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j^aph and Messenger. The (xeoro;ia Weekly Telegraph and Jcranial «fc hdEesseii^ei*. rer ... I . »»«««.. pm«.- _ F ~» E - r -»'“- ~ by telegraph m*,' ■*«*' **- . .CwW -^TCON, MAY 31, 1870. o'Xoests.—All Local Agents will KC* ^. n j to advise us promptly of the U* jj lists up to May 31st, 1870. All I rf ^ . ft credit to their account at that l W* „regret to say, miss their papers, * lsCit ’ lice themselves in that condition, i ^Aseibers ml! please attend to their ^ accounts w j t j,; n tho next two days. Jrtlemen, pay up and peace he with . ’ . concern is now going to be run on - A, 3 principle of no pay, nopaper. r , ;c0 rsiii state Agricultural J* 0 " Society. I public attention to an article head- I^^Atato Fair,” which will he found on ie of this issue, and which we copy ' Albany Hews, of Friday. Tho editor r - s evidently writes with a full knawl- rl/jlth* facts stated, and, aswiU be ob- ■“ * *“ , himself ready to substantiate , jPi indisputable evidence. They tDe .'Ta most unfortunate condition of " ! - r that demands the most rigid inves- rf“Lnpt action on tho part of those 1 An-it is to see that whatever happens to *,'• th0 Society suffers no detriment. ^ tbc sentiment of those interested on they don’t care a groat for individ- tTS«dual preferences, nor will they Lr to stand in tho way of putting the Jon the finnest, most prosperous founda- JSflO«y ^ whoever or whatever interposes felt this consummation, must give way, rffcriety is wrecked. We hope all these lAlLflill bespeedily nnd peacefully rem- Their solution seems very simple to us. it appears in tho same light to those Ipjji interested. |<[ I m os CrEi.-In the debate on the diplc- LLiiathe House last Tuesday, Voorhees jLnui assail Secretary Fish’s Spanish po- * ,fjj terrible effect. Banks and Garfield T (o the rescue bnt were totally discomfited .Jin the House «"6 6‘ JIertes - 11 “ «* 11N I jjjtlnr that in this debate General Grant 1 rarcelj mentioned, it being assumed that * mde real concern or responsibility in the Mvi. The doctrine of ministerial account- pnetieally, for the first time, assert- 15* iBomed in America—not in deference to Ik ticsty “that the King can do no wrong,” lx because it was taken for granted, on all life flat the Constitutional Executive of the Ijochy really had little information or personal |jKUS»hout the matter. Fish alone was the 1st"-jyti ted responsible party; and if some- than Fish had been Secretary of the Foreign Diplomacy of the country white he«u radically different An -Insolent Nigger.” I in big Emery ratification meeting in Waah- i City, one night last week, a man and reamed Hatton spoke his mind after the I «lboe is one thing that I shall be glad when Kuijoritr understand, and that is, that as {gas of tins Government, whatever party at iufeeorin the future we may cast our lots i, we will be looked at by that party as other l [Cheers. Voice—‘That’s so. 1 ] The time ipaeJ for the corrupt individuals who desire bade into office on the back of the black man, |i) met the party whip and say, ‘Niggers, into line. (Laughter and cheers.] The i is pissed for them to say, because my face iltek. and because the face of my brother is life ‘Here, nieger, vote that ticket.’ [Voice— |$a si* ve don't see it. ’] We are living in a r day.” HMton wpports Emery who is running for Klijor against Bowen, Forney’s man, and car- las wh him quite a formidable following. I Hi very muen disgusts Forney & Co., and I tier naners d—n Hatton as an “insolent nig- Igtr.” Stmbo is the salt of the earth and alto- ItetoloTely so long as he will jump into line I id the ticket that Forney and his like ■ bed him, bat he undertakes to do his lmtlinking and voting, he’s “an insolent If- It till not be our fault, if Forney’s crowd lbs iere in Georgia dont hear a good deal of Ihiih mnsicinall future elections. The negroes furnish the votes whereby white Radicals In fit in office, are fast coming to Hatton’s |=tuus:on. We intend to help them reach and lit by every means in onr power. | IsiT “big Ingon,” Spotted Tail, who, with a Ifi braves is now in Washington on a r visit, visited the House gallery Wed- Theonly remark he made was that • to a poor place for scalps. ” } a TsKMTEBiaji Re-Union Movement.— “U upon our first page as one of the im- eventsof the times, the reception, by the General Assembly at Louisville, of a i*hed delegation from the Northern Assembly at Philadelphia, bearing res- P *sd messages of Christian love and fra- The hearts of these distinguished am- seem to havo been deeply moved with and purpose of their mission. Heir overflow with expressions of good will jfcction. The propositions they lay before fathom Assembly are very conciliatory, tl* whole movement upon the part of the *n all its attitudes, shows that her Pres- are exceedingly anxious for a restora- the ancient status. ~7 *> not, however, propose a re-union at What they seek is the restoration of relations, and to that end tho appoint- °t a joint committee to report a scheme of adjustment of all conflicts of jurisdic- property claims between these great of the Presbyterian. Church. k“uu in Straits.—Tho Montgomery Ad- learns that about eighty car loads of **#e duly transported over the Montgomery ^Vest Point Road. What a commentary on ^athem planters. The Tnskegee News says ^4*0 accident the supply of com and pro vis- bwn the West was cut off for ten days, that «of our people, and all of our work stock liable would die of starvation. There is not ' Mvoa county ten days rations for the popu- <ja - How can a people so dependent on oth- ®*> completely at the mercy of speculators, hope to prosper? car loads of com are about 24,000 bush- p»°rth, say $38,000 a day; 266,000 a week, -il°,000 a month, and so on—and pay or People may talk about African slavery, '“kish slavery, or Algerine slavery, orRad- "»*ty, but the ootton slavery boats them all. J 0Tat North Pole.—Aooording to the tele- ; J 3 * yesterday, the Senate amended the Ap- y*tion bill by adding one hundred thousand "Tor tho discovery of the North Pole.” i »• presume, is for an exploring erpedi- f' J !:i'- theory of Capt. Silas Bent and ?**• Httt an open passage to the great Polar Q., f C3a found by follovring the course of the “beam by thermometrical navigation. J EI Qcebeo Conflaobatiox.—Wo are still q. . *• Particulars of the great conflagration in 4 J 0 ***1 Friday morning. It occurred in one osburbs of the city, and rendered some ^ ® tix thousand people houseless. About k^ared tenements are said to have been of a colored member of the Boston bar, . a graduate of tho College of France, has (Ua 3 tnccessfnl examination and erlered the ^6 Temple, London. The Armory Factory. Col. Snead, of New York, representing the Northern stockholders of the Maoon Armory Cotton Mills, called on ns yesterday—a young gentleman of suave manners and impressive presence. We were pleased to make his ac quaintance, and learned from him that all the contracts with the city, in relation to the Armory property, were duly signed on Friday night, and the property passed into the possession of the company. The Colonel, with great justice, thinks the company Las made a splendid bargain, and counts upon a profitable career. The buildings are as well calculated for the uses to which they will be applied, as if they had been constructed for the purpose, and they have'been built with an indifference to expenditure in respect to massiveness and solidity, which no private cor poration would ever havo displayed. * Tho site is also precisely adapted to the new uses to which these buildings will be applied, so that nothing in the existing situation is lacking to create np here the model cotton milta of the South. It is believed, that these mills will be put in successful operation during the approaching cotton season. The work of completing tho structures will be commenced so soon as tho contracts can be effected. Not only are tho mill buildings to be completed, but accommodations for 400 opera tives must be provided. These will be em braced in a large tenement structure of brick, 400 feet long. The grounds, also, will be nicely laid ont, bath-houses ereoted in the grove, and the plans of the company include a chnich edifice for tho accommodation of the work people. The company contemplates very thorough and complete preparation not only for business, bnt also for the comfort and enjoy ment of tho operatives. The mills will me coal as fuel, end will run their own coal trains to the mines. They will manufacture sheetings and shirtings and nse the 'most improved machinery of tho day. The completion and operation of this vast establishment will add largely to the activity and population of the town and the stock of the city in these mills, we doubt not, will be worth a hundred thousand dollars, so soon as they are in active operation. [ Correspondence Telegraph and Messenger. A. Itlnconlan "Wants “arguments" to show, that the City Council should not make the proposed donation for College purposes, and enlightenment as to the comparative advantages to a rich or poor father in having a first class Male College locat ed in the city, and seems to think that, as a town meeting was called, and an opportunity for discussion offered and none had, the case iff concluded against opponents of the project and those who did not then object to the proposed Union of Church and State, must forever after hold their peace 1? u There were some “arguments" offered by ■Ctintion” in the Snnday paper before the meeting. LetMaconiangive theses “respectful answer,” and oonfute them if he can. In a first class Male GoUege, let me assure him, there is bnt little accommodation for poor father’s sons, and there is no reservation for even one poor scholarship for the large expenditure pro posed in the resolutions. As regards the action of the town meeting, it only showed, what parlies would do if they could, but all. the bonds, council conld issue, or pledges they could give on such recommendation, wonld not be worth the paper on which they are written hence the tax payers as yet can afford to laugh at them a little apd «s/nmate the urgent recoin- mtul-‘.Vw-as iur prompt action at their true value. How long we maybe governed by written and constitutional laws, of course we cannot tell, but it would ill become those who hold their places through fear of the deluge of mere majority laws to furnish so dangerous a prece dent, and in the event of negro ascendancy in conncil, what argument could the present college advocates oppose, should it come into, their heads that they too must have a college and pay for it by the use of city credit and city taxes: 'fj*** ' ; ■ . 5 I sympathize with “Maconian” in his anxiety to educate his children, present and prospect ive, and might be willing to sub3eribe some thing voluntarily to help him, and if so many appear that the rudiments of a good practical English education were beyond his means, I should most cheerfully submit to be proportion ately taxed snfiicient to guarantee them that blessing; but however nice it might be to have his children sent to college at the public expense, I apprehend but few of the citizens would be willing to have their property levied on and sold for taxes for any such purposes for his benefit, and none wonld be willing, I- presume, to tax his own unborn children for the benefit of his prospective family. If he must have public help, however, let “Maconian” moderate his View3 a little ; a good laboring man, if honest and industrious, is a much more respectable member of society than a would-be professional spoilt in the raising, and reduced to the neces sity of living by bis wits, and if honest labor be tho means by which Providence supplies through him tho wantsof those six departments, let not Maconian lightly regard it, bnt be glad that through labor he can make himself at last independent—a position whioh many a profes sional man would be glad to hold, but is not able. I would be pleased to see the Mercer Univer sity located among us, and would give something out of present scarcity of means to secure it, but the Baptist denomination in Georgia is much more able to spend the necessary sum for its lo cation and requirements than the city of Macon is, and to them should be left tho honor and the duty of putting it -where it will best salt tlm purposes of such an institution. And if a wicked place like Macon be not scclected, it should be no matter of regret to those who fill the relation to the students, whether rich or poor, of Fathebs. Railboad News.—Mr. Bradley, of the firm of Shorter, Bradley, Papot & Co., contractors for the building of the Vicksburg & Brunswick Rail road through Alabama, arrived in the City last evening, and proposes to commence work ra- stantor.; The laborers fordoing the grading are continually arriving, principally from Gaoigxa, quite a number having made their appearance yesterday. A considerable force left this morn- jug for some point on the line, to pitch their tents and otherwise prepare for entering the servioe, wholly. Picks and spades are now to supercede all other implements with which Railroads (imaginary ones.) are constructed, and the work wiil be pushed forward as rapidly as possible. —Evfa ulia News, 25f/i. ^ The whitewashing committee at Atlanta are jogging along at a very quiet, comfortable, nine dollars a day rate. Nobody expects them to find anything against Bullock, Blodgett A Co., therefore even the Atlanta loafers don’t patron ize them. They are very stale and flat, but not unprofitable concerns. The Chinese.—The Chinese companies of San Francisco have decided to discourage the emigration of their countrymen to California, and have drawn up a circular to that effect to bo posted in all the principal towns and cities of the Chinese Empire. Some of the New York Radical papers pre tend, that the negroes did not have a fair chance in the election, bnt the Times says “the oolored citizens of New York and Brooklyn, have nobly vindicated the justice of their enfranchisement. They have voted quietly, intelligently, and on the Republican side.” The Georgia Press. The LaGrange Reporter and the Newnan Herald report fine rains in their respective sec tions, Wednesday. At Colnmbus and Augusta, there were further rains Thursday. The Chat tahoochee river et Columbus has risen three Teefc Hogs drunk on brandy cherries are among tho latest Columbus sensations. The Sun says: H- Harrel, of Webster county, was yester day brought before U. 8. Commissoner L. T. Downing, on the charge of passing counterfeit money. He-had been arrested at Albany,..in Southwest Georgia, by Deputy U. S. Marshal Bancroft. He was charged with passing a $20 bill on tho Oneida National Bank of New York. Commissioner Downing required him to give a bond of $5000, and placed him under the custo dy of Marshal Bancroft, and both left on the ac- commodation train for Macon. Darrel seemed to be taking care of the Marshal; for the latter was half seas over. His son, for disorderly in toxication, was placed in the.goard honse by po licemen. If Harrel does not escape, it will be his own fault. B. F. Harrel, the cousin, was arrested by Deputy Marshal Jaques on the same charge. He, according to tho admission of his father, a law yer, had received the $20 hill from the parent, who had received it as a legal fee from S. J. Harrel, of Stewart county. The party did not know the bill was counterfeit, and hence was released. Col. Blandford appeared in his de fense. The Whitewashed.—The Atlanta white- washers are not earning their per diem. One set are busy plastering over Fatty Harris. The others are awaiting the arrival of Hulloek, to toll them what he desires done in his case. Both parties are digging into the pockets of the people. •». , . r. IIeavt Hail Stoeji.—A heavy one passed over the region six miles south of Columbus.— 8tones as large as a hen egg fell. Those of the size of partridge eggs were frequent. Leaves of treee were beaten off, and limbs broken. The corn and cotton in many places were.- badly, pelted. Torrents of rain also descended, and washed plantations. It seemed as though the edge of the cloud passed Columbus. The Sun says all the young gentlemen of that city who Save been kicked by maids or widows since the war “are to meet in a private room next Monday*night for the purpose of organiz ing a dub for mutual diversion. It is to be called tho “Slipper Club,” fromthe fact that no one is to be admitted who has not enjoyed the pleasure of receiving one. A President, Secre tary and Treasurer have already been agreed upon. Each person who becomes a member must deposit with the Treasurer, to be placed among the archives, to be recalled at pleasure, all pictures, touching letters, and gushing notes. The meetings arc to be diversified by narra tions, brief and pointed, either written or oral, of the courtship of each member. The tenderer they are, or the funnier, the better. Solemn oaths of secrecy are to be administered.” Why not have one in Macon? We should judge, there was abundant material here for a very large club. There was a good rain at Bainbridge Wednes day. It was badly needed, as many wells and cisterns in that section had dried np. The Bainbridge Snn says, a German arrived in that place Monday, from the work on the B. O. & O. R. R. That night ho left “alone to go to the A. & G. depot, for the purpose of go ing to Savannah. He states, that when near that point, in a very thinly settled portion of the city he was seized by two men, whom owing to the darkness of the night he could not recog nize, dragged into the woods and unmercifully beaten, and robbed of nil his money amounting to $50,” The Talbotlon Standard reports a “gracious revival at the Methodist Church of that place. The Talbot county wheat crop will bo very good, but the Standard fears the oat crop will be a failure. Rev. Dr. Wilson, who was recently elected by the Presbyterian General Assembly Professor of Pastoral Theology at Columbia, is fit present Pastor of the Augusta Church. The Columbus Sun learns that five negroes died very suddenly Thursday, on Col. W. S. Shepherd’s plantation on the river, below Co lumbus, and more aro seriously il!—supposed from cholera morbus. Daniel Hicks, white, shet Grissy Jackson, negress, at Augusta, Wednesday. Crissy was “going for” Daniel with a hoo., She lost one of her legs by the operation. The Constitutionalist gives some wise counsel to the Southern people touching the way they should act with reference to the biH enforcing the 15th Amendment, and Sumner’s negro equal ity bill. We print, and heartily endorse the fol lowing extract. All we of the South have to do in the premises’ is to preserve our sublime attitude of perfect tranquility and patience. Many thousands of our former antagonists are beginning to under stand that the “outrages” fastened upon the South hitherto have not been spontaneous, but forced, by so-coHed loyalists, or manufactured slanderously to order. At present our imper turbable and invincible spirit of endurance is more terrible to agitators than the gray line of the Confederacy with slanting bayonets. Mneh will be done to make this grand moral attitude reckless and disorderly. But we should pene trate the designs of our antagonists, and baffle them by a cunning and wisdom superior to their own. To do this thoroughly, wemnst keep our passions cool. It may be hard to do, but it can be done, and in tho end there will be a re ward beyond imagining. Even if, by some madness, Congress should authorize the Sumner bill, let us prepare to con front it by all lawful powers of resistance; but let ns avoid foolish bravado and intemperate acts. It will be practically a dead letter in the main; and, in the long run, it : will work its own cure by causing a reaction in public sentiment everywhere such as the revolutionary Congress little dreams of in its judicial blindness. Bullock returned to Atlanta Friday morning. The Athens Banner reports several fine rains in that section last week. - The local of the Atlanta Intelligenoer iff in a bad way. Hear him how be mixes things: Ladies, Come Out.—Our streets are gloomy, wretched alley of a grudging world, unless en livened with your presence and lit with your eyes. a Hanooclc county was favored with a fine rain Thursday. Tha whaatemp at that county iff fine, but not a very large area was sown. Oato generally poor. Not much corn planted. The people over there have staked everything on cot ton. Upson Superior Court stands adjourned until the 11th day of July. Some Upson oounty fishermen caught a turtle in Potatoe creek, Wednesday, that measured three feet in length, and weighed fifty-two pounds. Pretty well for an up country creek. Annual Convention.—The Annual Conven tion of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity will be held in Memphis, Tenn., on the 6th of July, 1870. At the same time and place, there will be a grant rennion of the members of the Fraternity, both active and honorary through out the country. The loss by the great fire at Qnebeo, Tuesday, foots up $500,000, about half of which was covered by insurance. Four hundred and nine teen houses, a foundry, potash factory, two ships, and a large quantity of lumber, were de stroyed. Im onr notice, yesterday, of the Savannah forgery case we wrote Einstein ss the name of the guilty party. It should have been Epstein. A Buffalo oommereial edit or, in hislistof im ports, notioes the arrival of another hand-organ, with a soldier attached. . Juarez, it is reported, is coquetting with Brig ham Young to go to Mexico with his (~i oung s) curious people, and settle there under the gov ernment's wing. Miss Anthony savs she feels quite certain that the Democrats ’ of Illinois will put the woman suffrage plank in their platform at their next convehtion. While the Republicans don’t care to do it, they aro trembling in thoir shoes for fear the Democrats will. From Entknla Editors Telegraph and Messenger : Many of your Eufanla readers are at preaeniet this place attending the Circuit Court of Barbour, county, either as lawyers, parties to suits or witnesses^ and they are mortal glad to get a copy of your highly appreciated paper, for it is, you know, the telescope through which we view the out-' side world.- There has been very little business done at the present term of the Court. . Cases are now on the docket' that were put there the first year after the war. Why it is that Attor neys will refuse to try, or in some other manner dispose of- these old cases, is more than I can tell. Many cases have been “transferred. $>y consent” to the City Court of Eufanla, (a court re-established by an act of the last General As sembly) where those concerned in them, hope to get an early trial of the same. The “law’s delay” is becoming a terror to those whose mis fortune it is to have debts due them. What, with the aforesaid “Jaw’s delay” is to become of those young fledglings whose eases are all far towards the heel of the docket, while the “old fogies” refuse to be hurried up, or permit the extension of the term, is beyond my power to conjecture. Some of them begin to-look so cadaverous that it is enough to make a man feel hungry to look at them. ' This is the first term of the -Court that we have had negro jurors. We:get along with them so far very well. Those whose duty the law makes it to draw jurors have done their best, considering the material ont of which they had to work. Tho time allotted by law for this court to hold its sessions is “three weeks; or until the business is disposed of.” Nothing scarcely was done the first week, and but little the second, other than the trial -of Saiah Smith, colored, who was charged with the murder of her hus band by poisoning. She and her husband (Jack Smith) lived with OoL Ott, near Fort Browder, in this county, when- the alleged killing took place. Jack became sick, and instead of re porting his case to his employer, he sent for a negro “doctor,” who physickedhiEm; he did Jack no good, so another was sent tot, who also failed to give the desired relief. Be was also dis charged and still another “dark disciple of Esou- Iapius” was called inj who did the work so effectually that further treatment of Jack was unnecessary. -I should like to see the man that could stand three negro conjurer*. The testi mony against the woman was weal to start with, and the evidence of a physician <f Clayton, in troduced by the defense, knocked the biggest kind of a hole in the case, throtgh which the prisoner escaped. She was acquitted by a jury of _ five white and seven colored men. Many think that she never tried to prison her hus band; others, that she made the attempt and failed, and that Jack was killed by the medicine administered by his cblorei physicians;: and others still, think that she did give Jack poison, and that he died from the effects of the same. There is an important criminal case set for the 26th, which, if tried, will probably consume the balance of the week. At this place lives Gen. (and Judge) H. D. Clayton. He won much renown during the late war,-rising from the ranks to the place of Major Gezeral. Since the war he was elected Judge of the 8th Jndicial Circuit of this State. He is non practicing law and planting, devoting most of Ins time and re markable energies to the latter ivocation. A skillful and discreet commander, an able and upright jurist, a most hospitable aid benevolent citizen, he is undoubtedly the pride of his friends. Col. D. M. Seals, one of the leading members of the bar, and Col. "Whitfield Clark, the leading‘merchant of the county, both live here'. The latter gentleman is now suffering one of those bereavements that it i» beyond hu man power to alleviate. His wife died in this place last night, after a very short illness. She was the daughter of Major John H. Dent, of North Georgia, and was adorned with every Christian virtue.. She has gone to reap the re ward of the faithful. CoL Clark has the most profound sympathy of his friends. Court adjourns at the close of this week, when we will bid adien to the pleasant associations we have enjoyed for some time, till next November. Crops in this section are needing rain fear fully. * : Lawieelino. Ulayton, AVMay 24, 1870. - ” . From Blacon County. MoNTEzmsi, Ga., Hay zv, 1870, Editors Telegraph and Messenger; The ani mal and vegetable creation appear as though a new life had been imparted to them, in conse quence of a refreshing and Abundant shower. The faces of the produce merchants aie radiant with pleasure, as the favorable news from the rural districts is received of plenty of rain, and they manifest a willingness to accommodate planters on warehouse acceptances, the “same being an advance on my present growing crop in provisions,” old. - Yesterday, the 26th, being the day set apart to awaken afresh in the minds of the young the veneration and ’ respect due to the Conscript Fathers of Sunday Schools, was devoted princi pally to that purpose. The day opened with every indication of uupropitiousness; the “dark and lowering” clouds swept the whole horizon, admonishing the wearers of paper collars, and other kindred gewgaws of fashion, of their speedy dissolution. Yet, as the day grew apaoe, with every indication of one of “Noah’s dews,” there were only a few fleeting showers, and the Celebration proceeded. At or near eleven o’clock a considerable portion of the citizens of the town and surrounding country assembled in, at and around the Church. The programme of the Celebration consisted of songs and speeches. The singing by the ladies and chil dren was elegant, and reflected considerable eredit on their proficient teacher. This part of the programme was a marked success, and such was the verdict of the whole audience. The first address, by Dr. T., contained some very good advice, And some facts which, if the feelings of individuals do not grow callous by arrogance and ostentation, must have been keenly felt .by some of the audience whose names appear upon the Church roll. The second address, by Master "Willie Har rison, was, for one of his age, handsomely de livered and very appropriate, at the conclusion of which he received the applause of the entire audience. "We here enter a demurrer to the manner of applause, and respectfully submit whether or not the thundering of a church-house floor by tho heels of an excited congregation is proper on occasions devoted to religions pur poses. The third address, by R. G. O., Esq. Subject: “Despise not little things” was han dled bv the speaker mammothly, and was deli ver- ed with great precision but with little elegance of language—thunders of applause. The fourth address, by Master Milton Smith, was elegantly delivered and well adapted to the occasion. Here another scene of political cheering grated upon the ears of the audience, marring the tran quility and solemnity of the ocoasion. The concluding address by W. H. Robinson, Eaq., of Oglethorpe, waa to the whole, ee a painter’s brash dipped is Magilp. By each stroke of polished oratory the picture shone mote radiant from the first to. the coup de grace. Here the whole congregation took their depart ure en masse tor the dinner ground, which was loaded with every description of edibles, which were devoured with more delight and gusto than any of the speeches. The dinner was snmptnons and uberrima, and none can say that he went away cum grano salis. The urban and ratal beauties of the vicinage were out in full- plume, but the chivalry was non est inventus. Now and then' a “faint adumbration” of the apparition of its former self conld occasionally be discovered, but it soon vanished. Thus passed away a day that will be long re membered by many, and by none more than yonr correspondent, unless his spirit be shorn of its honor and independence by squalid and extreme indigence. Prondly yours, Flint. Envobcino the Fifteenth Amendment in Rhode Island.—The petition of Messrs. Gar- man, Hennessey, Cooney, Binney, Davis and 3500 others of Rhode Island, praying for appro priate Legislation by Congress for the enforce- ment of the provisions of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments in Rhode Island, was presented by General John A. Logan in the House of Representatives on Thursday. This petition is in behalf of a movement in Rhode Ifeand to remove the disabilities which deprive about 10,000 citizens in Rhode Island of the right to vote. At the woman suffrage convention in New York, the other day, Mrs. Hazlitt, of Michigan, said that but few wives married their husbands because they loved them. Comforting informa tion for Hazlitt 1 A previously respectable Maryland girl has earned out the amendment by marrying a ne gro and moving North, Divorce on the ground of desertion is what an Iowa woman wants, whose husband is in the lonatio asylum. A Knoxville man has furnished a good tem perance argument by getting his jaw broken by the explosion of a barrel of ale he was. tapping. TJbilLEQ:RA.:Pfi F**nt WtnMasIM. Washington, Msy 27.—WrfcfciA few paid over three and e quarter mfiSoos en hot tobaceo duxtsg the past tea months, while her ehipmacte under bond for theeuse period will yield nearly four and a half milliona. (The conquest of Virginia was a deuced good thing.)—Ess. Tel. 4 Mess. Alexander, Virginia, has elected the Conservative ticket. 1 ‘- 1 . * Boutwell has abolished the cartage bureau of the New York Custom house. Revenue to-day over one million dollars. The Cuban Cotonek Drake and DeKay are here. The President has reooveredja .ft&i-L&ei-rsarit f»ev The Executive Department will be closed on Mon day. gfgr as , a - } of hpiwiuwes-tie is Gold in the Treasury one hundred and seven mil lions ; currency ten and three quarter millions. The President has nominated Samuel Smith col lector of the 2d district of Virginia. A cold rain has been falling all day. The Senate has adjourned to Tuesday. Washington, May 28.—The House is con sidering and will pass a bill pensioning the surviving soldiers and sailors of 1812. T. I. Harrison has been confirmed Marshal of Middle Tennesse. "" Revenue to-day, nearly $1,000,000. Mr. Anthony was chosen President of the Senate, pro tent?■ -*51 eh The bill to prevent any municipal employe from acting as a registration offioer, passed, with an amendment prohibiting any candidate for office from serving as a judge or commis sioner of eleotion. Congressional. Washington, May 27.—House—Wallace, from the fourth South Carolina district, was seated. This is a plain seating of a minority candidate because the majority candidate could not qualify. Private bills occupy both houses. The Speaker announced on the Committee of Conference, regarding wrecked and abandoned property, Butler, of'Massachusetts, Peters’ and Sad to tdspew oril axil nutoosoou «il The Conference report, enforcing tho Fifteenth Amendment, was resumed, and passed by a strict party vote. A bill reducing taxation was introduced, covering 86 pages. Pending thereadingof tho bill, the House adjourned. . 'ri V The Senate passed a joint resolution turning over to New Orleans the mint buildings and grounds. The bill improving water communication between tbs Mississippi river and Lake Erie, Michigan, via Wisconsin and Fox rivers, was referred to Commit tee on Commerce. The Appropriation bill Was resumed. Theamend- ment allowing men and women like pay for like work, was adopted. One hundred thousand dollars was appropriated for discovering the north pole. The salaries of Circuit Court Judges were increased to $7500. Finally the bill passed. The Senate Is in session to-night on the District of Columbia business. Washington, May 28.—The Senate last night passed many bills affecting the Distriot of Col umbia, and including that known as the Terri torial bill. House.—A general bill was passed granting permission to surviving soldiers and sailors of the war of 1812, with an. amendment, including widows, who.had married before,the close of the war. . .. The bill to reduce internal taxes, was taken up, and an amendment was added, that no National Bank should be compelled to act as depository of publio funds, longer than they may elect. After disposing of several para graphs, the House adjourned until Tuesday. Tbe Fenian Movement. Toronto, Ontawo, May 97.—Matters in the neighborhood of Huntington this morning are as suming a goo! deal of interest. Gen- Gle«8Qp is j n command of the Fenians, who are well armed. The Canadian forces are assembling,’and active prepa- tione are going on fora fight. Troops have also been ordered back to Pigeon Hill, in anticipation of farther trouble there. A small force of Fenians have also appeared at Island Pond. All quiet on the Niagara and Betroit frontiers. 10 a. m.—A dispatch this moment received says, the Fenians near Tront Biver commenced an attack this morning, bat were rapidly driven baek across tbe lines. i.ivr SizeT vSi tsindi I _ - Particulars expected soon. Lateb.—The Fenians at Huntington and Trout river got out of the way as fast as possible after the firing commenced, leaving their wounded behind. Gen. Gleason'went back to.New York in disguise, Gen. Starr assuming charge. St. Albans, May 27.—A few Fenians left for home, tbe rest being provided with food by the U. 3. Marshal Foster and the village authorities. The presence of the United States troops keep the Feni ans quiet. Numbers slept in the depot, the rest out doors. Privates have no money and the officers but little. Some claim that Gen. O’Neal has two hun dred thousand dollars of Fenian funds in his pos session. Generals Spead, Gleason and Prim, the latter registered from "Virginia, held a consultation this morning and issued an order for the Fenians to go into encampment two or three miles from here. Buffalo, May 27.—Tiro hundred Fenians left this .evening for Malone. ,, • .7 y. Chicago, May 27.—Recruiting active and money liberally subscribed. Fenians here disbelieve the reports or tbe repulso at the front. St. Albans, May 28.—General Meade has • • ■ < .1 . <■ . ■■■ 1 i arrived. , . . ' ' , * _ Toronto, May 28.—Eight Fenians were killed and 20 wounded yesterday. The excitement has ceased Business has been resumed, though the border is still closely guarded by regulars and volunteers. Advices from the Red River expedition are favorable. All quiet on the Niagara and Detroit frontier. - > General News. . ... .. 6. %>■ Fortress Monbox, May 27.—A northeast storm is prevailing. Richmond, May 27.—Tbe rejoicing of the Con servatives last night was prematura... A- counting of tbe ballots show that tbe Republican* have elected George Gaboon Mayor, and their city ticket. The council is still in doubt, tho ballots not yet being counted out. ,. ’ ’ . f Norfolk, May 27.—The result of tbe municipal election yesterday cannot be known till official return* are given. Tbe vote is very close. The latest report givee the Conservative ticket thirty majority. Business houses were doaed yesterday. Both sides polled their full vote. The Radical ticket in Portsmouth, headed by Phillip Thomas for Mayor, was elected by a consid erable majority. Niw Orleans, May 27—John Bayar, sentenced to be bong to-day, far the muidet of a Cuban, waa. repreived by Governor Nelson. 8. Andrews, of Cambridge port, Maas., committed suicide at the St. Charles Hotel to-day, by shooting himself through the head. Chicago, May 27.—Forty Fenians left here going eastward to-day. . i "sun dot Baltimore, May 27.—A violent north east storm has prevailed since last night.' sanursjUrt cip Boston, May 27.—Capt Mathew Hunt, the oldest pilot in Boston, is dead—aged 79. New York, May 27.—Euneque Laynes, a Cuban, brings suit against the Fresada for $1,500 in gold, loaned him at Nassau. The defense is that the money waa loaned to the Cuban Republic. Philadelphia, May 27.—The Presbyterian As sembly received delegates from the Reformed Church. The speeches pointed strongly toward A union at some futuie day, but it is deemed im possi ble now. '.:"i Nathaniel Willis, founder of the Portland Argus, and for a long time editor of the Boston Recorder, is dead—aged 90 years. *** * ^ The Public Record has paid $6000 for admission into the Associated Press. Geo. W. Childs, of the Public Liedger, has oonti touted Ua share of this bonus, and gave $1200 to tbe Philadelphia Typo graphical Society. Memphis, May 28.—Tha entire Democratic judicial ticket was elected yesterday. Indianapolis, May 28.—The annual Con vention of editors end publishers, direct the representatives and Senators, of Indiana, "t urge the reduction of newspaper and book taxes. ' Nsw Yosx, May 28.—Eight httndwd -passen gers sailed on European steamers to-day. A letter from San Domingo state that the Cubans captured and shot an agent of Valma- seda, with 40 followers. Yalmaseda is at Bay- omo surrounded by Cubans. Annapolis, May 28.—The midshipmen beat the Quaker City Club in a boat race to-day. St. Louis, May 28.—Isaac Hockaday, a traveling agent for several wholesale houses in this city, proves to be defaulter of forty thousand dollars. * Natick, Mass., May 28.—The wife of Senator Wilson is dead. r,! ' Richmond, May 28.—The Conservatives have been much excited to-day over the rumor that the Commissioners of Election who are now counting the votes, havo discovered enough il legal votes to insure the election of Ellyson. It is certain that a good many marked ballots have been thrown out, but the commissioners decline to give particulars. It is also said that the vote in the precinct where the ballot box was stolen, and where Chahoon had a large majori ty, has been thrown out. The Commissioners have adjourned till Monday.’ !UU3iaJUi ' i onttna, Boston, May 28.—The shoe and leather trade of this city have raised $2035 for the Richmond V* c ™ Vrf OH «oir nr - ■ From Richmond, x ”•••>' * ' ic Richmond, May 27 The Republican majority for their, city ticket here will W about 800. Despite a driving rain, which has been falling all day, the Republicans-held-a-meeting in front of the Custom House this afternoon. Speeches were made, and much enthuaiaam prevailed. This morning, as the ballot in Jefferson ward waa betog carried to tha City Hall, tbe bearer was assailed, the box broken and the ballots scattered. The ballots had been counted, and it will make no difference in the vote.. , . ~ ,.; In Petersburg the Republicans elected the Mayor by 500 majority, but the Conservatives ha ave large majority in tho Council. Tho Republicans carry Farmville, and tho Conservatives carry Charlottes ville, Danville and Staunton. ■•J-T MmrorftsmI a T «— 1 ' > ,.i tOjf- Yirginia Ruuicipal Elections. Norfolk, May 2S.—Official returns of the mu nicipal elections: give John B. Whitehead, con servative candidate for Mayor, thirty-eight ma jority. It is understood that the Radicals will make an effort to have the election set aside, on the grounds of. fraud and intimidation. I .Ojjim;-; i foreign New*- - ' 1* »— Paris, Hay 27-—The Ministers met yesterday to consider the form of discussion in the Corps Legia- latif. It is hinted to-day that the Ministry is pMUKRUvr $ii ,70 ipjoj rtnHiifBii &] Madrid, May 27.—Cortes is averse to bestowing royal prerogatives upon Regent Prim. Cortes is assured by the adherents of Espartero that his ro- fosal was definitive, and advised Cortes to endeavor to consolidate flu Regency. “ 112 *'* London, May 28.—The French cable failed May 2Gth, between Dnxbury and St. Pierre. The business of the French cable was trans mitted by other lines. Teasels have departed to repair the damage. London, May 28.—The Queen’s birthday was celebrated, to-day, by universal festivities. Madrid,' May 28. —A Caucus of the Cortez de feated the proposition to invest Serrano with loyal attributes—defeated by 22 to 12. It is announoed to-day that Prim will resign unless Serrano assumes regal rank, The Spanish government has ordered a close search for tbe JJngUshmen,captured by brigands near Gibraltar, qnd have assured the. English ambassador that Spain will refund any ransoms trsatei J/." • A manifesto favors Espartero. Me is ex pected to-morrow. Prim made a speech in the Cortez caucus in favor of Serrano. Paris, May 28.—It is now certain that the small pox prevails in the St Pellaizie prison, where Henry Rochefort and other journalists are imprisoned. ii 6nSSSSS5SS5SSSS5£S55&i ^ . '• Tbe Fenian Invasion. - Speaking of the Fenian Invasion,'the New York Commercial Advertiser says: q . , That this invasion has either the sympathy or encouragement of the Catholic Church, or of the more intelligent Irishmen, no one oan sup pose for a moment A Cincinnati Fenian ex pressed the views of the latter when ata gather ing of his comrades on Monday. evening, he said “that he loved his native land and the des tiny of her. people too much to sanction any suoh outrageous proceedings in the name of fighting for Ireland ; that “this oont6mplated fiasco” would only end in the murder of a few good honest, but deluded men, who imagined they were fighting for “Irish liberty;” that there was nothing to recommend it to the patriotism or generosity of Irishmen, but on the contrary, every, .reason why it should be both privately and publicly denounced by every honest and in telligent son of Erin. The question is asked on every hand what do the Fenian leaders propose to. gain by this movement! Nine-tenths of them may be set down as wild, adventurous, hair-brained fellows, who do not see an inch before their nose, and who are willing to draw blood money from the laborer and the servant girt that they may for a few days enjoy the sensation of being called Generals, Colonels, and °f commanding in the field. We repeat that no fate can be too severe for them. . JT * - 7‘ ,u . '■*"’ o1 ^ Whatever fate, however, may attend either leaders or followers In this Quixotic movement, it will, undoubtedly, wind np the Fenian inva sion business for years to come, and our Cana dian neighbors can hereafter enjoy the peace and tranquility of which they have been robbed. OBITUARY. Departed this life in this city on the evening of the 27th tost., at 12 m, of hemorrhage of the bowels, Willie E. Evans, son of James E. and Rebecca Evans, aged 23 yiars and 7 months. Many sad and sorrowing hearts mourn the un timely death of the bright and shining ornament to parents, relatives and friends, and causes an aching void in many breasts, and the remembrance of lis genial countenance and loving disposition will ever be cherished by bis many admiring friends- May God in his JufinrU mercy support the parents and relatives under this trytog dispensation, where their love and affection do follow him, and that they may so live that when they die they may meet him in Heaven. ontYf. 1 Softly rest upon him sods at Salem, that sacred spot where tbe dead sleepeth, and where his dust mingles with that of his kindr ed. And let angels be ar his spirit gently to tbe skies, and return with the glad message to his stricken parents of his tri- toanf - - map] it entry into the presence of God. Rreathe ye softly gentle zephyrs, Round this quiet, hallowed spot, Whore our lov’d one now is sleeping, Gentle zepbyn, wake tom not. Happy birds that sing above him, Let your notes be soft and low, Leet ye break the peaceful slumber Of the one who sleeps below. Flowers of summer round him blooming, Freeh with dews of early morn, Rreathe sweet incense still around him, Still his resting place adore, Must the dear one sleep forever r Will no brighter morrow come ? Is there tor tho dead no waking From tho cold and silent tomb ? Yes! the deeper will awaken To a bright and endless day. And be home by happy angels To bis homo, far, far away! Sleep till then, my Wiliie, sleep! Bain of autumn, sadlr falling, Lightly press upon his bod, Hallowed tears of nature shedding For the dear, the chermheddead! He deep*—my Willie sleeps! Gentle sephyr, birds and flowers, Welcome to this hallowed spot I Guard our loved one In his slumbers; Wake him not. oh 1 wake him not 1 He sleeps—our Willie sleeps! Fbiekd. Death of Wm. C. Evans.—This sad event 00- ourred about I o’clock yesterday ai - Mr*. Freeman's boarding house da the oontex ' of Second and Poplar street 3 Dfioaraed waa a most worthy and highly respectable young man, about twenty-one years of age, and was a son of Judge 3; H. Evans, at Monroe county. Dur ing the business season of S868-9 be was em ployed in the ootton warehouse of Menas, Jona than Collins & Son, after whioh he attended the oommereial ©allege at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he graduated last yees and returned to this oity and took a clerkship in the wholesale boot and shoe establishment of Mix & Wit-Hand, which position he held ct the time of his death. He was a member of Defiance Fire Company, No v 5, and a detaohment of that Company es corted his remains to the depot yesterday morn ing, to be taken thence to Crawford Station, where his. family reside, for interment. De ceased had many warm personal friends in this community, who deeply mourn his death. Death of "Mr. Broughton;—It isouifpainful duty this morning to announce tho death of Mr. John Broughton,‘who was shot on the evening of the 15th inst., in this city, by Mr. Henry G. Ross. He expired quietly and without a struggle yesterday morning at 15 minutes after 5 o’clock. Strong hopes were entertained for his recovery up to the time when a negro who, one day last week, was shooting a pistol near Mr. Broughton’s residence, threw a ball into the wounded man’s room, which, excited him very much and pro duced a fever, under which he began to sink rapidly until he expired a* above stated. It were vain to pause here to comment upon this sad and tregio affair. It is enough to know that it has terminated most disastrously to both. The 'one lies cold in the embrace of death; the ic other is a fugitive from a home to which he dare .. i not ever return, and roams the earth like Cain of old, with the brand of amurder on his brow and the blood of a brother on his hands. • Mr. Broughton leaves a wife and four chil dren, in destitute circumstances, to mourn their irreparable loss. ., , JxmfrZv The f umeral will take place at 9 o’clock from the tost Baptist Church—Rev. E. W. Warren delivering the funeral sermon, and will he aty tended by the brotherhood of Odd Fellows and Mechanics’. Kre , Company, K[o. 4, of both of ^ which organizations Mr. Broughton was a worthy member—being the Secretary of the latter at the time of his death. .■ *1:111 J*. Died.—Mr. W. I. Causey, an old engineer on the Macon and Brunswick road, who was well and widely known in this community, departed this life on Friday night last, at his residence near the Macon and Brunswick depot in this city. 0 ’ . ; " ' Reward.—We understand that the Indepen dent Order of Odd Fellows, in this city, propose to offer a liberal reward for the apprehension of Henry G. Ross, the murderer of Mr. John — Broughton. _ Concerning Jews. ll'rom Moore's Rural New Yorker.] >3 In a recent number of your valuable Rubai. is an article on “Street Scenes in New York,” by “Uncle Paul,” in which the following sen tences occur :—“Jews never marry other than Jews. They never attend any other than a Jewish church.” “To mix the blood of any other people in their veins is, in thoir estima tion, torender them unworthy of God’s especial regard.” ** a ii .mr*50.1 tsvm jB<y Now, .if “Unde Path.” will visit Maoon, we will convince him that he is, for onoe, in error. We will introduce him to two (at least) worthy afid influential citizen Jews, one of whom is the proprietor and owner of one of our first-class hotels; the other a merchant, comfortable in the possession pj Considerable property, Christ ian wives,—estimable ladies, flhd iealoUB mem bers of Christian churches in our city,—with or several “brilliant gems,” the offspring of happy matrimonial alliances, adorn the family circles. The husbands are often seen gallanting their wives to their chosen Churches and occupying the same pew. Th6 wives as often are seen accompanying their husbands to the synagogue. Parents and children all move along harmoni- - onsly, and some Christian families might im prove their domestic felicity by emulating the example of these despi-ed Jews. In regard- to: the religious education of the |g children, I understand that all that was pre viously arranged, so that no “family jars” oc cur on that score. ^ Perhaps “Uncle Paul,’, should he make that visit, would find a different class of Jews Grom those with, whom he has heretofore had inter course. For it must be admitted that the Jews of Macon, as a class, rank among our best and most valuable citizens, are exemplary in their walk and conversation, honorable in their deal ings and management of business, social and agreeable in intercourse with their fellow men, and always among the first to render assistance when persons or property are overtaken with distress or distaster. And I have come to the conclusion, by- the experience and observation of nearly three-score years, that the prejudices connected with our early Christian education, in regard to those possessing other religious beliefs, were erroneous and unjust; and when visions Of the eatly clock peddlers and wooden , nutmegs of my native State appear before me, I thick that I can afford to exercise a little charity towards others. • ■ - Macon, Ga., 1870. 7 ■ The Old Guard’for June is received, arid is faRof interesting matter. Van Evrie, Horton t & Co., 162, Nassau Street. Political Movement in Ohio.—The War Democrats in Ohio, who slabbed off to the Ban- icals in 1861, are said to be making overtures for a reconsolidation with the democracy of that State. ' News Items. A ballet blonde bes been fined at St. Petert- burgh for gestures “ont of all bounds.” The other day $100,000 of Confederate bonds were put up for stoe in New Orleans and brought $4 per bond, or $400 for the lot. Most of the salad oils now brought into the market are made of cotton seed oil, refined and bleached, which is said to be a good substitute. It is said that the tobaoco trade in New York is represented by so many nationalities, that fifty-three different languages aro spoken by the cigar deslora » Some people in Mississippi claim to have dis covered the body of Hernando DeSotp in a cop per-fastened coffin. A second edition of the Cardiff giant, rib doubt. ^ • It is said that 195 rich persons in England hold $1,755,000,000worlh of the British consol*. Quaker meetings have been re-established in Boston after a cessation for many yean. An Iowa base-ball olnb has adopted the melo dious title of Northern Blizzards. In Hungary, a vineyard is established in * grave-yard—to give the wine body, probably. Even the census cannot be taken in time of peace without military aid. The air apparent of Lowell—The prints of Merrimack. a or fay ^ptSiaost aol Yachting is conducted on the principle of “large sails and small profits.” Minnesota anil ’Wig/vM^n p^)i for a thousand Oftch of Celestial Johns from California. A Troy paper announced that thejpolls would be open “from sundown to sunset,’ at the late election, r f** • ia.'vM The Rev. Charles Waddell, the first white child bom in Ohio, has just died, after a long service as a Methodist preacher. Lord Darby,, engaged matrimonially to the Marchioness of Salisbury, is 44 years old-r-his intended bride 46. She is the daughter of Earl De La Warr, and has five children, the youngest 22 years old. The Emperor of Brazil has been presented with the sword of Lopes as a souvenir of. the late war. ~ Philadelphia is trying to raise a monument to Humboldt. A miser bareness, Buffini, died recently in a wretched hut in Paris. She had. hoarded mil lions of francs. MARRIED, On the 28th of May, *» the residewoe of the brides' mother in Monroe county, by th» Rev. Edmond Dumars, Mr. T. NoXTisaa.ot of this city and Mis* A. M. Thurman, of Monroe < ■■ - > -A;' ifi S'-feb- - ' 11 -11 • riii toii
