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VOLUME XXIII-
ROME, GA., FRIDA’
INING. JANUARY 8, 1869.
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SATURDAY MORNING January *
The Deafaml Dumb Asylum at Cave
Spring;.
We had the pleasure and unmitigated
.atisfuction a few days since, of visiting the
aboTO named Institution. This noble char
ity of the State, so needfully bestowed, we
are rejoiced to see is entrusted, in its pres
ent administration, to competent, faithful,
efficient, and, in every way,good officer*.—
It is not surprising that the Institution
now occupies a wider field of usefulness and
enjoy, a greater degree of prosperity than
ever before, when we come to know of the
energy, persevere nee and well directed ef
fort, of Rev. B. B. Quillian, the worthy
Steward, and ihe untiring asiduity and af
fectionate patience of the meritorious tcach-
Vi‘c «re sure that the State could in no
other way bestow a charity of an equal
amount—at present, 812,000 a year—more
judiciously, or whichwould he expended
with more scrupulous economy than is that
for this Asylum.
The present number of pupils is fifty-
three; the highest number ever before wa3
18—and the highest average for any year
The Asylum is a beautiful building, coa
lyashington, D. C., Dec. 28.
The fear among the Republican* of a
rupture between Grant and the Radical
party is deepening daily. Grant is known
to be iu favor of repealing the tenure-of-of-
fice law; of the passage cf Jenckes’ civil
service bill; of the transfer of the Indian
Bureau to the War Department; of stopping
subsidies to railroads, and of breaking up
all tlie radical thievingrings throughout the
country.
Fearing his power, the Radicals appear
determined to hold on to the civil tenure
act, in order that, wheu they get one of
cheir own kind iu office, they may be able
to keep him there. Ry the transfer of the
Indian Bureau to the War Department they
will lose a large amount of patrunag* in the
appointment of agents, superintendents and
other officers, and a large amount of por
centagcs in contract annuities.
Jencke’s civil service bill would cut off
the immense revenue of public plunderers,
whose appointments the Radicals hope to
control for party purposes, instead of mak
ing the officers Contingent on the capacity
of candidates. To all of these sorrows of
the Radicals is added a feather which will
probably complete the burden of their en
durance. This the assertion of Grant
recently, that he considered the faithful ad
ministration of public business head and
shoulders above the claims of party, and
that he is an enemy henceforth of the priii
ciple that party services ar* a claim for
public office. Gen. Grant declare* that he
will not remove officers who have be*n faith
ful to their trust, merely because any polit
ical party demands it.
This being his declared intention, the
question comes as to the disposition of the
large number of faithful officers already in
the government whom the Radical* desire
to get out of the way, iu order to make
room for those who have been of greater
service to the party. The Radical* are al
so incensed at Grant'a reticence on Cabinet
matters. They advise him very freely, but
they complain that he does not manifest
any disposition to act on their advice, and
that they are ignorant as to his preferences
of men.
Altogether the fight seems to hare fairly
began, and it way be looked forward to by
outsiders with rare interest.
The effect of the amnesty proclamation is
the subject of some speculation, and espe
cially as to the indictment against Davis.—
To dispose of the latter, it is suggested that
he must surrender himself into custody and
get out a writ of habeas corpus, etc. There
is no donbt here among officials, about the
upon which he is held under indictment.—
The attorney for the government can move
a dismissal or nolle prosequi, and he will
undoubtedly do so. Or if it should become
necessary the attorney for defendant would
make a motion for the discharge of the cli
ent, based upon the proclamation.
Special to tho C.ncinnatti Commercial.
The first thing Congress will receive
from the President, on its return is a veto
of the bill repealing the one prohibiting
the organization of the militia by the John-
sonized State governments. Persons usu
ally informed believe that the veto will be
devoted principally to showing that, as the
people have the right to bear arms, Con
gress has no right to legislate on the sub
ject.
Senator Trumbull is actively working
the Georgia Senatorial case, referred to the
Judiciary Committee, of which he is chair
man. It is understood that the Illinois
Senator favors the admission ofllon. Josh
ua Hill. There are likely to be two re
ports, as Senator Edmunds is strongly op
posed to the recognition of the Senators..
veniently- and comfortably arranged, in a lo
cality that cannot be surpassed for health-
fulness in the State, and the most tender of
parents would not hesitate to entrust their
afflicted offspring to the affectionate care 1
and control of \V. 0. Conner, Principal, ; General Grant end the Fortieth Congress
is the topic of the capital to-night. Xouevr
Breach Between Gen. Grant and Con
gress.
The sudden and widening breach between
WASHINGTON SPECIALS.
Possibility of a Split Among tho liadlcal* la
Congress.
It is believed that a possibility oxiats of
a split among Congressmen upon the ques
tion of burdening or unhanding Grant,
which will even show itself this sesgien.—
In the Senate such a split is already but
half concealed. The cause of difference is
upon the bill transfering the Indian bu
reau to the War Department.' Wilson, as
the mouthpiece of Grant, presses the trans
fer, and Henderson, Morrill, Thayer, all
the members of the Indian committee, op
pose the transfer, knowing that they are op
posing the wish of Grant, and insisting that
the time has not come for him to begin to
shape legislation; aud the introduction of
his name by Wilson, if authorised, bods*
no good in the future, and should be re
pelled at once. It is evident that General
Grant inteude-to suggest to th# next Con
gress all that his direct influence fail* to as-
jwerinr ui juuiffenis gtast the gratitude of.
cure from thin. It ie conceded here that he
will accept no shackle*, endthta ha dg; £iT Audsr'»iiwflie7 The h»u.biew~\?.j -r
clares the Civil Tenure biff, meant tohadga ' - _. . .
an untrustworthy executive, is in the very
animus an insult to him if continued, it
is believed that General Grant’s diiire will
kill Cook ing’s bill, and that the Forty-first
Congress will assemble under the pre»-r.t
law; but such a result witl only be adopted
to avoid the trouble of coming together a
little later by proclamation, aud it settles
none of the questions on which difference
between Grant and tbe party is probable in
the immediate future.
I From the Columbus
To the True-hearted People of
Again we come before you to j
cause of our unburied dead. As
know, the Legislature of1S66 made
appropriation, aud appointed us tra
the fund, to bury the dead of Chick
and along the line of Sherman's
Atlanta, and to gather into a uuminoi
iugplace the remains of those who
under, tho protecting care of local jt
associations. For this purpose the
of Marietta gav* us a beautiful site
distely on tho railroad, into which,
our limitei means, we have rt inovi
twelve hundred bodies. Qun ireds
main aucared for in tbs neglected
and roadsides, and the battle fields
they fell, to be trampled by, ths
the field or turned over by the plows!
Another small appropriation wal
the last Legislature—too small, howevi
•ontinue, with any hope of success, so
an undertaking.
The genera! Government has
lions on the Federal cem lories of Mari'
loa. Sal ton Tift and Georgia Prospects.
IIoo.-XelsoB Tift called on us lust Thurs-
eveuiog, says ths Macou Telegraph,
had some conversation with him up-
tha prospect of Georgia in Congress,part
which ws reported for next morning’s
paper; but Christmas distrsetios* prevented
its publication, sad we have sicca heard
nothing about it. Mr. Tift thought tha
ict vsry unfavorable, unless some
.itiou could be submitted by Georgia
able to.that class of the-Republican
party rho were willing to be conciliated.
Mr. Tilt has addressed the following cir
cular. which explains itself and should
receive prompt attention:
Mouse ok Rkpiiksxn. United Statis, )
Washington. Dec. IS, 1863. J
To the Honorahl- Judge of (he Supreme
Court, Judge* of the Supreme Courtt,
Judges of Court* r,f Ordinary,ami Mayors
of Citi’-i in the State of Georgia :
The present condition of affairs in Geor
gia is beinjriinvestigated before tbe “Joint
Committee on Reconstruction,” with a pur
pose of adopting such notion by Ceagre.-s
thorn necessary and proper
.is may seem to
•j'dier who died in the Federal service, hat; , n jj-gg t ) ls faithful, sad prompt adminia-
a veil guirde 1. beautiful and costly t a A tratioa of the laws, and protection to th*
pl«'e. tmr.fd with slabs ot purest uurbla; r jj.hts of all classes of persons and proper-
' l ' ty.
-Tha CeMen
their Government, while our noble heroes i Certain parties from Georgia, and among.!
Important ta CoUoa Plaaiei
Worm.
Editors Macon Tklrghaph: I notice
in your Daily of the 19th of December, an
article takau from tha Stlma (Ala.) Times
and Messenger, upon this all important sub
ject to farmers, aud you inaita discussion
upon it.
Tbe writer states that ha saw the egg and
worm of a cotton-fly found ia tbe cotton-
stalk, etc. From the history of insects, I
can find no facts confirming bis statements,
snd I dare say the writer is totally in error
as to their mode of propagation.
The fly lays the egg iu summer, on tha
tender parts of the cotton pleat, tbe worm
is speedily hatched out, growing rapidly to
and forming the cocoon, in which state tha
larrnj exist all winter. It, however, may
go through the process several time* du
ring summer. In tha spring it cut* ont of
its self-made prison, and goe* forth a* be
fore. Insects that depoeit their egg in th*
pith of stalks have a caudal appendage with
which they pierce the stalk and their
eggs. . The various specie* of locusts, th*
Hessian fly, are example*.
The miller that does th* arisebiaf in oar
cotton fields have no snch appendage, nor
do they ever vary in their natural coarse,
we suppose; first, the fly which deposits th*
arestili left in silence and neglect. Shah j t(, em ] ler present Governor, with the avo'w
his difijTueeful
ect continue, or can we
et surh aid at will enable us, with the
peni ig spring, to place them all in conse
nted ground? May we not beg the aid
id purpose of inducing Cougress to destroy
the present organized government of that
Stale aud remand her people to military
rule or to the dictatorship of a Provisional
THE GEORGIA SENATORS.
Joshua Hill, Senator-elect from George,
who was assured by Senator Sherman of ad-
mission, bag at last gone home, and said he
would not return until he was telegraphi
cally advised either that bis credentials
would be.received or rejected. It oomes
oat that Governor Bullock exerted all bis
little influence to have thacredential* sign
ed by himself, at least deferred until some
action was taken in regard to tha condition
of affairs in tbe State. Hill accuses him o
dnplioity, and Senator Sherman was pretty
free in his statements regarding him last
Monday. No notice at all was taken of Dr.
Miller, the other Senator, who ha* not so
openly espoused Radicalism as his col
league. Senator Patterson, of Tennessee,
however, intends to offer Miller’s creden
tials on the Sth, and his case will then
be on a footing with Hill’s—AT. Y- Herald
26 th.
•V’Every county in Georgia except five
—Liberty, Chattahoochee, Muscogee, Chat
tooga and Catoosa—bears tbe name of some
process or mode to be pursued. Th# proc- „ , ., . ..
kmation has pardoned Davis of the offense _ F °” of theie emmptlOM are
purely Indian, and. the fifth is on* of ths
chief characteristics for no people ever en
joyed as much “liberty” as the Indians.—
They include a long list of prominent men
who have figured in the history of the
State, commencing with James Oglsthorpa,
the first civil and military Governor, under
the Trustees, from July 15, .1732, to June
9,1752, and come down to tha General
John B. Gordon, of the late war. In the
list national heroes and statemen are largely
represented. In Southwestern Georgia we
find Clay, Calhoun and Webster grouped
together in the order in which they lived
—Calhoun south, Webster northeast and
Clay west.
aa.l ,T.
. Davii
mid Jas. Fisher teachers, j
Mr.
. annunciations haxebecn made by the Presi-
uid his excellent lady, in j e:i , - e i e cfc. He has not referred to tile sub-
Steward’s Department, if jeet,and only casual callers have dropped in-
tacy were but acquainted with these par
ties. Mr. Fisher is a mute himself of
Sue uatural abilities, and excellent educa
tion, aud deeply sympathizing with th* af-
aided class to which he belongs, has pe
culiar advantages for assiating in the educa
tion of mutes, aud the other teachers are
act excelled in. their departments. Tha
lads of suitable age are all put, for a short
time, each day, to learning the shoemakers
trade, and some are now excellent work
men.
It sseins to us, unmistakably, the duty
ot all good, philanthropic citizens, to urge
upon the parents of deaf children that they
should Ec-ud them to this Institution iu or
der that they may reap its rich advantages
and made useful members of society. There
are probably, at least one hundred mutes
w State, now growing up in ignorance,
that ought to be in this school, and we hope
the newspapers will stir up the people in
regard to this important matter.
A New England Forger and gwlndier
Canght in Atlanta.
bn the 23th ult., a man giving his name
'' Verkina, from Massachusetts, was
elected as a swindler, and arrested; he
h *d cashed at the Georgia National
a for S e d cheek on the Citizens Bank
°,‘ opn sooket, It. I., for $7,600. He had
, the money by means of f orge d let,
kreofintroduction to Messrs. Moore A
. , ’ :md Chamberlain and Boynton, of
, fl - rt is believed that tbe same man
a smnlar attempt both in Louisville
1 ewphs a short time since, and faded
yet managed to make his escape.
O ,.°' e Prices he passed *s R. I. and It.
'gan.
■ Mo
Sin-kv
Hunts'inV " r A Steamer.—The steamer
bambrid™ ruDmu S from Columbus to
She had on last Tuesday night.—
cotton fo r a uard t , hree hundred bales of
Ga >fBaU™T n Tx Vla th * Atlantic
hy the »tL, i T , he Carg0 was Uken off
total jig° amer Atl anta,but the boat is a
before thoCouH* fi? one hundred cases
aggregate al , .?, laimB > involving in the
count of oottm rU ii' n ' j 0ns of dollars, on ac-
ollysei^^ to ^ been file-
officers. Tl le , n estl0 . ve d by United Statos
5 ^ployed
ip v j t-tuivea oiatGS
treasury .Department hat
to his headquarters. His position, stated
in these dispatches last night, to the effect
that he demands the repeal of the Civil
Tenure law, and the continuance of the law
providing for Congress to meet in Maroh,
has been confirmed to-day by the flatter
it has caused in the Radical circles. A few
Senators, Nye, Morgan,Sumner and Stewart
are here, and had an informal meeting to
day in reference to the new situation. These
Senators were, without exception, in favor
of the oontinuancq of the Civil Tenure bill,
no matter what may be the result. They
declared that Congress was prepared to
yield nothing to dictation, and that General
Grant’s extraordinary and peremptory de
mand ought at least to have been postpon
ed until the occasion of his message, and
then been respectfully couched in the form
of a proclamation. They deny that Con
gress intends to construe the Civil Tenure
bill against any desire General Grant may
have to execute summary removal upon no
torious officials; but they decline to abrogate
the law altogether, because, a? Mr. Sumner
declares, the security of the future requires
it.
The Senators charge that any rupture be
tween Grant and Congress will be referable
to the former*, whose gauntlet has been
thrown down in advance; but that the cru
cial test to which the Civil Tenure bill was
put in the impeachment proceedings proved
that it must stand. Telegrams have been
receivtd to day from Butler and Wilson on
the sudden situation. Butler is said simply
to have said, stand firm. Wilson enjoined
no haste and patience; and Senator Sherman,
who is now here, gravely keeps his own
own counsel. Senator Morton, who is here,
professes to bo busied with fioanoial studies,
and declines to discuss the Civil Tenure is
sue, believing, however,that when Trumbull
and Fessenden return all will be made right.
On tho contrary, Senator Henderson was to
day free in his opining that the law had
worked badly and that General Grant’s de
mand for its repeal in advance was timely
and right. It is conceded that the bill will
not be repealed, and that General Grant has
only succeeded,in precipitating a hostility
which was not expected to show itself so
soon. The other demand of Grant for a
session of the Forty-first Congress will be
acceded to, Indeed, Trumbull and Wilson
were pronounced in favor of it before this
date, and Mr. Conkling’s bill to repeal the
act of Continuous Session has dropped ont
Our Railroad Monopolies.
King Wadley, ofthe Georgia Central has
just added another feather to his plains.—
He stands behind th* Southwestern (Geor
gia) and buys up a controlling interest in
the Savannah and Golf Road. The result
of this purchase-is to destroy all competi
tion. King Wadley can now charge what
he pleases for carrying cotton to Savrnnah
from Macon and ail Central Georgia. Al
though he cannot buy up the Chattahoochee
or the Alabama rivers, he can v*ry easily
buy up the Alabama Legislature, and have
such a license put upon steamboats az to
practically run them from the river. And
then, with a controlling vote in the railroad
lines from Savannah to Mortgomerj and
Mobile, he can charge what he pleases, and
reign as monarch of all he surveys.
King Wadley is, however,'in danger from
a rivalr King Mahone, of Norfolk, has
stretched his arm down into East Tenues
see, aDdisnow getting cotton from Seim;.
W e would not be surprised to see the Nor
folk King capture these domains of the
King of Savannah, Mahone has evidently
flanked Wadley at Selma, and will drain the
cotton region north of the line of the Ala
bama river drawn due east and west be
tween Selma and Montgomery.—Mont.
Mail.
every il<*rgiaa. Can they contiuuedeaf i G,-, Tenior> ,; t h the army and navy of the
o til.- cry of their uueoiBued dead? Will
not their friends and neighbors and com
rades, iu the glorious cause for which they
fell, see to it that their bones no longer
moulder, uucared for on tha hill side? We
ssk not for graded walks, nor railings, nor
marble slabs, nor Heaven pointing monu
meats. We kuow that Georgians will educate
their sons to give all this in tha future, but
we do ask for them now an untrodden
grave, surely that is little enough for the
most lowly, caa it be refused to those love
martyrs, who for our honor, our fls
our all that was dear to us, risksd their
lives, aud fell where brave men love to fall
—on the field of battle. That our cause
was lost was surely not their fault, nor has
defeat lessened our obligation to them—
then, in the name of humanity, and in be
half of Georgia’s honor, we appeal to you as
Georgians, as Southern men and people of
every oommunity in thii State to remember
these men died defending your right to
worship God according to the dictate* of
onr own conscience, and we earnestly ssk
each Pastor to act as our agent. in his
charge to receive and forward to ns for this
work.
As another msans to the accomplishment
of this object, by onr earnest solicitations, a
small party, of the ladies of your State,
whole souled, country-loving women, have
consented, for the benefit of this special
work, to give a series of concerts in the
principal cities of the Stats, and thereby aid
to wipe out tho reoord of Georgia’s ingrati
tude, as it now stands forth in her dishonor
ed graves, and in the name of the mourning
hearts of the land we thank them.
Mas. Chas. J. Williams,
Columbus,
Miss Mabt J. Green,
Trustees G. M. Association.
A Crack in a Hog Troagh.
The following from a recent number of
tha Prairie Funner, is almost equal to
Franklin’s story of tha Whistle:
A fsw days ago a friend sent ms word
that every day ha gave nearly twenty pails
of buttermilk to a lot of shoots, and they
scarcely improved at all. Thinks T, this is
a breed of hogs worth seeing. They must
b* of the sheet iron kiad. So I called on
him, hear him repeat ths mournful story,
and then visited the sty, in order to gat a
better view of the miraculous swine. I
United .States to enf >rc« his edicts,are rep
resenting here the imperative necessity of a
change iu the Government of Georgia,on
account of lavltssness,anarchy and lack of
protection to life, liberty and property, and
the persecution and cruelty which the white
people are inflicting upon innocent negroes
in that State.
It it important tq the character and in
terest of Georgia that the truth should be
known on thess subjects, and as on* of her
Representative* in Congress I take the lib
erty to ask yoa, as an officer of th* State,
to furnish me with a brief statement of
yonr personal knowledge of th* trnth or
falsehood of th* representations which era
being mads of affairs in Georgia and yonr
opinion of the effect upon th* interest of
Georgia and the United States of the adop
tion of the above measures, which are now
being urged upon Congress.
Myobj«ct in this sommuaication is to
place yonr testimony before th* Reconstruc
tion Committee, which will meet here Janu
ary, 5,1867, and subsequently, if necessa
ry, before Congress:
1. Are the laws of Congress faithfully
and impartially administered ?
2. Is there any organized or unorganized
resistance to the law f
3. Are tha officers of th* law faithful to
their duties ?
A. What is the disposition, feeling and
treatment of the white people towards th*
blaoks ?
5. What toward Republicans
6. What toward Northern m*a visiting
or desiring to visit Georgia ?
7. Do th* people desire peace and a re*-,
toration of their proper relation to th*
States and Government of th* Union?
8. Is there, in your opinion, any necessi
ty or justification for th* proposed destruc
tion of the present Government of Georgia,
and the establishment cf • military or pro
visional government ?
Please answer as early as practicable.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
Nelson Tut.
Death of Rev. Geo. X,. Barry, of Cathbart
The Cnthbert Appeal record" the death
of Rev. George L. Barry, which occurred in
that city on Monday, the 21st inst., aftes a
lingering and painful illness, which he bore
with exemplary fortitnd* and Christian res-
Noticing the death of this ven-
went into the pen,and on cloae examination i erebto°and^d m^rthe AppealpajK
ffamd a crsclc m tne trough through which j ^y e j, aTe never known a character possesL
most of the contents ran aw.ij ununr n j e( j 0 f more honesty:originality and indepeud-
floor. Thinks I, 13 ^ tjpa o. t ie . encc Masonrv was the pride and delight
'“'when I see for ; f fb “' e ,” 8tenBC . , and , t,,3t ancient order has ‘ In a" veifwithy and~pr<^nc‘-
hulf a <1 zeu political sad miscellaneous pa - ^ “tLiW* tiTe .^strict, it has a mote _ favorable geo-
egg; then the worm; next th* cocoon; and,
lastly, the fly again. Ifthewriter in ques
tion will only reflect that a cooooa cannot
le contained within the small oempiae of a
cotton-stalk, he will see the fallacy *f hi*
assertions. ...
There are hundreds ef other iaaaete that
prey upon th* oottoD-pIaat, agm* of which,
no doubt, deposit their.eggs iw the stalk and
make that their winter quarters. If the
writer will advocate cleanUnsaa generally oal
a farm, in my humble, judgment, h* wil;
contribute somewhat to abate th* tronbl*,
for in old fences, hedge*, under old lag*-
brnsh piles, are to be found couatlea s
ben of these oblong pod* in quwtioa, air
tight, and perfectly protected from viator
blasts. Somospecias af larvc are propa
gated in the iou or in th* root* of decayed
tree*—the common stmgworm, for instance
but the cotton worm never, **v* ’ by
dent, I suppose.
I am anxious, Mesere. Editors, that th*
worm question should be solved, and hop*
some dose observer will illuminate th* sub
ject; for in finding out th* habit* *nd vari
ous changes of our greatret pate, (alway*
save one—United States CongraM), we may
find th* correct remedy i* getting rid ef
them. Fabmee.
Pntn*m county, Ga, December 23;1868,
The Great Railroad of llilana
Wo havo already mentioned th* eonaoli-
dation ofeeveral railroad linen m Alabama
under tha style ofthe Alahom* and Chitte-
nooga Railroad. A letter writer say a of
the importance of this grand enterprise:
The Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad
will pass through the richest portion of th*
American continent—a district that, in tha
fertility of the soil, tha aslubrity of th* cli
mate, the immensity of it* mineral raouaeei
and its wonderful power, ha* few rival* and
no superior. It passe* through a magnifi
cent grain and cattle-growing region, and
then through the heart of ope of th* finest
bodies of cotton lands in the world. In th*
northern portion* of th* country through
which the Alabama and Chattanooga Rail
road passes, there ar* iaexhaustabl* sup
plies of iron and coal. Tha iron is, some
cases, of suoh rare excelleno* that, horse
shoes are sometimes made directly front the
ore by oountry blacksmiths.
Mr. Thomas, a very wealthy isoamastar
from Pennsylvania, ha* invested three hun
dred thousand dollars in iron and coal laads
in the vicinity of Elyton. Tha Alabama
and Chattanooga Railroad Company owns
256,000 mens of th* finest lands in tha
world, that lie along the line of the road.—
These will be thrown op*n to iamhrration
upon the most favorable term*. Elyton,
which is npon the line of the Alabama and
Chattanooga Railroad, is yet but a small
place; it is, however, destined to be the most
important railroad center in the State of
Tha Mlselag CenHdsrnls Htnria.
In bis article on the flight of Jefferson
Daris, in th* current number of Packard’s
Monthly, Mr. E. A. Pollard makes tbe re
markable statement that th« bulk of the
valuable documents of the Confederate
Government, including the correspondence
of Jefferson Davis, exists to-day in conceal
ment; that many days before the fall of
Richmond there was a careful selection of
important papers, especially those in the of
fice of the President, and letters which in
volved confidence in the North rad in Eu
rope, snd that these were secretly conveyed
out of Richmond, and deposited in a
place where they remain concealed to this
time, snd will probably net be unearthed in
this generation. Where ia this repository
of the secrete of the Confederate Gov-
ernmeats Mr. Pollard is' not prepared to
t \
H* has repeatedly sought access to these
papers out of historical curiosity, bnthehas
been invariably met with the axplanaticu
that while this indnlgenc* might be allow
ed him for such legitimate parposa, it
would be uneaf* for private reasons, and the
informatioa, if published, might be produc
tive of serious consequences to persoas of
importance yet living "and within the juris
diction of the government. It has been
impossible to surmount this objection, and
there is no doubt.that many of these pa- j tore speech,
pers do really involve discoveries of some 1
r-.r- r_ .1-- the
Washington, Dec. 30.—P^
ward Bellows, of the South —
ron, is on trial for charging j
bursiug currency.
Officers ofthe army ofthe J
here ou'-Wa-hington’s birth
purpose of forming a perman
The President has receiied
copy of tiie bill repealiag thd
militia iu the Southern Stye..., .,
Grant and family left Northward
noon.
The Commissioner of iiternal reve
has isswed a circular d :tiding the nianii
whereby tobseco audsnu*m»y be re pack^
fo Vest the requirements of the laW wlinj
gctslito effect February 15th.
Nf.wVVork, Dee. 80.—Judge (Tha
presided a; the Morse banquet last nigh
.British Minister Thornton made a concili u*
curious negotiation in the war,
parties to which might astonish the pub-
Mr. Pollsrd mentions th# ease of a sin
gle secret document which hs was once per
mitted to see ia Richmond, wherein certain
parties offered to assist the Confederacy by
supplying its Western armies for a whole
year from the granaries and msgsxwas of
th* North. Such important letters and
other ascret papers flays Mr. Pollard) still
exist, ware preserved from tha wreck and
Ireof Richmond, and at thia moment are
kept in a manner and place which render
them aeenre against discovery, losa or muti
lation.
The mysterious reformation which Mr.
Pollard thus communicates is much more
sgreeabl* than the belief which we hxdbe-
bore entertained that the papers in ques
tion had perished. We can testify that on
tha capture of Richmond the offices of the
Confederate Government were found to
have been carefully stripped of every docu
ment which was thought important, and
that tha rebel aaehives now preserved at
Washington are of very little historical
value indeed—Ni Y- Sun.
Frost th* Boeton Bum.
•0s Hem Wear Corsets.
Who wrar eorsets? The New York Sun,
S ftw days tinea, hinted that perhaps soma
ef th* Brummal* of that city used this means
af improving thair figure, and forthwith the
suspicion is confirmed by any amount of
tailors, hosiers and ladies. Three thousand
‘es in New York “lace,” they estimate.
But, wore* yet, seme one writes from Boe
ton, saying that “many young men in this
city wear corsets to preserve their waists
from becoming too large.” Thi* ia ths au
thority of n dentist, who has had occa
sion to request these exquisites to unlace be
fore administering nitrons oxid*. This is a
a boribls accusation, and if it guns cred-
saca, every possessor of an elegant slimness
will become an object of curiosity, if noth,
ingtls*. Of course, there is no reason whjt
a man should not lace, any more than a wo
man, if wishes, or or have
nerves,” or any thing of that sort; but such
things are generally allotted a place among
feminine vanities, and it ia not altogether
ereditabl* tofindthaSabaritie follies of tha
highflyers of Paris and Hamburg domiciled
hire.
of sight.— Washington Corresponded New
cguAccording to tho New York Her
ald, Washington, at present contains the
ollowing lobby rings :
HHHHP„ . , •„ — r no, The “treasury ring.” the “whisky ring,”
interests. ^ s ^. es perially to protect it« | th^j'steamsbif subsidy ring,” tiro “tola-.
’ "fee hnlta ^“Mtihaa adjourned until i g ra pb monopoly ring,” the -protective tar-
' 01idl J 3 - ! • jiff ring,” and the “Indian agents ring.”
whm
Don't Cultivate Ordinary Land
without Manure.—Recollect, it costs
you, on our average soils, ten dollars or
more to make an aore of oorn with hired
labor, and fifteen or more to make and gath
er an aore of cotton. If yon do not look
closely after yonr hands, it will cost you
good deal more than that. Now, evary acre
cultivated, that will not yield crops worth
at least the above amounts, will not on^y be
no profit, but rnn in debt. Larger crop
still are required to obtain a profit on hired
labor. Lands, then, which will not yield
Buch crops we most let rest, or manors
them sufficiently, or we looae money. At
least half of oqr poorest; soils, hitherto de
voted to corn and cotton, should be thrown
out to rest and the balance enriched. How
long will it take ns to exhaust what little
capital we' have left, if for every acre on
which we can make a nett profit of ten dol
lars we continue to cultivate five which lack
from three to ten dollars each of meeting
the actual cost of cnltivalion. There are
few lands which will not yield a profit if
commercial manures are judiciously appli
ed.—Sonthem Cultivator.
Death ot Gov. Moorehead.
It is onr painful duty to announce the
sudden and unexpected death of the Hon.
Chas. S. Moorehead.
The distinguished Kentuckian expired
in Greenville, Mississippi, on Wednesday
last. He was born in 1802 in Nelson
county, and was elected to’ the State Leg
islature in 1838. In 1832 he was appoint
ed Attorney General of tho State, and from
1840 to 1844 served as Speaker in th*
House of Representatives. From 1847 to
1851 he sat in Congress, and is 1855 was
elected Governor of his native State, an of-
fiee.which he filled acceptably to the peo
ple and with great ability and credit to
himself. He was one of the delegates to
the peace convention which sat in Wash
ington in 1861, and used all his influence
to avert the war, foreseeing very clearly its
disastrous effects upon both sections, and
when actual hostilities commenced his sym
pathies were enlisted in the Clause of the
South, sad lie soon afterward went to ’ up
land as a commercial agent ror the Southern
Confederacy.—.
myself, poor ntan, you
crack in your hog trough.
When I sc-e u'tVrarer attending all the
political conventions, and knowing every
map in town that votes bis ticket, and yet,
to save his neck, couldn’t tell who i* Presi-
pent of his County Agricultural Society, or
where the Fair was held last year, I “unan
imously” coma to the conclusion that the
poor soul has got a crack in his hog trough
Wheu I see a farmer buying guano, but
wasting ashes and hen manure, trying all
sorts of experiments except intelligent hard
work and economy, getting ths choicest of
seed regardless of cost, then planting them
regardless of cultivation, growing the varie
ty of fruit called Sour Tart Seedling, and
sweetening it with angar, pound for pound,
keeping the front fields rich whije the back
lots are growing np with thistles, briars and
elders, contributing to th# Choctaw In
dian fund, and never giving a red cent to
any agricultural society; such a man, I will
give a written guarantee, has got a crack
in his hog trough, and in his head also.
When I see a farmer allowing loose boards
all over his yard, fence down, hinges off
the gate, manure in the barn-yard, I oomo
to the conclusion that he has got a large
crack in his hog trough.
When I see a farmer spending his time
traveling in a carriage, when he has to sell
all his corn to pay the hired help, and his
hogs are so lean that they- have to lean
against the fence to squeal, I rather lean to
the conclusion that somebody that stays at
home will have a lien on the farm,and that
some day the bottow will come entirely out
of his hog trough.
ceive the benefits of his connection with the; j. tne# * r J>
life insurance system of the fraternity. j Nearly et.ry member of this Directory
Judge Barry passed away like th# calm New England capitalist#, and the foot
setting of the summer’s sun, without a cloud
to obscure the horizon of eternity. Iu hi*
last moments be mad* every arrangment
connected with his burial^ directing especial
ly that his remains hs placed in a plain
coffin, with the regalia of the Masonic order,
and his office of P. D. G. M-, laid upon the
lid-1
From the Atlanta Era.
TO THE KEPUBnCAKS OF GEORGIA.
EMITT11. ")
OF Ga., {■
, 1868. )
Rooms Executive Cpmmettbi.
Union Republican Paety of
Atlanta, Ga.,Dec. 28,
My attention has been called to a card,
published by unauthorized parties, calling
upon you to hold public meetings aud “take
such action as will prove to the Governor
snd to Congress, whether he is sustained
in his efforts againsts rebel usurpation or
This card has evidently been issued
S@-A thin, cadaverous-looking German,
about fifty years of age, entered the office
of a healthy insurance company, and inquir
ed:
Ish to man in vat unanres te peeple’s
belts?* *
Tbe agent answered, ‘I attend to that
business.’
; Veli, I vants mine belts insured.—Vot
you sharge?’
‘Different prices,’ answered the • agent,
from three to ten dollars a year and yon get
ten dollars a week in case of Eickness.’
Yell,’ said Mynherr, ,1 vant ten dollars
vert.’
The agent inquired his state of health.
‘Yell, 1 ish sick all de time. I’s shust
out of bed two or tree hours a fay, and the
the doctor say he can’t do nothing more goed
for me.’
;f that is the state of your health, re
turned the agent, ‘we can't ins
We only injure persons who-are
for selfish purposes. An effort is being
made to convince you that certain Republi
cans, whom you have trusted, have “sold
themselves to Democratic interests,” and
arc now working against our parly. These
representations are false. The Republican
loaders, whom you have trusted, are true to
you. Be nat deceived by unprincipled
demagogues, who car* nothing for your in
terests, but hope, by appeals to your pas
sions, to deceive you.
I advise you to hold no political meetings
at present. The pnblic mind is greatly
excited, and I believe that do good will be
accomplished by holding such meetings at
this time. You can rely upon Congress.—
Congressmen fully understand our condition
and will pass necessary laws. Do not listen
to tho advice of irresponsible men. When
it is necessary for you to hold public meet
ings to advise Congress what laws should
he passed, the Republican Committee of
the State will inform you of the necessity
for holding such meetings. If any man
prominent on the State Committee shall
prove false to your interests, that Commit
tee will remove him. Trust your Commit
tee and do not listen to demagogues.
J. E. Bryant,
Chairman Executive Committee. 1
that they have invested suoh lug* amounts
in cash in this gigantic anterprun, is strong
Iy suggestive that th* moet ngamnus men
of ths North have confidence iq as im
provement af the ponditiou. of yubli* af
fairs in the iSonth, and that they plea* lit
tle reliance in the report* of organized ap
position to th* Govsrnaeat. North Geor
gia is deeply intenet*4 in this road, aa tha
road runs’ through Trenton, Dad* aouaty,
near whioh thare ue insxhaustabl* beds of
coal andiron.
Death ofapi£ncaBii*4H**iglaa.
Dr. William C. Daniel], a widely-known
and distinguished citizen of this State,died
at the residence of bis daughter, Mrs. La
Hardy, in Walthourville, Liberty couaty,on
Sunday night list, of pneumonia. Dr.
DanieU was a native of Green* county, but
early in life adopted Savannah as his home,
and continued ‘to reside there up to bis
death. He has filled many office* of trust
and honor in bis adopted oily and in th*
State. An ardent friend of the Confederate
Government, he devoted tha whole energie*
of his body- and mind to secure the sueeee*
of that cause, and after th* nrrendcr of
Lee and Johnston, was arrested by th* m3-
itary authorities and brought to this place,
where, the kindns** of Gen. @te*dman, he
was released upon parole. Dr. Daaiell was
quite aa old man,having reached his seven
ty-sixth year. Peace to his ashss! Honor
to his memory,—Ckron. (5 Sen,
SHEDa and Shelter.—Warm, comfor
table quarters for stock, will save food.—
They require more to resist th* cold storm*.
Is not this avident to every one ? Why,then,
is so much etock exposed to the pitiless
storm*? It is always at th* expense of the
ewner, either in the life of animals, or iu
the extra food to sustain them. - And, how
merciless to see the shivering stock, with
mothing but fence corners to protect them,
when the rain and sleet are pouring down.
W* shiver to contemplate it. And yet, not
half of onr stock is protected.
By all means, kind men, build barns,
■table*, sheds, or something, to keep yonr
suffering stock warm. Now is a good time.
A merciful man is merciful to hi* beasts.
Newwafbe Law*.—Postmasters are re
quired to giv* notice by letter, wben a rob-
striker doe* not take bis paper from tbe
offie*, and give th* reason* for it* not being
taken. Neglecting to do so makes the poet-
master responsible to the publisher for the
payment.
Any person who takes a paper regularly
from th* poet office, whether he has sub
scribed or aot,i*N*pon*ible for tbe inbscripa
tion. . v
A parson ordering his paper to h* dis
continued must pay *1] arrearage*, or the
publisher may continue to send it until pay
ment' is mad*, and «oll*et the whole amount
whether it is taken ont of th* office or not.
The courts have decided that refuting to
take newspaper* and periodical* from tha
post office,or removing and leaving them un
called for, ia prima fade evidence of inten
tional fraud.
.r
Yet you t
i ci-roe pay vi
vaeve
dollai.. for insure my
Death o,i Mr. James M. Morris.—
The Macon Telegraph of . yesterday an
nounces the deathof this-gentleman, forms-
ly a citizen of Atlanta and subsequently a
supervisor on the Macon & Western Rail-
_ r.-aJ. He died at B-arncaville an Monday
1 ; Morning :.t 3 o’clock. He was highly es
teemed it this con munity a.-- a gentleman
; 1 of strict intergrity. ?nd i i every respect a
many friends her*
t at hi* decease.
Georgia Aefaibb in Washington.—
A friend in Washington drops th* Macon
Telegraph a letterjon the 16th, in which he
says: “I have been here two days, and find
Georgia afiairs in a muddle,though we hay*
a good many friends. Still the result is
very doubtful. The Reconstruction Com
mittee ar* to report immediately on the as
sembling of Congress, and action, will he
taken. I think, before the meeting of our
Legislature, on th* 13th of Jsnnsry. You
have, therefore, but a abort tin* to work. I
had a very pleasant interview with Senator
Sherman to day, and told him many facta
that he did not kuow. If it ia poaibla I
shall remain a few days iu Washington, *fiw
tha Congressional reoere is over.”
Contracting for Hands for 1369.—
Our planters ara now freely entering into
contracts with freedmen for 1869. Prices
rang* from $65 to $125 in money and ra
tions. About $90 is tbe average. Th*
system ef planting upon shares is less pop
ular than it was a year ago. The plan of
paying men according to their worth is now
universally recognized and adopted. It is
certainly but just. Worthy and industri
ous men and boys ought to be paid more
than idle, lazy follow*.
Upon this head, it affords us pleasure to
observe tbe friendly feeling everywhere
prevailing between the white and black ra
ce* of Georgia. The foaliag of estrangement
and bitterness for a short time produced by
the perfidious politicians has died out, for
th* simple and plain reason there was no
ground for it, and it is their mutual inter
est to live upon good terms with each oth
er. We look upon there poor black peo
ple with the kindliest feeling*, and refuse to
become embittered against them as a slam
—Macon TsL
•UA.A eitiaen of Burlington, Yt, ha* in
vented a clock that run* by eUctrieity, and
never requires winding. It has ante three
wheels, so weight* or springs, and it is
claimed that it baa little fsictiow, ia not ef
fected by heat, oold, dampness os jarring.
A single clock aud battery oaa be *onnwt-
“A Rude Sanaa oa Jcanca—Horae*
Gratlay apologia* Car th* outrage* of Brad-
lay** brigand* Mar Saaanaah, by s^ing
at tl oaly animated by • “rad*
Montgomery, Dec. 30.—The Legisla
ture adjourns sine r/icto-morrow. The next
session is to commence in July next. The
business of both houses has been confined
for the past week to local matters.
A sensation was attempted to-day over
the killing of Page, a member from Wash
ington county. The investigation proves
that he was killed in Mississippi, and con
sequently the matter aas dropped. Page
left here for Washington county before
Christmas, aud was killed a day or two
ago.
Constantinople, Dec. 20.—Yesterd
great preparations were progressing in
srsensls on account of threatened War.- __
Transports with supplies were sent to Ho
bart for the Pasha’s fleet.
London, Dec. 30.—Parliament met arid
the new ministers were swore in. Writs
were issued for elections to fill vacancies '
and adjourned to February 16th.
Reverdy Johnson has no doubt of the
ratification by the Senate of the naturaliza
tion treaty.
New Oeleans, Dee. 30.—Th* steam
boat Empire, hence for Cincinnati, sunk
belowNatches oa Monday night while lay
ing up from fog; the bank caved in and .a
large mass falling on the boat sank her.—
She is valued at $20,000, and was insured
in Western offices. Her cargo of sugar
and molasses, the value of which aud insur
ance ia not known.
Tbe steamship Beaufort was seized this
morniag by the United States Marshal on
suspicion of having arms, munitions and
•applies for the Cuhan revolutionists, but
nothing suspicious being found the veasel
was released this afternoon.
Richmond, Dec. 30.—Sally Anderson,
who was released from the exeention of the
death sentence by Judge Underwood, and
afterwards re-arrested by tbe Mayor, was
to-day finally set free.
The county authorities made no requisi
tion for her. The attorney of the county '
putting it on the ground that if the court
made a requisition and executed her, it
would be in defiance of Underwood’s deci
sion, and it could not try her again, without
conceding that all its actions sino* .
were illegal aud nugatory.
Gen. Stouaman declined to instruct
Mayor ia the matter, snd accordingly tha
prisoner was turned loose to-day. Th* de
cision of Judge Underwood, under which
■he is freed, is that no Judge or Clerk of a
Court, disqualified by the 14th Amend
ment, is dow, nor has been since the adop
tion of the amendment, a legal judge or “
e'erk, and that proceedings of all courts of
which they form a part are illegal.
Mosely Clark, born in June, 1747, i
yesterday, aged 121 years and six montl
He was a wagon driver during the revolu
tionary war.
Savannah, Deo. 30.—The Sheriff of
this county and two assistants went to Hay
wood’s plantation, on the Ogheechee river,
eleven miles from the city, on Tuesday; to
arrest seventeen negroes, charged with"
shooting a watchman cn the plantation and
carrying off the crops of planters, and made
five arrests.
At station No. 1, Atlantic and Gulf road
they were surrounded by abort one hua-
dred armed negroes, who rescued the pris
oners, disarmed and robbed the Sheriff*
party, destroyed the warrants, and threat- '
ened to kill every one who served a pro
cess again in that vicinity. The negroei
then separated into squads, and marched '
hack to the plantations, avowing they would
have the life-blood of every man on the
Ogheechee, saving the war has commenced.
One negro supposed murdered. Two white
men badly hurt. All the white men had
to flee to the city to save their lives. The
women and children are in the hands of the
mob, and were carried off into the. woods.
There is great excitement ia this cdtamaai-
tj. A Sheriffs posse of between three and -
four hundred citizens, will leave at
break to-morrow morning to rescue the wo
men and children. Tho military deetme
to interfere nntil civil means for preserving
order are exhausted.
Freia the Louisville Democrats! J
Two Yoang Men Shot Dea*-
We learn from a gentleman who arrived
in the city yesterday, from Sharpsburg, in
this State, that a horrible tragedy was en
acted in this little town, on Christmas eva.
Two young men, named Joshua Sharp, *OR
of Dr. William Sparp, and Richard Taykr, •
got into a difficulty, in a bar-room, 1
eleven and twelve o’clock, on Thu
night, after which they went out and
tinned the quarrel, the parties being os
ite sides of the street. The young im
d at each other, the first round I
on one side and the cap of the ;
ping on the other. In the second fire,*
was simultaneous, both of the young
dropped dead, one shot through th*
and the other through the heart. ~"
unable to learn tbe origin of the <
or any further particular* of the I
foir.
MteThaCity Coaweslaf Augretahregnai
heavily into retrenchment, hatisqr 1
ed with any auaihar of dial* and iadiattot* all salariaa float tha Mayo* down
on th* <
ibuluiag.
> position.
•VTha newly elected I
AugRite have saved
per «Baam,by a recast