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by j. w. burke & CO. GEORGIA JOURNALS MESSENGER j. W. BURKE &. CO., Proprietors. A. W. REESE, Editor. OFFICE No. 60 SECOND STREET, MACON, GA. R ITES OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily, per Annum $lO 00 “ six Months 5 00 “ Three Mouths 2 50 “ One Month 1 Ort Iri-Wkkkl?,per Annum 5 00 “ “ «ix Months 2 50 “ “ Three Months 1 50 Weekly, per Annum 3 00 “ Six Months 1 50 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.