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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1872)
OLD SLIMES—VOL. LXXIX. (£ijtonule nnb j^pnlmel. Terms of Subscription. DAILY. <>!»<• $ ! 00 lltn e rnotitli* 2 50 One year. 10 00 < Till-WEEKLY. < >i»o year 0 5 00 j Six ijihliJij?• 2 f#o WEEKLY. S: month* 100 ( n' year 2 00 ; WEDNESDAY JULY 17.1 TIIK GREENWOOD AM) AUGUSTA RAILROAD. This project has been repeatedly brought before our merchants mu] bnsi iii * men throngh the columns of tlie ( ’intoNicL,F. A Hkn tivki., in the hope of enli 1 iie/ their m rioiiM consideration of mi enterprise which promises 11 very con nl' rable expansion of the trade of All- : "'I .1 i, and it corresponding contribution t" fin; material advancement of tlio city. | S'. far as developing any organized ex-j pr. doll of favor of the eiiteprise goon, ! iv have failed to discover tile fruits of our elfnrts to arouse our mercantile corn- j ■nullity to a just appreciation of this op- j portnuity to extend the sphere of their commercial influence to a large and pro- j duetne scope of country in our sinter Slate, anxious to empty the wealth of its j no u nit Ural products into the lap of Au- j pa li. Whatever interest may have | I" en excited in the enterprise is of that j viomio and shapeless character which cnrrii with it no power to inspire the j indent and aefive friends of the proposed i i".id in the upper counties of Carolina with I lie encouraging belief that Augus ta appreciate,-, its importance to her trade, and stands ready to respond with material pledges of her appreciation in siding them to secure direct communi cation with the market of their prefer- Tliis spiritless favor (if indeed favor and all) should not longer characterize that class of our citizens who have it in tln ir power to give this enterprise an impetus which will drive it to successful completion. • >nr (larolinn friends evince an en thusiastic earnestness in this project which plainly enough indicates that they mean business, and not the mere record upon paper of high-sounding purpose, bereft of corresponding contribution of substantial investment in the enterprise which they urge upon the favorable con sideration of our citizens. They do not n I Hercules to take the entire heavy burden from their shoulders, but simply invite the citizens of Augusta to aid tln-in in reaching the market of their choice with the annual products of their l'erlile soil, to bo exchanged for planta tion and family supplies. Inasmuch as Augusta is to reap largely of the bene fits accruing to that section of country through a more direct and desirable railroad connection with the commercial world than at present, it is but proper tlml she should materially aid an en terprise which promises to increase her commercial importance, and enhance her general business interests. Our enter prising and public spirited citizens will certainly not remain passively inclined to the project, willing to accept the larger share of benefits which may arise from the consummation of the road, but unwilling to invest of their substance in enlarging the area of our trade. Let our leading commercial men give this proposed road such consideration as its bi aring upon their direct interests de mands, entering heartily into a confer ence with our Smith Carolina friends at Greenwood on the Ist of August, on which occasion a grand barbecue will bo spread, and ngeueral rally of the friends of the road be made, ft is to be hoped that Vngusta will have a delegation of her solid men present on that occasion, as an earnest of her willingness to co operate with our South Carolina friends in any practical movement, looking to our mutual interests in the construction of this additional feeder to our growing commercial importance. \s uii evidence of tho fooling which controls ovir Bout.li Carolina friends in t heir oHurts to securo railroad eonnee ticui with Augusta, wo annex tho follow ing private lottei received by a gentle man in this city: (ihki’.nwood, S. C., Juno 21, 1872. My I>k.\h Sill After compliments and kindest wishes, you will please excuse i lie intrusion. A common interest in duces this correspondence, and perhaps a matter of no ordinary value attaches to the enterprise of which 1 wish to peak of to tho people of Augusta through yon. Tho Greenwood and All-' ■ pistu I tail road can be a living reality provided the people of Augusta will come forward and assist us. tu this and surrounding country, and in fact all the up country, the friends to the road are spreading themselves. You will be really astonished to learn that the road has friends in Walhalla, Anderson, I)no W est and Greenville. We have comfort ing news from each of those places. Augusta seems to be the favorite mar ket of the people throughout Upper ('arotinn. The great drawback to Au gusta is its distance over rail, which our present project will supersede, if suc cessful. The inducements to a success ful undertaking are many, and should l>e seriously considered by the citizens of Augusta. In the first place, the freighting of 10,000 bags of cotton over the road is no small item. Think, then, of the sale of this cotton in Augusta. In a few years what a vast amount of money would be emptied in Augusta. Imagine again the other sources of trade from the upper section of Carolina. Os this you know. Again, Augusta will never reach this trade only by the present scheme. The Laurens Railroad has been bought by a party who will put it. in miming order, which, of course, will throw the I,aureus cotton to Charleston. The people of Laurens would come here and ship their cotton to Augusta if our road was running. They are clamorous for the road. We flatter ourselves that with this road Augusta can be made the se cond city in Georgia. You have but a faint idea of the feeling of the whole country on the subject. Arouse Augusta efficiently. Ail immense barbecue and pie-nic will be held here on the 12th of August ill its behalf. Have your speak ers ready. We want them here. Dis miss the matter freely among yourselves. Ciive tt general publicity. We want the road. The mountain people want the road. We are fully persuaded that this movement referred to in the above letter is really a movement of the people for the people, and not a stock-jobbing scheme. We hope, therefore, that our merchants will take steps to be repre sented at the meeting, and that our worthy Mayor and Council will have a representation there also, which will in tend business, not buncombe. We under stand that our Carolina friends desire simply that Augusta will build a road to or near Fury's Ferry and bridge the Sa vannah river to meet them. This done, they feel assured of their own fbility to accomplish the rest. Now, surely, Au gusta and her merchants can pledge themselves to this extent. Again, we commend this matter to our citizens. Let not this l>e numbered as a lost opportunity, like many others in times past. Our influence and prosperity will expand with our facilities for interior i liter-communication. < )VT oF Jam, —The notorious “Hon." Tunis G. Campbell, negro Senator from the Second District, who was lately com mitted to Fulton county jail on a bench warrant from Judgo Hopkins, charging him with marrying a negro mau to a white woman in this vicinity in 1808, celebrated his 4th of July by giving the required $3,000 bond—and again “walks to and fro in the world and up and down in it .’’—Atlanta titm, 6f h. TIIE PALI, ELECTIONS. Previous to the great Presidential con test in November, the following States and Territories hold elections this Fall: North Carolina, August 1 ; Kentucky, Montana and Utah, August 5; New Mexico, September 1 ; California, Sep : teinber2; Vermont,Septembers; Maine, September 9 ; Colorado Territory, Sep ternlierlO; Dakota, Indiana, lowa, Ne -1 bra.ska, Ohio, Pennsylvania and the Dis | trict of Columbia, October 8; South Carolina, October 16; West Virginia, I October 24. All the States vote for Presidential Electors on the sth day of November, and on the same day the fol lowing choose State officers : Alabama, . Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, ; Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jer sey, New York, Tennessee, Virginia and , Wisconsin. Arizona holds her Territo- j rial election on the Hth of November. TIIE LUNATIC AS YUM. The Atlanta correspondent of the Sa | vannah News states that the committee appointed last Winter to look into the condition and management of the State Lunatic Asylum will be prepared to make a report when the Legislature as sembles. The committee consists of Drs. Win. Henry Cumming and James P. Bozeman. In order to gain as much information as possible with regard to the proper management of these institu tions, Dr. Cumming visited all the principal asylums in the Northern States and Canada. The subject, is one which demands the early attention of the Legislature. The. building near Mil ledgeville is entirely too small for the proper accommodation of the insane of the State, and in many of the county jails are poor wretches who have been unable to get admission to the institu tion, and are too dangerous to be allowed liberty. In Richmond county there have been several such cases. The evil is one which calls loudly for redress, and we trust that prompt action will be taken. THE HOUTHEItN PACIFIC ItA 11. HOAD. There are those amongst ns who be lieve that the day is not far distant which will witness a continuous railroad connection stretching across the Ameri ca»l continent, between San Diego, the best harbor on the Pacific coast, nml Port Royal, the equal, if not the supe rior, of the best port on the boisterous Atlantic. In either of these harbors the fleets of the world—ships of the largest class achieved by modern science—may enter with ease, ride safely at anchor age in a royal roadstead, thoroughly land-locked, or lie securely moored at doeks in a depth of water ample, and to spare, to float the grea test Leviathan of them all. Just now Colonel John W. Forney, of the Philadelphia Press, who prefers to explore, in company with Col onal Thomas A. Scott, of the Pennsylva nia Central, Southern resources along the proposed route, in Texas, of the Southern Pacific Railroad, to wielding a political buttle axe for Grant and Impe rialism, en route writes a long and— barring now and again a little effusion of Radical gas—an interesting letter, from which we make the following ex tract. Following a description of Shreveport, Louisiana, and predicting for this city “a glorious future,” Colonel Forney says: At this gateway of the grandest ma terial enterprise of this or any age, let me give the general reader an idea of the work undertaken by Col. Thomas A. Scott and his associates. “The Texas and Pacific Railway Company” finds iiuished to its hands 60 miles of railroad, from Shreveport, on Red river, to Long view, Upshur county, Texas, which is doing a good freight and passenger busi ness. This is the line heretofore known as the Southern Pacific, and extends from Marshall, Texas, through a mag nificent region, to FJ Paso del Norte, near the boundary between the United States and Mexico, thence to the junc tion of the Gila and Colorado rivers of the west. at. Fort Yuma, and thence to the magnificent, harbor of San Diego, on the Pacific coast, which is land-locked, and large enough for one thousand ves- 1 sels to ride with ease on its bosom, i There is another branch, the Transcon tinental, which begins al Texarkana, in the county of Lafayette, Texas, ten miles west of Fulton, Arkansas, and extends through a most fertile region of country to Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant, Texas, where it joins the main line, above described, and the two together pursue the route to the Pacific on the :i‘2d parallel. To Fort Worth, after visit ing the towns of Marshall and Jetl'er , son, Col. Scott and his party will pro ceed to-morrow, when we will stage it , one hundred and seventy-five miles across the country, reaching the railroad at Dallas, whence we proceed through Houston and other places to Galveston. There we board the Morgan steamer for New Orleans, and so home, which, with the good fortune that has so far atten ded us, we hope to reach by the 10th or 15th of July, or a little over a month since we left. This is a long route ; | when completed we shall have traveled j nearly S,(KX) miles by rail, steamboat, stage, and ocean steamer. Col. Scott and his chief engineer have been con tinually occupied during our trip con sulting maps, laving out routes, provid ing for materials, workmen, Ac., so that when he reaches Marshall, the threshold of his work, he will give his orders clearly. Col. Henry G. Stebbins, Vice- President of the company, is now in London, negotiating the first loan, which, under the prestige attending this grand scheme, will be easily secured. By uniting the two lines referred to, chartered by the State of Texas and by Congressional enactment included under the title of “The Texas and Pacific,” Colonel Soott secures all the lands and bonds voted to the said Texas roads by the State of Texas, equal in value to over twenty millions of dollars. This is exclusive of the subsidies of Congress of pub'ic lands in the Territories, between El Paso, in Texas, and San Diego, in California. The distance from the eastern boun dary of Texas to San Diego is about j 1,800 miles, or. including the Trans-! continental Road and its branches from Texarkana to Marshall, about 1,900 j miles. There are no engineering ditfi- j eulties of any kind to be met with : there is no practical difficulty in regard to fuel or water, aud the country generally presents more facilities for the construc tion of a railroad than can be found ou a line of equal length ou the Western Continent. Comparing the different estimates of cost of this line, and com paring *ll the estimates with the esti mated cost of all tho other roads in the j United States, there can be no doubt j that this road can be constructed in j a first-class manner and thoroughly equipped for business at a cost, as be- j fore stated, not exceeding $40,000 of j bonded debt per mile. To aid in the 1 construction of this road, the United States has made a grant of its lands in the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona and the State of California, in all not less than 15,000,000 acres, in al- j termite sections, along the route of said The company offers its bonds, issued under the provisions of its charter, se cured bv a mortgage of the road, its franchises, property, rolling stock, i and appurtenances, including the fifteen | millions of acres of land granted by the ! United States, aud believes that no bet j ter or more satisfactory security exists. ; The bonds are payable in forty years, ! in gold, and the interest, at six pel cent., with one per eent. for sinking : fund, also in gold, payable semi-anuual j ly. The principal and interest will be | j .ay able at the option of the holder, in ! Europe or America, as set forth in the ! bond. Besides this divelopmrnt of business is the actually existing business await ing transportation, and already adverted to, in Texas, Chihuahua, Sonora, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Mr. Greeley, who traveled extensively in Texas iu 1871, estimates that in 1880 she will have a population of two millions, aud that her industry and enterprise will have far outstripped the increase of population. It is estimated that at least 100,000 emigrants have arrived within her borders during the past year, and that there will be shipped from the Red river country alone, during the present year, 75,000 bead of cattle, 750,- 000 pounds of beef, 100,000 pounds of tallow, with hides, 225,000 bales of cot ton, and large quantities of wool, and that the receipts from all sources will not be less than $50,000,000. ; Os the through trade between Califor nia and the Atlantic, and the trade and i traffic of the Eastern Continent, this j road, from its superior advantages al- I ready adverted to, must inevitably se i cure a large proportion. The gross j earnings of the Union Pacific and Cen tral Pacific Railways combined, fox 187], the second year of their through | business, as officially reported, amount led to §17,250,000, of which amount 65 per cent, was local business, mainly i created by the railroad itself, and about I 53 per cent., or nearly nine millions and j a half of the above sum, was a net profit i over operating expenses. An equal rev- I enue oil the Texas Pacific, estimating its | total cost at say $75,000,000, would give | a return of over 12 per cent, as the net : earnings, and the amounts will expand in an ever-icreasing ratio as the country is settled and its resources developed. But stiperadded to all this is the mu nificent contribution of lands by the Government, the general character of which is such as to secure their ready sale, and the proceeds of sales of which, by the terms of the mortgage, are devo ted to the payment of interest on the bonds and the purchase of the bonds themselves—the latter of which features, it is believed, will put the bonds at par as soon as the company itself shall be able, from the sales of land, to announce itself as a purchaser of its own bonds. Judging from the experience of other companies in the sale of Government lands, the inference is fairly warranta ble tLilt the value of the lands them selves will be amply sufficient to build and equip the entire road, thus doubling the security for the payment of the bonds. i The Union Pacific Railroad Company, during the year 1870, sold 294,000 acres ! of land, at an average of $4.46 per acre —51,311,240. At a like rate per acre the 15,000,000 acres of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company would produce §67,- 900,000. I have now given you an outline of the last project with which Colonel Scott is identified. Its magnitude is almost be yond comprehension ; its prosecution and completion worthy of the loftiest ambition. Needless for me to say that our young and daring leader looks to no pecuniary reward. That, he has already secured. He now aspires to the higher object of reuniting North and South in the bonds of increasing commerce and lasting peace. How mysterious are the ways of Pro vidence ! A little more than twenty years ago, when Thomas A. Scott was an humble subordinate in the employ of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, Jef ferson Davis was a Senator in Congress from Mississippi, and Franklin Pierce a candidate for President. Scott voted for Pietce, and the latter, elected in Novem ber of 1852, made Jefferson Davis his Secretary of War, March 4, 1853. One of the first steps of the latter was to or der a survey of the Territories to find out the best route for a railroad to the Pacific. Four reports were made by the ablest of our engineers, which he sent to Congress, ably supported in one of his best papers. The war made by himself and a few reckless men postponed all work on the route over the thirty-second parallel, which was the favorite route of Davis, but did not stop the speedy con struction of that now known as the Union Pacific by Northern enterprise, even when Davis was forcing the people of tile South to fight against their coun try. And now, just at the moment these same people are prostrated by the results of their rebellion, and when they are looking forward for one brave, strong and sympathetic heart to help them out of the gloom, Col. Scott steps forward in the 51st year of bis age, and accepts the trust, which, but for that rebillion, would have been lon# ago <liaohr».rgcd by other hands. OFFICERS OF THE TEXAS PACIFIC RAIL ROAD COMPANY. President—Thomas A. Scott. Vice-President —Henry G. Stebbins. Treasurer —Edwards Pierrepout. Secretary—Emanuel B. Hart. Assistant Secretary—Geo. B. Krumb haar. Board of Directors —Thus. A. Scott., I’a.; E. Pierrepout, N. Y.; IT. G. Steb bins, N. Y.; G. W. Cass, Pa.; W. T. Walters, Mil.; J. N. McCullough, Pa.; W. C. Hite, Ivy.; W. C. Hall, Ky.; H. B. Plant, Ga.; H. D. Newcomb, Ky.; E. W. Rice, Iowa; H. S. McComb, Del.; J. McManus, Pa.; J. W. Forney, Pa.; W. W. Travers, N. Y.; J. H. Harris, La.; J. W. Throckmorton, Texas. TUB BOLTERH’ CONVENTION. On Monday and yesterday a number of gentlemen opposed to tlie nomination or endorsement of Air. Greeley, by the I lemocratic Convention, met in the city of Baltimore. These gentlemen, we be lieve, call themselves Democrats— Simon Vines, Bourbons and Red llots. Among them .are such choice spirits as Brick Pomeroy, of New York; Blanton Duncan, of Kentucky, and Stokes, of South Carolina. From the report of their meeting it will be seen that these gentlemen propose, with refreshing coolness, to act as supervisors of tho National Democractie Convention. Summoned by no one knows who, and representing none others than themselves, they modestly assume the right to superintend the labors and direct the efforts of tho representatives of the great Democratic party of the Union. They intimate very strongly what is to la l their course. If the Con vention nominates a “ straight-out ” Democrat, on a “straight-out platform” (of both of which Messrs. Pomeroy, Duncan & Cos. must be the judges), they will give the action their sanction. But if the Convention should see proper to nominate Air. Greeley, or endorse him, and make no nomination, these gentle men will repudiate the nomination or endorsement, issue an “address to the conntry,” and take such other measures as they may think proper to preserve the Democratic party— meaning, we presume, the nomination of “ straight-out” candidates. Apart from high sounding words and absurd threats, the meeting seems to have been, like the anti-Greeley conference in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, a complete failure, and whatever may be its course, its only ef fect will bo to bring ridicule upon its originators and participators. THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH CARO- J LINA. First on the list of States holding elections preceding the Presidential election, Grant and his administration and military rings are unscrupulously employing every corrupting appliance j which promises to secure a Radical triumph iu North Carolina on the first of August. Among other things resorted to, it is j given out that ex-Senator Abbot lias se cured $25,000 in New Y'ork, to be em ployed as a corruption fund. Thus pro vided with the most powerful element of strength iu swaying an ignorant float- j ing vote, aud backed by the shrewd rascality of a host of carpet-bag robbers : and scalawag thieves in its application ! to the purposes intended, Grant aud j his sympathizing horde of State pluu- ! derers are jubilant over the prospect of ; crushing out in the “ Old North State” all opposition to the plundering schemes j which Radical villainy has concocted for the further robbery of a people who have already been plucked to the bone bv these merciless plunderers. Asa supplemental aid to the cor ruptive influences of a liberal distribu- j tion of money in the campaign, the; tongues of a number of the leading; stump spouters of Grant’s Cabinet have been oiled up for service. Secretary Boutwell is billed to leave Washington on the 18th inst., to make } speeches at Morgantown and Charlotte. He will make other addresses in the State be- AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1872. fore ho returns. Other leading Grant speakers are to participate, among them being Secretaries Robeson and Delano, Postmaster-General Creswell, General Logan, Senators Chandler aud Harlan, if the latter can get away from the ex acting duty of editing the Administra tion organ. Thus, it will be seen that our conserva tive friends and allies in the “ Old North State” are to have no holiday work in throttling the serpent of Radicalism which threatens to draw its slimy folds still closer around their vital energies. The issue, to our mind, is to say the least, of doubtful result, unless every true son of the grand old common weal tli shall rally to the rescue of their stricken mother from the hands of the plundering spoilsmen. The conserva tive leaders appear to be making the campaign red-hot, and are vigorous, earnest and eloquent in their appeals to the masses. We can only hope that they may be instrumental in arousing the great mass of their people to a full sense of the importance of the issue be fore them, to the end that tho army of carpet-baggers and thieves which lias fattened upon the shameless robbery of the State may be swept beyond the pos sibility of resurrection to curse a people great in oil the elements of strength which dignify anil exalt a State. To do this requires but the adherence of the advocates of an honest administration of State affairs to a high resolve not to indulge an indifferent attitude in the great contest, but to buckle on the armor of an active and uncompromising warfare against the machinations of Grant anil his sympathetic State plun derers. An earnest concert of action from the mountains to the seaboard will break the rule of the despoiler, and cause the thieves and plunderers to take up their line of march from the good old North State, as they did from Geor gia. It is gratifying to note the evidences of patriotic sympathy among prominent speakers from other States with our con servative friends in North Carolina, in the gallant fight they are making against Radicalism. Wo observe that there will be a grand mass meeting and barbecue at Weldon on Friday next, the 12tli inst., at which time Senators Schnrz, Trumbull, Ransom, Blair and Thurman, ex-Senator Doolittle, ex-Gov. Yance, Gov. Walker and Col. James W. Hinton, of Virginia, General J. B. Gordon, of Georgia, and other distinguished speak ers, are expected to addressjthe people. Preparations have been made for a very large attendance. Excursion trains will be run from Wilmington, Raleigh, Ports mouth and Petersburg, anil the fire com panies of the principal cities in North Carolina and Virginia will be invited to be present and parade. A HAMPER UPON TIIE “RED HOTS.” Among our dispatches received yes terday evening is an authoritative de nial of a declaration concerning our Confederate soldiers, imputed to Hor ace Greeley, now the chosen can didate of the people for the highest office within their gift. The declara tion ascribed to Mr. Greeley is as fol lows : “When the rebellious traitors are overwhelmed in the field, and scattered like leaves before an angry wind, it must not be to return to peaceful and con tented l'Minoa Tl.Mjr iv.v.,,1 j at tlieir firesides, aud sec privation in the anxious eyes of mothers and in the rags of children.” In addition to being daily flaunted from the mast head of certain of our respected Georgia cotemporaries, essay ing to run the “ red hot” schedule of tho past in defiance of tlie expresssed preference of the great mass of our peo ple for a policy founded upon the living practical issues of the present, this dec laration has furnished material for a recent harrowing caricature in Harper's Weekly —that journal of “civilization” which achieved such unenviable dis tinction during our late civil war in the line of scurrilous portraiture of South ern civilization and sentiment. Ap pearing upon the eve of and dedicated specially to the Baltimore Convention, the design of this cartoon was evidently to prejudice Mr. Greeley’s chances of support from the Southern tier of the States there represented, who are sensi tive of the duty which must ever rest upon them to defend and vindicate the honor aud courage of those who wore the gray. But tho movement of the whole people in tlie interest of a release from Radical misrule was of too mature growth,and calm, deliberate purpose, to be set aside by such ridiculous attempts to influence the well tempered judg ment of the patriotic representatives of the South by a repulsive portraiture of a scene never desired by Mr. Greeley in his most enthusiastic moments of support aecurded the Federal arms. Hence, despite this machination of the enemy to divide the counsels of tlie Convention, in the hope of assisting to continue Grant’s oppressive and corrupt administration four years longer, we have a harmonious proclamation of the people’s chosen representatives indi cative of the dawn of a brighter day for tho plundered and bayonet-ridden South. Now that the choice of candidates has been made by the highest represen tative assemblage recognized in party discipline, and an unqualified denial made of the declaration imputed to Mr. Greeley, we' respectfully suggest that it is now in order for our cotemporaries in the State, alligned with the Democracy, to withdraw the paragraph in question from their masthead. r>R. LIVINGSTONE HEARD FROM. The telegraph informs us that Dr. Livingstone, the great African traveler, has married—married a Princess —mar- ried ail African Princess—has quietly settled down in primitive costume to his duties as dutiful spouse, and to breadfruit and baunanas, and the domes tic duties of a Royal household. This is given upon the authority of a London letter, and of course, unlike a Liverpool estimate when the stock of cotton is low, and the prices rule too high for profitable manufacture, it must be true. Well, if this be true, Dr. Livingstone will no more trouble us with anxiety for his safety, for marriage is a quietus that would “settle down” a Salathiel, much less a Dr. Livingstone, an English ex plorer of Nile mysteries and African mys teries and Darwinian mysteries. The next thing we shall hearjof the doctor will be, and it will be the last, that hav ing undertaken a bridal tour to Loudon, he and his ebony bride will quietly chat the matters of international policy with Qneen A*ic, his regal sister, at her tea table at Windsor—provided that Airs. Livingstone left at home will forego all pretension to any woman’s rights over him. The Rice Crop and the Caterpillar. —The Savannah Republican learns from a gentleman who has just returned from an extensive tour among the various plantations on the Savannah, Ogeechee, Alt&maha and Satilla rivers, that the caterpillars, which recently created such fearful apprehensions for the coming rice crop, have entirely disappeared.— While some damage has been done, it is not quite so extensive as was at first supposed. AUGUSTA AND IIARTWIU. RAIL ROAD. i Editors Chronicle <X• Sentinel Permit mo the use of your »lumnsto eall the attention of the pblie, and particularly the Board of rreetors of the Augusta and Hartwell Roil, to the following letter, which we relived from au old friend, in reply to our elicitation for business : Anderson Count? S. C., i July 2, 872. \ My Dear Sir: In answer t your let ' ter soliciting consignments < cotton, I | would gladly ship to your larket, but ; the facilities are not sufficien The riv er is too slow and nucertair In these ; days we can’t wait a week or wo to ship cotton ; we must “realize” qickly. The | | trade of this country wool all go to ' I Augusta if we had the faci ties neces-i | sary ; and why the citizens f Augusta j ! —who are a wide awake, envgetiepeo- j ; pit—do not make exertions > get it, is : i beyond my comprehension. lin y have ! ; now a splendid opening to g< the trade j of the whole Savannah Valiev-the coun ties of Elbert, Hart and I anklin, in ' Georgia, and a large portin' of Ander son and Oconee, in South Crolinn, and > also to tap tlie Blue Ridge lailroad at Wallialla by tho shortest lie that can be made to the seaboard, i would be useless to enumerate tho aduntages of such a connection, as they an obvious to every one. But there is a project on foot now that may not only take from you this trade, but lose you what you now get from Elbert and all tlie counties adjoining and above. You are aware that they have a railroad chattered from Elberton to intersect the Air Line at Dry Bonds. I hear that company have made propositions to the Air Line Company to lay the track and equip and run the load. If this is done, of course the Air Line Company will hold the controlling power and run the road for their advan tage, and all the freight will go North. I hear, also, that it is proposed by the Augusta and Hartwell Road to unite with that road at Elberton or Hartwell. You cau see in a moment what tlie con sequences would be. Instead of getting more trade, Augusta would lose iiucli that she now lias. There is a way now opened for you to push forward and take advantage of the opening in this country and secure tho trade that if left to seek its own way to market, will go to Charleston or New York. That is, take hold of tlie Augusta and Hartwell Railroad and run it up the valley of tlie river to or near this point—cross tie Tugaloo and run to Perryville or Wal halla. If you do this at once the Elber ton road will not be built, and, cf necessity, Augusta would get all tha trade of the Georgia side, and a very large proportion of the Carolina side oi the Savanm.li would take that route in preference to the Greenville and Colum bia Road. When you got to this point and cross the Tugaloo all the produce would take that route, as well as that of Hart and Franklin counties, as it would bo the • nearest point for them find posssess more advantages. The Air Line Company made a grievous mistake in the location of their road ; they see it already, but it is too late to remedy it now. They have lost all the produce of Franklin and Hart counties in Georgia, and Anderson nnd Abbeville on this side, by running too high up, but it lias left a fine opening for Augusta, if slie will only step in now and take it. Augusta is compelled to have an opening in this direction and sooner or later it will be built, but if she delays much longer other roads will be built and divert all tlie produce to some other market. It is easy to keep a trade, but very hard to get it back when lost. I merely make these suggestions, hoping that you will talk this matter over with your friends—get up some in terest in the matter and see if you can’t induce your city to move forward and put this important road at work—send out your engineers—survey the route—get up subscriptions, and capitalists will take hold of it and build the road for you when they see ymu are in earnest, Wo have a charter for a road from Wal liaiJa to tlie Tugaloo winch can be used for this road if secured in time., other wise it may be taken by tlie “Air Line” for their own advantage. Yours respectfully', H. Now, Messrs. Editors, the points made in this letter are plain and direct. Our correspondent states that time is too important an element, in these days of high rates of interest and stringent money matters, to be overlooked. The river is too slow a medium of communi cation,' and existing lines of railroads are unfriendly by location and control, and therefore we cannot expect them to further Augusta interests. Cannot some arrangement Vie made by which the con trol of tho charter of the Augusta and Hartwell Road can be made, which will give confidence in the enterprise? It seems to me that there can be, and I am sure that every Augusta merchant will take a little stock to help the enterprise. Merchant. Annual Report of the State Road Com pany. (From the Atlanta Constitution.] The report of the State Road Com pany covers the period from 27th Decem ber, 1870, to January Ist, 1872. Tlie gross earnings were $1,397,712 60, and the expenses $1,678,705 11, or $281,- 022 51 more than tho earnings. The road was in bad fix. It is now in very good fix. Twenty-six miles of new iron have been laid, and seven new en gines, two hundred and fifteen new box cars and twelve new coal cars bought. Forty miles more of new iron are needed. There tire twenty-six bridges, aggregat ing 5,550 feet long. These are being covered. The road has lost business because much Western freight and travel that used to go over the State Road goes by the Dalton and Selma Road, the Alabama and Chattanooga Road, and the North and South Road. Other railroad enterprises threaten further loss of business which tlie lessees must counteract, the Air-Line Road from Charlotte to Atlanta, and the road from Columbus to Chattanooga, Griffin to Stevenson, Macon to Knoxville, and the Georgia Western Road. They,..propose to encourage manu facturing enterprises and secure freight lines to the West. They have already taken steps to secure a line to St. Louis and Cincinnati. President Brown urges tlie lessees to push forward and put the road in first class condition. The use of the air brake has diminished the stock bilb al most one-half, and saves labor. He winds up with complimenting the officers of the company. The Superintendent, Colonel Cole, says the road will have to be worked economically to make it pay. The ton nage of the road passing south was 651,001,490 pounds, and "8,504,837 pounds going north, or only oie out of thirteen cars going loaded back, 77 per cent, returning empty. The loaomotives run 966,387 miles, aud consumed 32,306 cords of wood. The highest monthly earhiigs were January, 8156,529, and the invest in June, $76,834 52. The total eilTiings at the Atlanta depot were $295,711 95. The heaviest shipment of otie article was corn, 125,414,296 pounds; second, bacon and lard, 95,215,668 pounds; third, flour, 72,224,000 pounds ; fourth, coal, 64,320,000 ; fifth, wheat, £2,616,640 pounds. These figures show how we are dependant on the West for pro visions. Hay ran to 22,699,500. Whisky whisked up to the formidable aiiount of 12,582,000 pounds, or some twenty-five million solid, unqualified drunks. Oats went to 16,685,394 pounds. .Sab reached 12,112,000 pounds. Lumber reached 30,064,000 pounds. ’ Last Order of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. The following last order of General Joseph E. Johnston, which we copy from the original, has never appeared in print.— New Orleans Times. Headq’rs. Army ov TlrE Tennessee, '( Near Greensboro, N. C., Alay 2,1865. i General Orders , So. 22 : Comrades — In terminating our official relations, I earnestly exhort you to ob serve faithfully the obligations of good and faithful citizens at your homes as well as you have performed the duties of thorough soldiers in the field. By such a course you will secure tlie comfort of your families and kindred, and restore tranquility to our country. You will re turn trvour homes with "the admiration of our people, won by the courage aud devotion you have displayed in this long war. I will always remember with pride the loyal support and generous confi dence you have given me. iniiw part with feelings of candid ndsliip and with earnest wishes that yon may have hereafter all the prosperi ty and happiness to be found in this world. J. E. Johnston, General. GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL, ME CHANICAL AND MILITARY IN STITUTE. Interesting Commencement Exercises. From the Marietta Journal, of the sth, we compile some interesting points in regard to the late commencement of this institution. Os the COMMENCEMENT SERMON, The Journal notes that the commodious Presbyterian Church was crowded to its utmost capacity with the elite of the city aud visitors from abroad. The sermon was preached by Rev. R. Irvine, D. D., of Augusta, Ga., from the 13th chapter and 33d verse of Matthew: “Another parable spake he unto them; the king dom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till tlie whole was leavened.” The erudite divine, after reading his text, quoted several cognate verses, com menting and elucidating their bearing and signification on that part of his text, “the kingdom of heaven,” and then pro ceeded with his sermon, which was one of tho ablest pulpit efforts we ever beard. To attempt to give an outline of the discourse, we fear would convey such an imperfect idea as to de tract from its sterling merit, grandeur and sublimity. It was argumentative, replete and convincing'—matchless in de livery, elegant in diction, chaste in sen timent and beautiful in vivid illustra tions. The theme was a grand one, but the orator was equal to its mastery'. True, it was very lengthy, but it was profoundly interesting, and at times elo quent. At night lie delivered another i sermon of equal merit and interest, evin cing the same intellectual prowess, per specuity and scholarship. DECLAMATIONS. The declamation exercises, on Mon qiv night, were attended by a very large akdience. The President, Rev. D. L. Buttolph, w ifi Prof. A. S. Atkinson anil Prof. W. O' Atkinson, were on the stage, while Pibf. Cater commanded the Cadets on tin right. Rev. \V. E. Eppes, and other Professors, Trustees, Committee and ex- Ca4ots, occupied positions on tlie right. The contestant declaimers, in turn, oc cupted the stage in three divisions. Aker the students had delivered their speeches, tlie Cadets marcliod in front of tic stage, when COL. C. W. nOW'ARD Was Ltroducod, who delivered a highly entertaining and enthusiastic address, briefly reviewing tlie past history of the old G.fM. 1., from its incipiency to the day tint tlie flaunting torch of the in vader lift it a smouldering heap of black ened rdjns, and also touchingly alluded to the liindreds of noble sons that had graduated in the Institute, some now rilling prominent positions in the land, and others tilling soldiers’ graves. He congratulated the people on the restora tion of tie Institute and the encour aging tokens of its success, and then gracefully AWARDED THE FRIZES To the successful contestants, who were Cadets W. 8. Buttolph for the third prize, E. V Williams for the second, and W. J. Winn for tlie first. Tlie pro ficiency of tlie Cadets was alluded to by the speaker ai glowing terms, assuring tlie President and Professors that it was on au average of any institution lie ever witnessed. THE SUPPER, On Tuesday tight, was attended by a large multitude of people,' consisting of ex-cadets, cadets, professors and citi zens. It was a sumptuous feast and recherche affair and preparations ample, but lacked system and order in catering. TIIE ANNUAL ADDRESS. Wednesday night w'asset apart for the Annual address. At the proper hour, President Buttolph introduced Hon. Thomas Hardeman, of Macon, who ad dressed the people on the subject of Education, in connection with the Geor gia Agricultural, Mechanical and Military Institute. He gave an historic account di lha xa.ii ana rise oi tiupiius mm re publics, the corruption, the partizanism and the ignorance that buried the liber ties of the people in the cemeteries of the past, applying the whole to our own degenerate Republic; how a “little learning was a dangerous thing” in the elevating of the slave to rule the mas ter, and that knowledge, virtue and intelligence must regain the sceptre of Israel. He dwelt at length upon the educating of y oung men and the boon to be secured in the substantial re-establishment of the Institute. He would have tlie people educated in the arts and sciences, in utilizing the gifts of nature, in tlie advancement of agriculture, in turning to use the dash ing waters of the mountains, putting in motion looms and spindles ; he would make their education utilitarian, and not of fashionable display, pimps, friz zles and dissipation. The address was grandly conceived, classic, rhetorical and edifying, inter spersed with sparkling wit and garbed in the most choice and chaste language. It is worth something to hear an oration from Col. Hardeman. He is a sound logician, a philosophical reasoner and a biblical erui lite. TRUSTEES MEETING. At tlie close of the address a meeting was held of tho Board of Trustees of the Institute, at which Rev. D. L. But tolph was elected President of tlie Facility, Gen. Wm. Phillips continued as President of the Board of Trustees, and an Executive Committee of five, to transact all business relating to the In stitute, subject to the annual or called action of the whole Board, was ordered to be appointed by the President. Important Railroad Conference.— t\.n important conference took place on Tuesday last between Col. Thomas A. Scott, the groat railroad manager of Pennsylvania, on the one hand, and parties represen ting the North Louisiana and Texas Railroad Company and the bondholders of the Vicksburg, Shreve port and Texas Railroad Company on the other. The object of this conference was to ascertain if terms could be agreed upon satisfactory to all parties interested in the property (at present in the pos session of and operated by the company lirst named) by which the litigation in volving the title and ownership of this railroad; now' pending on appeal before the Supreme Court of the United States, could be settled at once, the appeal withdrawn and the road go into new' hands, with a view of its early comple tion to Shreveport. The North Louis iana and Texas Railroad Company was represented by a committee of three of its members, and the bondholders of the V., S. and T. R. R. Company, who reside principally in Georgia, by the Messrs. Grant, of Atlanta, extensive rail road contractors in that State, who are the largest holders of these securi ties. We have not been advised as to the result of the interview, but from a bondholder who had on his own account a conversation with Col. Scott, we learn that the latter is disposed to purchase the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad if the parties interested in it accept his terms and give him a clear title to the property. He does not re gard the sale of this road by the Sheriff of Ouachita parish, in 1866, as being a valid sale, or as conveying a title to Lndeling, Ray and others, the purchas ers at that sale. He regards the title as still being in the original company, and the claims of the bondholders of the latter as not having been extinguished by the sale to Ludeling and company; consequentlv, Col. Scott would not pur chase their title. As to the value of the road, Col. Scott places a very different estimate upon it from that of the parties now in possession, and if there be any difficulty incoming to an understanding, it will be as regards the price to be paid. , We may be able in a day or two to give our readers additional information upon this subject. —New Orleans Pica yune, 6th. Port Royal Railroad.— During the month eight vessels have arrived at the battery loaded with iron for the road, and other vessels are under way from New York and England. Ey the end of the week the track will be laid as far as Allendale, which is fifty-five miles from Beaufort. From that point the track will be laid at about the rate of ten miles per week. At the Augusta end the work is progressing as rapidly as possible. The Superintendent informs us that by the Ist of October the bridge below Augusta will be completed, and the rood will be in running order to the terminus. In the meantime, at the bat tery everything looks busy and business like. Stores and hotels are going up ready for the Fall trade. — Beaufort Re publican. VERY SAD. A distressing heart story is in circula tion in Washington. Miss Grundy gives the particulars, as follows ; “A lady had two lovers who hated each other with an intense and bitter hatred. There were more reasons than rivalry in love mat ters which oceasioned this state of affairs. There were violent political animosities and aggravations in addition. One of them, a soft-hearted creature, begged earnestly for a lock of bis fair lady’s hair. Now, not to be too severe on the customs of a by-gone generation, I must insist that there is nothing iu my estimation quite so absurd in the list of love gifts commonly exchanged as a lock of hair. And in these days it’s danger ous as well, for you never know ; but to my story. The lady for a long time denied the gift to her beseeching swain, but one day, tiring of repeated refusals, she suddenly relented and promised it. A short time afterwards lover No. 2 called. He has a fine suit of hair, and my lady, who has her work basket by her, playfully lifts her scissors, and first praising the dark wavy curls which he tosses back as lie wipes from bis brow the moisture provoked by the climate, aud mayhap, by his emotion at seeing her, she asks, “Oh ! do let me out off one of your Conklin curls.” Pleased and flattered he does not say her nay, but inclines his head and j>er liaps manages to detain tha little white hand as it strays through his hair and deftly clips a short thick curl. But, alas ! his triumph at ha ving provoked such a request is short-lived, for next day he detects his rival slyly kissing this veritable curl which he has, imag ining himself unobserved, drawn from his card-case that lie may pay it secret adoration. For a moment a denouxnent is imminent; then he reflects on tlie sweetness of such a revenge as this. He will let the rival keep that curl, be lieving it to be, that of the girl lie adores, and let him “spooney” over it to his heart’s content, while he, tho original owner of the lock, will have the satis faction of knowing how great a dupe the other is. But he has cut the lady. He says baldness is too common now among men for him to bo willing to grow a crop of curls for other men to languish over. A Tight Rope Maliciously H evered and a Female Performer Mortally Injured.— Capt. Gus Fowler has given ns the following particulars of an acci dent that a tight rope performer met with in Sliawneetown, Illinois, Thurs day evening: Connected with Keivne’s Rip Van Winkle combination was a young lady, billed as “ M’lle Celestine, the world-renowned lady rope-walker,” whoso duty it was to give a free exhibi tion of her skill, outside of the tent, just previous to each performance. The company showed in Shaneetown Thursday, and in the evening M’llo Celestine was giving her part of the performance on a rope stretched from the ground to the top of tho tent centre pole, which is about fifty feet high. The young lady was on the rope near tlie upper end, balancing on one foot, when the rope suddenly parted, and slio fell to the ground with terrible force. A subsequent investigation proved tlie rope to have been cut near the ground, aud so recently as to leave no doubt of its having been dono while the performer was going through her naturally dan gerous performance. Medical aid was summoned, and an examination developed tlie fact that M’llo Celestine had dualities received mortal injuries ; one of her legs was broken in two or three places, an arm and her jaw bone were also broken, and all of her teetlij knocked out. In ad dition to this she sustained internal in juries, and when Captain Fowler passed Sliawneetown early yesterday morning, the unfortunate girl was still alive, but no hopes of her recovery entertained. The citizens were terribly incensed, and it is thought if tho fiend who cut the rope r- *—.«<!, he will be ljiicm-.u with.An ceremony There was a rumor that the deed was the result of jealous madness, in the heart of au admirer of the lady, but the rumor was not sufficiently corroborated to warrant our stating who the man is. There is a reasonable hope, however, of his being found and hung with the re mains of the tight rope. —Evansville Courier, June 23. Accident to a Circus. —New Haven, Ct., July 3.—John Robinson’s circus, while coming up on tlie New York road, met with a serious accident at West Ha ven, this morning, about five o’clock. While going under the bridge, the bridge settled, and the menagerie cages of the platform cars struck it. Six cages were knocked off and broken up. The lion and tapir escaped, but were soon secured. The zebra was fatally injured. A cage of birds was also broken up, but all were saved. A cage containing fifty monkeys was among those wrecked, and all the monkeys are now loose in the West Ha ven woods. The loss is estimated at §IO,OOO. A Fine Fish Pond. — The writer lias had the pleasure of visiting one of the finest fish ponds in the State, on Meadow Nook, in DeKalb county, owned by Col. R. A. Alston. The pond covers nearly three acres of ground. It has two large islands in it. The upper pond was swarming with millions of perch anil redhorse. Such another host of fish has rarely ever been seen collected together in such a space. The lower'point is filled with trout. The fish just hatched were put in some eight weeks ago, and are growing amazingly. With great ingenuity Col. Alston lias changed a morass into a beautiful lake, and an unsightly bay into a source of profit and pleasure. Tho water has been obtained by cut ting ditches through the quagmires into the hillside, and turning the springs into a small stream. The pond cost about §15,000, and will repay the investment more than quadru ple in a few years. Col. Alston bought Meadow Nook some thirteen years ago, and has changed a waste place into a garden spot, and made the barren blossom as the rose. He owns 550 acres in a body—22s acres are in com and 140 in cotton. With the present prospect he expects to make 5,000 bushels of corn thisyear. —Atlanta Con stitution. Marriage of the Queen of Song.— On Friday last a letter was received in this city by a friend of Miss Christine Nils son, in which Miss Nilsson writes that she is to be married to M. Auguste Rouzaud in London the last week in July. M. Rouzard is a French gentle man, about thirty-six years of age, and is a stock broker, now residing in Paris. Miss Nilsson first metM. Rouzaud in the city of Paris when she went to that city some seven years since to begin her brilliant career as the “Queen of Song,” Since that time they have been devoted ly attached to each other. During Miss Nilsson’s tour in America, M. Rouzaud made a brief visit to this country, at which time Miss Nilsson gave him the promise of her hand and heart. The delighted Frenchman returned to his native land overjoyed. The union is founded on lovo alone. M. Rouzaud is by no means a wealthy man, his property having been impaired by the late war. Miss Nilsson has had many offers of marriage from titled noblemen and from most wealthy gentle men, both in this county and iff Europe, but to all she has turned a deaf ear. Other private letters, received in this city during the past week by friends of Miss Nilsson, state that this wedding will be one of the grandest and most brilliant that has taken place on the continent for many years. The bridal pair intend to sojourn in Switzerland during their honeymoon, and Miss Nilsson will reappear on the operatic stage in Russia in September next. Dr. Fordyce Barker, of this oity, who is now in Europe, will represent Miss Nilsson’s most instimate New York friends at the wedding. Notwithstand ing her legions of European admirers, Miss Nilsson seems most anxious of meeting those to whom she became de votedly attached while in this country. She has alreadey forwarded earnest in vitations for them to be present at the marriage.— New York Sun. Child Killed at Hdrtville. —An infant child of Mr, Pollard Crawford, nephew of Judge M. J, Crawford, of this city, was kUled in Hurfrille, AJa., yesterday, by the falling of a shelter to the house. The fall slightly injured Mrs. C. and two of her boys. We are told the falling timber knocked the in fant from a little sister’s arms. The in fant was killed, the little girl escaped in-i jury.— Columbus Sun, 6th. NEW SERIES—VOL. XXV—NO. 29. The Sage Solon Taketh to Himself Another Wife. The sensation iu Jacksonville, Florida, Sunday last was tlie marriage of Solon Robinson, which was duly solemnized in tlio Baptist Church after morning ser vice. The ceremony and tho parties aro thus described in tlio Union: * * * At last, the organ rolled out the iloxology, or something similar. Faintly a glimmer was caught of a blush ing groom, venerable in years, perhaps beyond the throe score and ten allotted to this earthly pilgrimage, yet still in the full bloom of love’s glorious passion. Ho stood at the altar more like the slayer than the lamb, ready to sacrifice tlie patient victim. The groom was dressed without ostention and apparent ly with the object of keeping cool, ltis legs wore embalmed in tho richest qual ity of Kentucky jeans, which neatly fitted over a pair of number ten and a half agricultural pumps; a white vest loosely flowed about liis waist, and a lengthy brown linen duster completely surrounded liis person and Ins boots. His hands were recklessly embosomed l in a pair of yellow cotton gloves, which toned well with tlie various other arti cles of his costume. A glazed cap (un dress unifqiail&jfciie fire department), and a gre AjßaßPu'tihivll.i are said I"' have gnieefflKgWlined together m the The bride boro horself will) resigna tion. She appeared younger than the groom. In fact, it was said that she was really somewhat less aged than her swain. She is about twenty-seven. She did look “chirrup” anil nice, and her apparel was tasty and 0001, being a light white muslin, with brown stripes and trimming. White straw lmt with brown toggery, and veil to match very nearly the gloves and linen duster of the come ly groom. The ceremony, was impres sive for its brevity and affecting in its simplicity. That is, it was as grand and imposing as it could be for short, and under the circumstances. The min ister prayed and did it fervently. There is no doubt ho was sincere. Then he remarked to the individual in jeans, that he supposed it was not necessary to explain to him the solemn duties of the connubial situation. Not much, the groom quickly coincided. Ho was post ed. Thereupon the twain were pro nounced husband and wife. The ser vice was what might bo called tlio soul of brevity. ’Twas a good thing for a hot day, and gratifying to the couple, who were doubtless in a hurry to get home. Romeo, ho turned with a sort of sickly smile, and slowly he bonded bis linen duster anil impressed upon the chin of his blooming Juliet the custom ary seal of unquenchable and adoring love. And then there seemed to come a sigh—mute, plaintive—but rather ap propriate. Solon Robinson and Mary Johnson were one and tho same. Slowly they marched from tha holy altar. The groomsman, 0. L. Robinson, aud the bridesmaid, Miss Louisa. John son, followed. Not a leaf stirred. Not an utterance. Not an emotion was visi ble. But the gentle breath of tho west wind could, if it would, have blown a memory which might well have added its solemnity to this transient scene. NO CAKE —NO CARDS. The bride and groom—Juno and De cember —started on their bridal tour on Monday evening. A Millionaire in Sackcloth and Ashes. — A Saratoga correspondent of tlie Albany Wines says: Among tho recent arrivals at Saratoga is a young gentleman of great fortune, who is a regular Summer visitor hero, and who has invariably made a great display. This season lie proposes t 6 do the place on a quieter scale, on account of liis mother’s recent death. This is how he goes about it. He has a suit of rooms at tlie Congress, that under liis supervision, have been so arranged as to present a rather sombre appearance, for, out of respect for liis mother’s memory, they have been put in mourning. A deep black border runs around tlie ceil ings, wmiu mo rt«U paper is of a very gloomy color; the furniture, which ar rived to-day, is from Egypt, and is ex ceedingly grotesque in appearance anil mysterious in stylo ; nothing like it has ever before appeared in Saratoga. The gentleman announces that he will not enter the ball room this Summer, but will entertain liis friends in liis rooms— in an elegant and costly manner, of course—no levity. Ho is to drivo a four-in-hand, liis groom nnd coachman are to bo attired in mourning, and mourning lap robes, like funeral palls, are to bo spread over the seats of liis carriages, which will be painted in keep ing with tho habiliments of woe. For these emblems of sackelothand ashes ho pays SSOO per week. Shoddy society calls this “filial devotion,” and speaks of him as “such a good son,” “but so odd and eccentricwhile common sense people aro unkind enough to call him a snob, and one of tho most outre kind. The Butter Trade. —Few people have a just idea of the immense amount of capital invested in the butter trade. Ac cording to statistics the dairy products of the United States aggregate in value §600,0000,000 annually. From official sources the total sales of dairy products in tho United States for 1870, from 8,935,332 cows, was : Rutter, 514,092,683 pounds, at mi average of 30c. per pound, or $171,364,236 ; cheese, 53,492,153 lbs., exclusive of factory product, statistics of which aro not at hand, at an average of 15c. per pound, or §802,382 29 ; milk, 235,509,599 gallons, at an average of 300. per gallon, or $70,652,879 70 ; making a grand total of §242,819,488. This is ex clusive of tho enormous amount con sumed by producers that cannot be reach ed, as it goes into consumption without salon or account, and can only be esti mated. This, with tlio increase of pro duction since 1870, is currently esti mated to rnako up the balance of the $600,000,000, which, without statistics given, might seom too high. The but ter trade in Now York centres, in Orange county to a considerable extent, furnish ing that city over half a million pounds during the season of six months. Proba bly tiiero is not a trade of the sanio magnitude that is so wholly without or ganization as tlie butter trado, and lias so many errors and abuses. COLLAPSB OF THE VENERABLE PETER Cartwright.— A few months ago it was announced that the Rev. Peter Cart wright, the oldest minister in the Metho dist Episcopal Church, and the father of Methodism in the West, had been strick en with puralysis at his homo in Pleas ant Valley, in Illinois, and was not ex pected to live. The news excited the sympathies and regrets of thousands who knew him only by name, but who knew what a useful, zealous and inde fatigable servant he has been for more than sixty years. His great age, nearly eighty-seven, and his extreme bodily de bility for several years, left little hope of his recovery, but the old man, with his wonderful energy, rallied, and was thought to be in a fair way to get well. And now comej tidings thatjho lias been adjudged iuoapahle of attending to his own affairs, and has bean placed under the guardianship of his son, Madison Cartwright. The old veteran seems to be failing rapidly, though he occasional ly shows flashes of the old time spirit and energy. Unclaimed Cotton— A Field for Swindlers. —We are informed that there is now in the hands of the Government about a million and a half of dollars arising from the sale of unclaimed cot ton. This was caused by the fact that large quantities of the seized cotton were without marks, some never having had any, and the names on other bales hav ing been erased and in some instances changed. Rumor says, and there is reason to believe it, that parties have put in olaims fur some of this ootton who are known never to havo owned a bale. It is exceedingly unfortunate for many of the farmers in the country to lose a large sum of money from the sole cause of having this ootton in an un marked condition. Home of tho agents of the Government are said to have enriched themselves by erasing names on cotton bales, putting names on such as had none, and putting in claims now for tho amount. So it happens every time that the Southern farmer comes oft’ second best. —Savannah Advertiser. The pronunciamento of Wisconsin for Greeley and Brown has significance, in view that Wisconsin has the largest pro portion of Germans iu respect to popu lation of any State in the Union. W. W. Rockwell, United States Reve nue Collector of the 16th New York Dis trict, and member of the Republican State Committee of New York, throws up both positions to support Groaley and Brown. Sons of Temphbanchi, —The sooond meeting of the representatives of the Sons of Temperance of the Southern States was held in Chattanooga, Tenn., on the 2d July, 1872, in pursuance of the resolution adopted by the Conven tion at its first session held in the same city, November 22, 1871. The Convention was called to order, and Isaac Litton, P. 51. W. P., of Nash ville, was elected President, and Dr. ,1. H. Curry, (1. S., of Tennessee, Secre tary. The following States wove duly repre sented: Teenessee, Louisiana, Ken tucky, East Tennessee, Arkansas, Missis sippi, Alabama and Georgia. The ob ject of the Convention waste establish a national organization of temperance people, upon the basis of tvhih mem bership. The former head of the order, the National Division of North America, has passed laws admitting the negro into the Order, and it became necessary for the South to form anew order, with anew head, upon the basis of white membership. The Convention adopted the following name for the new organi zation: “The International Division of the Sons of Temperance.” The committee appointed at the first session of this Convention for tha 1 pur pose, presented to the Convention a most, complete code of laws for the govern ment of the Order, which was unani mously adopted for the government of the International Division. Constitutions for Grand and Subordi nate Divisions, and a ritual for Order, was adopted by the International Divi sion. Isaac Litton, of Nashville, Tenn., the oldest Son of Temperance in the South, was unanimously elected P. 51. W. P. of the International Division. A committee was appointed to report the names of suitable persons for officers of the International Division. The re port of the committee was unanimously adopted, and afutl set of officers elected for the term, which is to continue until the next session, which is to be bold in Nashville, Tenn., on the 4th Monday in slay, 18711. Dr. S. M. Angell, of New Orleans, La., was elected 51. W. P.; John 11. Thomas, of Savannah, Ga., M. W. A., and Dr. J. Ts. Gurry, of Nash ville, Tenn., W. S. The officers elected were duly installed. A full report of the proceedings will be furnished by the 51. W. S. in a few days. Something Aiioijt Drinking in Warm Weather. —Drinking is a habit. Some people drink little, not that their con stitutions require less than others ; it, is their habit. These people never per spire so much ns those who drink more. The more that is drank, the more water passes away, or the system would suffer. As it is, the strain affects it. The skin, the kidneys, bowels, lungs, are all drawn upon. The result is, as may be expect ed, exhaustion. For this reason the man who drinks much water, particularly during the Summer ami in the hottest woather, is less able to endure fatigue. The water is of no benefit to him that is, the excess. It must pass away, and this requires an effort of the system, which is the sweating process. It is a bad habit to drink water so much ; a false thirst is created. We should drink only what is needed. The habit of drinking moro will soon be overcome, and tlio person will feel much stronger and more capable of bearing fatigue. In Winter, little fluid is no«lod beyond what our food furnishes ; in Summer, some more, but not much. Augusta and Hartwell Railroad.-- A meeting of tho Board of Directors of tho Augusta and Hartwell Railroad was held in this city on yesterday morning. Henry Moore, Esq., of tho Chronicle and Sentinel, was elected a Director of tho Company, to Jill a vacancy occasion ed by tho resignation of one of the Board. The business transacted by tho Board was of a general character, and nothing of special interest transpired. Several of the Directors from "the coun try spoke most encouragingly of the prospects of the company, and guaranteed large subscriptions from the counties along the Savannah river. We learn that, in a few days vigorous efforts will be made to get the machinery into operation, an and that an active canvass for subscriptions will be commenced. Tho road is a great public necessity, and having fall en into the hands of the right sort of men, its success is assured. Will Blodgett “Peach ?"■ — The At lanta correspondent of the Savannah Advertiser says: It is quite likely that Ed Blodgett will ho released <m a $15,- 000 bond in a few days. 1 heard to-day that ho intends going to South Carolina to havo a cliat with his father. The old man is said to have arrived at that con dition of mind when, to save his son from Grant, Alexander & Co.’s gang, li o is willing to give the State much needed information concerning the frauds on tho State. It is believed tliat if he will do this, Ed will he permitted to esca pn punishment. I cannot say what truth therois in this story ; but if Foster will make a clean breast of all he knows, I for one will endorse the act of the Gov ernor if he gives Ed a pardon. Foster ought to bo able to produce a first-class sensation by his revelations. A Post Office Invention Equal to Ten Clerks. —The Pittsburg Mail says : “ We had tho pleasure of witnessipg tho trial of anew machine for facilitating business in largo post offices. It is tho combined ingenuity of Messrs. Cunning ham and Geyser, of this city. The old system of cancelling postage stamps by hand is superseded by this new inven tion. In addition to cancelling the stamp it prints tho name of the post oflioe, tho time it leaves the office, and then automatically counts each letter ns it passes through tho machine. It will do tho work of about ten clerks without complaining of fatigue. It will cancel, stamp, and count ten thousand letters per hour.” _ The Htrikes. —The New York Tribune gives statistics of the great labor strikes North. The number of laborers that havo struck is 01,1X10. Os these 26,050 have obtained concessions of eight hours a day; 27,221 have been obliged to re sume work at ten hours a day, and 11,403 are still on a strike. In the eight weeks of tho strike the loss to the employers has been $2,043,650, and to the laborers, $1,675,950, making an aggregate loss to both of $3,711,500. Other losr lias oc curred in driving trade to other cities. Spf.ith Shipments.— The Tribe nr pays SS9,(XX),(XX) have been shipped to Europe from the port of New York alone, within the past twelve months, and during tho preceding year the shipments amounted to. SB3,(XX),(XX). In the meantime, tho influx of gold into Europe from Austra lia and America is greater than can bo absorbed into tho ordinary channels of business, and tho consequence is a gen eral and unprecedented rise in the prices of labor and merchandise. A Bet of $19,001) on Greeley. —At Long Branch, on Tuesday, George Wilkes bet ex-Uollector Thomas Murphy SIO,OOO that Greeley would beat Grant. Mr. Murphy admitted that it was not his own money. Was it put up by Ulysses hiniHglf ?
