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Q CJje getonan fierak hJtoran laA £ PUBLISHED WEEKLY EVERY FRIDAY BY J. C. WOOTTEX, J. A. WELCH WOOTTEN& WELCH, Proprietors. VOL. I\ J. C. WOOTTEX, Editor. esiBT Advferti'sing'. ^ AdvertisTroe^sins^Ked at $1.50per square (often linesorspOTeequivalent,)for fir9t irser • V, tion, and 75 cents for each subsequent in sertion. __ o^^remi-mo aMi U^”a d v e r t i s e m e n t a ilejajncrates asror new advertise. 5 TEEMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : One cop}’ one year, payable in advance, $3.00 O.ie copy six months....” “ ...1.50 One copy three monbs, “ “ 1 00 A Club of six will be allowed an extra copy. (Fifty numbers complete the Volume.) The Ashbum Murder in Georgia, Official Report of Gen. Meade. From the Southern Cu.tiv tor. The Athens, Georgia Wheat Club. Tapp. har.noi k sowed on the 2d ol November, county ; the quantity sown was two and a half J. W. SPENCE. S. P. THURMAN. S. P. THURMAN & CO., Manufacturers WHOLESALE AM) RETAIL DEALERS Candies and Confectionaries, Greenville Str., Newnan, Ga. We are manufacturing and receiving our onnmn o nnunnr) nmnn Oinmu & OUMMiLD OlULIv OF Candies, Pickles, Nuts, Raisins, Mackerel, Crackers, Sugars, Coffee, "W I N E S _ n Of the latter article we have the finest and best Madeira, Sherry, Port, Sweet Malaga and Clare), which we will sell by the gallon or bottle for raedicin- e al, parly or Church purposes. The Price of Candy Reduced to suit the Times. To which we ask the attentiom of the AVJIOLESALE and RETAIL TRADE. We will wholesale Candies to Confectioners Heade rs Third Military District. ) (Georgia, Florida and Alabama,) >■ j Atlanta, Ga., July, 1868. ) ! General Gratify Commanding U. S. Army, Wank- | inyton J). C : General—The numerous malicious and false i statements that have been given to the public i through the press, for political and partisan i purposes, in relation to the trial and the; treatment of witnesses and prisoners inoplicat- j ed in the murder of Mr. G. \V. Ashbum. of Columbus, require on my parta special report, which is herewith made, and to which 1 beg to ask that I may be authorized to give that publicity which my vindication requires. The accompanying papers contain all the instruc tions, orders, and telegrams that have emanat ed from these Headquarters, and the replies made thereto. A curcful perusal of these pa pers will give an acurate history of the whole transaction, and will exhibit the part taken by each individual, whether military or civil, un der my control. A brief synopsis of these papers, and a succinct statement of the facts of the case, is herewith submitted: On she 30lli ol March, a little after midnight, G. W Ash- burn, ex-member of the Constitutional Conven Major Stanley, chairman of the committee appointed by the Athens Wheat Ciu f ', to oii- uin the modes of culture, &<■ , of tiie premi an t harrowed in. Top dr,--se<i in February, with 100 pound.' of salt, and twenty bashels of ashes, applied to three fourths of the acre. About the mid dle of March, applied to the thinest spots a slight dressing of Peruvian Guano. The mid acres of wheat, has kiudiy placed the replies ! *jj e G f April applied to three-foarths of an acre, to hi? inquiries in our hands, an 1 we have the [Measure of giving below very full extracts from them: DR. HAMILTON S REPLY. Land slightly undulating, with light grey or sandy surface soil, two or three inches deep, with red clay sub-soil; brought into cultiva tion in April, 1867, and planted in corn and peas, producing about twelve bustle's of corn per acre. I commenced in October the pre paration of the acre, by the removal of stumps and roots. An old road bed ran through the acre, which had cut down in the underlying way from twelve to twenty-four inches. This clas filled in as wed as the limited t.me would permit. On the 7th of November. I introduced the plow, known about Athens as a ripper. It was two inches wide and fifteen or sixteen iu- ches long. With this I ploughed the acre close and deep. I gave the land a second plough ing with the same ripper, running the rows at right angles to the first. I then spread upon the acre seventy' bushels of cotton seed, and with a Brinly t.vo horse and Nashville plow, a!>ont one hundred pounds of salt, one hun ■lred pounds of Augusta fertilizer, and one hun dred pounds of Peruvian Guano. A manifest improvement from the top dressing. When in bloin, frequent and heavy rains, ac companied with wind, prostrated fully cne- fourth of the acre. Rust on the blade from tlie time it commenc ed to fill—stalk beiore cutting entirely bare. Cut on the — of June, fully one fourth bad. ly tangled, and fl >t on the ground. It ri worthy of comment that the part of the acre treated with ashes and salt did uot fall, but whether owing to this treatment or the absence of fertilization by the cattle, an older experimenter must determine. A. P. DEARIXG. Yield of acre forty bushels and twenty-three pounds. bushels. Applied, March 12th, seventy-five pounds of Peruvian guano, twelve bushels of ashes and one bushel of salt. Season very good uutil May, after that too mi ch rain. My wheat rusted very badly on the blade, very slightly on the 'talk. Only about 30 feet -quare tel! down, on which I put a heavy coat ing of Peruvian guano and a half bushel of hen manure, as an experiment. Was cut three days before threshing (I think) nd put up in shocks of one dozen bundles, fhe day before threshing I opened the shocks to get the sun. No rain on it but ve»y hot sun. liespectfullv, A.'L. DEARIXG. Yield of acre thirty-five bushels and six pounds. Military Rule in Tennessee. Negro Suffrage—Views of Mr- Vocr- hees. tion of Georgia, was assassinated at a house > tun,ed ifl lhe colton seed ’ breaking and plough where he was boarding in the town of Colum bus. Immediately on receiving notification, I instructed tin commanding officer of Colum bus, Capt. Mills, 1 Gill infantry, to make every effort inco-operation with the civil authorities to detect and arrest the criminals. Captain Mills having reported, the civil authorities were ; disposed to act with energy, I declined the fro- | quent recommendations of parties to remove i them, but subsequently, C ing the land the third time, to the depth of 6 or eight inches. On the afternoon of the 12th of November, I distributed with great preci sion i.nd regularity, a mixture of Peruvian Gu ano and Dissolved Bone, (2 of bone to one of acid, with ground pine charcoal, equal in weight to bone and acid,) of each 385 lbs. ; and on tlie morning of the 13th of November, 1 sowed 137 lbs. of wheat, and plowed in the wheat and fertilizers together, with a spoutooi that the energy of the civil authorities waf £ root " plow-then burrowed and rolled.- all show and merely assumed, and that he ' H>e seed sown was ot the iappahaunock va- could place no reliance ou them, I removed r,et ^ rec ) en,1 >' obt ? med frorc Maryland, and the Mayor and Board of Alderman, tom'D-er I P rese,,ted to me the year preceding, Dy my GEN. BROWNE'S REPLY. The soil was poor, grey surface, and red clay foundation. Had been old second-growth pine field, cleared m 1866 and sown in wheat ’66 and 67. After cutting the wheat of : 67, I ploughed the laud tnoroughly across the old furrows, and then ploughed in peas sown broadcast. When they were fit to plough under, iu the end of September, I sprinkled lime on them (about one-half bushel to the acre, all I could get) and turned them under with a t»o-horse Brinly plow. In a few days, after tlie pea- vines had rotted sufficiently, I turned under The following is an extract of a speech de livered by Hon. Darnel \V. Yoorhees, at Terre Haute, Ind., on the 8th ult: While Radicalism is defeated in its attempts so often made, to force negro suffrage on tite people of the North at their own homes, yet it compels the Northern man to swear that lie will support it forever, and never attempt to abolish it, before he can live as a citizen in any' of tlie reconstructed States. Last year the Radical leaders made negro suffrage an is sue in Ohio, and were beaten 50,600; yet a citizen of Ohio cannot be a citizen of Alabama unless he takes an oath to change bis priuci On the 10th inst. the military bill was concurred id and became a law. It pro vides that the Governor may organize, arm and call into service a volunteer force of “loyal men,” of one or more regiments to each Congressional District. The following section points out the conditions under which Martial Law may be declared, in the several counties, and j have these “State Guards ’ quartered in j their midst, and provides that the coun ties calling for these guards shall pay for them. This pay idea is the only check to martial law throughout the State.— That may make the scalawags pause, and will greatly intensify the excitement if ap plication be made for military aid : Sec. 4. Be it further enated, That, whenever a full representation is made to the Governor from any county or coun- 'ies. by the Judge and the Attorney Gen era! of the circuit in which said county is situated, and the Senator and Representa tives and ten Union men of good moral character, of said county or counties, that the laws cannot be enforced, and the good Citizens of that county or counties cannot Liberal arrangements will be made with those advertising by the quaiter oryear. All transient advertisments most be paid for when handed in. The money for advertiseing due after the first insertion. SCHEDULE OF THE A. & W. P. R. R, L. P. GRANT, Superintendent. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN Leave Atlanta ------ Arrive at Newnan - - - - Arrive at West Point - Leave West Point - - - Arrive at Newnan 3 23 Arrive at Atlanta 5 25 - 7 58 a. m. - 9 57 “ - 12 80 v. M. - 12 50 p. m. NIGHT FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Atlanta Arrive at Newnan - - - - Arrive at West Point - - Leave West Point - - - - Arrive at Newnan- - - - Arrive at Atlanta - - - - 4 35 p. m. - 7 47 “ - 12 35 a. m. - 11 40 p. m. - 3 35 a. m. - 6 45 a. m. GEORGIA RAIL ROAD. E. W. COLE, Superintendent. one hundred bushels of colton seed, with a j defeated by S,0inb let a citizen of K pies. Agaiu, the attempt was made to estab- j be protected in their just rights on ac ish negro suffrage, last fall, in Kansass. It was j Count of rebellion or insurrection, or the , . , . insas j opposition of the people to the enforce- Briulv plow, followed, in the same furrow, by j ,n ^neighboring btate of Ar- j ment 0 f J aw an( j orc j er> the Governor be, a long narrow scooter, breaking the so:i fully kansas, and carry with him tlie light to vote : , . . , , i , » . six or seven inches or bold office, unless he, in the most solemn ; aild _ Is otic by empowered to declare I used,' in all, one hundred bushels of cotton j manner, first repudiates the public will of his 1 martial law in any county or counties of with the Marshal and his Deputy minting riend Cut tis H. Shocklev of Columbia conuty. i seed, two hundred and titry pounds of Peruvi- ; P resCnt borne. But a feu months ago Miclii- the blare lor the protection and safety of " * I . .. . .1 e e >i n d r a i* ,» n a/v va r-11 Mi ■■ .t , v4 ••. . . La.. L i . r*il L.. . 1 - - i .. « * the citizens thereof, aud to quarter troops and lias tu> superior as a manufacturer in the Boutheni States. The attention of tlie ladies particularly and Hie citizens generally is called to tlie fact that we keep constantly on hand a supply of We know ,ve can please you. We say what we mean and mean what we say. __ October 10-Gm. NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS! We have received our new Stock of Goods from Now York, Purchased Entirely for Cash, Consisting oi Dry Goods and Notions, Hoots, Shoes Ilats, Clothing, Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery, Shoe Findings of every dcscript’n, Buggy Trimming of all kinds. Saddlery, Harness Leather, Sole Leather, Calf Skins, In fact everything usually kept in a Mixed Stock. Ail of which we will sell LOW FOR CASH. We are agents for one of the best importing houses in New York for the sale of all kinds of Mill Stones and Spindles, Bolting Cloths, Smut Machines and fixtures, Hoisting Screws and Bales, Ail of which we will sell at. New York whole sale prices, with freight added to this place. Persons wishing to purchase Mill Materials, before making their purchases will find it great ly to their advantage to compare our price list with those from other houses. Thankful for the very liberal patronage be stowed upon us heretofore, we respectfully solicit a continuance of tlie same at the old stand of REDWINE & CULPEPPER, North-East Corner of Public Square, May 30-tf. NEWNAN, GA. Andrew J. Smith. Wm. Ai.len Turner SMITH & TURNER, ATTORNEYS AT LAY , NEWNAN, GA., WILL par the debts, in a Court of Bank ruptcy, of all who apply to them before the 1st June, 1838, and will practice in the Tallapoosa and Coweta Circuits. [Nov. 9 tf. BOOTS VAD SHOES. I WOULD respectfully an nounce to the citizens of Newnan and vicinity that I have secured the services of bonds to appear and stand their trial. F ing that owing to the character or this crime, in a great measure political as well as social, there was no effort on the part of the community where it was committed—either through tlie authorities or among thecitizens—toferretout tlie guilt3', I deemed it proper to ask of the War Department that a competent detective officer should be sent to report to me, that he might assist Captain Mills in his researches.— Ou tiie 28lli ot April, Mr. Reed having arrived from Washington, was .gent. to Columbus to re- i port to Capt. Mills. On Mr. Reed reaching Co lumbus, and being made acquainted with the evidence then procured, he earnestly’ urged that l send for Mr. Whitely, then in Kansas in the service of the Internal Revenue Depart ment. My application to Commissioner Rol lins being courteously received and acceded to, Mr. Whitely arrived about May 1st, and was immediately sent to Captain Mills. Soon after his arrival at Columbus, Mr. Whitely reported he was satisfied Captain Mills was on the track of tiie criminals', and had arrested some of the principals, but that it was utterly impractica ble to obtain any testimony from any party in Columbus, as their lives would he forfeited it they dared to disclose what they knew, and be recoin mended that certain parties whom he believed had a knowledge of the affair, should be removed to some secure place, where, being protected, they’ could without fear, disclose such facts as were in their possession. Upon receipt ol this communication I authorized the transfer of the parties named to Port Pulaski, and directed tlie commanding officer of the post to permit the detectives, Whiteley and Reed, to have free access to the prisoners, and to have a general direction of their treatment. At the same time I cautioned the detect.ves that in their efforts to extract the facts as known to these parties, no unusual, or cruel, or phy sical menus should be resorted to. The result of their movements was the disclosure of most important facts by the several parties who had not dared to speak out uutil under the protec tion of the Government. From the statements made by these prisoners, a number of others werrt arrested, and brought to Atlanta early in June. Being compelled to go North myself, and other circumstances, delayed tlie Military Commission till late in June. Finding ou my return, the most false aud exaggerated state ments in regard to the treatment of witnesses and prisoners, I called on General Sibley, com manding the sub-district of Georgia, tor a re port on their treatment at this post (Atlanta,) aud on Capt. Mills aud Capt. Cook for reports as to the treatment of those confined at Cuium- lumbus and Fort Pulaski respectively. I also called on Mr. Whitely, the detective, for a re port on the same subject. All these reports are herewith submitted, and it will be seen from them and from the affidavit of the prisoners themselves attached to Mr. Whitely’s report, that the exaggerated statements which, for po litical purposes, the press have given circula tion to, are all false, and have no foundation beyond the fact admitted by Mr. Whitely, that he did operate on the fears of two negroes, Wells and Stapler, whom he believed knew something; but that, soon finding that they knew nothing, they were released, and with the exception ot threatening to shave their heads and confining them for some hours in the cell at Fort Pulaski, previously arranged for the punishment of refractory soldiers, they were well treated, and were iu no wise injured. The trial has been iu progress now some twenty days, and the evidence for the prosecution It is for the Department aud the Depot, Road. Cost of 70 bushels Cotton Seed $14 00 Guano and Dissolved Bone 49 08 Ammonia Phosphate 7 00 §70 30 Very respectfully, J AS. S. HAMILTON. Yield of acre, forty-live bushels aud thirty- pounds. MR. NICHOLSON S RELLY. Very poor old field, and had not been culti-, rated in six or seven VC. 1 r ~. except sown in oats; once. Ploughed three times with one-horse scooter plows and harrowed in the wheat. Applied seven two-horse loads of stable ma nure, twenty loads of half-rotted chip and leaf manure, three loads of ashes well leached, one thousand pounds of Phaenix Guano and eight loads of clay—the whole va lued at sixty-three do lars and fifty cts. Sowed 15th of October, a red bearded varie ty, slow in maturing, and not prolific—is thought to be anti-rust wheat. Sowed two bushels, but having harrowed in, am satisfied the drought killed more than half, as it sprout ed. If the whole had come up aud grown, am satisfied that the yield would have been at least, double. Top-dressed about the 10'h of March, with 250 lbs. Peruvian Guano. The season was very unfavorable for wheat. Several storms blew my wheat down, when iu bloom and heading out. Tlie last storm was a whirlwind, and at the time the wheat was in the milk, from which it never rallied. One- third of the acre, at least, was flat on the ground when cut. It suffered but little from rust. Rabbits and dogs injured me at least one-fourth. Cut ray wheat on the 4th dav of June. J. YV. NICHOLSON, Yield of acre twenty-one bushels and thirty pounds. MR. BLOOMFIELD’S REPLY. The land was poor upland—had been culti vated 15 or 20 years. I had the land broken up by a two-horse plow, followed by- a scooter in each furrow.— Threw up in beds 16 feet wide, leaving a wa ter furrow between the beds. I then opened a furrow with a turning shov el, on the middle of the ted—sowed cotton seed and covered with the next furrow. I con tinued this process uutil I had sowed 70 bush els on the acre. Don’t boil cotton seed—It in jures their fertilizing qualities. Applied 320 lbs. GuaDO $10 00 70 Bushels Cotton Seed 14 00 16 Loads Stable Manure Compost.. 20 00 on the blade of my wheat, which commenced very eariy in May. A very small quantity fell down. My wheat was cut on the first day of May and tart-shed on the 6th. Very respectfullv, WM.M. BBOWNE. Yield of acre thirty-eight bushels and fifty- two aud a half pounds. $50 00 I sowed the second week in December, a bearded wheat—one and a fourth bushels per acre. I applied a top dressing in the spring, of five loads of compost manure, to great advan tage. The season was wet until the wheat b’oonjfc ed, and afterwards dry until it ripened. The wheat had no rust and fell down but lit tle, which occurred while in the boot. R. L. BLOOMFIELD. Yieid of acre thirty-two bushels and forty- six and a half nounds. CAPT. GAUTRELL S REPLY. Mv acre was red valley land, and had been in constant cultivation fora long successionof rears. It had been sown in wheat for two suc- JMr. JST. H.EESJ3E3, a most accomplished workman. 1 invite all, therefore, to call, assuring them they can now- have their Boots and Shoes made in the most fashionable style. All I ask >to cony ince, is a fair trial. jg^gj^Repairing neatly and promptly done. R^f“()ffice on East side oi Public Square. Newnan, Ga. [July 13-tf.j \\ . FLOYD. Saddlery and Harness EMPORIUM. G. C. ROGERS, made public. people of the country to judge with the evi- deuce as adduecd if 1 was not only justi- I eessive years. As soon as the first crop was tied but compelled to arrest and bring to trial j cut, I turned under the stubble, and with it a the parties implicated. My conscience is free | bushel ot pers, and the first of October rollow that throughout the whole transaction I have I ins. turned under green pea-vines. In three been animated bv Out one purpose, which was 1 weeks after, 1 broke the ground with a sub- to secure the ends of justice and vindicate the j soil plow, 14 inches both ways. I used four law. The character of the crime, the social; hundred pounds Baugh s Phosphate, two hun- status of the parties implicated in its eoruuiis- j dred pounds Peruvian GuciiO, and two bnn- siou, and the doubt as to the guilt of ths sev- j dred pounds Gipsnm. all worth ^00 00. ^ On erai parties—had no influence an me except to! 22d October, i sowed broadcast, two busoei' iucrease mv determination to bring the facts j very inferior seen wheat, falsely ca.lod Orleans, out, eveu at the risk ol, tor a lime, putting per- i plowed it in with a rooter, then harrowed ana sons to inconvenience who might subsequent- j rolled the laud. No top dressing applied, bea- ly prove innocent. Hence, many arrests of par-j sous very unfavorable irequen. ram?, COL. barrow’s reply. Tlie soil upon which my- wheat was grown when cleared of the original forest and fresh— was thin and poor—grey land ; and by repeat-^ ed croppings, had been utterly exhausted and] abandoned by its former owner. When I came' into possession it was grown thinly o'er with; stunted pines. Several large gullies had hern washed through it. I took a very poor crop of wheat from it the season previous. Last summer I sowed iu peas at the rate of two bushels per acre, aud these I turned un- ’der in September with a two-horse plow. The ,first week iu November, I spread over it cot ton seed, at the rate of one hundred bushels to the acre—ploughed these under wiih a one- horse Brrnly plow, and pulverized the land pretty well, though not thoroughly. I then sowed two bushels Tappannock wheat, 150 pounds of Reid’s phosphate, aud 2-30! ►pounds of Peruvian Guano upon it, per acre; 1 ploughed in all with a common rooter plow, finally dragging a brush over it till it was' smooth. Tlie cotton seed were worth twenty* cents per bushed. The phosphate cost me two and a half cents and the guano five cents per pound. In the gullies and clayey places the stand was injured by winter killing. I did no thing more to it till the third of June, when it was cut with Dr. Long’s Buckeye Reaper. 1 lost some from rust on the blade, and fell down in two small spots. The acre made twenty- seven bushel. Two gallons of clover seed were sown upon the acre. Respectfullv, DAVID G. BARROYY. Yieid of acre 27 bushels. REPLY OF COL. B. C. YANCY. The acre of ground I used for sowing wheat w-as poor in quality. Its capacity accurately ascertained from its yield last year, without manure, only seven bushels per acre. In cul tivation many years—how many not known to me. The land was broken last year hy a two-horse Brinly plow, followed by a two-horse subsoil plow. It was cros^broken with a two-horse plow. It was rolled, after the use of the har row, just before sowing. Sixty bushels and a half of cotton seed, two barrels of bone flour, two bushels of salt, eight bushels of ashes, seven hundred and fifty lbs. of Peruvian Guano, and one bairel of land plaster were used as fertilizers. The salt and his absolute equality with tlie white race. Are you who are living in the descending waters of the Mississippi Valley—tiiose channels which nature made for your communication, trade and social intercourse with tlie South— are you willing to be hailed on the borders or Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, or Alabama by a negro sentinel and made to swear alle giance to negro suffrage? You would re pudiate it by a hundred thousand majority in Indiana ; yet in one third of tlie boundaries of tiie Republic no one of you cannot be a citizen who does not embrace it, and seal his degrada tion by an oatli—an oath reaching to all the future, and excluding in advance every reason which might dictate a change hereafter. Tlie whole Soutli is thus to be africanized, her ciiviization destroyed, her fields of cotton, su gar, rice, corn and tobacco made barren and ii.if.'. ' I'lctive; her capacity to assist you in pay ing the taxes oi country, stricken down, and all her fruitful lands ami mighty rivers denied to you and your posterity. I am no ioe to the black man. I would make the govern ment a blessing and not a curse to him. In the work of his own hands heshould eat his bread, and I would protect him in the fruiis of his in dustry. Nor would I tax him for the educa tion of his children. But from all participa tion in the affairs of the Government I would exclude him in all the Stales, as yon do here in Indiana. The example of the Almighty, the teaching of all history, and the deep philoso phy of human nature ail denounce the com mingling of separate and distinct races. It is an unmitigated curse to both. Prosperity ne ver blessed a land that attempted it. Every age and every dime in the annals of the hu man race proclaims this great fact. I am, there fore, for the supremacy of tiie white race, and the rule and government of the white man. He alone, of all the tribes and kindreds that have peopled the earth since the stars held high jubilee in the sky together, has shown himself capable of self-government. Into his bauds, and his alone, would I commit the mighty mission and lofty destiny of my coun try. And sooner or later, to this doctrine we will all come, with one mind and with one heart regardless of party ties or party names. Then will our country rise from her distrac tions and calamities, and present her bright forehead without spot or wrinkle to the gaze of uations. within any county or counties, so declar ed under martial law, in such number as may be necessary for the preservation of peace and tlie protection of the citizens thereof; and furthermore, as it is right and proper that the peaceable and law- abiding citizens of tlie State should not be held responsible or suffer loss for the violent acts of such tribulent communi ties, it shall be the duty of the Governor to assess and collect a sufficient amount for the full payment of said State Guards so employed, out of said county or coun ties declared under martial law, as pro vided for in sections 3 and 4 of an act passed February 1, 18G8, chapter xxxill, entitled an act to amend an act for the protection of Sheriffs, etc. DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Atlanta 5.15 A. M Arrive at Augusta... 6.00 P. M Leave Augusta 6.30 A. M Arrive at Atlanta 5.00 P. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Atlanta Arrive at Augusta Leave Augusta Arrive at Atlanta 6.20 P. M. 3.15 A. M. 8.00 P. M. 5 00 A. M T COST! Appalling Catastrophe- A DOZEN CITIES IN SOUTH AMERICA ANNIHILATED BY AN EARTHQUAKE — THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND PERSONS LAUNCHED INTO ETERNITY—THE I.IV- INO FLEEING TO ESCAPE FROM THE DEAD —UNITED STATES VESSELS DASH ED TO FRAGMENTS —FULL DETAILS OF THE TERRIBLE CALAMITY. From the Louisville Courier. War in Kentucky. There is a curious condition of affairs existing in the neighborhood of Christmas Mill, on the Third street road, some three miles from the city. Were the locality in “poor Tennessee,” the material for a ashes were applied as a top dressing in the ' Cincinnati Ivu-ICiux horror of tne first Spring. About teveniy-five dollars money j or J e r, would he ready to dish up, and the Ta ^ u .f- , , , . devil's frying pan would crackle with glee wheat sown second day of December; vttn- ' , J n r ety a large grain, purchased of Mr. Aycock, of at t * ie sa ' or J mes5 - Oglethyrpe county, believed by me to be the Schley or Gayle wheat—three bushels to the acre. Rather a wet winter, peculiarly unfavorable to the locality, as it was level upland; and this, ditched in two sides, was rather a basin re ceiving the surplus water from the other two directions, which rose gradually. In addition to an annual leaf mould, mv At a late hour a few nights since, the employees m Christmas Mill (who, by tne way, have all been in service in the Fed eral army) were startled hy the sudden appearance of a body of armed neeroes, who surrounded the mill, with the evident intention of taking forcible possession of the whole concern, and bringing the loose wheat was badly damaged from red rust upon j , , , ,, . the stem, for over thirteen days before bar- i boards to a ready market, lne cx-I eus, vested. * j however, were not so much frightened, It was harvested the lath day of June, in 1 after all. and quietly musteriDg, debouch the presence of the committee, and in its pres- ; e( j on t h e blacks, firing into them and ence threshed and weigbed-a yield of 39 j . J off While fbJlin- hack, bushels and one peck of wheat. . . r c u . It is proper and just to ad-i that, whilst the ih e negroes kept up a straggling fiiC, ou , j wheat was sprouting, a severe freeze of three strange to say, no one on either side sus- j nu 1 , days and nights spewing up tlie ground occur- tained the slightest injury. The whites : r ( ; *ve been forced to fly from »e »* enc l red, which seriously killed out the stand. It i? j tben ca jj e j U p ljn a DUIQ ber of negroes oc j oi p'-’tnl^mg ^» «ies In Quoyaqutl t.»e ia the opinion of some Virginia fermers that | - thn vieir.ifv rhe^t- ! earthquake was feit, but no damage was the use of land plaster, the season having been i eU f’> ,n? * .,„ r . _ „.:n _ i don--. Letters from Queto, dated the 19th wer, produced the rust. j promptly New York, Sept. 12.—The Guiding Star, from Aspinwall, brings the Evening Telegraph the following : On the 13th ultimo, a terrible earrhquakejvisited^cities along the coast of Peru and Equador, whereby th'rty-two thousand lives were lost, and property valued at three hun dred million dufiars destroyed. A rumb ling sound preceded the earthquake, and the sea was greatly agitated, and flooded the land for a great distance. Ateguissa, a city of thirty-five thousand inhabitants, passed away, scarcely a vestige being left. Only four hundred lives were lost here.— Africa, a town of twenty five thousand in habitants, was also destroyed, leaving not a house standing. Five hundred perish ed. here. A tidal wave, forty feet high, rolled with terrific force over on the shore, car rying ships farther on the land than ever before known. The United States store- ship Fredoni.i was capsized and all on board lost. The Fredonia had a million eight hundred thousand dollars worth of naval stores. The vessel rolled over and smashed to atoms. The United i?tate.s steamer Wateree was half a mile inland and left high and dry. Only one sailor was drowned, which was owing to the great distance. She never can get afloat aga d. The Peruvian corvette, America, was aiso carried ashore and thirty-three persons belonging to her were drowned, i'he Aim-rican merchatrnan, Rosa Rivers, the English ship Chanticleer, and the French barque, Edwards, were lost. The town ot iqu.que, Moquega, Lerumba and Pisaqua were all utterly destroyed. Over six hundred persons perished at Iquique. The American merchants' loss is heavy. N* any all are totally ruined. The towns of Iquarra, San Pablo and Mean tad are in ruins. The populations <>f these towns were almost entirely de- etroye.d. Pamcho, Puilero aud Cachugiga were also destroyed. The dead were so ;uus that the surviving inhabitants COME AND BUY BARGAINS! Y\ t e are now selling for the next sixty days our entire stock of Goods at NEW YORK COST.! Ladies and Gentlemen wishinap-to buy Cheap Goods oan now have an opportunity to do so, as our stock must be sold. Calicoes at 15 cents—the best.' Muslins from 15 to 25 cents—the best, Mosembiques and Linoesfor35c—worth 60c. Ladies Shoes for $-1 00/ Ladies’ Gaiters for $1 50. And everything in t ne Dry Gooik line- very cheap. Come one, come all and buy. bargains. JOE WEILL.- All those indebted to me wiff please como forward and pay. up, and save themselves-ex penses; [July 17-tf.j JOE WEILL. SADDLERY AND HJRNESS. Piun Here Everybody! r pHE undersigned takes pleasure ill announ- J[ eing to his friends and customers that he is again prepared to do anything in the Saddlery and- Harness Business, with neatness and despatch. My motto is “ Quick sales and short profits.” He also manufactures Xioatlier Collars. Call and see him up stairs at Old Repository. Country Produce taken in payment for work. Nov. 2-if. GEO. W. VANCE. WOOL OARDIil. TT. r OOL will be received at the store of H. V V J. Sargent, sent to the Factory, and the rolls therefrom returned. The Superintendent at the Factory, who is master of his business, gives bis personal attention to carding the Wool. The oil i3 furnsshed by the Company. H. J. SARGENT, Pres’t June 19-tf. Willcoxon Manufacturing Co. Sargent’s A_xes. scovill’s hoes. ties who were subsequently’released, on its be-■ high winds, followed by ’;r.t sunshine. -‘U , - Y*' * ; ing proven that they were neither participaters ! wheat blew down in sj .t?, two or l!i r-e unn->, * A - *’ or had any knowledge of the case. Iu all those j from ffrst to I5*h of May. My crop. I th.nk, vra^ j by 1 '. ." , mV judgment is clear that too much guano I Thus reinforced, the whites soon effectual j uurjju.ice that earthquake., c iiUiiu. at . and bone floor was used, more than was ne- i v drove off the marauders, and they re _ : intervals ot a lew hours, lhe I resident turned no more that night. Information **ned a proclamation to the people to cessary to produce the crop and therefore, as to s, a loss of money—certainly a loss even if the entire surplus be re tained in the soil for another crop. My jidg- turned no more ^— ... = - . . of these strange doings was forwarded to come forward and he^p the sufferers. General Crawford, commander of the post y knowledge . i u ____ ____ cases these parties were well treated, and on j cut short at least oae-naP hy the ' mentV^s'improperly coVtroiied’hy the use of j of Louisville, and a guard was _ promised 1 a large quantity of fertilizers by ethers. | f or t L e beleaguered ruiil, but this arrange beins discharged were paid the usual witness ! struck it about the 10th ol May. fees from the period they were removed trom on the 26th of May. their business. Had the civil authorities act- , 2- A- GARTaLLL. ed in good faith and with energy, and made j Acre yielded twenty-oi e bushe:; and twen- any attempt to ferret out the guilty—or had j ty-six pounds. the people of Columbus evinced or felt any mr- a. p*. dsabjxg’s reply. horror of the crime aud co-operated in any wav g 0 ;j t Vjj n gravei’y, upon a rtige. slop- Has on hand the largest and finest stock of : iu detecting its perpetrators, much that was ; nj: to t h e Xorth and West. About oae-ioi;r;h (2d door below Moore A Marsh, opposite U. States and American Hotels,) Deeatur-St Atlanta, Ga., Respectfullv, BEN. C. YANCEY. Yield of acre thirty-nine bushels and sixteen pounds. REPLY OF JtAJ. A. L. DEARIXG. Consumption killed Menken. An editorial controversy is now called a paper O o o S3 •mill.’ Land grey, with a red clay foundation , in- i ment was abandoned on the foreman of | the mill sending word that a second ad-i , . . , , „ . .rtimn-ae.! a nicrhi nr Kentucky has a dog winch has hatched vauce was n*>t anticipated. A nigni or j *7 „ .. , two later, the same body of negroes who an ‘A ls rearing a brood of chickens, had surrounded the mill, again made their j 3 reported that four men were gored SADDLES of anv house in the State. Also I seemingly Harsh and arbitrary might have, aud 0 f lhe acre has been partial iy fertilized, as‘the dined to* be' sandy; in cultivation about five j appearance and again the^ battle^ was re j t0 ceath on the Battery, in New York, by C\RRIAGE and BUGGY HARNESS, HARD- J would have been avoided—bu* the case requir- ■ resting place of cattle. Has ^een ten. years in ^ years. _ ! newed. ■\YARE for evey thing in his line, for the supply | e d prompt and decided measures of Saddlers and Harness-Makers, including a i uut hesitate to take ; and am s finer stock and better variety of Bl CKLES ev- e r brought to Atlanta. Prices more reasonable and Stock more com pete than any in the city of Atlanta. StPOarriages and Buggies of the most ap proved style and finish on hand, and made to order at prices as favorable as can be obtained in New York. {^Please give me a call. t sept. -l-l- when the whole truth is made be by the documents accompan and the evidence on the trial, that every j n turning plow, thinking man will justify me. Yery respectfully, Your obedient servant, GsorgeG. Meade, Major-General U. S. A After a short, sharp skirmish, a mat j buil, on Friday morning. here are 26 candy manu- make about 80 tons of i«rai ... , - t annually. Used 331 pound5ofPeruviangnp.no, 280 lbs J did not come back, anu latest accounts re ; Sowed 100 bushels of cotton seed. 500 lbs. of dissolved bones, and 68 oue-ho^e lends of .‘ a ll quiet.” It is presumed that no ^" ,arr U ng u, f D ,n Br00 ^y n has D0 . w - 1 ' ^ more demonstrations will be made at pre- his fifth wife and five motbers-m-law in his house. His motto is : “JL»et os have i or Peruvian Guano and 600 pounds ot dissolT- J barn yard manure ; money vafoe of manure t ed bone. i seventy dollars. ! Three bushels of wheat, received from Bal- Sowedon the lltfa of November, 186i: vari- * t’tnofe, whhont name, but supposed to he the 1 ety white Tappabannock, raised in Oglethorpe <r> Ou Sargent’s No. 10 Cotton Yam. T HE abor« goods, and in all numbers, are offered to the public. An ample stock always on hand at the store of the subscriber in Newnan, Georgia. Oct 26-tf. H. J. SARGENT. COPARTNERSHIP. H AVING this day sold half interest of my stock to Tollison Kirby, I return my sent, but there is yet no solution of the mystery peace. thanks to all my customers for their liberal patronage and solicit the same for the firm, which will be carried on under the name and style of J. T. k T. Kirby. J. T. Kirby. Aguust 21. tf. * >