About Georgia weekly telegraph and Georgia journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1869-1880 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1870)
- 3 ft / "*■ The Greox*aia 'Weekly Telee:rai3li and. Journal &c jVTessen^er. Telegraph and Messenger. MACON, MAY 24 1870. Xbe Ciuli System. On and after Jnno 1st, according to an obli gation imposed by the Southern Press Associa tion, -we are compelled to discontinue all sub- seriptions which do not show a balance to credit on the books at that lime. As we have a great affeotlon for onr readers, and do not like to lose a single one of them, we hope all in arrears or whose time of prepayment will shortly expire will pay to our agents or remit to us as may be moBt convenient. We flatter ourselves with the hope that not a score ont of thousands will be found minus by the first of June. They are paying up nobly, bnt nevertheless some are backward. Come up, friends, one and all, and remit at our risk, if that is the most convenient mode of settlement. General News. August Ceremonial.—The Court Journals an nounce the baptism of tho Infant Colfax, under the eyos of the President and family, who pro nounced it well done. Dat ish goot. Easier Sud than Done.—The New York Tri bune says magisterially: “Let the word go forth that the prolific lowlands of the Mississip pi shall be reclaimed.” The hoe will have to go forth on that errand; and who is to go it7 Not tho Tribune himself—not any of his white readers, and as for tho negro with his budgetof superior rights, not many of them will “go forth” on that errand, wo fear. Annivebsaby Week.—Last week was anni versary week in New York city—a great time for philanthropy, hot coffee, soft crabs and ices. Solid Wobk.—ThoPottsville Miner’s Journal having told of a man in that place who has been drunk thirty-five years, has been called to formal account by twenty different individuals, bnt the man he alluded to has not yet made complaint. Embarrassing.—The Senate Committee on Territories, considering Cnllom’s anti-poly gamy bill are mnch embarrassed on the ques tion of disposing of the Mormon children, and rightly fear that tho summary destruction of these polygamous families may work more harm than good. Tnr. Supplement art Civil Rights Bill.—The Herald says: Senator Chawles is getting very tiresome and is riding his black hobby to death. Worse than that, Mr. Herald. Snmner has ridden it into the grave-yard, and even insists upon running tho animal literally “into the ground.” One of the Sound steamers, (the Bristol) cut down and snnk a vessel in New York Harbor the other night, which was in part freighted with wares for ono of onr Macon merchants, Mr. Wise. The Mexican Republic has issued a decree confiscating Santa Anna’s estates. A Choice Mill Site.—Onr friend Houser, who advertises his flouring mills near Fort Valley, says be bas got a water privilege of eighteen feet fall and abundance of never failing water whore he can locate a cotton factory within ten feet of the Southwestern railway, if he desires to do so, and drive spindles enough to satisfy the most greedy manufacturer in the world. Jenny Lind is said to be so embarrassed, pe cuniarily, that she is about to open a singing school in Paris. An Aoid Negro.—Among the applicants for registration in New York, to vote in the judicial election, was a negro named William Rne, born in Maryland in 17G2, and a slave till 1818 when he was manumitted. He was in good health and appearod sound in mind and memory at the age of 108. Sixteen hundred and eighty seven colored votes were registered in New York city up to last Friday night. TIi© Kutlonul Coffee Pot. Onr friend Wise, on Mulberry street, has a novel coffee pot for sale which is meeting with a groat ran in the North and West, though just introduced here. It is constructed like an ice pitcher, with an independent lining and a space of say three-quarters of an inch between. This space is filled with boiling water through an aperture near tho handle. The inner recepta cle then being supplied with the coffee and hot water, is closed by hinged covers which fit tightly over both the top and nozzle, so as to be nearly air tight. The pot is then put upon the coals or stove to boiL The water behind the lining does the boiling, and the coffee is steep ed for any length of time with no loss of its aro ma by steam or evaporation; and the decoction will preserve in this pot, for many hours, all e fragrance and life of fresh coffee, without iltemess. This little household arrangement is patented under the name of the “National Goffee Pot," and of course is loyaL It will be fonn 1 a very substantial and valuable improve ment npon tho ordinary contrivance for making coffee, bat more time Bhonld be allowed for the operation. Dby.—This is the record of the last three weeks in Macon. The ground has not been wet an inch since the 29th of April. The cool spell has ended, bnt still no rain. The heavens are guiltless of rain signs of any kind. There ap pears no prospect even of a sprinkle. Du6t is king, and reigns with a tyrant’s remorselessness. Vegetables are wilting and withering, and the market is falling off most painfully, every day. Crops are drooping badly. Cotton that is up looks like it was sorry it had done any such foolish thing, and that in the ground appears to have no notion of committing a similar impru dence. We never know a bluer May for farm ers hereabouts. A good rain, just now, wonld be worth a pot of money to everybody. Tight.—Money is said to be tight as a drum bead; bnt it nover can be otherwise this time of year with tho enormous drains npon Georgia for tho purchase of food from abroad. The trade Georgia carries on wonld beggar the Rothschilds in a very brief time, and what it actually does for us is to transfer the fatness of onr soil and the frnits of our labor annually to the last dollar to the North and the West, leav ing ns every midsummer to groan over tight times and empty pockets. Gentlemen, let ns resolve to mend. A Lnll. A Washington correspondent remarks that since the Georgia bill left the Senate, there has not been a single outrage reported from that State. This is true, we believe, and is well under stood down here. There is no capital to be made by it—no doubtful Republicans in Con gress to be iiiflamed and their votes secured to push along Bollock’s wicked schemes against the peace, the liberties, and property of the people of Georgia. He and his strikers are taking breath for the final struggle in the House when the bill comes up in that body. They are marshalling their forces for the last assault— taking wind for the last blast of lies and Blan- ders by which they hope to fix Georgia’s flint and seenre Bollock’s triumph. Look ont about that time for a perfect avalanche of monstrous falsehoods—to manipulate sentiment and votes at Washington. We have no idea the Atlanta Slander Mill can begin to get along with its present force. It will have to be doubled to do the bnsiness demanded. The philosophy of the present lull in this bus iness of false dispatches and reports of outrages that never occurred, is what we want Congress and the North to mark and clearly understand. Here i3 a State whose soil fairly smokes with “loyal” blood whenever her status is np for Congressional determination, and when that subject is not np is as quiet and peaceable as any in tho Union. Two or three months ago Georgia was stigmatized as the most treacher ous, blood-thirsty, and disloyal community at the Sonth. Radical papers, North and South, teemed with the bloodiest, most barbarous murders and outrages by “rebels” and Demo crats on “loyal” men. Now we hear nothing of the kind. Georgia’s name is scarcely men tioned. The moat violent newspapers are searched in vain for a line regarding her condi tion. These outrages have ceased almost as if by magic. Bnt Georgia is just where she was when all these slanders were heaped npon her. Her condition is jnstwhat it was then. Her peo ple are quiet and law-abiding just as they were then, and have been in the mam for five years. There are just as many outrages committed now as then, and sho deserves political damna tion now as justly as she did then. We want fair minded men everywhere and in Congress especially, to make a note of this phenomenon and govern themselves according ly when Georgia comes np again. Da. Bond writes from Memphis to his paper, the Baltimore Episcopal Methodist, that a strong effort will be made in the Conference “to take off the limitation of time from the ap pointments and permit the Bishops to station preachers for any period. It will be as strong ly opposed, and, I think, will not pass. The proposition comes from Virginia. It is thought two new Bishops will be wanted, one to reside in Texas. ^ Wo think, however, that the Balti more Conference is not in danger of losing one of its valuable members." ” Reconstruction. The telegram says the House Reconstruction Committee has agreed to report a bill admitting Georgia similar to the Virginia, North Carolina and Texas bills, with a supplementary provision authorizing all the so-ealled States to call out their militia. Stlvands Schmidt, after attempting to shoot his sweetheart, Miss Wells, of Williamsburg, N. Y., on Friday, and failing therein, emptied three barrels of his revolver into his own head. It is sad to know that he was not dead at last Pen Pictures of Southern Baptists. The Courier- Journal of Louisville, published a series of pen pictures of distinguished mem bers of the Southern Baptist Convention, lately in session there, similar to those published by ns a year ago, when the Convention met in Macon, and this is what it says of two Macon citizens: REV. F. M. HAYGOOD is by birth a Georgian, and has spent his life in Georgia. He is a man of deep-toned piety and an active laborer. It is donbted whether there can be fonnd in all the South a better colpor teur or a warmer friend of Sunday schools. He loves the children, and has a peculiar power in eliciting their love and making them happy. He is now the appointed General Agent of the Sunday School Board of tho Southern Baptist Convention for the States of Georgia, Alabama and Florida, and if earnest zeal, persevering toil and love for the cause are guarantees of success, the Board may confidently expect a cheering report. Having devoted a large part of his life to the work of colporteur, he has so cnltivated the habit of selling books that he sel dom attends the anniversaries of his brethren without a box of such. Daring the recess of the present sessions of the Convention he may be found in the vestibule of the church ready to attend to any who may want Sunday school books. Rev. A. E. Dickenson once said in the Religious Herald that “without doubt he was the best colporteur in the world.” BEV. E. W. WABBEN is by birth a Georgian, and for the past eleven years has been pastor of the First Baptist Church in Macon, Georgia. He first practiced law, but after his conversion he devoted him self to the work of the ministry. In this work he has been decidedly successful, averaging not less than 25 baptisms per year, while his people have grown in those Christian graces which constitute the elements of a Church’s power. He is not regarded as one of the ablest Baptist preachers of his State, bnt in depth of piety, in love for the truth, in earnest, persevering labors as a pastor and Christian, there are bnt few who equal him. He feels a profound in terest in the education of the colored ministry. He collected a class of 2G of these ministers last winter, and, by the co-operation of several of the leading ministers of the State, gave them a month's instruction in theology free of charge. The Institute will be resumed this fall with increased interest. The poor find in him a warm friend. Ho knows their wants, and im presses npon his people the duty of supplying them. Though uncompromising in his views of truth, yet such is hia amiability, his kindness and candor, that he has secured the confidence and affection of all other denominations by which he is snrronnded. He is abont 47 years old, and, with the blessing of his Master, may have many years of usefulness yet before him. Another Chance lor a Libel Salt—For ney and Bulloch’s Tracks to be Un covered. The special Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial (Rad.) telegraphed as follows to that paper, last Friday. We suggest that Bollock sue the majority of the investigat ing committee for libel if they report as this correspondent indicates they will: The Georgia investigation will be closed as soon as the testimony of Governor Bnllock can be taken; bnt that gentleman, although sum moned several days since, has not yet made his appearance, and his return is daily looked for. From what has already become known of the testimony elicited in this inquiry it is judged to be one of the liveliest investigations ever undertaken by a committee of CongTess; and although no actual case of bribery has yet been discovered, the fact is fnlly established that enormous sums of money have been gotten rid of by certain Georgia politicians. For instance, the Chronicle has been paid several thousand dollars for alleged advertising and job work, and Mr. Forney, tinder examination, fonnd it difficult to satisfy the committee that he only re ceived customary prices for work performed. It was shown that he was paid an extravagant price for publishing the speeches of Senator Morton, Representative Whittemore and others, and the argument of Bullock before the committee on the subject of Georgia reconstruction. The testimony yesterday of Mr. Mnrtagb, of the Republican, and Mr. Bailey, of the Globe, showed that, in comparison, the Chronicle had charged unheard-of prices for all manner of ser vice which it had rendered the Bullock party. It is probable that there will be two reports on the investigation from the Judiciary Committee —one by the majority and one by a minority, probably not more than two members signing the latter. A Fort Smith, (Arkansas) paper says the “number of immigrants that continues to flock into that country is incredible. Every road is thronged with them, on the bank of nearly every creek they are camped, every honse they can find is fast being occupied by them, and every vacant farm they can secure readily finds a tenant for the coming crop. Very little land now open in the country will remain idle this year, and we are pleased to learn that a dispo sition prevails to give oom a fair share of the ground, and not give all exclusively to cotton.” The hog-pens attached to J. W. Gaff & Co.’s distillery, at Cincinnati, were consumed by fire on Wednesday morning, and abont 8,000 hogs were destroyed. The squeals «n4 shocking cries of the animals were heard one mile and a half. The pens belonged to Gaff k Co., and were valued at $20,000, on which there was no Insaranoe. The hogs were the property of Sadler k Co., whose loss was abont $55,000, and insured in home companies for $15,000. The entire loss was $75,000. The Georgia Press. The Lumpkin Telegraph has information from P. H. Woodward, special agent of the P. O. D., that a contract will be let ont to establish s tri-weekly mall between that plaoe and Cuthbert. Cucumbers and plums have made their ap- pearanoe in the Savannah market—the latter retailing at 25 cents a quart. There were two attempts at incendiary fires in Savannah last week—one, Friday, and the other Saturday night. No damage done, How ever. Jas. T. Minyard has been swindling citizens of Savannah by taking their second hand fnrai- ture to mend, and then selling it and vamosing. Some of them want to “interview” him. The News, of Monday, says: Recovery of the Body of the Drowned Sub- Marine Dives.—The body of Thomas De Win ter, the sab-marine diver who was drowned at the obstructions below this city, near Fort Jack- 80d, in January last, an account of which was published in the Morning News at the time, was yesterday picked np by Captain O. Bromstead, of tho sloop Jose King, off Mackey’s point, nearly opposite Sonth Channel, and about a half mile from the spot where he was drowned months since'. The News gives a list of prices of eatables in the Savannah market: Spring chickens scarce at 75 cents to $1 per pair; grown fowls, $1.25 to $1.50 a pair; dressed chickens, $1.50 to $1.75; eggs plentiful at 25 cents a dozen. Strawberries plentifnl; city raised (garden,) 50 cents per quart. Blackberries are in abun dance at 10 to 12£ cents per qnart; plums, (first of the season) 25 cents per qnart. Asparagus, 50 cents per bunch; cauliflowers, 25 to 40 cents per head; cabbage, 25 to 60 cents per head; encumbers, 25 cents each, and are very scarce; squashes, $1 per dozen; new po tatoes, $4 per bushel; lettuce, 40 cents per dozen heads. Banch vegetables, raddishes, turnips, carrots, beets, eto., are plentifnl at 10 cents per bunch, or three bnnehes for 25 cents; snap beans, 25 cents per quart; green peas, 15 cents for two quarts; shelled peas, 15 cents per quart. Beef of good quality is scarce and is selling at 15 to 20 cents per pound; veal, 10 to 15 cts. per pound; pork very scarce at 20 to 25 cents per ponnd; mutton, 15 to 20 cents per pound; veDison, 25 cents per pound. Fresh Georgia batter is very abundant; in ferior, for cooking purposes, is selling at 35 to 40 cents per ponnd, and good table batter at 50 cents per pound. The Washington Gazette charges the fishor- men of that bnrg with making their captures from “the fish baskets of old gentlemen of Afri can descent.” Of crop matters in Wilkes county, the Gazette says: The crops are represented as extremely fine, though a light rain wonld not occasionally be unacceptable. The wheat is very forward, tho corn has generally received its first working, and the planters now appear to be devoting all their attentions to his royal majesty, the cotton plant. Mr. Blnmer Whits, formerly a highly esteemed citizen of Fiko county, died in Smith coanty, Texas, lately, aged 70 years. The Hancock Times says a construction train loaded with iron for the Macon and Augusta railroad, passed that point Tuesday, and will remain on the road until it is finished. We get tho following from the Gainesville Eagle: Sad Accident.—Mr. Willie Donaldson, son of Judge Donaldson, of Canton, Ga., while assist ing his father in building a bridge near Carters- ville, fell into the river on some timbers, on Tuesday last, and was so badly braised that he died on Wednesday. He was a brother of Mrs. J. W. Davis, of our town. Fire.— On Tuesday night the alarm of fire was given abont 10 o’clock, and before the peo ple could collect, Mr. Samuel Leaser’s grocery was enveloped in flames. In less than half an hour the building, with his whole stock of li quors, was destroyed, estimated to be worth over $1,000. No insurance. We learn that a Mr. Brawner, of Franklin county, was severely stabbed by one Ariel, dur ing the show on Monday last at Carnesville, and died Tuesday morning. We did not learn the particulars. The Griffin Georgian says Mrs. Cunningham, widow of the late Joseph Cunningham, and mother-in-law of Captain Hoff, died there of heart disease, Friday. Spalding Superior Court, adjourned Term, convened on yesterday. Judge Greene presid ing, notified all parties interested, that ho wonld try no case, the consideration of which was prior to Jane 18G5, unless by the consent of the parties thereto. There is enough new bnsiness, together with the Criminal Docket, to consume two weeks in clearing the Dockets.—Griffin Georgian. The Atlanta Constitution furnishes the follow ing items: Printing, Publishing, Proclamations, Eto. The Books of Treasurer Angier disclose the following warrants drawn by Governor Bollock in favor of the Atlanta New Era, on the Print ing Fond: May Gth, 1870—Warrant No. 323, $484. May 6th, 1870—Wairant No. 324, $1,530 55. May 9 th, 1870—Warrant No. 332, $908 70. May 9tb, 1870—Warrant No. 345, $G32 75. May 10th, 1870—Warrant No. 3GG, $183. May lltb, 1870—Warrant No. —, $806 60. Total, $4,545 50. Is the New Era Public Printer? If so, who are the proprietors ? How many officials of the State Government are interested in the New Era? Will some one interested inform the public ? Sudden Death.—We regret to learn of the sndden death of Mis. Martin, aged 57 years, who resided near Athens, while on a visit to her son, W. A. Martin, in Jackson county, Georgia, a few days ago. She was in her usual health when she retired to rest, bnt died very suddenly daring the night. She was the mother of onr worthy foreman, George W. Martin. Suspicious.—We learn that B. F. Moore, the general book-keeper of the State Road, has been removed, to give place to a carpe t-bagger named J. J. Blake. This, on the eve of the assembling of the Investigation Committee, is very suspi cious. H. G. Cole, Esq., of Marietta, we learn, has sold a lot in that city, valued at $G,000 to tho Marietta Female College for $1,000—equal to a donation of $5,000. The salt instituted by Provisional Governor Bnllock against the Constitution office has nor been withdrawn, as is generally supposed. The writ was withdrawn immediately after filing, bnt returned the next day to the clerk’s office. The Monroe Advertiser says: The Condition of Crops.—Farmers, as a general thing, are engaged in ohopping ont oot- ton. The stand is good, and the appearance of the weed very thriving, though if the drouth continues and is seconded by hot weather, the crop will suffer. Cora is also very promising, its ultimate prospects depending, however, upon the length of the spell of dry weather which is now aston ishing the natives. Mortality among the Old People.—Tho old citizens of the county appear to be dying off very rapidly We chronicle the deaths of three which have taken place in this oonnty within the last few weeks: Mrs. Aaron Sutton, aged abont seventy; Mr. Tfaos. McCommon, aged fifty; Mr. Henry Haymond, aged fifty. The Atlanta Era has the following: The weather has been very beautifnl for the last three days, bnt rain is mnoh needed. Some wells show signs of giving ont. Freight Reduced.—We leant that the Saint Lonis, Memphis and Atlantio Railroad have re duced their freights on Flour, Bacon, Lard, Rope, Bagging and Grain. The Rev. W. T. Brantley has, we are given to understand, accepted an invitation to deliver the Baccalaureate Address beforo Gen. Lee’s College this summer. The Knight Templars are preparing to go to Macon next week. The Atlanta Commandery is a fine one, and will make a good appearance, both in numbers and material. From Amebicusl—The Republican reports as follows: We are very fearful that the Irish potato crop in this immediate .vicinity will be a complete failure this year. Complaints from every quar ter come to ns that the plant Is dying rapidly, and where an abundant crop was expected three weeks ago, the oontinned drought has cat it off almost entirely. The dry season continues, ana is indeed working serious injury to the orops. Where fertilizers have been employed, the damage is most apparent. Corn meal is now selling in Americas at the exorbitant price of $2.00 per bushel. Printers, of coarse, can’t purchase. Reports from Webster connty represent crops in a good condition, but suffering greatly from the long continued drought. The Savannah infantry are drilling in whoop ing cough very industriously. We get the following items from the Federal Union of Tuesday: Macon and Augusta Railroad.—Messrs, George G. Hull and & Go., we learn, will com mence track laying on this end of the Road this week. They are hauling cross-ties and getting ready to put down the track. A con siderable force is already employed on this work, bnt the contractors desire to increase it and offer good wages to bands. The work is to be pushed forward as rapidly as possible, and it is thought the road will be in running order to Macon by October. Friday last was a gala day for the colored pop ulation of this city. The occasion that brought them out was the annual May day festival by the colored school. A brass band from Macon was in attendance. The procession marched to Encampment Hill, where W6 learn, the cere monies of crowning a queen of May were duly celebrated. Musio, feasting and dancing, all which the colored race enjoy equal to any peo ple in the world, then followed. In the afternoon a company of colored troops,' numbering abont fifty, paraded through tho streets. They wore firemen’s uniform bnt were officered and mancenvered as a military compa ny. The ship D. W. Chapman cleared fromSavan nah Monday, for Liverpool, with 3,118 bales of upland cotton, valued at $304,588 and 40 bags sea island weighing 11,590 pounds and valued at $2,547 10. Tho Columbus Sun says : Bat little sickness in the city. Everybody and his wife and family attended church Sunday. One man, forty-five years old, went for the first time in twenty years; another, thirty-seven and some months, was discovered near the altar for the first time in thirteen years. Both have promised to attend again next Sab bath, Providence permitting. Better late than never. Cheap Fuel.—Arrangements, which have been on foot for some time, were consummated npon yesterday, by which onr citizens may ex pect cheaper fuel next winter than in years past. Two well known merchants have engaged three thousand tons of good Tennessee coal, and one of the firm will leave thi3 week to superintend tho shipping. The idea is to ship now while the railroads are comparatively idle, and there by secure cheap freights. Excitement in Church.—There was some little excitement in St. Luke Chnrch Sunday morning. A gentleman employed on the river had a fit daring the first prayer. Many thought, from the confusion immediately aronnd him, that an alarm of fire had been given; others, not reflecting that the building was ono of the firmest and mo3t substantial in the whole coun try, feared a Richmond disaster, and others did not know what to think. Some forty or fifty men, chiefly from the gallery, left. Soon the usual order and quietude was established. There was nothing to fear, in the first place. It was funny to notice that tho sterner sex were the first to run. For tho six months ending Maroh 31st, 1870, the value of exports from Savannah was $45,- 320.04G; value of imports same period $S10,500; value of duties on imports $294,000. The Elberton Gazette says shooting fine horses as they stand in their stables is quite common in that section, jnat now. The Gazette says com is in great demand in that county at two dollars a bushel, and very scarce at that price. A correspondent writes from Waynesboro to to the Chronicle and Sentinel as follows: It is very dry here, and planters complain very much of tho backwardness of their crops. The recent cold winds, together with the long drought, have much retarded the growth of cot ton and com. The oat crop will be a complete failure if rain does not fall in a few days.— Many planters complain that their late planting of cotton is not np, and I saw on my way to the Conrt-bouse this morning soveral farmers en gaged in patting tho seed in tho ground, in the hope, it wonld seem, that rain wonld come in time to bring it before the season is too far ad vanced to maintain a crop. The Savannah Republican discourses of weather and crops, rather cheerfully, as follows: So far as wo have seen and heard a drought is prevailing all over Georgia, from three to five weeks having passed in many places without rain. Still, it has not proved unfavorable to the crops, which are very backward and too young to suffer materially. The dry weather has ena bled tho planters to put their fields in perfect order and to givo the young plants of every sort a fair start. Cotton is from three to four weeks behind time, but the “stand” is remarably fino and with fair seasons a fall crop will be made. It has a healthy appearance, and corn, too, is looking well despite the dry weather, the worst effects of which are felt by the gardens where vegetables of all kinds have been pushed for ward and ore in a more advanced state than cot ton or corn. Onr growing season in Georgia is a long one. and the late spring will not materi ally affect the crops, provided tho summer shall prove to be favorable. The Eatonton Press and Messenger says farm work is progressing slowly, on account of the dry, hard siato of the lands. A light shower fell in the vicinity of Eatonton last Thursday. Crops suffering greatly from dronth. Reports from the wheat crop of the connty very favora ble. A good deal is heading ont. No sign of rnst as yet. Judge Jesse Lambertb, Ordinary of Floyd coanty, who has married 2,700 conples, was trapped himself last Sunday. The Rome Courier says tho railroad bridge over the Oostananla river was to bo completed last night, and the cars on the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad will probably run through to Dalton, next Saturday. An “obstropulous” darkey who knocked a po- lioeman down in Rome, Taesday, was dosed by the latter with three pills, and now lies in jail to boot. The Rome Daily, of Taesday, says: The Western Union Telegraphio Company commenced the erection of a double line of telegraph from this point to Dalton yesterday. This line will be completed by the first day of July, when onr city will bo in direct commu nication with New York, New Orleans, Nash ville, Atlanta and all intermediate points. We quote, as follows, from the Atlanta Gon- stilntion: Legal Services for the State.—Among the warrants drawn for the month of May are tho following amounts: George S. Thomas, legal services $1,650 Cary J. Thornton, “ “ 500 Robert H. Brown, “ “ 650 H.P. Farrow, “ “ 250 $2,850 It will be observed that the Attorney General, Henry P. Farrow, only gets a small slice of this legal pudding. Does the Governor still ques tion tiie legal ability of his official adviser? And does ho think it necessary to call in other distinguished and world-known counsel to help his Attorney General ? On May the 11th, Governor Bnllock drew warrant No. SG9 in favor of V. A. Gaskill for $1,000, “for services as agent to apply for, re ceive and sell lands and scrip donated to Geor gia under act of Congress.” Scene at the State Road Cab Works.—Enter a Fifteenth Amendment with an axe on his shoulder—“Boss, how much you charge for grinding my axe ?” “It’s owing to your poli tics—if yon are a Democrat, twenty-five cents; if a Radical, nothing," said the foreman. ‘T reckon I’ll havo to pay it,” said the darkey. “What! yon ain’t a Democrat?” excitedly asked the boss. “Dat’s what’s de mattery boss,” replied the colored man and brother! The Montgomery Advertiser says “it is prob able that in a week the Central Road will con trol that part of the West Point Road from Opelika to Columbus, and the Georgia Road the portion from Opelika to West Point The road from Opelika to Selma will be used as one road. The whole. route will be placed in first class order, a condition it is very far from being in at this time.” Bed Clover. The most luxuriant thing the writer observes now about his habitat in Vineville, in this time of drouth, is an occasional stock of red clover, probably from Beed which were aooidentally in. termixed with the seed of orchard gras3—Dac\ iylit Glomerata, in the barbarous Latin with which the botanists elucidate soience. And this observation is true not only the present year, bnt we have noticed the same fact for a period of several years since the red clover made its appearance here and there on the place. It stands seasons of dronth better than any of the cultivated grasses, and now on that place looks far fresher and greener to-day than even the famed Lespedcza Striata, which is gradually taking possession of the place, and exterminating the Bermuda grass, however deeply and firmly rooted. Now everybody who knows anything ate*'; the matter, knows that Vineville is, for the most part, the poorest quality of pine ridge land, with a surface mould of not more than three inches, and an unknown depth of sand under neath, showing only here and there a semi-oc casional admixture of clay. The stalks of red clover we spoak of may be fonnd scattered hero and there on just such land, in a materially un improved condition, and hence we infer that red clover will flourish npon almost any kind of land in this region of Georgia upon very mod erate enconragement. True, we suppose it will do much better npon clay lands, with proper treatment; and with good culture we sure it will be fonnd one of he moat nardy, luxuriant and valuablo crops to which the farmer Gan turn his attention. Those red clay ands in Monroe county are wc believe, splendidly adapted to this crop, and instead of baying hay, we think Monroe county could this day make as much money, acre for acre, raising it for market as she can do in cot ton, so long as any considerable number of our people pursue the suicidal policy of bujing their forage. Hay is worth two dollars a hundred, besides the cost of hauling, which is hardly lets than fifty cents a hundred for every twenty miles. It would be safe to rockon a planter's forage (that is to say what he requires for his own use) to be worth, in his barn or stable, fifty dollars per ton, and he ought with the greatest ease to harvest two tons to the acre and have it all stored away snugly by the first of June/ Neither tho cost of cultivation or of harvesting will be half as mnch as that of an aore of cotton, and yet yon see he has produced by Jane from his acre nearly as great value as he will proba* bly produce from an acre Of cotton intelligently, liberally and faithfully tended till November. Wo have, from time to time, published in structions in relation to seeding red clover crops. The land should he well broken, deeply snb3oiled, thoroughly disentegrated and liberal ly fertilized broadcast. It ought to bo well harrowed with a good iron-tooth implement be fore tho seed is sown—then well broadcasted with the seed and the latter lightly brushed in. The seed and its germs being very minute and deli cate, the danger is in covering them too deeply, and that danger is”nggravated by the plan of sowing in drills—but some of the machines for drilling aro said to work with great nicety and success. Good red clover seed is worth abont twenty cents a ponnd, and in broad casting, one wonld probably use from ten to fifteen ponnd3 to the acre. Opinions differ as to the best time for seeding in this region—Some preferring the early fall after the September rains, and others the early spring—the latter part of February or first of March. We think a sowing in early fall will give the young plants vigor enough to stand any ordinary cold of our winters, and hasten its maturity in spring very mnoh. It will be three to fonr feet high on good land in May. “Turned Uemocrat.” Whenever a Republican member of the Sen ate drops any thing in debate having tho least particle of constitutional law, reason, common sense, prudence or good natnre in it, the Rad icals turn him bodily over to tho Democrats— “Oh, you are a Democrat” “You had better change yonr seat” “Yon had better go over to the other Bide.” So, on Taesday last, when Senator Ferry spoke on the bill to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment, and expressed the opin ion that tho State if Georgia had been syste matically traduced and belied, and that in tbe effort to seenre the rights of the black man, the rights of tho white man had been endang ered, and that tho policy of tho government should be conciliatory towards the Soath,— Morton set np tho usual exclamation to Ferry— ‘Yon have made a Democratic speeoh. You should go over and take your seat on that side.” It was an appeal to party terrorism—the re enactment of the old policy of the leaders of the Mountain, from whom Morton and Butler appear to take pattern. Bingbatn, Fessenden, Matt. Carpenter, Trumbull, Sehnrz, and every man who has dared to counsel moderation, or to uphold to the slightest extent the restraints of constitutional law, has in turn been charged with deserting the Radical colors and warned to go over to the opposition benches. We most congratulate Sonth Carolina that even one of her carpet-bag Senators could not stand the insolence and dogmatism of Morton, and backed Mr. Ferry’s speech in strong and manly terms, and just and liberal sentiments. We have noticed several instances in which Mr. Sawyer has done himself honor by his indepen dence and moral oourago against a senseless party despotism, and this is another. Let Americans, North and Sonth, heed that everything looking to reason, law, jnstioe, con ciliation and the restoration of national harmo ny is invariably branded in the Senate by the Radical leaders as “democracy.” Masonic Festival—An Imposing Dis play. Next Wednesday, the 25th instant, the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of Georgia will initiate the annual conclave of tho order in Maoon with a pnblio parade in full uniform, at which all the subordinate Com- manderies have been ordered to appear. The display will be novel and. imposing, and will constitute one of the grandest exhibitions ever witnessed in Georgia. The lines will be formed at 10 o’clock a. u., for inspection and review, after whioh the columns will march to the Pres byterian Ohuroh, for the purpose of engaging in the public devotional exercises, which will be conducted by Rev. and E. Sir David Wills, Grand Prelate, who will, at the conclusion of the servioe, deliver an oration. The musio will be an attractive feature of this service, the choir being composed of much of the very best musical talent of tho city. The whole affair will be both novel and attractive—the introduc tion, as we believe, of a new era in the history of Christian chivalry in Georgia. A banquet will be given by St. Omer Com mandery on tho evening of the 25th, to whioh all the Sir Knights present will bo invited. Supreme Court—June Term. From an advertisement in the Atlanta Iteli- gencer, we learn that at the Jane term of the Supreme Coart, the Southern Circuit is third in order with two cases; the South-Western Cir- oni t fourth in order with seventeen cases; the Pa- taola Circuit fifth in order with thirty-fonr oases; the Maoon Circuit, seventh in order, with two cases, one from Bibb, and one from Crawford ; the Flint Circuit, eighth in order, with four oases; and the Oomnlgee Circuit, fif teenth in’order, with nine eases. There are one hundred and seventy-six cases from all the cir cuits, to be determined. First Grand Rally or the South Caro lina Anti-Radicals. The Charleston News, of Tuesday, gives full details of the mass meeting to-inaugurate the Citizen's Party of Sonth Carolina, and open the campaign against tiie Radicals, which was held in that city the night before. We give such extracts as onr space permits, and as will fur nish an idea of what sort of an affair it was.— Says the News : For the first time in Charleston the wealth and the mechanical skill, and the musoular strength, and the honest intelligence of the white people of Sonth Carolina, were joined to the force and energy and influence of our ool- ored fellow-citizens. Republicans and Democrats, natives and adopted citizens, white men and black men, sat together in mass meeting, considering for the good, not of class orparty, bnt of the whole people. The platform was broad enough to holdall honest men, and handsomely was it filled last night. Prominent amoDg those who were present were several notorious agitators, who did their level best to exoite a disturbance. While one of the colored speakers was addrelsBing the meeting, these partisans of- Scott began to hiss and stamp; bnt the firmness of tbe speaker, and the energetic action of the chair, added to the unmistakable determination of tbe vast ma jority of the meeting to see Fair Play, brought the Scott faction to their senses. They did not again dare to interfere with the proceedings. The stage, as well as the body of the hall, was crowded. There sate some of our staunchest citizens, the vice presidents and secretaries, both white and colored, showing by their con duct their hearty acquiescence in the purpose of the gathering. Indeed, the meaning of the whole meeting was a union of all honest men, irrespective of class, color or party, for the purpose of obtaining for Sonth Carolina some relief ? rom the myriad troubles wo are now called npon to bear. Several speeches wore made by both whites and negroes. One of the latter, Black, by name, and who was one of the Vice Presidents of the meeting, reflected very severely npon the present so-called Government, and being loudly hissed by some negro Radicals who were in tbe ball, said, as soon as order was restored : I am sorry to observe that my remarks have occasioned any disquiet among my colored friends, but I do not hesitate to speak the truth at all times, and under all circumstances. We are living in a free State, where the right of free speech belongs to all, and I intend to exer cise it npon this occasion. It may be distaste ful for some to hear it, bnt I have no hesitation in declaring that South Carolinians mast rale South Carolina. [Loud and repeated cheering ] We have here as great men as have lived in any State, and when the choice is between them and those who come from abroad, for no other pur pose than to seek offices of profit and honor, I, for one, will always cast my vote for him whose interests are identified with my own. [Great applause.) SPEECH OF MB. W. G. BOUT. Mr. Rout, one of the colored secretaries, was next introduced, and said: I did not come here with the expectation of being called npon to speak^ bnt since yon have done me the honor, I will say that, in adopting the principles of this party, I do so without re gard to any politics, and because I believe its principles are correct. They should appeal to every honest colored citizen. We are engaged in a common work—that of trying to bring abont a reform in tbe manner in which the State has been conducted,, and it is a cause that should nnite all citizens, without regard to party or complexion, who feel an interest in the pnb lio welfare. [Cheers.] SPEECH OF MB. MARLOW COCHRAN. Mr. Cochran, another of the colored vice- president’s was introduced, and said: I shall not detain yon with my remarks. I simply wish to say that I’m glad that I have been able to join in this movement. I do not care who may be displeased; my opinion has been formed; my judgment tells me that I’m right; I know that the cause i3 right, and from this time forward I mean, with the best of my ability, to work with the Reform party for the good of my State, [Cheers.] coslnbj. J*‘] Methodist Episcopal Chnrch South on Rc-IJnion — The Resolutions Adopted. The following a*e the resolutions adopted by the Methodist Conference, now in session at Memphis, mention of which was made by tele graph Sunday: The committee to whom were referred the papers relating to the proposals of union by the Methodist Episcopal Chnrch, reported, and the following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, 1. That gratofnlly recognizing that Providence which has heretofore guided ns, and strengthened onr powers, and preserved onr integrity as a chnrch of Jesus Christ, un der trying conditions, both in war and peace, we earnestly desire to cultivate true Christian fellowship with every other branch of the Chris tian chnrch, and especial y with our brethren of the several branches of Methodism in this country and Europe. Resolved, 2. That the action of onr bishops in their last annual meeting at St. Lonis in re sponse to tho message from the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church North has the fall endorsement of this General Conference, and accurately defines onr position in reference to any overtures which may proceed from that chnrch having in them an official and proper re cognition of this body. Resolved 3. That the distinguished commis sion now present of the General Conference of tho Methodist Episcopal Chnrch North, which met at Chicago, May 1863, and appointed it for the specific purpose expressed in the following resolution, to-wit: “Resolved, that the commis sion ordered by the General Conference to con fer with a like commission from the African M. E. Church to arrange for a union of that body with onr own, be also empowered to treat with similar commissions from any other Methodist Chnrch that may desire a like union,”—cannot, in onr judgment, without great violence in con struing the language of said resolution, be re garded as having been constituted by that Gen eral Conference a commission to make propo sals of union to the General Conference of the M. E. Ohnroh Sonth. Resolved, 4. Moreover, that if this distin guished commission were full clothed witH au thority to treat with ns for onion, it is the judg ment of this Conference that the true interests of the Church of Christ require and demand the maintenance of onr separate and distinct organ izations. Resolved 5. That we tender to the Rev. Bishop E. B. James and Rev. W. L. Harris, members of the commission, now present with ns, our h'gh regards as brethren beloved in the Lord, and express onr sincere desire that the day may soon come when proper Christian sen timents and fraternal relations between the two great branches of Northern and Southern Meth odists shall be permanently established. The resolutions were unanimously adopted. Sew York Election. The New York election, last Tuesday, was the first Northern State eleotion under the Fifteenth Amendment, and the negro seems to have fallen short of giving the victory to the Radicals.— Hoffman’s majority for Governor, in 1868, was 27,946. Seymour’s majority over Grant, the same year, was 10,000. In 1869 Nelson (Dem ocrat) was eleoted over Segal, for Secretary of State, (Radical)by20,241. Bntnow,if we may credit the telegrams, the Democratic ticket for Appellate Judges was 75,000 majority in the State. The Radicals say the vote was light: but we know no reason why that faot should have worked particularly against them. It is not probable that many of the newly enfran chised negroes were absent from the polls, or that one of them failed to vote with the Radicals. The probability is that the negro vote in New York, as elsewhere, involved a heavy nett loss to the Radical party. A paragraph is going the rounds of the pa pent abont a female idiot, in Chester, Vermont, killing herself by tight laoing. A wretch of an eoitor, somewhere, comments on the faot after this fashion: These oorseta should be done away with; and if the girls can't live without being squeez ed, we suppose men can be found who would sacrifice themselves. Aa old as we are we would rather devote three hours a day, without a cent of pay, aa a brevet corset, than see these girls dying off in that manner. Office hours almost any time.” Growth of the «■< The statistics of the Methodist Church, South, for 1869, show the n? figures: Total number of traveling preache 1 I year, 2,646—an increase over 1868 of Uk ^ preachers 4,753—increase over 18S8 340 ' ^ I members, 540,820—increase over !SGs * T ^ colored members, 19,686-decrease fJH?? 12,399; Indian members, 3,149 i ne r ^ 1868, 848. Total, ministers and meS?* 241—increase over 1868, 26,072. ' HI The.12,399 colored members are, f or th« part, reckoned in the colored Conferences ^ I the Bishops have been organizing. Fbom a report read in the convention of r 1 Protestant Episcopal Church, of the Die* ^ Alabama, now in session at Montgom^T* learn that during the year past there * baptisms, and 482 confirmations. The cjf mations exceed those of any other je&rf^ The communicants increased 25 per cent. Vu are 2,626 communicants in the Diocew^ 2,236 Sunday School scholars. The con ’ ** tlons for religious purposes during the amounted to $27,291 68. Effect of a Kpbee.—Grady, of the g, Courier, was down at Augusta last week ^ gushes over that quiet village most copia^f He says it is “a vigorous, well-built, stacJ growing city, free from the mouldy that marks the ancient and eminently reswl hie city of Macon.” But then Grady ache- edges having had a “high old time” do*atl e » from whose ’‘mellowiDg influences ho hasbiti ly recovered.” We submit that Grady ism a competent witness while in that condition. — Responsibility or Bank Cabbiees.^,., time since the cashier of the State Kafoti Bank of Boston certified a check of .$125 CCQ. for Pitt Cooke. Afterward the bank discoretsd that the drawer did not have sufficient depoca I to balance any such check, and contested fa liability for the payment. Judge Brady decidei 1 that the act of the agent is the act of the pa;, cipal, that the cashier of the bank is virtafij the bank, and that consequently the latter is sponsible for the certification of the forme:. The Philadelphia Age is surprised that “iti jl recent entertainment at the Gubernatorial ms:-' sionin South Carolina, the carpet-bag Gove-jj nor handed a negro wench up to the bead of the |j table, before all the white women in the root I Bat the chances are that if the editor of th* I Age had been compelled to hand ono o' & I crowd of women to the table, he would hit I chosen the negro wench himself.—Count | Journal. Tbe Senate Committee on Commerce hi agreed to report favorably on the bill inxtf rating the Southern Express Company, withJ- B. Plant, R. B. Bullock, W. B. Dinsmore,* 3 M. Shoemaker, M. J. O'Brien, Cyrus 8. P#l Joseph F. Gibson, Hugh Dempsey and Jp Shuter as corporators. The capital sloe d the company is to consist of ten thousand sp at $100 a share. / The Chattanooga Rolling Mill has erjuyl its capital stock to $GOO,000. The old'sta amounted to $250,000. Of the increased st& $215,000 have already been subscribed. E. I mill will begin work abont the middle of fee, and will make one hundred tons of rail per dip ; In connection with the rolling mill, another blast furnace will be bnilt as soon as posable. Putnam for June came yesterday, and its h contents: Down the- Danube. Birds of i North. The Tale of a Comet, concluded. Ka.C A Woman’s Right. Shall we have a more m able Bible. ADomesticRomanoe. Proport Representation. And sundry other arJc/ including the Editorial Departments. The President of the Southern Pad” road has assured the workingmen ef Sa cisco that if $1,000,000 subsidy i 1 xolcf *“ e company on the 7th of Juno, it shall J* eI ' pended among white -laborers-pses/S no Chinese labor will be emplo/ed ;m ooo:1 ' struclion of the road. , H . 1 r The Dbouth.—The weaihel is to ' w distressing. We have forgotto hi* * 0D S A 13 since rain fell; but it is a ®* gardens are parched up—crop o/all kinds are suffering and the streets art W S3 are very dusty. We need, rain gadlj/ j The Wilmington Joan 3 jvP 01 * 8 a terrihe hail storm in that sectionrichy afternoon, h lasted ten minutes. Tj-sfones were as large ashen eggs, and cove-* the ground to tit depth of several inches The Bible question 348 taken this shape is tho Illinois Constitute! Convention: “Tie Bible shall never be fcluded from, nor its use compelled in, the schools of the State, nor shall sectarian is trines be taugbt thereia Froj Atlanta. Atlaia, Ga., May 17, 1870. Editors TJcgreh and Messenger: iroi causes not necessai to mention, or pernsi' worthy of remark I have not been able to | write as frequent? as I desired of toe ip c ' dents of my trip.) In fact, in many perti®-; of the country th'effects of the unpreccdciw' backwardness ofthe spring, taken with u chilly nights ai furnace like heat or tw j days, are havini most depressing ieiiokJ upon the mindsif the local population ast as on the feeling of the traveler. I will ow remark in passig, that we shall have fruit after all th risks and singular this strange s/ring. Those who ongM know say that j£e portion of the P c ? c ~ c , . which escaped oe March freezes, ana wow-, fill to tell that snow storm of the low I April, will in al likelihood be very use, the fact that thicrop which has been po® ted by those caaalties to set will n0 vf ^ 6 . ‘ n abundant, and or that reason ought w folly developed The apple crop ^ ^ I promising, thotgh the strawberries, n important in otr fruit estimate, baa very severely from some cause not exa<- u ) I der.-tood. " 1 ■ r . " , ^ I You may laj your account and .so I your readers fat another short forage » L I vision crop. This State really seemstog, I mented whenever cotton reaches 10 -l warnings against the suicidal improyi neglecting bread for more dollars, are »^ ■ idle winds in the ears of those wee w ^ ( | the maddening itch to reaoh a ton ; I season. Will men never listen to J Will they forevor despise that teacher—experience ? Does not evert district in the world prove that the snap j| diem reoeipts of labor don’t make J that comfort, without which wealth is c.i iest of all shams, is as far removed come oftentimes as one pole is from ^ y It is what a man can keep far more th I he nominally earns that makes s 0 ” 0 No human being can live incom»rt ■ most exalted significance, who most ^ Ll oerned for the next meal for man ana ^1 and who is obliged to put his band ‘ J pocket for the purchase of every* d is obliged to consume. This ra thec^i of tens of thousands of cotton raiders the South, and will be, until men ge* ^ garding the farm and plantation 83 in itself, and that the same rulo3 I economy apply to that empire as to But I must not forget that even you, „| Editors, have not escaped the retort . *1 this monitory talk was impertinent ' ^ /■ asked, and that the planter could tak j| himself. The answer is vel 7 f v e J| pointed. We, everybody. 1 j ftter iiii9«i?| the agriculturist, and if he oSStl starve, we must needs, in sprte , ^ Bl starve vrith him. ^But enough my next letter I will f've you *0®*^ & thu “Chicago of the
