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®|ruttitlc & Sentinel. WSDXSBBAT MOR!H!»e, JULY 26. OIK ATLANTA LKTTBB. Tbc letter of our Atlanta correspondent is worthy of general attention. The facte disclosed show an amount of venality and corruption in the Executive office, which almost staggers belief. We have, on several occasions, called attention to the profligate and wasteful expenditures of the State’s monies by Bullock, with the hope that exposure would deter him from further spoliations upon the people. But we have been disappointed. Money flows like water from the Treasury vaults into the pockets of his favorites and accom plices. This matter must be thoroughly probed by the next Legislature. It is due to the people that their representatives shall diligently inquire into the score of “pardons" and "rewards'’ which have been granted. It will be seen that the evidence in the State Treasurer’s office proves conclusively the statements which we made yesterday in commenting upon Bullock a letter to the Congressional Ku-Klux Committee, in relation to the comparative expense of the present and Governor Jenkins’ ad ministration. We direct special attention to this portion of our correspondents letter. _____ . MB. CULYKK’S LITTIB. We again repeat that we are not re sponsible for the political views expressed by the correspondents of this paper. In publishing these communications we do so merely that our readers may see for themselves the drift of public opinion. Mr. Culver states hit views with force and clearness, yet we venture to say that he greatly mistakes the tone of publio senti ment in the South in relation to the action of the Radical party since the close of the war. Mr. Culver says “ they (the Democratic party) have (acquiesced) and will ac quicsoo in the amended Constitution and all laws made in pursuance thereof.” If to “ acquiesoe ’’ means to submit, no oon fusion can arise; but if it means to rest satisfied—to concur upon conviction—to acknowledge willingly—then there is a wide difference in our views. In our ap prehension, the Democratic party “ ac quiesces” in two of the amendments, and the laws made in pursuance thereof, now just as the Democracy in the days of the elder Adams aod of Jefferson acquiesced in tho Alien and Sedition laws. No more, no less. The Democracy of that day acquiesced in laws which eveD that rabid Federalist, liildretb, the historian, was forced to ad mit “might have proved” “a terrible instrument of tyranny,” and rather ex pressed relief because they no longer dis graoed tho statute book of the Great Re public. It is true that the Sedition law expired by limitation on the 4th of March, 1801, But tho people “ acquiesced” or submitted to the law so long as it remain ed operative. Lyons, of Vermont, and five or six others, suffered the iniquitious penalties of this infamous law. But the sort of acquiescence which obtained work ed a political revolution whioh hurled the Federal party from power and ejected John Adams from the Presidential chair. This is tho original Ku-Klux bill, and, whilo it possessed the cover of no special amendment to tho Constitution, and af forded no protoxt for open interference with tho ballot, \ it nevertheless aroused tho fiercest indignation among the people. Our modern Ku Klux bill promises a like result. Alabama Teachers’ Convent ion. Montgomery, Am., July 19, 1871. Editor* Chronicle tfc Sentinel: Pursuant to a call issued by 001. Joseph llodgoon, the accomplished and indefati gable Superintendent of Public Instruc tion in this State, the county superinten dents and teachers of public and a large number of college professors assembled at the capitol this morning. Colonel Hodgson waß chosen permanent President, and Mr. Langham, formerly of Warren county, Georgia, but now of this city, was elected Secretary. Rev. B. F. Peters, of Fayette, set down lor an address on the “Public School Sys tem of Alabama,” did not arrive in time, hence this part of an excellently arranged programme was postponed. Gov. Lindsay was invited to address tho Convention. Ho soon made his ap pearance in the hall, and proceeded to make a plain, practical speech, in the course of which he proclaimed his friend ship to the public school work, commend ed the good objects of the Convention, and pledged any assistance in his power in furtherance of the laudable aims of the school men of Alabama. The Governor has just returned from New York, where he disposed of the Htato’s quota of agricultural land scrip at 90 cents per aore—realizing about $200,- 000, which, under the law, must be ap plied to the support of a College of Agri culture and Mechanio Arts. This institu tion will doubtless constitute a part of the State University. Commodore Maury and his newly elect ed professors in the State University are here. The Commodore has aocepted the Presidency of tho University, tie advo cates pursuing the polytechnic line of study in the establishment. Whether his oolleaguas will agreo with him or not re mains to bo seoD. The Commodore is certainly on the right line. We want more practical and less superfluous oumculums. Rev. Dr. Wadsworth read a most ex cellent and eloquent ossay on the “ Educa tion of Morals. The Doctor is well and favorably knowo in Georgia. He is a man of fine presenco and great earnestness. His views were concurred in by the Con vention. At night, Col. Jno. W. A. Sanford, a relative of our own Professor Sanford, of Mercer University, delivered one of the most chaste, thorough, oharming, and elevating addresses to which it has ever been my privilege to listen. Os command ing figure, ho has beautiful eyes, a sono rous voice, and captivating grace in delivery. His theme was: “Tho In fluence of Literary Studies Upon a Peo ple.” He left nothing unsaid. Loraine. During the month of« June, 338,110 letters were sent to the Dead Letter offioe. Os those, 235,600 were ordinary domestic letters ; 42,600 were leoal or drop-letters ; 28,582 were held foe postage, misdirected, or otherwise unmailablo ; 2,825 letters wore addressed to parties who had left, and whose whereabouts oould not be as certained ; 3,878 were addressed with fictitious names ; 607 wore registered let ters ; 8,750 wero letters originating in the United States and returned from foreign countries; and 18,266 were sent from abroad to persons in the United States who oonld not be found. During the same period were returned to the senders, without enclosures, 172,536 letters ; 1,815 letters enclosing in the aggregate $8,675 02; 1.594 letters containing drafts and cheeks; 2,310 with receipts and other papers of value; 946 with jewelry and other prop erty enclosed ; 3,693 containing photo graphs ; 1,345 with small amounts of fractional currency ; and 3,6b7 containing postage stamps to different amounts. An Important Decision. —The United States Supreme Court has decided that tbe limitation laws of the Southern States were suspended for the full period between the proclamation of blockade of the South ern ports of April 19th, 1801, and the pro clamation of restoration of Federal author ty of August 20th, 1866, The effect of this decision will be to reopen the Courts of the Southern States to ante-war claims of Northern creditors, and to give vitality to obligations which have been barred by limitation under the hitherto reoeived ruling of State Courts, The principle will apply equally to Federal and State Courts. Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, 1871. —We have received * beautifully printed premium list from the Prtmdent ot the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, which opens at Cincinnati Wednesday, Septem ber C, 1871, and continues until October 7. We have also received the report for U"0. The exhibition this year is promised to be on a much more extensive scale than that of last, and exhibitors are invited to make early application for space. Letter from Atlanta. Bullock's Raids on the Treasury—As tounding Development! —Immense Sums Paid on Executive Proclamation* Who Got the Money 1- Judge Gibson in At lanta— Bullock's Statement About the Comparative Expenses of. His Oku and Governor Jenkins' Admnutrations Moved False -Heavy Haul on the Treasury in favor of Bullock, Conley <& f/0., as Proprietor* of the Georgia Printing Company, dec , Ac, [special correspondence op the CHRON- I IDLE k SENTINEL.! J Atlanta, Ga., July 18, 1871. Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: Events are transpiring in and around the Capital about as usual, but I propose in this communication to give you only some of the late doings of oar (?) Govern or. Bullock is oo one of his extravagant sprees again, and State money is flowing freely from the State Treasury into the pockets of bis favorites. On the 6’.h instant a warrant was paid in favor of E. C. Murphy and W. W. Rasbury for six thousand dollars “ for j services rendered under Executive order- | This amount was paid them for their ser vices in- the Fish murder case in Macon county. That murder has been a most expensive one to the State, the various sums paid out already amounting to Dear ly ten thousand dollars, viz.: To Colonel W. A. Hawkins and General Phillip Cook, one thousand dollars each for fcgal services; other attorneys, five hundred dollars ; Murphy and Rasbury, six thou sand dollars, besides the expenses of the Attorney General. But Bullock’s latest and best is a fixe thousand dollar warrant drawn id favor of G. M. Hood for simply arresting Jas. Oxford, charged with the crime of murder in Hancock county. Tho circumstances are about as follows: Sometime in 1867 or 1868 Oxford committed murder, was arrested and confined in the Hancock county jaii. In October, 1869, a party of Oxford’s friends went to tho jail, over powered the jailor, and released him. Bullock, oo tho 31st of Janaary, 1870, of fered (by proclamation) a reward of five thousand dollars for the arrest of, "with evidence to convict,” said Oxford. Time passed on, and on the 23d of last March Bullock, by special order, revoked his proclamation of 31st January, 1870, and on same day (231 March, 1871) issued an other proclamation, offering a reward of five thousand dollars simply for the arrest of said Oxford, leaving out the words ‘ with evidence sufficient to convict.” When this last named proclamation was sent from the Executive office to the Secretary ol State’s office to be recorded, I found, upon an examination of said record, the following note, which was Bullock’s in structions regarding said proclamation : "Mi. Flesh (who is one jof Bullock’s private clerks) says it is the Governor's order that the above (referring to said proclamation) be recorded , but not pub lishedin the newspapers, until farther or der, of which time the Governor will not ify the Department of State, and that Judge Gibson be furnished with a certified copy.” Said proclamation has never been publish ed. Judge Gibson was in Atlanta on the 22d and 23d of March last and left on the 24tb. Judge Gibson was furnished a certified copy of said proclamation. The most peculiar thiDg in connection with these large rewards is that tho war rants are seldom presented at tho Treas urer’s counter by the parties named there in, but by someone of Bullock’s particular favorites’. Don’t you think this rather queer ? Now, who Mr. G. M. Hood is, I do not know (may be Judge Gibson does), but the warrant for five thousand dollars, drawn in his name, was not pre sented by him, but by a Mr. McCalla, the present proprietor and keeper of the reoords of the late management of the Stato Road. Now, to an inquiring mind, taking all things into consideration, the question na turally arises: Would any one be so wasteful of the people’s money, and so reckless and profligate with his reputation, unless he derived some benefit from these large rewards ? Ido not say such is tho case, but I have heard tho same inquiry many, many times of late. Bullock has paid, by Executive war rants, to one Allen J. Bell, brother of the Comptroller General, five thousand dol lars for making a list of returned wild lands in the State, when he has been re ceiving regularly for more than two years a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annum as Wild Land Clerk in the Comp troller General’s office. According to Bullock’s financial state ments, made to the Ku-Klux Committee at Washington, Governor Jenkins expenses for the last ten months of his administra tion were only two hundred and seventy one thousand one hundred and forty five dollars and fifty-six cents, while Bullock’s expenses for the year 1869 were one mil lion eight hundred and fifty-seven thousand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars and ninety eight cents, showing Bullock’s aver age expenses per month to be one hundred and fifty-four thousand eight hundred and eighteen dollars, while Governor Jenkins average expenses per month were only twenty-seven thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars , making Bullock’s average monthly expenses one hundred and twenty seven thousand seven hundred and four dol lars more than Governor Jenkins. The other period of comparison in Bullock’s report, showing Governor Jenkins’ ex penses for twelve months, ending October 16th, 1867, embraces the amount on account of State bonds that fell due during and af ter the war, and the very large amounts realized from the sale of seven per cent, mortgage bonds to be applied to the re placing the destructions and. repairing in juries to the State Road during the war, and its equipment ; and the large amounts paid for the purchase of corn for the "des titute of the State.” 1 am compiling from the records in the Treasurer's office a consolidated statement of Bullock’s extravagance, which I will forward you in a few days. It will be as tounding. A friend places in my hands another pieoo of information which may be inter esting to some persons in your city. The Georgia Printing Company have two large accounts against the State for printing done in 1868. I “give you” far simile copies of these unpaid accounts. But now for the cream of the joke. Mr. Bell, the Comptroller, audited these ac counts to-day, and no doubt they will be paid ne w, immediately, if not sooner. The following are the accounts, with their en dorsements: Loopy.] Augusta, Ga., August 3, 1868. • State of Georgia to Georgia Minting Cos. Dr. For printing 24S p&goe of Jour nal of Constitutional Conven tion 1867-68, under resolution of said Convention, 1,500 copies at Ic. per page $3,720 00 Binding 150 copies of same in full binding, at $3 per copy •• • • 450 00 $4,170 00 Atlanta, Ga-, August 5, 186S. Examined and approved: A. L. Harris, Chairman Printing Com mittee Georgia Constitutional Con vention. I do hereby certify that the within ac count is just aDd correct as stated—that no part of the same has been paid, and the same is now due, this July 14th, IS7I. Joseph P. Carr, Attorney ol Georgia Printing Cos., and Parties in Interest. Audited for four thousand one hundred and seventy dollars. R. B. Bullock, Chairman Auditing Committee Constitutional Convention (COPY-l Augusta, Ga., July 15, 1868. State of Georgia to Georgia Printing^Co. For printing 400 pages of Jour nal of the Constitutional Con vention 1867-68, under resolu tion of said Convention, 1,500 copies, at lc. per page $5,000 00 j Atlanta, Ga., July 17,1868; Examined and approved : A. L- HaRRIR Chairman Printing Com mittee Georgia Constitutional Con vention. I do hereby certify that the within ac count is just and correct as stated—that no part of the same has been paid, and the same is now due, this July 14th, 1871. Joseph P. Carp., Attorney of Georgia Printing Cos., and Parties in lotcresf. Audited for six thousand dollars. R. B. Bullock, Chairman Auditing Committee Constitutional Convention. Truth. '* On What Issue Shall We Go Into the Fight ?” Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: This is a question which no longer ad mits of a doubt. Indeed, it is tacitly settled so far as the Democratic party is concerned, both North and South. That they have and will “ acquiesce ” in the amended Constitution, and all laws made in “pursuance thereof,” is now the settled conviction of the country. When Senator Morton mads his famous obsequious speech here in Washington some three months ago, in which he took occasion to slitter Gsneral Grant to bis face with the pleasing idea that he-would be the Radical Republican candidate for the Presidency in 1872,"he then and there made up the issues of the parties by felling his hearers and the country that the Democratic party would most assuredly oppose the amendments to the Constitution, and tbns reopen the issues that would lead to sec tional strife, and a glorious Republican victory. These predictions are by no means likely to prove true, and Grant, Morton, Botler, aDd the other Radical as pirants are terribly incensed to think that the Democracy will not take the positions these Radical high priests have assigned them. As long as there was an nntrammeled recognition of the rights of States, which it was the duty of Congress to respect, the Democratic party opposed negro suf frage by virtue of any Congressional en actment, and so did a large portion of the Republican party in the North and North west. The Democracy, as well as a large body of Republicans, held that this was a right reserved to the States. But as this question is now settled by a change in the organic law, a discussion of the question must cease, as among the “ dead issues,” and one of the great living issues to which our attention is now called, is the one so briefly but so pointedly stated by the St. Louis Republican, and so heartily en dorsed by Alexander H, Stephens, on the part of the Southern Democracy, and which is in these words: “ The constitutional question before the “ people, then, is not whether a State has “ a right to secede, or to nullify any act “of Congress. That was decided, in fact, “by the late war; but whether a State “ has any rights which the National (Fed “ eral) Government may not, at its pleas “ ure, set aside. When a central govern “ ment begins to appropriate the powers “of surrounding States or provinces, it, “ never, of its own accord, ceases from the “ process. It continues the encroachment “if unresisted, until it has become iinpe “rialized, and the States reduced to out “ lying dependencies.” This is the issue in a nutshell. It in volves no change of principles. It simply proposes to submit to constitutional law,’ and to compel the Government to do the same, and to retrieve it from its wander ings “ after strange gods.” • Now let us, for a moment, analyze the amendments to the Constitution, and I think you will agree with me, that’there is no valid ground upon which to base an issue. The Thirteenth Amendment provides that slavery shall not exist in the United States, except as a punishment for crime. This we have all accepted in good faith, and, therefore, is no longer an issue. The Fourteenth Amendment provides that ail persons born and naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, shall be citizens ot the United States ar.d of the States in which they res’de. and that their rights as citizens of the United States shall not be abridged by the States, and that no person shall bo deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law. It further provides for an apportionment, ac knowledges the validity of the Federal debt, and makes void the Corfedcrate debt. But it is in this amendment that the odious discrimination between Federals and Confederates is made, and which may be remedied by provisions made, if carried out, of general amnesty, and which would be done with the Democratic party in power. There cannot, therefore, be any issue upon this. It is true, we did oppose the principles involved in the amendment ou the ground that it gave too much power to CoDgrcss, and would so oppose it again, but in what manner can we take issue up on it now ? The Fifteen Amendment provides that the rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be abridged by any State, on account of race, color, or previous ser vitude. Previous to the passage of the Four teenth and Fifteenth Amendments, tbc Democracy opposed them, and we believe very justly, too. And why did we oppose them ? I will tell you why we did. First. When these two last amendments were proposed the country was unsettled; ten of the States were controlled by military power, and were held as conquered prov inces—as out-lying Territories — and yet whose ratifications of these amendments were received as though they were States within the Union. Second. At the time of their adoption it was impossible, under the then existing state of affairs, to obtain a free expression of the will of tho people, for in all these military governments the people were allowed no representation whatever in State or federal government, Third, Wo opposed thjSse amendments because they were in direct contravention of the rights and sovereignty of the States, and tended to a centralization of power in the Federal Confess, which was alike dangerous to the freedom and indepen dence of tjm States and the liberty of tho people, anJ utterly pt variance with the time-honored principles of the democracy. I consider these arguments, when elaborated, as unanswerable, and as made by our friends at tho time, were never answered. The Radical party did not act upon arguments, but upon impulses, in fluenced by passions and prejudices grow ing out of the late civil war between the States. We still believe, however, that these amendments were earned by fraud and violence, that they embody certain doctrines that aro revolutionary and wrong, and that they wero enacted prin cipally to perpetuate the po.wcr of the Republican party. Now, if this be true, you will ask, “Why should we accept of them?” I will answer. Ary opposition to the en forcement of the law cannot test its validity. Poetics cannot reach it. The Supreme Court must /bet pass upon it. Then follows our remedy. Not before. But suppose you matte it au issue , noth’ <Dg could result from it except to con solidate our enemies and create dissections and strife in our own ranks. It is purely i a question now between each State and *he Federal Government, and which can find no solution in the political arena. Opposition to the enforcement of these amendments, regardless of the manner of their enactment, earn only result in dis tracting public opinion from the issues that must form the basis of the presi dential conte.-t of 1872, And tho princi pal among these is fcbe one state;] by the St. Louis Republican and endorsed by Mr. Stephens. It is not as to what rights the States have surrendered through these amendments; but it is as to whether they have retained' any rights which the Federal Government may not at its pleas ure set aside. Upon this issue the Democratic party may oppose the Radical election bill the Ku-Klux till, the Protectionary Tariff bills; the stealing ot millions of acres of Government lands, 3cd the formation of railroad rings ; the San Domingo iob ; the policy that compels us to pay over thirty millions of dollars a year for an inferior and irredeemable currency ; and the thou sand and one other legislative follies and imbecilities of the Radical Republican party now in power and Gontrol of the Government. And here we stand embracing principles and polioies of government which are endorsed by thousands of good men now in the ranks of the conservative Republi can party. That party drew its forces from the Democracy in 1860 and 1564, and we expect to draw them back again. They left us at that time under the mis takened idea that if successful, we would extend slavery into the Territories, but did not propose to interfere with the institu tion in the States where it existed, and dreaming as little as did we of the fright ful war that would ensue. They have gotten all. and even more than they desired. The Government, through the unwarranted aad revolutionary acts of their party, has gone far beyond their expectations, and they now, in common with the Democratic party, desire a re turn to the fundamental Constitutional Government of our fathers, and which they are now satisied can only be done through a sound Democratic administra tion. - C. P. Culver. San Fraxcisco, Ju \j 22.—A water spout in Nevada lifted a pisstoger train from the track. An incendiary fire destroyed the busi ness portion of the town of Terucker. Upon the withdrawal of the military from Armaia county, leagued miners re solved that t,h§y would work for them selves and families. ' They have armed themselves, and declare that they wilt de fend themselves to the last. Fighting is anticipated. . Commencement Week in Mad ison. GALA TIMES— CONCERTS GRAND BALL, ETO. [CORRESPONDENCE CHRONICLE A SENTI NEL.] Madison, Ga., July 17,'1871. The commencement exercises of the Georgia Female College of this city passed off in a most pleasing and satisfactory manner. It was truly a gala week, and forcibly reminded one of the grand old times that used to be experienced in this beautiful and lovely city, ere the dread tocsin of war and the clash of arms re sounded throughout err South land. The College, which was closed during the war, was re-opened the first of the present year ( under the management of its former popular and indefatigable President, Rev. Geo. Y. Browne. During the first term, the pupilage reached near one hundred, and the prospects now are that the next session will commence with a much larger number. In days gone by, the Georgia Female College was regarded as among the finest institutions of learn ing in the State, and there are no reasons now, that under its same old management, it should not at once assume rank with the foremost of its c!a*ss. The examination of the several classes was exceedingly creditable, and surprised even the most sanguine parents and friends of the pupils. The proficiency and accu rate promptness of the multiplication class, composed of the younger scholars, was wonderful, and the subject of general commendation. On Tuesday night. 4th instant, the young ladies of the College gave a concert, which was very largely attended, notwith standing the fact that a charge for admit tance was made. This act has been very severely censured by many ot the parents and relatives of the scholars, as well as the public generally. It has not been cus tomary heretofore, and in order to pre vent uncharitable remarks, we hope that the clever President will have all future concerts during commencement free, and as a part of the exercises.of the week. The young ladies, draped in garments of white, resembled more the angelic choir of the etherial realms than songsters of this lower sphere. All did well, but the vocal powers of Misses Florence Durdin, Jennie Jones, Jessie Glendenning, Julia Martin, and Alice Leverett, are especially worthy of notice, and the instrumental performances of Misses Mamie and Katie Browne, Mattie Weaver, and Lizzie Mur ray, were really superb. Wednesday night was “commencement.” The College Hall was filled to the extent of its capacity. The exercises were inter spersed with music of a most delightful character, by the young ladies who par ticipated in the concert of the evening previous. The graduates, five in number, vied with each other in loveliness of looks, modesty of demeanor, and excellence of reading. Composed in manner, distinct in utterance, and pleasant in voice, they were taplurously applauded at the con clusion of each reading. We cannot at tempt to gi.-e you either the subjects treated upon, or to speak as we would like, and our heart dictates, of the charm ing young ladies who on that night re ceived their diplomas from their Alma Mater. We must content ourselt with merely giving their names—Misses Lizzie Murray and Fannie Gerald, of McDuffie county ; Miss Mattie Weaver, of Putnam, and Misses Julia Martin, and Fannie Chiles, of Morgan. Thursday night the pupils of Mrs. Ruff’s Music School gave one of the most delightful ar.d entertaining concerts that the people of Madison have ever been treated to. The programme was full and attractive. We were especially pleased with the singing and character acting of Misses Liura Carroll, Belle Hill, Lena Foster, and Lucy and Mollie Pow. Mas ter Mustin, on the vioiin, deserves much praise; in fact we might mention all the young ladies and masters who took part in a very praiseworthy manner, reflecting much credit upon their admirable and earnest teacher, Mrs. Ruff. Friday night tho pupils of Prof. Townes’ Male High School gave a very agieeable and interesting exhibition in declamation. Many of tho boys evince considerable oratorical powers, and with further training, will become good eloqu tioners. But the cream of the week’s entertain ment was the “commencement hop,” at Foster’s Hall, on Friday night. Without exception, it was tho most elite and delightful terpsichorean entertainment given in Madison since the war. Much credit is due our genial young friend, W. H. C., for the active interest he manifest ed in the success of the ball. Augusta was charmingly represented in the lovely personage of one of her fairest daughters, Miss Emma D. H. Misses C. O. and L. P., from Clarke county, and the Misses of Athens, added their joyous presenco to the occasion, whiLt tho beauty and life of MadisoD was out in fuil force. The beautiful danseusc. Miss Blanche D., tho entertaining Miss Mary F., the beautiful Miss Lucy P., the attractive Miss Bettie H., the fascinating Mrs. Tommie G., the stately Miss Otelia charmmg Miss Florence D., and a host of others, rendered tho evening one of the most pleasant that could be desired. The hop wound up the entertainments of the week, which have given anew impulse to the life and feel ings of our people. Claude. Letter from Wilkes. Washington. Wilkes Cos., Ga., 1 July 20th, 1871. j Editors Chronicle & Sentinel: There is at present an adjourned term of the Superior Court of Wilkes county in session here, called principally for the trial of a esse committed in the county of Warren, and transferred here because of the difficulty in obtaining a jury in that county, The case was that of Willis Beckwith, charged with committing the murder of a colored man .named Isaac Lynn, and from the evidence elicited on the trial the fact has been proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that an organization known as the KmKlux has existed in Georgia, and that this death was com mitted by one of that Klan, The facts of the case were as follows: In February, 1869, a bodjt of armed men, dressed in mysterious cloaks or gowns, and faces hooded or masked, went to the plantation on which this negro lived, to gether with other negroes in adjoining houses, tor the supposed intention of whipping one of them for stealing a hog. They went late at night to these negro cabins and made all sorts of alarm by shooting in the cabin, &c., thereby scatter ing the negroes yelijng iD eyery direction. The killed negro, more courageous than the rest, took his axe and ran out towards the Ku-Klux lor the purpose of making battle, which resulted in the prisoner shooting the negro thiee times, from which shots he die*] yery soon afterwards. Several oi jt>i3 witnesses testified that they had belonged To a vFPwd ft which they took an obligation not to disniose any of the acts of their associates; thus proving conclusively that an organization haa existed which bears p c'ose resem blance to tiitf .awful Ku-Klux that the Northern powers pave toljj us so much about, and which we have always sup posed was only in existence in the imagi nation or s he Yankees or earpet*bag£ ers in our midst. The prisoner was ably defended by Judge Linton Stephens and E- H. Pottle, Esq. The prosecution was conducted by X. Morcton, Esq., a young lawyer of much future premise. Judge Ste phens made a splendid and able speech ior the defense, and showed one point conclusively, aud never to be disputed that our juries are both the judges of the law and the fact in criminal cases, “which is a heritage handed down to them from time immemorial, originating from the date of the Magna Charta, and which has ever since been the inalienable right ot j freemen, never to be encroached upon by : any power whatever over a free people. The defense showed conclusively that there had teen no crime committed ; that . it was done in self-defense, and after a charge of the law of the case with much (dearness by his Honor Judge Andrews, the jury at once brought in a verdict of “ not guilty." These disturbances known §.s the h.u- Klux are very much to be regretted. They, perhaps, may have been the means, and the only means, of keeping the negro from insurrection, owing to his sudden freedom, and also the sudden teaching of his carpet bag doctors of divinity after his freedom, who have labored so faithfully in instilling their minds with all sorts of absurdities ; j and, perhaps, for this reason in thickly set- j tied counties some such patrolling has 1 been necessary in times past. But we j sincerely believe that it has only oeen in . the past, and that it is impossible to sand any such organization in existence to-day in Georgia, and all the Ku-Klux that is j being done now, is done by Radical men for Radical purposes, and Radical effect. Hastily, Greenbrier White Sulphur Sprinos, July 20.—The Dental Association of the Unitea States will hold its annual con vention here, commencing the first Tues day in August, About three hundred will be in attendance, and three hundred room* have been reserved for the tooth-pullers. Memphis, July £0 —The rain has washed awav a portion of the tVsa'te sis ,the Mem phis' and Charleston Road, one mdeeaat of Grand Junction. An eastward bound train, engine, tender, baggage and two passenger cars went into the ditch. Killed —Gee. Gibbes, engineer; Montgomery, firemen, and several passengers hurt, , The Journal ofConinerce Commissioner at the South. Letter No. 19. [Correspondence of the Journal of Com merce.] Atlanta, June, 1871. GEORGIA POLITICS. FROM CENTRE TO CIR CUMFERENCE. There is always a method to fled out at the capital of a State the general theories and a moderate amount of the details of the political feelitgs of the State. I have gone through Georgia and seen a gord deal cf the condition of things for myself . I have talked wiffi the high and low, from the State officers, elected and appointed, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and the most prominent men in the State, to the field hand on the plantation. A FeDian speeeh to an Irish audießce at the Nor:h would be folk wed by a loud collision of applauding hands, while the better judgment of the same audience would prevent the subscription of SIOO, or the enlistment of a discreet man to fight for the principle that caused the plaudit. Jast so to-day, in the South, Jefferson Davis might give notice that he would address an audience at a given place, and from the time he would outer the door till he would reach the platiorm, the large concourse would 6tand and make the building shake to its foundation with ap plause. But they would do nothing more. The memories in the near past still ling er afresh in the minds of the Southern people. Mr. Davis was their sectional President, and they remember the fact in connection with the cause for which one halt of the living young men of the South took up arms. But aside from their ap plause, their better judgment would not carry them to excesses, even if advised to such a course by Mr. Davis. They re member the cause they fought tor, but they remember it was lost, and there the matter ends. Mr. Toombs is regarded as an elegant gentleman, a most brilliant orator, liber ally endowed with ideas, easy ot access, and the best phrase-maker in Georgia, or perhaps in the ctuntry. The people cf Georgia accord to aim all the honor that belongs to his great intellectual attain ments, but still fail to credit him with judgment or discretion, because they be lieve he lacks balance. Mr. Alexander Stephens could demelish,any fabric reared by Mr. Toombs. Tnoso two men were Whigs together, became Democrats to gether, but split on the question of seces sion. Whenever they met at issue Mr. Stephens won the confidence of the audi ence. Even in the Legislature Mr. Stephens, in a few moments, postponed the act of secession against the appeals of Mr. Toomb=. Now, Mr. Stephens advises the acceptance of tbe Democratic platform of 1868. „ , Here you have three men of whom the Northern newspapers say a good deal. Now let us examine their present status : Mr. Toombs leads nobody here except himself, and he changes his opinion as of ten as three times a day. Mr. Davis is not now recognized as a politician, and the people are sorry when ever he speaks in public of polities. They entertain high regard for him, but he does not lead them. Mr. Stephens has a strong hold upon the sincere affections of the Southern peo pie. Yet he does not control aDy consid erable portion of them, even in Georgia. I mention these things as facts. They are facts, not because the peopje cf Geor gia despise those men, but because they feel that they cannot effect any goed re i Rult by continuing in strife. They were satisfied to support the principles laid down in the address of the Democratio Committee because they oouldsnot do bet ter. They accepted tho situation boldly. The New Departure theory denounces what they opposed, and then accepts the denounced legislation as settled issues. They are satisfied with that. Th? people of Georgia care little what platiorm the Democrats adopt. By the people of Georgia is meant, of course, the intelligent white population, nearly ail of whom vote one way. They realize that the battle ground of the next political oontest must be in the North. Georgia, then, being opposed to Radicalism by a majority of 50,000, will cast her electoral vote for any 60rt of acceptable candidate or platform adopted by the Democratic parly of the North. Not only will the Conservative men do it, but every man in Georgia who opposes Radicalism will vote for the Democratic nominee. The young men of Georgia hold the balance of power to-day. Probably the three most influential men in the par ty in the State are Clifford Anderson, of Maoon, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee ; James M. Smith, of Muscogee, and Julian Hartridge, of Savannah who were hardly known before the war. Probably the next nom inee for Governor will be Alfred H. Col quitt. The Dimoeratic party of Georgia, with them, will accept the situation. Georgia is just now engaged in raising herself to a proud eminence among the prosperous States. • Her people want to go on in the path they have marked out, and they bav6 embarked in the enterprise with a determined energy that will not stop short of success, They seem to have imbibed an idea that every time one of their anti-war leaders spreads his views before the people the effeot is to set them back in prep -rtion to the bitterness of his harrangue. Hence they begin to feel that the worst enemies to their prosperity are to be found in the house of their frieDds. HOW THEY AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA, Among the most conspicuous infamies of the last Legislature was the passage of several very curious and disgraceful amendments to the election laws, The Constitution of Georgia, framed and adopted in pursuance of the Reconstruc tion acts, makes the usual provision re garding voters, specifying “ all male” citizens, " twenty-one years old or up wards,” &a. It goes on to confer the right of challenge upon any voter who sees fit to challenge another, and says “no person shall vote who, if challenged, shall refuse to taka the following oath.” Then it goes on to define the oath ; the voter swears, “I have not given, or received, nor do I expect to give, or receive, any money, treat, or other thing ol value, by which my vote, or any vote is affected or expected to bo affected at this election ; noi have I given or promised any reward, or made any threat by which to prevent any per son from voting.” Then, again, the Con stitution says ; “Legislative acts in vio lation if this Constitution, or the Oonsitu tion of the United States, are void , and the Judiciary shall so declare them.” Now, mark the intelligence of this negro Legislature by what will follow. In Octo ber last they deemed it best to pass an election law for the purpose of carrying the fall election. They changed the method of voting ffrotn humerous precincts in each qoupty jo on.e polling place, the pounty seat, except in cities, The election offioers are called managers, and they, of course, are Republicans, but I understand the Democrats were, at the last election, al lowed by the Governor a kind of minority supervision. The reduction in number of polling places was in order to permit ne cessary concentration of military force if necessary in carrying the ejections for the Radical ticket. Then, under pretense of fixing a system for securing fair elections, preventing intimidation or the forcing of voters from their places at the polls, a provision was inserted that voters shall form in line and approach the polls in that manner j that no more than ohe per son shall app:e? n, ‘ Within fifteen feet of the polling place at a time; ihat no one who is not in the line shall go nearer than fifty fget of the polling place. Only the managers and their .clerks are pljowed by this new law to see the ballots wfien de posited or afterward. The managers must swear that they will not permit any one to “challenge, delay or tinder” any voter from the speedy casting of his vote. They j are compelled to arrest aDy one who at tempts to challenge a voter or “ disturb | the peace.” The law also extends the j time for the conduct of the election to three days instead of one day as was cus tomary before. It will be seen by this, that while the State constitution expressly provides the free and untrammeled right : 1 of challenge, and even goes so far as to | j oblige every challenged man to make I oath to certain things above enumerated, j j the law passed by the Legislature over- ! | rides that feature of the constitution and j repeals it entirely. It goes on, in defiance I of the constitutian, and gives the right of j i suffrage to every male person of the “ ap- ! I parent age of 21 years or upwards,” and ■ thns makes the Radical managers the j judges of a voters age. As there is prob ably only one Democrat among the elee -1 tion officers of each polling place, the j effect may be imagined. The field negroes j j seldom know their ages or even their j i names. They nsnalJy take the last name j of the man who owned them and go by ! that. Their ages are guessed at by the 1 managers of election. I am convinced ! that boys aged 16, IT, 18 and 19 years are \ always allowed to register and vote, pro vided they hold in their hands a Radical ticket. No one can get near enough to challenge them, and even if such a man could make himself heard while attempt ing to challenge a person who offers a vote, he would bo arrested for disturbing the peace. Bat the deprivation of the right to challenge has acted injuriously to the in terests of the Radicals in Georgia and de feated the*:, till now the Democratic ma jority in the State is at 54,000. If challenges wefc permitted no negro Jell ms vote,-.but I have good reason j for believing t£st at the last election many negro votes were'bought over by the De mocracy at prices varying from a drink or a flask of whisky to $3 in cash each. The system of voting three days has also acted against the Radical?, because the opposition thereby had a better chance to eet the negroes warmed up in their in terest?. In Eastern Georgia the D.’mc crats can get as many negro votes as they want for a small sum. They subscribed a few dollars towards the fund of a colored church there, and the colored minister exhorted his congregation, from the pulpit, to vote for the Democratic candidates. Though the last election law was un constitutional in all its essentia! provisions, though it contemplated the depositing of votes under the guidance of bayonets; though it was intended that the Radical managers should virtually do the voting— yet the originators were badly worsted at their own game, and a two-thirds Demo cratic Legislature was the result. This infamous proceeding has recoiled upon the heads of its originators, and the taxpay ers of Georgia anxi.usly await the day upon which they can dispose of Governor Bullock as summarily as they disposed of bis corrupt Legislature, and thus save the little money that is left and the credit of the State. RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. The number of acres of land in Geor gia as reported to the Comptroller Gen eral was, at the beginning of 1870, 32,552,- 399 acres, valued at $84,577,166 ; average value $2 60 per acre, against an average valne of $2 49 per acre in 1868, Ct these, 26,353,004 acres, valued at $82,338,475, were improved, and 6,199,336, valaed at $2,338,610 were wild or unimproved lands. The value of city and town property amounted at the beginning of 1870 to $44,368,096, against $40,000,000 the year before. The amount of money and sol vent debts in the State amounted at the beginning of 1870 to $24,143,967, against $23,000,000 the year before. The number of expert hands employed in agricultural pursuits at the beginning of the year 1870 was 106,739 against 86,413 at the same time the year before. The following table will show other im portant facts in relation to material affairs in the State: I Vslua cf Capl- la cot- taxable 'Value of tal la • t ton I property Stocks vested! Mina- la Iron latteritMac and In ship- facto- I Min- Foun- in - S2OO tn I Bonds. 1 pin*. | Ties. | ine. I dries.je-ich case. 'B*B 771*4.0*8,774:250749,2 SS3 01SI15 3951476 9201 *l7B f57,316 1889.. | 5,184 Bi2j | | | |»158,813,247 The report for this year wiil show a great increase in all branches of business, and especially in investments iu enterprises calculated to develop the resources of the State. The principal productions of the State are cotton, corn, rice, wheat, oats, buck wheat, potatoes, peas, and some sugar, besides a considerable amount of fruit. In fact, the climate of some portions of Georgia is capable of producing at once tho fruits and plants of the tropics and the grain and heavier products of the cold North States. The State is traversed in all directions by well equipped railroads, having connec tions from all its eities with cities jn every quarter of the United States. Many more are in course of construction, to be com pleted in a short time. Libor that oan be depended on is in de mand all over the State. A Noithern working farmer will experience no difficul ty whatever in securing permanent em ployment. For the experiment, no capi tal is needed. But to thrifty firmer?, with small capital, great inducements are offered; in fact, all through this countiy the inducements ate wonderful. A man oan come hero and buy a small farm on long time. Ha oan grow cotton and corn in the same field, and all varieties of things, side by side, of many of them two crops a year. The labor of one man, besides his other productions, enough to support his family, will produce five bales ol cotton at a minimum average, valued at about SSOO. This average value of his cotton produc tion is easily maintained. Good lands, improved with bouses, orchards, Ac., may be purchased at from $4 to $lO per acre, in localities as healthy and pleasant as in any under the sunr. With his SSOO profit on his individual labor, to say nothing of the profit on employed labor, ho can pur chase 100 acres, of good land each year. The hired labor is usually paid by propor tionate interest in the crops, or by a cash payment averaging SIOO per annum and subsistence, which is estimated to cost about $65. The northern part of the State teems with just such a population as tho class to which it is suited. The white settlers in the old Cherokee country above this point, are increasing rapidly, and lands enhancing in value. The effect is to drive the colored thriftless population into the middle and southern sections of the State- The same result is observed in Tennessee and Virginia, as a great many of the colored men from there have grad ually worked into Georgia, and their tendency seems to be towards the Gulf States. As to the climate and statements made derogatory to it, I know of no better proof of its salubrity than the fact that scores of foreigners, who came here twenty and thirty years ago, are still living, and look as fresh and ruddy and vigorous as i£they had just landed at Castle Garden. W. P. c. A Georgian Before the Ku-Klux Com mittee. Judge A. R. Wright, of Rome, was be fore the Ku-Klux Committee last week. His replies to the interrogatories of Pool, of North Carolina, are characteristic. We append a portion of his testimony : Mr. Poo) wanted to know if the Judge was loyal to the Government. Said the Judge, “that depends on what you mean by the word loyal.” “But,” said Mr. Pool, “I want a direct answer.” “Then,” said the Judge, “you cannot have it.” He then proceeded to say that the Irish people were loyal to the British Crown, in that they did not try to resist the English dominion. They submitted to the English rule. But the English Government did not hold out any induce ments to that people to be loyal in their souls to it. If Mr. Pool meant that loyalty which has its seat in the sonl of the oitizen ; which is true to a principle because that principle is true, and which adheres to the Government because it be lieves the Government to be just and honest to the citizens, then he did not think there was much of such loyalty in the South. They don’t feel it in that way. You cannot expect a people to love a Government that refuses their rights ot citizenship. The witness himself could not to-day be a bailiff to one of his former slaves if one of them were elected a magis trate. There is no denying that the Southern people think the Government made a grave mistake in conferring un limited suffrage on the negroes. The whites down there don’t believe the negro race is fit for self-government; and where a race so wanting in balance, and intelli gence, and other self-governing qualities, largely dominates, as in many sections if the Southern oountry, and has unrestrained right to control elections, anything like good government is simply impossible.” “Weil,” said Mr. Poo), “would you repeal that part of the Constitution which gives the negroes that right?” Judge Wright— 11 Yes; but wo would do it by appealing to the sense of justice of the whole people, North and South. We would amend our State Constitution so as to give a liberal, but qualified, suf frage to the colored meD, and would give them the ballot in every Southern State, subject to a slight properly qualification, until they could be made intelligent enough to vote ihteliigpnjly. “No nation of white men upon earth is capable of self-government bat the Ameri can nation, except, perhaps, the English and Prussians. How, then, could any sane person believe in the capacity of the negrd race to govern themselves? “ The great ground of otjcniiou to Grant is that he seems to have! a particular ha tred of the South- He has uniformly sided with the negroes and despicable scallawags, and thus far they have done nothing but give us local governments that have plundered and robbed the people. Bullock has in this sqyt of prac tioe. He never waH elected by a majority of the people. Under his rule the treasu ry has been plundered. He was in two vears and a half, and paid $36,000 in law yers’ fees, and a good part of it to Demo cratip lawyers, whop hp had a great fancy for feeing, and some of whom were unable to resist his advance in this regard. “ Daring tbe time be ws° in, hg paid out $58,000 in rewards for the apprehen sion of fugitives. He paid out $98,000 for advertising his proclamations, which were unheard of expenditures in this re gard. He expended between and $500,000 for contingencies, and never showed a voucher for the mouey so spent. He put Foster Blodgett in charge of the Atlanta and Georgia State Railroad, who knew as much about railroading as the ‘ learned pig.' Blodgett paid the State j $25,000 the first month and $20,000 the i second month ; and, After that, never paid a cent or made a return. He ran the road down, wore out its stock, and brought I it in debt to the extent of s¥oo,ooo, which | the State of Georgia is now paying off. Is is generally believed that Blodgett plun- i dered the State to the extent of two or ! three millions, in tbs meantime ‘ a bill j was worked through the Legislature leas ing the road to Senators Cameron, Scott and others, for twenty years, at $25,000 a month, or $300,000 a year. To show what a good thing fhis party have of it, it is only necessary to state that, before tpe ! war, the road brought in s©oo,ooo a year, and that at a time when its business was ! 1 not a third of what it is now. Thus the : people nave been robbed by the local gov- 1 ernments the Federal Governments has ' given them to the present time.” ] County Monaghan, Ireland, will return Charles Powell Leslie to Parliament. - 1 [From the Neio York Express.] The Riots of ’6l-’63 anil ’7l. Wlien the civil war broke out in 1861, newspaper offices were threatened or mobbed, as the Express Journal of Com- < merce. the World, the News, the Day Book , among others. Tills was all right in the estimation of the class of men who could tolerate no criticism upon Congress, the President, or the Federal Administra tion. Differences of opinion as to the proper mode of conducting the war, de nunciations of the shoddy jobs and shod dy men rising to the surface -were not tolerated, and it was right enough then to destroy the property or take their lives. So thought those who pass for respectable law-breakers, men of good clothes and full purses. The mob of 1863, which com menced in resistance to the Federal draft, and which riot a wiser administration of affairs could have prevented, ended in handing the city for two or three days over to the thieves, and every good citi zen felt common alarm and indignation at its progress. The cost in life and wounds aud disgrace is not to be estimated, but in money it was, or will be in the end, nearly four millions of dollars, as follows; Riot damages indemnity bonds, 1877-1879 $1,000,000 Riot damages indemnity bonds, 1882 200,000 Riot damages indemnity bonds, No. 2, 1882 648,000 Total $1,848,000 Including the interest to bo paid, it will be found the draft riot of 1863, excluding olher items of expense, cost the county nearly $4 ot*o,ooo - beg leave to differ from all those who would like the possible repetition of all this, merely to give place to a public parade, commemorating a battle fought 160 years ago in Ireland. ' The riots of 1871 were as senseless as they were criminal. They arose among ignorant, vicious, and passionate men, whose eyes and ears could not tolerate, even in this free land, an insult to their country, and among those whodimand more freedom for themselvos than they would tolerate in others ; but these were discountenanced by tho whole Catholic Church, and by the leaders of, the Catho lic benevolent sooieties. By the dash of a a pen, and an official signature, it was hoped to prevent any excuse tor other bad elements in tho streets of New York. The attempt failed, and the result was a riot, in which nearly all the killed and wounded were innocent or careless people, and in whisb, if wo are to believe the police, there was at one time a ciuseless and cruel firing upon the crowd. These three riots, two of which started from the use of Federal power, and one from the folly and vice of a small body of citizens, should be remembered as a warn ing—a warning first of all to remove the cause of riots—a warning to keep foreign quarrels far from our country and home — a warning to obey the laws, and a warn ing to keep at home, or about one’s busi ness, if not in tho public seryiee, on the day of a riot. The Boston Press on Gen. But ler’s Manifesto. General Butler docs not receive an very substantial support from the leading Bos ton papers in his aspirations to the guber natorial chair. The Advertiser boldly in sinuates that Butler, if not successful in obtaining the regular nomination, will run as Wendell Phillips ran last year—as the candidate of tho Libor Reformers and Prohibitionists- Says the Advertiser : His correspondents have omitted one point from (heir list of questions—and there is do allusion to it in his reply— about which there has been a good deal of gossip and some public dispute. It is whether, in the event of his failing to re ceive the Republican nomination, he would still be the'candidate of the discontented,as Mr. Phillies was last year. These, inclu ding the Labor Reformers, and a part of the Women Suffragists and Prohibitionist?, together with the personal friends of Mr. Phillips, mustered 21,000 votes last year. They could not hope to exceed that num ber this year, under the most favorable circumstances; but many of them have exalted views of the personal prestige of General Butler, and have promised them selves a large accession of strength from the use of his name. The question now is, whether they are using his name with his consent, and will be allowed to use it after the Republican Convention ? The Journal attacks the General for bis unkind cut of Dr. Loring: General Butler, in his letter, destroys at once the idea whiclphas been so persistent ly put forth regarding his obligation to Dr. Loring in times past for valuable ser vices rendered, and he very cruelly says: “ My first candidature for Congress, when Dr. Loring was at all in the field, was in 1866, two years only after he came into the Republican paHy,” etc. This twitting on facts, however, is very dangerous war fare, for, if General Butler proposes to base the superiority of his claims to the nomination over those of Dr. George B. Loring upon the ground that he became a member of the party a few months earlier than his Essex opponent, the Republicans may he able to find a candidate who was pretty firm in the faith and had rendered valuable party service prior to the time when Gen. Butler was indulging iu a con troversy with Gov. Andrew and granting commissions to men who did not seek to make interest with Gen. Butler by their record as Republicans. The Post (Democratic) says': The Butler platform is short, sharp and decisivo. It plainly tells the recalcitrants in the party that, whether they want him or not, they must take him and put as good a face on the sorry business as pos sible. It is brushing away Dr. LoriDg with a contempt that arouses one’s sympa thy for the accomplished and genial agri culturist, and is a polite aDd conciliatory treatment of the Prohibitionists, who can now find no excuse for the elevation of Dr. Miner into the dignity of availability. For so brief an epistle it is a model of in genuity and industry. It skillfully ap propriates the strength of tho party from Grant to Miner ; it exposes the short period of Dr. Loring’s “real sentiments,” meaning Republican ones; and it spurns with the most irritating effrontery any consideration of the doubts of Governor Glaflin as to another and compromising term, the vexations of tho party, the sen sibilities of other and coarsely styied “frog pond candidates," and in brief tue safety, harmony and success of the organization iu the State. It means Butler from end to end, aDd it also means that unless treat ed with tho respect due his charms, his popularity in his district, and the trouble be is able to create, ho will split the party from Cape Cod to Berkshire. The Foreign Policy of Austria, The Vienna correspondent of the East ern Budget , under date July 3, sajs: Count Beust’s speech in the Austrian del egation, on the Ist instant, ha-i met with warm approval from all parties in the country except the Ultramontanes, who are of course dissatisfied with the policy of non-intervention practiced toward Italy. It produced so good an impression oh the delegation that the whole of the Budget of the Foreign Department, including the item for secret service money, was passed without question. The following are the most important passages of this speech : “Our policy for the last fpw years has always been free from all external influ ences, and it is mainly due to this circum stance that many sources of complication contained in the Treaty of Prague have been avoided, thus paving the way for a peaceful development and consolidation of affairs. Even before it had been officially constituted, the new German Empire mode overtures to us in terms full of re spect and confidence, and wc did Dot hesi tate cordially to accept these overtures. The exchange of dispatches which took place on this occasion forms the basis of relations, resting on a policy of equality and mutqal interest, whien have been maintained ever since. I do not share the anxieties of those who ex pect a reversal of the edifice which has so recently been built, from looking to the past in a spirit of fruitless complaint and enviouk ill-will, we hope that the new state of things will follow its natural development, ft is a histori cal error to represent the old Germanic Confederation as a guarantee of peace. The guarantee consisted in the co-opera tion of Austria and Prussia, pud a com pensation for the great changes which have occurred in the relations between those Powers, is given by the disappear ance of the object for which they strove. We can, whenever we wish it, now place ourselves on an eqnal footing by thf side of a friendly and strengthened German/ j In new atfitude toward Ger many is hailed with lively satisfaction. Oar relations with Russia are in a favor able state if only because it is not easy to become the enemy of your friends friend. How tnat a bulwark' of peace has been erected in Central Europe, a spirit of moderation and mutual respect must regu late her relations with the East. France will always find in Anstro-Hnngary a sin cere friend. In Italy she has gained, by the principle of non-intervention, a per manently iTieudly neighbor; and the con ciliatory spirit fi&w n by ;;,e Porte in the question of the regulation of the Danube, shows that' our amicab}e relations with Turkey have not changed.'’ The Chan cellor concluded by saying that the above statement should not be regarded as an ephemeral programme, but a9 indicating the principles by which Austria’s foreign policy is to be permanently guided. London, July 20, evening. Parepa Rosa sails on Saturday for America. Telegraphic Summary Washington, July 20. —Secretary Boutwi l !, Special Treasury-Aged Madge and Collector Robb, thoroughly overhauled the accounts of the Savannah Custom House tc-day. A defalcation of eight thousand dollars is found, which deputy Collector Wi lrnan, under sworn statement, confesses was appropriated by himself. The confession concludes: "His(Robbs) only fault has been in reposing a degree of confidence and trust iu me which I have abused, as before stated.Bout well exonerates Robb. There will be no change in the Collectoiship. Gov. Reed, of Florida, is here looking after the defalcation of about eight thousand dollars in the Jacksonville post office. The money was taken by the money order clerk. Tho postmaster bas made tho amount good to the Govern ment. . The Postmaster General gives permis sion to tho Japanese Logatiou here to send official dispatches toToknhomi, via San Francisco, iu the United States mail, free of chargo. Information from the general post office at Berlin announoos that the steamer which was to leave Stettin for Now York on July Bth wa3 delayed, and mails in tended for that route wore sent by Ham burg. The following is furnished by a well posted railroad man ; The Texas Pacific Railroad Company have adopted the three foot gauge, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, who must de cide whether that gauge is a first class road. The controlling advocate of this gauge is Mr. Thomas A. Scott, of the Pennsylvania Central, who is building that gauge ou the Denver AEI Passo Road. If the Texas Pacific adopt the three loot, then all tho business from tho Pacifio coast will naturally branch off at El Paso across to Denver and over Scott’s road on to the Union Pacific, which road will soon bo in the hands if the Pennsylvania Central. This is a sharp move of tho railroad king, Scott, as it makes him, with the Union Pacifio and Pennsylvania Central, indepen dent of the Central Pacifio, which, while Huntington lives, eanuot bo absorbed by the Pennsylvania Central. '1 he move is not likely to meet with iavor in Texas, Dor the South generally, as it violently takes away from the lino of the through business of the Southern Pacific; besides, it is seriously questioned whether a three foot gauge is wide enough to eco nomically and conveniently carrv the light, bulky cotton freights of the South, and the stock of Texas. It is generally ooDcrfued that the present gauge of roads in this country is too wide, but is not three foot the extreme the other way, is asked. Col. Mann, who is building the Mobile and Northwestern Road, advocates a four foot gauge for all roads South, as adopted, for the demands, and as com bining cheapness in construction and oper ation. He says light rails and rolling stock can bo used on t hat gauge as well as on three foot, aod greater room and speed oan be secured. The Democratic members of the Ku- Klux Committee regret tho tardiness of their witnesses, including Generals Wright and Gordon, Colonel Christy and lion. Thomas Hardeman. Chap Norris, sheriff of Warren county, testified to-day, giving a terrible account of affairs in Georgia. Havana, July 19, night.—The insur gent General Guillermo Lerda and Colonel Chuicho Corsuegrada, were oaptured and executed at Villa Clara yesterday. Fran cisco JuaileSj adjutant, anil Domingo Guirel, secretary ot Gen. Agromonte, sur rendered at Puerto Principe. Paeis, July 20, evening.—The Germans have evacuated Eexeuil in favor of in valids visiting the baths. The Budget for 1871 has been reduced one hundred aud .twenty-four millions francs, without charging appropriations. Letlru Rollin is a candidate for the As sembly. The Siecle, editorially, favors an income tax. The Assembly voted the imposition of a stamp tax of 10 centimes on bills over ten francs. Cmr cf Mexico, July 11, via Ha vana, July 20. —Lerdista and Porfiristi are uniting closely to oppose Juarez, but the triumph of Juarez is considered cer tain. The Mexican Government is relieving* distressed Americans from Magdalena colony. The report of negotiations to resume di plomatic relations with France is denied. A Roman Catholic entered a Protestant Church in the oapital, intending to kill the minister, but being prevented, stabbed one of the congregation. The country is generally quiet- Kid napping continues. Berlin, July 20, night.— lt is officially reported that the Government reoeived four hundred and Dine and a half million francs to the 15th, and fffty-two and a half million has been received sinoc. London, July 20, Dight. —Gladstone announced iu tho Houso that the Queen had withdrawn the warrant legalizing the purchase of commissions. Montgomery, July 20.—Tho Stato Convention of Teachers and Sohool Bu perintendonts of Alabama resolved to-daj’, by a unanimous vote, that tho education of the colored race was a duty and high privilege of tho white race, and that the Convention concur iu any measure calcu lated to accomplish the result. Madrid, July 20, noon.—Marshal Serraoo has been entrusted by the King with the formation of a now Ministry, and has already designated the following mem bers : Minister of Justioe, Honor Gomez; Foreign Affairs, Condan ; Marine, Admi ral Maloampo ; Finance, Senor Camadro, Tho Cortes adjourned amid tumultuous protests from the minority. London, July 20, noon.—All the papers contain editorials on the subject of cancel lation by royal warrant of the act legaliz ing the purchase of army commissions. The Times, Post and Standard believes the course of the Ministry unconstitution al, whdo the Daily News and Telegraph approve to the fullest extent the step taken by the Ministry. Dispatches from the East represent ter rible cholera ravages in Persia. The Germans are evaouatiDg Amiens, Rouen, and the Departments of Somme, Lower Seine and Eure. New York, July 21, noon.—A storm on tho coast of Newfoundland and Labra dor destroyed three hundred and fifty fish ing smacks, twenty-three dwellings and forty storep, One million and a half in property, and ninety-three lives were lost, Mail advices from Cuba report that Gen. Covado was shot on tho 7th instead of the Ist of July, and after orders had been received from Madrid that he bo par doned and sent to this country. Riots have occurred at Nanuat, on the Erie Road, between the Jrish and Fenian laborers. Tho picked the quarrel in a lager saloon, trom which they drove tho proprietor and his family. Subsequently, two Irish laborers were terribly beaten by Germans—one Darned Ryan, possibly, fa tally. The Irish again attacked the lager saloon, with clubs and stones, and were replied to by the Germans with repeated volleys from shot guns. The Irish beat a retreat. Patrick MoMahop was shot in several places, but mjt necessarily fatal. Isaac CulleD was shot iD two plaoos; his recovery is doubtful. Martin Googebsn was shot wo or three times, and severely clubbed. It is not known how many oth ers were injured. The Orange and Hibernian Lodges are receiving large accessions since the riot. John % Pickerell has been sent to South Carolina on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford post office. The work of rebuilding the docks and piers, under General McClellan’s plans, Las commenced near Castle Garden, in the southern end of the city. The Cotton Exchange will probably lease the extensive warehouses at Atlantic docks, Brooklyn, for storage and sampling of cotton. Nine elephants, from Gey ton, arrived yesterday on the hark Neherniah. St. Locih. July 21.—The case of Mil lier vs. Shepherd, manager of Bradstreet’s commercial agency, was before the Circuit Court yesterday, hearing b»ing on a mo tion of ito defendant to dissolve the in junction granted a few days ago, enjoining circulation of July number of Bradstrcct’s Commtrcial Reports, on the ground of false and injurious rating ot plaintiff. Sev eral witnesses tistified to tho solvency of Millier, his business qualifications, integ rity, &e.; also, that he is doing a large and prosperous business. King, formerly in the employ of tho agenay, testified as to the mode of tjansaoting the business of the agency. He said most of the reports were manufactured in the office. From the time Shepherd took charge, the re ports were based on old reports, and all copied into the letter hook, and then for warded so New York. A book called the “black book” waß kept, in which all unfa vorable reports were copied. Every one in tho office had access to this hook. lie testified that the Riadstrcet agency was partial tQ subscribers, and that a gold headed cane would often raise a man’s re ting. Tho Plaintiff had been reduced from the rating of CC JXD —a very high rating—to D which meant that ho is doing business with capital of less than SSOO. Subscription to tho agency gencr ly meant increase of credit. Witness fur ther stated that bo had manufactured hun dreds of reports himself. . ' Y/ashingion, July 21. 4 bos, A. bought into tho Louisiana Levee Com pany, and propose to oommcooe active operations immediately. It 18 under wood that the transaction was consum mated through the intervention of Sena-. tor West, of Louisiana, Lpndon, July 23. noon—The Spanish Ministerial crisis is unsettled. A deputation of German, Dutch and Austrian bankers sailed from Europe for the United States for tho purpose of mak ing an examination of the routo, condition es work and financial prospects of the North Pacific Railroad. _Pabi3, July 22, evening.— Algerian ad vices indioate tho iDsumotion about crushed out. Versailles, July 22,- evening.—Thiers a.dressed the Assembly in support of duty ou raw ootton. It, is thought, never theless, that the hill will bo rejected p ,?- N P ON, I 22, ovoniog. —The Prince ol Vvales has ieiurned from tho Oonti nent. Jhe Princess remains at Kessingen. Toronto, July 22, evening.— lt is offi cially announced that emigrants may enter the United States with uatllc and baggage upon personal bond. Madiud, July 22, evening.—Seuors Sa gosta and Herresa, and Admiral Tople, had a long interview yesterday with the King. The Ministerial crisis is still un settled. London, July 22, night.—A letter from Count Persigney, published in the London papers, attributes the Frenoh disasters during the war with Germany to the iso lation of the French armies. Buisson, Communist commander of the Paris fpee-shooters, lias beeu arrested in Paris. Favre promised to acoelerato proceed ings relative to the fate of foreigners, prisoners and political agents. Count Cliamhprd has resigned the seat to which ho was chosen in the Assembly. It is probable that the sentence of death imposed tipou political insurgents will ho commuted to exile, transportation, or im prisonment for life. It is reported that an agreement has been reached between the Legitimist, Fn sionist aud Orleaqist deputies in the Assembly. , Versailles, July 22, night.—Commuu isls convicted by military commissions at Marseilles have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. Count (Jhambord is passing the sum mer iu Belgium,-ucar Ostcnd. In the Assembly tc-day, there was a very exciting debate upon (he subject of the petition of Bishops in reference to tho temporal power of the Pope. President Thiers, who is chief speaker, declared un equivocally that he would not in any way compromise the policy cf the country. Ho would do his best to secure tho Pope’s inde pendence. Uauibetta followed in a speech approv ing ihc sentiments of Thiers, and sup ported the motion for tho order of the day, which was rejected by the Assembly. Tho petition was then referred to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Little Rock, July 22. —All mail con tractors of lines leading hence huvo failed- A special mail agent is here, endeavoring to make special contraots for tho pooplo inoonveoienced. Louisville, July 22. —Nino alleged Ku-Klux havo been brought hero from Estelle county, one of whom, it is stated, poiohcd. It appears that the band is local to Estello and Powell counties. Tho prisoners were held in SI,OOO each, to au swor at the Ootober torm. Philadelphia, July 22. -- Pennsyl vania’s property in the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad was sold to-day and purchased by Senator Thurmuu and Gun. McClellan, in behalf of the trus ees. It was sold in three sections. ’Tho price aggregates $620,000, of which SII,OOO is oash. 6t. Louis, July 22.— Hearing in tho case of Miller ngaiust the Bradstreet Com mercial Agency continues. Miller intro duced further intesihnony ns to bis solvon oy, and stated that the report published in the July number of the Agency's re port had injured his standing. J. 8. Eames testified that ho had boon sent for by Mr. Shepard, Superintendent of the Agobcy, and told by him that lie (Eames) oould havo good rating if ho would pay for hunting up evidenoe of Hit* credr. This would cost from $25 to SSOO. Eames refused the offer. Shepard was then plaoed on the stand and flatly contradicted the statement of Eames, and said Eames offered him moqey for favorablo rating; that ho (wilneps) told him he ought to bo kicked out of the office lor making euoh an oner. He never received presents, and money eonsirlora tions had no influence with him. King, whose testimony was reported yesterday, had been discharged for making incorrect reports, falsifyng index and(gcnoral disobe dience of ordors. King had threatened to injure the firm, and assaulted tho witness with brass knuckles. The rating of Miller was based on information received from men who he regarded well versed in trade and business, and who stated that Miller’s assets and liabilities were so nearly equal as to justify the witness iu rating him ta be trusted with caulioo. COMMERCIAL REVIEW. New York,, July 23.—the cotton movement shows a largo lulling off in re ceipts, and considerable inoronse in ex ports. Receipts at all ports 19,661, against 15,386 last, 18.468 provious, and 18,197 three weeks sinca. Total reooipts since September 3,936,798, against 2,843,084 for the corresponding period the previous year, showing an inoroase of 1,113,714 iu lavor of tho present soason. Exports from all ports for tho week 19,271, against 12,- 712 for the same week last year. Total exports for tho expired portion of tho ootton year 3,095,547, against 2,159,899 for the samo time last year. Stock at all ports 156,319, ugainst 126,384 tho samo time last year. StoekH at interior towns 10,216, against 26,326 last year. Stock in Liverpool 660,000, against 607,000 last year. Amerioan ootton afloat for Great Britain 80,000, against 62,000 last yoar. Indian afloat tor Europe 575 585, against 414,000 last year. At the South during the week more rain has fallen, but it was needed in many section?. Cotton was heavy and lower oarly in tho week, but afterwards partially reoovered f ho decline. _ Sales for tho weok, 78,500 bales, ot whioh 65,500 wore for iuturo de livery, and 13,000 on Iho spot aod to ar - rive. Os tho spot ootton, exporters took about 1,125 bales; spinners, 4,100, and speculator?, 1,500. . Hog products havo boon moderately ac tive, but without any marked improve ment in prices. Root products have boon quiet. Dairy produota have declined. To- ( baoco bas boon activo in Kentucky leal, ' and prices. have advanced. Naval stores advanoed in spirits, but have been quiot in oihor articles. Petroleum has boon unset tled, but closed firmer. Hops—there lias been a largo movement for export, at'full price?. Woo! and metal? have been firm, with a fair business. In other domestic products tho thankee havo not been im portant. The goneral trade of tho city has not developed any now features during tho week, and dullness prevails in all depart ments. Dry goods have been dull, even in do mestic cotton fabrics. Prices are general ly firm. In the carpet trade, orders for goods for tall trade are still being placed with tho manufacturers fit value wheD do-, livered. Tho advauoo ot about five cents per yard, madq early in the prceeDt mouth, u well sustained. The boot and shoo trade continues dull, and tho only relief to the market this week was the appearanee c f a sow Southern buyers. Spring and sum mer goods are ottered at, a slight conces sion, to close out stocks ; hut fall aud win ter goods are held firmly. In tho hard ware trade, some of the large firms aio preparing for tho fait trade, but business generally is very dull. FROM NEW YORK. New York, July 23.— Eighty-two thou sand dollar;! have been subscribed for the erection of anew first class German thea tre. for which $200,000 aro i.i ho raised. Immigration to this port the quarter ending June 30, amounted to 101,015, in cluding 30,814 Germans and 20,149 Irish. About SBOO has been privately sub scribed for the widow of Sergt. Wyatt, killed in tbe riot of the 12th, and subscrip tion continues brisk. The memory of Benjamin Nathan,mur dered a year ago, was observed yesterday by the Synagogue of Mount Sinai Hospit al, of whioh ho was Prcsidonf. Two of the East river docks have sunk, supposed iiom holes made by evil disposed persons. Tho docks were raised and re paired, Put the oorapany 10539 $15,000 to $20, 000. Privato loiters from Cuba,tho. Jamaica, sth inst., mention several important en gagemento, in whioh the Cubans were suc cessful Ono of them is said to have last ed five Cl fix hours, and resulted in the capture of six hundred Spanish prisoners. In another, forty-fir® Spaniards wero kill ed and one hundred and fifty prisoners taken. The Cabans control tho De partment of Guantonamo. from WASHINGTON. Washington. July 23. —Tho Solicitor of tho Treasury, in a long c pinion, holds that whero parties act under a decision of t },„ Commissioner of Revenue, they are D ot liablo should the Judiciary Depart ment subsequently ovcrrnlo tho Commis sioner’s decision. This defeats the claim of the Government for tax on bonds, cou pons and dividends, for tho five months between September, 18W, and January, 1871, where officer-, of corporations, under the Commissioner’s decision, failed to withhold the tax. Tho opinion holds that in withholding tax, officers of corporations act as agents of the Government, and are not equitably responsible for tho legali ty of the Commissioner’s opinions and in structions. miscEUANEora, San Francisco, July 23.—An im mense Dcmocratio mass meeting was held last night. Salt Lake, July 22,—Tho City Coun oil appointed a committee of prominent Mormons to make grand preparations to receive President Grant in August. The Corrinno Journal will be removed to this oity, thus making two Gontilo pa pers for the Mormons to oontond with,
