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Cgrarade £ Sentinel.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JPLI 18.
DEATH OR CAPTAIN LEWIS F. KINA’S.
The triends of Captain Lewis F. Kenan
—and he had hosts of them throughout
the State—will be pained to hear of hi*
sudden and untimely death on the evening
of the 3d inst., in the street* of Milledge
ville. Captain Kenan was s young gentle
man of great worth and intelligence, and
in a very marked degree hsd won the es
teem and confidence of the people with
whom be lived.
Captain Kenan served with distinction
in the late war as a Cap'ain in the first
regiment of Georgia Regulars. While at
home wounded, in the fall of 1863, he was
elected Secretary of the State Senate, in
which position he acquitted himself to the
entire satifaction of that body.
At the close of the war he was elected to
the Legislature from Baldwin county, and
hia course aa a legislator was marked with
the same high sense of honcr and devotion
to principle which had distinguished his
conduct in previous public duties.
After his term of legislative service
expired, he devoted himself to the prac
tice of the law, in which he gave prcNhise
of much future usefulness. Capt. K. wa=,
we suppose, about thirty years of age, and
leaves a widow and children to mourn his
untimely loss. To the heart-broken widow
and to the members of his family, we
tender sincere sympathy in their great
bereavement.
Letter from Baltimore.
[SPECIAL correspondence op the chron
icle A SENTINEL.]
Baltimore, July 3, 1871.
Editor t Chronicle & Sentinel:
Though a native of Maryland, deduced
from five generations ot Marylanders, and
though a part of my ancestry settled ori
ginally at Annapolis, I had never visited
the capital city of the State up to a few
days ago. It is a quaint old place and
we]l worth inspecting. You. can reach it
by rail or by water, in a few hours, the
latter mode of conveyance being the more
preferable in warm weather. It is cosily
and beautifully situated at the mouth of
a pretty river, called the Severn, and is one
of the most attractive resorts in summer
for excursion parties from Baltimore.
Many houses still remain as relics of
colonial or early. Republican times, and,
though not near so pretentious or shiny as
more modern residences, are vastly better
built. By far the most interesting edifice
is the State House, an old, old structure,
but admirably adapted for the pupose to
which it has been put for generations.
Here, with very slight changes, is
the room where George Washington
delivered up his sword at tho dorfe of the
revolution. Standing in the hallowed
chamber, which now suffices for the State
Senate, I felt that it was good to be there,
and that the sons of Maryland wero wise
and patriotic when steadily refusing to
exchango it for a hall more glittering and
rnoro novel. Upon the walls are memo
rials of the last act of Washington’s mili
tary life, and, fit companion to these, a
portrait of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton,
by the famous Sully. The American who
stands on this saored epot without rever
ential awe, and without a tender and lov
ing recurrence to thoso better days, when
liberty indeed survived, is capable of any
mean aot, and may shrewdly suspect that
his soul is dead indeed.
The State Library can not boast of a
fine miscellaneous collection, but it is
peculiarly rich in law books. Tho Libra
rian, Mr. Magrudcr, is a jolly and honora
blo specimen of the old stock modern
ized.
In tho Executive Department, or apart
ment, arc piotures of many of the earlier
Governors, and one picture of a late Chief
Magistrate. While George Plater and Wm.
•Smallwood aro handed down to us in very,
very dimißutivo frames, Thomas Holliday
Hicks covers about a half acre, more or
less, of tho capaoious wall. It is a mon
strous paradox that rnc mcanost and most
insignificant of Maryland’s Gcvornorß
should have tho most conspioious show of
all. This was done, I believe, in bayonet
times, and has been suffered to remain.
1 do not despair of seeing tho day when
old Hicks’ picture will either be tamed
with its faoc to the wall or else consigned
to the care of his relatives and friends in
private station.
In the Adjutant General’s Department
•ir<? about one dozen flags, more or less
faded and torn, which once moved over
tho trooly loil regiments from Maryland
who went into Virginia to “ subduo the
rebellion.” Thoso “trophies” arc suf
fered to remain just as Hicks’ portrait,
and under the restoration of Maryland’s
free parliament, get very little reverence,
ii they do get a doal of toleration. Indeed,
1 was informed by a man of weight and
authority tha tho so-eallcd trooly loil
Maryland regiments wero made up of all
sorts of odd material, very little of it be
ing “to tho manor born.”
The grounds around the State House
aro extremely handsome, and the view
from them, as well as from the cupola of
the building, charming exceedingly.
While wandering around, I chanced upon
an old relic in the shape of a time-worn
six-pounder cannon, which bore the date of
1035, and came over with tho first Lord
Baltimore. It stands between the offioes
of tho Comptroller and Treasurer, and
gives awful warning to trespassers on
•eit her domain.
The old Governor’s house is incluacd
within tho Navy Yard enclosure, and
Maryland’s Chief Magistrate can now re
pose, if Governors over repose, in a splen
did mansion which, like most jobs of the
sort, oost about twice as muoh as it is
worth. Asa Maryland Governor is re
quired or expeotod to entertain like a gen
tloman, poor men havo very few aspira
tions that way. Governor Bowie, beiDg
of the ancien regime, is a sumptuous pro
vider, and findß, no doubt, that his official
salary is but a drop in the buckot.
I havo never seen a more lovely spot
than the grounds attaohed to and enclosing
the Naval Acadomy. Nature and art
have combined to make this piano almost
perfection itself. Facing the grounds, at
different points, are the officers’ quarters,
most of them superb mansions. Elsewhere,
on the border of this exquisite area cf
shrubbery, are the workshops, the arsenals
and the Academy for Midshipmon. The
latter building is of recent construction,
and a very substantial and very immense
affair. I asked the Janitor if there were
any oadets from the South. He answered
affirmatively. I further inquired if a
majority of those so-called Southern mid
shipmen were not scions ot Cape Cod, etc.
He seemed a good deal bothered at this
home-thrust, and I mercifully let him
alone. Out in the stream are several mCu
ot-war and a monitor. These are used for
praetioe of the cadets in naval science-
Annapolis proper is highly Demoeratic ;
but the Radicals carry ii, I understand,
by means of the omployeee at the Naval
Academy. A singular state ok things;
but then tho ago we live in is full of such,
and be is the wisest of men who trusts in
Providence, instead of prinoes, and won
ders at nothing. Roundabout.
| FOR THE CHRONICLE b SENTINEL.]
Utiftt 1 Have Seen, and What I Bald
About It.-Ifo. 7.
I hate seen a young man, when seeking
a wife, pass by plain, sensible, indus
trious, worthy and virtuous womon, and
wod a gay, giddy, fashionable belle, who
could not cook her own food, nor make her
husband’s shirts, and I said, “Young
man, you have made a mistake. You
have taken the wrong woman. Hence
forth your life will be a burden to you.
Henoeforth you must be your wife's
dredge. You must toil early and late to
minister to her fashionable tastes. When
you may hint at economy and retrench
ment, you may expect to witness a storm
of complaints and lamentations, or a
shower of hysterical tears.
“ Young man, if you want a wife only for
show and beauty, why not marry a wax
doll at once. It would cost you nothing
for eating, drinking, cosmetios, pomades,
dentifrices, hair-dressing, visiting cards,
carriages, dime-novels, fashion magazines,
etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., eto., etc-, etc.
And, moreover, it would never tease you
for pin-money, und would not pout, scold,
fret, weep, and call you a brute of a hus
band. I am sure that a wax doll would
make you a better and more agreeable
wife than that heartless and empty-pated
fashionable belle, whom you are now eraxy
to wed. Young man, a wife should be a
help-meet for her husband, not a burden,
nor a dog, ror a thorn in his side.
Young man, the world U full. of women,
who will beoomfe good wives if they can
find good husbands; but if you are seek
ing for one such, do not go to Saratoga,
or Cape May, or Long Branch, or to the
iball-room, or to any other plaoe of fash
ionable resort, hoping to find her. She is
not apt to be there. She seldom or never
has time or money to throw away at sueh
places, and upon such trifles. But you may
li B( i her in the kitchen, or in the work
room, with a needle of R broom, a dust
brush or a pen; a bqok of solid sense, or
perhaps with a garden fork, rake or hoe
in her hand; or you may find her in the
school room during the week, and in the
Sabbath school on Snnday, teaching and
training young immortals for useful
ness here, and happiness in Heaven;
or you may find her in the hovels
of the poor, ministering medicine to
the sick, food to the hungry, cloth
ing to the naked and consolation to
the Borrowing. And when you find
her, take her if you can get her, and try
to make yourself worthy of her ; for her
'price is far above rubies. She is a jewel
of the first water. She will do you good
and not evil all the days of your life. She
will husband and not waste yonr resources
in vain extravagance. She will cheer you
in your despondency; nurse yon in your
sickness; comfort yon in your sorrow ;
advise yon in your perplexity ; and at all
times solace and bless you with her un
dying love. She will rule your house as
a queen of love and tenderness, and make
your home an earthly paradise. Young
man, if you will not follow my advice, but
will wed the paragon of fashion, loaded
with jewelry, paniers, frills, flounces,
chignons and other dry goods, and if,
when it is too late, you shall discover
that you have caught a tartar, instead of
an angel, do not blame any body but your
self; for I told you better. Especially do
not blame woman kind. Do not heap
your abase upon the sex indiscriminately.
The thousands of good women, whom you
slighted, are not to be blamed. They
lenged to make you happy, hot you would
not concede to them the privilege.”
More anon. Franklin.
[for the chronicle a sentinel. J
Mountain Scenery of Northeast Georgia.
LETTER NO. 1.
Clarksville, Ga., Jane 28, 1871.
Editon Chronicle & Sentinel:
As an easy channel of communication
will soon be opened to this beautiful por
tion of Northeastern Georgia, so long
famed for its salubrious climate and charm
ing soeDcry, and especially as the season is
just beiDg ushered in which is usually se
lected by pleasure-seeking parties for
making their visits to this locality, a few
facts in regard to it and its affairs may
not, perhaps, bo uninteresting to your
readers.
To say nothing of the commercial inter
ests which have rendered its construction
a great desideratum, and which have of
late been so fully ventilated, the want of a
railroad connecting this region with some
terminus as Athens, Walhalla or Atlanta,
has long been felt both by those residents
of Southern and Middle Georgia, who
have for many years made this a summer
retreat, and by the numerous parties of
“excursionists” who have annually jour
nied hither to feast the eye on those glo
rious landscape views with which Nature,
with no frugal hand, has stamped the
sceno —upheaving here the ponderous
crust, in massive mountain ridges; accom
plishing there the still farther degradation
of the vales by the roaring torrents, leap
ing from their airy homes above.
Notwithstanding the sixty miles stretch
from Athens by private conveyance, I have
no doubt that aU who have made it have,
without exoeptioc, considered themselves
well repaid by their “ trip to tho Falls
aDd Mountains.” But, as progress is the
watchword of the day, and as in these
modern days tho degree of advancement
seems to be measured by the length of rail
whjch traverses a territory, so, in accord
ance with the onward and upward tend
ency of things, Clarksville is about to bs
favored with this bond of union with the
outer world ; the great throbbing centres
of commercial and financial life are about
to send forth one more offshoot from their
grand arterial system, sweeping along its
ciurse a strengthening and energizing tide,
destined to develop and to bless.
I refer, of course, to the much talked of
Air Line Road, the building of which is
now being steadily carried on. I had
heard so much discussion in regard to its
construction, that I feared it was one cf
those air castles which would not, until
many years, assume a more substantial
form ; but. an agreeable surprise awaited
me, as 1 passed along the road on my way
up, about the Ist instant, when I found it
was emphatically a thing of substance,
and not of shadow. As the M dirt road
iB a winding one, the “bee line” necessa
rily crosses it several times—as a wide
clearing here, or as a solid embankment
or deep excavation there, where the ine
qualities of i-urface render either requisite
to give the proper grade. It has not yet
been determined at what point the road
will leave Clarksville in tho luroh ; several
trial lines have been surveyed, one object
being to keep along tho natural ridge, so
that, as far as possible, they may be made
available; but it is considered certain that
it will approach to some point between six
and ten miles from the village. And when
the “iron horse” oomes shrieking and
tearing through these forests, where no
monster of his speoies has ever before ven
tured to tread; and when he stops to
breathe almost within hearing and walking
distance, this [locality will bid fair to be
come one of tha fashionable resorts of the
State— possessing as it does attractions ri
valling in their true grandeur many of
those in foreign lands, about whioh bards
have sung and painters raved.
This is substantiated by the faot already
alluded to, that heretofore the tatigun of
the only availablo method of coming up
has not deterred large parties of the ap
preciative—tho refined aud tho intelli
gent—the delicate and the fair—from pay
ing visits from time to time to the Blue
Ridge and its surroundings. To how great
a degree, thon, will this popularity and
celebrity increase when the ecceßS is made
so easy, and the usual general improve
ments, attending the laying of anew road,
have been brought about ?
Although tho Air Line is not expected
to be extended here from Gainsvillo, of
course, for several months to come, yet I
am glad to say that the old system of a
regular stage line between Athens and
Clarksville is soon to be revived—begin
ning, I understand, next week, and run
ning two or three times a week. Formerly,
by employing relays of horses, the trip
could be accomplished in one day, and I
suppose it will bo conducted in the same
manner hereafter.
Situated almost oentrally, in regard to
the several objects of interest, is Clarks
ville, ou the Souque, the oounty seat of
Habersham; and from the vioinal eleva
tions let us take a bird’s eye riew of what
we can see at this distance. East and
north are the undulating spires ot' the
Blue liidge, a rounded peak rising here
and there “ proudly eminont ” above his
fellows, all beiog clothed in a garb of blue,
varying from a asurc to mazarine, with
the lights and shades of tha 4»y. or. with
the changes wrought by the budding or
decay of the thick foliage whioh in sum
mer decks their sloping sides. In the
autumn, when
•• The shades of night oome slowly down
And
The woods are wrapt in deeper brown, ”
The mountains change their vesture’s
tinge, to assume a darker purplish line, pre
senting a weird and gloomy appearance, as
if betokening their mourning for the
fading and decay of vegetation, and for
the coming expiration of the closing year.
The most conspicuous object, because it
stands out boldly from the rest, and sharp
ly against the sky, is Mount Yonah, sit
uated about twelve miles almost due west
of Clarksville; owing to this happy com
bination of circumstances, the sun-sets be
hind the mountain are glorious. On the
left, or south ot Yonah, and separated
from it by only a narrow valley, is a
diminutive mountain knob, familiarly
known as “Little Sal.” Immediately
North and a little West of Yonah, you are
presented with a view possessing some
curiosity and iuterest to those who possess
fertile imaginations, and who are lovers
of the grotesque. It is the profile of a
human face, seen quite distinctly against
the sky, formed by six successive eleva
tions, and their intermediate depressions in
the ridge, corresponding respectively to
the plume, forehead, nose, upper-lio, and
projecting thyroid carti age of au Indian
brave. This outline, which quite closely
resembles the peculiar physiognomy of
the red man, has been called “ Skiaja
gustah” in honor of the Cherokee Chief
of that name, who perhaps once roamed
these forests as his hunting grounds ; and
who, in the year 1730, with five others of
his tribe, accompanied Sir Alexander
Camming to England, where, after a
personal interview with the King, a treaty
was entered into, which was solemnly ob
served by both parties for twenty years.
Skiajagustab, acting in the capacity of
orator of the Indian Embassy, proved
himself an eloquent son of the wilds. The
warrior is supposed to be taking his rest,
his face turned homeward, his back to
the earth. Yonah (to complete the idea),
forming the angle of his bent and elevated
knees, and' “Liittle Sal’ his up-turned
feet (though they are rather huge and on
the Chinese order). .
Still farther northward is the gigantic
form of bis squaw, “Nantehaliee ’’ who
has for ages been reposing peacefully near
her liege lord, undisturbed by the howl of
the tempest, or the thunder’s roar. .
The next of interest to the north is
Tray (or trail} Mountain, distant about
twenty miles, .he highest point in (Geor
gia. The ridge to the north or Tray,
which has in general a darker hue, is
known as the Tallulah Mountain.
But the greatest attractions of scenery
are “the Falls,’’ Tallulah appropriately
so-called, “the Terrible ,” and Taoooa,
the “Beautiful.” The former is distant
fourteen miles northeast, the latter about
eleven miles east of Clarksville. But i
started out to give only a bird’s eye view
—and, besides, each of these is worthy of
a separate hearing. Hence, more anon.
My only apology for dotting down these
hackneyed facts is, that although many
are familiar with our own mountain scene
ry, and these names are to them almost
household words, many again are unac
quainted with its beaufy, grandeur and
true sublimity ; hence the statement of a
few particulars will inform the latter of
what “a treat” they have iu store, when it
shall be their good pleasure and fortune to
seek its enjoyment. Rcsticus.
1. H. HILL INTERVIEWED.
The Why and the Wherefore of Ben Kill's
Conversion —Republican Institution* in
Peril—Startling Review of Radical
Aggressions upon American Freedom-
Law and Liberty vt. Revolution, the
Issue of the Coming Campaign — Hoff
man's Grand Error—A Gloomy Prog
nosis o/ the Futu -e — Will General
Grant Ever Leave the White House.
[From the N. Y. Herald.]
Atlanta, Ga., June 23, 1871.
Only three short years ago it would
have been impossible to find in the State
of Georgia, or even in Texas (where it is
claimed that the fire-eater breed has reach
ed its highest degree of perfection), a
more blatant Yankee hater than Mr. Ben
Hill. In old times he had been a Whig,
asd was a Union man when secession was
voted upon by the States ; but no sooner
had the war begun than he became the
most extreme partisan of the “last ditch
and the last man” theory of continuing
the struggle. The surrender of Lee and
Johnson seemed only to inflame his
patriotic ire. Ia the few elections after
the war he stumped the State against re
construction, and made no secret of his
purpose to renew the fight against the
invader at the first convenient season.
Some of his tirades at this period make
one shudder by their blasphemy and in
humanity, and can only be charitably ex
cused on the ground of temporary insani
ty. In short, for seven or eight years Mr.
Ben Hill was as dangerous and rabid a
specimen of rebel monomaniac as could be
found in the “fierce aud fickle” South.
In 1868, however, Mr, Hill subsided
into private life, and after three years’ re
tirement seems to have perfectly recovered
his reason. He has during this time been
vigorously at work building up his mate
ria) fortunes. He now employs about a
hundred and fifty negroes on his planta
tion, and is a railroad direotor, and has
something to do officially with a bank or
two, and amuses himself generally with
the distracting hopes and fears of a capi
talist in active business. And in his case,
as in so many others, a course of money
making has proved a salutary remedy for
political-inflammation of tho brain.
About last December Mr. Hill again
came politically to the front, arid an
nounced that the war was over, and that
it was politic and wise to “accept the
situation.” A howl of indignation was set
up by Bob Toombs and Linton Stephens
and the rest of the Bourbon Democracy,
but Ben stood firm, and is to-dav the most
sincerei and prominent defender in the
State of the “new departure.” And, al
though he is still a young man, ot about
forty-five, his fine abilities and easy, per
suasive rhetoric.and untiring energy emi
nently qualify him. to organise tho young
men of the State into a victorious party
and to crush out the old fogy politicians,
who still breathe forth fire and slaughter,
not only against “Radical despots,” but
also against “unscrupulous, time-serving
Democrats.” Already * combinations to
this end arc being made, and the elements
of reason and order and pcape in Georgia
will most probably be united in 1872
against the extremists and soreheads of all
kinds, whether scalawags or Bourbons.
But as to this I had better let JJen speak
for himself, by reporting an ijteresting
conversation I had with him yesterday
morning, in his parlor in tho Kimball
House:
“ How will
TPE NLjV DEPARTURE
affect the Georgia Democracy, Mr. Hill ?”
said f.
“Muoh the Same way, I think, that it
will affeot political parties all over the
Union. I saw this new platform coming
months ago, and stood upon substantially
the same ground last December.”
"You now frankly, ‘accept the situa
tion.’ as tho phrase goes?”
“Yes. I do not accept it, of oourse,
because I approve of the recent legislation
of Congress in itself; but beoause I see
that opposition to it would only lead us
further away from Justice and freedom.”
“What induced you six months ago to
form your present’opinions ?”
“ I saw that the masses of the people
North and South were tired of the war,
and of all issues growing out of it, and
would gladly let them drop forever into
silence if things were allowed to rest as
they stood.”
“Don’t you think that there is a great
deal of truth in the oharge now so fre
quently made that this ‘ new departure ’
makes the two parties exactly alike in
principle?”
“ Certainly not. We must look beyond
their mere avowed platforms; we must
take also into consideration the
SPIRIT TnAT ANIMATES
them. Now, the Radical party, from the
beginning, has been a revolutionary party.
Its leaders have not professed to regard
the Constitution as tho supreme and un
alterable law of the land. Study its his
tory and yon will be startled to notice
how constantly it lias gone beyond—yes,
even directly against—tho course it has
pledged itself to the people to follow.
Look, for instance, at this Fifteenth
Amendment. There could be no more
flagrant instance of political dishonesty
than that measure. Fearful that negro
suffrage would be too heavy a burden to
carry successfully in the North the Re
publican party in several States made it a
seperate issue and let the people vote upon
it by itself. It was everywhere voted
down by overwhelming majorities —in.
Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, New Hampshire
and elsewhere. But I had no faith even
then that the Radicals would respect the
verdict thus given, and was not disap
pointed when they imposed the same un
popular measure upon North and South
alike by an amendment to the ConstitUr
tion. ”
“ If the Radicals win in the next elec
tion, then
THEY WILL ADVANCE
still further upon the path of change and
revolution. ”
“Precisely. And the real question to
be decided in the coming campaign is
simply this: Whether the revolution that
we are now passing through has gone far
enough, or whether the Radical party
shall be allowed to go on until they have
succeeded in changing the form of the
Government—as they most certainly in
tend to do. ”
“ What—make it an Empire?”
“I.don't suppose they have any very
clear idea of what they are doing— most
of them have not, at aDy rate. But noth
ing is so certain as that Republican institu
tions arc now in the crisis of a terrible
danger. For my part, indeed, I fear that
they are already practically overthrown.
The country is in the hands of the bond
holders and a few score cf politicians- I
don’t believe, even if the Democratic party
were to win the oomiog election, that a
Democratic President would be allowed
to enter the White House. I may be
wrong; but I can see the
HANDWRITING ON THE WALL,
and every few months my conviction is
strengthened by some new aggression upon
the liberties of the people.”
“ Suppose Hoffman or Hancock or Hen
dricks were eleoted, how could they be
kept out?”
“ Nothing would be more simple. In
the first place, however, I believe the next
election will take place in every State
where Radical victory is doubtful under
the bayonets of General Grant’s soldiers.”
“ But the people would never submit to
such an outrage. Only the most strenu
ous exertions of the Democratic leaders
last November prevented an outbreak in
New York city."
“I know it, for I was in New York at
the time, and went there for the express
purpose of seeing what would happen. I
saw the Democratic leaders, and told them
that upon their decision hung the most im
portant issues that could be raised—the
right of the United States Government to
interfere in elections. I warned them that
this was but a feint, and that if the Re
publican leaders found that the people
woald submit to so gross and unheard of
violation of their freedom, they would em
body the principle in the Constitution by
an amendatorv act. There was no whis
per of a Ku-Klnx bill then; but I knew
that this attempt in New York was intend
ed merely to see how much the people
would endure without fighting. If the
people submitted they would go further.
No wonder they said to Governor Hoff
man, 1 We don’t want to carry out this
thing in an offensive manner; so long as
you don’t dispute our right to be here we
will stay in quarters and not obtrude our
selves before the people.’ They simply
wanted to be able to say in the future,
when it became necessary to exercise the
same right tor a real and not a formal pur
pose, ‘We are doing nothing that we
have notjdone before.’ ”
“What ought Governor Hoffman to
have done then?”
“He ought to have at once said to Gen.
Grant, ‘ Yon are violating an immemorial
and hitherto undisputed right of the citi
■ens of the State of New York —the right
to hold their elections without Federal in
terference. Yon mast not bring your
troops for this purpose into the State; if
you do we shall resist you by foroe, and
upon your head be the shame and the
guilt of the blood that may be shed.’ ”
“ That would have begun another war.”
“ Net at all- If the Radicals had thus
been: brought to a full stop the Fsderal
authorities would have retreated. The
mast ies of the people all over the country
woui and have sympathized with New York ;
for, id course, there was never a more open
outrage upon American liberty. There
would have been no fij.ht, and Hoffman
would have become the champion of free
dom and Republican institutions. But he
let the chance slip ; it if. now conceded that
Federal bayonets are part of the machinery
of an American election, and this fatal
concession has been engrafted upon our
laws by the Ku-Klux bill.”
'* But that bill was not passed avowedly
for any such object.”
“Os course not. But you will find,
when the election comes, that the Radi
cals will claim opeoly that that bill has
changed the character of the Government,
and has made the Federal authority su
preme in every sense. They will probably
make the thing acceptable to the people
by passing resolutions in tho House such
as, ‘Whereas, the threatened return ot
the rebels to power will endanger the
safety of the Union and render fruitless
the sacrifices of a terrible and bloody war;
and whereas, self-preservation is the first
duty of a State as of an individual; there
fore, be it resolved, that the President be
requested to exercise the authority vested
in him by the Ku Klux bill, to prevent
copperhead and rebel frauds, &c., in the
coming election.’ ’’
“ Tt at would be 1 too thin,’ as we say in
New York.”
“ These men are desperate enough to do
anything. But supposing the election
goes against them—which, as I have said,
I think they will adopt precautions to
make impossible—even then the Demo
cratic. choice for Chief Magistrate will not
take his seat. A last appeal to the pas
sions and fears of the people will be made;
a similar preamble and resolution to those
I have briefly suggested will be passed,
with an additional one declaring General
Grant dictator until it is safe, in the judg
ment of Congress, that somebody should
succeed him. ”
“ That is a gloomy view of the fatnre. ”
“I hope it will not be verified. Bat
these men have no respect for liberty, and
are just as much opposed to the funda
mental principle- cf free institutions—
which is, of course, that the majority
should rule—as was Jeff. Davis and the
clique of secessionists who carried the
South out Os the Union. ”
“ But our people would certainly resist
any such high-handed tyranny as that. ”
“ Don’t trust to any snch illusion as
that. The Northern people will never
resist. Indeed, if lam not mistaken, they
are powerless to do so. ”
“ But New York State alone could raise
more men than are at the orders of the
Federal Government, and within twenty
four hours. You surely forget how very,
small a force, comparatively, is the army
of the United States. ”
law-abiding men—will vote for the plat
form adopted by the Pennsylvania and
Ohio Democracy, and the fire-eaters be
pitched overboard.”
“ Yon don’t think, then, that the peo
ple South still cherish any very strong
sentiment in favor of disunion ?”
“ There are two things which it is con
ceded on all sides have been settled by
the war—the doctrine of the right of
secession and human slavery. There are
not a thousand men South, in my judg
ment, _ who would attempt to . disturb
those issues.”
“ There is no larking feeling that they
would go out of the Union if they got the
chance ?”
“ I don't think so. The old leaders, of
course—men like Toombs, whom, by the
way, I respect ad admire very highly as
a man, apart from his politics—would
like to see Southern independence an ac
complished fact; but if there could be bd
unbiassed election to-morrow I don’t
think secession would carry the South.
There is one thing, however, which it is
absurd to expect—that is, that we who
fought for the Confederacy and lost our
kinsmen, many of us, in the struggle,
should now come forward aDd say that we
are very glad that we have been whipped.
That is too much to ask from human
nature.”
“ And slavery ”
“ I thank God from the very bottom of
my heart that it has been abolished. I
was a slave owner, and yet I see that
slavery was the terrible curse that blighted
our land and kept it so far behind in ma
terial development. The war has brought
upon ns much suffering and misery and
oppression, but the abolition of slavery is
worth it all. And when I look back and
see that neither North nor South intended
the war to result in such a social revolu
tion, I recognize—and I say it reverently—
THE HAND OF PROVIDENCE. ”
“ Is there any truth in the report that
A RAILROAD BING
contemplates politically running the State?”
“ None that I know of. I think rail
roads and politics ought to be kept dis
tinct. One is business —the other is some
thing else. I don’t believo the railroads
will take any political action, unless they
are politically attacked. Then they may
be forced, for tho sake of self-preservation,
to take a hand in ; and, of cqurse, there
are signs now and then of an antagonism
between the two.”
“ Looking at Georgia, it seems scarcely
possible she can escape tho fate of Jersey
and other States. Where the railroad in
terests are so strong, and union so easy
and profitable, don’t you look upon it as
probable? A temptation so great will
probably be yielded to.”
“The tenptation is strong, but it will
come in th» future if it ever comes at all.
There is nc present sohemc of the kind to
my knowledge.”
Tiie Steam Wagon.
AN IRON GIANT —now IT GOES—THE MAS
TERPIECE OF LOCOMOTION.
[From the Oorrinne Reporter, June 19. j
Col. Syde’s grand triumph, the Bteam
wagon cr road locomotive, was all around
town t*-day. At 11 o’clock it started
across the track, bounding over hedges
and ditches, then up on the north side,
where :t was guided over toward the water
works :o drink. Several hundred gallons
of Hiram's tank.sufficed to slake the mon
ster’s thirst, and away it went again. We
have described this consolidation of mule,
horse and ox teams before, but did not see
its oaperißg movements until this morn
ing. Why, it appears to swing around in
the road at command of the steering ap
paratus, easier than a man could turn a
wheelbarrow on a matched floor! This
great engine will draw its thirty or forty
tons of freight in trailed vans or wag Ons as
readily as it moves unloaded.
Mr. Hanscom, builder of the car. acted
as pilot to-day, and surely his pride as a
mechanic must have been fully satisfied
in the wonderful work of the Overlaud
Steamer. It is the king of the road in every
way. In twenty feet it turns completely
around, going at its speed, stops with the
touch of a valve, and when desired to
move on, takes up its march with a step
that ordinary obstructions cannot retard.
On the next trip of the steamer, this steam
wagon is to be taken across the lake by
Colonel Hyde, and there put to work
hauling ores and freights to and from the
mines to the landing. We rejoice greatly
at its success to-day, and while seated on
its steady front, close by Mr. Ilanscom,
wished the glory of inventing and manu
facturing so useful a machine would some
time be ours.
We learn that a company of gentlemen
in this city are maturing plans for the in
troduction of one of these Thomson Road
Engines, to be run between this place and
the Sand Hills. We have seen a letter
from the agent for the Thomson Company,
in New York, stating that Mr. Wadley had
ordered ten of these extraordinary enginoo
to be run as auxiliaries to the Central
Road, in bringing from the adjacent coun
ty cotton and other produce to the main
line of his road. One of these steamers,
we also learn, is now in use near the Cen
tral Road, about 90 miles from Savannah,
in hauling logs to large saw mills, owned
by the Wadley Brothers, of President Wad
ley.
It is also contemplated to put one of
these steamers on the Southwestern Plank
Road, to ply between this place and Louis
ville. Negotiations are now pending be
tween the parties and the Southwestern
Plank Road Company for the use of their
franchise for this purpose.
THE MERA TRAGEDY,
Chicago, July B.— The coroner’s in
quest over the lynched man dieted the
following: Mary Mera, mother of tho
child, testified as follows—My husband,
Martin Mera, whipped my son Martin,
aged ten years,, two weeks ago Tuesday
night. My babe was bora chat day, and
I did not see the whipping ; it was done
in another room ; I heard the blows and
heard the child beg for mercy. The child
went to bed about ten o’clock. The next
morning the child came to my bed room,
followed by bis father, who was whipping
him very hard with a black snake horse
whip. The child dodged around the room,
to avoid the blows, and begged for mercy.
The ohild waß completely naked, his
father having compelled him to strip him
self. flis face was swollen from the whip
ping he had received the night before.
His father whipped him very hard
for ten or fifteen minutes. At last
he stopped, and told the child so put on
his shirt. He made an effort to do so and
failed. His father repeated the order,
when the hoy said, “I can’t see I I can’t
see!” “ You can’t see it,” responded his
father. “No, father, I can’t sfie you; I
can’t soe you. I feel like dying.” The
father then rubbed the boy with spirits
and forced some down his throat. The
child raised his hands, moved his lips and
expired.
Mera then took the body and put it
under the bed, whore the sick mother was
laying, and it remained there until even
ing, when he buried it. The testimony of
the boy’s sister is still more horrible.
Sarah Mera, daughter of the murderer,
aged 14, testified that her father often
whipped her brother very severely with a
horse whip. Tuesday two weeks ago he
brought my brother in, and said that he
had not worked, and whipped and knocked
him down twice- Father continued to
whip him, and said ho would whip him
till he could not stand up; that he would
whip the )ifc out of him.. F wo or three
times he would say this, and brother
would ple.nl with father: “ Father,.don’t
whip me any more. Oh. don’t whip me
any more.” I liked him. Brother went to
bed about 10 o’clock. He said he did not
know why father whipped him so ; he
never told stories only when father made
him. Father would say if he didn’t own
np he had done so and so, lie would whip
him ; and, to avoid it, brother would own
to things bp never did. Wednesday I got
np and got breakfast ready. Father rose
when breakfast was ready, and brother
got up, but felt so badly he went back to
bed. Father made him get up and go ont
and feed the stock, and when he came
back father whipped him, and sent him to
the field. He went for him and brought
him, and made him take off his clothes,
and then whipped him, and then picked
him np and laid him on the stove. The stove
was hot enough to heat an iron. I was bak
ing biscuit. Father put him on the stove
twice, brother pleading all the while,
“[Father, don’t burn me. ” He screamed
very loud, and the stain stuck to the stove.
His skin came off his* back and his feet,
and stuck to the stove. It smelled so that
I opened the door and father immediately
shut it. While brother was pleading, father
said he would burn him till he worked.
I have seen father strike mother with his
fists many times. He knocked brother
down several times with the butt end of
the whip. I never saw my brother after
he went into mother’s room.
Lee Memorial Association- —A meet
ing of the Lee Memorial Association was
held on Friday evening at the Exchange
Hotel, Richmond, Va., at which General
Jnbal A- Early, Bradley T. Johnson,
Colonel T. M. R. Talcott, Captain Robert
H. Minor, Lieut. N. H. Yanzant, and R*
H. Maury, Esq., were present. Lieut.
Yanzant was elected Secretary of the
Association, and Colonel Robert E. With
ers, General Agent, to organize a regular
system of agencies throughout the South
ern States.
{From tie Macon Telegraph <f- Messenger.]
Meeting of the State Medical Conven
tion.
Near one hundred delegates from va
rious portions of the State assembled in
the City Hall yesterday, at 11a. m., un
der the recent call for a convention, to
settle certain questions growing out of the
proceedings of the last annual meeting of
the Georgia Medical Association at Amer
icas.
The Convention elected Dr. S. D. Haw
kins, of Americas, President, and Dr. C.
H. Hall, of Macon, and Dr. Walker, of
Moniicello, Vice-Presidents. Dr. Wm.
Duncan, of Savannah, was also chosen
Secretary.
Drs. Arnold, Walker and Wright were
nominated as the Committee on Creden
tials, and Drs. Hinkle, Holt and Arnold
to report matter for the consideration of
the Convention.
After the lapse of a few moments, the
Committee on Resolutions, through Dr.
Arnold, presented a report, pending a dis
cussion ot which a motion to adjourn uniil
o’elook prevailed.
From several informal votes upon minor
questions, it had become evident that the
Atlanta schismatics were in a majority,
and irom that moment they carried every
thing with a high hand
In the afternoon session the resolutions
of the committee came up in their regular
order, but before any discussion or argu
ment fcould be had upon their merit?, the
anti-Convention majority determined to
frustrate all efforts at harmony and pacifi
cation, by interposing that potent gag,
the previous question, whioh was moved
by Dr. Ridley, of LaGrange. After this
the Convention can be compared only to
angry mob, where all spoke together, and
the gavel of the President was utterly
powerless to enforce order.
Nt t content even to await the result of
the previous question, some of the anti-
Conventionists swore they must go home,
and pending any action whatever, moved
an adjournment of the body" to re-assemblc
ttw days after the next regular meeting
of the Medical Association at Columbus.
It was in vain that members protested
against such rude and unceremonious
treatment, and sought to restore reason
and moderation to the Convention. Land
cries of “question” drowned all remon
strance, and the chair decided that the
adjournment was carried.
Dr. Arnold called for the yeas and nays,
which showed 39 for, and 38 against ad
journment. The President’s vote, who
was opposed to the motion, would have
made a tie. The meeting then broke up
pell mell, and wild-cat medical science,
versus the patient and thorough training
of the schools, achieved a triumph which
brought no honor to the victors.
In the name of an indignant people, we
protest against any lowering of the stand
ard of surgical and medical education.
Heaven knows the country is already a
prey to charlatanism, and a glance at some
of the disciples of Esculapius who graced
the convention would indicate they were
far more familiar with the plowshare and
pick and shovel than versed in the healing
art and the use of the scalpel.
Amateur Thea tricals—Their Pleas
ures and Pains. —A writer in the Spring
field Republican winds up a chapter of
personal cxperiehces in amateur theatri
cals thus:
Amateur acting has a special charm for
audiences. There is suoh fascinating
freshness and heart in it. Even the small
est parts are done "‘con amore.” And,
as someone has said, it is pleasant to Bee
on the stage “ real ladies and gentlemen,
and natural roses.” At the theatres it is
often difficult to be duly affected by the
pathos of the gray-haired, noble-hearted,
old father, when that venerable man’s red
nose, bloated visage, leering eyes, in spite
of all stage artifices, so palpably destroy
any illusions we should like to eherish
about his character.
Os course, each actor’s father, mother,
brother, sisters, uncles, aunts and cousins
are present, in a happy state of mingled
trepidation and anticipation as to “ how
Fanny will do it.” Then it is so delight
ful to behold the haughty Clara Vere de
Vere, arrayed in oalien, and a most un-
Bridget-like, white ruffled apron, dusting
the room, waiting on table, &c., as “Su
san,” “Peggy,” or what not, while the
aristocrats De Boots, “ ono of our most
promising young lawyers,” as the local pa
per puts it, presents himself before an ad
miring public in a red sorateh wig, and
overalls andfrook borrowed of his father’s
coachman.
Actors very soon find their proper
places in a club, and sometimes develop
in “lines” deoidedly astonishing to their
friends. Every club soon finds it has a
“first old man,” a “leading lady,” a
“soubrette,” a “walking gentleman,” a
leading “comic” and “juvenile,” and
Several hopeless butamiable “sticks,” who
will do anything, in an emergenoy, to
oblige.
Amateur theatricals arc not an unmix
ed joy, as the unlucky wight seized with
stage fright knows full wall. In the midst
of an animated scene, 10, you forget your
part. The prompter, in frenzied whisp
ers, but too audible to the audience, re
peats the words. So do all your fellow
aotors from the wings. But all in vain.
Your mind is a total blank, every vestige
of an idea vanished. You would like to
“ Fold your tent like the Arab,
And silently steal away.”
The pause may seem hut a moment to
the audienoe. To you it is an age, in
whioh you wonder your hair does not turn
white. Presently a glimmer of your part
dawns on you. You snatch at it, and rush
eagerly on, although it is not the right
plaoe, and you are cutting your friends out
of their best points. Finally you retire
from the stage in much the cheerful frame
of mind experienced by Mr. Winkle, after
his brilliant testimony in the somewhat
oelebrated case of “Bardell vs. Pickwiek.”
Amateur theatricals, like tableaux, will al
ways develop “feelings” somewhat, until
—“some fae the giftie gie us
To see ourselves as ithers see us.”
But, in spite of the croakers, there is a
deal of magnanimity, generous self-sacri
fiee, and friendly helpfulness in the world
yet, and even amateur theatricals give oc
casion for the exercise of these kindly vir
tues.
Kalsominins-
Messrs. Editors —Seeing an article in
your paper of June 3, on kalsomining, I
thought I would contradict some of the
errors therein, in order to prevent some
inexperienced reader from being deceived
by it.
First, the article says, take nine ounces
of glue to six pounds Paris white. This,
in my experience, and I have had consider
able, is not enough. One pound of good
glue to ten pounds Paris white are the
usual But a man must -be
guided by the condition ot the ceiling;
the quantities I have stated are for a ceil
ing clean and in good condition. If ceil
ings have some old staff on them, they
may sometimes be prepared by giving
them a light coat, provided the old coat
has glue enough to hold it from rubbing
off. But this way oan never be depended
on to make smooth work.
Now, in regard to brushes, it is simply
impossible for a person to make good
work with the ordinary lime brush ; you
might just as well use a rag ar,d expect to
turn out a good job, Your direction as to
thinning with warm water I think a grave
mistake ; house painters always endeavor
to get it chilled before using. It works
much easier, and makes a smoother finish.
In conclusion, I would like to ask some
of your many readers if there is anything
that they can recommend as a substitute
for glue ? Something that will not sour
so quickly when mixed up, arid as cheap
as glue, is wanted.
Brooklyn, N. Y. W. J. Davis.
fit will be seen that Mr. Davis’ formula
vanes from ours about six-tenths of one
per cent. The use of cold water to thin a
mixture of which the stiffening is glue will
not be approved by many practitioners.—
Eds. Scientific American.
k Francs.
PARfS, July 6. —The Cloche Provinciate
has a bitter article against Germany, say
ing: “We shall not forget our disasters
till the grass grows high over the graves
of the slain, and the bird of ill omen, the
Prussian eagle, ceases to hover over the
east of Franoe. We have discovered the
secret of victory, revenge. Let Germans
cease to tender the hand of friendship.
When We stretch our hand towards Ger
many let her tremble, Leoause it will be to
strike those who taught us hate.”
The Gazette pronounces the Republican
triumph a real misfortune for the country.
Encouraged by their successes, the Left
will become more daring and more danger
ous.
La LiLerte rejoices over the victory, and
urges the new Deputies to leave behind
them all the partisan feeling when they
enter the Chamber.
The Avenitr, a liberal Bonapartist jour
nal, waits the achievements of the daring
innovators who hitherto were mere critics,
and who are now masters of the field ; and
believes they will not be held excusable
by their supporters if they do not outdo
their predecessors, against whom they are
so pitiless.
The Republican press are annoyed at
the oontinuance of the state of the seige
at Paris, which they declare is needless
and oppressive.
It is said the first aot of the Assembly,
as soon as the newly elected Deputies have
taken their seats, will be to prolong the
powers of M. Thiers as chief executive for
two years.
A proposition is mooted at of intrusting
to Marshal McMahon the command of the
entire army, in order to give greater unity
to a force which will soon aggregate three
hundred thousand.
THE NORTHERN KU-iIUI.
A Mississippi Steamer Fired Into—A
Young Lady Shot at the Svpper Tab’e
—A Father Roasts His Child Alive.
KU-KLUX ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI.
Chicago, July s.—As the Judy John
son was passing down the Mississippi
river, just above Quincy, she was fired in
to by some persons on shore. Bennett
White was shot in t'no abdomen and an
other shot passed through his clothes.
He is now lying at the Tremont House, in
Quincy, in a critical condition. Two young
men, named James G. West and Charles
Orr, have been arrested on auspioion of
being the guilty party.
FIENDISH MURDER OF A BEAUTIFUL YOUNO
LADY.
A dastardly and brutal murder was
committed near the village of Jabbona
Grove, DeKalb county, 111., on ihe even
ing of sth inst. Mjs., Joaoa McCormick,
a beautiful young lady of 17 years, daugh
ter ot Mrs. McCormick, a wealthy farmer’s
widow, while sitting at the supper table
with her mother, two young sisters and a
brother, was shot dead b; a farm hand in
the employment of Mrs. MoCormick,
named John Reed. The reason for his
committing the horrid deed was the fact
that Miss McCormick had refused to ac
company him to a 4th of July celebration on
tho following day. Reed fired two shots
through a window from a double-barreled
shot-gun—the first shot entered her brain,
killing her instantly. Reed returned the
gun to a neighbor from he borrowed it,
and fled. Tho whole neighborhood is in
pursuit of him, and if caught he will pret
ty certainly be lynched at ones.
A FATHER ROASTS HIS CHILD ON A HOT STOVE.
Martin Meard, a farmer in good circum
stances, residing near Gilman, Iroquois
county, Illinois, was arrested on Saturday
for murdering his boy, aged 11 years, in a
most cruel and fiendish manner, on the
14th ultimo. It appears from the testi
mony of Meard’s wife, that on that day,
while she was lying sick in her bed, the
brute stripped the child, laid him on a hot
stove and roasted his back in a terrible
manner, then beat him unmercifully and
placed him in his sick mother’s bed, where
he died in a few hours. The fiend buried
tlie body of the murdered boy under a
hedge, aud then went to town and publio
ly advertised that his hoy had run away.
Suspicion was subsequently aroused that
there had been foul play. Search was
made, the body found find the murderer
arrested. He is now in jail at Watseka.
Mrs. Meard witnessed the whipping aud
death of her boy, but was helplessly siok
in child bed at the time.
LATER—THE MURDERER KU-KI.UXED.
Watseka, Ills., July s.—Martin Meard,
au Irishman, confined iu the county jail
here, awaiting trial for burning aud whip.
piDg his 11 years old boy to death, was
taken from the jail at 7 o’clock this even
ing and hung by an incensed mob of 800
armed men, followed by 1,000 men, women
and children.
Meard gave the Masonic signal of dis
tress, which was not responded to. Ho
renounoed the craft. He was given an op
portunity to speak and pray, and confess
ed his guilt in an address to the crowd. He
refused the benefit of prayer by a Protest
ant clergyman, and begged for mercy.
A FATAL MYSTERY AT CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati, July 5.' —Two soldiers be
longing to Newport Barraok wont into a
saloon and boarding house in this city, No,
81 East Pearl street, about eight o’clook
last night, and engaged a room for the
night. Their names were James Mit
chell and Chris.' Seffringer.
After four o’clock this morning tho pro
prietor was roused by a call for water from
their room. Going up, he found Seffrin
ger shot back of the ear, and Mitchell
dead, with a ball in the head, entering be
hind, at the base of the skull, and cours
ing upward. Seffringer was alive, hut in
a oritieal oondition. The soldiers testify
that Seffringer was very peaoeable, but
that Mitchell was a dangerous man, and
had threatened Scffringor yesterday.
BEATEN TO DEATH.
Lockport, N. Y., July s.—George
Shepard, from Newport, Kentucky,
while on his way to a hotel in this
eity last night, was beaten insensible and
robbed. His jaw was broken, and he was
severely injured internally. He is not ex
pected to live.
[From the Georgia Republican ]
The State Hoad Bobbers.
Little by little the stupendous frauds
practiced upon the people of Georgia by
Foster Blodgett, and the ring lately asso
ciated with him in the management Os tho
State Road, are coming to light. Ingen
ious as tho robbers were in hiding the
evidenoes of their guilt, they failed to ac
complish effectually the work of conceal
ment. When the Grand Jury of Fulton
county • lately found a true bill against
Blodgett and Gaskill for embezzling over
eight thousand dollars in tho settlement of
Mr. Dobbins’ claimt it was unfortunate for
the peaoe of this brace of worthies, that
Gaskill haopened to be absent from the
State. Emboldened by the immunity
from punishment whioh had hitherto at
tended a long and seemingly successful
course of falsehood and peculation, Blod
gett rushed incontently into print without
conferring with his confederate. What
must have been the wrath of tho saneti
monious Varney when he read that letter?
The statements of the two respecting the
details ot the transaction are irreconcila
bly at variance, showing that robbery is
not tho only art which has been cultivated
by members of the ring. Thieves must lie,
and perjury in that quarter is no new
thing.
The terminology of crime needs anew
name to characterize properly the infamy
of these men. The highway robber or
the midnight burglar is a hero in com
parison, for he violates none of the sacred
confidence of society, but taking his life in
his hands and bidding defiance to Fate,
wages bold warfare against his fellows.
Even the blood-stained soul often retains
a sense of honor and a regard for truth.
But where individuals become so depraved
as to pervert positions ot trust into ma
chines for plunder, every semblance ol
virtue falls irretrievably in the general
crash of character.
As the rooks which protrude however
faintly above the surface of the earth in
dicate the nature of the geological forma
tions which extend in vast masses below,
so the disclosures made to the Grand
Jury respecting a single transaction, point
to a multitude of similar frauds now thin
ly covered by false entries on the books
of the road. It is well understood that at
least a million of dollars was stolen or
squandered. The settlement with Mr.
Dobbins explains the whereabouts of SB,-
548 06.
We do not wonder that Blodgett begins
at last to tremble. Sa long had he tricked
justice of her dues, that he learned to
mock her warnings Now, however, her
coils visibly tighten around him, while the
door of the prison swings slowly open to
admit him. The wretch who cares noth
ing for the virtuous soorn of his fellow
citizens, and who long since bid to con
science and its stings an eternal farewell,
is too far lost to suffer from the ordinary
methods of punishment. But when he
feels the gyves upon hits wrists, and grated
windows shut him out from the public
whom be has wronged and robbed, he will
have leisure to ponder upon the mistakes
of a life-time. And may God have mercy
on his sonl.
The Alabama Treaty iu Force.
The proclamation of the treaty of Wash
ington, dated July 4, commences as fol
lows ;
BV TIIE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA —A PROCI.AMATION.
Whereas, A treaty between the United
States of America and her Majesty Queen
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, concerning the settlement of
all cases of differences between the two
countries, was concluded and signed at
Washington by the High Commissioners
and Plenipotentiaries of the respective
governments on the Bth of May last, which
treaty is word for word as fellows ;
[Here follows the treaty, and the proc
lamation thus concludes: [ and
Whereas, Said treaty has been duly
ratified in both Houses, and the respective
ratifications of the same were exchanged
in the city of London on the 17th day of
June, 1871, by Robert C. Sehynck, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten
tiary of the United States, and Earl Gran
ville, her Majesty’s principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, on the parts of
their respective governments;
Now, therefore, be it known, that I.
Ulysses S. Grant, President of the Unitea
States of America, have caused said treaty
to be made public, to tho end that the
same, and every clause and article thereof,,
may be observed and fulfilled with good
faith by the United States and the citizens
thereof
In witness, whereof, I hereby affixed
my hand and seal unto, and cause the seal
ot the Uoited States to be affixed. Done''
in the city of Washington the 4th day of
July, ip the year of our Lord, one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-one, and
independence of the United States ninety
sixth year. . U. 8. Grant.
By the President:
Hamilton Fish. Sec’y of State.
Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, in his letters
from England to tho Christian Union,
“is surprised to find women at work ip
greater numbers and at a greater Variety
of avocations here in England than in the
United States.”
A fine aoadetny is proposed by the San
derevillians.
Telegraphic Summary
Vienna, July 6.—John Jay gave a din
ner on the fourth. The Ambassadors
were all present. Count Beust toasted the
United States In responding, ho thought
tho treaty of Washington would prevent
wars by establishing arbitrators.
Paris, July 6.—Details of the army vote
are coming in. The garrison at Lille gave
seven hundred Republican and only ten
Legitimist votes. The city of Calais gave
3,606 Republican and 800 Monarchial
votes. The Republicans are in the as
cendant nearly everywhere.
London, July 6.—The Submarine Mes
senger, devoted to telegraphy, says : “The
public and press are allies against high
cable rates. We must have opposition.”
It is said that Napoleon goes to Gene
va, and Eugenie to Spain.
Frederick William and wife are expect
ed here to-night.
Mexico, June 27. —Primary elcofions
in tke City of Mexioo, Quoretero, Pachuoa,
Jalisco and Orizaba favor Juarez. The
result is divided between Diaz and Juarez
in Guanajuato, Pueblo and Vera Cruz.
No disturbances in auy of tho abJve
States. Lerdo was completely defeated.
Iu the capital Juarez received nearly a
unanimous vote. The polioc aro very
watchful. Noisy porsons are arrested.
Bfaok vomit rages in Vera Cruz.
The Government orders the fortifica
tions at T&mpioo levelled.
There was a serious fire at Zacatieus, by
whioh many lives were lost.
London, July 6.— Assistant United
States Treasurer Richardson reports com
plete success in negotiating five per cent,
bonds.
The steamer Gambia has been totally
wrecked in Algoa Bay. No details.
Paris, July <>. —A loan will be raised by
Paris to rebuild destroyed monuments.
Jules Ducatel, for treason to the Com
munists, lias been awarded the Cross of
the Legion of Honor.
McMahon has been reinstated iu com
mand at Versailles.
Duke Nemours and Schneider, former
President of the Corps Legislatin', are in
Paris.
Supplemental elections occur next Sun
day. Prince DeJoinville, having de
clared for the Republic, will undoubtedly
succeed in the Department of L& Manclie.
General Manteufel dined with Thiers.
Moltke has ordered German comman
ders to forbear inflicting punishment for
offenses which French law can reach.
Count Walderzee complains of the bitter
language of journals towards Germany.
The Ojlicial Journal , publishing this state
ment, advises other journals to exercise
the utmost forbearance.
City of Mexico, June 80, via Havana,
July 6.'—No doubt is entertained that.
Juarez will have a majority over Lerdo
and Diaz jointly, and the choice of Presi
dent will not devolve upon Congress. It.
ia not deemed likely now that any at
tempt will be made to inaugurate revolu
tion, but if tlie attempt is made it is be
lieved that it would soon fail. All parties
were guilty of fraud aud violence at tho
elections, and the commission appointed
by Congress lias declared the elections in
the capital illegal. However, the people
are very little concerned about the elec
tion.
By fire in Quebradi’la mine, at Zacca
tecas, over one hundred miners Were suf
focated.
Paris, July 6. — Colonel Bisson, com
mandant troops at Bordeaux suggested to
the soldiers before the election, that as
the Republic only could save the country,
.they hud better vote for Republio. —,
) Candidates of tho people of Bordeaux
have sent a petition to General DeCissey,
asking him to disavow the course taken
by Bisson.
Latest returns from tlie department of
the Seine elect Moreau to tlie Assembly
in place of Von Velet, which increases
tlie Republican delegation from the capi
tal to soven.
An obscure man, named DeLallande,
murdered Vonne, the Mayor of the town
of Sache, department ot Indreet Loire,
The curate of tlie parish, while bringing
oils to aunoint the body of the murdered
man, was also assassinated. The most
intense excitement against the murderer
prevails in tlie town. A later dispatch
announces that DeLallande committed
suicide to escape punishment.
Havana, July 6.—Ruis Leon lias re
nounoed the directorship of the Yose de
Cuba. Seuor Triay will bo his suooessor.
Gelpi, formerly of Preusa, will soon
start a journal.
It is reported that tbo French steamer
Washington is ashore at Martinique.
New York, July 6. —A World special
from London says the jury in the Tich
borne case privately iutormed the Judge
that they were convinood the plaintiff ia
an impostor, and were ready to give a ver
dict to that effect without hearing a single
witness lor defense. The Jadge refused
to give his consent, and the trial will pro
ceed.
Washington, July C.—Akerman alone,
of the Cabinet, is here.
Treasury disbursements for June, over
fifteen and three-quarter millions, exclu
sive of interest.
H. B. Peterson lias the contract for a
tri-weekly mail between New Orleans and
Vicksburg.
Judge Pettus and Col. Pugh, of Ala
bama, have been before the Ku-Klux Com
mittee and corroborated Lindsay and
Clanton—that no sucli organization exists
in Alabama.
J. M. Justice, of Rutherford county,
North Carolina, testified that some five
weeks ago disguised men came to his
house, took him out of bed, whipped him
terribly with clubs and pistols, and took
him to the woods and threatened death.
He promised not to go to Washington to
testify regarding outrages previously com
mitted in his neighborhood. He was con
fined to bed three weeks from hurts.
Justice believed these were not mere
neighborhood quarrels, and firmly believed
iir the existence of Ku-Klux in North
Caroljna.
The Board of Inspecting Supervisors are
still experimenting upon life-saving appli
ances. They hope to report within a
week.
Bowen is still jailed.
The Agricultural Bureau is receiving
voluminous reports, but will not be able
to compare them and make a full approxi
mation until the latter part of next week.
It is stated, however, that returns received
regarding cotton continue unfavorable,
being precisely similar to those used in
making last month’s exhibit.
New Orleans, July 6.—About 10:30
a. m., Samuel Raioy, general book-keeper
of the New Orleans National Bank, while
at his desk, was shot and almost instantly
killed by Wm. Boyd. The homicide was
the result of former business complications.
Boyd has boon arrested.
Senator Pinchbaok (eolorod) has insti
tuted suit against tho Jackson Railroad
for refusal to furnibh him passage jo a
sleeping oar on aooount of color.
In compliance with an ordinance of the
City Council, the Administrator of Fi
nanoo refuses to reocivc any more Metro
politan police warrants in payment of oily
taxes. The warrants suddenly dropped
from 98 to 75. A further deolioe is ex
pected.
St. Louis, July o.—Chief Police Mc-
Donough has gone to Washington in con
nection with the National Police Conven
tion here next fall. After consulting Sec
retary Fish, with a view of opening cor
respondence with foreign police, Mc-
Donough will visit the cities and principal
towns of this country, gathering informa
tion regarding police, detective and re
formatory systems.
New York, July 6.—John M. Dow,
formerly a oitizon of Augusta, Georgia—
where, it is reported, that he accumulated
nearly a million of dollars—suicided from
despondency. He lost tho most of his
fortune by speculating. Aged, 55.
The Grand Jury of Herkimer county
indicted A. H. Baffin, naval officer of this
oity, for perjury. Lafiin’s friends claim
the suit is malicious.
Paris. July 7. —Courts martial for try
ing prisoners will proceed in tho following
order: Rifat, members of the Central
Committee; second, Persons who usurped
public functions; third, those generally
implicated. Rosscl will be tried before a
special tribune.
It is proposed to lend Thiers the Palace
Alisee as a residence.
The Bank of France yesterday gent one
hundred and four million francs to Prus
sia.
Amiers has been plaoed in a state of
siege, in oonsequenoe of the failure of the
authorities to discover the murderer of a
Prussian.
The trial of Rochefort, Assy and Roa
scl has been postponed for a fortnight.
The reorganization of the Frnch army
has been completed. The effective strength
is 320,000.
Small-pox is decreasing in Paris,
The Pope writes Thiers that he will re
main in Rome.
Madrid, July 7.—A motion oensuring
tho Government was rejected by the
Cortes. Vote—ll 9to 6. Tho Cortes is
considering general amnesty in Spain sod
the colonies. ..
London, July 7.—A storm is prevail
ing. Several churches have been struck
by lightning, and a number of lives lost.
London, July 7.— The Waverly cele
bration, in aid ot tbe crectioD of a monu
ment to Sir Walter Soott, was an immense
success and realized five hundred pounds
towards the object. Prinoe and Princess
of Wales, Prinoe and Prinoess Christian,
Prince Tcck, Marquis of Lowe, Prinoess
Louise and Prinoe Authur, were present
and danced in ebaraoter costumes, as Lord
of the Isles. Dick Vernon, Waverly,
Ivanhoe, Flora Maoivor. Madge Wildfire,
Amy Robsart, Rothsay, etc.
Paris, July 7.— Only forty-fivepercent,
of the new loan is allotted to subscribers.
Tbe Paris forts will be abandoned when
ten hundred million of indemnity has beeu
paid, __.
In the Assembly, upon a motion to tax
passports, Janbert attacked English excur
sionists.
Favre expressed regret, and spoke in
glowingly charity of the English Govern
ment and people towards France daring
the recent calamities. Favre also stated
that the Government wished to prevent
conflicts witli the German army *<r occu
pation.
The motion taxing passports was with
drawn.
An additional hundred and seventy-five
millions will be sent to Prussia before the
tenth, when tlie Germans will evacuate
the Departments of tlie Seine, Inferieuro
and Somme. Tlie treasure will be deliv
ered to the Germans at Strasburg.
A woman was shot in tlie Department
of Jura for complaining of requisitions
made by departing Prussians.
London, July 7.—Great freshets have
ocourred in Derwent, Wye, Severn and
Costa rivers, and have caused heavy loss
to farmers by tlie destruction of buildings
and crops.
Paris, July 7.—The Ecole Speciale lias
forwarded to the Government application
to be transferred from Metz to tho camp
at Satory. Tlie cavalry sohool will be re
moved to Saint Oyr.
General Faidherbe lias had an interview
with Gambetta.
The census of Paris will be taken nt
once.
Elections to fill vacancies in tlie Assem
bly, caused by tlie choice of tlie same
mourners from different localities, will bo
formally announced to-morrow. .
Berlin, July 7.—Emperor William loaves
Berlin to-morrow morning for Ems.
Tlie Augsburg Gazette, announces that.
Prussian military law will be speedily en
forced in Alsace aud Lorraine.
Washington, July 7. —Captain John
Nye, brother of Senator Nyo, is dead.
Joseph 11. Speed testified before tho Ku-
Klux Committee ; Alabama was quiet-utk
tll last winter, when disguised bands com
menced various outrages and continued
them until recently. These omragos ter
rorized the negroes and made them afraid
to vote. Opposition to negro education
comes from tlie lower classes—former
owners being strongly in favor of general
and impartial education. Speod claims to
be an ex-Goufedorate officer, lie is now
regent of tlie State University and super
intendent of education in Perry comity,
Alabama.
Albert Richardson (oolored), of Clarko
county, Georgia, formerly a member of
the Legislature, testified that in Jauuary
last, a band of disguised men, whom Rich
ardson bolioved to bn Ku-Klux, came to
his house and fired at aud wounded him.
He retumod the fire, wounding an as
sailant mortally, whereupon they retired,
carrying off tho dead, 110 knows no oauso
for the attack. Whipping and similar
outrages continue in that section, creating
such terror that negroes living in isolated
places have abandoned tho plaeos for tho
towns, whero they liavo nothing to do,
and suffer distress.
The State Department has advices that
ladies roquiro passports to outer Franoe.
Wives must bo mentioned in husbands’
passports to avoid annoyinir investigations.
San Francisco, July 7, —Tlie semi-an
nual report of the Board of Trade shows a
healthy increase and a large accumulation
of bullion and coin.
Troops remain in possession in Amador
county.
A sharp earthquake occurred at Yisilia.
No damage.
Some Italians hoisted a flag, inscribed,
“ Viva Italia I Roma Cavitate l" Ultra
Catholics took umbrage at tho display,
and made threats to tear down tho Hag,
Tho Italians aro now parading the streets,
carrying the American Hag, and shouting,
“ VivaGaribalda l Down witli tlie Popo.”
SUNDAY NIGHT DISPATCHES.
FOREIGN.
Ottawa, July 9 —The Secretary of tho
Speukcr of tho House of Commons was
killed in an election row.
Paris, July 9. —Tho manifesto of Count
de Chambord is generally condemned in
severe terms by the press, as calculated to
inoreasc agitation, which it protonds to
deprecate.
Tho Assembly, by a vote of 483 to 5,
passed tho bill imposing additional taxos
on oolonial produce.
Municipal elections for the city of Paris
will be hold on the 26th inst.
Tho army, everywhere, voted the Re
publican ticket.
Gambetta is about to undertake tho pub
lication of a newspaper, and has proposed
to Gen. Faidherbe to tako churgo of its
military chronicle.
The present harvest in France will fhll
below tho annual average.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, July 9.—Tho Medical
Association postponed action regarding
consultation with diplomaed oolored doc
tors to Ootober, but expelled Dr. D. W.
Bliss for defiant language and action re
garding consultations with doctors rejected
by the. Medical Society. This complica
tion arises from tho iaot that Bliss con
sulted with Dr. Cox, whoso application for
membership was rejected because be aotod
on tho Board of Health of tho Territory
with a homeopathist.
. Unitod Statos and Moxioan Commis
sions, in the case of Wesoho vs. Mexioo,
the Commissions decided, with the con
currence of tho umpire, that a Prussian
subject, naturalized as a oitizon of tho
Unitod Statos subsequently to tho inflio
tion of tho injuries complained of, cannot
seek redress against Mexioo through tho
United States render tho treaty instituting
tho Commission. The olairn was rcjeolod
for want of jurisdiction.
In tho oato of Bcldon & Cos. vs. Mexioo,
the Commissioners disagreeing in opinion,
the umpire decided that tho claimants aro
an American commercial firm, doing busi
iness at tho tinm of the injury complained
of at Matamoras, Mexioo, arid are on til led
to an award —tho faot of a commercial
domicil in a foreign country not depriving
them of tho right to Amcrioan proteclion.
The amount, of tho award is to bo fixed bjr
the Commissioners.
COTTON MOVEMENT.
New York, July 9. —Tho cation move
ment shows a slight increase o/er last
week in receipts. Tho exports were un
usually small even lor this season, tho
total being under 8,000 halos. Receipts
at all ports for week, 18,468, against
18,197 last week, 22,664 previous woek,
24,046 three weeks sieoe. Total roooipts
since September, 3,929,160, against 2,835,-
607 for corresponding period previous
year. Exports from all ports for wcok,
7,944, against 25,125 same woek last year
Total exports for expirod portion ootton
vear, 3,069,646, again A 2,099,513 same time
last year. Stodfc at all ports, 180,514,
against 154,062 log same tiino last year.
Stook at intorior towns, 17,964, against
35,033 last year. Stoak in Liverpool, 715,-
000, against 574,000 last year. Amcrioan
afloat for Great Britain, 103,000, against
95,000 last year. Indian afloat for Europe.
521.560, against 401,546 last year.
Weather reports from the South daring
the week were more favorable to tbo
growing plant. Lass rain has fallen and
the weather in many sections has been
warm add sultry.
Cotton lias been quiet and firm, with a
slight advance'at tlie close on spot cotton,
and a considerable improvement in future
contracts. During the w cok the announce
ment was made from Washington that a
supplementary report from the Agricultu
ral Bureau would show a further decrease
in the yield from t.he previous estimate
from the same sonreo. This had but little
effect, as the reports from the South during
the week were more favorable than for
many weeks past The sales for the week
readied 58,000 bales, of whioh 46,000
were for future delivery aud 12,000 on tlie
spot and to arrive. Os the spot cotton,
exporters took about 1,100 bales, spin
ners about 4,200 and speculators, 1,700.
l' KO.H NEW YORK..
■ New York, July 9. —Misohiof is brew
ing between Irish Catholics and Orange
men, which can ha:dly fail to result in a
serious riot unless the authorities inter
fere. It is said the Orangemon havo or
ganized five thousand men to defend the
procession, and that the Catholics havo
organized a much larger number under
the name of the “Hibernian National
Volunteers.” Both parties avow their
intention to parado fully armed. Two
divisions of tho ancient order of Hiber
nians met in secret session. Remarks
outside the hall indicate a bitter ani
mosity towards Orangemen, and an ex
tensive purchase of arms seems certain.
The Hibcrrtian Society will get up a target
excursion for Wednesday, with tho intont
of meeting the Orange procession. Mayor
Hall expresses positive opinion that the
preparations against a riot are so perfect
as to render it impossible.
James L. Rider has been arrested for
bigamy. Having a wife in Portsmouth,
Virginia, be married in Pennsylvania last
year, and again last month in Pougbeep
sie. Several cases of soduetiou are also
pending against Rider.
Archbishop MoClosky directs the
clergy to speak at caeb mass, advising their
oongregations to abstain from overt acts
against Orangemen.
West Point, July 9.— Rev. Dr. John
W. French, Professor of Ethics and Law
at the West Point Aoadcmy, died on
Saturday.
GEORGIA, LINCOLN COUNTY—
IT APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF DISMIS
SION.—Whereat, John If. Ohenuault, Kxucutor of France*
ti. Mutton, deceived, applies to me tor Letter* of Diuniwiou
from laid trust:
Theee are, therefore, to cits anil admonish all and sin
gular, the kindred*nd creditors of until deceased, to be end
appear At my office ou the FIKhT MONDAY in NOVEM
BER next, to due cause, if any they have, why said
letters should not hi grant* and.
under my Uaud and official
jyfrfSm ‘ OnttMkfy,
