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t,««« T.X for Uu,
Our altaatfou ha* been
ciliien ana representative lrom thl* couuty in
the laat State LegUlature—Col. It P, Maddox—
to an important provision in the “ Act to regu
late the manner or giving in land for taxation,"
&e., which has doubtless ©soaped the attention oi
most ol our land-holders, and which was de
signed to save them much trouble in making
returns of their wild lands beyond the counties
in which they reside. It road* as follows:
Skotxoh V. All persons owning unimproved
or wild lands in conntlea without the couuty of
their residence, shall bo required to make returns
of the sarao to the Comptroller General or to the
receiver of the county whore the lend lies.—
8aid returns may bo made by forwarding by mail
or other sato conveyance to either of aaid officers
a statement and r bath of tlio lands owned and
tho value thereof, and when the rate of the «d
valorem tax lias been tixetl, and tbo collection of
taxes ordered, tho tax due upon said wild lands
shall bo paid to that officer to whom tho return
was made.
Tho previous section of tho act provides for
the return of improved lends having a tenant or
tenants thereon. These must bo made in the
county where the land lies.
The same act provides also for tho rede' m p lion
of land sold for taxes in this wise: j owner
to have the privilege or rcdeem'' jlg tho ^,,,5 at
any time within two years. by j^g l0 ^
purchaser the amount of purcixas0 money
knA costs, together wll j, i u t er cat at the rato of
ten per cent. pCf aDQUm t}, e reon; or on making
satlslactorv evidence of his tiUoto the Comp
troller General, he may receive the purchase
moc eyi je^g tho amount of taxes duo thereon and
the cost expended in collecting said tax.
Slnco writing the foregoing, wo have noticed a
circular addressed by tho Comptroller Genera)
to the several Receivers of Tax Returns in tho
State, In which lie constitutes each of them his
agent for receiving returns of vacant or wild
lands, sending them also separate Digests for
that purpose. Tho returns, therefore, may be
made in any county to the Receiver thereof, in
stead of tho parly transmitting them to tire
Comptroller at Millcdgeville.
Letter rrom Gerrlt Smith.
In the New York Express wo notice tho fol
lowing letter from Gerrit Smith to the President
of the United States:
Pkteuboho*, N. Y., Aug. 24,1860.
President Johnson :
Honored Sir—-I have this day subscribed a
memorial to yourself, in behalf of Jefferson Da
vis. I have dono so with great satisfaction, far
I dscui hie very long confinement in prison,
without a trial, an insult to the South, a very
deep injustice to himself, and a no less deep dis
honor to the government and the country.
I trust that Mr. Davis may either have a speedy
trial, or bo admitted to bail. There are many
men who have no sympathy with his political
views, and who opposed- slavery as strenuously
as ho upheld it, that would eagerly become his
bail. I am one of them. Your obedient ser
vant, Gerrit Smith.
Commenting upon the foregoing letter the
same paper appropriately remarks: “ It is im
possible not to respect and honor the manliness
of a letter like this. It shows that there arc
thoso in tho original Abolition ranks who see
that there must be an ond of war, revenge, blood
shed and revolution. With the South hungry,
starving, poor and dependent; with slavery
prostrate and slaveholders ruined in their for
tunes, men like Gerrit Smith are content and de
sire for the future no more strife, no more malice,
no more stripes aud imprisonments. It is mar
velous that all men do not tccl the satuo way.—
There is usually enough oi generosity in man
kind to be content \wi,o«* — «« Mwm> ktitis
to the ground without binding him there, hand
and foot—but the Radicals seem Just as eager to
strike a wounded man as one able to defend him
self. They add the worst refinement of studied
cruelty to their admitted ability to do the great
est possibio damage to thoso they hold under
foot”
There were other prominent Northern Aboli
tionist* who labored long and earnestly for the
release of Mr. Davis, some of them, too, for his
release without trial. The Southern people will
long remember all such.
A Sod Prospect for Louisiana
The New York Express publishes the following
extract of n letter lrom a merchant in New Or
leans to a iriend in New York, dated May 4lh
1867:
Wo are having registration hero with a ven
geance. Eight thousand negroes registered to this
tinie and only tup thousand whiles ! The prospect
is we shall bo ruled by negroes."
Says the same paper—“la there any respccta
ble man at tho North who is willing to look at
such facts with indifiorencc ? Can we, indeed
see our fellow-citizens of the same race aud
blood—some of them, in fact, brothers—reduced
to such a state oi degradation, and not give them
our aid in delivering them from such a condi
tion? It we can, then woo to tho future of our
country.”
Woo indeed to Louisiana if this predominance
prevails throughout that State I And well may
the Editor of the journal from which wo have
quoted invite his follow-citizens of the sarao race
and blood ns himself, to aid in delivering that
State from the woeful condition in which it will
be plunged If left to be ruled by a race inferior
in all respects to the Caucassian, os is indicated
in the foregoing oxtract from the letter referred
to. It will become a Jamaica in all respects save
name, when such rule shall prevail.
Shouldn't Wonder.—The New York. Jour
nal of Commerce notifies the people not to be
surprised if, as the next step of the Sumner Rad
icals, an attempt of some kind Bhould be made
to force negro suffrage on the Northern as well
; as the Southern States. It says “we are pre
pared for anything of the kind."
A performing monkey, in Natchez, was
' brought before tbo Mayor of the city a few days
ago, for violating an ordlnanco prohibiting the
i| firing of small arms in tho streets. Tho m&gls-
, trate compromised the matter by exactiug that
- the performer should restrict himself to snapping
caps. Verily Dogberry did not live in vain.
i -**-
1 The Difference.—Mr. Wilson boasted re-
- cently that he had delivered seventeen speeches
\ j in the Sontli, and had received nothing but po-
' liteness. This is not surprising. Conservatism
is law-abiding. It is only your unrrow minded,
bigoted fanatic that kicks up rowB, muzzles the
; press, and stifieu tho freedom of speech.
Solitary and Alone.—The Washington
I Chronicle, one ol Forney’s two papers, is the
i only sheet in the whole country that lias reck-
|lfi8sueas enough to venture an approval ofUn-
fderwood's charge, so-called, to tho Richmond
ilJory. ^
The United States Courts.—Tho Savan-
Republican of Monday says: Tho United
Btales Circuit Court adjourned for the term on
l[Wednesday last, and the regular session of the
* District Court will begin to-morrow at 10 o’clock
Death of a Distinguished Character.—
lonolulu dispatches announce the death of the
amoa* Colonel Ctcsar KuUmkacbukuakaulianii
jtpaukalsintk amakacliukokaiaekiuckaloni kapap-
akeo— continued in our next.
What Does it Mean ?—The Richmond Ex-
miner says: Mrs. Newton, uf tho Agricultural
ftm-flu is improving. She hoed a patch of rad
sues yesterday and will write a report next
ek. *
Gen. Hancock is falling back upon Fort Har-
er aud Fort Ellsworth. The Indians seem to be
jjnnbining for the last struggle for the suprema-
over the Smoky Hill route.
dom, found it
use a portion
the lawless
tious have boon m*do
things, which augur
and quiet of the country, way lie tracod directly
to tho teachings snd Influence of radical emissa
ries and of bad and unscrupulous men, a few of
whom can be found in almost every community,
who desire to use tho negro for tho vilest and
most selfish purposes. Thoy are not U10 friends
of the black race, but, on tho contrary, are lead
ing them rapidly into trouble such as thcyhAve
never encountered before, where thoy will leave
thorn, upon the first indication of danger, to take
care of themselves.
Wo find an article on this subject in the Rich
mond Enquirer, a portion of which we quote:
Tho ovents which are transpiring around us,
Indicate a situation ol peculiar delicacy and in
vest the future with anxious apprehensions. The
times require of us groat prudence and self-
comnxand, in the presence oi the irritating ques
tions that are thrust upon us.
'i he tendency at this time seems very distlnct-
towards a conflict of races. It is evidently
a anxious effort of the agitators of the day
bring about tbla result. Tho negroes are pli
with incendiary harangues, and are instigated to
throw themselves In collision with tho whiles in
every possible way. They are urged not merely
to Insist on equal accommodation,but to demand
indiscriminate accommodation; to bo rode in
lha samo cars; to bo seated in tho same Bclioois;
to bo accommodated in tlio same hotels, &c.
Where all this will end, no man can doubt;
and least of all is it doubted by the instigators.
It la their manifest purpose to bring about a
conflict of races—in order to make a party use
of the disorders to which it would give rise.
It Bhould be the earnest effort of the white
race of the South, to disappoint this diabolical
scheme. Let ns bear ourselves with the most
conspicuous prudenco and tho most exhaustless
patience. And still more vital is it to the colored
peoplo to shrink from the encounter of races to
which thoy are urged, and to withdraw them
selves from the counsels of the bad men who
would engage them in that fatal step. Let them
delude themselves by no absurd calculations. If
a war of races should be Joined, let them not
think they will receivo any white support. When
once the cry of black man against white man is
raised, it will quickly be the blacks on one side
against tho whites on the other. The very while
men who are now loading them to ruin, will do-
sert them when the storm bursts. How was it
in the lato war ? There were men at tlio North
who encouraged the South to assert independ
ence, with promise of support. But when war
came, and when it becamu a struggle of Nortli
against South, these men deserted us, and took
sides with tbeir own section and people.
who read
and twaddle,
in a particle of tlio dash
that'makes Mr. Beecher’s pulpit offorta effective,
and In the matter of construction they are
sufficiently outrageous to mnko Lindloy Murray
uneasy In his grave. A school boy would bo
punished (or such flagrant 0flenses against
grammar Its Mr. Beecner commits in every
second or third
ready to pounce on
All the critics were
her as soon as be gave
them a chance, and he has given them plenty.
Tli# Brooklyn Union, which c'
ly among Mr. Beecher’s coui
Wilson's Threats,-The political venture of
Senator Wilson in the South, is not receiving
much encouragemcut from the Republican jour
nals of bis own section. Indeed, the only papers
which approbate his course—Ids incendiary ap
peals, for they are nothing less—are the little
radical concerns located hero and there in the
South. The following is from tho New York
Times :
Senator Wilson is reported to have said at a
meeting in Augusta, that “ if, in Georgia or any
other State, any man is dismissed or turned out
of doors by a rebel on account of voting, I will
vote to confiscate rebel property.” We should
be sorry to think that Mr. Wilson means just wliat
he says. It would be a very mean and contempti
ble act for one Southern man to turn another out
of his employment for not voting as lie might
wish him to do; but it would not be much meaner
than it is for a Northern man to do the same
thing. Yet wo have reason to suspect that this,
or something very like it,.is done quite often by
Northern men—and that, too, without subjecting
themselves to any such threat as that uttered by
Mr. Wilson.
All Right.—A correspondent of tlio Selma
Messenger, writing from Marion county, Alabama,
Ko.vi'hii uiifcourafoug account of crops fn
cunebrake country:
Court is now in session at Marion, where I
am stopping, and I may pick up gleanings here
for another letter. If I do not, I wish you' to
say to all who are interested in this section of
the country, that the canebrako was never more
prosperous than it is to-day. Nearly all the laud
is cleared and in cultivation, the frecdiuen
working well, and tbo crops are unusually prom
ising. True, there is a great scarcity or supplies
on which the present crop is to bo made, but tbc
work is now more than ball done, anil in two
months more the corn fields will again support
tho laborers and the stock engaged in planting.
After that tho supply of corn lrom the present
planting will bo ample, and you may take my
word for it, the peoplo oi this region will nover
again fail to raise a sufficient quantity of cereals,
if Providence favors their efforts.
ly among Air. Beecher’s congregation, says of
tho opening dltqusltion on New England, past
and present, that it is “marked by singular even
ness of platitude, and a well sustained lack of
force or originality.” That is pretty severe, but
not a whit more severe than the verdict of all
tho Impartial critics. Mr. Beecher had better
stick to the pulpit, and let novel writing alone.
Bonner pays him $10,000 for "Norwood,” but
won’t invite another stcry from tho sarao pen.
Sylvanus Cobb Is a better story writer. Ho
learned the business, and Beecher didn’t.
The correspondent attended the meeting of the
Anti-Blavery Bbc.ety, and says of that gather
ing :
I stopped writing about an hour ago. to go to
Stienway Hall, where Wendell Pnllll
Anna Dickinson were advertised to si
“the political situation.” Fifty cents ana a pioce
of red pasteboard brought me into the presence
of a pretty thoroughly mlied crowd. About
fifty persons were on the platform. They seemed
to bo equally divided in sex and color. One
half of the women wbo were not black were
dressed as Quakeresses. They looked ancient
and friendly. Hall ot the white men had thin
(aces, long hair, and a lunatic-asylum expression
about the oyes. The negroes and negresses were
comfortably sandwiched between the pale faces,
long bonnels and drab cloaks. My eyo went
round tho platform in search of somebody that
might be Miss Dickinson, but came back with
out finding its object. Phillips was.speaking
about the next Presidency, and I was just in
time to hear him say that if the Republicans
elect “a man of no ideas like Grant, fifty per
cent, of what was won by the war will bo lost,”
and if they elect “ a huckstering traitor like Fes
senden or Sherman, they will lose seventy per
cent.” A fow hisses arose, but these were soon
drowned in thundering applause. A few min
utes later lie said that Seward had told him to
go on making public opinion, and ho (Seward)
would Use it as fast as it was made. This brought
out a sepulchral sort ol laugh.
ANNA DICKINSON, THE FEMALE ORATOR.
When Phillips finished his speech I noticed a
female head rising behind two very old ladies iu
drab. The old ladies in drab moved aside, and
n plump, well formed body came forward, carry
ing the femnlo head with it. The head was a
peculiar one. It looked rather flat, but this de
fect was made up for in breadth. The hair was
cut short, like a school girl’s, and hung over the
forehead in such a Way i’uiit there was hardly
any forehead to be seen. Tho face was broad
and plnmp, the features regular and rather pret
ty, and tlio expression not unpleasant, exactly,
but a little bit tigerish. This was Anna Dickin
son. 8hc stepped briskly to the footlights, and
began Die speech. She held a few slips of pa
per in her hand, which she occasionally turned
over and consulted. At first she spoke m a sing
song tone that reminded me ot a reading class
in school, but presently she got warmed up, and
I concluded that a curtain lecture from her
would not be pleasant Her voice is strong and
somewhat Bonorous, and there is a trill in it
when sho is most earnest that impresses and
rather pleases one. But she is fearfully Radical.
I couldn't stand much oi her speech, and 1 came
thatikHriH'
Large Donation of School Books.—A
New York paper states that the handsomo do
nation by the Appletons of half a million of
their school books to the Trustees of the Peabody
Educational Fund, for use in tlio Southern
Stales, lias been most appropriately followed by
Messrs. A. S. Barnes & Co. with a donatiou oi
5.000 volumes of their Teachcr'B Library, and
25.000 of school books intended lor intermediate
classes. Mr. Winthrop, President of tlio Board
makes n very cordial acknowledgment of this
munificent donation. He says that “in connec
tion with tho noble gift of tho Messrs. Appleton
they will go far toward supplying tho immediate
demand for publications of tills character, aud
will furnish an example which will not be for
gotten as our work advances."
Confiscation—The Anti Slavery Soci
f.ty.—At tlio Thirty-fourth Anniversary ot the
Anti-Slavery Society, held at Stcinway Hall,
New York, on Tuesday, the resolutions reported
by Wendell Phillips failed to make any mention
of confiscation, aud Colonel T. W. Iligginson
ot Boston, calling attention in his speech to thin
unaccountable omission, Phillips made haste
to repair it, and came forward and offered, sub
stantially, the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That n largo measure ot confisca
tion and the division of the confiscated lauds
among tho negroes is imperatively demanded to
secure the rights ot the negroes and the safely
of the nation, and ns an act of Justice upon the
rebel owners of tho land.
The Question.—The Richmond Times says
in regard to the riot in that city, a full account
of which nppears on the first page of our paper
this raorniug:
This disgraceful riot is but another proof of
the evils resulting f>om the brutal teachings of
such incendiary emissaries from the North as
Conway, Haywood, Hilton, Underwood, and
others, who nave lately polluted our city witli
their presence, and poisoned the minds of tho
negroes by their violent harangues* Is it nut
time that such government-uprooting sentiments
as these fanatics are in the habit of uttering,
should be put a stop to by the proper author
ties?
Universal Suffhaoe.—A Northern paper
expresses tho opinion now that the principle of
universal suffrage is established by Congress, the
next move will he to admit foreigners to vote
without becoming citizens, and to extend the
suffrage to minors. The proposition is a little
extravagant, but the radical leaders are capable
of anything that might he made to add to the
strength of tbel7 party.
A Serious Circumstance.—The editor of the
Alabama Argus Bhowa himself Jolly under what
other people might consider serious:
"We sec that the sheriff, during our absence,
has advertised the Argus tor sale. We hope the
bidders will have a merry time of it. If the
sheriff can sell it he will do more than we ever
could. Like a damp percussion cap, we think it
will tail lo tro off.”
New Paper.—A new paper, called the Radi
cal Organ, has made it* appearance at Nashville.
It might have been supposed that the Press dc
Times was about radical enough. Iu every di
rection the signs indicate troublo in the radical
camp. ,
Repudiation.—Repudiation of the public
debt is occasionally hinted at in Northers papers
and no one need be surprised if it should be
come, at no distant day, a popular rallying cry.
away with the impression that her husband,
when she gets him, won't care mucli for going
out to hear lemalo speakers. She will bo able to
givo him as mucli talk as he can stand.
WaaltliiKton Nows.
A correspondent writing on the 8th speculates
as follows:
Tlio Cabinet held quite a long session yester
day on the subject of registration in the South
ern States. Tho opinion ot the Attorney Gene
ral concerning tho extent of the disfranchisement
law not being folly prepared, nothing was done
bey on <1 JW*—Si —»«*■«> »* ^ »»
nircriadti, at New Orleans, requiring him to ex-
tend tho time for registration in ills district, so
) enable tho registers to act in accordance
with tlio forthcoming opinion of the Attorney
General. This course ia undoubtedly right ana
proper enough, but there is reason to believe
tlmt Congress will take exception to it, and pos
sibly it may furnish “a hook” upon which to
hang an excuse for not carrying out the Bo-called
Reconstruction act to the end, and of admitting
Senators and Representatives lrom the now ex
cluded States.
The plea, no doubt, will be set up that the law
was not (airly executed; that the administration
gave a construction lo some of its most impor
tant provisions never contemplated by Congress,
and in this way it is easy to perceive that Hie
dominant parly might ondeavor to buck out of
tlio proposition which they made to the South a
month or two ago; and tills csoocially if the re
sult of tho pending negro suffrage experiment
don’t happen to equal their past and present ex
pectations. It is true that their conduct for the
last two years affords no reason to believe that
they were actuated by the least sincerity In the
passage of the Military Government act, os a
measure preliminary lo full and complete resto
ration. Tlio true policy of their appointments,
however, at this particular time, is not to meddle
witli tho law, in the hope of nmending one ot its
most immaterial provisions, but to leave it in
tho hands of tho military to be executed, and
thereby throw tlio entire responsibility upon the
men who mado it. With this view, it is difficult
to sco wherein the attempt of the Attorney Gen
eral to mitigate tho rigors of tlio act will be ulti
mately beneficial to the South.
is stated, Ac., that the Grand Jury have Indicted
Vice President Johnson, Jno C. Breckinridge,"
Ac., should read " indicted Vico President Jno.
0. Breckenridge," Ac., and not " Jofinson." It
was a mistake of the operator receiving it.]
Den.‘Schofield Disbands tlio Colored Mi*
lltla or Virginia.
Richmond, May 14.—General Schofield has
oidered tho Lincoln mounted guard, colored, to
disband, and prohibited thotr parades or drill.
Horace Greeloy ond Gerritt Smith, who have
come on to sign Mr. Davis’ ball, ore addressing
tho peoplo at the African Church td-night. The
audience is largely colored.
An intimato friend of Mr. Davis’ says I10 has
no fixed plan for his movements until November.
Mrs. Davis will resldo in Norfolk.
The negro laborers at the tobacco warehouses
have struck for higher wages. No disturbance
has occurred.
Horace Greoloy Makes a Speech In Rich
mond.
Richmond, May 14.—The African Church Is
densely crowded, tho audience being about equal
ly divided iu color, and outside of the building
an assemblage nearly us large is congregated. Mr.
Greeley pointed out the obstacle* which hud im
peded reconstruction, commencing with the as
sassination of Lincoln, and coming down to
Johnson’s policy. Tho present most serious ob
stacle, he thought, was tlie^unwilliugness on the
part of the Southern people to give the negro
any riglita except those they were forced to.—
This must be corrected, and then there will be
peace in the South.
The Disfranchisement Glauses.
Washington, May 14.—It is stated that the
Attorney General’s construction of tlio disfran
chisement clauses oi the reconstruction act will
not be completed in several days.
All tho members of the Cabinet in attendance
to-day.
The Amended Mississippi Bill.
Washington, May 14.—Considerable interest
is attached to tho amended Mississippi bill, and
strong hopes are entertained that tlio Supreme
Court will take steps restraining Gen. Ord from
measures exposing State property to waste. It
is understood that tho question will not lie ar-
guod further, the whole ground having been cov
ered by previous debates. That the amended
bill has weight with the court is inferred from
tho fact that it was not decided yesterday.
Petition or Irish Citizens.
Washington, May 14.—'The petition of Irish
citizens will lie presented to the cabinet to-day
by the President, requesting the government to
Intercede in behalf of the Fenians who claim
American citizenship.
Washington Items.
Washington, May 14.—Tim case Texas,
Versus White, Chiles Hordcnborgh and others
to prevent the sale of several hundred thousand
dollars worth of Texas indemnity bonds which as
alleged were illegally obtained by the defendants.
The case be conclnded to-moriow. The report
that John C. Breckenridge was indicted by the
Grand Jury at Richmond unfounded. The In
ternal Revenue to-day were three hundred and
forty seven thousand dollars.
May 14.—Cotton steady and
Inactive. Middling Upland* 27. Coffee quiet
aud unchanged. Flour dull and unchanged.—
Wheat quiet. Com . dull and declining—white
f 115 to $117; yellow $112 to $115; mixed
Western $110 to $111. Sugar dull and un
changed. Provisions quiet. Bulk meats eteady.
shoulders, 9; sides 10*. Bacon dull. Mess
pork steady, $28 75. Lard 18 to 18*. Whisky,
in bond, $2 30@2 81.
Cincinnati Market.
Cincinnati, May 14,-Flour dull and un
changed. Bnpcrfioo $12 60 to $13 50. Com
dull and unsettled-sales 200,000 bushels in sack*
at $1 03. Mess Pork hold at $22 50. Bacon
quiet and unchanged—shoul ders 9, clear sides
12. Lard 12*.
New Orleans Market.
New Orleans, May 14.—Cotton sales to-dsy
2,700 bales. Market irregular and easier. Low
Middling 24* td 25. Receipts for three days
3,666—same time lost week, 2,845. Exports same
time 12,849. Sugar and Molasses nominal. Flour
doll and depressed. Superfine 18*. Com dull
and drooping to $1 45. Oats firm 90 to 95 cents.
Lard firm and unchanged. Pork firm at 24* to
34*. Bacon firm and unchanged. Gold 30*.—
Sterling 45 to 49*. York sight par to * premium.
Charleston Market.
Charleston, May 14.—Cotton steady. Sales,
140 bales. Middlings, 26. Receipts, 140.
Mobile Market.
Mobile, May 18.—Cotton, sales 450 bales.—
Market closed firm. Middlings, 24*. Receipts,
70 bales. Demand lair. Light.supply. Hold
ers demand full rates.
Foreign Market*.
[nr the cable linb.1
May 14.—Noon.—Consols, 92.—
pensan
lore, did
aad shoe trade,
in prices:
_ the
i of boots and shoes
j from previous
shoved that rate* for these indis-
Artlcles would be stiil lower, and, there-
, notpurclirsc. Wo are now compelled
to announce that prices of boot* and shoes have
advanced some 40'per cent, wlthfn the past fey-
days. The largo stocks at the East which liai
been waiting For market, and the holders of
which were disposed to sell at less than coat,
now find a ready sale, and the supply is hardly
equal to the demand. The unmanufactured ma
terial has advanced In price, and the tendency
of the market U decidedly upwards.
Report ot tbe_CIly A»»e*»or*.
To the Mayor and Council City of Atlanta, Oa.,
May 9,1807.
Having completed our assessment ot the Real
Estate in the city, we present your honorable
body a statement of the same.
Respectfully, yours,
R. 8. Waters,
C. F. Wood,
W. C. IIunrnniF.8,
WHOLESALE AND H RTa „ »
Immense A.ttracti
CASH nuvfi 8(
Are Invited to call at onre and aecnre (ho Vx 8T#
GOODS at tho LOWEST PRICES!
London,
Bonds, 72*.
Liverpool, May 14.—Noon.—Cotton some
what firmer. Sales 10,000 bales. Uplands 11*
@11 f. Orleans 11*. Breadstuff's quiet. Pro
visions quiet and unchanged. Common rosin
declined to 6s
Liverpool, May, 14.—2 p. m.—Cotton quite
brisk. Sales will largely excocd noon estimates,
and perhaps reach 15,000 bales. Prices un
changed.
ALL GOODS MASKED Iff PLALV
Prises Guaranteed to Correspond with
. $7,663,165 8886
Assessed valno of Froedmen's property $ 88,850
Highest Assessment to one person 148,000
Second hlghost Assessment to one person 109,000
Third highest Assessment to ono person 90,000
Fourth highest Assessment to one person 84,900
Fifth highest assessment to one person 80,000
The Industrial and manufacturing enterprises number
as follows:
Nnmber of Flour Mill. 8
Numbel of Grist Mills 1
Number of Planing Mills. 4
Number of Foundries,... 8
Number of Brick-Yards 19
Number of Cooper Shops
Number of Carriage Shops
Nnmber of Blacksmith Shops
Number of Livery Stables 3
Number of Rock Quarries "
maylb—It
London, May 14..
changed.
-2 p. m.—Finances un-
By SHACKELFORD Sc SONS.
W E will sell THIS (Wednesday) MORNING, at OJf
o’clock-
55 KEGS PRIME LARD,
6 KEGS PRIME BUTTER.
100 PAIRS MEN’S AND WOMEN'S SHOES,
London,
bonds 72*.
May 14—evening.—Consols 92;
African Civilization.—Tlio New York
Journal of Commerce, in a review of Du Cbaillu’s
Book on African Explorations, looks iu it in
vain for any evidence of tho faintest progress ot
civilization in that land ol perpetual barbarism.
Now, says tlio writer,
" The hope that somo explorer might yet strike
the evidence of negro civilization, might yet in
the deep forests ot Africa find the remains of a
temple or the foundation of a bouse, or the bro
ken fragments of a plow, or the rudest outlines
ot a forgotten alphabet, anything to indicate that
this miserable degradation snd debasement bad
not been tho characteristic of the black man iu
ail times, and that it might yet be different in
the future, this hope must be abandoned. From
the days of Raineses, when the negroes were
pictured ou tho Egyptian monuments, to the
present day, the same characteristics mark him
wherever found in his native state. 'These vari
ous books of travel iu Alrica are worthy the
study ol all who are interested in the negro aud
Ills development. It appears to be the opinion
of travelers that the raco is decreasing in Africa.
It is also decreasing among us with fearful rap
idity. By the time that plulanthroplsts have es
tablished the doctrine oi the equality of the
races, it will not bo strange if there are no ne
groes left to enjoy tho new status.”
White vs. Negro Labor.—Tho Savannah
News dc Herald contuins the following commu
nication :
Why is it that planters and others wanting
laborers are opposed to hiring white men ? There
are hundreds uf while men in this city able and
willing to work aud wanting employment.
You are aware bow hard it is to get the freed-
men lo work. One reason, is, that last year,
many were not paid. Most of them worked for
a share of the crop and were disappointed. This
year the planters pay all, or a part, monthly.—
Yet there are men, and I believe a society of
uicn, advising the (reedmen not lo leave the city.
The time will soon be tliut the white mau must
be employed or the lands will not be tilled. At
a future timo I may have more to say on this
subject, hut sufficient for the day, &c. W.
Large Profits vs. Small Profits.—We
copy the suggestive paragraph below from the
New York Times :
It is one of the remarkable 9igns of the times
in tbe world of trade that even on Broadway a
number ot lurge retail business houses have
lately adopted the principle ot small profits, ex
pecting, of course, large sales. Tiffs idea lias
been almost entirely expelled from Broadway
fur some yeurs past. Enormous profile have
been demanded upon everything llmt ladies or
gentlemen may want to buy, and it seems to
have bet-n considered better lo clear five dollars
on one sale than six dollars on two sales. An
incalculable amount of trade has in consequence
been driven out of Broadway that might easily
have been kept there, if the new, or rather the
old priucipie of small profits spread extensively,
we shall yery soon see the profitable retail trade
of Broadway quadrupled.
A whole family, grandfather, mother, and
two children, near Charlotte, Eaton county,
.Michigan, have died suddenly, supposed from
poison.
. Maryland Radical Convention.
Baltimore, May 14.—The Radical State con
vention, half black assembled to-day, consider
able interest maultestcd, but no indications of
Vessel Wrecked.
Boston, May 14.—Bark Almira, Capt. Combs,
has arrived, bringing tbe crew of the ship Con
tinent, Capt. Maxey, from New Orleans, for
Havre. The Continent sprang u-lcak in a heavy
gale on the 8th. The water continued to gain
ou the pumps, which were kept constantly g<
ing. Tho main and mizzenmast were cut away
without affording relief. The sens broke over
the ship, ripping up tlio deck and slaving in Iho
bulwarks. Capt. Combs liovo in sight on tlio
9th, but owing to tlio severity of the gale, the
crew was transferred on tlio 10th, losing every
thing, and only saving themselves by cliuging lo
the lore rigging. Her cargo consisted of 2,000
bales of cotton, 82,000 slaves, aud $8,000 in spe
cie. Tbo ship was a completo wreck when
abandoned.
Struck by Lightning.
Brooklyn, May 14.—Archer’s storehouse, at
the loot of Vandyke street, was struck by Mgljt-
ning, and burned, including $300,000 worth of
saltpetre and nitrate soda. The saltpetre explo
ded, setting fire to a Bchooner adjacent, and
blowing two boys overboard, wbo were drowned.
Flglit of XI. S. Troops with Indians
San Franbisco, May 12.—Reported that a
company of United Slates troops have been de
feated by Indians, and forty killed in Arizona,
and a train of seventy mules loaded with goods
captured.
Louisiana Supremo Court Decisions.
New Orleans, May 14.—Two important de
cisions were made in the Supreme Court of
Louisiana yesterday. In the case of \Vainwright
vs. Bridges, the court held that no recovery can
be had of notes given for the purchase of slaves.
In tbe case ol Bower vs. Shackelford, the court
held, ns previously, that no recovery could lie
had of notes based upon Conlederate money. In
other words, such money was illegal, and of no
consideration; and further, notes signed before
the passage ot the stamp law do not require to
be stamped to be used as evidence.
The Hon. Henry Wilson arrived here to-day.
Steamer Exploded.
Rock Island, May 14.—The steamer Lansing
exploded eight miles above. George White
pilot, Win. Wassenger, cook, James Tracey fire
man, aud threo passengers were killed and miss
ing, A number of persons badly scalded. The
boat immediately took lire and is a total wreck.
BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
Forelgu News.
Paris, May 14.—M. Mousteir, President of the
Corps Legislatiff, lias officially announced to that
body that Ihe peace ot Europe will not be dis
turbed.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BY TEL&OKAI'U.
New York Provlelou Market.
New York, May 14.—Flour firm. Wheal
quiet. Corn 1 to 2 cents lower. Pork firm.—
Lard dull. Cotton more steady ; Middling Up
lands 28 cents. Freights steady.
(BTKMINO.l
New York, May 14.—Cotton firm. Sales
2,000 bales at 28 cents. Flour easier. State
$1150@14 75; Southern heavy at $13 75@10.
Wheat heavy. Corn unsettled. Mixed western
$1 17@1 22. Mess pork firm but quiet. Lard
heavy, and lower, 12*@13*. Rice firm; Caro
lina, il*@ll*; Ragoon, 9*@9* Sugar dull
and unchanged. Coffee Steady and quiet. Mo
lasses quiet. Naval Btorea dull and heavy.—
Freights firm. Corn $1 55@l 50. Stocks dull,
not quite So strong as at noon. Money 5@6
Gold $1 87*. Coupons of ’62 109. Missouri
sixes 96*.
Augusta Market.
Augusta, May 14.—Cotton market firmer.
Sales, 240 bales. Receipts, 65. Strict Mid
dlings, 25.
Savannah Market.
Savannah, May 14.—Cotton firm with fair de
mand Middlings 25. Sales 350 bales. Receipt*
300. bales.
Liverpool, May 14—evening—Cotton con
tinued active and closed firm. Uplands 11* to
11*, Orleans 11*. Sales 15,000 bales. Manches
ter advicos are favorable. Goods advancing and
active. General market unebunged.
IJpson Couuty.
One oi tlio editors oi tho Macon Journal <£•
Messenger, lias been on a visit to Thomaston, Up
son county, where the Superior Court was in
session, lie says of the proceedings in Court,
and of some oilier matters:
We made a brief visit lo Thomaston in the
early putt of laBt week. We can say but little
of the business presented before it. As far as
we saw, It was little else than “scaling" Confed
erate transactions into gold. As to the result, it
seemed to ail parties, except the attorneys, like
the scaling of cat-fish, and taking the scales for
compensation for their contentious propensities.
Sucli tilings may clothe tlio attorney in a good
suit twice a year, with many other comfortB ad
ded, but it generally leaves plaintiff and defend-
a til Isa fclsw ri*l ■■ ■ 4b«* It *« — y Lm*. MsUnl^li*
moonlight, it would not be particularly obstructed
by a shadow of their retnuindsm-in benefits of
the legal contest.
Wo are gratified to notice the appearance of
tho grain crops in Hie county. The wheat crop
lias no indication ot injury oi any kind, and is
so nearly matured that none can be anticipated.
It may be said of it, and of other crops, that ft
is ns good ns the soil could make it. What more
can be said? Somo email fields about Thomas-
ton show what can be dono with good farming
and manuring; a single acre will produce as
much as five or ten under other management.
It will soon he a great relief to many who are
now suffering for bread, as well as the substan
tial article ot bacon.
Tlio crop of peaches, apples, and other fruits,
will be abundant.
TnE Baptist Convention.—Tho Southern
Baptist Convention met at Memphis on the 10th
Tlio following arc the officers: President, Rev,
Dr. Mell; Vice Presidents, Rev. Dr. Fuller, of
Baltimore, Rev. Mr. Williams, of Missouri, Rev.
Mr. Crca’.h, ot Texas, and Rev. Dr. Burrows, of
Richmond; Secretaries, A. Fuller Crane, Esq.
of Baltimore, and A. P. Abell, Esq., of Virginia.
A correspondent of the Augusta Press writes
At night an immense audience assembled to
licar Rev. Dr. Brantly, of Atlanta, preach the
Introductory sermon before the Convention,
His discourse was upon the words " The powers
of tlio world to come,” and evidently charmed
his audience. It was chaste and beautiful in
style, delivered witli perfect grace, and impressed
some of the most solemn and awful trutliB ot re
ligion. Tlio celebrated Dr. Fuller read the clos
ing hymn and offered tho final prayer. The no
bility aud grandeur of his appearance, even now
that he is bordering upon old ngc, surpasses de
scription. Ilia voice is as sweet, clear, and pow
ertul as it lias ever been, and his faculties arc in
no respect impaired.
A Registration Scene.—A New Orleans
correspondent relates the following:
Register—"What is your name?"
Freedman—“Sainil.”
"Samuel, Samuel wlmt?”
“What you mean, sar ? My name’s Samll.”
“Yes, I know, but wlmt is your other name?
“My udder name? (and lie studied for a mo
ment, then answered in a very uncertain mauuer.)
My udder name’s Jones, I believe."
“Well, Mr. Jones, how long have you resided
here?”
“Well, ’bout forty years.”
“Are you certain that you have lived here forty
years."
"Yes sar, 1 live here forty years, sure, ’knse 1
I know, ’fore de Lord, I live here forty years."
“Well, Mr. Jones, how old are you V’
“1’so thirty-four years old.”
That darkey came down justified, registered
ns a voter for the election ot delegates to u con
vention to form a republican constitution for our
State.
Registration.—The Augusta Constitutionalist
says the office ol Register lor that city, under the
provision of the military bill, has been tendered
to Dr. B. F. Hall, who lor so many years filled
the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of this
county.
Knoxville District.—Tlio Congressional
Convention which met at Alliens, Tennessee
lust week, nominated Horace Maynard as the
Radical candidate for Congress in the Knoxville
District.
A Duel—Almost.—Henry St. Paul, of the
Mobile Times, a lew days ago sent a challenge to
John Forsyth, of the Mobile Advertiser <£ Regis
ter. According to a statement in tbe Times, Mr
Forsyth did not answer.
Methodist Conference.—The Conference of
the Augusta District will assemble in Warreuton
on Thursday, the 10th inat. Bishop Pierce will
preside.
Georgia Railroad.—The Annual Conven
tion of Stockholders of the Georgia Railroad
met at Augusta yesterday. A large number of
stockholders are reported present.
Death of an Editor.—B. L. Mason, editor
of the Wetuinpka Standard, died in that city
few days ago.
Our DailY Bread —The price of bread in
New York is higher now than ever was known
before, certainly for tbe last sixty years.
New -A-dvertisements.
A GRAND PIC-NIC
Will bo given by the
Atlanta Turn-V ©rein,
Kirkpatrick**, on Georgia R. U.,
MONDAY, MAY 3 0, 18 0 7.
PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY.
i* o chick. i\. iu.. wuu uiuir itunes uuh ininnioH. uii
arriving at Kirkpatrick, all will disperso for one hour. At
the expiration of which time tho President of the Society
and Turner A. C. Ladd will deliver Addrefleee; then turn
ing for prizes will take place, and be awarded to the win
ners; after which comes the various entertaluments of
the day, including dancing, Ac. Return to the city about
sundown.
If it should rain, the Pic-Nic will bo postponed until
the second clear day. A general invitatlou is extended.
Return tickets for 60 cents; children uuder 19 years
Heinz A Bcrkcie, and
By order Committee.
THE “LIVE DRUG STORE
Celebrated “Arctic Fount”
And get your
SODA. W ATER
rtlK PIIIIK FRUIT NYU UPS
Aro drawn ICK COLD, and the only complaiut of the
beautiful, sparkling water is, that
“IT*© 80 COLD!*
I^BUY YOUR TICKETS, and save 90 por cent, and
trouble of making change. NO BLANKS! -each draws
a "full Glass?” “The last thought to bo the best!’
The Fount will he kept as cloan as It is beautiful.
OUR PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT
Is still complete, whero Physicians and Patients can
rely on getting their Prescriptions filled neutly and cor
reetty.
ThoSe desiring to purchase
VARNISHES, WINDOW GLASS,
PURE WINES AND LIQUORS,
Imported aud American Fancy Goods,
TOILET ARTICLES, etc..
Will always find onr stock full and complete, and prices
so as to “LIVE ANit LET LIVE "
• RED WINE A FOX,
Corner Whitehall uud Alabama Streets,
Atlanta, Ga.
maylB—8m
a-, w
ADAIR, Auctioneer.
CONTINUATION OF THE GREAT 8ALE
or
Saddlery, Harness, Leather Mountings.
HARDWARE Ate.
Thl* t.Wediicaduy) Itlorailnir, at lO 4>*cIock
In tho Basement of the House of
J 11. WHITE it CV., WHITEHALL ST.
„ , Collars, Bridles,
together with a general assortment i
Saddlery and Harness Goods,
ANI)
IIAUDWAHB,
White A Co.. Whitehall street, and which will continue
from duy to day until all Is Hold. Tbe stock comprises
$15,000 worth of goods, and as the sale is peremptory,
bettor opportunity to obtain bargains could not be di
sired. 1 raaylt—11
OLIVER & WODDAH,
Warehouse and Commission Merchants,
COHN KB ALABAMA AND FORSYTH STREETS,
^•^Consignments respectfully solicited. Quick sales
and prompt returns guaranteed. feb99—8m
WM. L. HEN8LER,
PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Orders m»;- be left wltb n. Braamnller, Whitehall
treet. neoil-lj
RECEIVED THIS DAY,
O N oonelxoment, for sale, eluht boxee of Medium
grades of TOBACCO, at very low figures.
Also. 1,1X10 poumla of very enpertor DUCKWHH
FLOUR, in ucka. PAUL JONKs, Jr.,
nofdS No. 5 Peach-Tree hi -net.
BOARDERS WANTED.
R OOMS to rent to flimlllea, with or without board
Also, rooms eultnble for tingle gentlemen, with
board. A (bw Dny Bonrden wanted.
Apply at Lyon’a Unll, near 9d Baptist Church,
mayll—6t
FLOOHINU
gtYTHOUSAND FEET Prlmu Drewted Kiln Dried
NOW IN STORE
10 000 B d° BL to p 8AUK8, 8<md lu ,oar or
fcbkl—Sw
ONE PRICE ONLY!
till Tit,-1
JOHN M. GANNON,
Corner Whitehall and Hunters t , Mtli |
J^ESPKCTFULLY Informs hi. frit-nds led -.jyp
that bln Stock In now complete In every deMrtiMu .J
that bo will, on *
Monday, May 13th,
Mark down all hlegoodent pricei to enrmpond ,
the times. Ail conenmera of Dry Goods will co*i
tbolr interests by examining this splendid Stock 1
purchasing elsewhere.
GREAT BARGAINS will be offered to Cash Barei
for the next thirty days, in order to reduce the pre**
stock, so at to make room for the MID-SUMKRR 8T0CI
which I intend purchasing at the Immense Auction Sd**
which will take place in New York the latter part of tta
and early part of next month. The fact of the Good* bt
Ing marked in plain figures is the beBt eyldenw that IW
prices will he very low, and that there cannot be imx*
price, customers can see the price of every article k
themselves and Judge accordingly. To those liTinjm.
distance, I would «>»y that, if they send me theirordea,
they will be promptly filled at the lowest prices of thi
season.
Annexed will be found a SCHEDULE OP GOODS it
the different Departments.
DRE88 GOODS DEPARTMENT.
Black and Fancy Silks,
Plain and Printed Organdies,
Plain and Embroidered Grenadine*,
Latins, Cambrics, and Chambrty,
Challies, Tamartine,
English Barog®,D«Ikg. I
Broch-Baregc, 1
Printed Brilliants,
Mozambique,
Printed Jaconets,
Printed Percales,
Pine Apple ttoO. |
HOUSE-KEEPING DEPARTMENT.
9,10,11, and 19-4 Bleached and Brown Sheeting,
8, 9, And 10-4 Bleached and Brown Table Dtunuk, ]
A SPLENDID LINE OF
Irish Linens, Napkins,
Towels, Scotch Diaper,
Huck Diaper, Russia Cra*h,
Marseilles and Lancaster Quilt* |
WHITE GOODS DEPARTMENT.
Swiss, Jaconet, Nainsook,
Mull, and Crimped Muslins,
Plaid ond Striped Nainsook,
Swls) and Jaconet Muslins,
Pin Cord Muslins, Bishop Lawn,
White and Colored Tarlatons,
Brilliant os,
Dotted and Figured Sirin|
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
Silk and Silk Lace Cloaks,
Rotundas and Points,
Grenadine and Barege 8U*1l |
A FULL LINE OF
Paris Silk Mitts, Alexandre's Kid Gloves,
Lisle Thread and Cotton Gloves,
Black and White Silk Gloves,
Silk, Linen, and Palm Leaf Fans,
Fine French Corsetts,
Ladies* White English Ugm,
(so mo very superior,)
Embrolderios, Laces,
Collars and Cuffs,
Bordered and nem-Stiched
L. C. Handkerchiefs,
Cambric, Cotton, and
Silk Handkerchiefs,
Beautiful Par&soli,
Silk and Cotton
Sun Umbwfltt
DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT*
French, English, and American Prints; French, ScotA
and American Ginghams ; How York Mills Long
Cloth, Lonsdale Loug doth, Hills Long
Cloth, Rose Bud Loug Cloth,
Hope Long Cloth,
and all other favorite brands. Also, a splendid stock of
fine Sea Island Shirting and Sheeting always ou
hand. A full supply of Augusta and
Granltovllle Factory 8hlring*nnd
Sheetings, Yarns and Os-
naburgs, Ac.
FOR CENT’S AND BOYS’ WEAR.
Black French Broad Cioth,
Tricot Cloth,
Black French Docskiu,
Fancy Casslineres,
Cashmeretes, Euglish Tweedw,
Sattinetts, Jeans, Cottonades,
Plaiu aud Fancy Linens,
Plain and Fancy Marseilles,
Drapt d'Rto, English Half Hose,
Hemmed Silk Handkerchiefs,
ALWAYS ON HAND, A FULL STOCK OF
Notions, Boots, and 8oes,
Truuks, and Straw Ooodi.
JOHN M. GANNON,
Corner Whitehall and Hunter Streets,
may!9—tlUjuntfM Atlanta, Georgia
G. W. ADAIR. Auctioneer.
The Injunction IMnsoIvedl
THE POWELL PROPWf.
Near Colonel Collior'a.
I WILL .ell on the premise., adjoinlm- Colonel Col
lier’. residence, near the uow Macon 4 Water.
Railroad Depot, on TUK8DAY, the 14th In.tant, st *
o clock In the evening,
17 BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE LOTS,
known an tho Powell Property.
These Lota are beautifully located, divided by coo«-
nient streets aud alleys, have some large Forest Shad®
Trees ou them, are very convenient to tno buidueM part
and ceuter of the city, aud the surroundings are every
way pleasant,
The injunct
property on the 26th ultimo,
will sell tt without reserve.
Tkrm8: One-third cash ; balance In 8 and 6 months.
li. W. A DA IK,
Real Estate Agent,
Whitehall Street, uear the Railroad Crowing.
maylfr-td
IN STOltK AND JO ABHIVE.
15000 P0UNDS CLK * Ul BACON sides,
6000 pounds Shoulders,
6000 pounds llams—Plaiu and Sugar-Cured,
9600 pounds Leaf Lard,
6000 bushels Corn,
150 sacks freah-ground Meal,
100 hales Timothy Uay,
For sale at the lowest market prices, by
J. R. BOSTWICK,
maylO—3t Granite Block Broad Street^
injunction which was filed against the sale
, has been dissolved, so* 1
CHEAP FLOUR.
F IVE nUNDRBD BARRELS and aoo half sacks Floit
will be sold at one dollar per barrel less than It can
now be delivered from any market in the West I* w
in earnest, and would request merchants to give me*
cal).
A. K. 8EAGO,
may 10—3 Ot
Coj
Corner Foi
> urn is si • n Merchant,
myth and Mitchell btreel
Atlanta,
its.
,1k-
I xia v o. iu my possession a small, turn cucsuim
rel Stare, right forefoot and right hindfoot white,
short tail, and about seven years old. taken from a w*n
who reported hU name as Burke, from Heard county.
Said mare ia supposed to bo stolen, aud the owner can
•*» hcr b/ i ’ rotW
Atl*nts, May 7th, lbfil.-et.