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THE TELEGRAPH.
BY CLISBY <fc REID,
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1869.
Outside Contents.
Fran Pao*.—Georgia Legislature ; Monday’s
Proceedings—Dancing the Death Cotillion—The
Sweet Potato; best Mode of Col tare.
Foe a in Paox. — Unsexing Woman—Opposi
tion to Negro Suffrage—A Western Railroad
Convention.
Northwestern Farms rad .Southern
Cotton Plantations.
We notice the sale of several farms near Dex-
ington within a few weeks back. They brought
an average of $93 per acre.
We often hear our Georgia planters speak of
selling ont and going to upper Kentucky. They
dream of model stock farms—plenty of provis
ions and stock, snch as bine grass, com, hay
and oats, fat horses, cattle, etc. It is very true
all theae are there in the greatest profusion, and
can be bought if yon have enough money. Let
ns see how maclx cash it will take to purchase
and equip a 300 acre farm :
300 acres at $33 per acre $27,900
10 brood mares at $1C0 each 1,500
1 stallion 2,000
1 jack 1,000
20 head, of cattle ... 1,000
30 head of sheep 300
Farming Implements 300
Items 1,000
Total .. $35,5000
If any of onr planters can muster this much
cash, they can purchase and very well equip a
Kentucky farm near Lexington, conceded to be
the best division of the State. Bnt an inquiry
naturally arises: Does that land pay as well as
our cotton land ? The best of it will produce
about forty bushels of com to the acre. Take
two acres, for example. They will yield eighty
bushels, which is worth at the crib 50 cents per
bnshel, or forty dollars for both acres. By feed
ing it to hogs and mules the farmer may make
it turn out fifty dollars. Now, two acres of our
best cotton land will produce a bale of cotton
worth all of a hundred dollars, or just twice as
much as the Kentuckian gets. It is not at all
impossible, moreover, by a liberal use of fertil
izers, to make onr best lands bring a bale to the
acre, which, after deducting this expense, for
the two example acres, is $150. No land in any
portion of Kentucky, not even its tobacco region
—the most profitable of any of it—approaches
any snch figure as this.
The truth is Southern cotton lands are the
most valuable portion of the United States. It
is very true the farmers of Kentucky and the
Northwest make plenty to eat, own fine stock,
and live well. But to make money is the main
business of the tiller of the soil. It is nothing
unusual fora Southwest Georgia planter, with a
capital investment of $35,500, to make $10,000
in one year. The best'of Kentucky planters do
not make this much in five, and often not in fif
teen years. Let the products of an acre of
ground in each State meet here'in the Macon
market, and Mr. Cottonplanter will take homo
twice as many greenback dollars as Mr. Corn-
planter.
And wo claim that we can raise as many hor
ses, mules, hogs, etc., as we have any reasona
ble tise for. 8o thero is no need of going to
Kentucky. The climate is much colder, the
winters much longer, and the summers just os
hot
Annexation of Vineville.
We understand a petition has gone to the
Legislature, asking the annexation of the suburb
of Yineville to the corporate limits of the city
of Macon. This is a movement we have long
been looking for. Vinovillo contains some
twenty-five or thirty white voters and three or
four hundred negro voters. Some of the former
have a few shillings interest in the city of Ma
con, but the combined interest of the Hatter in
the city may be estimated at something less
than a quarter of a dollar, badly torn and dis
figured.
When this bill annexing Vineville to Macon
gets through the Legislature, the city of Macon
will be practically controlled by negro voters,
who have neither residenco nor interest in the
city, and who do not pay one dime to the sup
port of the city government. If such an iniquity
as that shall be consummated, it ia needless to
say we are gone up—the Philistines are upon us
and we are shorn of our strength. It fa said
some busy bodies calling themselves Democrats,
are concerned in this movement; but a simple
statement of the practical effect of tho scheigo
will show that no man—Democrat or Radical—
who believes in fair dealing can sanction such a
proceeding.
of the CMHUnttoaal
— - Convention.
The Ordinance providing for the reassem
bling of the Georgia Constitutional Convention,
“if necessary,” ia in the following words
“Be it ordained, That should it be neceaaary
for this Convention, after its adjournment, to
reassemble to complete the reconstruction of
theState.it shall do so at the call of the Presi
dent of the same: and in default of the Presi
dent, then of the President pro tempore, Han.
James 1m Panning, and in default of both, then
by the General commanding the Third Military
District. And should no such eaU be made in
twelve month* from thi* date, then thi* Conven
tion shall etand adjourned tine die.
“Adopted, March 11, 1868.”
Our specials from Atlanta Monday night an
nounced that a call for the re-assembling of the
Convention would be issued on Tuesday, and it
will be seen from the foregoing ordinance that
the call mutt issue before tho 11th, or the Con
vention will be dead. The call is, therefore, is
sued probably for the primary purpose of keep
ing life in that body, in event it shall be neces
sary to use it as an instrument of radical re-re*
construction of Georgia.
The wording of the ordinance Beems to have
been chosen with a view to the most latitudina-
rian construction. It is understood that the
President of the Convention seesno “necessity”
for reassembling; but the ordinance provides
that “in default” at the President, then the
President pro temjtore, Dunning, shall call it.
Now, the phrase “in default,” includes every
thing and anything. It includes physical dis
ability from death or disease, or moral disability
resulting from a conviction of the want of li ne~
eeuity” for the reassembling of the Convention;
and it takes, as it were, a raking fire upon the
whole trio authorized to reassemble the Conven
tion. If Parrott is “in default” and refuses for
any reason to reassemble the Convention, then
the shot hits Dunning, and if it fails to bring
down Dunning, it passes on to test the vulnera
bility of Gen. Meade.
In tho present case it seems to have brought
down the centre man. And fie, it is understood,
is to reassemble the Convention.
Wo surmise the whole is done at a wink from
the Reconstruction Committee of Congress. It is
not improbable they see that the scheme of re-
reconstructing Georgia is likely to fail for want
of sanction from Gen. Grant. What, then,
might be done? Answer. The Constitutional
Convention might reassemble and amend the
bill of rights or any other part of the Constitu
tion, by inserting a declaration that colored
voters shall bo entitled to hold all offices created
by this Constitution. Congress might then af
firm this amendment as part and parcel of the
State Constitution, just as Congress imposed a
whole State Constitution upon Alabama and pro
poses to do the same for Mississippi.
True, as the Constitutional Convention will
re-assemble under the reconstruction acts of
Congress, and these acts require the submission
of their handiwork to the people of the State,
an awkward obstacle to the revisory work of the
Convention would spring up just here. The
amendment would stand no chance before the
people, unless the Convention went farther and
purged the poll lists, by prescribing the iron
clad oath as a qualification for voters. This,
they might do; or. as an alternative, ignore that
provision of the reconstruction acts which re
quires the submission of the Constitutional Con
vention to ratification by the people.
Meanwhile, as an alternative to this compound
double-action of Conventions and Legislatures,
which are doing and undoing—considering and
reconsidering, and beggaring- the people of
Georgia by their enormous drains upon the
public revenue, and setting at utter defiance the
will of the people—powerless for good and pow-
erfnl for mischief, we beg leave to submit to
the people tho following petition:
To the Honorable, the Pretident of (he United
State* and the Senate and Home of Jlepre.
tentative*, in Congress Assembled -
We, your petitioners, inhabitants of the State
or Province or Military District of Georgia, (so-
called; humbly set forth that we are in a bad fix
generally, and the wisest man among us finds it
impossible to define onr political statns; onr
Governor himself being of the opinion that he
is not a Governor and the State is not a State.
Nevertheless, may it please your honors, we
are burdened with taxes,costs and expenses suf
ficient for half a dozen rightful and bona fide
Massachusetts Arm John Bull.—The Massa
chusetts Legislature has adopted a resolution
which runs:
“Any treaty which does not, by its terms, con
cede the liability of the English government for
the acts of its proteges, the Alabama and her
consorts, will be spurned with contempt by the
American people, and that a ratification thereof
would be dishonorable to .our nation and unjust
to its citizens."
England has already offered a fair and honor
able proposition to settle this -whole business—
“gone to the verge of humiliation,” says the
London Times—which has'been rejected. A
strong effort will be made, we are told to bully
her into paying these claims. We can well
conjecture the result. It is the strongest and
the most powerful government in the world to
day. and whilst its policy is peace it will not
pay one cent through intimidation. Such a
war as the ship builders would embroil us in
would be hard upon the South, as it would
greatly depreciate the price of our great staple.
Wooden Cab Wheels.—An Eastern railroad
engineer claims to have invented a wooden car
wheel, which he warrants will run four hundred
thousand miles before wearing ont. It is said
in the same connection, that “it is a well known
fact that iron wheels will not run over fifty
thousand miles”—“a well known fact” with
which we have no acquaintance. The cost of
the new invention is three times more than the
old.
Shabon House, Baixbkidge, Georgia.—This
well known Hotel is under the charge of Mr.
John Sharon. The House has recently been pnt
in thorough repair and refitted throughout;
everything is neat and tidy: the best of beds
and the best of meals furnished on short notice.
Uncle John Maury says the nearest way to reach
a man’s soul is down his throat Travelers going
to Southwestern Georgia, would do well to call
andsee Uncle John Sharon, at the Sharon House.
The Wab in Cuba.—Captain-General Dnlce
has given orders to take no more prisoners, but
to shoot down all rebels with arms in their
hands. This will only make the rebels fight the
more desperately. It is further announced fhaf
the home government will send 50,000 troops to
Cuba if necessary.
Price's Euoniiixrr Resolution, it will be
seen by Monday's proceedings, having been
vetoed by the Governor, now slumbers on the
table of the House.
The American House, Boston, has been
newly fitted and furnished throughout The
reputation of the senior partner has been too
well established by a long test of years, to need
further endorsement from us.
Tm Cincinnati Gazette says a Legislature
-cannot be chosen in Ohio which would not
adopt the 15th amendment
governments of such a State as Georgia (so-
called.) Our Legislators (so-called) vote them
selves nine dollars a day and spend all their
time in an Opera House, grandly furnished,
smoking the best Havana Regalias, employing
fifty clerks to keep their accounts, and seem de
termined never to say “adjourned fine die.” It
is also proposed to add to this legislative force a
so-called Constitutional Convention of about 200
more members at the same per diem, so that
the case is pretty clear that our year’s labor is to
be consumed in the expenses of governments
whose title to govern is challenged even among
themselves.
Your memorialists further represent, that they
are anxious to live at peace with “all the world
and the rest of mankind, " and to support them
selves and their families, instead of Legislatures
and Conventions, with their earnings, and they
begleave to assoreyour honors that tho peace shall
be preserved in Georgia without the interven
tion of these so-called governments, if it shall
be your pleasure to quash the 'same. But if it
shall be deemed necessary to substitute some
thing in the place of these so-called govern
ments, then they beg your honors to send to
Georgia a good, honest Sargeant of the regular
army or of tho marines, with'hisdile, if needful,
and that your honors will thereupon declare that
there shall be no elections and no Legislatures
or Conventions in the said so-called State of
Georgia for the space of ten years, from the
4th of March, A D., 1870: by which time the
people, with God’s help, will have saved money
enough to meet the expense of further recon
struction. And as in duty bound, will ever
pray, ic., Ac.
We think the people would sign some such
petition somewhere about unanimously.
The Legislature—An Expensive Lux
ury.
Editors 1 degraph : The people have watched
with growing interest the action of our long en
during Legislature, and at this stage of the
game we can but wonder what’s next on the po
litical programme ? What new stroke of finan
cial policy will be inaugurated so as to give the
Legislature margin to talk and exchange ideas
a few days longer for “the-good of the coun
try?” What new bill can be fished up for ‘ms
to deliberate upon?” If a bill with any policy
at ad, it will probably share the fate of the
‘Emigration Bureau bill,” killed by the weight
of one hundred thousand dollars’ worth of talk.
What county lines can now be changed?
None; unless original lines are revertedto. In
short, what can detain the congregated wisdom
of Georgia to long at Atlanta ? The answer can
be given in a few plain words: “The Code”—re
vise, amend, repeal, and $9 per day. This
makes the Legislature a fixture, and heavy taxa
tion a corresponding necessity. These “$9
men” will live long in the memory, if not affec
tion, of the people of Georgia. Quidam.
Yineville, March 2, 1869.
A Fat Oftux.—The Sergant-at-Arms of the
House of Representatives makes $20,000 a ses
sion out of the office. The salary is a small one,
but he supplies the members with their statione
ry and cutlery, and by downright cheating and
stealing from the Government, he maksa any
amount of money. It is marvelous such dis
honesty is allowed for one day right under the
very eyes of Congressmen.
Gevener’i Hw—ge.
The report of Monday’s proceedings, from
our ’regular Atlanta correspondent, which
reached ns too' late for publication, contained
the Governor’s Message to the Legislature upon
the matter of pecuniary responsibility for fitting
ont the Opera House Capitol- We append the
message below: ,
Executive Department, )
Atlanta,.Ga., March!, 1869./
To the General Auembl^^o^eM^^r-
His Honor, Mayor Hulsey, in behalf of hi™.-
self and the City Council of Atlanta, has pre
sented to me the following resolutions adopted
by that body on the 26th of February, ultimo,
and presented to the House of Representatives
on the 29th:
To the General Assembly of Georgia :
The City Council of Atlanta beg leave to rep
resent to your honorable body, that the contract
entered into by the city to furnish buildings to
the State for legislative purposes, and a man
sion for the Executive, seemed to admit of but
one construction, but as some controversy hug
arisen in regard thereto in both Houses of the
General Assembly and as no solution hna been
reached, and as it is the impression of this
Council that the city of Atlanta stands in a false
light in the minds of some members of your
honorable body and the State at large, it is the
earnest desire of the representatives of the city
that an early adjustment of the matter should
be had. We, therefore, request that a joint
committee from your honorable body be ap
pointed, whose duty it shall become to confer
with tho City Council of Atlanta to the end that
a full, fair and frank investigation of the matter
in dispute may be had. And the City Council
of Atlanta, on the part of the city, hereby bind
themselves to abide the decision which may be
arrived at by the proposed conference.
W. H. Huihet, Mayor,
and the City doancR
Attest: Reuben Arnold, City Attorney.
I am also advised by his Honor, the Mayor,
that a resolution providing for tho appointment
of a committee as asked tor by the Honorable
Mayor and Council, was laid upon the table in
the House of Representatives fcy a vote of that
body. I embrace this occasion to communicate
with your honorable body upon a subject which
has received much comment in the House of
Representatives, and which has been made the
cause of very considerable and unscrupulous
clamor by many of the newspapers throughout
the State. It Is very sincerely regretted that
the State Treasurer should have made tho infor
mation which was conveyed to him by my special
order concerning certain amounts, which h«rl
been drawn by me from a bank in New York
city, a pretext for clandestinely absenting him
self from his official position and duties, and
lending himself to, or engaging with others in a
malarious attempt to discredit and dishonor my
personal and official character for the purpose,
as is by himself admitted, of forwarding a par
tisan political movement in opposition to myself,
and for the defeat of pnblic measures, looking
to the establishment of military government,
which were falsely asserted as being favored by
me. The subsequent action of the Treasurer in
refusing to comply with an Executive order, re
quiring that his report in response to a resolu
tion of the House of Representatives should be
transmitted to that body through the Executive
Office, has still farther delayed official commu
nication between myself and the General Assem
ble upon tbia subject, and I now only embrace
this opportunity ont of deference to the pnblic
expression of a desire on the part of city govern
ment of Atlanta to ascertain with a view of com
plying with tho wishes of tho State government,
in connection with the fnlfillment of the obligai
tions, voluntarily incurred by that city at the
time of the adoption of that section of onr Con
stitution which locates the Capitol at this point
Tho House of Representatives has already
been advised, through my communication in
response to the interrogatories submitted by the
Finance Committee, and reported by that Com
mittee to the Hoa»e, that thirty-one thousand
dollars have been expended to seenre the heat
ing. lighting and furnishing of the Legislative
Halls and Public Offices. For reasons hereto
fore referred to, the unwarrantable action of
the Treasurer, and the apparent disposition on
tho part of the House of Representatives to sus
tain him in that action, and in his mHiTitafning
a position of hostility to, and defiance of the
Executive, I have been restrained from making
official communication, or recommendation, to
your honorable body upon this subject at an
earlier date.
It is now, and has always been my opinion,
that tho city of Atlanta, ia bound in good faith,
to furnish suitable and sufficient accommoda
tion tor all the purposes of State Government,
at this place, tor ten years, free of any expense
to the State.
That snch was the understanding by the Con
stitutional Convention at the time of the adop
tion of that section which locates tho Capitol, I
think there con be no doubt
In fact, at the time that the section referred
to was offered by Hon. James L. Dunning, of
Fulton, tor the action of tho Convention, it was
apparent that a large majority of the Conven
tion would vote in the affirmative ; and those
who were opposing the measure asked, ia order
to delay final action, that a Committee of the
Convention be appointed for the purpose of
having specifications and a definite agreement
with the city authorities.drawn up in writing.
Bat so complete was tho confidence which tho
Convention reposed in the liberality and good
faith of the city and citizens of Atlanta, that
the section was adopted without entertaining
tliat.motion, or the requirement of written obli
gations.
It was not intended nor expected, that any
portion of the furniture or property of the State
then at Milledgevillo should be removed or used
here. Nor would such removal have taken
place, had it hot been permitted by the order of
His Excellency, Provisional Governor Buger.
It was intended that the governmental establish
ments at Miliedgeville should remain intact and
ready for nse in case of the failure or inability,
on the part of the city authorities of Atlanta, to
provide suitable and sufficient accommodations,
or to have them prepared in time for tho first
session of the General Assembly, or in case
such other emergency should arise as might re
quire an adjournment to Miliedgeville.
At the last session of your honorable body a
contract with specifications was .accepted by
resolutions of the Senate and House which were
not presented lor Executive approval. By the
adoption of these resolutions it was assumed by
the then city authorities, that the city of Atlan
ta had complied with that part of her agreement
which relates to the State House and offices.—
It is believed, however, that in the adoption of
these resolutions many members, perhaps, a ma
jority, were under the impression that the con
tract and specifications covered all that would
be suitable and sufficient for the purposes of
the State.
It was subsequently ascertained that this
agreement did not include a sufficient number
of rooms for the proper accommodation for the
principal State House officers, namely: the
Treasurer, Comptroller General, and Secretary
of State, and for storage and rooms tor their ac
commodation were rented on the first floor of
the building and for storage in the basement
It was also ascertained that a literal construc
tion of the written agreement which had been
accepted by the General Assembly and that the
construction placed upon it by the then city au
thorities did not require the city to provide tor
the suitable heating, lighting, and famishing,
and upon this state of facts I decided to exer
cise the general authority, and perform the duty
vested in, and imposed upon the Executive by
the 64th section of the Code, provided I could
obtain means for the purpose by negotiating a
loan and thereby avoid drawing a warrant on
the Treasur in the absence of a specific ap
propriation.
IT accordingly made arrangements whereby
money was obtained from the Fourth National
Bank of the city of New York. I stated to the
President of the Bank at the time the purpose
for which I desired the money. I then entered
into an arrangement with the Messrs. Kimball
hy which they were to provide all the necessary
apparatus tor heating, lighting and furnishing
of a proper kind and quality to accord with the
character of finish, which had been provided for
the building by the city .and on account of which
I was to advance a sum not to exceed seventy-
five per cent, of the cost of such additions, pro
vided the entire arrangement should be com
pleted and in proper order for the meeting of
the General Assembly on the 13th day of Janu
ary; it being understood that the making of this
advance should in no way prejudice unfavorably
nal payment for said heating, lighting and fur
nishing. Under this arrangement $31,000 has
been paid—the balance of the $35,000 drawn,
being in cash and cash vouchers in my posses
sion.
Attention, in this connection, is respectfully
called to my communication on this subject in
response to the request of the Finance Commit-
tee of the House of Representatives.
Had I failed to take such steps as would in
sure the completion of suitable accommodations
in time for the regular session of your honors-
bb body, I should have been clearly derelict in
the pezrormsaee of my official duties. The use,
on my part, of the public money, and the pub-
credit for the general welfare of the Kate
and for public purposes, is fully sustained by a
long tine of precedents running through the
records of the Executive Office in almnct every
administration for nearly a century, and it can
not be successfully argued that the peculiar re
lations existing between the State and the build
ing now occupied as a capital, would make it
improper for me to regard it as public property.
The Legislature had adjourned to meet at At
lanta ; the seat of Government was constitu
tionally fixed at this point; tho Legislature
could not assemble elsewhere; they had adopted
this building as the one in which to hold their
session, as well as for the location of the offices
of the State Government; and it was therefore,
to all intents and purposes of that character,
which required the general supervision of the
Executive, and made it his duty to see that it
was in a proper state of preparation for the uses
and purposes of the State. Had there been any
doubt resting upon my mind of the legality and
propriety of the course which I had decided to
pursue, under the general provision of law here
tofore referred to, and under which my prede
cessors had acted, snch doubt would have
been removed by a proper consideration of the
act passed at your last session, which author
ized the Executive “to affect a loan to’the State,
by bonds or otherwise, upon such terms as to
him shall seem meet, of a sufficient amount of
money to pay off the members aid officers and
other expenses of this General Assembly.
This, togetherwiththe fact that “this General
Assembly’^ having accepted the building in
which it is now sitting, and adjourned to meet
therein, whatever became necessary to place
the building in suitable and appropriate order
for the reception of the Legislature and for the
public offices, would, by a fairly implied con
struction, be one of “the other expenses of this
General Assembly,” as, in law, both sessions
formed bnt one “General Assembly.”
To have called a special session tor the con.
side ration of this matter, or to have left the
building unprepared, and thereby caused very
considerable delay in its preparation, under the
older of the General Assembly after it had con
vened, would have involved the State in vastly
more expense than would be incurred, even by
an appropriation of an amonnt sufficient to cov
er the entire expense. Bnt as the city is, by the
implied condition, voluntarily proposed by her
self to the Constitutional Convention, bound in
good faith to save the State for ten years from
any expense for suitable and sufficient accom
modation for the purposes of the State Govern
ment ; and is, I believe, now willing to fully and
liberally execute her part of the agreement, it
does not become necessary to consider the pecu
niary advantages or disadvantages of the course
which I have pursued.
I would, therefore, respectfully and earnest
ly recommend that your honorable body acoede
to the request made by the city authorities, and
that a joint committee from the Senate and the
House bo appointed to confer with his honor
Mayor Hulsey and the City Council of Atlanta,
to the end that a full, fair and frank investiga
tion and adjustment of the matter may be had.
Burra B. Bullock, Governor.
mar Avra&fznMam.
To Tax Payers of Bibb Comity. G£0 - B -
I AM now ready and collecting tbe State and Coun
ty taxes for 1868. I only have a few weeks to col
lect them in. and a* taxes are something that can't be
put off long. 1 hope you will come and pay at once.
So. freedmen. come and pay your Poll Tax—only one
dollar if you hare no property.
F. M. HEATH. T. C.
mar3-dlawaw3t Bibb County.
Gen. Grant and Congress.
The following special to tho Louisville Cou
rier-Journal, details the facts connected with
Gen. Grant’s interposition in the case of Oeor-|
t?“ ! ■
Washington, February 27.—The statement
that Gen. Grant had thrown his influence
against the measure to dismantle Georgia, expel
her representatives from Congress and reduce
her to a state of vassalage, was verified to-day.
He went to the capital this morning and sent for
Boutwell, who had charge of the resolution and
frankly expressed his views on the subject Tho
result is that when Boutwell appeared in the
Reconstruction Commtitteo he announced tho
indefinite postponement of tho resolution, which
will be heard of no more. '
The circumstances which led to this important
conclusion are as follows: General Young, of
Georgia, a Democratic Representative, aware
that Boutwell was pressing the resolution, and,
if it were reported to the House, the reckless
majority therein would adopt it under the usual
gag, called on General Grant and laid before
him the facta, together with the action of the
Georgia Legislature. He appealed to tho Gen
eral to nse bis power to protect a helpless peo
ple. He informed the General that the Georgia
Legislature had passed an ordinance authorizing
the Supreme Court of the State to promptly ad
judicate on a case which - would determino the
St.itus of tho negro, but that Governor liullock
vetoed the bill to prevent any adjustment, so
that Congress would return the Steto to a terri
torial condition, and give Bullock control of tho
offices, institute test oaths, and otherwise con
summate all the mischief possible. He urged
General Grant to urge a postponement of the
proposed action of Congress, at least until the
courts conld decide the case. General Grant
said:
I am opposed to Congress touching the State
of Georgia. I think that the people ought to
refer the matter to the courts and abide their
decision. The Legislature acted badly in ex
celling the colored members, bnt its subsequent
course in sending the question to the courts
imeota my views, and the veto of the Governor
[snrpriaes'me. I do not think that Congress can
ignore the fact that Geoigia is a Stato in the
Union. I hope that Congressional action will
[be postponed.
■Gen. Grant further intimated that he would
act at once, and with what effect is stated above.
PRESIDENT OP THE WHOLE OOUNTRT.
Incidentally during the interview the General
referred to Mr. Boutwell as one of the ablest as
well as one of the most upright men in the conn-
try, and he also repeated the remark which has
hitherto been attributed to him, that he would
not be the President of a more political party,
bnt of the whole country.
FOUND,
^COW WITH YOUNG CALF. The owner can
*et the same by proof of property and paying expenses
and for advertising. Apply to ,
A. McKdJNai A,
mxrS-t Corner Fourth and Hawthorne Sts.
HOUSE FOB SALE.
T HAVE, near tht Macon Armory, a four-room Cot-
I, tage Dwelling, jolt finished, hall through the
home, with one or two double kitchens—well of first-
rate water. The House is well suited for two small
will sell the property upon the principle of the
Loan Associations, only on muoh more favorable
terms. The purchaser furnishing me with ten shares
in one of the companies, and paying the regular in
stallments, and about ball as much as he would have
to pay rent for such a house, and *hen the Company
winds up. the property is his and the stock is mine.
THOMAS A. BREWER.
mr3-2t*
BIKER’S ISLAND GUAM
A CARGO of this richest of all Phosphatic Guanos,
fresh from the Island, is now landing in Savan
nah. and is for sale at 150 per ton of £OCO pounds ca^h,
or $60 for approved paper, payable 15th November
next, with interest added, with crop lien.
The Legislature has established on Inspector of
Fertilisers to prevent imposition; bat Planters do
not understand the law. or neglect the only means to
protect themselves, which is to inspect the official
analysis and compare the constituent elements and
the price of each with the others, and to choose the
best. The Inspector analyzes all, both good and bad,
and is prepared to furnish applicants with the re
sults.' Those haring rich articles publish the analy
sis. while those having inferior ones suppress it. Dr.
Means' brand is no evidence of value, but only that
he has inspected the article.
By Dr. Means' analysis. Baker's Island Guano con
tains S2£0 per cent, of phosphates; Rhodes* contains
55 per cent.; and the Soluble Pacific Guano about 50
percent. . *
By this standard. 2000 pounds of Baker's, costing on
ly |50, has as much phosphates as 3000 pounds of
Rhodes*, which costs $90. and as 3300 pounds of Solu
ble Pacific, costing $111. besides the saving in dray-
age, freight. hauling, and applying 1000 pounds of
Rhodes*, extra, and 1300 pounds of Soluble Pacific,
extra—-of little or no value.
This Guanot so rich in phosphates, and sold so
cheap compared with the very beet of other fertiliz
ers, is considered by Dr. Liebig, the German Agricul-
tsrslChemist, by Dr. Mean? and other*, «* equal or
preferable to Peruvian Guano, when applied alone.
This Guano is put up in now bags, weighing 200
pounds each, and will be delivered at the railroad de
pot. the purchaser paving the dray age with the
freight, ho liability afterwards for anything that
may oocur to It.
Cub order, preferred. II. J. MINOR, Jr.
mr3 6t G. B. LAMAR. Sr.
E0RGIA, OUITMAN COUNTY.-L.bon Owen
has applied for exemption ofpersonalty sod set
ting apart and valuation of homestead, and I will
an upon the tame at 10 o'clock *. si., on tbe 13th
ay of March, 1509. st my office. Thi, February 2itb.
tel W.P. JORDAN,
msr3 2t» Ordinary.
wsw A»vsn*x«nwraw*a
1. RONRO. OODKS.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
BEAT, ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENTS,
MACON, OA.,
R The MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPA-
OFFER FOR SALE: ■
The elegant residence known as the BOND or
NELSON HOUSE, and the FINDLAY HOUSE.—
Also, several smaller Dwellings. Building Lots and
Plantations. feb28-if
RALSTON’S HALL.
Wednesday Evening, March 3d.
BENEFIT
YOUNG AMERICA, W 3, STEAMER,
■ r ’Y. v— 3~ :
GILBERT'S
STAR DRAMATIC TROUPE,
On which occasion will be presented the beautiful
Drama.
DON CiESAR DE BAZAN,
And the Nautical Drams,
BLACK EYED SUSAN
Or, ALI. IV THE DOWNS,
ADMISSION *1
Children ——_— - — - 50
•W-TICKETS for sale at Lanier House, Isaac's
House. Byinglon's Hotel, Brown’s Hotel, and the
Postoffice. v.;
a»-Sale of RESERVED SKATS commences Mon
day morning. 9 o'clock, at Havens A Brown’s News
Depot. PRICE, SI 25. feb2S-3t
HEADQUARTERS
PRODUCE
-AND-
RALSTON’S HALL.
RETURN OF THE VETERANS
SKIFF & GAYLORD'S
311 N S T R E L S
-AND-
BRASS BAND,
WILL appear
Iri EOROIA, QUITMAN COUNTY. - William
UT Wooleey has appliod lor exemption of personal
ly and setting apart and valuation of homestead, and
I will pass npon tbe same .t II o’clock x. st., on the
Il3th day ofMarch, 1989, at my office. Tbi> February
27th, 1S&. W.P. JORDAN. ■
jmar3-2t» Ordinary. |
G MBOROIA. QUITMAN COUNTY.-VosesJ.Holl
■ its has applied for exemption of personalty and
setting apart and valuation of homestead, and I will
pa*, npon the same at 12 o'clock on the 13th day
of March. 1889, atmy office. This Februaiy 27th. 1989.
W. P. JORDAN.
ir3-2t» Ordinary.^
G eorgia, quitman county. - Thomas
Steadham. Administrator of William Parish,
not be discharged from his
administration, on the first M_onday_in_ September,
marS-wlainfim*
WjMt
Ordinal
[orriciAL.]
Exxcutivx Dxpartrxxt, 1
Atlanta. Ga., February 26,1889.J
Oxdkskd, That from and after this date, official
Proclamations and Orders from this Department, will
first appear in tbe AUanta Daily Intelligencer.
For the fotnre the following named papers only are
authorised to copy, and. in each oase, for the tame
number of insertions, and in the same space aa noted
in the Intelligencer, via:
Constitution ...... Atlanta
Constitutionalist Augusta
News —— —Savannah
American Union - ....Macon
Telegraph.....— Maoon
Enquirer — .___Columbos
Commercial .Rome
Star— :—— —Griffin
Banner — — Athens
Recorder.™— ;— Miliedgeville
RUFUSB. BULLOCK.
_ Governor.
By the Governor:
' Efor.vK Davis.
Secretary Executive Department.
mar3-d3twlt
A Black Diamond.
I Mr. S. L. Young, of New Boston, Ill., writes
ns a description of a remarkable stone, found by
a soldier, daring tbe late war, back of Atlanta,
Ga., daring the Beige of that city, and now in
tbe possession of a gentleman residing in New
Boston. He says:
‘It is a stone of most carious formation, be
ing seven-eights of an inch long, two and it half
in circumference, weighs two ounces, and has
evidently been broken at one end. The other
end has eight facita; tbe sides are prismoid or
dodecahedra. It is shining black, partly cover
ed with a crust of a brownish color. There are
places on it that have a very brilliant natural
polish; it resists the action of the hardest file,
reducing it to smoothness in a very short time,
and burnishing the file as completely as the
finest emery stone would, and in mnch shorter
space of time. Nitromnriatic (aqua regia) has
no action npon it It has been immersed in the
add for ten days without producing the least ef
fect It will ent glass with the facility of a gla
zier's diamond. The end, where broken,'pre
sents a laminated appearance; not flaky, but
though it had split.
“A number of lapidaries have examined it,
and pronounced it of value. A sutleP who ex
amined it, offered at once over one thousand
dollars for it; bnt the gentleman who owns it,
thinking, from his ignorance, that it might be
worth much more, refused his offer, and still
retains possession of it, though I understand he
has had a number of better offers since, which
he also refused. After a careful examination
of it, I have very little hesitation in pronounc
ing it a black diamond, worth many thousand
dollars. I am a practical jeweler, and have
had considerable experience with valuable
stones, and have given this one a critical exam
ination, and subjected it to all tests at hand.
Believing it to be worth the consideration of
more scientific men, I have concluded to fur
nish a description of the stone for the perusal
of the many readers of your excellent journal,
and will take pleasure in giving any further in
formation in my power to any one who may
choose to address me on the subject.—"Scien
tific American.
How Grant Proposes to Repeal the Ten
ure Law.—In his pow-wow with the Pennsyl
vanians, the other day, Grant said:
“From what they did in Congress yesterday,
I am disposed to think that the Senate will desire
to be the judges as to what I shall do. Well, if
they do not repeal the law I certainly cannot
make any changes. I
cannot remove a man
without making charges of a character which
would blast his reputation, and that would not
the claim of the State upon the city, for the fi’- be very agreeable, yon know, and the result will
be that the men who hold office now will con
tinue to hold them until tbe end of the-term, no
matter what my desires may be. Of course this
will save me all this office-hunting boring.”
A couple of drummers beseiged an old lady
in Canton, TIKnnia, to bny a patent churn from
them. She said it was a humbug, and they of T
fered to make the butter come m ten minutes.
So she filled the ■msnt.iwn with buttermilk, and
they tagged at the crank for two hours before
they discovered the unctions practical jofie.
STATE OF OHIO. 1_
Coontr ofMnntgomery/"'
•BRNJ. BEST, of the city of Dayton, county of
Montaomery. and State of Ohio, being duly (worn,
deposes and aqyaihat be ia the cole and exelntive
ownor and proprietor of “Beat’* Improved Frnlt Tree
and Vino Infect Dettroyer and Inviiorator.” ttcured
by Letters Patent of United Slater, to the said affiant,
iuoed June 2. 1868, tbe said patent being numbered
78,589. upon the Record! of tbo Patent Office of the
United States of America. And the laid Beni. Bert,
affiant, farther eayi that be has never auigned or let
over to John Abeam, alias 0. W. Jackson, of the city
of Baltimore, and 8tete of Maryland, any interest
whatever in tald Patent, and that be has never, by
Power of Attorney or otberwiie, authorired the laid
Aheam, alias Jackson to aell or tranifer any interest
whatever in aaid Patent And the laid affiant farther
esyethat the auppoied deed under which tbe aaid
Ahearn claims title to the said Patent was never de
livered by tbe raid affiant to thosaid Ahearn, bat was.
by the aaid Aheam, stolen from tbe teid affiant—
And tbe raid affiant farther leys that he has filed hil
affidavit in the Patent Office of the United States,
against the regis'er ngof raid it,,ion deed, and to pro-
eare tho arrs ingin ent of (aid Aheam, alias Jackson,
before the United States Court to aniwerfor the said
larceny.
BENJAMIN BEST.
f —a-£ 1 Sworn to before mo by the raid Beniamin
4Sxal. V Re>t. and by him inbjcribed in my pree-
l'—,—' 1 enee this 24th day of February, 1869.
J. A. SHAUCK.
Notary Public, in and for said County and State.
All persona are warned against purchasing any in
terest in the taid Patent from tbe said Aheam, alias
Jackson, as be is an imposter and s scoundrel.
BENJAMIN BEST.
mar3-w4t
MARY SHIPMAN, 1 Divoreo—to Bibb Superior
vs. V Court, November Term,
J. A. SHIPMAN. J 1863.
r ’ appearing to the Court that the Defendant is not
to be found in this county, and that he lives out
side the limits of the 8tateoi Georgia: ordered that he
be served by pnblioation in the Gioeoia Telegraph
in terms of the law. . y
• 0. A. L0CHRANE.
Attorney for Petitioner.
A tone extract from tbe Minutes of Bibb Superior
i ■ ■■ MtiiipK
Deputy Clerk.
; i [mar3-!awl0wj
January 15,1869.
MULES, MULES.
\\JB will receive, at oar Mule Mart, in rear of J.
YV Collins’ Warehouse, on Friday or Saturday next,
20 of the finest four to six year old BROKE MUtiEb
that hare been offered in thi* market this season.—
Persons triebine to bay will do well to see them be
fore purchasing.
mar2-3t .ANDERSON k BALLARD.
Postponed Sale of Valuable City
Property.
TTTILL be sold'on Saturday, March 6,18e$, at pub-
7V lie outcry, the property known as the City Hos
pital—the whole of square 49. containing four acres of
land—and twelre,Frame Buildings. Sale to com
mence. on the ground, at 10, a. m. Terms made
known on the day of sale; ^ ~ 3 L
HARRIS,
...— TURPIN,
' , , GRIER,
febSg-tda—. : Committee09 Public Property.
SIX OAKS COTTON SEED,
^LSO. M01NA, HUNT. BRAZIL, etc., sold and
intormation furnished, by
fob23-tf THEQ. W. ELLIS.
E. R. ROBERTSON,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 13 CEDAR STREET, NEW YORK.
C ON SIG N MENT8 of Cotton, W ool and other South'
era products solicited. Quick sales and prompt
returns.
aims to
H. H. Hickman, Eiq., Augusta Savings Bank, Au
gusta. Ga.: F. I. Cogtu, Superintendent Augusta
Factory. Augusta. Ga.; Citisens' Bank. New Orleans,
La.; Nassau Bank, New York.
jaa21-3aio-2taw
Thursday and Friday, March 4 and 5
now in existence. Four
__ Magnificent Quartette;
Ute
Grand Tripple Clog Donee. ^Tbe Wonderful Pau-
theoptipiouica description of the following beautiful
scenes: City of Bethlehem; Birth*place of Christ:
Mount Calvary and tho Crucifixion: Burial Place of
Lord Byron; Napoleon Reviewing his Army:
leon an Exile at bt. Helena; Soldier's Dream of Lwtaa Vi
Ship at Sea, Storm Arii»i\«. Thunder, Lightning and
the Wreck. FormingTWO GREAT SHOWS IN ONE
Parqnett and Dress Clrclo... $1
Colorod —....
• T ■ LOW GAYLORD. Manager.
Jo* Gaylord, General Agent. \
n - .. r mar2-4t
AUCTION ! AUCTION
HIGHLY IMPORTANT!
Sale of Fine Gold and Silver Watches
JUNE GOLD PLATED and
0RIDE CASK WATCHES,
Ladies’Fine Gold and Diamond Bet WATCHES.
Fine Gold and Plated JEWELRY: Chains, Charms,
Rings. Studs. Buttons, etc., etc. .
FineStcrlinftSilver-Plated Ware
Table and Tea-8poonx and Forks, First class Eng
lish and American Tablo and Pocket Cutlery: fine
GoM Bank and Telegraphic Pens a- d Pencils.
We will tell every morning at 10 a. v., and every
evening at 7 r. n., the finest Stock of Hoods ever offer
ed at public sale, comisting of fine Watches of every
description, English and American make,
. Over 3000 set of fine Jewelry, all of the latest styles
and patterns; fine Plated Table and Tea Spoons.
Forks; lino American and English'Table and Pocket
Cutlery, comprising all first class Goods.
Tbe whole to be sold without reserve.
' ; CAUTH0BN * PRATT.
mar2-3t Auctioneers, 8T Cherry street.
•DrU
MAPBS'
Hiiroienizefl Superphosphate ofLIme
PER TON, 2000 POUNDS, 162 60.
PURE PERUVIAN GUANO.
X. Direct from K. C. Fergosson, Agent of Peruvian
Government, at Lowcrt Market price.
GARDNER’3 (Savannah) POUDRETTE.
> ■ i Par Ton, 200 Pounds, 830 501 .
nH - PURE DISSOLVED BONES, ■
. Per Ton, 2000 Pounds,'166 00.
- ! ’ PURE BONE DUST.
Per Ton, 2000 Founds, 155 00.
LAND PLASTER,
Prepared and Ground expressly for us—Per Barrel.
•; t 300 Pounds, S3 00.
Webegtocallthe especial attention of Planters to
the Purity and Standard Quality of the above Fertil-
ners sold by us. 'Cbey have each been inspected and
analyzed by Dr. A. Means, the State Chemist, whore
brand they bear.
" : PURSE 4 TH0MA8.
mar2-d6twlt : . <:y> n Savannah, Ga.
IMPORTANT
PHYSICIANS AND DRUGGISTS.
MESSRS. HENRY SHAVER & CO.,
of Cambridge, Mas?., and have just received oA ap
pointment. These Extracts are among
THE MOST RELIABLE
that are manufactured. We propose to sell th^m to
Dealers at the Manufacturers' prices, adding freight
Macon. ___
L. W. Hunt & Co.,
feb28-tf Druggists, S2 and S4 Cherry st.
■ J. MON7AOTS,
THIRTEENTH STREET, RICHMOND. YA.
Manufacturer of
Mite Pine Sash, Doors, BDnis,
Ornamental Door and Sash for Store Fronts,
MOULDINGS.
BRACKETS. - - •• j
. PICTURE FRAMES,
’ 7 ' ,r.* HAND RAILS. \ .. ...
NEWEL POSTS,
?33HT(£ BALUSTERS,
Sash Weights, etc., etc , to order.
LMUl/U - H. a. BKOWK, Agl,
feb28-d!0t J No. 62 Second st.
Ten Dollars Seward.
OST. between Southwestern Freight Depot and
! Byingtons Hotel, a DIRK. The bladeis&bout
finches long, the handle about 4 inches—ivory or
horn handle, eilver mounted. The above reward will
be given to any one who will leave it *t
feb27- tf THIS OFFICE.
BISON’S TOBACCO ANTIDOTE,
rjWETHER with all the popular Patent Medicines
advertised and otherwise. Sold at
ftb2 t}[ ELLIS’DRUGSTORE.
FOB. 8ABB,
Six Oaks Cotton Seed, grown
lrom seed obtained from J. V. Jones, of Burke
county, lost spring, 1868. Any person wonting all I
M them at $3 per bushel* delivered
in Albany or Batnbridge, or less quantity at the same
pnee at my plantation, in Baker county. The snpe-
nor quaUty of this cotton will speak for itself.
J CljAS. J. MALONE,
Americas, $a.
PROVISIONS
PORTER & HUDGINS,
61
THIRD STREET.
COBH.
SOOO Bushel! choice Tenn. COKST.
BACON.
30,000 lbs. SXBSB, SAAKS and
“ BHouXionas.
FLOUR.
lOO barrel* different (trades.
MEAL.
lOO sacks Water-ground **””**•■
OATS.
SOO bushels ehoiee BBSS OAffS.
HAY.
,• y ‘ . '>i-X y«£b»*.
300 bales Western Vimothy HAY,
COFFEE,
SUGAR,
TOBACCO,
CANDLES, SOAPS,
WINES,
iXQTJORS, Etc.
Which we are prepared to
SELL FOB DISH OR ON TIME,
ON AS ACCOMODATING TERMS AS ANY
HOUSE nr THIS CITY.
PORTER & HUDGINS,
feb2i-u»»
MAOQN, G4