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THE NEW MINISTER TO BELGIUM-FOUR
REASONS WHY “JONES” SHOULD GO
THERE.
The telegraph iuformed us recently that
Mr. J. Russell Jones had been appointed
Minister to Belgium, The Senate, just
before it adjourned, said that Jones was
not tit for the place, and incontinently re
jected him. They probably were ignorant
of these four reasons:
First. Jones once lived iu Galena,
“sweetest villageof the plain,'’ and knew
Grant when Grant wanted somebody to
know him.
Second. Jones vigorously remembered
various little pecuniary pleasantries in
cident to those halcyon days of mutual
obscurity which Graut had, for many
years, permitted to slumber in the cham
bers of that Spliynx-like intellect, or, at
least, “he never said anything about
them.”
Third. Jones, while U. 8. Marshal for
Northern Illiuois, made several tups
during the war to the tent of Ulysses, then
commanding the Division of the Missis
sippi. In those virtuous days, ail com
merce iu cotton was interdicted. Jews
were banished and oliicers courtmartialed
for even casting a wishful glance at the
fatal fibre; but the irrepressible business
instincts of Jones overcame these difficul
ties, aud the persuasive fellow soon ob
tained numerous “permits” to do numer
ous prohibited things. He was acknow
ledged to be, and was organized as a corps
iu the Army of the Tennessee. Steamers
were chartered to convey Jones to strateg
ical points near river plantations, there to
watch the movements of the enemy’s 1
outposts and take “immediate advantage” j
(averaging about 500 lbs. per bale) of their
absence. Details were ordered to accom
pany Jones in these daring sorties, to re- |
strain his rash valor, and assist in securing J
his numerous captures. Aud so, pleas- j
antly and profitably, did Joues extend his i
excursion ala militaire up aud down the
Mississippi, (much as our peaceful Presi
dent takes pleasure trips iu men-of-war,)
inflicting great damage upon the foes of
his flag, and “oft in the stilly night”
st well, save and secure much cotton
that would otherwise have remained
where it was. The advent of this mer
chant-soldier was a unique episode in the
Vicksburg campaign. He was a happy
illustration of that warlike enthusiasm
that always has an eye strictly ti busi
ness—a sort of Captain Kidd patriotism
that carried one back to the brave old
days of low, black, rakish sloops, and
heavy ladened Spanish galleons. It be
came a camp-fire story, too—one of those
superstitions with which the flickering
flames of pine-knots infect the imagina
tions of weary privates at night—that
Jones, now of Belgium, had several part
ners iu his "Lettres marque"— but they
were silent partners.
Fourth. On returning to civil life, Jones
got himself incorporated by the Illinois
Legislature—from a corps he beeamea cor
poration—a valuable franchise—in fact a
horse railroad, and ran every fifteen min
utes through one of the principal streets
of Chicago. His success as a conductor
did not disappoint those who had admired
his skill as a commander. The city rail
road paid. What then more natural than
to present, through a friend, a few hundred
shares thereof to the victor of Vicksburg,
as a slight token of admiiation for etc.,
etc.! It was done. It is hardly necessary
to add that the grateful and >nor was not
mortified by having his tribute to great
ness contemptuously declined after the
manner of our supercilious forefathers.
Who says now that Jones is not the very
man to represent the dignity and honor of
this Republic at one of the most polished,
cultivated and exclusive Courts of Europe?
AsJ Russel Jones neither speaks nor writes
the English language correctly, it is fair
to presume that he will readily acquire a
knowledge of both Flemish and French ;
but should lie fail lie can certainly adopt
Grant’s “grand, giooruy and peculiar”
style and say nothing. This, for the credit
of his Government, would probably be
the wisest cours3 Jones could pursue. Mr.
Sanford, our present Minister, is reported
au fait in tbe laces of Mechlin and the
damasksof Cambray-but Jones will doubt
less discard these light trifles, aud remem
bering the lead miuesof Galena will enrich
the Presidential cabinet with specimen
Zinc from Liege, and curious fossils from
the banks of the Lesse. It is said the pub
lic schools of Belgium are very superior—
a study of these may also benefit if they
do not interest Minister Joues. We con
gratulate Spa and Ostend upon the coming
of Joues, J Russel Jones, aud commend
him to the “favorable consideration” of
the Independence Beige.
COTTON BOLLS AMI BLOOMS.
We are permitted to make the following
extract from a private letter received by a
gentleman from his partner in planting
in Houston county. The letter is dated
Tuesday, the Bth instant:
“ I send you a cotton boll that bloomed
two days ago, and also a bloom taken
from our place. Gur cotton is growing
very finely, and now promises well.
“ Our corn crop is very good, and not at
all injured for want of rain. We have had
no rain yet, save two mere sprinkles last
week. Corn will very soon sutler for
rain. Every crop doing well except the
grass crop. That has 1 gone up ’ entirely ;
not enough left for seed. Have a clean
crop, and am uow laying by my corn.”
We had the pleasure of seeiug both boll
and bloom. We are informed that witli
one exception, probably, this is the earli
est show that was ever made in this sec
tion. Upon one occasion a bloom was
gathered from a field in the same locality
ou the 27th of May. The field from which
this bloom and boll were picked is culti
vated on the most approved and scientific
plan, and will show a most astonishing
yield in the fall.
Horrible Murder by Negroes.—
The New Orleans Picayune says that a
most horrible outrage was perpetrated ou
Saturday last, near Natchez, Miss. A
young planter named Marr, son of R. H.
Marr, a prominent lawyer of New Or
leans, was waylaid and murdered on his
plantation by negroes.
When found he had been dead proba
bly two hours, and one hundred and
thirty-two buckshot were discovered in
his body.
He had gone out, it is said, for the pur
pose of arresting a uegro, ami was way
laid and murdered by a gang.
Strange Apathy.—The Savannah Ad
vertiser says a most singular upatby seems
to exist in that city among white voters
on the subject of registering, Out of at
least six thousand voters, only three hun
dred whites have registered up to date.
We commend the fate of Charleston, and
more particularly Washington City, to
them.
STREWING FLOWERS—THE NORTH AND
SOUTH CONTRASTED.
Last week tiie Northern people, follow
ing the example of the noble women of
the South, honored, with floral decora
tions, the graves of their soldiers who fell
iu the late civil war. As spring is more
forward with us than with them, our dey
for decorating the graves of the Confeder
ate dead had past. It was universally ob
served in every city aud hamlet through
out the length aud breadth of our laud.
The honor of introducing into the coun
try this mode of paying so beautiful and
appropriate tribute of respect to the mem
ory of our fallen heroes, let it be remem
bered, is due entirely to the women of the
Sou in. They inaugurated it in the spring
of 1865, aud have, since, faithfully ob
served it. We hope that the custom thus
established may never be abandoned.
Nor have we any complaint to urge
against our Northern brethren for follow
ing our example in strewing flowers upon
the graves of their soldiers. But we do
protest, in the name of all that is sacred
and honorable in civilized life, against a
repetition of such an outrage as was lately
practiced at Arlington, near Washington
where the flowers that had been
placed, by friends, on the graves of Con
federate soldiers were stripped from the
graves and trampled underfoot! This,
100, in the presence of Grant and his Cab
inet, and upon the very soil where the
descendants of Washington had lived, aud
whi :h now rightfully belongs to General
Robert J 5. Lee ! Is this what the Repub
beau party calls peace t Does Graut look
anprovingly upousuch actsof vandalism ?
Wbat a splendid opportunity lie there lost
of illustrating the principle which a'one
elected him to the Presidency—“ Let us
have peace l Suppose he had, iu person,
rebuked tbe mob for their fiendish con
duct, aud, with his oun hands, gathered
up and replaced the flowers on the graves
of the Confederate dead ! Would not the
whole world have said amen t Washing
ton, under the same circumstances, would
have done it—so would Wellington, anil
Napoleon, and Frederick the Great, and
every other illustrious soldier who fought
bis way to fame siuce the days of Aga
memnon.
This disgraceful scene at Arlington can
not but tie remembered hereafter in the
Soutti, where lie buried hundreds of thou
sandsof Northern soldiers But the South
ern people are incapable of retaliation in
kind upon the graves of a fallen foe. We
tight our enemies only when they are liv
ing. We never pursue them into the
grave.
During the last Presidential canvass,
Hou. Eli 8. Shorter, of Alabama, deliver
ed a speech at Chicago, which was extent
sively published iu the Democratic papers
both in the North and Soutti. A part of
ttiat speech, appropriate to the subject
matter of this article, we now reprint, and
commend it to the conservative sentiment
of the people of the United States. We
extract from Mr. Shorter’s speech as fol
lows :
ARE SOUTHERN LADIES REBELLIOUS ?
Again they say we are disloyal still, re
bellious still ; and this is the excuse they
give the people of the Noith for taxing
you, with SI 200,000,000 collected since
the closeof the war. They say weare still
rebellious, still disloyal, because the ladles
of the South are accustomed, in the spring
of the year, to take a day on which they
decorate with flowers the graves of the
Confederate dead. [Applause.] Has it
become a crime iu the eyes of the Radical
party of the North that my fair country
women should love and venerate the
memories of their sons and brothers, their
husbands and fathers, who fell in defence
of what now proves to have been the
weaker cause, but what they at least be
lieved to have been the right one? Are
the Radicals afraid that our gallaut dead
will arise again aud unfurl the banner of
rebellion ? Can they not let ttie bones of
the dead soldier rest in peace? Would
they pluck from his grave the flowers
planted there by the hand of atfection ?
STREWING FLOWERS.
One of the most affecting aud suggestive
scenes that I have witnessed siuce the
close of the war, occurred Lst year iu the
cemetery of my own little town in Ala
bama. It was in the evening of the day set
apart by our ladies for decorating tbe sol
diers’ graves. About sunset,accompanied
by friends, I drove to ttie cemetery to ste
what was to be seen. We came to that part
of the grounds set apart especially to the
burial of soldiers. Every grave (and there
was a large number of them) liad been
freshly wreathed with beautiful flowers.
In tbe midst of these graves arid side by
side with -them I noticed a head board
marked with the name of a federal soldier
who had been wounded iu battle, cap
tured, and had afterwards died and been
buried there. Had my fair country women
cherished that spirit of resentment
charged upon them they would have man
ifested it upon that occasion by neglecting
the grave of that stranger, who, in life
had been their mortal foe, and waged war
upon them. But his grave had received
the same care and attention that had been
bestowed upon those by which it was sur
rounded. A beautiful garland of flowers
upon this newly-made mound was the
silent though eloquent refutation of the
charge against the fair ones whose bauds
had plucked the flowers. [Cheers and ap
plause J
“CONFISCATE THEM.”
I gazed upon that solemn scene; I re
alized for the first time the deep import of j
that saying, “To err is human, to forgive,
divine.” it so happens that, on the very t
day and very hour when these “good 8a- |
maritans” were engaged in the discharge
of these holy offices, a leading member of i
tlie Rad cal party in the Congress of the !
United .States, upon the tloor of the House «
of Representatives, cried out, “Confiscate
them, confiscate them ” How much bet
ter, fellow-citizens, would it have been for
us, how much more becoming the great
American people, if the Radical party bad
been governed by tlie same noble, gener- |
ous impulse that led these women of the
South lo do honor to the grave of that j
Federal soldier? Honor, fellow-citizens !
of Chicago, forever honor tlie graves of j
heroic dead. [Prolonged cheers.J Cover )
them with the sweetest flowers of spring. |
No Southern man will object. Rather let j
us, who have survived the unfortunate j
conflict, joining hands, adorn the graves
of our fallen brave, and under the shadow j
of the old flag, forgiving and forgetting
old strifes, pray that henceforth the angel i
of peace shall spread her white wing over
all our land [prolonged cheering] ; that
brother shall never again wage war
against brother; that no military despot i
shall ever sit upon a throne in the capitoi j
of our nation [“never, never,”] ; or ever
erect it upon the ruins of Americau liber
ty ; hut that our institutions, the Union,
and tlie Constitution shall stand till time
shall be no more, [immense applause].
COTTON STATES LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY.
We again call attention to this company
recently organized in our midst. It is a
tirst class company, and has commenced
business under the most favorable auspices.
Its success so far has been truly wonderful
It issued over one hundred policies the
FIRST WEEK OF ITS DOING BUSINESS. Let
us see how this compares with a Northern
company. The Eclectic, a first class New
York company, began business with
strong influences and a large capital, and
from October 1 to following March, about
nix months, they issued seventy-nine pol
icies.
It will surely be gratifying to all our
citizens to know that the Cotton States
starts ofT so well. We have some of the
best men in the community as Directors,
and safe and reliable agents in all the va
rious towns where they have organized,
and will continue until ail will have a
a chance to be insured in the Cotton
States.
We think the time lias arrived when
we should patronize home institutions,
managed by our own citizens, and the
profits of which will be invested in our
j midst.
Prop Prospects in Schley County.—
Editor Journal and Messenger : —Most
farms are needing rain, though not badly.
Cotton—good stands being generally re
planted with hoes—and now looking well
| and ■ growing. No caterpillars, and we
won t complain of them until they come.
\V heat lias been harvested,but not cleaned.
| Very little was sown, and the results will
: be an average yield—rather more rust than
usual. Birds ruined most of mine. Corn
j late and unpromising, but good seasons
will bring it out. R, j. r.
For ttie Journal and Messenger.
LETTER FROM BURKE COUNTY.
To grumble is human; but to tie a con
stituiioual grumbler is exceedingly unfor
tuuate. But it would seem that many of
our planters belong to this unfortunate
class. Aud while they are the most relia
ble of citizens, and their word equal to an
oath, under ordinary circumstances, still
when they come to estimate the coming
crop they err most egregiously, either in
judgment or facts. We have heard a great
cry of caterpillar, bad stands, aud crops
dying. Iu this region, so far as your cor
respondent has been able to ascertain,
none of these misfortunes can be discov
ered. While the crops are small in conse
quence of the backward spring, yet it is
doubtful whether the plantations in this
region have ever had a better prospect for
a crop. One tiling is certain, the planta
tions are iu a better condition, and freer of
grass, than they were this time last year.
Having, iu the last fortnight traveled over
two hundred miles in various parts of the
county, I am frank to way that all this
•hub-bub” about a failure is groundless.
Some future misfortune may befall the
prospect., but certainly no fears u'eed be
entertained now
The 6ewt tteld of corn I have seen in tbe
county, is on the plantation of Hon. T. <i.
Burton, near Alexander—a held contain
ing about 125 acres, and the average height j
is about four feet. It was heavily manured j
with cotton seed. The best tidd of cotton 1
is oir the Williams place, now owned by !
N. Cox, Esq. It conta’ns over 100 acres.
Duriug last week we bad two very hard
rains, in some portions of the county doing ;
great damage by washing. Iti the neighbor- j
hood ol Griffin’s landing, on the Savannah
river, large quantities of hail fell, riddling
tbe corn aud driving the cotton into the i
ground. Jt was limited in its extent.
The hot weather of the last two weeks j
has had an influence to unsettle the “man
and brother," aud great iuconvieuee lias
been felt by many planters by tiieir labor
ers quitting the field.
A large two story house, belonging to j
William Herrington, Ee>q., situated on
Beaver Dam creek, was consumed by fire
in Thursday night last. Only a small
portion of bed clothes and wearing apparel !
were saved. The lire originated from the
cookiug stove.
The bliud staggers has been playing wad
havoc with the horses and mules iu this i
County during the past mouth. A large
number have died.
Although the sickly season has not yet
come, yet a mild type of dysentery is pre
vadiug in almost every portion |of toe
county. It is easily controlled iu the hands
of the physicians.
The Superior Court, J udgo Gibson pre
siding, adjourned on last Tuesday. Noth
ing of general importance was passed upon
liowever, tbe Judge beld the Homestead
law as opera'ing retrospectively, thu
throwing aside many executions and stop
ping much litigation. Iu all cases where
the relief law was iuvoived, the Judge
withheld his decisions uutil after the
Supre i e Court shall have pa-sed judg
ment thereupon. It is evident that the
jury, embracing some of the most intelli
gent citizens of the county, were in sym
pathy upon the subject with the Judge.
Every verdict seemed as sounding the
death knell to old debts.
The Grand Jury failed to find a true bill
against one Simon Peter Jacob Bowel, a
self constituted missionary, for swindling
the negroes, although they indicted him
for carryjng concealed weapons. These
charges were made against this “Rev.”
scalawag, I am told, by the colored peo
ple. S.
Alexander , Oa , June 7.
Correspondence of the Journal and Messenger.
< HOP PROSPECT IV \VhII«TLH.
Cotton is looking badly and very back- i
ward. ' Since the cold nights disappeared '
the lice have made their appearance on
cotton, and it seems that one disaster after
auotber has been coming, and if they con
tinue to come we had as well abandon the
idea of planting cotton in (his country.
In the first place, there was great diffi
culty in getting hands, and after all had
been employed tout could he had, we
found that ttiere had been a great (all olf
from last year. Many have left the coun
try. and a great many women who were
field hands last year have now turned their
attention to chicken raising, consequently
they do not go to the field.
Iu the second place, the vast amount of
ram and cold weather ia-t spring caused
us to have very poor stands of cotton, and
some not even more than half stands.
Third. The appearance of lice on the
little stuff' will now continue to keep it
back until, if we make any cotton, it will
be late and subject to the caterpillar.
Fourth. There is not as much land in
cultivation as last year. I know of several
plantations that have not half the hands
on it that was there last year.
So, summing up all, I do not think that
we will make in Webster near as much
cottou as last year; there will be a fall oil
of at least one-third. Corn and oats look
now iu a flourishing condition. M.
Correspondence Journal and Messenger.
WEATHER AND PROPS IN MITCHELL
COt\IN.
Camilla, Oa,, May 31, 1869.
Mr. Editor: As l agreed to look around
for the farmer who had seen and captured
1 the dreaded monster to our farmers, and,
\ if found, let you know, arid of his sucee-s;
after diligent inquiry for over a week, he
I has not, up to date, been located, though,
| in my inquiries and conversation with
some of our best and most experienced
| farmers, I learn that they have nearly all
| seen what is called by them the grass
I worm, and better known to a great many
as the fennel worm, which, iu course of
time, becomes the genuine caterpillar,
which takes several months, even under
the most favorable circumstances; and
those who have noticed say that nothing
i is to he feared from this destroyer until
! the middle of September and first of Oc
tober, which will give plenty of time to
make a good crop.
i We have been and are having warm
weather, which has made cotton look
i much better, and given it a start to grow ;
| also doing the corn good, which has given
a more cheerful look to the farmer. All
say that with no unforeseen aecideut, this
: section will raise its own corn. Oats are
! now ready for harvesting, and the yield is
j very large, which will lengthen out the
! corn, aud enable us to make our crops
| without purchasing more corn.
More anon. E.
For the Journal and Messenger.
A MAN-TRAP ON THE SOUTHWESTERN K. R.
Mr. Editor: TheSoutliwestern Railroad
has the honor of maintaining a first-class
man-trap on its line that wants attention.
About a traiu length Macon wards from
tlie Station-house at Powersville, No. 2, a
ditch, some six feet deep, and as many
wide, runs directly across the road with
no bridge over it save one narrow plank.
Passengers stopping there during tlie day
can, of course, see tlie plank and pick their
way over it, but the unlucky wight who
has occasion to use the night train from
Macon must be well acquainted with tlie
place, or he runs quite a lively risk, not
ouly of gettinga rnostutipleasautanileien
dangerous fall, but of exciting the mirth
of the railroad employes, who appear to
enjoy such mishaps hugely, judging by
the zest with which they relate the acci
dents that have happened there. The
passenger car attached to tlie traiu is, by
the length of the traiu, almost invariably
stopped on the hither side of the ditch,
and the passenger has it directly in his
way on the walk towards the station.
A bridge over it would cost very little —
would add materially to tlie couvenience
of those stopping there off the night train
—and would remove the trap to which
every stranger is exposed. Then, please
gentlemen, let us have A Bridge.
According lo the statements of some of
the English papers, Sumner’s war speech
has cost the two countries $150,000,000, in
the resulting depression of commercial
and financial values. What honest men
have thus lost by tlie rhapsodies of this
sentimental Radical, however, tlie specu
lators and gamblers in gold and govern
ment bonds have probably won.
Recently an Indiana farmer had eight
teams and as many men at work plowing,
when a thunder storm came up, and a
stroke of lightning instantly killed four
of the horses and three of the men, and
tore their plows to pieces. Two or three
others of the men were so stunned that
they did not speak for twenty-four hours*
MACON, GA.," TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1869-
For the Journal and Messenger.
I LETTER FROM MONTEZUMA—ITS TOPOGRA
PHY, TRADE, SOCIETY, Ete.
Montezuma is a pleasant village, (in the
winter time) situated on the Southwestern
j Railroad, forty-eight miles from Macon,
| at the junction of Flint river and Beaver
! creek—consequently it is well watered. It
j was settled about twenty years ago and
: has increased iu population and trade to a
! considerable extent; anil I doubt not its
trade, In every respect, exceeds that of any
other village on the Southwestern Rail
road, from Macon to Eufaula, and would
wager a small sum that it exceeds that of
someofour would be cities. Itcommands
a major portion of tbe trade of Macon,
Dooley, and Worth counties, and a con
siderable portion of Houston. Its society
is very deficient. There exists but little
sociableness among its citizens. Every one
seems to be wrapt up iu his own business,
and the only social communion they have
is with the God of Mammon. Occasion
ally, though, there will be a small social
gathering. 'The people are very hospitable
to strangers and take a great deal of pai >s
to make them comfortalde while they stay
among them. '
It lias two hotels, two warehouses, two
blacksmith shops, niuteen dry goods
stores and groceries, two drug stores, one
wagon shop. All the buildings are of
wood, except one warehouse, which is
built partly of brick. The buildings are
so contiguous to each other that in easeof
fire the whole village must necessarily be
destroyed. The warehouses receive an
nually from seven to ten thousand bales
of cotton. This does not include what is
received at the railroad depot. Quite a
considerable cotton trade is carried on here
duriug the winter. Ithas but one church,
Methodist—however 1 believe all denomi
nations, races and colors have access to it
whenever an occasion requires. It is an
ordinary building, and l.a< never been
completed and probably never will be, as
Montezuma lias been iu existence about
twenty years, and built a half church in
Flint River Swamp. Its education facili
ties are non ext inventus. It has been in
existence tbe time above mentioned and
has never built a school house. E lucation
Las been sadly neglected, and its young
men aud young ladies to day are, com
paratively speaking, entirely uneducated.
However, through the extraordinary ex
ertions of the Rev. Mr. Wilkes, Messrs, j
Cbeeves, Massey, and others, (who do not \
re-ide it. Montezuma.) they have erected,
iu about two miles from Montezuma, au
excellent institution of learning, known
as Spalding Seminary, under the super
vision of the Rev, Mr. Wilkes, as Princi
pal. Allow me here to say, by way of
digression, that the writer of this article j
attended a monthly review of this iristi- \
tution not loug since, and he must say
that the examination of the pupils on
that occasion reflected great credit upon
their instructors, showing that they had
gone to work with au untiring energy and
unfiineldi g devotion in the grea cause of
education. But, to return, Montezuma, to
some extent, is patronizing this institu
tion, hut not to the extent it should, as
there is a great many young people in and j
alsiut Montezuma wholly without an edu
cation, and fully able to pay their tuition.
The health of Montezuma could not, by
any possibility, he supposed good, situa- !
ted as it is in a swauip, where its citizens j
are continually exposed to the poisonous
malaria arising from the decaying vegeta
ble matter, which is productive of chills,
fever, &■. However there is some of the j
oldest citizens here who have become ac- !
climated, like tbe loggerhead turtle and
alligator, and seldom ever get sick.
The future prospects of Montezuma are j
extremely encouraging Old fogy ism and
penury are fast evaporating from tbe j
minds of its citizens. There are two ;
brick yards iu operation here now, manu
factoring Brick .or the IsiilJtilH » L>ic.«
warehouse, a storeroom for the Planters*
Association, and for several other brick
buildings in contemplation, and those i
who have known Montezuma as the vil
lage of the old wooden houses “ all shot I
together,” will, within the next twelve j
mouths, see her principal street decorated !
with elegant brick buildings, and corn- I
manding a trade that one horse cities will
envy. Flint.
Note by the Editor.— Our correspon- j
dent is rather hard on bis own town, but
we suppose bis idea is to stir up his fellow
citizens to efforts to do away with the de
fects upon which lie animadverts. We
hope he will be successful.
INTERESTING TO FRUIT 111-TILLER*.
United States Internal Revenue, !
Collector’s Office, 2d Dis., Da.
Macon, Juiib'j, 1669.
Editor Journal and M- monger ;
Sir, — You incidentally mentioned a few j
eveuiugsViuce tiiat “any facts of general j
interest, relating to the Internal Revenue !
laws, you would lie pleased to publish.” i
As I have many applications torn all !
parts of tlie District, both personal aud by j
letter, asking for information regarding j
tile law relating to distillation of fruit, 1 !
have made as clear and concise a sy uopsis |
of tiie law as 1 could in so short a space, i
which I believe, at this time, will be of
general interest, and inclose it herewith.
Should you desire, i will follow witti
other facts touching the Revenue laws, if,
upon examination, as with this, you think
them of interest enough to publish.
Very respectfully,
\v . C. Morrill, Collector.
SYNOPSIS OF THE LAWS ON TH E SUBJECT.
Every person intending todistill brandy
from apples, peaches aud grapes, exclu
sively, betore entering upon the business
must —
Ist. Register their stills with tlie Assist
ant Asses or of the Division in which they
reside, as provided in section 5, act of July
20,1868. Tlie Assistant Assessors are pro
vided with tlie necessary blanks for this
purpose, which can lie had ou applica
tion.
2d. Notice must be given in writing to
tiie Assessor of the District, stating the
name and place of residence of the person
or persons intending to engage in distil
ling, and tlie place where sain business is
to be carried on; also, the kind of stills
and the cubic contents thereof; the num
ber and kind of boilers, masti and fer
menting tubs, and a description of the lot
or tract of land ou which the distillery is
situated ; the size of the buildings, aud of
what material constructed.
3d. A bond must be tiled with at least
two securities, to be approved by tiie Asses
sor in the peuai sum of at least SSOOO, con
ditioned that the party or parties will
faithfully comply with ail tlie require
ments of tlie law relating to distillation.
4tb. A survey must be made of the
premises where the distillery is situated,
by tiie Assessor, at the expense of the
United States.
sth. Asigu with the words, “Registered
Distillery” upon it must be placed on the
outsideof the building where the distillery
is situated.
6th. A book or books roust be kept in
form prescribed by the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, for the entry of the
amount of mash or wort used daily for dis
tillation ; also tlie amount of proof spirits
produced daily.
7th. Returns must he made monthly,
to the Assistant Assessor, of the amount
of spirits produced and the tax paid at tiie
time of return.
Bth. No spirits can be moved from the
distillery until the same is inspected, and
gauged, and tiie tax paid, stamps affixed
lo the casks or packages containing the
spirits, by an officer designated for that
purpose.
9th. A special tax of fifty do’lars is im
posed on all distillers of fruit wiio distill
one hundred aud fifty barrels or less } er
annum ; also a tax of two dollars per day
while in operation.
Ail blanks aud forms necessary to com
ply with the above can be had ou applica
tion to tliis office.
W. C. Mokkill, Collector.
Board of Visitors to the Universi
ty Examinations. —The de facto Gov
ernor of Georgia has made tlie
appointments as a Board of \ isitors to
attend tiie approaching examinations at
tlie University ot Georgia:
Rev. Dr. Henderson, of Claike.
William Hope Hull, of Richmond.
Julius L. Brown, of Fulton.
P. M. Sheibley, of Floyd.
Ex.-Gov. James Johnson, of Muscogee.
A. W. Stone, of Chatham.
Rev. C. W. Howard, of Bartow.
Amos T. Akerman, of Elbert.
Rev. Wm. J. Scott, A. M., of Fulton.
L. H. Briscoe, of Baldwin.
STATE NEWS.
A Neoßo Ferryman Poisons Him
self.— <>u Saturday last, a negro man em
ployed by Mr. Jonathan M. Miller, of
Beech Island, K. C., on his fiat at Sand
Bar Ferry, complained of a pain in his
back. With an abiding faith in the med
ical virtue of roots and herbs, he went
into the woods on Beech Island for the
purpose of gathering a supply of “oross
v,ne,” from which he designed making a
tea for the relief of hie ailment. Through
mistake instead of “cross-vine” he cut a
supply t>f yellow jasmine, growing with
the plaat which he sought. Os this he
made a tea, of which lie drank copiously
on Saturday. On Sunday morning lie
complained of a dimuessof sight, aud his
symptojis rapidly assumed a more serious
aspect. A messenger was dispatched for
Mr. Miller, hut before that gentleman ar
rived, the sutt’erer bad expired
A eoTouor’s inquest was held by Gen.
M. (’ M. Hammond, Magistrate, and a
Verdict returned in accordance with the
above iscts.— Constitutionalist, Bth.
La.o -Haler' of Cotton.—Yesterday
over six hundred bales of cotton were sold
at prices which, supposing euch bale weigh
500 pounds, brought about $85,000. Prices
are three to four cents higher for lower
grades than they were a week ago. This
puts a large amount of money in some
pockets, aud will be the means of circula
ting a good deal generally. —Columbus
Sun, Bth.
In HiaOffice.—Bryant took charge of
the Augusta Postofflce yesterday morning,
having executed his bond of $40,001 and
received bis commission. H. K Pardue
and J. W. Cates, clerks in the office un
der Blodgett, have been dismissed, and J.
H. Marsh installed. Other changes are
predicted, but uothingdefinite has reached
us. —Augusta Constitutionalist, Bth.
The Present Stock of Cotton in Sa
vannah.—Our commercial department
“took stock” yesterday, and ascertained
that 10,162 bales of upland aud 783 hales
of sea islaud are on hand aud on ship
board.
Two weeks earlier than this time last
year there were 6,185 bales of upland aud
149 hales of .-ea island on hand and on
shipboard
Duriug the last season 322,304 bales of
upland and 10,850 bales of sea island were
shipped from this port. — Savannah News,
Bth.
A Farmer’s Experience- —We had a
short conversation with Mr. Lewis Davis,
yesterday, upon farm matters. From his
wheat crop, just harvested, he has realized
ten bushels to one on unmanured land.
He says it is a mistaken notion that wheat
cannot be raised successfully in this sec
tion, as be has made a better crop than his
father, who lives at Jonesboro, near At
lanta. Mr. D. states that his manured
land will produce as much again as the
unmanured, and that the land manured
with Zell’s super-phospate wilt yield half
as much again as that upon which Baugh’s
super-phosphate was used. Mr. D. is <>ne
of our seu-ible farmers, having planted
enough corn to do him, arid will have
flour to sell. — IlawkinsviUe Dispatch , tith.
Death of an Old Citizen.—We re
gret to chronicle the death of Mr. Peter
Randall, which occurred here yesterday
morning, after an illness of about ten
days. Mr. Randall was nearly or quite
eighty years of age.
We also regret to announce the death of
Mr. Aquila Cheney, one of the oldest citi
zens of this county, which occurred on the
Ist instant. He was eighty-four yearsold,
and had been a resident of Monroe for
fifty years.
Thus one by one do the fathers of this
generation pa-s from tabor unto life. Many
of our old citiz#Rs have lately died, but
none who*v deaths have impressed us
zen* - <ive Miig®|. * .mditrv *1 Ur- rtiser, 8*
STA-. « Pisi-jss^AssociAtlon.> We agree
with the Latin fcre Reporter as to the im
portance of a Perns Association in Geor
gia, and stand fe?.,ly to co-operate? But
argument is unnecessary. A call for a
convention at Macon is the way to initiate
the movement, and brother Willingham
has as much right and authority to make
a call as any one el-e. Our name is at his
service for time and place.
[Albany News.
Two large Larks, one Norwegian and
the other English, have arrived iu port, to
be loaded with sawed lumber for foreign
maikets. Thus, while those who claim to
be our brothers by blood and education
are reviling and persecuting us to the bit
ter end, and continuing to legislate to
keeji us miserably poor, foreign nations
are seeking after our products, and send
ships aud money for them.— St. Mary's
Cor. Savannah News.
The Port Royal Railroad to be
Built. —We are informed, upon the best
authority, that contracts w“ere executed
yesterday which will ensure the comple
tion, wi bin the next twelve months, of
the railroad between this city aud Port
Royal—an enterprise which, when finish
ed, will do so much toward increasing the
wealth aud prosperity of Augusta. For
some time past the President of this cor
poration has been earnestly at work, hoik
iu tile North aud South, endeavoring to
secure that aid for his road which would
allow him to push it rapidly forward to
completion, ami we are rejoiced to be aide
to announce that at last bis efforts have
been crowned with Complete success.
The wealthy and widely known firm of
New York capitalists have contracted to
build the road from this city to Port Royal
—a distance of one hundred and ten miles
—within the next twelve months, for the
sum of seven hundred thousand dollars,
to be paid to them in the stock of the
company. The road, after it gets out of
the city*of Augusta, passes over the most
favorable country for railroad purposes in
the world, and we have no doubt, that if
Taylor & Cos. have really taken hold of tbe
work, tbe end of the twelve months will
finish its completion.— Chronicle and Sen
tinel.
THE FENCE HI E* I ION.
The Columbus Enquirer is decidedly of
the opinion that the present fencesystem
is best suited to the condition of the coun
try and the necessities of the people. It
says :
The proposed change of fencing would
have to be made by everybody at the same
time, and a great many people are not now
able to take the time to make it. Should
it be ordered to tie made during any par
ticular winter (say next winter), it would
so seriously interfere witli planting oper
ations as materially to curtail the erops of
next year, and only a limited number of
planters are yet in a condition allowing
them to curtail their crops without re
ducing their working force.
Could every farmer or planter find in
one compact body such a piece of pasture
land as would afford a sufficient range for
his cattle, hogs, etc.—yielding plenty of
forage, mast and water—the saving iu
fencing would be very great. But how
many—especially of planters owuiug only
a Georgia land “let” or two—have their
grounds naturally laid off as favorably and;
conveniently as this? Not many, we im
agine. Most of them would have to en
close a number of patches in dilferenlt
parts of their grounds, and this would
still require a great deal of fencing. The
saving would not be such an item as o«w»
might suppose from tiie general statement
of the proposition, without considering it
in its details.
To planters requiring nearly all their
grounds for cultivation, aud to people liv
ing in the cities who have cows running
at large, the change would be a very ex
pensive and inconvenient one. It wouki
rather prove, iu many cases, an obstacle
to the raising and keeping of stock, in
stead of an inducement, which is more
needed at this time.
This plan was tried, a year or two ago,
in a large and rich section oi Alabama, by
authority of a special act of the Legisla
ture. The section is favorably adapted to
such an enterprise, on account of its river
boundaries and its excellence as a grazing
region. But we noticed a short timesiuce
that the planters in this large scope of
couutry had either abandoned the plan,
or were about to apply to tiie Legislature
for a repeal of the act authorizing them to
adopt it.
Dead. —We regret to learn from the
Miiledgeville papers, of Tuesday, that
Mrs. Fannie Hunter, wife of Colonel R.
L. Hunter, formerly Secretary of the Ex
ecutive Department, and daughter of
Hon. Iverson L. Harris, died in that city,
on Wednesday night, the 2d iust.
BIPREME COI'RT OK GKORGIA-JLXE TERM
I MM*.
Atlanta, June 7, 1869.
The Court met at 10, a. m., pursuant to
adjournment.
No motion to transfer the Pataula and
Houthwestern Circuits having been made,
the Court took up the Pataula Circuit, and
proceeded as follows:
No. 1. Milo vs. the btate—burglary,
from Htewart—dismissed for want of pros
ecution.
No. 2. Jones vs. the Htate—burglary,
from Hie wart—dismissed for want of pros
ecution.
No. 3. Gibson vs. the State—attempt to
incite insurrection, from Early—trans
ferred to the head of the Pataula Circuit
by consent of counsel.
No. 4. Alexander & Howell, Pl’fft in
Error, vs. Sarah H. Glenn, Def't in Error
—Claim from Early. Argued by Col.
Fielder for Pi'if, and by A. Wood, Esq.,
for Deft.
No. 5. S. H. Hawkins, Pl’ff in Error,
vs. E. B. Lioyiess, Det’t in Error—Motion
from Webster. Argued by S. H. Haw
kins, Esq., and Judge Lyon for Pi’fT, and
by W. A. Hawkins, Esq., for the Deft,
No. 6. Wra. H. Chappell, Adna’r, Pl’ff
in Error, vs. Wm. S. Akin, Deft in'Error
—Equity frotn Webster. Argued by S.
11. Hawkins for Pl’ft', no appearance for
Deft.
No. 7. Frank Smith, et al, Pl’ff in Er
ror, vs. the State—Larceny, from Terrell.
Dismissed for want of prosecution, but
afterwards reinstated on motion of Judge
D. A. V*son, who filed a brief in behalf
of Pl’fts.
No. 8 Jane If. Taylor for the use of
John J. Bird, plaintiff iu error, vs. George
Cross and A. E. Collier, Executrix, de
fendants in error—Role Nisi from Early—
Disrnis-ed for want of prosecution.
No. 9. Samuel H. Mims, plaintiff in
error, vs. the State—vagrancy, from Early
—argued by A. Hood, Esq., for piaiutitf,
and S. Wise Parker, Solicitor Geueral, for
the defendant.
No. 10. John T. Green, Sheriff, plaintiff
in error, vs. Benjamin H. Jones, de end
ant in error—Buie Nisi from Early—ar
gued by Col. fielder for the plaintiff, and
by A. Hood, Esq . for the defendant.
No. 11. James Powell, plaintiff in error,
vs. B. D. Parker and Southwestern Rail
road Company, defendants in error—
Equity and I' junction from Randolph—
argued by W. A. Hawkins for plaintiff,
and by A. Hood, Esq., for defendant.
No. 12. Cyrus B. Harkie, plaintiff iu
error, vs. Samuel A. McNiel, Administra
tor, defendant in error—Distress Warrant
from Randolph—dismissed for want of
prosecution.
Peudingthe argument of C. E. Broyles,
Esq., iu the next case, the Court adjourned
till 10 a. M. to-morrow. —Atlanta Era.
Tuesday, Juneß, 1869.
The Court met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
On application of Mr. Thos. E. Loyd,
the Court announced that, by consent ot
the members of the Bar iu attendance, and
for the accommodation of the mem tiers of
the Bar from the Eastern Circuit, it would
hear argument in cases from that Circuit
to-morrow.
Col. E. N. Broyles (not E. C. Broyles,
Esq , as reported in the proceedings of
yesterday) resumed his argument in the
erase of Alfred Shorter vs. Jacob L. Cobb,
et. al. —Complaint from Randolph. Col.
Herbert Fielder replied and Col. A. Hood
concluded.
No. 14 Pataula Circuit. Alexander and
Howell vs. Wm. C. Leith—Equity and
ruotiou for new trial from Early—was
called iu its order. Col. Herbert Fielder
opened the argument for the plaintiff iu
error, and pending the argument of Col.
A. Hood for the defendant, the Court ad- i
jourued til 10o’clock a. m, to-morrow. I
i a,.-* »4— / v< / . uth - i
t WBDS KSOAY, .J une 9, 18<K». ]
The Court met at 10 a. M., pursuant to,
adjournment.
Argumeut was resumed and concluded
in the 14th case from the Pataula Circuit.
Alexander and Howell vs. Wno. C. Leith
Equity and motion for new trial from
Early. Col. H. Fielder for plaintiff in
error, and Col. A. Hood for defendant in
error.
According to announcement made by
consent of the Bar ou yesterday, the first
case on the docket from the Eastern Oir
cuit was called. State of Georgia— ex re- ,
lalionc -James J. Warren m. The Georgia
Medical Society—Mandamus from Chath
am Argued by Julian Ilartridge, Esq ,
for piaiutitf in error, and by Thomas E.
Loyd, Esq , for defendant in error.
No. 2.—Eastern Circuit.—Richard W.
W biter*, the State of Georgia, ex relatione
—Wm. J Clements—quo Warranto, from
Chatham.
When this case was called, Mr. Aker
man stated that he had been retained by
parties interested in the decision of tins
case, to appear for the piaiutitf in error,
and requested the Court to relax its rule,
allowing only two counsel to appear for
either party ; that, he might also la* heard
for the plaintiff in this case. The request
was granted, with the announcement that
the same privilege would be extended to
the other side, and with the further an
nouncement that the relaxation of the
rule in this instance must not be consid
ered as a precedent.
Pending the reading of the Bill of Ex
ceplions by A. W. Stone, Esq., the Court
adjourned till 10 a. m. to morrow.
A. W. Stone, Esq., Gov. James Johnson
and Mr. Akerman will speak for the
plaintiff, and Hartridge and Loyd for the
defendant.
This case involves the question of eligi
bility of the negro to ollice.
Richard H. Whiteiy was admitted to
tile Bar of this Court.
Beautiful, Dress.— Our sanctum was
invaded on yesterday by one of our hand
somest and most fashionable lady friends,
just for a little chit chat and leave taking
prior to a summer tour. The very hand
some dress iu which our cherished friend
was arrayed attracted our attention, and ,
upon inquiry we learned that what we took
for a spring silk, was nothing rooreor less
than a plaid gingham from the looms of
the Eagle & Pheuix Factory. Notwith
standing the fact that it was made up in I
the highest style and was set of by a most ,
graceful figure, the dress itself was smooth
of texture and brilliant of color, and we
have seen nothing siuce war days, when
our ladies were arrayed iu the homespuns
of their own make, that made us feel half
so independent. It is not unlikely that
this same dress may be shortly aired in
the parlors of the Fifth Avenue, or he
made to try its colors amid the throngs in
Broadway and Central Park. If so, Geoi- j
gia will have reason to he proud both of
the dress and the wearer.— Cot. Enq., (1 ih.
Why?—A correspondent of this paper,
says the Atlanta Constitution, in speaking
of Professor Waddell, of the State Uni
versity, says: “His new primary Gieek
Grammar, now in the press of the Harper
Brothers, etc.” When it is recollected i
that the Harper Brothers have given cur
rency, through their publications, to the
most malignant and untruthful aspersious
of the Southern people, why, we ask,
should Southern men have their works
published by them?
John W. Burke & Cos., of Macon, and
otiiers in the South, are prepared to do
good book work. Why go by them to
give our work to those who are seeking
our ruin and overthrow? The State Uni
versity appeals to the people ot the State
for support, aud rightfully. Yet, if one of
her Professors gets a book published, he
goes elsewhere to have it done. Why ?
The report that the Emperor Alexander
is preparing to remove the Russian capital
from St. Petersburg to Kiev, on the
Dnieper, is creating considerable excite
ment among European diplomatic circles.
Kiev is 670 miles nearer Constantinople
than the present capital, and is within 300
miles of Odessa, the Black Sea port. As
Kiev, besides being the religious centre of
the Empire, is a favorable point for tire
concentration of military forces and stores,
it is regarded as a menace to Turkey,
showing that the policy of absorbing the
latter power has only been postponed aud
not abandoned.
Wheat Prospects.—A friend writing
from Marietta says: “We are very busy
harvesting our wheat crops, and it is the
finest we have had for many years.”
Mr. Wm. Knox, one of the oldest and
most popular citizens of Montgomery,
» Ala., is dead.
THE VIA COY -VXD ACGIBTA RAILROAD CO*
VEXTIOX
From the Chronicle & Sentinel, 9th.
In accordance with the call published
by the Mayor of Augusta, through the
direction of the City Council, a meeting
of the stockholders of the Macon ami Au
gusta Railroad Company was held at the
City Hail yesterday evening at one o’clock.
The object of the Convention was to dis
place those Directors who it was alleged
illegally represented the stock in the road
owned by the city of Augusta, and also to
provide means for finishing the road to
Macon, its destined terminus. There was
not a large body of stockholders present,
hut it was beiieved that a large amount of
stock was represented by proxy. Still,
however,before the Convention assembled,
fears were entertained that a majority of
the stock would not be represented and
that, consequently, the meeting would fail
to accomplish the purposes for which it was
called.
The meeting did not assemble for some
time after it was called, owing to a meet
ing of the Directors of the Georgia Rail
road, which had to he field before the
Macon Road stockholderscould hold their
Convention.
At a Tew minutes before one o'clock the
Convention was called to order by Hon.
11. F. Russell, Mayor of the city, who was
called to the Chair on motion of Mr. J. J.
( often. Dr. J A. S. Milligan was request
ed to act as Secretary.
Mr. 1.. N. Whittle, of Macon, wished to
know tiie object of the meeting, as he had
not been informed ofit.
Mr. Tutt said the meeting was called
for a specific purjio.se, and he thought that
that purjvose ought to be stated to the
Convention.
Mr. Sibley said that terms for the com
pletion of the Road to Macon had been
submitted by Judge King, which did not
meet the approval of Council, and hence
the Conveuturn had been called in order
that these terms might be submitted to it,
and if they were found unacceptable that
some other arrangement might be agreed
ujKin. There were also said to be certain
parties in the Directory of the Road who
had no right to he there.
Mr. Moore moved that the amount of
stock represented by members of the Con
vention be ascertained.
Mr. Whittiesaid the meeting, according
to tiie charter of the company, could take
no action which would be binding ujvon
the Board of Directors He saw no rea
sou for ascertaining the amount of stock
represented, as tiie action of the Conven
tion was worth nothing in a legal point of
view. What it might do would be merely
advisory. The Directors alone had the
right to call a meeting which would be
legal.
Mr. Moore renewed bis motion. At any |
meeting the stockholders might alter the :
by-laws if they so desired.
Mr. Cohen thought Mr. Moore’s motion j
was unnecessary, as any one could see I
from the stock list that a quorum of the
stock of the Road was represented.
Mr. Moore changed his motion so as to ;
instruct the Secretary to cal! tiie roll of
Stockholders and ascertain the number
present, and tiie amount of stock which
was represented.
On motion of Mr. B. T. Harris, of Han
cock, the motion of Mr. Moore was amend
ed so as to require the Stockholders to re
port themselves and their proxies to the
Secretary.
After this was done the Secretary re
ported that eleven thousand one hundred
and thirty-seven shares were represented ;
in tiie Convention.
Mr. 1 utt moved that the Secretary read
a list of those Directors who were owners
of stock in the Company. Carried.
The Secretary read, Benjamin Conley,;
, President, ten shares. J P. King one iiun- j
Ired and five shares, Geo. Hazelliurst ten
f ~ Vm |B
VWihdrn ten shares; those who diet-not
~'3vc any stock were W. J. Magrath, who
rejtresented the stock owned by the South
Carolina Railroad, B B. deGraffeuried,
who represented the stock owned by Bald
win county, and Geo. S, Obear, who rep
resented the Macon stock.
Alderman Sibley asked if any of the Di
rectors had resigned recently.
The Secretary answered that Blodgett,
Tweedy and Levy had resigned.
Mr. Clark moved that the proposition of
Hon. John P. King to finish the road be
read for the information of tiie Conven
tion. Mr. King had explained it to the
City Council, hut he thought it would be
best now for him to furnish the same in
formation to the meeting.
Gen. A. R. Wright said lie understood
the Convention was called by the owners
of the road for ttie purpose of examining
into its condition with a view to its early
completion. Previous to this meeting,
Mr. King had submitted certain proposi
lions to tbe City Council, which the latter
had rejected. Tiie meeting was called in
order to live the road completed at an
early day. This was not a political meet
ing, nor was it called to prevent the con
struction of the road as bad been charged.
At the time the meeting was called the
Directors who represented tbe city were
not legally representatives. There was
some discrepancy, ire thought, between
the proposition as explained by Mr. King,
tbe proposition as explained by one of the
Executive Committee aud tiie report of
the Executive Committee, which lie would
Use to see explained. He hoped Mr.
King would read his proposition.
Mr. King said there was no discrepancy
j that he knew of between the reportof the
Executive Committee and that of himself.
He thought the city ought to feel an in
| terest iu the road, as it was a large stock- j
holder. He reviewed the history of the j
road from the termination of hostilities
! up to the present time. The general out
-1 line of the proposition was that Jessup &
I Cos. should receive five thousand shares of
1 stock aud all the assets of the Macon
Road, consisting as follows:
SOO,OOO Macon city bonds at SO #B,OOO
33,000 Baldwin county bonds at 70 33,100
40,000 So. Ca. Railroad tennis at SO 33,000
I 370,000 M. <&. A. bonds, endorsed by Ga.
K. R., at 40 330,000
30,000 cash collection from stockholders.. 30,000
335,000 City Augusta bonds at 80 180,000
I 5,000 Shares of stock at 33 1(55,000
Total $803,100
! and assume all its liabilities, which were
| as follows:
| Due to Jessup & Cos., New York SIOO,OOO
; Due the Central Itailroadjfor freight 43,000
' Due the Georgia Railroad 40,000
| Interest on bonds 43,000
Sundries 7,800
Total $301,800
Jessup & Cos. would expend the follow-
I ing amounts in the construction of the
| road :
John T. Grant <fc Cos., Contractors to re
ceive $300,000
Twenty-six hundred tons of iron rails 331,000
Railroad chairs and spikes 23,400
Salaries of engineers and officers 10,000
Total SOO3 400
If the road had the cash on hand it could
he built for about fifty thousand dollars
less than this amount. Under these cir
cumstances the Executive Committee
thought these terms were the best to he
obtained, and it was belter to accept them
than let the road rot for want of means to
finish it. His interest and that of the
Georgia Railroad were identical with that
of the Macon Road, and if he had made
errors they were honest errors He pro
posed tHia arrangement because he be
lieved it to be the best for his own interest
ami that of the city of Augusta. The safety
of the road depended upon its early com
pletion to Macon. A proposition had
been made to build the road upon its own
iHJtids endorsed by the Georgia Road.
This was not practicable, as he did not
believe the Georgia Road would consent to
the endorsement.
Mr. Sibley asked Judge King to read
the propositions made to him by the City
Council of Augusta for finishing the Ma
con and Augusta Railroad.
Mr. King read the plan of the City
Council, which was that bonds of the road
to the amount of six hundred thousand
dollars should be issued and endorsed by
thecitiesof Augusta and Macon and the
Georgia and South Carolina Railroads,
upon which it could he built. Mr. King
thought the Georgia Road would not give
the endorsement, and that this prop si
tioa, if accepted, would involve a fatal de
lay in consummating the arrangement,
and was, therefore, impracticable. The
(other proposition would furnish cash aud
allow the speedy completion of the work.
While the Jessup proposition was the best
possible under the circumstances, the
Convention need not accept it if it was
disagreeable, but he felt bound to say that
bethought no more favorable proposition
would be ever offered.
Mr. Hazlehurst gave the estimate of
Grant & Cos. for finishing the road (not
including iron, etc.,) to Macon, as follows:
1,250,UQ0 yards of excavation, at 17 cents
per yard 1212,500
20,000 yards of rock cutting, at $1 per yard, 20,000
Grubbing 5,000
Masonry 20,000
Crossties 40,000
32 miles of track laying 16.000
Repairs aud regrading 16,u00
Total *329,500
On the word of an experienced engineer
he assured them this was a low estimate
for the work. He told the Convention of
his expedition to New York to get aid for
this road, of tbe reception he had met with
from Messrs. Keteham, Dabney, Morgan
<fc Cos., and other large capitalits, and their
refusal to aid him. Hesard that finally he
succeeded in getting Jessup <& Cos. to do it
ou tiie, terms proposed above, provided tie
became a party to tbe contract. He bail
refused to do this until advised to consent
by Judge King. He was willing to give
to the road every dollar lie made from the
coutract. He thought this the only chance
offered to complete the road, and if it was
not accepted lie would have nothing more
to do witii it- The Convention, however,
could act as it thought fit in the matter.
After some discussion between thertpeaker
aud Mr. Hazlehurst, as to the best manner
of building the road,
Mr. Whittle offered a resolution that the
Convention authorize the President aud
Directors of the Macon & Augusta Rail
road to consummate this contract with
Jessup & Cos. at once, and supjtorted his
resolution in a io:ig sp*ech, showing the
great advantages to l.edeiived from the
early completion of ibis i<>-.d.
Messrs. Linton Step I eri3 and Henry
Moore offered an an* cLnent: That the
company, or it failing, the City Council
reserve the right to redi <-tn the new stock
to be issued to Je- up & Cos., within twelve
months at forty son tiie dollar.
Gen. Wright oit-ieU a substitute that
1: stead of issuing the new stock the City
of Macou should j ay thesl6U,ooo to Jessuji
& Cos., iu anew subscription to tbe stock
of the company.
Mr. Whittle said that though Macon
was more willing to do this, its' financial
condition was such that it was an irnjjos
sibility.
The amendment of Messrs, Stephens
aud Moore was put to the vote aud adopted
unanimously.
On motion of Mr. Cohen the Conven
tion adjourned.
LETTER FROM \* ARRE.XTOX.
Arr**at of fc«veral Citizen* by tiie Military—Great
Excitement.
Warrenton, Ga., June 8, 1869,
Editors Chronicle & Sentinel :
Chap Norris, the notorious scalawag
Sheriff of this county, who ran sway from
here several mouths since when no man
was pursuing, returned yesterday with a
body guard of one hundred and twenty
five of Uncle Sam’s soldiers, whieb, in ad
dition to the force already here, gives us a
garrison of nearly three hundred. Norris
brought orders to the commanding officer
from Geueral Terry to recognize him as
Sheritf of the county, and to render him
all the assistance he needed, which means
to have every man arrested whom Norris
disliked. This miserable creature com
menced his work of infamy at once, which
did not surprise any one who knew his
character, by making arrests of personal
enemies—meu who had despised him for
his meaoness and rascality,
The first arrest made bylhe military, at
the iusljauee of Nrrris, was that of John
Raley, 'wbo was appointed temporary
■emerfff jry ltie'< >, &> unryS<’ T..i lOvprar'eot
Norris \ The following citizens were after
ward a nested : E. E Cody, Ed. Cody, H.
Martin and A. L. Hartley, editor of the
Clipper, ad of whom are’ respected and
law-abiding citizens. They are now iu
jail with a heavy guard of soldiers around
it. ft fa suspected that Norris will have
other arrests made. The excitement is
very great, and our people are excited and
indiguaot. There is no telling what the
result may be if this thing is spflered to
goon. Counsel our people to be jiatient
and forbearing under their wrongs. Vio
lence and resistance are to be avoided, but
God forbid Chat our people should be ex
asjierated to dcsjteration. The worst con
sequences might ensue. W.
ITEMS FROM THE SUMTER KEPIBLIt VV
Cos m m e n c em e nt. —Tlie Commencement
Exercises of Furlow Masonic Female Col
lege will commence on Sunday, the 27th
inst., and close Wednesday, the 30th.
The Commencement Sermon will he
preached by Rev. Mr. Whartcn, of Eu
faula, Alabama, and the Literary Address
delivered t>y Hon. Clifford Anderson, of
Macon, Ga.
The Corn Crop.—We are pleased to
learn from planters in different parts of
the county that the corn crop of Sumter is
looking remarkably well, and promises an
abundant yield.
A Good Yield —Our fellow-citizen, Mr.
James A. Fort, raised o'J bushels of ex
cellent wheat on If acres of land, the
present season. He has just finished har
vesting it. Who can beat it ?
The Episcopal Church. —We learn
that the ceremonies for laying the corner
stone of an Episcopal Church iu this city,
will take place in thecourse of the present
month. Bishop Beckwith and other dis
tinguished clergymen of that denomina
tion are expected to he present ami par
ticipate in the interesting ceremonies.
A Scene on the Pacific Railway.—
A scene aboard a train on the Pacific Rail
way is thus described by a corresp udeut
of the New York Tribune: “Within ttie
car there is no speck of dust—recent rains
have settled that—and the cool prairie
breeze is delightful. The ladies are sew
ing or cr dieting, or reading “Oidtowu
Folks” aud “The Gates Ajar;” while the
little black walnut tables in trout of each
seat are littered with that confusion of
spools, worsted, work boxes, aud hooks in
which the feminine heart delights. Borne
are writing letters to the friends at home
in Boston, iu Philadelphia, iu Maine, in
Ohio. Some are leaning hack drowsily,
with their heads on pillows, revelling in
the prairie scenery. The gentlemen are
playing whist, or reading, or talking poli
ties, or going forward to smoke. One
lady, returning to her far home in Puget
Sound, has laid her tired baby upon the
seat and is trying to soothe it. Just here
the track is smooth, and the wheels run
quietly. A gentleman begins to hum
“Home, Sweet Home;” his wife joins
him ; theu the lady on the next seat, and
so on, until, from every part of the coach,
many voices swell the straiu.”
Accepts the Odium.—The Cincinnati
Commercial (Rad ) says : “Gen. John A
Logan assumes the responsibility of
placing a guard over the graves of a few
Confederate soldiers buried at Arlington,
with instructions to allow no flowers t<>
be strewed on the graven, while those of
the Union soldiers were being decorated
with flowers. It makes no difference
whether it was General Logan or auy
other General who issued that order, it
was a very small business for him to tie
engaged in. No generous man pursues his
enemy after he is dead aud the sod piled
above him.”
Sad Affair —We are informed of a
very sad affair, the particulars of which,
so far as our informant could learn them,
are as follows:
About two weeks since a Mr. Strick
land, recently from Grantviile, Ga., mar
lied a lady near Taliassee, or Cowles’ Sta
tion, on tiie Montgomery aud West Poiut
Railroad. Returning toGrantville on his
bridal tour, he met, the other day, a man
between whom and himself an old feud
existed. An altercation ensued iu which
Strickland was killed. The widowed
bride, witli the corpse, came to Cowles
Station on Monday evening’s train.
[Montgomery Advertiser, 9th.
A Long Drought.—The Chari, ton
News says there has been no rain of any
consequence in the neighborhood of
Charleston since March 17. and during a
period of nearly three mouths, enough
rain has not fallen to penetrate the soil to
a depth of more than two inches So long
a drought at this season of the year has no
parallel, we believe, In the 'memory ol
our oldest citizens. All the farms near
the city are suffering greatly, and nearly
every cistern in the city is dry.