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JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
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JUSAVIXU MATTER OX ESK/tY PAGE.
MAt.ON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2i.
couuramirnwAarrED.
Oar friends In Soathmnern and Middle
Georgia, especially, would do us • great
byaendiog ody item of news
that will be ofliiferfest tb the public. Let
ten should be written on one side of tbe
paper, only, end be brief, except In matters j
of very greet importance, information
regarding crops, education, improvements
lu methods of farming, tbe bulldiug of
new mid*, raanufae ories, etc., tbe initia
tion of any enterprise of public utility,
politics or *enep»l neighborhood news,
will to very acceptable. Let ua hear from
)<ML
nun takb notice.
That the Btn»Gn Omci of the Jotjr
kal and Messenoeb is in the Book
hum of J. W. Burke A Cos., where all
relating to Mibecriptioo or adver
tising will bealtended to by W. M. Mitch
ell. Tbe editorial room ia up stairs,
over the book store.
To C>^RMKSPOicDß!tTS.—Persona writing
U t hi* odlae oil business will address their
Iwters to J. W. Burke A Cos. All commit
ntea’ions, and matter for publication in
the Jocrkai. and Msssbkgsk, should be
addressed to the editor.
Ditto. —Tha Cincinnati Enquirer hopes
to see tbe time when Government bonds
-will be used to paper kitchens with.
Suicide in a Carriage.— George Dut-
known New York stock broker,
while riding in a carriage on
on Saturday. Losses at stock
gambtfng the cause.
Ma Stephens' Book.— lt is stated that
the drat volume of this book baa had a
sale of 61.000 copies. Mr. Hi feeble health
la all (hat stands in the way of Its com pi e-
Uaa.
A Bet Opt.—Tbe conversion of the
Marqaie of Bute to Catholicism has been
iiff-ct by tbe withdrawal of the Duke of
Norfolk, the heed of the Catholic nobility
In England, from tbe church of his fore
fathers. He has joined tbe Irvingitee, a
Protestant sect.
Positively thi Last.— Daniel F.
Beak man. (he last surviving eoldier of tbe
RevoleUoaary War, died at Freedom,
Cattaraugus county, N. Y. t on the morn
ing of April 6, at ibe advanced age of 100
yearn and six months.
The Western Wheat Crop.—All ac
counts agree that, notwithstanding the
greet severity of tbe winter in tbe West,
tbe wheat crop never was known to be In*
» mun promising condition.
Beats thr Accost a Factory.—The
ArtsoOa Cotton Factory, established in
Claibr rue pariah. Louisiana, siooe tbe
war. Is now paying n profit of twenty -
four per otot per annum. This income
la real sml on a capital of SBO,OOO, and
with a part of tbe machinery counted in
the capital not yet at work.
THsFisnc Art.— Tbe two wings of tbe
Badical party in Georgia collided Monday,
at Atlanta, in tbe persons of a couple or
representatives—one from the Treasurer’s
office, and tbe other from the Executive
Department. Not tbe cb’efs, though, be
that understood. Nobody hurt very se
riously, bet a great deal of “toil” breath
wasted in eayiug ugly words.
From Mobile to 8t Louis.—The Reg
ister learns that the 8t Louie and Iron
ltouulaio Railroad from 8t Louis to Bel
mont, opposite Columbus, Kentucky, wil l
he dnisited by tbe Ist of July, thus giving
Mobile through rail connection .with Bt.
Louis. Loaded can will then he transfer
red across the river by steamer, and run
through to Mobile without trausbipment
of freight The companies also intend
running sleeping oars through.
Grant and the Senate.—The Her
ald's Washington special of Thursday,
aeya that the pent bp dissatisfaction which
Is known to exist in tbe Senate concern
ing tbe distribution of tbe federal patron
age by President Grant broke out that day,
for the first time in open Senate.
The whole debate showed that a genera]
feeling of dissatisfaction, to use no harsher
term, exists among the Senators about tbe
nominations of the President. It is the
opinion of many Republicans that the mat
ter will hardly and hero. A prominent
member of Congress said to-day that tbe
Senate was commencing a raid upon
Grant, just as they did upon Johnson, the
end of which would be to drive him over
to tbe other side.
A Radical Matriculant Ada Stell
ar.—How Radical manipulation has ad
vanced the grade of scholarship, In the
University ot Alabama, is best illustrated
by lbe following epistle from one of the
students, recently picked up in the street
at Tuscaloosa. Wo quote from the Moni
tor of that place: [t _[
Unevkrctty of Tuscaloosa, \
April 10th, 1869. /
dekb Fakthkb: colledge is opened and
we has about twenty-live Boys more nor
leas. We is scattered in the famerlies of
the professors for the presin t. I bode with
Mr. Loonio, and be dont feed well a bit.
He have nothin but corn dodgers and flsh
three time# a day and no coffee except for
bissolf and his Lady. The flsh Is hlckry
shad and each one have 10,000 Boaus in
him. We get no bacon nor other sorts of
■seeta. Those Peliows wbat stays at the
other professors' houses says that they
doat got even whet I does. The boys iu
townls down upon us for be in here. They
calls us scalier« ags and sicb like. I want
logo home. Please send me some money
to by somethin to eat with. Best Love to
■ear acd sissy.
Yourn in hase
•esses*
UommußßY to Nashville.—The
the buiidingnf the link of tiie
HuMwtnd Montgomery Railroad be
tween Decatur and Montgomery. Ala.,
has been awarded to Sain Tate and others.
They agree to finish the link f-ir $5,014,000.
Tn aid in the construction of the road,
the State of Alabama ba* indorsed $3,000.-
000of 8 per cent. Interest-hearing bonds of
tbeoompauy, and given $600,00J of the 3
per cent, fund of the State.
The contractors will get all the convict
labor of the Mate by simply paying all
the expenses of their keeping. Two hun
dred and fifty of them will be placed on
the mad next August.
Half of the grading on the road has
already been completed. Work will be
commenced nt the earliest practicable
asomen t. —JfashviUe Banner, 2">tA.
Just Punishment for a Heinous
Crime. (Aamberdwy April 22—Cain
Morris, arrested about n month since,
charged with ravishing three white girls,
was o»nvicted to thirty years’ solitary con
finement. The trial lasted three hours.
The Jury returned a verdict without leav
ing their box.
Marriage Extraordinary.—ln con
sequence of the unreconstructed state of
things in this pert of Virginia, last week
license to marry could not be obtained,
and n very respectableeonple who wished
to have the knot matrimonial tied, hud to
icaort to reconstructed Tennessee for that
purpose. Accordingly, on Thursday of
last week, Mr. James Graham and Miss
galSie Hickok, accompanied by a large
party of ydhng friends, paraded on horse
back, and moved down to Tennessee in
military style. They were met near the
line by the Rev. J. R. King and nis Staff,
and Immediately formed a solid column,
the bride and groom and their attendants
turned to Virginia wf ilmat ftlUrbUnr.
lA&Jtodon Virtrintan.
t'V .* ■ *
A humiliating CONFESSION.
The Church Union, a-.profetsedly relig
ions paper published la New York, bm
recently passed under other and more de
cent management. The new editor, in
referring to the previous coarse of the
journal in question, makes the following
frank, but bitter acknowledgement. He
says:
“This journal lias been notorious for its
personalities. It baa not scrupled to call
a man a trimmer, a time server, a coward,
au eceiesiasticai copperhead, a traitor, or
an infidel, as it thought most appropriate.
It baa opposed the Pope, but, nevertheless,
it has fulminated its opinions with all tbe
a-surance of Papal in fallibility, and a
slang and scurrility peculiarly its own.
Nothing bas shielded others from its at
tacks—neither piety, age, learning, love to
pod, nor service to"man—nothing except
advertising.”
*******
“As far, then, as a mao can retraet what
he bas not said, or a journal under one
management can repudiate certain char
acteristics which have belonged to anoth
er, we wish to free the Church Union from
tbe odium which it has richly merited in
the past, and from which it will seek to
be free hereafter.”
What a humiliating confession is here,
says the Baltimore Gazette! A paper,
ostensibly devoted to tbe promulgation of
religious doctrines, made the vehicle for
slang and scurrility—assailing everybody,
abusing everybody, and only Sparing tttoSe
wiio conciliated it by advertising in Us
columns. It was this “stealing the livery
of Heaven to serve the Devil in,” which
gave an aspect of peculiar wickedness to
quite a Dumber of tbe so-called religions
journals during tbe war. They were noth
ing if not slanderous, nothing if not-ma
lignant, nothing if not cruel and blood
thirsty.
But how could such journals be other
wise than what they were, when so many
of tbe Northern clergy were fulminating
sanguinary anathemas, intead of preach
ing peaceaud concord? It wasthecrown
ingevilof the times that tbe very men
whose special calling should have lifted
them above tbe din, and the turmoil, and
the strife of faction, threw themselves into
tbe arena of politics, not to counsel mod
eration, not to allay animosities, not to
set, in their own walk and conduct, an ex
ample of Christian kindness and forbear
ance, but aa stirrers up of evil passions
and as apologists for brutality. Were the
laws violated—it was “a military necessi
ty.” Were citizens maltreated, plundered,
torn from their homes, imprisoned with
out cause and ultimately released without
trial—they were “ disloyal,” and therefore
merited punisemhnt. Grant that these
excesses during tbe war find some pallia
tion in the passions roused hy the war.
What then shall be said of tbe persecution
that was kept up after the war was brought
to a close? What of the wholesale dis
franchisement which followed.wholesale
plunder at the Soutli; of tbe multitude of
corruptionists who have tainted the legis
lation of Congress; of the wholesale sys
tem of plunder which cheats tbe Federal
Treasury of a hundred millions of dollars
a year, and which bas made the name of
“revenue officer” and of “ licensed thief”
terms almost synonymous?
If tbe public morals have become de
bauched; if our system of Government
is undergoing a radical change for the
worst; if the faction now in power is sec
tional, proscriptive and revolutionary; if
we have broken loose from our old safe
moorings and are drifting—politically to
wards a centralized despotism; financially,
no one knows whither—who doubts that
this condition of things is largely owing
to tbe malign influence exerted by political
preachers at the North over the minds and
consciences of their resjradive congrega
tions, and to the
professedly ti,e
Church Union? iM, of
late, fallen into disreptfil|Pu now seeks
to win back some share 57 popular favor
by an open confession of Us former evil
courses and a solemn promise to amend its
ways, are the first hopeful signs of a
oliauge for the better we have yet met
with. But “one swallow does not make
a summer,” and we fear that the penitence
of tbe Church Union will have but little
effect in softening the malevolence of its
contemporaries of a similar stamp.
STATE NEWS.
Mysterious Murder.—On Saturday
night, a negro brought word to police
headquarters that a man had beeu found
dead at or near Gardner’s place, on Pryor
street. Policemau Holland and Lanier
proceeded to the spot, and discovered the
body of an Italian, who had been stubbed
under the ribs on the left side. On his
person was found about S2OO, a pair of
scissors, a pistol and a knife.
He was recognized sb the leader of a
band of Italian musicians, who came up
here from Macon ou Wednesday last,
composed ot two girls (the daughters of
the leader,) and five boys. The deceased
was named Loulge Leone, and came from
Marscoloue, county of Rasacilota, in Italy,
and was about forty years of age.
This baud was observed goiug iu the di
rectiou of the spot where the murder oc
curred, on Saturday, and shooting was
heard In that neighborhood about, two
o’clock iu the afternoon.
A boot was found Dear the body of tbe
deceased belonging to a member of the
band.
Coroner William Kilesummoned a jury
tbis mornirg and investigated the matter.
Nothing wai elicited to warrant the arrest
of any parties. Tbe owuer of the boot ex
plained tbe circumstance of its being near
the body to the satisfaction of ths jury
His foot was sore, and he pulh-d it off
From tbe testimony adduced, it appears
that the hami went there for tbe purpose
of gathering flowers, cut one another’s
hair, etc. Leone was left-by them sitting
at the foot of a tree, they going in search
of flowers. They could not see him, be
cause they were in a valley with a house
and a hill between them and tbe point
where he sat. They were horrified and
amazed to find him killed. They assert
that he was not depressed in mind, and
drank nothing intoxicating.
'1 hey do uot believe that he committed
suicide, and tbe murder is to them a mys
terious affair. Wbat is strange is that bis
money was undisturbed. Who tbe perpe
trator is, or what the moving cause of this
horrid murder was, remains enveloped, as
yet, in deep mystery.
Tbe jury rendered a verdict that tbe de
ceased came to his death at the bauds of
some party or parties to them unknown.
[Atlanta Constitution, 26 th.
Bales.— Wallace & Fowler made tbe
following sales of real estate last week :
Ooe and a half acres on Nelson street, to
Herbert Ellerby, $2,000 ; 2 8 10 acres, near
ex-Maynr Williams’ residence, to John
Rice, of Georgia National Bank, for $850;
1 16 of an acre uear Koltiug Mill, to Mr.
Tutnlin, ft>fs2oo.—JWd.
Air-Line Railroad.— Some fifty or
aixty negroes, employed by Messrs.
Adams, tjeo t A Cos., to work ou tbe'Geor
gia Air-Liue Railroad, passed through
tbe city yesterday on tbe way to their des
tination. Mary of the men were accom
panied by their wives and children. ~
- [Lynchburg Kews.
The Fruit.— Contrary to our expecta
tions, we are pleased to learn that tbe
peaches were not all destroyed by the late
froots. We do not suppose there will be
a full crop, but are informed that a good
many orchards aUll retain a pretty fair
Sow far the apples bava been affected
We have not learned. —Gainesville Eagle,
24/A.
S Wheat Crop.— From all ports of
>aat Georgia tbe reports of the grow
ing wheat are most encouraging. Tbe
crop is not so forward as we have known
It, but tbe stand .is excellent, and appear
ance healthy, and altogether the promises
of a good yield are as flattering as we have
known it; at tbis season, for many years
paaL— Mi. L_ _
a Mr. Daniel WllkMb died athfartUtf
dence near Indian Spring, on tbe 22d
jnst., aged 87 years- . Tbe deceased was
one of fbe earliest pfonedrof tbis section.
He emigrated from North Carolina forty
[Monroe Advertiser, 27th.
The Weather Crop?. Ac—The past
weejc was a favorable period jjjr the agfi*
cultural Interest of Bnttt. Timeiyroins
fell Monday, which left the ground To
good condition for plaating. and during
the latter part of the week a full force was
in the fields- Thxinjury to tfcie fruit, sus
tained during the fast freeze is serious, and
not more than half a crop ia anticipated.
Gardens are unusually backward. — Ibid.
We are glad to chronicle tbe recapture
of tbe negro Patterson, who, with another
criminal, Henry Trspp, broke jail here
some time ago. He was brought up yes
terday morning by Lieut. Avant, of the
Macon police, who came up with
somewhere in bis beat. The Lieu
is a clever detective, aud knows a crimi
nal hy instinct. He hftp«r to capture'
Trapp in a short while— lbid.
. Agricultural Premiums—We are
fertilised that tfee officers of tbe Butts
County Agricultural Society hive deckled'
fished iu full, for competition at the An
nual Fair next fall: __
Best acre of Cotton fertilizers, $lO
“ “ cultivated without fertilizers 10
“ “ Corn 10
Second best acre of Coro ‘jap
“ “ Spanish Potatoes...... 5
“ “ Tarns .iS 2
“K“ Irish Potatoes ip 3
“ specimen bushel Tams.. ...T. TS
“ “ “ Spanish $
“ “ “ Irsh Potatoes 2
• ! silii
Important Case.—The cases of Hen
rietta Nelson vs. Lindsay H. Dunham
tied, twenty in number, wifi be called iu
the “United States District Court to-day.
The cases involve tbe application to tbe
Courts of tbe United States of article 5,
section xvii., Par. 7 of tba/Coostlfattoti of
Georgia : “ That no court or officer shall
have m>r shall the General Assemb'y give
jurisdiction or authority to try or give
judgment in or enforce any debt, tbe coh T
sideraiion of which Wrs a slave or plav-s,
or the hire thereof;” and will present the
n'ovel question whether the Courts of the
United States wifi enforce contracts fur
the hire or price of slaves emancipated by
the United (State* without ednipensatron
to tbe parties interested in the suits, when,
the Courts of the Stale are prohibited
from so doing. There are ; able counsel
engaged, and a large amount of money is
dependent on tbe decision. Messrs. Nis
bets, Law ami Lovell, fop plaintiffs;
Dougherty, Toombs, Lloyd and nllWeMfefor
defendant. —/Savannah News, 26 th.
Cotton Receipts in Griffin.—By
examination of the warehouse books,'we
find that tbe receipts this season at this
point, up to last Friday, were twelve
thousand two hundred and forty-four
(12,244 ) Average receipts per day are not
more than ted bales, so nnr entire receipts
wifi be but little over 13,000 bales for the
r easoo, aud it bas brought about one and
one half million dollars. A few more such
seasons wifi make our people comfortable,
both iu town aud country.— Star, 21th.
A genial shower of rain in the early part
of last week, and another on baturday,
gave a wholesome impetus to growing
crops,aqd put tbe ground in good condi
tion roPfarrtflng operations— Monroe Ad, •
vertiaer, 21th.
JUNTA PATRIOTICA DE CUBANAB.
Tbe regular meeting of this society was
very largely attended yesterday afternoon.
Tbe exercises were made exceedingly in
teresting by tbe reports made tbrougli tbe
Vice President, Senora Mercedes de Sher
man, who has recently returned from a trip
with pen ora de Colas, the President, tbe
two being a delegation sent from this city
at the request of pjrominent parties in
Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia,
to organize branch societies in those cities.
The results of their mission are highly
satisfactory to the general society. They
received the kindest expressions of sym
pathy from the President, Senators and
leading men of tbe nation. Their central
office in Washington is at the elegant
residence of Senator Pomeroy, with Mrs.
PoiAeroy as President. Mrs. Senators
Morrill and Drake aud others, as members.
At Baltimore, Mrs. A Lincoln Phelps
is President, and residence on Eutaw
Place is the headquarters, while many of
the most emlne it people of tbe city are
members. At Philadelphia their office is
at the Continental Hotel, aud Mrs. Morales
Lem us Is President, and Mrs. 8 Dut on
Secretary. A grand fair is to be opened
iu Apollo Hall, in (bis city, on the 2711a
inst. It Is expected to yield a profit of
about $30,000, which, with amounts pre
viously reported, will make nearly $50,000.
Mayor A. Oakey Hall will preside at the
opeuiDg, aud the Rev. Henry Ward Bee
cher wifi make the opening . prayer.
Among the many attractions promised is
a liofse worth SI,OOO, a pearl and diamond
brooch SI,OOO, aud a medallion carpets6oo.
These are to be disposed of ojq shares.
Among tbe new members received at the
meeting yesterday was Mrs. H. W. Beech
er.—lV. Y. Tribune, 23 rd.
THE BUND ROBBERY.
Fire Hundred Thousand Dollar* Worth of Stolen
Property Recovered. S
From the Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23.
The facts connected with the robbery of
a million of dollars in cash, bonds, securi
ties, etc., from the Beneficial Savings
Fund, at Twelfth and Chestnut streets
some four weeks ago, areetiil fresh in the
minds of the public. Ever since the day
of the theft the detectives have been haid
at work endeavoring to ferret out the per
petrators of the bpid transaction and re
cover tbe stolen treasure. They have ar
lested parties on suspicion, but in every
instance were obliged to release them for
tbe want of testimony.
They have night and day piped Cracks
man and their associates, and have done
all id their power to secure the capture of
the noted burglars. They have not suc
ceeded in this particular, but have recov
ered $500,000 of the stolen bonds. These
of course are the registered bands. In
what way, or Irotn whom the property
was recovered, We are unable Lossy. De
tectives Taggart and Smith,>two of thy
best officers in town, have bad charge of
the c:<se, aud the fact that the affair has
been kept a secret, would lead to tbe be
lief that they were in hopes of arrestiijjjf
the noted cracksmen who so
eomplished tbe robbery. ; | «T>
The total valne of the property stolen
aggregated close on to $1,000,000, $18,00(1
iu cash, a diamond worth $lO 000, negqtia-.
able bonds to the value of $70,000, and the'
rest in registered bonds, loans and securl
ties. The cash, diamond and negotiable
bonds.it is believed, wifi never be recov
ered. This tbe thieves wifi retain for their
labor in bringing about tbe theft.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN
We find the following in “The Imper
ialist, ’’ of Saturdajrr*
T. C. I. O. Official Gazettß.—By
special license, issued April 14,1869, Tbe
Imperialist has been designated as the
official journal of tlieT. C. I. O. All civil
decrees and military orders requiring pub
licity will hereafter be found in The Im
perialist.
Then follows a long list of orders, signed
“By order, T. I. O., 1 ’ and among which we
find these:
The C. I. O. of the Province of Georgia
are hereby notifled that a Pro consul has
been appointed for that Province. All
necessary information cn this subject mil
be forwarded from these Headquarter
through the proper channels.
' By order, T. I. O. m
Pro-consuls are hereby ordered to for
ward no more communications by mall,
but to employ tru-tworthy messengers for
tbe conveyance of all documents or com
munications. Any violation of this or
der will subject the delinquent officer th
censure, and a repetition of the offence
will he followed by his retirement.
By order, T. I. O.
Official 28—Bcroil 4.
IAkcrHTARY T. L*p. sad ' -2s;:.
A hack driver in Buffalo, who pur
posely drove slowly and thus prevented
the. two gentlemen in his vehicle from
reaching their trato, boping-tbuete make
more money _j>r them, has heen.ar„
rested and .irlecU and was' Obliged to psy I
the hotel bills of his vietims and the costs
of
Forty years ago a young lady of eigh
teen, tn New York State, became insane.
A few days Ago she suddenly recovered
her faculties. Now, after forty years of
ilaakgyisteuoc, she is old, feeble and
ray, in the enjoyment only of tbe fact
that she is aeain rational, and bu.dly en
gaged in making her oWd acquaintance.
KAYTOSPS OIL OF LIFE AND FILLS—Frtr
ale wholesale amt retail, t* Macon, at 3*. H.
tstUn * Co.’*. Haaeeuburg, Aon A Banls’, and
L- ” ” *~t •*—aatileW—Mi
KAYTOITS OIL OP LlFE—Cores all pains and
aches.
EASTERN TEXAS.
Editor: So rn%uy discrepant and
contradictory accounts of Texas have been
published in tbe papers, in regard to its
climate, soil, ssltibrity, etc., I have
thought it probable some of yeur renders
might like to hear what an old settler bad
to say upon the subject. I have resided,
almost continuously iu the State ever since
1835, and my business has been suob as to
-cnmpeHhe ait parts Os it, at all
seasops of the year. I think, therefore,
withobt tfflffijjSttfng anything to myself
at nil,that I can claim to be well acquaint
ed w!tl| epepy portion of the State, aD
though the domain comprised within its
limits is, perhaps, four or five times as
large gar the State of-New York, «nd each
portion of it, East, West, North and
South, differing, in many material points,
the other. It is owing to these
differences, principally, that such diverse
wodtdiserepaut accounts have been given
counted, its climate, soil, produc-
ICTona, etc. The majority of persons visit
| iug the State form their opinion of tbe
whole from what they have actually seen
of it (perhaps a very limited portion). For
instance, an emigrant settles in what is
known as Eastern Texas, or that part of
the State lying between the Sabine and
I Louisiana line and tbe Trinity river, and
without having seen anything else, be
writes back to bis friends iu tbe “Old
States” that the soil of Texas is fight and
sandy—that the country is densely timber
ed with pine, oak and hickory—thatrthe
country is well watered, aud in many 10-.
calities, now, pretty thickly settled—that J
corn amtcotton grow well there, but that
jvbeat aud most of tbe small grains do not
—that intermittant and billious fevers are
'everywhere prevalent, during the summer
Reason, etc. Such an account would un
doubtedly be a correct one, as far as that
portion of the State is concerned, but
fteuld do moreapply to Northern or West
ern Texas than it would to Kentucky.
Again, uu euiigrautsettling inthe West,
would probably write back to his friends
aDd say that Texas was principally a
prairie country ; that the timber was cod
fiued mainly t > the streams and water
courses ; that there was no pine in tbe
/country aud no red oaks; that as a general
thing there was but little sand in tbe soil,
“and that it was very rich and tenacious in
its character; that intermittent and bil
lions complaints were not common ex
cept in the vicioity of the larger streamsi
etc., etc. This would all be true enough;
too, but would not apply at all td “ Texas *
as a whole.
The emigrant to Texas by land, (un
less striking far up towards the North
east),\ would probably enter the State by
the way of Shreveport, Louisiana. From
there jto the Trinity River, he would fiud
the following description of the country
inthe main a correct one. Heavily tim
bered with yellow pine, red oak, post oaki
black jack, hickory, dogwood, sassafras,
persimmon, etc., and in tbe bottoms on
the streams, water oak, ash, sweet-gum,
black gum, magnolia and occasionally the
walnut and beech aud maple, (not tbe
sugar maple); soil light and sandy aud ap
paiently not very rich, but producing both
cotton and corn well, vegetables of most
all sorts, and most all tbe varieties of
Northern fruits. Peaches, figs and plums
especially flourish, aud some varieties of
tbe Apple. Tbe wild or native fruits are
persimmons, haws, plums, blackberries,
dewberries, w llol tleberries and grapes,
though the lattef 1 are not.so good nor sd
abundantas in other parts of tbeState.
» There are but few of the natural grasses
left in this those who own
stock have to depend upon feeding and
pasturage—consequently milk and batter
are not plentiful. In some localities there
is still an abundance of cane growing
along tbe watercourses, upon which cattle
will keep in tolerable condition. The cli
mate of Eastern Texas is very similar to
that of lower Georgia, Alabama, Missis
sippi and Louisiana, ex :ept that usually
there is but little raiu in the fall. Tbe
summers are hot and long, but the win
ters are pleasant—more so than in North
efn or VVestern Texas, where there is
comparatively but little timber tO: break
the force of severe northers Springs and
creeks are numerous and unfailing, and
tbe water good; at tbe same time the
larger water-courses are sluggish and
muddy, and most of them overflow at cer
tain seasons of the year. lutermittent
and bilious fevers prevail throughout this
section, but they are usually mild in tbeir
character, and easily controlled or man
aged- Though, as I have said, this is not a
stock couiitry generally, yet hogs, thrive
well everywhere, and good bacon,sufficient
for the wants of the country, Is put up
during the wlntexseason.
I regard Eastern Texas as feeing, per
haps, the best cotton growing region in
the w°rld, not because tbe lauds are any
more productive than those ot South
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
and Florida, but simply because from tbe
time tbe cotton is sufficiently opened to
begin picking, the weather is dry and
calm, Witli rarely a killing frost until fre
quently long after Übristuias, aud none of
I those heavy gales or raiu storms that so
often damage the crops iu the States above
mentioned. There is almost always am
ple time in Eastern Texas to secure tbe
who e crop of cottou before any bad
weather sets in. Late springs are not un
common throughout the State, but cold or
bad weather of any sort rarely sets in
until sometime,in January.
Society in Eastern Texas will compare
*fayor«bty with that of most of the South
ern States—indeed, it is settled principally
by farmers and planters from Georgia,
Alabama, Louisiana, etc. Good schools
will be fouDd in all tbe towns and vil
lages, and churches are numerous aud
generally well attended.
The lands in this region bordering on the
bays and Gulf coast, are mostly low, wet
and uninviting in every particular, be
sides being iDfested with flies and mus
quitoes. Tbe fine timber upon these lands,
however, and tbeir proximity to. naviga
tion. will eventually render them valuable.
Os course there are limited localities
throughout this region, to which the above
description would not be in every respect
applicable, nevertheless, as a general des
cription of the country, soil, climate, etc.,
I believe the emigrant wifi find it correct
as far as It goes.
In my next I will give yon (condensed
as much as possible.) a description of tbe
ISouthern portion of the State. D.
OBITUARY.
Departed this lile, near Knoxville, Crawford
Loonnty. Georgia, on the )9th of April, 18t9. at
|fo# o'clock p. st„ Mrs. KIZZIAH LOWE, wife of
phk»b Lowe, in the sixty-first, year of her age.
The fact which this announcement declares
has spread a pall of tadness over a once happy
family, and taken from It one of its brightest
jewels. Thns has death stricken from earth one
of its purest and noblest subjects, for there never
lived a purer, nobler woman, and one whose
dreth was more deeply deplored and lamented.
The Writer of this notice has Men Intimately
acquainted with the deceased for several years,
and can truly say she was a pious and Christian
lady. She become a member of the Missionary
Baptist Church about twenty-nine years ago,
and was ever thereafter a devoted and exempla
ry member. .Her health had been unite feeble
Ipe eeverja year*; Rouble# .amt afflictions
were great, bat rilenoretfarhi with that fortitude
whisk marks the true Christian. In all of her
troubles she seldom eemp/aftfed.- Oh tbe day of
- her death she
bors and Mends, and after returning home late
In the evening was suddenly stricken with
Her circle ot friends was large, and they always
Sr appreciation of Her virtues by-their
i a kttfd and devoted husband, four
ifractionate children-two sons end
we—to moors and deplore tbelr loss,
she wss truly devoted to her hus
every means to make blm happy.
’, she loved her children with all the
devetEMwln mucher# heartt
c Few persons could have *a upiebeen spared.
But Wpar should we mvvsvtJ flw teas k her
eternal gain, lor she now rests with the spirits of
Heaven. A'Frixjto. *
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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OEO. B. TURPIN. J. MONROB OOSIK.
TURPIN & OGDEN,
Coiamission Merchants,
Real Estate and Insurance Agents,
. maqon, georqia,
Represent the mutual life insu
rance Company of New York—Cash Assets
over t32.UOU.UUO.
Tbe Manhattan Ufa Insurance Company of
New York—Assets ever So 000,000.
GFf tCK M)R halE:
“Engene Cl'qnot” Champagne quarts and
pints—<t reduced prlcta.
Twoßrirk«tor*>» in East Macon, next to D.
Flanders a son. fronting 48 feet. Bridge stret— 6o
feel deep.
Tbe elegant Residences known aa tbe Bond or
Nelson Honse.and the Findlay House.
A Residence and several flue Building Lots on
Tatnall Square.
Alrto, several fine Plantations and Lota of Wild
Land*. mrlO-et
PIANOS! PIANOS!
, PI
THE GREAT
UNION COMPANY PIANOS.
MRS. a. O. BACON, of Maoon, and Mr. HUQH
LA.W-ON. of H*wklnsvUie, have Jusi pur
chased one each, and pronounce them superb,
lwree more, oi srpfuuoa tones, have Just ar
rived and for sale at, a low figure, under Kiddle 1 *
oailerv. _ _ w
ap,B st O. R. RICE, Agent.
THE NEW CHEMICAL,
SWEET QUININE,
ap‘.B-tf AT ELLIS’ DRUG STORE.
LUBIN’S EXTRACTS.
5Q DOZEN, Genuine. For sale by
HARRIS, CLAY & CO ,
Wholesale Druggists,
apZ7-2t Macon, Oa.
Meal! Meal! Meal!
QNE Car Load Fresh Water Ground MEAL,
For sale low, by
ap27-2t GEO. T. ROGERS A SONS.
Flour! Flour! Flour!
2000 SACKS F t*°UK. all grades.
3M Barrels FLOUR, all grades, which we pro
pose to sell low. G ive ns a call.
ap27-2; G El >. T. ROGERS A SONS.
Cheap and Excellent Pictures!
TAMEYS PICTURE GALLERY,
Corner of Mulberry and Second Streets,
Over Boardman’s Book Store.
Best PHOTOGRAPHS for 85/0 per Dozen
-85 00 for half-dozen; other pictures in pro
portion. CHaRLKM TaNZEY
af 27-lawtf Os Eufaula, Ala.
Pare Cinnamon Bark,
SPICES, NUTMEGS, etc., that I warrant to
please every buyer. Give me a trial, and
some of you will have, for the first time, pure,
jresh Spices.
ap27-tf . THFO. W. ELT.TS.
The Wonderful Blue,
FOR WASHERWOMEN,
A SPECK ot It colors deeply a pint of water,
and answers Its purpose admirably.
•p 27 ts AT ELLIS’ DRUG STORE.
Pure Turkey Opium.
powBRS- and Welghtman’s Quinine and
A Morphine, at
ap27tf ELLIS’ DRUG STORE.
Instead of Bitteks, use Y QII7PP T f
Mothers! give the children [ On Juu X *
Ask your Doctor for f nTTINTMC 1
Druggists all sell ) IgUXL" 111-J
aus eod-lra
PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILIES!
The Workingmen’s Mutual Relief
Association of Georgia
HAS for Its object the cash payment to the
family of a deceased member, within thirty
days arter his death, of as many dollars as there
members of the Association.
OFFICERS;
President—E. fiEIDT, of Heldt, Jandon A Cos.
Vice President—JOHN OLIVER, Painter, and
Dealer In Paints, etc
Secretary—J. P. CoLLINS, Dealer In Crockery,
etc.
Treasurer—A. HaYWOOD, of Haywood, Gage
A Cos.
DIRECTORS:
Jas. L. Hanpt, P. G. M. of I: O. O. F.
Jas. Lachiison, of K. A J. Laehllson, Machinists
and Founders
John McDonough, of T. Balentyn'e A Cos., Foun
ders
J. 8. Tyson, Master of Transportation A. A G.
K. R.
Jas. E. Grady, ot Holcombe A Cos., Wholesale
Grocers.
John K. Johnson, of Connerat A Johnson,
Wholesale Grocers.
B. L. Houlineac, Master Machinist C. R. R.
John Nlc dsou, of Nicolson A McAleer, Plumbers
and Gas Fitters.
It is the best aud cheapest method of Insur
ance. All receipts and disbursements are direct,
and it therefore has no large corps of Agents and
Officers to eat np the substance of the Associa
tion.
Applications for membership can be made to
either of the Officers or Directors.
Forms of applications and copies of the By-
Laws can be procured by calling on or addressing
J. P. COLLI NS, Secr-tary,
No. 133 Broughton Street,
Savannah, Ga.
Agent at Macon, H. W, BOIFEUILLET,
mr6-3m 70 Cherry Street.
FOR SALE,
3000 POUNDS TALLOW,
12 barrels Rosin, ' „
SCO bushels Cow Peas,
259 barrels Flour, Superfine and Family,
590 sacks Corn, in store and to arrive,
2030 pounds Choice Hams,
With Bacon, Lard, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, etc.,
etc., by
ar23-ct J. H. ANDERSON A SON.
SSO REWARD.
§TOLEN, from our Wagon, at Mrs. Etherage’s
Plantation, In Houston county, on the night
the 13th instant, a BLACK MARE MULE,
twelve or thirteen years old. We will pay the
above reward for the mule and thief, or (25 for
the mule.
Dsscaipriov —She Is a black mare mule, good
size, with a email white spot on the left side un
der the saddle, and shoulders tabbed or skinned
tast behind the weathers.
spls-d2w TOOKE, COOPER A CO.
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES.
I HAVE no w ip store a select stock of CHOICE
FAMILY GROCERIES, which 1 am offering at
REDUCED PRICES FOR CASH,
Consisting °f
Sugars, Teas, Coffee, Lard,
Rotter, Spices, (whole* and ground) Pickles,
(Etgiish and American) Citron. Pearl Barley,
Hp.n Peas, Syrup* of all grades. Molasses, Eng
lish Walnuts, Feeans, Brasil, Filberts, Candy,
(plain and fancy) Kaittns, Currants, Pearl
Homing, stall-fed Kentucky Beet, to pickle,
Pickled Pork, choice Wince of various brands,
Whisky, Ram. Brandy, Schnapps, in quantity to
salt parehaters.
EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR,
(From Tennessee White Wheat.) twenty boxes
choice Oranges end Lemons, five boxes Italian
Macaroni.
Alt goads warns ted. and delivered ftsg of
charge.
JNO. W. O'CONNOR,
apQtmt Ho. to Cherry Street.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!
■#. " m > 'Sk
Bat we would advise those ladies who have not
prepared for
2S& A.ST DAY
To delay no longer, but go at once to the store of
NUSSBAUM &DANNENBERC
No. 70 THIRD STREET,
And see the extensive stock of every descrip
tion of
WHITE GOODS,
Which they are selling at
Astonishingly Low Prices !
Their Stock of
DRESS GOODS,
And everything pise in the Dry Goods .line, la
one of the Largest, and the Cheapest in the City.
TBS BEST AND CHEAPEST STOCK OF
PARASOLS
TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE.
aplSnbWf ft
A TEW MORE LEFT
-f! . cr THCSK j- .; .
HATS
At One Dollar and Fifty Cents! FINE STRAW
HATS at One hollar t at
NUSBBAUM A DANNBNBERG’S,
ap26-mwf-3t No. 7) Third Street.
PREBDMENS SUITS!
-THB
CHEAPjgST IN THE MARESXJ:
■ stock of Gen'S' nml K<
odm^pii 1 . Boors, Shoes hats, etc..
At the Miy LOWEST figures, at
ap26-mwf-3t No:70 THIRD STREET.
100 CASES
Clear Bib Bacon Sides
.'%i- ■ : wil . ■ ii.-. . ■> vr’. ii
"Df« i
-riji-r . • ii, .. (' ...
60 Casks Dry Salt
Clear Rib Sides.
60 Casks Bacon Shoulders.
ROGERS & BONN,
ap22-ct
A CHOICE lot of Spices, Mace, Ginger, Nut
megs, Cinnamon, Cloves, etc., especially for
family use.
L. W. HUNT & CO..
ap27-ct 81 and 81 Cherry Street.
PROPOSALS.
OFFICE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 1
Macon, April 26,1809. J
AT a meeting of the Board of
of Bibb County, neld on Saturday, 24th Inst.,
the following resolutions were adop ed :
Resolved, Thst the Secretary advertise fora
plan of speciflcallonsand Estimates for erecting
a Court House for Bibb Couniy, and that Two
Hundred Dollars (tlOOj be paid lor the plan that
may b> adopted by this Board.
Resolved. That a Committee of Three be ap
points i to impart the views of the Board as to
the size, styie and cost of the proposed Court
House.
The Committee in accordance with the last
resolution arr : L N. Whittle, G. B. Roberts,
and J. M. Boardman.
W. P. GOODALL,
ap27-tf Secretary.
NOTICE.
THE Delegates to the Georgia Baptist Conven
tion, which will be held with the Cuthbert
Baptist Church, on the 231 insiant, will be fur
nished with free return tickets by ail the rail
road agents In the State on p-eseutatlon of cer
tificates signed by the President and Secretary
cf the Convention. .
R. S. JACKSON,
A. F-. MoGARITY,
T. M. CAD A WAY,
apl3-tf Committee.
AT THE WHITE CORNER,
BALES DOMESTICS, on ’.consignment,
which we will sell at Factory prices.
20 Tofes Choice Yellow GOSHEN BUTTER.
20,000 CIGARS, all grades. Fpr sale low
50 Barrels Tennessee White Corn Whisky.
apr2B ct SEYMOUR. TINSLEY A CO.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having demands against the late
SIMRI ROSE, deceased, will please present
them for payment to eltner myself or Dr. T. H.
Kloum.st Messrs. J W. Burke A Co.’m; and all
who are indebted to him will confer a great lavor
by sending the amount uue at Once,
a (.21 ts L. E. ROSE.
WANTED—TO RENT.
A HOUSE, containing from four to six rooms,
in a central part of the city. Apply at
ap6-tf THIS OFFICE.
FOR RENT,
THE entire Upper Floor, over A. Springer’s
Store,Triangular Blocs, corner Cotton a.ve
nae and second Street, suitable lor Offices.
Inquire at
ap23-6t A. SPRINGER’S STORE.
i f b ar^B^t^6^ehfin:e ,
SO barrala Doable Extra,
60 barrels Extra Family,
Instore, and for sale low, by
J. L. SAULS BURY,
mrS-et 100 Cherry Street.
i CROWDS ASSEMBLE ---
EVER’fc DAY around that Superb ICE CREAM
SODA KUIINT AIN ol J. H.ZEILIN A 00. S.
to drink thfe delldons beverages. The Syrnps
are made from the fruits’ Jaiues. btiawberry,
Pineapple, Nectar. Hock, etc., are exqnlstteln
flavor. Get Vein: of Tickets at once. apllt-tf
S for Real Estate.
from the business, offers for
fine Tailor.’ and Clothiers’
it with a nice assortment of
Velvet Dress Buttons, and
ange tor a portion of the pur
i any healthy location in the
Southern States. Property in or near a city pre
ferred. This is a desirable opportunity tor any
wishing to commence business, or to add a de
partment of thts kind to a business already es
tablished. Address Box 3U67, Postoffice, New
Tor*. ap24-*t
L. EL BRYANT,
AUCTION AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
MACON, GEORGIA.
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Regular Sal* Days—TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS
and SATURDAYS. # apl-lm
SIX SECOND-HAND
BILLIARD TABLES FOR BAL%
Proprietor* Georgia taiooni, Bacon.
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W. A. HUFF,
MACON, GEORGIA.
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ALWAYS AHEAD, FULLY POSTED, AND WELL SUPPLIED WITH
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Com, Raeon, Flour, Meal, Wheat, Sugar, Coffee, Syrap, Bagging, Ties, Hay, Oats, Bran, Peas, Rye, Wmoi§ and Buggies.
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