Newspaper Page Text
J '«.T f
ta&sa
t*®*
=e
The Greoraia 'W'e^ekl’y Teleaci’sbpii /aiicl Journal <$£ Messenger.
TeJ^raph and Messenger
CON. M>&CH|22 IS70.
y%W
Messrs. Havens &. Brown; send ns this firhny
Dntchman’s (Charles G. Leland's) last effusion
called “Dana Breitman in Church.” It is the
third series of the Breitman Ballads, and folly
sustains the high reputation won by the author
in the same held of poetry.
The I’iegan Massacre.
On the 13tbinstantLieutenant-General Sheri'
dan issued a General Order at Chicago, in which
ho “takes pleasure” in announcing “the com
plete success” of the expedition against the
Pieg.ms. Ho says ono hundred and seventy-
three Indians were killed, and the World says
of this number ninety were squaws and fifty
children. That left thirty-three warriors. But
there was no fighting. Not an American sol
dier was hurt. It was simple butchery—just
such work ns we should suppose the “hero of
the Shenandoah” would “take pleasure” in an
nouncing and doing. The village was sur
prised—its inhabitants deliberately shot down,
bayoneted and brained—their lodges fired and
the debris of half-roasted and blaekened corpses
left behind as the result of a very short job in
the way of “vindicating the authority of the
Government.” We did not think there were
that number of grown white men in the United
States who could be employed, on any terms, in
the butchery of women and children, however
defenceless and degraded. The Government
troops, as we are informed, have heretofore, in
some cases, refused quarter to warriors, but
spared the women and children, and turned
them over to neighboring tribes. This is the
first case where universal murder has been
mado the rale.
Atlanta Medical College.—The advertise
ment of the Thirteenth Annual Conrso of Lec
tures of this institution will be found in our
columns to-day. This Is emphatically one of
ihe institutions of Atlanta. It has stood the
vicissitudes of peaco and of war, of prosperity
and adversity, and still stands as a monument
of tho perseverance of its originators and true
friends and patrons. It still has the same able
and efficient facility which, for several years,
has been “dispensing light and knowledge,
the way of medical science, to a largo number
of young men of this and other States. We
hope and believe that the class for the ensuing
session may be a large one, and that the Col
lege may go on “prospering and to prosper.
What Georgia Negroes Went to Wash
ington.
Forney’s paper names the Georgia negro dele
gation at present in that city as follows
“Simeon Beard, chairman, ex-member of the
Constitntional Convention, at present' clerk in
the State Library of Georgia; Bomnlns Moore,
Abraham Smith, T. J. Campbell, Jr., W. H.
Harrison, Abraham Colby, Thomas Allen and
John D. Costin, all members of the Georgia
Legislature.”
Reaction in Cotton.
There was a pretty strong reaction in favor
of cotton in all the markets yesteaday. This
is what wo expected and predicted a fow days
ago, when the cotton market was terribly sick.
We imagine that cotton will creep up daring
the summer to somewhere about twenty-five
cents. Business will start its wheels again be
fore long, and gold rise to abont 120. This so-
called specie-paying spirit is all premature.
Got the Right of It.
Tho Boston Post dispatch, of the 14th, upon
Trumbull's speech, says:
He gave a lengthy history of the Georgia
case, and held that under the act of Congress of
last December, all that Gov. Bullock had to do
was to call together, by proclamation, the mem
bers of the Legislature recognized by General
Meade. He severely criticised Gov. Bullock for
placing his clerk (Harris) in charge of the Leg.
islatnre, and characterized the proceeding as an
outrage not nnlike the Kansas Lecompton Con
stitution, 'whore, ho alleged, the minority at
tempted to rule the majority. Mr. Trumbull
intimated that the lying telegrams published in
the morning papers of this city, purporting to
come from Georgia, and intended to affect Con
gress in favor of the Bullock party, were manu
factured here or sent to this place in answer to
calls from Bollock, who is here manipulating
for the defeat of the Bingham amend
ment ; that these so-called telegrams were got
up to order in tho Chronicle to perpetnate Bol
lock and his creatures in office, and that the
latter were seeking to prevent Senator-elect
Hill, a consistent Union man, from taking his
seat in the Senate, and to put in his place
Whitely, who had fonght with the Confederates
to overthrow the Federal Government. This
part of Senator TrambnU’s speech produced a
stir, and Bullock, who sat upon a sofa near by,
winced perceptibly under the expose. Stewart,
of Nevada, followed in opposition to the amend
ment, and shortly afterwards the Senate went
into Executive session. The vote will probably
be a close one, but there is hope of. a complete
ront of the Bullock pack.
The Rrnnswlck and Albany Railroad
.. ... Mass.
The Constitution has been sifting this matter,
and states its conclusions, as follows:
It seems that when Col.Holbert was appoint
ed Superintendent of the road, he ousted a
man named F. A. Babcock, who had been en
joying a good thing of it. Hulbert was pnt in
through Wm. L. Avery’s influence. To seenre
the oompletionof the SO miles by the 18, in order
to get furthur State aid, a man of great enrgy,
like Halbert, was needed; and it seems he has
been pushing the affair, without sparing hands.
Without entering into the merits of the matter,
which wo shall ilo hereafter, it seems that iiab-
eock, who is a Badical, has been intriguing to
get Halbert out, and himself in. And Babcock
has worked on tho bands and dissatisfied them.
,- The thing then simply resolves itself into a
personal squabble for a good fat job among
certain subordinates, without a particle of poli
tics in it. Of conrse, Babcock has patnphis squad
to yelling “Badical,” against Avery and Hul-
. bert; but from all we can learn the political cry
was confined to these malcontents, and did not
include the citizens of Brunswick.
k v The Economy Question.
We admire the squabble among the Itadioal
members of Congress upon the question, whether
the administration of Johnson or Gen. .Grant
were the more extravagant and profligate in the
waste of the public ritoney.; as if it were
qnestion between a Democratic and a Badical
administration. As the same party controlled
the expenditures of both/ it is, in fact, a simple
qnestion whether it was more or less corrupt at
one time than another—all agreeing that cor
ruption, extravagance and waste havo marked
its history. Nor is there a single period of time,
since the party took the reins, whioh will fur
nish any criteria or rule of judgment for meas
uring any other point of time, and judging by
that standard the extent of the waste and pro
fligacy beyond the honest requirements of gov
ernment. H we shonldgo back to a Democratic
administration, with its sixty and seventy mil-,
lions of expenditures, and contrast it with what
some of them maintain to be the economy of
Gen. Grant, we see his economy has quadrupled
the public expenses. But the Radicals erect
their own standard of comparison from the very
excess of their own maladministration, and
boast of economy, because they have .curbed
their own extravagancies to a small extent. They
are like a hard drinker vaunting his own tem
perance because he has cut down his allowance
at dinner from four to three bottles.
Old Solon Robinson Kills a Negro.
The Jacksonville Union of the 10 th, says
“The dead body of a colored man shot
through the bowels was seen in the woods north
of this city on Sunday last, by a colored woman
named Caroline Sumpter. On Monday two
colored children were around begging subscrip
tions to bury a man who, they reported, had
died suddenly on Sunday. No trace of the col
ored man has yet been found, but it is supposed
that the myterious deceased is the visitor, who
Mr. Solon Bobinsou greeted with a charge of
buck-shot while boring through his front door
on Saturday night.”
Another “Kn-Klnx outrage,” eh? We’ll wager
it goes to Washington in that gnise, anyhow,
It may help Bollock and the Tennessee Bads on
general principles.
To think, though, that old Solon Robinson,
of all men, should have done the deed. He,
that sensitive old plant, whoso delicate nerves
were so shocked at the non-appearance at the
State Fair of “the old flag,” and who has been
wasting so many years in investing the African
race with all the cardinal virtues—that he should
shoot one of this favored race—how very, very
sad! How will he sleep quietly o’nights any
more ? How rest under the damning disoovery
that the glistening, glorious “loyal black” will
steal? Solon's shot has not only torn a man
and brother to pieces, but also one of the old
buffer’s most petted theories as to the superi
ority of Coffee over his white “rebel” brother in
the matter of honesty.
Two such blows at bis time of life are terrible.
We hope he may survive them.
Reminiscences of a Well-Spent Life.
Under this head the Chattanooga Times of
the 17th says:
We had the pleasure of meeting, yesterday,
Mr. John Bishop, an old veteran of the war of
1812, who stated as follows: That he is 01 years
of ago, and was now living with his fourth wife.
That he had raised 21 children ont of ‘JT. That
he had 15 boys, six of whom fonght in theFed-
■ oral army,-and nine in the Confederate army.
He also said that he had never taken a drop of
medicine in his life, and consequently, felt in
perfect health, and able to cat and split one
hundred rails any day. He said his grandmoth
er lived to tho extraordinary age of 137 years,
and bis father lived to bo 118 years old.
This extraordinary man was one of General
Jackson's best bowers, and was in the battles of
Horse Shoe and New Orleans under Old Hick
ory.; General Jackson assisted him to scale the
walls of Pensacola and he was the second :aau
y**; /v' 1 .'.r. ?.>.?!* aid
’*■ The New York Herald says there is jl :flasb
of gold in New Yo:k, in all the banks. There
is a great feeling of insecurity among the heavy
wholesale dealers. Tho dry goods trade is
asleep. Cotton brokers have felt the gold de
cline severely. Everybody thinks gold will
IteaMiMtpKri wra isiaiobet j
Eob’t D. Holmes, P. G, W ,M. of tho Grand
Lodge of F. and A. Masons, died in New York
eity Saturday evening, fifty-three years of age.
He was for many years one of the most promi
nent members of the Masonic fraternity in the
United State*. Henry H. Leeds, a prominent
New York auctioneer, also died Saturday.
Ore hundred and four soldier* left New York
Tuesday, at 0 o’clock, for Georgia. Welcome,
ye braves.
Cheerful Reading—The Western Rad
icals and the Tariff.
The New York Times’ Washington correspon
dent writes on the 14th, that the present status
of the tariff bill, in Congress, is “pregnant
with danger to the Republican partywhich
is very cheerful reading, indeed, to ns. The
correspondent says the monopolists don’t wish
it to come np this session at all, knowing that if
it does, some of its most odious features will be
stricken ont. The apprehension that it will be
postponed, is troubling the Western Badicals
very much. They say if it is not modified the
party will lose heavily in the fall elections in
that section. “One Western member of Con
gress, whose majority at the last election was
over six thousand, remarked, a day or two since,
that unless the tariff was revised and relief
given to the people by such action, he did not
believe a Bepnblican candidate could carry his
district next fall. There are others who do not
hesitate to predict the loss to tho Republicans
of the next House of Representatives unless
action is taken on the tariff question which
shall satisfy, in some degree, the publio senti
ment which has been aroused on the subject."
All the scalawags and carpet-baggers from the
South vote with the high tariff monopolists, so
it remains to see what tho party will do between
the devil and the deep sea of this dilemma.
Will it pay to lose the West in order to save the
so-called Sonthem votes? If the Democrats
should carry both West and South, what will be
come of these gorged plutocrats? .We don’t
see much light reconstructionwards, but there’s
broad streak breaking out of this tariff basi-
j,
Fisli an<l Cuba.
The Herald, of Tuesday, says Mr. Secretary
of State, Fish, was interviewed the day before
by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The interview lasted one and a half hours. He
was principally interrogated as to the real con
dition of the Cnban revolution, independently
of the way it appeared in the published diplo
matic correspondence, and also as to whether
there was any late and important correspon
dence with the Spanish government on the gen
eral subject. As to the first branch, Mr. Fish’s
statement showed no variance as to the status
of the Cuban revolution between tho published
and unpublished correspondence. He contend
ed that the information received, both from of
ficial agents and unofficial correspondents, en
titled to credit, showed that the Cabans had not
attained that advanced condition as belligerents to
entitle them to solemn recognition by any for
eign government; that in fact, though they
kept up a state of armed opposition to the Span
ish authority on the island, it was not an oppo
sition that could be digDified with a title much
higher than that of a guerilla warfare, wliich
might continue for many years. He had re
ceived late dispatches from Consul Biddle and
also a statement of the Prussian Consul General,
which confirmed him m these views. He pro
duced late correspondence from different parts
of Cuba, all of which tend to show that his opin
ion as to the real condition of affairs was cor
rect. The committee heard Mr. Fish’s state
ment with profound attention, but it is under
stood that no member fouLd anything in it
which changed his views in the slightest degree.
The committee, with the exception of Willard,
of Vermont, is in favor of taking some action
in favor of the Cubans, and it is not improbable
that a suitable resolution will soon be reported
to the boose.
Swepson, Forever!
.George W. Swepson, of North Carolina, of
Florida, or Georgia, or any other reconstructed
Stale, where bonds are -come-at-able, is a most
magnificent financier. If Avery don’t know him
he should fly on the wings of fond desire, and
make his acquaintance at once. We do not know
Swepson’s capacity as a concocter of false dis
patches, but he certainly beats Avery on bonds,
At least as far as Avery, has developed. Let
I j y jr j
The North Carolina Agency granted aid, last
year, to the Western North Carolina Bail-
road, in the shape of State endorsed bonds.' Of
these there were issued 6,367 through Swepson
Swepson sold and hypothecated 5,056 of
them, and of their proceeds turned over to the
President of the road the sum of $136,278.63
-Ho. expended $275,383.31 on contraots, let the
Treasurer of the company have $27,311.41, in
vested $900,533.29 in the bonds of the Pensa
cola and Georgia Railroad of Florida, and leaves
a balance unaccounted for of say, in , round
numbers, $640,000! - Where that balance has
gone, we can’t say, of course, but no doubt
Swepson could tell Avery for a consideration;
Now, isn't Swepson a “stunner?” And
oughtn’t Avery to know him ? After sitting
reasonable time at the feet of such a Gamaliel,
we\pven’t a doubt but that Bullock & Co., af
ter a few more years’ reign in Georgia, would
be found devoutly thanking Mercury “for
what these two have been to each other.”
The Attacks upon Mr. Davis.
The constant flow of abuse, obloquy, insults
and jeers upon ex-President Davis from the
Northern press end politicians, and on the floor
of Congress, aTe, under the circumstances, not
complimentary to American manhood. It
never noble to strike where no resistance is of
fered and no blow is returned. Mr. Davis, ev
er since the extinction of the Sonthem Con
federacy, has sedulously sought obscurity. He
has maintained so qniet, modest and inoffen
sive a demeanor that not a hard saying against
his most violent enemies and traducers can be
traced to him. But the most unobtrusive priva
cy fails to shield him from insult, and the Sen
ate of the United States cannot welcome a ne
gro from Kansas of dishonest record to a seat
in that body from Mississippi, without an at
tack upon Mr. Davis, and thanking God for the
exchange. The taste of these felicitations in
every aspect will not be questioned. There is no
donbt about it It is unsurpassed by that of
Northern New Orleans correspondent who can
not bear the sight of Mr. Davis eating straw
berries, and makes the fact the occasion for
discharge of bis galL
A Compromise!
The Atlanta New Era of yesterday has the
following:
The news from Washington discloses little
bejond the fact that the discussion in the Sen
ate over the Bingham amendment has assumed
a wider range, and that it will probably be
continued through the present week, perhaps
longer. The position of Senator Sawyer, of
South Carolina, is certainly a remarkable one—
remarkable no loss for its utter inconsistency
with that gentleman’s former position, than
for its well known antagonism to the expressed
will of his constitnents in the Virginia ease,
Why South Carolina Republicans shonld seek
to impose restrictions upon the admission of
Virginia, and yet manifest a willingness to ad
mit Georgia in- a manner that wonld practically
defeat the new Constitution and the enforce
ment of the XVth Amendment in this State, is
something beyond the comprehension of those
who would feign believe Mr. Sawyer an accred
ited exponent of South Carolina Republican
ism! It is not probable, however, that the
amendment will get through the Senate. The
indications are, that before the discussion is
dosed, a substitute will be offered—one that will
combine the Iiepublican strength of both Houses,
and thus save Georgia from a repetition of
1868.
To which we have to say, that as we cannot
conceive of a compromise which will give the
Bullock Regency a now lease of power for
another term, we shall be glad for so much. Bat
we hope the Bingham amendment will pass.
The Era's concession of the probability of a
substitute is in the nature of a compromise. They
can’t carry the original Butler bill through the
Senate. They most be content with something
less than a four year’s Regency. In short, Bul
lock is whipped down from what he demanded,
to a question of what he can get.
Silver Change.—A noticeable instance of
the tendency towards specie resumption took
place attheHoliday-streetTheatrc [Mr. Ford’s]
on Saturday night, when a large proportion of
the audience received silver half dollars and
quarters in change at the box office. The
j ayment of silver under the circumstance.-, was
a surprise, and it was very amusing to tee how
the recipients took it. Every ono had some
thing to say about specie payments, and it is
needless to add that all who got the bright
coin were pleased. .Some took tip the m<eo j
eagerly, as though they feared the cashier
would repent his rashness before they could
do so j some opened their eyes and stared with
surprise, and seemed, to apprehend that there
might be a mistake; some, prpbably pleased
to bear the almost forgotten music of the past,
rang the metal on the board to reassure the
ear oftbe genuineness of the tone, while oth
ers, amidst the laughter of the lookers on,
vigorously applied the test of the teeth to as
certain whether the metal was fully as hard as
silver used to be. In every instance, it is be
lieved, the various tests gave entire satisfac
tion.—Baltimore Sun, on Monday.
Boon London.—We are sorry for London.
The Tribune eaye Mr. Motley does not mingle
much in London society. We are sorry Mr.
Motley has out London.
Ah?
The Atlanta Era assumes the congenial role
of defending Monsieur Munchauson Avery.
Among its averments concerning his posses
sion of all the cardinal virtues, we read the
following:
In New York he ranked among the foremost
lawyers and business men of that old Common
wealth. In Georgia he is simply a “Carpet
bagger!”
Those who know Avery well, and who knew
him in New York, described him to ns not two
days since as a “busted insuranoe agent”—we
quote their exact words. If such unfortunates
rank where the Era says they do, why, the
standard in New York is a great deal lower
than we supposed—that is all. What he is in
Georgia, he, himself, has demonstrated. He
has exhausted the alphabet of personal dispraise
over his own sign manual. ,-
The Macon and Knoxville Railroad
La when CETn.i.E, G/l, March 16, 1870.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: To-day
our people met, pursuant to adjournment of
railroad meeting on last Wednesday. The pro
ceedings of the previous meeting were read—
the meeting was then addressed by Col. W. W.
Clark, Col. S. J. Winn, and a few remarks by
your humble servant, in which I suggested the
propriety of appointing a committee to meet
with similar committees from the counties,
either here, Atlanta, or elsewhere, for the pur
pose of consulting as to location, route, and
other preliminary matters appertaining to the
construction of a railroad from your city, by
this place, through Northeast Georgia to Knox
ville, Tenn. 1
Accordingly Burton Cloud, Sam. J. Winn, A
J. Shnfier, J. S. McLevaney and J. W. WilsoD,
wc-ro appointed, and Mr. B. D. Winn, Chair
man of the meeting, was added.
We felt the road must and will be built, and
will use our utmost exertion for its completion,
and invite counties, and, in fact, everybody
friendly to the road, to meet us in consultations
on the subject.’ — **•/ - *
We snggest Atlanta as the place, and 20th
April next, as the time.. - .... .77 ...
Please publish above suggestions, making
what comments yon wish, and oblige, yours,
B. M. Pabks.
There is something mysterious going on at
the navy department. A secret expedition has
gone forth on the high.-cas, but it.-, destination
or its business has not yet transpired. The
line-of-battle-ship Jamestown, and one of our
best sailing sloops-of-war left the New York
navy-yard on Saturday, and upon the same
day the iron clads Monitor and Terror, accom
panied by the United States steam-tug Leyden,
left Boston harbor, and it is said here to-day
that duplicate orders were issued to the com
manders of these vessels, and that they are
bound for the same port, etc. • >
As all of our .people wish to save money,
the planters will be interested in the card of
Mr. P. C. Sawyer. Mr. Sawyer is prepared
to'repair gins ai the Dixie Works, in this oliy,
and make them as. good as new. This most
prove a great convenience to our planting
riends. Txiv Uud IxQaS&iffH tftnv 'stffxy}.-.
Gov. Stevenson, of Kentucky, has ordered
an'eleotion on the 25th of April, to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the resignation of Hon. J. I
The Georgia Press.
Tho negro boy whtf murdered young Boswell
in Harris county, Sunday,"is in jail at Talbot*
ton. * ;
The Sun reports a hard ireezo at Columbus,
Thursday morning. Garden^ vegetables not
much hurt, but peach and plum blossoms frozen
dead.
The Sun says :
Female Academy Building or the Public
Schools Bulked—Loss About §5,000—-Insu
rance $2,500.—The alarm of fire was again giv
en at 3 p. m. yesterday. In a few minutes the
entire roof of the large two story wooden [wild
ing, occupied by School No. 3, the Female De
partment of the Publio Schools of Columbus,
was wrapped in flames. The wind was blowing
a perfect hurricane. Cisterns were far off and
the eugines had to form lines four hundred
yards long. They had awful difficulties to con
tend against—a heavy wind fanning the flames
into fury, the dry pine of the building burning
like tinder, and water difficult to be procured.
The shell of the house was saved, the roof
and a portion of the walls being consumed.
Never was a fire so bravely fonght. The new
one-story building adjoining, also belonging to
the school, was saved entirely. All the desks
and school furniture were removed from the
buildings—some in a damaged condition.
The burned building was insured in the Geor
gia Home for $2500. It was valued at $4000.
It belonged to the city, for the use of public
schools. There were some 275' girls who at
tended there. The school had closed about an
hour previous to the alarm. The children had
all gone home. Mrs. Wingfield and the princi
pal, and several of the lady teachers, were in
the building and gave the first alarm.
Another fire also occurred the same day in
ths roof of the Howard'factory boarding house,
belonging to the Eagle & Phoenix Company; bnt
it was put out v«ry readily with little damage.
A Mr. Stranse was severely injured by jumping
from tbe roof to a platform below.
CoL W. S. Morton, for many years a resident
of Columbus, died in New Orleans, on the I4th
inst.
Savannah Exports.—We get the following
from the Savannah News:
Timber eor Hartlepool. England.—Messrs.
W. H. Boss & Co., cleared the Russian bark
Albion for the above named port, with 366 piec
es pitch pine timber, measuring 307,702 feet,
valued at $4,307.82; 71 pieces pitch pine beam
fillings and stowage, measuring 21,380 feet val
ued at $213.80, and 313 pieces pitch pine plank,
measuring 17,638 feet, and valued at $352.76.
Total measure, 346,720: total value, $4,874.38.
Cotton for Liverpool.—On yesterday Messrs.
A Low <fc Co. cleared the British bark Kentvilie
for the port named above, with 2,175 bales up
land cotton, weighing 1,009,257 pounds, valued
at $280,760, and 100 bales sea island cotton,
weighing 29,926 pounds, and valued at $10,233.
Total weight, 1,039,183 ponnds; total value,
$240,933.
Timber and Lumber for St. Jonhs, N. B.—
On yesterday Messrs. F. W. Sims & Co. cleared
the bark Alfred for the above named port,
which consisted of 141 pieces sawed lumber,
measuring 19,560 feet, valued at $430, and 335
pieces hewed timber, measuring 298,266 feot,
and valued at $2,772 25. Total measure, 317,-
826; total value, $5,202 25.
The News says: General Wm. McRae, of
North Carolina, and recently Superintendent of
the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad,
passed through this city a few days since en
route for Brunswick, to accept the position of
Superintendent of the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad. General McRae, as a railroad man,
has risen from the position of a locomotive en
gineer to that of chief exececutive officer of a
road, and as a military man, from a private to
a Major General in the late C. S. A, in which
position he made for himself a name that will
long be remembered by the members of the
army of "Virginia.
A negro named George Manning shot himself
badly in Savannah on Tuesday, while attempt
ing to cock a pistol to shoot a man who was
abont to arrest him.
of
in
AT
Hotel business in Columbus dont seem to pay.
The Perry House was closed again Tuesday
Ught
Augusta is to have a skating rink.
Gen. A S. Gonzales, well known in many
sections of this State, is in Savannah. He has
been living in Cuba for the past year.
The Constitutionalist says:
A Commotion Among the Firemen.—Several
firemen were summoned on the jury yesterday,
and under tho decision of Judge Gibson were
compelled to serve, despite tho exhibition of
their badges and the claims for exemption they
have heretofore supposed themselves to be in
possession of to the extent of tbe number of
active members of the department, nnder char
ter. Onr information is that by charters grant
ed to several independent companies and the
department proper, the exemption from jury
duty was secured to a number of members
rangiDg variously from forty to sixty, according
to tbe several extensions granted different com
panics by act of the Legislature. We have not
examined the question closely, but have been
credibly advised that the law grants exemption
only thirty members of each company at
present.
The Valdosta Times makes some sensible re
marks on “Cropping," which we append. They
suit this latitude as well as any:
The recent heavy rains will delay com plant
ing somewhat. It is feared that if the rains con
tinue, those who have already planted will not
get a good stand. There will be enough pnt in
tbe ground to supply the wants of the people if
it comes well, but we have no assurance of a
good season, and it is best to be on the safe
side, and plant largely of provisions. Every
one who has to buy com and bacon in the sum
mer knows this. Everyone whosees his working
stock suffering for want of full rations before
the crop is made, knows that too great a breadth
of cotton, and too little of com, is not economy.
Cattle are dying in large numbers on account
of the severity of the winter, and because their
owners have not made foragp enough to give
them a share. Bidiog along the road in . cold
winter months one may see cows, lean, lank,
and shivering, barely able to keep up life, on
account of—what ? too much cotton, too little
com. Hogs of the “Jand-pike” order, buried
up to their cars, in vain search for something
to keep fat on, that can outran a horse, so long
and sharp are they; and why ? Too much cot
ton, too little grain. There are poor horses and
mules, poor cattle, poor hogs and poor people,
because a majority of the farmers want to make
fortune in a few years by planting cotton.
A trial for divorce took place in Green county
last Monday be tween two negroes. Able coun
sel were employed and the jury found for tho
plaintiff. - ’
The Greensboro Herald says:
On Saturday and the preceding night, the rain
was unnsaally severe, and streams all through
Middle Georgia, rapidly rose and overflowed the
low grounds, sweeping away fences and bridges,
and doing much injury to river farms. We re
gret to leam that our worthy friend, J. C. Carmi
chael, Esq., had some thirty-five sheep, drown
ed by the sudden rise of tbe Oconee, which was
higher than it has been known to be for years.
The violent wind on Saturday night-, blew down
one of the side walls of the Presbyteaian
Church, which had remained standing since the
fixe. , . - ! ■■>.’/. ■ ..- ! .>»!{):
The Constitution says of Father Ryan’s ad
dress before the Hibernian Society, of Atlanta:
It was eloquent, original and poetio, and was
characteristic effortof the gifted speaker.
One idea we will notice. He alluded to Ire
land’s oppression for seven centuries, and
her nndimmed hope and faith. Let the South
take the lesson, and never embrace th^wrong.
The speaker was frequently spplaulbd. Ho
closed by saying that,the gray, tho color of the
South, glorified the green, the color of Irish-
Golladay,
Meningitis has made its appearance in Grif-
and Jonesboro’.
Mr. Henry ’Whitman is announced as asso
ciate editor of the Dalton Citizen. We know
him well, and extend to him a hearty weloome
into the profession. .
There was a run-off on the Georgia railroad
Wednesday night. Nobody hurt, and little dam
age done.
The following dispatch, among others, fol
lowed Avery’s “whopper” from Savannah:
Savannah, March 15.
Hon. Charles O’Neill, member of Congress of
Pennsylvania, Washington, D. C.—Sir: As
| Philadelphians and ex-Union officers doing bus
iness in Savannah, we 'wish to state that dis
patches sent from this city by W, L. Aveiy,
and telegraphed to newspapers, regarding the
treatment of negroes in this State, are.untrue
in every particular. We have recently traveled
throughout the State and never experienced
such treatment as alleged by Avery, nor .did we
hear of insults beieg offered to Northern men;
Signed: Thos. J. Malone, Jr., H. Pennington,
of Hecker, Maloney <5: Co.
The Cathbert Appeal learns that A. J. Or ms
of Atlanta, has just concluded the purchase
1750 acresnf valuable land in Baker; county,
and we learn that other capitalists of the
country, are looking in that direction for invest-
nients'inreal estate. 1 v ’
On Monday there was a terrifio hail storm
Cathbert. Hail stones were found four hours
after they fell, an inch in diameter. This storm
struclrDawson, Tuesday/" The 1 hail stdfies
that section were as large as an egg.
We find the following in the Enquirer :
1 The Dreadful Mubdebtn Harris—Full and
Reliable Particulars.—Editors Enquirer-.
The killing in' Harris county of Wm. T. Brant-
ly Boswell, about l^or 14 years of age, created
intense excitement, and search was instituted
in every direction as far as twenty and thirty
miles, and'the murderer (a negro boy) was
found at 2 o’clock the next morning, within five
miles of the scene pf the atrocity ; and a more
cold-blooded affair perhaps never occurred,
from his own statement.
He was brought to my house a little after
daylight on Monday morning (day after the mur
der), and questioning him, he represented that
it wdb all in a play with two other negro boys,
and at a.diatance from the house; but on ex-
amioriM|jjpn the hoys separately, by myself
and N^HKsmore, it was quite evident that they
wc-ro innocent and not present at all, and we
turned them loose. He then ackgowledged he
did it, as follows : Mr. Boswell and wife had
left home about 12 o'clock, and left Brantly
take care of the house in their absence,
and Brantly being alone, he formed a design of
robbing the house of any money in it, and mak
ing his way hack to North Carolina. Brantly
was* on a rail penbaokof the dwelling, working
with a reed fife. The negro went under the
house, pushed up a plank, entered the house,
pot Boswell’s pistol (French Navy), slipped ont
and went up to Brantly, who was lying down
rather, with his head at the edge of the pen,
and had his reed fife up, and spoke, saying
somebody had been putting slicks in his fife.
Ho put tho pistol in about IS inches (showinj
ns how by a switch) of Brautly’s head an
fired. Brantly never spoke. He got up on
the pen and opened the rails and let him down
into the pen. He said he then got scared and
thought he would go to the railroad and get
away.
A little before night Boswell and his wife re
turned, and he c&Ued his son. No answer.
Mrs.B. walked,around the house to this rail pen
to see about her fowls—the pen beiDg used
temporarily for a fowl boose—and saw Brantly
lying in it, with his hat over his head, face
downward across one arm, and his dog lying by
the pen. She called to her husband and said,
“There was Brant, and she believed he was
dead.” He ran to her, and entering, found it
even so — his head pierced just to the
left of the apex or top part of his head, ball
ranging towards the base of the brain, hole' in
his hat, and burnt with powder. Boswell’s pis
tol was gone.
Mr. Edwards arrested the negro in a negro
house asleep. He waked him and asked him
for his pistol. He clasped his hand on his bos
om and said, “That man has it,” meaning Dan
Passmore, in whose house he was. It was B.’s
French navy. Three loads were in it, the bal
ance had been shot off.
It was with great difficulty that an enraged
community conld be kept from a summary exe
cution—the Magistrate in maintaining his of
fice against his own personal sympathies and
human feelings, and others in keeping conirol
of their passions in reverence to law and order
-against others whose feelings rtn to farther
excess, and claimed their justification in the
many reprieves and pardons heretofore given.
The negroes seemed to be os clamorous and
eager to kill him as any, some offering to pnt
25 balls throughhim if permitted. We reason
ed, we begged, we commanded, with men, with
women, with youths, and we succeeded in a
commitment and delivery of the prisoner to a
Bailiff and posse to be carried to Talbotton
jail—(the jail in Harris being represented to
our satisfaction as insecure, and that of Tal
as secure.)
The prisoner came along with Robinson’s
circns, and dropped or was dropped ont. He
says he is from North Carolina, about 17 or 18
years old or more; seems totally devoid of feel
ings of concern, and will sleep sitting or lying.
His speech shows considerable sharphess, but
utter indifference, and his head structure more
of the beast than commonly witnessed, if there
be anything in that ’
The confession before written he made freely
while the warrhnt was being written. On trial
he said he desired to make no statement. He
call3 himself William Williams.
Yours truly, ' G. A B. Dozier.
Just after I closed the above, the bailiff re
turned the prisoner to me from the jailor of
Talbot county, representing the jail there as to
tally insecure. I am now determining whether
to send him to Colnmbns or to Hamilton.
. /, G. AB. D.
Carroll county has a paper milL
The Sun says during tho present session, the
Columbus publio schools, 600 pupils, male and
female, have been in attendance. At least
$75,000 have been saved the citizens of that
place by these schools.
Mordeoay Johnson, aged 82 years, a most
respected citizen of Meriwether connty, died on
tho 13 th.
Mr. Jas. MeFenlin, an old citizen of Troup
county, died on Wednesday, aged 71 years. ,.i
The female school building burned in Colnm
bns on Wednesday, was msnred for $2,500, and
the poUoy expired just fifteen hours after its
destruction. , ..j, j , dwirnos
The Columbus Industrial Assooiation has fixed
ifs' Secretary’s salary at $500, its Treasurer’s at
$100 and decided to call in an installment of
25 per cent on the stock subscribed.
Whisky, “keno” and fico dogs are having a
fine rati in Bainbridge at present.
The editor of the Lagrange Reporter has a
pair of andirons made at tho West Point fonndiy,
from shot and shell used in the fight at that
place in 1865, nearly tbe last battle of the war.
The Savannah Republican says :
Crop Prospects in Lower Georgia.—Beyond
the mere preparation of the soil for seeding, we
are unable to say anything favorable of the
crops in Georgia. In the low country, on the
rice and sea island cotton plantations, there is a
deficiency of labor and much less in cultivation
as compared with last year. In fact, tfie labor
is diminishing in quantity and deteriorating in
quality year after year, aud if some remedy
sfiould not be found, the cultivation of these
valuable products will, in a great measure, be
abandoned. Many of the finest rice plantations
on the Ogeecheo and Altamaha have already
-been given up, or turned over, to the negroes,
which is about the same thing. So far as cul
tivation goes this yar, the lands have been
very well prepared, but planting of a]l kinds has
been greatly retarded by the cold spells whioh
continue to occur from time to time. The rice
planters on the rivers have great apprehension
from the freshets now coming down upon them,
and no doubt great delay, if not serious dam
age, will result. The crops of both rice and
cotton are obliged to be smaller than those of
last year. In Sonthem Georgia and. Florida
considerable com has been planted, but in
view of the weather, it might as well be out of
the ground.. > e
The Chronicle A Sentinel learns that the
■whole of the capital stock of the Langley Man
ufacturing Company has been subscribed, and
that the stockholders will soon meet and or
ganize.
Of the Bingham amendment, the Newnan
Herald talks very sensibly. It says:
Let the truth, be told, viz: the Democrats of
Georgia favor the amendment, because it se
cures to them the privilego which they are enti
tled to under their State Constitution to hold an
election in November, and at that election they
will [riumph; and if the truth is unpalatable to
Congress, it is not our fault Let truth grace
our triumph or defeat
We undertake now to say, if the Bingham
Amendment does pass, peace, law and order
will roign supreme in Georgia, and the many
evil consequences predicted to fallow its passage
will be heard of no more, while our great ole
State, with step elate and spirit unbroken, will
march grandly on the road to prosperity and
Rlory.
The Conatituiionalist makes this point;
Because certain of the people of ]$orth Car
olina are indisposed to eoontenanM the swin
dler Littlefield, who has done so much to bank
rupt and rain the State, Genera} Grant sends
United States Boldiery into North Carolina in
order that an eminent thief may have fall
swing. Is Georgia to be saddled with the 18th
infantry in order that Conant & Co. may plun
der at pleasure ?
“Biro” Edwards, an engineer on the State
Road, was killed at Dalton, on Friday, by a
man named Black.
The Thomaston Herald says the wheat crop
of that county bids .fair to be good, though
there are some complaints of bad stands. All
the peaches in Upson connty have been killed
by the late cold weather.
A singular case of honesty (for Atlanta) has
come to light in that city. A gay youth lost a
pocket book at the Varieties theatre, containing
$200 in money and $3,000 in notes. A negro
found it and returned ,it to the owner!
The Killing of George W. Browner.
Columbia, At.*., March 12, 1870.
Editors Telegraph Qnd Messenger: Wd wish
to commnnioate to the public the particulars of
the death of one George W. Browner. About
the 25th of January last this man entered our
town as a horse dealer, with bnt one mule and
a horse, which he offered low, as he was in a
great hurry to get home on a certain day ap
pointed for his wedding. Finding no market,
he was about to leave his stock in the hands of
a stable keeper to be sold, when a farmer came
in with a load of cotton and bought the stock
for $300.
Browner took his saddle and left, and the
farmer went home with his stock. A few days
after, a gentleman appeared inquiring for lost
stock, and identified the horse and mule, and
took possession of them as his own. We next
heard of Browner stealing stock from another
farmer, and again from another.
On the 10th instant, a young man left town
to visit his father living two miles distant, and
met Browner in the road. Browner told him
he was going to town to spend the night, and
they parted—Browner taking the direction for
town, bnt directly after , they parted Browner
took a divergent fork of the road leading from
town. On this road, at dusk, Browner met the
young man’s brother, also going home, and
when the two young men met at their father’s
house and compared notes, they resolved to ride
to town and inform the citizens.
When they got the news the oitizens sent out
a party of eight men to pursue and arrest
Browner. They traced him to an obscure cabin
about five miles from town, went to the door
and hailed the man of the house. Browner him
self answered the hail, and approaching the
door, caught sight of the party without, who
were still inquiring for the man of the house.
Browner then wheeled suddenly, seized his
navy revolver and a bowie knife, and rashed
out to the doorstep with nothing bnt his under
clothing on. Exclaiming, ‘T can weed my own
way,” he rashed upon the party with desperate
foxy, firing upon them as he approached, bnt
fortunately doing no harm. He then seized
upon one of the young men, but before he
could do any mischief, he received five pistol
balls in his breast and fourteen bnekshot in his
side and expired without a groan.
Browner had a partner with him—a young
man—who said his given name was Thomas,
bat the surname is forgotten. While the deadly
straggle was going on with Browner, Thomas
slipped on his clothes and escaped through an
unobserved back door, leaving nothing behind
bnt his hat.
Among Browner’s papers were two or three re
ceipts from parties with whom he had left stock,
and a receipt for a registered letter directed to
“Mrs. Brown, Thomaston, Georgia.” It is
fully believed by this community that said
Browner was a full-grown horsethief. When
killed, he, Browner, had in his possession one
horse and four mules. Whether they were stolen
or bona fide property, we expect to leam soon.
His effects, stock, eto., are now at this place.
CmzzKS.
Mysterious item
JL oorrespondenl of
Writes as follows :
remarkable caseofg*,
manifestation is reported in ;
about three miles east of B ps.-
the road to- Narraganseu. Ti* ’
little girl, almost eight years ofL^i
usual in such cases, of sanguinp^'
but of a billious organization,
has dark, expressive eyes, dark I s
a slender, fragile frame; until
has eDjoyed good health. ^
Some days ago, when on hsr
she found a comb in the roai » 1
attached by a string an oil '
When the sessiouclosed she went?* 1
home and the manifestations cotErT 1
soon as she went into the house
heard on the windows and around
the room, the noises following
room to another as she
building. Wot only were'tSe ^
but stands, chairs, crockery,
heavy bedsteads and ponderous i ro ,
seen to move perceptibly as she
AU these movements are acknoiv™
the common phenomena of assJ*/.
tations of tho presence of disenAP
itants of the spirit land.
A gentleman of education and U !
ed at the residence of the child re* 1
he heard the rapping, witnessed^
the child around the room withom 1
contact with her; also saw a liri' lii
on which was placed a heavy trj T f J
flat-irons, fall tp the floor as the
proached it, and, singular to relate ‘
and contents kept their position cc’V
the same as when standing unto
rappings on the window were fe.
loud, and when the mother of the t?*
fidently told spirit visitors that til
break the glass and she would st* Ji
pense, two panes of glass came ctl
twinkling of an eye. Thegentwf
examined the window sash and fcuj
dened putty, and even to the tiaih
taken out as cleanly and nicely as y
knife had been used. At times the,
tations were so powerful as to shake th
and threaten serious disaster to thel
and its occupants. Oh one occasion's
became so exhausted with excite^
gentleman present attempted torm,
two buffalo robes to quiet her, bit]
turbance became so much more fa-
threatening that they were glad tok
to the mysterious forces that seems]
the right to control and use her fort]
vellous deeds.
Thousands of persons have
house, as many as twenty-five huudj.
in a single day and evening. The i
ing villages and surrounding com
sent multitudinous representatives si
view the child. The pressure ol c
came so great that the tamily weret
to remove the little one to the hi]
friend in the village of Westerly,
point we are confronted with six
tery. Immediately after being n
the friend's house the manifestation]
and the poor, weakened little inm
blessed with quiet, rest and repose.
In behalf of sense, science and nL
ask for a thorough and intelligent H
tion of the facts in this extr ”
marvellous case.
LETTER FROM AMERICCS.
Its Commercial Importance—A Good Sns-
cestion—Railroad Meeting—Mssonle Fes
tival, Ac.. &C.
Amebicus, Ga., March 17,1870.
Editors Tdtgraph : I have something to say
in favor of our growing city, which I think de
serves “brief mention.” It is far ahead of
Eufanla, Albany, and all other railroad towns,
in the extent of its bumness, as will be seen
from the following statistics of the amount of
freights collected at the three stations mention
ed, for the last month, as reported to the
writer:
Americas ,$5‘500
Eufanla about 4,000
Albany 3,500
This shows the magnitude of the business
done at this place in the way of receipts of
merchandize, fertilizers, etc., Ac.
The merchants are preparing for a large
spring trade, which I hope they will enjoy, af
ter the present loll in the market. Among
these merchants, WaxelbanmBros. diserve spe
cial notice. This firm are now moving into
their capacious new store, at the comer of La
mar Btreet and Cotton avenue. No such dry
goods house can be found in your eity in point
convenience and capaoity, and it will be fill-
•»d from floor to ceiling with new and desirable
goods. Prosperity attend all such enterprising
merchants.
Another change is about to be made in one of
the printing offices of the city. The Courier
has changed hands, Mr. "W. L. Perry, of Flori-
being the purchaser of the press and mate
rials of that office, with the design of publish
ing the paper tri-weekly and weekly. Messrs.
Christian retire to new fields of labor, not far
distant.
The new railroad depot here is now reooiving
the finishing touches of the painter’s brash,
and when the paint is dry will be opened for
bnsinesss. Will it not be s good time for
Railroad Company to celebrate tho
occasion by a grand banquet and
blow-out to the merchants of Americus
who are patronizing the road so handsomely ?
Come, Messrs. Holt, Powers & Co , what say
you ? Let there be one grand “Oh, be joyful,”
before you commence receiving freights into
your new Ware House. I charge nothing for
the hint, and hope no offenee will be taken ai
the suggestion, which, as a friend to the road,
liave taken, the liberty to make! 5
The cold weather here has, I fear, played, the
wild with all early vegetation, fruit, eta The
Clerk of the weather does not often go off in
such a whirlwind of hail, sleet and frost as we
have experienced here for the last few days.
Hope the wild frolio will soon have ended and
followed by gentle breezes, light showers
and sunshine.
A big railroad meeting oomea off here on Sat
urday. A dozen or more counties will be strongs
represented. The idea is to reach Bruns
wick by a direct route.
A Hasonio Festival, under the charge of the
sisterhood, is set down for the 24th. It prom
ises to be a pleasant affair, as the ladies of
Amerious are well skilled in snob matters.
Truly yours, Wide Awake.
A girl of the period, belonging to a Paris
thoatra, gave a supper to a few gentlemen the
other evening. Her mamma was present, half
guest, half servant. One of tbe gentlemen
was telling a story; he stopped on a sudden,
and said, “I beg your pardon, the oonciosioaia
scarcely fit for ladies’ ears.” “You hear,mom
ma,” add the girl of the period; '‘leave the
nxxna minute; ^ * '
Geo. Peabody’s Gifts to Londt
tbe Estates are Worked |
The London Times of the 28 th of 1
says:
We are requested to publish tbe i
statement of the Peabody trustees]
year 1869:
The trustees of the Peabody I
sent their annual report of pn
the year ending the 31st of Lecemtel
The statement shows that to theoripl
of £150,000, there has been added,l
and interests, £26,809 13s. Sd.; ui|
deducting from the amount the apt
tending its administration, there iem
the end of the year 1869, property!
buildings, and cash in hand, to thei
£175,079 8s. lid. The trustees now if
under the first trust, four groups of ^
situated in - Spitalfields, Islington,^
and Westminster, providing collect^
commodation for 498 families, irres.
the rooms assigned to the superintend
porters. A fifth range of four blocks t
sea, of somewhat different constructbe.1
ing tenements for sixty-eight famiiisj
preaching completion. The tenenen
one, two and three rooms each, andth|
3y rent varies from 2s. 6d. to 6s. 6l,i
to the number of rooms and desires
location. The trustees also possess il
Bermondsey, not yet built upon. Ths|
donation of £200,000, which only i
available for building purposes in H
has been increased by interest tolled
$9471 0s. 7d. Mr. Peabody, by his te
and testament, added to tho second n
sum of £150,000, but this, by the tel
the gift, will not hecome available
The sum total of his gifts to the t*
amounts to £500,000.
Tbe Prince ol Wales and thcl
daunt Divorce Case—Quee* Vij
“Congratulates” Her Mob.
Tho special London corresponded I
Birmingham Post writes relative to f
mous trial thus :
The Prince of Wales consulted £an|
ville and the Lord Chancellor before:
himself for examination, and was ere:
by their advice to attend the court 1
that the only doubt entertained by t!w]
Chancellor was whether tbe course ]
to be taken by His Royal Highness, 1
agreeable to the feelings of his futures
was quite fair to the other gentlemesj
names_had been mentioned in the
the Prince purged himself from any ol
ity, would not a prejudice be raised j
those who did not follow him and si mi*
dare their innocence. Sir S’. Jota*
reasons special aud peculiar to hi®fi
equally dbsirous to make a statement]
were neither of them summoned, •"
appearance, as was feared in high 1
tors, has raised a certain unfair pre
against the other parties whose nao
up during the hearing. ,
Another rumor of the day is, than
illustrious personage iu the land wroRj
Prince, after hearing of the evidee^J
given, to offer him her affectionate c
Iations, and to invite him to call ’
Princess to receive them in P eTS ^|
Prince and Princess accordingly <£-<*
the Queen at Buckingham Palace. .
The Queen’s sympathy with
dauut’s family has been warmly 3r -^ f T
ly expressed through the DowagerP*!
Athole, who has been throughout tkj
attendance on the Queen at Windsor-*
daily companion in her walks and
OaMv Grant.
Washington Cor. Cincinnati Cotsincrd^..1
I am pained to confess that I *1
when I stated that tho father of the
tion intended to retire from the cares ol
life, and getting into bed take Roothisy
and a hot brick to the small of his paW 1 "
I was assured that after mature deli’oe-
tbe Kitchen Cabinet it was so deter) "
Daddy G. came on and vetoed the
by declaring that bis name should n°*, I
drawn. He hastened to tbe Sena* 8 *7 *
every member separately to such &n *7j|
to get clear of him he was coa£'®*l
hurry.
The threatened invasion of the WbhJ
in case he gave up the Covington
frightened one and all of the hoosek
their remaining wits. Dent wa*
alarmed, and kept himself in a c broB1 J
indignation meeting. At the fi* 8 * ,,
held in the executive mansion after J ^
ble man arrived, he took his place
with healthy regularity. ’Miss
girl, told me that she was - 01 _
father of the government, and,
tonishznent, the old gentleman sw* w A
arms, and exclaiming, “I must kW.131
gave birth to an explosion that
popping of the largest sized ale
was, of ooutse, a sensation and ta®
buffer wast immediately sanwuwte.
ing friends and relatives, whe baffl*
subside. <' " ‘
. i.u, c
Ostatt
■A&,