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^iTimPAV MOBWIHG, Aug.
A Sectional Party,
ffe publish the following extraet from
, article that orkinally appeared in the
Constitutionalist, and was repnblished m
the Commercial, with an unqualified en
dorsement, merely for the purpose of ex-
orcssing ear emphatic disapproval of the
'proponed iSoutlier* Sectional party move
ment. It seems to »s that yte have had scc-
oW parties enough, and the terrible re
sult of thus arraying the people still fills
the land with poverty and mourning
The principal reason urged for the form
ation of a Southern sectional party is that
bo considerable number of Northern pien
caa be relied on as allies to contepd for a
restoration of the government. If they can
not be depended on as assistant friends,
will they be more serviceable when de
nounced as implacable enemies ? And what
good is likely to result from arraying the
one million efSoutliern votes against the
four millions of Northern votes ?
No, we do not want a sectional party.-;--.
In our judgment, no probable good would
result from it, and much evil might be the
Resequence. What we do need is a Con-
Ailutiaud Union party, that will gather in
to its ranks all lovers of our government as
St teas, from every seetioa of our common
country, and who wifi hcartBy .co-operate'
for its restoration.
The following is the extract alluded to :
“Jut, in the long run, the true men of
our section will resume political control,
and the united power of the South will have
its old weight in moulding national affairs.
That this power may be united, and as a
unit invincible, we more and more favor
the cultivation of a thorough Southern and
sectional sentiment. Had the North shown
any magnanimity after the war; had she
shown any mercy; had she shown any real
desire to cultivate the good will of the
South; bad she shown any earnest longing
for a fraternal Union, we should have hes
itated at giving the advice we now give,
lut the last fonr years of angry peace have
taught nothing if they have not taught us
the malice, the vindibljwmjs, the hatred,
the peifidiousness of Aite JJflrth. They
have taught us nothing, if they jh^ye not
taught us that the sectionalizing of the
Southern sentimentis the only protection
ihe Southern people can rely upon for fu
ture contingencies, amid tbs clgah of cor
rupt factions at the North.
The
to he hel
Water Works.
cil has ordered an election
tnrdiy, the 14th inst., on
the question of water works or no water
works. A plan will be submitted at an ear
ly date. It is expected that the whole cost
of pipes and machinery will be about $43-
000 for watering the whole city.
NEW SERIES—NO 50.
Association for the
of Ga. and Ala.
ird of Directors.
Personal.— We received a call on yes
terday from Jndge John Foster of Jack
sonville,. Alabama. He takes a hopeful
view of political matters in his : State, and
has a firm faith in its early redemption from
the rule of radical scalawags and carpet
baggers. He thinks the Democrats have,
elected three of the five Congressmen.
Address of the Grand Jury on the Fair
Question.
We commend to the consideration of our
readers the excellent address of the Grapd
Jury, which appears m this paper upon the
advantages of our Agricultural and Me
chanical Fair. There is no doubt but that
a properly conducted Fair will prove to be
the best lesson in agriculture and agricul
tural machinery and implements that the
people of the Cherokee pountry have ever
received.
We hope all ; will put themselves in a way
to enjoy the fall advantages of it. Read
the address of the .Grand Jnry.
New Goods at Howell's.
Mr. P, HoyelJ, at his store, first door
above the book store, has just received a
beautiful assortment of sum mgr dress goods
trimmings, straw goods, shoes, etc.
Mr. H:makes it a point to get just what
the ladies want, and then sell the goods
quick at a short profit. That is all just
right, as far as it goes, and, if, io addition,
he would advertise liberally, we would pre
dict for him an extensive business, and in
the aggregate, large profits.
Aug.Ttw-wlt.
Very Important Decision.
The Supreme Court, in the caseof Bat
tle vg. Shivers, from Warren, has decided
that an ordinary judgment for money, en
tered up in April, 1861, upon which no ex
ecution was sued ont within seven years
from the date of the judgment, or upon
which execution, if sued out, no entry has
been made for seven oonsneutivo years, is a
dormant judgment,n' twithstanding the acts
suspending the Statute of Limitations and
enacting stay laws passed in 1860, and at
different periods since that time.”
In another case between the same parties
the questions of dorms 01 judgments and
Statute cf Limitations is fully considered,
and elaborate opinions {written ont by all
three of the judges. Chief Justice Brown
and Justice MoCay concur—Judge War
ner dissents.
Hauouy, the candidate for Congress,
that was reported to have been fatally shot
at Courtland, Ala., last Monday, wasa most
hitter radical, and was attacked for assail
ing the supporters of Hinds, another car-
pet-bag candidate for the same office. Sher
rod, the straightout Democratic candidate
in that, the 4th District, is probably elect-
■ed.
Poisoned to Death.
Jlrs. Pickett, of Girard, Ala., sent to the
store for a dose of sub-Nitrate of Bis-
wnh. The druggist sent her, by mistake,
Corrosive Sublimate. She took it, and was
dead in an hour. So much for careless
ness.
The Eclipse of the Sun
1VL 1 ! be nearly trial at this place. It will
Mnunence about 4 o'clock this, afternoon,
and end a little past six. Have your SSJOk-
^ glass ready, and be prepared to give the
children a full explanation of - the cause
°f eclipses. You can easily illus-
Irate how it is that the moon coming in ex-
act 'I 0 ® between the earth and snn, casts a
shadow upon the earth.
’ ^l" 3 would occur every new moon if the
®°oa s orbit was on the same plane as that
■°f the earth, but as the orbits are inclined
tn each other at an angle of abent 37°, an
odipeg of the snn can only occur when a
new moon is exactly at the point of inter
section of these planes, called the node; and
eclipse of the moon pan only take place
7 ei is exactly at the other node at the
’ hni e it fulls. - . *
breadth of the valleys of the Colora-
i Brazos and Guadnlmu* rivpra in Tafoc ■
,— 3 a °fi Guadalope rivers,in Texas,
-ami 6 S swept away by the re-
~ . floods. The estimated damage on the
done is $3,000,000.
A Damning Record.
We surrender much of our space this
morning for the publication of the pleadings
in the case of Bullock, Blodgett & Co., vs
E. H. Pugho. We shall to-morrow present
Pughe's answer, and if wo can possibly do
so, wiU try and pnblish some of the affida
vits whtch have been filed in Court in sup
port of the bill and of the answer.
We spent a short time )P the court room
yesterday during the trial of the case—of
which a full report will be found in our lo
cal columns—and after au experience of
nearly quarter of a century in court houses
and the conduct of legal proceedings, we
have no hesitancy in declaring that we have
never witnessed a trial in which so much
rascality, so mnch double dea’ing, and so
much wise owesring was exhibited. In
deed, we doubt if tne annuls of the courts
of this whole conntry will show a ease of
half the dishonesty, rascality and perjury
which this affair has developed.
We have not time for further comments
at this time. When our readers see the
whole of the pleadings, they will ba satis
fied that oiir judgment is not only not harsh
bnt absolutely flattering.—-Chron. is Ken-
fine?.
North Georgia.
An article in the N Y. Tribune has the
following paragraph on the resources of up
per Georgia:
“The upper portion of the State abounds
not only in mineral wealth, very imperfect
ly developed, but in fertile valleys and pro
ductive hillsides, where as fine clover and
other grasses may be produced as anywhere
in the West, with the proper tillage and in
dustry. The air of this region is salubri
ous and bracing, and the water cold and
refreshing- This division also offers abund
ant facilities for manufacturing, not only
on account of jthe excellent water-power,
but because of the abundance pf iron ore,
and 1ft SOBtiguify to the great railroad sys
tem of the North. West and Southwest. In
short, there is scarcely S oonntry on the
earth which combines in such abundance
and variety the resources of mineral^gri-
cultural, manufacturing, and interna] com
mercial wealth. To this section especially
we invite the attention of the manufacturer
and small fanner. The land can now be
purchased for one fifth of what they will-
probably bring {five years hence. Now is
the time to invest, to emigrate, and
build up a great and prosperous communi
ty-”
Send the Military-
A riot;occurred last Thursday morning
on the steamer ffubuque at or "-ear Rock Is
land/on the upper Mississippi,^ between a
few white raftsmen an,4 the negro deck
hands, in which five or six negroes were
beaten to death or thrown into the river and
drowned The affair grew ont of an insult
offered by one of the blacks to the raftsmen,
which led to a general fight between the
too classes
The telegraph fails to inform us wljeth.
er Hiram Ulysses dispatched a force of
bluejackets with rifle and bayonets to pro
tect the loil b’acks and enforce the laws. As
the disorder occurred in a free State of
course hp-^did.
Cotton Crop
The official - statistics of the agricultural
department of the United States as .compil
ed by J. 8- Podge, give a total acreage
three or four acres but taking
basis, we will have a crop of2, 666,GbU
bales. AVe think this is about as near the
t ruth as can fie arrived at. Any disaster
would lessen these figayey-
B {!sr ._R l igt in cotton is reported in
^ - - - -"iddle and South-
Rome, Ga'., Ang. 5,
Board of Directors met—Mr. A. A.
Jones elected Chairman, and M. Dwinell
requested to act as Seerelffly.
The Chair explained the object of the
meeting to be to-elect permanent officers
for the Fair Association of the Cherokee
country of Georgia and Alabama. The
ballot was taken with the following result:
For President, A. A. Jones.
Vice President, Geo. S. Black.
Secretary and Treasurer, B. F. Jones.
On motion of C. H. Smith, a committee
of three was appointed to prepare a Consti
tution and By-Laws; also, to secure a char
ter for the Association, viz : Chas. H.
Smith, M. Dwinell and W. F. Ayer.
- Mr. J J. Cohen, at the request of the
Board, come before them, and madethc-
following liberal preposition, viz.: to "lease
them the field beyond the King house and
to the left of the road, or so much of that 28
acres as may be needed for the purpose of
the Association, for fire years, with the
privilege of extending the time if the As
sociation shall choose, in consideration of
one hundred dollars, to be paid annually, as
rent. Mr. Cohen retains the privilege of
cultivating the groundss in such crops as
shall not interfere with the nse of tbe
grounds for Fair purposes.
Mr. Cohen’s proposition was favorably
considered and a unanimousjvote of thanks
tendered him for his liberal offer.
Gen. Black offered the following :
Resolved, That Maj. G. H. Smith be,
and he is hereby appointed a committee of
one to close a contract with J. J. Cohen,
Esq., for the lease of a suitable site for the
Fair Grounds, and secure a Charter of In
corporation for the Association, passed.
Also, the following u.
Resolved, That C. H. Smith, M. Dwi
nell, J. W. Turner and B. F. Jones be ap
pointed a committee to call on the stock
holders to increase their present subscrip
tion, and solio.t others to take stock.
On motion, the following were appoint
ed as committee of Flan and Arrangements
to be submitted with' estimates, etc., viz :
A. A. Jones, J A Stewart and C W
Spronll.
On motion, the following wore appointed
a committee on Premium list, yiz : J H
Dent, C W Spronll and G 8 Black.
Resolved, That the Board of Directors
will meet every Thursday at the Counting
Room of Ayer & Hills, at 11 o’clock, pass
ed.
A. A. Jones, Pres’L
M. Dwinell, See’y. pro tem.
Internal Revenae Decisions.
-‘Parties using paper collars most nse
.them from the original package; that is,
from the box in which they have been pur
chased; and a three cent revenue stamp
must be attached to each one when put on.
AVhen the collar becomes soiled and is
turned with the clean side out, it must re
ceive another three cent stamp, and most
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THE GRAND JURY ON THE FAIR.
Mr. Editor—On closing our labors to
day as Grand Jurors for this term of court
otr attention was directed to the efforts be
ing made by. the citizens of Floyd and ad
joining counties to get np an Agricultural
Fair at this place (Rome Go.) to he held
the first week in November next .
Correspondence Macon Journal k Messenger.
From Lee County,
Starksville, Gat, July 30.
Mr. Editor; You pan say to any of your
friends, who have manifested uneasiness
about the report of the fine crops, etc., that
this country is not in the connt.
Those of us that nsed any of the fertili
sers have good cotton weed; bat until Sun
day last, we had been dry for eighteen or
twenty days, when yro had a good rain.
Up to that time,the less of bolls apfi forms,
etc, excelled anything I ever witnessed.
That I attributed to the use of the fertiliz
er. Onr uoupnu?ed cotton (if it should
not take the rust) will do pearly as well
as that on which so much commercial ma
nure has been nsed. We, then, pass the
cotton crop down as nothing by any means,
to fiojsf pf, The corn crop is only a tolera
ble average.
I am abundantly satisfied that there are
not five farms in this county on which the
negroes have worked as they should,and not
one that comesnn to former days. We need
better laborers and more of them.
Sooth Georgia.
A Chapter ofAccldents.
Last night 38 the Memphis and Charles
ton mab train from Memphis, passed Leigh
ton, route agent, Burke Decker, in throw
ing over the mail bag, put his head outof
the oar 8ud it cams to contact with a hox
car on tho side track, producing a fracture
of the skull over the left eye, “bout two inch
es long, and a slight cat on the baok of the
head, probably, by striking against the side
of tho car he was on. His brains protruded
from the fracture. He was brought to the
Donegan House ip this city. Drs. Dement
andL. D. and J. D. Carter were paljflfi ifi
and tiepanned his skull. He is in a very
critical condition
A passenger jumped off the same train
while in motion, at Cherokee, and broke
one of his legs.
Wm. McBee, fireman, get on the top of
the Egppem train from Memphis, when near
Buzzard Roost Creek, this morning, and
was knocked down down By .collision with
the bridge. He was discovered, after a
considerable interval, with his neck broken.
He was a brother-in-law of Mr Wn». Glenn
and Mr. John Glenn, engineers on the M.
<fi, C, Road and resident in this city. His
body was brought to this pity on the train,
whioh arrived at 12 35 to day.— Huntsville
(Ala.) Democrat.
^.Sunflowers, when planted on an ex
tensive scale, it has recently been asserted
by experimenters in France and Holland,
will neutralize the deleterious effects of ex
halations from marshes, (jfhjs plan hjjs
been tried with great success in the fenny
districts near Rochefort, France, and the
authorities of Holland assert that internut-
ten fever, has entirely disappeared from
districts where the sunflowers have been
planted. Though the above facts appear
tobeapproved,jtjp pot yet ascertained
what affect the sunflower produges on the
atmosphere, whether it generates oxygen
like other plants of rapid growth,_ or wheth
er, like tho cone-bearers, it emits ozone,
and destroys the animal and vegetable
gefR’Scf J°i asm producing fever.
Receipt por a Happy Home.—Six
things, says Hamilton, are requisite to cre
ate a happy home. Integrity most he the
architect, and tidiness the upholsterer. It
must be warmed by affectiopi uaq bfinted
np with cheerfulness; and industry must be
the ventillater, renewing the atmosphere
apd bringing in fresh salubrity every
day; while over all, a projecting canopy of
glory, and nothing will‘suffice except the
UM
ilessing of God.
has been organized, and that a considera
ble amount of stock has been subscribed,
fer the purpose of securing the grounds
and' erecting the accessary bunildings, and
that, a Directory has been elected to' take
charge of this very laudable enterprise, and
impossible;.make it a complete, success.—
Composed, as this Directory is, of some of
onr most energetic and pnbfic spirited citi
zens, we feel that every encouragement and
assistance that the people^jf the Cberokeeq u f a cti
conntry of Georgia and Alabama can ex- ordinary
tend to them will be amply Repaid by the yboot blai
many advantages that will^Bccfcic
from; not only to onr agricultural and man
ufacturing interests, bnt to the general wel
fare of onr people.
If there has not been stock enough sub
scribed to com;
a lively appreciation of the great- good
which can be attained by a well conducted
Fair, will at once induce those who may be
able, to make np the deficiency by snhserib
tog additional stock.
Bi}t it may be asked, What great good
is this of which we speak ? What are
Agricultural Fairs, aud to what manner do
they promote onr interests f Let ns reflect
a moment, and the answer is dear. •. The
means ot snbsistance and all the necessary
comforts of life are brought within onr
reach—not by chapeo, or by ffi® gratuitous
gifts of Providence, unaided by exertion
on onr part On the contrary, we have to
labor for these blessings. We have to plow,
sow aud roap; we haye to plapt, cultivate
and (rather; we have to dig for qseful ores,
and manufacture them into implements for
onr nse; and we have to erect mills to grind
onr grain, and prepare it for bread. Ma
chineries, too,{for spinning and weaving the
necessary fabrics for making onr dothing,
must be constructed. We must have ves
sels of wood, metal oqd clay. We must
have agricultural implements—plqws, hops,
rakes, seed planters, cultivators, reapers,
mowers, fans, threshers, separators, horse
powers, steam-powers, and a thousand and
one other things.
And, besides this, we must have a prac
tical knowledge of all the things enumerated
to render them efficient, aud to enable of,
through their instrumentality, to lighten
the burden of life, and fill to overflowing 1
.the horn of plenty.
Through the instrumentality of well con
ducted fairs, we not only become acquainted
with the improvements ip labor-saving ma-
chines, bnt are made familiar with their
application to onr various wants; and, be
sides this, an interchange of views takes
place to reference to stock raising, the soi-
ence of agriculture, the mechanic arte, etc.,
imparting useful knowledge, which, in a
lifetime of individual effort, unaided by as
sociations and fairs, we would fail to ac
quire.
An Agricultural Fur, as contemplated,
is simply a great school, through which in
telligence is brought to bear in guiding
and directing onr various laudable pursuits
ofindustry. It enables ns to find relief
from many of the usual drudgeries of life,
and to render pleasant and agreeable {.fie
labor necessary to oar snbsistance.
W M Shropshire, Foreman
most be assessed twenty per cent on the
amount thus derived and invested, which
D H Herron,
RT Hargrove,
C C McKenzie,
E H West,
E H Colclohgh,
CE Hills,
John Holbrook,
JoJinGpgn,
J L Camp,
G W Watters,
John A May,
'Allen Bolt,
Gabriel Jones,
C WRush,
W B Turner,
J H Roberts,
Robt, A Holt,
W C Howell,
JR Ford,
J A Stewart,
SB Sale,
Thos. J Perry.
A Ne>v and Valuable Invention.—
Wo harp been ipiormod bj thp inventor,
Sir. Thos. j. Mel), of this pity, fhe giodej
of a railroad car or house ventilator, for
which he obtained a patent from the de
partment at Washington, on the 18th day of
May last- We cannot sufficiently or
clearly explain tf) the reader the modus oper-
and! of the invention, bnt any intelligent
person will immediately see its virtues by
examining the model or a .drawing of it,
with Mr. Mell’s explanations. We will ray,
however, tljat it is a method for ventilating
railroad cars ojr houses ot tho top, while
at the same time it is perfectly secure
against leakage in hny Kind of weath-
We have scarcely a doubt that it will
work a revojptiou to the present style of
architecturo for ear khousebuilding, when
its virtues shall beco ne known and tested.
We understand that Mr- Well will soon put
his invention into practice, and he feels
certain that it will meet all the require
ments necessary for thorough ventilation.—
Macon' Tel.
lie Quickest Trip on Record.
The Conaid steamship Russia, on her
last ontward trip from New York to Liv
erpool, is claimed to have made the fastest
time on record, vijt: eight 4»jn. tow hot? 1 *
and forty-five minutes. In this trip she
beat the Scotia, who had made the fastest
time on record, either way, by two hours
and a half, that steamer having made the
rnn to eight days seven hours and. fifteen
minutes.. A vote of thanks and a hand
some testimonial were presented to Capt.
Loti by the passengers on bis arrival at Vv
erpoob
The Macon Telegraph has been donated
by Mr. J. H. Otto, of that city, with a beet
fjiich weighed,when taken from the ground,
twenty-seven pounds- Tb? seed of this beet
was planted in March.
of England increase
but 3,180 to their
them *
aa_The Wesle;
slowly, having
membership the
total of 345,562.' They hate °oi.
up the loss of 1851 to 1855, during which
period a large numebr of their membeiship
seceded, fo form another Methodist bo-
be used a second time, but must be destroy
ed in the room where emptied; and the as
sessor famished with a ceitificate of the
fact. D - thrown out a: the window, or car-
tied ont in the coalscuttle or wash tub,
!snch boxes will hcsohject to export dnty.
“Boot blacks arc required to use their
blacking just as they find it when tho box
is opened, adding nothing to it whatever.—-
The act of spitting in the hox and smear-
'-~ M e contents with the brush constitutes
(otblack a mixer, or rectifier, or man-
and he must pa^TKe
rer’s license. Each
i, for which the sum of five
by the wearer, must receive,
_ nse of the bootblack, a four and
three quarter cent stamp.
“All Englishmen, by the name of Hale,
who are engaged in the business of pro
nouncing (he name withont the H., shall
be considered mannfactoreis of 'ale, and
miist pay the license required of all brew-
erg and distillers.
“Parties engaged to building castles to
the air with the proceeds of thp highest
prize in fntnre drawings of the lottery,
twenty per eenf shall be paid to gold.—At.
The Irish Church Bill,
This momentous measure has gone
through several exciting phases to the last
few days.
The Lords sent the bill to the Commons
disfigured with amendments, and botched
out of all proportion. Qne feature to par
ticular grafted on it by the peers, was to
dispose of some 50,000,000 for the benefit
of the disestablished church, when the sur
plus property was only about $3^,000,000
as estimated'by Mr. Glanstono.
The Commons met the issue boldly, vot
ed down promptly the objectionable amend
ments,and sent back the bQi to the peers,
denuded of its grotesque embellishments.
The peers contended hotly, and finally,
after a long and fiery dis~ossion, rejected
the preamble, winch did not contain their
above feature for grasping the chnreh prop
erty.
Tlje excitement was intense. The min
istry stood finu. Gladstone did uot waver.
The people seethed with hostility to the
Lords. The press with unmeasured au
dacity, attacked the peers and threatened
them with popular retribution. It was a
trying time, and the situation was fraught
with danger to the aristocratic order. The
more sagacious and pfudeiit of the noble?
raw the'ominons portent, and conndled con
cession to the threatening stonn. ‘
A compromise was finajlv arranged. The
original date of the disestablishment, Jan
uary 12,1871; was inserted, the properly
question was left over, none of the surplus
to be used save by consent of parliament,
i Lords haye acted with wisdom. The
1 success of the measure was inevitable.
Their rejection of it would have bat result
ed to Gladstone’s withdrawing the bill and
_ eqliogto the people; and the verv exis-
tense of tho noble order was involved to
saoh a movement The bill passed, the
Commons yielding a little to soothe the
Lords, and the Queen has approved it.
Disestablishment is, therefore, the law of
England.—At. Const.
Trade In Herbs and Roots.
An editorial letter to tho Wilmington,
N. 0 , Journal, dated Sparkling Catawba
(rings, lfith, pays:
Among the most popular, and at present,
I believe, the most lucrative occupation in
this immediate seption is the collection of
“herbs and roots,” and thoir shipment to
Northern markets. I was not prepared to
see the extent to which it is carried here.
These herbs and roots are pnt up with
mnch care, in bales ohont the size of cot
ton bales, weighing from three hundred to
three hindred and fifty pounds, but _mupj}
neater to their appearance. From Hiokory
Station, the shipments average almost a car
load a day, bringing to the railroad about
twenty dollars. Those shipped from that
station are from Catawba, Caldwell and
Ah&oud? 7 bounties. They are sent, prin
cipally to Boston oqd Philadelphia, and I
raw bales directed to Chicago and Re-
tprifc
From Mr. Henry Wilfong, an enterpris
ing merchant at Hickory Tavern, I learned
that he was raying the following prices for
the ywi.118 8*40!^ m&fcmjm ft®
neighbors fbphrougljt them to for hgiter
in greater or less quanties. It will be seen
that many of these articles are tc be found
qreat abundance to onr section, and
Id be gathered with more profit:
Roots—Angelico 6 cents; Blood 6 cents;
Butterfly 10'cents; Indian Turnip 10 cents;
Pink 20 cents; Wormwood 13 eents; Snake
25 to 50 cents; Parsley 14 cents.
Leaves—Sage 12 cents; Boneset 5 cents;
Cnmfrey 10 cents; Elder flowers 10 cents;
Thornapple 10 cents.
- Berries and seed —Prickly-ash, 20 cents;
Sumac 6 cents; Snnflower seed 12 gents;
Watermelon seed 10 to 12 ’ cents; 'Pnckly
hark 10 cento.
Blodgett’s Appointment.
According to '‘Quondam,” the Georgia
correspondent of the New York Times,
prominent Republican Legislators are Tery
much outraged at Bullock's appointment of
Blodgett as Treasurer of tho State Road.
They say “if he goes much further in tho
same direction he will certainly be impeach*
ed and convicted.”
Contracts with Citizens of Rebel States.
Judge Lowell, pf MMrachuseRs, has just
made a decision of much im{io'rUhce in re-
tatien to tho validity of contracts with the
citizens of rebel States. In 1862,the bark
Lamplight was destroyed by the Alabama.
Among her owners were four citizens ot
Itatcs. Mr. Payne, the master, col
lected the insurance and paid it to the own
er jiyipg in Me^phuratis; holding that
those living ip the rpbei Spites had po tjti?
to participate. One of the four owners,who
lived in Sooth Carolina, recently brought
suit against Mr. Payne’s administrators, 1
and now recovers by the decision of the
court,
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Chinese as Laborers, Letter Itreon Cm.
Maarjr.
Lexington, Va.. July 10,1860.
G. W. Gift, Esq,—Dear sir: ITonr letter
of the 5th reached me this morning too
lite, owing to our mail connections, for my
reply to reach yon to time for your meet
ing of the 13th. ,
Chinese labor is mnch more ii.telligent,
skillful and effective than negro labor, and
I consider the introduction of it, nuder
proper regulations, would be highly bene
ficial to the South. -rrs fint
After Jamaica,; Trindad is the largest of
the British West India Islands, and that it
did hot pine and dwindle as ' Jamaica has
done, is, I am assured by residents there,
chiefly owing to the introduction cf.
labor.
nese arethe most faithful crest ’
world. I have beeniu the
have paid gome attention to their trials '- of
character. As domestics and-AgBorers,
gardeners, and cultivators of the >ieil gen
erally, they are not surpassed by-any other
people. From the first that acme, I
like to haveacook'knd two house servant*?
Please let me kuow how to proceed to or
der to procure good ones, and oblige yours
truly. M. F. Maury.
Protestantism In Spain.
A letter to the New York Times, from
Madrid, rays:
The Spanish Protestant Chinch here is
making steady progress. It is now con
ducted in a large hall in the Calls Madera
Bajo, Np. 8, capable of holding qver Qne
thousand persons. Services are held in'
Spanish Thursday evening and twice on
Sundays. Pastor Root's congregation
keeps np. Last Sunday morning, for to*
stance, I was therewith the thermometer
at over one 100 degrees Fsrenhoit, and yet
every sitting and standing place was occu
pied, even out {beyond the door and into
the street. So intense was the Interest
that not oce of the one thousand or eleven
hundred persona present tried to leave the
room, notwithstanding the intense heat.
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.ABASIA ELECTION*. maj
cal, 5,848. Pioquez, Democrat, waa elect-
ed to the Legislature.
Montgomery city gives Buckley, Radi
cal, for Congress, 3,085, and Woithy, Dem
ocrat, 1,015.
Mobile, Ang. 4,—Mann’s majority
Mobile, as'far as heard from is 1,459, with
several precinct? .to be heard from. The
county will probably give 1,800 majority
for Mann. AT V-~'q 1/ 0-3
from the Court Bouse of Bald-
aajoritiee The returns from the first Dig-
'«rtitssra5JisstK£32s
gresa m tins city resulted as follows : m • , r.- - . - , . -
f I ~ ■- nrm TT 1_ D,I- The Third District is very close, and one
. - ^•^'-'DnaervaLve^d,108; Buck, Rad hundred votes will probably decide.
’ state that a negro mob took
Old Jesse.—The number and variety
of stories which are told °f old Jesse Grant,
ths individual to whom we are indebted
for oar present stable Government, are post
computation. Here is the last one :
A young man over to Covington the oth
er day met and accostedold Jesse, ahhongh
ignorant as to who ho was and requested
him to famish hint with change for a five
dollar, bill. He acceded, and while malting
the necessary transfer, being loath to |ooy
an opportunity for making himself known,
he toqk occasion to say, “Young man,
do you know that yon are talking.to the
father of the greatest man to this conntry ?”
fc.o was immediately informed by the par
ty addressed that he was not aware that he
stood in the presence of one who had that
prond distinction. “Yes resumed the gar
rulous Jesac, handing pv« the’desired
change, “l am the father of the most illus
trious hero this oouutry ever produced.”
The young man looked at him for a moment
with an expression of grave astonishment
on his face, and then exclaimed, “What,
you don’t tell me your are the father of
Stonewall Jackson ?” ! The paternal author
of onr President tamed upon his heel and-
wslked away supremely disgusted.—Gincm
natti Enquirer.
possession of the polls, beat a white man,
and preventedany Democratic negroes from
voting. There were a few riots that the
Sheriff coold not eontroll. .That ■ precinct
>4. 'gives Buckley 220 majority.
* ; A private telegram from Montgomery,
Alabama, addressed to a government jfl|
cer in 'Washington, says that Buckley,
the Montgomery Distriot, Back, of Mobile,
and Hays, Radical, are elected to Coe-
gfess. The third District is doubtful. Ma
son, Elmore, and two other counties give
Republican majorities. The full return
from Lee county has not yet been received;
as far as heard from, Parkinson. Democrat,
has 1,000 majority. .'_
Selma, Ala., Aug. A—The election
passed off qnietly. The reports from sev
eral beats show a considerable falling off
from the vote of last year. The vote in
this city resulted as follows j • Buckley,
Republican, 2,038; Mann 571. Republi
can loss 511; Democratic loss 182. In
Union beat Mann has 328, Bock none.
Montgomery, Ang- 4.—The election
news is meagre. As far as heard from, the
vote is less than last year.. The probabili
ties ate in favor of Parkinson, Democrat,
in the Third District, by a handsome ma
jority.
The contest between Worthy, Democrat,
and Bnekley, Repnblican, to the Second
District, will be mnch closer than expected,
and the latter’s friends are fearful of his de
feat on account of thegreat falling off in the
negro vote.
In Dallas county tho entire vote was for
Back, 5,732; for Mann 1,339 In the same
county last fall the vote for Grant was
7,135. For Seymonr 1779. The rads have
fallen off 1403 and the Democrats 440,
In the 5th District, Judge Dox, Demo
crat, is nndonbtedly elected,
His majority iq Ohetokee eaonty is re
ported to he 550; in Calhoun 357; Etowah
275- At Cedar Bluff Dox received 78,
Haralson none At Center Dox vote just
two to one Cross Plains, Dox 114, Haral
son none. Jacksonville Dox 413, Haral
son 356—a.large number of whqrp yfere
railroad hands.
It ig helieved that tho following Rem>,
crats are elected to Congress : Mann to the
1st District, Parkinson in the 3d and Dox
in the 5th.
Prom the If aeon Journal and Messenger Aug, f
How the Crepe Look from LypcMurg to
From a gentleman living ip this city,
who has jnst returned home via Lynchburg
and Knoxville, we learn the following con
iine the crops in that section. In Vir
ginia toe grain crop jnst 'harvested shows
au extraordinary yiejd—by fqr the largeat
since tho war; qqd in several ooontleB the
yield of wheat surpasses ^ that of any year
previous or doling the war. The tobacco
seen along the railroad from Alexandria to
Bristol, Tennessee; looks finely and promis
ee weU- The ooru- to this same section
looks equally good, aad will prodnoe un-
Fiom Bristol to Knoxville, and along
the road to Cleveland and Dalton, owing to
the drouth of the past month,the wheatjnst
thrashed out has not done so well,the berry
being yejy small, although the yield was
rather more than average one. The crop,
also, from lack of nun, is hardly np to
mark, bnt a few good showers will doubt
less relieve many minds^is far as a small
yield is concerned.
From Atlantq,dQWq oq the Macon and
Western Railroad, the gotten looks beanti*
tolly—small but healthy stana,well flowered
oat,'and every evidence of a good yield.
The corn, although somewhat behind that
to Tennessee to size, still is withont the
blistered and twisted apoearance of the lat-
r,qu<j> vitLout qopbf, will shownsplen-
cjowip.'
An Awtul Goar.—Snooks got off the
fol’owing dreadful “goak” yesterday, after
taking a drink of ic? water, with * fy W
Why is a fellow that take* his lunch to
a drinking saloon every day like an instru
ment for indicating the weather?
■ Ana.—Because he is a bar-room eater!
(barometer.)
Urtftl HtaU,
dissolved to skim milk
. restore crape.
Ribbons of every kind should be washed
to oold suds and not rinsed.
Ifyour flat irons are rough mb them with
fine salt and it will make them perfectly
smooth.
If you are buying a c»fpet for durability
choose small figures.
A bit of soap rubbed on the hiogea of a
door will prevent its creaking.
Scotch snuff pnt to holes where crickets
come out will destroy them.
Wood ashes and - common salt wet
wift water will prevent the cracking of*
stove. - ;.i.
Strong lye pat in water will make it soft
as rail water. t->
Half a cranberry, it is said, bound on a
corn will soon kill it.
Igj)r. John Early, of Virginia, one of
the bishops of the M. E. Chnreh, South, is
dangerously ill at his home in Lynch-
First Bale—Our telegraphic report ag
nonnees the receipt of new eottoo. It caste
from Texas, and was received at the same
port on the 10th of August.
Leva’s Pap. '
There has been enrolled oyer one hun
dred negro applicants for appresttoeahlpto
the GovernnieDt Printing (wee to Wash
ington since the decision of the Chief of
the Bureau in their favor. Of this large
number only nine were needed in the offiee.
Cuffee is an apt scholar—a striptij iwitative
animal—an dp* goop found that Govern
ment pp was good for blaehl 5 a» well as
whites. In fact, be loves papas strongly
and yearns after it aa ardently as your reg
ular sirtoapnre carpet-bagger.
SWOtct a hundred wagons passed
through Matiooe, * Illinois, raeeatiy, the
teamsters being bound for Missouri to gath
er honey.
Mobile, August 6.—Last night a seri
ous riot occurred in this city, beginning at
an put-door radical mfleiiqg, to celebrate
the triumph of the radical candidate for this
Congressional District.
The meeting was a large one—all ne
groes except a few white leaders. Daring
the whole of yesterday, ramora were in cir
culation that the negroes were very mnch
excited, defiant and threatening, and meant
to born the Democratic candidate fop - Con-,
gross, Col. Mann, iq effigy.
Several Citizens called on the Mayor and
somp <?f tho Radical leaders, and advised
them that it would be better to . postpone
the meeting; for if the effigy throat wascar-
riedjeut the white people coold not he re
sinned from an attempt to rosent the in
dignity by force. It was thought that
these representations had the d®S>rad ef
fect, aqa there would he no meeting. At
eight o’clock the tar barrels were light,
and the negroes began to flock . in until
they swelled into a crowd of a thousand or
fifteen hundred. Many of them came arm
ed with gnus, hut a majority of them with
concealed weapon^—pistol?,'kniYes »°d ra
zors.
Nothtog occurred to disturb the harmo
ny of the meeting, except the inflammatory
talk of the carpet-bag speakers, until about
ten o’clock', when a jocose' dispute between
(NO cltisens, pq a subject entirely foreign
to politics, or the meeting, attracted some
attention, and to pressing np to see what it
was about, a white accidentally trod’ on tho
foot of a negro.
Jnst as the altercation abont this was set
tled, a pistol shot was heard, *qd this was
the signal far q general firing. The whole
orowd dispersed immediately. The firing
was continued a few moments, as the crowd
scattered, and to ten minutes a dead qui
et reigned, broken only by the tread of
white patrols. A detachment of United
States troops were stationed at the guard
house ag the reqapat of thq Mayor, to an
ticipation of trouble; they took no put to
the fray except to march up town to look
after and pnt a stop to some firing.
It is not known who fired the first shot.
It was the natural result of the excitement.
There were not OTer a hundred white men
OS lookers on at the meeting! The easaal-
ties were small, considering tie number of
ALABAMA.
Montgomery, Ang. 4.—Enough re-
tarns have been received to indicate the
certain election of ParkinsoD, Democrat, by
several hundred vot*3 in the third district.
Buckley, Radical, is elected in this dis
trict. | I 1 - ri-
Fennsylvanina.
•Philadelphia, August 5.—Patterson’s
bonded warehouse, on the foot of Lom
bard St. containing 40,000 barrels of whis
ky was burned. Loss_about eleven mil
lion dollars. The fire is attributed to a
break in the floor over the engine room.
The streets are flooded with burning whis
ky, impeding the firemen.
Later.—At noon to-day, the fire was
still raging, and there is a chanae of it ex
tending. Loss now estimated at five mil
lion dollars. No liveslort.
The Jnniata has gone to sea. The Dic
tator sails to-day. The Prrnstitwtira has
gone to Norfolk, where she will remain as
receiving ship. The double-terreted moni
tor, Maintonomah and the steamer Cam
bridge are fitting for sea.
Markets.
New York, August 5.—Stocks steady.
Money 6a7. Sterling Exchange 91. Gold
5 *** t ^*S° ; -
Flonr dull, unchanged. Wheat le. bet
ter. Corn la2c better. Pork doll at 33
00a33.12}. Lard steady; steam 18Ial8}.
Cotton qniet at 33?.
Liverpool, August 5, noon.—Cotton;
firmer; uplands 12Jd, Orleans 13al3Id;
sales 12.000 bales. Others unchanged.
A Big Thing,
A gigantic swindle, involving no less .
thaq 115,000,000 acres of public lands,
has just been brought to light. A compa
ny of speculators^ styling themselves the
“Southern Pacific railroad of California,”
have, it seems, managed to smuggle into a
law of Congress a provision that virtually
grants them the dominion and ownership
of 115,000,000 a ores of the publio lands.
An attempt on their part to seize the land,
without building the road designated to the
law, haB brought the matter to light,, to
the shape of remonstrance from (ho set
tlers, which was presented on their behalf
to the Commissioner of the Interior,on the
6th nit., by Messrs. Britton Sc Gray.—Sav.
Rep.
A Negro in the Sayannan Post Or
pice.—The Republican, of yesterday, an
nounces that for the first time in the histo-
ty of Savannah, a negro was on Monday
inaugurated in one of the most respecta
ble positions of the post office. L. B. Toom-
cr has been assinged to the General Deliv
ery, the department in which he will be
most thrown in contact with onr citizens.
We know nothing of his qualifications, bnt
it is a rare thing fat. adncxipJL whita nun
to possess thataptness for decipheringphiro-
grapltynecessary for the correct distribution
and delivery of letters, and it is hardly to
be expected to an imperfectly educated ne
gro.
It is rumored to Northern society that
Commodore Vanderbilt, now seventy five
years of ago, and a widower of a few months’
standing, is about to lead to the matrimoni
al alter a miss of sweet sixteen. Doubtless
this miss is not alone in desire to become a
millionairess.
Coffee Owns Sooth Carolina.-In
South Carolina a negro Senator recently
told a large assembly of his constinents
(blacks) : “The white people ray they are
going to bring Coolies and white emigrants
to this conntry. Bnt this country is ours;
we’ve got the Legislature, and we won’t
allow it—and we woa’t. We’ll put the
white man ten feet under ground, and as to
the Coolies, we’Jl put them twenty feet,”
shots and the dose quarters. Many shots
must have been fired in the air. Three ne
groes were killed outright; fonr police offi
cers were wounded, also, five negroes and
three white men were wonnded.
The Mobile Register of this morning com
meats onto riot as follows*? M iqw£. f nd
Last night’s work, done after our editori
al of this morning was in print, is a sharp
and quick commentary on to dangers we
forecast from to present aspect of affairs.
It is a burning sliame that to community
should be exposed to outrages tike this.—
And the oommunity owes it to itself, to
talff) mesratOji to protect itself against a rep
etition of them. *
As to where the blame lies tore is no
room for qnertioo. These deeds are the
direst outflow of to maddened passions cf
negroes, inflamed aad lashed into fury by
the pnblie harangue? aad private instiga
tions of to foreign radicals ip our midst.
It is a question for the public to decide,
how long these incendiaries shall be allow
ed to diatarbthe peace o.f society and to
safety of women and ohildren. We hope
that a public meeting will ije held to an
swer these questions.
The election tn to first Congressional
District is uncertain. It will take to offi
cial connt to decide.
Montoomeuy, August 6.—The returns
are still meagre, but enough is-known to
tender it certain that Buckley and Hays,
Radicals, have been elected in the Second
sad Fourth Districts, by negro majorities.
Dox and Sherron, Democrats, are elected
in the Fifth qnd Sixth districts, by whit*
Sea Gulls in Augusta.—There must
have been a stormy time Seaward, says the
Chronicle of Tuesday. Flocks of sea gulls
have been seen passing over the city for
the past two or three days aad several have
been shoe by our amateur sportsmen. These
birds are “curiosities of Nature” in these
parts.
•a_The following hearty words spoken
by Mr, Peabody, in response to tlie onmpli-
ihu
ment paid him at the White Snlphnr I
Springs in Virginia, have a special sig- ■
nificance in these days of Radical oppres
sion:
I should be glad, if * my strength
permited,to speak of my own cordial esteem
and regard for the high honor, in
tegrity and heroism of the Southern peo
ple.
At the Foot of the Hill. — Geuer- j
al James Longstreet, the Surveyor of the :
port at New Orleans, has nominated an-1
other colored man for position in his office, ;
which nomination will be Confirmed by
Secretary Boutwell.
S&-There is some talk in Washington
of a plan to re-establish the District of|
Colombia in its old limits by Congress, on j
the reconstruction of Virginia ; resuming |
control of thewhelo ten miles square, :n.|
eluding the town of Alexandria. It is]
said that President Grant favors the pro-j
ject.
■STAn exchange says President Grant?
has a new policy—provided by an insurance j
agent. It is not stated whether the policy!
was a presentor not, but be thatas it may,;
it is certainly the best policy he everr
had.
The amount of money sent through the
mail by postal money orders is increasing
at the rate of one hundred per cent annual
ly. This year tho aggregate foot? up thirj
ty million dollars against sixteen million*
last year, and it is estimated that thiq
amount will again double text year.
Jt@“A Washington dispatch ofthe 31st
says: The chief commotion in the Inter
nal Revenue Bures is the selection of
stamps for whisky and locks of distilleries
and bouded warehouses. There are at
least half a dozen different stamps, each one
of which claims the pre-eminence, and to
number ef samples of looks is enormous.
The special boards appointed by to Com
missioner to examine and report upon these
matters have been changed by adding to
or taking from them half a dozen times,
mnch to the chagrin of the inveqtors and
their friends. The Whisky Stamp Board
was changed again to-day, and consists
now of five instead of three members.
