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TUESDAY MORNING, March. 2,
I .ricinpi ii ltrancli Itaitroad Meeting.
IVe publish to-day a call for a meeting
bn March 13th, of the Incorporator* and
others interested in the above named road,
[o extend from Rome to Gadsden. The im
portance of this raid to Rome and this
lectisu of esautry is incalculably great; its
feasibility will be plated beyond question,
provided the Senate pass the bill already
passed by the House,appropriating $12,000
i mile by the State, for its conatructionjand
loir is the very time to take hold of the mat-
isr iu good earnest. There will be Iron and
loal enough developed along the route, the
transportation of which will make the stock
profitable. A large portion of the planters
long the route can well afford to grade the
Lad through their own premises, and take
pie pay in stock. But it is useless to com-
went upon the practicability, qsefuluess or
profitableness of this proposed road, these
things are all evident, to even the least
unsiderate, let all attend the meeting ou
lie 13th and come square down to the
sort at once.
Georgia Legislature.
Wednesday, Feb. 24.
JJNFINISH BUSINESS
Th. bill to establish a system of Public
Instruction it a* taken up.
| The bill entitled an act to establish a sys-
fcin of Public lu-truction was vo ed on by
lections, amended, and paasad.
•Mr. Candler moved it be transmitted
prthnith to the House. Lost.
| The Bill to lend the credit of the State,
y the Memphis Branch Ratlread was read
be second time.
H i) Cothran,
W S Cothran,
H M Anderson,
C H Smith,
J W Hooper,
T W Alexander,
W F Ayer,
W T Williams,
D Scott,
T Berry,
C Rateree,
T J Perry,
Samuel Noble,
B F Jones,
F M Hardwick,
J R Lowe,
R B Kyle,
IM Comer,
M Hall,
J Lawrence,
W K Vann,
J H Wisdom.
W P Hollingsworth,
D A Miller,
T B Cooper,
R J M Perkins,
J Blunt,
A Dean,
A Gann,
H Dean,
W T Shook,
S F Smith.
The following persons join in this Jail.
J J Cehen, Z B Hargrove,
J W II Underwood, R T Hargrove,
AG Pitner,
R G Clark,
J L Gamp,
RS Norton,
J C Rawlini,
J H Underwood,
M Dwinell,
H Abrahams
J DeJournett,
D S Printup,
0 W Mills,
T A Cleaves,
D M Hood,
H Harpold,
J R Towers,
A Griffith,
J H Coleman,
JB Sullivan.
W D Hoyt,
B V Mitchell,
J Branham, Jr.,
R D Harvey,
W M vxamrnon,
C W Sproull*.
C Glover,
N C Harris,
W S Wadsworth.
J A Bowie,
S Gibbons,
A Morrison,
W H Jones,
S M May,
J H Cooper,
G P Burnett,
R T Fouehe, and others.
Commercial please copy.
C H Harper,
E Hillyer,
E R Smith,
J M Elliott,
H A Smith,
H H Smith.
L E Graves,
W West,
A Shorter,
C M Pennington,
J E Veal,
J Noble, Sr.,
P H Hardin,
J W B Nowlin,
I) R Mitchell,
J Lamberth,
G B Butler,
J R Stevens,
J A Ball,
J T Moore,
I Wood,
J G Yeiser,
R Battey,
JP McDowell,
B Mitchell,
C G Samuels,
J A Stansbnry,
W Vinson,
A R Wright,
N J Bayard,
W M Shropshire
T G Watters,
W. Ramey,
C O Stillwell,
Ou motion of Mr. Hamilton, of Scriven,
l seat oa the floor was tendered to the Hon.
Bobt. Toombs, during his stay in the
I' 1 )'-
Tie Biil providing for an election in
Diilumbus, which had been ictoed by the
puvernor, was taken up and after Jang dis
own was lost by a vote of 65 to 43—it
lequiriug a two-third vote to pass it.
Ou motion of Mr. Williams, of Morgan,
he House lock up aad adopted the report
i the Committee ou the Lunatic Asy-
The House took up the special order of
Be day, the same being the bill to exempt
pom taxation all capital, home and foreign,
□vested in the manufacture of cotton, wool,
nd other fibrous material; also, all capital
jiTeated iu the manufacture of agricultural
uplementi.
Mr. Laue amended so as to exempt from
hxation all capital invested in the culture
loom, wheat aud other produce.
-Mr. Barnum amended so aa to exempt
diroads from taxation.
I rovious questions called aud sustained,
|ud the original biU, without amendments,
5 passed. Yeas 9”, nays 2S.
Georgia and Mississippi —The con
flicting reports we published yesterday
from Atlanta indicate the impolicy of any
further Congressional interference in the
affairs of Georgia. The Republicans of
the State are divided. Tho extremists in
voke fresh action with the view oi better-
ing their uwq position; all others deprecate
it as not justifisd by the circumstances of
State, and as calculated to bring the policy
of the Government into disrepute. The
former have Governor Bnlleck on thsir side;
the latter are strengthened by the name of
Gen. Meade.
There is little likelihood aow of Congres-
sioaal intermeddling, and there ought to
be none. A State whose votes were count
ed in the Electoral College, is no aoore sub
ject to interference of the kind sought than
is any other of the represented States The
Senate may stultify itself by refusing ad
mission to its Senators, but the constitu
tional standing of the State no longer ad
mits of reasonable doubt.—Nw York
Times.
Markets
New -York, Feb. 25.—Noon.—Stocks
strong and advancing. Money easy at 6 to 7.
Exchange 91- Gold 132 7-8 Eights, 58
Flour 5 to 10 cento lower Wheat heavy or
spring, but 2 or 3 cents lower. < orn un
changed. Pork dull and heavy; new mess
$31 I9S 831 75.Steam lard stcaby; in bar-
rels 18 7-8 to 19*. Cotton lower at 29*.
Freights steady. Liverpool, Feb. 25.—
Afternoon.—Cotton, Uplands 11 7-8 to' 12;
Orleans 121 to 121. Bacon 57s. 6d-
Lunatic ^Asylum.
We have received the “Report #f the
Trustees, President,Physician and Treasur
er Of the Lunatic Asylum of the State of
Georgia for the year 1867—8. From it
we learn that the total expenditures amoun
ted to 877,665 79. The statement of the
Dumber of patients in the Asylum during
the year ending October let, 1868, is as
follows:
There remained at the commencement of
the year,
October 2d, 1867—
Male patients. ' *85
Female patients. 4Pv
369
Thursday, Feb. 25.
[ Ih'i Mitchell claim was discussed with
W dual action.
The bill
appropriating $82,500 to thir
jsiiiutis Asylun was rccoasidered. An ef-
r rt reconsider the bill exempting from
aistiou, capital employed in mauufactu-
, for five years failed by u vote of 44
>99.
There have been received during the
-dale patient? T?
patients **
120
There have been in the Asylum, during
the year— „
Male patients 208
Female patients
231
189
Of whom fifty-three were discharged, one
eloped, andforty-rix Jiod)oL
sixteen were epileptics, eight idiots hud
eleven of very advanced age: And there
llie Land and Immigration bill,appro
priating teu thousand dollars to carry out
r ul, jeeL>, wigl pissed by a vote of 76 to
P8, and transmitted to the Senate.
| The educational bill was made the spe
cial order of Monday next. Without fur:
|her action of importance the House ad-
■rned. '
was but one solitary case,in which any reas
onable hope of mental restoration could
have been entertained.
: There are now in. the institution, October j
d, 1808: ‘>ii}3 t
2d,
Male patients
Female patients
181
389
Dr. Thomas ’ F. Green, Superintendent
and resident physician asks for an appropri
ation of $31,000 to make repairs and
contemplated improvement 'on build-
-
Opening tlie Yciiueaaee River.
A large aad intei < iog couvent on was
hald at Chattunooga <-u the 24th inst—
Seven States were represented by 176 Del
egates.
The following were the officer of the con
vention:
President—Gov. 11. B.. Hillock, of Geor
gia
Vice-Presidents—Reuben Arnold and
E. Hulbert, of Georgia; S: D. Wcakneyand
W. B. Figures, of Alabama; Chamberlain,
R. K. Byrd aud John D. Divine, of Ten
nessee; F. D. Moore, of Virginia; 8. W.
Winchester, of Pennsylvania.
For Secretaries—Dr. Ch.is. Pinckney
and Eugene Davis, of Georgia; Joseph H.
Sloss and T. L. Chisolm, of Alabama; R S.
Kendrick and Mr. Kirby, ql Tennessee
The following Telegraphic synopsis of
ita proceedings, ia all we have room for at
preseut:
WHAT THE CUBANS ARE FICliilXC
FOR.
Further Split Among the Republicans—Tile
Central Executive Committee Hunted In
Twain
We are informed that the Republican
State Central Kx.'utive .Committee, iu re
sponse to a calt.of Foster Blodzett, held a
meeting in this city last eveuing. After a
WORK FOR THE |i.‘
Breaking up land, wheu' the weatfi
and condition of the soil permit, will at:
occupy the farmer daring the present
month. Everybody is becoming so tully
alive to the importance, of deep - plowing,
that it is hardly necessary; for us-.to urge
turbuleiit session, we leartithat Dr. Bard, ^ ottr j^aers to abando*&e 'ad&'ltwq
Uyrant and Judge Harris withdrew, leaving
the committee without q quorum.. We are
further iuformed, that they split upon the
Buses which have already seveied the party
outside. Bard, By rant and H.nrii advo
cated peace to the' Sta’o The others were
clamorous for bavonetts, military.rule aud
further reconstruction.—At. Const.
*®_'fi:e following stanzas alleged to
have been written by Burns, have appear
ed in the Scotch papers:
BURNS ON CARNWATH ROADS.
I’m here at length,thanks to the gods!
Thro’ roads baith d-ep and muddy!
A plain proof this, that makin’ roads
Is not the public stndy.
The Cubans, if we may credit their own
story, told officially and from mouth to
mouth,are fighting for ref resentation, sev
erance of Church and State and general
emancipation.
. Cuba has to-day no representative id the.
Spanish Cortes, anil never has had. She
has not been offered even that constructive
representation with which we were sought
to be deluded in colonial times. She has
no voice in determining the amount or the
method of collection of the taxes which
she must raise. These taxes, again, are not
invested nor spent for her benefit, nor has
she any power of any kind over them. She
is simply the coffer of the Spanish throne.
The consequences of this disability are those
which have always followed it,and are not
few:
A burdensome standing army weighs
down and impoverishes the island. The
rule-of the Captain-general is absolute and
arbitrary. .The exercise of the right of peti
tion has been followed by expatriation and
imprisonment. The corporate association
of the people for the purpose of science, art
or commerce has been discountenanced and
impeded. The ports ol the island have
been closed to foreign ships,for the purpose
of creating a monopoly for Spanish bottoms
But why enumerate a lengthening list of
evils? For this cause alone—taxation with
out representation—the American people
went to war, aod deemed the step well and
prudently taken. And yet,while sympathy
is extended to the Cabans, the people of
Tennessee, burdened with taxation, are
practically without representation, and so
of other Southern States.—NaAville Ban-
HART1AL LAW DECLARED.
Brownlow’s last Proclamation
Whereas, There are now sixteen hun-
derd State Guards at Nashville,armed and
equipped,under the command of Gen. Jo
seph A Cooper; and
Whereas, These troops are intended to
preserve the peace and enforce the laws
in counties heretofore partially in rebel
lion,
Now, therefore, I, Win. G. Brownlow,
Governor of Tennessee,do hereby proclaim
Martial Law in and over the following
counties, to-wit: Overton, Jackson, Maury,
Giles, Marshall,Lawrence, Gibson,Madison
and Haywood.
And I further direct that Gen. Cooper
distribute these troops, at once, and con
tinue them in service until we have unmisto-
ble evidence of the purpose of all parties to
keep the peace.
It is farther ordered ia this proclamation
that the general in command shall enforce
the most rigid disipline among the troops,
requiring them, in every particular, to con
form to strict military dieipline,showing no
quarters either to officers or privates who
snail be found guilty of habitual drunken
ness.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the
Great Seal of the State to he attached here
unto, this 20th day of February, one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-nine,and I
order that the same be inserted three times
in each of the newspapers entitled to pub
lish legal advertisements.
■W. G: Brownlow
Governor of Tennessee:
Feb 20th 1869.
And tho’I’m not wi’ gospel cramm’d convert it into, meat, Judiciously
The Bible plainly says managed, the manure made will go far to
That people surely shall be d
Who do not mend their ways.
A Remarkable Snow Storm—Snow
Eight FEEt Deep in toe Streets of
Montreal.—Montreal Feb. 17.—The Que-
oec Legislature adjourned yesterday fur
want if a quorum, only twelve members
being present. A snon storm stopped the
trains, and prevented the men bars from
reaching the capital. The snow in the
straats here is eight feet deep and soma
streets are almost impassable. The roof of
the drill shed fell in this afternoon, owing
to the weight of the snow. The trains from
th* east and west are very mach delayed. A
statement! published by Dr. Smallwood
shows that the fall of snow this winter so
far is about one hundred and eighteen inch
es, which exeeds by thirty eight inches the
total fall in any year for twenty years past.
Several lumber merchants in the Ottawa
district have closed their operations for the
winter, owing to the difficulty in getting
provisions into the woods for the men.
Outrageous.—The York Time* speaks
of the expulsion of the negroes from our
State Legislature as the “Georgia Outrage.”
What does the Times think of the expulsion
of the negro Menard, from the House of
Representatives? What does it thiak
of the refusal of the radicals of Michagsn,
Ohio, Kansas, New York, and Connecticut
to allow the negroes even to vote as they do
in Georgia? And what does it think of the
Inanguaration Committee giving np the idea
of a “grand inanguaration ball," because
the negroes intended to be present?
Are not these outrageous, atrocious out
rages? The inanguaration outrage is pecu
liarly cruel. It denies Summer the pleasure
of ckal rights by waltzing with negro wench
es, and deprives Miss Anna' Dickinson the
most favorable opportunity of catching a
negro husband and thus reducing the pre
cepts of her book, -‘What Answer?” to
practice.
Chattanooga, Feb. 24.—The Conven
tion met at 2 o’clock. Tho committee on
resolutions reported through Col Gaskill, ef
Georgia, the feasibility of the proposed im
provement of the Tennessee river at mod
erate cost, as demonstrated by reports of
Gens. Humphreys, Weitzel, and Gaw. The
United States census show that its opening
to navigation is demanded by large mer-
chautile and popular meetings in varicus
portions of the United States, and calls
the attention of CoDgrass to the importance
of tha work to be done; and resolve that a
committer, of three be appointed to memor-
lize Congress on the subject- After
offering the resolution Guskill dwelt
at pome length on the importance to the
State of Georgia of the opening of the
river. The report was adopted. Gaw, Far
row, and Patton, wcie appoirted as the com
mittee to memoralize Congress. ’
Bokum, Immigration Commissioner for
Tennessee addressed the Convention on the
subject of Immigration as connected with,
cheap transportation routes.
Gsn. 'Wilder addressed the Convention in
relation to his successful experience in
manufacturing iron, raw; and raw coal in
Rgan county, Tennessee. By unnanimous
vote Wijder yrpflftdjlfd to the Committee to-
memorialize Congress. An executive com
mittee was appointed to conduct the ' busi
ness of the Convention during the recess.—.
Halbert nnd Gaskill of Georgia, Patton and
Oncalof Alabama, with the Governors of
the States represented were added to the
Executive Committee.
Adjournal to meet at the call of the Ex-
ecntiya'Cbmmittee.
Arrival of a Distinguished Yjsi-
tor.—The Richmond Examiner of last
Our readers will remember that after
the naval engagement between the^Kear-
MigB and the Alabamaof the coast of Franco,
in which tljo latter vowel was sunk,Captain
Bingham, an English gontjdman, Tfjiojras
»j the vicinity in his private
abama from drowning- This- act of kind
ness'on his part created quite u sensation,
and at one time there waB a probability, that
a aerious international question would grow
out of it. Caplsin Bingham arrived in
this city Yesterday, and is the guest of Sir-'
T. Woojly: -
SC1.A Woman named Reed, in New Lis
boa, 111., recently brought suit against
Jaiues Burdeck for selling liquor to her
husband. The jury gave a verdict in her
iavor for twenty dollar* and a half. The
verdict would have been larger, but it was
proved in the case that the woman had been
in tho habit of drinking with her hatband at
the same saloon.
The Contract.
Here is the contract of tho city of Atlan
ta with the State of Georgia:
2. Resolved, That in consideration of the
location of said Capitol, us proposed by
said Convention, the City Council cf At
lanta do hereby agree, covepast. and hind
the city of Atlanta, free of cost to th*
State, to furnish, for the space of ten years,
if needed, suitable buildings for the Gener
al Assembly, for the residence of the Gov
ernor, and for all the offices as are general
ly located in the State House, and all suita
ble rooms for the Stats Library and for the
Supreme Court.
Now, it is not a hard mattor to determine
whether Atlanta has fulfilled this contract,
in letter and spirit, or not. Was Opera
House, prior to the expenditures of Govern
or Bullock, in a suitable condition to be oc
cupied by the General Assembly, State
officers, and Supreme Court? Jf yea, the
contract is complied with; if nays, Atlanta
has repudiated its own pledges by quibbling
on the terms of a contract with an individ
ual unknown to the State.
The-people of the State are interested
in the answer to these questions; for, while
they may not he able to compel Atlanta to
fulfill its solemn pledges, they are not with
out a satisfactory remedy. They eaa re
turn to Milledgeville and leave the Gate
City with the Open House on its hands,
with its 830,000 rent paid in advance.—
Augusta Pres*.
to three inches deed plowing,” and to Sink
the plow-share at least lo a°depth of sir to with-the hope that!-could get all my
eightinches. Droughts will almost certain
ly come, next summer—now is the time to
provide against them. From- the middle
to th! end of the month spring oats should
be sowu. As oseo£ those-crops which re
quire little labor, oats should receive grea
ter attention from. southern farmers. By
sowing early, on good land, taking more
pains in putting in, and selecting varieties
least liable to rust, we doubt not this crop
would prove highly remunerative for home
consumption, or for fattening cattle for mar
ket. There ars not many localities, in the
South, where it is good policy to raise grain
of any kind for market. The true policy,
ivhere a farmer produces a surplus of grain.
®“ re " lady of Edgefield, Tennessee, was on Mon
day tiie recipient of a_ valentine, i> which
Memphis, February 20.—One of tha
most horrible tragedies ever kpown to have
occurred in this vicinity took place on Fri
day night, three miles northeast of Raleigh'
ng, and about twelve miles from this city
ree unknown white men went te the
house of Colonel Tom Diphenz, while he nud
two men named Wilson and Humphreys
were eatingsupper, about 7 o’clock, knocked
at the door, which' wai opened by Hum
phreys,, when, withonta word, he was shot
through th* body. Simultaneous with thia
shooting, Colppel Diokena and V?i]aon V**
from the table, when the aeaissini, with
knives and' pistols in their hands, rushed
into the room, putting oiit the lights, and
commenced firing at Dickens and Wilsoa.
Dickens received ono ball through the body,
and with Humphreys managed to crowd
out of the room and found their way te n
neighbor’s, wheu the alarm was given.. Tha
neighbor! around went to Diekeas’ honee.
In the yerd. 1M! the front door, the body
of a pegjo tom»B> Oejonel Piekepp’ serf ant
wasfoqnd. Wilson’s body was found in. the
room, with eight shot through it and liter
ally cut to piece*.
Humphreys was also fonnd badly wound
ed, he having seers ted himself after getting
into the yard.
After consummating their bloody work
tjie azsa#sips plundered the house, taking
every thingof aliie' and rijBing the pockets
of Wilson and the negro. They tpok two
atch t the Deer-hound, rescued Adhural _ . .
' imes and several of the crew of the_A1- valuable horse* from the stable and made
ton. His hair is still parted in the und-
dle. ,f '’' • ' ■' --•-•W-'
their escape, since nothing has been heard
from them, although the c .entry waz arous
ed and diligent ffareli made by the eicizens
and police of the city.
ga^.Apropcs of the recent fist fights in
tip Ipeppessee Levodature. Vrentice savs
he does pot know
Fremont has been seen in Washing- take place more advantageously to the pub
lic. Let the pool
there is a skull left to pound.
aa bag' aa
wards paying the value of the food consurn
ed. See the experiment of Mr. Cheatham
in January number. This point is one genq
orally overlooked by oar people—they
in tiie habit ofeomparing the value of ta
food consumed with the price of the animre
sold, and when, as very often happcns,tqho
former equals the latter, they conclude i ial
poor business to fatten animals for market.e
But the large heap of good manure isfors
gotten; therein consists the real profits of
the business. February is also the proper-
time for seediug down Red - clover and
Lncerne, and we would most earnestly di
rect the attention -of our readers to these
crops. As a cheap, anil at the same time,
effective means of renovating wornout land,
clover has no eqnal. As we indicated in
the Cultivator last -ear, nitrogenous manure
is furnished by clover plowed in, much
cheaper than we can get it from any other
source. Again, as a cheap and nutrious
food for farm stock—horses, cattle, hogs,
&c., Ac.—what other plant can compare
with it. Four thousand pounds hay, to
the acre, is an ordinary crop, equal, accord
ing to Haiuingault’s tables of food equire-
lents, to about thirty-five bashels corn.—
We are vary decidedly disposed to believe,
with our correspondent “Panola,” that com
is not the cheapest crop for feeding stock.
The fact of its furnishing both forage and
grain, the small amount of wasto and, at the
same time, convenience in handling and
feeding it—these together with its admira
ble nutritions properties, have srtongly
commended it to our people and caused its
very general cultivation and consumption,
but it ii well worthy our consideration,
whether, nnder the changes that are tak
ing place in our system of farming, other
crops may not prove equally good, and, at
the same time, cheaper. To return to clo
ver. The seed may be sown, this month,
on lands seeded down in the fall with eith
er wheator oats. Sow ten to fifteen broad
cast; should snow fall, sow upon the surface
of the snow; this very generally seenres a
good stand. If not upon the snow, upon
the ground and the rains will bury the seed
sufficiently for them to germinate. A top
dressing of guano upon the wheat or o*ts
would give the clover a good start, and ex
periment has shown that top dressing pays
well in the increased yield of small grain,
aDd the latter part of this month ia a good
time to apply it. For obtaining a supply
of green food for stock, early in the spring,
Lncerne is unrivalled, where it is cut and
feed to the animals ; does not do as well
when pastured. It is eaten greedily by all
kinds of stock,and is exceedingly nutricions.
It springs np rapidly, when cut down, and'
probably, upon an acre of well prepared
land, will yield a larger amount of forage
that any plant we have. Moreover, one
seeding will answer for ten years or more.
Wf would urge, therefore, oTery one of our
readers, who has a herse, cow, or pig, to
prepare, by very deep plowing and thorough
manuring, one or more acres, and seed
down in Lncenie during the hitter part of
February. To sacceed, a soil neither too
light nor stiff should be selected, very
heavily manured, broken up very deep,
and rendered mellow by successive plowingz
and harrowings. Then sow in very shallow
drills, eighteen inches apart, ten to fifteen
pounds seed to the acre, ( letter to be lavish
of seed to be certain of a stand); cover
lightly and cultivate clean the first year,
until the plants are well set —Southern Cul
tivator/or February.
$9*Dr. Williams, of Pekin, China, has
presented to the American Bible Society a
very ancient Hebrew manuscript of
Genesis, Exodus, and a part of Le
viticus, obtained from J ewe in that conn
try.
A Valentine Worth Having.—A
was enclosed a 5-20 United State bond of
the denomination of 81,000. ~
•&-A Dayton, Ohio, jewekr, named
Hex, attempted suicide last Satnrday
night, by entting away the floor of a
privy and dropping himself into the
vault. Not sinking as deep- as -desired,
be plunged his head into the filth,
which resulted in a sudden change of mind
and frantic ories for help. He was fished
ont by some devoted policemen:
02. A
Washington, February 38.—The
House bill, autnoriiiag sickle cents pass
ed.
The report from the Conference Commit
tee ou the coasular bill was considered. It
provides for commissioners ft swill sala-
ri«-
Butlsr advocated the report warmly but
it was defeatsd—yeas 45; nays 102
new conference is askedJor.
The coaferenee on the suffrage amend-
ant reported that tha House would recede
from its amendments and agree to the Sen-
amendment Adopted—ysaa 143;
nays 43. Tha following is the reeoTutioa:
The right ef tha citisens of the Uai ted
States to vote shall not he defied or abridg
ed hy tjif United States or by any State on
aecohnt of race or color or previous condi
tion ofzervitnde. : «
Mississrpi And Her Mean Men.—Ex-
Govenor Brown, in bis lettert) the Com
mittee on Beconstruction, slates that the
greatest danger to his State ii from “tie
men who were false to both sides dpriigthp
war whp wpre firm seesasioaista when se
cession was popular, but apostatized when the
Booth fall, apd the ppworthy adventurer*
who rushed ia when the fight was ovtr to
claim the fruit* of a victory won by the val
or acd bravery cf better race than tbepi*
selvrz Tkere m«n creatures, one and *11-
uioL't aod day te stir up strife be-
tweer Harks aad whites, in the viriaus
ki|» lb*i whatever evil may betide the
S'lV urd orderly pfbothrace*, they at least
* ': ft i me offices, and fatten on the little
soWifnce that t-is left to the impoverished
i tL "
Interesting Letts ffr*j* Patrick Henry.
. Editor bf tie Lynchburg Republican-.—
The following islarcopy of a letter written
by Batrick Henry to one of bis daughters,
soeutaftcr. her marriage.
Williamsburg, May 10,1789.
My Dear Daughter:—1 regret very much
that I c mid not get home to your weddiug
I hurried fioui'Philadelphia to this city;
TlIE-BLEttNlNG
portant causes disposed of in time to have
been present on an occasion so interesting
to you as to myself. - But the trial of Luius-
ford did not end until the7th, and the im
portance of his ease, as well vs the overesti
mate Ins friends seemed to. place - upon toy
poor services, would have alone decided my
stay; and I have several heavy caaes in
court ready for the prescut term, so I fear
I shall not reach homo before you leave fer
the upper country. I greatly regret hat
such is the ease, but I certainly shall ..visit
you in the summer or fell.
I Congratulate myself that you have inar-
riedso intelligent and worthy a gentleman.
His wealth is his smallest commendation.—
If you do jour duty and deport yomselj
discreetly to your husband, your future life
promises great happiness.' In tho first
convince him that yon are whet you pro
fess yourself, and I believe you to be—a
Christian: Take his counsel in all thin;
and never intrude yours upon him unsc
cited. Be d'.lligent iu attending to your
duties, Lever trusting your servant* too far.
The eye of the mister gs is worth a great deal
more than her hands. Let him see and
know that you prize his friends—pod on no
account shonldyou ever indicateany friend
ship for those lie dislikes. Be neat in yonr
person—be amiable to aU,moet especially to
your husband. On no account should you
ever give him the remotest reason to sos
hat you have any concealments from
or that yonholdcommunications with
any especially of the opposite sex—no mat
ter what the relation may be-—from which
you may wish to exclude him. Somo seri
ous family disturbances have happened by
ladies innocently holding secret interviews
with ministers and physicians, from which
the husband has been exdudod.
Avoid everything of this kind. Do net
allow jonrself to become excited, if yonr
husband in a moment of iritation, should
speak a little sharply to you—the manage
ment of his large estate will cause him per
plexities you will know nothing of—and
nasty words may sometimes be expected
from any man, for all are imperfect. Do
net regard your husband as perfect, bat be
prepared to overlook the foibles that are in
cident to human life. Never allow yourself
to decieve him. I drop these suggestions be
cause you are very young, and thatyoumay
p them always in mind,
ames leaves early to-morrow, and
have made the best selections I could of
the robes. My Iotc to all, and especially
to your husband. Write to me upon yonr
arrival at yonr new home.
Yonr father, most affectionately,
P Henry.
-Net. te theman of dfdlart.
Not to the uian of deeds. -
Not to the man of cunning,
Not. to the man of creeds;
. Not to” the one whose passion
I» for the world’s renown,
Not in a foruTof fashion,
Cometh a blcssi ig down.
~ Not nnto land’s expansion,
Not to.the miser’s chest,
Not to the princely mansion,
Not.to the blazoned crest;
Not to the sordid worldling,
Not totlic kiuvish clown,
Not to the haughty tyrant,
Cometh a blessing down.
Activity on the Plantations,
irta from the plantations all over
Middle and Southwestern Georgia repre
sent the most extraordinary activity every
where prevailing. .Everyhand they cau
obtain is being employed, and paid the
most liberal wages. Eveiy acre will be
planted which can be properly tended. We
think ten thensand more hands could now
obtain employment in the black ' belt of
Georgia, but they are nowhere to be fonnd,
and jre must go forward with what wo
have.
About as mneh cotton will be planted
this as last jear„but four times the amount
of guano will be used. So that if the sea
son is favorable a much larger crop will be
raised. We are afraid the area sown in
small grain will be less.
We are passing through a delightful
spell of weather. Winter seems to have
entirely left us, leaving the farmer perfecly
free to ply all his energy in preparing his
ground and pitching his crop. Another
and high price for cotton
in the financial
position of not
only the Empire State of the Sonth, but of
the Union. We have and will receive no
than 840,000,000 for our cotton crop
of 1868, and at least 850,000,000 for that
ef1869. This, added to at least one-third
of those amounts fer other products, gives
us an abundance of money. Georgia end
en, army ridden rebels they were a few
years ago. Bnt wn are once more gain
wealth, luxury and ease. Forward, we _
Each year but marks a long stride in - pros-'
perity.—Macon Td.
sea The Beed impeachment farce cost
the State of Florida 823,000. But “what's
the hodds," so long aa H does not come ont
of the pockets of the impeennioo* “truly
foil?!’
IM^A. young lady living in the country
to Atlanta, !
adjacent to Atlanta' has four suitors,
respectively thirteen, eighteen,
and sixty. She is twenty-f
the four seasons to choose fro:
hss
Work for Gen. Grant on Recon
struction.—It is most likely that the set
tlement of the Georgia question of recon
struction, in addition to Virginia, Slissis-
li and Texas, will pass over to the new
lidentand to the new Congress, which
will meet directly upon the final adjourn
ment of the present Congress at noon on
the 4th of March—W. Y. Herald.
ISF*'|h(s Hapeook Weekly Journal re
ports that the work on the Catholic Church
at Sparta has been resnmed, and that the
ling-will be finished and dedicated in
May.
Writing Proper Names.—In writing
proper names, says the Maoon Telegraph,
larticularly for tha press, great care should
>e taken to form each letter perfectly. An
trary.bothin'character aiid orthography.
Hence the law holds printer* responsible
only for words found in the dictionary.—
Clerks, ordinaries and sheriffs ehjulJ,there
fore,in their adTertiMn)ente,bepertienlar in
writing out names.
Ip connection with the above, we wogld
cell the attention pf every writer to th* &ct
1’e and J'z should not h* made alike. If
the J should, be brought below the line,
while tVel reeta npoa it, less miztslfW
would be e>?df when the** letters are foi-
tiala,' " ' „ ‘'
..Not to thr folly.blinded,
Not to the steeped in shame,
Not Li the earaal-miadad,
Not to unholy fame;
Not in neglect of dnty r ’ '
Not in the monarch’s crown; •
Not at the smile of. beauty,.
Cometh a blessing down.
Bat to the one whose spirit
Yearns for the great and good;’
Unu> the one whOfe storehonse
Yieldeth ot the hungryfood;
.Unto the one who labors,
Fearless' of foe or frown;.
Unto the kindly hearted,
Cometh a blessing down.
A GRAND BJRERPBS&
Propo* reunion of the Tenues sec and Ala.
hsma Rivera.
We find the following in. I h* TallaJega
(Alabama) Reporter:
The old idea of connecting the waters of
the Tennessee and Alabama Rivers by a
canal has been revived: Manry, in a recant
seienfitio report upon the topogranhy of the
country, renews the suggestions as to the
practicability of this grand enterprise. The
Montgomery Mail, and other Alabama pa
pers, have takea up the snbjeet aad com.
mented upon it, and suggest that a survey
might be made nnder the recent appropria
tion to complete the survey of the Coosa, so
as to test in a satisfactory manner this in
teresting question. It is/peraaps, not gener
ally known that'Willis Creek, one of the
tributaries of the-Coosa River, has its source
within-a mile of the Tennessee Rivar, and
that the intervening space is comparatively
level. Old settlers have all insisted that the
Tennessee might be brought through to
the Coosa by the way of Willis Creek at
comparatively small cost. What a grand idea
there is in that suggestion. Think of boats
loading away np in East Tennessee, on the
borders of Virgini* or Western Carolina,
and coming down the Coosa thence to the
Alabama and on . to Mobile. What a line
of trade. How much undeveloped wealth
would be brought to light. How many towns
would be built up, and what teeming hives
of industry would spring into life.
Startling instance of the Justice
of Heaven—The retributive justice of
heaven has never been more clearly seen or
exemplified than in the fate of (
and jury who acquited the murderer of i
lamented Bolmeyer.
'_he circumstances surrounding the case
are too well known to justify a rehearsal at
this time. Briefly, a brutal beast bearing
the name of Brown, in cold blood and
without the slightest provocation,
ted Bolmfyer on a public street in Dayton,
in broad daylight, in the presence of nnniar-
ons witnesses, for the only reason that Bol
meyer was the cditor-in-chie‘ of the Dayton
Empire,a Democratic paper. Brown, being
fearful of the just indignation of the
of Montgomery county,prayed for a *
of venuejtad his ease transferred to the fey-
el county of Miami^nd after a mock trial
was acquitted by a jury organized for. that
pnrpose by a loyal court and sheriff, notwiti
standing the proof of his ga3i was incontes-
tible and overwhelming.
This was the judgment of man. - Now
witness the judgment of God! Every jury
man on that pannel which acqnited Brown
of the murder of Bolmeyer," has since been
bereft of reason, met unnatural death, or
committed suicide; and as a fitting capstom
to this .arch of retributive justice, Judgi
Parsons, who presided over the jmock trial,
died a few days since a horrible death
in th* Lunatic Asylum in Dayton.
' Verily those who “sow the wind shall
reap the whirlwind.”—Bucyru* (OAio] Foe
12.
J9*The Edgefield (8. O.) Advertiser, ic
describing the fhneral of Gov. Pickens,
says: “One moat touching feature was the
lamentation of the former_6laves, who flock
ed to pay the tribute of rcipect. Prominent
ng these, standing in one 'of the upper
itra of the church, white head reverent
ly bowed, was.‘Old Harper,’his body ser
vant,* whose faithfulness to his master
through fifty years had never known
An lafamont Practice.
The Monroe-Advertiser hears numerous
complaints that farmers, “so-called,” sneak
ronnd their neighbors’ plantation*, trying
to cajole negroes into breaking their labor
contracts. There’s a heavy statute on this
subject, to which scch people shonldi take
heed. They are unworthy the name of
. Their ears should be cropped and a
[ coat of tar ' and feathers applied to
tb?n>- We consider them the meanest
thieves loose. The Advertiser says a far
mers’ club will afford a remedy, bat will
any dab more respectable than a banditti
harbor such miserable creatures?
Aar A Pennsylvania sport matches him-
elf against a bull dog for five dollars. He
qndtictpd the fight with his teeth, on
lands and knees,and actually vanquished
his antagonist.
Sale of Stocks.—Messrs. Bell k Hull,
auctioneers, sold yesterday, in front of the
Exchange, the following stocks at the prices
named: .: .:. t i sJvCpiT'e
158 shares, ex-drudend, Southwestern
Railroad at an average of 8103 per share.
25 shares on Central Railroad at 8131
per share. :s
82,500 in City of Savannah bonds at
8921,.. . •'-'•- ^> 4i irT| f ir P
82,500 first mortgage bonds of Albany
end Gulf Railroad for 881.
84,000 (plain) bonds Albany and Gulf
Railroad for 870*.
$3,000 ” per cent, script of Albanj and
Gulf Railroad at 888*.—Savannah dietet,
| [From the Macon Tgraph, Slsael.t
Closing Proceedings efthe State Agrical
Executive Committee—An Important Por
tion of the Premium List.
The Executive Committee of the State
Agricultural Society closed its session iu '
this city ou Thursday night, 18th icst.,
with the adoption of the following resolu
tions : V.
Ou motion of Mr. Nisbet, of Dade coua-
: •' •'/ '. : . <
Rasolved, That the opeuing of regular
market booths for the sale of goods, wares,
aud merchandise, aud of yards for sale of
stock, poultry, fancy birds, shall be added
to the Fair, to be under the sole direction
and control of the Executive Committee,
and that Thomas J. Smith, D. W. Vischer,
and John S. Hut ons, with. the Secretary,
be appointed a committee to organise. this
department, aDd to negotiate with th* city
authorities of Macon for guarantees and
protection to this branch of the exhibition
during the Fair—it being expressly under
stood that alcholiolie liquors .be excluded
from the grounds.
On motion of Dr. ULR. Cary, of Coluni-.aa
bin county. '
Radical, That the thanks jf- the com
mittee and the whole industrial interests of
the State, are due to the State Railroad,
the Central and Georgia, the Southwestern
and Maeon and Western Railroads, and all .
others that passed the members of the com
mittee over th%r roads to and from the
meeting without charge.
Resolved further, That our thanks are
likewise eminently due to the city authori
ties of Macon iu not permitting the mem
bers of the committee and their Secretary
to find any bills to settle on leaving the city,
and that they deserve the congratulations
of tile country in hating such an executive
officer as Mr. Mayor Obear, through whom
these hospitalities were tcadcred so grace
fully and cordially. All these attention!
are the more sensibly felt and appreciated
from the fact that they were never tender
ed to the officers of the Society, and we
the more.gladTy aecept them as an evideaee
of the increasing sympathy and interest
everywhere manifested in th* great cause
we seek to advance.
.Revolved, further, That these resolu
tions he published in the eity papers, and
that other papers in the State be requested
to copy.
On motion of Mr. True, of Morgan.
Resolved, That the drily and weekly
press of the State are requested' to five as
much publicity os possible to the most, im
portant feature* of the forthcoming - re-
mium list.
Dav. If. Lewis, Seot’y.
EXTRACT FROM THE PREMIUM XlST.
Where ne restriction ia imposed in thi
Hat confining tha premium to article o
Georgia production or manufacture, th*
competition ia open to all the States ef the
Union.
' ESSAYS.
premium.
For -the best assay on the cotton cul
ture, 810 00
Fer the best essay oa the. corn cul
ture, 10 00
For the best essay on labor sys
tem) 10 00
For the best essay on clover and grass
culture, 10 00
Fer the best essay on stock raising, 10 00
For the best essay on deed plowing 10 00
For the best essay on the relation ex
isting- between the mechanic and
manufacturing interest of the Sonth
to that of agriculture. Query: Do
these industrial interests now. beer
tho proper relation, one to Aha oth
er? If so, why? 10 00
For the report of the best farm—to
be decided by the net profits. The
-report most give a full statement of
its Management; the value of th* ^
land per acre; the number of acres
in cnltivaticn; the vain* of every
*nim*l or article used in cultivation;
the whole expenditure of money for
' the year; what of each Jrom products
was made; amount of money receiv
ed, and fall details in eveiy res
pect, 25 00
For the beet experiment (set forth in
an easay) the abject of which shall
be to ascertain the comparative
merits ef the various commercial
fertilizers, the component and re
lative parts, and costs, and quanti
ty of each fertilizer used per acre;
the mode of application ; tha pre-
paratien, tillage and original qtudi-
ty ef the soil and all deihils neeeam-
ry to indicate the true value of eaeh
fertilizer. 25 00
.The New York Committee pnbliahes
the following as occurring at General But
ler’s recent reception in Washington:
“General Bntler joined in n conversation
held near him on a subject not exactly har
monious with th* festive occasion, hot
brought to mind by the removal of the
body of Sirs. Surratt. “She we* an inae-
cent woman,’ the General said, u«hesita
tingly: In reply, tea remark made by a
in that n<
her ease showed th* truth
gentleman
of the saying, ‘Military commissions nr* er-
ganized to convict,’ he said, ‘Ye*. I seat
arsons to military commission* when I
: ntended them to be convicted; when
1 wished them acquitted, I did it my-
self.’ ”
THE .SEAL COURT FOE TR1 ttBRI
Why should women their rights protent
The Court of Common pl**s in f
Women’* rights are moat confessed,
When they *re uncommon pl*uin’.
PU»CI,
gguThe owner of Belladrum, a horse en
tered for the approaching Derby in Eng
land, has wagered 8250,000 on his ini-
mal.
Full Dress Funerals.—It apsirs
that Philadelphia has reached such n de
gree of civilization that the “upper ten” in
dulge in what are called fall dress funerals.
A funeral took place there several da y
since, to which the friends of the deceased
were invited to come in full dress suit and
white gloves. What next ?
ATTEl GOING TO LAW,
The law, they say, great aatera’s thaia
connects—
That causes ever must produe* effect*:
In me behold reversed gnat nature, slaw*,
All my effects lost by a single oause.
- gg^.A corespondent of th* Jackson Citt
ern, writing from Wisconsin, lays:
“We see they claim th* oldest Maiou
in the United State* is dead. Allow m4 to
correct the r*p*rt. There now Uvee at
Hazel Green, Grant county. Wisconsin,
and old gentleman who is 105 years *f age,
and his been a Mason fer 32 years. His
wife was a sister of th* notorious Morgan,
who is said to have been seat ont of the
oountry by hi* Masonic brethren for nn-
Masonie conduct; but ell of which report
the old gentleman and hie wifo etontly aver
was malicious and without truth.”
I*S_ A carpet-bagger, now intheSonA,
wrote to hie father lately, ia the North
Gome down here, father; mighty
men get office here, now, 1 ou oouM #•
elected United State* Senator withe* wy
troth!*.”
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