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cQXiUMBU S: FRIDAY MORNINO, JDI-Y 9. Journalistic Change. The last number of the Journal & Messenger contains the valedictory of its late edi tor, A. W. Reese, Esq. During the period, that Mr. Reese has presided over the fortunes of this time-honored journal, it has been our pleasure to en joy the most intimate personal and pro fessional relations with him, and, in common with his readers and the peo ple of Georgia, we may be permitted to feel that the press has lost one of its most brilliant ornaments, and the cause of the South one of its staunchest and truest advocates. We trust his prac ticed pen may not be permitted to rest long in idleness, at a time when Geor gia needs its services, but if it be laid aside for other duties, then our best wishes for happiness and success follow our friend and brother. It is announc ed that Mr. Reese will be succeeded by Gen. W. M. Browne, an experienced journalist, an accomplished scholar,and a gentleman who has cast his fortunes and labors with those of the Southern people. Meade’s Monument. —Meade made the opening speech at the late celebra at Gettysburg, and a very poor speech it was. The main point is contained in the following paragraph: “1 earnestly hope this suggestion may have some influence throughout this broad land ; for this is only one among a hundred crowded battle fields. Some persons may be designated by the Gov ernment, if necessary, to collect these neglected bones and bury them without commemorative monuments; but simply indicate that below sleep the misguided men who fell in battle for a cause over which we triumphed." If the people ot the South permit the bones of their sons and brothers to re main longer on that field, the Govern ment will seize upon tiiis hint and a pile will be raised over the dead Con federates to commemorate the contempt ible meanness of the Yankee nation, and the ingratitude and indifference of our people. Mechanics Lien —ln the United States Court at Atlanta, on Tuesday last, Judge Erskine decided, in the mat ter of Newman, a creditor of John 11. Lovejoy, a bankrupt, claiming a me chanic’s lien that the mechanic had twelve months after the completion of the work within which to bring suit, notwithstanding a note had been taken from the debtor, whilst the work was progressing, covering the whole price of the work, which note became due more than twelve months prior to the commencement of the action. A Sad and Sudden Death.— On Sunday night last, while the Rev. John Long, a Methodist divine, of Thomas ville, North Carolina, was preaching in Westley Chapped at Atlanta, he was stricken witli appaplexy. He lingered until 5 o’clock Monday morning and died. Mr. Long was aged fifty-eight years. He lias a family in Thouiasville, North Carolina. The Atlanta papers state that he was on a visit in search of anew location, aud had been in Atlanta about two weeks. Steamer Sold.— The “Hard Times,” a handsome steamer that run one sea son on our river after the war, and was afterwards carried to Savannah, was sold at Augusta the other day for $505. It must be “hard times” with steam boats when they command such trifling amounts. When that boat was upon our river in 1865 she made money so fast that she paid her pilot $2,500 per month. Freight on cotton was then $lO a bale Detween nere ana Apalachi cola. Mercer University. The Com mencement exercises of Mercer Univer sity will commence on Sunday, the 11th. The Baccalaureate sermon will he preached by Rev. Henry H. Tucker, D. D. The poem before the literary societies will be delivered by Richard J. Larcombe, Esq., of Savannah. The addreaß before the literary societies will be delivered by Alvan D. Freeman, Esq., of Newnan. Cotton Statistics. The cotton circular of Easton & Cos. for the week ending July 2d, 1860, giVes the receipts at the U. S. ports since Sept. Ist, 1868, at 2,026,557 bales, of which exporters have taken 1,416,434 bales, spinners 597,696 and the stocks are 12,427 bales larger. Deficit in receipts as compared with last year 54,565 bales. Deficit in shipments to Liverpool 252,145. The visible supply of the world now shows a deficiency of 238,239 bales, and it is expected it will run up as high as 400,- 000 bales before the Ist September. Sales for Future Delivery. —The following sales of cotton were made in New York last week : For July, 100 bales on private terms; for October, 100 bales on private terms ; for Novein her, 100 bales at 26je., 300 at 261 c; for November or December, 50 bales at 25j0; for December, 200 at 25.Jc., 350 at 26c. 1400 on private terms, probably 25J(V$26e; for December or January, 100 bai«-s on private terms; for January, 200 at 250., 300 at 25 jv The Last Bale.— Tbe Union Springs Times says : The A. 1 Railroad Clerk, Mr. Frank Bell, reports the last bale of cotton gone from this place. Both warehouses aud the Depot are empty for the first time iu two years. The shipments from this point close 1500 bales short ot last year’s business. Killed by a Snake.— As we were nearing Thomasville, on the Mobile and Girard Railroad, Tuesday, Mr. George Howell, an energetic young planter, well kuown iu Columbus, who is farming in that section, told us on the day previous a rattlesnake had bit ten one of a pair of mules just below the let lock. The mule lived only twenty five minutes. The animal ex hibited no signs, by swelling or any thing else, to indicate that it had been poisoned. We believe he said the snake was four feet long and had seven rattles, that he had killed it and would preserve the skin. He had been offered S6OO for the pair of mules a week before. Murder in Lee County.— On last Friday a horrible murder was commit ted in Lee county. Two women, says the Macon Telegraph, in the employ ment of Henry Turner, had a falling out, and one Florine, formerly a slave of Col. Gamble of Augusta, way-laid the other and heat her brains out with a lightwood knot. She was arrested and made a full confession. Jealousy led her to commit the crime, there being an improper intimacy between her husband and her victim. “Let us have peace.” Odu Corn Prospects.—We learn from our country friends that the copi ous rains of Friday afternoon extend ed over a large district. l t came in the very niche of time and win save hun dreds of bushels of corn to the planta tions it watered. The corn crop in this section is now beyond harm, and to the land planted, there will be a fine yield. It will also greatly help cotton which was beginning to flag. VINDICATION OF AN OUO CITIZEN OF COCCMBUH. For some months past an effort has been made to remove Dr. Chipley, for merly of this place, from the head of the Lunatic Asylum of the State of Kentucky. His many friends in this section will be pleased to learn from the following article, from the Lexington (Ky.) Gazette, that personal and parti zan malice have failed of their object: It is well known throughout the State that a rigid investigation has been go ing on for some weeks Into the affairs ot this institution, and especially into the management of the Medical Superin tendent, Dr. Chipley, against whom many grave charges were set afloat last winter in Frankfort, and culminated in a notification from Major P. P. John son, the attorney for the complainants, to the Board of Managers, that he would submit charges and affidavits in support of them in due form. The ex amination was entirely ex parte , Dr. j Chipley having no opportunity to cross examine the witnesses on part of the complainants, but after the affidavits of these were submitted, he brought for ward proof to disprove or discredit their testimony. The Board of Man agers have patiently investigated and considered the documents submitted to them, and their unanimous verdict is, that the management of the Asylum by Dr. Chipley, so far as appears from these, is entirely free from all censure. This verdict, though not unexpected by those who have had any insight into the affairs of the Asylum, was received with much satisfaction by the whole community. The investigation was conducted with perfect courtesy and fairness by the attorney for the com plainants, but was thorough and search ing, covering the whole fourteen years, during which Dr. Chipley has had charge of the institution, and it is safe to say that if there had been anything censurable in his conduct, it would undoubtedly have been brought to light. The Board of Managers were appointed last winter, and came to the discharge of their duties without any predeliction for the Superintendent,and their high standing as men of honor and integrity gives to their verdict ol acquittal a peculiar value in the eyes of ail lair minded men, and enhances the estimation in which Dr Chipley has always been held by those who have known him Seldom has the conduct of a public officer been subjected to so close a scrutiny'; and never did one come more unscathed from the ordeal For fourteen years he has had charge of the asylum, and if, in all that time, he had been guilty of a malfeasance or misfeasance in office the investigation to which his conduct has been .subjected could not fail to have detected it. We may, therelore, conclude that in Dr. Chipley, the State has had a faithful of ficer, and the unfortunate class who are cast upon the fatherhood of the Stale, a friend and a protector in their bereav ment. While in Washingion, during the last summer, we were standing with Dr. Chipley in front of Willard’s Ho tel, just as the public offices were closed for the day. As the clerks from the Treasury Department were filing past the hotel, a fine looking young man left the ranks and approached us. Upon reaching the point where wo were standing, he asked, “Is this Dr. Chip ley?” The Dr. replied in the affirma tive, and asked in return, “who are you?” The young man said, “Don’t you recollect little Sara who used to give you so much trouble.” The Dr. then recognized the young man as a former patient of his, and a conver sation in our hearing ensued between them. The young man was profuse in his professions of esteem for and grati tude to the Doctor. Told him he had served during the whole war in the ar my, had been wounded twice, and im prisoned for a long time, but had never experienced a return of his mental dis order. Upon subsequent enquiry, we found that this individual had been placed under the care of Dr. Chipley as an incurable; that he was violent and apparently hopelessly insane, but by careful and judicious treatment had boen restored and made a happy and useful citizen. We put the incident on record, to add our own to the weight of testimony that has been adduced to support the intelligent and efficient management of Dr. Chipley. Huro Howard. A Washington dispatch,, that did not reach us in due time says : The difficulty about the transfer ol the Laboratory lies in the fact that Gen. Howard claims moiety as informer. It is stated that Howard claims informants’ moiety in some two millions worth of property throughout the South. The Laboratory referred to is the one built by the Confederate Government iu the city of Macon, and the dispatch itself reveals the deep laid rascality of this man Howard. The shock of arms had scarcely ceased when he hurried Southward pretendedly in the interest of the negro. He preached and cried and lied from Washington City to New Orleans, and back again, and on the journey solved the seed from which we reaped such a fruitful crop of disorder in after years. Ostensibly, Howard cared for nothing but religion and the religious education of his newly found brother. But it seems that he was covering under this dodge his work as a spy and inlormer. The Laboratory in Macon needed no informing upon, it was there and everybody knew by wliom it was built, and yet thiscrea'ure comes torward now to put iu bis claims for having nosed it out. Howard has urauc his millions aud enjoyed them, aud yet has millions in store. In view of this and many other transactions, it is quite safe to say of the many thous and scoundrels tound and foisted upon the South, by that iniquity known as the “Freedmen’s Bureau,” Howard was the most artful aud debased. An election was held in the village of Greensboro, Ala., last week, to ratify or reject a subscription of fifteen thou sand dollars, made by the Town Coun cil, to the Selma and Memphis Railroad Company. But one vote was cast against the subscription. On Tuesday next the vote of the county of Hale (of which Greensboro is the county site) is to he taken on a county subscription ot sixty thousaud dollars to the same road. The road is to pass through or near Greensboro. Death of Dr. Bedell. —This gen tleman, (says the Eufaula News), who it will be remembered was seriously wounded by a pistol shot at the hand of one Culpepper, a few days since, died at his residence in Henry county on Sunday evening last about 5 o’clock. It seems that the Doctor was rapidly recovering from his injuries and had commenced the discharge of his every day outdoor duties. In exerting him self in some way, he burst one of the injured arteries about the neck or tem ple, and expired immediately from in ternal hemorrhage. We suppose the matter will undergo legal investigation and in consequence forbear making any comments. Death op Judge Whelan. —We learn, says the Montgomery Advertiser, that a dispatch has been received in this city, announcing the death of Judge Whelan, of the Circuit Court in the Selma Circuit. He died, we under stand, quite suddenly, from apoplexy. New Cotton. —A lot of pew Texas cotton, in the seed, was sold in Browns ville, on the 11th ult., at four cents per pound, specie. Crops on the Southwestern Road, i —The local editor of the Macon Tele graph paid a visit this week to Eufaula. He says the cotton and corn crops on the line of the Southwestern Roa*T front Macon to Eufaula, as a general thing, are as fine as he ever saw them at this season. Both are growing beautifully and have just the right color. The wri ter says “it is true we saw several patches of corn and cotton, on poor lands, that had been badiy tilled and had received no fertiliz rs, that were anything else than promising ; but wherever there was fair average lands, properly tilled and guauoed, both crops promise an abundant yield this fall.— We frequently heard the remark, dur ing the trip, that the guanoed lands would yield from three to seven hun dred per cent more cotton than lauds of the same quality on which no fertilizers i had been used. We noticed that both corn and cotton were much larger and looked far better between Macon and Americus than between the latter city ! and Eufaula. It is owing to the fact that we have had rather more rain on this end of the road than the other, and | more fertilizers were used on the lauds nearer Macon.” Alleged Cruelty to Convicts.— A Colonel Christopher, of the United States army, arrived in this city yester day for the purpose of examining into the charges of cruelty to convicts, made against Grant, Alexander & Cos., con tractors on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, which have been forwarded to the War Department at Washington. The charge is made by a negro nam ed Samuel Smith, an ex convict, who served his time with Grant, Alexander & Cos., who swears that while there, the contractors caused a convict named John Sutton, colored, for some act of disobedience to receive 04!) lashes, and that the convict expired during the pun ishment. There is a very general be lief that the charge is wholly false, and that Col. Christopher will find this to be the case upon investigation —Au gvsta Chronicle and Sentinel. The mission of ti.is Col. Christopher is evidence that the Government feels at liberty to iuteri re in the domestic affairs Os Georgia Why is it that Bui lock who pardons penitentiary convicts daily, and who biaid away from the Boston Jubilee, cannot attend to the back of his brother John Sutton ? Something Wrong at Macon.— No Macon, Ga , papers have been received here since the Ist, and it is supposed that the trouble in the Macon postoffice in consequence of the negro Turner taking possession is the cause. It is said to be the determination of the gov eminent to force Turner upon the peo ple of Macon, as tbeir postmaster, at all hazards and to this end, knowing the opposition be would meet with and fail ure to obtain any of the old white em ployes, to work in the office under or with a negro. Turner’s deputy, an educated mulatto, was sent from Wash ington several weeks ago to work in the Nashville postoffice in order to acquire a knowledge of the business. This man remained here until Thursday, when he started for Macon. If Turner can not get along, he is instructed to make a requisition for assistance upon the De partment. The above, from a late number of the Nashville Union and American, will show what chance the people of Macon have to get rid of Turner. Grant has promised to remove incompetent offi cers, but has taken especial care that Turner shall not he proved incompetent. Costly Justice. —The Columbia (8. C.) correspondent of the Charleston News, says that at a recent sitting of the Court of General Sessions iu Co lumbia, there was tried a case of lar ceny worthy of mention, as illustrative of the costs, if not the value of justice in these times of “liberty, fraternity and equality.” A negro stoic a chicken worth thirty seven cents. He was con victed and sentenced to one month’s imprisonment. He had been kept in jail two months before brought to trial. His case came on the thirtieth day of the session. The expenses of the pros ecution carefully made out by an officer of the Court, areas follows. For jail expenses, three months, $45 ; six wit nesses in attendance for twenty days, $l2O ; jurors, $18; solicitor’s, sheriff's and clerk’s fees, $25; making an aggre gate of just S2OB. Merchants’ meeting Tribute of Respect. The merchants of Talbotton met to day at the store of T. A. Brown & Son, aud organized by calling T. A. Brown to the chair, and requesting W. J. Weekes to act as secretary. The following resolutions were offer ed and unanimously adopted : Resolved, 1. That in the death of Mr. Thomas H. Persons we deeply lament the loss of one of our oldest aud most esteemed merchants— one who, for nearly forty years, has merited and sustained the highest credit for honesty and integrity in his vocation. 2. That we recognize and feel that we have lost one of our best and most enterpristng citizens, whose willing hand was ever open to the wants of the poor. We can truly say of him, “He fed the hungry, clothed the naked, aud when sick he ministered unto them.” In this we are assured we reflect the sentiments of the entire community. 3. We offer tbe immediate family, the relatives and friends of tbe deceased, our heartfelt sympathy and condolence in this their greatest and saddest affiic tion. T. A. Brown, Cliin’n. W. J. Weekes, Sec’y. \ Hot Work. New York July 3.— Prospect Park races—Hurdle race, 2 miles, won by Mitchell 3 yeats old, carrying 115 lbs , beatinu L belia carrying 158 lbs , bet ing SI,OOO to 15 on Lobelia, 3:593- Paik Handicap. Sweepstakes 2 miles was won by Gen. Duke beating Gen. York second, Hotspur and Sleety. Time 3:40, betting even on Gen. Duke against the field. Sequel stakes for 8 year olds, 2 miles Pompey Payne beat Yespucius easily under a hard pull, 3:484. Each carried 117 lbs., betting onehundred to twenty'. Sweepstakes for two year olds three quarter miles, Thompson and McCon nei. Lexington filly and Lady Petry run dead heats with M. H. Sandford’s Lexington filly Stamps; Morris’ Eclipse filly third. Time—l:l9j. Betting nearly even on Lady Petry against the field. Consolidation purse—l j miles—won by Walden cliestuut colt Uncle Vie, dam Dolly Carter, named after the race, M H. Sandford beating. Lancaster 2d, Julius 3d, Lobelia, Gen. Duke and Sarah, 3d. Time, 3:433- Lancaster was the favorite at three to two against the field. Attendance good. Third and fourth money will he given at the Sep tember meeting. Commodore Maury.—lt is stated in the Virginia papers that this illustrious citizen, distinguished and respected wherever science is known or patriot ism honored, and who is now a Professor of the Virginia Military Institute at Lex ington, has been invited to assume the Presidency of the University of Ala bama. This is a movement in the right direction. If the Board of Education would Commission Commodore Maury to select a corps of Professors and thus start uuder the auspices of his Scientific fame and judicious mangement, we have but little doubt the University would soon take rank among the fore most Institutions in the country.— Mont. Ado. Progress of the South Georgia and Florida Railroad. The first train load of iron for the above road arrived atThomasville, from Savannah, on Saturday evening last, and the work of track laying commenced near the Thomasville depot Thursday morning. General Frank Blair has gone into the life insurance agency business in California. By Telefcr*|>ti from Europe. Brest, July B— All well on the Great Easti rn; signals good. Madrid, July B— Fresh ministerial complications; the whole Cabinet will probably resign. Paris, July B.—The rumor that Spain requested France to advise the United States to preserve strict neutrality re garding Cuba is unfounded. It is regarded certain that Kouher, representing the theory of jicrsoual government, will give place to Emil Oliver, representing a parliamentary government It is stated that the Em peror is willing to abandon arbitrary power and share the burthen of the gpyernmeut with the country and Leg islature. The Senate will soon be as sembled when au organic change will be consummated. From Washington. Washingion, July 7.—Commodore Poore succeeds Hoff in command of the West India squadron. It is under stood his instructions indicate prompt protection to American citizens and shipping The Chronicle in a bitter article on the Virginia election says: “But all is not lost in Virginia. Congress bolds the key ot the citadel. The rebel Dem ocrats may boast that they have elected their.candidates, hut there is au ulti mate'rentedy. There are indications of cross purposes between the administra tion and Boutwell since the Virgiuia election." The iron clad, Centaur, has gone to Santiago de Cuba to investigate the circumstances of Speakmau’s death, and, if necessary, demand prompt repa ration. Several of the heaviest iron clads will soon be dispatched to Cuban waters. The Seminole sails to morrow and the Dictator in six or eight days. Within the next two weeks twenty vessels will tie available for public service, where evt-r the emeigi-ncy may require. Major Wofford, of Mississippi, re ceived a dispatch from Jackson, signed by the Judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals, Secretary of State, Judge o: Criminal Court at Vicksburg, United States District Attorney T C Murphy and other prominent citizens saying the National Union Republican party, backed by the popular sentiment of Mississippi, wiil support Judge Dent for Governor. Ilis election is a certainty if he will accept. Major Wafford was to-day authorized by Judge Dent to say he would accept the nomination. Froiu itidttiiioiul. Richmond, July 8. Gilbert G. Walker arrived at 7 o’clock this morn ing from Norfolk. The day was made a holiday for his reception, aud when the cars arrived about five thousand people had congregated at the depot. A committee, composed about equally of our most prominent white and col ored citizens, was at the cars to receive him, but the populace rushed in aud seizing Walker bore him on their slioul ders to a coach, ornamented with the National and State flags. The proces sion, which was nearly a mile long, marched through the principal streets. Many of the coaches, of which there were a hundred in the line, were cover ed with national flags, and on the baud wagon was a transparency with paint ings of white and colored men shaking hands. The streets were blockaded witli people following the procession, and at least 20,000 persons were out. On reaching the house of Col. James R. Branch, the Conservative candidate, killed by the calamity on Friday last, the procession passed in silence and with uncovered heads. Upon reaching the Hotel, Walker appeared between the National and State flags, held by representatives of the two races, and after a few minutes of deafening cheers, made a btief speech, saying, after con gratulating the audience on their com plete victory, that in this moment of triumph they must not forget that the votes cast against the ticket were given by deluded and ignorant men, of a race that had not yet had time to be educa ted sufficiently to know the wrong of disfranchising others. We must remem ber that we have succeeded on the platform of universal suffrage and equal rights, and we must see that those who opposed us, as well as those who sup ported us, have all their rights and are protected fully by the law and with the law and under the law. [Loud cheers] They must be educated and taught the value of the great boon of franchise that has been conferred upon them and the true value of being a citizen. We must not forget that the opportunity of winning this victory was given us through the liberality of Presided Grant, [loud and continued cheering] aud we must see that its fruits are for the benefit of all. After allusion to the grief of the present State office holders, of the Wells persuasion, the speaker concluded by a cheerful picture of the tuiure prosperity of the State. At the close three cheers were given for Grant. Walker was followed by Isaac Hun ter, colored, and several white speak ers Tne election returns to day continue more and more favorable to Walker- The returns this morning show that the Walker men will have a majority of 61 on joint baliot in the Legislature. Additional returns received to night' show that Walker’s majority will prob ably be 50,000. In many of the white counties, West of the mountains, where Walker gets 300 or 400, Wells only gets three or four votes. Gen. Canby, in conversation to day with a Republican member elect of the Legislature, said he was much pleased at the good order in the election, and thought from the reports of his officers, it had been as far as heard from, as fair as could be held in any State of the Union. Gov. Walker left for New York to night, aud Gov. Wells leaves for the same point to-morrow, to visit a son there. The excitement of the election has not yet subsided, and the city is bright with fireworks to-night. From New York. New York, July B.—There is much excitement over the fact that a large number of brakers arc before the Grand Jury in regard to violations of usury laws. Wm. H. Sanford, cashier of a Na tional Bank has decamped, a defaulter in $100,000; cause unfortunate gold speculations. lie leaves a destitute wife and children. Ilis character for years was unimpeachable. The busi ness of the bank will proceed as usual. From Savnunali. Savannah, July B.—The Governor has commuted the sentence of the negro murderers of Buckman and Broadback er, two Georgia gardeners, near this city, sentenced to bo hung on the ICth of June, to one year’s i mprisonmant. The people are very indignant at this gross outrage. Report of customs shows the total value of exports from this port for the year ending June 30tb, neary forty-, nine millions. ANDICEW JOHNSON. The Ex President' * Latest Harangue in Washington — Grant, Congress and. the Republican Party Denounced — The Terrible Money Boxes of the Bonehold er*—llis Abiding Faith in the Glorious Future. Reported for the New York Times. Washington, Thursday, July 1. A large crowd assembled before the Metropolitan Hotel to night, on the oc casion of a serenade to Ex President Johnson. The band Laving played a tune, Mr. Johnson appeared on the bal cony and was received with applause. Mr. John E. Norris, of Washington, introduced him a3 haying been known for many years as the great champion of Democracy of the United States, and as having fought many battles and won many a victory in behalf of cons titution al freedom. Ex President Johnson then climbed over a rail, and took his stand near the reporters’ table on the balcony. He was again greeted with applause. He said it was not his purpose to make a speech, hut merely to tender his thanks for the cordial welcome on his return to Washington. It was not necessary for him on this occasion to recapitulate or rehearse the arguments he had hereto fore made in behalf of those great prin ciples which should be maintained and preserved by those calling themselves free, patriotic and intelligent. In tak ing the stand he did, he believed he was doing his duty. [Applause.] He had tried to act on principle and in vindica tion of principle. He had collected facts ami arguments which, in times gone by, were considered unanswerable and irre sistible. They had been presented for the consideration of Congress and the country, but it appears they did not avail much during the time he had pre sented them. However, in his politics, as in his religion, when his facts gave out and his reason failed him, lie drew pretty largely on his faith, aud his faith was yet strong and unbroken. The time would come, aDd that ere long, when the American people will be aroused to the importance and high sense of preserving the great principles which have been over slaughtered and trampled under foot so long. He would say, let us have faith. He believed the gleam of the morning of redemption could now be seen ; he thought it was coming, when the Constitution of our lathers would be restored. It was nut necessary for him to call the attention of this intelligent audience to the struggles and contests transpiring within the last four years ; it was not necessary for him to point their atten tion to the Judicial Department ol the Government to show that under the domination of an usurping Congress that even the Judiciary of the country was made to quail and shrink before it. [Applause.] It was not necessary to turn attention to the other end of the avenue—[cries of “Hear I hear!”]—nor was it necessary to do more than point to the tyrannical body called“ Congress” which attempted to absorb every single power of the President. He had called them “tyrants” standing with the mailed heel of power on al! the necks of the freemen ol the United States, endeavoring to hiol out the tines Which separated lire Slates, to wipe out the min i two co ordinate branches ol the Government; and in this, Congress stood omnipotent. I tell you here, my country men, he said, that if I were compelled to make a choice (and thank God 1 am not so compelled as yet) I would lake one individual who was honest, wise, patriotic: and just as my ruler or master, in preference to a Con gross so usurping, capricious and cor rupt. [A voice, “that's so,” and an ap plause. ] Let us talk about these tilings as they are. We even find a difference among them as to whether they would take such a government as an omnipotent Congress would impose, or an imperial government. Such feelers have been sent out. They wish to develop what sentiment there is in the country. Take a paper, especially in New Yoik, in Which, no doubt, is the emanation and reflection of a certain combination oi individuals, some of them, perhaps resi ding in Washington, and when we turn to the title page what do we see ? On one side “The Empire is peace,” and on the other side the quotation, “Let us have peace!” [Laughter.] The meaning of this is, "Let us have the Empire with Grant at its head and we shall have peace.” [Laughter and ap plause.] But you find lurking behind this a debt of twenty-five or twenty eight hundred millions of dollars. The great fear is the people are not to be trusted and will not pay it, and hence we must have a strong Government with an army at our backs, and when the people become restive as to the pay ment of taxes, they are to be compelled to do so at the point of the bayonet. I know what I say, and, not to be egotistical, I know what is being pre pared lor the American people. We find the single item of one hundred aud fifty millions to be collected for pay ment of interest on bonds, and what is it? Interest to be paid in one-half year’s time. You run your hands into your pockets and pull out something so dim and worn that you cannot tell what it is. But see what it calls lor on its face. As compared with the currency of the world, as admitted by both Christian and barbarous nations, we find this pa per to be thirty or forty cents below par. But what about the men who have so many millions in bonds ? I must here tell a little story. It has been so long since any of the people in my section saw a five, two aud a half, or ten or twenty dollar gold piece, that I made it a special point to carry home a few pieces in order that they might see them. It has been stated in a paper that in a conversation he had remarked to somebody that “no nation had ever yet paid a national debt created in war, except by repudiation.” If I stated a fact, is there any harm in it ? [Cries of “no, no.”] What political economist dare deny the proposition ? I also state there is not a nation on earth that made a debt interminable or permanent that is free. Is there any harm in stating such facts and great truths? [Responses —“No, no.”] Then how does the mat ter stand ? Because I have uttered truths wnich cannot be controverted, it is said I favor repudiation. But go to Congress. What has it done ? You will see that in the inaugural address it is slated that if anybody is in favor of re pudiation to the extent of a single far thing, he cannot hold an office under the Government. [Laughter.] But when you this Congress, so con scious were they of the great fraud practiced in various atrocious ways, they came forward and proposed to re pudiate one-third of the whole debt. “It is nominated in the bond” to say six per cent., and yet Congress in face of this solemn contract proposed to reduce it to five, four and three per cent. But | this interest is to be paid in gold and silver. Go to the Department: a man comes in with coupons and atone coun ter gets gold and silver for them; anoth er man comes in and goes to another counter, with claims for some widow or orphans of him who fell in the coun try’s cause—who was buried with no winding sheet around his body but the blanket stained with his blood, aud this man, acting for the widow or orphans, is handed depreciated paper, while the bondholder receives gold and silver. When the rebellion commenced I was one of those who opposed it. My prop erty was imperiled. I raised thirty-sev en thousand men for the struggle. I am out of office now, and ask for no place ; therefore I can talk plain on the subject. The war commenced, aud was carried on, on our part, as was sol emnly declared in Congress, for the purpose of preserving the Union and restoring the States to their proper rela tions. The rebellion progressed, and what was the effect ? There was an in stitution in the South to which there was great prejudice. It was estimated, when considered in it3 character and shape as property, to he worth $3,000, 000,000. I was no advocate of slavery. The negro walked off, and just as this property disappeared in one section it appeared in the shape of Government stocks and bonds at the other end of the line, instead of existing in an institution which was productive to the nation and the world. I can tell you where it is. Go look into the vaults and see the great stacks of Government bonds. How many fields does it plow ?. How many ships does it build ? How much wealth does it add to the nation ? Can anybody tell me? [A Voice— “None.”] It remains there corroding and eating out the Government vitals. The query comes up—Are the American j people going to tolerate theso things ? , Instead of such a vast amount of credit and capital being locked up in the strong boxes, it should be forced out of the hands of the bondholders and forced to seek investments in such enterprises as would add to the wealth of the coun try in the developments of its resources and in works of public improvement. After further remarks on this and kin dred subjects, he said, we once had a Washington in this country and thank God for it. [Applause.] I have heard it said we have a second Washington. [A voice—we have got him yet.] I should like to look at him. [Applause and laughter.] I should like to see what kiud of an animal he is. I sus pect the second Washington is about as much like the first Washington as—let me illustrate: You remember the old story of the prank or satire that Dioge nes practised on Plato, who was very learned, and who instructed the young men in the Academy and defined man to be an animal with two legs and with out feathers. Diogenes, who was a cynic and well of satire, concluded he would ridicule the idea out of existence, and therefore he would catch a goose and strip it of its plumage and hang it by the head, and as the students were turned out he pointed at the goose with the feathers stripped off, saying : “This is Plato’s man.” [Applause and gen eral laughter, with cries of “good,” •‘you’re right on the goose.”] I think the comparison near about complete.— Carrying out the idea, Washington was inaugurated on the 13th of Apiil. He referred in his speech to Congress to his great want of experience and his diffidence in assuming a responsibilty so great; and also spoke of the impor tance of private morals as the founda tion of public virtue. [Applause.] He furthermore recommended that in sus taining the Executive Department no more money should be appropriated than was barely sufficient to defray the expenses. He approached the Presi dency almost with awe and trembling. He did not say, “I feel the responsibtli ty, but I accept the office without fear." That is your second Washington.— [Laughter.] But 1 have not seen your second Washington yet. Imagine Washington sitting at the council board, looking at the Secretary of the Treasury, aud saying : “I’ve got your draft lot $55,000,” and seeking lot a book iioui which to derive a mile iutoimation, saying to the Secretary of tbe Navy : “I’ve got your library at a cost ol sls, 000.” Then look around at tlie iurui ture, houses and lots How would Washington have sat in Cabinet meet ing surrounded by such men us these ? [Laughter and cries of “Good.”] You see how the Government ts mov ing along. The cry comes up, my countrymen, whether we shall not meet the issue, when we shall rally round the ballot box to the support of the eon stitution as the palladium of our reli gious aud civil liberty, and cling to it as tbe shipwrecked mariner clings to the last plank when tbe nighi is closing around him Give me the Constitution of my couuiry! You may take oui petty tyrants, but give me me Consti lutiou of my country! 1 repeat here wbal 1 said on tbe 22*1 ot February, with reference to tbe Freedmen’s Bu reau: “You may erect your altar and lay your Constitution upon it; aud if necessary, as an evidence ot the devo lion to my country, lay me also upon it, and the blood that now warms and an imates my existence, shall be poured out as a last libation.” Tbe speaker then gave a brief account of tbe condi lion of things in Tennessee under Rad ical rule, aud said the first thing he bad to do when he went home, in order to gain possession of his property there, was to go before an officer aud give evidence, by proper vouchers, that he was a loyal man. [Laughter.] lie also spoke of the tyranny exist ing in Tennessee. The men called mi litia go into the Court house, send out the Judge and jury into the woods or the street, and placing therein a court martial, try a man one day aud hang him tbe next. “Let us have peace!” Mr. Johnson said, in concluding his remarks: “You are now approaching the point when your Government is vibrating be tween a military dictator here aud a military dictator there. If we go on at this rate every little military man who can claim a battle will seek to he made a dictator, and rule the nation.— But the character of an American citi zen is above all other characters. In my mind wo liave high aud noble du ties to perform. Let us not falter. This mighty nation is determined to preserve its unity. Bodies of men and muni tions of war started in a certain dired tion. These columns never turned until they conquered. And because some little fellow walked with a supply train he is a “second Washington.” [Laugh ter. ] It might as well be said that as some of these intelligent reporters fol lowed the army for the purpose of nar rating events, they conducted the army operations. [A voice, “How about the hazel nut?” I have consumed more of your time than I intended, and I wish to say in conclusion I have no favor to ask, and you none to bestow. You know that when in office here I did all in my power to promote your local in terests. I have heretofore said, and now repeat, that you ought to have rep resentation in Congress—one knowing your wants—the same right as freomen have. In coming among you on busi ness, having a sou at school and some private matters to transact, to receive such a cordial welcome by the people of this District is a source of heartfelt gratification to me. [Applause.] I trust the day is not distant when we shall meet under more auspicious cir cumstances than we now do. I again thank you for this cordial welcome. The baud played the “Star Spangled Banner,” and the ex-President was vo ciferously cheered as he retired. Many of those who had listened to his re marks entered the hotel to pay their respects. He spoke an hour and a quarter. Crops, die. Muscogee Cos., Ga., July 9,1869. Mr. Editor : To-day we had a good rain; this in the present advanced state of the crop assures us of a full crop, for the land planted. The Piney woods of Muscogee will certainly make a name this year, so far as the production of corn is concerned. I have never seen better corn grow out of mother earth than is now to be seen on the pine hills adjacent to our oaky woods. Corn suf ficient will be made to bread this sec tion, and to fatten a few pigs. Man)' planters have abandoned all hope of raising their own meat, and find an ex cuse for so doing hy the alleged steal ing of freedmen. That a negro will steal, if he is very hungry, is true ; so will a white man similarly situated.— The best remedy for such a habit is to feed well. A liberal ration and kind treatment will make any working negro an honest one. I for one, do not believe that it is the roguish proclivities of thefreedman that has induced planters to abandon the raising of their own meat. The prime cause lies in the high price of cotton.— If cotton was to bring only ten cents per pound for a few years in succession there is not a farmer but what would have his cribs and smoke-houses packed with corn and bacon, and that of his own raising. Large, fat and juicy hams would be found hawked about your streets at figures that even the most miserly of miser3 would consider cheap. Farmers, as a general thing, under stand their own interest about as well as any other set of men. So long as they believe that they can make money by making cotton and buying their corn and bacon they will do so, in the face of all the figures and facts that you can array. You cannot convince them that there is money in feeding and paying a hand one hundred dollars per annum to cultivate land that, under (he most fav orable seasons, will not yield more than ten bushels of corn per acre. The ar gument, used, is that one acre in cotton with good seasons, at present prices, will buy from twenty to thirty bushels of corn. Now explode that argument lay bare the fallacy of that and youjwill convince us that we are in error. Bethel. decisions OF THE SIIPBERE COURT OF UEOKUIA. Delivered at Atlanta, July 6th. [Reported Expressly for the Gonftltutlon, by N. J. Hammond, Supreme Court Reporter.] Sallie E. Bruce, Adm’r’x., vs. Joseph Crews, assumpsit, from llicliiuonu. McCay, J. 1. A witness called to prove a hand writing, who fails to testify, without qualification, that he is acquainted with it, but only says, he is so from having seen letters purporting to be written by tbe party which were received in the ordinary course of business, by a com mercial house, in which the witness was a clerk, though he had neither written nor seen letters from the house to the party to which these were replies, is in competent to testify a3 to his belief of the handwriting. 2. A witness called to prove that a copy paper, tendered in evidence, is a true copy of one in the handwriting of a party, cannot be shown papers admit ted to be genuine and already in evi dence, and then asked if the original papers, the copy of which is sought to be introduced, is not in the same hand writing as those shown him. 3. Where the consideration of the defendant’s contract is executory, to wit: Some act of the plaintiff to be done either before, or coincident with the act of the defendant; the plaintiff must aver and prove either performance on his part, or, if the acts are by the con tract to be performed simultaneously, he must prove a personal request to the defendant to perloriu. 4. Where the facts of a case have been fully substantiated to a jury and no rules of law material to the rights ot the parties have been molested, either by the court in the trial or the jury in the finding, this court will not distrust the verdict. Jndgment affirmed. Johusouand Montgomery for plaintiff in error. W. T. Gould for defendant in error. T. 11. McHauvs. Wm. H. Stansell. Is sue under intruder’s act, from Whit field. McCay, J 1. Iu an issue under au act for the expulsion ofio'ruders, if the defendant in good faith claims a legal right to the possession, lie is uot an intruder. If the obligee in a bond for titles to land fail to pay the purchase money ac cording to the agreement, no demand or notice to quit is necessary to give theobiiger a right of entry or action ; <an d it he find the premises vacant and peaceably enters, he is not an intiuder. Judgment reversed. MeCulcben & Shumate, D. A. Walker for plaintiff in error. W. K. Moore for defendant in error. Alex. McCallers vs. Francis R. Haines. Application for dower from Washing ton. McCay, J. Where, in an application for dower, the administrator of thehusband denies the widow’s right of dower in a panic ular tract of land, and sets up titles in himself adversely to the intestate, it is sufficient in order to cast the onus of proving title on the administrator, for the widow to show that she is the widow, and that her husband died in possession of the premises. Judgment affirmed. Langmade.& Evans, A. R. Wright for plaintiff in error. Jas. E. Hook for defendant in error. Thos. E. Brown, plaintiff in error, vs. P. Happ, defendant in error. Claim, from Washington. Warner, J. Where the attorney of the parties in the Court below, agreed upon the state of facts upon whiclt the Court below made its decision, but no bill of excep tions was ever presented to or signed by the presiding Judge, as required by the 4193d section of the Code. Held : That the case was not properly before this Court upon a writ of error, as re quired by law, and that it could not be heard to correct errors which it was agreed by counsel, the Court below committed, unless the same had been duly sanctioned and certified by the presiding Judge, before whom the case was tried. Case dismissed. Gilmore & Flournoy, J. L Harris, for plaintiff in error. Langmade & Evans, A. R. Wright, for defendant in errror. W. H. Boyd, plaintiff in error, vs. 8. B. Sales, defendant in error. Motion for fi. fa. to proceed, from Bartow. W arner, J. Where a suit had been instituted on a note made prior to the: late war, and judgment obtain at the September term of the Court in 1863, an and an execution issued thereon, returnable to the next term of the Court, and placed in the hands of the sheriff for collection, and the defendant paid to Sheriff the full amount of said fi. fa. in Confederate treasury notes, which were received and receipted for by the Sheriff', in full satisfaction of the same. It also appears in the record, that the defendant mak ing such payment had collected the money so paid to the Sheriff, by suits instituted by him on notes due him, made prior to the war, for the express purpose of paying off said plaintiff's judgment and fi. fa. A motion was made in the Court below to vacate and set aside the payment and satisfaction of the fi. fa. and judgment by the Sheriff, on the ground, that the Confederate treasury notes in which the payment was made by the defendant, and receiv ed by the Sheriff, had greatly depreciat ed in value at the time of payment, which motion, was allowed by the Court. Held: that a bona fide payment of an execution by a defendant to the Sheriff in Confederate treasury notes, the only currency in circulation as mon ey at the time of such payment, as be tween citizens of this, in the absence of any notice not to receive such currency, was, under the then existing laws of the State, such a payment, as will protect tbe defendant, and that it was error in the Court below, ordering the entry of satisfaction on said judgment and ft. fa. to be vacated upon the statement of facts contained in this record Judgment reversed. D. A. Walker, W. T. Wofford, for plaintiff in error. T. W. Alexander, for defendant in error. Sharp & Arow, plaintiffs in error, vs. E. B. Loyless, defendant in error. Award from Terrell. Warner, J. When a matter in controversy, be tween the parties, had been submitted to three arbitrators, for their cousidera tion and judgment, and it appears from the record that, alter hearing and considering the evidence submitted by the respective parties, an award was made by the arbitrators and relumed to tho Superior Court, as provided by the 4184 section of the Code, and one of the parties suggested, on oath, that the award was illegal upon several grounds, stated therein, for the pur pose of having a trial, before a special jury, as to the validity of said award, and the grounds and specifications set forth in said affidavit being demurred to as being insuliicient in law to author ize the setting aside said award. Held: That the demurrer only and admitted the truth of such facts as well pleaded and set forth in the affidavit, and llml to make such facts availatdu agaiust the award: it should have been alleged iu the affidavit, that the facts set forth and complained of, were the "result either of accident , mistake, or the fraud of someone, or all of the arbitrators, or parties, or is otherwise illegal,” and the particular illegal acts complained of must be specially set forth, which, iu law, will vitiate the award, otherwise the affidavit will be demurrable. The general allegation that the award was contrary to the evidence before the ar bitrators, or without evidence, or that other proper credits wero not allowed by them, etc., is not sufficient to set aside the award, unless it is alleged, and proved that the award was the result , either of accident, mistake, or the fraud of someone, or all of the arbi trators or parties, or is otherwise illegal as where the arbitrators should refer the matters submitted to them to chance or lot. The award of the arbitrators is final and conclusive between the par ties, unless it is attacked and set aside upon someone of the grounds specified in the Code, and the affidavit must state someone of these legal grounds, with sufficient precision, so that an issue can be formed and tried thereon. Judgment affirmed. L. C. Hoyal, Lyon & De'Graffenreid for plaintiffs in error. F. M. Hooper, N. J. Parker, W. A. Hawkins, for defendant iu error. Moses P. Green, Executor, plaintiff in error vs. John Anderson, defendant in error. Equity, from Burke. 1. When a testator, who died in 1853, by will directed that his executor cause to he removed to a free State, aud there emancipated his negro boy John, and that the executor pay tbe expense of his removal, and for his reasonable sup port and schooling, until lie is put to a trade, and that when, if he do, he reaches the age of twenty-one years, they invest aud secure for his benefit, as they may deem best, the sum of three thousand dollars, to be raised out ol the estate. Held: That such devise con stituted a legal trust, which neither con travened the policy of the State at that time, nor at the present time. 2. It was the duy of the executor to execute this trust, aud his failure to do so, till after John was twenty ono years of age, and his detention in Georgia as a slave by the executor, did not destroy the trust, or prevent its execution at a later period. Equity considers that done which ought to have been done, and directs its reliel accordingly. 3. Slavery having been abolished iu Georgia, and freedom having come to John, when he was not permitted to go to it, as directed by the will, and prom ised by the executor, when he assumed the trust, he being sui juris, with tbe right to litigate iu the Courts of this State, may, in his own name, (as he is over twenty one years of age,) proceed in a Court of Equity, to compel the ex ecution of this trust, in accordance with the will, or as nearly so as the changed condition of the country will permit, and to recover uot only the legacy as proved by the will, but such reasonable compensation, for the support and edit cation, which the will gave hint, as the Court may find to he due and unpaid. 4. While a freed man may, iu the Courts of this State enforce any legal equity which was created in his favor while a slave, that did uot then contra vene the policy of the law, he cannot maintain an action for injuries which he may have received or tor wages on account of labor done by him while lie was a slave. Judgment affirmed. J. J. Jones and A. M. Rogers, lor plaintiff in error. E. F. Lawson, .Jas. S. Hook, for de fendeDt in error. A. W. Green, plaintiff in error, vs. The Southern Express Company, defend ant in error. Trespass, etc., from Sumter. The same parties vice versa. Brown, C. J. Wherc au action of trespass is brought, and pending the action, the parties plaintiff and defendant settle the case, and the plaintiff receives from defend the amount agreed upon in the settle ment and satisfaction for the injury, aud the defendant at the time of such settlement, has no notice of any claim of plaintiff’s counsel tor fees for prose cutiug said suit, other than the penden cy of such suit, the defendant is not lia ble to pay the lees of plaintiff’s counsel, and the suit cannot be prosecuted in the name ol the plaiutitt for the use of his counsel for the recovery of their fees. Judgment affirmed. Lyon & Degraffenried, S. C. Elam for Southern Express Company. W. A. Hawkins, C. T. Goode for Green. The Case el' Turner. We are mystified about the case of Turner and the counterfeiting business. We notice in all of our exchanges from the North, received since the case came up, telegrams from Atlanta stating that great efforts are being made to keep the matter secret. So far as the facts have been made public, there seems to boa desire upon the part of the officials to screen somebody. The Atlanta papers as usual, say nothing about the matter. The news received from that quarter generally comes by way of Augusta. The Chronicle and Sentinel of the latter city says : Through private sources, we learned yesterday that the examination of H. M. Turner and the two negro women who have been arrested recently for passing bogus money, is still progressing before United States Commissioner Smith, in Atlanta. The proceedings are kept secret, for what reason we don’t know, but we are informed that Turner con fessed his guilt, but implicates a man in Washington city as being the head of the affair. Efforts have also been made to induce Lieut. Murphy to proceed to Washington to arrest this party, but he has refused to go until he sees what dis position will be made of Turner and Lis associates. The extraordinary se crecy with which the United States officials at Atlanta are conducting what should be a public examination, seems a little ominous, and, we are alraid that some scheme is on foot by which Tur ner will be enabled to escape from the punishment ho should recive, if he be guilty of the crime with which he is charged. It would certainly be a bitter mortification to President Grant if this negro Turner, whom he appointed to office iu the face of such strong opposi tion for no cause other than that he was a negro, and a desire to humiliate the people of Georgia, should be convicted of a felony so soon after his installation in office, and United States officers, as a general thing, are not very anxious to do anything which would, perhaps, of fend the head of the Government. We await further developments to see if our suspicions will be confirmed. Per Contra. —The Macon Telegraph says: The Editors of the Telegraph, think ing it very strange that such a thing as the arrest and handcuffing of the Post master by United States Marshals could take place in Macon and nobody know anything about it, have thought it right to question Turner in relation to the affair. Turner states that there is not one word of truth, so far as he is con cerned, in the statements of the Chron icle and Sentinel. He says he was sub poenaed as a witness in this woman’s behalf, to go before the United States Commissioner in Atlanta on Sunday last. That be went there, and was questioned by her counsel as to the character of the prisoner and was then dismissed ; but none of his evidence was taken before the Commissioner.— Turner says that that his knowledge of the woman amouuted to little or noth ing. That he knew her hy sight only while she was in Macon m the capacity as a servant of Mr. Geo. G. Wilbur.— That subsequently, he saw her onee in Atlanta, where he was introduced and spoke to her. That a short time ago he casually met her again in Philadelphia, when she told him she was going to re turn to Georgia, aud asked permission to travel in his company, which he granted. That nothing more passed between them than ordinary courtesy on the road. That the stories of his having given her money, counterleit or otherwise—or their living in Hancock county —or correspondence between them at Philadelphia—or his arrest and being handcuffed—are utterly false. — And, so far as he knows, the woman Harris never made any such charges against him either at Atlanta or else where—-nor did any suspicion exist, in Atlanta, so far as he knew, tlmt lie was at all complicated with her in any pro ceedings in relation to spurious money. He declares the whole story is utterly untruo in every part, parcel and partic ular. Old Clark still Ahead!— When we published accounts last week of Mr. Bailey’s fifty-seven bushels of wheat to the acre in Oglethorpe, and Mr. Threl keld’s silty-eight in Spalding, we began to tremble for old Clark : but relief speedily came, as we soon learned that Mr. Bancroft, of this place, had produc ed wheat on a small scale at the rate of sixty bushels per acre ! It was from English seed. It will thus be seen that old Clark still stands at the head of the column.— Athens Watchman. Crops in Talbot.—From all parts Os this county we hear f'avorablo reports of the crops. Should the seasons con tinue favorable, it is estimated by old farmers that the crop of corn and cotton in 1869 will exceed that of any year within the last ten. The oat crop is excellent. Our people generally are sanguine.— Talbotton Gazelle. Fropoied Rond from Ctinttnnoogn to Rome. The Rome Commercial publishes the proceedings of a meeting, held at La Fayette, Ga., on the 3d inst., to con aider the propriety of building a railroad from the Southern terminus of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad at Chat tanooga, through LaFayelte and Trion Factory, to Rome, Ga. The proceedings of the meeting were marked with unusual unanimity, anil great interest was expressed for the completion of the road. It is thought that the length of the road will ho inside of sixty miles, and with the exception of Taylor’s Ridge, will be a very light grade. 0 The meeting adjourned to the sth Monday in August next, when it pro posed to put the ball iu motion, and keep it rolling until the work is com plotcd. This road will open a rich country one that not only abounds in mim ml resources, hut has many facilities lot manufacturing. It will bean important road to tbit, city, taken in connection with the road now being constructed from Opelika to Oxford, on the Selina and Dalton mad. There can be little doubt that the Ope lika aud Oxford road will he built at an early day, and the road from Rome direct to Chattanooga, will be an addi tional incentive to its managers to pu-h tbe work to as early completion us pus sible. Iu addition to ibis new route’s being much shorter than the one now existing by way ot Atlanta, it will be a competing route. It will not touch the State Road at any point. The road now being surveyed from Columbus to Lain bridge, and from thence to Quincy, Fla., connecting at that point, with all the roads in Florida, will give addi tional value to the two links above mentioned in tbe new route. Distance front Chattanooga to Quincy, by this route, will be about 387 uiiles. W ben completed, the roads on Ibis line arc bound to do a large freighting business in corn, flour, bacon, Ac., from tin West, and in the tropical products ot Florida, which will find markets in the West. MHkodist Union, Norm »«<l S«.nll» The following just views of the New Orleans Christian Advocate in reference to the proposed re-union of the Radical political Church Nortli with tbe Metho dist Episcopalian Chinch South, are just and emphatic We have never been able to see the desirableness of “re union” or “union" with the Northern Methodists. It would increase the political force of that Church greatly, which is already too great tor the country’s good. In fact, ail these “reunions” are iu tbe solle interest of that tendency toward a centralizing despotism which threatens all civil as well as political liberty. If the Church South could deliver herselt from the common pressure by placing herself under the tegis of a body that prayed and fasted to induce the Lord to im peach President Johnson, she would uot, could not do it. No, her work is to live with her own people, and if need be, go down with them. The Metho (list Church South is full large enough to do good work for Christ, the coun try, and the world. We only seek to swell it by the conversion of sinners. The following extract from Bank’s order, dated New Orleans, January 13, 1864, is evidence of the outrage aud robbery perpetrated on the Southern Methodist Churchmen: [Extract.] In accordance with instructions con tained in a letter from the Secretary ot War, under the date of November 80, 1863, all houses of worship within this department, belonging to the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in which a loyal minister, who has been appointed by a loyal Bishop of said Church, docs not now officiate, are hereby placed at the disposal of the Rev. Bishop Ames. Commanding officers at the various points, where such houses of worship may be located, arc directed to extend to the ministers, that may be appointed by Bishop Ames to conduct divine ser vice in said houses of worship, all the aid, countenance and support practica ble in the execution of their mission. The War-Woman Is tlie name of a turbulent and ugly stream in Rabun county, Ga., having its source in a spur of the Blue Ridge, at the “Saddle Tunnel,” 3 miles east ol Clayton. The name originated in a tragic event which happened there one hundred years ago. Capt. McDougal and wife immigrated to S. Carolina from the highlands of Scotland, to bet ter their condition and fortunes. She possessed all that indomitable courage and perseverauce which has ever char actcrized that people, from the time of Wallace and Bruce to the present day. Soon after they landed, most of the immigrants settled in the mid-region of S. Carolina and Georgia ; but our he roine, still cherishing a strong attach ment for home, and everything that resembled it, urged her husband to seek a mountain home, which would keep fresh in memory those early associa tions of childhood, so soothing to a sad and exiled heart. They fixed their resting place on the banks of the beau tiful Seneca river, among the foot hills of the Appalachian chain, where foi years they lived iu peace and bappi ness. But troubles came and crushed their fond hopes. The Cherokee In dians beyond the Blue Mountains were at war ; and in one of their excursions into the white settlements lor murder and plunder, they came upon the un protected Mrs. McDougal and her chil dren. Her husband was from homo, and being unprepared, she was taken prisoner and bound ; her two youngest children were murdered before Ini eyes; the two eldest escaped; and hu captors, after robbing the house, packi-u the plunder on her and drove bci bciou them till night stopped their turther progress, on the banks of. tins tui bulent stream, where they muck their campfires and uuburtbeiicd their exhausted prisoner ol hu lead. They soon gave themselves up to recci ry and drunkness. Late in the night, one by one, they sunk iuto a profound stupor. Her opportunity had come,both for revenge and escape. She seized an axe and drove it into the skull of each, until the last one of the seven slept the sleep of death 1 Wild with excitement she bounded away through the frightful wilderness, towards her loved ones at home. Late in the day she arrived, completely exhausted, and fell in the arms of her husband. Long she lay in a stalo of utter unconsciousness, but re covered so iar as to embrace and kiss her childred, living and dead, and lell the sad tale of suffering and woe to her heart-broken husband—then calmly sunk iuto her last sleep ! The stream lms ever since borne the name of the “War- Woman.” —Correspondence of the Athens Watchman. Railroad Extensions.—Wc are in formed that the Central Railroad Coin pauy contemplates the immediate ex tension of the branch of the Southwes tern Railroad between Smithville and Albany, from Albany down to Newton, Baker county,and that a surveying party will leave this city on Monday next to select the moßt practicable route for the extension. The party will survey on one side of the Flint river in going from Albany to Newton and on the other side in returning, when estimates ol the two lines will be made out and the im mediate construction of that one will begin which is declared to be the cheap est and most practicable. When the surveyors shall have com pleted this work, they will immediately proceed to Fort Gaines and survey lor an extension of tho Cuthbcrt and Fort Gaines branch road, from the latter point to Abbeville, Henry county, Ala. Both of these extensions ai*e very near of the same length, about 23 miles each, and both pass through very productive cotton regions. They are to be built at the earliest possible day. We apprehend that the Albany and Newton extensionwill, to some extent, break into the arrangements ol the Thomasvillo and Albany road, but we do not exactly know bow seriously it may effect its construction, ii at all. Macon Telegraph. Missionary Ground for BiuonAM Young.— Massachusetts has 53,000 more women than men.
