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•S-rs-)jrjr £gc- - 0 U r -MK XXIV. -^WlXIXL. Prop’r. BATES OF WEEKLY. Mj? r I Si* ^ tfntlths I!' VA ‘‘. „„r« cue copy will To^? rri ^° ... $3 00 .....i rs ...-1-00 r more ene copy will be fur- 11. DWIKELL, Proprietor. tEr,A Aby I A V dSs S S?s! r E»etors Ac Tuesday'^. „ and three-rathe I £» ° f ,e “, Se Court House in the county in S*Sjj£SS^2* be s ivcn in a pub - ! tShpjre eud^^’^”' of “ eStat ®’ ;■ CHEROKEE FAIR ASSOCIATION. VU/UlH-Iv » ♦ i Chattooga County Speaks. — let other Counties In the Cherokee Country J * |T of Ga. and Ala. come to Time. ScNMEHViIXE, Ga., } Aug. 24th, 1869. } Maj. B. F. Jones, Secretary, Rome, Ga.: Dear Sir—I have done about as much as I think I will he able to do in tho way of getting stock and .membership for tho Fair. Should have written'you earlier, but ox- pected to be in Rome., .Did not get', the' subscription book in time to do anything before 1st Tuesday in August. I have 28 shares subscribed and 7 mem berships. ; Do you wish a list of tho names. Respectfully, C. C. CLEGnonN. We wish our readers and everybody else to understand that our Fair is to a grand affair—in fact, one Of the largest that has ever yet been held in this State—the ar rangements being made all tend to that W» regret that our cxchani iifcV-ors abfwiHbd, made tu the ’pnUtin! f " r '*f“ t t r “i )0 0f ptb6ahod 30 days—for ggt in this matter, liauship is- i3is tration, three months- iS^r- rfu Guardianship, 40 days. dtan»»» l0 , cura „f Mortgages must Sale for the foreclose ' w dnth*efcr cs- c published mon ®/, (i _ tlie full space of threo ablif liinp last paper , Executors or ^V-fareompoUml^eslrs ^ by ‘ taimS S fmthetall space of three montns. for me wu y continued accord- Sr&As* Citations for lctwr^^ for disiuissmn from _ .s The Railroad Meeting at XaFayette. We learn tliat HiB Honor, the Mayor, has appointed A. R. Wright, J. W. H. Underwood, J. P. McDowell and D. M. Hood, delegates to., .attend the Railroad vohero, application for—ma’..... Soutr'of JiSmi T!..!r 4 00 i of of —SATUKDAY morning, A#g. THE PRESS EXCURSION. Tlii< party arrived in Rome yesterday, Friday Morning, at 1J. o'clock. There are about oue hundred persons participating in this excursion. The names rf the parties repressing the various publications of the State may be found in the proceedings of the Press Convention, published in another •ooldiun. We notice in the party, Gov. Bullock; Col. Hulbeat, Eupt. State Road; Mid son Bell, Comptroller .General; R. B. leister, Sec. of Ex. Dept.; Judge Harrel, of Patiala Circuit; Judge Parrott of the Cherokee Circuit ; Mayor Hulsey and Aid. Howell of Atlanta;' Hon. R. L. McWhor- ter, Speaker of the Rouse; Senators Mc Whorter, Smith, Candler, Nunnal'y, liar- •ris, denes and others. The representatives of the Atlanta Press are J. S. Peterson for •the Intelligencer, V. A. Gaskell for the lira, and II. 0. Grady for tho Constitution. ] Col. Hulhert deserves credit for the am ple and admirable arrangements he lias made for this tour of observation through the rich mineral regions of the Cherokee •orautry. Untold millions of wealth here die neglected comparatively unknown, and we rejoice .that Ahe practical energy and sound judgment of vjal. Ilulbert, has prompted him to give-tithe ifflartt estate” an opportunity to know something of titoge great resources, that when developed, will t render our atcetiou oue of the richest in Auieiiea. While we have no sympathy ■with his politics, we cannot withhold the ■meed of praise he deserves for the indom itable energy he has exhibited in attract ing capital and desirable immigration to 'Georgia, and. by bringing to light her min eral .stealth,^putting her on the high road '■ to: prosperity, We learn that the excursionists were a little disappointed at Chattanesga, • from the fact that owiug to the lowness.of the river, they were deprived of a trip to the Iron Works above that city. The entire party, while in Rome, were 'du,guests of the city, at the Choice Hotel, . an’d, cutctaincd in a manner the best that ■cntild, be commanded on the short notice. Afarninl speech of welcome was made at the dinner table by His Honor the Mayor, and responded to by Gov. Pullock, Col. Clfehy und Col. Ilulbert. Many Romans joined the party, and. all ; left on tlic Steamer Etowah 3 at o’clock, P. • M., for.ajjaip down the Coosa. They will 1 probably return to Rome Sunday Morning, ■and go down on the Selma Road on Moh- «iay. i Hi $5,000 Reward. Gov. 'Bullock offers the aboye reward for the apprehension, sitlr ‘evidence to con- "•ict.idf the lawless persons who, by threats gollbc keys, and opened thejail roYeffel icouniy, ea the 18th of July, and there muifiored John G Lee. ' -* • ' h Horrid Murder. We hear that a respectable woman,' by the aatne of Conley, was murder eel near the residence of Mr. Venable, of Adairs- xdle, last Monday evening. She went ont to milk tho cows, and next morning . was found dead some 200 yard* from the., cow peu. with her head literally mashed, r i Suspicion rests upon Jack Graham, a#jB» gfOj who fos been arrested uod is now- id iaa - 'in*?, fi-o jjnkA. Personal—Wc were pleased to iel- eunie to our sanctum on yesterday stvetraj of the editorial fraternity wjio.'jare 'partici pants in the press excursion. ‘tarn, Meesr*. JJarke of the. Maco gc Wi lingba'm and ’iojPbf the LaGrange Renortcr G ‘ Correspondence. Frees Excursion—Arrangements and Ob jects of—A complete Success, etc. Etna Coal Field, etc. __ For sometime Col. B. Hulbert, Superin tendent of the Western & Atlantic Rail road, has had in contemplation to give the Press of Georgia a free ride, to be known as the Press Excursion. Iii his efforts he has been cordially supported by all railroads and steamboat companies of the State. With a view to this object, a splendid train, with equipments, all complete, amply provided every comfort for the inner man, and two splendid Bleeping coaches, at 7 a. m., August 25th, all was in readiness, and with a fnU.and complete representation of the Press, with a number of outsiders, the* whistle blew, and off we went. To even a critical observer, there could be nothing found wanting, and be it said, to the creditof Col. H., his arrangement challenges admiration, and his objects the cordial support of every one. Every citi zen of Cherokee Georgia has long been con vinced that our mineral resources are un surpassed,‘hnd all that was wanting was for some.one to make a start, and induce mdn of deans to come among us, to aid in de veloping the same. Col. Hulbert, with a view to bring before the world the superior advantages of Cherokee Georgia, deemed a free excursion to tho Press, as me of the best means to effect so laudable au enter- prise. We are glad to say that an enterprise of so much importance is far on the high road to success, and do not hesitate to say that tbs Press Excursion is a complete success. Our brothers of the quill will now have something interesting to write shout, and for a time, at least, will devote their time to something more substantial than politics, and of infinite more advantage to oar bank rupt people. is re&eshing to see men of all political shades quietly traveling together, and for once making a united effort to forget po. litical differences, and to lend their efforts to the more laudable cause of developing the great wealth that nature has bestowed upon- ns. Cuffee for once has been for- The splendid scenery of onr moun tains and valleys, with the battlefields, which gives ns a prominent place in history, thpiare to be seen from every point of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, has made a deep impression upon the minds of all, .and proclaims in thunder tone?, what men will do when pressed to the yyalj. Mutual for bearance seems to prevail, and yre predict that in future abetter state pf sentiments and feelings will prevail. CARTERSVILLE. The first point examined was the crush ing machine for making ballastforthe State Road, on the banks of the Etowah, an in genious machine that does the work of about .twenty men. The second halt was made at Carters- Ville, where specimens of mineral wealth of Bartow and Polk nos. were profusely shown We have not space to enumerate # wo 8aw, suffice it to say that there many magnificent specimens of iron ore, slate, marble and building stone, that is not surpassed in any section. Maj. Mark A. Cooper, the veter- an iron inan of Cherokee Georgia, made a It is believed by his personal friends here jaiing speech, and proved conclusively that jliat he will accept the invitation. the building of the Van Wert Railroad was a necessity, and would open up a field of boundless wealth when fully developed The veteran editor of the Macan Telegraph responded in an appropriate speech and both irs were loudly cheered by a numer ous assembly of citijEens, while the brass band of Cartersville discoursed music that would Jmv.e made Orpheus jealous for all meeting at' LaFayette; oh Monday, the 30th. ■ : r Water Melon—The largest ever - Grown in the Cherokee Country. Mr. Wm. McGhee of Cherokee, Go. Ala., has sent ,us .another of his mammoth melons. lit weighed W ib 8 .- 'P* presented to the press excursion pariy, me that weighed 57 lb*. We have nodonbt this is the largest water melon ever grown in the Cherokee country. Painful Accident. A A. Omberg,'jr., fireman on the Rome Road, was struck by a piece of fence rail when, about four miles from Rome, last Thursday night, and very seriously,. and it is feared fataRy hurt. It is supposed that the fence rail was lying on the track, and thrown up by the locomotive wheel. - Commercial Office Sojd. Mr. M. A. Nevin has purchased the above named printing establishment, end wjll take possession about the 1st of September- New Advertisement. Dr. Hillyer offers his splendid plantation on Etowah River,for sale. . J * j New f urniture Store. On the 1st of Sspt JJr. Wm. Ketcham, will open in the Csldw.eli building opposite .he Banking House of Cothran & /Ma guire,a elegant stock of furniture. Mr. K,, is well known in this section of country ns a No, 1 business man, and we welcome his return to ourcity, .gricultural We are glad to learn that ex-President Johnson has been invited to deliver an ad dress to the: Cherokee Fair Association ton November 5th,thelast day of : the Fair.— Whose Fault is It. We have reliable'information that tue Courier is frequently ten days in getting from Rome to Coatee, Ala. If we are correctly informed, there a mill‘ three times a week from Cross Plains to Centre, and we know it is daily to the former place. The same complaint is also made In "regard to letters. Who is to blame ? Drugs for Southern Georgia, Dr. R;-Wi Mttohejl sold and shipped last sek quite .Marge ibiH of . di ctnes to Valdosta It thing for him to ship large, bills of g°0ds, but.it is remarkable that he or any oiie should ship goods from here through 6a- vaunahta any point hejj^th?ig. ^ gratifying to know that the wholesale trade of our e(Wis increaring. Fine Store Woiise. toJIeut. The Masonic Hall building, now occupie* by Jones & Harper, is to root. Possession given October 1st. It is one of . the best stands and houses in the city—See adver tisement. Robhories onSand Mountain. We have for some time past, been bear- &S82GE&3&S& fihvf. there was <a regular -organized hand of itemthal lanta McthodiiS'~AdvhMteAt.lriiwfn of foe Southern;' Banner,'W- L. ;f pwngton'-Entet^ie irisd Maititf» afiCol- bus^Flnquirer. ^vftdlpc TdAroj fcli a , finmntrfil. that Tic had-paid 8325,for and while,•: ing.Sand iilpuntuq,’alone, he wasast by.a party of armed disguised men, aufi or dered to dismount. They took from him his horteY pocket .hopk, watch and eveapocket knife; and told him to get away from that section a* soon P.e pofsible. IIo,took their advice; and after walking , tbr?e pr ; four miles, came up with a uian standing by a?) , had. been robbed/ pj^aWji Pj fjro -^me band, of bis horse and everything, except his buggy.-j_ji_-i» uj'jrtia»«y»q li wT | Can not the law-abiding citireno of that section organize a company aud ferret out those fellows and bring them to justice. ^'Thc MidigopFafm jou/uit} reports;the change Ini' the condition of Hp.n. Foster as unfavorable. No hope of h*s rer covery. The Etowah Iron Works, better known as Cooper’d Iron Worts,have recently been seized by the United States Government ^ as the property of the Confederate . J States.*!*-**' ***&$> time to come. From Cartersville we proceeded to Chat tanooga direct, and found nothing on the road to cheer us, tho longeontinpied drouth having almost completely d^troypd the once promising crop of corn, still on every ' were not want. ^ m ^ P in. Chattanoo ga, where we were serenaded by the Brass Band, and wefeopied by pha .SJayor and cit izens. Quito a ^itgrfipr ,of . . w^e made by members of the excursion pa and responded to by . onr brother Teni seeans with hearty good wilL All of the speeches were short and to the* point, and met with cordial reception. The contest for superiority as a railroad centre, was ably disc ussed by Atlanta men, in favor, of their city, while ..Chattanooga representatives urged its claims,'with modest assurance, and we think not without substantial argu ment. The Gate City will have to look to its laurels for Chattanooga is wide awake, and. jiasfainprospects^ahead °ntto become ties in the South. feii-v: After a jovial night in Chattanooga they paida visit to. tho Etna coal mines, near the Nashville - and Chattanooga Railroad, and witnessed a coal mine in full blast. Ma- nv laughable things occurred, and but for the high regard we have for the unfortu nate parties, we would he tempted to relate a few, even in th« letter, and we do not think we eau forbear to tell a few pf the prominent in our next. io Etna coal niino is ope of vast magni tude, and is being successfully worked by a New York Company. The mife is situa ted on Raccoon Mountain, about eight hun dred feet above the water. level, and now has employed about one hundred and twen- ty hands. It is approaehed hy railway, on three separately inclined plains.. The cars being drawn up’ the first and third by sta tionary engines, over the second' there are two tracks, the loaded cars coming down draws up 'the empty, and SP perfect complete and systematic are the arrange ment that all goes on like elook work, and over two thousand tons of coal monthly is landed at the side track of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, the principal market for which is south, ' : The coal is bituminous and of good qual ity-majority of the miners are English, and make good wages, say ?2 to $3, being paid by the bushel at 3 cents per bushel.— An immense amount of work is being done, and tbp vein of coal which averages full thirty inches, is almost ipt^hae^tahle, we predial that flip mine will nkimately prove very valuable. Up to this time $350,000 has been spent, and all now is in readiness (should the demand for coal be good enough) to take out three hundred tons per day, which would enable the Company to sell coal fora very short profit. We wish we c*uld give a full and complete descrip tion of this extensive work, with the im pressions produced by this, onr first visit, into the-coal mine, which at this time pen etrates into the mountain sixteen hundred feet, but space will not admit of onr saying more- In our next we will tell you some things that occurred to some of our party, but as the train is off now for Rome, we must say farewell for the present to old Zip. Tobacco Batting. Below we give an extract from the Rev enue Law in reference to leaf tobacco, for the benefit of onr forming friends, as ma ny are.of opinion they would have to pay a revenue tax on all they raise and sell, con sequently they refi ained from planting, bnt such is not the case, as yon will see by the following extract: ■Farmers and planters, for selling to bacco of their own prodnetion, or tobacco received by them as rents from tenants; who have produced the same on their lands are not required to pay a special tax as' dealers in leaf tobacco.” You see from the above, there'is no tax required of the producer, if he sells it in the leaf The dealers who bny and sell it, are required to pay a license tax of $25 per annum. There is a tax of 32 cents per pound on twist, fine cut ping, and twisted tobacco by hand, or reduced from leaf into a condition to be consumed, and offered for sale. The producer, or the purchaser, can mancfactnre what they need for their own use without being liable to tax. It is believed that most of the tobacco used will be in that way. This section is favorably adapted to the growth of tobacco, and we are told that it is a more profitable and certain crop than cotton. If this be so, we hope our farmers will torn their attention to its culture. Tbc Georgia Press Convention. The Press Convention met today in the City Council Chamber, and elected the fol lowing officers : President, Joseph. Clisby, of the Macon Telegraph. Vice Presidents, J H Christy, of the Athens Watebman, A E Wright, of the Chronicle & Sentinel, and H H Jones, of the Cuthbert Appeal- Secretaries, CH C Willingham and 4 R Watson. The following papers were thus repte- sented ; Macon Telegraph, Joseph Clisby. Athens WatsUmaP, 2 5 Christy. Atlanta Constitution, A W Avery and W A Hemphill. Albany News, C W Styles. Chronicle & Sentinel, A R Wright and Henry Moore. Central Georgian, Joseph Medlock. Constitutionalist—-J W Call. Ajnnpoe Advertiser—Joseph Clisby (By proxy.) Journal 4 Messenger, T A Bnrke. Columbus Euqnirev, England and Mar tin. Intelligencer, Whitaker and Steele. Hancock Journal, Royal Dubose. Marietta Jonrpal.JIr- Neill- American Union, J C Sway^e. Georgia Enterprise, Beebee and Anfier- n. Cuthbert AppeaL H H Jones. Hawldnsville Dlspatob, W D Boully. LaGrange Reporter, C H C Willingham. Greensboro Herald, H M Borns. Newnnn Herald, J C Wooten- Athens Banner, Atkinson and Fulton. Madison Examiner, T H S Brobston. Americns Cornier, E H Christian. Rome Courier, M Dwinell. Griffin Star, F 8 Fitch- Day School Visitor, J P SbpPUt, Covington Examiner, W A Harp. Georgia Farm Journal, J F Shecut. Washington Gazette, J H WtighL Dawson Journal, 6 B W?ston •' Christian Index, J J Toon- Atlanta Medioal and gnrgipal Journal, J W Westmoreland, Rural Southerner, Sam Echols. Scott’s Magazine, B B Crew. Sumpter Republican, C N Hancock. Milledgeville Georgian, S B Burr. Total 39. After organization had been thoroughly effected, a motion to appoint standing com mittees for various purposes, was made by C'f Styles, and after amendments was parried to this effect. That the following oommittees bp ppmunfed! 1st Committee on Permanent Orgaufca; tion; 2d, on Legal and Gfmera! Advertis ing; 3d. on agencies—Cash and credit sys tem; 4th on Constitution and By-Laws and Rules; 5th, on Pres*. Each committee fo PflPSUit pf 5 members; Maj. Steele, amended the motion, thus j That the Committee report to the Conven tion daring the next session, which will be held at Macon, during the Fair week-day determined by the President. Thanks were returned by the Conven tion, to the City Council, to the various railroads of the State, and to all merchants and citizens from whom favor have been received. After some minutiae had been attended to, the Convention adjourned till to night, at 8 o’clock.—At. Const. Cane PpLP.—A large form near Nor folk, Va., has been purchased by a compa ny, with a design of extracting the pulp from the cane which abounds in the adja cent swamps. This pulp, it is claimed, will make when compressed, admirable material for building houses and ships, as well as buckets and other qtensils which are con structed of wood. It is claimed that, when Pfoperiy pressed, tjie page pnjp ip much lighter' than wood, while equally impervi ous to water, It will not shrink, crack or rot; worms will not touch it, and it is almost incombustible. Tho cost of preparing it it said to he smalL There is BtiU another use for it. It is asserted it is far softer and het- terfor paper making than straw, and much cheaper than cotton rags. If these magi- nificcnt expectations are fulfilled, the com pany will not only make a fortune, bnt be optitled to the re putation of public henefSv tor*. — ■* That Comet. The farce of the comet is still kept up, the star Jupiter appearing every night in that role. Such conversations as this are quite oommon with the love and-moon-light- axenrsion parties; Young man. looking through his hand at Jupiter—There she is, here’s your comet. Another—That there’s no comet; it hasn’t no tail. , • Young man—Vos it has, too; only it i tail’s behind it and invisible to the naked ®J 8, . -it Another, quite convinced—Oh, yis, all animals do have their tails behind ’em. Give us a light. ‘Rah for the comet. . . . ■ Rnr^M Impeachment of Bollock. We learn from persons who profess to know sduiwof they speak, that a deter mined purpose is expressed by a large num ber of members of the House of Repre sentatives of onr Legislature to prefer ar ticle! of impeachment against Gov. Bul lock, immediately after the General As sembly meets, and that the movement is daily gaining strength among the members. There are said to be many alleged grounds of impeachment, the principle of which are the spending of large sums of the pub lic money by the Governor without author ity of law, the conversion of the State’s funds to his own private use, and the abuse of the pardoning power. It is confidently asserted that State Treasurer Angier is prepared to furnish abundant and conclusive proof of the two first Charges, and as to the third, abnso of the pardoning power, almost every county ia the State can prove where hgally con- vioted criminals of the deepest dye, many of whom have confessed their guilt, have been let loose upon society by the so-called neney of the Executive, until the pco- hmve almost abandoned confidence in tection which the law affords against —Macon Messenger. [From tbo New York Express. What is Coming. The following affords food for reflection : “The Chinese empire, an area of 4,695,334 square miles, 477,500,000 inhabitants—or 101.6 persons to the square mile. We should say, however, that China proper has an area of 1,200,000 square miles, with population of450,000,000—or 346.1 to te square mile, the most densely populat ed of any section of the world. Here is material for emigration to the United States beyond anything Europe af fords. There are on the Pacific coast now from British Colombia down to Mexico, over 100,000 of these Chinamen. Their highest wages there are about $30 per month, on which they live at at a cost of ten to fifteen cents per day—rice befog their chief article of food. The Chinese steamers brfogthem from Hong Hong and Shanghai to San Francisco for $40, and the sailing ships for less price. The Chinese earn in their own country about $1 to $2 per month, and can be brought to the Atlantic States for $40— affording well to work here for $4 or $6 a month, if found, and the finding wonld not cost over ten or fifteen cents per day, snch finding as thpy are content with- Their clothes cannot cost over SJQ pep yaap, ex clusive of their shoes, and not much over that, if they continue to wear here their Chinese shoes. Facts like these afford the profoundest reflection; for, from these 450,000,000 of Chinamen, the emigration is now coming by thousands and tens of thousands. Lore of the Beautiful, Place a young girl under the care of a kind hearted, graceful woman, and she, un consciously of herself, grows into a grace ful woman. Place aboy in the establish ment qf a thorough-going, straightforward business man, and the boy becomes a self- reliant, ptactical business man. Children are susceptible creatures, and circumstances and scenes, and actions al lays impress. As yon influence them, nut bv arbitrary rules, pop by stern examples alone, bnt in a thousand ' other ways that speak through beautiful forms, pretty pie; tnres, etc., they will grow. Teach your children then, to love the beautiful. Give them a oorner in the garden for flowers: encourage them to pnt it in the shape ot hanging baskets; allow them to have their favorite trees; learn them to wander in the prettiest woodlets; show them where they con best view the sunset; rouse them in the •ning, not with the stern “time to work,” W4h /hpeqthqsiastio “s§s the beautiful sun rise; 1 ’ buy for them pretty pietupes, and encourage them to decorate their rooms in his or her childish way. Give them an inch qpd they will go a mile. Allow them ~ a ppipijege, and they will make your imp beautiful. New £bief Justice Chase Favoring Party. It is saidthat just after the rpsqlt of the Virginia election became known Chief Jos- tice Chase wrote a confidential letter to a prominent politician in Tennessee, an old friend of his, wherein he expressed much gratification at the defeat of the bitter-end ers in Virninia, and rejoiced over the suc cess of the conservatives. The Chief Jus- fipe expressed the hope that results similar to that in Virginia would be produced in Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas, and stropgly hinted that in his opinion the Republican party bad served its day, and the time was at hand when a new conserve- tire party should be formed which wonld embrace the moderate men of all existing parties. This letter was kept quiet for some time, bnt after the Tennessee election tbe gentleman to whom it win addressed to consider the seal of secrecy removed and showed it around quite freely. He re fused, however, to give it to the press.— fferald. Rapid Promotion. Hon.'JndahP. Benjamin, late of the Confederate Cabinet, bnt now of England, has, after two years practice at the bar, been made Qneen’s Counsel, an honor al most without precedent in the promptitude of its bestowal. Aside from making him senior counsel in whatever eases he may be employed, the promotion will considera bly add to his emoluments. Befog on the Liverpool and Manchester circuit, he will be retalued ip commercial litigations ofim- portapee. . A Rough Customer. A rather rough and ugly customer, in the shape of a fourteen foot aligator,_ all alive and kicking,came up from Americns yester day and was consigned to a party, in Atlan ta. He was boxed up pretty closely _ and, judging from the lond blowing and noise he made,his imprisonment most have been rather oppressive. He was captured we suppose,™ the MBg!«5ae erf elf, near Atetr- cos,In which, fie qrp informed, arp great quantities of these ugly creatures, The one in question looked like he had swallow ed many a fat little pig and occasionally, ' a sleek little nigger.—^Macon Swapenslpa pa Faf tory Some of the New England mills that pro duce print cloths, having worked np theii stock of raw material,have suspended oper ations until the new crop of cotton comes into the market. It is also stated some of the large mill* on Full River,whicb make this hind of ploth, eomtomplato put ting their mills on short time until trade assumes a more encouraging aspect, in re gard to this particular line of business.— Sav. News. From Washington. ■Washington. D C., August 24.— The cable telegram from Madrid, stating that a treaty has been signed for the ces sion of Cuba to tbe Cubans is generally credited here, though no official dispatches are at hand from spe?ial agent Forbes, who, in connection with Sickles, has been con ducting the negotiations, framed in accor dance with a protocol agreed on in this city on July 1. The treaty said to have been signed, re quires the approval of Ccspcdcs and this government, who are to be in seme way responsible for the security of the purchase money. The Cnban envoy is here await ing advices and also the return of the Pres ident Mississippians of prominence write here that, while the President’s support of Judge Dent for the Governorship of Mississippi was folly expected when the latter’s name was first mentioned for the place, the for mer’s recent refusal will not prevent the nomination of Dent, and his election is re garded with equal confidence. A cam- campaign of great vigor is anticipated after the nomination is made on the 7th of Sep tember. It seems to be the understanding now that if the test oath is exacted of the Vir ginia Legislature, such members as cannot take it will resign, and thus require a new election to fill the vacancies. These va cancies, it is maintained, can be filled by oonservative men, who can take the test oath. Oomlclde In Hancock. Mr. Posey,of Hancock county shot and killed a negro man last week, who had armed himself with a pistol and approached Mr. Posey’s residence for the pnrpose of killing him. Mr. P., when the negro had stated the object of his visit, ran into the house and got his gun, and coming to the door fired upon the negro,the negro at the same time returning the fire. Mr. P.’s shot took effeotand killed the negro. The sons of the negro who had attended their father' in his murderous mission, then fired upon Mr. P. wounding him severely near the kidneys, and also wounding a little child in the thigh, who |was behind him in the it the house. The coroner’s jury acquited Mr. P. of all blame in the matter—Macon Tel. Cuba. Cuban affair still remains in a very un settled condition. Each day’s Telegrams generally contain something relative to the progress of the revolution there, but. there is nothing upon which one can predicate an opinion relative (o the eventual re suit. There have been many rumors of late relative to the existence of negotiations be tween Spain and the United States in re gard to to tbe sale of the Island, bnt the leading Madrid papers^all deny them. The government, they say, will pot entertain any proposition of the kind until the'revo- lotion there have been snbdncd. Elephant Flows. Among the usual agricultural implements now manufactured in Great Britain, are iarge numbers of elephant plows, which are forwarded by way of the Mediterannean,the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea and In dian Ocean, to the place of their destina tion. Every morning, at sunrise, the ele phant takes his mahout by the waist belt, ilaces him pn his back, and starts jpto the leld. Two Assistants guide the two plow handles, and as iong as the sun is above the horizon the elephant marches along, throwing np a huge ridge behind him, the farrow baring a breadth of four and a half feet, and a depth of three.—Ex change. OguThe Eatonton Press and Messenger tugoitg late corn gone np, hot the whole yield of corn for Putman is 27 per ceat. more than last year. Severe wind on Mon day—slight showers. Cotton much dam aged by droguht—loss probably one-fourth 0? the cotton crop by hot weather. gi.Cctton Is opening rapidly every where, and prematurely. Receipts will be heavy, we apprehend, for a while; bnt the bulk of the crop will probably be in mar ket by December first. Wbat a falling off from onr glorious expectations!—Macon TeL ‘ • '• Sgt.A gentleman writes ns from Camilla. Mitchell county, August 20th: “We are having very dry, hot weather at .present. Cotton, potatoes, etc., suffering—cotton shedding badly from dry weather and rnst. Caterpillar doing bnt little barm.” - Onr dispatches state that Secretory Bout, well and General Bntler will visit opr city daring the coming fair.-:-Macon The Kentucky negroes complain that glorious liberty of citizenship prevents theirmarryfog half adozen wives. CottBilfenoN.—The Harvard professor, the espousals of whose daughter to Fred Douglas’ son were recently ejmmioled with so much eclat, is not a white man On the contrary, be is a negro prize fighter, who has been engaged to teach boxing to the students. ggk_The N. V. Sun, (rep.) in all allu sion to the States now undergoing the proo’ss of “reconstruction,” assures Genera Grant, that '‘the sooner he abandons a oowardly and nnprinciplod line of policy,the better it will be for him and his admin istration." J&*Col. Hulbcot has paid into the State Treasury 825,000 from the earnings of the State Road for the month of July. Brecklnbrldgc—Hiu Reappearance at tke Bar. At the court-house in Lexington, on Satnday afternoon, General Breckenbridge made his first effort at the bar since the beginning of the late terrible conflict. He aigned before the court in the ease of Cook vs. Innis, administration, which involves some pbstrusp lega} questions. He also addressed the jury as only General Breck enbridge can, the power of his oratory and Mu handsome personal appearance having the usual striking effect. It has been al most a decade since Gen. B. has aU^p^j the conduct pf g legal ease, and the romtnoe, the victories and defeats, the crushed hearts and bloated hopes of an uocuccessful war, caused this first appearance of General B. at the bar to he regarded with pecnlar inter est and his remarks to be listented to with the closest attention.—Louisville Evening Express, 18<li. What It Waalnteaded For. The Wheeling Register says the tost oath operates only to keep henest men oat of of fice. That’s all it is expected to do. Decisions of tbe Sapreme Court of Cuorgia oa the Homestead Exemptlea. Delivered at Atlanta Saturday, Aug. SI. Reported by N. J. Ilummoud, Supreme Court Reporter. From the Atlanta Constitution. B. F. Hardeman, plaintiff in error, vs. Jno. . Daw.ier, defendant in error. Home stead from Oglethorpe. McCay J. 1. Homestead and exemption laws when made in good faith, to secure to the fami ly of insolvent debtors a reasonable means of subsistance from the’ debtor’s property, do not even, though retroactive, fall with in the prohibition of article 10, section 1, of the Constitution of the United States, declaring that no State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contract. 2. The Constitution of the United States does not prohibit a State from divesting a vested right except when the right is vested by virtue of and under a contract of the parties. 2. A creditor nnder an ordi nary contract requires no vested right inthe property of his debtor, and it is within the power of a State to de clare which of the claimants against an in solvent debtor, a stranger or his wife ancf family, who by law have a legal right to a support from him, shall have preference. 4. The condition of this State in the for mation and adoption of the Constitntion, of 1868, was anomalous,'and it was com petent for the convention and the people with the express consent of the United States, to adopt as part of the Constitn- tion the article therein provided for a homestead, or any other provision designed to adjust the evils and inequalities pro duced by the ravages of the war, and the emancipation of the slaves; such provisions stand upon the footing of a compact be tween the State and the United States, at the close of the war, inadjnstment of the in equalities produced between the individn- als by the settlement imposed upon the -—pie by the United States. he Constitntion of1868, was made for a people without civil government, and no Coart established by that Constitution, can take up itself a jurisdiction therein denied toil, by assuming a jurisdiction belonging to some court of the civil government de stroyed by the revolution. If the new Constitntion fails to carry over to the new organization snch jurisdiction as is neces sary to enforce a legal contract, it is a fail ure, not in the power of the judiciary to remedy. The evil if it he one, is political and rests with that power wherein deposi ted the sovereignty of the State. The homestead provision of the Consti tntion of 1868, is retroactive, and applies to judgments, executions and decrees, founded on debts contracted before its adoption, even though reduced to judg ment before that time, and is without ex ception, save as therein provided. The exceptions in said provision are al so retroactive, and cover debts of the. ex cepted character whenever contracted. Each of the exceptions is to be read in connection with the words ‘Judgment, execution' or decree,” and with snch oth er words as are necessary to complete the sense, so that before snch of said excep tions is to be understood,'the words judg ment, execution or decree,”, founded on a debt contracted for the purchase money, etc. Brown, C. J. concurred as follows : 1, The same propositions whiph are an- annoutced in the cafe of Shorter, vs. Cobb as to the denial of jurisdiction to the courts qf this State, to enforce debts for slaves or the hire thereof, are eqqally true and applicable to that part of the npw State Constitution which secures to each family a homestead, and declares : that no court or ministerial officer, shall qver have jurisdiction qr authority to enfbroe any judgment, decree or cxeontion against the property so set apart, except for taxes, etc as therein excepted. This denial of juris diction applies as well to judgments, de crees and executions rendered prior, as subsequent, to the adoption of said Consti tution. 2. Amidst tho genera 1 wreck of fortunes and destruction of rights, caused by the war, theStatel by her convention, called as required by Congress, to form a new State government, had the right to pro pose this measure to the conquering gov ernment, which had the rower to approve and sanction it, as a means of equalizing losses to some extent, and of retaining and inviting population, by securing to each family a home, free from old'liens, which to have and., creditor satisfied by property whiph by property was swept away by the delnge of destrno- tion, which reduced an opulent and proud people to poverty and drove them to verge of despair. ■ ‘-‘irj r~ 8. In this state of things, the homestead measure was a necessity, and its adoption was dictated by sound public policy to save a large class of intelligent, patriotic oiti zens and their families from despondency, by placing it in their power again to be come useful members of society, and by honest toil and the exercise 6f frugality aud economy, to maintain a competency, if not to acquire, even in a greater degree, the comfort of life. . 4. Sound public policy required the adoption of this measure as a part of the terms upon which the State was to be re admitted to her rights ia the Union, io pre vent monopolies, end the reduction of a large majorrty of her population to a con dition of tenacity ana vassalage. While rights and property of every other dezerip* tion had been lost or destroyed by the war to have held that judgments, mortgages, etc., in the hands of note shavers and mon ey lenders, were the only property that had been insured by the government, and that was too sacred to be touched, and to have made no arrangement, with the aseent of Congress inreadjnstfog the status of the State, to prevent the side by tbe Sheriff of the vast extent of territory in the State, covered by these old liens, at a time when there was very little money ip the State with which to pay debts or to purchase property, vQuld have resulted in tbo sacri fice of the lands qf the State nnder the Sheriffs hunttnefi and their purchase by a few wealthy persons and companies, which wonld have built np a landed aristo^ay more lordly and eontrollfog )a ad muebaoro exacting and. Oppreesive than ever existed ubaer the old slavery system. The con vention had a right to propose a remedy, and Congress bad a right to interpose and sanction a Constitution which prevented this great public wrong. In tbe pleni tude of this power over tbe conquered State Congress did so; and it acted justly and wisely in so doing. 5. That pert of the Constitution of this State which denies to the courts jurisdic tion to enforce any' judgment, execution, etc., against the homestead, does not violate tbe 10th section of the first article of the Constitution of tbe United Staten, as the said State Constitution was farmed under the dictation and control of Congress, ss the representative of the conquering gov- eminent, and is the act of Congress be cause it derives its vitality from tbe sanction of Ongress, and not from the free choice or conseotofthe State; aod it matters not whether the part of the State Constitntion now under consideration was dictated by Congress or proposed by the Convention and accepted and approved by Congress, the legal effect is the same, as the whole instrument was invalid and of no force till it was approved by Congress, whose power is not limited by said section of the Consti tution of the United States. 6. It is not the busiocss of the Courts to inquire whether the homestead is larger . than was actually necessary. That was a question for the consideration of the Con- • vention which proposed the measure, and for the decision of the Congress which ap proved and ratified it. 7. The word incumbrances in the 1st section of the 7th Article of the Canstitu- tion of this State is not to be construed in ; its broad legal sense, and to embrace all . judgments,decrees, mortgages and execu- - tions. To say that no court or ministerial officer in this State shall ever have jurisdic tion or authority to enforce any judgment,.' decree cr exeentions against said property . so set apart as a homestead; except that they may enforce all “incumbrances there on,” which means any and all judgments, decrees and execution which may at any' time exist against tbe same, is to say that : the Convention and the Congress were guilty of the absurdity of denying jurisdic tion in all such cases by the body of the act, and restoring it by the proviso or ex-' 'ception,which is contraiy to all true rules of construction. ■ -1-/V We are to construe this part of the Con stitution in connection with the whole in strument,when we are attempting to ascer- 'tain what the law-givers meant. Taking the whole as proposed by the Convention, all jurisdiction was denied to the Courts to enforce any judgment, execution or de cree rendered upon any contract made pri or to the 1st June, 1865, except in certain excepted cases. Now it seems quite clear after this denial of jurisdiction,that they did not intend by the use of the word incum brances, in the section now nnder consider ation, to restore the jurisdiction in all ca ses where it might authorize the sale of the homestead; the protection of which was one of the special objects of their labor and care. Warner, J. dissenting. The first section of the seventh article of the Constitution of this State declares that “each head of a family, or guardian or trustee of a family of minor children, shall be entitled to a homestead of realty to the value of two thousand dollars in specie, and personal property to the value of one thousl and dollars in spepie, both to be valued at the time they are set apart. And no Court, or ministerial officer in this State shall ever have jurisdiction or authority,to enforce any judgment,decree, or execution against said property so set apart, including such ' im provements as may be made thereon from time to time, except for taxes,money bor rowed and expended in the improvement of the homestead,or for the purchase money of the same,and for labor done thereon,or ma terial furnished therefor, or removal of en cumbrances thereon. . Although the foregoing provirion of tho Constitution docs not,in express terms,iq-. elude contracts made prior to its adoption; still,the words employed are broad enough to include judgments obtained on contracts made before that time. All remedy is de nied for the enforcement of“any judgment” by denying jurisdiction of the Courts. If it was intended that this provision of the Con stitution should have a retroactive opera tion.raid apply to past, contracts, then It is ex post facto iu its chnraoter and is viola tive of the fundamental principles of the so cial oompact, as was held and decided by this Conrt in tbe case of Wilder vs. Lump kin 4th Geo! Repts. 203, and also is in vi olation of the fnndamental principles <fei clared by the first, fifth, and tweuty-Aixth sections of the first article of the Constitu tion 1868jthU provision of the Constitntion takes property of the value of three thous and dollars in specie,which was aqhject to payment of the debt of the creditors at the time the contract was made under theq ex isting laws of the State, and whieh, in hon esty and fair dealing justly belonged to him, and without his consent,transfers'it to the debtor. When we take into consider ation the gross and flagrant injustice which will be done, by making the general words of the Constitution embrace past contracts, we ought,as a Court,iq all decency, to pie- same that it was not intended by the fra mers thereof to have a retrospective opera tion,bflfc'oply applicable_to such judgments as might he obtained oncontracts made af ter its adoption. Bnt if it was intended to embrace judgments on contracts made pri or to its adoption, then this provision of the State Constitntion is in violation of the 10th section of the first article of the Constitu tion of the United States, which declares, “No State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts." Althsagh the Constitution of the State is ity fnndament al law,still itisa law of the State,and if any of its provisions impair or destroy the obli gation for contracts, it is as mnch within the prohibition of the Constitntion of the United States, as any other law of the State, and to that extent, is null and void. The first section of the seventh article of the State of Georgia, in my judgment, not only impure the obligation of the contracts made prior to its adoption; bnt in a|l eases where the debtor’s property doe* not ex ceed in value the sum of three thousand dollars in specie, it destroys that obligation by the denial to one of the contracting parties all remedy for its enforewaeat nn der the laws whieh existed at the time the contract was made, and is therefore a palpa ble violation of the Constitntion of the Uni ted States, which is the supreme ]aw of the land—and consequently jp null and void. This clause being void docs not therefore defeat, «■> aka away, tbe juris diction of the Snpenor ^Courts “in all oth er civil cases” as expressly conferred by the third seotion of the fifth article of the Constitution of 1868. Toombs k Dubose, for plaintiff in error. Wm. Reese, for defendant in error [Special Diipateb to tke Baaaer. Mwiyhifc The Sheriff of Fayette eounty has the citizens of Macon under arms day and night in anticipation of a negro riot. Forty of the latter are already put in jail at Summer ville. He sent to Memphis for United States troops to aid him. There were none to send. On Monday a large meeting of blacks i was held at the home of one Mr. Dowe” all were armed. Measures ware eoneoefa for the burning of tho village. Five of | the Sheriff’s posse were sho* that evening, bnt the colored troops to the number of ] one hundred were routed by a charge eight white men. At present things qniet.