and frequently announced Democratic doctrine. Resolved, That the publio debt is bind ing upon the nation, aDd must be paid; and that wo are unalterably opposed to any and all movements looking towards repudiation direct or indirect, but, in jus tice to the laboring and producing classes, the rate of interest thereon should be re duced at the earliest practicable date. Resolved, That the Democratic party is opposed to the existing system of Federal taxation and finance, ruinous as it is io its effects upon the laboring, producing, mining, manufacturing interests of the people and the fruitful source of “hard times,” personal indebtedness and indi vidual bankruptcy. Ruolved , That labor and capital have no just cause of antagonism*, that we dep recate strife between these two great forces and earnestly seek to place the laborer and the capitalist on such a platform as will enable both to amicably adjust their differences; and we are unalterably op posed to the importation of a servile race for the purpose of degrading the standard and lowering the position of the laboring men of the nation. Resolved, That we recognize the binding obligation of all the provisions of the Con stitution of the United States as they now exist, and we deprecate the discussion of issues which have been settled in the man ner aud by the authority constitutionally appointed. Resolved, That wo are for a government rigorously frugal and simple, applying all the possible saving of the public revenue to the discharge of the national debt and opposed to a multiplication of officers and salaries, merely to make place for parti zans and for increasing by every device the public debt. Resolved , That the continuance by a Republican Congress of the income tax, when the same is at least of doubtful con stitutionality, and the necessity therefor has long since ceased to exist, is an exer cise of a power oppressive to the people, and a gross violation of their rights and interests. Resolved, That the.present tariff is, in many of its features, oppressive, and should be revised- and that we herewith request our Representatives in Congress, when the tariff shall be the subject of re adjustment, to see that the immense pro ducts of the State and its industries are properly cared for. From, the N. Y. Standard ( Grant's Organ.) Jeff-Davis and the ‘'New Departure.” Vallandigham and Jefferson I 'avis do not agree. This is such a singular fact that it is worthy of special note, ihey have been friends for so long a time, their .sympathies have been so much alike, aod their work so mutually congenial, that it is one of the remarkable coincidences ot politics. Davis must be jealous of V allan digham. No sooner does the ‘ new de parture” of the Ohio martyr reach the ! ears of our Southern brethren than tne ex-President is serenaded and his advice sought. Mr. Davis responds, and says that “ he did not conceive that the princi ples of the ‘ Lost Cause* were dead, or that ‘truth should remain crushed. Furthermore, he counsels “fortitude ana patience, believing that the South could afford to be patient under her wrongs until a returning sense of justice achieved the rights of every freeman—a PfT’ ocl to whieh he looked forward. ” hat this “ returning sense of justice means, except the restoration of the Demo cratic party to the control of the Gov ernment. we are at a loss to con ceive. If that Party should power, then, of course, the Southern traitors would “ have the rights of ree mea. 14 We must confess that Mr. Davis is a, more honest Democrat than Mr. v ai landigham. Both at heart hold the same sentiments. Mr. Valbmdigham does not believe in Degro snffrage • does not honest ly believe that the Federal Government should refuse to pay the debt ot the Con federate Government; does not believe that the freedmen should have trie same rights as their white fellow -citizens, yet he advocates the acceptance of these truths simply because he thinks his party has more chance for success under that banner than under any other. On the other hand, Mr. Davis says that his feel ings are such that “he could not think one thing and speak another,” there fore he would not discuss vital questions. This places the Democratic party in a nice dilemma. It must take one side or the other. It must either resort to the false pretense of Mr. Vallandigham or observe the silence of Mr. Davis. Mr. Vallaudig ham’s opinions, if honestly advocated, are the best for the party and the country— yet they cannot be endorsed by the leaders and their journals, because it would 1* distasteful to the solid Southern Demo cratic vote, which cannot be thrown away. Hon. Jefferson Davis. HIS ATLANTA SPEECH. My Friends: As I look out upon the surging crowd before me to-night, swayed by the deep felt aud strong-hearted im pulses of enthusia.-m and welcome, my , feelings are those of peculiar pleasure, gratitude and pride, for I realize the fact j that this tribute is not offered to any worth j or merit of my own, but is an expression j of sentiment upon the part of the people ! of this State. Georgia has a noble aDd j worthy record. You havo been true to [ your history and to yourselves since the old colonial time. The people of Georgia were true to their history and to themselves in the old odo nial struggle of 1776. They were true to their history aud to themselves when they adhered to the principles of liberty and in dependence in the war of 1812, and you, the descendants of your worthy and illus trious ancestors, during the last great con flict in which you Were engaged, were true to your history, true to yohrselves, and true to the great principles of constitu tional liberty, in the defense of whioh our forefathers iought and died. And so long as your rivers roll from the mountains to 1 the sea, so long as the waters rise from the j 6ea and flow backward toward the moun tains, will these lines that we have just heard go sounding down to future ages, and children will rise up and imitate the virtues of their fathers. [Applause]. It was for these great principles that our ■forefathers fought in the olden days; it was these principles for which Oglethorpe contended, and smee his illustrious day until this hour, the record of your proud commonwealth is without a stain.' [Ap plause] There are many things which I might , say to you to-tight, my friends, but which I feel it woad te imprudent for me to utter. If I ffiould sp'eak to yeu of. the past, I should speak of memories that are sad. If I should speak to you of the present, it W)uld be to recount a tale of tyranny and vrong that we have not the power to rediese, ana under which, there fore, it is au/o manly and noble for us to fold our arm! and suffer with quiet and patient digniy. If I speak of the future, theu I am liable to be misrepresented-and you held responsible for every speculation that I may chance to utter. But, my friends, as I stmd here to-night and look upon your kindly, honest faces, I feel that there are a fev plain words that may be received by yra as the expression of my opinion in regird to the future. Then I say I despair iot of your liberty. I des pair not of the triumph of liberty. I be lieve that truth will live eternally, and that wrong cannot always endure. When Gallileo was hound to the torturo rack for asserting hit theory that the world was a round globe and turned upon its axis, and was there fereed to recant as soon as the screw was rtiaxed, he cried out of the deep and irresistible oonvictions of his soul, “but still it moves-” And so the great truths utte-ed by your lathers still live, and the principles they enunciated and for whioh they contended, still move and will once more be felt if you will bs but true to the right. Let no one say that I counsel a recover? and an enjoyment of these principles by the red hand of battle. 1 trust thst 1 may not be misrepresented upon this point. I shall die in the firm faith and belief that the era of true liberty will ere long dawn upon the South. If they who carried the victorious banner and exulted in the strength of their triumph, could have known, when you came for ward and said that you had giv-*n up your arms and were now ready to submit to the laws of the land and could have un derstood how true your word was, how 'high were your principles of honor, it would not have been necessary to exact harsh pledges and to pass oppressive laws to bind you.* [Applause.] Force should never have been exerted when the unim peachable word ot a Georgian was pledged, for the world cannot furnish bayonets enough to.make a Georgian prove more faithful to his obligation than his oath could do. [Applause.] Peaceful then you are desirous ol being to-day. Peace ful you have been, peaceful you are even when human patience has sometimes given way. There are those who some times take the law into their own bands because thSre is no justice to be secured in aDy other way ; but these aye mere ac cidental occasions. There is do organiza tion in the South, there never was, whose purpose is resistance to the Government. (A voice, “That’s so.”) Though wo are compelled to submit to the presence of power, yet our manhood and our self respect can be preserved. Peace is what we hope for, peace we desire, and peace we will have. I have nothing to say to you tc-night of politics, and, my friends, I hope you have nothing to 4° with them.. You have political power, and its exercise is only postponed until the coming of that event which I certainly anticipate—the restora tion of your constitutional rights. [Ap plause. ] Let us then stand still and quiet ly await developments. The men of the North, like yourselves, love their Govern ment and understand their rights, and men of the North have no idea of sur rendering, it) their own country, those great bulwarks of constitutional liberty, the right of trial by jury, the right to'eleot their own officers, and the right to de termine their own internal policy, and as sood as their prejudice and hatred against the South are removed and they. see that by the unlawful action of those in power toward the South thege sacred rights o» theirs are in danger of being invaded, they will become your adjunots ; and you will hold the balance of rower, and in that hour your power will be great and your success will be great. [Applause.] I have said, aud I repeat it, that I de spair not of the restoration of our liberties. 4’hey ape not ours only, they are equally the liberties of the people of the North and the South. And when they at the North see that laws are made for iLeir op pression do you not Relieve that the then who have ueseende4 from revolutionary sires will raise their voice against them ? Da you Dot believe when they oome to look calmly upon the questions between the North and the South, they will form par ties and platforms upon- which you can stand ? And when that hour comes, then will c n me the fiil£!"ment cf the promised era of constitutional liberty which I so confidently anticipate and hope for to-day. I may not live to see it, but if I do not, I shall die confidently believing that it will come. , . . T I know, my friends, that in this I run counter to’the feelings that are prevalent in different portions of our country, bnt I believe this is the true policy for the South to pursue at present. The South cannot hasten the day of her deliverance by attempting to assume a leading part in the politios of the country to-day. Let her people quietly and earnestly devote themselves to the wsrk of improving and building up their material prosperity, leaving those who have the powerj to set tle these questions among themselves, simply saying to them we know onr rights, know they are invaded, and then wait pa tiently until we see them divided and at issue with themselves, apd join the party and support tiie candidate and the plat form that promises a restoration of con stitutional liberty. It is theu that you will hold the balance of political power in your owl hands, and it is then that all your rights will once more be restored and guaranteed. [Applause.] I have shaken hands with politic 5 . I am now engaged upon matters or life in surance. [Laughter and applause. | I would like to insure all your lives for a j hundred years. [Laughter aud applause., i I have, therefore, my friends, very quietly | presented this opinion which I entertain i ! upon the subject that has been the study of former but not ot recent years. I know I can do you no good. I am not engaged in public affairs, but I hope to do you.some good by showing the world that though 1 have retired from active public service, yet it is my purpose to serve you with head and heart and hand as long as I live. Your interest is mine, not in a mere ab stract and general sense, but in that de voted care which I have for your welfare and happioes-:, and the only reward I ask or seek is that I may live to see all your po litical rights restored, and the whole South prosperous, independent and happy. 1 Applause.] Therefore in what 1 have said I have only spoken of what I consider the best policy for the people of the South, under the present circumstances, to pur sue. Let the people of the North take 1 care of themselves. You weDt to war j upon the same question for whioh your ancestors and theirs oontended in the first revolution against the Government of Great Britain—the right of communal in dependence, or State sovereignty. lon . secured it in the first war, and State sov ereignty mast again be restored or else the republic of Ameriea is a failure. Des potism cannot be exercised under a repub lican form of government. And, my friends, if you can but wait, all will be well. If any of us die before the day ol paace and liberty dawns, let us die in the faith that it will oome at last. The people of the North will never surrender their rights, aud when they see the danger at heme, then they will need your aid and will come to you, and then you will be ] crowned with victory and triumphant sue- j cess. | Applause.] I am not of those who “ accept the sit- 1 uation;” I accept nothing. These cant phrases tha.t we hear so much about of "‘accepting the situation,” and about our rights having been submitted to the “ar bitrament of the sword,” are but the ex cuses of cowards. [\pplause.] I admit that power prevails over truth. I admit that that power is so great that it would be folly to resist it, acd therefore I am in favor myself of being acquiescent, and I advise you to the same course; but I do cot admit that out rights have ever been submitted to the “ arbitrament of the sWord.” Who has the power to submit vour liberties to the arbitrament of battle ? You never delegated time power to your representatives. I, asyotir executive, never claimed it, and never, dying or living, will I admit it. [Applause.] And then, my friends, about this much talked of subject of accepting the situation,” you are not called upon to ackbwlcdgo that you have done wrong unless you feel it. I don’t believe I did ary wrong, and therefore I don’t acknowledge it. All that a govern ment has a right to claim from any ot its subjects is, that they will quietly submit to the law. Liberty ol law is their inheri tance, and submission to the law, as long as it is such, is their duty and their obliga tion, and it should be their pride. Now, my friends, having already said more than I intended, it only remains for me to say how happy I am to. see the evi dences of prosperity that now Surround you. The first time that I saw the place where your city now stands, it was little more than a wilderness. When I saw it again, I looked upon blackened and de serted ruins, upon the sad wrecks of noble fortunes, upon desolated hearthstones and upon a ruined and stricken people. Your city had been devasted aud laid waste by an act of vandalism darker than aught that ever disgraced the fame of Turenne. Bat I look upon it again to-day, and the traces of desolation and destruction are no longer visible, but iu their stead magnificent structures rise upon every hand to mark the wonderful advance of improvement, prosperity and material greatDess. I rejoice in it. It is but the beginning of the grand era of prosperity that is yet to come. I rejoice to see you going on building your railroads, es tablishing your manufactories, inaugurat ing new enterprises of commercial pro fit, building up your town, improving your lands ami developing the material resources within your roach. You will thus go on increasing until you become wealthy and powerful. I say I rejoice in these evidences of assiduous, earnest labor in things material, beoauso there is little in this that a foreign government can interfere with- Persevere in this direc tion; wait quietly aod patiently until the tide turns, as sooner or later turn it will, and the day is not far distant when the sun will shine upon you, a free, independ ent and sovereign State. [Applause.] With these expression?, and with this advice to you, I have dene. 1 feel that I cannot fully express my gratitude to you all for the kindness you have manifested toward me, and the happy desire I have that your ways may be ways of pleasant ness, that your lives may be prosperous, and that your eyes, at last, may close upon your country free, and your children stand ing erect, proud representatives of the grand old commonwealth of Georgia. [Great and prolonged applause'.] i Atlanta Sun. [Special Dispatch to the Atlanta■ Sun.] Ohio Democratic Convention. , PLATFORM. Coi.umbus, 0-, June I.—The State Convention was the largest that has as sembled since 1863. It met at 2 o’clock. On the second ballot McCook was nomina ted for Goverhor, and Honx, for Lieuten ant Governor. Resolutions were adopted denouncing the extroardinary means by which the last amendments to the Constitution were brought about; but recognizing them as accomplished laets, an t do not longer consider them political issues before the country. We demand that the rule of strict con struction, as proclaimed by statesmen of all parties previous to the war, and em bodied in .the tenth amendment to the Constitution, be vigorously applied now to the Constitution as it is, including the recent amendments above referred to, and insist that these amendments shall not be held to have in any respect altered or modified the original theory and character of the Federal Government, but only to have enlarged the power delegated to it, acd to that extent and no more, to have abridged the reserved rights of the States; and that as thus constructed the Dem ocratic party pledges itself to the full, faithful aad alsolute execution and en forcement of the Constitution as it now Is, so as to secure equal rights to all persons under it. without distinction of race or color. That absolute equality of each and every State in the Union is a fundamental principle of the Federal Government. That we will always cherish and uphold the American system of St.ate and local government for State and local purposes, and a genrral Government for general purposes only; and are unalterably op posed to all attempts at centralization and consolidation of power in the hands of the General Government, and more especially when such attempts are in the form of usurpation and tyranny in that depart ment of government. - And further, That we adhere firmly to the principles maintaining a perfect inde pendence between the co-ordinate branches of tbo Government: the Legislative. Executive and Judicial—condemning all encroachments by one upon the functions of the others. While the fundamental law, as ex pressed in the Constitution, is necessarily permanent till abrogated, as prescribed by that instfument, ail legislation is, in its nature and purpose, temporary, and sub ject to change, modification or repeal, at the will of a majority of the people as expressed through the lay,'-making power; and that a pretense that any act of the United States Congress or an? legislative policy of a party is an absolute finality, is fatally inconsistent with the whole theory of Republican government, and that it is the unquestionable right of the people themselves, and through their rep resentatives, at each successive election and in each successive Congress, to judge of what legislatian is necessary and proper or appropriate to carry Into execution or enforce the Constitution, and the power, rights and duties of the Federal Govern ment. That as an instance of eminently appro priate legislation under the fourteenth amendment, we demand now of Congress universal amnesty. That while we denounce all violations, combinations and conspiracies against law, or to disturb the peace in the South or elsewhere, and demand of all good citizens their utmost influence to put all such down, we also denounce the act common ly called the Bayonent Bill, recently passed by Congress, and a more recent -act com monly called the Ku-Klux Bill, extending by its terms to every State, as enacted for no other purposes than to complete a centralization of all power in the hands of the General Government and establish a military despotism, and thus perpetuate the present without re gard to the will of the people; and as not only inconsistent with the whole theory and character of a Federal Government, and revolutionary and dangerous in their character, but in direct conflict with the spirit and letter of the Constitution, in cluding the amendments which they pre tend to enforce. That holding still to a good old demo cratic doctrine o{ annexation or acquisi tion of territory, we are yet totally op posed to the scheme of President Grant to acquire Sin Domingo as a job, and by means of and for purposes whose inten tion is evident. That we are in favor of a strictly reve nue tariff, conformed to the theory and principles of all other ju3t and wise tax laws, and opposed to a protective theory, so-calieJ. That the profligate corruption and wan ton extravagance which pervade every de partment of the Federal Government; the sacrifice of the interest* of labor to ag grandize a handful of aristoorats; the wicked deprivation of the people of their rightful heritage in the public lands, which have been made a gift to railways and other.monopoltes; the payment of more than twenty-foor millions premium during the administration of President Grant, on Government Bonds, payable at par, and the maintainance, at an annual cost to the people of nearly twenty millions of dollars, of an unconstitutional, oppressive and ex tortionate system of banking, whereby money is made scarce and interest high, are abuses which oall for wise and thorough remedies. That we are in favor of strict economy; of a large reduction in the expenditures of the Federal and State governments; of civil service reform; of the collection of internal revenue by the State authorities, and thereby return to honest tabor the myriads of tax gatherers who afflict our land and take up its substance, and of a speedy trial, conviction and punishment of the thieves who have stolen the taxes paid by the people. That while we reject repudiation, we equally, reject the proposition to pay the boßd holders more than the contraet with them demands ; that if the bond holders have rights, so have the tax payers; and we insist upon justice being done to both; but the creditor is entitled to be paid in the same currency he loaned to the Govern ment: that when he loaned greenbacks he should be paid in greenbacks, unless the contract otherwise provides; and when he Ipaned gold he should be paid io gold. That to guard against too great expan sion, greenbacks should be made cofivert able into 3 per cent bonds at the option of the note holders - said bonds to be re deemed in greenbacks on demand. The true motive of returning to specie payments is to make custom dues pay able in legal tender currency, whether paper money or gold ; that such a policy would secure a uniform currency, stop gambling in gold, and thereby elevate the credit of the Government. That with the watchword of Reform we confidently go to the country. That we believe the interests of the great body of people are the same ; that without regard to pass political associa tions they a;e the frioqds ot free govern ment ; that they are equally honest, brave and patriotic ; and we appeal to them as to our brothers aud countrymen, to aid us to. obtain a relief from the grievous abuses which wrong and oppress every one ex cept the Wrong-doers and oppressors themselves. That upon the State is-nes, wa resolve that wo are in favor of calling a conven tion, as provided for by article 16 th, sec tion 8, of the State Constitution. Manufacturing in the South. Augusta, June 2,1871. Messrs. Editors : A? an indication of the change which the Northern mind is undergoing, with regard to the character of the progress which the South will make in manufacturing, and the advantages possessed, l take the liberty of sending you the following private letter, from A. D. Lockwood, Esq., one of the most promi Dent cotton mill engineers in New Eng land. Very respectfully, Jas. J. Gregg Quinabaug Company, ) Danielsonville, Conn., May 29/71. f J. J. Gregg, Esq.: My Beak Sir: Your favor of the 17th instant was handed me just as I was leav ing home last week, for this and interme diate places, to visit the various mills I am connected with. I am glad you have started your enterprise, and I trust you will be successful iu filling up your sub scription to the stock ; and ,it your own people and your financial friends in other places looked upon the enterprise as I do, lam auro they would not bo long in sub scribing for the entire amount. I cannot now say what I can do for you in New England, but if it becomes neces sary, I shall try to raise the last $50,000 among my own personal friends, aud will, at any rate, take SIO,OOO of it myself, so confident am I that the undertaking, if started right, will be a financial success. Before I went South I entertained the opinion common at the North, that cotton manufacturing at the South was to be of slow growth, and that it was doubtful whether mills tliero could ever compete with Northern mills, even iu the manu facture of the coarser fabrics; and hence I looked upon the question as one of but little interest, aud regarded it with iuditier etice. But my views, as the result of per sonal observation, have entirely changed, and I now see no reason why not only standard sheetings aud drills may be mado there, but also, at no very distant day, medium Nos. ; and ultimately the liner Nos. You do right in commencing with coarse goods, but if you should start a second mill—as you undoubtedly will, if you go ou with the ono contemplated— and avail yourselves of such helps as are available, you would bo fuily prepared to advance one s' op fu ther and spin No. 20'?, and this wo l<i ever a large field. Your next su.i, q.i.n finely, would be the making of print ctoifis. With water power created as proposed, and a spirit of enter prise stimulated and iostered, and with your cheap cotton and cheap labor —both cheaper than at the North to-day—and with such assistance as you can com mand, how can you fail to make Au gusta to Georgia what Lowell has for a long time been to Massachusetts, and what Lewiston is now to Maine? There are other important and favorable points at the South lor manufacturing, which should be occupied, and by so doing the South would develop to a degree and at a rate that would surprise the most sanguine— at least, so the matter strikes me. Confer with me in any way, and as often as you deem fi expedient to do so. Yours, very truly, A. D. Lockwood. P. S.—l enjoyed my trip exceedingly, and mado friends wherever I weut, and hope, sometime, to visit still other placet, and go even further South. A. D. L. Telegraphic Summary London, June 1. —The Times' special dispatch from Paris says the Versailles troops are not now so popular as when they entered Paris, because of the severe measures taken by them sgainst the popu lation. Large numbers of Frenchmen and foreigners are reluming to Paris to resume commercial and manufacturing opera tions. A dispatch from St. Danis tc-day says that two regiments of Guards have return ed to Germany, and their plaocs were sup plied by other troop?. Rumors of agitation and a Carlist rising in Spain are officially contradicted. Toe Times has a dispatch from Bombay that Herat fell into the hands of Yakoob Khan through treachery, and the Govern or was killed. London, Juno 1. —The Standard, of this afternoon,' contains a dispatch from Versailles, announcing the resignation of Favre. Two more memb:rs of the Commune, Frankell and Fontaine, have been arrested. Marquii Gabriaca goes to Berlin on the 3d instant as French Ambassador. Interdiction upon ingress to and egress from Paris will bo removed from the 3d instant. Paris, June L —The French journals are greatly divided in sentiment as to the 1 future of the country. The Opinion , Bien Pubhc , Trolitique , Siccle and Con stitutionnel favor the continuance of the Republie. The Temps , Nationals and Patrie are very guarded in their comments upon the situation. The Opinion thinks the withdrawal of Thiers will be equiva lent to a revolution. The Siec’e sayt: Thiers is as energetic against the Gona partists as the Rids. The Figaro favors a monarchy. McMahon’s authorisation has been re quested (or the opening of the theatres. The sale of newspapers in the streets is prohibited. The Siecle was seized this morning. Executions have ceased, now on trial at Versailles Barricades, in Paris, number four hundred London, June I.—Prince Napoleon has written a letter to M. Favre, censuring the men who proclaimed the deoheaneo of the Emperor and formed the government of the 4th September, and demanding of ex isting authorities a plebiscite for the de termination of the luture of France. It is now positively announced that | General Lefto will go to St. Petersburg in ! the capacity of French Ambassador. The Times, of to-day, while admitting it is bard for Canadians to yield their fish eries to Americans without advantages of reciprocity in trade, expresses an earnest hope that Canada will loyally ratify the treaty of Washington. Washington, June I.—Grant and family have gone. previous 10 his de parture, the Brest lent made the following appointments: George Bancroft, Minister to the Gorman Empire; also, Wm. 11. Parsons, of Texas, Commissioner to the Centennial celebration at Philadelphia; also, Geo. W. Wood, Collector First Texas, and Alex. H. Wallace, Collector Fifth Texas. Debt Statement. —Decrease Luariy four and one-half million, ooia in Treasury, eighty-nine' and three-quarter million; currency, over eight and three-quarter millions. The-Treasury has declined Jay Cooke & Co.’s offer for one hundred and thirty millions new loan. (fortys of the offer are aokoown. In the Bowen case, Judge Oiin decides that the New York record eould be at tacked—first, for fraud; second, for want of jurisdiction. David N. Cooper, an expert, swore there were erasures under Chris. C. and Frances and S. B. Cushiog. The witness found several other erasures, bat uo at tempt to conceal Anson Herrick produced files of his pa i per (the Atlas), but found no such adver | tisement as a notice of 0. C. Bowen to | Frances Bowen. i The referee of the Court swore that no' j such case was referred to b;m. in 1855, nor i was there any such case on Judge Bar ! rett’s docket. I The negroes were turbulent to-day, | threatening to prevent laborers from work- I iog at a dollar and a quarter oer day. i They hold a meeting to night. Dancer is ! apprehended tc morrow. The negroes ! want two dollars and eight houis. In the Court of Claims, the claim of i Louisia Medway, aD English woman so- | iouraiDg in North Carolina during the i war was up. Her cotton was seized and , sold. She proved her loyalty, and fur- ; nished supplies to the Union troops, and i otherwise treated them kindly, but to wards the close of the war she wrote.a letter to Mr. Davis, in which she express ed, in warm terms, her loyalty to him, with a view, it is supposed, t> scourc his assistance in getting out of the oountry. This letter was among the captured Con federate archives, and defeated her claim. Judge Peck dissented. The Court ad journed to November. The sub-Outrage Committee met to day. Several responses were received from the South in answer to the committee’s circular. The examination of witnesses will commence to-morrow. About thirty have been summoned. It is'intended to take a general review of affairs South, and report to the full committee in September. An immense, but orderly negro meeting was held at Union League Hall to-night, to _ consider the strike, which appears quite general. A committee was annoin ted to emfer with the Board of Ptiblio W,.rks, and a mass meeting callod for Monday night, to hear the repor'. This action partially dispels apprehension of turhulerce te morrow. Memphis, June I.— Gloomy reports of or ps have been received from Pulaski, White, Woodruff, and Jackson counties, Arkansas. Owing to incessant rains and late frost, the stand of cotton is very poor, and maoy plantations have boon plowed up and planted with com. The trial of Ycrger, ibr killing Cos). Crane, is progressing in Jaokson, Mis?. Tho defendant’s counsel made amotion to dismiss, on account of former jeopardy in trial by military commission, whtch was overruled on the ground that such trial was unconstitutional. Nashville, Jonc I.—Tho Democratic Stato Kxecutivo Committee met to-day and adopted resolutions declaring their acceptance, in good faith, of the issues of .war with all the lato amendments to tho Constitution, and their acquiosenoe in them as the supreme law of the laml, and also declaring their approval of the late Demociatio Congressional address. At a messing of tho editori of the Democratic press of tho State, this after noon, the action of tho committee was unanimously endorsed- New York, June 1. —It is understood that Geo. H. Mumfnrd takes the place ol Geo. Walker, one of the Vice-Presidents of the Western Union Telegraph Com pany. A special committoe of the Union Re publican General Committee have issued . manifesto to the Republicans of New York, in whioli they state that Jack son Sohultz and Wm. Orton have o tiled on the Republicans of our city to reorgan ize the party. The special committeo ad vises the Republicans qf New York uot to take part nor lot in this faotional move ment, adding that “tho regular organiza tion, with Horace Greely at its head, will not disband at the command of any usurp ing State committee or other unauthorized body.” San Francisco, June ].—Tho late cool, cloudy weather, with slight rains, has had an immense bcnoficiai effect on the crop? iu central and northern Cali fornia It is now estimated that there will be at least one hundred thousand tons \<i wheat tbr expuriutiuu of this year’s crop, and lully five cargoes of the old crop are available for exportation. Tho British Columbia papers aro greatly excited over the prospects of the loss of the island of San Juan, going so tar as to advise the British Government to scizo it and hold it by force. New York, June I.—Tho wedding of Arthur A. McGinnis, of New Orleans (merchant), to the daughter of Wm. M. Tweed, was largely attended. The pres ents amounted to seven hundred thousand dollars. Louisville, June L—There is a tre mendous rain in Southern Kentucky. The Knoxville Road js washed, causing im mense damage. St. Louis, June I.—The Circuit Court granted an injunction restraining the man agers and agents of the Missouri State Lottery from selling tiokets. A letter from Jacksonboro, Texas, says that on the 18th of May a band of one hundred Indians attacked Warner’s train, twenty miles from there, and killed seven men belonging to the train and wounded one. General Sherman, who was at Fort Richardson at the time, ordered four com panies of cavalry in pursuit, with instruc tions to drive the Indians to Fort Sill, say ing if be found they were Fort Sill Indians ho would stop the Indian trade in that quarter. Baltimore, June I.—Detective Chris topher Tronfeldts was fatally shot while preventing Thos. Goodrich from shooting his brother, Washington Goodrich. Versailles, Juno 2. —The discussion upon the eligibility of tho Orleans Prinoos will be commenced iu the Assembly Mon day. Rochefort will bo tried by Military Commission to-morrow on tho charge of inciting civil war and pillege. The press still discuss a future Government for France, and are .nearly unanimous for a Republic. PiErs, June 2.—lt Las been discovered that the real leaders of the Commune were Karl, Marx, Jacobi, Blanqni, Tauatchin and Diebreok. The idea of burning Paris originated with Jacobi aud Tauatchin. Papers seized show that these men were in London, planning conflagrations at Lyons, Marseilles. Madrid, Turin, Itome, Naples, Vienna, Moscow and Berlin. The Assembly discussing the Govern ment. The fusion of the Bourbons arm Orloauists is confirmed. A monarchy seems probable. Washington, June 2 .—Domestic Mis cellany.—Collections were taken up Sun day in the churches for the Pittston suf ferers. At the annual Unitarian Festival in Boston, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was among the orators. The disaffected Republicans of New York will serenade Greeley upon his re turn. The Indian chiefs had a reception at the Cooper Institute, New York. They said the promises from Washington were lies. The railroad and car factory at New Albany, Ind., were burned. Loss, $200,- 000. A gang of youths stoned a Chinaman to death on Fourth street, in Sail Francisco. There was no interference from dozens of bystanders. There is no turbulence,’ and tho white men are working unmolested. A special says the President has accept ed Fish’s resignation, and that Edward Pierrepont will succeed him. This change involves a total change in the Administra tion policy towards Onba. Argument in the Bowen case has been concluded. The strike continues among the colored laborers, who, in some cases, forcibly pre vented work, in other instances, workers, upon ‘be approach of the strikers, quit work and joined them. In one instance the strikers attempted to take the tools from a gang of workmen, when a squad of palicemen appeared and ordered them away. The strikers seein determined, when the approaching squad of mounted police intimidated them. Later in the day laborers, in some instances, resumed work under the promise of such wages as the committee shall agree upon. A large force of police was held in readiness for emergencies. The Outrage Committo has recalled Oolhctor Miller, of Mobile, who departed la?t night, to testify. The Uommissioner of Internal lievcnuo has sect a circular to Supervisors in the Southern Stales, in which he says “when ever you find tho aid of troops necessary in year district, you will apply for the force required directly to tho oommandiDg officer of the department in which the troops are to be used, reporting your actiou to this offioo, and tho circumstances upon which it is based.” Government expenditures for May, sev enteen and three-quarter millions, exclu sive of interest on debt. Reports to the Internal Revenue office show that a great source of loss to the Government is by the reuse of stamps on 1 varioms articles. A ease has been recently | presented from the First Maine District, where a deder in porfumory was found guilty of this practice. His goods were seized, and a criminal prosecution com menced. A proposition to compromise was nij.de, but rejected. Tfio Commis sioner instructed the Collector to prosecute to the lull extent of the law. Throe per cent, certificates, under the i act Match 2d, 1867, and July 25th, 1868, bearing date December 16th, 1867, to March 16;b, 1868, amounting to one and three quarter million, will be, redeemed at the Assistant Treasurer’s Office, New York. They will ocase bearing interest after ihe iilst of July, 1871, Ban Francisco, June 2.— The mob- Btrikers drove the workmen from a dozen mines, including the most productivo in California. At Mendocino the mop noth fled the Chinese to leave within ten days, under peril of their lives. New York, June A— Philip Vanrensa lar is dead —aged, 65. Cincinnati, June 2.— Father O’Neil, of this city, and Bishop Wood, of Phila delphia, were thrown from a bupgv to-dav and badly injured. Kansas City, March 2. —Alace ap peared in the rice, Coburn failing to ap pear, the rcfVee (Holiwood) declared Mace the winner of the stakes. Phii.adei.rhia, June 2.—Two boys died from the etiect of fire damp explosion at Minorsville, Ashland, June 2.—A gas explosion at Locust Iron Mines killed one and hurt five some fatally. I AWa, June 2, evening.-—The newspa -pers Jri-Ooio'r and I‘oLitique have been suppressed. The search fur concealed arms continues to be' vigorously prosecut ed, and many are found. Arrests con tinue upon a large scale, chiefly ex-Na tional Guards and soldiers. A strict watch is kept upon the rigid bank of the Seine, and sentinels arrest all passers at night. Ferry has ordered the reinstate- ment of teachers iu schools. June 3.—lt is said that a majority of the Assembly favors the propo sition for abrogation of laws for the ban ishment of the Princes of the House of Bourbon from France, and also proposed to extend the power of Thiers, as chief executive, for two years. Railways between this city and Parts have resumed trips, and are already doing an immense passenger traffic. Business in Paris is rapidly reviving. London, .June 3.— The High Commis sion and Sobenck have arrived. Jh e Chamber of Commerce in Liverpool gave Sobenck a weloomo address. Sobenck hoped, in responding, that kind relations between the mother country and his native land might be perpetual. Paris, June 3. —Tho streets of Paris have been reopened ty traffic. Barricades have ell disappeared ; pavements repaired, and there is perfect, order every where. The police are still arresting all suspected persons. Ten court martial? havo been establish ed at Cherbourg for the trial of all prison ers seat there by the provost marshal. The latter | service is carried on at the iioatre Ohatftlet, in this city, where sum mary investigation is held prior to trial by tiio military court. Washington, June 3.—A Herald in terviewer makes Grant say tho treaty is pi trie oily batistaotory to him. It was either tms or war, though ho thinks if he could havo bad his own way, ho could have dune better. Ewry article wds submitted to him nud approved by him, and each arli cle was likewise submitted to the Ministers of the Quecp, costing a great, doal of money ior telegraphing. The Queen, be forehand, pledged her signature. Grant regards the treaty, therefore, as practi cally ratified. On the pecuniary questions involved, Gr*ut is suro the House of Representa tives wtil act patriotically, lie says tho treaty must be ratified and mado a law by both nations. It is necessary, and tho necessity is i nmediate. Grant would have liked better terms, but there were two parties to tho bargain. It was, however, tho settlement oi an irritating question, likely any day to bring two nations into armod conflict. Settlement or war were the alternatives. Tho pith of tho thing is in the avoidance of war. Tho interviewer makes the President say, regarding Cabinet change»,that there is not a word of. truth in these statements. “Mr. Fish will not leave tho Cabinet with my consent during my administration. There has bcon no reoent disousston in the Cabinet regarding Caban poltoy. Wo aro mindful of our obligations to friendly na tion , The condition of affairs in Cuba docs not scorn to demand action on our part.” The interviewer made Grant say, in con clusion, that time heals more wounds' than medicine, and patience is a very good spe cific. The jury in the Bowen case Were out twenty minutes, and returned a verdict of guilty. Mrs. Pettigrew King left tho Court with Bowen, deeply affected. Tn the libal oanc of Kinooy vervms tho Republican, a veidict was rendored for the defendants. The strike has ended lor the present. Some contractors pay two dollars at onoe, and others will pay two dollars upon the next oontraot. The laborers will hold a mass convention to form a Labor Union. New York, Juno 3.—Foster, tho oon demned murderer of Putuam, has issued an appc&Uo tho public, iu which ho says ; "I was tried out of my turn. Thoro woro others indicted for murder ptonths before me, who have pot boon tried yet, because, there was no hue and cry alter them, while the public was resolved to havo my blood as soon as possible. Out of all tbeso, I am alone selected to undergo cap ital punishment, because mine was a sen sational oase. No one can doubt tho truth of this, and it is beoauso this is tho truth, known to God and sworn to by "me, in the shadow of' death, that I make my appeal to tho public. I am doomed to die because a wicked, drunken freak re sulted in the death of a man whom 1 uo more intended to harm, seriously, than I did my own child. Tho public, beoauso it forgets me in.the horror ol' my cell—con victed ofau intention which 1 never had, as my Creator, into whose proaenoo I am shortly to bo hurled, knows bettor ovou than 1 do—insists on my execution.” St. Louis, June 3. — Tho injunction against the Missouri Lottery drawing was revoked to-day. Omaha, June 3. —Goverhor Butler,who misappropriated the school fund, lms been imp. ‘ached and removed from office. New York, Junu 3.—Harry Hill de clines to givo Muoc the stakes until hq gets competent authority, such as Bril's Life. Eleaser Lord, L. L. D,, is dead, aged 84. Chicago, June 3. —Bishop Whitehouse formally passed t ent onoe of degradation on Cheney." Cheney’s congregation sus tain him, and ho will continue to conduct services in Christ’s (Jhttroh. San Francisco, June 3. Tho defense, in Mrs. Fair's case, has introduced affi davits to impeach another of the jurors, named Littlefield. Judge DwiUnell said he would boar these affidavits, but that affidavits in tho matter must then stop. It was evident, perjury was being committed. A magnificent palace car, made wholly oi California ami Mexican ornamental wood, 'left tor the East, tin Othahaand Chicago, yesterday, ll will probably be taken to Washington and presented to the President. SUNDAY EVENING DISPATCHES. FOHEION. New York, June 4.—A Herald cubic from Berlin, of tho 3d, says Thiers prom ises that whatever sentonoe is imposed up on Assi and Rochefort will bo cxcoutcd. An order signed aud sealed by the (Join. mane to burn the Hotel do Villc has been discovered. Emperor William has decided tbe San Juan quostion in fayor of tho United States. Paris, May 3, — The theatres havo boon authorized to re-open,, but calcs aud chau tants are still under restrictions. The Versailles Assembly has voted one million and fifty-three thousand francs to rebuild tho house of Thiers. BiBUN, Juue 3. —The bill incorporating Alsace withtho German Empire has been read three times before the German Par Lament. FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, June 4,—Bowen was re leased on bail, under a motion for anew trial. The Unitod States and Spanish Joint Commission moots this week. All claims’ of alleged American citizens growing out of confiscation and imprisonment during the insurrection in Cuba, will he adjusted. .Consideration also extends to heirs of those who suffered. The Oommissian consists of Judge Alto, for tho United States; Kenor Potest,ml for Spain, and Baron Ledrer, Austrian Minister, umpire. Caleb Cushing is counsel for the United States and James M. Carlisle for Spain. The credent!* 1 ?, as Minister to tho Ger man Empire, have been lorwardod to Mr. Bancroft. Bancroft desires to come homos but the Government urges him to remain. Among the treaties Which failed of action by tbe Senate is that relating to tho DariaD Canal. The Committeo on For cign Relations having the subjoot in charge believe that the terms of this treaty wero not sufficiently explioit, and besides, they desire to learn the results of the Te huantepec survey before coming to any conclusion as to inter-oceanic communica tion. FROM LOUISIANA. New Orleans, Juno 4. Ttat portion of the city west of Galvez street au d be tween old and now Cana.’, streets, is par tially flooded, caused by heavy rains and crevasses in the canal levees. Bonrct Car re crevasse and oast and south east winds for the past two days, driving in a heavy stream from the Gulf, causes an unusual rise in Lake Ponchartrain, Rain and un favorable winds continue, causing appre hensions that the city will be flooded. Millnebure and tho Like end of the Pon chartrain Railroad is several inchcs-undcr water. Tho New Orleans, Mobile and Texas Railroad, from Fort MoOomb to the Rigaletts, about twelve milos is partially flooded. Laier, —The crevasse in the new caual levee, foot of Hagan avenue, is a hundred and twenty-five feet wide and four feet deep. Water is pouring into the city. Another break is reported on the inner levee of the old caual to night. All that portion of the city between the two canals west of Claiborne street will doubtless be flooded before morning. COTTON MOVEMENT- New York, June 4. —The cot'on move ment shows a further falling off. both in receipts and exports —the smallest in ag gregate fiir ary previous week for a long i time past. Receipts at all the ports, 36,402, against 40,178 last wsok, 45,067 previous week, and 46,840 three weeks since,. Total receipts sinoe September, 3,702 260, against 2,772,432 for the cor responding 'pofh <1 of the previous year. Exports from ail ports, 47.802, against 36,160 last year. Total exports for tho expired portion of the cotton year, 2,041, 177 against 1.059,593 ti e same time last year. Stock at all ports. 267,130, »*aimt °76 080 the same time last year. Htooks at interior towns, 24 680, axaiust 00.-ItiJ last year. Stock tu Liverpool, 967,000, avaiost 600,000 last year. American cot ton afloat for Groat Britain, 188,000, a-ainst 130,000 la»t, year. Indian cotton afloat lbr Europe, 365,003, against 249, 559 last year- The weather has been ramy again, arid further damage has been done to the growing crops. EKOM CALIFORNIA. Sax Francisoo, . June 4.—Judge Ilwin ncll overruled exceptions, and sentenced Mrs. Fair to bo hung on the 28th oi July. The Atlanta JSew Era states that old farmers from soveral counties Adjaccut to that city, give quite favorable reports of tho wheat crop, which will rnako a tolera ble yield,despite current statements. Valdosta thinks that if slio is poor sho can afford to build a factory. Economy —By using Mrs. Whitcomb’S Syrup for children, many u doctor’s bill can be saved and much suffering averted. Head the advertisement in another column. jun3—6d&lw
