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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1871)
dlgratnclc & S>cntintl. W Kl*> KSf)AY MORMSG, JULY 5. CHKKKY bTKKKT LIFE IS HRW YORK. It is the especial pleasure of tourists and newspaper correspondents to contrast what, in well ended periods, they are pleased to style Northern and South ern civilization- The oontnat Is always made to give brilliancy to Northern “Anglo Saxon” genius,, and to bring re proach and contumely upon the Southern off-shoot from the same stock. The deduc tions made are usually drawn from thosi things of a public nature which strike the eye—monunnnte of art or works ot great enterprise. The absence, in the sparaely populited South, of splendor and mag nificence in architecture, highly advanced and elaborately wrought, which strike the eye and please the taste, is supposed to indicate the people of the South to be neither intelligent nor happy; and con versely, their presenoe in the denser populations of the North are the expo nents of the highest type of civilixatioo and the prevalence of the greatest amount of happiness among the people. The splendid palaces devoted to Justice as to a Goddess—the massive piles devoted to the victims of the inexorable goddess— the gorgeous temples, rearing their tall spires as if to reach the sky, consecrated to the Most High; the mag nificent piles dedicated to the widow and the orphan, and the indigent, and the aged, and the afflicted, and the unfortu nate and distressed, and to every form of benevolence, are taken as the exponents of the virtue and intelligence of the peo ple. We way question doubtfully the logic, and ask why these things—why tliis great and costly expenditure is neces sary ? If we ask, is Justice better served in a palace, or devotion more profound and exalted in a gothic-pile, elaborately and highly adorned ; or inquire why so great provisions, by costly structures, is neces sary for criminals and for the poor, and the sick, and the afflicted ? But we will question in vain. These monuments are pointed to with pride and exultation as monuments of greatness, and goodness, and glory; and the multitude receive them as exponents of greatness, and good ness, and glory! Such monuments of grandeur—the re sult of public enterprise and the burthens <t) taxation, or the work of private opu lence and benevolence —form a brilliant contrast with rude log cabins of the South, or at best with the plain rectangular struc tures of plain boards or red bricks, which are our chief d'oetres. The effect of such a contrast is properly presented in the re marks of a Federal captain, captured on Sherman’s inarch through Georgia to the sea, who declared he had marched four hundred miles through the South, and since he left Nashville had never seen a decent sized jail, or one that would re strain him. fifteen minutes. But there is an obverse to this picture of Northern glory, which canrnff be more fairly dis played than by the following account of squalor and wretchedness in the great me tropolis of the North, as set forth by the New York Time*: A I'F.STIKEROUH TENEMENT VACATED BY ORDER OP THE BOARD OP HEALTH. The Board of Health yesterday ordered the double tenement houso Nos. 36 and 38 Cherry street, to be vacated, as unfit for human habitation. A Time* reporter ex amined the premises and found an inde scribably horrible oondition of affairs. The edifice —it seems more like a charnel house—occupies two lots of ground, about feet front by 200 feet deep, and is five stories in height. # . A court twelve fcol wide bounds it on either side, and affords means of ingress and egress. No. 34, adjoining, is a simi lar building, and like No. 48 on the other side seoms to be as filthy and unhealthy, although they have thus far csoaped the ban of tho Health Officers. Ihe denizens lordly express thoir opinions upon this ap parent partiality. In the condemned building are nearly two hundred families and sevon hundred souls. The sunlight may briefly warm tho window-panes, but never can penetrate their rooms, which are dark and noisome in the extreme. The walls in some places arc covered with a green slimy sweat. _ The very boards seems to bo saturated with tho foul vapors which arise from tho oellar, and are oon deDsed from basement to roof- In the cellar is an open sewer, the surface of which is level with tho floor. A board bridge, slimy, rotten and black, spans its length- Occasionally it overflows —as it did yesterday—and all tho floor is flooded. Its pestiferous liquid, made up from a thousand and one nauseous ingredients, emitted a .horrible odor. Open gratings in the court pavoraent exude this smell, which occasionally* on damp mornings and evenings, is a visible mist. This is dif fused through tho atmosphere above, and all those seven hundred lungs soak it in like so many sponges. Thoy claim that there is no diseaso now- But should an epidemic or infection start, it is diffioult to see how any one could esoape death. Yesterday the oourt was full of children playing. They were dirty and pale, with out a blush of health whioh pure air and bright sunlight is suro to give to youth. Not a sparkling oyo was seen nor a bouy ant, merry laugh was heard among all thoir number. The police Gtato that other places in the vicinity r.co even worse, and that between sunset and sunrise _ the stench there is most horrible. If the wakeful watchmen experience this, what awful poison must be distilled through the sleeper’s bodies ? The fact is that this is not the worst case that oould have boen made an ex ample of. Not only hore but in the Five Points are many worso —far worse. "Man’s inhumanity to man” cannot have a more apt and extremo illustration than in these tenement sepulchres of living, dying souls, whose hard-forced rent swells tho pockets of pampered ones, who, in some eases, live upon the fat of the land, dress in pur plo and fine linen, roll in wealth and daze the idle eyes of watering-places and other fashionable resorts. 11l KS OK COLLECTORS OK INTERNAL REVENUE. Published statements having been made to tho effeet that an amount exceeding #25,000,000 in cash was due the Govern ment from ox collectors ot internal reve nue, whioh amount would never probably be collected, Commissioner Pleasonton has recently caused an examination to be made of the bonds of the Internal Reve nue Bureau, for the purpose of ascertain ing the exact amount due in cash from these ex-officers, and finds that it reaches a total of only $2,813,105 29, distributed among tho several States as follows: Alabama, $54,213 33; Arkansas, $130,- 658 38; Delaware, $5,814 20; Georgia, #43,593 78; Idaho, #241 05; Illinois, $41,490 19; Indiana, $58,183 41; lowa, $2,049 70; Kentucky, $42,133 33 ; Louisi ana, #1,196,745 37; Maryland, $56,145 40: Michigan, $18,628 90; Minnesota, $15,- 861 44; Missouri, $116,566 94; Mon tana, $8,871 32; Nevada, 44,655 02; Ne braska, $3,408 85; New Mexico, $9,- 484 93; New Jersey, $36,533 79; New York, $217,743 09; North Carolina, $74,- 544 10; Ohio. #119,165 87; Pennsyl vania, #217,664 12; Texas, #46.520 01; Virginia, #155,559 12; West Virginia, #69.890 56 , Wise .main, #23,729 09 ; total, $2,813,105 29. Tho large amount due in the State of Louisiana is due to the cum brous machinery whioh the law provided for the collection of tho tax on cotton, correct returns no, having been received from tho State until mazy of the officers had been removed from their positions. The Cnhed Siatks as a Land Own er.—Records in the General Land Office i show that the United States is the greatest ! land owner in the world, being possessed j of 1,033,"42,562 acres.of land, not including Alaska- East ot the Mississippi there are about 60,000.000 acres of public lands not yet disposed of, chiefly in Wisconsin ; and west of the Mississippi there are 973,742,- 563 acres, distributed as follows : lowa, Missouri and Arkansas. 16.000,000; Da kota and Wyoming, 145,295,284 , Montana, 80,904,605; Kansas, 43,158,076 ; Nebras ka, 52,523,637 ; Colorado and Idaho, 117,- 800,000; New Mexico and Utah, 124,140,- OoO; Nevada and Arizona, 136,000,000; Minnesota, 36,776,170; California, Oregon and Washington, 201,000,000; lodianTer ritory, 44,154,000. A Miss Mitchell, rather than lose her Rudder, ran awsy with hint from Ala bama aud was spliced in Columbus. “ Uncle Bob ” Gray, of the well-known dinner house at Milieu, died last Thursday. RADICAL capital. Ku-Klux clamor has been counted as the chief capital for the Radicals in the cert political campaign. Bat tLis is now like ly to prove a disgusting failure. Ihe srhallowaeas of the pretext for this clap trap to ire the Northern heart hms been repeatedly ar.u thoroughly exposed. It is becoming disgusting even to Radical leaders. But just now Radical leaders delight in "Jefferson Davis." Baid Mr. Brown, the Radical candidate tor the Attorney Generalship in Kentucky the other day : “The Republican party will pay Mr. Davis more money than he can -get from any insurance company in the land if he will oontinue making speeches.” This is an open offer, but not a finding one. But we are in favor of its accept ance. Let Mr. Brown put up the money, and let Mr. Davis not only go on making speeches, but go North and Last and West and speak his whole mind. Let him go to Boston and Philadelphia and Chicago, discourse the people to his satis faction and to the Radicals content, upon the right of secession, and all other political theories. We are tor free speech. Free speech for Wendell Phillips, for General Grant, for Horace Greeley and for Jefferson Davis. So long as the speakers content themselves with promul gating their theories, what harm can en sue ? ANOTHER NEW DEPARTURE. An intelligent negro man, whom we have long known and respected, a citizen of South Carolina, said to us a day or two since, that he was “getting up a memorial to Congress, to bo signed only by colored men, asking that Congress would admit free of duty all machinery for manufactur ing cotton that may bo imported for actual use into the State of South Carolina during the next two years.’’ To our ques tions —why do you wish this done ! of what benefit will cheap cotton machinery be to you or your race?—he replied: “Some of us believe that the best method of ele vating our race is by educating our females as artisans, withdrawing them from the cotton field and the menial duties of life. We can furnish cheaper labor than tiie white labor of Massachusetts, and you Georgia people have shown us that manu facturing cotton pays better tnan anything’ else. We are told that English machine ry, imported duty fiee, costs less than one half the price of that made in this country, and are promised that if we can get the machinery duty free, ample capital will he loaned us on mortgage to build and equip our mills at a rate of interest not exceed ing ten per cent, per annum; and this will leave us a dividend of ten dollars on every hundred of capital, besides wages." Now we doubt if a Radical Congress would ever grant such a priviiego to the colored men of South Carolina, or any other Southern State, and will be glad it they will. In all events, the boon asked for is a Bmall one, and its refusal by Con gress will do the Democracy o( South Car olina do barm. A similar petition from the white oitizens of Alabama, last year, was sent to Congress, but although some of those who wero prominent in tho effort were equally prominent as loyal leading members of the Republican party, the prayer was refused by a Congress largely Republican. There is much good logic in the reasoning of the sable South Carolinian. Primarily, the elevation of his race will depend upon the elevation of the women —the mothers of the raoo —and the first step is to in struct the rising generation in tho arts. Besides the instruction which is daily imparted by daily occupation in a cotton mil!—with its delicate maohincry, and the habits ol order and method, quickening observation and perfecting by practice iu steady industry—there will be that culturo which oomes by intercourse and a spirit of emulation in manners and dreys, and in intellectual powers. We are sure that the reasoning of the Afrioo- South Carolinian, so far from being wrong, is quite as correct, and practically more beuevoleut, than that which led to the establishment of the Freedman’s Bureau and tho Howard Sohool-marm system, upon which benevolent schemes, generous, sympathising, benevolent, Radical Con ■ greases, have spent so uiaDy millions of money that lias been acquired through Northern taxation or Southern'plunder. Letter from Crawfordvllle, Ga. Crawfordville, Ga., June 29, 1871. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel : Pirs —Tho correspondent ol tho Tribune has seen proper to make the impression upon the minds of the people that this is a Bhabby, dirty town, without any signs of oivilization. It will not bo improper to state to you some of its proceedings for the pa*t few days, which speak well of its re lincments, and suoh as would seldom oo cur in a barbarous country. The last two days and nights have been celebrated as tbe anniversary pf the Craw fordville High School, which was conduct ed at tho academy by Mr. J. TANARUS, Chapman, Principal; Miss Julia Beasley, Assistant. Tho days were consumed in examining the different classes, the smaller ones the first day, the second day those farther "ad vanced. Tha first night was spent in speaking and reading compositions, the second the audience was entertained by dialogues and tableaux. The academy, which is a large, oommodious building, re cently painted, (though Smalley says the frame houses show no traces of paint,) was filled with auditors. The examination, which was conducted by different ones throughout the audience, upon all the studies of tho session, showed that both pupils and teachers had been doing their duty. The speaking and exhibition at night are rarely surpassed, and would do honor to a country town of any civilized State—though Mr. Smalley should be the correspondent of one ot its public journals. During the exhibition of the last night, I took my seat near a window of the acad emy, upon the north side, it being more pleasant than the crowded throng nearer the oentre ot the hosse. While sitting here the moon was shining very brightly, and I saw the ahurch, about two hundred yards distent. This is a well-finished frame house, that would do credit to any town. It has been newly painted within tile last two months, costing s7oo—s3oo es which was paid by Mr. A. H. Stephens himself, besides contributing SIOO to a Methodist Church aa this place, aud SSO to the Presbyterian Church si Greenes borough, These things Mr. Sa alley tailed to mention. . , Rat to return, while at (ho wiodow I looked a little to the left of the church, and near the same distance saw the neatly furnished and nicely finished residence of Hon. A.H. Stephens, known a? “Liberty Hall " —a name and a pla-’e, though it has no reference to any of Goldsmith’s come dies, that will ever remain dear in the hearts of all true Southern people. It is true Mr. Stephens has influence, and be it said to his everlasting praise, he uses this mfluenoe for good. He is chari table, kind and hospitable, though some know not how to appreciate it, and more than all, he is a Christian Mr. Stephens is a man who would be loved by his asso ciates t Lough he were only a private citi seu; hi i is a nature that would win their affection and his character they could not help but admire. I ca.not see how Mr, Smaller can justify hituscH in publishing a conversa tion he himself admits he was requested not to publish. Is there not an incon sistency between his words and actions? Is it gentlemanly to publish a private con versation, tearing a particular truth from its proper context, and snowing an essen tial falsehood must result? 1 would rather live in 'be unpainted huts of any place—l had ratter “be a toad and live upon the vapor of a dungeon,’’ and be true to myself and fellow-man, than to be the correspondent of. any paper and prove false to both. Is it manly to take by force the rightful property of a people without remuneration; afterwards visit them, be kindly received and then to sneer at what little has teen left them - It no. tbe standard of good-breeding And genUe manly conduct is far different in different St wfnow commit Mr. Smalley to bis own conscience and people, to properly rebuke him for his ungentlemanly oondnot. it this does not prove a sufficient chastisement, then we would wish individually what we sought collectively, vit: 1 disunion of friendship. I am, yours. J. W. B. A young lady, about to be married, in sisted on having a . certain clergyman to perform the ceremony, saying: “He always throws so u>och feeling into the thing; and I wouldn't give a fig to be married unless it could be done in a style of gushing rhapsody 1” Letter from Baltimore. [SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OP THE CHRON ICLE & SENTINEL ] Baltimore, June, 27, 1871.* Dear Chronicle; St, Sentinel: Os all the routes Northward from Au gusta, L somehow, have always preferred the CrEst Line via Wilmington, Weldon, and the Cbe-apeake Bay. It is not the shortest and quickest, perhaps; but, ta king it all and all, the traveler who has a few hours to spare will find it the most agreeable. The South Carolina Railway is in excellent order. The same is true of the Wilmington and Manchester, the Wil mington and Weldon, and most notably of the Seaboard and Roanoke roads. Be sides, there are few pleasures in this world comparable to leaving the dusty aud weari some land conveyance in order to take passage on the splendid steamers of the Old Bay Line. It was the good fortune of our party to hit upon the Louisiana. ’* day of sailing. The Ijouisiana is not only the swiftest and most splendid bteamcr that cleaves the blue Chesapeake, but she is likewise one of the most magnificent float ing palaces to be found on any water course. This vessel has been eotirely re fitted, at a cost ofsloo,ooo, and can favor ably compare with any similar craft, whether in the Sound of Long Island or the Hudson river. The boat is lighted * ith gas throughout, and, in addition to other comforts, the tired wayfarer can get a salt-water bath that will make him feel like another person. But the crowning triumph of all is the supper. One of your most noted cotton men once told me that, from Paris to Augusta, he had partaken of no meal with such entire satisfaction. Snprer on board the Louisiana is indeed a dream of the Arabian Nights reduced to nineteenth century reality. My mouth waters, to this day, at the remembrance of the pro digious supper of soft-crabs, oysters in every style, and I know not what other deli oacies I put away in a safe place, when the Louisiana steamed ont of Portsmouth harbor en route for Baltimore. Not the least among the great attractions to trav elers are the Captain and the Parser— Messrs. Hill and Randall. Everybody knows aad loves “Dick” Hill and “Bil- ly ” Randall. After three years of absence, I find many changes in Baltimore. The city has grown, and is growing, at a tremendous rate. Private dwellings of a palatial char acter and public edifices of giant propor tions and wonderful magnificence, are springing up on every side. Among the more remarkable of the latter, I note the new hotel and the new opera house. There seems to be a perfect craze on the subject of Mansard roofs. The Mansard roof, properly managed, gives an air of majesty and symmetry to very high buildings ; but nothing can exceed the folly ot those who place this roof upon low edifices. Nothing could give a small dwelling so squat-like an appearance, aod I know not what to compare it to, save a huge fool’s cap upon a very insignificant boy. While, therefore, many considerable buildings in Baltimore are improved by the Mansard roof, many small dwellings have been spoiled thereby. I am told that one good effect arising from the mania for building is a marked decline in rents. A first rate brick dwel ling, with all modern improvements, in a excellent neighborhood, can be had here for about fifty per cent, less than a frame rookery, without anyjcomforts, can be had in Augusta. But, in spite of the advan tages materially possessed by this part of. tho oouotry, I am more and more con vioced that all who dwell Southward and labor under all kinds of disadvantages, are much, much happier in the long run. At any rate, I, for one, have become too much attached to Georgia ever to think of leaving it permanently. When at home there, I, in common with other freemen, assume the privilege of occasionally abus ing it; but we learn to love the dear old State and dear old city, even when sur rounded with tho imposing civilization of the Border or the North ; and are we not glad to get back, after being surfeited with unaccustomed luxuries? Roundabout. | FOE THE OHBONIOLE & SENTINEL.] What I Hare Been, and What I Saw About It. r I have seen a man who, according to report, had swallowed five hundred aeres of land with all its improvements, twenty negro slaves, ten mules, fifty head of horned cattle, and as many hogs and sheep ; and, after all, the man seemed as laDk and thin as one of Pharaoh’s lean kine. And I said, “Prodigious ! Is it pos sible 1 I Greedy fellow 11 I What a capacious throat and stomach Ml” Sure ly I was astonished with a great astonish ment, and my amazement did not muoh abate, when I was informed that the man first converted his estate into a poisonous liquid, aQd then swallowed it, leaving himself and wife and ohildren homeless and penniless. And I said further, “That man is surely orazy ; his friends ought to place him in an asylum for lunatics." I have seen a woman so eager to have a husband, that she took a drunkard, know ing him to be such ; and I have seen that drunken husband beat and abuse that wife ; and 1 said : “That woman wiih her eyes open made her bed upon thorns, and, therefore, she daserves no pity.” And I also said : “0 ye frail women, if you value your future peace and happiness, make no alliances with the men who frequent the grog-shop and bar-room.” I have seen an old man of seventy wedded to a young woman of twenty, and I said ; “Pshaw 1 What an unseasonable conju gation ! The extremes have met. The North and South Poles have embraoed. December has wedded May. Ice and fire have united. Now lookout for the little incongruities.” I have seen a youth, who was reckless, profane, dissipated and licentious, and who, when warned of tbe evil of his way, would say : “I am only sowing my wild oats." And when I had well considered his case, I said : “Young man, whatever a man sows, that also shall he reap. He that soweth the wind, shall reap the whirlwind. He that soweth wild oats, shall reap jyild oats. You are planting thorns iD your own pillow. You are tak ing coals of fire into yoqr own besom. You are sowing a crop of sorrows to be reaped in old age ; for you may be sure that youp 810 will find you out.”. 1 have seen a gentleman rise in a rail road car and give his seat to a lady, and I havo seen that lady take the seat, and leave that same gentleman standing. And when I saw these things, I said : “ Oh, fie 1 for shame ( If a bundle of dry goods, with a little jewelry, constitutes a lady, then that mass is a lady. Bat if refine ment, good breeding and kindness, con stitute a lady, then she has no just claims to ladyship.” And I furthermore said : “Coarseness, vulgarity and ill-manners, are always and everywhere unlovely and repulsive; bat never are they more un lovely and repulsive than when adorned with crinoline, silks and jewelry.” I have seen a young man Woo‘ and win a chaste and confiding young womau’s affec tions, betray her confidence, ruin her character, destroy her peace and then leave her to pine away and die in shame and sorrow. And I said : “ Young man, the soot uuf flings to the bottomless pit is n's biff as black as your treacherous heart; and if yoti shall ever gei your de serts the devil below will make a toot-ball of your despicable little soul, and kick it from one to mother over the regions of woe forever and forever more,” I have seen a man leave home in the morn ing dressed in neat and clean garments from the. hands of his tidy little wife, and 1h the afternoon I have seen that same man lying is the mud and filth of the streets andlsiid; “If swine are en dowed with immortality, and if iter shall dwell in a hog heaven of their own." i am persuaded that they will not be willing to admit this filthy brute of a drunkard to the felicities of Xhcir celestial mud-pud dles.” I nave seen a man. dressed in the garb of a gentleman, uttering such oaths, curses and obscene words as would cause a devil to hapg his head for shame, and I said : “ Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. If -the streams be so filthy, what must the fountain be ? The heart that oan send forth suoh torrents of corruption and unofeanness, must be a hideous mass of putrefaction and rotten ness. ” More anon, Franklin. I have seen a young woman with such a heavy weight at the back of her head that she was compelled to keep a few pounds of brass on her face to counterbalance the extra weight behind ; and I said, “What a miserable caricature of a lady! That woman thinks that she oan improve upon the works of the Creator, and what a hid eous figure she has made of herself! The Grecian pcet, Anacreon, has said that the Creator gave to the horse, strength ; to the ox, horns; to the lion, fangs; to the bird, wings; and to the hare, fleetness of foot; but to womaD, beauty—which is mightier than aIL” And another poet has said, that “ beauty, when unadorned, is adorned the most.” Bat that wo man thinks not so. She is aware that something .is wanting to her, and she most needs supply it; aod instead ot cultiva ting a chaste, tender and loying heart, that its virtues and kindness may shine out upon her countenance, and lend at tractive beauty and grace to her face, she goes (o work, and in her desperation, loads her head with horse hair, dead women o hair, or rotten vegetable fibre, breeding vermin, until she becomes a Iright ugly enough to scare the uDSOphistocated guest of her dead grandmother out of her shroud. Alas ! alas ! ! if woman would spend all the time and money now need lessly squandered in dress and primping in the mental and moral improvement ot themselves and their more unfortunate sisters, what a happy change would soon appear in this sin-stricken world of ours. “The wilderness aod the solitary place would be glad for them, and the desert wculd rejoice and blossom as the rose. O, ye vain and frivolous daughters of Eve O, ye gay butterflies of fashion ! 1 kriow ye not that there is somethiog better than fashionable dress, and more enduring than personal beauty? Can yon satiate yoor desires and satisfy the cravings ot your immortal natures with the perishable trappings of fioery and the holfew gew gaws of stylish adornments ? Would it not be better to put less on the outside ol your empty uoddles, and more into the inside of them ? Do you not know that a cultivated intellect, and a refined and noble heart, will give more beauty to the face, and more wiooing attraction to the countenance, than all the art of the mil liner and mantua-maker ? Young lady, with all your dressing and primping, you cannot make your body as beautiful as the butteifly, that sports its brief day iu the vernal sunshine, or as the lily, that bloom? for a little while in the valley. I have seen beauty fade and wither like the lily of the vale, and I have seen fair youog maidens pine away and die like the butterfly, end I have said, O, ye beautiful virgins, O, ye frail daughters of mortality, remember that you, too, must die; that those bodies of yours, which you now adorn so much, and of which you are now so proud, will soon be cold in death -be wrapped in shrouds, and become food for crawling worms. But mind nod hea -t never die. The soul will live forever. Strive, then, to beautify aDd adorn those minds and hearts of yours with ail the graces and attractions of wis dom, truth, virtue, piety, gentleness and love. Read, study, think, reflect, observe, work, love. Love and fear God; love and reverence your parents; love and oblige your brothers, sisters, and other youthful associates; love and cherish the truth and every right way, and hate and shan pride, folly and every evil thing. Be pitiful, be courteous, be kind and obliging to all. Forget self, aDd strive to make others better and happier. Let the warm, bright sunshine of benevolence and love dwell in your hearts, beam from your faces, and oast the light of joy and gladness upon all around you. Go ont into the lanes and streets of the city, aod into the highways and hedges, and seek out the poor, the sick and the sorrowing, the ignorant, the vicious and the lost, and especially your fallen sisters, and tell them of the beautios of truth and virtue, of the love of the eternal Father, and of the rest and bliss of the better land, and say to them, “ Come ye with us and we will do you good.” Thus win them, if you can, back to the paths of truth and virtue and piety, and yon will, at the same time, be adding love liness to your own person, winning peace and happiness to your own bosoms, and also studding your immortal diadems with everlasting stars, moro brilliant than the diamonds of Golcooda. So moto it be. More auon. Franklin. Tlie CUiselLurst Exiles. \ From the London Court Journal.] The Emperor Napoleon’s life at Chisel hurst is thus described by oDe who has the privilege of becoming acquainted with the social doings there: “During the fore noon all is silent in the mansion. The Empress, after prayers, breakfasts with the Prince Imperial, who then walks out in the park for a short time, the rule of resuming his studies in the morning being broken through during the indisposition of the Emperor, to whom the society of his son is the chief solace of his exit?. The Prince remains with his father during the whole prooess of the toilet, then assists at his late breakfast, which, contrary to the custom of the Tuilerifcs, is taken alone. During this time the conversation between father and son is maintained with interest and affection. The boy has oheered and socthcd tho bodily pain and mental agony of the Emperor, who is sometimes seen to smile aa the former recounts his experi ences of England and the English, and offers judgment according to his lights con cerning the habits of French boys as com pared with those of England. When the Emperor leaves his own apartment, the Prince Imperial repairs to his studies. But His Majesty declares that already the glory of the day is over, although he feels the neeessity of the separation for awhile. The morning’s re ■ port of the btate of Paris is still furnished by Pietri, but is never once alluded te. Even the Empress herself never dares to venture an opinion upon the subject. She has her own reports, and is always pre pared for the event before it happens. What has struck the friends of the Im perial family most of all is the comparative solitude in whioh each of its members seeks to live. There is something touch ing in the solitary walk taken by the Emperor up and down the avenue leaning on his cane, and stopping every now and then to remove the pebbles from his path, according to the habit of all men engaged in deep thought. His Majesty has grown much fatter since his arrival at Chisel hurst. But he walks with far more ease than on his first arrival in England, and dow only requires the arm of a friend to help him up the steps of the hall door of tho maDsioD. A charming anecdote, worthy of tha ancient days of chivalry, is being whis pered about among the higher ciroles in London. It seems that one of our young Catholic heroes of high life, always a great admirer of the Empress Eugenie, paid a visit to Chiselhurst, last week, pre vious to his departure for Paris. “ What oan I bring your Majesty from Babylon?” —the name by which the doomed city is always designated now by the Ultramon tane party—said the young nobleman as he bent low over Her Majesty’s fair hand. “ Nothing," replied the Empress, sadly ; then suddenly corroding her speeeh, said, quietly, “ Yes, there is one thing i should love. Bring me a rose from the garden of the Tuileries !” The youDg man promised to execute this ap parently easy commission, and departed in sadness. On Friday he re-appeared at Chiselhurst with a ease of purple mo rocco in his hand, which he reverently presented on bended knee to the Em press. It was the Golden Rose, gift of the Pope to Her Majesty, that he had brought “ from the Tuileries.” How he had obtained it, or through what long course of adventure he had traced it to the party.willing to part with if, will never be known, nor yet %t what sacrifice it was obtained. But great was the joy of the illustrious lady on beholding it, and pardonable the feeling which induces her to hope that it will bring a blessiog to last to her house and stay the wrath of heaven. It had always formed part of the altar decorations of the chapel at the Tuileries. / New York Citt.—Mayor Hall's recent message to the City Council of New York, and accompanying documents, give some interesting local statistics, which illustrate the growth and greatpess of the metropo lis. The island on which the eity stands has an area ot twenty-two square miles, and twenty-nine miles of water-front, about three-fourths of which stretches along Hudson and East Rivers, and the remainder upon the Harlen River and Spuyten Dnyvil Creek. It has 460 miles of streets, avenues aud roads, 290 of which are paved. Jt lias 19,000 gas lights, burned every night; 340 miles of Croton water pipes; and 276 miles of sewers. It has 1,000 street cars; 267 omnibuses; 12,000 licensed vehicles; as many more private carriages, and 40,000 horses. On the 26th of May last a count was made by the city authorities of the vehicles that passed the City Hall on Broadway be tween seven o’clock in the morning and seven in tbe evening; the dumber was 16,246. During the ten months previous to May 1, 1871, there was imported at New York, foreign merchandise to the value of 284 millions, and there was ex ported 261 millions. Daring the year ending April 5, 1871, there w«re erected 2,635 buildings, being an increase of 28/ over tbe preceding year; the estimate of their cost was $38,646,423. The income of the city, from taxes, is $21,500,000 ; the taxable property in the city is esti mated at 1,075 millions; the yalne of the city’s property is estimated at 267 mil lions; including Central Park, 100 mil lions; markets, 33 millions ; water works, 100 millions. The debt of the city is $49,710 864 The expenditures include $6,000,000 ‘for interest; $8,600,00% for schools; $3,000,000 for police; $1,500,- 000 for charities and correction ; and sl,- 000,000 for fire department. A boy, being asked if he had a mother, said he didn’t know, as he hadn t been home since morning, and when he left, his father and mother were quarreling, with odds in favor of his father, as he had the hatchet in his hand. SxxsrtLE Ist ANT.— A ten-year-ohl miss told her mother, the other day, that she was never going to marry, bnt meant to be a widow, because widows dressed in such nice black, and always looked so happy. A country girl coming frotn the field ■was told by her cousin that she looked as fresbr as a daisy kissed by the dew. “ No, indeed,” was the simple reply, “that wasn’t his name, ” THI AUGUSTA FACTORY. MEETING OF THE STOCK HOLDERS. A NEW FACTORY TO BE ERECTED. The semi-annual meeting of the stock holders of the Augusta Factory Ccmpany was held Friday at twelve o’clock, in the handsomely furnished apartment over the office of the corporation, on Broad street. The President, W. E. Jackson, was in the Chair. The President reported that a quorum of the stock was represented—three thou sand three hundred and ten shares out of six thousand. The President read the following report: Augusta Factory, ) Augusta, Ga., June 30th, 1871. j To the Stockholders: I submit you the result of the opera tions of the Company for the fiscal year ending 10th inst.; also, its financial condi tion, together with a list of stockholders on that day. Gross earnings, Interest re ceived, «tc #196,649 53 From which is deducted Expense account $25,069 74 Repairs account 6,926 67 Taxes and Water Rent paid , 14,461 46 Paid for half Dredge Boat 4,650 82—51,108 69 Leaving as net earnings $145,504 84 From which four dividends were made, in July, October, January and April last, of 5 per cent.eacb, amounting to.fUO.OOO 00 Enabling us to add $25,540 84 to Front and Doss, and mak ing the amount now to the credit of that account $258,836 17 It will be necessary very soon to make changes in some of out machinery, a part of whioh is irhat was originally placed in tho mills, in order that we may continue to compete with New England. The probable cost oannot well now be estima ted,- but it is desirable that we avail our selves of all the improvements yearlv making in the various parts of ootton machinery, as it enables us to do better work, often more of it, and most general ly at a rediction in the cost of produotioD. It affords me pleasure to make my cus tomary renark, that the mills, under the direotion rod supervision of our attentive and efficimt Superintendent, Mr. Francis Cogin, hive run with remarkable regulari ty, not a day having been lost in oonse- I quence of derangement of machinery, or other likt causes, for five years. The pro duction bts been very good, and the entire property in good condition. Respeafully submitted, W. E. Jackson, President. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING lOtb OF JUNE, 1871. Capital SlocJ *600,003 00 CHAMOIS AUAIH9T STOCK. Milli, Macbiipry and Real Estate 428,926 42 Commercial Capital $171,078 58 Bal Froflt ant Loan acc. June 11, ’70...238 295 38 Grow earninjp, interest received, dtc.. .196,649 53 $4i9,944*86 Expense aceoint $25 063 74 Repairs accouit 6 916 67 Taxes and Waier Rent paid 14 461 46 Paid lor half Lredge Beat.. 4.650 82 Div’ds No. 46,46 . 47, 48....120,100 00-171,108 W Surplus Commercial Cipitaland Surplus Profits... ......$4;i9,909 75 SOODS MANUFACTURED! 4-4 1.500527 lbs. 114 0 6 pieces. 4.517.344 yards. 7- 579,499 “ 62.119 “ 2.065.461 8- 290269 ** 33 516 “ 1,855 991 “ Drills .194,792 “ 14,331 “ 568 927 2fi66~M7 “ 214 062 “ * 8,527,728 “ BALES OF MANUFACTURED GOODS. 4-4 7-8 3-4 Drill*. Total. On hand Uth Jme, 1870 JR 36 10 9 96 Made to 10th Jrne, 1871 3531 2381 1536 841 10089 5382 2407 1546 Bfo 10186 Sold to 10th Juie t 337 2400 1541 848 10121 On hand 10th Joae. 45 7 5 7 64 Cotton consume J (equal to 6,851 bales, 440 lb*. -ach) 3,014.464 lbe. KULuj........... Average cost, of Ootton Whole number of Looms jj*® Average number of Looms running • Average yards per Loom per day Average numberof Lanas employed • Average per day per Warp Spindle STATEMENT (IF THE CONDITION OF THK AU GUSTA FACTORY, on THE ICTH of JUNE, 1871, THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR: ASSETS. Mil s. Machinery ind Real K.tate.... if Hills Receivable Jj* Manufactured Go* ds (on hand) 7,900 82 Oil 100 00 SBS « , «8 « Repairs (material* on hand) 8 806 00 Consignment Accounts Personal Accounts... 7 014 45 g., $121.C00 City of Aueusta Bonds *7.841 69 10,000 Char., Col.A Aug. K K.Honds 7,5C0 CO 2.467 50 N. K. R. R. Certificate.... 987 00 12,700 Mil's. & Tenu. R. R. 7 per ct. Bonds 5,478 70 78 Shares C.. C. A A.K.lt.Stock 5,275 60 15,000 City of Atlanta Bonds 10,400 (.0 111 Shares N. & s. Ala. K.R« St*k 250 00 WAR BONDS SB,OOO Alabama 8 per cent. Bonds ... 80 00 121.000 Louiriana 8 " 1910 00 61000 “ 6 “ ! • 50 500 Georgia 7 * 5”? 00 80.706 •* 8 per cent. Tr. Notes 807 05. 61,69» “ 6 •• “ 516 90 20,000 North Carolina 8 per ct. Bonds 200 uO -— 131 ,< It> of 1868 652 30 LIABILITIES. ■ Capital Stock co 2’??2 512 Profit and IjOsb 258,886 '7 Due Sundries . 8,885 00 Dividend No. 48 906 00 $863,552 SO Major Camming introduced the follow ing : Whereas, It is probable that a move ment will be made by the City Council of Augusta, before the next semi-annual meeting of the stockholders of the Com pany, for the enlargement of the Augusta Canal,and the carrying out of suoh move ment may depend in some measure upon tho undertaking oi this Company to em ploy and pay for increased water power ; Be it therefore resolved, That the Board of Directors be specially oharged with the consideration ot the qnestioD of the in crease of the capital stock of this Com pany, the extent to whioh it shall be in creased, and the manner of making such ioorease, with a view to the construction of another mill of spindles ; and that the Board of Directors be empower ed to oontraot with the City Council, or the Board of Managers of the Augusta Canal, as the ease may be, for the employ ment of the requisite water power for suoh new mill. The President said that he had himself suggested the resolution. It would be well to let the Directors mature some plan, apd let the stockholders popsider it at a meeting. He thought that an en largement would become necessary. If, in Mill No. 2, the vacant space remaining should be filled up, it would add? 20 per cent to the capacity of the Factory. If it paid to run the mills with their present capacity, it would certainly pay more if the capacity should be enlarged. In view of the recent action of Council, perhaps some guarantee from the Factory Com pany was rendered necessary- Governor Jenkins asked what would be the probable cost of filling Mill No. 2 with machinery, and also of erecting anew mill. The President said that it was estimated each new spindle added would cost abont S3O, and this amount included every thing, operatives honses, etc. It would take about five thousand spindles, at a cost of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to equip the vacant space in Mill Nc. 2. For the new mill ten thousand spindles—to cost three hundred thousand dollars—would be required—making the total number of spindles to be added fif teen thousand, and their cost four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. With refer ence to raising this amount, it had been thought that each stockholder in the company should tape an additional share at par, and those who did not wish to do this could let outsiders take their shares no new stockholder to participate in the profits of the old stock until after the completion of the new mill. All this, however, could be arranged by the Board and submitted to the stockholders. After some •farther discussion or rather conver sation upon the resolution, it was put upon its passage and unanimously adopted by the stockholders. An election wqa thep ordered by ballot for a Piesident and three Directors to serve during the ensuing year. The result of the election was announc ed as follows : W. E. Jackson, President. Edward Thomas, Thomas G. Barrett and Jos. B. Comming, Directors, All of these gentlemen were re-eleoted. The President stated that in lieu of a speech fie woulfi say that a quarterly dividend of five per cent, had been de clared upon the capital stock and the books were nearly made up. On motion, tha meeting adjourned. A coquette is a rose from which every lover plucks a leaf—the thorns are lett lor her future husband. The New Orleans Timet gets off a gp°d thing for Ex-President Davis: Radical papers quote with nnction the following alleged extract from Jeff. Davis speech. ‘I am not one who accepts the situation—/ accept nothing!' The contrast between Jeff. Davis and hero Grant in this respect is so striking, that they can t help noticing it” Never owe any man more than yon are able to pay, and allow no man to owe you more than you are able to lose. Tlie Vi*if of the Czar to Berlin. [Berlin (June 9) Oor. oj the London Tele graph.] Berlin has worn during these two days a gala aspect which is not often seen in the business-like capital .of Prussia. Royal carriages, filled with strange and brilliant uniforms,have been perpetually dashing up and down the Linden, between the King’s palace and the Russian Embassy, and the usually slow traffic has been stopped al together, in order to allow the quick trotting horses free play. The Emperor- King, accompanied by the Princes of his house, tne Crown Princess, the Princess Liegnitz, the old Marshal Yon WraDgel and a numerous staff, ‘repaired to the Eastern Railway Station yesterday morn ing, to meet the Emperor of all the Rus sias. The station was gaily decorated, and six handsome reception rooms were bright with exotic plants and divers colored costumes—the German Emperor and those of the Princes who hold hono rary titles in the Russian service wearing Russian uniforms. On the arrival of the Czar the band of the Fusilier Guards, a detachment of which was on duty, struck up the Russian National Hymn, and when the “ Father of his people ” arrived at the Embassy, he found a guard of honor of the Prussian Grenadier Regiment, which bears his name, stationed to receive him with a military salutation. Later in the forenoon ihc Czir, wearing the Prussian uniform, paid a visit to his Majesty of Germany. There was a grand dinner at the Palace at the customary patriarchal hour of five, and then the Royal party adjourned to the adjacent Royal Opera House to see the ballet of “ Sardanapalus”—one of the grandest of the pantomimic performances for which Berlin is celebrated. Tc-day the Russian Ministers again at tended the performances at the Opera House. The State box, in the centre of the house, was fillod with showy uniforms, but the front row of chairs was left vacant the whole evening, the Royal personages preferring the eompamtiv* seclusion ts the proscenium boxes. The Emperor of Russia, wh) looks worn, and certainly not younger than his full age, sat in a stage box on the pit tier; and the King of Prussia, who, on the contrary, is at least ten years younger in appearance than he has any right to look, occupied his custo mary place in the box immediately above. Compared with tho plain and practical Prussian uniforms, the Russian, with their large epaulettes falling forward from the shoulder over the chest, look very gay and showy ; and the corridors, at all times crowded with military men, were to-nigbt even more than usually resplendent with decorations, and noisy with the sound ot clanking swords and tinkling spurs. Aii Astounded Aristocracy, THE WILD YOUTH OF SIR ROGER TICH BORNE—A BOMBSHELL IN COURT. [ World London Letter, June 5 ] There was a terrible scene in the Court of Queen’s Bench this morning. The i'ichbjrne case—of which I have already sent you a full account, so far as it had progressed up to Saturday last—has al ready been crowded with sensations and surprises ; but ten words pronounced by the plaintiff this morning, in his cross examination, gave such a shock to the aristocratic orowd which filled overy inch of.the court room that for once they for got their good breeding. You will re member that Sir Roger Tichborne, when an officer in the army, and before he set forth on his wanderings, fell in love with his cousin, Kate Doughty. Their at tachment was disapproved of by the father of. the young lady, and the engagement between them was broken off. Sir Roger then made up his mind to leave England ; but before ho went he made a will, and also wro.te a certain paper of “private in structions.’’ These two papers he sealed up in an cnvolope, and gave them to aD attorney, named Golsford. When the claimant in this suit (who claims to be Sir Roger) returned to England, he demanded this packet of Golsford; the latter refused to deliver it; and tho claimant then said he could tell what the packet conlaincd. When the suit came on, the claimant’s counsel subpoenaed Gotsford to produce the packet; he again refused to do so. Little more was said about >the paeket in the trial until to-day. The plaintiff was evidently disinclined to say much about it, and his counsel, in his direot examina tion, did not ask him many questions con cerning it. To understand the socne which 1 am about to describe, remember that Miss Kate Doughty is now married, and is Mrs. Radcliffe ; that she is ono of the strongest opponents of the plaintiff’s claim, and that to-day she was in court with her husband. Imagine, then, the effect when the plaintiff, cross-examined by the opposing counsel, and compelled to say, against his own repeated and earnest protosts, what were the contents of the paper accompanying the will in the mys terious sealed packet, at last announced that he had seduced his cousin Kate, and that the paper contained instructions as to what was to be done in case, after his departure, she should prove to be enceinte. This disclosure was like a bombshell ex ploding in the court-room; it must have been unexpected by every one, except the parties most nearly concerned, and the effect was startling. Terrible Calamity. From the Gainesville New Era we take the following details of the terrible ca lamity at Lake Orarge, to which allusion was made in our Florida news a few days ago: On Friday of last weok, the 16th inst., one of the most terrible calamities and melancholy events wa have ever been oalled upon to chronicle, occurred at Or ange Lake, six rnilos south of Mieanopy. We have gathered the following facts con cerning the sad and mournful event: On Friday a Sabbath school festival was given at Orange Lake, a large number of ladies, geotlemeu and children from Mieanopy and vicinity beine in attendance. During tho day, and whilst the remainder of tho excursionists were on shore enjoying them selves, a party of ladies, gentlemen and Sabbath school children, about forty in number, went aboard of a small sloop for the purpose of taking a sail upon the lake. Soon after embarking, apd when a con siderable distance from sbote, a sudden puff of wind from an unexpected quarter, something of frequent occurrence on our inland lakes, upset the sloop, and the top of the mast became fastened in the bottom. All of the passengers were precipitated without a moment’s warning into the water, and six of the number drowned. Nearly all of the grown persons were as sisted to the sides of the boat, the children placed in their charge as rapidly as they could be rescued, and there the little inno cents clung, some to the ladies and others to the boat. The young men labored with a heroism and courage almost unparalleled. By their coolness and presenoe of mind they succeeded in rescuing all save six from a watery grave. The great wonder is that so many who were unable to swim were saved. Terrible Calamity. The names of the persons drowned are: Mrs. L. Montgomery, daughter of our esteemed fellow-citizen, John Fleming, Esq., of Wacahoota, who was ooe of the most excellent ladies we ever knew. Possessed of all those Christian virtues and graces, blended as they were with an amiable and kindly disposition which en deared her to all, her sad, her melancholy death is deeply regretted by a large circle of friends. In their afflictive anguish and deep grief, t}je sympathies of the entire communify are with her bereaved husband and family. Miss Ella Winecoff, daughter of Mr. Jacob Winecoff, an old and highly re spected citizen of Micanopy. This youDg lady was beloved by all who knew her- Affectionate and dutiful as a child, loving and amiable as a sister and companion, her spirit has soared above without a spot or blemish. Miss Maggie Bimonton, daughter of Mr. James A. Simontoo, likewise of Micanopy, an intelligent and interesting young lady, whose qualities of head and heart had won for her the esteem and friendship of a large concourse of relatives and friends, who are deeply grieved at her sad and un timely fate, IJttle Ida Shuford, a charming and most promising little girl, daughter of Mr. Wm. T. Shuford. Little Ida was the pet of the household, aod a great fa vorite with all who knew her. Johnny Simonton, an interesting and sprightly lad, eon of Mr. John H. Simon whose genial nature and kind disposition endeared him to his family and friends. A colored man named Bowen, in the employ of Captain B. W. Powell, was likewise drowned. Several of the survivors were ’•esc-Uca in a critical are now ' On Saturday night and Sunday morning the bodies were interred. On Sabbath, in hearing of a large aod mournful congrega tion, Rev. W. J. McCormick, the beloved Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, de livered a most excellent sermon, which brought tears of anguish and of sorrow to many eyes. A goodly number of the citizens of Gainesville visited Micanopy to assist in performing the last sad rites over the unfortunate dead. Wedding in High Live.—A wedding literally in high life is shortly to be sol emnized in London. The union referred to is that of Miss Swann, well known as the “Nova Scotia Giantess,” with one Martin Van Buren Bates, a young Amer ican gentleman of about the yonng lady's own age and height, the former of which is twenty-four years, and the latter some three or four inches less than eight feet. Mr. Bates is a Virginian, on show in Lon don, and is said to he really a magnificent specimen of a human colossus. The Real Story or the Ku-Klux. Mr. Copeland, the intelligent aud fair minded correspondent of Ihc New York Journal of Commerce, has a letter iu that paper, in which ho gives his evidence as to the existence and character of the Ku- Klux in the Southern States. The Jour nal says editorially, by way of comment on the letter: Besides being one of the most complete accounts of that mysterious organization that we have ever read, it Las the higher merit, we believe, of absolute impartiality. A Northerner journeying Southward is apt to be sftayed by intense prejudices when he approaches this ticklish subject. If he is a bitter Radical, be talks with Radicals only, believes all he hears, and imagines Kn-Kluxes for himself in every stirring bush by moonlight. If he is an extremist of the opposite party, he affili ates with ultra men of his own political school, who are greatly tempted to under state or extenuate or even pooh-pooh at the lawless deeds ascribed to the mystic crew. Our representative at the South, acting under explicit directions from this office, purges himself from all bias, erases from his memory, so far as auy man can, the one-sided statements of Congressional re ports, and proceeds to investigate, inde pendently and impartially, from all avail able eouroes on the spot, the exact status of the Ku-Klux Klan. His statements, therefore, possess an interest and a value wanting in all, or Dearly all, tho exposi tions of this theme whiob have hitherto appeared. Tbe conclusions that he reach es may be briefly set down thus : Floriua has oo Ktl-Klux crgai ization, but is cursed with her share of out-laws, like every State in the Uoion. No Ku-Klux band proper exists in Georgia. Alabama is equally free from the pest, but in por tions of North aDd South Carolina there are gaDgs of prowlers, who sometimes rob and murder. The leaders of these are dissolute whites, some of them scions of good families, and their followers, espe cially in North Carolina, are fellows who were the scum of society before the war, and are now only gratifying their thirst for rapine aDd blocd. Their numhgrs are small, and their mrrudings coDfiucd to limited districts. OwDing horses, aDd having the complete discipline and bond of secrecy which always obtain amoDg ditti, the world over, and living in a sparse ly settled country, they fly from this point to that with the speed of the wind, defy ing detection, arrest and conviction, and can keep a hundred miles square in a con stant ferment. Like stage soldiers, who run behind the scenes from one wiog to another, and then march past the foot lights in endless procession, these K. K. K.’s impress the oasual observer as a vast army ; whereas, all told, they are but a handful, and if oorraled could be captured by a company or two of regular troops. But there’s tbo rub. Their game is not to be caught—and twenty regiments of soldiers, mounted, might not bo success ful in bagging them. That they will dis appear as suddenly as they sprung into notoriety we have no doubt—but their extinction will come from the olear irg up and improvement of the South, politically and socially. As fever and ague vanishes before uroper drainage and culturo, so the Ku-Klux distemper will quiet the Southern body politic as the Southern peoplo are re-admitted to their rights and resume all the functions ot sell-government. The Ku-Klux are not a political cabal; slthoueh they profess to sympathize with tho C.iriservativcs. This illusion they keep up by confining their outrages mostly to negroes and Northern or Southern Radicals. But the Conser vatives, without exception, so far as our correspondent can asoertaiD, repudiate theso Bedouins, aud wish for nothing bet ter than their extermination. When tho Conservatives regain power at the South, they will make short work with the false pretenders who oooassionally steal and murder in their respectable name. The list of oases presented in the letter makes a startling exhibit of crime ; but so would a half dozen atrooities culled from the police reoords of a day throughout any Northern State. This should be remem bered in reading them ; nor should the reader fail no note, while exeoratiug such midnight horrors, that some of tho feeling against negroes and carpet-baggers thus terribly exemplified at the South arises from the misgovernmcDt and oppression inflicted upon that section by the latter and their accomplices. Where rulers are demoralized some of tho ruled will in evitably be so too. The nuisanoo of car pet-baggers breeds the othor nuisanoo of Ku-Klux Klan. The death of ono will be fatal to the other also. The Northern Ku-KUix. Fiendish Outrage in Indiana —Night As sault with Dentine, Torpedoes and De volves —Bloody Row at St. Paul. THE PARIS COMMUNE OUTRIVALED. Louisville, June26.—Special dispatches to the New Albany, Ind., Ledger, this evening, give accounts of a diabolical out rage near Orleans, Lawrence county, Ind., yesterday. A party of assassins attacked the house of the Moody family, consisting of four old brothers, Mrs. Tolliver, their sister, and a hired man named Lee. They threw three jugs of benzine into the rooms occupied by the family, then threw in sev eral torpedoes loaded with buckshot, nails, screws and similar missiles. The torpe does exploded, set fire to the benzine, and aroused the family, when the assailants commenced firing with revolvers into the doors and windows. Mr. Thomas Moody was shot in the hip, the hall ranging up ward through the body, coming out in the upper portion of the breast. Lee received a severe wound in tbe thigh and another in the back. Mrs. Tolliver was terribly burned with the benzine and torpedoes. The assassins escaped, The community are greatly excite j. Ten thousand dollars have been raised to prose cute the guilty parties when oaught. De tectives are busy ferreting them out. The people are almost wild to get at tho assas sins, aDd threats of lynching arc heard on every hand, but it is believed prudent counsels will prevail. At 3 p. m. Mr. Moody’s reoovery was hopeful—Lee’s doubtful, it is understood that Moody’s statement of the affair was reduced to writing, and he said {ie recognised several of the attacking party. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO HANG A LADY. Chicago, Juno 26. —At Princeville, Illinois, last Saturday, a man named Mc- Namoe attempted to hang Miss Potter, a school teacher, who bad punished his child. He went to the school house, seized the lady, fastened a rope around her neck and dragged her to the door, when she was rescued from the ruffian by two men who came aloDg. BROTHER PILLS BROTHER. St. Paul, June 26.— 1n a blootly row in a saloon between three brothers Darned Kinney and knottier tnaD, over a game of cards, one of the K'nneys stabbed and killed his brother, All were more Or less intoxicated. JEALOUSY AND MURDER. Louisville, June 26.— Last night a young man was shot near this city under circumstances which render it almost cer tain that he was murdered by a jealous rival. During the evening Jacob Rein and Valentine Rabbit, rival suitors for the favor of Miss Lizzie Wertz, who was engaged to marry Rein, met at the house of the young lady’s mother, five miles from the city, and remained until 10 o'clock, when Rabbit left, A quarter of an hour after Rein also left. He bad gone about two hundred yards when Miss Lizzie Wertz heard a pistol shot, and fear ing some barm to her betrothed, ran out of the house anu up the road., meeting Rein staggering back. He fell in the road, when sho picked him up and car ried him in the house, where he died at I o’olock this afternoon. The ball had entered the left side of the abdomcD. Be fore death Rein made a statement of the affair, declaring that Rabbit ran out from a fence cornor and shot him with a pistol. Rabbit was arrested, but denies having done the bloody deed. A Mas Shot While Playing Pan ther- —A correspondent of the Clarks burg (West Virginia) Coruervative, wri ting on the 12th instant, says : A fatal aocident happened on Leading creek last week, which is a sad warning to those who are in the habit of playing jokes on children. The facts are, as my inform ant stated them : A Captain lord, of Bar bour oounty, happened near Mr. Jesse Hornett’s home with a panther skin, and seeing a little boy, about twelve or four teen years of age, a son of Mr. Hornett, in a sk'rt of woods near the house, donned the skin with the intention of frightening the little fellow, hut as soon as the boy saw what he supposed to be a panther he ran to the house and took down his father’s rifle and went in pursuit of the panthor. He did not have to go tar before he espied him The boy rested the rifle on a fence and'fired. The man-panther gave a dy ing shriek, and, with a convulsive spasm, fell over mortally wounded. The little fellow did not see his mistake until he went np to the wounded man. Ford lin gered two days, and then died. Rewarding Bismarck.—The latest nroject ascribed to imperial liberality by the Prussian press is the purchase of the handsome and valuable estate of Krotos chin, in Posen, at present in the posses sion of Prince Thum ana Taxis, whose family, under the old regime, held the monopoly of the post office throughout the empire. The estate pays 120,000 thalers annual rent, and the Ooedowni/c reports the Emperor to have agreed to pay the owner 2,400.000 thalers For it, in order to hand it over to PriDoe Bismarck as a slight token of bis gratitude- Telegraphic Summary Washington, June 28.—Census New York city : Natives—white, 510,553 ; colored. 12,645 ; foreign, 418,6-16 ; color ed, 448; nativity—lreland, 201,999; Germany, 151,222. Tbe sub-Ku-Klnx Committee go first to Columbia, S. C., thcuce to Spartanburg or Greenville, then to North Carolina. The committee to-day examined Flournoy, from Pontotoc, and Ford, from Meridian, Mississippi. Ford straightened out tbo Meridian riot to the satisfaction of the Democratic members of the committee. Corea, Jane 23.— T0 the Secretary of the Navy : The Coreans not apologizing for the treacherous attack on the 10th, I landed on Kang Noe, took and destroyed the lower fort and munitions; on the Uth took another fort, and then stormed and oaptured the stronghold. Five forts were taken. The troops are reported eleven thousand strong. Desperate hand to hand fighting took plaoo in the citadel. Ord nance destroyed : four hundred and eighty one pieces, principally small brasg pieces, and many small arms—fifty flags wore taken. Counted 243 dead Coreans around the Citadel. Our killed, 3. Tbe gallant Lieutenant MoKee was first inside the citado). Our nine wounded arc all out of danger and doing well. [Signed] John Rodgers. Georgetown Convent awards: Crown and gold medal, Amy B. Graham, Louisi ana ; Jennie Walters, Maryland; Mary RiDgvold, South Carolina; Josephine Bouober, Washington. Silver medal, Ophelia Robinson, Georgia ; Susie Dixon, Georgia; RoxieMcComb, Georgia; Bessie Rombergh, North Carolina; Aonie Mar stillen, Virginia , Louisa Casey, Georgia; Fannie Lane, Georgia; Lizzie Gardner, Georgia ; Kate Clanton, Georgia ; Jane McComb, Goorgia; Helen V. Womberly, Georgia. The Cabinet meets at eleven to-morrow. Matters of interest and unusual impor tance will be under consideration—auioug them tho differences between Pleasanton and Secretary Buutwcil. It is belioveu here that several appointments of promi nence-will bo made, though there is no official authority for tho statement. Astor the 30th inst. the number of co listcd soldiers in tho army will be roduoed to the standard of thirty thousand men, as required by law. Concrd. Juno 28. —At a meeting of the leaders of tho Domooratic party this after noon, it was informally decided to bring charges of bribery and undue influences against Senator Smith before the Senate, which oharges will suspend him until no tion is taken, and in tho meanwhile to push party measures. Mobile, Juno 28. Getfrge L. Putnam, tho newly appointed postmastor, upon the indict ment of the grand jury, charging him with bribery, was tried in the City Court to-day. The ovidenoo adduced failed to establish tbe charge. The jury returned a verdict of acquittal.without leaving their scats. St. Louis, June 28. —General Barnes, Yioe-President of the International Rail road of Texas, is here, en route to New York. Dispatches from Kansas report unpro oedentodly early and prolific crops. Augusta, June 28. — A train, which was delayed to aocommodate the Democratic delegates to tho Convention, collided with another passenger train. Two employees were killed and several passengers seriously hurt. Memphis, June 28.—The decision de claring county warrants void, oroatos much excitement. They amouut to one million and a,quarter, whtroof tlirco hundred thousand is the issue to tbe Mississippi Railroad, now held by MoComb & Cos. A large number of the citizens of Missis sippi are on trial at Oxford, oharged with being Ku-Klux. St. Louis, June2B.—A construction train on the Atlantic Pacifio Railroad ran into a hand oar, by wiiioh 15 persons were thrown 20 feet on the rocks, two being killed, and all hurt. New York, Juno 28. — Ram prevented the great sangerfest procession. Philadelphia, June 28- —The Demo crats have nominated James Biddle for Mayor. Boston, Jane 28.—George Woodruff, oldest trainer and driver of trotting horses was killed by a passing train. The remains will be taken to Philadelphia, The de ceased was the father of Herman Wood ruff. New York, June 28.— A wealthy citi zen has been missing three weeks. Sup posed to have been murdered for a three thousand dollar diamond pin. Five men were suffocated while repair ing a gas leak in Brooklyn. Two will die. Versailles, Juno 29. —The court mar tial sentences to death Cremieux, Etienn and Pellisser, and to transportation, Du olos, Marten, Hastorg, Breton, Casput, and Bariohe. Two of the accused were acquitted. Paris, Juno 29.—The Republicans are unable to agree upon a combined ticket. There are 148 oandidates in tho depart ment of tho Heine, McMahon deolines tho Assembly eandi dature. The sister of Dolesoluzo has been liber ated. London, June 29.— Emperor Napoleon has been re-elected a member of tho Army and Navy Club. The Ragusa has reached Queenstown. _ A boiler explosion at Kidegrove killed six and hurt nineteen. Florence, June 29.—The Senate rati fied the treaty of commerce with the Uni ted States, and passed bills providing for publio safety and unification of tbe public debt. Long Champs, Judo 29.—Tho grand review is progressing. One hundred thou sand troops are ir position. Tribunes, elaborately decorated, arc oc cupied by Thiers, members of the Govern ment, and members of the Assembly. Mc- Mahon oommands. The grounds are thronged. The soeno is exceedingly bril liant. Berlin, June 29. —Terriblo colliery riots have ocourred in Silesia. Tho offieos of superintendent of prisons and mines have been destroyed, and Jewistrrnsidents plun dered. Tbe Uhlans cleared the streets, killing se.ven, wounding thirty, and cap turing siity- partial hw has heen pro claimed. The scene Os riot is Konig shuette. • Florence, June 29.—Archbishop Pa trasso has been arrested in Room for con spiracy. Versailles. June 29.— 1n the Assem bly yesterday, Ponyer Quertier stated that in loss thaD six hours tho agents of the Treasury collected four thousand five hun dred millious francs lor the new loan, of which Paris alone subscribed two thousand five lilmdred millions. The provinces have not all been heard from, aud the total amount of subscriptions has not vet been ascertained. The Minister of Fi- nance, comdiootirjg upon tbu facts he had stated, said : ”Tbis state of things enables (be Government to fulfill its en gagements, and to hasten the deliveranoo of the country. We shall not wait for the dates fixed by the treaty at Frankfort, but shall pay the indemnity in iosuOmcntß.” London, June 29. —A resolvo in the Lords, regrottipg the ratification of the treaty, defeated without a division. Berlin, June 29. Tho Emporor has granted amnesty to all natives oi Alsace Loraine, except whore political or military cffeuscs arc combined with ordinary crimes. Washington, June 29.--Lieut. McKee, killed in the Corea fight, belonged to Louisville. The California Republicans have nomi nated Newton Booth for Governor. The platform demands the abrogation of tlie China treaty ; the prohibition of Ohinese immigration, and endorses the Adminis tration. Ex Senator Willard Warner lias been appointed Collector of Customs at Mobile. The Maine Republicans renominatod Sidney Perham lor Governor. Daniel Pratt’s patent for cotton gin has been extended seven years from July 14tb. It is reported that the lowa Demoorats, who aro opposod to the new departure, have called a convention to bo held August 10th. Mrs. Jpettigrew King was at the White House to-day and failed to see the Presi dent, bat was informed that she would get an answer from the Attorney-General. Other oireumstanoes mado it certain that ! the Cabinet action was unfavorable to the pardon of Bowen. M. H. Whittaker, a lawyer from Me ridian, swore that, he did not believe in the existence of Ku-Riox in Mississippi. The riots last year were the result of bad teaohiDgs of bad men of both parties, who wanted strife. At present such feeling is very slight. Asa character of the out rages, the witness inetanoed a case where a white Republican school teaohor, named Price, assisted by several colored Repnb , Hoang, nearly whipped to death Adam ; Kennard, Depnty Bheriff (oolored), who was also a Republican. After the Cabinet meeting Bontwell and Pleasanton had a long interview. It is understood that the President desires they should r6conoile their differences. Gen. Hartsnff has been retired with fall rank of Major-General. , , Bt. Johns, N. 8., June 29.— The dele gation of the New Brunswick Government to the Nova Scotia and ‘Prinoe Edward n Island Governments, to endeavor to pro onre a oonoorted action against the fishery claims of the Washington treaty, returned yesterday They are very retioenfc as to their doings, but say that the fishermen and fish traders of the Island and Nova Scotia are favorable to the treaty, and in timate that owing to the game the Nova Scotia Government is playing with Otta wa that Government is not to bo relied to oppose the treaty. It is the belief that the delegation failed. Paris, June 30, a. m.—Gambetta ar rived yesterday, and has received many visits from both official and unofficial per sons. The sentence of cbath imposed upon Orcmloux soy the Com Msrrial at Mar seilles, will probably be commuted. The work of rejuventting Paris is pro gressing. Fully sixty thousand masons are engaged in repairiof damaged build ings and erecting new o,es. The city is also boiog thoroughly ciinfeeted. The journals of Paris wd Versailles ex* press satisfaction at tho sieoess of the re view at Long Champs. A. oireular from Rouberto the electors, affirms that he is the defenier of the prin ciples of free trade. In rdation to the uture form of government, tbe nation must de«de upon it after elections have been held and the question of froe trado been doomed upoD. He deiouocod tbo opponents of his polioy as more faotions, lhe speech of Gambetta, at Bordeaux, was upon the subject of developments of oduc&tiQQ in r ranee, and was revived with hearty approval and great applause. Tho Official Journal, oom meeting on » «r eV L ,eW at LoDg Champs, remarks that, W e have shown Europe an army one hundred thousand strong—valorous and ably commanded—whioh has saved tho cause erf civilization. Wo have also oalled for two milliards of money and havo been offered five milliards. Tho nation evi dently recovers.” Bombay, June 29. —A dispaoh from Shanghai confirms the announcement of tho capture of the Tsianhoa forts by the Amorioans, with flight loss. The Coreans bad 240 killed and a great many wounded. The French loan was introduced iu Bombay with immense suocess. London, June 30.— At a meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce to-day, a preamble and resolutions were unanimous ly adopted, to the following effect; Whereas, The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce has learned with surprise that high cable rates are sustained, when all Atlantic cables are working ; therefore, Resolved, That the officers of this body be authorized and directed to make repre sentations in the matter to tho Govern ment, and to ask aid of the Chambers of Commerce ot Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Glasgow ami Edinburg. Correspondents of tho London papoiß all agree that the reviow at Long Champs and the Frenoh loan, were both Buecess ful. One writer says that the thought of rcvoDgc upon Germany is uppermost iu tho minds of Parisians, who still hope for an opportunity to read just tho frontior. The reported diffioulty between Greeco and Turkey, arising from the appoint moht ofTnoopis, Greek Ambassador to Constantinople, and tho refusal of tho Porte to reoeivo him, has boon amioably arranged, and the two oouutries aro now on good terms. The statoment is officially ooufirmed that Halifax will, now that tho treaty of Wash ington has been ratified, soon ooase to be tho rendezvous of tho British North American tioet, and that the fleet in Cana dian waters will be reduood. Another strike ot the oabmen is appre hended. Naples, June 30.—Victor Emanuol visited the Exposition to-day and distri buted the medals awarded to contributors. Paris, Juno 30. —The dinner given by Thiors, after the review yesterday, was a brilliant affair. It was attended by nearly all tho Generals and Colonels of the army in and near Paris, aDd by tho membors of tho Ministry and manypromi nent Deputies of tho Assembly. Tho ut most cordiality prevailed. French jour nals rosent the censures of tho Forth Ger man Gazette on tho military expenditures ot Franco. Thoy maintain that the ques tion concerns France alone, Berlin, June 30. —’Tho Emperor has presented tbe estate of Sohwaizendook to Bismarok. Washington, June 30.—Graut is again gone. Ho oomcß once moro befaro going to California. Publio sessions of the Southern Claims Commission havo adjourned to Ootobcr. Bout well has gone for ten days. The war indemnity claim of Kentucky, amounting to over half a million, was paid to-day. Ihe claims of other Stages want an appropriation from Congress. Ken tucky’s agent boat the expiration of the law 36 minutes. To-day oloaes the fiscal year. All ac counts have been closed and new ones opened. Receipts of internal revenue, ono hundred and forty-five millions, ten mil lions below estimates. Prof. Frederick Watts, of Pennsylvania, Las been appointed Commissioner of Agri oulture. It is certain that there has boen no satisfactory adjustment of the differences between Boutwell and Pleasanton. In the interview botween them yesterday, tho former reit-ersiod hi; right to supervise Pleasanton’s cfheial action. Grant ex pressed the desiro that these two should adjust their difficulties amicably. SUNDAY NIGHT DISPATCHES. FOREIGN. Paris, July 2.— Placards aro publicly posted this morning, proposing a ean-iid aturo for the Assembly on tbo platform of oontinuanoe of tho Republic, with Thiers and Gambetta as leaders. Tho Journal ties Dehats say,, the pooplo do not seem to rejoioe in the access of a loan whioh thoy regard as O'jiy a deposit lor Germans. By order of tho War Department, tho army of Vinoy in dissolved. L Admirauit ia appointed-Governor of Pans. Troops commenced leaving Paris yes terday, in conformity with the treaty. Orders havo been issued from German headquarters, forbidding the army of occupation from entering Paris. COTTON MOVEMENT. New York, July 2. —Tho cotton move ment is very light, both in reoeipts and exports, and figures indioate the approach ing close of the ootton year. Reoeipts at all ports 18,197, against 22,654‘1a5t week, 24,046 previous week, 28,136 three weeks sinoe. Total receipts sinoo September 3,891,0.18, against 2,825,469 l’or the corre sponding period previous year. Exports from all ports 18,829, against 29,798 for samo week last year. Exports for tho expired portion of tho cotton year 8,061, u 821, against 2,089,071 for same time last year. Stock at all ports 162,061. against 180,648 same time last year. Stooks at interior towns 16,733, against 37,652 last year. Stock in Liverpool 713,000, against 555,000 last year. Amurioan cotton afloat for Groat Britain 117,000, against 111,000 last year. Indian ootton uflc>at lor Eu~ ropo 534,021, agaiDst 399,771 last year. The weather at tho South was rainy in many sections during tho jfast week. Ootton was heavy and lowor in the early part of tho week, but buoyant and higher at the close. The sales lor tho week reached 86,500 bales, of g which 71,000 bales were for future delivery, and 15,000 on the spot aod to arrive. Os the spot ootton cxponters took about 450 bales, spinnqw 4,250, and speculators 900. FROM NEW YORK. New York, July 2 —A Panama letter says the Jesuits will be expelled from Gautomala. The U. S. frigate California has arrived at Callao. The Saint Marys sailed on tho 10th, to cruise in the South Sea Islands. The results of the surveys of tho Darien expedition arc said to bo so far satisfactory. The Napipi route is considered a success. Commodore Selfridge was awaiting tho arrival of the surveying party that ascend ed tho Atrato and tor tho storeship Guard, when all will return home. Several large dry goods houses in this city were closed yesterday until Wednes day, and the Froduoe Exchange will bo the only public market open to-morrow. Three hundred Mormons, from Europe, left for Salt Lake Friday, iu charge of ono of Brigham's sons, aud four hundred more are at quarantine. FROM WASHINGTON. Washington, July 2.—No general in structions are nowoootcmplated in regard to tho Ku Rlux Act. As in the oase of every other law, tho proper officers aro expected and required to enforuo it, hut should any extraordinary state of affair* arise, calling for direct interference by the President, the fact will be brought before him in authentie form, for his notion. The Government bays a million bond* each Wednesday, aod sells <me mi,boo in gold each Thursday during July. The New York Herald says that Grant hag Dirdoned Bowert, tho bigamist and ex- Congrossman. The document was signed at Long Branoh yesterday. from NEW JERSEY. Newark, July 2.— Peter Halstead, well known in political and official circles, was shot and. killed in a house of ill-reputo this morning. _He is bo kinsman of Hal stead, of the Cincinnati Commercial. FROM CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, July 2. Judge Dwindle has again refused to grant anew trial to Mrs. Fair ; he also declined to sign a recommendation to tho Supreme Court to grant one. FROM MISSISSIPPI. Oxford, July 2.— A negro witness tes tified to throe whites and two negroes among the prisoners as present at tho lynohing, which is now under examination boforo the United States Court. ft cannot hurt you. It is purely vege table. Try Simmons’ Liver Regulator.il' you wish to be well. It acts like a charui, without debilitating the system,and with out any of the evil effects of Mercury. Simmons’ Liver Regulator !h the enfe remedy. jyl-d«*wl See advertisement of Dr. Butt" s dis pensary, headed book for the milliii Marriage Guide—in another column, should be reed by all, myis-ddwly
