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MACON APBIL 10 1870.
tTwmt.th or Napoleon.—The specials to the
New York papers say that the French Emperor
had a long fainting fit on the evening of the 7th
instant, after returning from the military review
in the Place da Carrousel. The dispatches of
the evening of the 8th, however, say he had
only a slight attack of the gout, which soon
passed away, and he appeared in public next
day apparently quite well. These rumors,
vague and uncertain as they were, affected
Rentes for a time. There is a common, and,
we fear, a well grounded impression that the
stability of French and perhaps of European
politics in general, hangs upon the very preca
rious tenure of the life of the Emperor, and
the medical men have been giving him a short
lease for the past year or two. It is a striking
tribute to Napoleon’s vigor and capacity as
ruler, both of which it has been the fashion of
late to question, that everybody fears the pub-
lio disorders which may follow his death. And
these fears are, at the same time, a tacit and
strong admission of want of confidence in the
noisy assailants of the Imperial administration.
Universal Amnesty.
Here is Mr. Greeley’s last ululation for uni
versal amnesty. If he had beon as eloquent and
consistent in his devotion to the Constitution
and the Union thereunder, as he has been in
his advocacy of amnesty, there would probably
never have been any occasion for his appeals.
Mr. Greeley’s party in Georgia threaten.to
revolt if universal amnesty is proclaimed.
What will he do with them ?
And now is the time to secure our great tri
umph by enacting and proclaiming universal
amnesty. Our civil war virtually closed with
Lee’s surrender five years ago. No armed force
has marched or fired a shot under the flag of
the Southern Confederacy since May, 1865.
There are bad men who'still commit outragES;
there is not, and for yearn has hot been, any
open, embodied resistance to the Federal au
thority and laws. It is high time that every
one was officially assured that no penalty still
impends over him for anything done or threat
ened in the interest and under the flag of the
Rebellion.
Wo ought for our own sakes to identify uni
versal amnesty with impartial suffrage. We
ought to make one the complement of the other
so that they should henceforth have a common
vitality, a common longevity. We ought to be
able to says, “the edifice is crowned; the work
is complete; henceforth, woe to him who reck
lessly disturbs and imperils it!”
There are still heart-burnings at the South.
There are men who lament the fall of the Con
federacy, and do not love the flag of the Union.
Proscription and disfranchisement are the ali
ment whereon their morbid feelings subsist.
They are (in effect) patents of nobility in the
eyes of a class respectable in numbers and
strong by social position. To say of a South
ron, “Ho cannot vote: He is forbidden to
hold office,” is to invest him with a peculiar and
often envied distinction. His children take up
the quarrel which a mistaken policy fastens
upoD him; they are trained to hate the Govern-
mmt which brands him as unworthy the rights
of a citizen, and to detest the race with whose
enfranchisement his proscription is in their
minds identified. We can never have genuine
peace while we still hold many thousands as vir
tual prisoners of war.
Well Said.
Gen. D. H. Hill is one of the most unrecon
structed incorrigibles in the whole country. We
sometimes wonder why it is that Holden or
Grant don’t take hold of him. His pen is as
pointed as his sword was sharp, and he shows
no quarter. Ho has lately been analyzing the
grounds for Grant’s vulgar, mean sneer at the
Virginia chivalry, and hjs rebuke of the sneerer
is scorching. We submit the following para
graph as a specimen:
We have examined patiently the sneer of the
man who, by the power of the bayonet and the
strength of the negro vote is President of the
United States. We think that the South has no
reason to be ashamed of her past history. She
has produced no Ulysses 8. Grant, but she
thinks that her George Washington is his equal.
She cannot boast of a spoon-thief B. F. But
ler, but she points modestly to her incorrupti
ble John C. Calhoun. She does not number
among her jewels a Beverend Sereno Howe, a
Bev. Horace Cook and Bev. B. F. Whittemore;
but she claimB that her clergy have preach
ed tho truth as it is in Jesus with faithful
ness and simplicity. She has no unsexed
daughters strolling over the land, shrieking
about woman's rights, but she has modest maid
ens and true hearted wives, who are content to
occupy the sphere that God has placed them in.
Sho has been so backward in “manufacturers”
that she has manufactured no new religions.—
Mormonism, Fourierism, Communism, Free-
love-ism have had no favor in her eyes. She
has been satisfied with the old Family Bible
and the dear old teachings of the holy men of a
by-gone age. May a merciful God long preserve
her from the curse of a coarse materalism and
the awful sin of its necessary attendant, a low,
beastly sensualism, such as now sweeps over
the land of “manufactures.”
The Income Tax.
Tho Washington correspondent of the Balti
more Sun, under date of the 8th inst, writes as
follows of this law:
In January the House passed a resolution de
claratory of the construction that should be
placed upon the law regarding the status of the
income tax. It was contended by some prior to
that time that the tax expired with the year
1869, and that there would be no collection of
the same after May, 1870; bnt the Commission
er of Internal Revenue clhimed that it only ex
pired with 1870, and in this view he was upheld
by the Honse, who passed the resolution con
tinuing the tax. This came up in the Senate
to-day, and after considerable discussion a sub
stitute was adopted more specific in its charac
ter, in which this fax is expressly limited to the
present year, and not indefinitely continued, as
the original House resolution seemed to indi
cate.
If the House accepts this, as it will undoubt
edly, in view of the well known feeling among
members on this matter, the tax will only be
assessed this year, but will be payable in Slay,
1871. The intention of the original law, that it
should bo limited to the present year, will,
therefore be carried out, and the large number
of memorialists who aro asking for its total ab
olition will be gratified.
Personal.—Wo had the pleasure of a call,
yesterday, from Judge Cabanis and Hon. B. P.
Trippe, of Forsyth, both of whom, as wo were
glad to see, were looking well and in good spir
its. When the people come to their own again,
it is from the class these gentlemen represent
that Georgia will select her public sc.vants.
Honor, fidelity and intelligence will then be the
badge and prerequisite of official station.
Bough Bice's Beady Reporter.—We had a
call yesterday from Mr. Bice, of this new comic
illustrated weekly, published at Atlanta. He is
endeavoring to rolieve the monotony and dul-
ness of that city and circumjacent parts, by a
weekly dose of fun, in which laudable work he
has our best wishes. We are glad to learn from
him that, so far, his efforts have met with a very
satisfactory response from the public.
Slate Hcdicnl Association.
The annual convention of this body will as
semble here, to-day. The first session of the
convention will be held in Concert Wall at 10
o’clock this morning. A full attendance of the
medical fraternity is expected, and the pro
ceedings will likely bo of considerable public
interest We shall endeavor to give, each day,
a full report of the proceedings.
Mr. Stephens.
The Atlanta Intelligencer learns that Mr. Ste
phens' health is much better now than it has
been for months, and that his friends have
strong hopes that ho will be able to travel this
summer. The second volume of his work on
the late civil war is now in the hands of the
publishers, and will soon be ready for tho pub-
,.0.
“The Dutch May Go.”
This is what the exulting Radicals of the
North and West are saying, now that they have
made the negro a voter. They have long had
almost a monopoly of the German vote in those
sections, but now that they think they have
Coffee penned, why “the Dutchmen,” as they
contemptuously call the Germans, may go hang.
A prominent Indiana Radioal said, the other
day, that his party had “stall-fed the Dutch long
enough, and now, as it had niggers enough to
offset the German vote, the Dutch might go.
To show that the party could get along without
the aid of the Germans, the convention to nomi
nate candidates for the various offioes for Marion
county in that State, did not put a German on
the ticket, notwithstanding several were urged
for positions.
But the “Dutch may go” and smash the Rad
ical machine, yet. They have pretty good
memories, and plenty of pluck and pride. They
will mark these gentry in a way that even the
dear “nigger” may not be able to rub out.
From the following letter in the Cincinnati En-
vnirer, we judge some of them ere already at
work that way:
“Batavia, Ohio, April 5,1870.
“Clermont O. K. Four hundred negroes
voted the Radical ticket in this county on Mon
day last, yet the county has given an increased
Democratic majority. At New Richmond 107
negroes voted the Radical ticket. The Ger
mans joined the Democrats en masse, and with
their assistance the Radicals were completely
routed. At Felicity ninety-five blacks voted the
Radical ticket, while respectable Republicans
voted with the Democrats, which gave us a ma
jority of 108. At Batavia the blacks came out
to the polls like an avalanche, but all for naught.
The whole Democratic ticket was elected. The
negroes were drilled during Saturday and Sunday
bow to conduct themselves at the election, and
everything showed preconcerted action upon
their part. Toe election indicates to a certainty
that the county will give 1,000 majority next
falL The German Republicans almost to a man
toted with the Democracy. The townships all
show (with one or two exceptions) an increased
Democratic gain. Cuffy and his black allies
can’t rule in Clermont.”
The truth of the whole matter is that the
great majority of the Radical party in their
hearts hate all foreigners, and would, if possi
bio, put their necks just where they have put
the necks of Southern men—under the negro’s
heel. They do not hesitate, now that negro
suffrage has been pinned by fraud and the bay
onet upon the country, to revile and sneer at
foreigners as lower and more degraded than the
lowest negro. Bullock’s organ at Atlanta of
fered an insult of the grossest character the
other day to the Irish; and the next thing we
know it will turn its batteries against “the
Dutch.” In the true Radical’s eyes the dirtiest,
lousiest, most ignorant, most degraded and
brutal negro, whose vote they own, is a much
better custodian of the ballot and a freeman’s
rights, and better company, to boot, than the
most honest, respectable foreign-bora citizen
whose vote is not theirs.
We expect some day to pnt such a fire on
their backs as will make these negro-loving
“Dutch” and Irish haters show their hands
square down.
Tlie Cotton Crop and Supply.
From the New York Commercial and Finan
cial Chronicle of the 9th inst., we take the fol
lowing figures compiled at night of the 8th:
Visible Supply of Cotton.—Tho following
table shows the quantity of cotton in sight at
this date of each of the two seasons:
1870. 1869.
Stock in Liverpool (bales.) 155,000 319,000
Stock in London 50,931 76,705
Stock in Glasgow 400 250
Stock inHavre 60,690 43,915
Stock in Marseilles 8,541 8,406
Stock in Bremen 8,488 5,062
Stock rest of continent 29,000 15,000
Afloat for Great Britain (Amer
ican) 218,000 152,000
Afloat for Havre (American
and Brazil) 40,300 19,193
Total Indian cotton afloat for
Europe 139,261
Stock in United States ports... 395,511
Stock in inland towns 80,076
294.379
346.380
68,820
Total 1,495,198 1,349,170
These figures indicate an increase in the cot
ton in sight to-night of 146,028 bales compared
with the same date of 1869.
Supply and Consumption of Eubope to Octo-
beb 1.—We showed in our issue of March 26
that the export of cotton from the United States
to European ports would, if the prospects of the
new crop continued favorable, reach 2,000,000
bales. Last we indicated what was likely to be
the extent of the European supply from India.
With these facts before us, and taking the figures
for other ports the same as last year, we reach
the following as the probable European supply
from January 1 up to October 1 of this y6ar.
For India we take the lower estimates, as the
latest advices are rather leES favorable.
European supply from the
United 8tates 2,000,000
Lees receipts in Europe up to
J .innary 1 330,000—1,620,000
Supplv from India to Oct 1 1,450,000
Supply from Egypt, Brazil and other coun
tries 640,000
Total receipts from Jan. 1 up to Oct 1
(35 weeks) 3,710,000
Appended to its tabular statement of foreign
receipts and stocks, the Chronicle has the fol
lowing :
From the above it appears that the consump
tion in Europe during the first two months of
this year has been 674,811 bales, against 746,-
809 bales last year, or 84,351 bales per week
for January and February, 1870, against 93,351
bales for January and February, 1869. These
figures are, however, of course, imperfect, as
they do not include stocks held by the mills at
the two periods, but they certainly indicate that
the requirements of Europe have not been as
large as generally represented. Still, even if
we make the consumption up to October 1 at
93,000 bales per week, the stocks of Europe at
that date will be considerably increased.
Total receipts of Europe from Jan. 1 to
Oct, 1, as given aoove 3,710,000
Stocks in Europe Jan. 1,1870 596,000
Total supply to Oct. 1 4,306,000
Consumption 93,000 hales, 35 weeks 3,255,000
Leaving stocks in Europe Oct. 1,1870.... 1,051,000
—against 583,000 bales on the 1st of October,
1869. Of coarse, should the mills stock np
largely daring the summer, the stock in sight
might be less than given above; or, if our crop
during tho early months looks very uncompro
mising, more of the old crop would probably be
held back. On the other hand, the supply,
especially from India, may be larger, and hence
we think the chances are that the stock October
will not be less than above stated.
Value of Cbop.—A cotton crop of 3,000,000
bales, at the average price of the season, so
far, is worth abont $310,000,000 currency, in
Southern ports, which is equivalent to over
$250,000,000 in gold. This is a greater aggre
gate value than was ever received for any cot
ton crop in tho United States, exceeding, by
somo millions of dollars, tho value of tho great
crop of 4,860,000 bales in 1859-60.
Stocks of Cotton at Istebiob Towns.—We
clip tho subjoined table from tho Financial
Chronicle, being made up by telegraphio re
ports to the night of the 8th instant—last Fri
day :
1870 ,
April 8.
Augusta, Ga. .19,436
Columbus, Ga. .12.400
Macon, Ga 12,860
Montg’ery, Ala. 8,339
Salma, Ala .... 5,231
Memphis, Tenn.16,536
Nashville,Tenn. 5,274
April 1.
20,392
13,000
13,265
10,014
5,425
16,882
5,500
April 8.
14,950
11,270
6,275
4,922
5,375
16,919
6,109
April 1.
15,711
11,655
6,435
5,400
5,650
22,721
5,168
Total £0,076
84,478
68,830
72,740
Tho foregoing shows tho interior stocks have
decreased daring tho week about 4,402 hales,
and that they aro now 15,658 bales in excess of
the same period last year.
Op. Will’s Sermon
Upon the Idols of tho Day has been printed
in pamphlet form by his friends for gratuitons
distribution among the people. Copies of the
diseonrso may bs found at tho book stores of
Messrs. J. M. Boardtnan and J. W. Burke &
Co., where all who desire may obtain them
without cost. As the edition is small, early ap
plication should bo made.
One More Gone'to Beat. 9
Dr. Alfred Clopton died in Montgomery, Ala.
on the night of the 13th inst, over eighty yearn
of age. He was a Virginian by birth, removed
from that State to Putnam county, Ga., abont
sixty years ago, was a prominent citizen of that
comity, serving the people in a publio capacity
in many different positions. Soon after the set-
tlement of Macon he came to this place and was
one of the first settlers in VineviHe. For several
years he was identified with the business inter
ests of Macon, a merchant of wealth and influ
ence. He was also a large planter but in the
terrible financial crisis of 1840 to 1842 had the
earning of his younger days swept away, and
moved to Florida. A fow years later he settled
Macon county, Ala. He has for a number of
years past resided with his son, Hon. David
Clopton, in Montgomery. His remains will be
interred to-day in Toskegee, Ala., where repose
those of his good wife, who died abont eighteen
years ago. He had a quick, restless, strong in
tellect, which made him a man of mark wherev
er he lived. Thus a long life foil of joys and
sorrows, gratifications and disappointments, has
been brought to a close. May his soul rest
peace.
The Case of Georgia.
Looking at matters in the light of telegrams
In hand, this five o’clock in the afternoon of
April 13th, it appears as if the honorable Sen
ate of the United States, would probably so far
surrender to tho difficulties of the situation in
Georgia, when contemplated from their stand
point, as to let things stand as they are. This
is according to the received maxim—when you
don’t know what to do, do nothing.
Accordingly, it appears probable that they
will let things stand as they are—a nominal
Salmagundi of military and civil government—
Terry to do tho military and Bullock the civil—
an arrangement in which we are sorry to say,
Terry simply tarns the crank as Bollock directs.
Terry is Bullock’s turnspit, bnt we think he has
sense enough to be his own man if he would:
Well, then, so matters are to rock on till
next fall, when a legislative and congressional
•lection takes place. If the Democrats poll the
most votes, it will be an inconceivably horrid
frand, in which the “loil” population will be
shot down by thousands as they flee panting
fugitives from the polls. This will require the
sternest reconstruction from Congress and
many erudite speeches from Master Ohawles,
besides a great deal of dispatching from the
Slander Mill, and mnch indignation from
Fawney and Sawney. On the other hand,
should the Radicals poll the most voteB, it will
be understood as all right, and the existing gov
ernment “Republican in form,” and the State
be admitted—the Union doors having their
hinges greased for tho occasion. This seems
to be the idea, if there is any well defined idea
afloat Bnt we wait for information.
Wbat “Protection” Does for Work
ing Men.
The Free Trader tells a story of a young and
skilifni London printer, who hearing of the high
wages earned by his craft in the new world made
haste to change his base to New York, where
thirty dollars a week seemed a very agreeable
snbstitqto for one-third that sum in his native
land. He, however, soon found the gain more
apparent than real. Board and lodging, strange
as it may seem, was nearly double in price,
hat costing three dollars in England, was eight
dollars in New York; a coat, valned at seven
dollars in London, could not begot for less than
twenty-five dollars in New York ; boots, three
and fonr dollars a pair in England, were eight
to twelve dollars in Yankeedom, and every ne
cessary of life was in proportion. The Eng
lish printer soon took himself back home, satis
fied with the knowledge he had gained as to the
difference between the old world and the new.
The Free Trader pertinently asks: Is not
this also the case of the American mechanic?
And we may add that protective tariffs are the
main canse why one pound in England will go
as far as fifteen dollars in the United States.
Five Tears of Subjugation.
It is to-day just abont five years ago, when
the Confederacy went np. General Lee sur
rendered the 9th of April, and General Wilson
entered Macon the 19th of April, 1865. It is
interesting, though not self-flattering, to com
pare one’s conclusions upon events as they have
arisen in the last decade, with the results worked
out by time. We hold it to be no dishonor to
have been totally mistaken, because from that
day to the present, history has been in the
main, drift and accident—no judgment, forecast
or statesmanship has controlled.or given it di
rection.
When the din of arms came to so sadden and
total a hush, it was reasonably to have been an
ticipated that the common sense and judgment
of the country would have, in some sort, recog
nized the unhappy necessity of tho conflict It
was the consummation of a great robbery in the
name of civilization and humanity. The North
ern States must have been sensible that they
wonld have fought any power, as long and as
hard as we did, for a property interest ef equal
magnitude.
It was bat reasonable, therefore, to conclude
that both parties would have made haste to ob
literate the traces of a strife which, on the one
side, originated in a crusade against slavery,
and, on the other, was dictated by sectional
pride and the interests of self-defence. Doubt
less this wonld have been the case, had states
manship and patriotism directed events. Bnt
they were then, and have been ever since, en
tirely in the supposed interests of tho Radical
party organization, and in utter mistake of the
true line of policy to be pursued for the promo
tion of those interests.
Had this party stepped forward at once with
healing and generous measures, it wonld have
reaped the prize of the wretched blander which
submitted the conflict npon slavery to the arbi
trament of arms. Without pretending to have
been one whit wiser than anybody else, we can
all see now, in the light of events, that the ac
tion of the South was founded npon a total mis-
judement of facts, though not of principles.
It is true we were entitled to self-government,
we desired it. We were entitled to the un
molested enjoyment of, and equal protection
for onr property. Bnt it is also trne that none
of onr claims weie conceded—and the conclu
sion we had arrived at, that they wonld be re
spected, or, if not, could bo enforced, was ono
of those great blunders in politics which are
ranked as worse than crimes in their calamitous
consequences.
Hence, then, though the war upon the part
of the South grew ont of honest convictions of
inalienable political and' civil rights, and was
fonght ont on the' highest motives that can ac
tuate a freeman, its total failure opened the
grandest opportunity to the Radicals in the
North to consolidate their influence in the South
upon the mistakes of their adversaries and the
resulting calamities to the Southern people. A
generous and healing policy wonld havo made
them omnipotent, and at ono and tho same
blow they could have restored the national uni
ty in a month and annihilated their political ad
versaries in the South. History will point with
scorn to the incredible folly which threw away
the golden opportunity to save themselves and
the country by this plainly indicated line of pol
icy, and chose deliberately the violent and hope
less alternative of winning a party ascendancy
in tho South by the supremacy of the black
race. , _
The first hundred performances of “Frou-
Frou” in Paris realized 450,000 francs.
Death-Struggle ortheAmerican Anti
Slavery Society.
The American Anti-Slavery Society appoint;
ed the 8th instant to die in, hut lived over
through the ninth, when they transferred the
corpse from Cooper Institute to Apollo Hall and
set np with it to midnight in the way of wake.
It was a jolly gathering for afnnereal occasion—
a mutual admiration society in which they eu
logized each other to the skies as the most glo
rious and successful champions of human liber
ty the world ever saw or were likely to see
again. In short, Mrs. Abby Kelly Foster, Mrs.
Lucretia Mott, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Wendell
Phillips, Fred Douglas, Theodore Tilton and
great many other men and women made them'
selves very grand and happy. They inter
spersed their self-laudations in prose with
hymns to themselves and the nation in what
was intended for poetry, and spoke and sang till
midnight—
Our nation’s free—onr nation’s free;
All hail the land of libertee,” etc., etc.
The whole “biling” of them were well satis
fied, except our friend, Senator Chawles—he
was a little soir and did not think the job was
much more than half done, anyhow. He was
not there—he was too busy reconstructing Geor
gia—but “ho writ,” and a part of what ho writ
was in these words:
I do not think the work finished so long as
the word “uhite’ is allowed to play any part in
legislation; so long as it constrains the courts
in naturalization; so long as it rules publio con
veyances, steamboats, and railroads; so long
as it bars tho doors of houses bound by law to
receive people for food and lodging, or licensed
as places of amnsement; so long as it is in
scribed on onr common schools; nor do I think
the word is recognized, supreme and beyond
question, to fix the definition of a republican
government, and to enforce the same by the
perfeot maintenance of rights everywhere
througlout the land, according to the promises
of the Declaration of Independence, without
any check or hindrance from the old pro-slavery
pretendon of State Rights.
Whe* Chawles gets to tho other side of Jor
dan ani finds that the supreme legislation of
the adverse emanates from “a great white
throne,’’ what will Chawles do about it ? Will
he recoistruct t The Senator may have the will,
and mjy fully believe ho has the wisdom and
the power; bat he will fail in the under
taking. And his failure then will not bo
more signal and ridiculous than all his at
tempts below to reverse the ordinances of
heaven and produce the social amalgamation
on steanboats, railroads, in places of amnse
ment ani bed and board, which he says most
take place before he can be happy, or cease to
cnrdle ntw milk with a sour countenance.
Tho Nsw York Herald undertakes to strip
the doughty champions of both sexes of their
laurels aa the agents of heaven in the destruc
tion of davery in the United States. That is
unfair. Events had piled np a huge mass of
combustibles and they pnt fire to them. They
are as much entitled to the honor of the confla
gration which followed as th9 monkey who fired
the match in a powder honse.
Here in the South, under the 'wholesome re
straints of domestio servitude, an original hand
ful of blacks had swollen into apopnlation more
than twenty-five per cent, larger than the whole
population of tho American colonies when they
threw off the British swaddling clothes. This
population had improved physically and intel
lectually almost pari passu with its increase
in numbers. It had enlisted the sympathy
of the whole outside world, and every thought,
feeling and impulse of outside Christendom
was pledged to its enfranchisement. Bnt while,
on the one side, the drift against slavery was
adding ev6ryhonr to its prodigious volume,
momentum and power, the material and money
value of tho slaves was increasing with almost
equal rapidity.
No people on earth could be expected calmly
to contemplate so ruinous a pecuniary sacrifice,
and, per contra, the people of the earth had de
termined the South should be brought to the
sacrifice. The simple and easy business of these
fanatics, in this attitude of great opposing forces,
just ready for the grand tilt, was that of irrita
tion—inflammation, and atlastthey sufjeeededin
precipitating a mortal straggle, which in any
event, conld not have been postponed many
years. They are entitled to the glory of the
last matador’s boy who shakes a red rag in the
boll’s face or makes the final pnnctnre which
enrages him to the point of a charge npon the
keen and fatal lance. Let them have it
Democratic Senators Wanted.
If a dozen Democrats, all as able as Mr.
Thnrman, were to replace a dozen Republicans
in that body during the next thirty days it wonld
be a great gain to the Senate, to the Republican
party and to the country. It wonld produce
better legislation, it wonld consolidate the Ke-
pnblican party, and it would have undoubted
tendenoy to place tho Republican members of
the Senate thoroughly en rapport with the Re
publican Administration.—N. Y. Times.
Wo did not expect such a frank confession
from a Radical journal, bnt there it is. The
Times, however, at the snap of the party whip
always jumps to aid in every rascally device to
keep Democratic Senators ont, whenever Radi
cals want their places. It never fails to echo
the nauseous howl of “disloyalty” against a
Democrat whose seat is contested. The Times
never flinches at such work. Its talk amounts
to nothing except as demonstrating how the
truth sometimes popsnp in unexpected quar
ters.
Thebe aro some men(?) in this city who don’t
seem to have the faintest idea of the rudiments
of politeness. The writer of this paragraph,
while on his way to tho Opera Monday night,
company with two ladies, encountered a group
of them near the entrance to Ralston’s Hall on
Third street, and was compelled by their gallant
occupancy of the pavement, to go almost into
the street to get around them. The police should
take charge of these Chesterfields. We hope
they will all read this notice, and feel thorough
ly ashamed of themselves.
Mbs. Nancy Hayes, on aged lady, who, with a
demented hnsband, occnpied a honse on Twen
ty-third street, in Richmond, was fonnd dead
Saturday. Cows and chickens on the
lot were fonnd starved to death. The hnsband
was also nearly starved. Ho had been telling
the neighbors when they came in, that his wife
was asleep, and her death was not known until
that morning. The hnsband had not mind
enough to understand what had happened. The
parties came from Peiladelphia.
A Retokteb in Hartford undertook to write
np a description of dresses of ladies at a certain
balk Among other facts ho mentioned that
'Miss Bloodgood wore a doable shirt neatly
trimmed with narrow satin ribbon.” Nobody
knows exactly what he meant; bnt it is consid
ered rather ominou3 that Miss Bloodgood’s
brother has been enquiring around among the
newspaper offices trying to “interview” that
reporter. Mr. Bloodgood is accompanied npon
his rambles by a very discouraging club. It is
strange, bnt the reporter don’t seem a single
bit anxious to hold sweet converso with Blood-
good.
The Washington Republican says that, not
withstanding a strong disposition on the part of
many of tho leading members of both Houses
of Congress to get through with business and go
home, the opinion gains ground that the session
will bo a protracted one, and July or August are
named as tho earliest time r.t which an adjourn
ment can be made. Much time will be spent in
tho discussion of tho funding bill, and' till that
is disposed of the day of adjournment will be
matter of speculation. ' ; u..
The Georgia Press.
The Gainesville Eagle flaps its wings and
gives this scream over the prospects opened np
to that seetjon by the approach of the Air Line
Railroad:
We passed over two miles of this road yester
day, from the presen terminus, half a mile
south of Gainesville, to Flat Creek, and ore
compelled to say that the new line of surrey is
not only more direct bnt much cheaper of con.
strnction than the old survey through town.
We hope the feeling created by the change will
soon be amicably settled, as the town will grad
ually go to the road for purposes of trade dis
tribution, and to the river for water-power.
Thiriy thousand spindles, several foundries and
machine shops, requiring thousands of hands,
will be called into requisition within five
years after the completion of this great national
thoroughfare. Then, we say, let every one help
to pnch the work on, and reap the reward of
merit.
The following gentlemen have jnst been elect
ed “city fathers" for the town of Madison
Mayor, T. J. Barney, and Aldermen, Patterson
High, Vason and Thrasher.
Jesse Brown, negro, shot and killed another
negro named Pettifoot, on the plantation of
Judge Reese in Morgan county, a few days
since.
The first strrwberriesof the season made their
appearance Saturday, in Savannah. They were
grown in tho open air near the city.
Mr. H. S. Bell, of Savannah, whose death was
annonneed in this column yesterday on the au
thority of the Republican is not dead, so the
News says.
A revival is in progress in tho Methodist
churches of Savannah. Bilhop Wightman was
present, aiding the good work last week.
Referring to onr notice of some of the fat
jobs Bullock expects to put through if he ear-
ries his point at Washington, the Savannah
News says:
Bullock and his ring have vast schemes of
villainy in progress besides those mentioned by
the Telegraph and Messengeb, such as the ob-
taining of another $500,000 in the shape of the
State’s endorsement of second mortgage bonds
of $10,000 a mile on tho fifty miles of the
Brunswick and Albany road already construct
ed, and the sale, or rather the stealing, of the
State Road.
The News is of opinion that Bullock will
divide the “swag” with those members of Con
gress who help defeat the Bingham amendment.
We get the following from the Sparta Times
and Planter: \
The oat crop of this section, by the effects of
the sun, is in a flourishing condition. A few
weeks ago it promised to be complete failure.
The stand is mnch better than we supposed.
The amount of guano used in this county is
almost double that of any preceding year. Far
mers are hauling it off daily, bnt it still comes.
The depot and warehouses are not yet emptied.
The Macon and Augusta railroad is so crowd
ed with freight as to render necessary the run
ning of an extra train. When this road is fin.
ishedwe question whether any stock in the
State will pay a better per cent
W. G. Fulghum, a youth of Washington
county, had his hand painfully wounded a few
days since by the bursting of a gun, which he
had loaded too heavily.
We learn from the Augusta papers that the
people of that city are immensely excited on the
subject of railroads running through the streets:
As is generally known, the South Carolina and
Georgia Railroad Companies have a track run
ning through one of the principal streets. The
Port Royal Railroad Company has asked the
privilege of carrying their track through one of
the streets. Before deciding npon the petition,
the City Conncil determined to call witnesses
to testify whether or not the passing of trains
along the streets were a nuisance. Those called
lived upon the street through which the Sonth
Carolina and Georgia Railroad trains passed,
and all testified the trains scared horses, dis
turbed the sick and well, shook the honses,
loosened the framework, the soot from the en
gine injured curtains and paintings, and that
property generally was depreciated. One wit
ness testified that he and his family lived on the
street referred to, and they liked for the trainB
to pass; in fact, they couldn’t sleep unless they
passed at night as usual. Conncil adjourned
without action coming to any decision.
The Griffin Star says the Empire State, a
Radical paper hailing from that place, “ is a
rehash of Swayze’s paper.” The copy we saw
was the thing itself.
H. I. Kimball, of Opera Honse note, has offer
ed a premium of $500 for the best bale of cot
ton to be raised in Georgia, this year.
The Atlanta Era has the following local items:
In preparing the ground for the State Fair it
is estimated that 2,200,000 feet of lumber will
be used and four hundred hands will be em
ployed.
The estimated cost for the new passenger de
pot that will be built here this summer is $175,-
000.
Daring March, $01,221 30 was collected here
on freights by Major John S. Bransford, agent
of the Louisvillo and Nashville railroad. Of this
amonnt $68,000 was collected in the last week
of that month.
Tho Monroe Advertiser seconds the Tele-
gbafh & Messengeb’s proposition for military
government in place of the rule of tho B.’s. It
thinks all honest men wonld be benefitted by
the change.
Mrs. Mary A. Mann, wife of Dr. A. V. Mann,
of Forsyth died on Saturday. She was univer
sally loved in that community.
A white man named Littleton Larkly was bru
tally murdered in Albany, Saturday evening, by
negro. The negro is now in jail.
The News says:
Macon Pbesbyteby.—This ecclesiastical body
closed its business in this city, on Saturday
afternoon, and adjourned to meet in the city of
Columbus on Wednesday, the 5th October, at
7£ o’clock in the evening. Its sessions were
characterized by great unanimity and good feel
ing, and important matters received suitable at
tention.
Sumter Superior Court is now in session.
Judge Clark passes over all cases founded on
claims prior to Jnne, 1865.
Mr. John T. Green, sheriff of Early county,
died last Thursday.
The Angusta police had a big drill Monday.
Forty privates, five sergeants, two lieutenants,
and the chief, making eight in all, were out.
They looked very smart in their felt bats, gray
frock coats, bine pants, black belts and rose
wood clnbs.
Of the opinion of .the United States Circuit
Court at Savannah, Monday, the News says:
There are two hundred and thirty-three cases
on the issue (common law) docket, one hundred
and fifty-four on the appearance (common law)
docket, and eighty-six on the equity side of the
Conrt.
One hundred cases were called, and the fol
lowing disposition waB made of the same: Thir
ty were passed over, subject to peremptory call;
twenty-five were annonneed ready for trial, and
will be taken np doriDg the present term; eight
were marked “settled,” and nine discontinued.
In attendance npon the Conrt are the follow
ing gentlemen from abroad: Hon. H. T.
Gould, H. W. Hilliard, W. H. Hull and J. P.
Carr, from Augusta, Ga., R. T. Lyon, Washing
ton Foe, A. O. Bacon and Barnard Hill, from
Macon, Ga., D. A. Vason, R. K. Hines and P.
Strozier, from Albany, Ga., William Dough
erty, of Atlanta; L. P. Downing and J. R. Mo
ses, of Columbus; H. S. Fitch, formerly U. S.
District Attorney; and E. S. Beall, of Lump
kin.
Judge Woods’ first appearance is favorable in
the eye3 of reporters and visitors—ho has the
features of an honest face, a keen eye to detect
a departure from the Court rules, and a vim
which wo trust will clear the docket of the accu
mulated cases which makes the Circuit Court of
the United States in tho City of Savannah a
cumbersome machine, where justice goes in and
justice comes out in the same relative position.
Judge Woods, with Judgo Erskine, will hear
the cases up to Thursday week, when the for
mer will leave for a more Northern latitude,
leaving Judge Erskine to dispose cf the docket.
Mr. John B. Sardy, of Savannah, was thrown
from a buggy Monday, and had his face, arm
and hip badly braised.
Jas. Jackson, a stevedore, was drowned at
Venus’ Point, near Savannah, Monday. He
loaves a wife and two children in Savannah.
Bishop Verot, of Savannah, has been trana
ferred to the new See of St. Augustine, Florida,
and the Right Reverend Dr. Ignatius Persico
appointed Bishop of Savannah. Of Bishop
Persico the Republican says:
Bishop Persico was bora in Italy, at what
time we have not been able to learn, bnt he was
consecrated Bishop of Agre, in India, about 26
years ago. He remained in India sixteen years,
built a Cathedral and established religious
houses, the whole of whidh were destroyed dur
ing the Sepoy mutiny,, and he was driven from
hit Diocese. He brought a suit in the British
House of Peers against the East India Com
pany for the damages incurred by the destruc
tion of the property of the Church, and recov
ered the sum of ninety thousand pounds star,
ling.
Having been driven from his See in India, he
remained in Naples for eight years, and came
to South Carolina abont two years ago at the
earnest solicitation of Bishop Lynch of Charles
ton, daring which time he has had charge of
missions in that State.
Bishop Persico is a fluent and eloquent
preacher, with jnst a sufficient foreign scent to
make him interesting.
Through tickets to New York by the land
route from Columbus, are now sold at $39, a re.
ductionof$6. By the way of Savannah and
sea route, tickets are $32.
Mr. Samuel Dusenberry, a good citizen and
worthy Mason of Eatonton, died of consumption
Friday.
From the last Federal Union we quote as fol
lows:
Mr. John Wooten, one of the first settlers of
Milledgeville, now living near Forsyth, in Mon
roe county, paid his old home a visit last week.
He relates many interesting incidents of the
early history of this place. He was present at
the first sale of town lots, and heard the com
missioners, while offering them fox sale, pledge
the faith of the State that the Capital should be
permanently located at this place. The lots
sonth of thecapitol grounds were considered
the most valuable and brought doable the price
of other lots. Mr. W. is far advanced in life,
bnt seems in good health, and took great pleas
nre in relating anecdotes of old citizens long
since passed away, and fonnd many interested
listeners. May ha be spared yet many years.
Mr. J. A. F. Robson, charged with tho murder
of a Mr. Brickett, an account of which appeared
in this paper some weeks since, had 'a' hearing
before Judgo Robinson yesterday, and gave
bond in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, for
his appearance at the next term of Baldwin Sn-
perior Court to answer the charge.
The locals of the Atlanta Era and Constitu
tion are waging a very fragrant war upon each
other, jnst now. It must be intensely interest
ing to their leaders.
A Fifteenth Amendment was badly damaged
in Atlanta, Tuesday, by the caving of a bank of
earth.
The Era says:
Fatal Accident.—The down freight train
Monday evening, on the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, ran over a man lying on the track
short distance above Ringgold, and instantly
killed him. The engineer supposed the object
to be a hog until too close to preven the fatal
occurrence. The fames of liqnor and fragments
of a bottle indicated that the man was thorough
ly drunk. His head was served from his body,
and he had not been identified np to last night.
Gen. William Ma’eKae.
This gentleman, who has recently been ap
pointed Snperintendent of the Maconand Bruns
wick Railroad, is thus endorsed by the Wil
mington, (N. C.) Journal, whose editor has
been in a position to know better .than most
men Gen. MacRae’s worth as a man and merits
as an official.
We are pleased to give tins notice a place in
onr paper, and cordially congratulate the com-
pany that has had the good fortune to secure
the services of a gentleman so accomplished in
his profession:
Gen. William MaoBae.—The rumor which
has been current in onr city for some weeks
that this gentleman intended to resign his posi
tion as Superintendent of the Wilmington and
Manchester Railroad in order to accept a simi
lar position on the Macon and Brunswick Rail
road, had good foundation. He has tendered
his resignation to take effeot upon the first of
ApriL
We have learned of this contemplated action
npon the part of Gen. MaoRae with muoh re
gret He is regarded as one of the very best
railroad men in the country. His loss will be
severely felt npon the Wilmington and Manches
ter Railroad, especially as many improvements
and an extension of the road is now about to be
commenced. Beginning his connection with
railroads as a locomotive engineer he has risen
to the position of chief executive officer, and
for nearly two years he has had entire charge
of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad,
and his management of it is the best evidence
of his ability and faithfulness. Who ever may
be his successor will have no easy task to fill
his place.
•We regret to part with him as a citizen. No
son of Nbrth Carolina reflected more honor npon
her during the war. Entering the service as a
private, he rose to the rank of Brigadier Gene
ra], and was looked upon as one of tho veiy best
officers of his grade in the army. Generals
Heth and A. F. Hill, his immediate command
ers, regarded him as their best subordinate, and
placed' great reliance npon him and his gallant
brigade. Oar own observations taught us that
this confidence was well placed. No man has
more reason to be proud of the record he made
daring those eventful days, or of the estimation
in which he was held by his official superiors.
But as a friend are we most loth to part with
General McRae. We shall miss his genial com
panionship, bnt shall never .forget the noble
impulses of his heart and mind, which attached
us to him.
We congratulate the officers and stockholders
of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad in secu
ring the services of a gentleman bo eminently
qualified for the duties of the position to which
he has been selected, and we bespeak for him a
kindly reception by the good people of Georgia
among whom his duties call him.
We. have received the first annual catalogue
of the “ Orphan’s Free School,” of Atlanta, an
institution founded and maintained by the
Georgia State Lottery. The school was opened
in April, 1869, and now has some two hundred
pupils who are taught in a large and handsome
brick school building capable of accommoda
ting 400 scholars. The entire expenses of the
school are borne by the Georgia State Lottery.
Mrs. A. F. Hill, widow of the late Judge Hill,
of LaGrange, is Principal, with three assist
ants—Misses Ama Bomar and A. Hoyle, and
Mrs. Mary R. Walker.
The Stanton memorial fund, amounting now
to $146,000, is on deposit in a New York bank,
drawing interest for the benefit of his family.
The maimed Federal soldiers in New York city
aro still begging on the corners, or grinding
hand organs for the benefit of their families.
Their deposits are all in the bank of neglect,
and don’t draw any interest to hart.
It is estimated that Germany sends a quarter
of a million of her population into the outside
world annually, and yet she continues to in
crease as rapidly in population as any nation in
Europe. The Germans, more than any other
people, obey the scriptural command to in
crease and multiply. ^
Arizona advices of March 29, say the small
pox is raging fearfnlly. In the Prena country
tho average of deaths daily is five, which is ter-
ible mortality considering the population.
It is said that Bombay cotton sent by way of
the Suez Canal has been retamed to India from
Huddersfield as yam in forty-live days. The
time usually required by tho Cape of Good
Hope is ninety days.
John Beown’s soul must have made a halt at
Sparta, Illinois, on Monday. Four school boys
whose average age is ten years, on that day
beat to death a companion who had told the
teacher of some of their mischief.
Anotheb “loyal" brother has fallen from
grace. This time it is ono Clark, Sheriff of
Limestone oounty, Arkansas. He took the pub
lic funds with him, too, which was natural.
These saints never forget that.
Seventy*seven different kinds of rice are cul
tivated in India.
Transaction or tho Georgia s M1
ciation.—Twenty.flrat Ann„ nt
riBBT DAT—HORNINO SEaeiox
The Georgia Medical Association met
adjournment in Concert Hall, city 0 f v
on the 13th day of April, 1870, at 10 a. n
The President, O. B. Nottingham, M.
con, called the Association to order, ami ■
ex-officers present to seats on the staid
ex-President Magrnder, Campbell and 1
Also, ex-Vice President Thomas.
The President then introduced the Rev v
ren, who opened the meeting with praver '
Dr. E. Fitzgerald, Chairman of the Co
Arrangements, then made bis report.
Dr. Magrnder then, in a happy addreEs » a
the delegates and members of the As«ori»«—
city of Macon.
The Secretary, Dr. Bobert P. Myers, of aw
Ga., then called the roll. ’
Dr. W. F. Holt, of Macon, then propoeedii I
lowing names for membership; Dr. H p ~
of Screven county; Dr. G. N. Holmes
Dr. Stephen Dupont, of Chatham: Dr. eVt
ham, of Albany; Dr. T. L. Smith, 0 f p e nO
E. B. Bamsey, of Bandolph county; ij
O’Daniel, of Twiggs; C. W. Johneon. 0 f *
Dr. W. A. Green, of Americas; Dr. G. e <;
of Macon; Dr. Theo. Parker, of Macon • ^
Hinkle, of Americas; Dr. W. T. Locihirt
edgeville; Dr. A. L. C. Magruder, of Macon 1 ?j
whom were elected members. 1 ** >
Dr. Green, of Macon, then moved a ■
of the rales for the purpose of offerirg the-^l
ing: 6 B *%l
Resolved, That ihe Secretary be reciw , ■
make proper note of all the members of 3 »l
ciation who have died since its organizatiJr^l
have permanently removed from the sU‘e ’ **1
Seconded by Dr. L Harries, of Savancab^
ried.
Dr. Thomas then moved a suspension a h
rales which was seconded and earned, andc*!
the following:
Resolved, That the name of Wm L I
stricken from tho roll of the Georgia Medicali.'l
ciation, and all others whom it may be knmM
practicing charlatanism. 3
Dr. Bond moved that it be referred to the r
mittoe on credentials. Carried. !
Dr. L Harries, of Savannah, moved for a b
Bion of the rules, which was seconded and c
for the purpose of offering the following:
Moved: That the members of the preescl*
city, city officials, and the cleigy be invited to s
on the floor. Carried.
Dr. Low, First-Vice President, (of Albany, i
moved a suspension of the rules and offered'tul
lowing names for membership: Dr. S. J.
of Dougherty, and Dr. Wright offered th«
Dr. 8. E. Habersham, of Putnam. Both of i
were elected.
The President then delivered a highly inters*
and instructive address.
Dr. Thomas, of Savannah, offered the foiio«it|
.-Resolved, That the President be requested J
furnish the Secretary of the Association a co« I
hia address for publication in the min u tea, andjl
the moat cordial thanks of the Association am f
dered for his very eloquent and instructive addj 1
Carried unanimously. ' 1
Dr. Green then extended an invitation to
sociation to visit the Blind Academy, whereaposkl
I. Harriss, of Savannah, moved that the inntuhl
be accepted with thanks to Dr. Green. Secoodedl
and carried.
It was then moved and carried that the irsdvl
tion visit the Academy for the Blind io-motm|
morning at 9 o'clock A. M.
On motion tho Association then adjourned d|
31-2 o’clock v. e.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Association met pursuant to adjournment! I
31-2 o’clock p. an, and was called to orderbja|
President, Dr. Nottingham.
Special Committees were then called oponfor» |
ports:
First, Committee on Chemistry and Materii HaS j
ca—no report; Second, on Practice of Median! mi I
Obstetricts—no report; Third, Surgery and hub1
my—no report; Fourth, on Medical Juriepracaq ’
Hygiene and Physiology. On this Dr, Ho'timt
ed veibally, and requested to be discharge! The
report was received and Dr. Holt discharged Sim,
on Psycology—no report; Seventh, on Publiaita. |
Dr. Fish reported, and the report was rocortd; |
Eighth, on Prize Essays. Dr. Harris reported re
bally; Ninth, on Education. Dr. Thomas nuj
report; Tenth,on Climatoloy—no report; Bn-1
enth, on Necrology—no report.
Dr. Myers moved a suspension of rules, wbitbl
was carried, and he then offered the following: Tbtf
the members present sign the roll of membenb^ 1
Carried.
Dr. Myers moved also, that a Treasurer pro tea
be appointed to receive the funds of tho Aeboob
tion, and report and refund receipts to the Tre*
urer of Association. The President appointed Dt
Crawford as Treasurer pro tem.
Dr. Musgrove, while the rules were suspend^
offered the following:
. Resolved, That from 12 to 1 p. M. each daybs
devoted to discussion and interchange of opinion
upon such subjects in medicine and its collateral*
i may legitimately come before this body. Cirried.
Dr Charters moved that an assessment of $>be
made upon each member for the year 1870. Car
ried.
Dr. Blackshear then read a letter from Dr. B.
M. Smith, of Athens, and the Secretary was inBtnri
ed to record so much of it as related to this body.
The Committee appointed on a resolution offered
by Dr. Thomas, reported as follows:
To the Georgia Medical Association .• Tour C®
mittee beg leave to report the following single re»
lution, which was received and adopted:
Resolved, That we of the Georgia Medical A»
ciation will co-operate with all State Societies i
the American Medical Association in raising t
standard of pulmonary and medical education.
J. G. Thomas,
W. O. MusGBOvr,
W. W. Harms.
Dr. Charter moved to suspend the rules to rib*
the Committee on Revision of Constitution act j
By-Laws to report. Carried.
The Committee, throng a their Chairman, Dr. Ha*'
rise, reported a carefully prepared Constitution ud
By-Laws.
On motion, the report was received.
Dr. Thomas moved that the above report ba 1*d
over nntil to-morrow for discussion. Carried.
Dr. Holt moved that a recess be granted for#
teen minutes for the purpose of allowing delegii*
to enroll their names. Carried.
Dr. Fish moved that the report of the Commit**
on Revision of the Constitution and By-law! if
over nntil next year.
The motion was lost and Dr. Thomas' adopted.
Dr. Fish movod that tho revised Constitution |
By-laws be printed for distribution immodiAteiy
Lost.
On motion the Association adjourned till I-,
si. to-morrow.
[Note.—The reporter is greatly indebted to v
kind and polite Secretary of the Association, 2
Robert P. Myere, of Savannah, for free aoceH 8 1
the minutes as recorded by himself yesterday.]
MARRIED.
On the morning of April 6th, 1870, by Bet. k
meniuB Wright,at the residence of the bride’s mo&
er near Griffin, Miss Viola J. Williamson, of I®
county, and Mr. J. O. Drake, j£, of Upson court-
Georgia.
The rising sun had scarce a ray of light
Sent to illumine mountain hill and dell,
When on the low voice of tho breeze was bortf
A young and timid Brido’s sweet-toned farewe-
And now tho scenes and friends of girlhood to?
Are left—but memoir’s sweot tender dream
Will fill thy heart, and he who loves thee well)
Will make thy life, sweet Bride, a Heaven seeffl-
At tho second Baptist Church, on Sunday mg'"
April 10th, by Rev. S. Boykin, Mr. E. L. Yaro*
formerly of Virginia, to Mrs. * ”
Macon, Ga.
Tho local oditor respectfully acknowledges the ^ |
ccption of a portion of tho wedding cake and tes-
hia best wishes to the happy couple.
Fast
The Massachusetts Ploughman wanta
Day observed in the old fashion as nigh 86
pirifc of the times will permit ” That is a!» *
istanoe.
The dividend to be paid on the 15th iu s *-> ^
the New York Central Railroad,
three million six hundred thousand dollars, ^
is said to be the largest sum ever paid * n
conntry by a corporation in a single divides