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— 111 >18'. ■*' ■ ‘ ’■ 't • ’■ * r " ’TP- cjawaM^N - \ -•■••-" ^ •■■■ -' ■-. -~ ——- : ■"- ■ ■ .-..v-i. -• ■"-■™’>-■ -’•* ..I'll. \y. .1-^.; ,^-^i—,- -; . >•..- :.•* mmmtm ■ The Georaa Weekly Telesraoli and Journal & “~ Telegraph and Messenger. MACON, MATS -*870. Iv the list of delegates, appointed by the Macon Board of Trade to the Charleston Con vention, to assemble on the ■ 3d of May, the name of Hon. Thomas Hardeman was omitted in yesterday’s edition by an oversight of the compositor. , Personal.—Wo had the pleasure of a call on yesterday from OoL D. Wyatt Aiken, editor of the Knral Carolinian, published at Charleston, South Carolina. CoL Aiken, is on bis retnm from a trip to the South West and will remain in the city to see his old friends till this even ing. He is stopping at the Brown House. The Annual Council of the Protestant Episco pal Church in the Diocese of Georgia will meet, in St. Panl’s Chnrcb, Albany, on Wednesday the 4th of May next. Delegates passing on the railroad will pay foil faro going and be returned free. ’ The Atlanta New Era soems pleased with the snbstitnte offered by Mr. Cessna, in the House, for the Georgia bill, and hopes it may pass. We will wait patiently .and see. Death op Honorable Richard Yeadon.—The Charleston Courier of the 26th comes draped in mourning for tho above gentleman, who was senior proprietor of that journal. Mr. Yeadon was in his 68th year. He has been for over forty years identified with the Courier as pro- ions ‘ prietor, editor and contributor. Along, jnst and feeling tribute is paid to his many virtues. We havo received a copy of the charter of the Louisville and Chattanooga Bailroad, which was granted by the Legislature of Kentucky. This will be a direct great trank railway connecting the above points. If our Louisville friends bnild this, and the Cincinnati people, through a na tional charter, bnild the great Southern Bail way to Chattanooga we will then, indeed, have the products of the great West at onr very doors. The Southern Farsi and Home.—Through the courtesy of the publishers, Messrs. J. W, Burke & Co., the M-y number of this excellent agricultural periodical ha3 jnst reached us. It is more than ordinarily full of valuable and in structive matter. We were especially interested by the articles on the analysis of soils, “ The Folly of ‘ all Cotton and no Com,' ” “ The Value and Use of Agricultural Clubs.” On fer tilizers, with tabular statements of the number of pounds of fertilizers transported over tho Central, Southwestern, and Macon and Western Railroads, and found the directions of the Edi tor for work for the month in tho farm, vegeta ble garden, orchard and flower-yard, very plain, practical and correct. The review in this number of Mr. Boykin’s “ Memorial Volume ” of General Howell Cobb is a masterly production from the pen, we be lieve, of one of onr first scholars and pulpit orators. The Editors’ Book Table contains an admira ble review of many now books. On tho whole, we cheerfully recommend the Farm and Home to all Southern planters as a work well worthy of their patronage and sup port. V-l ■ * io T Because Aaron Alpeoria Bradley shows a dis position to pitch into Gov. Bnllock, the Era wishes to cast upon him the title of Democrat Wo do not wish you to deplete your party. You must stand such as you have, though you quarrel ever so much among yourselves. Frigbtinl Accident at Richmond. In onr telegraphio column will be fonndsome details of a terrible accident which occurred on yesterday, daring the trial by the Supreme Court of Appeals of the case of the two con testant Mayors of that city. The floor gave way and many prominent persons were killed and wonndecL The scenes in and around the Capitol building are represented as most bor rowing and heart rending. Editorial Correspondence—Press Be* trigs. Os THE Bo AD SuNDAT NlOHT, ^ April 24, 1870. ) On board: Wright Moore and Walsh, of the Chronicle and Sentinel; Randall, the poet (and two ladies) of the Constitutionalist. [P. S. Yon might , know flail would take a bouquet along.] Atkinson, of the Athens Banner, Farm er and Artisan and so on; Christy, of the South ern Watchman, and late of Congress, where he tootc outside seat ; Shankbn, of the Rome Daily; Dwinell, of the Rome Courier; Willing- lingham, of the LaGrange Reporter; Morrow, of the Griffin Middle Georgian; Fitch, of the Griffin Star; Sharpe, of the West Point Shield; Weaver, of the Georgia Herald; Judge E. G. Cabaniss, a young editor of the Monroe Adver tiser ; Styles, of the Albany News; Ferry, of the Americas Cornier; Weston, of the Dawson Journal; Bonilly, of the Hawlrinsville Dispatch; Shecut, of tho Madison Farm Journal; Capt. Mosely, of the Talladega Mountain Home; and B. G. Barnwell, Esq., of De Bow’s Review. We are moving in splendid style in beautiful cars made by the Bailway Company at their works in Savannah, and we are under the im mediate care of CoL Rogers, the General Su perintendent of the Road. There is also a com missary on board, and supplies are ample; and at Millhh our hats were chalked by the company for the best dinner old uncle Bob. Gray conld The One Crop System. The following, from the Rural New Yorker, though written directly with reference to the crops of Western farmers, embodies a great Idea which it would be well for all planters to take well to heart and act upon the suggestions thrown out: Scarce a day passes that we do not get testi mony from some quarter'of the continent as to the embarrassment which resnlts to farmers who depend upon a single crop for revenue. A Wisconsin correspondent and agent writes: “It is this year very difficult obtaining subscribers on account of the times. When farmers are selling wheat at seventy-five cent3 per bushel, which they say cost them one dollar per bushel to raise, they will generally say, * I would like the paper, but I cannot take it this year.’ ” Another farmer in Iowa writes: “I staked my suooe8s the past season upon a single crop, and I am as flat as a flounder. I am in debt for my land, and had prices for the last crop of wheat been as good as the year previous, I would have cleared offi my indebtedness and more too. Now I cannot meet my payments, and unless my’creditors bave the milk of hu man kindness in their hearts, and long suffer ing patience, I shall lose all I own. I assure you it looks bine to me.” We quote from these two, among scores of similar letters, to Bhow the effect of the single crop system, when that crop, or the price of it, fails. On the other hand, another Iowa friend writes one of the editors of the Rnral a private letter, which contains the following: “You re member you said in one of your letters a year ago,—‘Now, my dear boy, don’t go into wheat all over. Don’t yon see that your Iowa fanners are wheat crazy ? Bay your floor the coming year, plant more com and potatoes, sow oats and barley, buy all the hogs you can keep and feed them well, and yon will win and yonr wheat neighbors will lose.’ Do you remember writ ing me that ? Yon did, and for a wonder, I fol lowed your advice, and to-day I am at least a thousand dollars richer for it. Iam as easy, financially, as a flowing river. There are hun dreds of poor wheat fellows who are not, though. I owe you one for my serenity.” Now, tho editor who wrote that prive letter, (and had forgotten all abont it,) based his ad vice upon a rule which he early learned was a wise one—that is, to abandon the extended cul tivation of a crop which everybody is going to cultivate. Every extra day’s labor, dollar, and aero of land employed in the production of wheat or corn, or any other one crop, above the usual average, enhances the value in market of other orops from which this labor, land and money is taken; so that if ten men in a neighborhood sow an extra area in wheat, it is Bafe for one man, as a role, to double the area he plants in other crops, instead of doing as his neighbors do. Raising Tomatoes.—It may be worth while for onr farmers to .read the following account of the French method of raising tomatoes. It is clipped from an exchange: As soon as a duster of flowers are visible, the stem is topped down to the cluster, so that the flowers terminate the stem. The effect is that the Bap is immediately impelled into two bnds next below the cluster, which soon push strong ly and produoe another duster of flowers each. ’When these are visible, the branch to which they belong is also topped down to their level, and this is done successfully. By this means, the plants become stoat dwarf boshes, not above eighteen inches high. In order to prevent their faffing over, sticks are stretched horizontally along the rows, so as to keep the plants erected. In addition to this, all the laterals that have no flowers, and after the fifth topping, all laterals whatsoever, are nipped off. _ In this way the rpie sap is directed to the fruit, which acquires a beauty, size and excellence not maintained by otther means. A correspondent writes from Oglethorpe, April 27th: “Orops look fine for so backward a spring. Gardens are very good. The late oool , weather killed most of the fruit Rain is badly servo up. Old Bob has lengthenedhis cords and strength ened his stakes since I last passed his excavat- He now luxuriates in a two-story wooden mansion of ample dimensions and is foil of glory. I find the road smoother than one would rea sonably expect at tho close of such a winter’s work and so much bad weather, daring which the road has frequently run as many as sixteen heavy trains a day. The right of way is hand somely cleared, and the track superstructure pretty sound, bnt it will be placed in prime or- dor daring the snmme. It lies through a region of country with whicq yon are familiar—high when you look up at it from the bottom of a gully or ditch, and rolling when you roll it. However, although not quite equal to the valley of Virginia for secemy, the young fresh green foliage of spring and the Honey suckle and Dogwood blossoms give it a certain beanty and attractions. The young com is abont four inches high and there are some sprightly attempts virsible to make a crop which let ns hope will succeed. Appearances do not promise foil Association meeting, bnt some are before and more behind who are expected. 0. 1 nei escaped going to Congress last' fall from the Mobile District only by the skin of his teeth.— And his entire history since the war is & strong practical illustration of he nnaectionalum of the Southern people mad t , cordial' relations they are: ready to establish and maintain with North ern men who will meet them on the broad plat form of fraternity and community of interests. Cel. Mann first entered Alabama as an officer in the Northern army. Yesterday, immediately after the sessions of the two Associations, they went down the river as far as Tybee light, in the steamer NiokKing. Nick Ring captain and proprietor. It is a fine boat, of five or six hundred tons burthen, driven, by two engines of something over a hundred horse power each. She runs regularly to Palat- ka East Florida, making a round trip every week. Savannah was represented on the occa sion by a number cf her beautiful belles, the press, and her city dignitaries. The supplies in every department wore ample—the humor con- vivial—the aspect frolicsome—the day fine—the musio of the Savannah colored band inspiriting. The shipping in the river dipped their flags end cheered tii as we passed. We stopped at Fort Pulaski and walked in and around that fortifi cation. The old Fort shows many a soar deep and large from the Yankee bombardment and has been very incompletely restored. She has, however, a very heavy amament and a small garrison, all of which I hope will be useless here after, forever in a military point of view. The citizens of Savannah are steadily posh ing their river improvements forward. Two dredges are at work on the channel, and the people say they have eighteen feet at high wa ter now and mean to make it twenty-one. An other important improvement has just been commenced, in the shape of a dry dock on Hutchinson’s Island. They are going to con struct a dock large enough for the largest craft, so that repairs can be made with promptitude and dispatch. The excursion returned to the city a little af ter sundown. The evening was devoted to meet ings of the various Association Committees. Af ter twelve o’clock the band tamed ont and they had a grand pow-wow before the Screven House, which was kept np several hours. There was much speaking by sundry gentlemen, nothing of which I heard for I was abed by times. Hope the Association will get through to-day. To-day universal ladyhood in Savannah will be busy decorating the Confederate graves. The weather is dark, windy, cool and nnpropitions every way. It is understood that the press will assist at the ceremonials as soon as they get through with their appropriate business. 0. Savannah, Monday Morning, \ April 25, 1870. j These Press meetings are going to partake more of the “highly respectable” than the “nu merous." In the Southern Press Association, perhaps fifteen or twenty papers maybe repre sented, and probably a few more in the Georgia Press. Thompson and Sneed, of Savannah; Reordan, of tho Charleston News, and Engel- hardt, of the 'Wilmington Journal, are all tho additional faces I have seen of the profession. Sne6d and Thompson are making themselves very agreeable and indefatigable exponents of Savannah hospitality.. Both are inseparably associated with the literary history of this good old town, and both, I rejoice to say, are as young as ever. The Halls of the Georgia His torical Society are or should be adorned with those beautiful pictorial allegories by Remem brance, representing the grand set-to between Thompson and Sneed and old Father Time, in which Thompson cries “first blood,” and Old Time is limping off with a rueful countenance, holding his bread-basket with both hands, and his backers and bottle-holders are throwing np the sponge to Sneed. I will take my “davy’ that Sneed and Thompson are this morning handsomer, heavier and sprightlier men than they were years ago when they first led my young feet into the path of duty and happiness, As for Engelhardt, he is the very man upon whom the Mobile Convention divided on tho question whether he were better looking than Anderson Reese. The point was finally referred to the young ladies of Mobile, and they rendered a doubtful and uncertain decision, like that of the Northeast corner upon the relative saltatory merits of Tom Brown and Isaac MitchelL You see there was a terrible contest for the vote of the corner, between the old Governor and Dr. Mitchell, whb were rival candidates for the Legislature; and it was finally determined, at a quilting bee that the vote should go to the best dancer—or rather the better dancer. The Governor and the.Doctor put in their best licks, you may be sworn; and a jury of old ladies looked through their specs with profound at tention. The contest was long and donbtfnl, and the verdict, as I have said was the same— for the jury declared that “Dr. Mitchell jumped the highest, bnt Tom Brown put it. down the thiokest” So it was in the contest between Engelhardt and Reese. I find there are two parties in the Press on the business question. One of the parties con tends that there is nothing to be done, and if there is anything, what is it? The other contends there is business of ex treme importance, if one conld only tell how to get at it, or what it is. The Association meets at ten and the question is which of these parties is the stronger. Meanwhile there is a third party who have business arranged in a tangible shape for both Associations in joint session. The first propo sition is to go down the river in the Nick Ring. That is for this afternoon. The second is for to-morrow,- to help the ladies decorate the graves. The third is for next day, to go and see the orphans at Bethesda—to take a view of the lions at Thunderbolt, Isle of Hope, and parts adjacent and have a grand dinner, etc., and so on. Amid these conflicting views, I need not say which party is likely to triumph. Hazy thin morning—weather warm, and when old Sol peeps through the fog it will be warmer. Town is quiet Trade has been very satisfac tory the. whole season. City improving—people full of hope and confidence abont the material future—very doubtful what will befall ns in the way of political reconstruction—bnt resigned to what can’t be helped. - “What can’t be cured Must be endured.” O. Savannah, April 26, 1870. As you will print the official reoord of the Press proceedings, I will say little abont these bodies, exoept that the disposition in both is to press important reforms, and to make them prominent in their influence and operation upon the Press hereafter. The Mobile Register, Montgomery Advertiser, Charleston News and Wilmington Journal, are, I believe, the only dailies represented outside the State. CoL W* D. Mann, who is owner of the Register and re presents it in the Association, is one of the sol diers of the Northern army who settled down in the South after the dose of the war—identified himself with the people, and while he is fast making friends and fortune, is a practical illus tration of the falsity of the Radioal cant abont the rebel hatred of the Northern people. The Colonel has not yet attained the meridian of life, and ia an energetic, off-hand, frank, bold and hearty fellow, and will be a leading spirit in the organization. His paper is fast increas ing its circulation in the South, and he tells me it has a larger circulation in the Western States than it had everywhere else when he bought it Tbe Press at Savannah. On Tnesday the Georgia Association con sumed their entire session in carefully maturing a bill on the subject of “legal advertising,” so- called. Copies of which will doubtless be furnished the Press. The design is to procure its enactment as law on the first favorable occa sion. It will protect the rights of all parties and preserve files of official and legal advertis ing in all the counties. During the morning session some very grati fying civilities passed between the joint asso ciations and the representatives of the Savan nah Chamber of Commerce. The Southern Association having the matter of a thorough revision of their constitution be fore a special committee which asked farther time, adjonmed till after sapper. Daring the afternoon most of the representatives of the Press visited the various Cemeteries to witness the affecting annual ceremonial of decorating the graves. The weather was highly unfavora ble—cool, cloudy, windy and dusty. The as semblage of ladies was therefore less numerous than usual, but tbe floral decorations were pro fuse, elaborate and tastefnL Many a grave without headstone, monument or name was lit erally a solid mound of flowers in every form of tasteful arrangement and emblematic design. The ladies gathered at Laurel Grove were evidently first-class people, fashionable and dis tingue rather than beautiful, although many striking forms and faces were to be seen. Heaven bless the women—they are a great deal prettier than any other flowers made by the Divine hand. We drove from Laurel Grove to Bonaventcre —now Evergreen Cemetery—having been late ly purchased and dedicated to the sacred nses of a sepulture. The laborers are busy on the grounds, and the prnners are too busy cropping off tbe branches of those old live oaks. There is not on earth's face, a more appropriate place for a city of the dead. The long magnificent avenues of live oaks, with their sombre drapery of moss, far surpass, in their sad majesty and grandeur, every cathedral or mausoleum erected by the hand of man. The density of the over hanging shade darkens noonday to twilight. In a calm the awful hush is oppressive. The flip pant tongne is stilled; the most vacant mind is impressed. Bnt when the breezes, floating in ward from old ocean sigh through these grand old monitors of time, it is the xeqniem of the pitying angels over the guilt, the sorrow and the transitory nature of man and human af fairs. The hands of God and man have joined in making Ufif a model plaoe of Bepnltore. Oppressed with these thoughts, the party rode straight to Thunderbolt and took a milk punch, a few excepted, who were so reckless as to haz ard a glass of lemonade, and all then returned to town over the shell road as dusty as millers. The gardens in these regions are now supply ing the market with green peas, strawberries, beets, cabbages, Tadishes, turnips, carrots, let tuce, onions, and some other vegetables. The market of Savannah is in happy contrast, with that of Macon. There you can buy, any morning, shrimps, crabs, clams, oysters, fish of many Varieties, fowls, game, venison, lamb, mutton and beef; all as good as is necessary; pork in all shapes, (and bad lack to it) and a vast range of articles more fanciful than sta ple. In Bhort, I see no reason why a man should not be able to preserve his health and vital force in Savannah; but as for the up coun try, if they persist long in refusing to produce food, I have a serious apprehension that they will suffer from it physically and mentally. A man may delnde himself with the idea that he can “live long and prosper” on an extensive diet of bacon and greens, but I believe it will oorrupt the blood, starve the senses, and on- feeble the race, physically, mentally and mor ally. Tuesday evening the Southern Press Associa tion had an incubation till twelve o’clock over tho new Constitution. It is a tight one. As one consequence of that Constitution, not a reader of this paper will get.it after tho 1st of June next, except on a strictly advance payment. Yesterday was to be devoted to winding np the business of the press associations, a visit to the Orphan Honse at Bethesda—a trip to the Isle of Hope and a grand dinner given by the Board of Trade. Having been in some aort forced to deplete your editorial bureau so long, I could not ask to prolong absenoe, when it had ceased to ly a matter of duty. Our Savannah friends have treated ns with great hospitality, for which we shall remember them with much gratitude and affection. Onr edito rial brethren Thompson and Sneed have given themselves up to the entertainment of their brethren. Long life to them and their city and let Savannah rise and go ahead. The Georgia Press. Speaking of the Lunatio Asylum, the Mflledge- ville Union of the 26th, says: Those who take an interest in this charitable institution of Georgia, will probably remember that a small appropriation was made by the Leg islature at its last session for the purpose of supplying the Lunatic Asylum with pure water. This appropriation has been very judiciously, and we rejoice to say, very successfully, used by Dr. Green and his subordinate offioers. They have finally succeeded in bringing a plentiful supply of water from springs more than two miles distant into the buildings of the institu tion. The pipes discharge over three gallons per minute, and by means of reservoirs will be competent to supply the institution with all the water needed. J>\ The Grand Jury of Washington oounty, at the late term of the Superior Court, thus speaks of the state of feeling existing between em ployer and employe in that county. We have no doubt the same is trne throughout Georgia: “ We are gratified to note the increase of confi dence and good feeling between the planter and their employes; and notwithstanding the unset tled condition of the country, and the influence brought to bear upon the susceptibility and ig-- noranoe of the latter class; they are conducting themselves well, and indeed deserve onr com*' mendation.” V In the local colnmn of the Columbus (Ga.,) Son, we find the following: Not Anxious to See Him.—The negroes were having a revival last week. Some of the sister- ing became very happy, shonted all church time and all the way going home. A few of them stopped at Goetchius’ shop to shout. The bell rope had broken, and a man was in the Bteeple fixing it, jnst as the shoutefs arrived. The honr was late. The women were yelling, “I’m so happy! I want to see Jesus! Want to see him bad! Ccme Jesus right now!” Jnst then, a voice come from the belfry, “Send that woman np—I want her.” The darkies heard the voice; as though it was something not of earth, stopped shouting and darted. • The Savannah Republican, of the 24th, pub lishes the following account of an— Outrageous Assault and Battery and Rob bery.—At abont 4 o’clock, yesterday morning, three negro men forced their way into the honse of a widow lady residing on Jones street lane, between Ball and Drayton streets. One of them seized her by the hair and held her, while an other beat her in the face with his fist. Whilst this was going, the third villain collected all the clothing of the lady and her children, with which the party left the honse. The lady’s face is so terribly bruised that her eyes are nearly closed. A few days since, some children playing on the hillside near the gas works in Savannah, found a box containing tbe body of an infant abont four days old, buried in the sand. Mr. S. M. Vamadoe, the Principal of the Valdosta Academy, died suddenly in that town on Friday night last, from apoplexy. The de ceased was a prominent citizen of Valdosta, and highly esteemed for his many virtues. From the Augusta Constitutionalist of the 26th we take the following account of— Matters in Warren County.—From a letter received from a friend in Warrenton, we get the following additional information concerning the arrest and imprisonment of Mr. H. Martin by Norris, the military sheriff foisted upon that county by General Terry: “On Friday morning CoL E. H. Pottle, coun sel for Mr. EL Martin, required the military sheriff to show cause to the Court of Ordinary for the imprisonment of Martin. Norris refused to answer the demands of the coart, claiming that he was amenable to General Terry only. There. being no civil officer in the oounty to serve an order from the conrt, Dr. R. W. Hub ert, Ordinary, called on Major Torbett for a detail to assist him in vindicating the law. Maj. Torbett refused the request, and Martin has been illegally confined in jail ever since.” • The following order, from military headquar ters at Atlanta, exhibits the character of the espionage which has been established over the citizens of Warren county, completely overrid ing all the rights under the provisions of civil law:. Hdqbs. Mtt.ttabt Dis’t of Georgia, > Atlanta, Ga., April 23, 1870. j Bet. Major F. H. Torbett, Warrenton, Ga.. I Sib: The Brevet Major General Commanding directs that yon report at the earliest moment practicable, and in full, tbe evidence on which H. Martin was arrested. You will not permit him to be produced in the Court of Ordinary, or released on bail until decision in the premi ses is rendered at these headquarters. Very respectfully, your obd’t servant, J. EL Taylor, Ass’t Adj’t Gen. A true copy. F. H. Tobbet, Captain 18th Infantry, Brevet Major, U. S. A. Says the Chronicle and Sentinel, of the 26th instant: Scott’s “Higheb Law.”—Some days ago a supply of Winchester rifles and ammunition were sent by Gov. Seott to Hamburg, South Carolina, to be used in arming the militia. On yesterday afternoon, at 6 o’clock, the dusky wonld.be warriors assembled in the village, and the company having been made np the arms were issued. The uniforms have not yet ar rived, but are daily expectede Seott seems to be issuing numerous copies oi his “higher law” to the colored troops who will, no doubt, “fight nobly.” ■ ■ ■ The Rome Daily reports the wheat prospects of that section as very good. The cold snap, of some days ago, instead of being an injury was really a blessing in restraining the flow of sap and thus checking the disposition to rust, Tho Atlanta Constitution is sorry to learn, from authentic information, that Capt. Wallace, the efficient and popular Superintendent of the Selma and Meridian Railroad, is to be removed in a few days, through Radical machinatiom Regardless of his skillful management o$ the road, and the peenniary loss that will necessa rily follow the removal of a popular officer like Capt Wallace, he must needs fall at the behest of the fanatics, who at present, to the great det riment of qui country, rule simply that they may ruin and wreak their political vengeance upon all who dare to resist their ill-gotten au thority. , In addition to his business saooess the Oolo- all sides.” Of our “model” President an exchange says: “Grant ia like an old tin kettle—very dirty on A correspondent of the New Era reports the people of Habersham connty delighted with the wheat and frnit prospects. The people of Clarks ville hope to hear the whistle when the North eastern Railroad is built. The Green Line Convention met in Atlanta on the 26th, The Constitution notices, among those present: M. W. Smith, General Freight Agent Louis ville and Nashville; Major C. W. Anderson, Nashville and Chattanooga; C. EL Williams, General Freight Agent Atlantic and Golf Rail road; H. S. Haines, Superintendent Atlantio and Golf; Capt. A. J. White, President Macon and Western; J. M. Selkirk, Superintendent Rome; CoL L. P. Grant, Superintendent At lanta and West Point Railroad; A. L. Harris, Master of Transportation Western and Atlantio Railroad; A. Pope, General Freight Agent; D. EL Cram, Superintendent Montgomery and West Point Railroad; Edgar Vleet, General Freight Agent Selma, Rome and Dalton Rail road ; Ed. Warner, Georgia Railroad and South Carolina; Thomas E. Walker, Claim Agent. CoL L. P. Grant presided over the delibera tions of the htidy, and R. O. Robson acted as Secretary. Lsdbu Rollin, the prominent French Repub lican, who has retained to his native country after an exile of over twenty years, has, it is stated, become very wealthy by the rise of the value of real estate in Paris, in consequence of the Improvements in that oity, carried out by his enemy, the Emperor Napoleon HL Ledru Boffin's wife, an Englishwoman, it is reported, inherited from her father a large tract of waste land in one of the ontlying districts of Paris, beyond the old bariier of the Oetroi, and in 1849 worth very little. The subsequent exten sion of the city of Paris to the fortifications, and the laying ont of wide avenues, has brought this and other similar tracts within the bounds of the municipality, and has increased their value to an almost incredible amount Land of this description, that in 1840 brought 50 cents a square foot, has recently been sold for $100 a square foot. Governor Bullock and Foster Blodgett have returned to Atlanta THE BARNWELL AND SULLEN RAILROAD. Progress and Prospects of the Work From the Barnwell Journal. | "gj jj. The corps of engineers selected for this road have been actively engaged for tbe last ten days in the preliminary survey of this important en terprise. With transit and levol, the old line baa been accurately and closely traversed from Blaokville to Barnwell, (a distance of exactly nine miles) and, with one or two exceptions, the work still to be performed is so inconsider ate that it may be safely estimated that with fifty hands, under skillful and experienced man agement, thts portion of the road can be made ready for the rolling stock in less than ninety days, at - the inconsiderable sum of fifteen or eighteen thousand dollars. On the 11th instant, under the supervision of Messrs. Mixon, Saunders and Summers, the corps of engineers again continued their line of survey from Barnwell, crossing both Turkey creek and Saltkahatchie swamps (a distance of one-half mile each), with entire satisfaction,the grade on the line of descent, from tbe village hill aoross the swamp being forty-two feet to the mile. By this preliminary or air-line sur vey it is the intention to cross at ornear Stin son’s Bridge, and intersecting with the Port Royal road near the river at Brown’s Landing, a distance of fifteen or twenty miles from Black- ville, on the South Carolina Railroad. The objective points or termini of this line of railroad are at Milieu, Ga., and Sumter, S. C. Retracing, then, this line, we pass from Sumter (should it be deemed expedient to make thaj point the terminus), through, perhaps, Orange burg, which last point might be the terminus instead of Sumter, for at least the present. We then continue on to Blackville and Barnwell; thence across the Savannah River, at Brown’s Landing, on to Millen, Ga. These indications are sustained by the act of Assembly, passed as amendatory to the original act chartering the Barnwell Railroad Company, and thus comple- ting'this important line of railroad. That it is an important and advantageous en terprise may be, therefore, quickly received when taken in connection with other roads. When constructed it will necessarily open more speedy and direct communication from Wilmington and the whole north with Beaufort or Port Royal, Savannah, Macon and Augusta. It will be more direot to traverse the line from Sumter, Kingsville, or Orangeburg to Augusta, Macon, Savannah, or Port Royal over a portion of the Barnwell road than it will be by any other way. These, in connection with addi tional facts no less significant; that both Millen, the terminus of one of the lines, and Orange burg or Snmter, one of which must :be the ter minus of the other end of the Barnwell Rail road, and both of which termini must be neces sarily all-important junctions of other roads, will unquestionably and conclusively demon strate not only tbe feasibility, but the prac ticability, the utmost importance, and abso lute necessity of this line of travel. Let any ono use the map, draw a line from Sumter or Orangeburg to Blackville-Bamwell; thence across the Port Royal road and Savannah river, on to Millen, Ga., an important junction con necting it with all the leading roads in the West and South, and the above statements can bnt be verified. A railroad, therefore, affording such naturally great facilities, traversing a scope of country possessing so many natural advantages and resources undeveloped, and forming such importune connections by extending so short a distance, (the distance from Orangeburg to Mil len not exceeding seventy miles,) is a project which should be Dot only liberally patronized and freely encouraged on the score of pnblio convenience, bnt also as an enterprise promis ing a handsome profit—an abundant dividend for those fortunate enough in having secured such an investment All Cotton—No Corn !—The York Journal of Commerce quotes a Calcutta letter of Feb- ruarv 8th, as follows: 'The famine still wastes Ajmere and Raj- pootana. The defeat has led the government of India prematurely to stop the relief works; the looal authorities are clamorous bnt helpless, and the United Presbyterian missionaries, who have done so muoh, are overtasking their strength. The official estimate of deaths from famine in the little district of Ajmere alone is already 70,000, and if this is tbe case, half a million is not an excessive estimate for Baj- pootena.” “This quotation, says the Augusta Chronicle, offers a striking commentary upon the theories of AU-Cotton-No-Com Planters of the South. Possibly the cotton lords and manufacturing princes of Manchester and Lowell may contrib ute an infinitesimal amount from wealth accu mulated by manufacturing the staple, but they leave the task of staying the ravages of India famine, which slays half a million cotton grow ers, to the exertions of a few “United Presby terian missionaries.” Millions for cheap cot ton ! Not a cent for tillers’of the soil who perish by starvation, is the cotton lords’ motto. The Dry Goods Trade.—The imports of for eign dry goods at New York for the month of March fall a fraction behind the corresponding total of last year, but are still very large for the season. The amount landed there during the month, reckoned in the foreign gold value, freight and duty not added, was abont thirteen millions of dollars. The warehousing move ment for the month, has been as usual, a little in favor of the market, the withdrawals from bond being almost a million ia: excess of the corresponding figures of last year. The first three months of 1867 were larger, the total be ing $31,943,066. The decline in gold and the unsettled condition of financial affairs have con spired to limit the profits of the season’s busi ness, as well as to diminish the volume of trade. If importers can make both ends meet, and carry their capital intact to another year, it is thought it is as much as a majority of them can hope to accomplish. The Defeat and Death of Lopez—Official Account of the Affair.—New York, April 21. the Anglo-Brazilian Times, of March 25, pub lishes the following dispatch from General Ca mara to the Brazilian Minister of War: “Gamp on the Left Bank of the Aquidilon, March lBt, 1870.—I write to you from Lopez’s encampment in the Sierra. The tyrant was routed, and having refused to surrender, was killed before my own eyes. I intimated to him fo surrender when he was completely defeated and seriously wounded, and refusing, he was killed. I congratulate you on the termination of the war and the complete vindication obtain ed by Brazil over the tyrant of Paraguay. General Resquim and another officer have fallen prisoners.”. Air-Line Railroad. We are able to announce this week, from per sonal observation, that tho work of construction on this road is progressing in the most satisfac tory manner. The track on the first section is being laid at the rate of a half a mile a day, and it is expected that the train will ran to Norcross by to-morrow. When this is done, the whole forces will be placed on the seoond section, and we are assured that the work will be prosecuted with the greatest energy. The contract for the construction of the road from this point to Charlotte, North Carolina, has recent been let to P. P. Dickinson & Go., of New York, who have bound themselves to con struct and put in complete running order this part of the road by May, 1872. We are informed that this company has ample means and will promptly fulfill their contract. This places the early completion o' this great enterprise beyond, a doubt, and be gratifying news to our readers. ’ Great credit is due the officers of the rold for the determination they have manifested and the skill displayed in surmounting the many ob stacles which have been thrown in the way to defeat or retard this enterprise; obstacles be fore which many would have quailed; and while all these may not now be entirely re moved, the indications are that they may be easily overcome. All that is now necessary is earnest and harmonious co-operation, and the early completion of this great enterprise is as sured. THE SNOW STORM. The unexpected show storm on Sunday morn ing took everybody quite aback. It came on suddenly, with a perfect winter rush that car ried sad forebodings to the hearts of thousands who were already hard ran to mnke provisions to save their stock from starvation. The storm continued all day at intervals, but melted as fast as it fell, except in the mountains, whose summits are yet white.—Air Line Bogle, (Gainesville) 22<£ A Pennsylvanian complains that his loving wife knocks him down with a poker, kicks him, and then has him arrested; and he wants a di vorce, or a new amendment, or something. Our planting readers will find an advertise ment of a pea dropper, the description of which, leads ns to believe that it will prove quite a usefal invention. Removal ef Dereer University. The following proceedings of the Georgia Baptist Convention we find in the Constitution of the 26th: Nkwnan, April 23.—Mr. Clarke resumed his speech. He stated that while only seventy per sons from, a distance visited Penfield daring the last commencement, the cars were running for several days, filled with visitors going to Athens to attend the commencement of the State Uni versity.-i. : Mr. Clarke discussed several points of less importance ; the want of unanimity in the loca tion of the College at first; the opinion of the former and present Boards, and of good breth ren scattered over the State, that removal should be earned oat After recapitulating the points he had dismissed, he called upon the President of the Board of Trustees as to the opinion the Board now held on the subject of removal, and then took his seat. Rev. D. E. Butler then arose and read the following paper, which had been adopted by those whom he represented. Resolved,- That while tbe Board, as such, will not raise before the Convention the ques tion of removing the University, yet if that question, being before the Convention, the opinion of this Board, be called for by any one, the President be authorized to say, that the presenjt location is unsatisfactory, and that a better one can be chosen : and that we think the choice of a location can be safely left to some mode of future consideration with a good hope of satisfactory concurrence of views on: that point. He then made a short and forcible speech in avor of removaL It was well and wisely lo cated by its founders for that day ; it was a suc cess up to the great upheaval of our country by the war. Bnt it can never succeed again in Penfield. The University was located at Pen- field because the Manual Labor School was al ready there. If dfficuliies are to be met, let us meet them ; if financial troubles are ahead, let us look them in the face; if law suits are unavoidable, the rights of parties must be tested; but ratherket us not go to law with one another, but choose out wise and good men to settle onr prelimina ries. « Ear. Wm. L. Davis followed in opposition to removaL He asked what we wanted with a Baptist College in Georgia. WaB it simply to afford facilities for an education in literature? If so, we may well dispense with it. But if the object be to disseminate truth, then some such retired spot as Penfield was better than any populous city in the State. The distinguished men who graduated there are the best illustra tions of this fact. By leaving Penfield we would lose onr buildings, which are worth $40,- 000. First decide upon the location, and then remove, and if yon put your shoulders to the wheels and your hands in yonr pockets, wo will be found at your side. Rev. Mr. Irwin thought ia man should first deoide whether it was best to remove, and then ushere. He did not admit that the College was a success before the war. He took issue with the President of the Board on that subject. Mr. John L. D. Hiller, a member of the sen-, ior class, begged leave to represent the views of the pupils of the College. Out of the 78 young men now there, 65 desired removaL ’They loved society, but had no social pleasure, r There were comparatively no young ladies. They made a great sacrifice of these pleasures in going to Penfield. But few fathers would force their sons to make the sacrifices which we are. making, and which we only make because of our love for the University. If the question is not now settled, it will continue to be agita ted till it is removed. Dr. Landrum arose, knowing the time for adjournment had nearly arrived, simply to se cure the floor on Monday morning. The discussions were conducted with much dignity, deference and fraternity. Dr. Hillyerpreached suable and eloquent sermon at night, to a very densely crowded house. The night is here which is to usher in the Sabbath. The emblem of death rests npon us, only to be lifted by the light which brings with it the type of the rest that remains for the good and holy. Sweet day. May thy hallowed hours bid our hearts rests peacefully in thy Lord, and thy holy privileges bear to onr souls messages of Divine love and blessing. On yesterday we received the dispatch which will be found below. It seems that the Conven tion finally decided to remove, and without farther information we presume the matter may be placed in the hands of a business committee to arrange for its location. We hope onr friends who desire its location here will meet at once to secure so desirable an object: Newnan, Ga., April 26, 4870. Telegraph and Messenger : The Georgia Bap tist Convention decided to remove Mereer Uni versity by a vote of 71 to 16. J. W. Fears. We assume that the Senate will not sen. —or, at least, not successfully—attempt Jr role the deoision of the House that, fortb decade, the number of Representative* 5**! gross shall be two hundred and serenft!*?') with such additions only as the admission j States may, from time to tune, involve^^ tr*I will hardly exceed five in all, or one from I Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Dakota shall severally be admitted. (We New Mexico will de admitted at this _ that her member will be one of the 275~\’ ua ’ *1 In the following table, we present l n. j total population of each State, as retU JM the Cenros of I860; 2. The estimated pomM of such State according to tbe CensusXj?! be taken; 3. The number of its present p? ^I sentetive in Congress; 4. The number to, it will probably be entitled under the o' I bus. We think this will vary but one eac.hr the actual number in any oase, and not f?' most instances. * "U I Probable do ^ States. Population ■ , ■ 1860. Maine*... 628,279 N. Hampshire 326,073 Vermont ;.... 315,098 Massachusetts 1,231,066 Connecticut....... 460,147 Bbode Island 174,620 New York 3,880,727 New Jersey 672,034 Pennsylvania 2,906,270 West Virginia...;. 824,010 Virginia .....1,272.069 North, Carolina.... 992,667 South Carolina...'. 703.812 Georgia......... ..1,057,329 Ohio 2,839,698 Indiana 1,350,941 Illinois 1,711,753 Michigan 749,112 Wisconsin 775,873 Minnesota........ 172,022 Iowa........ .: 674,948 Missouri 1,182.317 Kansas 107,110 Nebraska.......:.. 28,841 Delaware .112,216 Maryland 687,034 Kentucky.’.........1,155,713 Tennessee Ui...jUBai8lit Alabama.: 964,296 Mississippi 791,396 Arkansas 435,427 Louisiana 709,290 Florida.; 140,439' Texas..: -602,432 California .... 380,016 - Nevada. Oregon New Mexico... 52.464 83,009. 1876. 700,000 c 350,000 ? 325,000 » 1,450,000 in 560,000 i 200.000 s 4,700,080 ft 830,000 5 3,500,000 or 350,000 “Z 1,350,000 » 1,050.000 ? 715i000 i 1,100,000 7 2,600,000 ia 1.600,000 j? 2,500,000 u 1,100,000 j 1,100,000 s 500,000 j 1,100,000 c 1,500,000 s 400,000 i 200,000 l 130,000 1 900.000 2 1,300,000 10 1,200,000 8 1.000,000 6 900,000 4 500,000 s 800,000 4 160,000 i 800,000 4 500,000 3 100,000 l 120,000 1 150,000 . TIIE CHATTANOOGA ROE DISC MUX. Further Particulars In Relation to its Or ganization. From the, Chattanooga Times, April 22.] We learned yesterday from interviews with several of the members of the new Rolling Mill Company, the following additional particnlars in relation to its organization : The Roane Iron Company, with a paid-up capital of $300,000, becomes merged in the new Rolling Mill Company, and the whole is to be known aB the Chattanooga Rolling Mill Com pany, with a capital of $525,000. Of this addi tional amount abont $100,000 has been sub scribed in Chattanooga, and the prospect of obtaining the additional amount is considered very favorable. The rolling mill is valued, by the Southwestern Iron Company, at $225,000, including 153 acres of land in Chattanooga. Tho terms of payment agreed upon are $56,250 onJuly'l, 1870, and the balance in equal pay ments on one, two and three years time. General Wilder and Mr. Rockwood have gone to New York to conclude the purchase. The new stockholders in the enterprise are W. P. Rathburo, O. W. Vinson, JohnL. Divine, W. Crutohfield, D. M. Key, of Chattanooga, D. Baldwin, General J. J. Elwcll and Mr. Strong of Cleveland, Ohio, Parks Foster, of Ely via, Ohio, Mr. J. 0. Hazelton of the Etna Coal Mines, has taken $25,000 stock payable in coal delivered here at 14 cents per bnsheL Mr. J. O. Stanton, Superintendent of the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, has offered to donate $5,000 to the enterprise, to take 100 acres cf the land of the company in Chatta nooga at $50,000 if they desire to sell, and has proposed to contract for all the T rails needed on his road not already contracted for, at $83 per* ton, and to transport all freights on the Ala bama and Chattanooga Railroad from the Vul can property, belonging to the new company, near Rising Fawn, to Chattanooga, at the rate of one oent and a half per ton per mile. We congratulate the people of Chattanooga upon this consummation of what has been their dearest hope for the past five years. The es tablishment of this rolling mill upon a perma nent basis is but the commencement, the nu cleus, of a vast number of manufactories which will in less than ten years make Chattanooga the Pittsburg of tho Bouth. Routes by which Cotton has been Received. The following is tho statement for the years 18G8-9 and 1869-70, respectively, from Septem ber 1st to the present date : 1868-9 1869-70. 3,460 19,650 3,896 6,569 30,965 63,530 Southwestern Railroad 2,536 Mobile and G.' “ 12,584- Opelika : “ 4,809 River! 4,902 Wagons 22,295 Total. 47,126 Through and Columbus Cotton.—Since Sep tember 1st to Saturday last, the Montgomery and West Point Railroad has brought from Montgomery, en route for Savannah, SO,988 bales/and 3,896 for Columbus warehouses from way stations; total, 34.8S4. For the week ending Friday, the Mobile and Girard Railroad brought to Columbus ware houses 142 bales, and 9 for Savannah. Since September 1st, it has brought 19,650 bales to Columbus, and 5,361 for Savannah; total 25,- 011.—Columbus Bun, 24th. Cotton at Montgomery.—Receipts past week 433; totalreeeipts 67,495; stock April 21, 1870, 6,943. Cotton at Eufaula.-—Week’s receipts, 385; total receipts, 31,213; stock April 20th, 8,525 bales. In the Honse of Representatives, on Wednes day, Gen. Logan, of Illinois, said: “It is an utter impossibility for any set of politicians on earth to make their reoords con sistent, and they have no business to try it ” [Laughter.] ... A New bubo clergyman suddenly stopped In the midst of bis sermon on Sunday and sat down. This groused the sleepers, gad he then arose and said he did not propose to preach to persons who were sleeping under fate sermon, had taken this ooures to eeeuro g ^ ake andtesee. He had it. Total ..*31,443,790 38,340,000 241 25 ! •This total includes the population of the bijw. to 295 tr? bla and aU the theQ TerHtoHes - amoanSjf ! Note.—The population of the Federal District and the Territories probably exceed 500,000 raising the aggregate population of the United States and Territories to about 39,000,000. Tit majority of estimates carry it above 40,000,005, which we think the actual enumeration will faj to sustain.—N. Y. Tribune, 21st. Financial Condition of Producea The slowness with which collections are mid* especially in the Middle and Western States, hi to some extent unsettled confidence in the fioa rial soundness of farmers and planter—the gre« I producers of the country—and in this distrust I some of the commission houses which have am- nections with and depend more or less upon them are somewhat involved. The Nev loi Financial Chronicle, however, doubts whether these apprehensions have any substantial bass, for the reasons, first that the cotton crop is so large, and the planter, if he has received lest for it, has been paid in currency whose purchas ing power has largely increased; that the tobac co crop, although deficient, especially in Ken tucky, has resulted in the maintenance of verj extravagant prices in a constantly appreciating currency: the full pork crop, with the reaction in prices and appreciation of currency since Oc tober, will bring the raisers of swine ont abont even, and in regard to grain, while the view a not so favorable, considering the great decline in wheat, there have been few failures of bonses having breadstuffs connections, and the fsums with large stocks on hand are still far from bill- ruptoy, and will soon adjust themselves to tie state of affairs, although they cannot novitlp feeling poorat wheat at seventy.five cents,vim it was so short a time that it brought $1 50@tL In conslusion, the Chronicle argues that there is no real 1 cause for alarm as to the standing of either producers or commission houses. Tbe; have met with losses the past season, bnt the; have secured large gains daring previous set- sons; and although the planters and farmes and graziers are slow.of payment now, the; are still prosperous, and there are reasonable prospects of a decided revival of trade as sooi as the uncertainties which hang around the fi- I nandal future of tho country are removed. An Example Worthy of Imitation.—On yes terday Messrs. Huff and Massey, who are “crapping” together on the Upatoie, broughtto town three heavy wagon loads of com, seven sacks of No. 1 country-cured hams, and twenty pounds of as fine butter as ever came to market —all to sell. The sight was such an unnsual one on onr streets as to attract tho attention and approbation of all who saw it. These men are of the right stamp. They make their own living, pay their debts, borrow no money, ud have produce to sell—simply because they hive not run crazy on cotton. \Ve cannot look for the permanent return of prosperity until the example of these men is largely imitated. When our planters devote their main energies to pro ducing their needful supplies at home, and tbs j excess of labor to raising cotton, we shall con template the return of the era of peace and plenty. It is folly to raise cotton only for thi purpose of sending the prooeeds West for con and bacon. Well done for Huff and Masse;' [Columbus Bnquirer, 24th A Bad Accident.—A terrible accident befell s a» I latte man named Richard Bedding, yesterday mot? j mg, on the track of. the Macon and Brunswick raS-1 road near this city at what is known as the jmr- J tion. He had started out on the morning Bra*- j wick trrin on a fishing excursion, with a partyof J gentlemen front Marshallville and his emplojer-1 Mr. Milo S. Freeman of this city. He was in a bo: j car in charge of the refreshments, tackle, etc., o! the party, and when just beyond the Macon wi I Western depot, he hurriedly sprang to the door id j the car to speak to some one standing on the i of the track, and, losing his balance, he fell oatot I the low embankment at that point and slipped dov) on to the track, and four cars passed over his legs- His right leg Wts cut off just below the knee and his left fo « jsked to a jelly. Richard is repw j sented to good, honest and faithful and he a (the sincere sympathy of all who bs 1 him. The train a |J-stopped a3 soon as poesible, wl j Richard was taken to a house near by, where Dr. H. Wright amputated his right leg and a portion ol his’ left foot. The party of excursionist, hel<** they started on their journey, made up a I pony purse for poor Dick’s benefit, and he ** I taken to his home in Collinsville. Advance in Corn and Bacon.—If we are * much mMskan in the present appearance oi * western provision markets, those planters m* 9 South who staked their bottom dollar ob cotton V year, are going to have a rough time of it from w* I until the next com and bacon crops are m»* I Prime white com on the 27th day of April, one ago, was selling in this market at 9105 per bnabA by the car load; it it now worth 9150—a differ® 9 1 of 45 cents per bushel against the Southern oo£* I planter. Bacon at this time one year ago w J at 18 cents for clear rib sides. It is now 6tn I these figures with an advancing tendency. 8o 3 * I clear that there must be a very heavy decline,*! least in the price of ooro, or the planter will hi* j to shell out a much larger amount of cash i° r I staff of life this than last year. But will tbiewl cline occur ? Evidently it will not, for our com d«* j ers, even ai the present high prioe, are barely w* j to keep pace with the demand, and from all J tors in the west we hear of a general eoarfl? I oom, and a daily advanoe ia prices. Per j On the 27lh day of last \prii planters were I holding cotton in this market at 25 cents per p now they are offering it quite freely at 21 So here is another hard rub—a decline of | cents per pound in the prioe of cotton, vanoo of 45 cents per bushel in the price of ^ To meet tbe emergency, many planters flooding this market with warehouse borrowing money at the sate of P® Mg month to get bread and meat, and that, to* having spent ail their ampins oaah f» ' order to saaie a large crop of return! ophy of the policy which many Geo*®* aaLpnwuteg, fa tfais,re||n».,>* ~ stifltty. We&atsaderstead neb