Georgia Historic Newspapers

    (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
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