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FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 3.
Washington has gone into the Macon
Post Office and Turner has gone out.
The University. —The Montgomery
Advertiser says: We learn that the
Board of Regents will recommend Ope
lika for the site of the State University.
The Tuskegee News says : “Tuesday
evening we had a heavy rain, and the
weather is now delightfully cool. It
came too late to benefit the cotton, and
the crop of that staple will be distress
ingly small.”
Morse, the murderer of Newell
Thomas, is an aspirant for the Radical
nomination for Governor of Alabama.
But Morse was hissed the first time he
spoke in a negro meeting. Keffer took
him to task.
Supervisor Stanwood, of Alabama,
wants to send several of his inspectors
to the penitentiary.— Telegraph.
The people of Alabama have no ob
jections to offer and would doubtless be
pleased to have Supervisor Stanwood
accompany his inspectors.
M. &G. Railroad.— Good authority j
informs us that trains on the Mobile 1
and Girard railroad are running to Lin- j
wood, twelve miles distant from Troy,
and that they will not reach the latter
place before two months.
Railroad Subscriptions.—Sub
scribers to the stock of the Bainbridge,
G'uthbert and Columbus Railroad Com
pany are referred to the notice of Ben
jamin F. Bruton, President. A call is
made for the first installment of ten per
cent, on the capital stock of the compa- ■
ny. The places of payment are given
in the advertisement.
County Matters. —The office of
County Physician has been abolished. ;
A physician is employed at a nominal
rate to visit the poor house. In the jail
under the present arrangement hardly
one case of sickness occurs in a month.
For such prisoners it has been found
cheaper to send for a physician and pay
regular charges.
Iron Foundries.— lt must be truly
gratifying to every citizen of Columbus
to know that all of her industrial pur
suits are flourishing, and none more so
than the iron foundries. They not only
do their work as well as the Northern
mills, but much cheaper. Asa conse
quenco they are doing all the castings
for the large manufactory buildings
now being erected. One establishment
has lately added to its force four mould
ers. With a large cotton crop and good
prices the various works will be consid
erably enlarged before many days.
The letting of the grading, bridging,
culverts and the preparation of the
road bed for the iron, on the first twen
ty miles out from Opelika, of the Sa
vannah and Memphis Road, was com
pleted on Wednesday, Sept. 1. John
D. Gray & Cos. were the successful bid
ders. The great energy of Mr. Gray
in the prosecution of his undertakings
is a sufficient guarantee that tho road
will be ready for tho iron within con
tract time. Bids were also made and
aceeptcd for cross ties.
We are also pleased to learn that the
President of the Road received intelli
gence yesterday from. New York in
forming him of an offer of two thou
sand tons of iron on his terms, at S3O
per ton. This will lay down the road
a distance of about twenty five miles.
Siiooting. —The Union Springs
Times says : On last Friday a young
man Dy me name of Armstrong, and a
Miss Hobdy, from the neighborhood ol
High Log, in this county, went to Cos
luinbus and were married. A brother
of Armstrong accompanied the pair.
The party returned to this place by the
evening train, and were met here by
the young lady’s brother. A serious
rencounter was the consuquence of the
meeting, which resulted in the shooting
througn the thigh of young Hobdy, a
tolerably severe knife wound across the
breast of one of the Armstrongs, and a
slight pistol-ball wound in the side of
the other. The parties were arrested
and placed under bond to appear for
trial.
The Macon papers report Cuban ex
citement in that neighborhood. Many
boys anxious to go and get garroted.
The Journal and Messenger says :
We are glad to learn that several of
the deluded youths who ran away from
their homes on Tuesday night to join
this expedition, have been arrested and
brought back. We hope that they
now see their folly and will not
again allow themselves to be led astray
from the path of duty. We trust that
those who have not yet been arrested
will be caught before they can leave the
country, and restored to their anxious
parents.
We believe that the U. S. authorities
are on the track of the Cuban agents
who are getting up these expeditions,
and hope that they may be brought to
justice and punished for having vielated
the law.
Cotton Storage. —On and after this
date, the Montgomery Warehousemen
will make the following charges on cot
ton stored with them : Storage first
month 75 (its per bale ; storage 2d and
successive month, 37j ctsper bale; turn
ing out and shipping, one or both, in
cluding labor for re-weighing, or break
ing s out to re-weigh, 25 cts per bale ;
drayages at actual cost of same. They
announce that all claims for reclamation
on cotton must bo settled here. They
will not be responsible alter cotton
leaves the city.— Mont. Ado.
The Selma, Ala., Argus says, the
devil appears to be in the negro preach
ers, who are aiso generally the most
active tools of the white Radicals.—
Rev. Peter Goode, of Montgomery, Rev.
Henry Morgan, of Demopolis, and Rev.
Henry Jackson, of Summerfield, are all
charged with rapes, or attempts to com
mit rape on the persons of negro chil.
dren. Henry Jackson was bound over
last. Saturday by Justice Berry, of this
city.
Singular Cask of Blindness.—
Robert L. Whitten, an Insurance agent
in Pittsburg, recently became blind
after having himselt shaved at the bar
ber shop of the Mononguhela House, of
that city. The barber had wiped his
face, after shaving him, with a towel
which had been used in the application
of arsenic to whiten the complexion.
The First Bale of Sea Island. —
The first bales of Sea Island cotton of
the season were received in Charleston
on Saturday evening, one from South
Carolina and the other from the St.
John’s river, Florida. It was seven
teen days earlier than the first shipment
to Charleston last season.
The Tcskeoee Railroad. —A com
pany has been organized, all the old
stock aDsorbed by it, Sad steps taken to
commence the work at an early day.--
Tuskegee News.
Havana, Sept. 3.—incendiary proc
lamations posted throughout the city
are attributed to insurgent sympathiz
ers.
qi'iD pro qio.
In the card which Angier, State
Treasurer, addressed to the people of
Georgia, and which we reproduced on
yesterday, pointed reference was made
to the Atlanta Intelligencer about the
political position of which journal
painful doubts and mortifying sur
mises have been rife for sometime past.
The Intelligencer responds at once in
defence of itself and of Bullock. Its
response consists mainly of an assault
upon Angier, but iu it we find the fol
lowing confession to one of the charges
made by him against the Intelligencer :
True, we do some printing for the
State Road ; a portion only of its work
in that line, for which we charge regu
lar rates, and for which we are promptly
paid. The litte profit derived from the
patronage we are thankful tor, and
wish we could get more of it.
And in the same issue of the Inlelli
gencer we notice the following in
reference to the recent Press Excursion
to Selma, Ala. The italics are our own :
The entire trip, being one grand ova
tion to Georgia and her honored repre
sentativesi, Governor Bullock, Superin
tendent Ilulbert, her Press and invited
guests.
This, taken in connection with other
utterances of the Intelligencer, looks
very much like a confession to the
charge that it is the organ of Bullock.
No well informed man needs to be told
that Bullock would not give printing to
the Intelligencer save for a considers
tion. What Bullock expects in return,
or what the Intelligencer is willing to ■
give, is not for us to say. We have no
desire to interfere with the opinions of
the Intelligencer or their free and full
expression. If it desires to support,
praise and defend Bullock it has a j
perfect right to do so with or without '
pay. But it has been classed as a j
Democratic journal, one in unison with \
the dominant sentiment in this State.
Here in Georgia its utterances can do
Bullock no good, but beyond the bor
ders of the State they may do Georgia
great harm. And for this reason, we !
desire in behalf of the people of the
State to protest against Bullock, Hul
bert, and the carpet-baggers and scala
wags smuggled into the company of the
gentlemen of the Press being consider
ed in any respect honored representa
tives of the people of Georgia.
There’s not one of the foul crew who
does not enjoy the unmitigated scorn
and contempt of the honorable men,
women and children of the State. The
people of Selma may have turned out
to do honor to the representatives of
the Georgia Press. If so, the honor
was worthily bestowed. But we ven
ture the assertion without fear of con
tradiction, that Bullock, Hulbert,
and all the balance of the set sur
reptitiously forced on the cornpan
ionship of the gentlemen of the Press
could not, under any other circumstan
ces, have received honor from the peo
ple of Selma, without Aleck White, the
carpet baggers and niggers may be con
sidered the people of Selma. These
men are in no respect the representa
tives of the people of Georgia. They
are but the creatures of a radical Con
gress, the bastard whelps of negro suf
frage and bayonet rule, and the repre
sentatives in everything of the vice,
crime and ignorance which has been
set up above the intelligence, virtue and
refinement of Goorgia.
IN HF.HORUN
The Griffin Star says:
On Friday last, 27th instant, a large
number of citizens and ladies assembled
at “Stonewall Cemetery” to witness
the dedication of the Monument which
has just been erected. The Monument
is of granite base, ten feet high, and
the workmanship is of a superior order
—as handsome, both in design ancl flu
ish, as we ever saw. Upon this is a
marble shaft, capped with a life size
angel, chiseled out of beautiful Italian
marble, wrought with taste and skill.
It is enclosed with a neat and sub
stantial iron railing, presenting in all
its parts an imposing, beautiful appear
ance, reflecting much credit on the
good taste and untiring energy of the
Executive Committee and the members
of the Memorial Association.
From the same paper we learn that
the unveiling of the monument was ac
companied with prayer, music and an
oration. Its cost was near two thou
sand dollars, and this sum was raised
by the ladies of Griftin. It affords us a
sincere gratification to put on record a
fact that speaks so highly for the patri
otism and devotion of the ladies of
Griftin, and we trust their example
may be ‘followed by their sisters
throughout the State. To the ladies of
the “Memorial Association” in this
place we would most respectfully sug
gest that they should perform a similar
work. By personal appeals, by con
certs, &c., during the fall, they will be
enabled to raise a fund, to put a monu
ment in our cemetery that shall stand
to tell those who come after us, that
the women of Georgia did not forget
the men who fought and died for them.
The annual custom of decorating the
graves of the dead may pass away.
Already the men are posing interest in
the affair, and indications are plentiful
of the lowering of the sentiment of our
I people to the coarse materialism of the
day. Thoso who are to come after us,
having not known our sufferings and
j trials, may not appreciate the memories
we cherish. Let a granite column
stand in our grave yard to commemo
i rate the virtues and heroism of the men
who, dying, left but few peers, alas! be
| hind. Its muto voice may in some fu
ture day swell a heart and inspire an
intellect that shall call Georgians back
i to the path of honor and duty.
Assassination of Dr. SI. IS. Slarley.
Our community was shocked on
Wednesday morning, upon the circula
tion of the cruel and dastardly assassi
nation of the gentleman whose name
heads this article.
From the findings of the empaneled
jury wo glean these particulars: Dr. H.
was in charge of the business of Mr.
Babcock, cutting and hauling cross ties
for the Brunswick and Albany Railroad,
with headquarters at College plantation,
about two miles from Bethel. On Tues
day night about ten o’clock while Dr.
H. was sitting in his cabin, an open log
house, writing at his desk, with one or
two others present, a gun was passed
through the logs and discharged, the
murderous fire terribly mutilated his
head, his brains staining the walls of
the house. He survived the fatal wound
but a few brief moments.
As there are dozens of rumors as re
gards the probable cause of this assassi
nation, and as it is probable that the
aftair will be thoroughly sifted, and if
possible the guilty party or parties
brought to punishment, we refrain from
publishing any of the unpleasant ru
mors.
Dr. H. was a young man, lately a
resident of Camden county in this State,
but a native of South Caaokna, where
he has a father, brothers and sisters now
residing. He served during the late
war in the C. S. A. as Assistant Sur
geon, with Maxwell’s Battery. Since
the war, he has been connected with
the timber business in this vicinity.
His remains were brought to our city
Thursday and interred with Masonic
honors, by Ocean Lodge, of which he
was a member.— Brunswick Appeal.
New Cotton Received. —One hun
dred and sixteen bales of new cotton
have been received in this city up to
this date. The average islow middling
—though much of it is high grade. Av
erage price 38 cts .—Amerieui Courier,
PsrdouiDic Power.
There are generally two extremes.
Some years ago Governor Brown was
abused for not granting reprieves and
pardons, and Governor Bullock is u.jw
abused for granting reprieves and par
dons.
We did not join in the abuse of
Governor Brown, and we shall not join
in the abuse of Governor Bullock.
The second paragraph of the second
section of the State Constitution, speak
ing of the power of the Governor iu
such cases, says : “He shall have
power to grant reprieves and pardons,
to commute penalties, and to remit any
part of a sentence for offenses against
the State, except in cases of impeach
ment.” This pardoning power, there
fore, is vested in the Governor, and it
is his business to grant or to refuse
pardons ; and the legal presumption is
that he discharges his duty faithfully to
the people of Georgia.
We regret to see such willingness on
the part of 6ome of the Press, and our
people, to condemn the Governor
without a hearing—and without even
a knowledge of the facts of the case,
or cases, passed on by him. It does
not show wisdom nor prudence on the
part of those who are so ready and
willing to condemn Governor Bullock
for granting or refusing pardons.
The above morceau which we find in
a late number of the Atlanta Intelli
gencer, leaves no further doubt as to the
status of that journal. Perhaps Angier’s
letter will account for the support of
Bullock by a member of the late Slate
Democratic Executive Committee, for
we have no suspicion that Major Steele,
of the Intelligencer, had aught to do
with the article we have quoted.
We were in politics and in editorial
life before Joseph Brown made his ap
pearance before the public. We do
not recall the time when he was blamed
or not pardoning criminals. But if
Joseph Brown did not abuse the par
doning power that is no reason why
Bullock should. Nor is it a reason why
the latter should not be denounced for
this species of his general rascality.
The legal presumption may be that
Bullock discharges his duty faithfully
to the people of Georgia, but unfortu
nately for the people of Georgia tit efacts
are to the contrary entirely.
The East Honrs of an Injured Wo
man.
To the Editor of the World:
Sir : When a man has steeped him
self to the dregs in all that is vile in
morals and disreputable in manhood ;
is unworthy of truth in any shape;
guilty of fraud and murder—crimes
which commit a man of less shrewd
ness to the penitentiary—as has been
shown to be the case in the portraiture
given of Daniel E. Sickles, it yet seems
that we have an administration to
honor this man, and insult a foreign
power by making him an embassador
thereto; and we have a public party
opinion to justify these acts.
Will not these facts be an extenua
tion to the s : ns charged against the
unhappy woman who called him hus
band, and who now sleeps forgotten in
iier dishonored grave? Will you not
allow a simple word in behalf of one of
her sex by one who has has had an
opportunity to know ?
I for one do not believe Mrs. Sickles
guilty of the charge made against her.
I believe Sickles to have been as vile
in his treatment of his wife as he was
in every other respect; perhaps more
vile, because he could wrong her with
impunity, and sweep from the earth,
covered with odium, a man whose
graces created envy in his own mind,
and whose manly sense of honor was a
reproach in his own vileness, and whose
intellect and culture were far beyond
his own reach, and whose only sin was.
in his sympathy for and kindness to a
neglected, ill-used wife. 1 admit that
it is dangerous ground, this sympathy
for a married woman, who better be
content to suffer, endure, and die than
touch the tempting cup. Let this suf
fice on this head.
That Mrs. Sickles was lovely in per
son, simple and child-like in character,
all admit. Such characters are not
easily degraded. Were she the degrad
ed creature he has led the world to be
lieve, her sensibilities would not have
remained so acute that she died in less
than two years of a broken heart.
She was weak and cowardly, I ad
mit. Alas ! these defects would have
made her sacred in the eyes of a man
ly man, and he would have done his
utmost to shield her from evil.
Let me depict, the few last hours in
the life of this injured woman.
Stung, it may be, by an irresponsible
feeling of remorse, he pretends in the
eyes of the world to have restored her
to favor. I will not discuss the pro
priety of this kind of klopstock senti
ment. I speak of the fact.
She was placed in a handsome house,
with the ordinary appliances of wealth.
Os the secret history of the two at this
time nothing need be said. _ She was
mined in character, broken in health,
utterly lost to the world as only women
can he lost—left without hope, without
society, and without sympathy, except
from the few who were related to her,
and who loved and pitied her. She
had long intervals of nervous prostra
tion, when she would lie for hours like
a dying person. She sat day after day
head leaning upon her wasted hand,
and eyes listless, seeing and caring for
little in a world whose sunshine to her
had beeu so darkly eclipsed. Shesigh
ed faintly but said little or nothing.
She was a sad wreck. She knew she
was dying, and expressed no thought
or interest in anything but her absent
daughter.
One day she turned suddenly to a
young friend and asked: “Do you
think me a guilty woman ?” and with
out waiting for an answer, she went on,
“I wish to speak now while I can. I
was so shocked and terrified at that
horrible time, that I did not know
what I said. But I am not guilty of
any sin. Mr. Sickles was very violent,
I was afraid of him—he brought me a
paper, which he said I must sign—he
said he should be hung if 1 did not
sign it. I never read one word of that
paper ; I did not know one word writ
ten in it. I put my name where he
told me, and to save his life.”
She was sinking rapidiy, and was
carried to her bed from a long fainting
turn. As she opened her eyeß, reviv
ing slowly, they fell upon the face of
Daniel E. Sickles, painted and framed,
hanging before her. Lifting her pale
hand, she said:
“Take it away.”
Those about her remonstrated; but
| the second and third time site mur
! mured, “Take it away.”
d'he picture was removed. “Now
place my daughter’s face there," she
1 said with a sad smile. This was done,
j and she gazed with a longing, wistful
took upon the young face, and sighed
heavily. The poor weary eyes closed,
and she was gone to Him unto whom
i is open the secrets of the heart.
One Who Knows.
t'r»ui‘«-Tli« Illnestt of (be Emperor.
London, Aug. 30.— The Times says
there is much anxiety with respect to
French intelligence. Napoleon was
certainly ill. None spoke of any im
minent danger. There was the utmost
uneasiness in Pari.-ian society and on
the Bourse the panic was intense on
Thursday and has been since. Though
the alarm is now subsiding, the news
is still confused and contradictory, and
public opinion still refuses to be re-as
sured. All have no wish to lay great
stress on the Emperer’s indisposition,
but we hardly believe the rumors are
the result ot stock stratagems. All do
not think any good can be served by
the stubborn denial of the facts of the
Emperor’s sickness It is not without
reason that physicians attend at St.
Cloud. It is satisfactory to hear he is
able to transact business.
Paris, Aug. 30.— The following news
is official: The condition of the Empe
ror grows more and more satisfactory.
London, August 30.— Evening.—The
reports from Paris of the Emperor's
health continue re assuring. The In
dependence Beige asserts that Empe
ror Napoleon is confined to his bed by
a chronic malady, but that the present
attack is not of an alarming obaracter.
Southern Historical Society.
The Society Actively Engaged in Collect
ing Records of the Rebellion —Letters
from Lee , Semmes and others.
From the New Orleans Picayune, August 22.
At the last regulst meeting of the
Southern Historical Society, its distin :
guished President, Rev. D. Parmer,
occupied the chair.
The Secretary, Dr. Joseph Jones,
stated that the Society was now fully
organized, and prepared to accomplish
its mission, viz , the publication of the
records of the recent struggle for Con
federate independence. Ample mate
rials exist in the large collection of offi
cial reports, and in the periodicals of
the day preserved during the war by
the Secretary, for the publication at an
early day of the official reports of bat
tles and military operations, throughout
the entire war. Such transactions
would at once constitute the most valu
able materials for history, and vindicate
before the world the consummate ability
ol the Confederate leaders, who, with
scarcely 600,000 men, poorly armed and
equipped, prolonged through four years
of unexampled privation and toil a
bloody and gigantic war against 3,000,-
000 ol men, armed w ith the most effect
ive and destructive weapons of modern
warfare.
The Secretary read a number of im
portant and interesting letters from the
Vice Presidents of the different South
ern States, all bearing testimony to the
great interest which thismovemt-iU had
excited.
We report those which will be of
special interest to our readers:
Lexington, Ya., June 23, 1869.
Ur. Joseph Jones , Secretary Southern
Historical Society, New Orleans :
Dear Sir:—Your letter of the 17th
instant, enclesing reports of proceed
ings ol the late meeting ot the Southern
Historical Society, has been received.
Your former letter, informing me of
my election as Vice President for Vir
ginia, never reached me. I accept,
with pleasure, the office bestowed upon
me.
It is highly important to collect and
record reliable historical information,
especially in periods of rapid change,
such as the present ; and I will cheer
fully render the Society any service that
may aid this object iu Virginia.
Very respectfully,
R. E. Lee.
Wild Woods, June 9, 1869.
My Dear Sir:— Your letter, inform
ing me that the Historical Society had
done me the honor to elect me Vice-
President for South Carolina, reached
me a few days ago. I appreciate highly
this mark of consideration on the part
of the Society, and I beg you to express
to them, not only my gratification, but
to give them the assurance of my cor
dial co-operation. As soon as I return
to South Carolina, I shall take steps to
organize a branch Society there, and I
hope that you will aid me in doing so,
by sending such papers as will assist iu
the accomplishment of this object.
Thanking you for the courteous man
ner in which you have been pleased to
communicate the action of the Society,
I am very respectfully and truly yours,
Wade Hampton.
Dr. Joseph Jones, New Orleans, La.
Mobile, Ala., May 20,1869.
Dr. Joseph Jones , Secretary, §-c.;
Dear Sir: — l have received your
letter of the 13th inst., informing me of
my election as Vice-President for the
State of Alabama of the Southern His
torical Society, and the circular which
accompanied it. I have attentively pe
rused the latter, and approving heartily
of the plans and objects proposed by it,
accept with pleasure the position in the
Society which you tender me. Be
pleased to return my thanks to the. So
ciety for the honor which it has con
ferred upon me, and to accept for your
self the assurance of my regard.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Raphael Semmes,
Pensacola, Fla., June 10, 1869.
Dr. Joseph Jones , Secretary and Treas
urer of the Southern Historical Society ,
I(C., Hew Orleans:
Mv Dear Sir : —I regret that a pro
tracted attendance upon the Courts in
the Southern portion of my State pre
vented the receipt of your letter of the
13th ult., until a day ago.
Cordially approving the objects for
which your Society is especially organ
ized, it will give me pleasure to accept
the tendered position, and tb do all in
iuy power to advance a cause bo wor
thy.
Thanking the members of the Society
through you, for this mark of confi
dence, and with the hope that you will
point out as specifically as may be in
what manner I can best be useful.
I am, dear sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
S. R. Mallory.
Jackson, Miss., June 26, 1869.
Dear Sir -On my return to this city
I found your esteemed favor of the 17th
inst. 1 had seen in the papers a notice
of my selection as Vice President of
your Association for the State of Mis
sissippi, and must express my misgiving
as to my ability to serve you with effi
ciency ; yet it is a subject that address
se itself to the heart of every true
Southerner, and what ability 1 can bring
to bear on the subject will be most
cheerfully rendered.
I will at once engage the attention of
our citizens to the subject, and endeavor
to secure an organization for the State
and counties and report progress.
Your obedient servant,
Benj. G. Humphreys.
To Joseph Jones, M. D., Secretary and
Treasurer Southern Historical Socie
ty.
We wero glad to see, from the large
pile of documents on the table at last
meeting, that the archives are receiving
most valuable additions.
Important and valuable works have
been received from Admiral Raphael
Semmes, of Mobile, Ala., and from Col.
Charles Colcock Jones, formerly of
Savannah, Geo., and now of New York;
from Judge Overton, of Louisiana, and
Gen. Braxton Bragg, and from the Sur
geon General of the United States. The
contribution by Surgeon General Barnes
of the United States Army, is splendid
ly illustrated, and is especially valuable
to the medical fraternity as elucidating
the important question of amputation
and resiction of the hip joint.
We feel assured that our citizens, one
and all, will feel gratified at the useful
labors and prosperous condition of this
most honorable and important Associa
tion, whose great mission is the preser
vation of the records of honor and glory
of the South during the recent struggle
for independence.
The Society, after transacting some
further unimportant business, elected
Jefferson Davis, who was President of
the Confederate States, an honorary
member, and then adjourned to meet
again on the second Monday in Septem
ber.
An Enormous Farm.— A Lafayette
(Ind.) correspondent writes to the
Cincinnati Gazette, Jthat there is a corn
field in Benton county, Ind., of 7,000
acres, in good condition and growing
splendidly. This field is to be found
on the farm of Adams Earl, Esq., who
resides in Lafayette. The same corre
spondent adds :
“Messrs. Earl and Fowler have a
farm of 30,000 acres in Benton, in one
body, well watered, and with permanent
improvements, having one hundred aud
forty miles of hedge fence and sixty
five miles of board fence, thirty dwell
ing houses for tenants, three black
smith shops, &c. To cultivate the eorn
lands, one hundred and sixty nine one
and two horse plows were kept in daily
use, and on the pasture land, forty-one
hundred head of cattle are now feeding
for the New York market, and will be
shipped this fall by rail. Messrs. Earl
and Fowler give their personal super
vision to the farm, besides attending
to their separate interests, the former a
jobbing merchant and the latter a bank
er.”
Rice.— ls some dozen stalks received
at this office yesterday, from the Prairie
Plantation on the Ogeechee, be a fair
specimen of the rice crops of that sec
tion, the planters have no reason to
complain. Some of the heads are near
ly a foot in length, the seeds are well
filled out and very heavy, and in all
respects we should; rate the article A
No. 1. Our planters are just commenc
ing to cut, and in a few days we shall
be able to give something like an ap
proximation to the crop. The grass
hoppers, we learn, have not committed
the serious depredations on the Savah
nah river rice fields that were at one
time apprehended.— Savannah Republi
can, 39 th.
My Telegraph from Europe.
Paris, September I—Bourse excited.
Rentes 72f. sc.
Paris, Sept. I.—The Constitutionel
says Serrano is becoming daily more
prominent as a candidate for the Span
ish throne.
Engenie has arrived at Toulon, re
turning to Paris. Her health is much
better,
Madrid, Sept. I.—Proceedings will
be commenced Immediately against the
seven bishops arrested for disobedience
of Government orders.
Edinburg, Sept. I.—Miss Cushman
is here, quite ill.
Cairo, Sept. I.—The Suez Canal is
complete. An opening with 6 metres
of water is expected to occur the 17th of
December.
Paris, Sept. 2.— Ratifications of the
Convention for a cable between Europe
and South America have been exchang
ed.
Madrid, "Sept. 2. —The Carlist chief
tains surrendered upon assurances of
safety of life".
The government organs say the re
inforcements about to sail will be suffi
cient to crush the Cuban rebellion.
London, Sept. 2.— Solicitors of Lady
Byron’s family say Mrs. Stowe’s article
on the seperation of Lord and Lady By
ron is not complete or authentic.
Dublin— Cardinal Cullen forbids pa
rents sending children to national mod
el schools on pain of church punish
ments.
From Wnslilugtou.
Washington, Sept. I.—The debt
statement shows a decrease in the debt
of $5,500,000. The statement includes
$11,000,000 for pensions.
Hoar is expected early next week.
Spanish Minister Roberts and Secro
tary Fish visited Grant, with creden
tials for Serrano. No speeches.
Gov. Walker, of Virginia, visited
Grant.
Wm. M. Moore has been appointed
Collector of Customs at St. Marks, Fla.
John H. Stewart, Consul at Turk’s Isl
and; Isaac Jenkinson, Consul to Glas
gow.
Coin in Treasury $101,000,000; cur
rency $12,000,000; sinking fund $14,-
000,000; compound interest bearing
bonds $23,000,000; drawn from Treasu
ry during mouth nearly $31,000,000.
Gov. Walker has returned to Rich
mond.
Ruez, one of the Cuban representa
tives, had an hour’s interview to day
with Grant. Particulars not transpired.
Barziza, attorney for certain persons
now under trial in Texas before a mili
tary commission, visited the President
and Acting Attorney General and re
ceived verbal assurances that the ar
rangements iu the Yerger case would
be adhered to in the matter of habeas
corpus in all similar cases.
Dispatches from Mt. Washington re
port a heavy storm; thermometer 28°;
two inches ice formed on the telegraph
wires.
Washington, Sept. 2 —Win. G. Mor
ris has been appointed U. S. Marshal
for California, vice Baud, suspended;
Claiborne R. Mobley, Federal Attorn
ey for the Southern District of Florida;
Gen. Gresham, standing Republican
candidate for Congress in the New A1
bany Dist. Indiana, against M. O Kerr,
has been appointed Judge of the U. S.
Court for the District of Indiana.
Secretary Rawlius is again attacked.
Yesterday’s exertions at the Cabinet
against his physiciaiis’s advice, caused
a relapse. His friends are very solici
tious. Gen. Rawlins is regarded ag the
champion in the Cabinet of all generous
measures.
Grant told Senter that he was deter
mined not to interfere in the State elec
tions. Matters of law as well as of re
movals and appointments, will be re
ferred to proper Departments for their
action.
Revenue $912,000.
Postal money order system with
Switzerland went into operation yes
terday.
Associate Grier has no present idea of
resignation.
One thousand suits are pending
against New York bankers and brokers
for understatements of capital. Convic
tion involves fine and imprisonment.
The Evening Express says it is said
that Gen. Canby is preparing a report
to the President pinching into the po
litical moral and social status of Vir
ginia generally and charging the people
with hindering reconstruction and be
ing secretly hostile to tho Congressional
policy.
Customs from 21st to 28th, inclusive,
four and half millions.
Spanish Minister Roberts authorizes
the statement that the recent publica
tion of an intercepted letter in the New
York Sun is a forgery.
A private letter from an authoritative
source at Madrid, states that Sickles of
fered the United States as mediator be
tween Spain and Cuba, the proposition
being the abolition of slavery and the
payment to Spain by the Cubans for
the forts and public buildings, &c.
While Spain does not reject mediation,
there are serious obstacles in the way
of accommodation. The impression
among many Spanish statesmen howev
er is, that Cuba will eventually pass
from Spanish control. It is stated that
Spain demands as a preliminary that
the Cubans lay down their arms, which
it is ascertained the Cubans will not
do, having no guarantee of protection
from the volunteers who, it is stated,
aim at the absolute control of the isl
and, and have a secret organization to
that end.
A special to the Times makes Grant
say to the Senter delegation from Ten
nessee that he recognized Mr. Senter
as a Republican, and considered that
Republicans who voted for him still
belong to the Republican party, .and in
addition that he would not remove
from office any Federal official in the
State for having thrown the weight of
his position and personal influence
against Mr. Stokes. The President in
conclusion earnestly recommended
them them to harmonize and put an
end to their difficulties, personal and
political, by a general amnesty.
Col. McCardle of Vicksburg habeas
corpus fame is here.
From New York.
New York, Sept. 2.—The steamer
Alaska from Panama has arrived with
dates to the 23d of August, and $60,000
treasure.
Pychinchi volcano, near Quito, is
erupting heavily.
Several small Peruvian earthquakes
have occurred.
President Dalta issued a proelama
tion declaring the independence of Cu
ba, August 13th.
Snow fell yesterday.
From t'anaUa,
Montreal, Sept. I*—A private letter
from Mr. Davis says the unfavorable
accounts of hi3 health are greatly exag
gerated. He will probably continue
his residence in the United Kingdom
the rest of his life.
From New Or leans.
New Orleans, Sept. 2.—Late crop
reports from all parts of this State and
Western Texas, reports cotton as very
promising. Many think that all will
made that can be gathered with present
labor. Cane, though backward, prom
ises abundant yield. Weather cooler.
From the Now Era.
WAR AGAIN.
The Angier-Bullock Embrogilo Re Opens
with new Features.
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
The publicity given to a ease of a ma
lignant attempt at prosecution in the
shape of the most malicious prosecution,
by the individual styled the Chief Ma
gistrate of Georgia, against the Treasu
rer, forces that officer to respond in a
statement of facts and make some dis
closures to the public, heretofore un
known.
Before allowing my name to be used
as a candidate for the office of State
Treasurer, knowing the salary was not
an adequate compensation, in view of
the heavy responsibility of receiving
and disbursing nearly two million dol
lars per annum, giving bond in sum
two hundred thousand dollars, and per
forming labors of office, I consulted
legal authority, and was advised that
both by law and custom, the Treasurer
was entitled to the interest accruing
upon temporary deposits. Acting un
der that advise, I allowed my name to
go before the General Assembly as a
candidate for State Treasurer, and was
duly elected. After my election, having
no secure place in the Treasurer’s of
fice to keep the funds of the State, I as
sumed the risk of depositing the same
in the Georgia National Bank, at the
same time entering into an agreement
with said Bank, by which I was to be
allowed a small per cent, on the daily
balances of the funds required for imme
diate use, all the funds on hand at that
time being of this character, and even
having to resort to temporary loans,and
my own credit and individual funds to
meet the heavy demands, the General
Assembly being in session, and the
State greatly in arrears. As I assumed
the risk of depositing, (events having
since transpired which proved it no
small one ) I thought I was clearly en
titled to the little benefits accruing on
the temporary deposits, which, for the
period of nearly six months, amounted
to the small sum of three hundred and
thirty six dollars and ten ccnts(s336 10)
By a strict construction of the laws,
doubts having arisen whether the Treas
urer was entitled to said interest, I paid
the same into the Treasury, previous to
any knowledge that I was beiug prose
euled, although leading lawyers and
the best commercial and financial men
of the Legislature gave it as their
judgment that the Treasurer was euti
tied to it.
Iu contrast to this pitiful amount
received by the Treasurer, but since
paid into the Treasury, that officer will
present to the public a few instances of
the illegal uses of the State funds by the
Executive for his own benefit. On the
21st November, 1868, when the State
had sufficient funds on hand to meet all
reasonable expenses, having on the clay
previous drawn twenty five thousand
dollars ($25,000,) the cashier of the
Georgia Rational Bank presented the
Governor’s draft on the temporary loans
for twenty five thousand dollars ($25,-
000) more, and voluntarily stated that
Gov. Bullock was indebted to their
bank seventeen thousand dollars ($17,-
000,) and this twenty five thousand dol
lars was to cover up and make good to
the bank the Governor’s individual
indebtedness, although said deposit was
placed to the credit of the State. The
State was thus forced to pay, as per
statement of cashier, nearly eleven per
cent, on this twenty five thousand dol
lars, drawn solely as an offset, for the
time being, against the individual de
ficit of the Governor.
The Governor admitted to the Treas
urer, that out of the thirty five tlious
and dollars illegally drawn from the
Fourth National Bank by him, four
thousand dollars he retained for his own
use, part as his salry, though he did not
fail, after the adjournment of the Gen
eral Assembly, to draw his warrants for
the full amount of his salary, independ
ent of the four thousand of the State’s
money used by him, and still unpaid
and unaccounted for.
Besides the thirty-five thousand dol
lars, (35,000) illegally drawn and dis
bursed by him without warrant or ap
propriation ; in open defiance of law,
after being fully put upon his notice by
the General Assembly, in total disre
gard of their action, the Governor went
directly to New York, aud drew upon
the Fourth National Bank for twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000) more, none
of which has ever found its way into
the State Treasury, thus assuming ar
bitrary dictatorial powers, wilfully over
riding both the Constitution aud the
lav/s.
The Governor has already paid as re
tainer’s fees iu this prosecution, five
thousand dollars each to two legal
firms, by Executive warrants drawn on
the Treasury which is three times the
amount of interest received by the
Treasurer.
The General Assembly at its last ses
sion, made an appropriation as the sal
ary of the State Attorney General, as
follows : “Be it enacted, that the sum
of two thousand dollars in currency be,
and is hereby appropriated as the salary
of the Attorney General of the State,
and that no other fees or emoluments
be allowed him from the State, and that
among the other duties of his office,
shall be»that of Attorney for the State
Road,” etc.
In violation of this appropriation, the
Governor has drawn warrants in favor
of that officer for nearly three thousand
dollars in less than nine months, and
there is no telling to what further extent
these warrants would have been drawn,
had the Treasurer been as ready to pay
as the Governor was willing to draw.—
Besides the amount paid that officer as
Attorney General, the Governor allows
him a salary of three thousand and six
hundred dollars for his services as At
torney for the State Road.
The Governor drew a warrant for
nearly one thousand dollars solely for
lighting Kimball’s Opera House during
the last session of the General Assembly,
while the building during that time was
not occupied six times after dark for
State purposes ; and he is now, during
the Summer months, drawing ids war
rants for the same tiling, at the rate of
sixty dollars per month, while the build
ing is not occupied at night for State
official business. The public can judge
whether it is to reward his adherents or
advance his individual interest in the
building, by accommodating restaur
ants, billiard saloons, etc.
He is paying under a pretence as a
guard of Executive Mansion, at Mill
edgeville, one hundred and twenty dol
lars per month, when responsible par
ties in that city proposed to take special
care of the building and grounds solely
for the use of the grounds.
He has multiplied offices and clerk
ships unknown to the law, to appear
ances, that he may purchase influence
and reward time-servers.
But three months ago, a sheet
then calling him “the man Bullock,”
but now his home organ, was in the
most straightened circumstances, unable
to pay even its type-setters, and borrow
ing money from every one it could.—
This same sheet is now at high tide,
with a full flowing hand. The State
Road caD probably tell where the money
comes from.
He hasexercised the pardoning power
until Courts and juries have nothing to
encourage them in the prosecution of
crime. Instead of striving to allay
bitter animosities, and promote peace
and prosperity, as the Chief Executive
of a great State, it has been, and is his
effort to stir up hatred and strife, that
he may get a firm hold on Georgia, by
which to exercise his usurpations and
tyranny on all who will not become
bis adherents aud accomplices in mis
chief, which is the principal cause of
the unsettled state of public affairs in
Georgia. Had it been the good fortune
of Georgia to have a wise, honest and
just Executive, the General Govern
ment would not at this date have cause
to complain of disloyalty in her borders.
This is the man, with all his corrup
tions, squandering the State’s funds by
thousands in his own interest, in viola
tion of law, with mind so perverted
that it seems to be his pleasure to shield
aud reward iniquity, and punish hon
esty and virtue, who has the superlative
littleness to commence a vexations
malicious prosecution against an official
because he dares tell the truth and act
honestly, and he finds plenty to join
him in the cry, “crucify him!” who
can get their hands in the State Treas
ury through Executive patronage.—
Thus, by his reckless extravagance and
inroads upon the Treasury, does he
find willing accomplices, and forces
poor Georgia to furnish the dagger to
cut her own throat.
Amid all these villainous efforts to
crush a faithful officer, who has had
nothing to conceal, and whose crime is
in not being a tool for corrupt purposes,
and who has been told that he could
have made one hundred thousand dol
lars by running with Bullock, and
that he “was a fool for not doing it,
but who preferred honesty and an ap
proving conscience to dishonest gain,
who has tried to stem the tide of venal
ity and Executive plunder, and save
the good old “Empire State of the
South” from bankruptcy and ruin, it
is gratifying to know that the great
mass of the people, who are beyond
tbe corrupting influence of Executive
patronage, and whose commendation is
worth having, are with the Treasurer,
and send him cheering greetings of
approval and prase.
N. L. Angier, Treasurer.
Treasurer's Office, Atlanta, Ga.,Aug. 27.
P. S.—One fact is worthy of remark,
that no former Treasurer of Georgia
ever credited the State with any interest
on deposits, either temporary or per
i manent, although some of them held
hundreds of thousands of dollars at a
time, for many months, under the same
laws now in force. N. L. A.
Correspondence of Journal & Messengers.
l,etler from Northern anil Middle
Georgia.
The Damage to the Cotton Crop
The “Brag Patchess" near Athens—
Mr. Dickinson's and Mr. Simpson's
Crops—Shallow vs. Deep Culture-
Corn—The Troubles in Hancock
Health of Mr. Stephens.
Sparta, Ga., Aug. 30. |
During the last four days, I have
made a hurried trip through Warren,
Taliaferro, Greene, Oglethorpe and j
Clarke counties, and have seen many
a cotton patch during the time. It is
no exaggeration or random statement
to say that the heat of the last three
weeks has cut off the cotton crop tully
one third in these counties, and has
done more injury than the late spring,
the June-July drought, the rust and
caterpillar all combined. The middle
and top crops are destroyed as if by a
blight. The withered forms and blos
soms adhering to the stalk, attest most
mournfully the extent of the damage.
The bottom crop is left, and iu many
places is very large, but 1 have seen a
number of bottom bolls which are open
ing prematurely, so that the entire ol
the bottom crop will not bo marketable
cotton.
While in Clarke, 1 visited what are
termed the “brag patches” ol the enter
prising agriculturalists of Athens, who
not only plant for, but make upwards
of two bags to the acre. It was a sad
sight to see the havoc which the healed
term has done. All that careful prep
aration of the soil, all that liberal ma
nuring, good seed, and timely and
thorough cultivation could do has been j
done and done well. The stalks cover- ;
ed with bolls, forms and blossoms, (1
counted several stalks with 150, and
some with upwards of 200 on them,) I
are there to attest the promise, and to :
prove the perfect performance of man’s ;
work, but from eighteen inches above I
the ground to within eight or nine inch j
es from the top all the forms and bios
sorns are withered, and look as it clus j
ters of cured hop flowers were fastened j
to the stalks. On the top there are a j
few blossoms which are alive, and the \
bottom crop is very large; but fully
one half of what would have been cot
ton, with favorable seasons, is irrevo
cably lost. I noticed one patch in par
ticular, which was renriched early last
fall by plowing under a good clover
sod, which was thoroughly plowed and
subsoiled to a depth of sixteen inches,
and seventy-five bushels of cotton seed
per acre sown broad cast and turned
under in October, and left fallow until
March, when it was again plowed, sub
soiled and bedded, and 650 pounds of
Dickson’s Compound, per acre applied,
and which was planted on the 14th of
April with Simpson’s seed. A better
stand or more promising cotton I never
saw. The rows are 4J feet apart and
the plants about 12 inches apart iu the
row. The stalks are covered with
bolls, forms and blossoms. The owner
counted confidentially on 750 pounds
lint to the acre, and he would have
made it with auspicious seasons. Fully
half of this crop is lost.
I saw another patch planted in hills
eight feet apart one way, by four the
other, where the land was prepared as
thoroughly as it was possible to pre
pare it, and where the subsequent culti
vation was perfect. I believe 800 lbs.
of fertilizer per acre were applied to
this patch. A friend of mine counted
over 300 bolls, forms and blossoms on
several of the stalks. Os these more
than half are blighted.
A patch planted the second week in
May, heavily manured and with ap
proved preparation and culture, has
suffered much less than those patches
which were planted in April.
Everywhere I went I saw the same
destruction Nowhere,in my judgment,
is the injury less than one third, and in
some places where manure was liberal
ly used and the cultivation not so good,
the loss will reach two thirds.
I heard that Mr. Dickson’s crop is
the poorest he has had for many years,
and that Mr. Simpson will not make
more than half a crop.
On all the patches to which I have
made special reference, Dickson’s sys
tem of shallow cultivation with sweeps
has been practiced. And the question
arises* would the loss have been less
had Mr. Gustin’s system of deep cul
ture been adopted.
Upland corn is almost a total failure.
I understand to-day that several of
the negro ringleaders in the assault on
Mr, Marchmount, have been arrested
and lodged in jail here.
During the past few days the health
of Hon. A. 11. Stephens has not been
so good. He is very feeble and suffers
considerably. He cannot move at all
without crutches.
A Bloody and Besperate Fight—
Three lien Killed and Several
Wuouded.
The West Tennessee Whig has the
following account of a bloody affray in
Henderson county a short times since :
On Thursday the 19th inst., there was
a public assemblage of the citizens of
the surrounding eouutry at Wilders
ville, a little village in Henderson coun
ty, for the purpose of enjoying social
intercourse by way of a picnic, and
everything went on pleasantly until
sometime after the middle of the day,
when Mr. Thomas Taylor, and some
white men, standing at a bar about to
drink, a hurley negro stepped up and
asked in an insulting manner for some
“Stokes whisky.” Mr. Taylor, who
was lacing him, with a glass of liquor
in his hand, dashed glass and contents
in his face. A man named John Wat
son undertook to befriend the negro,
and after he and Taylor talked about
the matter awhile, Watson dropped the
controversy and seemed satisfied to
have nothing more to do with it.
Shortly alter this, Watson and two
men named Britt—lather and son—left
the ground, and no further disturbance
was expected. The day wore on and
the crowd gradually dispersed, until
there were only five men—Tom. Tay
lor, James Henry, William Andrews
and Bell Andrews. James Henry and
Bell Andrews had started to leave, and
got a short distance Irom the place,
when old man Britt, his son and others
came up armed with double barrel shot
gun and pistols, with a blowing horn
about his neck, and after blowing a
blast, asked the boys, Are you ready ?
and immediately commenced'firing, first
with one barrel of his gun at Tom Tay
lor, and the other at Win. Andrews.
Wm. Andrews, alter he was wounded,
rose to liis knees and shot young Britt
five or six times with a pistol, killing
him on the spot. Andrews himself died
in about two hours. Bell Andrews,
after being badly wounded in the arm,
knocked old Britt down with a stick,
and cut his throat with a knife.
The two Britts, Stewart and others,
to the number of six or seven, were fir
ing at the other party, until their re
volvers were all emptied, when they
retired behind a house to reload, but
were induced by parties not engaged, to
desist from further hostilities*
We sum up
Killed—Two Brits—father and son,
and Wm. Andrews.
Wounded—Stewart, Bill Andrews,
Dr. Robbins and Tom Taylor. Dr.
Robbins wa9 in no way connected with
the difficulty, and his wound was acci
dental. These are the main facts as
they have been detailed to us.
Portland, Sept. 3. Senator Fes
senden is not expected to live through
the day.
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 4.
The Chain Gang.— This institution
now numbers five persons. They are
working on the Talbotton road, at a lo
cality near the city.
Plantation for.Sale.— J. 11. Sikes,
real estate agent, is offering for sale a
good plantation, seven miles west of
Columbus. Parties interested are re
ferred to the notice for description.
Rains. —Parties from below tell us
that there were good rains in the neigh
borhood of Jamestown on Sunday and
Monday. We trust it will improve the
crops complained of in that section.
Cotton Prospects.— The hot, dry
weather for the last few’ days has dam
aged this crop seriously by causing it
to shed. Many farmers think they
can’t make exceeding a half crop.—Ope
lika Recorder.
Utley’s Cotton Press. One of
these presses can be seen in operation
at the warehouse of Allen, Preer & Cos.
It is anew invention of power, and
combines simplicity, strength andecon
orny. It seems to us to be the best ar
rangement tor packing cotton or hay
we have yet seen. R. B. Gunby & Cos.
are agents. Read notice.
Tobacco, Tobacco !—L. L. Nuunal
iy of this city, manufactures from the
pure Virginia leaf all styles and grades
of chewing tobacco, at prices ranging
from 60c to $1 per pound. City and
country merchants will find it to their
advantage to send in their orders to
Mr. N. who can supply the quantity
and quality desired at lower than Vir
ginia prices. See advertisement.
Guns and Pistols for All.—A.
Cadman, a most experienced workman
who has resided in Columbus so many
years, and whose work has given such
universal satisfaction, can now be
found at his new shop on Broad street,
opposite Southern Express Office. Ho
iB there prepared to put in perfect or
der ail diseased or out of repair guns,
and supply every article that may be
missed from such weapons. He is also
prepared to do any work in the lock
smith and bell hanging line, and has a
large quantity of keys of various styles.
All are invited to call at the new estab
lishment.
Burning of the Rope Works—Loss
$10,500.— Yesterday afternoon the alarm
of fire was given about two o’clock.—
Heavy smoke was seen in the direction
of the North Commons, and it was dis
covered that the buildings occupied by
the “Muscogee Machine Rope Compa
ny” were wrapped in flames. A strong
east wind was blowing, and iu a short
time the structure was in ashes. .In the
building were consumed four coils of
rope aud twenty bales of hemp. Borne
forty coils of rope had been sent to
the city a few minutes previously.
The hemp of the compauy was stored
elsewhere.
Tho property destroyed was located
beyond the Montgomery and West
Point railroad and the North Commons.
The building was a large one story
structure. The works were run by
steam and employed about twenty la
borers, who are thrown out ot work.
Tho buildings were erected and the
machinery purchased since the war, at
a cost of $17,000. Not many months
since anew company was formed with
G. W. Woodruff as President, Frank
Ellis Secretary, and G. W. Woodruff,
W. C. Gray aud J. R. Clapp as direc
tors. They purchased the grounds and
works for $12,500 aud had an additional
capital of SIO,OOO for buying materials.
As we have stated, the material was not
kept on the grounds. The concern was
prospering, and it was expected a divi
dend of twelve per cout. would be de
clared by the Ist of March.
The fire originated by some means in
pickery and soon flashed over the entire
building. The property was insured
for SB,OOO in different companies, each
for a small amount, represented by D.
F. Wilcox. Some portion of the ma
chinery will he saved. The loss to the
Rope Company is estimated at $2,500.
It is doubtful whether the works will
be rebuilt. The destruction of this es
tablishment is a great loss to the city.
Hulbert and the State Road.—
The Atlanta Constitution contains the
following :
Mr. Editor : Please inform the pub
lic, if you are in possession of any in
formation on the subject, whether or
not the report be true that Col. Hulbert
issue free tickets to the Ministers of the
Northern M. E. Church, on the West
ern and Atlantic Railroad. , It is hint
ed that sucli is the fact, and that within
the past fortnight not less than forty
free passes have been granted this class
of individuals. Does he grant the same
favor to Ministers of other denomina
tions ?
The Kino of Mississippi. —General
Adelbert Ames, the dictator, now com
manding the white slaves of Mississippi,
is a native of Maine. He was graduat
ed at the West Point Military Academy,
May 6, 1861, at which date he was ap
pointed Second Lieutenant in the Sec
ond Artillery. He was promoted
Lieutenant-Colonel in the 27th Infant
ry, July 28, 1866. He was breveted
Major-General, March 13, 1868. He is
now only about 28 years of age, and
this mere hoy is allowed to dominate
over the people of a great State, and
defy the regularly instituted Courts of
the Unitod States, with no one, not
even the President of the United States
—to prevent.
Ma.t. Jas. T. Dent. — Thisgentleman
so long aud favorably known to our
citizens, was on Tuesday morning last,
called to slumber with his fathers, after
having lives perhaps four score years.
He was, if we mistake not, a nativo of
the State of Georgia. In early manhood
ho became an officer of the United States
army—in fact, we believe his commis
sion bore date but little later than that
of Gen. Scott, with whom he fought
gallantly at Lundy’s Lane. Unlike
Gen. Scott, however, he was a true son
of the South, devoted to all its interests.
He was a man of extensive literary
acquirements, and, at one time, if our
memory serves us right, was editor of a
prominent newspaper in his native
State. Tuslcaloosa Observer , Aug. 28.
Death of an Augusta Merchant.
—A telegraphic dispatch was received
yesterday, announcing tho sudden and
unexpected death of Mr. J. 9. Wilcox,
at his brother’s residence in New Ha
ven, Connecticut, on the night of the
31st of August. Mr. Wilcox had been
a resident of Augusta for more than
twenty years, and was known as one
of our most energetic and reliable mer
chants.— Chronicle Sentinel.
Hon. T. S. Epps, of Florida, who will
be remembered by those who were stu
dents in the University of Georgia in
1849, died on the 4lh August last. He
had made quite a reputation in his brief
career, having occupied many honorable
positions in tho State of Florida. —Ma
con Telegraph.
Large Nugget of Georgia Gold.—
The Nocoochee Mining Cos. found an
other mugget of gold a few days ago,
which weighed over two pounds and a
half, worth nearly S6OO in coin ; besides
this it is said that their monthly yield
will amount to ss,ooo, —Chronicle and
Sentinel,
FINANCIAL condition OF
LUMBUS.
In Tuesday morning’s issue of the
Enquirer, we find spread for the diges
tion of our citizens, tho bonded in
dobtedness of Columbus. We have
often known scare-crows ended to pro
tect vegetables aud other lutitlor fr,
molestation by birds aud rabbits. \y,,
take it that this exhibition lias been mad,
for alike effect upon our people, r.t t u .
see how the matter stands. Orn-iieu
bonds were issued to the Mobile sinl
Girard Road, in amount $300,000. To
the Opelika Branch Road, to build Uu
bridge on that road across the Chatta
hoochee river, $50,000. Stock was i 8
sued to the city for these bonds as cash.
In collecting tbe tax for the interest
and principal of the bonds paid to the
Mobile and Girard Railroad, script was
given to the tax payer which placed
him in possession of stock to tine
amount. Iu this way about ball u ,
stock in the Mobile aud Girard mail
passed from the city to its pmprri-,
holders previous to the suspension <,
the script issue, leaving in the hands
tho city authorities about $150,060 m
stock. No script was ever issued to tin
tax payer for the interest or principal ot
the Opelika Branch Road bridge bond:
According to the records of the eitj.
she has now outstanding of the orieina.
issue of bonds to the Mobile ami Hi
road Railroad Company $120,000, ami
for bonds aud coupons which fell dn
during the war, and have been sen ,
by anew issue, SIIB,OOO, making tli.
present bonded debt ol tbe city on a
count of that road $238,000, instead ut
$289,000, as paraded before the pubis
by the Enquirer. Os the $50,000 orig
iually issued to the Opelika Brandi
Road, $20,000 have been paid. Os tin
sloo,ooo subscription to the Savannah
and Memphis Road, $35,000 have been
issued and fall due in 1880 aud 1881.
Long before they fall due, if the city
does its duty iu the present emergency,
the principal aud most of tho interest
will be provided for by that company
Another item iu this terrible bonded
debt, consists of SIO,OOO issued to tbe
Gas Compauy, for which the city holds
that amount of stock. It we are not
badly misinformed this stock has been
paying for twelve years or more, largely
over 7 per cent dividends to tho city,
and is at a premium. The remainder
of the bonded debt, amounting to $31,-
500, was contracted for local city mi
provemeuts. Tho whole bonded debt
sums up $344,500, and not $895,000 as
our neighbor has it. We don't know
where he got his information.
To pay the interest on this debt
($344,500,) requires an annual tax ol
$24,115, instead of $31,330, as stated
by our neighbor, showing a difference
in favor of the tax payer of a fraction
over $7,000.
To add still further to the enormity
of the great scare-crow, our neighbor
goes into a very labored calculation to
show how bad the taxes to meet these
liabilities hurt our people. And then
to add $400,000 more, why its to mon
strous to be borne. More buthensome,
in his estimation, than the National
debt. Well, when we read the article,
we did not know whether most to pity
the weakness of tho attempt at decep
tion, or the brazenness of the writer in
thinking his statement would be be
lieved.
Now let us seo how this is. Tho lax
now assessed and being collected
annually, is in amount sufficient to pay
the interest on this debt, the principal
as it falls due, and the current expendi
tures of the city. To do this tho real
estate is assessed at one and one hall
percent., and personal property and
the business of tho city one half per
cent. In the proposition now before
tho City Council, it is proposed to add
about one quarter per cent the first year
which will include the $35,000 of bonds
already issued to the Savannah aud
Memphis Road, and included in thu
present bonded debt of the city. And
lor three years thereafter, it is proposed
to increase the tax one eighth of one
per cent., so that in 1873 the tax on real
estate will have been increased from the
amount assessed the present year,about
five eighths of one per cent., making the
tax that year on real estate, two am!
one eighth of one per cent. By that
time, aided by the confidence the pro
posed subscription will give to capital
ists on the line of the road and abroad,
will secure its completion to Elytou, il
not to the Tennessee river. When
completed to Elyton, as shown in a pre
vious article, taxation for interest on
the bonds will be nearly, if not entirely
relieved; and when completed to the
Tennessee river, there can be liulu
doubt that the dividends on the stock
held by tho city will not only relieve
her citizens of the tax for the interest
and principal of the investment, hut
furnish the means to take up the old
bonded debt.
As to the insinuations sent forth that
the City Council will not submit the
proposition adopted by the meeting of
the 25th ult., to the people, we me not
prepared to believe there is any
truth. Tho Council is composed <»;
tot) intelligent a body of men to admit
of any such conclusion. They arc
well posted on the condition <»l the
monetary affairs of the city, and must
feel a deep interest in everything that
can be done to promote its prosperity
They are property holders, and as such,
must feel that a gloom in the prosperity
of the city, has set in, which, if not ar
rested promptly, must result in further
serious and disastrous depreciations
from incomes on real estate.. Wo be
lieve they will not only submit the
question to the people, but cordially
and with a will, vote and work for it"
success.
Facts fob the Ladies.— My Wins
ler & Wilson Sewing Machine (K"
3277) has done the sewing of my
family, and a good deal for neighbors,
for fourteen years and three monV»
without any repairs. One needle served
to do all the sewing for more than e
years. W. A. Hawlev.
Syracuse, N. Y.
Gen. Sherman Operating in Lands
—His Agent in the Field.—A friend
gives a rather amusing description ol
operations of one of the sable brethren.
He succeeded in securing a batch of oi l
accounts of some brigs, and proceeded
to Jeffersontou, in Camden county, and
began sharp practice upon the credit
lence of his lellow race, by selling them
these worthless scraps of paper, as title
issued by General Sherman for land
lying in Camden county, telling them
to report the Ist of September, and then
land would he apportioned out. He
further informed them that a company
of Federal troops were near at hand
and would be present to enforce their
rights. Os course the ignorant creatures
caught at the proposition, and lie soon
realized about twenty dollars in green
stamps. However, his success was
brief, as the negroes discovered that
they bad been duped, whereupon they
gathered a crowd of mon and women
and applied the enactment of Captain
Lynch, the men looking on and the
women laying on his bare back bun
dreds of beautiful stripes—the most ap
propriate and just punishment that
could have been Inflicted. —Rrunsmcl
Appeal.
Crop Reports.— From every per
tlon of the State the reports comes of a
short cotton crop.