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s *' ■’•iv The Greorgia Weekly Telegraph and. Joxunal &c Messenger. Telegraph and Messenger. MACON TUI.Y 5. 1870 “Mex of Modesty ju® Dxcobum.”—In the course of an article intended to wither ns for celling those forgeries on the name of Senator who sit for the South’s surreptitious Senators,” as they are, Forney says: “ The bully and the braggart, who onoe made the purlieus of the Capitol dangerous and its atmosphere disgust ing, are now displaced by men of modesty and decorum.” Very pretty this is, says the World, when the same week shows one rogue invoking the power of the House to revengo him of his boon companion in a drunken brawl; and an other is refused admittance as a known felon; and a third and a fourth, the very leaders of the House, call eaoh other respectively “cow ard and assassin” and “thief.” Fine “men of modesty and decorum,” these. Josh Billinqs thus speaks of a new agricul- tnral implement, to which the attention of farmers is invited: John Sogers’ revolving, ex panding, unceremonious, self-adjusting, self- contrakting, self-sharpening, self-greasing and self-righteous hoss rake iz now and forever of fered tew a generous publik. Thezo rakes are az easy to keep in repair az a bitching post, and will rake up a paper o( pins sowed broadkast in a ten aker lot of wheat stable. Theze rakes kan be used in the winter for a hen roost, or be sawed np in stove wood for the kitchen fire.— No farmer ov good moral karnkter should be withont this rake, even if he has to steal one. Houston and Macon Counties. As far down the Southwestern road as Amer icas, crops of all kinds on fair land and well tilled, look finely, there is no complaint; but wa understand that in Sumter, Lee, Dough erty and Mitchell, cotton is diseased from ex cessive rains, and a good deal of it is perishing. The com crop in all the counties is vigorous and healthy, and the common remark is, that if the crop realizes its present promise com enough will be made on the average to meet the wants of planters. This result, however, will be due solely to an unusual produot for the area seeded. If drought comes the supply will be wholly inadequate. They say the farmers, as a general thing, will never raise com enough for a healthy agricul tural system until cotton gets to be practically worthless—that is, untfl it sells for less than the cost of production. We inquired whether fif teen cents would not bring it? No, it must come down to ten cents. When cotton sinks down to ten cents, and the question of raising food or starving stares every farmer squarely in the face —when they will turn their attention to com, and with com will come pigs, poultry, eggs, fat beef, mutton, butter and the other things which enable a man to journey through this vale of tears with fortitude and composure. And speaking of com, in Macon county, dis- Tbe Georgia Press. The Sparta Times i«« a letter from Macon.— Here is what its correspondent has to' say of of Death or the President’s Nephew. Jesse G. Sharp, the youngest son of Marshal Sharp, and nephew of the President, died this morning at th<- residi-r.ee of (den. Dent, Georgetown. Tho remains will be taken Ncwville, Penn., to-morrow, for interment.— f Washington dispatch, 24th. For the benefit of impecunious loilists who maybe disposed to rush on to Washington fill a supposed vacancy in some fat office, caused, as they no donbt fondly imagine by this demise, we may mention that, strange as it seems, this kinsman of tho President had no office. Editorial Celebrities Sick.—A New York special of the 24th inst., to the Courier-Journal says: James Gordon Bennett and Horace Greeley are both dangerously ill. Mr. Bennett, is is believed, will not live many weeks. He is now 75 years of age and is afflicted with neuralgia and gout. He, however, declines to send for his son, for fear of interfering wtih the ocean yacht race. The warm weather of the lost few days his had such on effect as to cause his friends great alarm. Mr. Greeley, also, still remains very ill—so much so as to forbid the visits of friends. Thnrlow Weed was also reported quite un well to-day at his residence, comer of Fifth avenue and Twelfth street. New Books. From the publisher, G. W. Carleton, New York, we have, through Messrs. Havens & Brown, “Sandwiches,” by Artemus Ward, a choice col lection of his gems; “ Rambles in Cuba, journal of sights, scenes and experiences in Cu ba, written in a very attractive, gossipy man ner that cannot fail to please; and the “ Widow Goldsmith Daughter,” a New England story of home life that seems, from a hasty glance, to be exceedingly well told. Future Delivery Cotton .Sales. Murray, Ferriss & Co’s, circular of the 25th, quotes as follows: June I9j, July, August and September 18J, October 184. For immediate delivery the sales foot np 5938 bales (189 to arrive,) of which 3133 bales were token by spinners; 455 on specula tion; 241 for exports; and 200 bales in transit. The fact that of 5938 bales sold only 455 were taken on speculation is significant. The First Watermelons. Messrs. Busby & Valentino were first in the field this season with watermelons, so far as we are advised. They had a lot in store yesterday morning of very fair size and flavor. These were produced in Bibb county. The first mel ons last year appeared on the 15th of June, and this shows we are about a fortnight behind last year. Busby is always on the lookout for the earliest and the latest. We find the following paragraph in a Texas paper of a late date: Hon. L. T. Wigfaix.—This gentleman who is now in Colorado, has bought No. C. east of the Seaton lode, from Reed and Saunders, and has gone to work. The shaft, which is sixty-two feet deep, has been cleared out and retimbered. Wigfall is putting up a residence, a boarding house for miners, and a new whim and shaft- horse over the mine. Sectarian Bigotry.—A Chicago dispatch of June 24th, says the Episcopal Council of Wis consin was held at Milwaukee the day before. The following new canon was reported to the committee and adopted: “ Every communicant of the church marry ing outside of our communion, or married by any other than a clergyman of onr church, shall stand pro facto excommunicated. The World says; The kid glove is about to cease from its mission as the emblem of aris tocracy on account of defection in prices. Very excellent kids are now sold in Paris at thirty Dmts a pair, and on Broadway they are marked as low a3 fifty cents. The market is absolutely overstocked, and even the present prices cannot long be maintained in the trade. coursing with a group of leading planters, one them remarked that he had fifteen hundredacres under plough, and 750 of them were in corn. That he had never abandoned the plan of rais ing his own corn and meat, and did it with per fect success. He had no faith in the tales abont the impracticability of saving stock from the c'.utches of depredators. He did it with little actual loss; but then he did not fold his hands and rest upon a case of depredation. He pur sued it—and punished it wherever he was able, and he felt confident that with equal vigor, others would meet with tho same success. When he could not raise the grain and meat consumed on im plantations he would abandon planting. Ho believed that half the fuss made abont this matter was due to overseers. It was a good deal of trouble to look after stock—it needed daily and close attention, and no wonder they were anxious to rid themselves of the care and re sponsibility. The negroes were every where raising stock, and so might the whites if they would attend to the business systematically. But, of course—no grain, no stock, and when comes to buying both grain and meat the plan ter was on the high road to ruin, whether he believed it or not. Onr friend J. A. Sperry, Esq., the Railroad Agent at Marshalville, has a vineyard of an acre in Catawba, Isabella, Concord, Hartford Prolific, and other varieties of grapes, which are a sight to behold abont this time. Mr. S. without experience in the grape culture, lias applied to his vines only such general informa tion as could be gathered from the books, and such labor as ho was personally able to de vote to them. This year, his vineyard is liter ally overburdened with a tremendous crop, There will be tons of grapes, and we believe no few tons either. He is at some Ios3 just now how best to dispose of them. They will begin to ripen in about a month. We suggested that Macon and Savannah should afford a good mar ket, and he thought he would like to sell the whole product to a single purchaser, who would take them upon the vines. He has neither time nor strength to utilize them in the shape of wine, and besides, he has a stock of wine al ready, (which we know to be good) and, as he is not more than a three-bottle man, he does not seek to increase it. It would be well for the fmiterers to look at that vineyard and see what they can propose. If the grapes hold to their promise, they will afford many a rare col lection of huge clusters wherewith to nttract and delight the public. There were light showers below Fort Valley Monday noon between twelve and two o'clock, and wo think the indications are good generally for seasonable weather. Some flourishing fields are visible from tho lino of the road in Houston and Macon, but for fifteen miles out of Macon the land on the line is generally too poor for cultivation. The crops will be heavily in debt to the mnles and can't pay. Inquiring about fertilizers the current idea seems to bo that the day of planting without them has passed. There's a difference of not much short of a hundred per cent, between com and cotton to which fertilizers have been ap plied and the same crops on the natural soil.— But there is a very laudable disposition to de pend more upon home resources for fertilizing material. We hold, however, that any efficient system of improving the soil must seek its basis in a sound agricultural economy. It must rest upon good large grain crops and corresponding supplies of stock, followed with a^careful pre servation and judicious application of the ferti- izing products. Tho farmer, with his grain and peas may also, at small expense, enrich bis pro spective com and cotton fields by turning in green crops, and, in Georgia, there Is scarcely a season of the year In which this process may not be going on with very little expense by tho use of peo3 and grain. We believe without one dollar spent in guano, the good farmer would soon distance the guano man, with his bam yard manure and his green crops; but it is the good farmer who can best afford to supplement all with liberal supplies of imported fertilizers and so carry two good barrels to his shot-gun. Macon seems to be flourishing; Merchants have plenty of capital to back the enterprising spirit which seems to be obtaining fovorably among them now. Macon can compete favora bly with any market for goods, and when our communication becomes direct, we know this city will reap a large share of patronage from onr section. The Times notes among the effects of the thunder storm there last week,'the atrikingof the railroad track in several places by lightning and also the burning of the gin house of Mrs. Thos. J. Dickson. A negro attempted to murder his sweetheart, lost Saturday night, at Sparta, by firing a pistol at her. He missed her, and the sheriff missed him when he went to make the arrest. The Times notes the frequent passage there of cars loaded with iron for the Macon and Au gusta raailroad. For the benefit of housekeepers who may wish to see how the Savannah market compares with that of Macon as to variety and prices we annex the following from the News: Early fruits are coming in very rapidly. The Jasper Spring Nursery are selling choice pears at forty to fifty cents per quart; inferior twen ty-five cents per quart Choice apples, twenty- five oents per quart; inferior, twenty-five cents for two quarts. Tomatoes are more plentiful at twenty cents per quart: green bell peppors, thirty oents per dozen; green corn, forty to fifty oents per dozen; cucumbers, one dollar per hundred; squashes, fifteen cents per dozen; egg plants, twenty-five to fifty oents eaoh; snap beans, ten cents per quart; okra, forty cents per quart; cabbages, from fifteen to fifty cents per head; no cauliflowers. Whortleberries are plentiful at twelve and a half in fifteen cents per quart; blackberries eight to ten cents per quart. A few watermel ons have been reoeivod and sold at seventy-five cents to one dollar and a quarter each; musk mellons, very inferior, are on sale at thirty to seventy-five cents each. Peaches thirty cents per quart. Spring chickens fifty to seventy-five cents per pair; grown fowls one dollar to one dollar and ten cents per pair; dressed, one dollar and twen ty-five cents per pair; eggs twenty-five to thirty cents per dozeD. Poultry is abundant. Beef twelve and a half to twenty cents per pound; pork twenty.five cents per pound; mutton fif teen to twenty-five cents per pound; veal twelve and a half to fifteen cents; venison twenty-five to thirty cents per pound; dried beef ten to twelve and a half oents per pound; sausages twenty-five cents per pound; Georgia butter forty to fifty cents per pound; honey fifteen cents per pound. The Savannah police arrested on Sunday, a number of white and black boys, ranging in age from five to eighteen who were having a regular pitch battle with rocks, sticks, etc.— There were over one hundred engaged and two of them had been painfully injured. A negro woman named Fanny Frozier, was fatally burned in Savannah, Sunday morning, by the explosion of a can of kerosene oil which she was using to kindle a fire with. Judge Pritchett, an old and esteemed citizen of Carterijville, fell dead in the street, at that place, Saturday. Mrs. Elizabeth Cox, wife of Rev. Cary Cox, of Monroe county, died on the 21st inst, aged seventy-five years. She only lacked a few weeks of reaching the fiftieth anniversary of her mar riage. * The peach crop of Monroe connty is not very large; bnt will be of very fine quality. Somebody has-stolen the clothes of the editor of the Monroe Advertiser, and he now gets ont his paper dressed in the very appropriate and comfortable uniform of a paper collar and a pair of slippers. A Monroe connty correspondent writes the editor of the Advertiser as follows: I have been a practical farmer a good portion of my life, and have been interested in agricul ture since I can remember, but never before have I seen the general crop prospect as prom ising as it is just at this writing. My observa tion is of course confined to the limits of this county, bnt it is fair to presume that the pros pect extends to every portion of Middle Georgia. Jones Harvel, alias Jones Freeman, negro, shot and killed Gundy Jones, ditto, on Monday, near Griffio. of the $600,000. Maoon, Augusta, Ao., paid j Weekly Rennie Of Foreijn A Akira their quota. But they (the collectors) never Showers.—There was a light shower in town and very agreeable change in temperature yes terday afternoon. The clouds and thunder in dicated a much more abundant effusion at various points of the compass around us. The promise of “rain from heaven and fruitful seasons” is very good. To Contractors, The Camilla and Cathbert Railroad will re receive proposals to 20th of July next for clear ing, grubbing, grading, building and furnishing cross-ties, to the line of their road. See the advertisement, A. L. Hawes, Esq., Assistant Secretary and Treasurer in another column. The Courier-Journal goes to the very heart of tho subject when it declares that, not until ex-Preeident Dayis sit in the Senate, if he can be elected, as Charles Sumner, under the same conditions, will there bo a genuine, lasting, re publican peace in this oountry. Burke’s Weekly. We have received the July numbers of this capital Juvenile periodical from the publishers, J. W. Burkejfc Co., Maoon. We do not jknow of any paper for young peo ple that can compare with this. The stories written by Southern authors of reputation, are always interesting and morally instructive. Every weekly number is filled with choice and well execuled’engravings, and every department of the paper displays ability, close and careful attention and a perfect knowledge of what a pa per for boys and girls ought to be. Tho publishers offer as a premium to persons sending the names of three subscribers—one of them new—with $6 in money, two beautiful steel engravings, “ General Lee, at tho grave of Stonewall Jackson,” and “ They strew the Sa cred Spot with Flowers," or one of the pictures to any one sending two subscribers—one of them new—and $4. The price of the Weekly is $2 per annum. Although the white population of Richmond, Va., probably exceeds the black by 5,000, the records of the Board of Health show that since Oct. 1,18C9, 546 blacks have died from natural causes, and only 412 whites. Including those killed at the Capitol, the whole number of deaths is 4C8 whites and 551 blacks. Debate on the Georgia Bill. The short sketch of the House debate on the Georgia Bill will iuterest the reader, so for as it indicates the House interpretation of tho Geor- gloBill. Portland, Me, claims the champion mean man, saying he insisted upon being admitted to a panorama at half price decauso he has but one Dr. Bard’s True Georgian. The first number of this new daily came to hand yesterday. It is of large sizo—printed with much taste and neatness, and full of mat ter raking the Atlanta administration down gen erally. Tho Ex-Govemor is so full himself, that he must needs make a full paper for a time, at least. Wo hope the True Georgian will muster a strong army of “moderate conserva tive Republicans.” We in Georgia, have been compelled to swallow's good deal of radicalism and can speak feelingly on the subject. We very much prefer to take it in reduced strength •the weaker the better; and if the Doctor can throw a hogshead of his mild and moderate decoction into the aqua fortis of Bullock and his negroes, its power to scorch and blister may be diminished. Pour it in, Docter Bard. The Gainesville Eagle has the following: Aie-Line Railroad.—The corps of Engineers, under the charge of CoL Garnett, commenced on Monday last the permanent' location of this road from this place to Charlotte, North Caroli na. _ We have not learned the direction of the line immediately east of this, further than that it will cross the Oconee somewhere in the vicin ity of Sulphur Springs, and will probably'ran a mile or two South of Poplar Springs. Another corps, under Capt. Ira Y. Sage, has been for several weeks engaged in locating the line from Charlotte in this direction. Freshet.—We learn that on the night of the lGth inst., there fell on the head waters of the Chattahoochee, in White connty, an unprece dented rain, producing a freshet in the streams withont n parallel within • the memory of the oldest inhabitant, and causing great destruction to property. It swept over the beautiful valley of Nacoocbee, carrying away mills, bridges, fencing, and indeed everything in its course. In some places the growing crops wore washed np, and in others covered over with sediment; on some plantations they were almost totally de stroyed and the land greatly damaged. Our in formant states that the wheat crop of C. L. Wil liams, which had just been harvested, was whol ly swept off. The Albany news reports serious complaint from all quarters, of lice in cotton. Fine wa termelons at stupendous prices, have made their appearance in the Albany market. The News says: Railroad Monabchs in Council.—A number of distinguished railroad gentlemen arrived in our city yesterday afternoon—ohief among whom is Col. W- M. Wadley, President of the Central road; Gen. Wm. S. Holt, President S- W. railroad: Mr. Virgil Powers, Engineer and Superintendent S. W. railroad; Wm. B, John ston, O. A. Nutting, J. E. Jones, CoL Thomas Hardeman, Jr., J. B. Ross, Macon; T. M. Fur- low, Americus, and others accompanying him. The Augusta police are out in their new uni forms of gray cassimere sack ooats, white pan taloons and straw hats. The Chronicle and Sentinel says: Returned.—On .yesterday Mr. George D. Chapman, the contractor for the construction of the Port Royal Railroad, arrived in this city from New York. He denies the report publish ed in the Constitutionalist that he had gone away because unable to pay the money due his sub-contractors, and on yesterday paid a portion of the laborers who had been employed on tho road- He says that he has been greatly dam aged by the publication with regard to his ab sence, and, we learn, threatens to resort to legal remedies for redress. Messrs. Bangs & Walker, New York, offer to enlarge the Augusta canal to the extent desired by tho city for $500,000. Mr. Edward Padelford, one of the oldest mer chants and most respected citizens of Savannah, died in that city, Taesday, in the seventy-second year of his age. He was a native of Rhode Island, bnt had been living in Savannah more than forty years. He was for many years Di rector, and then President of the Marine Bank. Under tho head: “Has Georgia Paid the Federal Land Tax Twice?” the Savannah Re publioan says: A friend from this city, now in New York, writes us as follows. The question is an impor tant one, and we hope the parties interested will ascertain the names of the collectors and follow up the amounts paid into the United States Treasury, provided they ever got there, which is doublfuT: screwed the country folks. “But is it a fact that tbe State of Georgia ever did pay these $000,000? Can we ascer tain? Certainly, I have heretofore never heard ef this act of legislation. And yet 1 do Bospcot that there was some such hugger-mug- ger. “If the State did pay it, I, as an individual, from whom $450 were extorted, will spend $10,- 000toreooverit." . .... , “It was a tax laid on States, not individuals. But Stanton, with demoniac thirst and ven geance, laid it on citizens.” The Savannah News says Adolph Gaen, a na tive of Hamburg, who only arrived at Savan nah, Saturday, committed suicide in that city Taesday afternoon, by taking an overdoso of morphine. George Curley, negro, killed Robert Marshall ditto, by stabbing him to tho heart at Isle of Hope, near Savannah, Snuday evening. The News says: Lost in the Woods.—Captain Johnson, of tho steamer Carrie, from Augusta for Savannah, when about thirty-eight miles from this city was hailed by a German, who was intlie swamp, perfectly emaciated *and evidently lost. He hovo to and took tho unfortunate mau aboard, attended to his immediate wants and brought him to the city. Wo learn that tho man, a re cent arrival, started from hero somo four days ago to prooeed to Augusta, Ga., got lost in the swamp and picked np as above stated. He was Bent to the City Hospital, wliore bo will receive the medical attendance his situation demands. A Savannah policeman arrested a little negro boy, on Tuesday, aged about eleven years, for drawing a razor on, and threatening to cut the throat of a little white girl only five years old, He stoutly resisted arrest, and declared that he had a perfect right to carry a razor or any other weapon. Poor little innocent! Hadn’t tho in solent mulatto who spoke here at the City Hall Monday night, better take up a subscription for this persaonted lamb ? The sensation in Columbus, Taesday, was tie marriage of a runaway couple in that city who hailed from Opelika, The event quite stirred up tho town. The Sun hears from all quarters that the watermelon crop promises to be very early and abundant. Capt. John Scott, for many years Marshal of Milledgeville, died there, Taesday, aged 56 years. The census of Milledgeville has been finished and shows a total population of 2,31G. Tho white voters number 251, and the blacks, 215. Messrs. R. M. Orme & Son announce in the last issue of the Southern Recorder that they have leased that paper from the 1st of July to Messrs. Wooten & Roborts. The present editor R. M. Orme, will continue in that position, The Recorder says: Death or Mr. John Osborne.—We regret io learn of tho death of Mr. John Osborne, of Scottsboro’, Baldwin county, who died in An gasta on the lGth inst., of Apoplexy, aged about 7G years. Mr. Osborne was the son of Judge Osborne, of Revolutionary memory, and of the first Judges of tho State of Georgia, and wus also in tho Convention that framed tho first Constitution for the State after the Revolution ary war. His mother was the late Mrs. Fitz gerald, who died at the advanced age of ninety- five years. Penitentiary.—Tho number of convicts ns registered in the penitentiary convict book is 427; whites, 70; blacks, 357; of which num ber 14 aro females. With tho exception of some dozen within the walls, the rest are upon the railroads, The Eatonton Press and Messengor says the crops in that section, as a general thing, are looking well and growing rapidly. The editor of the Central Georgian who has just returned from a visit to Wilkinson county, has the following with reference to crop matters in that county: On Friday last wo wore in Irwinton. The prospect of fine crops was never better than at this time. Tho continued rains of week before last, gave the grass and weeds a start, bnt last week’s hot sunshine enabled industrious plant ers to get ahead, and crops so far as we saw were clean and looking finely. Wo learned that all tho cleared land in the county is under cultivation, but regret that only one fourth part of this is in corn: Already this county is bnying largely of Western corn and bacon. Our informant one of the most intelli gent planters in the county, says that with the very best seasons tho corn crop of Wilkinson will not feed tho connty. H. I. Kimball offers the following additional premiums to exhibitors at the next Georgia State Fair. To the County Society having the largest and best organized Camp and Equipage—A magmfi, cent Camp-Chest, worth $150, namo of society and county to be engraved on silver plate. To the County Society which shnll bo headed by the ‘best Band, a Silver Bugle (or Cornet,) as may be selected for the use of the Society Band. To the County Society that shall exhibit the best average products of tho greatest variety of pur suit, a splendid silk and gold banner, with the name of the Society and a commemorative in scription thereon. The fanners abont Rome refuse to sell their wheat for $1 25 a busheL They may hold on and take less, at last. The Madison Journal says the com and cot ton crops of Morgan connty were never in a more flourishing condition, than now. We regret to learn the death, at LaGrange, a day or two since, of Stephen Elliott, infant son of C. H. C. Willingham, of the LaGrange Re porter. J[John W. Buchanan, of DeKalb county, aged 80 years, came to Atlanta, Tuesday, on the Air Line railroad—his first ride. to 'be The Atlanta True Georgian wants the colored brethren to pay np as Bullock is hard up. It says: The colored brethren who wont to Washing ton at tho request of the Governor to help him fight the Bingham amendment, and while there “borrowed” fourteen hundred dollars of his Excellency, are requested to pay up immediate ly* The “heavy expenses” to which ho has been subjected, sometimes three hundred dol lars per day, personal expenses one hundred and seventy dollars, have so reduced his “private fortune” that he is greatly in need of funds. He cannot “sustain loyalty in Georgia” withont money. Pay up, brethren, pay up. Send around the hat. A planter, from Lee connty, reports to us that the crop of com along the line of the South western Road, looks better, and more promising •very way than he has seen for years. Com is backward, but with a few good showers soon, will yield well. Cotton, in low plats, has been damaged somewhat by rain and grass has the advantage in some cases. He thinks it creates a wrong impression for persons to report crops as universally good, when they have merely inspected some pet patch of some gentleman who has expended much labor and manure upon the same. They should report the general average appearance. The sale of Mr. Dickens’ pictures and articles of txrtu, -will take place on the 9th of July.— They will be sold at auction. The sale of ice on Saturday in New York city amounted to 1,800 tons more than on any pre vious day on record. Large quantities are now being imported, by mil, from Massachusetts. Twioos County. — A friend from Twiggs made complaint that the county was misrepre sented in the Telegraph and Messenger on the matter of the corn crop. So far from the crop giving out by Christmas he thought two thirds of a year s supply would be produced. Well, we hope so; but the other third will be trouble some. “Now, look at this. In Poor’s railroad sta tistics just published, I find that an issue of bonds in 1867, by our Legislature, embraced $600,000 to pay the direct United States land tax levied on States in 18G2. “Very good! In 1865, tax collectors appeared Savannah and exacted of onr people one and half or two per cent, on onr real estate, un der pretense of collecting the $600,000 dne by the State for this direct land tax. I paid $450, and I believe that Savannah alone paid one half Cotton Gin Factory Destroyed.—Daring a sadden storm last Monday, which terminated in a whirlwind, the main building of tho gin fac tory of Clemons, Brown & Co., on Juniper creek, near Columbus, was entirely destroyed. This is quite a serious loss to these parties, who had jast moved in to commence work in this building. Db. Joseph Jones, formerly of Georgia, bnt now of the Medioal Department, University of Louisiana, was married at New Orleans, on the 21st, to SuBan Raynor, daughter of the late Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, Bishop of Louisiana. Among the passengers per Bteamer Pierre, who arrived Monday at New York, was the son of the late Jerome Bonaparte, of Baltimore. Shocks of an earthquake were perceptibly felt in this city and Brooklyn, between 6 and 7 o’oloci Monday. PREPARED VOX THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER. Great Britain.—The Commons continued discussing tbe educational bilL The House, after having gone into a committee, listened to Gladstone's explanations, considering some changes the Government proposed to make in the bilL The Chancellor wus not opposed to compulsory education, the expenses of which were to be met by local taxation. There was much sensitiveness felt touching the exclusion of religion from the schools. And while he did not think that the country was ripe fer this re form, it was equally apparent that funds raised by taxation could not be applied to religions in- straotion. The Honse did not take any action The consideration of the Irish Land Tenrue Bill was resumed by the Peers. Dickens’ fortune iS estimated at £80,000. Contrary to all reoent statements, Messrs. Chap man, the poet’s publishers, announce that his last story will not be finished by any one. In his last will he urges his children to practice Christianity in a broad spirit—not aooepting the narrow construction of any man or any sect. The Honse of Commons is again compelled lose one of its members that no stigma may oast upon the honor of the Commons of Eng land. Lord Courtenay, who had recently re signed his mandate for the Eastern part of the connty of Devon, is before the Court of Bank ruptcy, his liabilities amounting to 535,000 ponnds. There are 300,000 pounds of them in the hands of creditors, whose claims are secured by the estate of Courtenay’s father, the Earl of Devon, which will some day descend upon the bankrupt lord. As a cariosity we may mention that there were 47 certificates of the London Waterworks “New River Company” sold at public auction in London. They bear 2,100 pounds yearly in terest, and netted altogether 62,430 ponnds. The “New River Company” is one of the old. est companies of this kind. Only twenty pounds were paid on its shares of one hundred pounds. But since the gigantio increase of London, these shares have risen to a fabulous prioe, each of them at the present value representing 48,COO pounds. King Charles II, sold the company thirty-six shares in consideration of a yearly payment of 500 ponnds. This snm is still paid every year, bnt already in 1823, each share was valued 17,000 pounds, the 36 shares of King Charles II amounting to 612,000 pounds. To-day they are worth no less than 1,728,000 pounds. The capital originally invested in this undertaking i3 prob ably paying the most colossal dividend of any company on record. We have always been of opinion that tailors ore not partial to the rude arts of war, yet our belief is shaken, when we hear that the Iri<' tailors in Cork, Ireland, have made war upon the shops and property of their employers, be cause they had hired a great number of German tailors, displacing the Irish to make way for the new-comers. The police charged upon the riot ers who resumed their nefarious work on the second day. There were a number of wounded on both sides. Fbakce —The anticipated failure of the crops causes much anxiety in France. Extraordinary measures are contemplated, and a law propos icg to repeal the tax on imported grains will be laid before the Chambers. The health of the Emperor is improving. It looks as if the arrests on account of the regicide plot would never cease, additional 'ar rests being reported by the cable. The prison ers belong almost exclusively to the Internation al Workingmen’s society. It is a bad omen that the labor unions in France are so bitterly opposed to the Empire, Napoleon having always endeavored to befriend.the toiling masses. Xoutii Germ.in Confederation-.—The elec tions for the new legislative period of the Prus sian Landtag and the North - German Reichstag are approaching. The conservative party has come to anunderstahdingon the principal points of their programme, viz : ‘detention of the long- tried military organization; energetic maintain- ance of the the national policy, dua support of tho interests of landed property and agriculture and reform of the present import system There are qaite a number of illustrious visitors gathering at the little watering place of Ems.— The Czar is continuing there with several members of his family; there is one Swedish Princess, a score of Gorman Princes and the Duke and Duchess of Ossuna, from Spain. Em. peror Alexander appears regularly every morn ing at the springs and in the afternoon on the promenade. He dresses simply and still wears mourning. A little flower girl was fortunate enough to win the Ruler of all the Russians as regular customer, who will buy a little bouquet of lillies of the valley from her every morning. The Grand Duke Vladimir may be often seen staking a louis or two at rouge et noir. There was a time when any American State or Railroad Bond would always find a ready sale in Berlin and Frankfort on the main. Bnt of late the market has been so overflooded with American Railroad Bonds, that capital is grow ing wary. The Board of the Berlin Exchange has declined to reconsider its resolution, exclud ing the new American railway bonds from quo tation in the official list. A Berlin banking house, which is endeavoring to introduce Bruns wick and Albany Railway bonds into the Berlin market, has protested against this decision on the ground that Brunswick and Albany Railroad bonds arc guaranteed “by the State." Tho “Berlin Tribune" commenting on this protest, warns its readers not to be deceived by this term, as if tho bonds in question were guaranteed by tbe “United States.” “The American Federal government (the paper continues), has under taken no responsibility for the payment of any of the railway bonds which have been brought ont in this market, and the seourity of the indi vidual States, rnaDy of which cannot pay their own debts, is to be regarded with great suspi cion.” Brigandage appears to he a flourishing insti- station now. Greek and Spanish brigands hav ing proved to be very rough and unceremonious, it was reserved for the Chinese to show that even brigands may be possessed of polite and affable manners. Chinese pirates attacked the Prussian vessel “George” which had left Hong Kong with a cargo of opium. They approaches tho ship noiselessly during the night in two junks, surprised and bound tho crew, and then searched the vessel undisturbed. After they had secured a rich booty, they bade farewell to the captain and the men, shook hands with them in the most cordial manner, and disappeared again as swiftly as they had come. This occur rence will probably hasten the measures to be taken jointly by England, the United States and tho North German Confederation against the Chinese pirates. Spain.—There is no progress visible regard ing the election of a King. The Cortez passed the reformed penal code and discussed points of minor importance. A rumor which must be received for what it is worth, informs us that th* Carlist Junta has resolved to introduce again the inquisition into Spain. The name of the Duke of Montpensier rises again to the surface of current politics. It is said that a military pronunoiamento in his favor is intended by the troops. It is a remarkable phenomenon that petitions in favor of the Dnke as King are circulating at the same time in Madrid and the provinces; there were state ments made in the Cortes declaring many signa turns figuring in the petitions to be spnrions. All this shows, at least, that the descendant of tho orafty Louis Philippo does not remain an idle spectator. General Prim is sick and will spend a few weeks at the watering place of Vichy, France. Perhaps he is going to consult again the sphinx on the Seine in regard to Spanish affairs. Mont- pensier cannot expect much favor from that quarter. Tli6 Regent is also reported sick. The Cortes approach the question of slavery involving so great a capital and affecting so many interests with a great deal of reluotanoe Senor Moret’s bill for the gradual emancipa tion of slavery was postponed, and the Cortes adjourned until the 31st of October. Hotspur Castelar made a fiery speech, acting for the immediate emancipation of every slave in Spanish territory. He qnoted also the pro clamation of Lincoln, amid loud applause. Cas telar may, perhaps, live long enough to see that that there are many fine theories which it is en tirely difficult to carry into practioal execution. 6 cannot see, least, bow improvident Spain could raise the enormous amount required to indemnify, the owners, or does Castelar propose to imitate the American way of emancipation ? As we mentioned above, the whole question is “* present postponed. Italy.—The Council is still discussing infal libility, bnt the news from Borne is scarce and of little interest. Occasionally we are told that such and such a Bishop had made an elaborate speech against the dogma, leaving a deep im pression; bnt knowing that infallibility is a’- ready resolved upon, such reports can have but little interest for ns. them desires to be a Bishop or a Pope.” Now it h a foot wall known that Pins doe* not under stand a word of German, that he has never been in Germany, and never reads German, not even in a translation. Portugal.—The new Ministry, the Duke of Saldanha being President, is introducing liberal reforms in Portugal. Capital punishment has been abolished, and a royal decree, granting the right of holding political meetings, and the right of petition, will be promulgated within a few days. Jabno. House Debate on tbe Georgia Bill. Fbiday, June 24, 1870. THB GEORGIA BELL. Mr. Schofield (Rad., Pa.) said that the substi tute offered by Mr. Dawes, imposing no condi tions whatever, involved the question whether any act for the admission of Georgia was neces sary. According to the Democratic theory it was not necessary; but according to the Repub lican theory it was indispensable. His own conclusions were that unless they proposed to abandon the political theory of dealing with the Confederate States which the Republican party had adopted and acted upon, some act for the admission of Georgia was necessary, and no act could be simpler than the one offered by Mr. Dawes, simply declaring the State restored to its political relations with the Union. As to the Legislature elected, he contended that the leg islative term commenced when the State’s life commenced. If, therefore, the State was ad mitted to representation in 1868, this legislative term commenced then; but if it were only ad mitted now the legislative term would commence now. PERPETUATION OF RADICAL RULE. Mr. Farnsworth (Rad., I1L) addressed the Honse in support of the amendment reported by him from the Reconstruction Committee, de claring that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to deprive tho people of Georgia of the right to elect members of the General Assembly of said State in the year 1870, as pro vided in the constitution of said State. He went over the various salient points of the his tory of the reconstruction of Georgia, contend ing generally that when the affairs of that State were turned over to the civil authorities, whose qualifications were decided by the State consti tution and not by the reconstruction laws, and when the autbo'nties and the State Legislature set to work, the term of their offices then began. The object of the substitute reported by Mr. Butler he declared to be to extend the term of Legislature to 1872, and of the Governor to 1874, thu3 giving that mau Bullock four years in which to oppress and plunder the suffering people of Georgia. Ho stated that the mem bers of the Legislature had been paid $10 a day from the day of its organization in 1868 to the present time. He appealed to the House to ad mit the State to representation, and let the' question of election be decided under tho con stitution of the State, on the principal that the State would only be organized under this bilL Governor Bullock would turn out all the judges and appoint creatures of his own in their stead. There were even men in this hall now who sat in the last Congress as members from Georgia, but who expected when this bill was passed to come back, present their credentials again and draw their pay, claiming that the last Congress did not count, as their admission was a mistake. Mr. Davis (Rad., N. Y.) remarked that that was not the position these persons assumed, bnt rather that they had been elected for both Con it not for that fidelity to dot If they adopted the Binghua W eent Georgia back toT^ Her militia was unorganized Cu > ifavr* KoJ ma a I a . ***** WltKih tion into the centre of the disturb the elections in and Florida, and to endanger the i Republican party. He did not wantT*! *5 election in Georgia in 1870. Whoever a- vote so. The amendment waa“wil5 d ’ * Republican friends of the Legiahte?^ ored members of the Legislature Tt t? 4 * t in their faces between the eyes 'andK^ blame the Democrats for aiding it uS blame members of the Republican friends of General Grant for s ° Dln ’ the good men of the Republican n» rt - oome together and agree upon the his fnend and colleague, Mr. saenfioe his own prejudices and wonts , - too, thus settling the differences in bean party on the subject of Georgia THE VOTE. The House then at 3 o’clock procet . I i the bill and amendments. The ^ on an amendment offered bv that offered by Mr. Farnsworth to sinv'^l the words, “In the year 1870” Farnsworth’s amendment should mss. M Pnt IIAtMur* in thir- i . _ *• • 9 But nothing inthis act contained shtl! v* I strued to deprive the people of Geortt “rHpifU right to an election for members or ttiTr . Assembly of said State as provided l, ^ I Constitution of said State. a u fc | Mr. Dickey’s amendment was , . vote of 121 to 71. e e6d (l > *Ji The next vote was taken on Mr. Fern,, amendment as amended. <r ; . I The amendment as amended wasap, yeas, 100; nays, 88. gte ^ I The vote was then taken on , offered by Mr. Lawrence, imposing cJS* I “ a The next question was on the mhtiih. fered by Mr. Dawes, for the substitute pi acreed to without division ' ***a| agreed to without division. The bill now stands as follows, withont«, I amble : H I Section 1. Be it enacted, That tie S&. <1 Georgia, having complied with the reo l--.'I tion acts and the fourteenth and fifteentir* I clesof the amendment to the ” - - ■ grosses. Mr. Farnsworth concluded his argument by submitting to the Republican members that un der such a policy as this bill proposed the Re publican party would be defeated in the North before being defeated in the South. He be lieved they had already gone too far in that policy. . Mr. Bingham addressed the House on the same side of the question. He declared that the attempt to give a two years farther term of office to.Governor Bullock and the Legislature violated the pledged faith of Congress; violated the statutes of Congress; violated the Constitu tion of the United States and the constitution of Georgia, and violated the declared creed the Republican party. ' _ Mr. Garfield, (Rad., Ohio) followed in sup port of Mr. Farnsworth’s amendment^ contend ing that tho only reasons put forward,onthq other side were party reasons, and Lo put it to his own side of the House whether they believed that if the next fall election would result iu-a Republican victory they would, vote.'for post poning the election for two years. a radical party measure. Mr. Cox (Dem , N. Y.) referred to the admis sions of Messrs. Bingham and Garfield that the question resolved itself into a Radical party measure to save the party down South. His friend, Mr. Bingham, had boasted that the Re publican party was that which, under God, had brought about the reformation of the Confeder ate States. He, for himself, did not believe that Providence had very much to do with the business of reconstruction. He knew that the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Butler) and others had something to do with it, but if Dante had located tho “Inferno” in the right the United States, having been ratified in 1 faith by a legal Legislature of said SUie.r I hereby declared that the State of GeoWj,. I titled to a representation in the ConcrasdAl United States; but nothing in this act cosu-j I shall be construed to deprive the peerfe^l Georgia of the right to an election forc4'ml of the General Assembly of said State s_~-v I vided for in the Constitution of said State.' I Sec. 2. That so much of the act entitled n I act making appropriations for the suppcjul the army for the year ending June 30, ISCAjjjl for other purposes, approved March 2, tx , I prohibits the organization, arming, or cfo I into service of the militia forces intheSa-al of Georgia, Mississippi, Texas and Virgin^ I and the same is hereby repealed. 1 * Fort Valley 9Iale Academy, Messrs. Editors: As your colnnn?b been rather plethoric of late, with politics ai crop reports; we offer you, in the way of i gression, as well as in justice to a werrj teacher and his pupils, a brief notice of 4 examination exercises of the above sdei Prof T. B. Russell has had, for nnay yav in charge the scholastic interests of the joa men and boys of this community; and to 4 very best qualifications as to learning, addsc experience of nearly thirty years, in which h has trod the toilsome path of his high ai honorable vocation. He needs no encomia desires not public praise, except what follow a meritorious discharge of duty, and seefc his happiness in endeavoring to instruct 4 minds and hearts of those over whom he Is the oversight in those things which are";:;:' itableifor this life, and that which is to come’ The examination of his classes cccnpiei a fotenion of three days—allowing ample time and freeing the exercises from that wearies. wHifeh has brought school examinations ink- repute, and, caused the public to class then among the things to be avoided. is at present principally - compc-e * of s: hoys, many of the'm beginners, at,! tre 1 rarely if ever seen such evidences at qQatcl pains-taking cate that they should 1 et j risk having nothing to unlearn—if their euucatiz is prosecuted under, the - latest and best terns of instruction. Completeness in rir mental knowledge, and exaotness of unfe- standing, in the principles, which follow, n objects of constant effort. To us» who tw passed beyond the shadows of ‘ Acadoat Groves,” and lost in a great measure, the r= of rules in Smith and Kirkham, Greek as Latin translation, Algebraic Equation?, sz Geometrical sdutionsrit was indeed weda- place the bcosin guovas, he believed, iul tO Beebovutf ^ i . * it. l A , TVs* TTinr I God; and this iegislation ; smacked very uuum , so ^neh a'Win'thdr'littie head* W«- of inspiration from bcloic “under Gcd.” farce had been acted; these irregularities prac ticed ; the degrading personalities of Ballock & Co., suffered, to the disgust and disgrace of hu manity. Chaos had come, and Congress had hammered and tinkered and coddled away in a manner utterly subversive of local and State governments, and to the eternal dishonor of statesmanship. He would vote for the leas: ob- jectionablo of all this batch of pestiferous bills and substitutes. If he was a Georgian he would rather welcome with any sort of hands to any sort of grave, or to any other hospitality, a 1 negro rule or military role, rather than this u t- constitutional, illogical, temporary, unconstitu tional. and most contemptible rule of the Amer ican Congress over the State of Georgia. Mr. Beak (Dem., Ky.) reviewed tho history of the legislation in regard to Georgia, the char acter and conduct of Gov. Bullock, and the cor rupt means he had resorted to in order to retain his position, and advocated the adoption of the amendment reported by Mr. Farnsworth, being what is known as the Bingham amendment, which had received such a strong vote on the Republican side when the bill was last before the Honse. Mr. Pierce (Rad., Sliss.) supported the substi tute reported by Mr. Butler, and argned that the question should he decided without refer ence to the character or conduct of Governor Ballock, that being a question not before the House for action. He contended that there was no necessity for the Bingham amendment, be cause that was a matter depending on the con struction to be given to the constitution of Geor gia. At 2 o’clook p. ar. the previous question was seconded and tho main question ordered. TWO QUESTIONS. A German Bishop who lately was Admitted to an audience, took occasion to inform Pius IX, of the general dislike Germans entertained against the dogma. Tbe Pope replied: “I know these German; they think they know everyUiihg iteUet tbm mg mm ela*; *aoa «f Mr. Butler (Mass.) haviog an hour to close the debate, yielded ten minutes to Mr. Dawes, who said that when the war was over, and when the problem had to be met as to what should be done to those lately rebellious States, the only two questions to be answered were, first, is the constitution presented by any of these States a republican constitution: and, second, is it the voice of the people of the State, and can they maintain it ? In the case of Geor gia, now before the House, he believed that her constitution was republican, and that her people were fit for representation in Congress; and therefore he would vote that thev were. He believed that the substitute offered* by himself was the simplest and best way of giving expres sion to that idea. GET OUT. Mr. Logan, having ten ininntes allowed him, contended that if Georgia was entitled to ad mission, as all the bills and amendments admit ted, she was entitled to it on an equal footing with all the other States, and that therefore there was no right to impose conditions. He notified members expectant from Georgia that if they should endeavor to get into the House on the ground that the State had been admitted only under this bill he would say to them: “Get out of this; you were eleoted for anotber and a different Congress, and you have no right here.” THE DIFFERENCE. Mr. Butler, (Rad., of Mass.) rose to close the debate, and started by stating the exaot differ ence between the various propositions. The Senate proposition was to remit the State of Georgia to military rule and to provide for an election for members of the General Assembly on the 15th of November, 1870. The Bingham amendment was objectionable on the well-known principle, noscitur a sociis. It was acceptable to the Democratic members, and therefore was open to suspicion on the Republican side. He objected to it on party principles, because he believed the success of the Republican party was necessary to the best interests of the oonn- try, and he slway voted from that considera tion. He noticed that the Democrats always stood by their party. There were four Demo- crates on the Reconstruction Committee, and they were quite as true to their party . * ' * " ' ‘ Wee. notice the order—just think of order auffi two score of boys ranging in ages from e;d. to sixteen—yet it was there, and up to a ■■ tary standard—tho forward, march, front,pi brought back the memory of things not so ptel ing and agreeable as boyish recitations. _ »:l were pleased with - this manner of secunBjil uniform, precise, and simultaneous move-sal with boys; aud could but note tho differ*I between this, and the old helt’.r mell style of former times. | But now to the popular page of the ,t*| gramme, declaration and dialogue. Ad-I here, Messrs. Editors, would it be imr^l to remark that parents will not spare aa itf | to ,-ee how their children are improving is-I attainment of knowledge—such knowledr^l is necessary to fit them for usefulness £ I honor in life, and yet wili throne the;’■»| where the son is to appear in grotesque c* I tume, to play the part of a buffoon in sc* J comic dialogue? j Imagine an upper room of r.odentc-l parity, in a flat roofed brick building,^I fourteen hours’ absorption of the ray? “J I June sun, crowded almost in every parti*! you can get some idea of its atinosparff I status as to heat. The windows or’eoar** j is usual, were occupied as scats bywnsj rather too opaque to admit any stray WI which might, in compassion for the su-fl® within,'desire admission. Consider dut® morion ot a fan but put in lazyagitatlon»to and stagnant air, with scarcely activity e» to float a piece of down, and you can U-'A thac the state of things was highly of sudorific influences in no way fbewif the comfort of obesity, nor to theupngto® of paper collars. Yet, amidst all this ir-* lation, the stage was attractive to eveiy.. aud made every ear attentive. The deca-,^ ers were small; the pieces were short; cutionary power was displayed; cve! 'S considered, several were impressive, • up to aav efforts of boy3 of the a* " There is Demosthenian fame ahead ci ^ those boys, if they “proceed as they promise.” The dialogues, adapted to»< parity of those engaged, wcie well rendered and highly amusing, the boys had abundant testimony w tEe -Q oxysms of laughter from old and yo’ jn £'A. | scenes, while they serve a profitable P“fi ^ i in training our youth in the manner and speech, and inspiring dcnce, so necessary to success in . tbe ,P~2oi of manhood, constitute a pleasing to those who are burdened witht tne i cares of these eventful times. MttCU P 1 ” is due the boys, and much the patien - - „ t . We no doubt record the judgment “JtA saying “well done; ’’ and the wnter ooei I intend to modify or abate this pra:?2yy ^ j that more than once, in the heat et ‘ | ment. he felt a severe craving fer tW P t teach®; ment, he felt a severe craving n of “the outside dog in the fight.^ Jas. A. Miller, I 0. R. Jewett, I B. L. Ross, i B. F. Breedlove, | I. H. Branham. J Vis. O 1 duty Uw» m tho needle Was to Um poi*. Will somebody be kind enough to t a moderate way) why so many Dsnio- ^ j per* in Georgia wink and smile tt and destructiv* policy of his EiwJ* - y Governor ? It is an alarming ntrft Excellency’s destructive role, aodfuUpW should understand its meaning. bao#** with regard to papers in this mat ter, ** as to soon* of men calling £of* orate! Lot u* have more light. T j have a right to demand it, and Should not be noglocted* Because they an paid to do it- & tH *■»***&&&** .7,:—‘-ah— ■m