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Tlie Greorgia, Weekly Telegraph, and. JoTirnAl Sc: IVIessexi^ei*. ' SEMI-WEEKLY Telegraph &> Messenger. SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1370. Chattanooga, Macon, and Columbus Railroad. We were startled yesterday with a grand, hran new railway project in Georgia, under this title, which suddenly sprung upon the public like the god of war from the head of Minerva, full panoplied for a grand career. It is the con ception of Chattanooga, assisted probably by the men who are building the Cincinnati Great Southern Road, of which it would be a contin uation. The route from Chattanooga proposed- is via Rossville, Trion Factory, Somerville and Price’s Bridge to Gedartown, in Polk county, and thence through Haralson, Carroll, Heard, Troup and Harris, to Columbus. The bill fr>u.-g about a branch from Cedartown, or somewhere thereabouts, to Macon; but as the Griffin and North Alabama Road would inter sect the track about fifteen or twenty miles be low Cedartown, and give as straight a line to Macon as could well be desired, we take it the Macon branch would bo a needless duplicate. The proposed main trank road would run through a tier of counties having few or no railway facilities, and yet fertile and produc tive, abounding in agricultural and mineral wealth. A charter for the road will shortly be submitted to the Agency, and we are informed that, State aid or none, the capital can be raided to put it through. Mr. J. W. Leigh, of Chatta nooga, is acting in the interests of the road here, and wo hope it will go ahead. It is aroad which will open up a grand system of connec tions for the Cincinnati Southern, and at the same time develope a valuable section of Geor gia which needs aid. Wo hope the scheme will go ahead. The more railways the better. Collection of the Remainder or the Direct Tax. A Washington dispatch, in the Herald, gives comforting assurance that the government will proceed to collect the remainder of the direct tax, collection of which was suspended August 6, I860. The Dispatch says: That the balances duo not only from the States lately in insurrec tion, but from the Northern States which are in arrears, should be exacted, appears to bo a matter of constitutional obligation. Charles P. James, counsellor at law, who has these cases in charge, says: “In the case of Longh- borongh vs. Blake, (5 Wheat., 323), the Supreme Court of the United States stated the law on this question in very politive terms: ‘If a di rect tax be levied at all, it must be laid on every State conformably to the rule provided in the Constitution. Congress has clearly no power to exempt any State from its due share of the burden.’ ” Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. Griffin, August 4, 1870. The Grand Lodge of Georgia, L O. O. F., met here yesterday, about seventy-five repre sentatives and Past Grands being in attendance. The reports of the Grand Master, S. W. Hang- ham, and Grand Secretary Deitz, show the order to be more flourishing than it has been for years past. The following offioers have been elected for the ensuing year; James L. Gow, of No. 10, Grand Master. 0. H. Johnson, of No. 20, D. G. Master. C. C. Kibbe, of No. 24, Grand Warden. JohnG. Deitz, of No. 1, Grand Secretary. T. A. Burke, of No. 2, Grand Treasurer. S. W. Maugham, of No. 20, Grand Represen tative to Grand Lodge of the United States. The session of the Grand Lodge has been very harmonious, and there is every prospect of increased zeal and activity in the order during the next twelve months. The Grand Lodge Will adjourn to-day. Senex. The Opera House.—The Atlanta True Geor gian is down on the Opera House—demanding that a new capitol shall be built ont of Stone Mountain, worthy of the State and worthy of Atlanta, at a probable cost of abont five million dollars, although the True Georgia says nothing about the cost. He does, however, charge that the Opera House is unsafe—that many of the oocnpants anticipate “a grand crash,” some of these days, at which we don’t wonder—that it his to be constantly patched, eta, eta If he Will defeat the purchase and the building, alto gether, he shall have our hearty co-operation ; but we have no sympathy in his effort to dredge the pockets of the people for a grand new spread eagle edifice of stone to illustrate Atlan ta. If the Opera House is weak and should tumble down on the heads of the occupants the people must curb their grief, try to bear it like men, and move the Legislature back to securer quarters at Milledgeville. Kibe’s Confessions.—A sample of the con fessions Kirk has extorted with a halter, may bo seen in the following from the New York Herald: The Kv-Klux nr North Carolina.—Several of the prisoners from Alamance county cap tured by Governor Holden, of North Carolina, have confessed to belonging • to the. Ku-Klux Klan, and, being convinced of the infamy and villainy of that organization, have expressed their determination to withdraw from it. One of them, James Boyd, who was a Democratic candidate for Congress in Allamance county, delivers along address to the people of North Carolina, in which he foreswears all Ku-Klux- isms for himself, and claims that Andrew John son, while President of the United States, was the head centre of the organization. He charges several whippings and outrages upon the Klan and two murders. Federal Handcuffs.—The Age and Press are in a controversy on the matter of an army bill for 30,000 handcuffs. The world says : We recount distinctly hearing (but in our simplicity we thought it a vile rebel slander) that on the battle-field of the first Manassas were found amidst unopened champagne bot tles and untasted sandwiches, a vast number of shackles for hands and feet. It was a new ele ment of war. “I went on the field of battle the next day,” wrote an eminent man— a civilian fromWarrenton—“with ice and medicine and wino to minister to the Northern wonnde, who, I thought, might be neglected, and there I found quantities of new handcuffs scattered on the ground." And so this story, which we once doubted, now turns out to be true. We have heard of an arm terrible with banners, but never before of a host horrible with handcuffs. Chattanooga.—We were surprised to hear from a denizen of Chattanooga yesterday that the river town is going ahead faster than At lanta. Property has risen a hundred per cent, in valuo within two years, and population and improvement are making equal progress. We are glad to hear it. Chattanooga has the ad. vantage of affording the greatest soope and susceptibility for improvement of any town in the United States. Wednesday in the Agency. The Senate consumed most of the morning discussing a report on certain charges against Senator Morrell and adopted excuplatory reso lutions. The special order to expel Bradley was discharged for a time. The committee on buying the Opera House reported that the City Council of Atlanta had agreed to pay $130,000 in city bonds towards its purchase. The value of the buildng andlmprovementsisestimatedby the committee at $390,000. Tne building canbo purchased for $380,000, payable in $130,000 bonds of Oily Council of Atlanta, and$250,000 seven per cent, bonds of the State of Georgia. The Messrs. Kimballs agree to return to the State the $54,- 000 received from Governor Bollock. The ren tals arising from rooms not occupied by the State estimated by the committee at $10,000 per annum. The report was made the special order for Friday at 10 o’clock. The following message was received from the Governor and referred to the committee on In ternal Improvements: Atlanta, August 2, 1870. | To the General Assembly: I transmit herewith the report made by the Superintendent of Publio Works in regard to the obstructions in the Coosa River, near Rome. In addition to the valuable information con tained in the ^report. to which your favorable attention is invited, I learn that two first-class river boats are now navigating the river, and that a third is being constructed. The capacity of these boats is sufficient, for two thousand bushels can be floated over the obstructions. The land in the valley of the Coosa is very rich and under good cultivation. By a com paratively small outlay, this whole grain and iron producing region can be made to pour its valuable products through our State and over our own railroad. The opinion expressed in tho report is fully sustained by that of the oldest practical steam boat men on the river, and is, I believe, enti tled to full credit for its practicability. While I could not recommend a general Bys tem of State aid by direct advances from the Treasury, this seems to be a case where it would not only be good policy, but wise eoon omy, to authorize the expenditure of ten thou- sand dollars, or so muob thereof as may be necessary, to remove the obstructions from the Coosa river, and thus add a long and valuable water lino os an additional feeder to our great State railroad. I therefore respectfally recommend the ap propriation of the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may bo necessary, to re move the obstructions in the Coosa river, and also the election or appointment of three prac tical and reliable gentlemen as a board of com missioners, under whose authority the work should be conducted and the appropriation ex pended. Rufus B. Bullock. In the House there was a discussion of State aid to railroads, arising on a motion to strike out the State aid provision in the bill to incor porate the North and South Railroad Company. The motion was lost—ayes, 37; nays, 74. The bill then passed- Tho election question was made the special order for Thursday, 11th inst. Old and New, is the title of a Boston maga zine which has reached the second number of the second volume. It is a pamphlet of 130 pages, and among its contributors Mrs Stowe is exhausting her resources upon anew stoiy, called “Pink and Whito Tyranny:’’ Roberts' Brothers, 143 Washington street, $4.00 per an num- Fine Peaches.—Mr. Wm. Holmes brought us two peaches yesterday which weighed a pound and three ounces, and were very beautiful—a yellow peach, slightly streaked with purple. We do not know the variety, but take it to be hybrid from the Tinley. The river at this point got a lift of about ten Mi by the late rains. . . Tailing The Back Track. M. O. Smith, Senator from the 7th District, whose resolutions to annul the Constitution and rob the people of their rights passed the House, addresses a note to the True Georgian, of yes terday, confessing and recanting his errors. Will the people accept it in full satisfaction af ter the crime has been perpetrated. Rather should not he, dressed in the white of a peni tent—barefoot, and with a toroh in his hand proceed to the City Pork, in Atlanta, and there publicly burn the act of fraud and robbery. And, if like the recanting Cranmer, he held his right hand in the flames till it dropped off, it would be a striking manifestation of bis ab horrence of the crimo that hand committed. But here is Smith’s recantation: Atlanta, August 3, 1870. To the Members of the House of Representa tives : Duty to myself, and respect for the peo ple of my native State, in my judgment, de mand that I should give some explanation in regard to the resolutions offered by me in the Senate, and which passed that body on Friday last, the effect of which was expected to be to postpone a general election, ana prolong the term of office of members of the General As sembly and of all State officials. At the time I offered those resolutions it was my honest opinion that, if this action was not actually in accordance with tho expressed will of Congress, their wishes, to say the least, were left in great doubt, and under the circum stances it would be better for the State to post pone an election until Congress should again convene, and have an opportunity to indicate, in clear terms, their determination on the sub ject. My intention was not to postpone an election for two years, or for an indefinite period; but only for a few months, that we might not again ran contrary to the views which the Federal Government perhaps entertained, and has the paramount authority to enforce. I made the proposition with good motives, and, aslbeljeved, :in the interests of peace. The constitutional objection to the resolution did not impress my mind, probably, with the same force as it would a person learned in the law; but I did not intend to propose, nor can I ever sanction a measure which will deprive or withhold from the people any constitutional right, especially the inestimable right of fran chise. Inasmuch as the resolutions are claimed by many, and probably would be construed to mean that no election phould be held in this State for two years, and perhaps for a longer time, I tun satisfied that they ought not finally to pass, and regret that 1 proposed or voted for them. Since the passage of the resolution by the Senate, X have learned more fully, from various and opposite sources, the history of the passage of the late law of Congress, and I am now oon- vinoed that it was the intention of that body to authorize, and as far as they could with propri ety, provide for a general election in Novem ber next, as provided for in our State constitu tion. I may not prudently, at present, disclose all the sources of my information; but I do de clare that it is of such character as to leave no reasonable doubt that the intention of Congress was to remit the government of Georgia to the people thereof. Assured of this, there is no good reason for interfering with the regular course of our State Government in all its de partments. I have wished, and still desire to avoid all conflict with Federal authority. The resolu tions I offered were designed by me to avoid the possibility of it by a brief delay of an elec tion until Congress should unmistakably ex press its will. But the words of the law in con nection with the history of its passage, so clear ly manifest to my mind now the intention to clothe the people of Georgia with all the rights of citizenship, as to leave those without excase who withhold them. Thoroughly convinced that my course and vote on this subject were erroneous, I take the earliest opportunity to repair the wrong as far as may be by an honest acknowledgement of it, and by an earnest appeal to you to defeat the resolutions when they oome up for action in the House of Representatives. M. C. Smith. Death or G. F. Outer.—-We are pained this morning in announcing the death of Mr. G. F. Oliver, which oocurred yesterday morning at his residence in this city, of dropsy of the heart. Mr. “Frank” Oliver, as he was famil iarly known among his friends, was an old citi zen of Macon, and for the last few years was senior partner of the stove and house furnish ing firm of G. F. & H. E. Oliver, on Third street. He was a man much beloved and respect ed in the community and possessed an unblem ished character for honesty and integrity. His death will be much lamented. Col. R. W. Tucker, Superintendent of Agen cies for the Alabama Gold Life Insurance Com pany, with headquarters at Savannah, called on us yesterday. We were pleased to learn that the Company is making rapid progress in Geor gia, and will probably Toon have an agent in Maoon. Petrifaction.— Uncle Bob Siappey brings us from Buzzard Roost, Twiggs county, a pet rified buzzard’s egg, which is a curiosity. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. (tea. Oarllagion’s Addreu before the Soci eties—A Brilliant Oration and a “Dim Religions Sight”—The Junior Exhibition —Not Trained Enough—The Sophomore Prise Medals—Gen- Gordon’s Speech. . Athens, August 2d, 1870. Gen. Garlington’8 address yesterday afternoon to the two literary,societies of the University was delivered before a large and eagerly listen ing auditory. Gen. G. is an old alumnus of the college, with a very distinguished record, and did great credit, not only to tho momorios of his friends that delight to dwell upon the good old days when he shone so proudly as ono of the stars of “Old Franklin,” but to tho grave demands of the occasion. I have rarely known an address of this character that more com pletely filled the measnro of pnblio expectation, and I beg to offer here, as tho representative of those who heard him, their heartiest congratu lations. Tho address last night to the Fhi Kappa So ciety, as their representative, by Mr. Walter O. Beeks, of Griffin, was an effort that the orator and his friends can well plume themselves upon. It glowed with gems of diction and imagery, and sparkled with the correscations of real elo- quenoe. The subject was, “Nature ns aScience and Nature os a Symbol.” I predict that Mr. Beeks will make a bright mark hereafter, if he is not woefully false to his present proud prom ise. I was sorry to see, however, that those whose duty it was to see that the orator had light to see and bo seen were so remiss in its perform ance. A more beggarly array of lamps, and a dimmer, dingier, duskier light—so-called—I have never groaned over. It was much more befitting the meeting of a band of midnight conspirators intent on plunder and rain, than anything else that occurs to me now. Let this blondernever be repeated, Ipray you, Messieurs. The Junior exhibition this morning at half past ten o’clock, would have been a most ad mirable performance had the young orators known their speeches. With this exception, I can, and do, honestly asseverate that the ex hibition lacked nothing that the most captions criticism, and the severest judgment could ask. I do not say these things in a spirit of depreci ation or fault finding, but purely because I hope to exert such a pressure as will prevent their recurrence. Below is the programme: mxvsanxx of Georgia.—-junior exhibition. . Tuesday, August 2, 1870. Come now : what shall we haze -To wear away this long age of three hours. MUSIC—FRAYER—MUSIC. H. O. Ansley, (P. K. Orator,) Augusta—De cay of Reverence. W. T. Armistead, (P. E. Orator,) Lexington— Glimpses of Glory. MUSIC. E. EL Briggs, Columbus—Sincerity. G. R. Gleen, Dawson—Why this Waste? MOSUL R. H. Gcetehius, (D. S. Orator,) Columbus— On the Heights. G. A. Howell, Valdosta—What Next? MUSIC. J. Hurt, (D. S. Orator,) Hurtsville, Alabama —Tho Gentleman. A- A. Murphey, Monroe Co.—The Power of Combination. MUSIC. HONORABLE MENTION. T. J. Chappell, Columbus, E. Newton, Jeffer son, T. O. Newton, Jefferson, P. K. Yonge, Pensaoola, Fla. MUSIC. ADDRESS BY GEN. JOHN B. GORDON. Delivery of Medals to Soph. Prize Doc Miners. MUSIC—BENEDICTION. The Sophomore prizes were awarded after the conclusion of the Junior speeches. The fortu nate contestants were both from Atlanta— Messrs. W- B. Walker and H. O. Glenn—the former taking the first medal and the latter the second. Gen. John B. Gordon made the award in a twenty minutes speech as brilliant as any charge he ever led daring the late civil war. The leading idea of the speech was that utility should be the prime object of’all eloquence—to do good—to defend the right and redress the wrong. That beauty was a mere aocident of the elements of which it was composed. That he preferred an oratory which was applauded not so much because it gratifies the instinct of beauty through the embellishments of taste, as that it was effective and accomplishes results. He warned them against the idea that patriot ism has no other theater than battle fields and representative halls, and showed that wherever integrity set its seal on a private or publio ac tion, that is a triumph of patriotism. He spoke of the eloquence there is in a great action—an eloquence more powerful to sway the hearts of men than that action which De mosthenes calls the chief excellence of oratory. He instanced as leading examples of this integ rity of life, whose eloquenoe was felt by all men, the history of Job, of Troup, and of Jef ferson Davis, whose fidelity to principle no mis fortunes could crush. I have given a very faint and imperfect idea of this speech, but enough, I trust, to show its animus. Let no paid hireling of robbing ras cality attempt to misinterpret it. The evidence I give here of its temper and expression, can, and will be corroborated by a cloud of witnesses whose veracity even these creatures does not question. I refer to this speech in this spirit, because the speaker’s words have been so often and so lately and basely falsified. To-morrow is commencement day—(As day. I will tell yon all about it in my next. Among the distinguished arrivals since my last, X see Hon. Joshua Hill, and Gen. A. XL Golquit. R. “Hon. John A. Wimpy” In Another Tight. We are pained to see from a Washington tel egram in the Boston Journal, that the “Hon. John A. Wimpy, member of Congress elect from the 6th Congressional Distriot of Georgia” is in another critical predicament. Witness the following: Washington, D. C., July 30. As the investigations at the Pension Bureau progress, the frauds there perpetrated are as- summing the most gigantic proportions, and what excites the greatest surprise is the number of prominent individuals who are implicated.— Members of State legislatures and prominent lawyers who have always hitherto stood high at home, are proven guilty of forgery and other crimes to secure small pittances of pensions that justly belonged to widows and orphans of deceased soldiers. The officer who went South yesterday to affect the arrest of Roderick R. Butler, of Tennessee, the Congressman referred to in my dispatch last night, is also armed with authority to investigate the case of John A. Wimpy, a member of Congress elect from Georgia, who is also charged with forgery in connection with pensions. Butler’s son will al so be arrested as a party to his father's fraud. Wimpy showed by the evidence of Gov. Bul lock and a letter to theNew York Tribune, that he proposed to go into the business of circulating counterfeit money as a sort of amateur govern ment detective—running at his own expense and on pure loyalty! No doubt the same spirit has driven him into pension forgeries, if any he has committed. Let him resume his inimit able pen, therefore, (freeh from a legal opinion that the Legislature of Georgia, sworn to sup port the Constitution, ought to set it aside) and show that a man can forge pension papers, as well as circulate counterfeit money, In pure pa triotism. The American Agriculturist for August, is certainly one of the most Bplendidiy illustrated and valuable magazines in the United States. Orange, Judd £ Co., 245 Broadway, New York. Magazines. — Peterson’s. Xiadios' National Magazine for September, can be had at the Book store of J. W. Burke A Go. The Georgia Press.- Chatham County.—We clip the following from tho Morning News of the 3d instant: The New Cotton Crop.—Messrs. Saunders,' Goodwin & Miller bavo laid on oar desk four bolls of cotton, thoroughly matured, a specimen of the crop of Oapt. J. It. Cooper, of Scriven county. Cnpt. Cooper sent tha fourth bale of cotton reoeived hero laBt season to Mr. Miller, and if these bolls now boforo us represent the average of thisyoar’s crop, Oapt. Cooper will probably havo tho fortune to Bond the “first’ bale this season to Savannah. The Georgia Banking Company.—We loam that the bill to incorporate tho Georgia Bank ing Company of Savannah, with a capital of $1,000,000, has boon favorably reported upon by tho committoo of the Sonato. Thocorporator3 of tho bank aroa number of capitalists in North ern cities, and Major J. H. Gouti, J. W. La- throp, Esq., Geo. W. Wylly, Esq., of this oity; Col. White, the President of the Macon and Western Railroad, and W. 0. Morrell, of Macon; and R. L. Mott, of Columbus. This enterprise was started by Major Gould and .Mr. Morrell, and wo understand they will leaje at an early day for the North to complete arringements. The following stook sales were nade on Tues day at the regular publio sales in Savannah: Fifteen shares Atlantio and GtiS stock, guar anteed, brought $75 50 per short. Six shares Central Railroad stick, $116J. Fifteen shares Central Railrotd stock, $119|- per share. Ten shares Southwestern lailroad stook, $92£ per share. j Boston Steamship Line.—tho business of tho line between this city and Boston (says the News) bag increased so much that the agents have put on another steamship^he Kensington, a fine Bhip of over one thonssid tons, which will ran in connection with the Oriental, leaving each port on the tenth, twentiah, and thirliet i of each month, carrying freiglt at New York rates, thus affording superior inducements to those receiving goods from Boson. The price of passage is fixed at only tweny dollars, with superior accommodations. The Republican chronicles aviolent thunder storm on Tuesday, during whim the bark Com. Dupont was struck in the forecast and several of her spars destroyed. The, Republican says the health of tho city.is remarkable. Last week, for instance, the report, which appears elsewhere, shows the interment of but five whites, one of whoi* was drowned, another died of dropsy, and th» remaining three infants of two years and ruder. We doubt if any city in the Union of <qual population, can show so clean a bill of health. As usual, the blacks largely preponderate in the death roll, the num ber interredlast week being fourteen, or nearly three to ore. Musoo*ee County.—The democrats of Mas cogee appointed as delegates to Atlanta: Mark H. Blasdford, C. H. Williams, A. R. Lamar, L T. Brooks, A. H. Chappell, J. A. L. Lee, W. A. Cobb and Thomas Watt. . W. D. Ohipley offered resolutions of instruc tions to the delegates to Atlanta, whiob, after being debated at length by Messrs. W. P. Ram sey, A. C. Morton; F. G. Wilkins, Mark H. Blandford, E. F. Colzey, James M. Russell, A. H. Chappell and P. W. Alexander, were amend ed by a substitute for the third resolution, of fered by CoL Chappell and adopted, as follows: “Resolved, That this Club counsels due and strict observance of law and obedience to au thority, and that each member thereof will use his individual exertions to see that peaceful re lations are entertained with all classes of citi zens, and that tho publio peace is preserved. ‘jResolved farther, That the delegates ap pointed to represent this body in Atlanta be di rected to urge the adoption of a general elec tion policy throughout the State, at the time provided by the Constitution, and that this Club, if this polioy is adopted, hereby pledges its un qualified support to the measure. “Resolved further, That said delegates be, and are hereby requested and instructed, to oppose the appointment to the State Executive Committee of any person of donbtfal fidelity to the Democratic party, or in any vay allied to the enemies of the State.” The Enquirer has the following: Singular.—A gentleman inforaed us a day or two ago that lightning had recently struck a cotton patch near the city, killing cotton, grass and everything on a space of ground as large as a house. Can such things be ? Rust.—We learn from a planter residing three or four miles from the city, in Russell, that rust has made its appearcnce in cotton fields in that vicinity, which threatens serious injury to crops. We see from the Sun that some of Dr. De~ Votie’s late parishioners have sent him $200.— The Son has the following: River—Very low; at Woolfolk’s Bar there is probably twenty-eight inches water. The Bandy Moore (the only boat making regular trips) ar rived with four bales of cotton, and other small freight. She left Monday heavily laden, for Apalachicola and other landings; some freight was left at the wharf for want of room; business for the river is ahead of previous years and will, no doubt, exceed that of any previous one since 1866. The other boats except one, the Atlanta, have been pnt in thorough trim, and are wait ing for a river, and the completion of the rail road to Chattahooohea. Prospects for Colum bus are brightening every day. Work at the Fair Grounds is progressing.— One-half of the frame-work, 250 feet, is up; the balance framed and lying in place for raising. One load of lumber, fading to be delivered, has somewhat cheeked the work, but will be de livered in a day or so, when the remaining frame work will be raised. About 140 panels of the fencing have been completed, which is one- third, more or less. All the posts, except a few, are planted, and lumber for the remaining-two thirds of the fence will soon be delivered. Property in the vicinity of the Fair grounds is advancing in value, and merchants and gro cers anticipate a rich harvest for a short time. This enterprise is one of magnitude, and will be remunerative to the oity ana section beyond the expectations of the most hopefuL Last Hours ofA.B. Lokobtbeet.—The South ern Christian Advocate copies from a corres pondent of the St. Louis Advocate, a note upon the last hours of Rer. Dr. A. B. Longstreet, from which we take the following: For a week previous to his 'cease he had been suffering from a severe .tack of ohills, but after the first two or three days had rallied so far as to sit up, to read, and to write. Late on Wednesday evening, 6th July, he had de clared his intention of sitting up through the whole of the next day; but early in the morn ing he was seized by a chill, which rapidly de veloped into pneumonia, and thenceforward he sank rapidly. His last hours were remarkable, even for those of a true Christian. To within two days of his death, and while prostrated by disease, his aged and trembling hands were eagerly writing on a work of a religious character, to which the last part of his life had been devo ted. An ineffable peaoe settled around him, quieting even the grieved souls about his bed side. All the numberless moments of his life, which had been consecrated by his remarkable, unhesitating trust in God, seemed to gather from the bygone years, drawing aronnd him in the trying hour of death to sustain and brighten him and his. 'When questioned respecting his ipiritual condition, raising his hand, he replied, ‘There is not a cloud.” Bo unshaken was this repose 'hat he watched the approach of death with tl e 0 irious interest of one making a new and important chemical analysis, rather than with the tremulous apprehension of one about to enter the unknown and awful hereafter. The parting of the soul and the body was an event which he had long anticipated, and which for years he had mods the topio of his daily conversation. When the time oame, with a wonderfully lucid inind he gave the closest scru tiny to the loosing of every tie which united the two; and it is very donbtfal whether nny soul of the millions departed can tell moroof the rationale of death than that of Judgo Long- street. With his own fingers he counted the failing pulse. When he could no longer move his hand he made one of his attendants placo it on his wrist, and, looking around on tho loved ones he was leaving, he quietly exclaimed, “Almost gone." At four o’olock in the after noon, and without pain, he expired, with the light of a glorious smile playing over his face. Washington County.—The Sandersville Geor gian of the 8d announces the deaths of William Tanner, senior, in his 80th year, and of Alex ander Xiawson, in his 55th year. The Georgian, also, has the following: The first open boll of new cotton we have seen was from the plantation of Samuel J. Smith, Esq., of this county. Ministers and Deacons’ Meeting at Sisters’ Church.—On Friday last an interesting meeting began at this Church, in which quite a large number of ministers and deacons from the va rious Baptist Churches in the Washington As sociation participated. The .exercises were nn- usually interesting. The essays read and the • sermons delivered by several. of the brethren evinced a high order of talent) and were listened to with earnest attention by the large congrega tions who were present on each day while the meeting was in progress. Baldwin County.—We clip the following from the Milledgeville Federal Union, of the 3d: Mr. OnnewiU deliver a lecture at Robert' Academy on Tuesday night 2d inst Subject The relationship the animal and intellectual or gans of the brain bear each other to oontrol or excite;, and why some men are more animal than intellectual and vice versa. The pnblio in vited to attend. Lecture begins at Sj o’clock. Death.—Mr. J. L. Keith died at the residence of Mr. Clayton Vaughan, in this city, on Friday night last. He moved to this county last win ter, and was engaged in farming near the city. He was a man of energy, and promised to be come one of our most useful citizens. Daring his short residence among us he made many friends who mourn that he was called hence in the bloom of manhood. A Large Turtle.—Mr. G. T. Weideuman re ceived by Wednesday night’s train, from Bruns wick, a huge turtle, weighing two hundred and fifty pounds. It was a present from Mr. F. Toll, a former citizen of this place, who has reoently located in Brunswick. Few of our citizens had ever seen so large a turtle, and it attracted con siderable attention. On Thursday morning it was butchered and taken to the market where it found ready sale at 15 cents per pound. Our Fair.—One hundred and fifty acres has been selected on the north common for the fair grounds, and the shrubbery and cumbersome undergrowth has been cut down. We learn that the work of grading begins to-day. A very ex cellent corps of managers are charged with the completion of the work, and the subscription of stock being nearly ample, success is sure. The Central and Georgia railroads have agreed to pass all artiolesfor exhibition and all visitors to the Fair, for one fare; in both cases foil rates required going, and return tickets free, Putnam County. — The following Putnam county Items are taken from the Eatonton Press and Messenger of Tuesday, 3d inst: The colored barbecue on Friday last, we un derstand passed off as pleasant and quietly as could be desired. All behaved themselves like good oitizens, and nothing was said or done to mar the feelings of the whites they had so cor dially invited to be present. Jeff Long, the or ator of the day, made a very good speech on the subject of education, and urged upon his race the importance of obtaining it soon, and as thoroughly as possible. He eschewed politics, in his speech altogether, and urged upon his bearers the performance of their dntiesto them* selves, their God and their country. A few re* marks were made by several of our townsmen, in response to the calls of the colored audience. This barbecue was given on the occasion of the closing of Bell Huson’s school. The dinner ta ble is said to have been well supplied with edi bles served up in good style. Death of J. Monroe Adams.—Again are we called upon to record the death of another of Fntnam county’s good citizens—J. Monroe Ad ams is no more. On the morning of the 30th ult, after severe suffering for weeks from that dreadful disease, consumption, he was called to that “bourne from whence no traveller returns.” Quietly he sank into the arms of deaih, leaving the full assurance that “it was well with him." Rain.—A few more light showers of rain have fallen during the past week, though more is needed in this immediate vicinity. The crops in this section are generally prom ising, clear of grass, and growing rapidly. Dance.—We understand our young folks con template having a dance at the Eatonton Hotel, or some other convenient place on Wednesday evening next, after the exhibition and pio-nic at the Fair Grounds are over. A pleasant eve ning for all who attend is anticipated. Richmond County.—We got no Chronicle and Sentinel yesterday. The Constitutionalist has the following: Reobanization of the Fort Royal Railroad Company.—We arc advised of a reorganization and change of officers in the Fort Royal Rail road Company, by which Mr. EL XL Boody, the former Treasurer of the company, succeeds Mr. S. C. Millett as President. The work on this line of road is to be at onoe taken charge of by Mr. Gustav Xiehlbaoh, engineer of the road, under whose direction and management we un derstand that it is to be pressed forward to com pletion as rapidly as possible. To that end he has already commenced the reorganization of a laboring force, having on Saturday engaged about one hundred of the hands who recently deserted the contractors, George D. Chapman & Co., on aoeount of the failure of the latter to meet their monthly payments. These hands left on Sunday morning on the steamer Carrie for Savannah, from whence they are to be thrown on the Beaufort end of the road. This would seem to indicate that the failure of Messrs. Chapman & Co. to execute their contract will not be allowed to interfere to any considerable extent in delaying the progress of this impor tant enterprise, which has already progressed too far towards completion to admit of abandon ment. Sudden Death or Dr. T. W. Battky.—A pri vate dispatch received here yesterday afternoon from Wilmington, N. G., brought the announce ment that I>r. T. W. Battey, of this city, fell dead at the dinner table of the hotel in that city yesterday, about 2 o’clock, p. m. Dr. Bat tey was an old and widely known citizen of Au* justa, having long been engaged in the drug msinesa as a member of the firm of Meesss. Barry & Battey. Muscogee County.—Upon the population of Columbus the Enquirer says that Mr. Thomas Greer, appointed to take the census of the cor poration, has completed his work, and we learn from a circular to him from the auditor of the census bureau at Atlanta that the sum total is 7,450, or a falling off of 2,181 since 18G0. This result is due simply to the colonization of the late slaves in the suburbs without the city limits.' The population of Columbus pro perly stated would be as follows: Columbus. 7,430 Girard, Brownsville and Summerville 3,500 Northern Liberties, Womackville, Cook- ville and Beallwood 1,500 Liunwood, Wynnton, Cooleyvillo and Rail- roadville 200 14,130 This population is within an area of a mile from the Court House. This estimate, if anything, is below the actu al number, and 15,000 would come nearer the mark. In this population we will venture to say there are as few drones as are to be found anywhere. We are emphatically a working peo ple. Although not expanding as rapidly as some of the mushrooms cities we hear of, we hold our own remarkably well, and are gradually but surely increasing in wealth and population. The real estate of the city in I860 was valued at $2,966,200, and that of 1870 at- $3,3G2,950, showing an increase of $292,750, notwith standing the war and the destruction -of the most valuable part of the city by fire in 1864. The Enquirer reports that there was a rencon tre on the 1st at Cusseta, between D. H. Burts, Esq., and Mr. N. N. Howard, in which the former wan shot- in the forehead, and the latter severely, if not mortally wonnded on the head with a hatchet. The Bun reports any quantity of petty lar ceny and rowdyten. On Sunday, at St. Luke ohurob, in consequence of the illness of the pastor, there was so service, either night or morning; neither at the Baptist church, for reason of the resignation of the late pastor, J. H. DeVotie. Other churches were, as usual, attended. Most of the day was tolerably pleas ant in the open air. At 4 o’clock a gale, almost, struok the city from a southeast course, and for a few minutes dust and strong wind had full sway. After the wind hod wasted itself, for au hour or more, it was uncomfortable anywhere, in or ont doors. Chatham County.—The Savannah Republi can of Tuesday, reports the following: Arrival of the General Barnes.—The gun of this steamship. was fired at half past one o dock on Sunday afternoon, • announcing her arrival at her wharf. She brought twenty cabin passengers and a handsome, freight'for the. sea son. Reports fair weather on the passage. From Baltimore.—The America reached the bar at midnight on Sunday Inst, and, having- lost the tide, took that of yesterday lnorniDg and came up, reaching her wharf at ten o’clock. Her cabin passenger list embraced fourteen names, and her freight list.was nearly a full one. She reports pleasant weather all the time—winds baffling and blowing generally from tho south ward. The Savannah, Sxidaway and Sea-Board Railroad.—--It is reported in the oity that the Board of Directors of this company has decided to make the terminus of this road at Fine Is land, beyond Green Island. Fine Island offers superior advantages for surf bathing, and it is the intention of the company to build a large hotel there, and to make such improvements as may be necessary to make the neighborhood a fashionable summer resort. The good news is welcomed by many expressions of approbation on all sides, and it. is hoped the long talked of terminus may soon become an established real ity- m THE FRENCH ASD PRUSSIANS. Beginning of the Fight and Operations to the asth nit. The New York Tribune’s specials from Lon don the 3Xst, read as follows: Actual hostilities began July 21, Kraus, a fusileer, shot the first Frenchman. There has been continual skirmishing since Saturday.— The Prussian patrol went some distance beyond the border, finding no enemy; but on the same day some French cavalry were repulsed, losing an officer and thirteen men. The Prussian forces are partly armed with a new and lighter gun, having a shorter barrel, using a smaller bullet, but with the same needle arrangement The Bavarians tried the ehaase- pot two years ago, but preferred the needle gun. During the recent skirmishes the PrasaiansHgore able to fire quicker than the French. The cav alry is splendidly mounted. The same correspondent writes on the 28th that the destraction of the railway atBitche was extremely important. The.line runs from For- bach and Saareguemines to Haguenau, and thence to Strasbourg. The order to destroy it was given on the 18th, so as to prevent the sud den concentration of the French from the South. Accordingly, a small number of picked men of the 40th Uhlans started tinder the com mand of Lieut. YanVoigh for ZweibruckeD, the nearest German town to the French viaduct.— At Zeibrncken an engineer with miners and workmen awaited the cavalry. On Tuesday they sent off the 30th Cavalry, the man with the min ers and carts carrying the necessary materials. But on this night, and alsoon the followingone, the French outposts were too active for them, and they had to retire unsuccessful. Now follows the characteristic part of the ex pedition. They made up their miuds that the heavy materials which incumbered them must be reduced to the smallest possible compass, and that every man who took part in the expe dition must be mounted. The next two days were therefore given up to riding lessons. Af ter two days’ instruction the miners and work men were able to keep themselves on their horses, and on Saturday night the whole body crossed the French frontier. The mounted miners and workmen were charged to push on with all haste to the viaduct, while the Uhlans engaged the French outposts who were this time supprised. They accomplished their task with perfect intelligence and success. The country aronnd was roused from sleep by an explosion which sent the great viaduct into the air. The miners rushed out again upon the railway from the spot whither they had retreated after lighting the end of the train, and succeeded in tearing and blowing up some length of line on both sides of the viadact. Then they mounted their horses again and got back safe into Bavarian territory. The heaviest skirmish that has taken place in this distriot is reported on (homoming of the 28th. A party of French iflWHtry had crossed into Prussian territory abont half way between Saarbruckand Saarlouis. Forty men of the garri son of the latter place, belonging to the infan try of '69, went oat to meet them and were coming up with them between the villages of Lndweiller and Geiserlanterm, about six miles west of Saarbruck, when a squadron of French cavalry suddenly appeared. The Prussians fired away as fast as they could at the cavalry with their needle-guns, and disposed of them before the infantry could oome up. Then an infantry fight followed, which ended in the French throwing off their “kits” and running away, leaving one officer and eight men dead on the field. Three Prussians were severely wounded. According to report no less than three French companies of infantry were engaged. Prussian and Bavarian troops are said to be mustering in great strength in every town in this district. Neuenkirchen is spoken of as headquarters. It is supposed that if the French army does not enter Germany within three or four days, war will be carried into France. Neu enkirchen is admirably situated for the concen tration of forces from every point of Germany. The country abont here would be very rough for fighting, but if armies could push forward a little way over the frontier they would be protected on the right by the fortress of Saarlouis and on the left by the Yoeges. A cavalry regiment is expected here (Saar- brack) to-morrow. There has been a good deal of firing to-day between the Prussian and French outposts. One of our (Prussian) men had his horse shot under him, and adventurous civilians have consequently been impressed by the good shooting of the ehaaaepot at 1,250 or1,500yards. msslan War Operations. A cable special to the Herald dated London, August 1st, says preparations for war on the part of Prussia are being carried on with great activity. Trenches have been opened two lea gues from Cologne. An entrenched camp has been established in a triangle, formed by Co logne, Coblentz and Treves. The fine park at Cologne, and the magnificent chateau of the banker Oppenheim have been rased. Mayence is in a state of seige and ocoupied by 25,000 soldiers Trenches have been opened iu front of the city, and persons unable to provide them selves with six weeks’ provisions have been no tified to depart. A large force is encamped in the heights of St. Rupert, overlooking the val ley of the Nahe, which will protect an impor tant group of coal mines at that place, and com mand the junction of the railroad from Binger- bauckto Landre. Large rafts are descending the Rhine at all hours with provisions and mili tary munitions. Between Mayence and Cob lentz a formidable amount of war material and an immense body of troops have beenoellected. In consequence of new instructions from the War Office, there will be an entire change of tactics hereafter. There will be no open cam paign. The tactics will be similar to those em ployed in a seige—an advance under oover of entrenchments. The Rhine Provinces, are being covered with improvised works. The country between Coblentz and Mayence is entirely cut up in this fashion. This new sys tem of defense requires a new mode of- attack, hence the delay of the French advance. Prus sian corps have been stationed as a curtain to the Black Forrest. The prinoipal forces are concentrated in the triangular section of the country formed by tha rivers Rhine, Moselle and Saar. The last two rivers form the lino of defence of the army which rests on the Rhine near Dan- dan and the right stretohes out to the Moselle, near Treves. The Mltralllear. A reward of 500 thaTers is offered for the cap ture of a French mitrailleur. It is believed Prussia will raise her army to a million and a quarter soldiers and advance on France. ' The day after the declaration of war General Yon Moltke said if Napoleon did not march to the Rhine by the 21st he would. never cross above Mayence. Saar Louis has been recently fortified and serves as a center in case of necessity. Prus sia can fail baok on Mayence and Coblentz, which protects a passage over the Rhine, and behind which they have a formidable corps in reserve. VtmtOieWarWlllAv. London, August 1.—The King of Wurtem- burg is quoted as saying that Germany would be ruined by the war for twenty years, and em igration to America will swell to enormous pro portions. Napoleon's Error. It is thought that Napoleon erred in not rush ing promptly into Bavaria. He would thereby have neutralised the action of ail Southern Germany. Such a movement is impossible now, beoauso it would expose Paris. From Twiggs.—A friend from Twiggs thinks there will be abundance of corn harvested in that valuable. cotrnty to supply its necessities. The accounts from every part of Twiggs report seasonable rains and abundant oom crops, ex cept from a small seotioa near Marion. We feel so little interest about cotton that we forgot to make inquires. With a good start in com, Twiggs will go on to raise her own meat in fu ture and we hope she will do it forever hereaf ter. The Secret Treaty. The Tribune’s hatred of French W* „ amounts to a passion, and it is with a fort he can see anything wrong in a £*** Nevertheless two items from the Tribun notes” of tho first instant put in may go to explain the existence of treaty, to-wit: We hope the world has been dnW <« I* 6 charming personal relations S?! 63 * 613 until lately between Count BentJ 1 n- 3>tv the Prussia* Court. When FraWti j ^ sia were on the verge of war, King Wiffi.* 1 ? 4, vited the Embassador to dinner lum so well that his next official dlaratA** rampant, not so delirious, eulogy T,?™* Nunes’ mingled with unintelligible of the Prussian policy. It was the Corps Legislatiff that, “owingto? 643 “> menfc of the wires,’’that diroatoh^l, uni 63 ^ tate for Anfr* seems that Count Bismarck was in vsmg Count Benedetti as his primte lh ^^ When he wanted a secret treaty dra^f made M. Benedetti sit down and * his dictation! After so much intimJ^ the Count thought he had some E ^ » h “ His SSJ'S secret treaty. Put all the French 0)6 gether, and you will liaye no difficnltv 1 i* ers30 ' ing at the truth. First, there was posed treaty. Then there was a prowfe it came from Prussia, and Franca nW" 1 Then (after the manuscript was exhibited#u Benedetti s autograph,) it was merelv ‘ ^ formal memorandum, of which tha u Government had no knowledge Tl,; * rather a tax upon credulity, but the ? answers have beenin a geometricaii^'^ tyia Gen. Sigel was run over m Broadway, . New York, on Thursday night, by a carriage, give as good cause in the onees* 1 ?^ and had two ribs broken. preawts in tite other,-—_Y<ie ratio of absurdity. A few dais m told that it was only a little game of to test Bismarck ; and now M. Benedetti 3 ly informs us that he wrote it atCofe marck s dictation. At this ooint in , , nation all the world laughed.^ tte ^ Then add the last explanation byBismati that his approval of this treaty, though actual;, given, was wholly insincere and given io7" treacherous purpose towards Franco, ana it seems to us there is no particular difficult' comprehending the whole story. AFFAIRS IN FLORIDA. The Floridian, of tho 2d, contains a call a Conservative State Convention, at Ta# Bassee, on the 31st August instant. Tint paper says the total State and County taxes in Leon county will be one dollar and % five cents on every hundred dollars’ valuation. We clip the folioningfrom the Floridian: Caterpillar.—None of the genuine, “a mon pure” cotton caterpillars have made their appearance in the fields yet that we fan heard of, but thousands of the grass or art- worms can be seen almost every where, and strange to say, on several farms they are play, ing havoc with the sugarcane. The cane crop as far as it goes, is as important as the cotter! crop, and its destruction would be a great mis fortune. Is there no way to stop the worn! Storm.—Quite a severe little storm passed over our city on Sunday afternoon, Qw about fifteen minutes. As the farmers are en gaged in pulling fodder, we fear much ofit was scattered over the fields, which wiiipnt them to considerable trouble to gather up. The army worm has made its appearance is immense quantities in the vicinity of Pena- cola and is destroyingthe grass. The farmers of Walton county are mod alarmed about the cotton crop. The grass c? army worm has appeared in large quantities, and having eaten up all the {grass are de molishing the cotton. Nearly a bale of Florida cotton, tins yen’s growth, was exhibited in Savannah on tie 23d inst., sent from Marion county. It dies es a good style of medium sea island. Crops.—The Tampa Peninsular says: Tie crops in this section are better than ever be fore. The com crop is fully matured and is abundant, and the cotton and cane promises all that could be desdred. The potato and pea crops are also good. This is a fair sam ple of what is generally claimed by other pi pers. Then it does seem that there is at least a prospect that “good times are coming.’’ Thirty-six! thousand pine-apples will be the fruit of one man’s orchard near Tampa this year. Crops in .’Columbia.—With two or three exceptions, gut State exchanges speak vet; encouragingly of the crops in their respective sections. It gives ns pleasure to state tint the prospects in this section were never better at this season of the year. Cotton, both locg and short staple, promises all that the firmer coaid desire. Exoept in isolated spots the caterpillar or boll worm have found bnt little to please their palates, which is doubtless at tributed to the oppressive rays of old Sol Com is thoroughly matured and looks m There will probably be abont one-third more cribbed this year than ever before.—1m City Press, ZQth. A Jackal Convention. Several eminent carpet-baggers, touched It I heart by the spectacle of the President pomnj I artillery into North Carolina on the eve of® J election there, rush frantioally with one sec® I last week from their several cribs in Delia J Texas, Louisiana and other parts South, a* I Long Branch, and there, on Friday last, met® I convention to compare outrages and incabee j freedmen’s groans. Gen. Littlefield, “of R*; 1 ids,” took the chair. This Floridian G«f* not so long sinoe found the curbstones of street his native “habitat,” but, disappear I one day from those resorts, turned up as a® mense lobbyist in attendance on the Son I Carolina Reconstruction Convention. Hiag®* here it would be too long to recount; bntI to say that he “jobbed” that learned bod? «* the Legislature which followed it until)* North Carolina State debt mounted ty a * such proportions that then was no long**? profit in the State bonds, and then bed**®" ' upon Florida. The finances of this Sw» ? uig, if possible, even worse than those of Carolina, it at once became evident to u®*® ! Littlefield that he must prop up the people, as Saogrado lanoed his patients, to get« the last drop; and in this view he comesiP, Long Branch, hoping the President . as well for him in the way of troop®, . has for Governor Holden, tho North j lina Governor who is now mshe S i on the people of tha State. Next to u* i ridian Littlefield, the LouisianianCobvi?"^ the floor. Conway is a preacher fromf-JJ j delphia; he rojoioes in a forked tailed oo*h j when he talks of the poor oppressed l ^ ■ of the South is given to tears. He wj . this occasion to the effect that “P er f 3 vLit» forts on this oooasion are beingmade tt “!T.. I and seduce away members of the hep party under specious and false devices from the Democratic party." The not believe this, having their own in hand; but with brine ss salt as tn« ^ the sea-shore, he assured the assemble that it is so. He speaks from a feehnS j,, tion of rebel barbarity iu 1868. At | the Republican party only gave ( men a blue muslin badge and a they resorted to blue «lk with silver tn knocked out the heads of several i rels, and made large inroads on t“ e | Louisiana, i— —- w te Generi* ^ I This recital r gress having adjourned it is iuopos^ 0 , I an appropriation for the purchase of badges with silver trimming, and the tno“e^,l delegates disbursing anything thems® 1 1 GeueroTciaTk, of Texas, rises gloom. He went from New Hampshire ™ ^ I is now a member of Congress from tn» ^ I has just drawn all his pay and aim"", feels fine. Moreover, the Legislate”' “ , has just authorized the .enlistment of ten thousand cavalry and fifty-ooA infantry; and, in view of the troops are to be matched from p° u , I crash out rebel barbarism, he cannot I Texas is in beautiful condition for »*> I forthwith. He moves there be such&uw^ The convention votes unanimously^ ^| must, and then adjourns, every theNew Hampshire Texan, rushing . to Grant’s headquarters with s ye» 1 What answer the Presidential wwf" jj iif ] safes does not now appear; bntu » to order artillery into North Carolina^ „ ^ I on the election, why not spare some rj"* ftt | and cannon for Louisiana ana FW jackals lately tn convention at Lmig ^
