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The Greor&'ia Weekly Telegraph and. Journal Messenger. Telegraph and Messenger. HACOlf. MAY 24 1870. General News. Macon County.—A letter from Oglethorpe, tho 14th inst, says fields and gardens look well considering the cold and dry weather. We have had no rain in fire weeks. From a quarter to a third of the cotton planted has not come np, on acconct of the drought. Methodist Re-Union,—It will be seen from tho telegrams that the General Conference of Memphis has decided that tho trne interests of the Chnrch demand a separate and distinct or ganization. Another Ahwtt> Expedition foe Cota.—The telegrams report tho sailing of an expedition from New York, Saturday morning, with stores of arms and amnnition. It is kind to give tho Spanish authorities due notice. South Cabolina Rahjioad.—A new schedule went into operation last Sunday. Tho day trains for Augusta and Columbia will leave Charleston, as at present, at 8:30 A. M., arriv ing at Augusta at 4:25 p. m., (instead of 4:45,) and at Colombia at 4:10 p. m., (instead of 4:40.) The Augusta night train will leave Charleston at 8:30 p. u., and arrive at Augusta at 7:05 a. m., and tho Columbia night train, leaving Charleston at 7:30 p. u., will arrive atColumbia at 6 a. m. Connecticut.—What ha3 got into the Land of Steady Habits? Gov. English’s recent mes sage shows 491 divorces in that Stato within a year—being a proportion of one ont of four to the marriages. Is that the way Oonnecticnt is going to salt the oarth, morally? The State of Washington.—Washington Territory wants to come into the Union with a total of 5,338 votes—and as the Radicals like her better than Georgia, they are going to let her in—so it is said. , Woman Suffbaoe.—Boston exploded on wo man snffrago lost Thursday. Henry Ward Beecher made a speech in favor of it, and Miss Catherine E. Beecher, his eldest sister, pre sented a written address against tho movement. Miss Catherine has matnrer age and sounder judgment. A Gbeat Fibe in the Woods.—Up to last Friday a terrible fire wa3 raging in the woods of Sullivan, Orange and Madison connties, New York, over a territory of a hundred square miles. The loss was estimated at over five millions, and it was feared that one family had been burnt. The spectaclo at night was terrible. It appears that they are having as dry times in tho North as we are in Georgia. A Scbew Loose.—The North Carolina negro convention was to ro-nominate Gen. Grant for the Presidency. Failing to do it, it is feared there is a screw loose somewhere. A San Domingo meeting was held in Cooper Institute, New York, last Thursday night, in which Moses H. Grinnell, Moses Taylor, Henry Clews, Marshall O. Roberts, G. D. and E. T. Morgan, A. T. Stewart, and many other nota bles, figured. John Cochrane, General Banks, Judge Fithian, and Fitch, of Nevada, did the talking; and resolutions declaring in favor of a general acquisition of tho Caribbean Islands, and particularly St. Domingo, were passed. San Domingo is to be annexed. ThA FijSN 011 Vote.—The total veto r?n the Plebisuitum stands as follows: Yes, 7,336,434; No, 1,560,709. In Algeria the following is the result: Civilian—Yea, 10,791; No, 13,481. Army—Yes, 80,175; No, 6,029. Weai.th op Bbigham Youno.—It is said that Brigham Young has invested, through a New York house, sixty millions of securities, and has enough possessions besides in Great Britain to make him the largest depositor in the Bank of England. Poos Old South.—Brother Forney’s Press says “Mississippi has found ont that her Cap itol building is nearly as defective and danger ous as that of Virginia. The poor South evi dently needs material as well as social and po litical reconstruction.” And how about that poor old department building which had to be braced np the other day, and the reconstructed Opera Honse in Atlanta. John A. Logan was re-elected Commander- in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republio last Thursday, after ncontestof the Eastagainst the West. Andy Johnson.—A Knoxville paper says that shortly before Mr. Johnson loft the White Honse, he purchased a valuable farm of 350 acres, and erected extensive flouring mills on it. His son-in-law, ex-Senator Patterson, resides on this farm, which is sitnated near Greenville, and runs the mills. Johnson has lately bought also a whole brick block in Greenville, and i3 expected to start a bank. Anti-Female Suffrage Organ.—The Herald’s Washington special of the 11th says: Mrs. E. A. Lane, a rather handsome woman of abont thirty, is here getting what encourage ment she can towards starting a weekly paper in the interests of the working women. It is to oppose woman suffrage and the numerous isms connected therewith. Gen. Batler endorses the project, and to-day gave Mrs. Lane a check for $500. Senator Wilson gave fifty dollars. It is said that Senator Sprague gave SI000, with liberty to draw upon him “at sight" in case of need. Other Senators and members are giving liberally, and Mrs.'Lane will probably go away with a substantial proof of the opposition of Congressmen to woman suffrage. Thb Qoeen.—Qneen Victoria appeared in State before her London snbjects lost Wednes day, and was very affectionately greeted by the people at every step of her progress. New Yobs Election.—Tho Judicial Election in New York takes place to-day. The Sun (Rad ical) says, “the Republican party will probably be beaten ont of sight.” New Yobk Palace of Industby.—The Snn says that at the meeting of this company, on Thursday last, two millions of dollars, in certi fied checks and convertible securities, were de posited with the Treasurer. The Association means business. Shocking Accident.—The Charleston News says that on Wednesday night last the two sons of Mr. John Chadwick, the well known pro jector and proprietor of the Academy of Music of that city, were in conversation on his planta tion, on Wadmalaw Island, when a pistol in the hands of the other, Mr. John Chadwick, Jr., was accidentally discharged, and his brother, Mr. Luke D. Chadwick, mortally wounded. Tho pistol was not supposed to be loaded, and while be talked, Mr. Chadwick was toying with the hammer. Suddenly his thumb slipped, there was a report, and in an instant his brother Luke lay stricken upon the ground. The ball had penetrated near the right temple. Twenty families of Josephito Mormon numbering in all one hundred souls, have this week left Utah for their old homes in the States. It is stated that in the villages of New Eng land whero the Maine law is enforced, the in crease in the sale of opinm is so large as to at tract attention. The Calcutta Englishman, of March 8d, re ports that cotton in the central provinces of India has suffered during the past year from damp weather, rain, red fly and boll worm, and in many parts the loss is estimated at fifty per oent A process by which copper, and all grades of ateel and iron, are welded together at one heat has reoently been discovered. The weld re mains perfectly solid after being subjected to £?“P st . thoroo .Sh test Experiments inPhila- Gettlng On. Senator Snmner, in his supplementary civil rights bill pushes tho jurisdiction of Congress into the grave-yards—but will he stop there ? Will the authority of the U. S. Congress cease and determine with the cold and lifeless clay of the dead citizen, and the narrow boundary of time, or aspire to the loftier part which has only ascended where the widest * distinctions on account of previons'eondition” exist, and the Radical idea of equality, if we may credit Revelation, has no recognition at alL We doubt if the U. S. Congress means to stop with dead men and grave-yards. Their pride and indig nation catch fire with the thought that no equality exists beyond the grave, and although Snmner announces that he means to stop at the grave-yards, before the year is out, the supreme Congress, like the old Babellions will insist on pushing their jurisdiction into the skies. Snmner’s supplementary bill requires all ho tels, restaurants, railroads, theatres, churches, concert halls, academies, common schools, col leges etc., to treat persons of all races or colors alike, and imposes penalties punishable on con viction in the United States Courts for any re fusal of any privilege to any one on account of he or sho being of African descent. It prohib its cemeteries from being devoted to the sepul ture, exclusively, of white people. So says the telegram, and we like the idea, because it presents the proposition of social amalgamation and intermixture broadly and sharply to the American people. There is no longer any room for sneaking and evasion. The Radicals can no longer prate abont an equality of mere political rights, and sneer at the cow ardice which fears that the concession of civil equality will result in social eqnality. That is played ont; and now here is a plain proposi tion to demand and enforce, through the United States Courts, not only a social intermixture daring life, bnt a common sepulture after death. There can be no mistake abont this proposi tion, and it is one which brings np the Ameri can people to the- plain, trne and real issue on this whole neero bnsiness. It is for them to ssy whether they mean impiously to Ignore the plain distinctions of God Almighty himself, showing to every man who will open his eyes that the Almighty conld never have intended the white and the negro for either social or po litical affiliation, or whether they mean as their fathers did, that the white race shall govern and rule this country. We are content to abide the decision of the people on this issue. A few Words on tlie Meat Question. The Now Orleans Picayune in the course of some very sensible talk for planters, takes np tho question of meat. It declares that to-day we find meats relatively dearer even than cotton itself. Pork, which sold, in 18G0, for $15 and $16 dollars per bbL, now commands abont $30 50(2)31 Q0, and will go mnch higher. Lard, which formerly brought I0@11 cents lb., now sells at 19 cents. Beef has advanced more than one hundred per cent. Many of onr planters are inclined to view these high pricos as the resnlt of a combination of speculative influen ces, and hope to seo a speedy redaction at any time. In this they are sadly mistaken. There may be an effective local combination occasion ally, bnt the genoral increased value of the meat food is due to the same cause as the advance on cotton; that is, the demand outstripping the supply. The returns of the Agricultural Bureau show that the number of beeves, swine and sheep is enormously reduced below the proper ratio to the population. Cereals have been selling atenhanced values,whieh has discouraged stock raising, until the meat question has be come one of serious import, not only to the Sonth, bnt the whole country. The American people are particularly fond of animal food, and while population has gone on increasing, the production of meat has been almost stationary. It will take several years to reduce their rela- tivo cost, even shonld every means be resorted to in order increase the supply. Under these circumstances it behooves the Southern planters to at once apply themselves to tho work of stock raising. There is every advantage with them, former suppositions to the contrary notwithstanding. The experience of the late war demonstrated that as fine bacon can be pnt np in tho Southern States as any that comes from the West. The progress of science has removed all olimatio difficulties in the way of packing on an exten sive scale. The refrigerating process has pro longed the packing season through the entire year. In a-warehouse whero the temperature is at a very small cost reduced to any desired point, packing may be as thoroughly done beneath the equator, as in the frozen regions of Alaska. But a short time sines it was deemed necessary to drive the beef cattle of Texas np to Chicago, in order that they might be safely packed. To day tho finest beef is being pnt np on the very borders of Mexico. In fact, wo deem the time as not far distant when Missonri, Indiana acd Illinois will find formidable pork paoking com petitors in Louisiana and Texas. The upper portion of onr own State and Wes tern Texas must soon produce hogs in abun dance ; bnt it is not onr design to enconrage hog raising in particular localities. We desire to see it almost universal over the cotton Statea. A-pound of good bacon will cost tho planter this summer twenty cents. It will take exactly ore pound of his best cotton in exchange. There are few who will not agree with ns that the former can be more easily and cheaply raised than the latter. If the cotton crop shonld be increased, prices will fall in proportion; bnt we may de pend upon it that the cost of provisions will be long in finding the old level. Let onr country friends bear in mind that a conplo of litters of pig3 costs thorn all the cotton that a good hand can prodneo on the best allnvial land. From Lnnrens Connty—'Without a Mail. A friend in Laurens writes us May 12th from Lanrens Hill: “Six weeks passed away with out a paper, when yesterday I received your number of tho 10th. We have no moil route at all to Lanrens Hill, and get onr papers by private arrangement entirely. We send a “truly loyal” representative from Lanrens, with hide and hair of the right stamp precisely, and it is surprising that Lanrens shonld not havo the same mail facilities extended to other portions of the Terrytory. Jnst think of it, the county of the immortal Tronp, who won tho prond name of the “noblest Roman of them all” in the better days of the Republic, when great men occupied tho floors of the Capitol at Washington—his county is now represented by an unlettered, wooly-head, and contrary to the great civil rights bill, it is a distinction made on account of color and wool, and his constitu ents are treated as though they conld'nt read the papers, or loft to get them as they can. It's too bad 1 We have made a start, however, to wards getting a mail, the commission and the key have been forwarded some time ago to the postmaster, bnt they don’t send the mail bog.- We still depend on private arrangements, and Cochran, on the Macon and Brunswick road is the point from which we have made onr ar rangements to get it. Be particular, therefore, to send tho paper to Cochran. The mornings here are cool and delightfnl to fat men, and the clerk of the weather seems to be running the same schedule he did last year The Georgia Press. Up to Saturday, May 14th, the total cotton receipts were G5,379 bales; shipped 572,02; leaving stock on hand, 8,177 bales. The Savannah cotton statement shows these figures: Total receipts to Saturday, May 14 th, 435,624 bales of upland and 13,945 of sea island cotton; shipped, 407,526 bales upland^ and 12,735 of sea island; leaving stock on hand, 28,098 bales of upland, and 1,210 of sea island. The Americas Courier reports the weather distressingly dry, with cool nights and mornings. Crops, especially cotton, is needing rain much. The Early County News says: The weather continues dry, though we have had a light rain since onr last issue. Crop re ports from all portions of the connty are fav orable, though the corn is very small. Farmers stick close to home, and are giving their bnal ness every attention. The Columbus Enquirer says a lad named Prather, ten or twelve years old, while attend ing the machinery of the Eagle and Phoenix Factory, Saturday afternoon, was caught by one of the bands, and had hiB right arm, in the fleshy part above the elbow, terribly lacerated, and his left hand and wrist badly braised. The Bainbridge Argus reports cool nights and crops needing rain, bnt not suffering materially. It hears serious complaints of the stand of cotton west of Flint river. Some have good stands, bnt we are told that the stands generally are very poor. The Athens Banner says “Col. R. S. Taylor has been nominated as Postmaster at that place and will probably be confirmed." Bat what has become of “Howell,” Mr. Banner ? The Snn says a handsome twelve horse power engine was recently finished by the Columbns Iron Works, for'the Central Railroad. It will be stationed at Hillen. Two trains con be watered bv it at the same time, and the same power snpplies a saw mill with which to ent wood for the engines. If it snits, it will be introduced into every important station on the Central, Southwestern and other roads. ._ Mr. F. Thweatt, son-in-law of Mr. Robert Simons, of Columbns, died in Enfanla, says the Sun, on Saturday evening, from injuries re ceived at the fire parade in that city a few days since. His body was crushed by the wheels of an engine which passed over it while he was on parade. Taxes of Muscogee County.—For the fiscal year ending April 16th, 1869, there were col lected from Mnscogee connty $75,391 34, of which $23,375 27 were for the State, and $46,- 016 07 for tho connty; in 1870, to same time, $67,682 29, of which $26,380 79 were for the State, and $37,301 50 for the connty.— Colum bus Sun, 15 th. The Athens Banner has the following with reference to a matter that we did not suppose a scoro of people had thought twice abont We fonnd daring a visit to Atlanta, a good deal of solicitnde on account of the contest for the office of Secretary of the State Agricultural Society. The press has abstained from any ref erence to the subject, bnt we believe that the interests of the sooiety cannot be best subserved by silence. The trouble has grown ont of the proposition to select a Secretary in an irregular way. The friends of Col. Lewis feel that injns- tice has been done him, but with a magnanimi ty that does him honor, that gentleman consent ed to withdraw, and does not wish his name or his grievances to be considered, where the in terests of the society are at stake. The friends of CoL O. W. Howard claim that at the eleotion first called by the President, he was fairly cho sen, and they protest against a new election. From all that we can learn, all parties will ac quiesce in the postponement of an election un til the regular meeting of the Society. If an other election is held, we fear the effect will be most damaging to the Society. We know that some of its ablest and best friends will be total ly estranged. We therefore deem it onr duty to nrge the postponement of an eleotion until after the Fair. Col. T. C. Howard is duly in stalled as Assistant Secretary, and is an efficient officer. We believe postponement will restore harmony, and leave nothing in the way of the success of the Society. We fear that an eleo tion will produce dissatisfaction that years wifi not heal. Of cool weather and the crops, the Chronicle & Sentinel discourses as follows: We have had for the last ten days a spell of the coolest weather ever known at this season of the year. Complaints are becoming serions on account of the continned cold winds which have pre vailed for some time past. The Eastern portion of the State is also suf fering seriously from a long drought. In many connties jnst above this city no rain has fallen within a month. Thousands of acres of cotton, which were planted abont the 15th to the 25th April, have failed to come np. We do not re member to have heard so general complaint of bad stands for several years past. Many planters have large fields still implanted, and are most anxiously awaiting rain to finish pat ting their seed in the ground. Wheat and oat crops, np to within the last eight or ten days, have been very promising The cold winds of the past week havo, it is feared, seriously injured the wheat, and the protracted drought has nearly rained the pros pect for oats. The latter grain is now in its most perilons condition—the heading season— and if rain should fail to fall within a few days, will prove a complete failure. Vegetable gardens have never been so poor and backward in this vicinity as they are the present season. - Many of onr most experienced fruit growers express the fear that this cool dry snap will erase the little fruit left by the late frosts, to drop prematurely from the trees.— This was the case in this immediate section last Spring, and the present has been a much more nnpropitioas season. Upon the whole, the agricultural ontlook is anything bnt flattering, and if onr planters have failed to plant a sufficient area of ground in corn to supply fdlly their wants, we fear that the year’s operations will terminate disastrously to many who entered upon it with flattering pros pects. . in reference to rain, both of which causes may yet have the effect of keeping the next crop of nelnhifl i, „ a j r> -“-k--—■“ cotton within proper bounds, after all the ef- his process, wilfrasUt the'aclionVf thertronsf f ° rU 1 “ ade 7‘n‘imported manures. I use the eet steam hammer. “ “* J w ? r ^ "^ported because it always conveys to my mind th© idd& of soroothisg costly, * ■ England Against America—tho Gr,at Yacht Race. The race, a brief aoconnt of which by cable to the Herald, is found below, has excited great interest in many circles both here and abroad. The yachts in question are built upon totally different models, end represent the highest naval architectural skill and intelligence of the two countries in their design and construction. It wonld seem, therefore, that the American ship builders are ahead of their English rivals in this particular branch of their bnsiness, at least: London, May 11, 1870. The first of the series of three races, between the American yAcht Sappho and the English yacht Cambria, sixty miles to windward and re turn, which commenced yesterday morning, terminated this morning in the decided viotory of the Sappho, who beat the Cambria from the start at the latter’s best point of sailing, name ly, tumiDg to windward. The yachts were towed very early on tho morning of the 10th to a point sixty miles south east of Cowes Roads. As a strong easterly wind was blowing, and the race was to the windward, the courso was np the channel. - The American yacht Danntless and the Eng lish yacht Pleiad, and a number of other Eng lish craft and steamers accompanied the con testing yachts. The soene at the start wob very fine and exciting. It was arranged by the umpires that a flying start shonld be given on the port tack, by which the yaohts wonld gain a greater offing towards mid-channel in case of a change of wind. The Cambria, having won the toss, took the weather position, and thus had all the advantage at the start. The Sappho carried thirty-two hands and a clond of canvass, inolnding, with her regular fore and aft sails, a maintopmast staysail and flying jib; while the Cambria only set one jib jin addition to her foresail and other raring sails, and carried twenty-six hands. The signal to go was given at 28 minutes past eight, a. m. The Sappho took the lead from the start, and by the time she was off Beachy Head and abont fifty miles from the starting point, she was folly ten miles to windward of the Cambria. The latter, seeing it was impossible to win, gavO'U]) the raoe, and without rounding the umpire's steamer, retained to Cowes, where she arrived at 4 o'clock this morning, accompanied by the Danntless. The Sappho, which at times was ont of sight of the Cambria, returned to Cowes abont two hours later. Mr. Ashbury frankly admits his defeat. The . econd raoe will be sailed on Friday. [ Correspondence Telegraph and Messenger.] The Methodist General Conference —— -TOTMrpma. May 13, 1870. Tho weather continues cool, and those who sport summer costumes, are 'suffering from coughs and colds. Winter clothing is still a necessity and overcoats are a comfort even dar ing the evening. The preaching daring the entire session has been of a practical and spiritual character. But few have time to deliver “big sermons." Some considerable revival influence is manifested and several conversions and accessions to the chnrch are reported. The session thus far has been very harmoni ous. Almost every point decided has been al most unanimous. The committees are -large, and any matter referred to them and decided npoD, is almost certain to pass the body. This was manifested on yesterday, by laying every amendment proposed on the table, and the re port of the committee adopted. A report from the Committee on Books and Periodicals was adopted, instructing the Book Agent to publish a book on Chnrch Architec ture. Several other reports were received and adopted, bnt changing no important feature.. To-day was the time set apart for the consid. orat ion of the report of the Committee on Itin erancy, in reference to the Pastoral term. The disenssion was introdneed by Dr. Young, of Nashville. Ont of courtesy, Dr. Edwards and Prof. Garland, the movers of the resolution, were allowed thirty instead of fiftteen minutes. The strongest men were divided on the subject, and to-day is the first occasion that has brought ont the talent and ability of the body. The Conference adjourned with Dr. Garland on the floor. The looked-for report of the committee of nine was not presented; bnt Bishop Janes and Dr. Harris were present and took their leave of the Conference in short and friendly speeches, acknowledging the Christian and personal cour tesy extended them by the Conference, collect ively and individually. They go North to-night. They were requested to preach by the commit tee, on Fnblio Worship, and declined beoause of official duties elsewhere. Bishop Jane3 de sired this distinctly understood. There is a lively contest going on between Lonisville and Baltimore for the removal of the Book concern from Nashville, Tenn. Louis ville offers $50,000 as a bonus. The whole subject is fixed for ventilation on next Tuesday at 10 o’clock. Rev. Dr. Matlock, of the Northern Methodist Church, and press correspondent in New Or leans, occupies a seat as “note taker” in the gallery. He is tho most conservative writer in the Northern Chnrch. He reports for the Cen tral Christian Advocate, published at St. Lonis, His reports are fair and candid. Ho speaks very kindly of Dr. L. Pierce and his speeoh. LxBxvx. New York Dry Goods Market. We quote from the New York Mercantile Journal, the following review of the Dry Goods market for last week : The past week has not shown mnch anima tion. There have been fewer buyers in the city than were expected. Notwithstanding the report of an improved condition of the trade in tho interior, country merchants are taking goods very sparingly. They havo apparently come to the conclusion that it is better policy to replenish often, instead of carrying heavy stocks. This condition of things is indicated by the faet that buyers come to the city more frequently than formerly, and they also send orders by mail as the demands of their trade require. By adopting this course, it does not lessen the total amount of good3 sold daring the year, and many think the sales will be larger, as the frequent receipt of fresh supplies must naturally stimulate trade to some extent Those remarks will explain the frequent re ceipt of orders, which are making np a large part of the present trade. There has been no marked feature the past week to note. Busi ness has only been of a moderate character in any department For light Dress Goods, there has been a lit tle better demand, notwithstanding the unfavor- ble weather. With the opening of the year, trade in imported White Goods was light with job bers. The month of April brought a better trade than was anticipated, and the improvement has continued thus far in May, with a fair prospect for June and July. There is not a large stock of imported white cotton goods in the market. The greater portion of the stock on hand was bought, however, when gold was above 130, and is now selling with gold on a basis of 112 to 115. This reduction in prices make these goods ap pear cheap, and hence the activity noticeable in this department, The short supply of cot ton will doubtless keep np prices of all mana- tured cotton goods on the other side for some time to oome. Linen goods were in over production in Ea- ropo last year, and large quantities were impor ted to this country, and have been selliDgat comparatively low prices in this market. It has now been ascertained that the production has been very greatly curtailed, many of the looms having stopped work, owing to the high prices of thread and labor, and the inadequate returns that have been made for the manufac tured artioles. If this report should prove to be correct, we may expect an advance in price on the next season's importations. For all descriptions of heavy colored cotton goods there is only a moderate demand. Bay ers are taking barely sufficient to meet immedi ate wants. Prices have been quite steady, but not strong. The doth trade has not been active, although there has been an increased inquiry for fine light weight goods. There is not mnch inquiry from the clothing manufacturers for the fall trade, and there is not, therefore, enough busi ness doing to give tone to the market. Prints do not form an exception to the gen eral quietness of the dry goods trade. Tnere has not been quito os much done daring the week under review as there was the week pre* vious. There was a large assortment and snp- ply in the market. The new and best styles nre readily taken, bnt only in small quantities. The only new feature in the print market was the opening this forenoon, by H. B. Claflin & A Gay Lothario Severely Church Festival—Deals Co., of a tine of Merrimack Chintz at 12£o, and light D’s at lOjo. All other prints have been selling at regular prices. The great competi tion in this tine is bringing out some very good work. The agents have been holding their prints at firm figures, and claim that at the present price of cottoD, tho margin left to the manufacturer is very small, and that prices will be maintained on all new and good work. The break mentioned above may weaken the price on other light prints. Brown shirtings and sheetings have been fairly active, bnt the demand has been mainly confined to small lots. The redaction of a half cent on Atlantio A’s and H's, and Pacific Ex tras and H’s, has given an increased, although not large demand, for those brands. It has been recently stated that somo of the old and most familiar brands were in light stock, bnt there appoars to be sufficient for the demand. There are many new brahds on the market, some of which are becoming quite popular; and as buyers are now taking them quite freely, it is lessoning the demand and weak ening the prices of the other brands. The market has been steady for the past week, with bat few changes to note in narrow goods. Utica wide sheetings have been reduced two and a half cents. We now quote Utica 48 inch, 30o; do. 58 inch, 35o; do. 84 inch, GOo; do. 94 inch, G5o; Arctic B, 36 inch, 13o; Boott G, 34 inoh, ICo; do. 0,12jc; Coburn AA, 14Jo; do. E, 13c; Graniteviile, EE, 13jo; Knickerbocker AA, 40 inch, IGio; Massachusetts E, 11 Jc; do. BB, 12al2jo. Indian Head, loo; Stark A, 144c; AmoskeagA, 14 Jo. Bleached Shirtisos and Sheetings.—There are only a few changes to note in this depart ment for the past week. The principal demand has been from the near by trade, and prices have rnled rery steady. New York Mills Shirt ings are in better supply, but are still held at 24c. Wamsutta, Lonsdale, and Fruit of the Loom are in light stock. Other brands of the goods are in fair supply. Medium and low grades are plenty. The Utica wide sheetings ore off 2J cents per yard. We quote Utica, 5-4, 30o; do. 6-4, 35o; do. 9-4,60c; do. 10-4,65c; do. 55 in, 19o; Nonpareil 36 in, 20c; Andros coggin Z., 17jc; Arkwright W. T., 18e; Bay Mills 36 in, 20o; Boott B., 15c; Knight’s Cam bric, l ie; Lonsdale Cambric, 21c; Tascarora XX, 20c, Reynolds AA, llo. A gold-headed cans, made from the timber of “Old Ironsides,” and which was presented to ex-Preaident Davis by ex-President Fierce, was stolen from the former’s house in Missis sippi daring the war by a Yankee bummer. It afterwards fell into the hands of J, B. Linn, of Ottawa, Illinois, who now proposes to restore it to the owner. Now look out for him to be cursed as a d—d copperhead by Forney & Co. Maryland has 72,000 Democratic voters, 35,- 000 black and 32,000 white Radical voters. The negro party there is glistening all over with hope of stealing a few offices. Panlshedr- Chdreh Festival—Dedication of Lodge of the I. O. B. B.—Two Fires iit two Days. - Albany, Ga., May 14, 1870. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Quite a ludicrous as well as well as exciting incident occurred in this city at the Barnes House on last Tuesday evening. An individual, by name Fool, engaged in the sale of a new and improv ed Railway Indicator, has been circulating around in these parts for some time, and dur ing his perambulations, became acquainted with some ladies here, representing himself as a single man and by degrees growing quite con stant in his attentions to one of them. By some means or other, it leaked ont that this g8y Lothario was a married man, whereupon two male relatives of the ladies, providing them selves with satiable instruments, repaired to the Barnes Honse on the evening mentioned, and ooming np with their man, at once proceeded to administer such a severe castigation with a good cowhide as he will remember all the days of his life. He bore the chastisement as might have been expeoted from a cowardly dog, only say ing, se defendendo, that he was a single man while Jure! In the morning he was politely in formed that a longer sojourn in this vicinity wonld resnlt in a repetition of his well merited punishment, and thinking discretion the better part of valor, he immediately left for a more congenial clime, without the slightest attempt at ostentation or display. “Served him right,” is the verdict of the community. On the same evening the ladies of the Metho dist Church had quite a nice festival in the Oonrt-honse. Ice cream, strawberries and snch other delicacies, were in abundance, A novel feature in the entertainment was what was called a fish pond, which was a curtained box erected in one corner of the room, in which was secret ed two or three ladies, and near by stood a fish ing rod, with a hook and line attached. The fisherman baited bis hook with ft quarter and letting it down into the imaginary pond drew ont, as a quid pro quo, such an article as the ladies thought suited his inclinations. A certain person here, who sometimes gets on very inti mate terms with John Barley-corn, wonld draw ont a “bottle” every time he tried his luok. He took the joke in good part, though, and laughed as heartily as his friends. The proceeds of the festival, I learn, amounted to abont $200, which will be applied towards defraying the expenses of a contemplated enlargement of the chnrch. On Thursday evening, a large audience com posed principally of Israelites, assembled in one of Welch’d halls to listen to an address from A. T. Jones, of Philadelphia, an officer of the Grand Lodge of I. O. B. B. of the United States, who had come here for the purpose of establishing a lodge in this place. At a previ ous meeting, several of the more prominent Jews had succeeded in organizing a lodge, elect ing officers, eto.,and this evening they appeared in their regalia, and the Hall was solemnly dedicated to the purposes of the Order with appropriate ceremonies. After which, Mr. Jones was introduced to the audience, and de livered a touching address, setting forth in for cible nnd eloquent language the objects, aims and purposes of the Independent Order of Benaiberith, which has inscribed upon its ban ner Benevolenoe, Brotherly Love and Harmony, all of which virtues the speaker set forth and explained bystrong andaffectingremarks. This society has been in existence for abont twenty- seven years, and has for its principal objects the moral and intellectual improvement of the Jews and the dissemination of the trne doc trines of Judaism in the community at large. There is a very large proportion of Israelites in this city, and the speaker urged upon them the importance and necessity of, and the vast benefits to result from, forming a good and strong Lodge. In this district there are now about 82 lodges, with a membership of 1,900, and a fund of $60,000. The audience were very favorably impressed with the address, and gave the speaker their undivided attention to the close. The principal Jews here have^rented and fitted np a very nioe and convenient hall in Welch’s bnUdiDg, and seem to be in earnest in their efforts to organize and snstain a branch of the Order in this oity. May snccess attend them. On Thursday afternoon, tho qniet of the town was disturbed by the alarm of fire, whioh on repairing to the scene, I found to proceed from a small tenement house in the rear of Mercer & Smith’s grocery store. Tho fire was caused by carelessness, and bnt for the prompt action of a number of citizens, might have re sulted in the destruction of a large amonnt of property. The flames were extinguished with few backets of water, and only a trifling damage done. The alarm of fire was again sonnded on yes terday abont noon, and proved to be the steam mill of Nelson Tift Both the engines were iromptly on the spot, and being liberally aided jy the citizens, both white and blaok, the com panies after some little exertion, succeeded in patting oat the fire. The roof of the building was somewhat damaged, and a lot of meal in jured by water, but beyond this I suppose the l oss will be insignificant. The oanse of the fire was acoidental. After the excitement was over, Gok Tift’s brother treated the crowd to champagne, which was mnch relished and high ly appreciated. The necessity for a good hook and ladder company was folly demonstrated on this ocoasion, and property-holders owe it to themselves and the city, to reorganize the old company. The city owns a fine set of imple ments, but there is no organization to take charge of them. . A discovery was made here a day or two ago, whioh caused much shuddering among mer chants doing bnsiness in the vioinity. A firm having recently gone into bankruptcy, an in ventory of stock was being taken by appointed agents; and-they found stored in the building about 183 pounds of powder. Tho city ordi nance on tho subject prohibits a larger quanti ty than 25 pounds from being kept in one store at a time, and here was a violation of the law, which in case of an accident, might have oaused a terrible destruction of life and property. I was pleased to meet, on yesterday, Coi. O. L. Schlatter, of Brunswick, Chief Engineer of the Brunswick & Albany Railroad. The Col. A DISGRACEFUL SCENE. Mobbing' or A Christian Minister, by Radi cal Fanatics, la Bionut Connty. From the Knoxville (Tenn.) Press A Herald. Blount county has once more been dis- graced by an act which the Christian world, outside of a few fanatical Radicals, will learn wifh indignation, and will regard the Radical ruffians engaged in the affair with contempt and abhorrence. It will be remembered that, abont one year ago. Rev. Jacob Smith, an inoffensive preach er of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, while on his way to fulfil a regular appoint ment to preach in Logan’s Chapel, six miles east of Maryville, in Blount county, was set upon by a band of Radicals, pulled from his horse, stripped, tied to a. tree, and brutal ly beaten with hickory switches, until the flesh was all bloody ana lacerated. . The brutal affair created an intense indig nation throughout the country. By the adj vice of friends, Rev. Mr. Smith instituted a suit lor damages against the parties, who are well known. By the law’s delay, the guilty parties have hitherto escaped punishment. Emboldened by this delay, they have once more resorted to the mob spirit to prevent another inoffen sive minister, of the same church, from preach ing tho word of God in Logan’s Chapel, the church in which Rev. Mr. Smith was to have preached “Christ and Him crucified,” to the people of his charge. Rev. H. W. Bays is a preacher of the M. E. Church South, a member of tho Holston Conference, and is stationed in charge of the Sevierville and Little River Circuits, within the bounds of the Conference. Ho is a mild and peculiarly inoffensive man of God. To those who are acquainted with him, he known as a quiet and meek follower of the Saviour, whose words of peace and good will to men he lives to deliver to all who will hear him, and is never known to talk on politics. Oa Sunday morning, the 8th of May, Mr. Bays had an appointment to preach in Lo gan's Chapel. Thb becoming known to the radicals in the vicinity, they determined that no Minister of the God of Heaven, who be longed to the Southern Methodbts, should preach in Logan’s Chapel, although that place of worship belonged to the M. E. Church, Sonth. Accordingly, preparations were made to prevent Mr. Bays from preaching. Early Sunday morning, a large crowd of whites and blacks collected before the church; havin, got possession of the keys, they entered, am taking ont benches, piled them against the doors and the windows of the church, thus ef fectually barricading ■every way of ingress. The crowd was armed with bludgeons, pistols and knives, the latter weapons being carried opened in their hands. Threats and cu ses were loudly uttered, to the effect that they would not allow “any damned rebel preacher to speak in that church, or anywhere else that they could prevent.” Meanwhile, Rev. Mr. Bays, with hb wife, was at the house of Alexander Kennedy, Sr., a prominent and good citizen, and a member of the Christian body against whom the intol erant fanatics and bloody-minded Radicab were barring the door of their own church, As the hour for the opening of the service ap proached, Mr. Kennedy and his daughter, together with the minbter and hb wife, left the hospitable mansion and entering a buggy, drove to the church, several miles dbtant. As they approached Logan’s Chapel, they observed the crowd of armed men, who were boisterously shouting, and making the Sab bath morning hideous with their yelb. As the buggy neared the church door, the crowd advanced towards it, and our informants say, that Mr. Goddard, who is known as the prin cipal in the whipping of Rev. Mr. Smith, and Spencer Donaldson, who is represented to us as a man of very immoral character, flourished their bludgeons around the head or Mr. Bays, and swore that if ho attempted to alight from the buggy it would be at the risk of his life, no damned rebel preacher” should speak there that morning The crowd flourished their knives, and with many an oath and yell, endorsed their leader’s threats. The presence of Mrs. Bays and the young lady alone osved Mr. Bays from the fate of Jacob Smith. Mr. Bays spoke kindly to the crowd, and Mr. Kennedy endeavored to reason with them, but the infuriated men clamored only the louder, and Mr. Kennedy,'fearing that if they delayed the preacher would be assaulted and perhaps murdered, was compelled to .drive The Mace and AllenPrt^r Particulars of the the Victor in Ten Rounds By Associated Press. ^ Thirteen Miles from N. o v The Mace-Alien excursion, oxn&'h at 4 o clock a. M., got off at There was a largo crowd at the li t?' 1 road depot as early as 3;3o whom were many prominent yers, physicians, ex-officers of if 101 from the grade of general dorV known sporting men from all r,„ country. At the depot was a seventy metropolitan policeman * panied the train out a quut’er 7? where parties without tickets * train, which caused a delay 0 f tn Pttl »?the P bS?£ hici " b »”^! The Chicago Base Ball Ciuh* the excursionists. No incident 1 ,worthy of note previous to riani™ crowd was very orderly. OarcaoK^ about five and a half miles city, the train stopped, and in an VT* cars were emptied, but all aboard, as the spot is inside the ml, district. The train proceeded®? about three miles above Kcanol™i Charles parish, where all are in n preparations making f cr the com. 5: betting is about 3 to 2 on Mace, tuV Allen party arc very confident. Th ^ is delightful, clear and pleasant r! are in splendid condition. AlI.nS?!“ about 173, Mace 168. Mace and fi’ on board a dummy whioh followed Mace s face does not present so ffev 1 pearance a3 Allen’s. All are new on to the ring, which will be pitched« river, about a mile distant from the S .[second dispatch.] New Orleans, May 10.-Maceard, rode together m a cart to the battle ‘ Mace inviting and assisting Allen to i the cart. Some time was Io=t se favorable site for the ring, which n. c pitched back one hundred yards from sissippi- On the completion of theib fus Hunt, a well known sporting m a J'i Orleans, was selected as referee, made a few remarks, saying that „, combattants were Englishmen; lot tW on their merits, and the best man win. * m At 8:35 A. si. Allen shied his cap i ring and soon followed, amidst great c Mace won tho choice of corners. fo then stripped, and in a few minutes i hands, both looking rather serious, the ting favoring Mace at a hundred to J five. FIRST ROUND. 8:50 A. II.—Some time was consumed feigning, both men smiling. Maceim&< first blow, hitting Allen under the. n and got away laughing. Mace hit.... the nose slightly. The first blood was"! ed, but not allowed. There was quick i changing, when both men went down, j under. SECOND ROUND. Allen led off on Mace’s forehead, Mai turning on Alien’s mouth. First llo’ Mace. Severe fighting ensued, Alien i ilows n away. • Thus ended the scenes of that Sabbath morning. .. ..MW.-L,* * * The above is among th& practices which the Northern Methodist Church should induce their partisans to discontinue, if they want a re-union. in two heavy blows near Mace’s stl Mace fell short on Allen’s neck, the lam turning on Mace’s chest. Mace then under Allen’s left eye and then a seven in the right eye, Allen going down. THIRD BOUND. Allen struck Mace lightly, the latter i down. FOURTH ROUND. The same as the last. FIFTH ROUND. Allen sent in a -blow under Mace’s i arm, the latter returning. Allen was quickly up. They clinched and K threw Allen. SIXTH ROUND. Some little sparring, when the meu a. clinched, Allen throwing Mace audfaliicr him heavily. Claims for foul not all SEVENTH ROUND. In this round Allen’s right eye was < pletely closed. Mace got in heavily oa Al nose. Allen then gave Mace a tody 1 and quick interchanges ensued, both met! ing together. EIGHTH BOUND. The men clinched, Mace getting : blows, and was then thrown by Allen. NINTH ROUND. After a slight hit for Allen, he struck 5 heavy blow under the left ear, knocking! clear down. First knock down for Alien- TENTH ROUND. informed me that this road has been his hobby for fifteen ‘ years. How rejoiced ho must he, now that the enterprise has been successfully inaguarated and is being rapidly poshed to com pletion. If the requisite amount of labor can be obtained, the Colonel is oonfident that Al bany will be reached by January. The manner in which the A. & G. It. It. was crossed by the B. & A. B. K. is somewhat amusiDg if not com mendable. The former had threatened to resist the crossing of their road by the latter, but an engineering device was contrived and the en gine taken across without cutting the rails or even touching the cross-ties oY the A. <t G., and was a mile and three-quarters on this side be fore the authorities knew anything about it.—■ Col. S. says that the iron being used on his road weighs abont fifty-two pounds to the rail, and tho road is being built in snoh a manner as to ad mit of trains running at the rate of forty-miles an hour, with as great a degree of safety as it is possible to obtain in each modes of trans portation. Tho train on the Sonth Georgia & Florida Boad came np to-day to within a few hnndted yards of the river, (the present terminus) bring ing Col, Hardaway, the President, and a party of friends from Thomasville. Tho examination of tho Boad was the objeot of the excursion.— The party left on tho return trip at 3 o’clock, p. m. D. ■ • . 7 (From the Atlanta Intelligencer.] Atlanta, Ga., May 13. I see that the Griffin papers are advocating with considerable enthusiasm, the claims of Mr. S. W. Bloodwortb, of Griffin, to the of fice of Secretary of the State Agricultural So ciety, an election for which is to take place on the 23d of June next Mr. Bloodwortb is well known in Spalding county as the “model farmer,” and Weil does he deserve tho title. He it was who received the premium at the fair last fall, for the largest yield of corn to the acre in the State, and he has more re cently received the premium awarded at tho samo fair, for the best essay founded on ex perience, on “Economy in Resuscitating Worn ont Lands.” This makes thirty-four premi ums recieved by him at different fairs in the State, for agricultural essays, products and implements. Mr. B. is a man of great energy, and has given the subject of fairs a thorough investigation, and from his long connection and experience with them, I suspect he is as well posted in matters connected therewith at) any man in the State. He is not only a thor ough business man, but he is a successful- practical farmer, and that is just tho kind or man we need for the place. It is with plea sure I notice the enthusiasm of the Griffin for their “model farmer,” and I endorse their commendations. An Atlanta Voter. Gaft. J. H. Johnson, widely known as “Yuba Dam,” of the Courier-Journal, died at Lexing ton, Ky., on Friday, of consumption. A New Railway Lino Proposed Di rectly Connecting Knoxville, and East Tennessee, with JUacon, Ga. —Facts for onr People. (Correspondence of the Knoxville Whig. Clinton, Tenn., May 12. A sqjourn of a day at this point, gives me time to pen a few suggestions on a subject in timately connected with the railway interests of Knoxville, and, indeed, the whole of East Tennessee. •: I allude to a project already exciting the most lively interest in the minds of the citi zens of -MiddleLGeorgia, viz: The construc tion of a direct line of railway from Macon, Ga., to Knoxville, Tenn., with the view of the speedy connection between Macon and Cincinnati—the Kentucky road being put through to Cincinnati, as it ought to bo, and surely will be ere long. The indefatigable Mr. Cowles, of Georgia, tho “father” of the Macon and Western rail way in that State, has taken hold of this sub ject, and will “put it through.” The leading business men of Macon are eagerly seizing upon the project It is proper that Knoxville should show becoming sympathy, and extend all the aid possible to the enterprise.' ^ The contemplated road will extend almost due North from Macon, via the copper mines in Polk county to Knoxville, penetrating a fertile and vastly productive region, at pres ent wholly destitute of railway facilities. It will offdr to the citizens of this region the shortest and cheapest route for travel and merchandize to the Southern Atlantio sea board. To reach Charleston, S. C. or Savan- nan, or the young commercial giant of the Georgia seaboard, Brunswick, with its unri valed harbor, almost one hundred miles will be saved, which are now traversed over the tedious and expensive route via Dalton and Atlanta. The city of Macon is just entering upon a new and important career as one of the leading cities of the South. Already Macon is the centre of a rail way system unsurpassed by that of any other city of Georgia. It is no mush room place, hut has grown up to its present importance in wealth and population upon the sore basis of solid capital. It is already con nected by direct railways with Atlanta, with Columbus, with Albany, with Brunswick, with Savannah, and with Augu?ta—six im portant cities, each the terminus of a railway, and all centering in Macon. The city is healthy, wealthy, beautiful and in the centre of a most fertile and productive cotton planting region. We advise Knoxville to link herself to Maoon with bands ef iron. We shall go further along the lino of the Kentucky road, and may be led to offer sug gestions hereafter to th) readers of your ex cellent journal. Ocmulgee. Texas Cotton ana Crop Prospects. Upon this subject the Galveston News says: “The reoeiptsare more liberal, footing np 1,3000 bales, and to date are 203,389 against 125,169 in the Same time last year, showing an excess 04*78,220 bales. “The reoeipts of cotton at the Bed Biver cities and towns from Texas foot np some 118,- 800 bales, and at the Texas Gulf ports and Eagle Pass 217,229 bales, making the total of this year’s crop already marketed 286,029 bales, valued at near $30,000,000 in gold, a very fair showing for our State. In five yean more than half a million bales may be ooanted upon, and with proper energy Galveston may control it all.” The News thinks from every indication, with an average yield, the present planting will pro duce the largest crop that has ever been made in U»t State. Allen gave Mace a body blow; then; feigning some time, both rested seven! onds; then coming up, Allen hit Maoe, latter returning with two -heavy cuts Allen’s left eye, the flowing freely. Thi again retired against the stakes, cuing to t corners, and were sponged off. They advii again, and hard fighting ensued in Mi favor, when the men clinched and fell lies' Mace’s arm around Allen’s neck. Allen carried to his corner. Time was called, ! Coburn threw, up the sponge, saying i ami was dislocated. Mace was then declared the winner, ii ty-four minutes. Allen was badly jvu about tho face, while Mace was wit! scratch. The crowd was very orderly. Tbe Secret of Advertising- Tho secret of advertising is not yet cH ered by all who advertise. A # good da!J money and space, is wasted in eluffi'ljj nouncements, which nobody reads standing placards, which no more sting purchasers than the names on signs. SJ money is also wasted in circulars, i thrown into entries and down cellarw»y*Jl always received with contempt, or in' advertising sheets, whichnobody reads-1® is no medium that comes into such closed tact with the people as the newspaper;^ advertisers only understood their bis® they could make their part of the r s .^j interesting as any other part of it. .In of the German papers, advertising » ^ to an extent of which we have no id«- j newspaper is the real exchange- goes to it with all his wants, and nis woes. The consequence is that the ijj are as lively as neighborhood gossip, J the pages devoted io advertising are tw ^ parts of the paper. And the papers through. The announcements are. u] short, always “transient,” and one them in the morning to see what tne ui has to offer him that day, by w? ®’ or amusement Perhaps his next do®- bor has a rare piece of china or a ® i graving to sell, or he would like to g 1 number of some serial, which you o Pnl have; somebody, somewhere, something that interests you, an . a , "j * made more endurable, trade ts fl ul “r M % general wants are supplied. '' ?. lOO . 0 ] ! ijL a more general use of the advertiaBAJ of newspapers in the country, for I and queries of life.—Hartford Court • J The American Pharmaceutical in session last week at Washington,^ a plan for the revision of the f “ , of the United States. AmongJ^ c9 i L tions to the revising committee Tf J recting the abandonment of pacity. and the expression of <l u *j jmT formulas by weights and in eqi»* weight. The committee of revise in Philadelphia, and is to be fifteen members, among whom gH Joseph Carson, George B. Wo«i, jj| Ruschenberger and Robert Art Messrs. Alfred B. Taylor and John i Lonostbext is in luck. Warmau ^, M reptitious Governor of Louisian*’. ,^*1 made him Adjutant General of the tia of that State. This, with the • pfl gave him in the Custom House fM ioal, quite loads him down with »»»*,.(■ hat office was won by riding ins head of the 15th Amendment ^ Hasn't Longstreet “fell ^end J sure enough t
