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- — 1 ' ( ^-3 —z-r. t,\vv*- , '-i‘-i* j > ^-v^ -^jr - r ^ *-iJPg^HjyV #-* w --pr-M^ ^-T^TyTSHr^a.-wr;r%~-•»»~ >r' ^,—yTrnra^yr.,^. ^^0 GrGor^i^ eokly ^bIg^t^pIi B^nd. • Jonrn^l &o MLosscngor. Telegraph and Messenger. MACON JUNE U, 1870. Death of Charles Dickens. The announcement of the sadden death of Cimbles Dickers will carry unfeigned sorrow and regret wherever the English language is spoken. For a generation he has stood unri valled as the great story-teller—the most gonial humorist—the most accomplished writer—the most perfect word-painter and delineator of hu man character in the Anglo-Saxon world. His productions have been an inexhaustible foun tain of amusement, instruction and delight to the people; and the characters conjured into existence by his magic pen have pointed the satire, humor and invective of nearly all the popular literature and oratory of the time. All types of bypperisy, craft, avarice, hard and griping worldliness, sensuality, cruelty, revenge, selfishness, frivolity, as well as every godlike and angelic attribute of childhood, womanhood and man, have, in the writings of Dickens, been so clearly and boldly pictured, that a purpose of writer or speaker to ridicule, condemn or ap prove, is accomplished in the utterance of a single name. Bnt wo can bestow no higher praise on Dick ens, now that ho is dead and gone, than to de clare that, from the first to the last stroke of bis pen, it has ever been steadily wielded in behalf of virtue and the best interests of the human race. His stories are foil of a genuine and heartfelt sympathy with all that is good, gener ous, knightly and noblo in the human charac ter. "With a true Democratic and popular instinct and taste, his tales are all of hnmble life and illnstrate manly struggles with poverty and mis fortune. They are chronicles of the poor and and-the middle classes, and hence are distaste ful to some whose sympathies are more readily evoked by heroes and heroines in lemon-color ed kids and diamond necklaoes; bat whether as a true artist, a true lover of his species, or a wise author and teacher, he teas right in found ing his stories on tho great stratum of common, lowly life; and appealing in them directly to the hearts, interests, sentiments and opinions of the people. We chronicle his departure to the world of spirits with sadness, and under a sense of obligation to him for many an agree able and profitable hour of relaxtion from care and study. The Conflagration in Constantinople One of the most horrid catastrophes of the ago is the great fire in Constantinople, which occurred last Monday, about one o’clock in the morning and continued all day and night, al though brought to a check in the early afternoon by isolating the burning district by mining and explosions of gunpowder. The telegrams of yesterday stated that seven thousand buildings had been burned, and estimated the property loss twenty-five millions. The loss of life, by a natural mistake of the printer and proof-read er, we are glad to say, was grossly exaggerated. Upon an examination of the original dispatch, wo find they had misconceived a mark in the way of rider over the figures 300 for the figure 4, and so printed the loss of life 4,300 instead 300, as really written in the dispatch. But shorn of this undesigned exaggeration, it is an awful calamity, and it has befallen the best-built quarter of the city—one con taining the residences of the English, Amer ican and Portuguese Ambassadors and all the foreign consulates, as well as the leading theatre and many of the most costly churches, mosques and public buildings. The rapid spread and uncontrollable fury of the fire was due to tho prevalence of a high wind at the time—to the exceedingly narrow streets, which are seldom more than ten or twelve feet wide, and to the entire absence of any efficient apparatus for the extinguishment of fire. The fire engines of Constantinople are little better than a garden syringe, and perfectly worthless’ in combatting any extensive conflagration. The city, owing to these causes, has ever been subject to such dis asters. In 18G2, 3500 houses were destroyed in ji single night, and there have been other large fires since that time; bnt nothing comparable to the terrible holocaust of last Monday. Nor is there anythinginhistory, in the wayof accidental fires, to compare with it, unless it be tho great fire of Bondon. Seven thousand houses would make a large town. Important Announcement. The Georgia Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company, of Mbood, Georgia, has sold to the Cotton States Life Insurance Company their en tire Life Department. By this arrangement all policy-holders in the Georgia Mutnal have not only the policies of that company, bnt have the guaranty of the Cotton States, one of the most successful companies ever worked in this State. The Cotton States assumes the payment of all losses on policies issued by the Georgia Mutual. The standing of the latter company is not in the least affected by this sale. They will con tinue to do a general banking business, which they can now do with greater vigor. The Cotton States has had eminent success— having jast closed its first year with nearly !,■ 800 policies running. "We find the above in the Atlanta Constitution, of yesterday. We were aware several days ago that negotiations to this end were in progress, but at the request of the parties interested, made no public announcement of the fact. In deed we have no official authority for making the statement, even now. This will explain however, why no mention of tho transfer has been made in this paper. Crops in Macon County. Messrs. Editors ; Since the 29th of May we have had showers occasionally, and in some localities, an abundance of rain has fallen.— Corn, though small, has'greatly improved in size and color. I do not think it has been much injured by tho late dronth. Cotton, where stands bad been secured before the dry spell, never, in my judgment, looked better. Where the cotton did not get up it is small, bat a uni. versal good stand has, by tbe late rains, been seonred. Many think it too late to mature, bnt this I am satisfied is a mistake. The nse of guano (which has been almost universal) will cause it to matnre in time. Tho oat crop is much bettor than anyone supposed it wonid be atone time. An excess of this crop has been planted this, and more, I think, will he planted another year. I am pleased to state that the corn crop is sufficient, with good seasons, for the coming year. Very Respectfully, W. H. Reese. Macon Boys at tbe University. We see from the catalogue of the University of Georgia, that the number of students in all the classes is 292, of whom there are 48 in the Sen ior, 4G in the Junior, 52 in the Sophomore, and 24 in the Freshman class. Of the remainder there are 10 in the School of Civil Engineers, 17 in tho Law School, and 95 in the University High School. '* Macon is pretty well represented in the va rious classes * In the Senior class there are W. Dessau, W. B. Hill and N. M. Solomon; in the Junior, J. A. Barclay, J. D. Hardeman, and E. G. Simmons; in the Sophomore, W. A. Car michael, E. A. Cochran. II. F. Stroliecker, H. P. Whittle, A. M. Williams, and J. T Wills, and in. the School of Engineers, W. B. Bonnell. '<0 - It is reported that an alliance has been formed between Itursia and Egypt; arms and war ma terial have been ordered by the latter and it is nearly certain that a war with Ttnkey Is immi nent. Tbe Paris Bourse has been excited, in consequence. University or Georgia. We see by the catalogue, a copy of which we hgio lately received, that the Trustees have made a most important, and, in our judgment, wise change in tho internal working of this in stitution. Students who are prepared by pre vious preparation—that is, who have completed the studies usually embraced in the Freshman and Sophomore years—are permitted to elect their own subjects of study, provided they at tend a sufficient number of lectures. ] {This privilege of election extends, we see, to the Junior and Senior classes. A change somewhat similar to this, we are aware, has been made within the last two years at Prince ton and Harvard. We remember, also, the con troversies in the English periodicals in regard to the demand made by our advancing civiliza tion for a change in tho systems of education pursued at Oxford and Cambridge. The advo cates of progress insisted that a scheme of ed ucation formed two centuries ago, when undue prominence was given to the ancient languages, was not adapted to our age of steam and elec tricity, in which such marvelous advances had been made, and that the present generation de manded an education that .equally developed tho powers of the mind and fitted for tho busi ness of life by familiarity with tho great agents of modem progress. The system now inaugurated at the University of Georgia completely solves this difficulty, and leaves to parents, and students of mature years, the privilege of electing those departments of study they may prefer. Tho new life and vigor that this change must infuko into tho University will no donbt in a few years, render the contrast with the old curri- cnlnm as great as that between traveling in a stage coach and in a railway car. Tho effect, too, npon the schools of our State in elevating their scholarship, must be very bo- nificent, inasmuch as time does not enter as an element of graduation under the new system; and a student, by being well prepared on en trance, can seenro his degree in a shorter time than otherwise, and thus reflect credit upon his teacher. There would then be here an incen tive to teachers to advance the scholarship of those entrusted to their care. We presume the object of the Trustees in making this change was to advance the Univer sity to its proper position of eminence, and thus to remove all possible grounds of antagonism of interests between it and the other colleges of the State. By the professional degrees and the degree of Master of Arts a course of education is of fered supplementary to that usually given at colleges. And the young men who graduate at any of the colleges of our State may now re pair to the University to prosecute their studies further, in any special • department for which they may have a natural aptitude or preference. And besides we conceive this “ open course will allow young men of limited means to sup port themselves while acquiring their education. For instance, a young man while acting as clerk to an apothecary, might qualify himself for that profession, by attending the lectures of the Professor of chemistry. Or one engaged in a printing office, who could spare an hour or so, might, while supporting himself by his labor, still take a limited course at the University, and thus, in time, obtain a thorough education. This privilege is as it should be in a University; for thereby it adapts itself to the wants of all the people and not to a limited class. By the independence of the department,—for wo see that certificates of proficiency are given by each professor when his course is completed —the Trustees have adapted the University to continued growth. The addition of any other department in no manner we conceive could conflict with those already established, but at once could become a co-ordinate part of the University. • Th03, tho agricultural department could, were the means at the disposal of the Trustee, ex pand into an agricultural college as a part of the system; and by its co-ordinate relation would confer mutual benefits both on the aca demic and professional students. We rejoice at the prosperity of the Universi ty ; bnt, as an alnmnns shall not be satisfied until it is recognized as the leading institution of learning in tho Southern S#.les. This is what it should be. And to secure the means for this expansion every alnmnns should earn estly work. Slavery vs. Freedom. In the Tribune, of a recent date, Mr. Greeley, who has jost returned from a visit to Nassau, bears emphatic testimony to the rninous effects of emancipation npon the Bahama Islands.— Coming from a man who has done so much to destroy slavery in his own country, we can con ceive of nothing more conclnsive. Ho says: Plantations that were productive and flourish ing under slavery are wholly deserted and use less under freedom, and have not been suc ceeded by tbe modest holdings of small farmers. I do not moan that there are none sneb, for there are somo. I do mean that agriculture on this island, and I think on mo3t of the others of the group, has shrunk within narrower limits, and is content with smaller resnlts, than in the days of African bondage. On somo of the sis ter isles an improvement has lately been effect ed; bnt, on the whole, the agricultural product of the Bahamas is smaller and their cultivated area les3 extensive than they were forty years ago. - The “stimulating effect of freedom” seems to have stimulated the wrong way ont there.— If the fools, fanatics and knaves who talk snch bosh, and who broke np slavery in the Sontfa, live long enough to come to their senses,, they'll find that it has worked ont even worse in this country. A Railroad to the Top ol a Mountain. A Whito Mountains correspondent of the Herald, in a recent letter gives tho following account of how Yankee engineering skill has overcome the difficulties that have heretofore made the asoqpt of Monnt Washington, one of the famous peaks of that locality, a formidable affair. He says: From tho foot a railroad, fitted with a centre rail in which are cogs two inches apart, lies up the side, coiled over tho uneven surface like a hugo serpent. It is a marvel of engineering and construction. The grade is thirteen inches in three feet, and in some places the angle of inclination exceeds forty-five degrees. Oars fitted with swinging seats; engines of reduced size, but with no cowcatcher and mnch deeper in the rear than at the front, complete the roll ing stock. There are three engines in the de pot at the base and four largo cars, accommoda ting fifty each. Over 8,000 people went to the summit last season. The ascent is made in one hour and a half, and the fare for going and coming is three dollars. The distance to the apex is three miles. A Tebbible E abthquake. —The Herald’s Ha vana special of Jane Gtb, says a violent earth quake has recently visited the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Its effects were especially disastrous in Oaxaca, the cpaital of the State. ' One hun dred and three persons were killed * and fifty- three wounded.. .A third of the city was render ed uninhabitable. The earthquake extended to the mines, where eleven men were killed and many wounded. Buildings it all parts of the State were destroyed, and reports of additional deaths are coming in. Fishy.—The New York Son has the. follow ing : We learn from Washington that arrangements are making to take Presdient Grant salmon fishing as soon ns he returns from his trouting «««ion among the hills of Pennsylvania. It is thought that by this means an appointment to the English mission in place of Mr. Motley may be obtained. The Georgia Press. The “Second Adventists” have broken loose in Valdosta. Elder F. A. nith || preach there on the 15 th inst. The Valdosta Times says “the oat crop now being harvested is one of the best that has been made in this county. Large quantities of it was planted, which was fortunate, since corn bears such a high price.” Of crops in Thomas county, the Enterprise says: Since onr last issue parties from almost every section of the county have reported sufficient rains, and the general prosperity of the crops. One gentleman tells ns that his cotton suffered greatly from the depredation of culicorms, com pletely destroying five acres, and compelling him to plow it up and plant corn, while another represents tho grass-hopper as doing consider able damage to cotton in his neighborbood. Neither of these evils, however, are very ex tensive, and we may consider the crops gener ally fair. A now county to be mado np from portions of the counties of Wayno and Appling, with Jessup as the county site. It is proposed io call tho now oounty Ashby after tho lamented Gen. Ash by of Virginia famo. On the subject of negroes ns Jurors, tho Sav annah Republican remarks ns folows: The only condition prescribed by law for tho government of the commissioners is that the parties selected shall bo “upright and intelligent persons,” the meaning of the law dearly being, persons who are competent to comprehend the legal rights of parties in court, and with integ rity of character to insure a righteous verdict. It 13 also dear that under the stntuto, which we copy below in fall, negroes are liable to servo as Jnrors, whero thoy possess theso qualifications; but it is equally clear that uo man is to be se lected as n Juror ju&t because he is a negro. Wo fear there has been somo truckling to power on this question, and that from a timid aprohon- aion of evil from somo quarter, very good oiti- zens may have been seduood into tho inaugura tion of a now system in Georgia, tho natural tendeney of which is corruption of the judiciary and eventual overthow of justice. We cannot be too cautious how we make innovations npon the established order of society. We advocate adherence to the law, and do not contest tho equal rights of nil citizens before the law ; bat we have yet to discover wherein any man has a right to servo on juries, or a reason for doing anything in the premises that tho law does not clearly require. Jury service is a public duty, and the public have a right to an intelligent and upright performance of „that duty. The com missioners to revise the jury box, therefore, both violate the law and commit a wrong against the public when they allow themselves to be in fiuenced by any other considerations in the dis charge of that pnblio trust. Mr. Merry, of Wilkes county, aged 70, dis appeared from Augusta, Tuesday morning, while laboring under temporary aberration of mind, and on Wednesday morning Ms coat was fonnd on the banks of a creek near the city. There are three hundred and twenty-seven cases on the civil docket of the Richmond Su perior Court, wMch come up for trial at the next session. The Savannah News says: Fine Oats.—Mr. S. Alex. Smith, of Thomas- ville, Ga., has sent us a sheaf of Norway Oats grown on his plantation near that city. It is said by judges to be the tallest oats ever grown in Georgia, being five and a half feet Mgh. The field is seventy-five bushels to the acre. Stock op Cotton.—By actual count, made on yesterday, we find the stock of cotton on hand and on sMpboard to be 21,308 bales of upland, and 700 bales of sea islands. In the case of John H. Bas3, vs. Gray, Be dell & Hughes, warehousemen of Columbus, for recovery of losses on a lot of 107 bales of cot ton sMpped to Liverpool in 18G7, and sold be fore arrival, contrary to ordeis of the owners, at tho time when Uplands were worth but 7jd, tried in Muscogee Superior Court, Wednesday, tho jnry fonnd for plaintiff in the sum of $3, 80G 76, with interest from April 1st, 18G8, to date. - Tho Grand Jnry of Muscogee county failed to find a true bill against the amalgamationists who were released from jail and went back to Alabama. Jf the Columbus boys had found a tar jacket with feather trimmings for them, it would have been pronounced a true bill by every decent man in Georgia. The Columbus Sun says: Refuses to Order the Election.—We are informed by Aldermen and citizens that Mayor Mcllhenny positively refuses to issus a procla mation, in accordance with the instructions of the City Council, for an election by the voters of Columbus to ascertain whether or not the city of Columbus shall subscribe $400,000 to the Columbus and North Georgia Air Line Rail road. The ordinances require the election to be ordered thirty days before the vote is taken; so it is now too late to hold the election on the day named, July 9. Thus we have the Mayor arrayed against seven Counoilmen, a majority of the whole board, and one of the most influ ential petitions ever offered to a council. The Mayor was waited on last night by a leading citizen, when he again refused. How the Two abe Yalued.—It is quoted as a good thing of the colored pastor, E. B. Ruck er* who, in the Justice’s Court, Tuesday, on be ing informed that one-eighth negro blood con stituted whites, negroes, said: “That’s toler ably heavy on white blood, if one eighth negro outweighs seven-eighths white.” Reese Craw ford, Esq., who happened to be present, re plied: “Yes, that’s true, negro blood is so heavy that the least particle contaminates the whole. It shows the preciousness of white blood, and the care with wMch a mixture is guarded against.” The reverend colored man had now light thrown on the subject and had not a word to say. The Americas Republican says Bill Gnilford, colored, who represents the negroes of Upsou county in the Atlanta Agency, and who broke jail at Americas some time since, where he was confined on various charges of theft and house breaking, is about to be returned to bis old quarters, in charge of the Sheriff of Samter county. Alex. Boatright, 15th A., shot and killed Joe Ganaway, ditto, near Hawkinsville, a few nights ago. Love and jealousy inciting him thereto. We see no mention of the following from the Rome Conner, in the Atlanta papers of yester day: We are informed that by some means—we know not how—Bullock has got possession of tbe State Treasnrer, and has appointed Geo. P. Barnet, formerly of this city, to discharge the dnties of that office. This may be a mere tem porary arrangement. Mrs. John L. Alexander, of Cobb county, was bitten by a rattlesnake last week, but whisky saved her. A lad named Willy Newton, was killed by lightning, Wednesday, near Marietta. SmalT-pox prevails to an alarming extent in Walton county. The Monroe Witness reports thirteen case3 this week. The Covington-Examiner says: Our farmers have commenced harvesting the wheat crop in this section. The crop was never better. A Mr. Jones, of Stone Mountain, with his wife and threo children, all deaf and dumb, wore iu Atlanta yesterday. The Greensboro Herald sajs the wheat crop of that connty is being harvested, and promises a heavy yield. Com and cotton are growing finely. An attempt to poison Mr. Thomas W. Robin son, of Greensboro, was made by'a negro girl in his employ, Wednesday. She pnt strychnin* in the water bucket and Mr. R. drank some, bnt took an antidote. The girl is under arrest. Tho people of Conyers and vicinity will hold a public meeting to-day to offer inducements to the building of a railfoad from Macou to Knox ville, Tenn., via Indian Springs, Conyers, and Rabun Gap. The Covington Enterprise says : Judge D. W. Spence showed us a sample of boarded wheat taken from his field within the corporate limits of Covington, wMch yielded ninety large shocks from one acre. The stalks exMbited were all over six feet Mgh, and the whole field averaged over five feet six inches. The Atlanta Constitution says: We are informed that Rev. Joshua Lewis, Jr., the accomplished professor of Greek at Emory College, has been appointed by Bishop Pierce, Presiding Elder upon the Atlanta District, for the balance of this year, in place of Rev. A. G. Haygood, who goes to Nashville, the seat of tho Southern Methodist Publishing House, to dis charge the duties of Sunday School Secretary, including the editorial supervision of the Smi- 1 day school literature of the Church, to which position he was elected by the late General Conference. There was a fine rain at Albany, Wednesday night, wMch was greatly needed. There are five hundred and seventy-two cases for trial on tho civil docket of Dougherty Supe rior Court, wMoh is now in session. Tho Grand Jury have found 23 true bills for offences rang ing from simple larceny up to murder and se duction, of wMch G aro against wMtes, and 17 against negroes. Smith and Bell, who have a plantation near Albany, tell tho editor of the News that they had, a week ago, a hundred aore field of cotton nearly kneo high, and that blooms had appear ed soYeral days before. Of tho progross of tho Brunswick and Albany railroad, tho Nows says: The B. & A. R. R.—Tne ime is located to tho Flint, and tho estimates aro made np, though the crossing has not boon determined on. The location westward will bo commenced in a day or two, A company of contractors, with Cot B. G. Lockott at its head, is ready to contract for tho line from the Alapnha to Eufanla, and we doubt not tho papers will be signed this week or early next woek. OoL Halbert was expeoted here somo days ago to complete tho negotiations, but wo understand that he cannot loave Bruns wick, and that Colonel Lockett will meet him in that city. Col. Sohlater loaves this morning with his profllos, maps and estimates on the same errand, and wo hope to greet Ms return in a few days with the announcement that all’s right. Tho grading from Waresboro to the Alapaba is progressing vigorously. Wo regret to learn from tho Cuthbort Appeal that its editor, Col. H. H. Jones, is sick. The Appeal announces the formation in that place of a Hook and Ladder Company. All the 60 members and officers axe negroes, except the foreman and secretary. The Savannah City Council is agitating the subject of a Telegraphio Fire Alarm, and Police Telegraph. The News says: Ah Affray ax Thunderbolt.—Two gentle^ men, well known in Savannah, and who had gone to Thunderbolt for recreation and plea sure, got into a serious difficulty with a man living there, the affray terminating in the se vere cutting of tho two by tho latter. The origin of the diffionlfy is shrouded in mystery, and as there will probably be a legal investigation of tho facts, we withhold names concerning the same. Of crop matters in Brooks county the Quit- man Banner says: Crops.—In some portions of this county fine rains have fallen during the past week; but in other portions the soil is parched and thirsty, and unless the planters receive refreshing show- ers.at an early day, com will suffer materially. Cotton, generally, is looking well and the pres ent prospect is, that an unprecedented good crop will reward the toiling planter. Much anxiety, however, is felt in reference to the crop; the area of land planted is quite limited, and if the yield expected from tMs meagre source is cur tailed, planters may look out for squalls during the next year. The police killed 45 collarless canines in Au gusta, Thursday. Mr. Memy, whose mysterious disappearance from Augusta, Thursday, we noted yesterday, was found Thursday about six miles from that city. He had been wandering in the woods since Ms disappearance with no other food than that of blackberries, and had of wearing apparel only Ms hat, shirt and drawers. The Chronicle hud Sentinel say3 that about one o’clock, Thursday morning last, “Some one called at the gate of A. J. Hall, who lives about three miles from Louisville. He got np and opened a window m order to ascer- tainwhoitwas thathailed,bntas soonashe made his appearance twenty-five buckshot were fired at him. Only three of the missiles took effect, however, and they did not inflict much damage. As soon as the shots were fired the parties fled, bnt an examination of their footprints demon strated that they were made by Bollock’s colored ku-Mnx.|^P Of the progress of work on the Augusta and Port Royal Railroad, the Chronicle and Sentinel says: We learn from a gentleman who arrived from the line of the road yesterday, that tho working force has greatly increased, thero now being from twelve to fourteen hundred hands em ployed at each end, and that fully a half mile of track is laid each day, in addition to tho other necessary work of grading, eto., performed by the force. There is also a large corps of me chanics engaged in constructing about a mile of trestle work on the road, about forty miles from Augusta. Twenty nautically inclined young gentlemen of Columbus have organized a boat clnb, with J. H. Shorter, President, H. C. Pope, Vico Pre sident, F. M. Ganby, Secretary and Purser, G. B. Young, Coxswain, and H. D. Greene and L. E. O'Keefe, 1st and 2nd mates. We get the following items from tho Sun: One op the Earliest Settlers op Colum bus.—A gentleman tells ns there is now farming near Silver Ran, Alabama, Mr. Wm. Holland. He came to Colambas in 1827. He was sheriff of the connty for several years—in 1835-6-7-8, and 1839 he represented the county in the Leg islature. Ho left there in 1839 to reside in Chambers county, Ala. He is now sixty-seven years of age, and is os halo and hearty as one iu the prime of life. An Ebboneocs Impbession—There appears to be somehow an impression that the S. W. R. R. will terminate at Opelika, and tho Georgia R. R. at tho same point This is a mistake. Both roads have their termini as heretofore at Colnmbus and West Point Thence to Selma, is now known as the Western R. R. Both com panies will rnn through trains to Montgomery, only stopping at Opelika as they occasionally h&vo done. Resigned Positively.—Dr. J. H. DeVotie has declined positively the invitation of the Baptist church to again become its pastor. Though his hundreds of friends in tho city may warmly regret Ms decision, it is none the less final.and irrevocable. The Talbotton Standard says: Cbop Prospects.—Since the rain a wonderful improvement has taken place in tho crops gen erally. Corn, though small, is doing finely, and much of it is being plowed the second time. A large number of the planters of tins county have planted good crops of com. Harvesting wheat has commenced in good earnest. The crop is unusually good, though the grain may have been injured to some .ex tent by the drought. "Wheat will be cheap in Talbot. There is a good deal of old wheat yet in tho country. Cotton is doing very well, and stands gener ally are fine. Com is waist Mgh in tho Valley. The Thomaston Herald says the financial condition of Upson county is better than it has been at any time since tbe war. The Herald has these items. Bio "Wheat.—We were shown some large wheat by O. R. Garsido and Mr. Henry Free man, of The Rock. Mr. Gareide’s wheat heads were six inches in length, and contained eighty- one grains to the head. Mr. Freeman’s meas ured six and a half inches, and contained eigty- five grains to the head. Laboxst Cotton.—Daniel R. Beall, of this oounty has cotton which measured last week, 16 inohes in height, (above tho dirt) and had seven “squares.” * - ijT The first lot of new wheat was sold in Rome, Friday, for $1 75 per bushel. The Methodists of Athens are - building a new church in the eastern portion of the town. The new Methodist church in Atlanta is de signed to seat 1000 persons, and will measure 96 by G2 foot. Its estimated cost is $50,000. The Athens Banner gives the following ac count of a remarkable hail storm in that sec tion : A very severs hail storm passed over ft por tion of Jackson county on Thursday of last week, severe, almost completely destroying his crop. The cotton and wheat on a number of planta tions was ornshed into the earth, and the fanners are re-planting with com. la some places the hail was larger than goose eggs, and destroyed the glass in honses. After the storm, masses of hail were found washed into the fence cor ners, two feet in depth, and in shady places it did not melt for several days. Mr. Niohols, the mail carrier to Jefferson, informs us that on Tuesday, four days after the storm, a wagon load of the hail was carried to Jefferson, and the whole place laxuriated in punch and ice cream, from “native” ice. It is reported that the hail remained nnmelted on yesterday—eight days after it fell. It was a most remarkable storm, and we hope some observing resident, who is familiar with its track, will give us further particulars. t .. Thomas Allen, for many years -Clerk of pie Superior Court of Baker county, died recently. The residence of Jesse Reynolds, near Bain- bridge, together with Ms furniture, was burned last Sunday morning, causing a loss of $2,000, Incendiary. There were killed on the plantation of Sam uel Cox, near Bainbridge, on Sunday last, two rattlesnakes, one of wMch measured in length nine feet, weighed fifty pounds and had sixteen rattles—the other had thirteen rattles and was seven feet long. The Sumter Republican says: An embryo riot has broken out among the darkios on tho plantation of Hon. J. A. Cobb. Squire Jonson, on the 9th instant, issued war rants for tho arrest of four of the culprits, one of them charged with attempted murder. Rain.—A delightful rain fell in this place and throughout the county last "Wednesday afternoon and night. Gardens and crops have been greatly benefitted. TnsBcgoe Disturbances — All Quiet Along tlie Line — The Town not Burned and no Blood. Oar special messengerhaving returned from the front, brings us the gratifying intelligence that no one has been severely hurt, and no dam ages, in fact, of any sort done at Tuskegee. The place is entirely quiet, and was, when Jhe got there, in the hands and control of its citi zens, and all tendency to riot at an end. It appears that after Alston was shot, four negroes were arrested for the attempted murder, and put in jail. It farther appears that some evil disposed persons of Radical politicians, among others, the postmaster, as it is alleged, informed the negroes in the town and surround ing country that the shooting of Alston had been instigated by the whites and the Democratic party. Upon this some bands of negroes assem bled, and demanded that the prisoners should be delivered to them, with a view of hanging them, and they threatened if they were not de livered to take revenge by bnrning the town. On Monday night affairs looked threatening, for the negroes went so far as to appear in armed squads, and to halt citizens. Bnt the next day they disappeared from the streets and the citizens took complete possession of the place and retained it uninterruptedly until this morning, when some bodies of mounted men scoured the country and could find no armed ne groes at all. Yesterday morning the Governor went np to the scene of disturbance, and about an hundred soldiers of the garrison here accompanied him. The soldiers remained at Chehaw, five miles distant from Tuskegee, on the M. & W. P. Rail road, until yesterday afternoon, when they were inarched over to Tuskegee. The Governor went directly over to Tuskegee, and arrived there, with our reporter and a number of the citizens of Montgomery, among others Gen. Clanton, about 10 o’clock a. m. The Governor called a meeting, which was largely attended by both wMtes and negroes, and addressed them, advis ing the negroes of the necessity of obeying the laws and avoiding all unlawful conduct. After Gen. Clanton had also addressed the crowd, the negroes dispersed. They Rid not show any arms, and our reporter is of opinion that there is no. longer any danger of collision. The citizens of Tuskegee declared that they did not need any assistance, and that they felt quite competent to quell any disorder that might have arisen, whether" instigated by wMtes or blacks. Of coarse while the negroes aro responsible for any exhibition of riotous conduct they may have manifested, the vile Radical white men who excited their passions for political effect by falsely charging wMte men and Democrats with the shooting of Alston, shonldbe held to a strict accountability. The negroes implicated in the shooting of Alston were to be tried yesterday evening by a special Conrt convened for that purpose. THE FIRST CHINESE. Their Arrival at Yew Orleans-Thclr wages nml Appearance—lVlint the Agent Says. The New Orleans Price Current, of Saturday, says: Tho bark Ville de St. Loo, from Hong Kong, arrived at our wharf on Thursday, after a pas sage of 107 days, having on board 1G7 coolies. TMs is the first lot of coolies who have come direct from China to New Orleans, but we un derstand that they will shortly be followed by 220 more, per the sMp Charles Auguste, en route for tMs city from Hong Kong. The ar rivals by the St. Loo on Thursday wero brought over by the Arkansas Valley Immigration Com pany, and are to be employed along the Arkan sas River in raising cotton. They are to receive as compensation for their labor, eight dollars a month in gold, and are to serve for three years, their passage money from China to tMs coun try, $13 per head, being paid by tho employers, the latter having also famished them with pro visions for the joumoy. The cargo of the Charles Auguste it is intended to distribute among sev eral sugar planters on Lafourche. Theso arrivals will doubtless do much towards assisting the settlement of the question concerning tho wis dom of importing Chinese laborers, and tho ca pacity of the latter for laboring in our cotton and cone fields, as well as the relative value of rhe Chinaman to the negro as a laborer. Cer- t iin it is that if they should prove as satisfacto ry as their employers anticipate, we shall soon have sufficient material, through future sMp- ments, to fill up the gap left by the loss of ne groes who have either died or given up working in the field for a precarious and often dishonest living about onr cities. Mr. Frank "Williams, of this city, who went over to China to engage the oargoes of coolies noted above, states that he found considerable difficulty in obtaining good and trnlhworthy hands. He represents the lower classes in the seaboard cities as being vile and degraded, bnt gives an entirely different account of the peo ple of the rural districts, characterizing them as dooilo, energetic, industrious and faithful. The deceit practice upon these people in years past, when many of them were taken to the West In dies and sold into slavery, has led them to be rather shy in making engagements with strang ers to leave thoir own country for places of which they know nothing. But it is anticipated that this will give place to other feelings when they have had an opportunity of hearing from those who are about to take up their abode upon onr farms and plantations. We liBd the pleasure of meeting, at the office of Col. J. T. Tuckc-r, agent of the Illinois Cen tral Railroad, Messrs. L. Mingkewong and O. Margting, merchants of Hong Kong, China, who aro direct from that city via San Francisco, having been eight days on the route £rom the latter place. These gentlemen, although they aro away from their own oountry for flue first time, speak and write English very fluently. They are here to superintend the first sMpment of emigrant laborers from their country, and to see in person how they are suited to the work required of them. They express themselves as decidedly in" fayor of an even country and mild climate, and if the first company are as well pleased as it is expected they will be, others will follow to work on onr Southern railroads, which Messrs. Mingkewong and Margting in tend to make a speciality with those laborers under their control. From Houston County. Persy, Ga., June 7th, 1870. Editors Telegraph aud Messenger: “I blow for Houston.” Hayneville gave a Sabbath School celebration on the 3d inst. Your correspondent having been invited, and know ing the reputation that the good people of that enterprising village have sustained in the past, in the way of getting np a plenty of something good to eat and plenty to eat it, determined to go. Accordingly when the third of June dawned forth as bright and fair as a maiden’s blush, and as the effulgent orb of day began to climb the bine arch of Heaven we, a party of young folks, set out for said place. After a pleasant ride (with a fair damsel by my side) we arrived about ten o’clock. Already a large crowd, as is always the case when thero is eating to be done, was assembled. As we drove up to the church whero the exercises were to take place, our ears were greeted with the sweet strains of vocal music, whose swelling notes were floating on the morn ing breeze. The exercises consisted of speeches and songs. Each class of the Hayneville Union Sabbath School was represented by a speaker. Above Mm waved the banner of Ms class, held by a blushing fair one whose sweet, angelic presence seemed to inspire the young Demosthenians with an ambition of success; at least one of our party, who, by the way, is a victim of Cupid’s fiery dart, seemed to think that one of the speak ers should have been inspired by Ms fair ban ner lady, for he remarked had he been in that posish Ms eloquence would have gushed forth like crystal water from a sparkling soda fount. Each speaker as he retired from the stage was greeted with loud applause. Class No. 1 was represented by the Rev. Mr. Oliver, who is styled the Houston boy preacher, but his address on that occasion entitled Mm to the appellation of the Houston Spurgeon. May the Btar of BetMehem guide Mm onward and onward to that imperishable fame which Ms extraordinary talent and uuequaled energy so justly claim. After the Hayneville speakers were through, the invited schools, wMch consisted of the M. E aud Baptist Sabbath Schools of Hawkinsville, and the Schools from Hickory Grove and Hen derson, were represented by their respective speakers. Rev. Mr. McCall spoke in behalf of the Hawkinsville Baptist School. He displayed wonderful tact in commanding tho attention of tho little folks. Rev. Mr. Branch represented the Methodist Episcopal, who said a great many instructive things. At tho close of his speech dinner was announced. The procession was formed in front of the church and moved off iu martial style to the dinner tables, .that ware situated in an adjoining grove. A more abun dant supply of provisions of all kinds, and bet ter prepared, has never been onr province to partake of before. The aroma that the smok ing barbaoue emitted was exceedingly inviting, or, at least, you would have thought so had you seeu the ample justice that was done it by all, little and big! Hayneville, and all who at tended, are indebted to Capt. J. G. Brown for the nice order of arrangements that character ized the whole affair, and to Mr. Geter for the best cooked barbacue that they ever tasted; or, &3 the fellow said, “ever greased their pallets.” After all had feasted to their hearts’ content, they repaired to tho church. Here, for the first time, I obtained a fair view of the assemblage, and never in all my life have I witnessed a more brilliant display of beauty, and such showers of sweet smiles and sparkling eyes. I am satisfied, from the blushes that ever and anon crimsoned the beautiful faces of several fair damsels, that the young gallants were whispering something soft and sweet into their attentive ears. At 3 o’clock the exercises were resumed. The first speaker was Major Ezell, the Hickory Grove baby, who said he was a little Sabbath school scholar that went to Sabbath school to learn Ms ABC from the big dogs (now this baby weighs about 300 lbs Troy.) He said Ms little school was ambitious to be HgHy repre sented. He then proceeded to read, as he said, what Hickory Grove had to say. Mr. Hodges represented the Henderson Sun day school with a fine speech. He returned thanks to the citizens of Hayneville for their Mnd and hospitable reception. The Hon. H. R. Felder brought up the rear in a most eloquent speech, or, as he styled it, the doxology to all the schools, the subject of wMch was children—and the way he did score those who had not a proper appreciation of their importance—but regarded them"as pests, to-be slapped and scolded every time they come about. From Ms words I thought ho alluded to old maids, but he did not specify any particular class, in which he no doubt acted very prudent ly. The Rev. Mr. Knox, of Perry, prononneed the benediction, aud the assembly soon melted away, appare?>‘l/ perfectly satisfied. As tho sou began to sink in the west, onr party started for home, and on onr way the yonng ladies made hill and dale echo with their sweet voices. The crops all along the road looked finely, and if the seasons continue, the farmers expect to have plenty of the staff of life this Fall. "We arrived home about dark, and being wearied from the excitement of the day, retired for the night, and as soon as Mor pheus threw his arms around me I was dream ing of sparkling eye3, sweet smiles aud sweet- savored provisions. The good people of Hayneville have our sin cere thanks for their Mnd hospitality, and our congratulations on their complete success. Yours respectfully, “Shoo Fly.” Appoetionjient op theGeobgia Cotton Cbop. A legal friend says the growing cotton crop of Georgia will be appropriated as follows: One third to pay for Fertilizers; two thirds for West ern corn and bacon; one tMrd for mules, horses and other stock from the'"West; one tMrd for dry goods and other Northern purchases; one third for labor; one third for interest, wear and tear and use of stook. The remaining thirds go to profits. On Monday, in Washington city, Count Max imilian Esterhazy, of the historic Austrian fam ily of that name, gave Ms aristocratic heart and hand to Mrs. General Griffin nee Carroll. Snob- _ '.a?- <rf course, Mr. and Mrs. It extended over a belt of oountry about a mile [ 3Ir-" and Mrs. Fish were among the wide, and several,miles in length. At the Salter “distinguished company” present bn the hippy- place, now owned by Mr.-Rivers, it was very occasion. Tlie Fifteenth Amendment. Punchinello thus satirizes the bill to enforce the provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment under the head of “Condensed Congress:” In spite of the obstinate silence of Stunner, the Senate has been lively. Its first proceed ing was to pass a bill—an interminable and long-drawn bill—ostensibly to enforce the Fif teenth Amendment. But the title is a little joke. As no single person can read tMs bill and live, and as no person other than a member of the bar of FhiladelpMa could understand it, if he survived the reading' of it, Punchinello deemed it Ms duty to have the bill read by re lays of strong men. What is the result ? Six of Ms most valued contributors sleep in the valley. But what aro their lives to-the welfare of the universe, for wMch ho exists? Re bill prorides: 1. That "any person of a darker oolor than chrome yellow shall hereafter bo entitled to vote to any extent at any election, without ref ence to age, sex, or previous condition, any thing anywhere to tho contrary notwithstand ing. 2. That any person who says that any snch person ought not to vote shall be punished by a fine to the extent of his possessions, and be anathema. 3. That any person who shall, with intent to prevent the voting of any such person, strike such person npon the nose, eye, month or other feature, within one mile of any place of voting, within one week of any day of voting, shall be punished by fine to twice the amount of his possessions, and shall be disentitled to vote for ever after. Morever he shall be anathema. 4: That any person who shall advise any other person to question the right of any person of the hue hereinbefore specified to vote, or do any other aot whatsoever, shall be punishable by fine to the extent of three times kin pos sessions, and shall be anathema. 5. That all the fines collected under this act shall be expended upon the endowment of “The Society for Securing the Pursuit of Hap piness to Amerioan Citizens of AfricanDescent.” And if any person shall call in question the jus tice of such a disposition of snch fines, he shall be punishable by fine to the extent of four times Ms possessions, and Bhall be anathema. Mr. Wilson objected to anathema. He said nobody in the Senate but Mr. Stunner knew what it meant. Besides, it was borrowed from the syllabus of a degraded superstition. He moved to substitute the simple and intelligible expression, “Hebedam.” The Last.—A WasMngton special to Fomey’s Press, of Tuesday, says tMs of the -visit there of the Ohio parson who figured so extensively at Andersonrille, recently: “He says that several leading citizens, re tired merchants, and men of wealth, who have been quiet lookers on in political affairs, assured Mm that they would not feel themselves or their property safe in Georgia, for an instant, under legislation such as is proposed by Gov. Bni- look’s political enemies. ’ It is evident that a lie is out. Who has told it must be settled between the correspondent and tbe preacher. Foreign Immigbation.—The New York Herald of Monday says, the cry of “ still they come” does not adequately express the overflow of the people of Europe on our shores; for they come more freely than ever. Two thousand a day was the average of last week, making for six days a fair figure over twelve thousand. Two incoming ships brought upward of fifteen hun dred each. Chinese Immigration-*)., The New York Tribune, of the long and interesting letter f :on , C . ‘H the subject of Chinese Immigration?^ and obstacles interposed lo it j, 10 ^ and . English governments and^*" ■ says the CMnese are very much iug 1 ! the subject of immigration to A®* ^ return of their countrymeu, f t0ta J laden with the spoils of profitable i a ^ ^ inspired a strong desire to emulate 111 amples; but Bays, the editorial rfl • 1 letter: The Tartar Government grants u- of emigration only on the most obnn ditions. It requires bonds for the-ri* 1 turn of the emigrant to China, and of all Ms family must ho pledged passage money can bo obtained iSj glish Government, by various Hong Kong and other places along iH endeavors to prohibit emigration v W British possessions, and its shins ,f, '» with Coolies for San Francisco, fj e ^ the misguided victims on other ccastf 4 ^ tually consign them to perpetual s'ar total Coolie emigration from India1 colonies, in 1860, was 13,053, and not less. How many of these em'° a ^ sired to land at San Francisco and^" 1 trayed to other points, it is imnk-;M ^ bnt doubtless they were in number. As further obstacles} gration to tMs country, ® landing at Hong Kong are ‘S3 various pretexts, in endless and litigation, until very few desire to 25 the transportation of Coolies. ^ with this, the English authorities se£.^ the successful emigrant who retnmTlT* Ms enslaved family and take its Mm to the land of plenty. F or tfc"" “gambling hells” have lately been licei 1 “opium hells” have always been aaw ’- 1 ish occupation of the Coast Islands. "T; 4 * these returning emigrants are sr?- -i 2 enticed and robbed of the money viiwl they hoped to relieve their famaj a J* from Tartar oppression andEnnlishlt 3 Finally, the American Government W an almost insurmountable obstacle inti of emigration by proMbiting the Coc^t. Tho concluding paragraph of thel^.J follows: I The attempts of vessels to secure hVr<J tho Southern States, have in nearly resulted in dismal failure. Twovesstlajj to the Bay of Hong Kong abont two J for coolies, and believing what Koopm|*f had tcldthem, they expected to and to be off for Louisiana in less thair When, at considerable expenre, arj number was collected, it was fond in* to get the money advanced became uZn Hongs here had corresponding or fcratcijJ through whom to collect repaymecl hi Southern States. While tho shipmate:J tryiDg to adjust this difficulty, the Coosa] denly departed for Macaow, leavirjnriJ their board bill. Tho labor-seekek tla j lected another- body, purposing to sajtd about contracts, except verbally, until tlTq should arrive at the mouth of the where a contract would be valid. Test:? dently boasted that in case any Chiu'm] fused to sign any contract they should t! pose he would be thrown overboard. 1 larger part had passed the Hong Kocgi tion, this threat was told to the ChiraJ before the next meeting the Coblieslaiy peared. The bill of expense amounted kg 000, or more. One ship abandoned d!': attempts to get laborers, and, almost tei chartered for merchandise; the others aj hunting for another lot. - Nearly the s fortune befell a vessel from the Sind-ridJ lands. Meantime, the Coolie trade to a countries which enforce contracts mis is I as brisk as ever, and not a few AmerimJ sels, sailing ostensibly under Portnpne£{c| ruvian flags, are engaged in it A repaif present laws of Congress npon this sa would completely destroy the trade to 1 countries and send the surplus millioai^ oppressed land to tue United States. IGNORANCE IS BLISS. How Many Innocent Ducks Lire smlij Sodel Husbands Under the Host J vntlng- Circumstances—A Case ini Don Piatt in the Cincinnati Commentsl] I went to sleep in the car appropriaa funky blankets, questionable sbiite, isi mosphere, and live stock generally, M wakened by the colored person who gar your boots and votes the Bepablicaa a under the Fifteenth Amendment, asttj proached New York. As I traveled aloa platform to the ferry boat, lugging I fell in with a couple I had just sets j pealing behind a state-room door tls i before. I had a feeling that did rot ■ to a recollection that I had encountered! dons aght-seeing at the capital. Tbe-1 an American imitation of an EaglisMM quite crazy at that His auburn mi parted in the middle of Ms phrenologal velopment, while side whiskers of tbe s’* style threw out his intellectual count® boldly that one saw at a glance that be 3 brain back of it. The woman was r.sl one would call a spring chicken—and pi in her dres3 and ways a certain girusb1 dress and manner that went to proril while she might lack the_charms cif she had yet all its indiscretions. InK. two because the moment they ail* sight, after New York was announ«j manner changed; from an easy, selft^ way, they passed to a cautious, unban really ludicrous. It is odd that people, like unto this, attempt tear; tion or suspicion they do that whid? both. In the cars, when retiring to fc'1 room, not caring a cuss whether they or not, I had taken them to be nnnaKj but the moment they touched the: and began to look about uneasily. I came out Seated on the ferry-h*MJ gage man was beckoned to, and tried to tell him in a confidential the trunks. But the stupid beast gage-master would not receive the d confidentially, but roared out bu 1 with demands for explanations that i'fl the blood to the countenances of tMifj learned much saoner than the that the trunks were to be (leliverH^I ent houses, and I read easily the fc-'T tory that a few words made plain- H I woman kept looking uneasily t3*V landing—and soon as the boat te®^ her uneasiness leap on board andtva- through the crowd to where he was a matter-of-fact, ordinary-koMjj a husband, who kissed his and thanked her companion ami attention to her.. The actofi comedy disappeared in the cr ??, r >2es, 1 only spectator, the ugly M e ptu*®PrJ2|j had been eyeing tbeuisoclosely,* 1 *^ of amusement in Ms “blasted tf-;; “Ah, me,” I.thought, “more wa-i der the wheel than thenuBer.*®*** it is well for the peace offlMW *” 1., "nty of domestic life that iguon > For one infuriated husband pistoling hia friends on suspwffl innocent ducks live and die JU&* ‘ ;j5C6 under the most aggravating circ A Family Medicine.—We caU ^ ten tion of our readers to the adv ^ that favorite home remedy, ^ err ^’ ^ Killer. It has been before the pu ^ ty years, and probaby has # *"i ® reputation than any other propne of the present day. At thw P®“ ^ bnt few unacquainted with 10 „ Pain Killer; but wMle some ext znent, they know but little of pain when taken internally, w ^ t internally with great success, ^ ignorant of its healing virt° e3 ^ # tern ally. We therefore, wish to it is equally successful whether . ^ or externally, and it stands ^ ^ by all the great catalogue of It is sufficient evidence of it* * ^ ard medicine, to know that it # parts of tho world, and the*^ ly increasing. No curative 8 Sf\ a j Tt i wide spread sale, or given su faction. It i3 a purely and perfectly safe, even | a _^—. It is reported tba» two Junta, in New York, are m u* ish spies.