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COLUMBUS:
FRIDAY MOBSfIJiO, ACQITLa 7.
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FOB PBESIDEKT OF UNITED STATES,
HORATIO SEYMOUR,
OF NEW YOHK.
FOB VICE PBESIDENT,
FRANCIS P. BLAIR,
OF MISSOURI.
STATE ELECTORAL TICKET.
rOR THE STATU AT LABQB:
(fkv. JOHN B. GORDON, of Fulton.
Hon. JOHN T. CLARKE, of Randolph.
ALTERNATES:
Oen. W. T. WOFFORD, of Bartow.
F. M. NORWOOD, of Chatham.
FOE THE DISTRICTS:
1. JOHN C. NICHOLS, of Pierce.
2. Col. CHARLES T. GOODE, of Sumter.
3. B. J. MOSES, of Muscogee.
4. O. A. BACON, of Bibb.
5. Maj. J. B. CUMMING, of Richmond.
8. H. P. BELL, of Forsyth.
T. Col. JAMES D. WADDELL, of Fulton.
alternates:
1. J. H. HUNTER, of Brooks.
2. WILLIAM G. FLEMING, of Decatur.
3. W. D. TUGGLE, of Troup.
4. Dr. HENRY WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
6. Gen. D. M. DuBOSE, of Wilkes.
6. GARRETT McMILLAN, of Habersham.
7. Col. V. A. GASKILL, of Fulton.
Columbus Prisoners. —A Washing
ton telegram to the Louisville Courier
says: “Reed, the detective, who was
sent from here to work upon the case
of the Columbus prisoners for the al
leged murder of Ashburn, declares that
Howard, of the Freedmen’s Bureau,
instigated the charge against the men,
whom he knew were innocent, for po
litical purposes solely, and that General
Meade was a particeps criminis.
Tennessee Affairs at Washing
ton.—The Louisville Journals special
from Washingtonon the 2nd, says the
condition of affairs in Tennessee has ex
cited much attention in Washington dur
ing the last few days. The President
is understood as saying that if United
States troops are sent there, they will
go under orders to keep the .peace, and
not to aid Brownlow in his war of ex
termination against the white people.—
The Republicans say they mean to car
ry the State for Grant if it costs half a
million of money and one hundred
thousand troops. Gen. Thomas is in
active correspondence with the War
Department on the subject. He says
the people are ripe for a revolution.
Hines’ Pbecinct, Russell Cos. Ala., I
August 6, 1868. f
Mr. Editor—l desire through your
columns to contradict the report that I
am the sheriff elect, so-called, of this
county. On the contrary, it can be
seen, by proper reference, that I am a
member of the Executive Committee
of the Conservative Club of Russell,
and am, therefore, strongly opposed to
the radicals, as I think every truly
Southern man ought to be.
Very respectfully,
WM. HINES.
Muscogee Rail Road Affair Ad
justed.—We learn that in pursuance
of the action of the City Council in the
matter at their last meeting, the long
standing claim held by the City Coun
cil of Columbus against the Muscogee
Rail Road, on account of the Opelika
connection, was settled yesterday at
ten thousand dollars, payable in Co
lumbus city bonds. This we under
stand to have been the terms proposed
to be accepted by the old Board, but
up to this time had been declined by
the Muscogee Road.
Being the terms offered by the old
and legal board, we presume it will
prove satisfactory.
Mobile and Girard Rail Road
Bridge.— The contract for building the
bridge for crossing the Mobile and Gi
rard Rail Road over the Chattahoochee,
was let out yesterday to Horace King.
It is to be completed in ninety days.—
The known capacity of Horace as
a bridge builder is a guarantee that
it will be a substantial structure.
A Few Facts for Democrats. —At
the Presidential election of 1864, says
the New York World, Mr. Lincoln, by
suppressing the soldiers’ vote cast for
Gen. McClellan, and by throwing into
the Western States several thousand
New England soldiers who voted for
him (most of them voting five or six
times,) managed to obtain a majority
on the popular vote of 411,281.
At the last general elections in the
same States the Republican majority
was only 49,910, including Illinois and
Indiana, which have not held a general
election since the fall of 1866, and cred
iting Ohio with a Republican majority
of 2,983, which was obtained by the
Republican candidate for Governor,
though at the same election the Demo
crats defeated negro suffrage by over
50,000 majority and elected a majority
of the members of the Legislature.
In 1864 the change of 205,641 votes
would have elected Gen. McClellan
over Mr. Lincoln ; in 1868 it requires
the change of but 23,456 votes to give
to Horatio Seymour the electoral votes
of the States which were carried by Mr.
Lincoln.
In the face of these figures, is not the
election of Seymour and Blair as cer
tain as is to-morrow’s sun to rise ?
Democrats will please bear these figures
in mind. _
Columbus District Meeting:, Meth
odist E. Cburcb, South.
Will be held in Hamilton, Harris
County, Ga., commencing Wednesday
evening next, the 12th inst., with the
introductory sermon. All the preachers
of the District and delegates from each
Church will be present.
Bishop Pierce will preside, assisted
by Bishop Andrew.
Tennessee is reconstructed. Tennes
see is bankrupt. Can’t meet her July
interest. And wants troops. Can’t bo
carried for Grant without ’em. Let us
have peace. _
The “Star Spangled Banner” was
written by George H. Pendleton’s fath
erin-law, Francis 8. Key.— N. I’. Tri
bune.
This is true. This, too, may, in a
measure, account for Mr. Pendleton s
love of liberty and country, as emblem
ed in that “Star Spangled Banner.”
This may also account for the Tribune’s
sneering oppositon to Mr. Pendleton,
In whatever he says or does. —Atlanta
Constitution.
Important to Distillers— Espe
cially of Peach and Apple.— By a
recent ruling of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, dated August 1, 186S,
the license tax for the distillation of
peach and apple brandy is four hundred
dollars a year, from May to May. Those
commencing August Ist, will have to
pay three hundred dollars up to May
next, which, in many cases, will
amount to prohibition. Distillers would
do well to look into this matter before
it is too late. _ • ;•
We learn from the Picayune that in
pursuance of authority invested in the
Governor by the Legislature of AUba
ma to appoint Mayor and Council for the
cities and towns in that, State, to serve
until their successors are elected, the
Governor has appointed Thomas o.
Glascock, of Montgomery, Mayor of
that city. He is a sweet scented bird.
LET US HATE PEACE.
•The sentence with which Grant
wound up his letter of acceptance, and
which we have quoted above, is likely
to have as great newspaper notoriety as
the famous interrogatory which still
remains unanswered—who struck Billy
Patterson ? That a man who represent
ed a party which was revolutionary
and warlike in design, desire, speech
and action, should make use of an ex
pression so foreign to the objects of his
friends and supporters, was the cause
of wonderment at first, then of puzzled
thought, and finally of broad, innumer
able and undisguised jokes. “Let us
have peace” has been bandied by every
body, from the pulpit to the gutters.
The last we saw of it was on a placard,
on a tree, on the corner of one of our
streets, announcing that a colored
benevolent mechanical society proposed
to givo an exhibition, lecture, &c., &c.
Radical editors have rung the changes
on the words, “Let us have peace,”
until people who knew and felt that
this country should have had peace
three years since, have become heartily
sick of the mocking cry. But we have
had a little experience of a late of the
manner in which, and the parties by
whom, Peace may be brought about.
Old Brownlow, a warm friend and
supporter of Grant, proposed to the
Legislature of Tennessee, in a formal
message, to arm the negroes and white
vagabonds of that State, and plunge it
into civil war. The devilish advice of
this old fiend in human shape was about
to be adopted, when there arose cool,
brave and sagacious men, who lifted up
their voices for Peace. They were
men called in derision “Rebels men
whom the friends of Grant at the North
are industriously endeavoring to make
their deluded followers believe, are
about to plunge this country into com
motion. Greeley,* Forney, and others
of the same ilk, are daily denouncing
Gen. Forrest and other officers of the
late Confederate army, as engaged in
an attempt to inaugurate another war,
and yet, these men so denounced, are
the very men who have kept down the
violence and outrage proposed by the
friends of Grant. Below, we give the
names of the men who have stepped
forward to declare a peace when war
was threatened and desired by the ene
mies of the country and the Constitu
tion. They are:
Gen. N. B. Forrest,
Gen. Gideon J. Pillow,
Gen. Wm. H. Jackson,
Gen. Marcus J. Wright,
Gen. W. Y. C. Humes,
Gen. A. W. Campbell,
Gen. Tyre H. Bell,
Gen. A. P. Stewart,
Gen. F. B. Cheatham,
Gen. W. B. Bate,
Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson,
Gen. George Maney,
Gen. Lucius Polk,
Gen. John C. Brown,
Gen. G. W. Gordon,
Gen. W. A. Quarles,
Gen. T. B. Smith,
Gen. Joseph Palmer,
Gen. George C. Dibbrell,
Gen. J. C. McCown.
Alabama Legislature.— ln the Sen
ate on Wednesday a joint resolution
was introduced to adjourn sine die on the
11th instant. The resolution was laid
on the table under tho rules. Mr. Wor
thy, of Pike, introduced a bill to author
ize the County Commissioners of Pike
county to levy a tax of 100 per cent on
the State tax. The bill was read three
times and passed. The Committee on
Fees and Salaries reported favorably
ou the bill to regulate the publication of
legal notices. Tho hill empowers the
Governor to designate one or more pa
pers in each Congressional District in
which these publications shall be made.
After some discussion, the bill passed
by a vote 13 to 12. Mr. Pennington,
who had opposed the bill, and Mr. Fos
ter not voting. The Franchise bill was
then taken up, and after some debate,
for and against, passed by a vote of 26
to 1. The no was a scalawag named
Oliver, from Jefferson.
In the House a motion was made to
reconsider the “Common Carrier” bill,
was lost. Mr. McCraw, of Chambers,
introduced a bill in relation to the
Chancery Courts of Alabama which was
referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Senate bill to authorize appeals to the
Supreme Court, and proceedings in
Chancery in certain cases, were referred
to the Judiciary Committee. Senate
bill to abolish tho oflicc of Commission
er and Trustee of the State Bank, was
passed. The Senate bill repealing
section 69 of the Revised Code, requir
ing the Governor to reside at the Capi
tal, was passed. A bill providing a
temporary loan to the State was passed.
A bill to incorporate ;the Citezens
Fire Company No 1, at Union Springs
prsscd. Carraway, negro, of Mobile,
moved to instruct the clerk to take the
“Common Carrier” bill to the Senate,
when the Speaker informed him that a
motion was before the House for the
reconsideration of the vote taken yes
terday. Gregory, negro, from Mobile,
advised that the gentleman who offered
the motion to reconsider, withdraw that
motion, as he and those who supported
the bill, intended to put it through any
how. Mr. Jennings, of Lawrence, who
had made the motion, asked leave to
withdraw it, and it was withdrawn by
a vote of 61 to 17.
Insult to the Chief Justice.— The
Washington Star says : “The morning
after the nomination of Seymour and
Blair by the New York Convention,
some scamp tied crape to the door of
Chief Justice Chase’s residence, which,
before it was removed, caused some
uneasiness among the friends of that
gentleman, until it was understood to
have only a political-significance.”
John Mickle, E. Parker, W. Parker.
P. Kelly, W. Kelly, J. Huckabee, J.
Pickett and Drs.Glenn and Nelson and
two others, in all eleven white men and
one negro, constitute the parties charg
ed with the Dill murder in South Caro
lina, who were recently released from
the Charleston Jail on a recognizance
of three thousand dollars each.
The receipts of cotton at all the ship
ping ports of the United States, from
Sept. 1, 1867 to August 1, 1868, foot up
2,187,000 bales.
The receipts of cotton at New Orleans
for the same period, were 666,581 bales.
Stock on hand August 1, 1868, 2,151.
Gen. Stoneman’s Position.— The
Boston Post’s Washington special says,
Gen. Stoneman, District Commander
in Virginia, spent some hours in Wash
ington on his way North, and expressed
himself freely as to his views of the po
litical policy in his district. It is evi
dent that Geik Stoneman is no Radical.
His earnest desire, as expressed by him
self, is to allow a fair majority of the
whole people to shape the political af
fairs of the State. He contemplates no
general change of State officers.
The Wheat Crop.— An agricultural
firm in Chicago have received state
ments from over five hundred of their
agents in Illinois, lowa, Wisconsion,
Minnesota and Missouri, showing but
one section that does not promise a
much more bountiful harvest than ever
before, viz: a few counties west of Mar
shalltown, lowa, on the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad.
Seymour and Blair Ratification by
the Democratic Clnb of Harris
County.
According to previous notice a large
portion of the citizens of Harris county,
met in the Court House on Tuesday,
the 4th inst., to ratify the nomiration
of the Democratic candidates for Presi
dent and Vice President of the United
States and to adopt measures to secure
their election, when Dr. E. C. Hood was
called to the chair, and J. F. C. Wil
liams was requested to act as Secretary.
On motion, the following were ap
pointed a Committee to report business
for the meeting, to-wit: Hon, Wm. I
Hudson, Col. Jas. M. Mobley, George
Kilpatrick, Esq., Hon. Geo. H. Bryan,
Sr., L. L. Stanford, Esq., Col. Flinn
Hargett, and Hon. Marshal O’Neal, who
retired, and during their absence the
meeting was addressed by Dr. Hood,
in a forcible manner, particularly ad
vising the colored persons, who gave
him close attention. The Committee
returned and made the following report
through Col. Mobley :
Believing as we do, that the princi
ples contained in the platform adopted
by the late National Democratic Con
vention at New York, are the principles
upon which this Government should be,
administered, and if carried out, peace,
harmony and prosperity will be restor
ed to this nation : Therefore
Resolved, Ist, That we ratify and en
dorse the action of that Convention, and
will vote for, and do all wc.can, legally
and honorably, to secure the election of
Horatio Seymour for President and
Francis P. Blair for Vice President of
the United States.
Resolved 2d, That all who love their
country, peace, good order, and equali
ty to all the States,better than party and
spoils, are cordially invited to join us in
restoring our country to its former pros
perity and happiness.
Resolved, 3a, That we recommend the
continuatiou of the present organiza
tion of the Democratic Club of Harris
county over which Col. A. W. Redding
is President, and that he be authorized
and requested to fill any vacancies of
Vice Presidents in the different districts,
and to appoint any additional Vice
Presidents or other officers, and a Cen
tral Executive Committee; and we re
commend the Vice Presidents ofdistricts
to have district clubs organized with
proper officers and committees, and that
each club adopt suitable means to secure
the colored vote, and that the county
club hold monthly meetings at the court
house on the first Tuesday in each
month.
Resolved, 4th, That we recommend
the people to go to work vigorously,
and ascertain what votes can be secured
for the Democratic ticket.
Resolved, sth, That we highly ap
prove the course of our Representative
Wm. I. Hudson, and feel that he is
entitled to the confidence and encourage
ment of all his constituents.
The above resolutions being unnan
imously adopted, eloquent and patriotic
speeches were made by Col. Jas. M.
Mobley, Wm. I. Hudson, Chas. L. Den
dy and Dr. Chas. Bedell. After the
proceedings of the meeting were order
ed to be published, upon motion of H.
C. Kimbrough, the meeting adjourned.
E. C. Hood, Chr’n.
J. F. C. Williams, Sec’y.
Mr. Pendleton ou Reconstruction.
At a mass meeting held in Cincinna
ti, for the ratification of the nomina
tions of Seymour and Blair for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency, Mr.
Pendleton delivered an excellent speech,
containing the extract we give below.
President Johnson rejected the terms
of surrender agreed upon by Gen. Sher
man and Johnston, on the ground that
the war had destroyed the State gov
ernments in the South. This was a
great error, not only in policy but in
fact. These State governments in the
South were no moro destroyed by the
war in the South, than in the North.
Assuming that they were destroyed, it
gave to his Radical enemies the justifi
cation for all their revolutionary and
despotic measures of reconstruction.
They adroitly argued,—if the Southern
State governments are destroyed, then
it is the duty of Congress not your duty,
to rebuild them, as has always been
done over the territories of the United
States. Mr. Pendleton said :
Let me recall to you the retrospect of
a few years. We were told that the
object of the war was to enforce the
Consttution and to maintain this Union.
Mr. Lincoln told us so in his inaugural
address. Mr. Seward told us so in his
dispatches to foreign ministers, and in
his invitations to Senators and members
to return and occupy the seats they had
left. Congress told us so in its resolu
tions and laws. Every recruiting offi
cer who desired to be Colonel of anew
regiment—every candidate who desired
to hold office—told us so. It was this
inspiring thought of devotion to the
Constitution and the Union—the old
Constitution which Washington and
Franklin and Madison made, the old
Union which was the bond of peace for
seventy years—which brought volun
teers to our ranks, and collected that
mighty host under whose tread the
very continent seemed to shake. This
was continued till the very end of the
war. When Mr. Lincoln met the South
ern Commissioners at Fortress Monroe,
in the Spring of 1865, he expressly de
cleared to them that he only required
that they should lay down their arms,
recognize the abolition of slavery, and
return to the Union ; that no other con
dition should be demanded. We were
told that illegal force imperiled the rela
tions of the States to each other; that
the force must be removed, and the re
lations would of themselves be restored.
The war was brought to a close. John
ston surrendered to Sherman. The last
man laid down his arms. The last arm
was given up.
The State governments were then in full
operation and vigour ; they performed all
the functions of government in the preser
vation of civil society. Some of the of
fice-holders had fled ; some had been
killed; some were liable to indictment
and punishment; but the forms of gov
ernment were there, and the State con
stitutions were as binding as they ever had
been. Oen. Sherman carried out to their
legal conclusions the principale upon
which the war was commenced. Ho con
quered armies,he subdued hostile forces.
He cut with his sword the knot which
tied the States pf the Confederacy to
gether ; and having re-established their
relations to the Union, he said to his
prisoners, “Go to your homes in peace.”
This was Union—this was peace—this
was euforcing the Constitution —this was
maintaining the Union—this was execut
ing Federal law, while it maintained the
rights and powers and dignities of the
States unimpaired. This was a fitting
conclusion of the war. It asserted
Sherman’s ability as a statesman to be
equal to his vigour as a soldier. The
terms of that pacification will remain,
for all time the monument of his wisdom,
and foresight, and moderation. Its re
jection has been the source of many
troubles. But the President of the
United States, and the party which elec
ted him, were not satisfied. They an
nulled its terms.
Howard’s Tools in Trouble.— The
detective Reed who was employed by
Gen. Howard to proceed to Georgia
and “work up” tho Ashburn case is
still hanging around Washington en
deavoring to get pay for his services.
It is understood that Gen. Howard re
fuses to pay his bill—one thousand dol
lars—as Reed went back on the party
and exposed the infamous means resor
ted to to manufacture political capital.
Reed is preparing for publication a
statement of his operations, not only
under Gen. Howard, but also under
Stanton during Mrs. Suft-att’s trial.—
These disclosures, it is said, will make
a great campaign document, as the
facts will all be proven by official pa
pers. The other detective of Gen.
Howard’s— Whitley will be tried in
Georgia for subornation of perjury, and
will no doubt be conyicted and sent to
the penitentiary. E., in Baltimore
Gazette. _
The cotton statement of Memphis, on
the 81st of July, shows a stock on hand
of 46 bales. The receipts at that place
since Sept. 1,1867, foot up 253,053 bales
From the Ailanta Intelligencer.
Uen. U. K. McCoy's Opinion
As Gen. H. K. McCay is a hanger on
at Atlanta, seeking a place on the Su
preme Bench of Georgia, I think it
right aud proper that Gov. Bullock, the
appointing power, and that the Senate,
the confirming power, should know in
advance the extreme fanatical views of
Gen. McCay. He said at last Lee Su
perior Court, in the presence of Mrs.
Ann Mercer, Adam R. Brown, Esq., of
Aruericus, and several others, that
Moses married a negress, and that if any
one would take the pains to trace the
genealogy of Jesus Christ, they would
see He descended from a negro; that the
negro race was superior physically to
the white, and that when they became
as well educated and cultivated as the
white race, they would tower as high
above the white race intellectually as
the white race is now above them. Mr.
Brown states to your corrrcspondent
that he will make oatli at any time to
the above facts. Mrs. Mercer is a very
pious lady, and told Mr. Brown next
morning that Mr. McCay wasa talanted
man, and that his remarks the night
before had caused her a sleepless night.
I have conversed with one gentleman
of deservedly high character iu this
city, to whom Mr. Brown referred me
as being present at the time when Gen.
McCay made these statements, and ask
ed the gentleman, “Were you present;
and did you hear Mr. McCay say so ?”
The reply was, “He (McCay) will not
deny it.” Can it be possible that a
Radical Governor aud a Radical Senate
of Georgia, will honor with the highest
judicial place known to our Constitu
tion and laws, such a fanatic, miscege-
ÜBtor, and traducer of his own, and ele
vator of the African race ? If so, let
them be “Anathema Maranatha.”
Veritas.
Green Corn for Winter.—An ex
change furnishes the following recipe
for preserving corn in the “roasting
ear” state for winter use. Will some
of our readers try it:
Take coru when in a good state for
cooking, clean off 1 all the silk and un
sound grains, and cut off the tips from
the ears. Place them in clean boiling
water to whicli a little salt has been
added, and keep them boiling until
nearly done. Take them out and cut
the grains off, taking care to leave the
entire cob uncut. Then put the corn
out to dry iu the sunshine, spread out
about half au inch thick, (stirring up
occasionally,) for three days, when it
will be found as dry and hard as ripe
corn. Bag up, and store away in a dry
place. It will keep for any length of
time, and is almost, if not quite as good
as that gathered from the green stalk in
summer, and is prepared for the table in
the same manner.
The same paper furnishes the follow
ing recipe for making Tomato Wine,
and vouches for its being a pleasant
beverage:
Take small, ripe tomatoes, pick off
the stems, put the tomatoes in a tub and
wash them clean. Then strain through
a linen or fine cotton bag. One bushel
of tomatoes will make five (5) gallons
of pure wine. Add 2£ or 3 pounds of
loaf sugar to each gallon of juce. Then
put in a cask and let it ferment as for
other wines.
FOBSAKrNG THE IIOPKINS AND BRAD
LEY Cause—A Word to our Colored
Friends. — Henry Rountree and Kit
Harris, two prominent loyal leaguers of
Valdosta, Georgia, are out in a card in
the South Georgia Times, announcing
their withdrawal from the league, on
the ground that the association is in
imical to the interests of their white
fellow citizens, as well as their own.
The day is not far distant, we trust,
when every intelligent colored man will
see the gross injustice he is inflicting
upon his own race as well as that of
the white, by sanctioning secret politi
cal cabals. We say to our colored
friends,form your leagues if you choose,
but let them be open, public leagues,
organized to promote the real interest
of your race. Let them be formed in
every city, town and hamlet, in behalf
of the cause of education, agriculture,
temperence, religion and industry. Do
this, and you will have the unqualified
approval and earnest support of every
respectable citizen in the Sonth. The
Southern people now, more than ever
before, are determined to do all in their
power to elevate and educate those of
the colored race who will not persist in
arraying themselves on the side of
cliques and secret leagues, whose object
is to bring odium upon the Southern
dead and to oppress and insult the liv
ing.
Remember, colored men, that these
oaths which bind you to these danger
ous leagues, and from which you fear
to sever your relations, were adminis
tered under compulsion. You have
been dragooned into them by the artful
chicanery of designing white men, and
by men of your own color who were
unscrupulous enough to barter their
manhood and independence by becom
ing pliant tools for worthless and hun
gry office-seekers. Your ignorance of
the real motives of men who have se
duced you with false promises into a
support of these midnight political
orgies is a sufficient excuse why you
should promptly withdraw as soon as
you behold the danger and pernicious
influences of such bodies.— Savannah
*Republican.
A Funny Incident Showing tho Force
of Habit.
There is afloat in Atlanta a good story,
told on the “Express Agent” and his apt
pearance at church a few Sabbaths since^
Those who live in Atlanta, or who
have visited there this year, have not
failed to notice a splendid pair of large,
coal black horses, drawing one of the
express wagons. Those horses are the
horses of the story, which runs as fol
lows :
On the Sunday after the “Express
Agent’s” inauguration asso-called Gov
ernor, he essayed to appear in state be
fore the public with his “ lady .” Orders
were sent to a livery stable for the fiin
est turnout in the way of phoston and
horses which the establishment could
afford. When the equipage appeared,
the “Agent” not thinking the horses
sufficiently stylish for such a great oc
casion, ordered them to be removed
and the splendid pair of blacks to be
put in their place. This was done and
the party proceeded with liveried driver
to the house of worship selected for the
occasion.
As the gay and dashing equipage
passed through the crowded streets the
noble action and “glossy coats” of the
“pure black steeds” as they reflected
the dazzling light of the summer sun,
and the heralding blazory of the coat of
arms of the Governor-a great white bear
rampant—attracted the unqualified ad
miration of the countless throng wend
ing their way to the house of God.
Remember these were express horses,
for thereby hangs the tale. Upon ap
proaching the door of the Church, the
man in livery directed his line of ad
vance so as to bring that side of the
carriage in which sat enthroned the
“lady” of the “Agent” nerrest the
Church entrance. The crowd opened
—the sexton bowed and humbly ap
proached the august presence—curiosi
ty was on lip-toe—ladies were scanning
the style of bonnet—the cut of the dress
—the color of the ribbons—while the
sterner sex stood entranced with the
dazzling spectacle so new to Atlanta.
Just as the carriage step was opposite
the door of the Church, the driver call
ed to the proudly prancings teeds, whoe!
and in an instant—in the twinkling
an eye—the noble animals, true to their
education and habits as “express car
riers,” wheeled upon the arc of a circle
corresponding with the length of the
pole of the carriage, and backed the ve
hicle, with a jam and crash, into the
very door of the sanctuary. The pauic
created by this diversion of the noble
blacks can better be imagined than de
scribed. Children screamed, women
fainted, the minister lost his text, the
sexton bawled “Lord have mercy upon
us,” and the men scampered right and
left, while the splendid blacks, with ele
vated heads and arched necks, stood
grandly champing their foaming bits.
In the meantime the “Agent,” cover
ed with confusion and crimsoned with
mortification, strided out of the carriage
and sharply drawing his “lady” after
him, was soon lost in the seething
crowd; and thus ended the “Agent’s”
first appearance in state before the
gaze of the vulgar herd.
It is said that an order was issued
that same day for the sale and disposi
tion of the unmannerly blacks, cer
tain it is that they have not since been
seen in the streets of Atlanta.
Condition of the Crops in Jnly.
The following is an abstract from
“Condition of the crops”inthe Monthly
Report of the Agricultural Bureau for
July:
Corn.—The most remarkable fact in
connection with the corn crop of the
present year is the great increase of its
acreage in the South, the difference in
number of acres between the present
jind proceeding year being more than
two million and a half. A slight de
crease is aprearent in the eastern sea
board States, resulting from the unpro
pitious character of the recent cold, wet,
and backward Spring, which sadly in
terfbrred with planting. A careful es
timate of the acreage shows a decrease
of 50,609 acres iu eight States, and an
increase of 3,108,215 acres in the re
maining States, as follows:
DECREASE.
Acres. Acres.
Maine 3,300 Connetcicut 9,511
New Hampshire..3,lß4 New York 12,888
JVlassecUusetts 1,985 New Jersey 8,818
Kliode Island 1,719 Maryland 8,204
INCSEASE.
Acres. Acres.
Vermont 1,679 Tennessee 127,215
Pennsylvania ...57,106 West Virginia.. 13,131
Delaware 0,697 Kentucky 307,307
Virginia 70,775 Missouri 407,942
North Uarolink 210,927 Nebraska. 16,145
South Carolina 89.7(31 Kansas 03,411
Georgia 256,987 lowa 236,083
Florida 48,728 Minnesota 25,500
Alabama 43,827 Wisconsin 32,361
Mississippi 313,109 Michigan 48,140
Louisiana 397,291 Ohio 178,397
Texas 132,229 Indiana 100,022
Arkansas 370,702 Illinois 306,092
These figures show au increase of over
3,000,000 of acres iu corn, making about
36,000,000 in the United States, an ad
vance of nine per cent. The percent
age of Louisiana reaches 05, that of
Arkansas 47, that of Kansas 20, Missis
sippi 25, Nebraska 35, Missouri, 22,
Texas 18, Minnesota 17, lowa, 18, Illi
nois aud Ohio 8, Indiana 4.
The drought iu the South has retard
ed somewhat the growth of coru, but its
condition in that section is generally
good. In the West the average is high,
with the exception of Ohio and Indiana,
where the weather has been somewhat
unpropitious, and storms destructive.
Iu the East, on the last of June, the
growth was small, but tile hot weather
of July has brought a large proportion
of the crop iuto splendid condition.
Wheat. —The condition of wheat, as
shown in the July returns, is above the
average for last year in all the States
except Vermont, Connecticut, the Car
olinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Texas, and Nebraska. The
season has been peculiarly favorable to
the growth and ripening of this great
bread crop in all except the Southern
States.
The favorable reports are so numer
ous, iu the Western States especially,
that it is unnecessary to give them in
detail. The general tenor of reports is
that “winter wheat bids fair to be the
largest crop we have had for many
years;” the yield will be immense;”
“the prospect was never better for a
large crop;” the weather has been re
markably seasonable;” “the universal
opinion is that the crop will be the
largest ever grown in the country;”
“crops all over the country were never
in a more flourishing condition.” Our
Layfayette, Wisconsin, correspondent
says he has never seen, in a residence
of 40 years, a finer prospect for wheat,
as well as all other crops, and that the
same might be said of several adjoin
ing counties. In Highland county,
Ohio, the acreage of Winter wheat is
estimated at three times that oi last
year, and in Monroe county, Missouri,
the acreage of wheat is thought to be
three-fold that of 1867. Iu Kalamazoo
county, Michigan, an unusual yield is
reported, the best fields being estimated
at 40 bushels per acre ; and in Bourbon
county, Kansas, it is claimed that
many farmers will show a similar yield.
Exceptions to this showing are fre
quent iu the South where rust was more
or less prevalent. Some loss from the
same cause resulted in Maryland and
in the similar latitudes in the west. In
a few localities loss from lodging is re.
ported. Unusual exemption from Win
ter killing is manifest, reports of dam
age from freezing coming only from
northern Vermont, some portions of
the Ohio valley, and a still more south
ern belt. Very few accounts of destruc
tion by the midge are received. In
Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, this
insect is charged with taking one-third
of the crop. In Clinton county, Indi
ana, some loss is also sustained from
insects. In Qtieene Anne county, Ma
ryland, the extreme heat shrivled the
grain in ripening, leaving it light and
poor.
In the Miami valley thousands of
acres of wheat just ripening have been
destroyed by floods, and other crops
suffered from the same cause. Other
sections of the State were visited by de
structive rains at the same time, and
much injury resulted to wheat, corn
and other crops.
With a successful harvesting of the
Spring wheat it may safely be declared,
in summing up the local reports, that a
larger number of bushels of wheat, by
many thousands, will he grown in the
United States iu 1868 than in any pre
vious season.
Cotton. —Returns from the cotton
districts indicate everywhere a reduc
tion of the acreage in that crop with
the exception of Texas, which shows
an increase of 33 per cent, over last year,
and Alabama, where there appears to
be no material change in tne figures.
The falling off in Mississippi appears to
be 18 per cent., 24 in Louisiana, 12 in
Georgia, 13 in Arkansas, 18 in South
Carolina, 20 in Tennessee, and 32 in
North Carolina. The average reduc
tion in acreage is about 10 per cent.—
With this diminished breadth there is
cleaner and better culture and a more
general use of fertilizers, so that the
yield may be quite equal to last year,
the season being equally favorable, with
a like experience as to insects and oth
er causes of injury. It is yet too early
to predict the result, but the present
status of the crop is fairly shown in
this statement.
One county in Arkansas (Desha) re
ports less than a third of the acreage of
last year, while the area in corn is three
times as large. Such indications are
hopeful. The correspondent, as might
be expected, declares that the crops are
all in splendid condition, and if not in
jured by a drought, the finest yield for
many years will be the result. A want
of rain has been apparent in the Gulf
States and a severe drought has afflict
ed Western Tennessee, but few com
plaints of its effects upon cotton are
made. So far the plant enjoys a very
general exemption from casualties and
injuries.
Rye, oats and barley promise abund
ant crops; no serious drawbacks are re
ported, and few complaints of bad con
dition are received.
Potatoes, so exceptionably unproduc
tive last year, are in unusially fine con
dition, and the average is increased in
every State, except Rhode Island—the
natural result of last year’s crop.
Fruit is variable; apples and peaches
less promising than usual. Vermont,
New Jersey, Dcleware, Maryland, Vir
ginia, Arkansas, Missouri, lowa, Illi
nois, Indiana, Kentucky, and West
Virginia, make a worse record than oth
er States as to apples. Peaches will be
less abundant than apples, New Jersey,
Maryland, and Deleware promising but
half a crop, and Illinois and Michigan
showing a considerable reduction. A
fair promise of grapes is indicated.
Tobacco covers as large an area as
usual in Virginia, Kentucky, and Con
necticut ; somewhat less in Indiana,
Illinois, and Missouri. Its condition is
good in Kentucky and Michigan ; else
where a little below an average.
Sorghum is generally doing well in
the West; not so will as usual in the
middle belt of Southern States.
Cotton Crop Reports —From gen
tlemen w T lio came in on the Southwest
ern railroad yesterday, we get gloomy
reports from'the cotton crop in South
western Georgia and Southeastern Ala
bama. It has rained more or less in
that section every day for nearly two
weeks, and very serious anxiety is felt
about the cotton crop. Both the rust
and caterpillar arc making their ap
pearance, and if the present wet weath
er lasts much longer, the cotton will be
cut short fully one-lialf, if not more.
This shows the folly and uncertainty
of all calculations in regard to cotton so
long as it is in the field. Two weeks
ago the prospects were excellent for the
amount of land planted. To-day these
prospects are nighjdestroyed and a week
may blast them altogether. Macon
Telegraph , Aug. 5.
Tilton will hold Goo. Wilkeai stakes;
but who will hold Tilton.
TELEGRAPHIC. '
From Washlagtou.
Washington, Aug. 6.—Gen. .Kil
patrick, Minister to Chili, has leave of
absence and returns home on the Ist of
September.
The President has accepted Rollins’
resignation without any remark on the
conditions which still hold. The ac
ceptance is a mere formality, it is said,
and does not change the situation.
Gen. Burbridge is presiding for the
office, and it is said he has assurances
from several Senators that they will
protect the President in dealing prompt
ly with Rollins in Burbridge’s favor.
No authentic information regarding
the Executive interference respecting
the Federal interference in Louisiana
affairs.
Evarts returned unexpectedly. He
had a prolonged interview with the
President—first though with McCnlloch.
It is understood Evarts took strong
grounds against Rollins’ removal except
on terms of his resignation or by suspen
sion for cause, under the tenure of office
bill ; threatening otherwise to with
draw from the Cabinet. In the mean
time Rollins is utterly obnoxious to the
President. McCulloch said, however,
that Rollins has modified the terms of
his resgnation, and on the same author
ity, it is doubtful that Gen. Jeffries
will succeed.
The interview of the President and
Col. Deane, of Warmouth’s Staff, was
pleasant and conciliator)'. During the
interview the President gave no in
dications of questioning the legitimacy
of Louisiana’s present government, and
expressed to Col. Deane the opinion
that it was not the decision he wished it
to be understood “that the same course
would be followed by the Secretary of
War towards Louisiana and Florida
that prevails in Tennessee” ; that is in
effect that.there is sufficient troops in
these States to suppress disorders, and
and that they would be used for that
purpose, upon proper application from
the State under the direction, however,
of United States officers. With this
unofficial expression of opinion the mat
terwas referred to the War department,
and remains in abeyance until Scho
field’s return on Saturday.
From Louisimiia.
Stae of Louisiana, Executive Dep’t., \
New Orleans, Aug. 1,1868. s
To Ilis Excellency , Andrew Johnson ,
President of the United Slates :
Sir —l have the honor to forward to
you by Lieut. Col. John F. Deane of
my staff, the joint resolutions adopted
by the General Assembly of this State,
on the first day of August, 1868. I also
enclose with it a petition from a num
ber of the most prominent and influen
tial citizens of North Louisiana, setting
forth the horrible outrages that are
daily being perpetrated in that portion
of the State, together with a letter from
Sir —l have the honor to forward to j
you by Lieut. Col. John F. Deane of!
my staff, the joint resolutions adopted ;
by the General Assembly of this State,
on the first day of August, 1868. I also j
enclose with it a petition from a num- !
her of the most prominent and influeu- j
tial citizens of North Louisiana, setting
forth the horrible outrages that are
daily being perpetrated in that portion
of the State, together with a letter from
the Hon. G. W. Hudspeth, Attorney
for the Bth Judiciary District, showing
the state of affairs that exist there also.
I send other letters and papers show
ing clearly that in many of the parishes
there exists no protection for the citi
zens in courts, and that men arc shot
down in the roads, at their homes, and
elsewhere, without a question being
asked, or any steps taken to bring them
to justice.
The Judge of the 12th Judicial Dis
trict refuses to go to tho parish of
Franklin, unless a force is sent with
him to protect him from violence, and
he is not obnoxious on personal or po
litical grounds, for in politics he was
opposed to the new Constitution—is a
life long citizen of the State.
The Sheriff of the Parish of Frank
lin, a Democrat, has resigned, confess
ing his inability to make any arrests or
discharge the duties of his office.
On account of the condition of affairs
there prominent Union men in the Par
ish of Caddo, write me that their homes
are beset by desperadoes, and that their
lives and property have thus far been
saved from destruction only by armed
men, who volunteer to guard them.
As you will see by the letter of Mr.
Hudspeth, District Attorney for the Bth ;
District, men, women and children -
have recently been murdered in the
Parish by bands of armed men, who
remain thus far, unpunished and unmo
lested.
The enclosed newspapers, Democrat- i
ic journals, published in Madison Par-j
ish, shows clearly the condition of af- [
fairs there, in corroboration of the state
ments contaiqgd in the petition of Judge
Crawford, Judge Wyley, and other
gentlemen of North Louisiana.
From the very best information, Mr.
President, I have no doubt that one
hundred and fifty men have been mur
dered in Louisiana in the last month
and a half. Startling as this statement
is, letters of the most reliable character
fully confirm it. There seems to be a
settled determination on the part of
those men who adhered to the rebellion
to kill the Union white men and lead
ing colored men, so as to be able to ter
rify the mass of the people into voting
as they may direct.
There is a secret organization through
out the State known as the K. W.
the full details of which, questions,
oaths, &c., Col. Dean will explain to
you. It is founded for the purpose of
placing and keeping the colored people
in a condition of inferiority, and with
a view to this end contemplates and
designs tho precipitation to conflict be
tween the two races. Many prominent
citizens of the State are leaders in it.
Its members are sworn under an oath
of the most binding character to carry
out the purposes of the organization, at
all costs, hazards and sacrifices, and by
measures, however despotic, that the
leaders may adopt.
It has now transpired that the mob
which threatened the Legislature some
weeks since, were only prevented from
enforcing the scenes of the 30th of July
1866, by the presence of the United
States troops. It was the deliberate
determination of this secret organiza
tion to assault the Governor,'Lieutenant
Governor and Speaker of the House of
Representatatives, for having decided
the question preliminary to the organi
zation of the General Assembly in a
manner more obnoxious to them.
There are military organizations on
■ foot in this city under the auspices of
this secret organization. They meet
openly at night or in halls easily to he
seen.
In short, I fully believe that there is
meditated a bloody revolution, the re
sult of which would be long continued
if not hopeless confusion, disaster and
ruin to the State. The presence of U.
S. troops, in my judgment, is necessa
ry to prevent this. The organization
of militia is of questionable expedien
cy, inasmuch as it will be, under the
present excited state of the public
mind, one political party armed to sup
port the Government against another.
I wish to avert this if possible, and re
spectfully (equest your Excellency to
put two regiments of cavalry, one
of infantry, together with a battery of
artillery under the command of some
competent officer, with orders to co-op
erate with me in repressing violence
and disorder, arresting criminals and
protecting the officers of the law in
trying thorn, the breaking up of all se
cret political organizations. A few ex
amples of punishment of offenders will
secure peace in the State, as soon as the
great political excitement attending the
Presidential political campaigkn is
over. I have the honor to be,
Very Respectfully,
Your obedient serv’t,
11. C. Warmoth,
Governor of Louisiana.
From Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, August 6. —The steam
ers Delaware, Potomac, Pine Grove,
Porter, and a barge were burned at the j
wharf to-day.
The Ramie.— This remarkable plant
has continued to be this year propaga
ted with very great success by planters
in this State, Texas and Mississippi.
Last spring the plants grown on a small
piece of ground in this State were kept
for cleaning by the Roezl machine, the
result of which we then statod, but as
the fibre was not then and thereby made
perfectly soft and pliable, it was sent
by Mr. Bruckner, one of the agents of
Sir. Roezl, to Germany, where, by a
process used there, it has been made so
soft, pliable and clear of any substance
foreign to it as a textile, that we thought
it must surely be silk, until we examin
ed it closely, and saw that it was the
vegetable fibre of ramie.
These samples can be seen at Mr.
Bruckner’s, 104 Gravier, over Virgin’s
seed store, and are worthy of the exam
ination of our men of taste and enter
prise.
Mr. Bruckner tells us that the ramie
can be prepared and made thus fine and
altogether silk-like at a cost not to ex
ceed two cents per pound, and then it
will be vastly superior to the linen floss,
which sells at from six to eight dollars
per pound when made into thread, and
will certainly be worth, unspun, a
dollar per pound.
We advise those who take any inter
est in agricultural improvement to call
and see ‘these specimens, which are
beautiful beyond our power of descrip
tion.— New Orleans Picayune.
Old Taliiot Aroused!— The Sey
mour and Blair ratification meeting on
Tuesday was a complete success. Old
citizens say it was the largest and most
enthusiastic meeting held in this county
for years. All portions of the county
were represented. The Court House
was crowded with men whose faces be
tokened that they were deeply in earn
est Our people are aroused to the
importance of battling vigorously
against Radicalism the loathsome
enemy of all that is descent and just.
Able and stirring speeches were
made by B. Hill, Esq., Rev. It. B. Les
ter, W. A. Little, Esq., Dr. Neall, Rev.
J. Wilson, Judge G. N. Forbes, Judge
J. M. Matthews and Capt. R. 11. Leon
ard. These gentlemen handled the
Radicals in a most severe manner, and
thunders of applause were elicited by
their caustic allusions to the Radical
leaders.
We are rejoiced to see our citizens
awaking to their interests—again evin
cing concern in overthrowing the ene
mies of tho white race. There is sure
ly a good time coming, and Talbot
county may be counted on to be in at
the death of Radicalism in November.
—Talhotlon Gazette.
Correspondence of the Louisville Journal.
Nashville, Aug. 2,1868.
The condition of affairs is very pecu
liar here at present. When the Legis
lature met the universal expectation
was that the militia would be called out
and a disastrous civil war follow.
Brownlow’s message strengthened the
belief, and the radical leaders in both
branches of the General Assembly
breathed out their wrath by wholesale.
It was known that instructions had
been sent from Washington to carry the
State for Grant at all hazards ; but the
conciliatory course of tho Confederate
Generals, who have been in session here
for the past two days, has entirely chang
ed the programme. The frank declara
tion of such men as Forrest and Cheat
ham, and their pledges that the restless
portion of the disfranchised should be
held in check for the sake of peace, left
the radicals no excuse to participate in 1
a collision.
They therefore changed their plan, |
and now give out that Brownlow will
submit a message in a day or two to
open up the question of extending the
franchise. Should the Legislature take
any action, it would have to be in the
shape of an amendment to the Constitu
tion, which would be submitted to the
legalized voters in Novemcer on the
same day of the Presidential election.
In this way the radicals count on
peaceably securing the practical with
drawal of the Democratic electoral tick
et. The masses know that if an excit
ing canvass is made nine-tenths of those
who hold Brownlow certificates as
voters would go dead against extending
franchise, while if an active canvass is
not made by the Democrats, and no
fresh animosities engendered, there is
hope that a majority of the radicals will
go for removing the disabilities.
Os course the radical leaders hope
that such a result will not be reached,
and that their game of carrying the
State for Grant by hoodwinding the
rebels will be successful; but the indi
cations now are that the most of the
present voters are really willing to have
the franchise extended. So you may
reasonably anticipate an important
change in the political status of the dis
franchised within tho next few months.
There is much disapointment among
the negroes that there is no prospects of
the militia being called out. Large
numbers of lazy freedmen are loafing
about the city in the hope of being mus
tered in.
Grant Stock Below Par. The
Madisonville (Indiana) Times says:
In another column we publish a letter
from our countryman, Gol. T. Townes,
giving some of his reasons why he can
not longer affiliate with the Radical par
ty. One by one, like the yellow and
seared leaves of autumn, the Constitu
tional Union, liberty-loving, honest
men of the country, who have been
most grossly betrayed by the party in
power, begin to come out from the foul
den of Radicalism—are beginning to
desert the ranks of the usurpers, and .
denounce them with a will for their \
violations of the Constitution of our
fathers.
Col. Townes was one of the warmest
supporters of a “more vigorous prose
cution of the war to crush the rebel
lion.” Col. Townes is a very old man;
his head has been made white by the
frosts of many winters; he has nothing
personally to gain by this change in his
political sentiments; he expects noth
ing; but he does it because he deems it
a duty he owes to his country—to pos
terity—and because he desires to see
free government and civil liberty per
petuated in America. May hundreds
of thousands emulate Col. Townes’ ex
ample before the ides of next Novem
ber.
We copy the following Washington
items from the Louisville Journal’s spe
cial, of August 3d:
THE CAMPAIGN.
The tidings of the Presidential can
vass that come in from every part of
the country are very cheering. In New
England, but particularly in New
Hampshire, Seymour and Blair are
gaining strenglh rapidly. John Quincy
Adams is making speeches in Maine
with great success. Gov. English be
gins a campaign in Massachusetts next
month. The Democrats of Connecticut
have invited Wade Hampton to make
a speech at New Haven. In New York
and Pennsylvania all goes well.
AT TnK WHITE noUSK.
There was an unusual run on the
White House to-day. Among other
visitors were Gens. SteeJman and Rous
seau, who were closeted an hour with
the President. The topic under dis
cussion was the condition of affairs in
the South, particularly in Tennessoc,
whither the President would like to
send some reliable soldier. Mr. John
son expresses his indignation at tho
conduct of the army officers who have
betrayed their trust.
Gen. Rousseau, in a talk at St. Paul,
Minn., lately said he wished success to
Democratic principles and to the Dem
ocratic ticket, and hoped and expected
to qeo them triumphant in tho coming
election. But as a soldier he could not
take an active part in politics.
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8.
Premature Explosion.
The political torpedo manufactured
and exploded by one Warmouth, styl
ing himselt Governor of Louisiana, an
account of which appeared in our tele
graphic column of yesterday, was touch
ed off a little too soon. Its immediate
effect will be to make Doodledom howl;
the after result will expose and discom
fit the whole crew of Radicalism. —
Warmouth’s letter to the President, we
have no hesitation in pronouncing, a
vile, deliberate, and unfounded lie,
from begining to end. We read our
Louisiana exchanges carefully, and
with the exception of a gang of War
mouth’s friends aud followers, black
and white, who have been plundering
the citizens of one or two parishes, and
the attempt of the Radical negroes of
New Orleans, to mob and kill a Dem
ocratic negro orator, there have been
no serious disturbances in Louisiana.
The trick was fixed up to entangle the
President. It was thought he would
fail to recognize the Government repre
sented by Warmouth, and for this the
Congress would impeach him. The
thing failed. Gen. Rossean will shortly
be in Louisiana, and he will he apt to
keep the mischievous Warmouth and
his negro myrimdous from further
mischief. As fixed up, this trick would
have been a capital canard to put lorib
just before the election. It will he
forgotten before November. There is
one thinfe about it, however, that will
not be forgotten : The people of Lou
isiana were told that if they elected
Warmouth, they would have peace and
prosperity, and the withdrawal of- the
Military. The creature has scarcely
got warm in his seat before he begs for
money and calls for the aid of the bay
onet. It is a humiliating confession of
the utter and contemptible failure of the
! Congressional plan of reconstruction.
Sorry to Hear It. —A friend just
from Atlanta and of most excellent
judgment, informs us that the niggers
and scalawags under the leadership of
Joseph Brown are apt to defeat the Dem- |
ocrats upon every important issue. He j
says that it is impossible to keep the
Democratic members at work. They
are constantly obtaining leaves of ab
sence and running home and elsewhere
on the most frivolous pretenses. Per
haps their constituents may relish and
and remember such derelictions of duty.
Home Industry.— “ Encourage home
industry,” is a trite saying—but how
many of our people put it in practice.
Articles that could be manufactured at
home, and the money derived from them
put into requisition in helping to sus
tain our nearly impoverished country,
are bought from the North, and, in
many instances, at prices beyond what
they could be manufactured here. These
few remarks were called forth by in
specting a full set of Warehouse books,
for our enterprising townsmen, Messrs.
Gray, Bedell & Hughes, of the Lowell
and Alston Warehouses, made by Mr.
Geo. M. Venable, of tho Sun Book
bindary. They are a splendid piece of
workmanship, and go far to show that
j as fine an article can be got up here as
in the North ; ail that is noeded is en
couragement. Call aud sec them, ye
business men.
SouTn Carolina Rice Crop.—Ad
vices from South Carolina says that the
rice crop will be one third larger than
that of last year. This is good news.
What is wanted in the South more than
any thing else is a good harvest.
Election or Ntate OlliccrN.
The Clerk of the Senate here proceed
ed to call the roll of Senators, and the
Secretary of the House that of its mem
bers, when each member recorded his
vote.
The first election was for Secretary of
Stato, for which Judge 1). G. Cottlng
and Col. N. C. Barnett were nomina
ted.
The vote stood—whole vote 195, nec
essary to a choice 98—Cotting 93, Bar
nett 90.
For Comptroller General there were
nominated Madison Bell and Col. Pete
Thweat.
Whole vote 192—necessary to choice
87—Bell 102, Thweat 90.
For State Treasu’r N. L. Angierand
W. A. Williams were put in nomina
tion.
Whole vote 193, necessary to election
97—Angier 101, Williams 92.
For State Printer, Samuel Bard of
the Era, and J. W. Burke of the Ma
con Journal & Messenger were nomina
ted.
Whole vote 194, necessary to election
98. Bard 99, Burke 93.
Atlanta Constitution.
The above result was brought about
—so says the Constitution —by the
absence of eight Democratic members.
The Supreme Bench. —Reports from
Atlanta state that Judge Warner is to
be retained as Chief Justice, and Gov.
Brown and H. K. McCay appointed
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.
This leaves Hon. Dawson A. Walker
“out in tho cold.”
Sensible Carpet-Bagger.— Senator ;
Welsh, of Florida, has accepted the
Presidency of the lowa Agricultural
College, located in Story county, lowa,
and is to enter upon the discharge of the
duties pertaining thereto next Spring.
His term as Senator expires in March
next, and ho declines a re-election.
Louisville City Majority.—Ste
venson's majority for Governor, in
Louisville, at the election on Monday
last, was 7,752.
In 1867, the majority for Helm was
3,061, showing a Democratic gain in
that city, in one year, of 4,691 votes.
Louisville is all right.
Green Corn.— An exchange says :
Green corn can be kept tho year round
by pickling it with the husks on, iu
brine strong enough to preserve cucum
bers, ourc being taken to keep it cover
ed with brine. Boiling it in a good
supply of water will freshen it sufficient
ly for table use.
The recent case of elopement of the
negro with a white girl, captured in At
lanta, is thus accounted for. It is said
the father of the girl is a Radical, and
permitted the negro to eat at his table,
sleep in his house, and to promiscuous
social intercouse iu the family, thus in
dicating his views of the social status
that should exist between the races.—
Out of this grew the intimacy, and the
daughter thus degraded, concluded to
carry out the father’s views.
It costs a negro ouly two and a half
dollars in Richmond, Va., to slap a
white lady in the face, curse Tier, and
throateu to kill her. At least that’s all
tho carpet-hag mayor of that city
charged oue the other day for that pri
vilege.
•A letter receivod in Washington from
Gen. Frank Blair, represents him in
perfect health and fino spirits. His
Leavenworth speech meets with gener
al praise from all but revolutionary
Radicals. _
We invite the attention of cotton
planters to the advertisement of the
Allums’ Patent Cotton Packing Screw,
to be found at the top of tho last col
umn on the third page. It is a cotton
press of great utility and power.
A Manly Speech for Peace.
Tho New York Tribune and other
radical sheets have been and are stj]i
endeavoring to mako their readers be
lievo that Gen. Forrest is about to 0t
ganize and lead another “rebellion,"
We venture the assertion, that not on,
of these journals alluded to, will have the
fairness to publish the speech app,i H !
ed, which was delivered before t | lt ,
radical Legislature ol Tennessee whip),
Browulow was endeavoring to nmL
declaro war against the white people ft f
the State ; by a man whom the skunk
stokes, declared in Congress, was about
to massacre him and his constituent*
General Forrest said : I feel it due to
myself that I should make a few r ,
marks. The only thing that 1 can K i V(
you as a guarantee of what 1 can do, j s
to refer you to what I have done sin,,
the surrender.
I have never, since I received toy
parole, failed to yield obedience to tin
laws of my country. I have endeavor,
ed in every way to have the laws ext.
cuted. I, at one time offered to furnish
the Chief of Police at Memphis one
thousand men, it necessary, to keep the
peace at tire election. I can call out
to day fifteen hundred men, in the city
of Memphis, to support the laws. )
stand here to-day to pledge myself to
the Governor of the State, to the Legis
lature aud to you, that I will give my
hearty co-operation toward keeping tin
peace.
We arc here in earnest. We mean
what we say and we intend to curry it
out. We do not intend to disobey the
laws of the country. We are herein
uphold you and to sustain you iu
that you do. In regard to the enfran
chisement ot the people 1 have not a
word to say—that is with you. The
Southern people do not want any col.
lision or difficulty in any maimer. I
have written many letters to quiet the
people. lam satisfied that if you give
us the right of franchise we will have
peace. Abolish the Loyal League ami
KuKlux Klan. Let us come togethei
and stand together, and be as one man
iu the State ol Tennessee.
I had the pleasure of going to New
York to the Democratic National Con
vention, and met a large portion of the
Federal soldiers. It was doubted
whether I would be received as a dele
gate, but I declare that I never spent a
more pleasant week in my life. lam
willing to forgive all that has been done
in the past. Let us go to work in good
| earnest. I want to see the best nun
put in position. There will then be no
danger. Every man can goto his Mi:
and be not afraid of assassination, \
laid my arms away when I surrendered
and have not seen them since.
a ‘A Frnml on tlie People North mill
South.”
Under our telegraphic head, says the
National Intelligencer, the astonished
reader will see that the vagabonds and
negroes who have assembled in Flori
da, under the designation of a Legisla
ture, have actually passed a hill usurp
ing for themselves the right to appoint
Presidential electors, and excluding the
people, whito and black, from all par
ticipation in the election in November
next. As this is unquestionably the
work of the managers of the Grant and
Colfax canvass, we may understand
now clearly by what description of
election they propose to sot over this
free and mighty people a President and
ruler.
The revolution charged upon Gen
Blair is already inaugurated by Graut’s
partisans. Will the people brook this
insult? We disdain to ask whether
they will even tolerate tho attempt to
instal into power a President so clio
sen. Wo adopt tho language of even a
Radical journal to this point. Said the
Springfield Republican:
“Somebody telegraphs from Wash
that tho newly admitted Congressmen
and other Southerners have been con
ferriug with “Republican Leaders, 1
and have decided that it will bo best tor
Presidential electors in the roorgnnwri
States to be chosen by the Legislatv/w,
as South Carolina used to choose hers.
The argument for this monstrous props
sition is that it will prevent all disturb
ances and frauds; but it will itself be a
fraud upon the people North and South.
Wo hope no Republican worthy to bo
called a loader lias given his sanction tn
such nonsense.”
Isaac Russell Acquitted.
The preliminary examination of the
case of the killing of William R. Bop
kins by Isaac Russell, in Savannah,
was concluded on Wednesday. The
evidence showed the killing to bn a
clear case of self-defence, and Bussell
was acquitted. We copy below the de
cision of court of Magistrates:
State of Georgia vs. Isaac Russell,
Charged with the Offence of Murder.-
We, the .undersigned,. Justices, after
having heard and carefully examined
the evidence in the above stated case,
have come to the conclusion the accused
is guilty of no offence against the State,
the death of William R. Hopkins at the
hands of Isaac Russell having been
caused while the said Isaac Russell w
under a violent assault, and under tin
apprehension that unless the life of his
assailant was taken his own would fall
a sacrifice to his violence. While the
law places every safeguard that is in its
power around the lives of its citizens,
and requires that if a life is taken tin
party or parties taking the same shat
answer at the tribunal of justice for tb
offence committed against its decrees
yet it at tho same time gives to eacl
and every citizen the justification
taking life in defence of their proper!)
their families or their own person ; pm
vided such taking of life was absolute!)
necessary to save said person, properly
or family. The evidence most cUm -'y
defined in this caso has shown, that
after a peaceful remark by the tu-w
to tho deceased, “that he did no! w
to have anything to do with him," be,
j the deceased, then ftiadc a violent as
| sault upon the accused, heating l l ' ol
over the head with a pistol, uu iustru
ment of sufficient weight, and onae
! count of its peculiar construction, t
only likely, but would most certain’)
if continued, havo caused tho death
the accused. And whiio wc most l ;!
cerely deplore tho sad misfortune,
I the death of this young man, yet, at -
! same time, tho laws of God and man
! not expect or require any person
| allow themselves to be beaten to at?
definite extent, before they shall defer
I themselves from the assault; and,b ; -
| that defence, to save their own IB"
I they take the life of the assailant, ’
! law pronounces such life-taking, jn ;
fiablo homicide. Therefore, we dec
that the shooting of William H. •;
kins, by the accused, Isaac Basse • ’
justifiable homicide, and order tbopr l -"
i ouer discharged.
(Signed,)
Isaac M. Marsh, J. 1
Thomas SMtTn, J. !’•
M. Spain Vbbdery, J- U
Michael Morris, J. 1 •
Tho Washington Star of the 4th, sta 1
“that it is tho distinct purpose ot -■
radical leaders not to allow IhcSeuln*
people to vote iu the Presidential 1
1 tion, but to have tho voto cast by nff
; Legislatures under an act to be p rt '"
1 as soon as Congress reassembles.
Some of the States have cornu) 1 ' 01 '
the fraud in advance of Congress!' 1 -"
| action. Florida has already passu *■
act to deprive her bcoplc of votn'P
I the Presidential election. The 1
lature of Alabama have a bill bef*' 11 ' 1
body to commit a similar fraud,
will doubtless pass. And hut |, r
j political feature of the Georgia
l of Representatives, the same
would bo played oil' on the P ool ’',
I our Stato. Those God forsaken " I^, ]
i es are accumulating snch a loaj 1
famy on their heads that when t
1 pie get hold of them they will not
when to quit switching them.
The Florida Legislature, 8
i has passed a bill taking the >’ ‘
; of Presidential Electors from the i 1
j and giving It to the Legislature,
