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The Greoraia "Weekly TeleeyaiDh and. Jonrnal && Messenger. Telegraph and Messenger. MACON, FEBRUARY 15, 1870. No mistake. Our com freight statement of yesterday was oompiled from the original freight bills of a most respectable grain and provision house in Macon, by the writer, and he knows there was no mis take about it It may be an exceptional case, though we cannot well comprehend how it can be so—but we know that with that house it stands precisely as stated. We write this para graph because the city editor tells us other com houses assure him there has been no varia tion in their freight. If so we are glad of it; but we can only speak for the particular house which submitted its file of bills to tho writer for inspection, and he noted the charges from these bills just as stated yesterday. Writhing. The Atlanta Intelligencer foams, and howls, and gnashes its teeth—or rather gams—at the press dispatch repudiating it as a Democratic paper, which was sent from this point on Mon day night The truth never hurts honest people. That dispatch was truth crystalized in a few crisp sentences, and we challenge the Intelligencer to deny, upon honor, its disbelief that the dis patch represents the sentiment of nine out of every ten men in Georgia opposed to Radical rape and robbery. We have beard but one opinion expressed among Democrats as to the truth and propriety of the charges contained in the dispatch. Prob ably among those misshapen mongrels about Atlanta who are called “ Bullock's Democrats” there may be heard an echo to the Intelligen cer's groans and curses; but, thank Heaven, none of that class live down this way. If there are any, they are known and classed Radicals. We are promised in to-day’s Intelligencer an editorial broadside that will blow the Telegraph and Messenger clear ont of water. So we sup pose the part of discretion is to get ready for it. Therefore we drop the subject now. If any of the Telegraph and Messenger is left after this ■awful broadside, we may resume it again. Ominous. The organ at Atlanta had no special dispatch es from Washington yesterday. That look’s squally for Bnllock & Co., it seems to ns. If they were working the wires as successfully now as they did in December, the organ would have had one or more specials. Has Grant gone back on them, or was that reported con versation of his with Bullock & Co., wherein the Radical goose was exalted so high, a—mis take? Lord I how “fur and hard” the busy B. would fall if Grant and the Congress should de cide against them. It would almost pay the people of Georgia for all they have suffered in the past to hear the sweet chorus of groans and blasphemy and gnashing of teeth that would rise up from those bafiled conspirators. Defeat is death, and death is “damnification.” They know it Look out for another $5000 dinner, about Saturday, to Radical Congressmen. Goon Advice.—The Mobile Register, in urg ing npon the planters to pay more attention to the raising of com, says: “It is an old error of our planters to suppose that when they make an immense crop of cotton they have made so much clear gain; to forget that when they are without grain they must rob cotton Peter to pay com Paul. And yet this old foe puts on a new face this year, and we hear of immense prepar ations for cotton and very slim ones for com. This will not do. Com is independence—it is life. With heavier grain crops this present year we could have held back cotton, if need ful, as it would not have been, and kept the price to any figure we pleased. With heavier grain crops next year we can do the same, thus making a smaller cotton crop equally valuable in money. If foreign buyers feel that planters can hold, they will not wait to bny, and the de mand will come. If, on the other hand, they know we most sell to bny food, foreign buyers will wait till necessity forces the cotton upon the market Vaulting ambition to produce im mense crops 'overleaps itself; and prices are made to tumble by the very means the planter uses to enhance the money valne of hie pro duction.” Oce friend Lochtane, Attorney for the Mitch ell claim, sends ns a pamphlet headed: “In the Matter of the Heirs of Samuel Mitchell, claimants of certain lands ceded to the State of Georgia,” which we may read some rainy day when onr exchanges are less newsy than nsnal. We snpposo he means that a perusal of it should set us right in our ideas as to the value of that claim. We set it down at a cool million—and we will, therefore, post ourselves. If the Agency is not purged by Congress, and stands as at present organized, the “Attorney for the Mitchell claim” is not half so sharp as we take him to be if he does not double his bet and call for two millions. If he don’t get the other million somebody else will. Its bonnd to go—of that we have no sort of doubt. The Southern Cultivator for February is, as nsnal, replete with good agricultural matter, embracing some sixty articles: Work for the Month; Sugar and Syrup from Sorghum and the Tropical Canes; Rust in Wheat; Which is the best breed of Hogs; Com and Oats; various articles upon Experiments with Fertilizers; Grape Culture, and many others, are articles of much value and interest. $2 00 a year. Pub lished by Messrs. Wm. & W. L. Jones, Editors .and Proprietors, Athens, Ga. The TarrifF Question in Congress. Special to the Louisville Courier-Journal. J Washington, February 7.—The leading fea ture of Congress to-day, was a pretty square and important vote on the tariff question, which 'has dealt the pending bill, in an indirect way, a serious blow, and presented an almost united Western front against a high tariff. The mat ter came np for consideration withont debate, in the shape of some resolutions offered on Monday last by Judge Marshall, of Illinois, which, in effect proposed that the House should declare that the tariff should be adjusted sub stantially to a revenue standard. The friends of tho tariff moved to table theso declarratory resolutions, and finally, after four or five votes, carried their motion, in a full house, by only thirteen majority. During the struggle, the result was at one time against the tariff. The House was divided by tellers, and stood CL to 61, and the Speaker was about to give his casting vote, when Julian, of Indiana, came np and voted against a high tariff, thus making the result Cl to 02. But the protec tionists got the ayes and nays ordered, rallied their forces, and carried tho day by the major ity already named. But the result has created a feeling of despondency among the Pennsyl vanians, who openly acknowledge that the new tariff bill stands a very slim chance of passage in the House. Ebesczer IE. Hoar's Bad Manners. Washington, Feb. 0.—At Secretary Fish's reception on Friday evening Attorney General Hoar met Senator Sawyer, of South Carolina, in the throng. The latter offered him his hand and accosted him in a friendly manner, when Hoar sharply and insolently replied: “Well, I see South Carolina and Massachusetts havo re sumed their old relation of hostility.’’ The persons standing by ceased talking, and looked for » row, but Mr. Sawyer, desirous of avoid ing a scene, turned and left him, very mnch in censed at the conduct of Mr. Hoar. . Supreme Court Report.—The Atlanta New .pa t &», from which: we naoally take oar report of Supreme Court, having r afternoon, we are t.of what wm done on Friday. Migj?*., f. ■ ,, A Gleam of Sense. The New York Times, in a late editorial, says: “The policy of the future is to heal the war- wounds. Since sooner or later evory State will be in full enjoyment of itsrights and privileges, the sooner the better for ns all. The true move for Congress is the forward move—not to wait to dole out its concessions, but to give them freely. To higgle out possibilities, to contrive hypothetical cases requiring future action, is unworthy and unstatesmanlike.” That is an important discovery, although the Times is slow in making it, and since the death of Mr. Raymond, seems to have been running generally npon the canstie and aquafortis plan. There is not a reasonable donbt that if the Radical party had adopted “a healing policy” immediately after the surrender, they would have secured permanent political mastery in the South—but then that would have been the policy of statesmen, and not of the wild schemers, theorists, fiibbertigibets, and vindic tive and venal partisans, which make up so large a portion of the Radical party. But although it is now too late for that party ever to obtain a bold npon the confidence and good opinion of the Southern people—a“healing policy” may better* their reputation in other sections of the Union, which are getting tired of proscription and conceiving a lively alarm over what may be the ultimate designs of the Radi cal party upon the liberties of the people. Moreover—if that were a consideration likely to havo any weight with the Radicals—a “heal ing policy” is imperatively demanded by every substantial interest of the country. The anxie ty of the Radical Congress and politicians to force six or eight millions of the people into an attitude of disaffection and quasi rebellion against the government—their resolnte refusal for five years to accept the submission and obe dience of the South—their persistent endeavors to establish a great gulf of division between the Southern people and the other people of the conntiy, and to enlarge and widen and deepen it, from time to time, and to stop all crossing by their pitiful test oaths and disability acts— and to keep up through the press, public dis cussion and legislation a constant stigmatiohowl of “rebels, rebels, rebels,"—to allow no man to be at peace with them unless he will lick their partizan boots—and, in one word—in every shape and form of speech, writing and legisla tion, to keep in vigorous life tho memories of the war, as party capital, out of which to draw and divide the spoils of the public plunder— confound all considerations of the publio wel fare. Obviously every interest of the country and the people demand the speediest restoration of harmonious relations. A Family Quarrel is the worst of all quarrels, and is in its worst shape when it becomes chronic. The misfortune, however, in this case is that although peace may be essential to the country, sectional war is essential to the Radical pajty. It drew first breath in that atmosphere and can not live in any other. Hence all the industrious efforts of the Radicals to keep up the war, and hence it can never adopt the policy of “healing the war wounds.” As long as the Radical party lives it must necessarily employ itself in domi nating over, oppressing, reconstructing and scourging the Southern people, and when not employed in that must go to pieces. Political Disabilities. "Washington, February 8.—The Reconstruc tion Committee, at their meeting to-day, blocked ont some new and important legislation by de ciding on a general bill to remove the political disabilities of all persons disfranchised by the Fourteenth Amendment, except such as have served in Congress or in the army or navy. It provides that all except the classes named may have their disabilities removed on application to a U. S. District Court. This application is to remain on file thirty days, and then, if no valid objection be made, tho court can issue an order relieving the applicant. If there be ob jection, it must show good aud sufficient cause why the amnesty should not be granted. When it is granted, tho applicant is to make an oath that he will remain loyal to the Government This oath is similar to that now taken by natu ralized citizens.—Dispatch to Courier-JournaL And this is “universal amnesty,” eh ? It is a wicked, insulting mockery that will be spum ed by those to whom it is offered. It is by no such grudging, hateful dole of magnanimity, that the faction nowin power can conciliate the proscribed virtue, intelligence and worth of the South. It is characteristic, however. We did not expect any better from the venomous, oowardly spirit that rules at Washington. Even if this nmnesly was offered in good faith, it wonld still defeat its object. Jost so long as there aro persons at the South—not more “guilty” than their fellows—excepted from its operations, there will be great bitterness of feeling. The men who are excepted are among the very best of the citizens of the South. They are generally wealthy, talented, of high per sonal character and great influence. Do theso malignant bunglers at Washington suppose their neighbors and friends will not resent their exclusionfrom the benefits of an act professedly designed to bury in the grave of forgetfulness and conciliation, all the rankliDg memories of the war? They ought to know the South and her people better than that, by this time. The truth of the matter is probably this: The Radicals in Congress are satisfied that some concession must be made to the spirit of the age, and the temper even of their constituents on thispoiut,ondso go just farenoughto satisfy, as they hope, thatdemand. it isnotdoneinaspirit orsenso of justice and reawakened fraternal feeling, nor at the bidding of a wise statesman ship. It is a forced concession, and like all forced concessions is grudging, ungracious and therefore impolitic, and sure to defeat the end sought for. This is one reason for their action. Another is fear of the men thus excluded. The pigmies, quacks and knaves, who fill the Gapi tal dread the return, to those halls, of the men who, towering above them like Anaks, made their dwarfishness of mind and political rotten ness and hypocrisy stand out in each loath some relief." Wilson, Sumner, Howard and Butler and Company dare not meet in debate again, and npon equal terms, the Hunters, Toombs, Clays and Breckinridges, whose hands were as free from the taint of jobs and roguery of every description, as their tongues were ready to lash the knaves whose hands were not. They dread the pure lives, the moral spotless ness, the strong common sense, the crystal-clear logic, tho stainless integrity and blazing elo quence of tho statesmen of the South, in con trast with their own shameful deficiencies in all these qualities. Well, we can scarcely blame them. 'Tis human nature to dread the instru ment of our discomfiture, and therefore we will not quarrel with these timorous gentry. Let them go before the country with the real reason for their policy though. Let them say, like men, we dare not meet the representative men of the South in debate. We dare not expose to their searching analysis the sins, and outrages, and blunders that have illustrated our rule aud so nearly ruined tho country. Astonishing tho West. Our ingenious and poetical friend of the An- gusta Constitutionalist developes a scheme to bring the West to reason, under the head of ** The Great West—Howto Astonish Her.” The plan is for the South to stop buying meet for thirty days, and meanwhile practice economy and kill and eat our live stock. This policy, gentleman just from the West, assures him would effect a tumble on hams and sides, to fif teen cents, and would save to the South by thir ty days’ abstinence six millions of dollars. The moral effect npon the West, he thinks, would be equally signal and beneficial. It would bring our Western persecutor^ to their reason and tonishment. We think there wonld be two parties aston ished. The policy suggested reminds ns of flight of fancy in a comio newspaper. Two Irish haymakers had come npon a snake, which, with head erect, eyed them in venomons de fiance, while one of the haymakers with nerv ous arm was bringing his scythe-blade round with a sweep which wonld certainly make a double decapitation, and exclaimed, “wait a bit, Teddy, and I’ll take that varmint’s head off in a manner that’ll astonish ye.” Teddy’s head and the snake’s would roll off simultane ously, and there was bonnd to be a double as tonishment In like manner, we fancy the South would sympathize with the Western astonishment at the effect of suddenly stopping the' broad cur rent of food supplies from that quarter ; and the effort to bring the freedmen to a subsistence on the bur-tailed runts of catlle which pick up a precarious existence in the old fields of mid dle Georgia would bring in Sambo as a lively party in the general astonishment. The truth is, we donbt the whole radical poli cy of forcing people into becoming your friends. We never yet heard of anybody being whipped and tortnred into affection, except it may be a Spaniel dog, and we doubt tho efficacy of the process even with a Spaniel dog. No, let ns make friends by showing ourselves friendly ac cording to the good old Scripture method. We should go heart and hand in any sound method to diminish the consumption of Western bread and meat—not to hurt the West, but to save ourselves. There is bnt one rational way to do it, and that is to make them at home. Raise hogs and raise corn. Aim at sectional independence, which is to be achieved mainly by agricultural independence. A farming country which does not produce its own food is in a miserable case, even though it may not re> alize the fact. It will never get rich. We shall divide our cotton crops annually between out siders and tho railroads, steamboats and bank ers, and show an empty purse every year in dog- days. Contradictory. A delegation of Georgians, composed of Con ley, President of the State Senate, and Speaker ■pro tem. Tweedy, Judges Gibson, Parrott, and Harrall, of the Superior Court; Representative Clift, Mr. John Rico and others, called on Presi dent Grant this morning. The interview was of an hour’s duration. They discussed the po litical situation fully. The President stated that although his first impressions were that the action of the Legis lature previous to the expulsion of the colored members was legal and binding, and the elec tion of Senators was to hold good, he was satis fied, after more mature reflection, that the pre sent legislative organization was the first, and that all action should be commenced therefrom. He inquired who the Republicans would elect Senators, to which the delegation responded that no nominations had yet been made, but would probably be on Monday, and an election held on Tuesday. No doubt they would be loy al Republicans.— Washington Press telegrams of the 20th. In an interview with the President to-day, Grant expressly denied the false telegrams got off by Bullock through the Associated Press, and the statement he caused to be published in papers here, that the President favored a new election of Senators by a purified Legislature. The President and Gen. Sherman are known to be in accord with a majority of the Judiciary Committee on the question of tho admission of Miller and HilL—Special Dispatch of the 0th to the Telegraph and Messenger. That’s an instance of pointblank contradiction which it is difficult to explain. Although onr special telegraphic correspondent at Washington does not say so, we have no donbt he received his information directly from Mr. Hill, and the so-called Bryant delegation,and we do not doubt that the facts of their interview with Gen. Grant on tho 9th are correctly reported. But there’s foul dealing somewhere, aud time will show with whom it lies. How a Bad Arrangement Works.—Wo com mend to those persons who are advocating gov ernmental monopoly of tho telegraph in this country, the following cable dispatch from Lon don dated February 5th. It will be remembered that the government took possession of the wires in England on the 1st of January: Extraordinary scenes are occurring at the tel egraph offices throughout England. Tho dis satisfaction is general, and complaints of delay and errors have been greatly multiplied since the new arrangement went into effect, in this oity particularly. Crowds of people surronnd the offices, and there is the utmost confusion. Radical Robbery, Jobbery and Gene ral Villainy in South Carolina. A Columbia correspondent of the Augusta Constitutionalist writes a very interesting letter to that paper concerning tho situation in that State, and what a lively tune tho tax-payers have to dance to. We make the following ex tracts. The Judge Willard referred to is carpet-bagger and seems to have a weaker stomach than Ms associates. He had better get over it: ROBBER? AND PILLAGE. Yon can have no idea of what is going on here, how the State is pillaged and openly robbed by those carpet-baggers and negroes. Yes, yon can, too; for yon have been to At lanta and know Bollock, Blodgett & Co. To give you an ides, I was told that Mr. Speaker Moses, the son of the GMef Justice, a degener ate son of a degenerate sire, received a thou sand dollars for a single ruling on a railroad bill, and that his weekly deposit in the bank is fifteen hundred dollars. He can afford to keep fast horses and make Mmself agreeable to fast women. Governor Scott was very indignant with the Charleston News, for some strictures made by that paper on his earnings ont of the State bonds, bank notes, Blue Ridge Railroad, eto. “Why, it is a lie,” said he, “I have made only one hundred and thirteen thousand dollars since I have been in office and in legitimate transactions.” A pretty good only. Senator Leslie, Land Commissioner, keeps open house and bnys a good many acres. He is said to be doing so well that some of the Senators and Representatives wish to stop his supplies and have an investigation; bnt the Senator seems to defy them. The stealing is so general that he feels the door for investigation will not be opened. TEAMS OP THE NEGRO REPRESENTATIVES. Elliott, a negro Representative, dimes the finest team in town. WMpper, DeLa^je aud several other negro Representatives sport fine horses and buggies, all on six dollars a day and mileage. ALL TO RE PAID FOB. Every bill to incorporate a company, restore a lost bond, or other evidence of debt, has to be paid for, and in this way these sable states- 0 f men may eke out a small pittance to feed their horses. NO NEGROES AT JUDGE WTLLAHd’8, While I am gossiping, I may a3 well tell yon an anecdote that was told to-day. A sheriff from one of the middle counties came to Columbia to have his account passed; the Solicitor of Ms circuit asked him to go with Mm to one of Judge Willard’s receptions. He went, and the next morning expressed Ms surprise that he did not see a single negro, male or female, in the rooms. The next night the same Solicitor asked Mm to go to the Governor's reception. He went, and on his return he said: “I met negro men lounging on the Governor’s sofas, smoking Ms cigars and drinking Ms liquor, negro women dancing the round dances with the Governor and other white men, but I did not see a single wMto woman.” I am informed that Judge Wil lard has never allowed a negro man or woman to cross his threshold as a guest. THE GOVERNOR, SPEAKER, AND THEIR DAMSELS. The Governor and Speaker of the House, the latter especially, are said to be quite favorites with the dusky dames and damsels of the' Capi tal. Speaker Moses is a perfeot danoing der vish, and willwMrl one of these saddle-colored women, until the aroma from Ms partner per vades the whole apartment: i The Georgia Press. The Savannah Republican says that Mr. Au gust Tritsohler, one of the most esteemed Ger man citizens of that city, was drowned near Palatka, Florida, on the 2d instant The local of the Republican has seen an in sane woman without shoes and stockings, wading through the mud and water, on one of the streets of that city. In the case of the Execntor of Seaton Grant- land, versus the Exeontor of Ben Bethune, wMch was a suit in Muscogee Court on a note for $10,000 given by defendant’s testator, it was pleaded that sufficient property in slaves had been reserved to pay the debt, and therefore that the Executor was not liable in his individ ual capacity, the property in slaves having been destroyed by ope»tion of law. A statute pass ed since the war was quoted relieving him. The Court, held, fa substance, as follows: That where an executor, administrator or trustee, had acted “in good faith,” and had so discharged his obligations that he would have aeted like wise if acting fee Mmself, he was entitled to re lief under the shtute. The jury found for the executor. Augusta and Hartwell Railroad. — The Conntitutionalis says: Meetings of tie Directors of the Augusta and Hartwell and Btmwell railroad companies were held in tMs city yesterday. From the reprts made to the several Boards, the early compbtion of these roads can be safe ly expected. ’ The surveyiig of the route of the Augusta and Hartwell proceeds, (notwithstanding the >’ have had,) with energy, an bad weather w> have had,) with energy, and as present. soon as the sane is completed, the road will be The schooner Oliver Cromwell was in the port The Grand Jury adjourned yesterday till Monday in order to give time for the prepara tion of business. lypit under contract. The parties interested in this enterprise are determined and pushing nen of means. The Columlns Sun says: Feehlizees—Their sale is now much larger than at the tame time last year. One day, over 100 tonswere sold. The business is daily increasing. About 2,500 tons were sold last season, and iais year’s sales will largely exceed that amount. The Americns Courier says that the indica tions are the guano trade will be heavier in that section this year than last, notwithstanding the fact hat labor is scarcer than any former year since freedom. The planters all seem to be making extensive preparations. Several fatal cases of meningitis are reported in Newnan,all among negroes, however. An Atlanta drayman pioked np a sick negro in the street, on Wednesday, and started to carry him home onhifadray, but the negro died in a few minutes. A fire on Ra:e Track street, Atlanta, Wednes day night, destroyed a dwelling house belong ing to Mr. B. H Tumipseed, causing a loss of SI,500. Dr. Red wine; who was shot by Westmoreland, in Atlanta, some weeks since, has almost en tirely recoveredhis health. A Dalton comspondent of the Atlanta Con stitution gives tie following particulars of the hanging of a ntgro ravisher in that town on Monday night: During Christnas week, Albert Wilkey, col ored, made an attempt to commit a rape on a colored girl, the cteughter of a respectable col ored man named Earlin. The cries of the child were heard by several persons, some of whom ran in the directioi of the cries, and Wilkey, fearing detection, nade good his escape. For some cause the mater was not talked of much, and soon died out., Wilkey, however, thought it best to change Us location, at least for a time, and went to Tennessee. But from some caase unknown to the writer, he returned to this, Whitfield county, about ten days ago. Rumor siys he had to leave Tennes see for a similar offense to the one that drove Mm from Georgia. | WitMn a day or two after his return to this country, ho was at YamoH’s Station, on a cer tain day last week, and wMlo there, a Miss Neal, daughter of Wash Ned, went to the Station on hoiseback, to do somt trading, and when she had accomplished her errand, started home. On the route she was accosted by Wilkey, dragged from her horse and carried into tho woods; but before the fiend coold accomplish his hellish purposes, he was again driven from Ms prey by the presence of another whito lady and her small daughter, not known until ho had choked Miss Neal to prevent her cries, until the marks of his fingers were to be seen on her neck for days. That the negro was taken from jail by force, and by a body of disguised men, was also proven before tho jury of inquest. Many of the colored people approve the not of Wilkoy’s execution, and three of tho party who arrested himand brought him to jail, were colored men—nut of them, Peter Harlin, tho father of the littfe girl he attempted to rape during Christmas week. We quote as follovs from tho Savannah Re publican, of Wedneslay : Atlanta IntelugIcebb.—While we have deeply regretted the ricent course of this jour nal on the political afftirs of Georgia, we havo never arraigned its patriotism or impugned its motives, believing, as ws do, in the liberty of the Press in its largest sense. Bnt when the Intelligencer, despite its present political affili ations, and open championship of the very worst men of the Radical party and their mea sures, assumes to represent tho Democratic, or any other conservative element in Georgia, wo feel constrained to speak oit and characterize it as a fraud aud imposition on the public. The Intelligencer has been openly laboring for the Bullock faction for months past—let it be hon est and manly enough to accept the responsi bility of its position By a vote of 12 top, the Augusta lawyers de cided Wednesday to jsk tho presiding Judge of that circuit to adjonn court untill the first Mon- eay in March, on acctunt of the unsettled con dition of publio affairi. The stockholders of the Georgia Railroad at their annual meeting in May, will vote npon the proposition of leasing the Augusta and Port Royal Railroad, when the latter is finished. The Hawkinsville Dispatch learns “that Mr. Trawick has written a letter to ex-Senator Col lier, in wMch he sajs he will vote right, and that if Mr. G.’s disnblities are removed, he will resign his seat in Ms favor.” Mr. Trawick was seated in Collier’s place.— Now we want to know what Trawick means by itigp “right.” Tne good people of Athens are in a stew over municipal taxation. Tho slow coaches are down on an increase thereof, but the progres sives are equally as zealous the other way. The former,at a recent meeting, were strong enough to pass resolutions condemning any increase. Atlantic and Gulp Railroad.—The fifteenth annual meeting of the Atlantic and Gnlf Rail road was held in Savannah on Wednesday. Col. John Screven, as President, and the old Board Directors, were unanimously re-elected. The following resolution was also unanimously adopted: Resolved, That it is expedient and proper that the Atlantio and Gnlf Railroad should be extended at as early a day as is practical, and that the President and Board of Directors be and they are hereby instructed to extend the road so soon as the financial condition of the company will admit of the same, and that the State be asked to grant such aid as is granted to other roads. From the Republican we get the following synopsis of President Screven’s report: The annual report of the President and Di rectors of the Atlantio and Gnlf Railroad Com pany, for the year ending January 1, 1870, was submitted to the Stockholders at their meeting yesterday, from wMch it appears that the gross earnings of the Company for the year 1869 amounted to $784,329.75 Actual operating expenses 509,797.19 island, and 49,766 bales of upland—total 56,166 bales, being an increase of 1,173 over 1868. The passage earnings were $188,681.56, an increase of $31,275.16, equal to 19 per oent. over 1868. The total amount of freight earnings for 1869 was $569,831.93, an increase of $186,527.04, or 81 per cent over 1868. While the gross earnings have increased 30 per cent, the operating expenses have inoreased but 14 per cent. The fertilizers forwarded from Savannah amounted to 4,429,691 pounds, being an in crease of 3,361,208 pounds over the year 1868. This very able report contains tabular state ments of the operations of every department of the Company during the past year, showing that while the nett comings of the road are be ing rapidly increased the machinery and rolling stock are also being inoreased. The Savannah News says that at the conclusion of on9 of Mrs. Oates’ favorite songs, at the The atre on Wednesday night, Mr. E. T. Pritchard, of Augnsta, testified Ms admiration of her tal ents as an artiste by throwing at her feet, not bonqnet of flowers, but a handsome set of furs, wMch he had, an hour before, purchased for the express purpose. The News announces that the United States District Oonrt for the Southern District has ad journed over until Monday, the 4 th day of April next. The District Court for the Northern Dis trict convenes at Atlanta on Monday, 15th in- slant. The Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Distriot, for the April term, sits on the second Monday in April. Judge Woods, the lately appointed Circuit Judge, is expected to be of Savannah the other day, with a crew whose muted ages summed up 265 years. They were Captain Delano, aged seventy-two years; mate, Mr. Mendall, aged sixty years; second mate, Jabez Delano, aged sixty-seven years; cook, Frank Washington, (colored,) aged sixty.six years. A fire in Parnell’s warehouse, at Thomasville, on Wednesday, seriously jeopardized that build ing and its contents. The iron ties on the cot ton baleB saved them from destruction. In the case of John Peabody, bill-holder, vs. a Colnmbns Bank stockholder, tried in Mnsco- gee Court m Wednesday, the jnry found for the bill-holder. The Atlanta Intelligencer says: “Fair Ground.—It is generally known to the reading publio that an arrangement has been made with the Georgia State Agricultural So ciety that the next Annual Fair of that institu tion is to be held in Atlanta. In anticipation of this event, the City Council have purchased forty acres of land near the State Road, a mile and a half from tho city, with the design of having the Fair at that location. The Constitution of Thursday afternoon, says that Jndge N. L. Hutchins, of Gwinnett county, was suddenly prostrated on Wednesday night, at Social Circle, by an attack of pleurisy. Dr. Logan, of Atlanta, who was sent for by tele graph, reported Mm better Thursday. Of the meeting of the Executive Committee of the State Agricultural Society, the Constitu tion says: The Executive Committee of the State Agri cultural Society met at the City Hall tMs mold ing, about twenty members present. Messrs. O. W. Howard, W. ScMey, and Gen. A. H. Colquitt were appointed a committee to confer with the municipal authorities of the city of At lanta with reference to the Fair Ground. Messrs. H. D. Capers, Geo. S. Obear, E. E. Rawson, and E. Steadman, were appointed to audit outstanding claims against the Society. The Committee on Claims will meet to-night at the United States Hotel. The Committee were in session when we left, exhibiting an earnest desire to investigate the condition of affairs relative to the late Fair. In the morning we hope to be able to give the re sult of their deliberations. The Dalton Citizen says: Railroad Matters.—The State Road is chock full of business. The freight yard here is crowded all tho time—so at Chattanooga. The Louisville and Nashville road is getting impa tient at it, and complains that the local freight is crowding off the through freight—says its cars aro all down in Georgia and they can’t get them back, and have refused to let any more come this side of Chattanooga till the others are returned. The fault may be that Blodgett is in Washington instead of Ms office at Atlanta. The passenger trains occasionally arrive on time. There is a run off some where on the road near ly every day. Tho track must bo in a bad con dition. Tho passenger train Sunday morning ran off in sight of the depot at this place and was detained about four hours. Two cars were ro badly injured as to have been left off here. The condition of the track was the cause of the accident. CoL Crawford, President of the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad, informs the editor of the Constitution that the work on that road is progressing finely. Four miles have been fully graded, and soon nine miles will be completed. Tho company has ample funds to build the en tire road. The expectation is that the road will be running its full length by Ootober. Captain Slayton, one of the most efficient contractors on the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, has obtained a large contract on the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad. The Captain is after put ting that slate on the market abounding in such inexhaustible quantities at Van Wert. We find the following letter in the Constitu tion, of Friday. Onr Democratic and Conser vative friends np abont Griffin will doubtless be somewhat interested in the latter portion of it: Washington, D. G., February 8, 1870. Editor Constitution—While CoL Bryant, Os good and myself were at dinner yesterday, at one table, Mr. Blodgett headed the Republican delegation at the next table to ns, the party □g of Mr. Blodgett, Ms son, E. Tweedy, , Brown, (who appears in the city papers Mart ■ >«, - Net earnings $274,532.56 Being an increase of $181,270.75, as compared the year 1S6S. The receipts of lumber at Savannah, by the road during the year, amounted to 22,823,500 feet, paying the Company $77,403, being an in crease of 8,747,672 feet, as compared with 1868. . ; " ! . The receipts of cotton at Savannah by the road for the year, have been 6,400 bales sea delegalio consistin one Mr. as Judge Brown of Georgia,) Mr. Parrott, and Mr. , the Senator from GriffiD, Georgia. While we are called Domocrats by such men, al though we refused to aid in the late war or re bellion, in any shape or form, and have always been for accepting the first terms offered by the UnitedStatesCongress, the supreme power of the land, it appears that it is all important that we should be bom again, or converted by falling in with, and asking to be embraced by, Mr. Blodgett —then we will be true Republicans, and all will be well with ns. Their records are all right. The leader of the delegation was a Captain in tbo Confederate service, one a Lieutenant un der Mm, one a Quartermaster, one unknown in Georgia as Judge Brown, or Brown, as far as I can learn. And the Senator from Griffin, how was he ? I only know that the Democrats of Griffin were proud of Mm last year, and would like to know if it is their wish that he should drink to Mr. Blodgett, hoping thathe (Blodgett; might be the next Senator from Georgia—while at dinner yesterday at the National Hotel here. Yours most respectfully, W. The Albany News says: • The? Walk about the “Sink Holes” Un awed nr Q Kluxes.—For the benefit of the Grant-Bullock organ at Atlanta, that never tells a lie or perpetrates a slander, we mention the fact that Hon. F. O. Welch, of Minnesota, who was recently assigned to duty in the Georgia State Senate, as representative of tMs Senatori al distriot, is now on a visit to Ms delighted and admiring constituents, and that he peram bulates onr streets, in the day time and night time, undisguised, without a body-guard, and without a hope of molestation. There are no Q Kluxes in tMs “department” of dens so lost to self-respect as even to shock his nerves by blowing a signal whistle within Ms hearing. Swayze Mmself might prowl around our suburbs for an “outrage” a week or two, without find ing a dog mean enough to bark at him. The B. &. A. R. R. Survey.—We yesterday had a verbal message from Mr. Evans. The surveying party were still stalled among the Mils seven or eight miles southeast of Isabella, but finally found a line and are probably now mak ing good time eastward. Mrs. Mary Hunt, wife of Bev. W. H. Hunt, died in Atlanta a day or two since. Mrs. M. S. Ollivier, an unsexed specimen of the Cincinnati “Sorosis," will lecture at Atlanta on Monday night, on “Female Suffrage,” The Constitution thus notices a most gifted and ever welcome contributor to our “Poet’s Corner• , A Macon Poetess.—Maoonhas a native young poetess of very considerable merit She has published some excellent poems in the Macon Telegraph and Messenger. She is Eppie dra Castien, and proposes soon to publish a vol- nwfl, Mr. Albert Blotmt, Clerk of Burke Superior Court, died on Wednesday. J. D. Munnerlyn succeeds him. The Columbus Enquirer says the robin crop is large over there. Boys sell them for fifty oents a dozen. According to the Enquirer, fish ermen are not doing so well, however, only few “suckers” having been’caught* this season. We get these from the Sun, same date: Mules and Horses.—Ellis & Spenoer sold some thirty mules yesterday, at prioes ranging between $125 and $185, and horses at $150 to $200. The animals were young, but smalL One pair mules brought $365. Death op B. H. Matthews.—This gentle man, called by his friends Britt Matthews, was buried at Buena Vista, Marion oounty, Ga., on Wednesday. He died the day before, after a brief illness, on his farm, near that town. His age, we presume, was abonfe thirty years. He was well known in this city, and extremely pop ular with alL He resided here for Borne time. In the beginning of the war he will be remem bered as the Quartermaster Sergeant of the Second Georgia regiment He was a high- toned gentleman. We quote as follows fromjthe Savannah News: In California.—We find among a list of names of Los Angeles, California, in the Daily News of that city, the following Georgians whose names are familar to some of onr read ers, and who, at the close of the war, left the old State to better their fortunes in the far, far West: H. S. Orme and Columbus Hughes. These gentlemen are both in business in their new home and are doing welL A Singular Accident—A Horse Killed.— Yesterday afternoon, as a gentleman and lady were out driving on the Thunderbolt road, their horse stepped on a stick of wood lying in the road, wMch flew np and struck Mm in the stom ach, inflicting a wound from wMch the animal bled to death in a short time. Cotton.—By reference to our statement pub lished to-day, it will be seen that the stock of ootton on hand and on sMpboard not cleared, including upland and sea island, amounts to 75,681 bales, being an increase of 14,070 bales over the same time last year. Building Association.—At the regular meet ing of the Forest City Building and Loan Asso ciation, held on last Wednesday evening, sales were made at the following rates: $2,000 at 45, $1,000 at 46, $1,000 at 49, and $1,000 at 50. The Early County News says that a decision was recently made in that county in the case of the State vs. Converse Averett, for hiring a ne gro who was in another man’s employ. The jury verdict was gnilty, and the court fined the prisoner $50. The Rev. Jas. Stoney, Rector of St. Stephens Chapel, Savannah, died in that city Thursday. Thw Rome Southerner reports measles raging in Cave Spring. Three hundred and twenty- five cases, bnt only one death. The Federal soldiers in ChatfUbga comity have made no arrests as yet. The Newnan Herald says the cultivators of town “patches” have dropped wheat, and are going for cotton vigorously. The Herald, we notice, is still pnhlisMng Bollock’s proclamations. (For the Telegraph and Messenger. Agricultural Meeting in Crawford County, Ga. Pursuant to notice, a number of farmers and others present interested in the improvementof agriculture in Crawford county, met at Hebron, on Saturday, 29th of January, to take into con sideration the subject of forming an agricul tural society. Mr. E. M. Robinson arose and addressed the body, explaining the object of the meeting, and on Ms motion the following officers were elect ed : Pearce L. Lewis, President; A. F. Wil liams, Vice-President; Ben. Sanford, Secreta ry ; E. M. Robinson, Treasurer. On motion, the President was invited to ad dress the body. He thereupon responded to the call, and proceeded to deliver an address, which met with universal approbation, and af ter holding, (spell-bound.) as it were, the entire audience with a short, though pointed speech, and one that was characterized by sound sense, he resumed his seat amid shouts and acclama tions of profound satisfaction. After the speech by the President, Professor J. B. Chevis was called npon, and, as usual, ever ready and will ing to promote the interest and well being of his country, arose and addressed tho Society, and in Ms thundering eloquence proclaimed the rights and duties so long neglected by a demor alized people, and censured them for such a course of conduct, telling them that it wonld inevitably redound to their great horror and ruin, and closed his well guided remarks by im ploring them to lay aside old forms, and adopt modem improvements, wMch the change of circumstances brought abont by the great na tional convulsion (the war) will compel them to seek recourse therein in self-defence. Amid applause and grateful smiles he vacated the floor for tho Vice-President, who arose and de livered a short bnt practical speech, and zeal ously endorsed the ideas maintained by the pro ceeding speakers, and closed with counsel and advice to Ms fellow-citizens to no longer per sist in their blind course, but to listen and ad here strictly to reason. On motion of Professor Chevis, the meeting was then adjourned to the first Saturday in March, at which time by-laws and a constitution will be adopted. Respectfully, Ben. Sanford, Sect’y. Female Stock Brokers. It has been said that there is nothing new under the sun. This, however, is not alto gether true, at least so far as New York is concerned. _ One of the late developments in Wall street is the existence of a feminine firm of stock brokers—not Messrs., but Madames Woodhull, Claflin & Co. These ladies have, for some time past, done a regular business in Wall street, but have an office at the Hoff man House. Mrs. Claflin is about twenty-four years of age, having been married, however, for eight ears. During business hours dresses plain- and though rather pretty, presents, as is natural to suppose, the appearance of a thorough business woman, keen, shrewd } and withal, somewhat masculine. Her sister, Mrs. Woodhull, is five years older, has a bright eye, is of a sanguine, nervous tempera ment These decidedly strong-minded ladies are, it appears, doing well, having made about seven hundred thousand dollars, and held their own in the financial panic of September last. One of the projects which they have in hand is the incorporation of a silver ledge company in Nevada, from which they expect large profits; and they have, also, it seems, been much interested in the establishment of the Arcade Bailwav. It is said that these adies are strongly backed, supported and ad vised by Vanderbilt and Peter Cooper, a cir cumstance which may to some degree account for their success, though, doubtless, they are rifted with a good share of native shrewdness. As we have stated above, their office is at present at the Hoffman House, but they in tend shortly to establish one on "Wall street, or in the immediate vicinity. During the panic, Mrs. Woodhull sat in her carriage, day after day, from morning tilll night, operating heavily, and in the end not orny came out winner, hut assisted more than one of her friends to regain their own after their fortunes were nearly swept away. The firm look contented and happy, and are certainly doing well, though they say that profits amount to little, when it costs them $2,500 a month to live.—New York Corres pondence of the Constitutionalist. Planter*’ Policy—No, *, Editors Telegraph and Messenger; j ised in my *eoond article to set forth ^ time the reasons why farmers would not fa J ten year* hence to give a share in the et I hands. I did not enumerate all of the ^ tions to “ share labor” in my last; but ^ are such as are held in common with »n J era, I shall not consume time and space ijj article by stating them. 19! The plan of farming on shares is sure], J cative of a low state of agriculture; " our planters been left, at the close of the i with stock, farming implements, an<f me *f the purposes of the plantation, doubts * suicidal policy, would not have been i Bnt aB many adopted the plan, and L. kept it in operation, because, perhaps, twi still unable to pursue any other, it now | * a serious question how to lay aside and adopt one more satisfactory to the p t | ive farmer,.and wMch will secure for i period the services of the negro. The price of labor is at present cheaper it will be ten years hence, and it wij ; ' what it now is in less than ten years ittt e system of labor is kept np. This is wl dent to the mind of any man who will a? j advancement of agricultural interests. * Progress in fanning is as necessaryt 0Nu I success, as in any other branch of indasirTA the man who farms to-day with the sail’• * and opinions of agrionltnre entertsi-,^ years ago will, ten years hence, be pooj he is at present. Negroes were once pal capital employed in the agricaltumliJ of onr Southern States; but to-d&Tta substitute for that capital, and ingets]. brains have to be employed in place of fo, blows. Now, the experimental fanning who havo devoted a little time and j Q good cultivation and Mgh manuring, has the fact that an acre of land in the S Georgia will produce a crop of more value than any acre in the States where is not grown. Two bales of cotton, at ten per pound, are worth as much as the con dneed from an acre of rich alluvial botJ river land. TMs experimental farming, surely be followed by the wide extend*; planting, on the same plan and with tt> results, as Fulton’s little boat, which pi alone the Hudson, was afterwards, and is, succeeded by the monster steamers which tho mighty ocean. "What has been done once can be done and what one man has done in the simp; cation of farming all men can do. \Vho the fact that in ten years from this dr. most of lands will be producing double they last year produced? Where the does not possess Tasi tracts of land to be treated with plow and hoe and turned soon as worn ont, land will be benefit]*; each year’s cultivation. Then we see negro is working for a share in the cr succeeding year, under good cultivai with favorable seasons, his wages increase, while perhaps his expenses of and clothing will diminish. The prob that ten years from to-day every day a will be cheaper than'at present; but expect to see ootton cheapen very a though wo make a bale to the acre, it be just to the land owner and just gro also (for justice is simply justice and: laborer gets what is not Ms it will be ■ for Mm, the negro, to get one-third or cc the crop when one-fifth of it wonld ampV: nerate him for Ms services ? It does not to me like establishing a system of laying the joists of our frame work mud-sills ought to be to give to the labts portion of the crop which he primm tained after there has been mnch e* and money expended on the land by tb and not by the laborer. Now, I said ten years hence, in lSStXr, not be able to give the negro a si: crop; by tills I mean not the same shares which he now receives. Thereare reasons why we will not be able. I p: land will be worth two or three times u as at present. The taxes on said produce a bale of cotton to the acre, much higher than at present. If a a 200 acres of land, and cultivates one-fxf he likely wishes to know what amoutoi! tal he has invested in farming with stp«| shares. Say 100 acres of land product H ty-five bales of cotton, or fifty bales of.’ll and 500 bushels of corn; the crop, at: jj for cotton, is worth nearly $6,000. ! half'of his land in cultivation yields worth nearly $6,000 a year, what is hundred acres of land worth? Surely is say $10 per acral I would say $50 p Then he has invested in faming: 'Land, three mules, $600; feed for same, $151 ing implements of all kinds, including $150 to $200; manure for cotton, $W $6,250. Now we will see what five negroes, t this land on shares, have invested in fi for mind, they are one-third partners, and board of five hands (very good living $250 each—total, $1,250. This is their and I mean it does not wear or waste land which requires $500 every year tc np to a good state of cultivation—vhij per acre. Now the negro has invests: crop $1,250 and the employer $6,250, by the laws of just copartnership, the to get a tMrd interest, should havo ft vested. We will say one-fifth of this come pretty near paying them for vices. Let ns see. The crop i3 worti $6,000. The planter has invested to: $6,250, the negroes $1,230. The pist il early $4,000, and the negroes near The planter gains (for we are only coun one year) $2,250 less than Ms invested the negroes gain nearly $750 more til investment. We conntthis fairly, acds who will look at the matter rightly,’ there is no justice in share labor. Off : the crop, at ten bales, and one hundred j of corn to the hand, would be a good sha.' 1 to hands, when they have so little at saj we expect to keep them as laborers] have to do away with share labor and ail money wages. It will be very diffiCH this even now, for I think in some serf] laborer has got the upper hand; but i: j our own, and act in concert, we will H establish the money system in a y«H more. I think we will be able to give 3 good wages on the farms as they can P 1 cities or on the railroads. The farmer must risk something to? thing, and the more he risks the more,» being equal, he will gain. I shall sg to puraue tMs subject much further, i- is one wMch admits of lengthy disc® varied argnment. The planter will from observation than from reading * I hope the few experiments of practice-; be sufficient to enlist the mass of ocr; people in the worthy enterprise of ;S and enricMng their lands that they ms’ 1 fited thereby, yet I fear some are toe donbt and disbelieve the facts estah Agriculture. Hoping that they may all be persuac sue the course wMch wUl secure to alM ings of plenty, and bequeath to posted] well deserving the name of “Eldorrt leave the subjeotfor the present, and] if it would be of utility, at some futures an article or two on Negroes’ Policy, j Go«1 In Monroe, MicMgan, recently, a woman of fifty-seven summers sued a youth of twenty for breach of promise, he having agreed to marry her if she wonld buy Mm a suit of clothes. They were married by the Justice before whom the case was brought, the bride excusing her importunities by saying she wanted some one to saw her wood. The Guillotine—l»oes it Kill l) J tint Instantly. The recent exeention in Paris revi’1 question whether death instantaneof l npon the severance of the head from J In a letter to the Ganlois, Dr. Pinel decapitation does not immediately F brain. The blood which flows after t-W comes from the large vessels of the * there is hardly any call upon the the cranium. The brain remains int*j ing itself with the blood retained by^I of the air. "When the blood renis®" head at the moment of separation ® there commences a state, not of inertia, wMch lasts up to the momC'J organ, no longer fed, ceases to Dr. Pinel estimates that the b»^l ishment in the residuary blood 11 hour after decapitation. The P erl ^J would last about two hours, and < wonld not ensue till after the sp hours altogether. If, he adds, a indicates by no movement the h^j nation, it is because it is physic^-j that it should do so, all the nerv« * for the transmission of orders fn’“ the trunk being severed. But» j nerves of hewing, of smell, and oi Ter Missouri Legislature has position to pay gbld interest a® after Jnly 1st ants