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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1866-1877 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1873)
OLD SERIES VOL. LUX NEW SERIES VOL. mVII. sL't)roniflf anb ijmfmrl. TKRMB. THE DAILY CHRONICLE A SENTINEL, the oMent newspaper iu the South, is published daily, except Monday. Terms : Per year HO: six month*, 45; three months. *2 50. THE TRI-WEEKLY CHRONICLE A SENTI NEL U Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, Terms: One year, *5 ; six month*, %2 50. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE A SENTINEL to putilishedevery Wednesday. Term*: One year. *2 ; *ix months, 44. HUBSCItIITIONS in all ca*ea in advance, and no paper continueil after the expiratjpn of (he time paid for. RATES OF ADVERTISING IN DAILY.—One ! *.|itare one insertion, seventy-live cent*; I and cacli subsequent pnhlication for one week, fifty cento. Advertisement* in the | Tri-Weekly, two-thirds <>f the rates in the j Daily ; ami in the Weekly, one-half the j Daily rates. Marriage and Funeral Notices j *1 each. Special Notices, 41 per stpiaro i for the first pnhlication. Special rates will ! he made for advertisements running for a , month or longer. REMITTANCES should be made by Dost Office ! Money Order or Express. If this cannot he ! done, protection against losses by mail may ' lm *< cured by forwarding a draft payable to the Proprietors of the Oiihokiit.k and j Skatinki.. or by sending the money in a registered it: tter. A ldress V.'ATi il A WRIGHT, Ciiuoni.'U A SKXTINKIj, Augusta. Ga. j WEDNESDAY MAY 28, 1873. W K AH tV K 140! From and r this date, every paper j and every advertisement in it will lie charged for. Persons not connected with a newspaper have any idea of the j onerous contributions levied upon us in j the way of gratuitous papers and adver- j t'seineuts. The dead-head exactions J amount to a large sum yearly—much j more than other institutions with twenty -times the capital are called upon to pay. Heretofore we have advertised gratuitously for religious, charitable, patriotic and other associations, but we find that the drain upon our office from these sources is more than either charity or justice demands, and certainly much more than business prudence will longer permit. We purpose to discontinue this losing business. We shall charge for everything, and pay as we go, and contribute to deserving objects as other people do in proportion to our means. We are down on dead-headism in every thing and in every place and vocation of life. There is no calling that imperatively demands closer attention and the ap plication of stricter bnsiness principles than the conduct of a daily paper. We mean business, and we intend to give tmr subscribers a good, live paper, but we expect and intend that they shall pay for it. One of the first steps in this direction is to suspend all fret! adver tising and nauseous pulling. Notice is therefore given that free advertising, no. matter for what purpose, and the free distribution of papers to any and all persons, are suspended. The propriety of this action will, we feel satisfied, be appreciated by all right-thinking and sensible people who subscribe to and pay for their papers and advertisements. TIIK TEXAS ANI) PACIFIC RAIL ED AD. Three hundred engineers, guards and attendants in the employ of the Texas jud 1 lidl'i,: ilailroad it et ally reached I'll l’asodel Norte, on the Hio Orande. This party had completed flit! survey and general location of the line of the main track, as far west as that place, and would continue their labors to the Pacific • )oean. This road is being push ed westward from Shreveport with all possible dispatch. It, will reach within two hundred and fifty miles of F.l Paso l»y October of this year, and that town by May, 1874. 1 f this result is attained, the Texas and Pacific lioad will be the first railway to reach the borders of Mexi co, and the Tivo HepnhUcx says it "will be of great importance to Mexico, be cause the same railway line which con nects Durango and Chihuahua with the centre of the Republic, will carry our tropical produce to that already vast and rapidly increasing population, north of us, who inhabit that immense country between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains, and will afford our people equal facilities for going by its connec tions westward to California, or east ward by St. Louis, Memphis or Vicks burg to Philadelphia.” There is now a railroad from Vera Cruz and the coast to the City of Mexico. From tlieuce it will lie extended to the Pacific, with lateral branches to the frontier of the United States. When these branches are drained by a road loading to the North, Loth countries will be benefitted in a material degree. Railroads are in dispensable to the peace, development nnd progress of Mexico, and as the Tex as Pacific Road will act as a stimulus to tin- movement in our sister Republic, it should be pushed to the line with alt possible speed. By thus helping Mexi co, we will help ourselves. •• IMPORTANT BUSINESS DETAIN ED 111 M." Wlu'u the funeral services of the late Chief Justice Chase took place iu Now York city, on the 10th instant, a dispatch was received from Washington regretting that his Excellency, the Presi- j dent, would find it impossible to attend, ns important business detained him at Washington. It now turns out that the import ant business of State which pre vented the President from being present | among the mourners was the trial of a Pair of young colts. The New York Tino x, which is the personal organ of j President Grant, in its issue of the 11th j instant, contained the following from its Washington telegraphic correspondence: j The President was out on the road to day exercising a pair of under three- ] year-old colts, which he has just had sent from his farm near St. Louis. One is a dark hay and the other a beautiful. dapple bay. Driven together, they show superb style, speed, and action, and are probably the finest pair of horses of their ago ever brought to Washington. They are colts of tho President's own raisiug, and he was scarcely aware until he saw them on the farm that such u new pos session .Hid delight were iu store for, him. This explanation, though perhaps eu- ’ finely satifaetorv to the personal frienxls and admirers of General Grant, does not comport with that integrity, intelli gence, ability and culture which should j characterize the President of the United ' States in his private and official relations. Our horse-junketing President deftly fingers the ribbons behind a pair of j three year old colts in Washington— while the obsequies of the late Chief Justice of a co-ordinate branch of the Government are taking place in New York. Important business prevented him from paying the last tribute of re fsj>ect to the remains at a man who iu lxis day did more for tho success of the party that elevated Grant to the Presi dency than any other man in it—not even excepting Seward, Greeley or Liu eoln. Nero fiddled while Rome was burning ; and General Grant drives fast horses while the remains of the great and shining lights of the Ruxlieal party are being conveyed to the grave. If the Republican party can stand this, the people of the South must await the coming of a reaction which will elevate men of diguity ami character and ability • the Preside nr.ial chair. It is true, "it! ; waK none of our funeral,” but still we j j have our mrinion about the shabby sap- j terfuge to which General Grant resorted j in pleading important business. His 1 conduct was disgraeefnl to the high j : office which he holds and an insult to j the American people. THE FIRST DISTRICT. A recent accident will probably cause I a prolongation of the contest J etween j Messrs. Morgan Rawls and A. WNfloan for the seat in Congress from the First District of Georgia. The testimony ta ken for Mr. Rawls in the counties es Burke, Bcreven and Bullock, was left temporarily with the Commissioner, Mr. H. P. Brwer, at his house iu Effing ham county, anti it was accidently burned on last Monday night. This misfortune will interfere materially with Mr, Rawls’ defense, and he will be com pelled to ask Congress for an extension of time. IHIHII IMMIGRANTS. The Agricultural Department thinks ; that much good has been accomplished ; by the distribution of its yearly reports in Europe —Congress having authorized such action. One of the results claim- : eil i.-, that a large immigration may soon Ibe expected from Belfast. The Ameri can Consul in that city lias written a letter to the Department, in which he states that thirty-three hundred of the tiower of the youth of that region had sailed for this country. The territory around Belfast is inhabited by among the most intelligent and industrious of the Irish race, and such a people will be a great acquisition to any locality where they may settle. Whether the Agricul tural reports bring them or not, we can not say ; we are only glad that they are coining, and hope that they may find homes in the South, in Georgia. TJIE AMERICAN DICTATOR. The last phase which the Train case has assumed is the most absurd. The assinity of the proceedings are equalled by nothing which lias ever transpired or which ever will transpire in a court of justice. Tt stands now as follows: Train was indicted for sending obscene matter through the mails, and the prosecution attempted to prove that lie was crazy nnd irresponsible. The defendant re sisted, and after a long trial the jury pronounced him perfectly sane. Under this verdict the trial for the offense with which he was charged commenced next day, and this second intelligent jury has found him insane, and directed him sent to an asylum ! Tims, a prisoner has been saved in spite of himself and a sane man made insane despite the most striking proofs of his sanity and the verdict of a jury in his favor. Os course the Dictator will not remain iu the mad house, but will have a writ of habeas corpus, another trial, another sensation, and will be made supremely happy. ANOTHER HI’ECIMEN JUDGE. When the grand jury of the United States Court in Charleston discovered the other day that the subordinate offi cers of the Court had been guilty of’ levying black mail and committing other like offenses and so charged in tlieir presentments, in accordance not only with their right, but in obedience to their duty, Judge Bryan declined to allow them to be read and “referred them back” to the jury for alteration. The jury very properly refused to make any change, preferring to make no pre sentments at all rather than have them dictated by the Court. We suppose that this is another specimen Federal Judge whom that immaculate jurist, Mr. Justice Bradley, would prevent the press from criticising. What with pack ing the petit and muzzling the grand juries, there will soon be but one (and that, unfortunately, often the worst) part of the Federal Court left—tlxe Judge. But we must not complain of insult or oppression, lest we incur the displeasure of such thrifty Daniels as Judge Brad ley. _ THE HERALD VS. 15ROWN. For some days past the Atlanta Herald lias been “pitching into” ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown, and at last the latter has replied. Upon the principle of fair play, we give the substance of this reply just as we published the substance of the Herabl'x charges : Governor Brown denies (1) that he ever received any profit, individually, in the purchase of iron from the Scofield Rolling Mill, and substantiates the statement by let ters from the Treasurer and the General Book-Keeper of the company ; (2) that he ever had any conversation with Mr. Scofield in which he intimated that un less the latter purchased coal from Gov. Brown’s mine, the road would not pur chase iron from the rolling mill, but says he only temporarily ceased purchasing from it on account of 1 1 s' inferior quality of the rails furnished ; (3) that he ever attempted to force Mr. Scofield to pur chase his coal by refusing or neglecting t<* furnish him cars for the Sewanee mines. In reference to the misunder standing, or rather rupture betweenjhim self and General Mcßae, t lie Superin tendent, Governor Brown declines to ; make any statement upon the ground | that it is a matter which concerns only : the lessees of the Western and Atlantic i Railroad, and with which the public has ; nothing whatever to do. As the Direc ; tors of the road met in Atlanta yester day, it is probable that they will discuss and take action upon the matter. In the meantime the controversy be tween Governor Brow n and the Herakl has assumed a personal character, caused by an intimation in the former's card that the latter had attempted to block-moil him. Mr. Abrams and Col. Alston both publish cards denouncing the ex-Governor in strong terms, and here the matter rx'sts for the present. Tit E VAC ANT CHIEF J USTICESII IP. Who shall succeed Mr. Chase? is a question which agitates the newspapers as much just now as if they expected Gen. Grant to consult them in refer ence to tilling the vacant position. The last name is suggested by the Savan nah Adrertm r, and while, as we have before stated, we have uo reason for believing that the President will make ( of the important office anything but : a reward for party fealty or personal , friendship, still it is with pleasure we | endorse the nomination thus made by i our contemporary : The South has uo representative on the Supreme Bench. It may be as justly said that she has no frmnd on that bench, for the reasou that political con siderations have ilirected ami controlled all of the more recent appointments. Yet within the next few years questions of the most vital importance to every interest of the South, individual anil collective, will have to be adjudicated by the Supreme Court. Wherefore it seems a matter not only of wisdom, Luit of the simplest justice, that the South should have a representative on the bench of the Court. And if the Presi dent is determined to do the fair thing iu the premises, we beg leave to suggest for the vacant place Wo. Hope Hull, Esq., of the Augusta bar. Mr. Hull is in the full vigor of physical and in tellectual manhood. He is a ripe anil finished lawyer, the peer of any man on the bench of the Supreme Court, and is withal a gentleman of the highest character and intellige ice. Eschewing politics, he has devoted his life to a jealous mistress, the law, and has won I the highest honors of the profession at | the bar. More :he has no lant of re i bellion fr> which it is necessary that he should be shriven. His convictions Were strongly and firmly opposed to the war, but during the struggle he was not offensive in the promulgation of his opinions. Nor was he blatant of loyalty or aggressive iu action after its unhappy clove. He enjoys the respect and con fidence to a high degree of the people of Georgia, and would worthily and ably fill the robes of the Chief Justice. RUSSIA AND THE KHAN. We are growing a little tired of the ' dispatches which the efficient Londou newsmongers publish concerning the war in Khiva. On one day the world is in formed that Russia has captured Khiva, and the Khan ; or the next Khiva turns up all right, and the Russians i catch the Khan. Like Twain’s WesCm ■ ; experience, the thing is growing l lo _ i i uotonous. If the Khan can’t be caught,>l I let them stop telegraphing that he can. j KING CHOLERA. There seems to be little doubt that the cholera has made its appearance in New Orleans, and one case, with a fatal termination, has been reported in Cin cinnati. The Western cities are urged to prepure for its approach. Our South ern towns will also do well to heed the •warning, and see to it that their streets ! and alleys and seweri are thoroughly cleansed. A little caution may save many lives. ATLANTA’S DANGER. ’ The war between ex-Gov. Brown and the Herald promises to be to Atlanta the direful spring of woes unnumbered. If the circle of combatants continues to enlarge for a month in the same ratio in | which it has extended during the past few days, the chances are that the entire fighting population of the town will be arrayed under the two hostile banners. It is to be hoped, however, that such will not he the case, and that either the Governors’ Convention, tho Atlantic and Great Western Canal, the free excursion through the State or some other pacific agency, will allay the angry passions of the opposing forces, and bring peace to the Gate City once more. DURKLL. The last exploit of Jndge Darell, of New Orleans, in attempting to force the N ;w Orleans, Jackson and Great North ern Railroad Company into bankruptcy on a suit for some $250, is likely to re sult disastrously to that notorious indi vidual, who is believed to have realized enormous spoils from tho estates of citi zens which have fallen into his clutches. The road is under the control of Henry S. McComb, whose dealings with the late Oaken Ames have made his name familiar to the American public, and he proposes to make it exceedingly lively for the Judge who, with President Grant's assistance, has succeeded in overthrowing the legal government of Louisiana. The New Orleans Herald says that Mr. McComb has retained Gen. B. F. Butler and Hon. Jeremiah 8. Blacksts his counsel.. There is a pros pect of a fight which may expose to the public view the manner in which the ad ministration of the bankrupt law in New Orleans has been made the cover for a long series of successful and stupen dous villainies. THE AUSTRIAN PANIC AND AME It- I IUA. When the financial panic in Vienna was announced, great alarm was felt lest it should affect America. Nor was this fear ill-founded. Generally such com mercial convulsions as that which para lyzed the business of Austria and her capital are felt in all the markets of the world; and here, where we were still suf fering from an unusual stringency in financial matters, the most disastrous results might well have been expected. But as the panic has ended, and we did not suffer from its effects, the caust? of our escape is attracting attention and comment. The most plausible theory which we have seen advanced on the subject is that offered by the New York Financial Chronicle. The Chronicle thinks that a year or two ixgo America would have suffered, and very quickly, because at that time an enormous amount of United States bonds was held by Austrian capitalists. But during the recent speculative mania which has pre vailed in Germany and Austria, and which was the prime cause of the crash, these bonds were sold, principally to England, and the proceeds invested in fancy stocks. When the panic came it did not extend, apparently, beyond Ger many. Tlie bonds thrown upon the market were promptly taken up, and tlie trouble which threatened to become general reniaineJ local. THE STATE’S CREDIT. The Wall street allies of Messrs. Henry Clews and Company seem to have at last diseovei-ed the futility of their ef forts to injure or destroy the credit of Georgia, amt there are indications t hat they xrre becoming tired of a war which has been entirely barren of results. The firmness of the Legislature and the pa triotism of our people have deprived them of all hope of success. The last quota tion of Georgia bouds, as published in the Financial Chronicle, is the most favorable which we have seen since the Bond Ring commenced its assaults. Georgia bonds are quoted as " strong ami higher on an improved demand.” ’ r he editor of the Chronicle, in noticing I this fact, ascribes it, in part, to the de mand for these bouds which has come from parties iu Georgia, who thus show to the world the confidence which they \ have iu the " soundness of their own se-1 curities.” If the credit of the State was | at all injured, which we doubt, it has j been fully restored by the issuance and successful negotiation of the Nutting bonds. Our people have shown their faith in the soundness of their own se- ( curities, and they have become inde pendent of Wall street cliques and rings. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. An examination of the recent catalogue of the State University—a copy of which we have received—shows a state of pros perity and of progress iu educational development that is very flattering. An old alumnus of tlie University, who used to receive a badly printed pamphlet of some twelve pages, would fail to recog nize this handsomely printed catalogue of sixty-eight pages from J. W. Burke A Cos., Macon, filled with interesting matter relative to the various courses of education, as being the exponent of the same institution. In fact, old Franklin College has been transformed into a University. The stiff, unyielding, iron bound curriculum has given way to the more expansive and plastic University system—a system better adapted to the varied educational necessities of the present generation, giving more scope for that science-training which the age demands. The University, as now organized, em braces three departments —the academic department, the State college depart ment and the law department. Various I scientific and literary courses of study j are presented to students, upon the com j pletion of which they are awarded ! suitable degrees. I The total number of students in at- UGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 28, 1873. tendance is 312, of whom 151 are in the State College and 16 in the Law School. Os the total number, 291 are from Geoi gia. This fact shows that our State University is receiving’ St it should, the warm support of our owtrvpeople, and. we earnestly hope it may receive that : attention and fostering care from our State Legislature that may be necessary : to make it the pride and honor of the j great Commonwealth of Georgia. The city of Athens With commendable j liberality has donated $25,900 to the State College. A CURIOUS STORY. The fate of States seem to hang upon I a very slender thread in Washington— j in confirmation whereof a very curious story, related bv a •correspondent of the New York World, in connection with | the mission of General I)ick Taylor last j Winter, is being freely eircßlated, and Horn the authority on which it rests is : received with mneh credence. It will be remembered that General Taylor had several inter views with Ike President on Louisiana matters-, and tjiat he expressed himself as encouraged by the result. The statement now made in that General Taylor’s account of the situation was, by the President’s request, repeated be fore the Cabinet; that it produced such an impression that it was determined that the Government had no alternative hut to recognize MeEnery; that the President prepared a message to Con gress announcing this fact; that Senator Morton hearing of it immediately went to the White House and protested against any such action, and as the re sult of his persuasion tho President changed his message and determined to adhere to Kellogg. The ex’idence in favor Os this statement is such that it would seem as if some official notice must he taken of it. THE ATLANTIC AND GREAT WEST ERN CANAL. * The Convention in session at Atlauta, iu the interest of. the construction of a canal from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic ocean, will have its influence on Congress. If the people of the West are united upon this work, and demand it as a necessity for the protection of their interests, favorable legislation will be had from Congress. The people of the South must necessarily be benefitted by works of internal improvement, not only directly but incidentally, from their iuception to their completion, to say uothing of the benefits to accrue in the future. Millions are appropriated year ly by the General Government iu works of a public character in the Northern, Eastern and Western States. The South should now come in for its share of the general appropriations, and whether the money be expended in the of canals, the erection of public build ings, or the improvement of our rivers, our people will be benefitted by the expenditure of the money distrib uted throughout this section. In this view, we take it for granted that the members of Congress from the South will work harmonious’y and ef fectively witli the Western members to secure such legislation as will prove mu tually beneficial to the South and West. With tho South and West united ill Congress upon works of internal im provement, ample ajiprqpriations can be secured from year to year. Hereto fore, we have received but crumbA from the public fund. But now we ask and demand our full share of the public money to be expended in works of a national character, such as public build ings and for the general development of our section. And if our members of Congress will attend more to the practical and material interests of our people, they can at least receive a fair amount of the public funds for the South. With tlie South and the West united, the Atlantic and Great Western Canal will be an assured success, at least so for as its construction. The people of the great and growing West recognize it as a necessity of the immediate present. Tt will give them cheap transportation for their agricultural products, which will find a ready and profitable market in the South Atlantic States. But whether or not the canal fulfills the mission of its projectors, we of the South have everything to gain and noth ing to lose by its becoming a pet scheme of President Grant and the Forty-third Congress. The Convention at Atlanta is com posed of representative men—many of whom fill the highest offices within the gift of tlxe people in their respective States. The delegates will visit tlie city of Augusta next Manday. The importance of the Convention, its objects, and the prominence of the men composing it, imperatively require from our people a generous hospitality. The municipal authorities and the members of the Ex change should take such action to-day as may be necessary to secure the proper recejition and entertainment of the Atlantic and Great Western Canal excursionists. The Ixvioi.abi i.ity of Postal Cards. Tlie Post Office Department, according j to a Washington dispatch, holds that ! postal cards are to be regarded precisely j as sealed letters. No post office official has any more right to inspect what is written on a postal card than he has to break the seal of a letter for the pur pose of acquainting himself with its contents. After the delivery of a postal j card, if left at public places, hotels, j boarding houses, &c., there is no means ' of preventing dishonorable persons from peeping at its contents if so disposed, unless it should be placed directly in the hand of the person for whom in tended. When the post office authori ties discover that postal cards are put to improper use, they will decline to de liver, just as is done in case of letters. •‘That Bundle of Coupons”—Letter from Mr. Conley. Editon Chronicle & Sentinel: I notice in your paper of the 16th iust. a letter from Governor Bollock in reference to a “bundle of coupons” found in the Executive office at Atlanta. In corroboration of the statement made by Governor Bullock, I ask space in your paper for the following facts in refer ence to said “bundle of coupons Whilst I occupied the Executive chair, I requested the financial agents of the State in New York to send me an ac count current of their transactions for the State. They furnished the state ment at once, and in transmitting the account they sent to the Executive of fice a large number of coupons which they had paid for the State. These paid coupons, together with the account, were sent to the Treasurer of the State, where they properly belonged. Dr. Angier, the Treasurer, returned the : coupons to the Exeentive office, refusing ! to recognize their legality, Ac. .whereupon I directed my Secretary to seal them up in a package, label them and deposit them in the safe in the Executive Depart ment, where they were subsequently found, “ while engaged in overhauling office papers recently.” These were the only coupons in the office when I left the Executive chair, and they were there because the Treasurer refused to receive them and no other disposition could be made of them. These are the facts about the “bundle of coupons which had been paid but which Bullock had never can celled or destroyed. ” Benj. Conley. Hannibal Crosson has been showing the Camilla Enterprise man stalks of cotton with squares and forms on them. GEORGIA FINANCES. | A Letter From Gov. Srniitfi -A Staife meat of the Igdyotedness of the State. Executive Departs lint, i State of Georgia, :• Atlanta, Ga., May ■ Hon. V. A. Nutting, Dear Siß —Your particular statement of •uJthe State has been received", catses unnecessary to be specially month led have conspired to delay the pieparaiion of the desired statement until the pres ent time. Great care has been taken in preparing this exhibit, to have the same set forth correctly the entire debt of ihe State. The bonded debt of the State, con tracted prior to the commencement of Governor Bullock’s administration, as will appear more particularly and at large by reference to the tabular state ment hereinafter given, is 34,988,500. Governor Bullock issued $3,000,000 of gold bouds under authority of the act of September 15, 1870. Os these S39O,(XK) have been returned to the Treasury and cancelled, and $102,000 have been de clared void by legislative act, approved August 23, 1872. The balance of this series, amounting to $2,598,000, are re cognized as legal obligations of the State, and constitute a part of our'pub lic debt. By an act of the Legislature, passed at tile session of 1872, a l l s orit.y was given to i=sue Oo,oou seven per cent. . twenty-year currency bonds, for the re demption of our six per cent, bonds, falling due in the Summer of 1872. The account of the agent of tlie State in New York, showing the amount of these bonds | disposed of before the order issued with drawing them from market, lias not J yet been fully rendered. It may be ap proximately stated, however, at $280,000. The amount of our past duo bonds that j fell due iu the Summer of 1872, still outstanding, may be stated at $420,000. From this statement it will appear that of the $700,000 currency bonds issued as above stated, to redeem our old bonds falling due in tlie’Summer of 1872, only $280,000 have been disposed of, anil no more than this amount of the said issue should be stated as a part of the debt of ; the State. The unredeemed portion Os our bonds, which matured in the Sum mer of 1872, and amounting, as first stated, to $420,000, still form a part of the public debt. I have been thus par ticular because in tlie reports of the Treasurer and Comptroller General, made to the Legislature at its last session, the whole amount of said currency bonds was included in the statement of our j bonded debt. The six per cent, bonds, i in exchange for which these were of fered, were not embraced in either of said statements. This inaccuracy was not very material at the time these re ports were submitted, but has become so since on account of the provisions of the act requiring the unnegotiated bal ance of said currency bonds to be with drawn from the market. The foregoing statement embraces the whole of the bonded debt of the State, admitted to be legal and binding, and is particularly set forth in the following table : WHEN ISSUED. WHEN DUE. AMOUNT 1842 and 1843.... 1873 $ 137,001) 1844 and 1848.... 1874 251,500 1858 1878 100,000 1859 1879 200,000 1860 1880 200,000 1861 1881 100,000 1866 1886 3,600,000 1866 1886 " 134,500 1867 1887 265,500 1870 1890 2,598,000 In previous years. 1872 420,000 1872 1892 280,000 Total bonded debt $8,286,500 To the total bonded debt of the State should be added the amount due from the State to Russell Sage, *>f New York I —say $375,000, exclusive of an amount of interest which has not yet been as certained. There should also be added past due interest upon the gold londs issued by Governor Bullock in 1870. I have no means of.'ascertaining'] o vctly the amount of this last' iteVn ; {but ; mix ! certain that it does not exceed to this date $375,000. Adding these items, it will appear that the debt of the State, exclusive of tlxe net lloatiiig debt, ami our accruing interest account, may be { stated as follows : Total bonded debt $8,286,500 J Due Russell Sage 375,000 ! Arrearages of Interest 375,000 Total $9,036,500 The floating debt of the State, consist ing principally of claims against the Western and Atlantic Railroad, is not large ; probably not exceeding $50,000 at this time, and ample provision lias been made for the payment of tlie sanTe. For this reason it is not included in the foregoing statement of the public debt. The whole amount of bonds of railroad companies, claimed by the holders of the same, to have been endorsed by the State is $7,033,400. From this should be de ducted tiie amount declared void by sev eral acts of the Legislature, viz : $3,- 875,000 —leaving a balance of endorse ments recognized as valid of $3,158,400, from which, in my opinion, the State will never suffer any considerable loss. The property owned by the State, other than the public buildings, is— -Ist. The Western and Atlantic Railroad, valued at $7,000,000 2d. Ten thousand shares of stock in the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad of the nomi nal value of 4,000,000 3d. One hundred and eighty eight shares of stock in the Georgia Railroad and Bank ing Company 18,800 Making an aggregate of. . . .$8,048,800 The taxable property of the State, ex clusive of railroads, of banking, exp-ess and insurance companies, as returned by the owners thereof to the tax re ceivers, amounts to $226/663,263. Plac ing the increase for the present year at the same ratio as that for the past four years makes the present value of the taxable property of the State, S2:AS, 663,263. The receipts from this source, at the low rate of four and one-half j tenths of one per cent., would be sl,- 073,984: 67. The estimated receipts j from railroads, banking, express anti i insurance companies will be $30,000 ; j one-half rental of the Western anil At luatic Railroad, $150,000 ; receipts from ] convict labor will be, say, $20,000. TABULAR STATEMENT. From general taxation $1,073,984 67 I Special tax on railroads, etc. 30,000 00 j Half rental W. AA.R. R. 150,000 00 Convict labor 20,000 00 Miscellaneous sources 5,000 00 Total $1,278,984 67 | From the above estimate it appears | that, without imposiug too high a rate j of taxation, we may safely calculate up- i on receiving into tlie Treasury from the j ordinary sources of revenue $1,278,- 984 67. The usual and probable disbursements, : including the legislative pay roll with- ; ! out under-estimating the same, (may be stated at $600,000. Deducting this i amount from the receipts in the Treasu- I ry, as above estimated, will leave a bal i ance to be applied to the payment of in terest of $678,984 67. The average rate , of interest upon our public debt, taking into the account the eight per cent, rate | upon the new bouds, now being placed | upon the market, may be stated at seven per cent. At this rate the annual inter i est upou our bonded debt is $632,555. According to tlie above statement, after j paying all the ordinary expenses of the : government, and the annual interest up on an entire bonded debt, a balance of : $46,429 67 will remain in the Treasury j of the State. In making the foregoing statement I l have equally avoided an over-estimate i of the amount of revenue which will ! probably be received into the Treasury, and an under-estimate of the probable amount of expenditures. The ability of : the State to meet all just demands upon : its Treasury cannot be doubted ; and ! there is every reason to believe that, : after the temporary pressure now upon us shall have been relieved, all such de- j mands will be met with promptness. The Legislature, at its late session, ' authorized and directed $1,200,000 of | eight per cent, bonds of the State to be j issued and negotiated for the purpose ! of paying past due interest ami for the redemption of past due bonds, and such j other bonds as may fall due within the , next three years. The act provides that the interest on these bonds shall be payable in the city of New York, semi-annually, on the first i day of April and the first day of October, : iin each year. The further provisions of ! the act' necessary to lie noticed are, | that the bonds are to be made payable j in the city of New Y'ork, on the first day , j of April of each successive year, as fol i lows : SIOO,OOO on the first day of April, i ! 1875, and SIOOJXXk-trrfi the first dsy>of : April of each succeeding year, until the j whole issue of bonds authorized by the 1 act shall be paid. The “Governor is au | thorized nftd directed to increase the per : oen‘::gt» on the taxes to be collected in r|>' year 3874, and in every succeeding tj Jar, unti, the whole of the bonds issued ' finder the act shall he paid, so that the to be collected in these years shall, e%?"'TrAhe amennt otherwise authorial to'be collected by the sum of onej/Gh dred thousand dollars; and htv% in structed byl the act to this sum of fiOU,OOO annually pay ment of,the tyonds issued n..<Wthe act. j The act pledges t'qe faitt of the State that these restrictions to the Governor shall not be ‘ repealed nud that this SIOO,OOO shall bo 'Manually levied, col le ted and applVtl to the payment of the bonds authorized by the act until the whole amount shall ho paid. The act further declares that there bonds shall be exempted from State, county and municipal taxation. Tho bonds authorized by the act have been prepared, and are now being of fered for sale to the people of the State. It should be borne in mind that these bonds are not intended to increase the amount of the debt of the State, hut are required to be so disposed of as to extinguish past due interest and redeem past due bonds, and other bonds falling due within the next three years. The annually accruing interest upon these bar.:!., will be pa.' promptly as the same j becomes due. The faith of the State is pledged to raise by taxation SIOO,OOO each year, to he applied to the payment of the principal, until the whole issue shall ba redeemed. Their exemption from taxa tion; the high rate of interest they bear; the ability of tho State to meet the ac cruing interest promptly, anti the pro visions made for the redemption of the bonds, unite to make these securities not only a safe, but iu every respect the tlie best investment ever offered to the people of Georgia. An opportunity is now offered to* trustees for an invest ment of the bonds in their hands which will be at once safe and highly remu nerative, and capitalists of all classes will find it to their advantage to invest in these securities. The rapidity with which they are being disposed of renders it quite certain that within a short time the whole of them will he placed at par, and afford most gratifying evidence of the confidence reposed by the people in the faith of their State. I, am, dear sir, most respt’y yours, James. M. Smith. THE CITY BY THE SEA. Splendid Truck Farms The Regatta a Failure—Gordon’s Speech at La thers’ Reception—Tlie News and Courier—A Straight Flush. Charleston, S. 0., May 18, 1873. Fear Chronicle and Sentinel: The month of May, so far, has been a very pleasant period atmospherically. The weather has been delicious, and grateful showers, after the long drouth, have made the splendid truck farms bloom with their ricli crops. The raising of early vegetables around this city, coupled with tlie prodigious de velopment of the phosphate deposit, may he said to have given new life to Charleston. I learn, too, that her past year’s trade has been better than at any time before or since the war. Money is “ tight” here, as it seems to be every where ; but no great depression exists and the merchants are as confident of a bright destiny for the City by tlie Sea as the people of Atlanta used to be of their abiding place. It is computed that fully 40,000 Northern people passed though Charles ton, this season, en route to Florida, or on the way home. The Charleston Hotel, the Pavilion and the different boarding houses were crowded, and, at times, accommodation was impossible. The Mills House was closed and the main harvest was gathered by the “Charleston.” The regatta, which took place early in the month, was, I think, a failure. On the first day the river was too rough for the cockle shell craft in which rowing is tlone now-a-days. The second day was more favorable, but not much interest was taken in the races. It was different in old times, when tho rich sea island planters of Georgia and South Carolina contended with big plantation boats manned by negro oarsmen, During Gen. Gordon’s sojourn here he was the recipient of much attention. Col. Richard Lathers gave him a splen did reception at his superb residence on the Battery. At that reception a speech was drawn from Gordon, which was ore of the most apt, graceful and eloquent impromptu efforts I ever heard. It is to be regretted that the report of this speech fell so far short of the original. One brilliant point especially was omit ted. As published, Gordon is made to dwell emphatically upou the necessity of the Southern people looking after their material interests and letting ab stract propositions alone. lie said all this, but qualified it in a way that seemed to miss the reporter. Advising the South to look keenly to her business interests, he trusted, too, that she would, at the same time, preserve the spiritual character which made her so distinct and individual. I am glad to sup ply the defect of the reported speech, even in this dry, brief way. Our friends, liiordan and Dawson, are now the veritable newspaper cocks of the walk in this region. They paralyzed the Mercury; they have gobbled up the Courier ; and now, in an incomparable establishment, with an unrivalled sub scription list, they have the serenity of Christians who hold four kings and an ace. They have worked hard and won bravely. Long may they flourish ! P. Q. RECORD OF CRIME. Tales of Twilight from the Scene of the Kansas Horror. Leavenworth, Kan., May 11.—As tide passes and new light is thrown upon the murderous deeds of the Bender family of fiends the horror deepens and the crimes committed by these monsters assume even a darker hue. New facts are almost daily developed which show that these people were not alone in tlie section of the State in which they live in their plots against the lives of way farers. Ali'eady twelve arrests have been made of people living in the neighborhood, and who, there is good reason to believe, were the accomplices of the murderers in disposing of the horses and vehicles of the victims. Itis thought that there are, other bodies, in addition to those that have been found, concealed in the orchard, only one part of which lias been explored." It is the purpose of the county authorities to continue the search. On Sunday two special trains were run Ui the scene of the murders. One went from Inde pendence and tlie other from Coffeyville. They brought down fully 1,000 "sight seers, who went about, peering into the holes whence the bodies had been taken, and on their return carried away with them pieces of the wretched shanty which has resourded with the moans and groans of so many murdered me j. The Bender den is admirably situated for the purpose to which the fiends put it. It is in the northwest corner of La j bette county, and is so placed that it I commands a full view of tlie approaches i to it for a distance of half a mile in all directions. Woe, then, to the single ! traveler who was seen from its doorways i or its window.* approaching, for then | was the hammer placed in position and the knife sharpened to a finer edge against his coming. Parties of two or three might escape, but the solitary 1 stranger was doomed. The house is nothing but a mere shanty, twenty-four feet long and sixteen feet wide. The roof is painted, and not a sign of lath, plaster, or white >tash is to be seen. The interior is one long room, and while the Benders occupied it, it was divided off into two apartments by a white cotton cloth which hung across the whole length of it. In the front room was a small co.unter, and across this oounter the Benders made a pretense of selling groceries. On the other side of the curtain was a table, a stove, three chairs, and a miserable sort of a bed. In the floor, near the cloth partition, in this rear room, was a trap-door. Over this trap-door was placed the chair of the victim who stopped at the den for food or refreshments. He was so ar ranged that, in leaning hack the impres sion of his head and back was made in the yeilding cloth. The watchful vil lains—the two male Benders—on the other side of the curtain, holding the heavy sledge-hammer in their hands, waited until the guest’s form was thus ; outlined. Then with one terrible blow I the victim’s skull would be crushed in, n : W / ciiUl-r^B il ■ ■ V least mailt! feetunl, t sere latcd, as among the with tins death liol jthai <•.| three mouths ago a poor wav on foot to Independenc'-, teen milt's distant, stopped at raid asked its in matt s for food She lay ou the rude bed for a w iHH dropped into an uneasy deuly she was awakened by a tap shoulder. Blie opened her eyes saw before her the old hag of the, plaWB the wife of the elder Beoder, wlu points ed to the table ou which lay a glittering array of knives and pistols, and said sardonically, “Look there at yonr sup per; it is ready!” The poor woman, seized with moral fear, yet managed to dissemble her true feelings. Making an excuse to leave the house, her fright being intensified by the flight of the T>e I dame pissing her* fiuplhr over the keen edges of tlio knives, she passed into the yard. Once out she staggered away in darkness, and so escaped; but, looking Lack at intervals, sire could see the door opening and shutting as the intended murderers came to it, expect ing her return. THE BAPTISTS. Tlie Itecent Convention at Mobile—A Most Interesting Occasion— Business Transacted—Foreign ami Domestic Missions Theological Education— Sunday School Work—Figures aud Facts. Mobile, An., May 14. —Onr conven tion met on Thursday, the Btli, and ad journed on Monday afternoon, the 12th. With about two hundred gentlemen and ladies I ventured upon an excursion down the bay, on Tuesday, the 13th. I managed to conceal my qualmishness from the crowd, but ou reaching my room was forced to take my lied, where I remained for nearly twenty-four hours, hence the lateness of this fulfillment of my promise to send you a few dots. But “ better late than never.” I hope some one else has communicated with yo i, for I feel by no means capable of writing an interesting letter. Excuse me, there fore, if I give your readers a few bold facts only. The Southern Baptist Convention is an annual gathering which represents the brain, liberality and pious energy of about eight hundred thousand white Baptists in the South. The total of the denomination in the Southern States ex ceeds one million. The subjects which engage the con sideration of this convention, each year, are foreign and domestic missions, the ological education, and tho Sunday School work. Elaborate reports are presented by the different boards of the convention, at eaoli session, exhibiting the work performed and the progress made during the past year, and all the servants of the convention (so to speak) are held to a strict accountability. Heretofore there have been three great boards of committees appointed annual ly by the convention, viz : The foreign mission board, the domestic and In dian mission board, and the Sunday School board ; but at its late session, the convention consolidated the two lat ter, and hereafter, unless the contrary be determined upon, they will exist as one, and be known as the domestic and Indian mission and Sunday School board. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is not, properly speaking, an institution of the convention, but re ceives a due its attention. This seminary is located at Greenville, South Carolina, but an effort lias been made of late to remove it to Louisville, Kentucky, and one of the ablest speeches during the late convention iti this city, wan made by Kev. Jas. P. Boyce, I). 1) , President of the Seminary, or at least so acting, in favor of the removal, and with a view to obtaining the endorsement of the convention to that project. His end was fully ac complished, and the convention heartily endorsed the movement. Louisville has been selected as the future location, conditioned on the raising of a fund of $300,000 in Kentucky, tho subscrip tions to be conditioned on $200,000 more being received outside that State; at the same time the denomination in Kentucky proposes to raise $200,000 outside of Louisville, provided SIOO,OOO is raised in that city. The convention, in committee of the whole, Dr. I. T. Tichnor in the chair, finally agreed to recommend for adoption the following resolutions, moved by Dr. Boyce : Resolved. That this convention cor dially approve the action of tlie board of trustees in locating the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky., when a sufficient endowment, of at least five hundred thousand dollars, shall be raised. Resolved, That the Baptists of tho other Southern States are earnestly re commended to contribute liberally to raise tlie amount of two hundred thou sand dollars for its permanent endow ment. Resolved, That the convention re commend to the board to raise tlie mo ney outside of Kentucky upon the con dition that if the sum of three hundred thousand dollars shall not be raised in Kentucky, the board shall have the right to use the amount thus contributed outside of Kentucky for a location at Greeneville, or at some atlier place chosen by the board; said location to be approved by the convention. The committee rose and reported to the convention the above resolutions, which were almost unanimously adopted. The report on foreign missions was read by Dr. H. A. Trippan, of Rich mond, Virginia, and gave a very inter es ing and encouraging account of the work, it appearing that more than $50,- 000 had been raised and uring the past year for the purpose of foreign missions. Reports were also made concerning the African and Italian missions. The financial portion of the report showed $28,760 72 received for foreign missions generally, and $23,263 10 for the chapel at Rome; of the latter, $1,240 fill collect ed in England and Scotland, $1,834 74 credited to Massachusetts, and $1,437 to New York, though comprising collec tions in the adjoining States, beside spe cific sums from many other States of the North. Tlie foreign mission work embraces operations in China, Africa and Italy— the last mentioned being undertaken only recently, but so far producti re of very favorable results. The report on domestic missions was read by Dr. M. T. Sumner, of Marion, Alabama. The current work of the year has been performed by 59 missionaries in the domestic and 22 in the Indian field, besides the work in the latter de partment supported by the Georgia, Flint river and Eehoboth Association ; while the State conventions aud general associations incorpoatiug their work with that of the board, as far as heard from, report tjo missionaries, making 1.01 in all. The missions among the Creeks arid Chocktaws are prosperous. The financial condition of the work is favor able, considering the oirmimstanoes of the times. A debt of $13,505 14 on the Indian department has been reduced to some $7,500, and the receipts are 82,000 in excess of last year. The summary gives 81 missionaries employed ; 1,121 baptisms, besides 1,125 resulting from the mission work; 7,700 members in fel lowship. The report of the Sunday School board was read by Rev. S. Boykin, of your city, which showed receipts from Kind Words, 311,426 82; contributions from the States, $1,851 31, which, with royalty on books, etc., makes up the sum of 5id,449 15; cash balance in the treasury, 360 90; liabilities, $6,515 48; assets, 87,287 68. It gave the total number of Baptist Sunday Schools in the South at 4,535, the number of offi cers and teachers at 26,630, the number of scholars at 210,000, the number of scholars baptized during the year at 3,277. The total amount of contribu tions to the Sunday School work is esti mated at $30,500. It was thought that these statistical figures were, in fact, be low the reality. The Sunday School work seems to be exciting very general interest throughout the whole denomi nation. A plan for Sunday School or ganization in States was adopted, and it was resolved to coutiqne uninterrupt edly the publication of Kind Words, the Sunday School paper of the conven tion, and of the Sunday School hooks f i' . - r *-• M yd - A o : ■: :’i n 1 1" |,|v 'dent. Ids position with! a general spirit of brotherly love and harmony prevailed. The hospitality <d tho city was fitly termed mayniflenit , and I am very sure that the delegates felt it to be so. Not the least act of kindness shown them was a very pleas ant ride in the steamer Annie, down tin bay', on Tuesday, over the memory of which I still feel inclined to weep Slight ly—hine Him lachrf/imr. The next session of the convention was appointed to meet with the church at Jefferson, Texas. I will conclude with the narration of an interesting incident : During a brief relaxation of business on Friday, Bov. Dr. Johnson, of Baltimore, announced to the convention that a telegram was just received from Kev. If. F. Buckner, the devoted missionary in the Creek Na tion, remarking that it might be espe cially interesting to the President of the convention. Having excited euridsitv to a high pitch, he read : “To the Southern Baptist Convention, greeting —Pray for Indian missions. Twin boys born; names, Helm and Boyce. ” The boisterous sensation with which this dispatch was received will lie better ap preciated in connection with the lac that during Dr. Buckner’s attendance upon the last meeting of the convention, held at Raleigh, North Carolina, a -be loved son of his died, and the news was received by him at .St. Louis, oil his journey homeward to the Indian Terri tory. THE CROPS IN GEORGIA, Crops in Houston look pretty well. In Washington and Jefferson counties both corn and cotton are prospering— stands never better. With good seasons, corn ample for abundant supply. The Dawson Journal says it will take about GOD bales of cotton of the next crop to pay for the guano that has been bought aud used in that county. The Cutlibert Appeal is informed that several planters in Randolph coun ty are plowing up their cotton where bad stands only were had, and where tin recent rains killed it out entirely,and are planting corn instead. The Macon Teleyntph says stands of cotton and com are excellent through out Southwest Georgia. Tho former, it is true, is small anil backward, but has ample time to recover, and on the whole the present outlook to the farmer is de cidedly favorable. The Indian Spring A’c/to is informed by a friend that the crops of wheat, corn and cotton between Indian Spring and Monticello are in fine condition.— Wheat rather better than usual. We hear the same pleasant things o.i the read to Forsyth, Gridin and Covington. The Albany Nc\ w reports corn as promising an abundant yield. The cot ton crop is'not quite so promising as it was previous to the. recent heavy rains. The ground lias been so seriously washed as to affect most seriously the general stand, and in many instances replanting has become peoesary. The Marietta Journal says tho crop reports from North Georgia’ on tho rail road line, as far as Chattanooga, concur in stating the fruit crop as almost en tirely destroyed, the wheat muoh injured and unpromising, andootton as very un likely to prove remunerative, owing to the floods and cold. The Covington Enterprise says wheat in that county is very thin, and has be gun to head out very low. Tho prospect in this section now is that a small crop only will be made. Corn is up and lias a healthy appearance. Os course at as early a day as this it is impossible to judge or ascertain what the prospect will be for a fair yield. Cotton looks bolter since the late rain, and many good stands can be seen ou the farms in our county, TELEGRAPHIC ABSORPTION. Proposed Control ol' tlio Pacific and Atlantic by the Western Union. [From the New York Tribune. | For some time past the officials of the Western Union Telegraph Company have been considering the advisability of se curing the control of the lines of the Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph, with n view to increasing their present facilities and preventing unprofitable competition. Matters, however, had nut appeared fa vorable to a union of interests until tho election at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, of a ne.v Board of Directors favorable to a harmonious arrangement, between tlie two companies. A commit tee of conference with tlio Western Union Company has been appointed by the new directors, and it meeting of tlie representatives of both companies will probably be held at unfairly date, tooou sider the subject of transferring the control of tlie Pacific and Atlantic to the Western Union- It is understood that the basis of tho proposed arrangement is to be the transfer of a portion of the shares held in reserve by the Western Union for a controlling number (if shares in the Pacific and Atlantic at a rote to be agreed upon Urn Western Union shares being worth much more than the Pacific and Atlantic. The capital stock of the latter com pany is $2,000,000, ft lias a line from New York to Philadelphia arid Baltimore. From each of thcao points lines run west to Pittsburgh, thence to (Jolnmbus, Ohio. From Columbus a line runs to Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, Mem phis and New Orleans, and another west to Indianapolis and Bt. Louis. Another line runs from Oolumhiis to Chicago. From Ht. Louis a line extends up the Mississippi river to St. Paul, connecting at Dubuque with a line to Chicago. With tlie erection of the Western Union Telegraph building will be in troduced new and improved modes of local telegraph communication. Presi dent Orton for some time past has lx : n considering the subject of tho obstruc tion to telegraphing caused by the dis arrangement o| ice miraeroifs wires above the surface of the ground and the bekt means of overcoming the sumo. He therefore instructed tho oflioials of the Western Union Telegraph Company who went abroad cm a tour of inspection and conference with engineers and electrici ans to study the pneumatic system of communication and the working of the telegraph wires underground. Upon the presentation of the report of those gen tlemen and the completion of the new building, experiments will be made un derground ard a system of pneumatic tubes be established. It is expected that this will obviate much of the trouble which now arises fi-cun tho disarrange ment of wires by Jauiis and from other causes, while by the latter arrangement messages from the numerous sub stations in the city, now requiring as much for transmission to the main office on Broadway as from the latter place to Chicago, will be placed in boxes and d'spatohed instantaneously to the gen eral office. The Atlanta says tlie fol lowing is an authentic statement of the yield of two acres of cottou in 1872, raised on the plantation of Judge Sim eon Smith, of DeKalb coiinty, for which he was awarded the premium at the county fair: Acre No. 1, 2,155 pounds of seed cotton, or 718 J pounds lint cotton. Acre No. 2, 2,033 pounds seed cotton, or 6781 pounds bni cotton. On the two acres, 4,188 pounds seed cotton, or 1,396 pounds lint cotton. This is equivalent to over 2f halea of 900 pounds each, or three bales of 450 pounds on the two acres. A bale and u half to the acre will do very well for old DeKalb. oi ,i special committee <T port to tin- uc\l Assembly. I’he <■< > inllli Miconsists of lii^HHH| Adams, of New York; J. T. Schenectady; 0. H. Foote, of St, LduisJ Lewis Ohappin, of Rochester, N. Y • 11 Veimillye, of New York city J.’ K. Moorehead, of Pittsburg. Dr. Niocolls reported ou the overtures from tlie different Presbyteries on va rious subjects, among which was the overture from the Presbytery of Balti n o e, asking the Assembly to affirm tho doctrine of the church as'to civil mag istrates, tho relation of Church aud State, and an overturn from tho Pros bytery of Austin, Toxhs, suggesting some notion designed to conciliate the Southern church, . and if possible piepare the way to reunion at an early day. These overtures are considered to gether, and we recommend the adoption, ot a solemn declaration, in substance as follows: Ist. In view of the reunion of the two branches of the Presbyterian Church in the North, neither of which named are responsible for the conduct of the other, all action before reunion touching the Southern Assembly or the Old School S) nod of Missouri is now null and void. 2d. The Assembly expresses •confi dence in the soundness of the doctrine mi 1 Christian character of these breth ren, and hopes more intimate oommuni uation will tend to remove the barriers that time has established between us and them. «sd. With regard to civil magistrates and the relation of Church and State, the committee set forth the declaration contained in the “confession of faith” and form forty-five of tiro government of the churcji. 4th. They recommend the appoint meat iff the two co amittees to confer with similar committees from tho Gen eral Assembly of the Church South and tho Old School Synod of Missouri, whcili report and recommendations were unanimously adopted. Baltimore, May 21.—The Board of Missions reports that tho receipts were a trifle under tlio expenditures. They were over half a million of dollars, leav ing tlie Board in debt] $30,000. Tlio total debt of tlio Board is $120,000. THE MISSIONS. Meeting of llns Baptist Mission Society Receipts and Expenditures — The Women sSociety—Hitting With Closed Doors, Albany, May 21.—Tho Baptist anni versary meeting continued its session to day at the Missionary Union. Resolution:; were adopted to increase the force in India by sending out ten new missionaries. Collections are to be taken up in all the churches to meet tin - expenses for that purpose; also, for pay ing the present deficiency of $42,000. A proposition to modify the constitu tion of the Missionary Union, as to tlie term of membership, was reported against, and the report agreed to. The report of tlio Home Mission was read, giving muoli satisfaction. Tlie receipts in 1863, for missionary work, were $32,000; for 1873, $104,612. The woman’s Baptist Missionary So ciety met with closed doors, not even their husbands being admitted. It was learned, however, that their receipts for the year are $20,158. The special ob ject of tlie Society is the Christian ele vation of women of foreign lands. MUTINY. A Vessel Scuttled and Sunk. San Fhancisco, May 20.—There ar rived to-day the Nebraska from New Zealand with tlio crow of the British slop Alsager, which was scuttled and sunk at sea. All hands escaped in tho boats. Three of the crew were brought m irons to Auckland for trial. Khiva Not Captured. London, May 20. —A Reuter telegram says there is no truth in tlio report of the capture of Khiva. There is much uneasiness at St. Petersburg on account of the lack of news from the Kliiva ex pedition. Two expeditions have been detained by snow. Tlie rendezvous was several hundred miles distant from, tlio halt, which occurred a mouth after the time specified fur the concentration of the troops. Fa.-Ac Affray in Wilkes County, The Washington Gazette,, of Friday says : On Monday morning last a difficulty occurred on the plantation of Mr Jus Hutton, ten miles from..Miis place, ixd tween Mr. Kit Bryant, an old man of 70 years, assisted by two grown sons, and young Sutton (Jim), in which Sutton in flicted two severe, but we think rot fatal wounds q.i one of the sons with u pistol, and with the same pistol shot dead tho old man. We are not yet in possession of all the particulars con cerning this unhappy affair, but from what wo can gather, must conclude that young Button was acting on the defen sive. Immediately after the occurrence Hutton came in and surrendered to the authorities and was admitted to bail in the sum of 81,000, to appear next Sat urday, at which time a commitment trial will be had. This tragedy, wo under stand, was the result of a misunder standing about a negro, or interference with-a negro on the plantation of Button. A Monument to the Late John It. Thompson.—The friends of the late Jno." K. I hompson in Virginia are making ar rangements to erect a suitable monu ment at the grave of one whose memory the sons of that State so tenderly cherish. He sleeps in the cemetery of Hollywood a pleasant spot on the banks of the James, where the murmur of thnUol le river is perpetually heard a*its currents rush over the rapids that sounds its rocky islands, lho cemejery is named fr .°™ “ VCI 7 largtf and fine specimens of the holly tree which grow among the more common lands of forest trees. A ItEf.JC Foil THE GgoROTA IIISTOBIOAn Society.—Col. O. P. Cooper, who will bo remembered as having visited Au gusta with the ./Etna Eire Company, of •Jacksonville, Fla., has in liis possession a sword worn by his grandfather, who came toGeorgia with Oglethorpe. This /elic of past ages Mr. Cooper intends forwarding to Mr. R. W. Russell, to be presented by him on behalf of the Savaenah Fire Department to the Geor gia Historical Society. Univebsity of Gkokuia—l’ußiiic De hate. A public debate will corno oIT before the Demosthenian Society of tho Georgia University, on Friday evening, 30tli iust. Question —“Do Warlike Revolutions Advance Civilization ?” De baters—affirmative, It. A. Young, Eaton too; E. L. Brinson, Burke county; L. Warren, Amerious. Negative, W. E. Johnston, Ringgold; J. H. Hoskiuson. Rome; P. A. Stovall, Augusta. University of Viroinia. —We are in receipt of tho catalogue of students in the University of Virginia, forty-ninth session of 1872-’73. The totul number of ntudents is given at 342.
