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~ \v. BURKE & CO. GE3RGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER j W BUB.HX & CO., Proprietors. u ,KICE No- 80 SECOND STREET, MACON, GA. raT es ok subscription. ,v M-r Annum 110 00 D* !LY ' S,x Mouth* 500 'ih r «. Months 2 60 One Month 1 Os) iL-irrKi-Y. per Annum 6 00 .i Three Months 1 50 u"#cklY,P er Annum 300 ",* E six Month* 150 IN MEMORIAM. \Ve fled the following felicitous and ap „,priate notice of the death of Mr. Rose, ‘p the Telegraph, of yesterday. We Ihali gather tip and put on record in the columns of this paper, under the above lead ah the words—and they can be none ( ,i, e r than good—that our cotemporaries ve to say of one who was such an hon ored member of the profession. Death OF BIMRI Rose.— We are sitting l oue i a the Telegraph offica—the sole re preventative of business or letters in its ample domain— for every other person connected with the office has gone to pay lait tribute of respect to the memory of our old confrere, Bimri Rose, of the Jodr , A .vu Me&senuek. The streets of Uaeou are in pretty much the same con- The stores are closed, aud the Movements deserted. The people have thronged lo the house of the deceased and i -[he church. The Masonic Fraternity, the Printers' Union, tiie Macon Volun teer-, and almost every other organization in the city have turned out to honor the departed, and a long, solemn and impos im; procession will follow our deceased brother to the narrow house appointed for all the living. We will be excused if, following the dic tate* of personal convenience, as well as „f feeling, we apply these solemn mo ments to the expression of a few thoughts suggested by this melancholy event. Mr. lio-e was one of the old landmarks of Macon. Although not a very old naan -for lie was born with this century—yet be has been identified with almost every public interest of the city since it tirst took the shape of a small frontier settle ment. Here he has spent summer and winter—seed-time and harvest, for nearly half a century, and patiently watched the slow growth of the town —known by aud a ijuainted with everybody, and frankly participating in almost every public and social movement. Monuments of ills fine natural taste abound in the city, and are still more strikingly presented in our beautiful cem etery, which always attracts the admira tion of strangers. The site aud the im provements of Rose Hill, named in honor of Mr. Rose, and where his remains this day will find their final restiug place, were due to the judgment and enterprise of our deceased cotemporary, and will carry his name and fame down to the latest generation of our people. This beautiful resting place of the dead—horti culture in all its branches, and last, not least, the interests of Masonry, were the triad on which the more public life of Mr. Rose seemed to centre, and upon which he perhaps bestowed as much thought and labor as he did upon his professional business. Everybody in Georgia knew him quite as well as Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of the State as they did as publisher of one of the oldest newspa pers in Middle Georgia. Mr. Rose was a man of kindly aud genial nature —of very active habits of mind and body—of a highly nervous tem perament, although of extraordinary cool ness and courage in moments of danger, he was perfectly fearless, yet entirely without swagger or pretension. He was by birth a New Englander—born, we think, in New Haven, Connecticut, but, h- we have remarked, has been a Georgian from early manhood. He leaves a widow Hinl four daughters—all highly accom plished women, and three of the latter are residents of New York and Pennsylvania. They have the heartfelt sympathies of our people in this sudden bereavement, news of which came like a thunder-clap to all of us. We learn that Mr. Rose returned from a visit to Houston county on last Friday night, complained of feeling unwell, and continued in the same condition till Bun day morning, when he was still well enough to eat, and no apprehensions were fell: but he died before noon on that day. Thus do we survivors have again an impressive practical monition that in the midst of life we are in death. Tiie two seniors of the Central Georgia Press have died within three mouths of each other, und the struggle of life must soon he over with the youngest of us. Himri Rose*is Dead. —lt is with sincere regret that we learn of the death of our old •fiend and lermer jiartner, Mr. Simri Rose. He died at his residence, in Macon, of Pneumonia, on Sunday morning. Mr. Rose was in his 70th year, had been Sec retary of Macon Lodge for about thirty year-, and Grand Secretary, of the Grand Lodge for the jiast twenty-four years. Uur relations with him, for four years iu business, very much endeared him to us, and we can hut feel sorrow for his dejrnr ture. He was, we believe, the most uni versally beloved man in the State, and had many noble traits. Macon has, indeed, suffered a loss in him, as lie was tiie pioueer of that city. Mr. Rose had been connected with the Journal & Messen uek for forty-six years, up to the time of ‘»ur sale to J. W. Burke & Co..— Middle Georgian. Another Good Man Gone.— The Ma con Journal «fc Messenger of yesterday contains the following notice of the death of Mr. Simri Hose— ageutleman well and favorably known all over Georgia, who for nearly half a century past has been a resident of, aud identified with the inter estsof Macon, and who during the whole of that period, uutil about twelve mouths ago, has been engaged iu the newspaper business, first of ihe Messenger, ami then of the Georgia Journal & Messenger. Asa Maaou, Mau, and Publisher, he was without reproach.— Atlanta Intelligencer. Death or Simri Rose, Esq. —We re gret to hear of the death of the venerable Sim hi Rose, one of the pioneers of the press in Georgia. Mr. Rose established the Georgia Journal, in Macon, about the year 1823—when Macon was the small est of villages. At the time of his death, w hieh occurred at his residence, on Sun day last, .ire was Grand Secretary of the Grand Lfdge of Masons in this State. He has passed away “ full of years and full of honors,” mourned by a host of friends throughout the State.— Monroe Advertiser. sSimri Rose.—lt is with unaffected pain we chronicle, this morning, the death of this veteran in the ranks of Southern edi tors. The quill and scissors have been his companions for nearly half a century, luring which time his amenity of man tiers, kindness of heart and unswerving integrity, have berne him through the heat and strife of political campaigns when party feeling ran highest without any diminution of confidence, respect and friendship on the part of political oppo nents. Possessing energy—force of character — strength of purpose—a mind eminently practical— conservative opinions aud a never ceasing regard for the proprieties and courtesies of social aud professional life, his loss could not but be deeply aud sincerely deplored. So scrupulously upright aud conscien tious was his course; so constantly did lie square his actious by the rules of Bible rectitude—so unceasingly did he live as though looking forward to the ” recom pense of reward,” that we confidently be lieve •• He pitched his morning tent each hight a day’s march nearer home,” and that with tlie ” weary and heavy laden ” he has found the loug sought rest. [Americus Republican, 7th. Death of Bimri Rose.— The Nestor of the Georgia press is dead. He died, as we learn troui the Journal and Messenger, on (Sunday evening last, after attaining the ripe old age of seventy years, Identi hcil with Macon and all her interests, for nearly Half a century, he goes down to his grave respected and revered, and with hardly an “error” marked ou his “proof alieet.” His geDial smile aud pleasant hia iner we will see no more, but he had a thousand virtues, those he left behind well might imitate. He sleeps calmly and Peacefully in the cemetery that bears his worthy name, and we feel assured no wor thier remains were ever deposited within its sacr«d precincts. Peace to his ashes.— Eufaula News, 6th. Simri Rose Dead. —The Macon Mes senger, of the sth, came to us draped in mourning on account of the death of Simri Rose, one of the proprietors. Mr. Rose was one of the very oldest publish ers in the Btate, and one of the best of men. In politics iie wasan old line whig, always conservative, aud unswerving in his advocacy of what he deemed right and just, and we doubt whether auy man in Georgia lias done more for the estab lishment of the principles of “Wisdom Justice and Moderation," than this phi lanthropic and generous man. The news of his death will bring Badness to the hearts of all who knew him. Those who knew him best will deepest mourn his loss. —Rome Courier, Bth. STATE NEWS. The Confederate Dead.—Mr. A. L. Grant has completed the task of takiug up the Confederate dead buried in the city limits and re interring them in the ceme tery. He found the remains of oue hun dred and ninety defenders of the “ Lost Cause,” one-half of whom had no head boards to tell who they were. Mr. Grant succeeded, however, in preserving the names of many of them He has dis charged hia duty well in the premises. [Constitution, s th. Read Estate Sales at Atlanta.— Lot on Broad street 2-5x60, between Brown’s Building and Postofflce, to Maj. Geo. Hillyer at $2,500 cash aud charges Lot on Whitehall street, opposite L. C. Wells, 67x212 to M. Fouch, of Selma Ala.—ssso cash. — Ibid. The friends of Mr. Henry Singleton will regret to learn of his death, which occurred at his residence in this county on the 2d instaut. Mr. Singleton wasone of the oldest citizens of Monroe. —Monroe Advertiser, 6 th. Destructive Fire.— We regret to learn that the dwelling, out-houses and smoke house of Mr. Charles Foster, in the Tow aliga district of Butts county, were con sumed by fire on Tuesday night last. Nothing whatever was saved from the buildings, consequently the loss sustained by Mr. F. and family is a serious one. It is supposed the fire was originated by the children taking a candle to their bed room, in one of the detached buildings, and allowing it to come in contact with the clothes — lbid. Fikk —West Griffin was alarmed on Sunday night, by the cry of fire. The alarm arose on the premises of Mr. Frank Bloodworth, and was caused by the burn ing of the roof of his kitchen. Damage slight.— Middle Georgian, 6 th. Arrested. —Our marshals arrested a man on Bunday night, by the name of Grant, from Fayette couuty, under sus picion of possessing counterfeit money. He is held in charge, and will be allowed an opportunity to prove his innocence, if possible, before being confined. — Ibid. Railroad Meeting. —A respectable number of the citizens of Griffin met at the City Hall, on last Saturday night, to take into consideration the propriety of subscribing additional stock to the Savan nah, Griffin and North Alabama Rail road. Col. Peeples, in behalf of the Board of Directors, gave a most satisfactory ac count of the present condition and pros pects of the road, and urged an additional subscription of twenty-five thousand dol lars by the city. He promised the com pletion of the road to Newnau by the Ist of October, at the furtherest, and perhaps sooner. Speeches were made by several gentlemen, and a resolution passed, re questing the Mayor and Council to have a poll opened according to law for the citi zens to express, by ballot, their wishes upon the subject.— Griffin Star■ 6th. Homicide.— On Saturday evening last, about 8} or 9 o’clock, Charles Mathis, a lad about 15 or 16 years old, hut quite small for his age, had a difficulty with a negro woman by name of Susannah Dumas, the particulars of which we can get no infor mation, as no one was standing by at the time. He was seen to strike her, aud she turned and went to the store of Mr. Joel, where site was hired, and as she got there, fell, having been cut in the left breast. She died in about half an hour after being cut. —Southern Recorder, 6th. The City Election. —The election on Friday last resulted as follows: Mayor—Col. L. H. Briscoe. Aldermen—l. Joseph Staley ;2. Dr. 8. G. White; 3. E. Trice ; 4 Wm. A. Wil liams ;5. P. T. Taylor; 6. Dr. W. H. Hall. Clerk —Peter Fair. Marshal—John B. Fair. The only members of the old Board who were candidates for re-election were Dr. White and Mr. Wm. A. Williams, both of whom were elected Iu the 4th and sth Wards the vote was very close. In the 4th Ward, Mr. Wm. A. Williams heat his opponent, Mr. Wm. Caraker, one vote, aud Mr. P. T. Taylor was elected by only one vote over Mr. A. Joseph, iu tiie sth Ward.— Federal Union, 6th. A Pleasing Hurprise. Handsome Present. —Near the hour of nine o’clock, on Saturday night last, a rap was heard at the door of the Parsonage of Asburv M. E. Church in this city. The Pastor—Rev. C W. Key—went to the door, and upon arriving there, found upon the outside, neatly done up in tissue paper, a most beautiful silver communion service, with «■ Asburv Church ” engraven on each piece. The bearer of this present had fled, so that no information could be gain ed about the generous donor. —Chronicle & Sentinel , 6 th. A Man Killed at Valdosta.— The Savannah News reports the killing of Mr William Libby, at Valdosta, on Fri day night, under the following circum stances : Mr. Richard Ralston, formerly of Savannah, was keeping books for Mr. Libbv. w ho, a few days since, happening to look over them, discovered a mistake, and wrote opposite, “ A mistake—rectify it ” Mr. Ralston, on seeing the waiting, wrote opposite it, “ Ignorance is bliss.” Mr. L. being notified of this, went to Ralston on Friday night, and asked him what he meant by it. Some words en sued, which resulted in Ralston’s draw ing a pistol and shooting Libby. The ball entered the left side, producing death in a few hours. Ralston is in custody. Accident to General Anderson. — Yesterday afternoon, as General R. H. Anderson, accompanied by his wife, was riding out on the Thunderbolt road, his horse became frightened and ran away. The front wheel of the vehicle struck a stump and caused the occupants to be thrown heavily to the ground. The inju ries sustained were slight. —Savannah jV Teirs. dth The Work on the Macon and Bruns wick Rail Road. —We promised in a subsequent issue to speak of the immense work that had been accomplished on this end of the road. We had but little oppor tunity during our late trip to the twenty mile Station to notice particularly the heavy work along the road. When we reached the present terminus, Maj. Ornie conducted us (on foot) a distance of more than a quarter of a mile on railway made by heaps of large logs which had been rolled for some distance through water and mud nearly waist deep. Os one fact we were fully convinced, that while it is hard work to build a road through rocks and mountains, it is no small job to build a road through swampsof such depth and width as those through which the Macon and Brunswick railroad runs.— Brunswick Banner, 3d. Stock Sales in Savannah.— On Tues day, at Savannah. 17 shares of Central Railroad Stock, sold for $127 50. A SSOO city bond sold for 93. $5,000 of'seven per cent, guaranteed scrip of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad stock sold for 65J. 17 shares of Southwestern Railroad stock sold for 99J to 101. Death of Mr Daniel Potter —\n e learned from a gentleman yesterday, who left Whitesville, Harris county, on the day before, that on Sunday night Mr. Daniel Potter, a worthy young man and formerly a photographic artist in this city, was killed in that town. He heard but few particulars, but understood that Mr. Potter and another man were engaged in a scuffle or fight in a room, when a Mr. T. J. Daniel shot and killed Potter. We understand from other sources that Mr. Daniel was arrested and lodged in jail.— Columbna Enquirer, t7h. -Vi t a sine Hi iter is Mor s e s The Shooting Scrape.— Of course we are expected to report further particulars or the unfortunate affair mentioned in last issue. It is one of those things that we dislike to speak of as having occurred in Washington county. The young man who was shot resides in Johnson county. His father conveyed him home on Monday after the shooting, and his recovery is believed to be certain. His name we shall not put in print— though it is no secret here—from feelings of respect for the family. We are in formed that hut one of the party live in Washington county. Who any of them are, save the wounded man, we have not the slightest intimation.— Central Geor gian, Ith. Gin-House and Cotton Burned—A letter from Marshallville, dated 7th inst., to the editor of this paper, says: “The gin-house of William Haslam, of this place, was burned on the night of the sth of this month, together with eight hales of unginned cottou, the property of Seaborn Bryan. The tire was first discov ered about two o’clock. Supposed to be the work of an incendiary. No trace as to the guilty party.” Real Estate Sales at Augusta.— The brick yard and clay pits belonging to the estateof Charles DeLaigle, containing seveuty-five and seventy-eight one hun dredths acres. Bid in at SIB,OOO. A tract of land situated in Appling county, containing four hundred and ninety acres. Sold for five cents per acre. A brick store house. No. 300 Broad street, having a front of thirty feet aud a depth of two hundred and ninety feet. Sold for $16,750. A residence on the Sand Hills, contain ing eight rooms. Sold for $6,900. A residence on the Sand Hills contain ing six rooms. Sold for $2,500. A tract of land four miles from the city, aud the dwelling house on it; the tract situated on the Southwestern Plank Road, and containing two hundred aud fifty acres. Sold for $5,000. There were also a few wagons aud bug gies (second class) sold. The highest price obtained for a four-horse wagon was $95, aud a buggy SBS. A few agricultural implements were sold at very low rates. —Chronicle and Sentinel, Ith. No. 13., C. R. R.—The Central Rail road Company basin course of construc tion, at the above point, a commodious brick warehouse, which, as we are in formed, will be completed in about thirty days. Before the war there was more freight shipped to this poiut than any other way station on tlie road, and we sup pose it is pretty much the same now. The honor, however, is contested between 13 aud 11.— Central Georgian, Ith. Badly Bruised.— Our good looking and clever deputy sheriff, John Hendley, while riding in his buggy a few days ago, owing to a bad place in the road, had the misfortune to be thrown out, by which his tongue was cut nearly in two, besides having his face badly bruised. We are glad it was no worse. —Hawkinsville Dis patch, Bth Accidentally Shot.— On Saturday last, as two sons of Mr. J. M. Brown, liv ing near town, were playing with a pistol it was accidentally discharged, the ball lodging in the arm of one of the boys, in flicting a painful but not dangerous wound.— lbid. Sale Day.— The following property was sold yesterday at the Court House: Half interest in Merritt’s warehouse,bid in by L. C. Ryan for $3,035. Blip of laud next the warehouse, 12 feet front and running hack 70 feet, bid in by M. T. Grace at SIOO. E. A. Burch hid in } acre of land near the old cemetery, for SSO. R. W. Anderson hid in 33} acres on the East side of the river, including the ferry lauding, for $235. Aabell’s laud, adjoining Dr. Clarke’s, was hougtit by W. H. Hendley for S2OO. Lot of 202i acres, in lHe 21st district, on the M. & B. R. R., was bought by George Ray for SSO. Another lot of 202} acres in the same district, near the railroad, was sold to Ar thur Newman for $22. — Ibid. CONFESSION OF GEORGE 8. TWITC’HELL. Mrs. Twitchell Chareed with the Murder or Mrs. Ilill —How the Crime was Committed—Flight of Mr*. Twitchell. From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, April 3. In the presence of Rev. George Bring hurstaud Wm. B. Perkius, Esq.. Prison Buperinteudent, u-eorge B. Twitchell, Jr., has made the following confession of the particulars of the murder of Mrs. Hill. It will be seen by this statement of Twitch el), that the conditions of the murder were somewhat different from what were gener ally supposed; aud if'Twitchell has given a truthful relation of the tragedy, the horrors of the murder are greatly increas ed, as it implicates tHe daughter as the chief perpetrator of the fearful deed. “I went to my room on the night of the murder, and, instead of going to bed, lay down on the lounge, which was in my room, and fell asleep. My wife was in bed at the time. I was aroused at her res peated calls, and ran down to the dining room, where I found her much excited, saying: “ ‘I have had a quarrel with mother, and killed her!’ “I do uot know whether she said : “Bave me!— or help me hide it!’ “But at last we threw the body of Mrs. Hill out of the window, to make it look as if she fell out. “I went down stairs and washed my hands and face at the hydrant; theu went to my room, undressed and went to bed. My wife came up afterwards, and got into bed, where we staid until Barah (Camp bell ) rang the bell. “I think we were in bed ten or twenty minutes. I made a solemn vow to eter nal God that night that I would never re veal it, hut I cannot keep it any longer. I am sorrv that I said I knew nothing of it, hut I did it with the vow in my mind and to save my wife. “I now make this disclosure that I may bave peace with God. (Signed) George S. Twitchell, Jr. In the presence of Rev. George Briug hurstand Wm. B. Perkius. MRS. TWITCHELL LEAVES THE CITY. This morniug Mrs. Camilla E. Twitch ell left the city, under circumstances which would appear to lend the counte nance of truth to the above arraignment of her by her husband for the murder of Mrs. Hill. About a week ago she visited the con demned mau in his cell fur the last time. She then had a conversation with the Rev. Mr. Bringhurst, in the course of which -he manifested the liveliest con cern as to whether her husband had said anything to his spiritual adviser which would implicate her in the murder. She inquired especially if Twitcheli had made any statement about the crime. Mr. BriDgburst responded that he had. Tbeu the wife inquired if he had made a con fession, to which she again received an affirmative respouse. Mrs. Twitched then inquired if her husband had made auy statement con cerning herself in connection with the murder, to which she likewise received an affirmative response. • Yes,” said Mr. Bringhurst, “he has told me all about It.” “Then,”exclaimed Mrs. Twitched, “he is a villain—the greatest villain ou the face of the earth.” She then directed her inquiries to the dav of the executiou, asking if Twitched intended to make any statement on the scaffold. She was assured by Mr. Bring hurst that he intended to do so. This brought out the inquiry as to whether any newspaper reponers would be present, and when she was told that such would be the case, she exclaimed : “That would be bad!” Since the day on which this conversa tion occurred, Mrs. Twitched has not been near the cell of her husband, aud this morning she left the city for parts unknown. Cuba.—Cuba, in 1867, had a population of 1 470 000—of whom 764,500 were whites, and 605 500 colored. Os the latter, as large a number as 226,000 were of the free class. More than three-fourtbs of the popula tion, white and black, is in the Western Department, where the insurrection has, as yet, hardly made its appearance. MACON. GA.. TUESDAY, APRIL 13. 1869- FERTILIZERS, ETC.-OCR HOUSTON COR RESPONDENT. We think our Houston correspondent rather exaggerates the effect produced by recent editorials and communications in the Macon dailies on the subject of fertili. zers. As far as we are concerned the re sult he states as having been produced, was certainly not contemplated. We bought we saw an error in the system of indiscriminate and wholesale purchase and application of commercial manures, without reference to their character or the character aud preparation of the soil for which they were intended, and called at tention to it. We have not heard of any panic among the moneyed men or ware house-men, however, nor do we think any planter who can make a good showing, no matter how much guano he has purchased, will find it hard to deal with them. We don’t think they will be likely to accom modate auy man, though, who has bought fertilizers “blind”—pledged everything he had, to get it to make cotton with, nor do we blame them. That man can’t make a good showing. As to editors and writers for newspapers not knowing what they are writing about —“that depends,” as the French say. There are some that a man who has never been outside a town in an Lio life, and who can’t tell wheat from oats, or an oak from a hickory tree, knows just as well as the best farmer in Houston or auy other county. The folly and ruin of making sacrifices to buy large quantities of fertilizers for cotton, without knowing their component parts, or how they are suited to the soil, aud not properly pre paring it for their reception, is one of these things, too. All that is required to know this, is a little observation and a moderate share of common sense, which most averagt men possess. With reference to our friend’s strictures upon “M.,” theTelegraph’scorrespondent, we think they are undeserved. We do not know who “M” is, but we read his communication without reaching auy such conclusion. He seemed to write under- aud with none but the best motives. We certainly were so impressed. It is hard to say what Bullock is doing just now. He is trying to do a great deal of mischief, but how far he has succeeded, we are not accurately advised at this pres ent writing. We have some hope that he will be foiled, but if Grant is with him, as reported, it rests on slight foundations. We shall endeavor to keep our correspon dent fully informed on this, as on all other matters of public concern. We have rather “let up” ou the subject of Bullock lately, for the same reason that the man who spilled the ashes was silent. LETTER FROM ATLANTA. Atlanta, April 5, 1869. Mr. Editor: The wires still leave us iu doubt about the status of Georgia. A knowing one told me yesterday that there was now no doubt about our “going up.” He sa} s the delay iu action of Congress grows out of the fact that Gen. Graut had utterly refused to do anything until the Teuure-of-ofiice hill was repealed. That so long as his hands were tied by Congress he would do nothing. If he was Presi dent, he would be President. Bo now, that the General is untied, we may look out. 1 suppose that now. he being free, may see proper to act as a President ougnt to, and let Georgia atone We wish he would. We would hurrah for Grant then lustily. By the way., iu my speculations about* what would he the result of Gov. Bul lock’s success, I did not mention oue im portant item. He would re-organize tiie Legislature, and put the negroes back— uoi only those turned out, hut as he would rule out all those who could not lake the test oatli, and, upon the precedent set by the Democrats, would put iu the next highest man, which would put iu about twenty-five or thirty more darkies —thus giving us over sixty sable legislators. We should theu have anew election for offi cers —embracing offices of both Houses, State-house officers, Senators, etc. A1 legislative matter that was a all political would be set aside, and chaos would hi the word iu our Btate matters. The Governor is still absent, and wi be until the question is settled. Old Bar says "come home. Governor, as the bus ness of the Btate is sadly neglected.” No we know this to he untrue. All the bus uess of the State-house is as carefully r tended to as if Gov. Bullock was the. Os course there may be some maths which will have to he laid over uutil is return, hut all the usual business of ie Department is going ou liuely. Iu »e Executive Department, Col. DeGraffenrd aud Maj. Williams, are always on bas, aud are authorized to settle all businespf an ordinary character. If Dr. Green g’« to Atlauta to get money for his iustii tiou, or Mr. Williams, for his, or any our man who has a weli authenticated elsu ou the Treasury, they will find Maj. 81, Comptroller General, at his post read, to endorse the papers, and the Becretarat the Executive office to issue the necesry warraut, aud Dr. Angier, or hisson atne Treasury, ready to pay all claims thatre in order. We are in a position to knv this, and we cheerfully give these geile men the credit hue them—and offer as an instance of old Bard’s miarepresets tiou9. I While speakiDg of officials., we musuot | forget to meutiou our young frieud, J B. Freeman, who is doing good work iiibe office of Secretary of Btate. He is tie right man iu the right place. Coiiig would find it hard work to get along viti out Freeman. He was an efficient dek with Col. Barnett for years, aud is wd versed iu the duties of hi3 office. Ml Bell has also a valuable assistant, Cai E. Thompson. He is an earnest, man, aud is quite efficient. If Gov. Bullock would only “let k have peace,” things are going or. fine!. More anon. FuLTOH COTTON SEED OIL FACTORY. Anew and valuable enterprise is $ course of rapid development in this c::y. We allude to the extensive works foMfre manufacture of cotton seed oil, now |eitnJ constructed iu the southern part of thi city, by Col. W. D. Maun. The fin building erected some ten years since U the manufacture of rosin oil, by a com pany of which the late Col. Seymour, «f the New Orleans Bulletin, was PresJden has beeu selected as the site of the work that property having been purchased tr Col. Maun sometimesince for this purpos Its locatiou is remarkably wed adapted) the business, haviDg a wharf front i taebed to the property, to receive tlip r* material and to ship the manufacuirtl article. The machinery and mills will h»ea working capacity of six hundred gahns per diem, and this mill, with anotltr of the same Kind being put up by MesslM- Toulmin Cos., on Oue-Mile Creefewill make a cash market f >r the cotton sid of forty thousand bales of cotton. J sls the ton for cotton seed, freights olit is estimated that these enterprises wifcna ble the planters of those forty tha>and bales to realize an additional price <so 50 per bale, or an aggregate addition ofaiue amounting to $220,000. Our pitting friends will see the advertisement fl cot ton seed, and it is hoped they wilsave aud ship according to directions althey do uot rtquire for manure and reputing, aud realize the cash price for it. [Mobile Registei tth. New U. S. Court House at CrßLEs tox. The News says that (tougess has appropriated $46,000 to purclft.-e be Club House building in Charlestoi foithe use of the U. S. Courts, and tiat lereafter sessions of the Court will beaeidthere. Dead.— Mrs. Martha Caioun Burt, of Abbeville, C. H., ri. C., diet tberion the 27th ult. Bhe was the wi* ot %eperal Armistead Burt, ex-M. C. f that state, a very prominent lawye and politi cian, and a niece of the grat CA-houn. LETTER FROM MACON COUNTY. Marshallville, Ga., April 5. Mr. Editor : Yesterday and to-day the thermometer stands 42 to 50, a change of one hundred and six per cent from Thurs day last. This morning the thermometer stands at forty-two—quite cool for this ! seasou. There was a little frost in low | damp places, but little damage to vegeta i lion has been done, however. Ou Saturday last the election came oft' for one Magistrate and two Bailiffs. Atan early hour the American citizens of Afri can blood gathered in large numbers All had printed tickets, everything having been previously arranged for the work. When the polls were opened they com menced voting iu crowds, and until the voting was over they voted the printed ticket. The result was the election oi one scalawag for Magistrate, one mongrel and one African gentleman for Bailiffs. After the election the successful parties were mouuted upon the backs of the African gentry, aud borne along the streets amid the shouts and exultations of the joyous crowd of blacks. Should you ever he so unfortunate as to have business in this part of the country, be sure to conduct yourself well, or in strict conformity with the law, or you may fall in tiie bauds of a negro Bailiff. Allow me, just here, to ask a question. Is it legal for parties to vote whave uot paid their tax? If not. is ••(-> election legai when a large majority of tiie voters Voi.og »t oairi plppfirtn m»y h f* in that respect? The law is very clear to mv mind that no one has a right to vote until all taxes required of them have been paid. [You are right. Such delinquents bave uo right to vote. — Ed. Journal and Messenger j The wheat c.iops of this aud Houston county are looking well. The oat crop promises a good yield. The corn is up and was looking well until the few cool mornings we have had, which makes it look a little sick. The rains falling iu gentle showers has caused good stands of corn. Some few planters are neglecting their corn, but as a general thing a suffi cient aroouut of laud has been appropri ated to corn, at ten bushels per acre, to raise, with fair seasons, a sufficiency for the comiug year. Cotton plautiug has just begun—most of planters being a little ate in preparing their lands. Yours, B. THE COUNTRY RUINED BY THE SALE OF GUANO. Houston County, April 6, 1869. Editor Journal and Messenger: * Sir: For several days past I have read several communications in the daily pa pers of Macon, aud some editorials, which have the effect to discourage the planters injure their credit, and alarm the commis sion merchants and the provision dealers. Now all of this is wrong. Those <om uiunieations are generally, if not all, writ ten by persons who know nothing about planting, and that is not all, they state what is not true. I particularly no tice one communication under the sig nature of in the Telegrapk of last veek, from which every planter knows tiat he did not know anythingaoout the sibject he was writing about. Hs did uot s.ate facts, aud he did not intend to state Hem, for they did not suit his purpose. I ;m a planter, and I reside in Houston ounty. I have been using fertilizers for tie last eight years, to some extent. In 867 I purchased ten tons of guano, and jut it on one hundred acres of laud, which tie year before produced from three huu <red and fifty to four hundred jiouuds (f seed cotton to the acre, aud the same lud, after using the guano, produced torn 800 to 900 jiouuds of seed cotton to he acre. I sold my crop for 14c-., making tie seed cotton worth 4}c. per pound, ’hich, after paying for the guano, made 3,1.75 clear, (to say nothing about the creased quantity of seed,) even at 14c., aid besides, leaving my land in a bet pr condition to make a crop another year. :f I had sold my cotton that year for 25e., should have cleared $20 —net, per acre, you think I was badly hurt by using ;uano?and do you believe the planters if Houston couuty are such poor fiuan ;iers as to keep buying fertilizers, year liter year, if they lost money by it ? “M.” tries to make us believe we are losing. It is not true that the planters are [>aying sls to S2O per acre for lertllizers, general y. I know as much about the planting inteiest of Houston county as auy one jilanter does, aud the average amount paid for fertilizers per acre is from $1 to SB, and they use it on their cotton, and use cottou seed and such manures as they make at home, ou their corn. It is true that there has been a considerable quanti ty of guano bought by the plauters this spring, a great deal of which was paid for wiieu they bought it, aud I have uo doubt a good deal more will be bought aud used next year than has this, and nobody will he hurt by the jirudent purchase and ju dicious use of fertilizers. It improves the system of plautiug, and lands are better than before the general use of fertilizers, and 90 far from editors and writers in newspapers tryiug to discourage iis use, they ought to he trying to encourage it. If you write at all, inform the planter how to prepare his lands, and how to ap ply fertilizers, if you know, yourselves—if not, say nothing about it. I understand some of your warehouse merchants in Macon have refused to ac cept the drafts of our best planters, aud that some of your moneyed meu and pro vision dealers are much alarmed at the large quantity of guano purchased this spring by the planters, and are crying out at the corners of your streets,the country is ruined. Now, sir, if the country is never ruined uu.il it is ruined by plauters purchasing guano and putting it on their lauds aud cultivating them, we will have a long course of prosperity. Tiie guano question has excited the publieso much lately, that you don’t tell us what Governor Bullock has done with Georgia. We did hear that the G< veruorand his Opera House friends had gone to Washington to put us hack ten degrees or more. Let us know where we are, and what latitude do we now oc cupy. A Farmer. POLITICO-RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Poitmaater-General Cretwell. “We have been surprised at the amount aid tone of comments by the press on the Appointment of this gentleman, but we learn from a well-informed source what 'fully accounts for it. He is the official (or • unofficial) representative of the Northern Methodist Church, appointed, no doubt, as Mr. Harlan was by Mr. Lincoln tothe In terior Department, at the demand of the political Bishops of that Church. Then it was the Interior Department Mission 1 aud other Lauds ; now it is postofflee pat ronage that is demanded.” The above paragraph, taken from the \ St Louis Christian Advocate, is very sig nificant. During the time Mr. Montgom- j ery Blair was Postmaster General, he re- | ceived, a visit at the Department from | Bishop Simpson. The Bishop complained 1 that the Methodist Episcopal Church had uot received as fair a proportion of the offices as it was entitled to. He claimed { that his Church had rendered more ser- I vice to the party in power than auy other, ! and had a right to demand a larger share in the distribution of the appointments. \ The Postmaster General disclaimed any intention to ignore the M. E. Church ; but remarked, that the question of a man’s Church relations did uot influence him in making his appointments. BishopSimp sou theu asked to examine the books, but Mr. Blair refused him that privilege, alleging that such privilege could not be accorded to auy gentleman. The Bishop left greatly offended at Mr. Blair, and the affair brought on a very elaborate correspondence between tbe parties. The controversy was character ized by much personal abuse and bitter invective, and not a little misrepresenta tion on the part of the Bishop’s friends. It was finally used by certaiu Methodist preachers who went in person to Annap oiis to defeat the election of Montgomery Blair as U. 8. (Senator. Mr. Cresswell’s claims were urged by the friends of Bish op feimpsou, aud his election over Mr. Biair was proclaimed as a Methodist tri umph. The facts are iu our possession. They are undeniable, aud should be seri i ously pondered. "We speak aa unto wise ! men, judge ye,” etc.—Baltimore Episcopal « Methodist, April 3d. THE TWO CIVILIZATIONS. Don Piatt Contrast* New England and the South- Plain Talk Trout an Independent Wetter* Man. Don Piatt, the witty aDd plain spoken Washington eorresjamdeiit of the Cincin nati Commercial, receutly alluded, iu one of bis letters, to the stro ig Jove of home that prevails at the South, as forming the basis of much that he regards as admirable in the Southern character. For this he was bitterly attacked by the Cincinnati Gazette. From the spirited rejoinder of Don Piatt we make some extracts : A kind friend sent me the compliment of a column clipped from some issue of the Gazette, iu which the leading editor of that solemn old organ takes to pieces a part of my Arlington letter. I wish he had not done it. Like the famous ouoo, I would have come down had he given me a chance. I was ready to admit that 1 was under “stress of composition,” and gave forth “the froth of a dull imagiua tiou,” after cudgeling “to briug forth a sentiment.” There is so much delicate poetic fancy in the columns of this vener able organ—there is such a quantity of teuder, touching seutimeut in the bou! of this great financier, that I hasten to ac knowledge my master, and beg forgive ness for the siu of attempting sentiment on the heights of Arlington. I say again. “An’ I thought he had been valiant, and so cunning in fence”—by Jove, had I Known that Uu wouid even condescend to read my poor stuff, I would have cut the seutimeut, aud given him some solid fig ures, ou which to feast his statistical soul. Nay, I would have gone forther, and confessed that the Yankee love of locality j surparsed iu strength all other love kuowu to humanity. I wouid hare ceased to m- j dulge iu that impious belief, once my fa- j vorite, that, had Adaii and Eve been 1 Yankees, they would not have waited for the Lord to expel them from the Garden of Eden, but would nave emigrated long before, and gone to speculating in wild lands. I would have svoru that the love of home was a great love iu New Englauri, aud found expreisiou iu the quiet repose of the household that was without par allel in theaupals of humanity. I would have denied Wat it was common for chil dren to quarsel over the support of the aged parent or that the aged parent ever charged th< dtyrr children a weekly sti pend for b*ard. I would have repudiated with indication the charge that the cal endar ofhorrible crimes instigated by a love of noney shown by New England, is heaver than that of any other civilized people Known to the world. I would have shut ny ejee to the matrimonial infidel ities and divorces, that make tiiat Yan kee community, called Chicago, so fa mous. I would have sworn that the love of the homestead was so intense, that it passed down from generation to genera tion of tender Yankees, who would die in cold blood lather than part with a foot of toe loved locality, for a slight advance. I would have sworn to this, and more, if I could have thought of it, rather than be stretched in torture along the leaded length of a column in this ancient journal. I could have admitted much, if not all of this, aud yet maintained what I meant to assert. I had no idea of running a com parison between the moral condition of the North and thatof the Houth. A man may be as pure and upright as Charles Sumner, aud yet have uo love of home or attachment for the locality home has made sacred. He may be a wicked man, and yet be attached to the little surroundings made dear by feelings we hold iu common j with the brute creation. The Arab in his j tent may be as good a creature, in a moral I point of view, as the Swiss peasant in his cottage. What I endeavored to say in my letter was, that the love of home existed at the South iu a way unknown to New England. I never heard this dis puted before. And in this love of home I find the foundation for a better civiliza tion than one based on force, pride or prop erty. The very illustrations offered by the editor prove the correctness of my poi sitiou. A man may adorn his dwelling i with all that art or taste can supply, ami yet sell the house to strangers without a pang of regret. Paintings and statuary aud architecture may make it valuable without making it precious. The fact tiiat in our little town we have made our fight witli the world, tiiat there the wife loved, believed in and trusted, and the dear chil dren were born, or grew up and sickened and died, make it and all its surroundings j dear to us beyond mere valuation iu money. I helped to burn houses iu the Shenandoah Valley, that were on farms held by the same families siuce the days of tlie colony. Our New Eugland friends would have snapped their fingers at the ) loss, for the value in money was small; but the people of the valley fought to the ilea' h tor those homes, because they were homes. Os course, my friend will sneer at this, and call it auother gush of sentiment, got- i ten up to order. It is common to do so, with people who, not feeling it, fail to un derstand and appreciate. Nor is his reference to emigration any happier. A New Englander sells out to strangers, and seeks new lands, from a wish to better his condition, iu a pecu niary way. The Houtheruer leaves his home, as a son goes out into the world, leaving the old homestead in the keeping of the family, and cherishes its memory with life. Aud in this way the South lias come to be one great family. And Vir ginia seemed to reach out and embrace the vast territory such emigration had con quered. This is not the civilization of New England. A man there does not have a love for his home—but as the learned editor tells us with such charming naivete , he has a pride in it. He adorns it with beautiful tilings, aud then sells to the highest bidder. The learned editor, who never gushes, differs from me only in the facts he is pleased to question. We both believe, I presume, that the true definition of patriotism is a love of family, widened to embrace the community we call country. A civilization based on this is the better civilization. We cannot base it on pride, nor a sense of possession, nor upou prop erty, and have the true tiling; and the evils of the ODe aud ttie good of the other run through all departments. A dis tinguished statesman, lately called to pub lic life, after an absence of twelve years, said to me, not long siuce: “Those Southern fellows were very un reasonable aud troublesome, but they would not steal.’' The government now is run on steal ings, and fraud rots its foundations. the Southern soldiers marched without pay, and fought with poor food, and slept without tents, and sometimes witbont blankets. Every soldier of the government cost us a million, through the frauds of contrac tors and the stealings of officials. We build on property, and take pride in 1 display. We are blessed with a civiliza tion that makes our government a vast machine to crush the poor aud build up the rich. The able editor, day after day, deplores this state of affairs, and calls aloud for reformation. But then he does not gush, he has no sentiment. Cool as a dog’s nose, he rebukes those who feel sad ; to weeping ; and, with the cheap wit of a good memory for Dickens, laughs to scorn the mourners. I do not propose being driven, in my difference, to extremes I agree with the Gazette, that there is much in New Eng land civilization to be proud of, and that it was very pretty, in one of a thousand at the South, to visit fashionable watering places at the North in summer. I wish the South had a better knowledge of ag riculture. New England lias no end of villas, built after Downing, that are splen did show places, and a vast number of churches, academies, lyceums, libraries; and it has Char es Sumner, aud had Daniel Webster; and tbe poor South was cursed with slavery; aud so we have pride in New England, aud in duty bound should be ashamtd of the South. Nevertheless, there was a love of family and a love of home that more than balanced the ac count, and gave, in fact, the better civil ization "f the two. Still, keeping in view that I am not call ed upon to consider the difference, in morality, between the two sections, but as an illustration of tbe civilization of one, I venture to call attention to a little book before me, by Professor Storer, of Boston, in which he tells us that the love of off spring in New England is such that tbe land is being depopulated of Yankees through the wholesale murder of the in noeents: and tooertain statistics furnished b.v the Society of Social Science, that go to prove that ihe homes of New England are rapidly passing iuto the hands of foreign ers. 1 leave my sarcastic friend to settle these ugly results of New Euglaud civili zation with his neighbors. GENERAL GRANT’S ADMINISTR ATION. The Telegraph, of yesterday, comment ; ing upon the Herald’s consolation “of the I public disappointment in the promise of I the Grant administration, by a compari son of his civil and military break-down at the outset of both careers,” proceeds to say that: "Since we can get no better assurance than this, let us take it "nor look the gift home iu the mouth." The Herald's whole article Is based on the recognition of a fact, too jiateut for dispute, | that a serious disappointment already exist* iu the patriot mind of the country In reference to tiie | promise aud prospects of the administration. The j people did not look fora Democratic or an anti- Republican party administration, but they had per suaded themselves that General Grant would strike out boldly for a constitutional, honest, fair and lib- L eral administration. They thought lie would, to | some extent, get out of the old Radical ruts and i carry ou the Government with an eye to the gen eral welfare, and in opposition to the adiuinlstra | tion of a Supreme Congress which is notoriously conducted in contempt of the public welfare and in exclusive devotion to the interests o< the Radical 1 faction, and of themselves as it* leaders. Upon this idea. Grant was elected, aud upon it we-re I based all those promises of peace aud prosperity I which were so profusely made by the Conservative • Republican leaders. i Bui ibe lapse of one month, if it has not struck them dumb, has produced a marked hesitation aud | faltering. The aspects, as the Herald admits, are not very flattering. The appointments are generally from the most malignant type of radical ism. and with but Jeie exceptions give little assurance of reform and amendment in the personal character of the apjtaintees. The tone of the administration is J'ar from delated, and indications are apparent that it wilt Jail to achieve the measure of executive independence essential to any administration seeking the general wetj'are, and bent on maintaining constitutional government. A general weakness and vascillation are manifest, rather than that kind of soldierly Jacksonian firmness which was to be the crowning characteristic of President Grant. In short, everyth sly. except the most bitter and unscrupulouspartisans, is chapfallen .” NVe are overwhelmingly gratified at this endorsement —late though it comes—by one of the members of “the leading aud intelligent press of Georgia,” of our posi tion and prophecy at the outset of Grant’s administration. We saw, or thought we saw, in the new President’s inaugural—uotso much iu its words, as tone however—aud the cast of his Cabinet, that nothing was to he ex peeled by the Boutli or the couutry from him, aud so expressed ourself. For so doing we were cast out of the magic circle of “the leading and intelligent press of Georgia.” We hardly think tlie jiublic will hear very much more of “the leading, etc,” on the golden promise of Grant’s ad ministration. If.its members are satisfied with the accuracy of their vaticinations we certainly are. The public will see, though, who uot ouly judged most cor rectly, hut also had I lie mauliness to bring it face to face w ith facts. Having made no mistakes at the start on this point, at least, we are not now under the necessity of acknowledging them. URIGHAM YOUNG’S THEATRE. Portrait* from Among the Audience. From a Salt Lake letter to the Boston Journal. Brigham Young owns a theatre which cost, it is said, two hundred thousand dol lars, and which has yielded a large reve nue. It is a well built edifice, nearly as large as the Boston theatre, with jiarquet and circle, dress circle, family circle and gallery. Gentiles are consigned to the dress circle, though Saints also sit there. Climbing the narrow stairway we find ourselves iu tiie dress circle, occujiying a front seat, giving us a good position to study the audience. We are not there to see the play, but the people. The curtain is still down and the audience are taking their seats. The jiarquet is arranged with slips like those in a church. At thu right hand side in the parquet circle is Brig ham’s family pew—distinguished from all others by its red plush or damask uphol stery. In the right hand side of the par quet is a rocking chair, which Brigham sometimes occujiies when he wishes to be ou a familiar footing with the Saints. The light in tiie building is rather dim, gas not having been introduced to Halt Lake, coal oil being used instead, hut there is light enough for us to study the countenances of those around us. On seats adjoining ours are two young girls, fresh, fair, rosy cheeked, accompanied by a young man well dressed —Gentiles, I judge, Irorti a remark dropped now and then. At our right h >nd is a woman with a baby in her arms, three other children by her side. Bevoud her another woman witli a baby and a great strapping fellow willt red whiskers by her side. Behind her are three royi-terlng fellows from the mines of Montana, ogling the girls in the jiarquet. They are Gentile wolves. Elder Williams cautioned the girls last Sunday to beware of those who came in sheeji’s clothing to lead them away from the church and down to perdition. The wolves Uo sometimes carry off'the fairest lambs of the flock. Borne of the girls piefer the un divided love of a hardy, good looking young Gentile to the fortieth or fiftieth part of withered old apostle. Two seats distant is aLotlier baby. The mother is wrinkled and careworn. We can see lines of care and suffering across her forehead and in her sunken cheeks, ns if Time had been turning deep furrows and his jiloughshare had gone down into the sub-soil and had cut tiie heart-strings. Not her alone. We see the same joyless cast of countenance on every female sane. Artists, who with jien and pencil paint characters, who can read the joys and sorrows of life in the lines of the human face, should come to Balt Lake City, they would find it one vast studio—every woman a subject. “Dead Affections” would he an appropriate title to their pic ture. Stifled, rather. These women have never known what it is to love or be loved. They know only sacrifice. They are slaves —in bondage to the church and the devil at the same time. They are ground to powder between two mighty mill stones —the upperonea religious idea, the lower one the lewdness and lustof hard-hearted men. Heaven and hell are together brought into action, crushing out human affections, aud the highest and holiest in stincts of the soul. But there is the man who runs the mill —the head of the church —President and Revelator— in the private box by the side of tbe stage. He is portly, his hair is nice ly brushed. He wears a white vest, black broadcloth coat, kid gloves, puts an opera glass to bis eye, aud looks over to the gal lery containing us Gentiles, to see who is there. He has a broad forehead, a large nose, and whiskers turning white. Ability, decision, duplicity, shrewdness aud cun ning—the good and bad elements of char acter are plainly marked in his counten ance. Apostle Wells, a tall, thin, spare man, nearly as old as Brigham, is by his side. In Brigham’s family circle we see two of his concubines and twenty-two of his children —all but three of them girls. One of tbe women is past tbe prime of life —plain countenance, plainly dressed. She is sad—sad when others laugh. The play is ‘ The Somnambulist,” but the comic scenes which set the crowd a laughing brings no smile to her face. At the end of the seat is one of the fa vorite concubines—a woman of 30 years, pale, thoughtful, with an intellectual cast of countenance, with a book in hand which she reads between the scenes. She has large, lustrous eyes, dark brown hair, jewels on her fingers, and a mother-of pearl opera glass in her baud. Sbe is ele gantly dressed —wears a costly fine crape. Did I notkuow that they were Brigham’s concubines, I should set them down as teachers of a girl’s boarding school, who had come with their classes to enjoy the evening. It was a motly audience, saints, sin ners and Indians. Far up in the gallery, I see these of the Ute tribe, in moccasins and blanket; gazing with impertur&ble gravity upon thesctsne. Brigham looks upon the audience most of the time, turning his attention to the stage only when something especially at tractive or laughable occurs. He talks with Brother Wells, takes a knife from his pocket, pares an apple, which he slowly munches. He has the appearance of a man not acquainted with ttie usages of good society, but who is well off iu the world, independent of everybody, and j who, for the remainder of his liie, is go rg ! to take thiugs easy and have everything 1 his own way. VOL. LXI., NO 4. Georgia. — Congress must “hurry up its cakes” If it designs organizing war and chaos in this State. Roth Houses have re solved on adjournment Saturday, and still neither Butler’s bill in the House, nor its twin brother. Bice’s in the Senate, have ever come up for discussiou. Papers at Washington, notably given to falsification say tiiat the President favors Butler’s bill, but the National Intelligencer doubts the report very capitally. We hardly have an opinion as to the result. We think if Judge Dooly had lived In these days, he would have put Grant’s decision on a very important matter ou a par with the pos sibility of guessing at the verdict of a pettv jury. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. At a regular inectiug of Macon Typographical Union, No. 81, held on the7th lust., the following was the action taken In regard to the death ol Mr. SIMKI ROSE: (gUI TRACT.} Mr. PresidttU. Your committee beg leave to present the following report: A good man has fallen—a useful cl lsen has been taken away. We, ap rtion of his fellow cititens, desire to uulte In the unlver-al tribute that will be reuder-d him, and In thia time of mourning to "breathe a beulson upou his sleep lug dust." Mr. SiMKI Rose was looked upon as our elder brother. We regaided bint as one of the few rw nmtuing landmaiks of a business whose prim! tlve features are fast being lost. Who shall fill hlspiace! The old otdt; with whose sturdy mink the storm-god and the thunderbolt did hatlle, and among whose brandies the birds warbled aud the lightning played, has been cut down. Mr. liosK “fell on sleep’’ Just as he was comp cl ing that period assigned by the prophet as the limitation of man's lUe— three score and ten. Your committee do not propose lo follow our late friend through Ills long and useful life. A u other pen wiil perform that duty ; but we dolri to adorn our archives with a record of some ol ills most promin nt charactei istlcs. Mr. Konk was boru In North Brantford, Con necticut. May 12,179 U, and at uu early age started upon hls career un a printer. Iu Ik_M, he con nected himself with the Joeus Al. AN i> Mt-srN orr. of this city, and was Its publisher or editor until Its purchase, one year ago, by its piesent proprietors. While the personal supervision of Ills paper must necessarily have required much of hls time, yet he iound leisure occasionally u, give hls attention to the embellishment of out city, and lu many ways he added to Its beauty In fact.no measure, looking to the beauty, health, or prosperity of the city ever failed to find in him a hearty aud cordial supporter. Hence, he was among the very earliest trlen *s of the railroads converging at this poiut, aud which have made Macon a commercial c< litre. But while, through a long series of years, he had succeeded In collecting the rarest and choio -t selections of trees and shrubbery to be found In Georgia; aud by his public spirit inseparably linked his name with every enterprise or eveut worthy of local historic fame, yet there la one thing that will forever stand as a monument lo hls noble public spirit and far-reaching angiwily Rose Him,! He beheld lu its wave-wlssed shores a place where the dead might JM£ in peace; and to make It what it is, he hls euergies and much of hls meuus. Success crowned tils efforts. What a lofly pride must have tilled hls soul as he saw the accomplish ment of hls long cherished desire ! An object cl beauty rose up before him which would be a Joy forever. What shall we say more! Many words cannot add to hls worth—lengthy sentences will con tribute nothing to hls fame. We said he was a good man aud a useful citizen ; let us add, lie was a steadfast friend. Hypocrlcy aud deceit had no lodging place In hls heart. But perhaps the best tribute we can possibly pay him Is lo say that, although during hls loug connection with II e press he gave employment to more printers than any one cotemporuneous with him, n ver has there been oue who Coul i say, ‘ Mr. Rt.su has wronged me.’’ We can sing of him— The glazing mists that dim the eye Are tokens of our sorrowing For one whose name to memory Is green as leaves In spring. Not hls the soul to crawl and plod ; In It all virtues bloomed aud grew— The Iranklncense aud myrrh of Good, The essence of the True! A heart whose fallings, light as nlr. The virtues shadowed like a veil ; A hau4 that ope’d to Misery's prayer And agonizing wall. All these were hls; aud thus he moved. Fulfilling hls Maker's plan ; He lived as one whom seraphs loved. In mein and acts a Man. Long live the name we eulogize ! In silence rest Ills earthly parts. His dl:ge shall he our weeping eyes. Hls monument our hearts. We add the following: Hetolved, '1 hat lu thu death of Mr. Himju Ro.-k the cralt has lost a tried and faithful friend, so ciety a worthy member, and the city of M .eon a valued citizen—one who was ever ready to aid lu every good work with hls purse, hls hand, or his pen. Retolved, That we tender to the bereaved of hls household our sluceiest condolence, In this their great hour of sorrow, with the prayer that lie who tempers the winds to the shorn lamb will enable them to bear their loss with re lgnution Reiolved, Tnat the .Secretary be directed to h . vo prepared certified copies of this report, an I fur nish the same to the family of the dee.; sed, to the Grand Master of the Slate of Georgia and also a copy to the city papers for publication. Respectfully submitted, JAH. H. SMITH, C. W. HEMINU, J. J. NEVILLE, Committee. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS OF HOUSTON COUNTY. HOUSTON SUPERIOR COURT, I February abjockmcu Tkkm, 18./j f We, the Grand Jurors of Houston county, cho sen, selected and sworn for February Adjourned Term, 1889, beg leave In concluding our services to make the following general presentments: We have, through appropriate committees, ex amined the books and records of the different county officials, and find them all kept In supe rior style; all moneys are properly accounted for and legally disbursed. The building known as a county Jail being unsafe and not even suitable for the reception of a person of moderate respectability, we retiom mend the building of anew Jail upon a plan em bracing both safety and comfort. We find the roof ou the Court House ncedlny some repairs, which we recommend f.e attended to immediately. Believing the present amount, (7a cent*; seven ty-live cents per dtem. allowed for board of pris oners, to be more than is necessary for their comfort, we recommend that only fifty cents (50ceuU) be allowed. We find the County Poor House anil premises needing tome repairs In order to render them comfortable and preserve the buildings; there fore we recommend such repairs as may be ne cessary. In consequence of the unsettled condition of the country, we defer action in regard to an ap - propriation for poor school purposes. It appearing to our body that there has been a mistake in the assessment of tax on the proper ty of C. C. Duncan, Ksq,, for 18<W, we recommend the Ordinary to examine and correct any such mistake so far as relates to his county tax. We find the roads and bridges generally throughout the county to be In a very bad condl tion, and some of them almost Impassable, and recommend that the Ordinary see to It that all the roads and bridges needing repairs are at once put in good condition. We regret to see such an utter disregard for the Sabbath day In different communities iu our county, and for the good of the rising generation we recommend strict diligence on the part of all officials and persons desiring a reform, In order to suppress all drunkenness, gambling, profanity and other misconduct, especially on the Sabbath day. In taking leave of his Honor, Jndge Cole, we tender to him our high appreciation of tbe ty and impartiality with which he has conducted the business of tbe Court ; and our thanks o j.. Crocker. Solicitor General, for hi* proinp ne» and courtesy to be We recommend tLat jocrnau ixu published in the Maco- Mkssengek. smith. Foreman. J. DICK»u.> oji p HimrnoDS ' ii-holas Mashburn, .. v (,| H. H m-erj Wna. L>. Oyer, Charles G Gray, james A. Tu nor, Wru . r. Hick*on, Dewitt C. ’ Jesse Cooper David H. Riley, Ham’l W. J. ksrris, 1 Wm D. Day- jno. O A. Houser | I D-rrlllH.Cu.n. rhos. P. Tucker, I Jno. G. Uavls Geo. W. Maddox. Wt J < ‘ a ii l a nv I the Court that the above prescnt j Ordered b,.uhed as requested. ir'-nts he nubosnea \y. CROCKEK. ! By the Coart. Solicitor General. | A true extract from the ix Aaeputy clerk.