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Tli© Greoi'fria, 'W'eekl'v Telearraxih and. Journal &c Messenger.
Telegraph and Messenger
poor Farrow.
IVo are really sorry for Mr. Attorney General
Farrow. We liad no idea lie has been so swamped
vitli business as to require so much legal help.
■\Vhyhis friend Bullock was actually forced, last
year, to call for $14,580 worth of idd from other
lawyers—his legal adviser was so burdened and
overwhelmed with business. No wonder the
poor mflu is bald, and wears specs, and has such
a solemn presence. It’s enough to kill him.
The names of the lawyers who were so kind
as to help the Attorney General at Bullock’s re
quest, and the beggarly pittance each man or
firm received, are hereunto appended. Wo are
almost as sorry for them as we are for Farrow:
January 26—0. E. Broyles $ 50 00
March 3—0. A- Locbrane 2,000 00
August 21—L. J. Glenn & Bon 500 00
August 21—J. I*. Hopkins, Betainer 500 00
September 7—Hopkins A Dougherty 5,000 00
September 14—F.S. Fitch (out of practice) 500 00
September 23—Collier & Hoyt 2,500 00
September 27—Normally & Doyal 2,500 00
October 4—L. J. Gartrell 250 00
October 27—Alfred J. Smith 530 00
November 4—J. L. Hopkins 260 00
$14,5800
Decadence of the Sea. Island Cotton Gul-
TOTE.—The low price of sea island cotton is dis
couraging the planters of that variety, and many
are discontinuing it altogether. The Charleston
Courier has the following statement from a sin
gle county in Florida :
fph* inKnlor ofafcmanf nf UlA mull-
berof acres of cotton planted by seventy-sir
farmers of Alachua county, Florida, one of the
best in the State for fine cotton, for the years
1869 and 1870, taken indiscriminately, shows
the difference in the crop results for two years:
18C9 Uplands. Sea Islands.
76 planters planted 282 acres. 8,593 acres.
1870 Uplands. Sea Islands.
76 planters planted 5,419 acres. 1,866 acres.
This is a fair average, we understand, for the
whole country. The increase in the number of
acres planted would have been greater but for
the difficulty of procuring seeds. If a good
crop is made this season, and remunerative
prices obtained, the cultivation of long cotton
will pretty generally be abandoned for the fu
ture.
Bonk Weekly fob Boys and Girls.—We
have the May part of Burke’s Weekly for Boys
and Girls. The publishers send ns the follow
ing announcement:
This admirable Southern publication has
nearly completed its third year. A new volume
will begin in July, and now is the time to sub
scribe. The publishers promise a rich and varied
programme for the new volume with many new
features.
Gen.. D. H. Hill says: “We have seen, we
think, a large part if not all of the children’s
papers in tho United States, and we regard
Burke’s Weekly as superior to them all. In fact
we would rather have it than all of the others
combined.”
Terms, $2 a year. J. W. Burke A Co., pub
lishers, Macon, Go.
Mercer University—A Shot ftr City
V j SubierlpUoa.
If your correspondent in this mornings
issue, using the signature Fathers, will offer
argument*, to show that the City Council
should not make the proposed donation for
college purposes, or. to show wherein, if at
all, the location in the city of a first class
Male College will enure more to the advantage
of the rich than to the poor father, he shall
have a respectful answer from one who honest
ly holds to the opposite opinions. There was
a call published in advance, for a meeting of
the citizens to oonsider of this subject; the
meeting was held according to appointment;
respectable number of citizens, embracing
different classes, was present; the matter was
duly proposed and opportunity for discussion
offered, and, “nemina contradicmtd'—without
haste or hurry, the resolutions were put and
carried—the first with but one opposing vote
and the aeoond unanimously. The proper
time and place for discussion was at that
meeting. Then and there opposing views
could have met, face to face, and all the
“points” been openly and fairly canvassed.
The writer is a father—living and supporting
a family by his labor,—he has six children to
educate, “jive 7iims and a Tier," and he and
his wife are both still young. He wishes to
give his children a better bringing up than his
has been, and ho sees in the prospective loca
tion of the College at Macon, the opportunity
for the accomplishment of his cherished as
pirations. Mr. A., the rich merchant, Mr. B.,
the banker, Mr. C.. the capitalist, and com
pany can afford to furnish money for travelling
expenses, high board, fine clothes, pocket
change &o., Ac., for their sons at Howard,
Yolo, Virginia University, or even at Athens,
and not miss the amount, and it is a good con
dition to be in, but the writer, a plain laboring
man, cannot. He might start the thing with
George Washington, but long before he conld
get down to Jeff Davis the resources would
vanish. He can by saving “candle ends and
sich,” manage to pay high tuition. Ho can by
living on “hog and hominy,” manage to hoard
the lads at home. Their washing and patching
can be done at home, and old garments be made
“almost good as new.” The boys can find odd
jobs about town to furnish themselves with
pocket funds.
Then he wishes—yes wants—his boys to re
main at home. He can overlook them himself
as much as they may require, and moreover, he
likes association with them any how, to hear
their talk abont their studies, Cicero, triangles,
lectures, society debates, honors, and the girls.
These are personal details and personal feel
ings, but they also are the personal details and
feelings of a large class of worthy citizens of
this city. We want the College. We think it
cheap at the donation. Maconxan.
The Georgia Bill.
The Washington correspondent of the Cou
rier-Journal under date of May 22d, writes
thus:
“The friends of Bullock & Company are de
moralized somewhat by the resolution of the
Senatorial investigation, and the prospect is,
that a bill less liberal in its provisions to that
regime, will pass Congress. The conservative
Republicans and Democrats are fully united to
oppose the bill which has been agreed on by
the Reconstruction Committee and have agreed
to support a measure to admit the State at once
and to provide for an election of the Georgia
Legislature next falL”
The bill agreed upon by the Reconstruction
Committee, and which leaves the question of
the tenure of office of the Legislature an open
one, will probably come up in the Honse to
day. If so, our telegrams will give the latest
information on the subject.
As Brigham Young grows older, with more
wives and more children, and the latter reach
ing the age when dres3 is naturally a prominent
matter with them, the persistency with which he
denounces the fashions of the Gentile world de
monstrates the fact that he feels one of the bur
dens which must inevitably come with such a
large family. In his sermon before the confer
ence his instructions to the Saints were very
decided in tone. He classed the entire range
of fashions as devices of the wicked, bonnets,
boots and parasols, all to be condemned by
those of the true faith; and when he asked the
ladies to signify their determination to make
their own clothes and not to make them in the
fashion, the Tabernacle was white with upraised
hands. If Brigham Young can array the entire
female population of his dominion in opposition
to the fashions as they receive them from the
East, he will accomplish a greater feat than he
did in planting the barren soil of Utah and
building up a colony there—for his opposition
is not to fashions as they exist at present, but to
fashions at all; and in attacking the right of
woman to change the size of her bonnet or the
length of her skirt, he impeaches one of her
moat inalienable privileges.
The bombs which were alleged to have been
manufactured for the destruction of the Empe
ror Napoleon were filled with a new fulminating
powder as dangerous to the maker as to his vic
tim. The substance was unknown up to the
present, and is formed of twenty parts of chlor
ide of potash, ten of prnssiate of potash, and
five of snlphur in powder. The slightest fric
tion, pressure, or shock, produces an explosion
of fearful violenoe. Competent persons, who
have examined the projectiles, consider them
terrible engines of destruction, but most unfit
for assassinating a person in a carriage. They
wonld have to be thrown from an elevated pos
ition, and from the form of the shell and the
force of explosion, it is thought that the debris
would not rise, but sweep along tho ground.—
Flung from a barricade into a close column of
troops, the effect would be fearfuL
■Washington correspondents report that the
Spanish Legation were so badly frightened at
the statement that 15,000 American officers,
non-commissioned officers and privates of our
late volunteer armies, had enrolled themselves
in tho Goicuria movement at New York, that
A secretary was sent to that city to learn the
frets. One of General Jordan’s suite told him
they designed to build a monument of Span
iards, cement it with Spanish blood, and crown
it with tho bodies of De Rodas and Volmaseda,
in retaliation for the garroting of General
Goicuria,
. ■ i-——
The New York Sun says tho Republican party
in that State is rowed up—sewed up—done np—
and “tho sooner it gives it to be understood
that under no possible circumstances can Grant
be its candidate for a re-election, the better it
will be for that party.”
Thebe were fine rains at Americas and Daw
son Wednesday afternoon. In fact, from the
look of the clouds to the east, south, south
east and south-west, and from what we hear,
the impression is that Wednesday’s rain was
general and heavy.
The late Mr. Littell, of “Littell’s Living
Age,” was oertainly one of the most remarkable
men of tho age. His parents named him
“Eliakim,” and yet he grew np, founded a very
popular magazine, enjoyed general good health,
and actually lived to the age of seventy-nine—
which shows what a load some men can carry,
and not even stagger.
The Courier-Journal says they do things on
the run, out West. When the two trains were
mashed by a collision on the Missouri Pacific
railroad, the other day, one of the first to crawl
out from the wreak was a man, holding in his
hand a telegraphic dispatch to a lawyer in St.
Louis, telling him to bring suit against the road
for ten thousand dollars damages.
Well sutplixd.—Charleston has three daily
papers, one seint-weekly, six weeklies and two
monthly magazines.
The hoariest internal tax, and a very distress
ing one, paid on ardent • liritp, is paid every
Bieriing by those who drink the stuff at night
Counterblast for Atlanta.
Our correspondent S. and others, profoundly
interested in the fortunes of Atlanta, complain
of a supposed local jealousy on the part of Ma
con and other “ small villages ” of their suck
ling Chicago; whereas, if the court knows her
self, she feels none at all. It is true, when
those profound and ingenious gentlemen of the
Atlanta press pitch into Macon, as they fre
quently do, on account of her odious quietude
and supposed insignificance, we occasionally
return tho fire in a modest way; but that is
simply an illustration of the law of self-defence.
So far from wishing ill to Atlanta, we bid her
good speed in her upward flight to glory and
greatness, and hope her morals will improve
with her fortunes.
And again: ./Uthough we are oppoeedto At
lanta as the capital of Georgia, and hold that
the record of our public administration there
should have black lines written round it; yet if
the capital must bo there, we have no violent
prejudices against the mere bricks and mortar
composing the Kimball Opera House. On a
question between buying that at a fair price and
building a more costly structure, we should
probably agree with our correspondent. Our
point wonld be economy of expenditure.
And lastly, this paper has ever held to. the
policy of welcoming immigration into Georgia.
We have never had any sympathy with those who
wonld proscribe a genuine Northern immigra
tion, if there be really any such in Georgia.—
We rejoice to see a- growing disposition in the
North to make Southern investments, and so far
03 such men as Kimball, are concerned, the only
regret we have is that there are not many more
them to set business on foot with their enter
prise and capital. We hope that all Northern
men who invest in Georgia property will reap
an ample return in bnsiness profits and increase
of values. Such men are now setting on foot
in Maoon, one of the grandest industrial enter
prises in the State, which will afford employ
ment to hundreds of operatives. Let them
come—the more the better. What this or' any
other Southern paper may have said in refer
ence to mere political adventurers, never was
intended to have the slightest application to men
who identify themselves by their labor or capi
tal with the progress and prosperity of the State.
The Canada Invasion.
According to the noon telegrams that “enter
prise of pith and moment,” the invasion of
Canada, and a big battle in pursuance thereof,
were suddenly arrested by United States Mar
shal Foster, who nabbed the Fenian Generalis
simo, O'Neil, and carried him off in a hack. As
O'Neil bad solemnly sworn to fight to the death
The fieergla Press.
The Newnan Defender aaye lie crop of peach
es in that ooonty is smaller than usual, but
sufficient will be raised for the wants of the
people. The wheat crop of the county ia un
usually good. Meningitis has disappeared from
Newnan. It attaoked only negroes.
A letter to the OonstUntion, from West Point,
has the following with xeferenoe to the reoent
fire there: - *’ • _
West Ponrr, Ga., May 23, 1870.
A destructive fire broke out this morning at
2} o’clock in tbe bnilding occupied by M. A.
Bridges, destroying tbe entire block, which em
braced four business houses, occupied respec
tively bv M. A. Bridges, jeweler; J. W. Oalin
& Co., druggists; G. O. Lvon, grooer; Beaty &
Gibson, grocers. Bridges 1 loss $3,500, insur
ance $8,000; J. W. Oran A Co.’s loss $2,500,
no insoranoe; G. C. Lyon’s loss, $3,000, in
surance, $1,500; Beaty A Gibson’s loss $11,000,
insurance $6,000. The entire block was owned
by W. O. Darden, and estimated to be worth
$12,000.
A party of gentlemen from Columbus, du
ring a seven days’ marooning at Apalachicola,
recently, killed three deer and caught several
cart loads of fish.
° Two negro boys, aged about 14 years each,
drove a baker’s wagon over a small white child
named Grehooley, Tuesday, in Columbus, seri
ously injuring it. One was arrested, but the
other escaped to Girard.
Macon A Augusta Railroad.—The Chronicle
and Sentinel of Wednesday says s
From Mr. George Hull, agent of M. K. Jes
sup A Co., the contractors for building the Ma
con and Auernste Railroad, vro learn that the
railroad will be finished through to Macon in
sixty days. Some delay has been caused by un
expected events transpiring, or the road would
have probably been finished at an earlier day.
Under the head, “Letting Out Secrets,” the
Chronicle says:
Bryant, in a late issue of the Georgia Re
publican, gives tbe publie some insight as to
the causes which have disrupted the Republican
party in Georgia, and as to the differences be
tween the two hostile wings—the Reconstructed
Republicans and Radical Republicans. It ap
pears that in the Oomulgee circuit there were
the names of two candidates for the position
of Judge of the Superior court. One, Judge
Phillip T. Robinson, the present incumbent,
who had been a secessionist and an officer in
the Confederate army; the other, GoL Isham
Fannin, a very respectable gentleman; and a
lawyer who, in a practice of thirty years, had
attained some eminence, but who is awfully
afflicted with blue-light Federalism—a Union
ist under all circumstances. Of the two,
Bollock preferred the ex-Gonfederate, and
alleged as a reason for this preference that “he
had more confidence in the rebels who came to
our (his) side, than in the old Union men.
Three houses were struck by lightning in and
near Augusta Friday night The Confederate
building at the Arsenal was strnck a short time
since, and daring the reoent thunder storm a
tree in the same enclosure was demolished, and
one in Delaigle’s Grove struck.
The residence of Judge Platt, at'Aiken, was
struck on the same night
Of the progress of work on the Augusta and
Port Royal Railroad. The Chronicle says :
Iron enough has been received to lay the
track to Yemasee—a distance of five miles—and
several cars and a locomotive having been re
ceived, that mnch of the line is being operated.
Besides this, we learn that sixteen hundred tons
of iron for this road are now in Charleston
awaiting shipment Negotiations, we under-
staed, are still in progress looking towards the
crossing of the Savannah river by this road on
the bridge being built by the Charlotte, Colum
bia & Augusta and South Carolina Railroads, in
stead of bnilding one of its own below the Sand
bar Ferry.
The Constitutionalist says a number of prom'
inent railroad officials were in that city Tues
day, among them R. B.. Bridges, President of
the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad Com
pany, W. A. Walker, Treasurer of the same cor
poration, and Vice President Tyler and Super
intendent Peake, of the South Carolina Rail
road. Their visit was understood to have some
reference to the project of building in connec
tion with other roads a handsome union passen
ger depot.
Of the extensive forgery, or rather series of
forgeries, recently brought to light in Savannah,
the Republican of Wednesday says:
The fact that Epstein & Einstein have been
for some time raising large sums of money by
means of forged indorsements, was accidentally
disclosed yesterday morning. It appears that
the names of Meinhard, Brothers & Co. have
been forged to the amount of about $17,000,
that of Blun A Meyer to the amount of some
$.">,000, George Gemenden for some $7,000 or
$8,000, and A. A. Solomons for $4,000.
When the discovery was made, a warrant,
charging Epstein A Einstein with the offence
of forging the indorsement of Meinhard Bros.
& Co. upon a note for $3000 was issued by
Justice Wade, upon which Mr. Einstein was
arrested and gave bonds for his appearance for
trial at the next term of the City Court, but
Epstein could not be found. Upon the arrest
of Mr. Einstein it transpired that he was not
the partner of Epstein, but that his son, who
resides in New York, was his partner, where-
Memphls Conference.
Mzmfbis, May 23.
Editor* Telegraph and Meistjiger '
The new Bishop, Dr. Keener, modsstly took
hiapiaoe imosg the rest of the Bishops this mor
ning. The ordinary ceremonies of yesterday were
very impressive. In addition to the college of
Bishops, all of whom took part, Dr. J.-
Hamilton, of Mobile, and Rev. N. Craven, of
New Orleans, also assisted in tho consecra
tion. - - —*
Rev. R. J. Harp, well known in Georgia,
made a statement in reference to the de
pository at New Orleans. Altogether it was
regarded as a success. The past year the
sales aggregated over $40,000; the profits in
four yean aggregated $12,000.
Report No. 1 of Sunday School Committee
was taken np, read by resolution, and adopted.
A uniform system of lessons were recommended.
An improvement of the Sunday School Visitor,
also was recommended, (as all the report is rec
ommendatory) and issued every week. ASunday
School Secretary was ordered, under whose su
pervision the whole Sunday - School .interest
shall he placed.
The city of New Orleans for many years has
been an exception to the common usage of
Methodism. The ministers stationed there were
not liable to the chaage which, applied to all
other points. But at the last Annual Confer
ence in Louisiana, they unanimously petitioned
the General Conferer.ee to remove this restric
tion. It was granted, and now the preachers
there will be moved as all other ministers are.
A committee of five were ordered to prepare
a Sunday School Hymn and Tune Book for the
use of the Sunday Schools in the denomination.
It is a want that long has been felt.
A large number of lay delegates have left,
and the Bishops had. to shut down upon the
granting of leave of absence, unless the circum
stances imperatively demand it. It Is now
thought that the Conference will adjourn on
Thursday next. Many will leave on to-morrow,
and among them your correspondent.
Memphis, May 24, 1870.
We had a fine shower last night which has
“quickened the things that were ready to die,”
and allayed thefears of many that we were from
the intense heal about to me . The dust that
has been sweeping over tbe city at the meroy
of the winds, this morning is as quiet as a sleep
ing lamb. It vas a blessing in meroy sent
Between Chattanooga and this city the dust has
been intolerable. As many of ns leave to-night
for GeoiGia, vs can appreciate the blessing.
The propostion of Dr. A. T. Bledsoe to iden
tify the Southern Review with the fortunes of
the Southern Methodist Church, was duly con
sidered by an ahla committee and accepted. He
agreeing to eliminate the political and substi
tute a theological department, and assuming all
pecuniary respomibility and reaping all profits.
Dr. J. M. Bonrell, President of Wesleyan Fe
male College of jour city, in connection with
Dr. N. X. Harrison, of Atlanta, and Dr. T. O.
Summers, of Nashville, Term., were appointed
a committee to prepare a hymn and tone book
for the use of Southern Methodist Church con
gregations. An admirable as well as a judicious
selection.
The present session has developed a strong
desire for speaking reputation. As a proof of
it, a member from North Carolina was np on
the floor twenty-five times in one day. If he
continues in the way of well doing he-will learn
to speak, whether he makes much reputation or
not. -
Bishop MeTyeire decided to-day that the
General Conference conld not amend the report
of the Board of Foreign Missions, or-the report
of any other board created at a former Confer
ence. -
The Conference gave permission to the Bish
ops to organize a Conference in any Territory
where there is not already a Conference of the
M. E. Church South, when in their judgment
such an organization would be for the best in
terests of the Church.
A resolution looking to the revival of class-
meetings was introduced and passed. This can
not, with the present indisposition of the peo
ple towards them and the low state of spiritual
life, ever be accomplished. It was a great
power in this denomination in other days, but
its glory has departed.
Tho constitution of the Missionary Society
was presented, and so amended that its origina
tors would hardly know it. No report has been
so completely torn to pieces as tins during the
entire session. There is to be a President, Sec
retary and Treasurer, and a Board of Directors
consisting of eleven in number.
May 25th.
The missionary constitution was finished
after a long discussion by adopting it as
amended. Thus all the missionary operations
are confined to one Board.
The report of the Committee on Episcopacy,
relative to the veto power, was adopted Without
much discussion.
The election of General Conference officers
then came np, with a number of candidates for
the various offices. After several ballotings
the following was the result:
General Book Agent.—Dr. A. H. Bedford, of
Louisville, Ky.
Book Editor.—Dr. T. O. Summers, of Ala
bama Conference. He has long held this
position.
Missionary Secretary.—Dr. J. B. McFerrin,
of Nashville, Tenn. This leaves out the elo
quent Dr. Munsey, who has been so successful
in the past.
Sunday School Secretary—Rev. Atticus G.
Haygood, of Atlanta, Ga. This is a new office
just created and the selection of Secretary be
ing judicious.
Editor Home Circle—Dr. N. P. narrison, of
Atlanta, Ga. This monthly Magazine has been
discontinued ever slnoe the first year of the
Weekly It can me of Foreign Affairs.
PREPARED FOB THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Though such eminent men aa John Stuart
Mill ana Fawcett are devoted to the cause of
female suffrage, the British people at large are
opposed to the emancipation of women in Eng
land. The English argue that the true empire
of woman is her homo, where she-has the best
opportunity of making her inffuenoe felt by
property bringing up the younger generation,
on whose shoulders tbe safety of the empire
will rest at some future time; they fear that
the ballot would deprive the women of England
of that reserve and modesty which will always
exercise so great a charm over the heart of man;
and; politically, thoy apprehend that female
voters would bo guided too much by the insinu
ations of tbe clergy. In accordance with this
opinion is the decision of tho British Parlia
ment. The female suffrage bill laid before
Parliament has been morally defeated, Bon-
verie’s proposition to postpone it for six months
having pawed by a majority of 126 votes. Long
nliAAni rAAnivml tWfl
cheers received this decision.
The naughty Fenians will not allow poor John
Bull a minute's rest. 'While the Dominion of
Canada is threatened by a Fenian raid, the
London polioe have arrested fifty people, sup
posed to be Fenians, who had just arrived from
Liverpool. They were all armed with revolvers
and well supplied with money. The prisoners
were examined and remanded. The charge
preferred against them was bnt ill sustained by
the evidence.
Queen Victoria opened the new University
building in London in the presence of the most
distinguished members of the Cabinet and Par
liament. The Earl of Granville, George Groto,
and Robert Lowe, the Chancellor of the Exche
quer, received the Queen on the threshold and
presented her an address. Her Majesty, instead
of reading the lengthy and tedious answer pre
pared beforehand, bad the good sense to con
dense her whole speech into this laconic ad
dress : “I declare this building opened.”
The bill allowing a husband to marry a de
ceased wife's sister, was rejeoted by the trifling
majority of four votes in the House of Com
mons on the 19th instant Lord Houghton ad
vocated in vain the abolition of the restriction
by citing Talmudic authority to prove that
such marriages had the sanction of the remotest
antiquity.
Disraeli’s novel, “Lothair,” has been favor
ably received by the British Press. He is said
to have sold the copyright for ten thousand
pounds.
France.—Comparative quiet is reigning
imperial France. The Corps Legislatif counted
and verified the vote on tbe Plebiscitum. The
result was received with vociferous “Vive V
Empereor” by the majority. When Jules Simon,
a deputy attempted, to pass a severe critioism
on the way the election had been conducted,
tbe Chamber refused to hear him. The session
closed with repeated shouts “Vive 1’ Empereur’
on tho part of the majority.
The police are still arresting many person,
believed to be connected with the regicide plots
The measures against the Radical press are
very severe. Several of them were seized and
heavily fined.
The sentences pronounced upon the Radical
editors are truly draconic, four editors of “Le
Rappel” having been sentenced to five years
imprisonment each.
The Prince Imperial mot with a painful so
cident by falling from a velocipede and sprain
ing his foot . ’
The high court of justice, which tried Pierre
Bonaparte, will, exceptionably, sit npon the al
leged regicides, to afford them an impartial
beanng. The Tribunal will assemble on Juno
15 th. j • Zi
The Emperor’s speech in reply to the address
of the Legislative bodies is full of fair promis-
e.s. If he carries them out faithfully, Franco
will have no reason for complaining of her ruler.
Austria—A Democratic manifesto, signed by
several members of the Reichsrath, urges the
conciliation of nationalities, and various re
forms in the laws and administration of tho
Empire.
There died, in Prague, the Capital of Bohe
mia, where he had been living for twenty years,
an Irish refugee, Duffy, a teacher of languages,
and formerly one of the leaders of the “Young
Ireland” party. A fortnight before his death he
was conveyed to a hosipital; but growing worse,
he called one day for a cab, and drove, to the
house of a lawyer; at his request, one of the
clerks took a seat beside him and drew np his
last will. One hour after his return to the hos
pital the testator died. Though generally be
lieved to be very poor, he left 2000 florins to
the doctor who waited on him, 2000 florins to
the lawyer’s, clerk who drew up his will, and
20,000 florins to a sister still living in Ireland.
This entire legacy consisted in Austrian bonds.
His dwelling being examined, a number of in
teresting letters were found in a mattress filled
with rotten straw, which,. suspended from the
ceiling like a hammock, had served the deceas
ed as a bed. Most of these letters were from
Smith O'Brien, and the other “Young Ireland’
chiefs, a few bearing the signatures of Hazzini
and Garibaldi. One communication contained
the particulars of Smith O’Brien’s arrest in
1848. Duffy was at the time of his death, about
63 years old.
Spain.—Spain is emancipating herself more
and more from the influence of the Roman
church.
The Cortes has passed a law introducing
civil marriage into the country. The fact that
the vote was 142 to 34 may serve as an illcstra
ticn[of the religious tolerance which is fast
spreading over Spain.
However incredible it may appear, we are as
sured that Espartero, the Duke of Vittorio, has
at last accepted the Spanish crown.
strongly guarded ; but the troops, after a few
disnltory shots, broke ranks and fraternized.—
The crowd entered the Palace and, displaying
tbe popular flag and singing national songs,
marched through the corridors and grounds
without committing any violenoe. The Prime
Minister, the Duke de Louie, having laid down
his office, Saldanha resigned his command into
the hands of the King, wko charged him with
forming a new Cabinet. The people took little
or no part In the movement, though the citizens
of Lisbon, Oporto and other cities, are sympa
thizing with the Duke of Saldanha.
Jabno.
upon eight attachments, amounting in the ag
gregate to the sum of $25,794 were issued and
plaoed in the hands of Sheriff Dooner, who pro
ceeded forthwith to take possession of their dry
goods store on Congress street 1
We are also told that Mr. Epstein borrowed
three hundred dollars from Mr. Gemenden, three
hundred from A. A. Solomons, and three hun
dred from Mr. G. L Taggart on Monday.
We learn that the Merchant’s National Bank
of Savannah is the heaviest sufferer by these
forgeries, but there are other victims whose
names we could not learn.
The Savannah News has seen “a Invariant
stalk of cotton, some twelve inches high, with
several “squares" on it, which was presented to
us by Capt. J. B. Oliver, of this city. This
stalk was pulled up in a field of forty acres, on
the plantation of Dr. W. J. Oliver, near Bain-
and conquer Canada, or be carried back “a bridge, Ga. Although no crop in that section
M /> Jt mk mama OTTflvft CfO 1 ilrn DA '(IVrtn 4 FI ^Arfvr
demned most unpleasant body,” and as none of
the other Finnegans were under the binding
force of this sanguinary obligation, they wise
ly concluded to discontinue the fight, and the
list of casualties footed up two killed and two
wonnded.
Meanwhile, the United States and the British
Governments were both hurrying on troops,
and we hope, therefore, that this ridiculus and
criming enterprise is as good as exploded with-
out further damage.
Mercer University—A Shot at City
Subscription.
Macon, May 26, 1870.
Hear a. Editor a ;—We notice that a few gen
tlemen of our city have voted away $125,000 of
city bonds for the benefit (if accepted) of Mer
cer University.' By what authority do these
gentlemen act ? The city charter distinctly lim
its aggregate indebtedness to $250,000, which
amount it now owes and struggles hard to pay
interest on - The University should be located
here, bnt the amount raised should be by indi
vidual subscription and not at the expense of a
debt ridden city. How many tax payers and
voters were in that meeting ? If the question
was submitted to the people it would he de
feated overwhelmingly.
Many Tax Payers.
Alleghany Springs, Ya.—There is no doubt
about the extraordinary medicinal excellence of
this water, which is strikingly demonstrated
every season. As a place of pleasant sojourn
and excellent accommodatsons, too, it has no
superior in the mountains of Virginia.
The Alleghany will be open on the first of
Jnne, prepared to accommodate in its agreeable
style all who may seek tbis fountain of health
and pleasure. ,-ri,.at—nS m*
Capt. Calhoun, the resident proprietor, in
forms ua that his information so far leads him
to expect a fine season. Tbe applications for
quarters have already been large. The terras
have been reduced to suit the times, and
every exertion will be made to please and
benefit all visitors-:—Lynchburg Virginian.
Benj. Gibbs, - of Mississippi, is awarded the
belt for being the homeliest man in the Uni
versity of Virginia.
would average anything like so large, the forty
acres mentioned, would.
The crop prospect is reported as flattering in
Decatur aud Thomas counties. Rain is begin
ning to be needed on all crops, especially oats.
But fields have never been freer from grass,
perhaps, at this season of the year, and the cul
tivation of crops never more thorough.”
Judge O. A. Lochrane has. recently bought
$10,000 worth of real estate at VanWert.
There was a fine rain in Atlanta yesterday.
Mr. C. H. Moorefield, an old and highly re
spected oitizen of Borne, died Saturday.
Bouilly, of the Hawkinsville Dispatch, adver
tises a tomb-stone for sale at his office. That’s
a bully way of advertising a town.
The Dispatch says a timely and refreshing
shower of rain descended on Tuesday afternoon
last. There was enough of it to make puddles
in the streets. It was greatly needed, as gar
dens were burning np, ootton suffering, the heat
oppressive, and the dust a nuisance.
Macon Telegraph & Messenger.—It is'with
pleasure that we call the attention of our read
ers to the advertisement of this paper. It is
one of the best, ablest and most courteous jour
nals in the State.
Measles are very prevalent in Athens. Many
grown persons and children have died.
The Cartersville Express says:
On Monday afternoon we had a light shower
and at night, a most cheering rain. Crops
being well worked during the dry spell, will now
grow rapidly. -u #•*$•■_ J)’- :
Corn being at almost famine prices, we are
glad that the wheat crop of Bartow has not
promised a better yield since 1857.
From Sumter County.
ni’.-J-coM Americus, May 25, 1870.
Editors Telegraph and Mesaengen—Youoopied
a few days since a statement of tbe Sumter Re
publican, in which the moat flattering accounts
were given of the growing crops in this section.
With few local exceptions we have, in Sumter
and surrounding counties, Buffered from pro
tracted drouth bo that the oat crop is a failure,
corn very small and thousands of sores of oot
ton not yet np, with thousands more only a half
stand. Should our section be a fair average of
ootton prospects for another crop, despite bet
ter preparation and higher fertilizing, we should
say hold on to any ootton on hand. Gardens a
complete failure. Irish potatoe vines are dead.
Sumter.
Dr. E. H. Myers, of Macon, was re-elected to
editorship of tho Southern Christian Advocate.
The business of the session is nearly closed,
and many are leaving for home. So good-bye
for the present.
I’ K' 'LaReve.
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs.—The
advertisement of these celebrated Springs ap-
appears in the Virginian to-day. They are now
open for the reception of visitors, and are pre
pared, under the enlarged capacities, to accom
modate fromfifteen hundred to two thousand
guests.
The reputation of the White Sulphur is so
extended that little need be said in commenda
tion of it. As the centre of fashion it has no
rival in the South, and is fast rising to the popu
larity of the great resorts of the North. In point
of the value of its water and beauty of its scene
ry, it is far ahead of them, and should attract
many of those who are in the habit of spending
their Summer vacations at Saratoga and Long
Branch. They will find more real enjoyment
and benefit here in Virginia than at those over
crowded places. Now that the railroad is com
pleted to the White Sulphur and that access is
so easy, we expect to see the number of its
guests greatly increased and circumscribed only
iy the capaoity to accommodate.
But the enterprise and resources of the
Messrs. Peyton are equal to any emergency,
and if they havn’t room enough for all they
will make it. No Springs season in Virginia is
complete without it includes a sojourn at the
White Sulphur.—Lynchburg Virginian.
The Fall-Elections.—The fall elections this
year are to decide not only the character of the
next House of Bepresentatives, hut also, to a
certain extent that of the Senate. Twenty Sen
ators will be elected by the next State Legisla
tures. The Senators whose terms expire on the
4th of March next are Morrill, of Maine;
Cragiu, of New Hampshire; Wilson, of Massa
chusetts; Anthony, of Rhode Island; Cattell,
of New Jersey; Willey, of West Virginia; John
son, of Virginia; Abbott, of N. O.; Robertson,
of S. C.; Fowler, of Tenn.; Grimes, of la.; How
ard, of Michigan.; Thayer, of Na.; Ross, of
Kansas; Yates, of Illinois; McDonald, of Arkan
sas; Revels, of Mississippi; Williams, of Oregon;
Harris, of Louisiana; Warner, of Alabama;
Saulsbury.of Delaware; McCreery,' of Kentucky,
and Norton, of Minnesota. The outgoing sena
tors are all Republicans, except Sanlsbnry, Mc
Creery and Norton. The seat of Mr. Fowler
has already been filled by a Democrat, and that
of Mr. Grimes by a Republican. The Demo
crats will probably lose one senator in Minne
sota, and gain in New Jersey, Oregon, and per
haps one or two Southern States. In many of
the States the contest will be spirited,for person
al as well as for political reasons.— Charleston
News.
New Opera House in Baltimore.—The Bai-
timori&ns are projecting a new Opera House
of grand proportions on the north aide of Fay
ette street. John T. Ford is to have the man
agement.
It ia stated in the Naw Orleans Prices Cur
rent that the increase in the number of acres
now under cultivation in Louisiana is from
fifteen to twenty per oent. over the acres plant
ed last year.
Insurrections and riots are again a daily oc-
currency in the Italian Peninsula. The Prov
inces of Venetia, Romagna, Naples, and tho
Island of Sicily, are this time the oenters of the
movement. It appears that Mazzini has suc
ceeded in forming a conspiracy extending over
the whole land, which proposes to change the
Kingdom of Italy into a Republic, with Rome
as its capital. It is believed that the agitator,
whom the Government was obliged to banish
from Italy on account of his unceasing plot
ting, is secreted in Genoa. The Garibaldiana
are supposed to have made common cause with
the Mazzinists; the Italian frigates are there
fore cruising around the coast of Caprera to
prevent the old warrior from leaving his Island
Home to join ths insurgents. Menotti Gari
baldi was accused of having taken part in the
recent disturbances in Pavia; bnt he asserted
his innocence, and there being no evidence, he
was discharged. The Government is on the
watch, apprehending the outbreak of serious
troubles at any time. Bat, not knowing where
the first blow is to be struck, the authorities are
at a loss how to act. In the larger cities strong
parols are parading the streets day and' night.
The' troops are consigned in the barracks,
fully equipped detachments are stationed
at the principal railroad depots, to be dis
patched at a minute’s warning to any point of
the kingdom.
If we examine into the causes of these symp
toms, we must trace them back to the precari
ous financial condition of the country. Since
the existence of the Kingdom of Italy, the
taxes have more than doubled, while the na
tional wealth of the land has not increased in
the same proportion. The secret revolutionary
emissaries are availing themselves of the dis
satisfaction of an overburdened people to real
ize their Utopian dreams of an Italian republic.
Fortunately, the Government is strong enough
to uphold its authority. Mazzini will neither
advance the annexation of the remaining Papal
dominions nor the proclamation of the Repub
lic.
This last plot of the agitator will but swell the
number of the Italian patriots who staked their
lives and liberty on the realization of his plans,
while the leaderwisely secrened himseif from the
avenging arm of justiee. The latest reports on
hand bring intelligence of unusual outrages
oomitted in Naples and the Island of Sardinia.
Nothing new has transpired from the oonncil.
The report that the canonization of Christopher
Columbus is contemplated sounds too strange
to be credited without being officially confirm
ed. We are assured that von Beust, the Aus
trian chancellor andcourt Andrassy, the Hun
garian Premier, have agreed to forbid the pro
mulgation of any deoree of the Eoumenioal
Council declaring the infallibility of the Pop.
Portugal.—Portugal, generally exciting but
little interest, claims suddenly our attention.
For some time past there has existed a good
deal of dissatisfaction among the Fortngaese
people owing to tbe exorbitant taxation. The
Ministry, which had been instrumental in bring
ing this burden npon the people, was, therefore,
the object of tbe popular indignation. The
Duke of Saldanha, a Marshal of Portugal, is a
favorite leader, and, though eighty years old,
is still possessed of great ambition. He oon-
ceived the plan of overthrowing the Ministry
and secured the support of the troops for that
purpose. On the 19th Inst, he pat his project
into execution by attacking and carrying, after
a short struggle, the Citadel of Lisbon, the
Castle of St. George. The Duke then marched
to the Royal Palace, which, however, he found
Letter From Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., May 25, 1870.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger : You see
that my letter is dated from Atlanta, and please
read me that riddle called Atlanta. From Sa
vannah to Macon or Augusta, and from thence
to Columbus across the width of the State, you
see business wearing a very grave aspect indeed.
Many men are gloomy over the financial pros
pect, and of course external affairs sympathise
with this state of things. And while, it is true
that the vitality and courage everywhere visi
ble' in the State, in the midst of all the discour
agements incident to the recent past, are admi
rable indeed; yet candor compels me to say
that the aspect of things generally is neither
joyous nor bright But this place makes the ex*
ception. Go where you will, taking Washington
City as your point of departure, if your direc
tion point South or Southwest, this place, for
bustle, life and cheering signs of prosperity, far
surpasses all others so far as I can bear witness.
They tell me here that for years the large rail
road expenditure disbursed in Atlanta every
thirty days, gave birth to a solid cash business
utterly unknown to the business customs of the
cotton belt. But, evidently, this trade must be
inadequate to the support of the extent of the
business which seems to be done here. I have
been told that one dry goods jobbing honse in
the city sold last year one million, a tobacco
house more than $400,000 and several grocery
houses upwards of $500,000 worth of good*.
These figures will, to the merchant princes of
great business centres, sound quite insignificant
I am aware, but I am just as certain that few
merchant prinoee have so little business sense
as not to know that in an interior city, situated
inaseotion where business is so generally dif
fused and divided out among men of limited
means, that this showing is far from contempt
ible. Then superadd that the place that makes
this record was a heap of ruins on the first day
of January, 1865, three thousand houses out of
four swept away by fire, with ten thousand other
wonderful things, and one may well afford to
join the general woDder at Atlanta’s present
prosperity. An old resident declared in my
hearing that if he failed to make the circuit of
the city every fortnight he lost the ropes, and
the town grew out of his knowledge.
There is now a string of residences from the
city to Deoatur, a distance of six miles, and bo
in every direction out Atlanta is stretching her
arms. Of course she must have a great many
more than the usual dual allowance. The fa
mous old Thompson lot, so long a grim repul
sive blank, has been sold to Mr. H. L Kimball
for the enormous sum of $98,000.
The news had hardly reached the ears of the
public, before the spot was crowded with men
and vehicles busy at-the excavation, that has
been already completed—the area walls far ad
vanced, and the substructure of much of the
first story well begun.
The plans and elevation of the magnificent
Hotel with which Mr. Kimball intends to sup
plant the old “Thompson’s,” have not, I under
stand, been submitted to the eye of the public,
bnt enough is known to give the assurance that
there is nothing now existing in the South out
of New Orleans orLonisville that will at all com
pare with it. The remarkable talent which Mr.
Kimball unquestionably possesses for the inter
nal and commodious adjustment of the various
parts of a great bnilding gives assurance, that
when his great hotel is completed—that for
comfort and internal convenience, nothing will
excel it in the South.
After all, is not this the main thing to be re
garded in the estimation, we are called on to
place upon a public building ? When sensible
people come to pass judgment adaptivenessand
not vain glorious show will cast the balance. If
this is true, we then must say that the eapitol
building, mainly constructed under Mr. Kim
ball’s direct control, is, all things considered,
the very best structure of its sort we ever saw.
We will not stop to compare the State house
here with the old rookery at Milledgeville, but
challenge the admirers of those ambitious
structures either at Nashville or Columbia to
the comparison. We have carefully and im
partially surveyed the entire building appro
priated to the use of the Capitol from the
foundation stone to turret, and if our opinion
is worth anything, we declare, there is not a
similar building in tho South that should be
mentioned in the same day with it. It is true,
this house is mere brick, iron and mortar. We
will admit that the stupendous piles
raised so laboriously and at such frightful
cost at the seats of government for Tennessee
and South Carolina, are more imposing in the
impression made at first sight, but that i3 all—
the moment you enter the three different build
ings, the distinctive and vital discriminations
occur instantly. In the two first buildings you
have the idea of display, nothing but display,
and at an enormous expense, so utterly dispro-
portioned to the advantage secured, that the ju
dicious mind begins a censorious criticism. But
the very reverse of this takes place in a survey
of the Georgia State CapitoL Highly respect
able in its first aspect, one can bnt admit; yet
this building makes no very striking impression
at first sight. The external appearance, we re
peat, is in fine harmonious keeping without any
striking effeot. But the moment you enter this
house, planting your feet upon the beautiful
marble tessellated floor, you . have your gaze
riveted on every object—every appointment
around you, charmed with the perfect adapted
ness and completeness of all its arrangements.
The designs of the internal structure of the
Georgia State House has shown consummate
judgment as well as taste. While no insane ex
travagance and useless waste of money is any
where to be seen, you yet are all the time as
sured that no mean littleness of parsimony has
dwarfed or pinohed in any essential part, where
completeness was an object
The offioes on the first story, easy of access to
the publio who wish to consult them, are yet so
well lighted, ventilated and retired, aa to make
them entirely available as places to work in.
While the two Legislative Halls are in closest
juxtaposition, separated by a step or two, there
is no more oonfosion arising from this propen-
quity than if they were a day’s travel apart
The beautiful court room for the Supreme Court
of the State is unsurpassed for its convenience
and its appointments, and in fact, including the
library room, officers’ rooms, committee rooms,
with the machinery and aparatns for warmth
and an ample supply of water and light, it is not
possible to ask fora thing really needed for
suoh a building that has not been provided, and
admirably provided. These facts have pro
duced on the minds cf a good many a most sin
gular effect after one year’s experience in the
use of this superb bnilding. Upon the minds
of those tax-payers who foot all bills, and npon
the minds of the gentlemen whose enterprise and
skill erected tbis great structure, the same
causes have produced like results.
When the Capitol was offered by Mr.Kimball to
the State, there was a great outcry raised against
the “job,” as it was called; it was repeated
with mnch “noise and confusion” that this
bnilding could not have cost more than $250,000
and that this attempt to pat this great pile off
on the tax-paying people, waaa trick in which
Gov. Bullock was interested, and mnch more of
the same sort. Seeing that Mr. Kimball was
very qoiet about all this and that, oorrnpt as
the times were, no man oonld spot a dollar that
he had employed in securing his aims, when
men so naturally looked to see the signs of such
influence, men began to settle their efferves
cent Bpirita and take a calm survey of the ques
tion. Now that Mr. Kimball is as calm as a
zephyr over the - result of his venture, snd is
perfectly satisfied with his expenditure as a fair
paying investment, men onoe violent in opposi
tion to its purchase, are beginning to assume the
aggressive in the onoe disavowed and obnoxious
negotiation. The friends of the State act wisely
in doing so; the men who are against going
back to the region of fossibferous deposits act
wisely in doing so. Wiser than all are the tax-
bnrthened and impoverished people of Georgia
who are not willing to see erected, at a oost of
two hr three millions of dollars, a new eapitol,
and are therefore willing, at a reasonable price
to be paid for the bnilding now occupied, to re
tain it, and settle the question for at least
twenty years to oome. The people of Atlanta
generally oppose the purchase, having in their
mind the expenditure of twp or three millions
of dollars for the building of a new capitoL
which* would give employment to several hun
dred mechanics who would be ooasumera and
house renters for several years, than enhancing
business and the value of rental property very
largely. I have come to this conclusion after
calm and honest reflection, notwithstanding my
previous open committal against the purchase
of the oapitol, which, I am not ashamed to qwn >
came out of my prejudice agate* . ,
has borne so heavily on
prejudices so naturally engendered l? ;
eneed my judgment in this matter
Governor Bullock has not one's„.,
est in this property, and is in no
in its sale. # uitet,
Mr. Kimball is a thorough genii
his deportment, has nothing to do »
and is pursuing a course here that
ties among honorable men is
him one of the most popular men in ll 1
Outof a family of six brothers not
a politician; the Democrats claim ***
dered one of them the nomination fn-!v ts< ’
emtie candidacy f or Q or<anol Qf
he declined. ,
They all speak of making Georgia • .
home, and if they are life H.f
wffl open our arms and hearts ag’ t
gates of the East to make them wefc£ "
You will be my witness, Mesamv, I
that I ought to know
I am -one of them, or I am a ; mn r,
Then I undertake to say,
fectation of moderation or'magnanim;i^4|
to say, that to the Northemb^N
compliments our people and our JS 6 ^
riving them the preference overkill
that we from our hearts make Ummi-‘SI
and hail them as brothers. Only !!
** grodges and revenges,
such fraternization at arm’s length vS
theJTunballs come-let them
energy and strong purpose. Let twH
a lot for weal or woe among ns, amu-T*
mg a common fortune with to w?**
common brotherhood. Men of gr«Lf, , •
be long in learning the good?&H
others nature, and tho day that
North and South and We?
energies and sympathies together JH
in a Union stronger than one made rf ^
From Knfaula.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger :
Ll Eufatjla, May 21, lga
. Tke weather is in unison with trade aA
siness—exceedingly dry, and saving t*o U
showers, rain has not fallen in several
The atmosphere is as hot, oppressive, atidJ
laxing, as the- breath of a Sirocco, and l\
gardens and vegetation generally are pu^l
and wilting under the glowing heat of J
burning sun. Man and beast, as well« J
crops, literally thirst for refreshing rain, vtu
would be as welcome as an oasis in the a»l
Sahara. Complaints of the backwards^!
the crops,the combined result of the early
spring, and the present protracted ura&l
come from all quarters. In this immojSI
section, while the corn is doing very well jJ
not despaired of, (that is, the little plante?|
cotton is suffering severely. Fanners QjJ
realize the folly of trusting to the vicissitahl
of tbe uncertain cotton plant to buy conn
other grain, instead of “making assn
doubly sure” by planting a sufficiency u»,
selves; and not a few have expressed tit i|
termination to reverse the old practice fortkfl
future. I
Were your industrious “Local” con&uedsl
this “rent up (editorial) Utica,” and assail
the daily task of interesting the readerToi^l
Telegraph, or even a more diminitire sh&l
he would be thrown upon the resource ofal
exuberant fancy for most of the iacts, fenk]
dearth of local news is so great as to paa|
even the fertile imagination of gossips nil
street corner loafers. 1
The large sign: “Shorter, Bradley,Fatal
&Co., Railroad Office,” gotten up'by.Mil
O. L. Shropshire, means business, and ril
shortly be placed over the door of a commoi-l
ous room on Eufaula Street These cot
tractors want a thousand hands, and rtj
inaugurate work on this secticn of the Brut I
wick & Vicksburg Railroad immediately, .'isl
one will be taken from the farm, as tie
country is full of oleaginous, able-bodied
“buck-niggers.” who can serve the Sto
more efficiently with the shovel and the ke,
than by discussing politics, “mendin de kb-
stichooshun,” and dreams of social ffpaEttj
and the degradaiion of the white people. Tls
depot will be located near the business eentit
The_ extent of the line from this tennicasta
the intersection will be about two hundred nil
fifty miles, and the amount required forth
completion of_ the work, will cover serai I
millions,—an immense work, but the cos-
tractors are equal to the undertaking. I
The Young America, No. 3, may fedia-1
terested in learning that Phoenix, Sio. 2,d|
this city, will soon be equipped with arei
Engine and Hose, with all the modern im
provements. The Company, and citizens g®
erally, will contribute liberally, and it is ia-1
portant that they should, for unless it is so-
uomplishedjjt is feared, that_ it may results!
disorganization, so discouraging is it to sod
splendid matenal and so much muscle to wort
atthe brakes of one in a dilapidated conditioa
They cannot do justice to themselves or tie
public.
The Chewalla Hotel, lately conducted by A
W. Bra non & Co., who have retired, is nor
in sole charge of Mr. Jno. D. McCormick, il
very worthy young gentleman of this citjJ
who has shown to the travelling public ttej
he is the right man in the right place. Sfl
cess to the retired as well as the new prorwj
tor. ^ Y. 1
From Crawford County.
Knoxville, Ga., May 24, 1870.
Editors Tdegraph and Messenger: Darisfl
our last session of the Superior Court, held a J
this county, a man by the name of B. C- Be j
ley was put upon his trial for hog-stttdajl
Bailey is an extreme Radical, and Juscondasj
has been very objectionable to most of ooj
people; yet when he was placed upon trial th? I
testimony showed so conclusively that 0*1
prosecution was unfounded and in all prtf’al
fility a malicious one, that the jury only «-|
mained iu their room five minutes, before tM I
returned a verdict of not guilty. Tbe jatf j
were all. composed of staunch Democrat" I
men who never had the least sympathy v.tl j
the Radical party. The prosecution ** I
brought by an old imbecile man, who ia*f I
ineid himself wronged in some way by Bailey: j
to what extent he could not tell. The entire I
community felt perfectly indignant at the offljl
duct of the prosecutor, and yet, in the ft*
all these facts, a Radical sheet P u ““ s "tJ
somewhere in Georgia called the “South*® - j
ern Georgias,” comes out in an editorial I
charges the Democracy of Crawford f
with getting after the only Radical in I
county for hog-stealing. We presume t. 1
the writer of the article is perfectly ft^ir j
with the faots of the case, and il so he hti i j
party purposes wilfully slandered the pWfr I
of this county. Politics had nothing tci
with the prosecution, so far as the mass ot
people was concerned, and if anything
it was a quarrel between the Radicals,
the Democrats had to step in and se tue >
the prosecutor himself has been frequ
charged with being a little tainted with
calism. ■
And while I am writing about the
permit me toeall you attention to a I
that appeared in the Telegraph and ^ I
ger, which I suppose was written, I
olace during court week over the siSJJJjI
“Flint” He says: “In the trod ofthe'
negroes, Jack McCrae and RosaVi^Cof-I
the murder of the little negro cmlu, tn i
citor general did his best but Colonel I
Hall made the best speech that was e « r I
in this court house and carried the juij I
A person not acquainted with thc ft<^
this case would naturally suppose tuv ^ i
negroes were cleared, when in fact bw j
convicted of murder, with a request nv ^ j
jury that they be confined in the pc M |
for life. If it was Flint’s intention to I
Mr. Hall, would it not have been bette r ^ .1
to have sunply said that Colonel Hau , (
fine speech and lost his case. And ui « ^ j
was useless, for all who know Mr. ^1
willing to aamit that he is one of t 1
lawyers in the State, and thereisno
is more bitterly opposed to newspiPf^-l
.than he is. We art still suffering l° r I
Wheat is looking extremdy weffi jp. I
A Washington tolemanlag* 1 J
of a eoloied female clerk ta* ek£l
deal of disgust among the whiteie® f
The reason of this disgust is £
th f next dispatch, 96 *
thermometer, at Washington, indiost** i
greos in the ehade.