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Oivontcic anti j&nftnti jDAI IPBIL 88, i M TUB TROUBLES IN ARKANSAS. Serious political troubles are threaten ed in another of the Radically recon structed States—Arkansas. This is the fourth Southern State in which, since 1872, a question has arisen as to the le gality of the government, and in which force has been employed by the parties to tiie contest. In 1872 Bbooks was the candidate of the Democrats and Libe rals and Baxter of the Republicans. Tin campaign was a close and very ex citing one. The disaffection in the Re publican ranks was great, ihe Liberals were lead by a man of great power and influence in his party—United States Si nator Rice —and a Conservative tri umph si i-rned assured. This assurance was converted into certainty on the day of I'ki ion, as the allies polled a very 1:. ;ivy vote in m arly every county of the State. But if the Conservatives had a majority of the ballots cast the Radicals Pad control of the entire machinery of the election, and they, of course, used it for the perpetuation of their power. Timy ,h i hired that Baxter had received •11,CHI votes and Brooks 38,415, giving ,n majority of more than three thousand votes to the Radical candidate. The nceuraVrv of the returns were at once questioned by the Conservatives, and a aiiit commenced to test the validity of Bast uV, election. There was no ques tion but that gross frauds had been com mltte.l, and there was as little doubt but that the commission of election f,..m.1,, v as no new thing with the ring w hich sought to control the politics of Arkansas. In the election of 1868 they . cured the election of their can didates by the employment of just mieh disreputable means. The re turns of fourteen counties, which had {"•ni’ heavily Democratic, were thrown out, and the Radical nominee wa made Governor by the simple expe dient of rejecting votes cast for liis op ponent.. In 1872 an effort was made, as we have before stated, to test the le guliiy of a government based upon the suffrages of a minority of the voters of the State. A spin warranto was filed in the Supreme Court, but dismissed upon the ground that the tribunal had no au thority to determine such a question as was raised by the applicants for the writ. At the same time a suit was also commenced in the Circuit Court of Pu laski county. But the decision of the Supreme Court seemed to put a quietus upon the proceedings against Baxter, mid it was generally understood that It kooks had determined to abandon the prosecution of his claims to tiio Gov ernorship. ft seems, however, that Rhodes hub waited quietly—biding his linn -until an opportunity should be offered for a successful coup d’etat. The chance presented itself Monday, and tli- blow was struck. In the ab , .'lien of Baxter’s counsel, the suit in the Circuit Court was pressed and a judgment in favor of Brooks obtained. \ i motion for an appeal being made— fiir the very good and sufficient reason that there was no one to rnnko it—a writ of ouster was placed in the hands of the ahcriir for immediate execution. Ihc telegram published yesterday morning tells the rest of the story. Backed by this maud ate of the law, B hooks has ejected Baxter and taken forcible possession of the State House. As if in anticipation of war, General Catton claiming to be I .hook’s Ail jut ant-Genernl -lias captured the armory and possessed himself of the arms belonging to the State. In the meantime Baxter has c/e tubb..lied his headquarters at St. John’s College, and at last accounts w?<said to be contemplating an attack upon the Capitol building, from which he has been driven. Arkansas is threatened with civil war just as Louisiana and Alabama were a year »g u . and wo sup pose that as in those Btates au appeal for as: : tains' will bo made to the I’resi dent. We do not see how ho can inter fere without going back on the course which he pursued »> the recent Texas emlmiglio; we do not sec how lie can eonsistoutly interfere at all unless he . i|j,> authority of the Federal Gov ernment to sustain Brooks. Wo believe that fenooKS is the legally elected Gov ernor of Arkansas, though we do not pretend to defend tho means to which he has resorted in order to vindicate his right to the office, and we think that the very same romon assigned by the Presi dent and his apologists for the course pursued by tie Administration in Louis iana should govern its policy with refer ence lo Arkansas. As General Grant supported Kellogg ho must support Brooks. Kellogg, armed with a mid night decree obtained from the drunken Judge of a court of doubtful jurisdic tion, overturned the then existing ad ministration of Louisiana and took pos st ssioti of the State government. The President sn dained him because thoConrt had declared in favor of tho usurper and because it was his duty to enforce the decrees of tho civil tribunals. There fore Kellogg has been left in undisturb ed possession of a power which he ob (ained through fraud aud violence. Let tho same reasoning be applied to Arkan sas. A State Court whose jurisdiction is as undoubted as was the jurisdiction of Judge Du hell's has decided, npon>a case being regularly made, iu favor of Brooks and has directed its executive officer to put him in possession of the government buildings. This h»s been done and Brooks is now Governor of Arkansas by virtue of the judgment, un appealed from, of a State tribunal. If General Grant interferes at all he is bound to espouse the cause of the parly in possession under legal process. Th* case of Kellogg is the ease of Brooks. What is sauce for the Louisana goose must be sauce for tho Arkansas gander. EN.TKNT OK (’OTTOS I’I,ASTIS(i Full > KXT CHOI’. Some (lavs since we stated upon the authority of a correspondent who had returned from a trip to all sections of the State that there would he a decrease in the cotton acreage of Georgia for this, as compared with last, year of about ‘.15 per cent. We have before us the .Fimm , ial chronirh . of April 11th, iu which the question is discussed at length. Tile conclusions arrived,at are not indicative of a crop below that of last year. It is rather early in the season to indicate the ex.cut of a crop that is not yet planted, but the prospects of the probable yield are nevertheless being discussed iu the commercial and manufacturing centres. The writer in the Chronicle thinks it not at ad improbable that twenty-five per cent, less cotton will bo planted in some sections this Spring than was planted last, and not unlikely fifty per cent, less will be paid for fertilizers. Where the crop was a failure thisyear—and this in cludes a very considerable section of what used to be considered the very best cotton lands—there is not money or cred it enough left to attempt the cultivation, of the same acres worked ljist year. The writer, however, thinks that it will not do to conclude from ibis one fact that we are necessarily to have a very small crop, as a very considerable portion of the States referred to produced an ex tremely good crop this year, and will be under no such pressure, and will, there fore, curtail their planting very much less, so that the average falling off in even those States is not likely to show anv such percentage. It is further claimed that the increase in the South western States will more than counter balance the falling off in the Atlantic States. Taking, therefore, the whole cotton producing section together, the conclusion is drawn that the decrease in acreage will not be larger than from ten to fifteen per cent. It seems to ns, how over, that this argument is fallacious, because the premises are not correct. TheSoiton producing States west of the Mississippi are in no better condition financially than those east of it. The cotton crop, while the yield has been largeT in those States, has not proved any more remunerative, for the reasons that the producers labor under the same pecuniary disadvantages as those in the Atlantic States. The same condition of facts existing —high rates of interest for advances and supplies, and low prices for the staple—the planters west of the Mississippi, as well as those east of it, find themselves without money or credit enough left to attempt the production of the same acres worked last year. The want of capital will enforce a reduction in the acreage. It needs no argument to prove that, however desirous planteis may be to plant a large crop, the want of money and of credit will compel them to restrict their operations to such an extent as to largely curtail the acre age. Planters cannot any more mn plantations without money and with out credit than can the proprietor of the Financial Chronicle publish his paper, unless his employees are willing to work for nothing and feed themselves. We speak from experience when we say that the cotton factors anii merchants here, who have been carrying the planters in this section of Georgia, have curtailed their business fully fifty per cent. The quantity of guano so far sold in this market for the present crop will not exceed, at the outside figure, thirty-five per cent, of the amount of last year. The money and supply advances will not thus far average thirty-three per cent., and for the entire season will not exceed fifty per cent.; and these are outside figures. This is equally true as to the business of Charleston, Savannah, Mobile and in terior towns. In the city of New Or leans, which receives most of the crop xvuvt of the Mississippi, the frnMteiol condition of the mercantile interest is so embarrassed as to preclude the possibility of the factors and mer chants of that city making advances anything like in the same proportion as last year. The truth is that the bunks will not discount commercial yiaper, even if the merchants and factors were desirous of making advances to the planters to the same extent as formerly. This being the condition of affairs in all cotton producing sections of the I South, we may safely conclude that the j acreage in cotton will be reduced fully I twenty-five per cent., and that the yield will he proportionately less. With a de creased area of laud in cotton and a fall ing of sixty-five per cent, in the quantity of fertilizers used, the most favorable seasons cannot make the yield of the coming cotton crop as large as that of 1873. We have the highest respect for the opinions of so respectable an au thority as the Financial Chronicle , but the article before us shows a want of information as to the embarrassed pecuniary condition of the cotton producing sections of the South. However desirous planters may be, to plant largely of cotton, their inability to command the necessary cap ital will prevent them. A reduced acre age will he enforced from sheer neces ' ity. We heartily concur with the ad vice contained in certain portions of the article under review as to good manage ment on the part of the planters, who should raise tho subsistence crops re quired for home use, together with corn enough for a full supply of pork. The South should raise an economical and not a debt crop. The consequences of planters overburdening themselves with obligations forj>u> sake of raising cot ton are poverty and distress. The true policy for/*very planter to pursue is to raise subsistence crops for home con surpfffion, and to be economical and yrtigal in the management of his affairs. When we make provisions, the first and paramount consideration of plant ing economy, anew era of prosperity will dawn upon the South. Cotton will then command such prices as to make its production highly remunerative.— The ruinous experience of planters since the war demonstrates the folly of raising all cotton and paying high rates of inter est for supplies that could be raised on the plantation with very little diversion of labor from the staple product. The sad experience of the past should teach ns wisdom for the future. DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN. We regret to learn of the death of Maj. George Stapleton, one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of the county of Jefferson. He represent ed his county in the Legislature (either in the House or Senate) as long as he would consent to serve, aud his legisla tive career extended over a period of thirty-two years. At the timo of his death ho must have been considerably past bis eightieth year. For the past ten or twelve years he has been out of public life, though he continued to take a warm interest in political affairs up to the time of his death. His son, Hon. James Stapleton, is a Representative from Jefferson in the present Legisla ture. COLONEL ALBERT R. LAMAR. In a recent editorial notice of Colonel A. B. Lamar, in the Macon Telegraph and Messenger, we find the following: “If we could name the next representa tive in Congress from the Savannah Dis trict, it would be a man just about his size. His services to Georgia, with his pen, in the days when Pope’s bayonets dazzled the eyes and tied the tongues of politicians, deserve more signal aud substantial recognition than they have yet received.” To all this we heartily write Amen. We know of no man who has received less or deserved more from the people of Georgia than Col. Lamar. He would make a splendid race, and when elected would be able to render the most valuable service in Congress. The First District dons not contain a better man for the position, and the people would honor themselves in honoring him. direct trade and the pat rons OF HUSBANDRY. Some weeks since we uoticed the or ganization of a Direct Trade Union by the Grangers of Georgia. The President of the Union—Gen. A. H. Colquitt—has issued au appeal in favor of the move ment to ‘he Patrons of Husbandry throughout the State. He states that subscription* to the stock of the com pany will be liken by note, payable on the first of nox 1 ; October, either in cash or cotton. He urges the Grangers to bring the snbjectybefore their councils, to canvass for subscriptions to the stock and to apply to him iu Atlanta, for any information that m»y be needed. He describes in glowing *olors the benefits which the farmers will derive from the success of the movement, but expresses the opinion that all classes will share in its advantages. We earnestly hope, as wc certainly believe, that, but little difficulty will be found in raising money enough to thoroughly test the. theory of direct trade. We think that a great ma jority of the planters are fully alive to the importance of the enterprise ajjd that they will sustain it to the extent of their ability. The latest novelty in Government swindling is the “constructive” clerk. Iu the investigation of the charges of fraud made against the Commissioner of Pensions, General Baker, it transpired that one of the clerks in the department was a constructive clerk. According to his own testimony he was appointed to a twelve hundred dollar position in the bureau, not to do any work for the Gov ernment, but on account of “political and clerical services he was rendering as Secretary of the Republican Resident Ex ecutive Committee during the State elec tions of 1871 and the Presidential cam paign of 1872.” Nice civil service re form, is it not ? New Orleans is threatened with a geueral inundation. After Kellogg comes the deluge. Having stood eighteen months of the present State government we expect the citizens of New Orleans care as little about so trilling a matter as a flood as the people , of any city in the world. PARDONING CONVICTS. Kellogg, the Radical Governor of Louisiana, is following in the footsteps of the other Southern Radical Execu tives. In the last sixty days he has par doned nineteen convicts out of the peni tentiary. The majority of them were the graver classes of felons. Nine of them are convicted murderers. It 19 astonishing what a passion for pardon ing convicts these reconstructed Gover nors have. Mr. Kellogg is not an ex ception. The same complaint was made against Holden, of North Carolina, Scott and Moses, of South Carolina, and Bullock, of Georgia. During their administrations the criminal processes of the Courts were rendered useless and the execution of the laws an impossi bility. Where the Courts sentenced the Governors pardoned, until juries failed to convict, and an outraged peopm be gan to take the law into their own hands. It was this wholesale pardoning of malefactors more than anything else which gave birth to the Ku-Klux, and Kellogg’s course in Louisiana may re vive the Klan in that State. SCOTT'S ADMINISTRATION. The interest which Congressmen— irrespective of party—are manifesting in the affairs and condition of misruled and plundered South Carolina is alarm ing the Radical leaders in that State. They have sent a committee to Washing ton for the purpose of “vindicating j their government from the aspersions of the tax payers, and individual sinners are seeking to clear their skirts of the odium which lias followed corrupt and wicked deeds. Even R. K. Scott has risen to explain, *nd the telegraph informs u» lLi»* on TUumilay a “vindi cation” of the administration of that much injured official was presented to the Senate by Hon. JonN J. Patterson, better known perhapsas “Honest John,” a name apparently conferred because its bearer is so notoriously dishonest. We confess to a curiosity to see this vindica tion. We would like to know what hu man ingenity could suggest in defense of an administration which was as corrupt as it was oppressive, and whose sole redeeming feature is that it is not quite as bad as the one by which it has been succeeded. We liave no doubt now tbat vindications will become the order of the day, and that they will be as plentiful as berries in June. Gov. Moses will no doubt tind time to compose a memorial showing the purity and righteousnsss of his administration and the legality of pay cercificates. Tim Hurley doubtless will show by memorial that legislators never accepted bribes, and Patterson is prepared to swear that candidates for the United States Senate never paid for election. If the tax payers have done nothing else they have at least stirred up the ring. The robbers are on the defensive,and Congress and the pub lic will be edified for some time by their vindications. TIIE SAVIORS OF THE STATE. The Atlanta Herald thinks that the Augusta Constitutionalist and the Chron icle and Sentinel have displayed a great deal of unnecessary sensitiveness —though what sensitiveness has to do with the matter perhaps only the Herald knows —in their comments upon the modest utterances of Messrs. Hill and Toombs at tho Vance banquet. With reference to the criticisms of this paper our cotemporary kindly remarks : The Chronicle and Sentinel is also much distressed to learn that Mr. Hill aud Mr. Toombs did so much to save the State from Radicalism. It is highly proliable, however, that after nil those gentlemen are mistaken, and that it was the Chronicle and Sentinel that did it! The Chronicle and Sentinel has never, even by implication, madeanysuch impudent and foolish claim, but at the same time we believe the people of Geor gia will say that it did as much to save the State from Radicalism as any other journal in it. Concerning tho very modest assertions of the two speakers at the Vance banquet, th e Herald says that a mistake is made in supposing that “Mr. Hill’s remarks were intended for the people; if they had been we grant that they might have been obnoxious to the charge of egotism.” There was no offensive vanity in the speeches because they were never intended for “the peo ple.” If they had been intended for the people of course they would have been offensive. Certainly. Exactly so. Tho explanation is perfect. In future, then, gentlemen who feel like reciting the services which they have rendered the State had better be careful not to let the recital “come before the people.” ROTTEN STEAMSHIPS. Inside of six months three steamships plying between the ports of New York aud Franco have been sunk at sea. These vessels are the ill-fated Ville du Havre, the loss of which sent a thrill of horror throughout the civilized world; the Europe, which sunk with a whole in her bottom a few weeks since, and L’Amerique, which foundered at sea in a heavy gale on the 14th inst. The three vessels belonged to tho Trans-Atlantic Company. The Ville du Havre collided with the British sailing ship Loch Earn, and went down in mid-ocean with her precious freight of human life. The collision occurred through the criminal carelessness of the ill-starred ship. But when we see it stated now that the Eu rope and L’Amerique were both old ships, reconstructed and lengthened in the hulls, sailing under new names, it occurs to us that if tho Ville du Havre had been a strongly built vessel she would have survived the disaster, though perhaps in a badly crippled condition. The conviction forces itself upon us that these steamships were all nn seaworthy. It was well enough with them in fair weather, but they went to the bottom in foul. This is doubtless true of other steamships on other lines plying between this country and Eu rope. Presenting a splendid appear ance, moored in the dock, or sailing iu smooth waters, gorgeously and luxu riously furnished throughout, many of the European steamers unfortunately prove themselves in time of danger ver itable charnel housed. Unlike whited sepulchers, they are fair without and fair within, but rotten behind and below the marble and gold, and glitter am} and spangle of the gilded saloon. Old ships are not often broken up. They are frequently remodeled, lengthened and refitted, and run until they sink. Ships are frequently overloaded and sink in lough weather, and quite as many become coffius for passengers and crew from this cause as from unseaworthi- The enthusiasm of the European plea sure seekers will be dampened by the wonderful rapidity with which people are sent to the bottom in rotten steam ships. Great care should be exercised to take passage in sound and not in rotten shigp, whether going from a South ern port to the North or from a North ern port to Europe. Old ships with new names are to be avoided, and es pecially ships that have been lengthened. There are fatalists who are not going to die until their time comes, and people who would go to sea iu anything that looks like a ship, trusting in Providence to save the vessel, though her bottom be as leaky as a basket. The fatalist is about as big a fool as the poor trusting creature who places himself in a posi tion where nothing short of the direct interposition of Providence can save him. He who stilled the tempest came to save the souls and not the bodies oi those who imperil them by going out to sea in overladen or rotten vessels. It is the duty of the State to make laws effective to prevent this sacrifice of human life. The Government should enact stringent laws, providing for the appointment of honest and competent inspectors. Unseaworthy vessels should be condemned, and severe fines and penalties, extending to corporations and individuals, should be imposed on all who fail to comply with *fie laws thus enacted for the proteetbu of life and property on the high seas and on our inland rivers. There .is no use, how ever, in making additional laws, as it is a well known fact that the statutes in reference to the inspection of ships are practically ignored. Some fearful dis aster, sending a thrill of horror through out the length and breadth of the land, causes a spasmodic but generally feeble effort for reformative and preventative measures. But the feeling soon dies out of the public mind, until revived by the occurrence of some similar catas trophe. __ There will be a thorough overhauling of Congress by the elections to take place this year; and in both Houses it is admitted tbat the next Congress will show many political and personal changes. Eighteen States elect Governors, thirty five elect Representatives, and twenty five Legislatures elect Senators, besides vacancies to be filled in Louisiana and Massachusetts. The following Senators terms expire on the 4th of March next : Hagan, of California; Buckingham, of Connecticut; Bayabd, of Delaware; Gil bert, of Florida; Pratt, of Indiana; Hamlin, of Maine; Sumner (deadj, of Massachusetts; Hamilton, of Maryland; Chandler, of Michigan; Ramsay, of Minnesota; Ames, of Mississippi; Schcrz, of Missouri; Titton, of Nebraska; Stew art, of Nevada; Stockton, of New Jer sey; Fenton, of New York; Thurman, of Ohio; Scott, of Pennsylvania; Sprague, of Rhode Island; Bbownlow, of Ten nessee; Flanagan, of Texas; Edmunds, of Vermont; Lewis, of Virginia; Bore man, of "West Virginia; and Carpenter, of Wisconsin. The elections iu New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecti cut have already taken place. After these follow Oregon, first Monday in .Tune; Kentucky, first Monday in Au gust ; North Carolina, August 6tli; Ver mont, first Tuesday in September; In diana, lowa, Nebraska and Ohio, second Tuesday in October; Louisiana, first Monday in November, and the other States November 3d. All of these States elect Congressmen and State officers, and all the States, except Arkansas, Indiana, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, California, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, lowa and Indiana, elect Gover nors. StUll another statement is made con cerning tlic Toombs-Stephens difficulty. A correspondent of tho Gainesville Eagle writes that General Toombs declares the suit was authorized by Mr. Stephens; that as early as last Summer Mr. Ste phens directed him to institute legal proceedings for the recovery of his inter est in the lease, and that he (Toombs) mentioned the fact to parties in Atlanta some months ago. Per contra it is as serted that Mr. Stephens says he never authorized the bringing of such a suit and knew nothing of it until its institu tion was published in the newspapers. And now the rumor comes from Wash ington that Mr. Philip Clayton is not sat isfied with his unconfirmed appointment to Valpairaso—that he is unwilling to encounter revolutions and earthquakes even for an annual salary of three thous and dollars per annum and perquisites. If he refuses the position it will bo the second instance of a rejected appoint ment in tho history of General Grant’s administration. Mr. Bard resigned Idaho and Mr. Clayton spurns South America. CHICAGO TO TUB HE A. Indianapolis, Ind., March 29, 1874. Dr. H. li. Casey, Waverly Hall, Ga. : Dear Sir—l promised that in the se ries of letteis I am writing I would de vote one to a history of the business im portance and prosperity of Indianapolis. This city, as all the school children of the country are well aware, is the capital of Indiana, Perhaps it is more gener ally known than the capital of any other State. Its chief notoriety in the past twenty years has beeu occasioned by its of tho greatest railroad cen tres in the world—a position which she still and is likely to ever hold. The first six or seven roads built in Indiana terminated at Indianapolis, and from thence branched out towards all points of tho compass. The number of roads now centering here are eleven,but the 3, by tlieir cofinectifcns, ramify into so?.-'.e seventy counties of the State, • and form connections for all points of the United States. You may start from your home in any one of the above counties in the morning aud at night be in the capital. Tnis place has therefore become one of the greatest centres for gatherings in the world. Last Fall the enterprising citi zens of this city held an exposition, and although the first, it was a grand suc cess, and in many respects rivaled the older ones at Cincinnati and Louisville. I believe it gave a more general satisfac tion. This great success, too, in the midst of the late panic. The coming Fall another will be held, when the pros pects are much brighter than for the last. The population of Indianapolis in 1860, was about 18,000; in 1870, it was 48,244; to-day it is at least 80,000. No city, perhaps, with the exception of Chicago, shows an equally rapid growth iu either population or business. I re gret that I have not a fuller history of the business of Indianapolis that 1 might enable your readers, by a compari son, to see lio\v rapid this growth has been. The early citizens of Indianopolis saw that the chief importance and great ness of their city could be reached only by manufacturing. For a great many years some manufacturing has been car ried on in the prinepal branches, but to day the manufacturing establishments of Indianapolis turn out everything. The discovery of black coal, a superior article for the manufacturing of iron, gave a fresh impetus to it, and from a paper mill, foundery, boiler building and plowing mills, twenty years ago, the number of manufacturing establish ments has increased to seventy, aud the articles now turned out include ma chinery of all conceivable kinds for the farmer, mechanic and tradesman. Edge tools are made here, and also the Shef field plows, the most popular brands in the United States. Considerable capi tal is employed iu the manufacture of school house furniture and supplies, one house devoted to the manufacture of chalk crayons. Car works were start ed up here ‘last Fall that will employ 700 or 800 men. During the Winter the Indianapolis coffin factory went into operation, and by reason of a won derful map which they published, it has attracted the greatest attention, impressing even the most thoughtful. It shows very correctly that Indianapo lis is in the centre of the railroad sys tem of the United States, that all the trade aud travel from the East and West must pass between the southern end of Lake Michigan and the Ohio river. In dianapolis is near the centre of this belt, and is the gateway through which most of these Eastern and Western roads pass, and consequently the greater portion passes through this city. Our people have recently awakened to the great importance which Indian apolis possesses as a railroad centre, and thousands of dollars have come here to be invested in real estate. Old build ings are giving way and handsome blocks, such as would be an honor to any citv, are being substituted. In tiie last three yearn the appearance of many of the streets have completely changed. On the outskirts of the city are the manufacturing establishments, with their separate little villages—the homes for the working men. Hundreds of handsome dwelling houses are going up iu all parts of the city. The real estate transactions for the past six months, notwithstanding the panic, hare aver aged 550,000 per day—unequalled even bv Chicago—exceeding iu amount the total in the three great cities of Cincin nati, St. Louis and Louisville. \ very 'few years ago the number oi ! hogs slaughtered here was not more j than twenty thousand or thirty thou-j sand but*that business has fully changed. Lying near the of the corn belt and the hog | sections, an enterprising IrishmanA,*. erected here the largest pork p%§A>g establishment in the world. Fli his own convenience he has constructed, a railroad of his own two miles id length, and has his own ears and engines to ope rate it. He is prepared U kill both Summered Winter. Daring the past Summer he slaughtered 260,000 head of hogs, aud for the rest of toe year, from the first of November to the first of March, the number slaughtered by all the establishments amounted to 295,000 against 196,000 last year. The grand to tal of hogs killed here the past year is 555,000. She is now the fifth in point of numbers. The next year she will rise to the fourth, and more than likely to the third. Her grain trade has been in creasing very rapidly, and the past Sum mer an elevator was erected. This will be followed by others as the trade in creases. A recent discovery in the southern part of this State of beds of iron ore, already accessible by railroad, has giveu a great impetus to that branch of manu facturing. The pigs used in the mills heretofore have come from the East or the Brazil furnaees. They were manu factured out of ores from Lake Superior or Iron Mountain. Although our State Geologist made his report on these dis coveries but three months since, the work of the erection of a blast fur nace at Indianapolis has already com menced. The coal used will be the In dian black, which will he hauled fifty miles and the iron ores ninety miles. A company is now engaged in thecon struction of a double track belt railroad around this city, the only thing of the kind in this country. It will be finished during the present Summer, aud will greatly facilitate the transfer of freights, which have increased to so great a quan tity as to cause great delay and annoy ance under the present arrangements. Recently the Real Estate Exchange had a meeting, cud resolved to send out 3,000 postal cards, with a small map of Indiana, and fifteen reasons why this is the most important place for the capital ist to engage iu business. I enclose a clip. I have tried to sketch hastily tho most important features of this rapidly grow ing city. It will indeed be a most im portant point on the line of the Chicago and South Atlantic Railroad. Iu a busi ness point of view, it is a mart of trade very desirable to be reached by your own people—second only in importance to Chicago. Indiana. LETTER FROM HANCOCK COUNTY. Sparta, Ga., April 16, 1874. To the Editors of the Chronicle and Sentinel: The Spring term of the Superior Court of Hancock county convened on the 13th instant, Judge Pottle presiding. The charge of his Honor to the grand jury was marked with his usual ability and force, and elicits the encomiums of law abiding citizens. His vigorous prosecution of business anil faithful execution of especially the criminal law augurs a saving trtthe county treasury as well as blessirijft upon tho morals of society. On Tuesday morning Judgo Gibson took the chair to preside in the trial" of important civil cases, in which Judge Pottle had been employed as counsel. The case of creditors against the estate of John Bonner, deceased, was put on trial, but Colonel Jordan, the plaintiff’s counsel, was suddenly taken ill, and the case postponed until the next term of the Court. The Court is mostly occupied iu the trial of civil cases, there being but little if any crimi nal matter before it. But little improvement has been made in this towu-for several years—much less than the energy, intelligence and taste of the people would warrant. The resi dences generally show the corrosive touch of tiie finger of time, the want of renovating and brushing up, responsive to the spirit and refinement of the place. But really the cotton mania has taxed the energies of the people to such ail extent that. they have had no time to improve their houses or their farms. A reaction is going on, however, and we are hopeful of a better state of things by and by. Visitor. THE BALD MOUNTAIN MYSTERY EXPLAINED. The Wilmington (N. C.) Journal gives prominence to a communication ex plaining the Bald Mountain mystery, which has so exercised the scientists for several weeks past. The writer who rises to explain puts forth the following theory, which he thinks a true explana tion of the perplexing phenomenon: There is an underground water course from Bald Mountain extending to and probably under Boggan’s Cut, a point on the North Carolina Central Railroad. Boggan’s Cut. is a slight elevation of granite and sandstone in Anson comity, through which a deep cut is now being made for the track of the Carolina Cen tral Railroad. Col. Ames, one of the contractors on this road, is using a vast amount of nitro-glyeerine in blasting out granite, lime and sandstone in Bog gau’s Cut, keeping a large force at work night and day for this purpose. This is done by charging immense blasts with nitro-glyeerine and discharging them all at a time with a patent battery, arous ing the country for miles around with the terrific thunder of the explosions. Tho writer further says that any one who will take the trouble to note the time of the day or night when the rum bling sounds and reports are heard at Bald Mountain, and compare it with the time when these fearful discharges are made at Boggan’s Cut, cannot fail to come to the conclusion that they arc both produced from the same cause , Clue nlhrmiTJcn nlioalJ La made, however, for the time necessarj for the sound to travel from the cut through the underground passage to the mouutain, well known to every one at all acquainted with acoustics that sound, the moment it is produced, dis seminates itself in every direction, un less it meets with obstruction to its passage, and also that sound can bo con fined in a great measure within certain limits and will travel in the direction least obstructed. We all know the mar vels of this nature often witnessed in a speaking gallery. If two persons station themselves, one at each end of a tube an eighth of a mile long, they can converse together through the tube in a whisper, although they could not hear a loud shout outside the tube from one to the other. Here then is one of the causes to explain this mystery. - Another link is, this Bald Mountain ; : in part lime stone and it is a well known fact lliat a stream of considerable magnitude dis charges itself iu one of the adjoining mountains and disappears. For such a stream there must be an underground course for a long distance. These underground courses and passage ways are quite common iu all limestone regions. The great cave of Ken tucky is a case in point every body is familiar with. There can, therefore, be little or no doubt but the base of Bald Mountain is tunnelled with these passages, made by the action of water on the limestone, and that these passages extend for a long distance, dis charging the water into the earth as it goes along. This must be so, other wise the water carried along these sub terranean passage ways would have to come out in a volume somewhere. A part of it may and probably does feed hundreds of springs on its passage from the mountain to the lower lands. In traveling along the section of country from Bald Mountain to Boggan’s Cut, on the Carolina Central Railroad, it lias been noticed that there are numerous springs of puro cold water of the same taste. Here, then, is a natural, simple and at the same time scientific explanation of the great marvel which has brought from the North, East aud the West, to this wonderful mountain, many wise men,with goose quills behind their ears, representing metropolitan newspapers, to investigate the phenomenon. The manner in which travelers in the East are imposed upon shows an aston ishing amount of ingenuity. The recent demand for Egyptian, Syrian and other antiquities, lias been met by a corres ponding supply. Even the German so cieties have been badly deceived, and doubtless scores of innocent American and English tourists have brought home, as valuable treasures, the works of some clever, but rascally, Syrian potter. At Constantinople there is known to be at least one manufactory of bronzes, oxy dized by means of an acid to represent antiquities of the time of Constantine and Helena—the most popular “brands.” False coins are coined by the c lustful, and the business is very profitable.— Furthermore, we find that in Athens a Creek priest now carries on an establish ment where old Grecian coin* are made; and the articles made by him are snob wonderful imitations that it is.impossi ble for any one to detect their falsity unless he is specially skilled in Greek numismatics. These coins are not sold in Athens, but are given to the shep herds in the neighboring country, who sell them to travelers. Dshevad, a cop per engraver ia Shiraz, Persia, is a clever imitator of ancient coins and gems; both travelers and Mahometans are often deceived by liis wares. A silver coin, made by him, and represent ed as one of Caliph Ali’s, was sold the other (fay in Constantinopole for 380. In lUtfdad there is a manufactory where genf' with busts of the Sassanides and upon them, are fabricated with m A cleverness. fr There is a report that the King of has begun to quibble about the payment of his indemnity. It is probable that the money will not be forthcoming. As is the usual custom of African sovereigns, now that the enemy is out of the country, treachery and cun ning will trv to regain what fear lost. The English do not care. The indemnity is to them a small amount—fifty thou sand ounces in gold. The Pall Mall Gazette considers it even desirable to have an unfulfilled claim against the King. The latter will be very cautious in future in asserting his authority over Denkera, Arsin, Akein or Adansi, and having once burned his lingers in reach ing for Elnaiua, is likely to be friendly with the English. Doubtless a consid erable trade will grow up in time be tween the Ashantee country and the coast. Upon the whole the war will have good results, and a justification for its commencement. Griffin is clamoring for a sensation of some kind. GEOROIA ITEMS. The theatrical season has closed in Savannah. 1 Cnthbert has had an eight hundred dollar fire. The Savannah lamp posts are being painted green. The sporting men of Newton county want a race track. There are some evidences of improve ment in Cumming. Griffin is endeavoring to purchase a chemical fire eDgine. David Bowers, a well known planter of Lumpkin county, is dead. Local items are scarce in Atlanta from the appearance of the papers. Sandersville still tliink3 that the road to l'ennille ought to be built. The gin house and mill of W. G. Over ly, near Lumpkin, was burned last Mon day. Americus has anew bakery, and can in the future be called a fine bread town. A small cyclone passed over Stewart county last week, doing considerable damage. Shad sell for forty cents each in Griffin and from fifty to seventy-five cents in Augusta. The price of ice has gone up in Sa vannah from one to one-and-a-half cents per ponud. Miss Bussey, the Columbus young lady who was recently thrown from her horse, is better. Savannah shipped three hundred bun dles of wrapping paper for Charleston last Wednesday. Buford complains that its mail still continues to be thrown from the cars upon the ground. The body of young Ilungerford, who was lately drowned in a Columbus sewer, has been recovered. The decoration of the soldiers’ graves at Covington will take place on Satur day, the 25th instant. Wheat in the vicinity of Buford looks very promising. A slight frost nipped vegetables last Saturday. A Buford hunter killed a wild turkey the other day weighing twenty-two pounds. And yet he is not happy. The number of chartered Masonic Lodges in Georgia is two hundred and eighty, with a membership of 15,402. The Griffin News reports the death of Mrs. M. E. Brewer, President of the Ladies’ Memorial Association of that place. J. H. Seals, President of the Cnthbert Baptist College, has been elected Presi dent of the Furlow Masonic College at Americus. Bishop Beckwith postponed his visit j to Columbus on account of the inter ruption of travel caused by the late heavy rains. Farmers in Newtou county have com menced planting cotton. Corn in many sections has come up, and presents a good appearance. A Buford darkey, when sent to a store for Coats’ black thread, No. 100, called for one hundred spools of black thread to make coats with. The Columbus Ice Company charges three cents per pound for ice. Rather steep. The Augusta company charges two cents per pound. There will be a race in' Savannah, at the approaching parade of the lire de partment, between the Washington and Cleburne hose companies. The United States gunboat May flower arrived at Savannah from Ivey West Wednesday, after having ex perienced a heavy passage. Miss Mary, daughter of ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown, was married in At lanta, Wednesday evening, to Dr. E. L. Connally. Among the prominent guests present were Governor Smith and wife. A bill for the relief of Jas. Atkins, late Collector of Internal Revenue for the Fourth District of Georgia, is now before the House Committee on Ways and Means, It was introduced by Sloan. A lady was assaulted in Savannah Wednesday by a Yankee soldier in uni form. He forcibly put his arm around her waist, when ail old gentleman, who happened to be passing, interfered aud drove the scoundrel off. A Savannah cushite shot and seriously wounded a compatriot at a marriage Tuesday evening. A dispute arose be tween the two as to how many rounds of cake Williams, the shooter, had, Harris, the sliootee, not liking the idea of one colored gentlemen getting more cake than himself. PALMETTO LEAVES. The Greenville races will come off on tnc nrst of Mnj-. Rev. W. H. Milburn, the blind preach er, is in Charleston. There are upwards of fifteen racing boats in Charleston. S. S. Solomons has been elected Presi dent of the Enterprise Railroad Com pany. The high water is interfering with planting operations on the banks of the Congaree. There are about thirty-one candidates for the positions of three policemen in Winnsboro’. There were eleven deaths in Columbia for the week ending April 11. Whites, 5; colored, G. There are parties in Charleston who steal dogs in order to get the rewards of fered for them. Colonel D. Wyatt Aiken,'of Abbeville, lias gone to Washington to take charge of the Grangers’ Bureau of Statistics. The Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance of South Carolina will meet in Bennettsville on Wednesday, the 22d instant. The King’s Mountain Railroad lias been consolidated with the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, and the gaugo will be changed at an early day. A public meeting; for the purpose of organizing tax unions, was called in Winnsboro’ on Monday last, and only sixty-one persons were present. The immigration meeting at Anderson Court House, last Monday, was slimly attended. B. T. Crayton was elected county commissioner of immigration. Some thirty years ago, when attention was being directed to the new Eldorado —Texas—a number of wealthy gentle men of Troup county, believing that that State would be the home of a largo, thrifty and active population, put their heads together and organized what was known as the LaGrange Georgia Land Company, established a common treasu ry and made up a considerable purse for the purpose of buying lands in that State. Two agents were sent out, and at that time both were believed to have used the funds entrusted to them dis honestly. It now transpires that forty eight thousand acres, of the richest land in Texas, were purchased in the name of the company. The Griffin News says: We doubt if there are any of the origi nal stockholders living, but their de scendants v#Hl be made rich by this streak of good fortune, and amongst this number is included Samuel A. Cook, Esq., the present Mayor of Barncsville, whose father was one of the company. The land is worth a very large amount of money, and it is thought the claim ants will liave but little trouble in get ting it, as there are only two “squat ters” on the entire tract. A meeting of those interested was held at LaGrange on last Friday, for the purpose of devis ing ways and means to take charge of this large estate, and an agent will be sent out at once for that purpose. A Card from Major Sturm. Richmond, Va., April 9. To the Editor of the Whig: Permit me through your columns to state that the card which recently ap peared iD the Knoxville Press and Herald, and copied into some of the Vir ginia papers, with the signature attach ed of a Mrs. V. H. Sturm, who proposes to be my wife, is, I deem it but proper to state) the product of one actuated by malace and revenge. It is true, unfor tunately for my happiness, that the said woman was my wife until recently, when a divorce was obtained. Papers copying said card will be held responsible for giving circulation to a libel. V. H . Sturm. Os the 368 Senators, Representatives and Delegates in Congress, nearly a fifth are natives of New England, just one in thirty-six fails to remember when and where he was born, and is conse quently uncertain as to his age. Ore member has it from good authority tha he was born in Virginia, bnt the resi dents in the vicinity of his birth-place can give him no information as regards his progenitors. He is one of* the fe* specimens of humanity who has not at some period of bis life been reminded that he strongly resembled his father or mother. Twelve States are repre sented in the Senate by Senators born out of the State, ten States by only one Senator born within the State, and twelve by Senators each of whom was born in the State. Rolls. —One pint new milk, one enp yeast, one egg, a teaspoon saleratus, lour to make a stiff batter. Let it rise over night, but do not put the saleratus in till morning. Make the batter so stiff that you can form it into rolls without adding any flour. Let it rise after being formed into rolls as long as possible, allowing thirty minutes to bake. WASIII STON NEWS. Cos fressional. Washington, vpril Id- — l° the Sen ate, Patterson, * South Carolina, pre sented the men rial of R. K. Scott in vindication of 1 * administration as Gov ernor of that l ate—referred to the Judiciary Comi ittee. The Civil Rif Its bill comes up on Fri dav week. Mr larpeuter introduced a joint resolutio i declaring that, it had become the dill of the United States to recognize Cnb as one of the indepen dent nations o the earth, and that the United States 'ill observe strict neu trality betweei be contending parties. It was refom 1 to the Committee on Foreign Eelatii is. The Louisiana elec tion bill came up as unfinished busi ness. Messrs. Hamilton and Morton both" addressee the Senate—the former iu favor of the 1 [eEnery government and the latter in fa' K' of Kellogg. In the House the Committee of Ways and Means was iu horized to report at any time cn t i ! moities and Sanborn contract. The till appropriating three millions to the Centennial was referred to the Commit je of the Whole. The legislative appfr'priation bill occupied the day, with tithing interesting in the proceedings, j Rational>r the Destitute. Washington; April 17.—Morey intro duced a bill f supply rations, forage and clothing tt the people made desti tute by the inuidation of the Mississip pi river and itsiributaries. Referred to the Committee pn Military Affairs, with leave to report tt any time. Graul Interviewed. The commitpe appointed at a recent meeting of leading bankers, merchants and capitalists .of New York, called on the Presidenttj-day and presented a pe tition, signed jy 2,500 persons, asking him to vetothjSenate finance bill. Two of the delegaion made speeches, in which they sjrke of the bill as being disastrous to Jthe best interests of the country, and » opposed to the pledges of the nation »r an early resumption of specie paymeip. The President in re ply did not indicate what his action would be. 11l said all had their various views, and lieikad no doubt if he lived in New York }ie Would think with tlio committee tlpt the whole world ought to think as they did. He had never given any mejsuro more attention than lie had thispue —the Senate bill. His views were already known. He had been oppose! to inflation without re demption, aiil was in favor of redeeming the pledges heretofore made for a re sumption ofJpecie payments. The com mittee retirfl in uncertainty as to what tne Preside*’s course will be on the bill. 7 The BlSteed Impeachment. The snb-Olmmittee of the House Ju diciary havejconclnded their investiga tion of the Busteed impeachment case. The question have narrowed to those of residence, aid the remission of a lino for contempt of Court Judge Busteed impeaches the veracity of Mr. Patrick by affidavit, and declines further facili ties offered ior proof in his own behalf. Judge Butwpd will open Court in Mo bile on the™ urth Monday in April. Double Railway' Track. The House Committee on Railroads, at a meeting to-day, authorized General llurlbnt to draft a report in favor of ttie construction of a double track freight railroad from the Mississippi Valley to tide-water at or near New York. The committee have taken considerable tes timony upon the cost of transporting grain over such a road. The evidence shows that it can be moved for fifteen cents a bushel from Chicago to New York, and at a corresponding rate from other points in the Mississippi Valley. Congressional. Tipton made a lengthy speech in the Senate to-day on the Louisiana bill in favor of the McEnery government. He thought the President should withdraw the troops from Louisiana, and the McEnery government, now held iu abey ance by the Federal forces, would soon bo put in power by the people, as the present Legislature would leave the State witli the troops. The House was engaged all day on the legislative appropriation bill. Miscellaneous Items. A full Cabinet to-day discussed the situation iu Arkansas and the Senate finance bill. No positive indications yet as to what will be the action of the Ex ecutive on the latter measure. Win. G. Benton was nominated as Postmaster at Bainbridge, Ga. Washington, April 17.—The Cabinet was a longer time in session to-day than it has been for seven months past. All tlio members were present. It is stated that reports had reached hero that Bax ter, of Arkansas, had seized the telo erv/inhic line to prevent the Brooks party from using it, and accordingly instruc tions had been issued by the War De partment to an officer at Duvall’s Bluff to proceed to Little Rock aud investi gate tlio matter, and to see that tele grams to or from the General Govcrn ment shall not be intercepted. The President related to the Cabinet to-day the particulars of the interview between himself and the New York commission. In this connection the Senate finance bill was discussed, the President explaining his views at length, but what they were cannot be ascertained, as the Cabinet members de clined to converse upon the subject. It is the belief generally that the President will approve the bill, although there is nothing definite on which to base such ail opinion. Washington, April 18. — Sumner’s ob sequies will be solemnized in the Senate Tuesday. Washington Monument. Mr. Williamson Wright, of Indiana, who owns a marble quarry in London county, Va., has forwarded a memorial to Congress, offering to give the Gov ernment the full possession of all the said property as lessee and owner for two years from this date for the procur ing of all the marble necessary to finish the Washington Monument. TIIE MISSISSIPPI OVERFLOW. Correspondence Between Kellogg and Grant. Washington, April 17.—The follow ing telegraphic correspondence took place to-day : Executive Department, i State of Louisiana, New Orleans, La., April 17, 1874.) President U. S'. Grant : The unprecedented rise in the Missis sippi, aided by violent local storms, has caused a most disastrous overflow. Six or seven of the largest parishes of the State are already under water and thousands of people, white and black, are without food and shelter and in danger of starva tion. The emergency is so groat that 1 feel constrained to appeal to you di rectly, asking the General Government, if possible, to extend to these poor peo ple the same relief that was given to the scarcely more disastrous calamity at Chicago. W. P. Kellooo, Governor of Louisiana. Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C., April 17 .—Gov. W. P. Kellogg, New Orleans, IjU.: Your dispatch of this date, asking aid-for the sufferers by the disastrous overflow of the Lower Mis sissippi, is received. Congress being in session at this time, I do not feel au thorized to order Government aidasl did in the case of the suffering from yellow fever in Shreveport and Memphis last Summer, and in the ca'o of the burning of Chicago two years ago, without the authority of Congress. I will, however, send your dispatch to the Louisiana delegation, and if a resolution is passed by Congress authorizing it, I will exert every authorized means to avert suffer ing from the disaster which has over taken the citizens of Louisiana. [Signed] U. S. Grant. THE GALLOWS. Pour Negroes Hung at Thomasville. Savannah, April 18.—Four negroes were hung at Thomasville yesterday— three for robbing and murdering in No vember last an old citizen of Thomas county, named Juniper Hall, and the fourth for poisoning his wife. The mur derers of Mr. Hall were named Emanuel McCormick, Charles Walker and Nim rod Austin. The wife murderer was named Webster Lyon. Rumors of an attempted rescue of the doomed men were in circulation. It was reported that the negroes on the other side of the Florida line had organized a strong force to prevent the executions. In or der to be prepared for any emergency that might arise, authority was obtained from Governor Smith to call out two military companies. The doomed men were hung a little after ten o’clock in the yard of the jail. After the execu tion, the sheriff admitted the crowd in attendance, mostly negroes, to view the bodies before being taken from the gallows. THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR. ship. : The Agony Over—Washburne to Wear Sumner's Shoes. Boston, April 17.- -Washburne has been elected United Senator, having re ceived 152 votes. The following is the thirty-third and final ballot for Senator to succeed Sum ner: Whole number of votes, 267; neces sary to a choice, 134. William B. Wash burne, 151; Curtis, 64; Dawes, 26; Adams, 15; Loring, 4; Banks, 4; Wendell Phillips, 1; Stephen N. Gifford, 1; John G. Whittier, 1, THE ARKANSAS TROUBLES. THE SITUATION UNCHANGED. Civil War in Arkansas Imminent. Little Rook, April 16.—There is but little change iu the Gubernatorial mud dle. Brooks holds tljo State House, which is surrounded by aimed men— abont one hundred in all. They have two cannon. Baxter’s headquarters are still at St. John’s Co’lege, in the suburbs of the city. He is preparing to retake the State House. About fifteen hundred stand of arms belonging to the State are at the arsenal, and both Baxter and Brooks have made a den and for them, but their demands have been refused. Men are polling in on every train but the city is rather quiet. The following are tlio answers to telegrams to the President for assistance: What Grant Says to Brooks. Department or Justice, ) Washington, April 1(>, 1874. j Hon. Joseph Brooks, Little Book: I am instructed by the President to say in answer to yon • dispatch to him of yesterday, asking that the United States commanding officer at the arsenal be in structed to deliver the arms in his cus tody belonging to the State to you, or hohl them subject to your order, that he declines to comply with your request, as he is not advised that your right to hold the office of Governor has been 'ful ly and finally determined by the Courts of Arkansas. [Signed] Geo. W. Williams, Attorney-General. Wliai Grant Says to Baxter. Department op Justice, ( Washington, April 16th. j Elisha T. Baxter, Little Bock: I am instructed by the President to say in answer to your dispatch to him of yesterday, asking for the support of the General Government to sustain you in your efforts to maintain the rightful government iu the State of Arkansas, that, in the first place, your call is not made in conformity with the Constitu tion and laws of the United States; and, in the second place, that ns the contro versy relates to your right to hold a State office, its adjudication, unless a case is made under the so-called en forcement acts for Federal jurisdiction, belongs to the State Courts. If the de cision of which you complain is errone ous, there appears to be no reason why it may not be reviewed and a correct de cision obtained from the Supremo Court of the Stato. [Signed] Gf.o. 11. Williams, Attorney-General. Washington, April 16.—The Secreta ry of War has telegraphed the com manding officer at Little Roek not to in terfere iu the political troubles there, ex cept to preserve the public peace. No Violence Yet—Bloodshed to Be Pre vented. Little Rock, April 17.—The contest seems to be culminating in counter pro nunciamentoes. No violence. Each party pickets its headquarters, and calls npo-i its supporters to rally. The May or has c’osed the saloons. Baxter lias issued a counter proclama tion to Brooks, declaring the latter’s cou-se a shameless assumption without a shadow of law, and says the authority of the law will immediately and effec tively be asserted peacefully if may be, but asse ’ted in any event. He appeals to the people to support him. During the warlike movements of last night, Col. Rose, commandant of the United States Arsenal, brought a com pany down, stationing them at the cor ner of Maiu a nd Fourth streets, and sent word to each side that while ho had no orders to interfere in behalf of either party, he was directed to prevent blood shed. The company returned, to the arsenal at daylight this morning, there appeari ig to be* no immediate danger. Gov. Baxter has contracted his lines to the vicinity of the Anthony House and is now proceeding as before to exercise the duties of Governor, making the An thony House the capitol for the time being. This morning both the private secretaries of Messrs. Brooks and Baxter applied at the post office for mail matter addressed to tlio Governor ol Arkansas. The post master declined to deliver it to either party and telegraphed to Wash ington for instructions. Postmaster-General Cresswcll, in re sponse to the telegram of (lie post master at Little Rock received to-day instructed him as follows: “Letters ad dressed to Gov. Baxter or to Baxter, Governor of Arkansas,should be deliver ed to Baxter. Letters addressed to Gov. Brooks or to—B Ticks, Governor of Ar kansas, should be delivered to Brooks. You will retain all communications ad dressed to the Governor of Arkansas until further instructed. Both Sides Preparing lor the Conflict- President Grant Refuses to Inter fere. Little Rock, April 18.—Three hun dred men from Pine Bluff, fifteen linn area from Wuoliingkou, 01111 hundred from Batcsville and fifty from Saline county reinforced tlio Governor’s troops this morning. The three hundred men from Pine Bluff are nearly all colored men. They came with colors flying and band playing. The Governor is now holding a consultation with his Gene rals. It is his intention to surround the State House and cut off its supplies. The State House party has been pressing colored people iato service. The Gov ernor says he will prevent bloodshed if possible, but. by the eternal, the insur gents must and will bo put down. One thousand more men are ex pected on the train this evening.— Brooks has sent out numerous re cruiting officers, but they are not to be permitted to return. Brooks now has possession of the street in front of the State House, aud his sentinels can be seen passing their posts from a point near the City Hall. Gen. Ira Mcßarton, an old West Point graduate and a Fed ral officer during the late war, lias com mand of the colored troops from Pine Bluff The State House party captured Captain Sam Houston this morning ns he was passing near their lines. He knocked down the lieutenant of the guard, bnt was dragged in the lines by force. He was afterwards released. Department of Justice, \ Washington, April 18, 1874. [ Frederick Kramer, Slagor of Little Hock, Arkansas : You must be awaro that the President cannot interfere in the domestic difficul ties of the State, except iu conformity with the Constitution and laws of the United States. He cannot recognize a call made upon him for military aid by the Mayor of a city. He has instructed the officer commanding the United States troops at Little Rock to prevent bloodshed. That is all he can do under existing circumstances. I will ask, in answer to your inquiry, “ whether the United States are powerless to protect 20,000 people situated as the citizens of Little Rock are, if the people of Arkansas have not patriotism enough to allow a question as to whojshall hold 1 a State office to he settled peaceably and lawfully, and not bring upon their State the disgrace and ruin of civil war ?” Geo. H. Williams, Attorney-General. The above is an answer to the follow ing : Little Rock, April 18th, To Attorney-General Williams, Wash ington : In your dispatch to Gov. Brooks I infer that you intend to bo understood as say ing that the President cannot recognize him as Governor until his right has been fully and finally recognized by the Courts. I understand from your dis patch to Governor Baxter that the Presi dent cannot recognizs him until his right has been settled by the Supreme Court. The Suprome Court will not be iu session until June. Now, what are we to do in the meantime? Governor Baxter has issued his proclamation put ting the city under martial law and armed men pretending to act under his orders are patroling the streets, stopping peaceable and unarmed citizens, and setting the authori ty of the city officers at defiance and arresting the police. Not only this bnt private property is being forcibly seized and appropriated in a like man ner. The construction placed on your dispatch by Governor Baxter is that it is a license to make an attack on the Brooks faction, with an assurance in so doing the Federal Government will not interfere. You will readily see that the city is to become a icene of bloodshed, and over a strife its authorities are u6t responsible for, and which they have not the power to settle, and placed where an appeal to either one of the persons claiming to be Gov ernor lays the city authorities liable to the charge of being the partisans of the one appealed to. I desire to ask if the Federal Government is powerless to pro tect the lives and property of 20,000 in habitants who are situated as wo are ? If you will instruct the officers in command of the arsenal to aid the city police in making the arrest of men who areojionly violating the law and setting the same at defiance, I could preserve the peace of the city without being compelled to take sides with either of the contending factions. This question of who is the rightful Governor can only be settled by the Courts, a thing that may not he done for the next twelve months, and I now implore you the name of peace to aid me in all your power until the other question is settled. Frederick Ivramf.r, Mayor of Little Rock. An Indianapolis father shot six times at a supposed burglar, and was aston ished to hear the fellow ask, “Whuzzer mazzer, fazzer ? whazzer doing ?” The nervous gentleman who lost his head the other day, while addressing bis constituents, is considered to be none the worse for his misfortune, OIR CAPITAL LETTEL [SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE SENTINEL. ] Atlanta, April 17, 874. Stephens and Hill. Many have been the speculations to day as to the result of the controyers) between Mr. Stephens and Mr. Hill: aud tlio prediction seems to be ulurifc universal that Mr. Stephens lias floored his antagonist. The severity of die strictures, they say, needs no apology, because they are justified by the facts which they claim are incontrovertinly presented. Some say that Mr. Hill will attempt a reply, because he cannot challenge him. There are not a few who think that by this accusation from Mr. Stephens, Mr. Hill’s prospects for political preferment are forever destroy ed. Tlio controversy has brought into remark Mr. Stephens’ masterly ability as a controversialist. His wonderful precaution aud deliberation, and his un surpassed familiarity with every circum stance of history, have all been com mented upon. A gentleman stated to day that, notwithstanding Mr. Stephens’ accurate knowledge of history, and his matchleis memory, he never made an unqualified assertion that was calculated to affect, auv one’s character without first oons.ilting written recorded history. It is said that iu preparing his address on the “Life and Letters of Junius,” which lie delivered before the literary societies of the State University, he was iu doubt as to the language of acertain biief pass age, and required his amanuensis to read through an entire volume of tlireo or four hundred pages, in order to find the passage, before incorporating it in his address. Mr. Hill’s Prospects for Congress. Among the many conversations to-day iu regard to Messrs. Stephens and Hill) was one iu which Mr. Hill’s pros pects for Congress were canvassed; and it was said that Mr, Hill would encount er tlio most discouraging obstacles in such a race. Immediately after the ter mination of the war, it was said, ho adopted a policy and assumed an atti tude which if adhered to would have elevated him to political honors, which would have placed him in the very front lino of patriots and statesmen; but that his fickleness, doubtful principles and singular attitude at different times to wards (lie enemies of Georgia had for ever destroyed his prospects for politi cal nrefermei t, and that he would ap pear in history as a brilliant orator, a vascillating genius, whoso talents and line ability were never used to promote the peace aud prosperity of his country. Is it Political ? Gen. Dudley M. Dußose has been in the city all the week; and it. has been observed that he, Air. Hill, Gen, A. 11. Colquitt, and a certain editor have been in frequent private consultation with each other. The circumstance elicits comment and speculation, and there are some conjectures as to the import of these friendly chit-chats. Such words as “Toombs,” “Direct Trade Union,” “ Congress, ” Ac., are inadvertently dropped in tlio commentaries of politi cal outlooks in discussing the oircurn stnnce. All this is talk—nothing more— so far as your correspondent is informed. Mrs. Jarley. This distinguished female cotempo rary of Charles Dickens visited the city last evening, and was tendered a fash ionable reception at DeGive’s. She is said to be personated by Airs. AlcGill, of Richmond, Va., who is the author of the novel, “The Holcombs.” Her exlii tion was a pleasant success. Airs. J., a charming lady of Augusta, took a lead ing part in the performance, persona ting “Pocahontas,” “The Maid of Athens,” “The Prima Donna,” and “The Girl Who Danced Herself to Death,” with wonderful grace and marked effect. Brief Mention. Alias Alary Brown, daughter of ex- Governor J. E. Brown, was married on Wednesday evening to Dr. E. L. Con nally, a young physician of this city. Tlio ceremony was pronounced at the homo of the bride in comparative quiot, on account of the dangerous illness of her grandmother. Alins Mary Brown was one of the most popular and esteem ed youughulies of the city. All is quiet about the Capitol. Gov. Smith, after his day’s work, strolls down to the office of his friend, Col. Maddox or Dr. Red wine, and engages in a social chat with the people, of whom lie seems naturally fond. The Treasurer looks with a vigi lant and almost suspicious eye upon nil who dare to invade tlio sacred precincts of Georgia’s Treasury. Air. Stephens, it is understood, lifts changed his programme, and will pass through Augusta on his way to Craw l'ordville. Halifax. FROM ATLANTA. A Triangular Rare for Magistrate Heinous illiavjres Against. City ICin ployees— Rumored Uetiiacy of Col. Sneed. [SPECIAL DISPATCH TO TTIE OHnONIOLK AND BENTINEI*.] Atlanta, April 18.—In the election to-day for Justice of the Peace an effort ! was made to elect a negro, bnt failed. Walker, Democrat, received 98!) votes ; Curry, negro, received 590. Plmtty Harris retired from tlio race, receiving only eleven votes. Three employees of the City Council are implicated in charges of abstracting from the Clerk’s Office cancelled jury certificates and presenting them for pay ment a second tiino. One of the parties is a young man of good family and of unu sual talent. The circumstance occasions universal regret. It is reported that Colonel Sneed will retire from tlio editorial charge of the Herald to-morrow. Halifax. FROM NEW YORK. Order of Judge Blateliford. New York, April 18. —Judge Blateli ford has ordered that the books of Platt & Boyd, seized by Custom House au thorities, be returned to the firm. He refused to allow the District Attorney to keep the books longer for trial on tlio ground that they wero only seized for the information of the Collector, who has had sufficient time to examine them. He holds that the act under which the warrants wore issued is constitutional. The German American Bank. The business of the German American Bank is not affected by the removal of Emil Sauer, late President, for irregu larities while in office. No run on the bank is anticipated, and the acting Pres ident states that the soundness and standing of the bank is not impaired in the slightest degree. Rev. Stephen 11. Tyng’sNew Church. New York, April 18. —Rev. Stephen H. Tyng’s (Jr.) new and large church is to bo dedicated Monday next—services to continue eight days. The church is highly ornamented, but has not a single ecclesiastical symbol. Mr. Tyng fays his church is a working and preaching church, in which the ritual is subordi nate. If Bishop Potter and the church authorities let him alone, and let him work in his own fashion, he shall remain as lie is. Jf they meddle with him ho will go out. On Monday night all de nominations are to occupy the church. The Mayor of New Orleans Appeals to the Mayor of New York Mayor Ilavemeyer received a telegram from the Mayor of Now Orleans to-day, stating that owing to the unexampled overflow of the Mississippi and lower branches, many thousands of families are ruined and threatened with starva tion; that it if. beyond the means of those who have escaped the calamity to give adequate relief to the sufferers, and asking for subscriptions for the vic tims of this two-fold visitation of flood and famine. The Captain of the Niobe Declines a Public Reception. Sir Larabton Lorraine lias declined a public reception at the bauds of the city authorities, with thanks for the compli ment. Next week the gallant Captain will visit the public institutions, accom panied by the Mayor, Aldermen and other civil functionaries. Personals. 'Captain Lemairio sailed to-day for France. James P. M. Stinson, for many years connected with the As tor House and other hotel enterprises, lias died of paralysis. Aged, lilty-six. John Brigham is very ill and a futal result is feared. ELECTRIC SPARKS. A Democratic victory is reported in New Haven. Captain Cook was drowned near Hart’s Island, New York. At Binghampton, New York, four inches of snow fell yesterday. A “lock-out” of fifteen thousand miners is threatened in Cornwall, Eng land. Dr. Livingstone’s remains were buried yesterday. The coaches of the Queen and Princo of Wales were present. The ship Aurora, from Pensacola for Liverpool, was abandoned on the Bth of April. Capt. Bart and liis crew were rescued, and have landed at Dartmouth. The steamship Netlierland, which rau aground iu Delaware Bay, is being tow ed in to Philadelphia. She lost her rudder and screw, but is otherwise un injured. The House of Representatives has passed a bill to supply rations and dis used army clothing to tho people made destitute by tho overflow of tho Lower Mississippi.
