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Tlae Georgia "Weekly Telegraph, and Journal & Messenger.
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The Cash System.
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ation.
Tlie Louisiana Sugar ami Bice Crop.
Mr. h. Boucheran sends the New Orleans
Picayune a copy of his annual statement of the
sugar and rice crops of that State for the season
1869-70, from which many interesting facts are
gathered. It gives the names of every sugar
or rice planter in the State, the localities of
their plantations, description of sugar houses,
the kind of power and the processes for making
sugar, the amount of the crops for the past two
seasons in sugar and molasses, by hogsheads
and also in ponnds and gallons.
It then recapitulates, by parishes, the crops
or last season, which shows of brown sugar
73,-471 hogsheads, weighing 83,633,097 pounds:
refined and clarified sugars 13,619 hogsheads,
weighing 15,819,849 pounds, giving a total crop
of 87,090 hogsheads, or 99,452,946 pounds.
The molasses from this crop was 5,724,356 gal
lons. The rice crop was 100,748 barrels, esti
mated at 200 pounds each. The parish of As
sumption produced most sugar, the crop being
10,356 hogsheads. The parish of St Bernard
gives the highest return for rice, 31,337 barrels.
The largest sugar planter in the State is Mr.
John Burnside, whose plantation yielded 3,333
hogsheads of sugar and 80,000 gallons of mo
lasses.
In 1868 the sugar crop was 84,256 hogsheads,
37,647 tho year before, 41,000 in 1866, 15,000
in 1865, and 10,387 in 18G4. The rice crop
shows an increase of 33,833 barrels over 1868.
From the year 1828 to, and including 1868, the
total sugar product of Louisiana was 6,159,113
hogsheads, ranging from $35 a hogshead iu
1853, when the product was 449.324 hogsheads,
to $203 a hogshead in 1864, when the product
was only 10,387 hogsheads.
A Hairs In Mississippi.
Gov. Alcorn, of Mississippi, and his party,
are not doing so badly as we expected. It is
stated that of the three Supreme Court Judges,
Simrall, Peyton and Tarbell, recently appointed
and confirmed, Simrall is an old resident, was a
member of the Legislature in 1865, and voteu
against the Fourteenth Amendment; Peyton is
on old resident, but a Badical from the start;
and Tarbell is a Federal General, but unpopular
with the extreme Radicals.
Many efforts have been mado to insert clauses
in tho various billa chartering schools, hotels
and railroads, to guarantee equal accommoda
tions, without regard to color, but all snch
amendments have been defeated.
There is a well marked and daily widening
breach in the Radical party all over the State.
The native Radicals are setting themselves
against the carpetbaggers, and tho fight prom
ises to be lively.
The Georgia Case.—Tho special "Washington
correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch, under
date of Friday, 7th inst, writes as follows:
Tho Georgia question, which has been in
abeyance for some days, will be revived during
the coming week in tho Committee of Recon
struction. A bill based upon the Honse bill and
the Senate amendments will be reported, bntno
one expects final determination of the contro
versy until tho latter part of tho session.
The question comes up to-day in the Honse,
but we are fully prepared to see this corres
pondent’s speculation, as to its final settlement,
realized to tho letter. We doubt if tho end is
reached, even then.
c The Bridge Acboss the Mississippi —Tho
St. Louis Republican dovotos four columns to
the great bridgo across the Mississippi at that
point. It will bo 2230 feet in length, and will
-cost $4,496,953—three millions of which will
be famished by St. Loui3 and tho remainder of
the capital come from New York. The river
part of the bridgo will rest on four immense
jpiera constructed of granite, the top of which
will bo fifty feet above high watermark, and
the piers will be 145 to 174 in height from their
foundations up. The span of tho principal arch
twill be 515 feet, and tho arches will bo con
structed of cast steel. The bridge will be a
' highway for eight railroads. It will be com
pleted by the last of next year.
The rich men of New York ore said to rank
as follows in the matter of greenbacks: Wil
liam B. Astor, $50,000,000; A. T. Stewart,
$40,000,000; Cornelias Vanderbilt, $30,000,000;
Daniel Drew, $6,000,000; George Law, $6,000,-
.000; August Belmont, $5,000,000: Samuel N.
Pike, $7,000,000; James Fisk, Jr., $6,000,000;
James Lennox, $5,000,000;'and two or three
hundred others aro variously estimated from
* two to five millions. It is stated that there aro
• two thousand persons in New York who are
worth, at the lowest calculation, $500,000
apiece." • ... ..
The editor of the St. Louis Democrat, the
loading Radical organ of that section, is evi
dently well posted He says:
“It is amazing that the daily and hourly mur
ders in Georgia have suddenly ceased—now
that they can no longer serve to keep Bullock
& Co. in countenance t Since the Senate acted
on the Georgia bill, wo have not heard of a sin
gle murder, a single outrage. It is high time
for the country founders tand that there is some
thing besides loyalty at yie boltonj of the Geor
gia business." * ^
The French Election.
To get in Macon, before breakfast, the oonnt
of a vote of France completed late the night
before in Paris is an event, but we live in a fast
age. According to the figures the Emperor has
b>en sustained by the French people by a vote
•f 7,126,288 out of a total of 8,722,132 ballots
The dissentients numbered 1,685,844, or less
than one in five.
Let us see how Napoleon maintains the confi
dence of tho French people, by a comparison
of this with previous votes. In 1848 he was
elected President of the Republic by 6,048,872
sgainst somewhere about a million three hun
dred thousand for Cavagnac. In 1851, on the
question of the extension of his term, the vote
stood 7,481,241 against G40.737. In 1852 the
present Constitution was ratified by 7,473,431
votes against 641,551. In December of the
same year a plebiscite ratified the senatns con-
sultnm establishing tho Empire by 7,828,189
votes against 253,145. These figures display a
remarkable uniformity in popular strength, and
tho result jnst declared will give immense moral
force to the Imperial government and tho pro
gress of liberalization under it. It is the fash
ion to question the fairness of the French ple
biscites, and say it gives tho opposition no
chance; bnt here, it seems to us, the opposition
had every chance. It is true they were remit
ted to a simple negative on the proposition for
gradual reforms under the empire. They could
assert no specific alternative, such, for example
as “Tho Republic.” But who doubts that if
they could have done so, the opposition would
have been rendered still more insignificant and
powerless by their own divisions. They could
all agree in saying “so” to tho Empire and re
forms under the Imperial system, bnt they
could not have agreed upon a substitute.
Thus, we may say that the Emperor stood at
disadvantage, and this made the boldness of
the appeal—a policy which the Cabinet refused
to sanction, and which was carried out by the
Emperor on his own responsibility and in oppo
sition to their judgment. Bat it was not an ar
bitrary proceeding of tho Emperor, but one
adopted in pursuance of law. The constitution
of 1852 declares:
“All modifications in the fundamental basis
of the constitution, snch as they were laid down
in the proclamation of the 2d of December,
1851, and adopted by the French people, shall
be submitted to universal suffrage.”
This election, therefore, was in essential pur
suance of the constitution, and the result is of
great value to the Emperor. It arms his gov
ernment and the reforms it proposes with new
moral power, and exposes tho weakness of tho
opposition, who are powerful only in fuss, noise,
discord and sedition. It will tranquilize France
and pave the way for a peaceable succession, if
that be at all possible.
We think if the American constitution pro
vided for a plebiscitnm on naked political ques
tions and measures divested of their bearing up
on person elections, the effect would be good.
For example: suppose the question of Protec
tion was submitted to the people on a vote of
yea or nay; or the Fifteenth Amendment, or
the Income Tax, or Reconstruction, or any of
those important propositions or measures upon
which the people are divided and Congress bog
gles ? A plebiscitnm would settle them by the
highest authority and remove them from the
political field.
We find in the Baltimore Gazette, Saturday,
the following synopsis of the new French Con
stitution, which will show precisely upon what
the yeas and nays of tho French people were
taken in thi3 plebiscitnm:
The proposed Constitution is very concise.
It is divided into six chapters.
Chapter first recognizes the grand principles
of 1789.
Chapter second confirms all tho powers here
tofore granted Louis Napoleon by tho people,
regulates the succession, by allowing the Em
peror to choose his own successor among his
descendants, exclnding always fomales and
their heirs. It regulates royal marriages and
provides for a regency.
Chapter third gives the governing power to
the Emperor, with the aid of the Ministers, Sen
ate, Corps Legislatif and Council of State. It
provides, however, that the Constitution can be
modified by the people at tho suggestion of the
Emperor. In other words, if he does not like
the experiment, he can set aside the whole ma
chinery of Government, and, through the army,
control votes enough k> get such powers es he
may dictate.
Chapter fourth makes tho Emperor responsi
ble to tho people, to whom he has.a right of ap
peal. He is responsible to no one else, and is
given by this chapter pretty much autocratic
powers.
Chapters fifth and sixth relate to the Senate
and Corps Legislatif. The Senate, composed of
life members, is called and prorogued at tho
will of the Emperor. So with the Corps Legis
latif. Its members aro elected for at least six
years. The sittings of these bodies are publio,
bnt at the request of any five members In either
honse, the proceedings become secret.
The other two chapters are general in their
character. "
The changes made are very slight The Sen
ate really becomes part of the National Assem
bly, ministers become responsible, and laws
originate in either Honse.
“Social Questions.”
The Now York Observer, the Independent,
the Commercial Advertiser and numerous re
ligious and secular papers are pitching into
each other over the Bo-called “Social questions”
which have been brought up anew incidentally
by the McFarland triaL The Independent hav
ing developed some new ethics on marriage and
divorce, tho Observer declares his doctrines are
unchristian, and would make New York worse
than Utah, and as bad as Sodom and Gomorrah.
The fact that so many preachers and religious
and secnlar newspapers are complicated with
the nasty developments of tho Richardson mar
riage and murder, and that all these papers and
preachers are arguing the points involved on
mere general principles, tempts ns toaek again
whether we are mistaken in tho supposition that
all these so-called questions are finally settled
by Supreme anthortityin the Scriptnres? If
they are, where’s the nse of looking! beyond ?
Tho Biblo is clear on divorce, marriage, the
rights and functions of women, and the duties
and responsibilities of parents and children.
Its deliverances are explicit on all these points,
and the question then arises, whether they-are
the teachings of God Almighty and to be revered
and obeyed as such, or are superannuated driv-
ellings,'behind the times and tmworthy the en
lightenment of tho 19th century. •* j j
But If inspiration fails upon, these practical
points of every day life, it is unworthy of re
spect and faith os a guide on any subject, and
the papers and preachers who argne upon these
relations and duties and spheres and functions,
on general principles, and sedulously ignore
tho teachings of Holy Writ, (which must be final
and conclusive, or there is no divine revelation)
aro pouring contempt upon tho whole system of
revealed religion. It is time the modem mor
alists cams back to first principles and settled
first the important point where the law upon
theso subjects can be fonnd. If they recognize
the Book 83 overruling authority, tho “ques
tions” oease to exist. If they repudiate thus,
let them discard revealed religion altogether.
Disabilities Removed.
From a three column list published, by Bul
lock—and paid for out of the people’s money—
of the Georgians who have had their disabilities
removed since the adoption of the 14th Amend
ment as provided for In the 3d section of that
amendment, we extract the names of those
credited to Bibb county. They are as follows:
B. IT. Atkinson, David E. Blount, O. B. Cole,
J. G. Coleman, M. DoGreffeuricd, W. K. Be-
Graffonried, E. C. Granules; W. S. Kelley, W.
J. Lawton, James Marlin, C. A. Nulling, and
John B. Ross;
A Ballwai Smash-up—W<ondeiTai Es
cape*
The writer, on his way. home Saturday night,
to spend a twenty-four hours’ furlough with his
family in Savannah, was witness of, and partici
pant in an accident on the Central Railroad,
which, all things considered, was somewhat re
markable, in so far as freedom from damage to
life and limb was concerned.
The train left Macon at 6:25 p. u. that eve
ning, the regular schedule time, and had sped
on its way to within about five miles of Gordon,
running at the rate, say, of twenty-five miles an
hour, when the engine, from somo cause not
fully ascertained, bnt apparently entirely beyond
the power of the most carefnl supervision to
prevent, ran off, turning almost upside down,
and carrying with it four other cars. Tho ex
press car, next the engine, was torn almost to
pieces, and three others thrown from the track;
the baggage car falling at almost right angles to
the track, and two others, both of them pretty
well filled with passengers, turned almost en
tirely on their side. The sleeping car and the
car for Augusta, in the extreme rear, were
barely shaken, only the front trucks of the for
mer being thrown off. The engineer and one
fireman were almost buried in the wreck of the
engine, being fastened to the ground by somo
of the debris, bnt were soon released with no
other injury than some rather severe bruises.
The engineer (Wright) was one of the coolest
and most cheerful of the whole party aboard the
train, and gave directions how he could best be
extricated, with as much composure as if stand
ing on his engfto and nothing the matter. He
certaioly has a cool head and steady nerves.
One passenger car, which turned over on its
sido until tho windows on that side were -within
two feet of the gronnd, was pretty well filled
with people, among them several women and
children, but not one was oven scratched, al
though there was a general and lively mixing up
for a minute or two. Not a woman screamod or
child cried until the danger was over, when a
few of tho women were heard from.
Tho Savannah and Augusta passengers spent
the night on the spot, and tho track having been
repaired and the wreck cleared away, next morn
ing went to Gordon for breakfast, and taking
there tho Sunday morning Macon train on its
downward way, proceeded to their destinations.
This acoident seems of that class almost be
yond the power of prevention by the most vigi
lant attention and skillfnl management. It can
not, and does not, in our jndgment, reflect in
tho slightest, either upon any of the officials di
rectly-interested, or upon tho general manage
ment of tho road. From late and frequent ob
servation, wo are warranted in saying that no
road within onr knowledge is better handled in
every respect than tho Central.
Wo had almost forgotten to mention that tho
express mossengor had, only a moment or two
before tho accident occurred, gone into the car
next in rear of his for a dnnk of water. Had
he been in his car at tho time, it is hardly pos
sible he could have escaped instant death, as
that car was almost literally torn into splinters.
Off To Washington.
‘They say” at Atlanta, that Bollock, in re
sponse to piteous and pressing messages, per
telegraph, from his dear friend, Forney, has
hastened to Washington City again. It is sup
posed Fomey has been caught in some lie of
more than usual magnitude, and shamelessness
about how much money, and what for, Bollock
has paid him, anil he wants B to swear him ont,
if possible.
We are very much disposed to believe this
story, though how Bullock’s testimony will help
Forney's case we can’t exactly see. That he
(B.) has paid ont of the State Treasury large
sums of money to this man Forney and other
venal hirelings who jump to sell their pens to
any scheme, no matter how wicked, is, wo
should suppose, a fact that every honest man
at Washington, and especially in Georgia fully
believes. -The only question, it strikes us, up
on which more light is needed, is how much was
thus expended to secure the degradation of
Georgia and tho punishment of her people.
They know their own money is being daily
lavished to insult and ruin them, but tho amount
is conjectural. To ascertain tho exact figures
might stimulate their memory, and keep it fresh
and strong against the day of reckoning.
Wo hope the firm of Forney & Bollock will be
forced into bankruptcy by the investigating com-
mittee, and be mado to tell, not only what as
sets they have on hand, but what they have
spent, and how they have spent it. Wo have
studied Forney for a good many years and know
pretty well from the way he writes how he has
been paid. From the intense, and sometimes
overstrained venom of his articles against Geor
gia in Bullock’s interest, we feel sure he had a
fat feo from that worthy. Wo have no idea
that $10,000 would cover the amount he has
drawn from the Treasury of Georgia to push
along Bullock's dirty work.
Meanwhile let the truth bo squeezed out of
theso men if possible. They cover their tracks
well, wo know, but there never yet was a fox
that was not finally run to earth.
In reference to this matter, a Washington
special of Friday to tho Tribune says:
The Senate Judiciary Committee had a special
meeting last night, to complete the investigation
concerning the use of improper means to de
feat the Bingham amendment to tho Georgia
bilL It having been stated that somo $1,800
was paid to the proprietor of tho Washington
Chronicle for printing, advertising, eto., the
publisher, Mr. D. C. Forney, was examined for
-onr hours last evening and two hours to-day.
It is intimated that the Committee are not ex
actly satisfied with his answers to their ques
tions. It is said there is a good deal of scandal
connected with this mntter. The Committee
aro waiting for Gov. Bullock, and, as soon as
he is examined, it is understood they will be
ready to close the investigation.
From Houston Countf.
Perry, Ga., May 7, 1870.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger : 7.
On yesterday a shower of wind, rain and hail
swept over oar town. The black heavy clond
seemingly mingled with the sand and dost,
which wore lifted by the wind, assuming the
murky, lurid hue of smoke and and heat from
a huge furnace, was frightful in appearance,
completely enveloping us—no object could be
seen at a distance of thirty yards. It lasted
but a few minutes. The rain was much needed,
and tho wind and hail did very little damage.
Com and cotton crops are doing well. Onr gar
dens are very good considering the very back
ward spring. • : j. ■
Wo aro grieved to her of tho death of that
good man and useful citizen, Wm. E. Sloan, at
his residenco, in Fort Valley on yesterday.
; J. S. J.
Gen. Goioouhia, who was garoted by the
Spaniards in Havana last Sunday morning, had
been commissioned by Cespedes as Minister to
Mexico, and attempted reoently to leave the
Cuban coast, but, being pursued by a gunboat,
took refuge on Gnajaba Island. There he has
been hunted down by the Spanish sailors. After
his capture he was sent under a strong guard to
Havana, and arriving there on Saturday, was
tried by a drnm-hoad court-martial before sun
down, sentenced and executed next "morning
before an immense crowd and tranquilly yielded
up his life. A display like that to the Spaniards
has all the relish of a bull-fight
The smiling Colfax must be very short of
demnition cash. A Herald correspondent says
that a hat was passed round in the Senate the
other day for the Colfax baby, and that every
Senator contributed a V.
The Georgia Press.
The Southern Witness chronicles the killing
of five, and wounding two crows by- Mr. Jese
Darnel, of Walton county, before breakfast as
the most successful raid upon that sharp bird
ever noted in the same space of time.
The editor of the Air Line Eagle reports the
wheat crop of White county as promising finely.
The fruit crop promises to be heavier than for
several years past The people aro becoming
greatly interested in the Macon and Knoxville
Railroad, and will do all in their power to aid
its construction.
CoL L. B. Hayes, one of the best citizens of
Walton county, died last week.
At a meeting of the citizens of Walton county
held May 3d the following resolutions with ref
erence to the bnilding of the Macon and Knox
ville railroad were adopted;
herself (some hundred yards) and in doing so,
fell "in the pond. The party did not know she was
drowned until they saw her little hat floating on
the water. She was burled on last Saturday in
Athens.
The Albany News has the following railroad
items:
S. G. and Fla. Railboad.—A passenger train
came up to within a mile of this city last Sun
day, bringing a number of persons from Thom-
asville to attend the services of the Episcopal
Church in this city. The conductor informed
us that regular trains would not run farther
than Camilla until warehouses could be built at
Hardaway station, and this end of the road-
probably some weeks yet. We state this in re
ply to the numerous writen and verbal inquiries
relative to the running of the trains on ihia
road
The B. & A. R. R.—The Engineer Corps of
the Albany Division, under Captain W. D.
Bartcbroll, have passed the Isabella bills, com
ing westward, and are expected to complete the
Resolved, That our Representative Hon. J. location to this point in about a week. The
B. Sorrels, be instructed to use all lawful efforts ridge dividing the waters of Flint river and the
in tho Legislature to secure a charter to this ■ streams more eastward, on which Isabella is sit-
route, and if necessary consent to “State aid” 1 J
being granted to the bnilding of the road.
2d. That a committee of three be appointed
from this county, to act in consent with any
gentleman they may select in Atlanta in urging
the claims of the route. „
3d. That John P. Edwards, Esq., be request
ed to open preliminary books for subscription
to test the ability and anxiety of our citizens in
behalf of this newenterprise.
The Chronicle and Sentinel reports a good
breadth of corn planted in Burke, Jefferson
and Scriven counties. It is advised that quite
noted, has been crossed with a maximum grade
of thirty feet to the mile, and with much lighter
work than was at first anticipated.
Tho Americas Republican has heard from va
rious portions of that country, that farmers are
putting more com in the gronnd this season
than they have at any time since the war, and
in many places it is growing finely. Some of
our best farmers have determined hereafter to
put at least half of their cultivated lands-in com.
The first snap beaus of the season made their
lu ** *» appearance in the Savannah market, Saturday
A number of planters have their cotton . ...
“chopped oat.” This region also has purchased
and applied fertilizers freely. We hear of many
farmers who have applied “guanos" to their
lands to tho amount of fifteen dollars per acre.
Cotton, howover, seems to be, as a general rule,
the chief reliance for bread and meat, and if
cotton fails or “fetches a low price,” rations
will be short. Similar accounts reach ns from
Middle Georgia, and thus far the season, al
though late, opens well. From the river coun
ties north of theso comes to ns no grumbling
nbout tho seasons or about bad seed, but there
is great complaint about shortness of bands.
Bnt in every instance which wo have been able
to mako a test, wo find tho complaint is not
grounded upon any deficiency as compared with
last year. The general admission is that there
is a largo increase upon tho number employed
last year, and tho deficiency only exists as to
tho number that planters desired and had the
ability to employ. Almost universally wo have
good accounts of tho interest and efficiency of
the black people. As a rule they are working
well, and are little distracted by political and
other diversions and influences.
Tho Savannah News reports the arrival there,
by steamship Leo, of a largo number of boxes
of arms from tho Springfield Armory, consign
ed to Augusta. Thoi$ ultimate destination, or
use, we know not; probably, Cuba or the Geor-
gia-Bullock militia.
There is a revival in tho Baptist Ohurch, at
Savannah. Thirty persons were baptized last
Saturday evening—mong them two of the pas
tor’s (Rov. S. Landrum’s) children.
A gentleman of Savannah, named not given
by the News, was knocked down and robbed on
the corner of New Houston and Barnard streets,
Friday night. His injuries were severe.
Tho Savannah mortuary reports for the
month of April, shows a grand total of 89 deaths
—whites 32, blacks 57.
Mrs. Martin, of Madison, recovered $2,500
damages from the Georgia railroad on account
of the death of her hnsband, a fireman on the
road, by tho explosion of an engine boiler on
that road in October, 18GC, at the late term of
Morgan Superior Court.
At a recent meeting of the citizens of Monroe
county, the following resolutions were unani
mously adopted:
Resolved, That the building of the Hilliard
Male Institute, near Forsyth, with tho land
thereto attached, and as much more as may be
necessary, bo tendered, with the concurrence of
tho Trustees of said Institute, to the Trustees
of Morcer University, as a suitable location for
the University upon its removal from Fenfield.
Resolved, That a Committee of twenty-one
be appointed to solicit subscriptions from the
citizens of the county, to bo paid to the Trus
tees of the University, upon condition that the
University is removed to Forsyth.
Resolved, That a Committee of seven be ap
pointed to correspond with tha Trustees of Mer
cer University—make tho tender aforesaid, and
invito them to view and examine tho grounds
tendered before making a final selection of a lo
cation for the removal of the University.
Tho Monroo Advortiser says George/flower,
the negro member of tho Agency from that
county, drew $1,000 from tho State Treasury as
back pay and mileage, and brought homo with
him a fino mule and buggy, for which he paid
$120. The 15th Amendment phalanx drew, al
together, about $3,500 for tho time they did not
serve.
Tho breaking of an axle on the tender of a
freight engine of tho Macon and Western Rail
road, last Saturday afternoon, caused such a
smash that tho engineer and fireman had to
jump off to save themselves.
The Monroe Advertiser has this paragraph:
Things appear to be getting slightly mixed in
the vicinity of Indian Spring. On the night of
the 1st instant, an old negro man and an aban
doned white woman were publloly joined in
wedlock at that place, by the colored Methodist
minister, in the presence of his congregation.
As far as tho negro is concerned, a prosecu
tion for bigamy is imminent, and as for tho
woman, a Ku-KIux visitation wa3 threatened at
tho time by tho female niggers of that neigh
borhood, who considered that their exclusive
territory had boon invaded, and their dearest
rights trampled upon.
The Griffin Star says Sunday night was al
most cold enough for frost. The young cotton
cnrled up like possum ears.
Tho Griffin and North Alabama Railroad has
paid the city of Griffin seven por cent interest
on tho first six months of its subscription to
that road.
John Thompson, of Madison, a brakeman on
the Georgia railroad, was crushed to death be
tween two cars, at Decatur, Sunday morning.
Mr. Isaac T. Bartlett, long a citizon of Atlan
ta, in getting off the train on his return from a
pio nio at Marietta, on Saturday everning, fell
and had his right arm out off by the car running
over it.
The dwelling house, kitchen, and other out-
houseB belonging to Allen Jones, at Jonesboro,
were burned Monday morning.-• . --i
Wo get the following from the Constitution of
yesterday:
The Annual Fibe Pabade.—Yesterday was
the annual parade of tho Atlanta Fire Depart
ment. After marching through the streets as
laid down in their programme, they halted in
front of Kimball's Opera Honse. Hook and
Ladder had 42 men; No. I 52; No. 2 50; No.
8 90. >\o-
Hook and Ladder ran 303^ yards, threw a
thirty-six foot ladder against a brick wall, a
man ascended and doconded, the ladder was re
placed, and the company returned in two min
utes and 40$ seconds—a distance of GOGjj yards.
They lost some little time in consequence of
dray3 being in the way.
Mechanic, No. 2, ran with their hose reel
(weight about 2000 lbs.) 400 feet, attaohed hose
to engine, paid off 200 feet .more of hose, and
threw water—in all COO feet—in 55$ seconds.
Tallulah No. Z, with their hose reel (weight
about 1350 lbs.) ran 400 feet, attached nose to
engine, paid off 200 feet more of hose, attached
nozzlo, but did' not play—in all 600 feet—in
44 J seconds. Tallulah did not play because her
suotion could not reach the water in the cis
tern.
Atlanta threw a solid stream 207 feet 9$
inches.
Mechanio threw a solid stream 192 feet C
inches.
Tallulah threw a solid stream 185 feet 4
inches.
Death op Mb. Hemphill's Child.—We learn
tho following facts concerning the sad death of
Mr. Hemphill’s little daughter Lizzie:
A party went out fishing to a mill pound near
Athens, (none of Mr. H.’s immediate family but
some of lier mother’s relatives boing with her,)
and little Lizzie accompained them,
Tho party at the pond divided, and Lizzie at
tempted to go from one to the other crowd by
last, at fifty cents a quart.
Tho News has the following items
Tho case of Jim Habersham, the negro who
was arrested for disorderly condnct in a street
car, and for resisting an officer in the discharge
of his duty, came np, when His Honor gave his
decision, setting forth wherein the prisoner had
mado himself amenable to the law; bnt in con
sideration of it being the first offence of the
kind in this community, he concluded to dismiss
the case, whioh he did, after timely admonition
to all parties to respect the rights of others.
Equal accommodations aro provided for the
colored people on the street cars, and it is as
well that they ehonld know at once that while
they will be protected in all their rights, that
insolence and aggression on their part in conflict
with the rights of tho white community will not
be tolerated.
A Man Shot.—Last evening, while the steam
er Nick King, with the excursionists on board,
was aground off Fort Palaski, one of the har
pers, John B. Ottajano, who had been furnish
ing music throughout tho day, was shot with a
pistol by one of the excursionist.
Fish.—Our market yesterday morning was
more than bountifully supplied with fish. Of
red snappere there was on sale about two hun
dred. Whiting, black fish and other pan fish
were in abundance. HalUbnt was auito plenti
ful Prices remain very reasonable!
Bones Found.—The workmen engaged in dig
ging out the dry dock, on the opposite side of
the river, exhumed, a few days ago, a human
skeleton, on top of which was a large stone. It
was found fifteen feet below the surface of the
island. How it came there is a mystery.
During 4he month of April there were thirty
deaths in Augusta—whites 14, blacks 16.
Aaron Alpeoria Sing Sing Bradley made a
notation in Augusta, Monday afternoon. The
Chronicle and Sentinel says it was based on a
petition and a series of resolutions which the
speaker said he intended to present to the Uni
ted States Congress. These stated, in substance,
that a new system of slavery had sprung up in
Georgia, nearly as bad as the old one—viz: the
chain-gang system, or tho hiring out of convicts
to railway contractors, who starve, whip, work
and shoot them to death; that General Terry
had refused to break np this iniquity, and that
Bullock was believed to have an interest in the
operation; asking that both Bullock and Terry
bo removed, and General Sheridan be appointed
to the command of Georgia.
In support of this petition the wauhoo spoke,
denouncing Terry, Bullock and what he truth
fully termed, the mongrel Legislature. He
charged that the men now running the State
Government were not Republicans, as they
claimed to be, but the betrayers of the party.—
Ho was particularly severe on the State Road of
which Bullock is President, and its manage
ment, stating that colored men who wished to
ride upon it, and had paid full fare, were not
allowed to enter the decent cars, but were made
to enter cattle boxes. He ridiculed Bullock’s
stories about tho Ku-Klnx, saying that they were
gotten up for effect. The speech throughout
was exceedingly bitter and severe upon the tho
Bullock ring, characterizing the Governor as a
weak dishonest and vain man, who is engaged
in plundering the State, and who has became
completely spoiled since his elevation to power
—the heighth of his ambition being to wear his
breeches in his boots, ride a fine horse, and
who carried his head so far back, because ho
had not brains enongh to hold it forward.
The speech was well received by his audience,
and at its conclusion a large number of signa
tures were added to tho petition.
The Constitutionalist says the Georgia rail
road brought to that city Monday afternoon,
twelve car loads of stockholders and their fam
ilies, to attend the convention of their road.
Tho number of visitors in Augusta at present,
is from one thousand to fifteen hundred.
An agent of the Passaic Falls (New Jersey)
Factory, has asked for and obtained the refusal
of a canal lot in Augusta, for one month. There
is some prospect of its removal to that city.
CoL Holstead, of Coiambus, was thrown
down and choked by a negro, Monday. Ho re
taliated by shooting at the negro several times
and the negro returned the fire with bricks—
no body hurt.
Judge W. T. Gould has been commissioned
Judge of the Atigusta City Court for four years
from the 5th of November last.
The Columbus Sun says that Mr. Hamill, one
of the editors of the Locomotive, of Opelika,
was, after a trial of three, days, for the killing
of Dr. Sumerford, triumphantly acquitted.
The Columbus Enquirer learns that two En
glishmen were in that city Monday “with a
view to making arrangements with one of our
factories for a supply of suitable yarn to carry
on an extensive hosiery establishment near
Opelika. It is said that a number of employes
have already arrived out to commence opera
tions, and that the necessary machinery has
been ordered and is on the way.”
The Enquirer of Tuesday, says the cold snap
whioh commenced Friday, still continued at
that date. Fires and overcoats were in fair de
mand.
Up to the present time about $13,000 have
been subscribed to the Columbn3 Industrial
Association.
Tho Fair will open first Tuesday in Novem
ber.
We get the following from the Eatonton Press
and Messenger:
Cotton.—The stand of cotton this season is
remarkably good, bnt tho plant, in some plaoes,
though looking green and healthy, is not grow
ing as rapidly as it should, on account of the
want of rain and need of. doping out, which
the farmers are afraid to give it, while tha
ground remains as dry as at present.
Accident.—Out at the Fair Grounds Friday
morning, Dr. W. N. Bacon, whild looking at
the juvenile base ball players, had his lip
bruised and cut pretty severely by a bat Blipping
out of the hands of the striker, and hitting Him
in the face. It mode an ugly looking wound,
but we hope will not disfigure him when well.
Cobn.—Most of our planters got an excellent
stand of com this season. Much of it is receiv
ing the first working, and is looking strong and
healthy, but needs rain.
The Constitution, of yesterday, says Chap.
Norris, Terry’s sheriff of Warren county, who
was arrested by the military for bribery, and
brought to Atlanta and confined in the Barracks,
has been released on $1,000 bail, to appear be
fore tho next term of Warren Superior Court.
The Romo Courier says Messrs. Tildon, of
New York, and W. H. Irwin, of Cleveland,
Ohio, are in that plaoe for the purpose of nego
tiating for the .purchase of the Round Moun
tain property, and engaging in the iron buai-
There are now only seven miles of track to
lay between Rome and Dalton, on the Selma,
Rome and Dalton railroad, and it is progress
ing at the rate'of half a mile a day. The road
will be finished by the first of June.
The Constitution has the following:
“To Defeat Incidental Expenses—Execu
tive Department, 1869.”—That valuable pam
phlet, Comptroller Bell’s Annual Report for
1869, containa-the above phrase very numerous
ly. In the disbursement of the Contingent
Fund it figures with prominent conspicuosity;
(why not this as well as Sumner’s ridiculosity ?)
We have collated the items of this remark
able charge.
March 20 8 1,000 CO
mWbh 500 00
May 22.
" 27....—
Juno I——■ 4
*' 7
•• 10.....™
" 12
“ 19
“ 22— —
*' Ml——
July 7..—
” 20.....".'......™
" 32."
600 00
600 00
S0J 00
» oo
159 00
500 00
350 00
1,030 00
500 00
500 00
500 00
800 CO
200 00
200 00
postulation, entreating the Council to .a.
an earnest invitation to tho people of T
recognize, at last in Jeaua Christ the M 11 *»
ttiey are still looking for In vain. Th„
have been permitted to present the I
to the Pope, who has promised to lay
the assembled Fathers. '
Spain.—We are assured by the “Epoc.n,, .
the Spanish Government contemplated ^
the crown to Prince Fredrick of Pm„ -S
paper adds, at the same time, NapoW t!*^ I
dared to Olozaga, the Spanish
Pans, that this solution would lead toTt? 0 ' *
tween France and Prussia. It is hardlJ^^ I
while to dwell on the absurdity of thia 7 .* 01 ^ I
which has probably been manufactured
SSs^jSsSBsrsSg
00 «»egrowinginfinencT^
1,000 00
Northern Kingdom, it to no^Ady thaU? *
sian Prince ^belonging to such a pre-emi^
September 2..—
Total 8,0.450 00
These incidental expenses of the Executive
Department might be fine reading if itemized.
Can the Governor bo persuaded, through his
organ, to give the items to a curious and taxed
people. A definition of the word “incidental”
would thus be furnished for the next edition of
Webster.
Protestant House, will be tempted to
this dangerous gift. pwd to a <^ |
Serrano, the Regent, is said to favor a
tablishment of a republic, in case Prim v K i
acquiesce in it. Pr,rn I
A petition bearing 42,000 signatures K,
rived from Havana, petitioning the C n w fc
to pass the contemplated conatifm,v„ I
Weekly Resume of Foreign Affairs.
PREPARED FOB THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER.
Great Britain.—The Committee of the House
of Commons passed a resolution legalizing mar
riage with a dead wife’s sister.
Mr. Charles Buxton, member of Parliament,
was fired at by bis Secretary.. The would-be
murderer was arrested in Paris.
Tho Mordaunt divorcocaso has been resumed
before the courts. The attorney of the defen
dant citing many American cases of a similar
character, demanded that the proceedings
shonld be stopped on account of the insanity of
Lady Mordaunt. The court has reserved its de
cision.
The arch of the Metropolitan railway nnder
the Northern terminus of Blackfriars Bridge in
London gave way, burying twelve laborers un
der its ruins. Seven of them were mortally
wounded, the remainder escaped with slight
contusions.
Cardinal Cullen has issued another pastoral
letter, denouncing again the Fenian and Ma
sonic Societies, and blaming Newgate’s pro
posal for an investigation of the nunneries.
The Times, after having reviewed the condi
tion of Ireland and chronicled six offences
against the public peaco, winds np as follows:
“The general state of the country is satisfac
tory. The outrages above stated are the only
ones which have been reported daring the week.
In the west of Ireland there is a remarkable im
provement. The lately disturbed districts ap
pear already to have settled down to tranquili
ty and order, and favored by unusually fino
weather, the people in every quarter of the
country appear to be actively engaged in the
work of the farm. The emigration drain, how
ever, still continues, and tho frequent depar
tures of steamers from Queenstown is witnessed
with deep regret. The demand for accommo
dation has increased so much that an extra
steamer has been put on, and on Wednesday
two left for Boston and New York, each with
three hundred passengers on board.”
France.—The plebiscitnm on tho 8th of May,
end the meeting of the Chamber on the 12tu,
are tho leading topics for newspapers and poli
ticians. The public mind continues much ex
cited. Though tho political 'assemblies, dis
cussing the plebiscitnm, are very stormy, the
authorities keep aloof from any interference
with their proceedings. The Government, how
ever, is amply prepared to suppress any open
insurrection. The soldiers will vote for the
first time since the first plebiscitnm which in
vested Napoleon with the purple; many of them
are to be seen at the political meetings. The
hermit of Caprera, longing to proclaim Rome
as the capital of his beloved Italy, has issued a
manifesto to the French army to raise the flag
of rebellion against Napoleon, whom he con
siders as the only obstacle to the final unifica
tion of Italy. - The Pope, in consideration of
France remaining neutral towards the Ecumen
ical Council, has advised the French priesthood
to favor the plebiscitnm. Cernandi, the Italian
banker, who had contributed 100,000 francs to
the anii-plebiscitum fund, has been expelled
from France. He proceeded to Geneva, where,
at the request of the French Government, the
Swiss authorities ordered him to leave the Fed
eral territory. Cernandi consequently left Ge
neva, after having forwarded a further sum of
200,000 franc3 to the anti-plebiscitum commit
tee in Paris The action of the Government is
severely criticized by the partisans of the left.
The papers are filled with reports of the con
spiracy against the life of Napoleon, which the
authorities srate to have’discovered. Numerous
arrests have been made. Bombs and infernal
machines, which aro minutely described by the
papers, have been seized in tho honse of several
persons accused of being accomplices iu the
plot. The government is again making capital
of this timely conspiracy, by impressing upon
tho better classes the probability that the over
throw of the Empire would inaugurate another
era of lawlessness and anarchy.
We learn from the “London Times” that the
Republican papers of Paris coni uno to urge
nncomprising war against the Eu'niro and all
things Imperial. The Rappel, whit, -one of tho
most ably conducted j ournals of tha .ersuasion,
publishes the first of a sories of leltu... upon the
principles of 1789. The first point discussed
by the writer, Felix Pyat, is the principle of
hereditary succession. After. denouncing in
most unrestrained terms that principle, as con
flicting with the principles of 1789, “Liberty,
Equality and Fraternity,” Mr. Pyat insists “that
it invades the national right of seleotion. Since
1789 it has become impossible in France to set
tle irrevocably upon a man or a family a consti
tutional right of governing. The Emperor is
Emperor of the French. The Imperial dignity
is in no way a property or a conquest, patriarch
al, nor a fruit of war. It is a simple function,
a civil magistracy, elected, desired, appointed
and not born, chosen and not imposed in prin
ciple at least. If tho Imperial dignity be an
office, as it must be according to the publio law
of Frenchmen, and to its bases the three gTeat
triumphs of 1789, whioh the Empire proclaims
in its law. How thencanhereditarysuccessionin
the male line and in order of primogeniture be
justified—the radical annihilation of choice, in
one word, of the national sovereignty? The
article concludes by reminding Frenchmen of
the possibility, that, if the Prince Imperial
should fall once more under the care of Dr. Ne
kton—after Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, France
might have a chance of having Pierre Napoleon
Bonaparte. After the Emperor Ohassepofc the
Emperor Pistol; after the constitution of Judas
the constitution of the Revolver.” So far “Le
Rappel?”
North German Confederation.—Bismarck has
recovered from his late attaok of illness.
The commercial treaty between the North
German Confederation and Mexico has been
ratified by the Reichstag. This treaty is the
first Jnarez has concluded with any European
power since the downfall of the Mexican Em
pire.
The complaints from the Baltic Provinces of
Russia have attracted much attention among
the members of the Reichstag, and the question
has been raised, whether it might not be advis
able to interpel the Government on the subject,
in order to assure the Germans of those dis
tricts of the sympathies of their brethren in tha
Fatherland, in their struggle against Russifica
tion. The idea has, however, been abandoned,
in consequence of a hint by Bismarck, implying
that an offioial treatment of- tho matter would
probably make anything but a good impression
upon the Russian Government.
The German “Petersburg Gazette,” .review
ing the relations of the Baltio Provinces to the
rest of the Russian Empire, proposes to grant
those districts a provincial autonomy, sufficient
to satisfy their reasonable demands without
weakening the unity of the Empire.
Italt.—Tho Council has been officially noti
fied that the discussion of the dogma of infalli
bility will take place without delay. The Bish
ops of the opposition who had gone home have
been summoned by telegraph to proceed imme
diately to Rome to take part in the approaching
deliberations. The Austrian and Hungarian
Bishops have therefore hastened back to Rome
to vote against the dogma.
We learn from Gratx, Austria, that a seces
sion en masse ot the Roman Catholics in that
town from Rome is apprehended, in case the
dootrine of Papal infallibility should be passed
by the Council.
Two converted French Jews, the brothers
Leman, now staying in Rome, have succeeded
in obtaining the signatures of 506 Bishops to a
constitution for I
We may here chronicle tho eraiif-:- . I
that Protestantism is making raffia * I
Spain under the aegis of thonewli&M
stitution. rE1 Ms-1
Who, a few years ago, would have tWi, •
possible that Protestants could publict? 1 *
ble to attend Divine Service, or bury t&JtS
without stirring the religious fanaticism^
priest-ridden masses ? And yet, where®,^
are already Protestant communities I
they aro met with a spirit of kindness if.
people, especially by the hnmble ranks I
The four Protestant newspapers unbliSJu
Madrid Seville Cordova andBarceb^
openly the fundamental basis of the I
Church. The most eminent Minister is r.. I
co, of Madrid. When, a little wMo Jt
Carthagena, his sermons made snch a dc** 6
pression Upon the people, that tho Catholi?^
gy found it necessary to order a twentr-^
day s mission to neutralize the effect
by the Madrid minister. * I
Turret.—The difficulties between th»p,l
dishah and his vasal, the Vice-roy of E-n-w a I
not seem to be entirely settled yet. The T -1
ish Government has addressed a note tot I
Great Powers, protesting against a foreitmlvl
lately contracted by Ismail Pasha. Turiet ~ I
tinues in the path of reforms. In hia i E » I
speech, delivered before the Imperial liti
the Sultan, after having alluded to the pro^al
made last year, promised further reforms! J
branches of the public administration. I
JaEsq. j
The Houston Kidnapping case.
To the Sheriff of Houston Countg, Perrj, pJ
Headquarters MmrABr District Gzoegu t i
Atlanta, Georgia, May 5th, 1870. ’f '
Special Orders, No. 8.
It is ordered that in tho case of Eillah ini GsJ
giana Jackson, the indentures of apprentice!’--'.I
cancelled, and that they be restored to their hCl
and further, that the Ordinary of Houston cr^l
Georgia, refrain from any steps or measures '7.1
ing to the taking of them from him in the |&|
By order of Brevet Major Goneral Tim
J. H. Taylor, ’
Assistant Adjutant Gera I
Official: It. D. Hughes, A. A. A. G. I
Editors Telegraph and MessengerThefel
going is a copy of a printed order received!*!
Saturday by the Sheriff of thi3 county, sndi
puts an end to a caso which has cost all pirfcl
concerned a good deal of time, trouble n|
money, and has been the occasion of muchcJ
representation in a certain newspaper aid til
where. A messenger was sent from Atlanta J
investigate the condnct of the Ordinary in'i|
prisoning a colored man and his wife be cm I
they refused to give up their children toawinl
man,” and statements equally false, have beel
made about extravagant lawyer's fees. Iiet|
thor and object of these representation cl
known.
The case in its length and breadth was this I
An industrious old negro woman named Em
riet Thweat had two of her deceased daurktail
children bound out to her By the ordiaKtfl
this county upon her giving bond for ttdipl
per education and training as required l;-il
It appeared that the children had been rsl
up to their grandmother, Harriet, accorcq f
the dying request of their mother, sicca d
time Harriet had supported them, and that u|
father, Carter Jackson, had moved to!
county, leaving the children in Houston i
their grandmother, and without contrib
anything, or but very little of anything tot!
support. Upon these faots being shown !o ti
ordinary, he bound them out to the grand
er who had been at all the trouble and eio
with them since their mother’s death.
Carter, the father, afterwards took
habeas corpus to have them returned to 1
and he claimed that at the time of tha sppra
ticeship, he lived in Houston and not
county. If he had left the county of Hou
the law required the ordinary to apprenticed
children; if not, he had no right to do it, i
upon the trial of the habeas corpus tins v
only real issue in the case. Several wit:
were sworn on both sides. All agreed M<
had gone to Dooly about eight months I
the apprenticeship, and that he had
back to Houston about tho time the <
were apprenticed. Some of tho w
thought ho returned before they were
ticed, and others that he returned afte:
If he came before, neither Harriet nor i!
dinary know it. But the testimony i
make it certain whether it was before 9*
wards, and it appearing that Harriet had s-l
children to school and treated them kindlj f
the father having declared to the
he did not himself want to take the
from their grandmother, but that his wife’
ed the elder one, he decided to let tbec
remain where they were, and gave jndga
cordingly.
On the way home Carter kidnapped tie -
ren and refused to let Harriot have them.
Ordinary, on hearing this, passed an or ^ : 1
the Sheriff to execute tho judgment!
habeas corpus court by restoring tbe p«
of the children to their grandmothe
authorized him to arrest any one for
who might oppose his doing this. Nobtfj
imprisoned, and no white person
tereBt in the controversy. In regarf*
yera’ fees, Harriet’s original counsel
without fee or reward, because she
be a worthy -woman, and they thongii»
justice on heir side. The Ordinary i
a kwyer for Carter Jackson, which, k ‘1
case, he was not bound to do, but wbi' 1
i in order that full justice might be i®* j
ter afterwards promised to pay his J
but has not done it. It is not beh*^
a dollar has been paid or is likely to f
any lawyer engaged in tho oase. e .
cost of apprenticeship has been P j
Ordinary gave the case a patient
investigation and made his decision •’“’I
discussion of the merits of the css®.
The truth of these facts can be ^
everyone who is acquainted with^ 3
stances. This Is the “tempest to*
whioh has raged so furiously ia Atk! I
Yalley and Perry.
Houston £o., Qa , Mag 9,16W*
Tmt Senate, in Committee of
voted to strike ont the appropria‘- lc!! _
lishing the laws of the United S ta!e3 .^ . j
papers. Senator Anthony, (Rad.)
$100,000 a year, and waa a waste » ^
money. Senator Anthony had b* st a
how he talks. The Radical sts
press who are only kept alive at the
this pap will be placarding him ^
“rebel” etc., the next thing ho
the man is actually “flopping
bread and meat, whisky, tobacoo !
The Prince of Orange is j
to PrinoeesLonisa, of Englan .
tut fast and gay as the Prinoe of
said i°