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]}V J. W. BURKE & CO. GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER j. W. BURnB 6l CO., Proprietors. A. IV. REESE, Editor. OFFICE No. 60 SECOND STREET, MACON, GA. h ates of subscription. Daily, per Annum $lO 00 “ six Months 5 oo >• Three Months. _.... 260 One Month j On Thi-Wbkkly, per Annntn 5 uo •• “ Mix Months 2 60 « “ Three Months 1 50 Wkksly, per Annum 3 00 •• Hlx Months 1 60 \ \V \STE OF WORDS. We submit that all the discussion now going on in the Democratic press of the Btate over the effect of the recent decision of the Supreme Court, so far as the Legis lature and the expelled negro members thereof, are concerned, is a simple waste of words. It can result in nothing prac tical. and, therefore, is of doubtful propri ety, to say the least. If the arguments of those who insist that this decision does not touch the case of the negroes who were expelled last winter—they holding that question to be a resad'judicata —eould be made a fact despite tbe decision, and the Htate not suffer therefrom, why it *uuld be a different affair. But we all jow the futility of any such expectation. The negroes will be reseated in the Legis lature some way and anyhow—by volun tary act of each body, or by tbe command of Congress and at the point of tbe bayo net. This tbe Radical party, so far as we can judge of their intentions, is resolved upon. It will be a crime and an outrage, but what of that? They have perpetrated, and are perpetrating greater every day. For all purposes of practical resistance we are helpless. We may threaten, and de tain, and protest, lint they can act What’s the use, then, of argueing about it? On the other hand, we fail to see the utility of constantly proclaiming that tlie | decision of the Court must be respected 1 and obeyed by the Legislature, and that their refusal to do so is positively wrong, and mischievous, and highly reprehensi- j ble, and must lead to danger. The mo- j fives of those who thus write are good, we concede, but why furnish weapons for our I assault by tbe common adversary? They will only he too happy to clutch at South- ; ern demonstration of their own theories. : They will quote such argument as proof' 1 that their policy and declarations on a certain issue find supporters even among those who are utterly opposed to their general principles as a political organiza tion. We are sure no good can be accom plished by such a course on the part of any newspaper in the State. The true policy, it seems to us, is to ac cept the decision and say nothing more about it. To argue the question only dis tracts and divides 'lie people, and makes discord where there should bo perfect unity. But silence, does not forbid action. We may hold just what opinion we please as to its legality, but when it comes to adopting a policy that I will make it harmless, there must and will not be any division. That we can extract the sling, we are thoroughly per- I suaded. It may be galling to bear, but it will not last long, uor inflict any material | damage. It can no more bar tbe progress j of the white man in Georgia to unchecked j domination in Georgia than did Canute’s : words stop tlie waves of the ocean. It j will prove only an episode to remind us, when we have firmly established the su premacy and power of the white race in ; this State, of dark days that have passed forever. The decision may put a few ne groes back in offices, and open the doors | to others, but it will be the emptiest and shortest-lived triumph a corrupt Judiciary ever decreed, or au iuferior race ever won ; against a superior. It is hardly a practi- ! ealquestion «for to-day, even, to say no thing of live or ten years hence. We i hold Georgia now in a grasp that nothing but the bayonet can shake. How succeed- j ing years will strengtheu that grip needs J no argument. If we are in such an im pregnable position now, why invite the interference of the bayonet? Why put back the baud on the dial plate when it is moving so steadily to the hour of com plete victory ? The most favorable results that can possibly be expected will not compensate for the risk. Let us, then, treat the question as both trivial anil ephemeral, so far as practical results are concerned ; as one that can no more impede our march towards domin ion than did the presence of the lly stop the revolving cart wheel. We can and will control it easily. Ten years hence those who are now disturbed will laugh at their fears. They may see negroes hold ing office, then, but they will know that they do so only in localities, and under circumstances acceptable to the ruling race. That will be the end of it, all may rest assured. Episcopal Church in Georgia.—The Protestant Episcopal Church in Georgia is now on rising ground. With the Bishop, there are thirty clergymen in union with the Diocese, representing thirty-five churches amt two thousand six hundred and sixteen communicants, two hundred and twenty-two Sunday School teachers, and one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three scholars. During the Convention year, ending May 5, 1569, the baptisms were sixty-two adults, three huudred and sixteeu infants, and three hundred and uineconfirmations ; commu nicants, four hundred and forty added, one hundred and seventy-nine removed, thirty-two deaths, and live withdrawn. As evidence of the earnestness auil liber ality of the church people in sustaining their religion, the amoun's of their con tributions for communion alms, Diocesan missions, foreign missions, domestic mis sions, other church and charitable objects, aggregate the handsome sum of $34,289.96. This is at least showing faith by works, aud reflects much credit upon the liberality of Episcopalians in sustaining their church. It is not improper to add that the great energy and zeal displayed by Bishop Beckwith is doing much to build up the church throughout the Dio cese.— Latirange Reporter . Attempted Burning of a Dwelling —Five Persons Burnt—One Fatally. —About two o’clock yesterday morning, Mrs. E. E. (’aider, residing with tier father, Mr. E. C. Prince, at No. 1 Ann, near Eliz abeth street, was aroused by a light iu her chamber, in which she, with her two chil dren, one an intaut four mouths old, slept. She immediately jumped up aud discov ered that the beil was on fire, burning from the bottom. She gave the alarm and her father and brother, Mr. J. E. Prince, came to her assistance. They rescued the children from the flames, which, with some difticulty aud after two beds were burnt, were extinguished. Mrs. Calder, her brother and father, were burnt about the hands and arms while rescuing the children, both of whom were severely burnt. One of them, Edwin Charles, about three years of age, lingered in excruciating agouy until seven o’clock yesterday afternoon, when death put an cud to his sufferings At a late hour last Light no hopes of tlie recovery of the babe were entertained. The injury sustained by the others were of a comparatively tri lling character, and they are now doing well. —Charleston News, 22d. —Missouri will hereafter pay the inter est of its State debt iu gold. the present A.vn Finnic ok southern COl'TO* production. * It is now generally admitted, (says tbe New Orleans Commercial Bulletin,) by the most experienced observers, that the aggregate breadth of land devoted iu the .South to the cultivation of cotton the pres ent year, is something short of what it was last year. This does not result from a less inclination on the part of planters to pro duce cotton, or to less capital at their com ! mand to assist in producing it. On the contrary, thanks to the remunerative re sults of their last year’s operations, they were in an improved fiiraucial condition and an eager mood of mind, such as would unquestionably have led them to under take to plant more largely of cotton, but for the interposition of a single difficulty, that of procuring an adequate supply of labor. It is interesting to explain, and important to understand, tbe precise na ture of this difficulty; and the stubborn fact in which it has its root cannot be too often or too vividly impressed on ttaecom mercial mind. If cotton planters in general did well in 1868, the colored employes in general pros pered in an equal measure; and, relatively to their needs and expenses, perhaps in a still larger tmasure. In pro{iortiou as their pecuniary condition was bettered they were indisposed to hire themselves as field laborers, and ambitious to set up farms of their own, on which little or no cotton would be grown, or to engage iu some business requiring the least amount of hard work Home went so far us to dream of an indefinite vacation from laborof any sort, a period in which they would aban don themselves to a delicious iusouciance in a life of independent leisure. Here is the secret of the stringency of the labor market which was experienced by planters in preparing for the operations of tbe present year; and here is the principal reason why it would be rash to expect tbe growing cotton crop to exceed, or to reckon with absolute confidence on its equaling tbe preceding crop. Ami, in tbe nature of tilings, this shrinkage of agricul tural labor, at about tbe same rate, must go oil from year to year as long as the bulk of its supply is confined to the freedman population. It is true that Chinese labor ers may gradually fill up tbe place in Bout hern agriculture vacated by tbe freed lnen ; it is equally true that white labor, eitiier native or immigrant, may succeed at length, by close and scientific tillage, in making, from much smaller surface, a great deal more cotton than is now pro duced. But th *se are remote contingen cies which cannot be counted as factors in determing the actual conditions of South ern cotton production and the Immediate prospect of the cotton market as it may be affected by those conditions. For piresent purposes of commercial calculations, it is safe to assume that the crop of last year touched the highest tidal mark of produc tion in the pending industrial situation, and that the crop of this year cannot, pos sibly, exceed it, and will, probably, fall below it. And, on the other baud, it would be quite absurd to construe the stateof tilings above indicated as signifying an absolute limitation to the growth of American cotton in the impending future. The pas simist view of any matter is usually the utisoundest and most pernicious of all. I’lie opinion that the magniliceut cotton belt of the South is gradually to sink into insignificance with reference to the pro duction of this great staple, is noexcep tiou to the remark. The waste of war, iu spite of many needless obstructions, clear beads, stout and hopeful hearts, andskiil lui and diligent hands are gradually aud surely repairing; railroads will soon be traversing the Boutli in every direction, leaving uo productive region, however in terior or remote, without speedy access to market, aud, eventually, the needed la bor, attracted by assurance of profit, and facilitated by abundant and rapid means of transportation, will be had. LETTER FROM WILKINSON. Irwinton, June 23, 1869. Mr. Editor: —After a silence of some months, I again resume the subject of affairs in this county. The most import ant and interesting item to the public is the subject of THE CHOI'S, which are now looking well. Under the stimulating effects of fertilizers, labor and fine weather, cotton is doing extremely well; aud if it meets with no drawback from worms, etc., we can safely predict a large yield. Corn needs rain, but is not damaged, and if seasonable weather sets in, will make a fair average cropi. COURT HOUSE. Sherman’s bummers, in passing through Irwiuton during the war, destroyed the Court House, and since that time various buildings have been improvised Temples of Justice, which has been a great incon venience to bench, bar aud spectators; but. owing to the fact that the bridges and other public works were destroyed and had to be replaced, tbe county has not been in a condition to build anew Court House until recently. The building was resolved upon about two months ago, and llie contract given to those enterprising architects and mechanics, Messrs, P. Ward & Bon. The walls of the building, which are of brick, were liuished to day, aud tbe work is sufficiently advanced to see that it will be convenient, commo dious, ami an ornament to Irwinton. Tbe building will be 40 by 60 feet; 30 feet from the ground to tbe eaves; the roof will be a patent truss, covered witii tin—the whole surmounted by a beautiful cupola. The ground lloor of tbe building will be divided into six rooms for jurors aud county ofiiceis; the upper story will be the court room, 40 by 60 feet. Forty large windows will light ttie building. The carpenter’s work wifi be executed hy that finished and energetic workman, Mr. Thus. Hackett, of your city. The cost of tlie work I did uot ascertain, but it will be near $12,000. amusing incident. While the Rev. Mr. Hughes, pastor of the Baptist Church at Hus place, was conferring the ordinance of baptism upon young ladies on Sunday last, an Irish man aud staunch Catholic, who had never seen tlie ceremony of baptism performed, attracted by the crowd, drew near the pool, ignorant of what was going on. He liad approached within a few paces of the baptismal font, when the pastor, after re peating the usual formula, submerged one of the ladies. Pat, thinking it an execu tion, rushed frantically to the rescue, vo ciferating loudly, “She's drowuing ! she’s drowning!” The spectators held him back, the lady was brought out, aud the matter whisperingly explained to Pat, wlin departed a wiser and sadder man. More anon. Tiirasybulus. T\\ ItJliS COUNTY CROPS. Correspondence of Journal aud Messenger. Mr. Editor: T notice in your Daily, of loti) iustar.t, several accounts of growing cropsin different localities of the Sta e. I, therefore, as one of t lie oldest citizens born iu this county, aud disinterested as to facts slated by others, send you an account of the prospects of my native coirnty. Our crops are. all things considered, re markably line—both corn and cotton. No section is materially suffering With drought, or from too much rain. Our farmers are largely in for cotton; laud mostly sub-soiled and a portion highly fertilized. Our yield, if no disaster when crops are gathered, will tell out one fourth over an average crop, taking the last ten to fifteen years past. iu cotton. Our corn patches look pretty well, but cannot yield to planters more than one fourth support as a whole. Our stock is mostly killed out by freedmen and bad white men, who deal in night time in unison, as everybody must have something to eat. Whatever may be true of our locality, may be equally true of others If so, the result I hold as inevitable—that is, a short price for cotton next winter, and a long price for provisions to carry on our farms next spring aud summer. We now raise a warning voice to planters to lay up pro visions for winter aud spring supplies; sell your cotton now to responsible parties for the same, aud don’t wait for forty cents for cotton. In my judgmeut it is a delusion, so to calculate, aud will so con vince you wheu too. late. Yours, etc., Observer. A lady recently ordered a trousseau at Stewart’s store, in New York, for her daughter's doll, which received a complete outfit in underclothing, silk aud lace. . Among the articles ordered was an India . shawl, miniature size, at S3O, and a lace handkerchief at sl2. - • ■ > : W‘. Vi ta sine Xj iter is JVC or s est 0 i STATE NEWS. Horrible. —A Yankee mulatto school marm was brought up before B. D. Smith, Notary Public, yesterday, charged with being a procuress for a Yankee Doctor, | named Blackwell. lier name is Dellman She i9 changed by a negro man, who sent j his daughter to her, at her house, near the Race Track, with having induced him to let her take care of his daughter, during I the absence of his wife, and aiding anl abetting this Y’ankee Doctor in outraging : the person of bis daughter, only about eleven years of age. She denies tbe alle gation and denounces it as a conspiracy to injure her. She waived an examination and gave bond in the sum of SSOO, for her appearance at the next Superior Court, when she will demand atrial. Blackwell had uot been arrested. Another Ku-Klux outrage for Bullock’s Slander Mill.—At lanta Constitution, 21 at. Commencement exercises of Monroe Female College will be inaugurated on Friday, July 2d. On Sunday, July 4th, Rev. George R. McCall, of Hawkiusville, will preach the commencement sermon. On the evening of tlie sth, tbe aunual concert will be given. The literary ad dress will lie delivered hy Hon. Cinein natus Peeples, of Gridin, on the 7th, after which Col. A. D. Hammond, of Forsyth, will deliver an address befoie the Aluui niean Association. The whole affair prom ises to be of unusual interest, and will re flect much credit upop both faculty and students. Horse Thieves.—We learn that several of our citizens have lately been troubled by these rascals, and iu one instance a fine mule was lost. We suggest the organiza tion of a secret police force, and a speedy punishment of tlie thieves if caught. [ Monroe Advertiser, 22 d. Bale of Cedar Valley Lands.— Mr. Editor: —We have just heard, from au theutic sources, that Mr. Wm. Peek, liv ing two miles from Cedartown, in Polk county, has sold two huudred aud fifty acres of his home tract, with very indif ferent improvements on it, for twenty-five thousand dollars, or one hundred dollars per acre, and that he was negotiating witii another party for the sale of an additional two hundred and fifty acres, of the same place, without improvements, at eighty dollars pier acre. These are the highest prices we have heard of any farming lauds selling for in Georgia. f Rome Courier, 22d. Tiie Legislature—That Proclama tion. — If Governor Bullock wants to call au extra session of the Legislature, why don’t he do so? This tiling of writing a Proclamation, convening tbe Legislature, aud then laying it un to dry, is not exact ly the clean tiling—out with it, Governor. Bea man—be hold. What if they do im peach you ? Your betters have expe rienced a worse fate and yon ought not to grumble. Take courage, old chap, and let slip that proclamation. Your thirteen hungry Democratic organs are exceeding ly anxious to proclaim. —Atlanta Era, 22 d. Dead Infant Found.- On Sunday af ternoon last, about half-past three o’clock, as a number of young boys were passing along tbe west side of the Ogeechee canal, near tlie water works, one of them discov ered a square box containing the dead body of a white infant, which appeared to have been a few months old, and was in a slate of decomposition. [Savannah Republican, 22 d. * Farming to Profit. —A friend of ours residing time miles from Bandersville, ran four plows, last year, working two hands to tlie plow." From the labor of the eight bands and four plows lie produced a crop wortli $6,350. His expenses for hire of hands, provisions, guano, etc., amount ed to s3,ooo—leaving a clear profit of $3,350. This is uo guess work, but au ac curate statement made to us in pierson by Mr. , who did not know that we in tended publishing it. To this account could lie added hundreds of bushels of peas, which could not be gathered for want of time to pick them, but which will come up tlie next fall iu tlie pork account Mr. ’s land is no better, except as he has made it so, than thousands of acres in the county. But lie plants what lie cultivates and cultivates what he plants. His corn crib is not located in Nashville, his smoke-house in Cincinnati, or his hay loft in Pennsylvania. His horses are able to work, aud they do it. If anybody has done better, we should like to see the figures. —Central Georgian, 22 d. Maj. A. L. Roughton, of Riddleville, has laid upon our table a red onion, meas uring twelve inches iu circumference, and weighing one and-a-quarter pounds. The same onion produced five good sound but tons. The mode of cultivation is this : Pre pare your land well. Layoff your rows thirty inches apart, running two furrows together. Put in a good supply of stable manure, cotton seed or guano. Throw two furrows upon it and plant 1$ inches deep and 8 inches in the drill. Plaut in September or October.— lbid. Shooting Scrape.—A difficulty oc curred in Wilkinson couuty, on the 14th iust., between a Mr. Green, ids sons aud a negro, and a Mr. White. White had been actiug as the next friend of Miss Emily Smith in prosecuting the Greens for pull ing down tier smoke-house. The parties first named attacked White in the road, firing ten shots at him, wounding him in the left hip and killing his horse. White fired four shots, doing no damage.— lbid. A negro mau struck a white hoy oti the head with a piece of board, in Wilkinson county last week, fracturing the skull.— The boy’s name is Stubbs. The negro is in Milledgeville jail for safe keeping.— [lbid. The report from the farming interests of the county are very favorable. A farmer told us on yesterday that in some portions of the county he had not seen such crops for thirty years. Freedmen are working well. — Ibid. Air Line Railroad —The engineer corps of this road, with Col. B. Y. Sage at their head, passed through our town on Wednesday last. They are now engaged in running the line from this place by way of Homer and Caruesville to Green ville, S. C. The work of surveying lis being pushed forward with all possible dispatch, preparatory to placing additional sections of the road under contract. Mr. Garner, the agent of the company, accom panies the corps, and is eugaged iu pro curing subscriptions of stock to the road, aud in asking deeds to the right of way. Air-Line Eagle , 18/A. Caught.—A man named Mattox* alias Rhodes, killed an old man in Cherokee county, Gt-orgia, whose daughter he tiad seduced not long since. He was arrested the other day in Montgomery. Alabama, and has been turned over to ttie Sheriff of that county. — AUanta Constitution , 2 2d. First Sale of New Wheat.—Mr. J. J. Cohen bought the first crop—about 150 bushels—of new wheat, in this markei, last Tuesday, at $1 67}. The wheat was raised on the farm of Col. W. S. Cothran, mar this city. —Rome Courier, 2Ath. Death of Major Phillip C. Pendle ton.—ln our issue of Friday last we no ticed the fact that Major P. C. Pendleton, editor of the Valdosta Times, had sus tained severe injuries by being thrown from his buggy, while riding in the vi cinity of bis home. As the account of the accident which we copied from the Times stated that strong hopes were enteitained of a speedy recovery, we were eutirely un prepared for the shocking intelligence of his death, which reached us yesterday. From letters received by relatives in this city from members of his family, we are pained to learn that Major Pendletou died ou Saturday last, having remained unconscious from the time he received the injury to the hour of his death. In the death of Major Pendleton the State loses a useful aud honored citizen, and society an exemplary and valued member, while the family are bereaved of an affectionate husband and parent. It had beeu our privilege to enjoy relations of warm personal friendship with the de ceased during the past twenty five years, in all of which time we never discovereda trait iu his character inconsistent with that of the true mau aud high-toned Chris tian gentleman. A sincere frieud. an ar dent patriot, generous, conscientious and brave, modest und unassuming, amiable in disposition, ami cultivated in his tastes, he enjoyed, in an extraordinary degree, the respect and confidence of all who came within the circle of his acquaintance. [Savanna/t News, 24 th. MACON. GA.. TUESDAY, JUNE 29. 1569- DEll-lO*- OF THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA. Delivered at Atlanta, Tuesday. Just 33. Reported Expressly for the Constitution, by N. J. Hammond, Supreme Court Re \ porter . * Tuesday, June 15,1869. Rich’d W. White, plaintiff in error, from Chatham, vs. The Btate of Georgia, ex. rel., W. J. Ciemants, defendant. In »aid case the Court were uuaninnous in reversing the judgment below, but agreed to do so upou different grounds. Tbe judgment of the full Bench, and of tbe majority, are given below. The rea sons why each of them held his particular views, were stated at great leugtli by each, but they are, of course, subject to any changes which the several judges may make in writing out their opinions, and we cannot give them now. MeCay delivered the opinion. (By the whole Court): When there was a quo warranto, and a demurrer, and, also au answer denying a material fact, and a jury summoned to try the issue, and the de fendant called up tiie demurrer, and n# ob jection was made to the hearing of it at that time, and the demurrer was bear I, as a distinct motion, and a distinct judgment was had thereon before the issue waspra* seated to the jury: Held, that iu the gumenton the demurrer tbe defeudar t had the right to open aud conclude. jjL < j 2. The statements of a register of voretS, 1 that he had marked a registered person's name with a “c,” to demonstrate that he was a colored person, and had posted his lists, for some time, iu a public place, and that no application had been made to have the said letter “c” erased, is not evidence that tiie person is a colored person, (it not being shown that the person knows of the entry, and that it was the subject of con versation.) 3. Although a copy of a paper, proveb to be beyond the jurisdiction of the Court, y good secondary evidence of its contents, >-t it must be sliowu that the original wa9 duly executed. 4. An application for a Life Insurance, though signed by tiie applicant, upon tbe back of which was au entry, by tbe exam ining physician, that the applicant was a mulatto, is uo evidence of the fact, uuless it be proven, that tlie person signed the piper, after tbe entry on the back was made by the physician, and with the knowledge of the entry, aud with intent to adopt it, or that he used the p iper after tlie entry was made with a knowledge that such entry was there. 5. Tbe statement by an examining phy sician, that he had at a certain time ex amined a person, and had then been of opinion that the persou was a mulatto is not evidence. If the physician is an ex pert, he must give his present opinion, and if not, lie must state the facts ou which he bases his opinion. 6. Whether or not a person is colored— that is, has African blood iu his veins—is matter of opinion, anil a witness may give his opinion, if he state the facts on which it is tiased. Whether tlie fact thatone lias one eighth of such blood, be matter of opinion. Query? 7. One who testifies that he has studied Ethnology, may give his opinion as an expert ou a question of race. 8 Pedigree, relationship and race may be kuown by evidence of reputation among those who know tiie person, where pedigree or race is in question. 9 By a majority of the Court—Warner dissenting. Where a quo warranto was issued charging that a person holding an office was ineligible when chosen, because of his having in liis veins one-eighth "or more of African blood, and there was a demurrer to the information, as well as an answer denying the fact, upon which denial there was an issue, and a trial before a jury. Held: That, by the Code of Georgia, a person having one-eighth or more of African blood in his veins is not ineligible to office in this State; and it was error in the Court to overrule the decision, and to charge the jury, that if tiie plaintiff proved tiie de fendant to have one-eighth or more of African blood, lie was ineligible to office in this State. A. W. Btone, Jas. Johnson, A. T. Aker man, for plaintiff iu error. T. E. Lloyd, Julian Hartridge, for de fendant in error. Early Varner, plaintiff in error, vs. Ben jamin Wooten, defendant in error. Rule, etc., from Randolph. Brown, C. J. 1. A Deputy Sheriff is liable to rule for failing or refusing to pay over money col lected by him. But he is subject to tbe control of tbe Sheriff; and if he collects money on a fi. fa. aud pays it over to the Sheriff whose deputy he is, he is not liable to rule at the instance of the plaintiff in fi. fa. after such payment. In such case the plaintiff must pursue his remedies agaiust the Sheriff. Judgment reversed. B. B. Worrill, represented by A. Hood, for plaintiff in error. W. D. Kiddoo, for defendant in error. James Powell, plaintiff in error, vs. Beverly D. Parker and The •Couth west ern Railroad Company, defendants iu error. Equity, from Randolph. Brown, C. J. 1. An injunction will not be granted for fraud unless (lie bill sets forth the specific acts of fraud upon which it is sought—a general allegation of fraud is sufiicieut. 2. An injunction will be granted to re strain the sale, by defendant of his rail road stock, and the drawing of the divi dends by him; on the ground that com plainant holds his covenant of warranty of title to a lot of land, the title of which is in dispute in an action of ejectment, when the hill shows that the railroad stock and other property of the defendant, is of much greater value than the sum for which he may become liable ou his war ranty, and there is no charge that he is beyond the jurisdiction of the Court, or that he is insolvent, and no other sufficient equitable ground is stated iu the bill. 8. When the Chancellor, on the bill being presented to him, ordered that the defendants show cause, ou a day appoint ed, why an injunction should not be granted, and that, in the mean time, the defendants be enjoined, till the further order of the Court; and ou the bearing, the Judge having refused the injunction, held : That the temporary injunction ex pired of its own limitation when the in junction was refused at the hearing, and that no vitality could be given to it pend ing the proceedings in this Court, by bond given by complainant, which is claimed to operate as a supercedeas of the judg ment refusing the injunction. Judgment affirmed. \V. A. Hawkins for plaintiff in error. West Harris, A. Hood, for defendant in error. Alexander & Howell, plaintiffs in error, vs. Edmoud Glenn et al., defendant in li. fa., aud Sarah Glenn, claimant. Claim case from Early. Brown, C. J. 1. The owner of a plantation employed freedmen to cultivate it for part of the j crop, and agreed to furnish provisions, j but being unable to do so, applied to plain tiffs t > furnish them to prevent a failure of the crops, stating that any arrangement they might make with the freedmen to j secure the same upon tlie growing crop ' would lie satisfactory to her: Held, that it was error iu the Court to refuse to permit plaintiffs to give these facts iu evidence on the trial. ! 2. Where the evidence shows that it was the intention of the parties to create a lien ou the growing crop, uuder the act of 1866, : for provisions furnished to make the crop; j as the statute prescribes no form ; the j words “sell, mortgage aud convey,” are : sufficient for that purpose. Judgment reversed. J. E. Brown, Fielder & Powell, T. F. Jones, for plaintiffs in error. A. Hood, Richard Simms, for defendant in error. Nick Hightower, plaintiff in error, vs. Jesse Williams, defendant in error. Ejectment from Early. Brown, C. J. 1. A deed which has not been recorded can not be given in evidence as color of title without proof of its execution. 2. When both parties derive their title from the same person, plaintiff in eject ment need not show title into such person. 3. In a proceeding to foreclose a mort gage on real estate, the Superior Court of the county where the land lies, has juris diction of the subject matter, and a pur j chaser at Sheriff’s sale, uuder a judgment of foreclosure, now claimed to have been without service, will be protected, when the rule absolute shows upon its face that j * copy of the rule nisi was served upon the i mortgagor according to law. I 4. When service of the rule was acknowl edged by a general agent of the mortgagor, who now testifies that he was not specially authorized to ackaowledge service of the i rule; and it appears in evidence that the plaintiff in ejectment held the mortgaged premises under the mortgagor, by deed younger than the mortgage; and that he was In Court when the rule absolute of , foreclosure was taken, and made no objec j tion to the judgment of foreclosure, it is | not void as to him ; and he will not he per mitted to attack it collaiteraliy for wautof , service in action of ejectment against the purchaser at Sheriff’s sale, of the mort gaged premises. Judgment reversed. Hood A Kiddoo, for plaintiff in error. Fielder A Powell, for defendant in error. James J. Waring, plaintiff in error, vs. The Georgia Medical Society, defendant in error. Mandamus from Chatham. Brown, C. J. 1. When a voluntary society applies for a charter aud is incorporated to promote i* objects; the acceptance of the charter subjects it to tbe supervision of the proper togal authorities having juristic tion in such cases. 2. The Georgia Medical Society is a pri vate civil corporation, and the corporators have a property iu the franchise of which they can not be deprived without due pro cess of law. 3. The ninth by-law of ibis corporation is a legal aud proper one, iu view of tbe objects of the Society ; but tbe Society has not an uncoutrolable discretion in its con struction and enforcement. When a proper case is made the Courts are to coustrue it, and judge of tbe legality of tbe action of the Society uuder it. 4. Tlie superior Court of Chatham coun ty, where this corporation is located, has the visitorial power over it, with author ity to redress any wrongs which the cor poration may inflict upou its members. 5. Where a corporator lias a clear legal right which has beeu violated by the cor poration, and be has no other adequate legal remedy, he is entitled to relief by mandamus. 6. The record in this case shows that the society censured Dr. Waring for do jng that which the law uot. only author izes hut encourages; and the return to the mandamus nisi shows no sufficient cause for bis expulsion. He is therefore eutitled to a peremptory mandamus, com manding and compelling the Society, to restore him to all his rights and priv ileges as a corporator. Judgment reversed. Hartridge and Chisolm, for plaintiff iu error. Thos. E. Loyd, Jackson, Lawton & Bassinger, for defendant in error. 8. H. Mims, plaintiff in e.ror, vs. Tlie Btate of Georgia, defendant in error. Vagrancy from Early. Brown, C. J. The evidence in this case was clearly in sufficient to support the verdict; and the judgment is therefore reversed, aud anew trial granted. J. K. Appling, A. Hood, for piaintiffin error. 8. Wise Parker, Solicitor General, for the State. 8. H. Hawkins, piaintiffin error, vs. E. B. Loyless, defendant in error. Motion to enforce attorney’s lien, from Webster. Mcb'AY, J. The lien of an attorney for fees, on papers iu his hands, and on the judgments he has obtained for his client does not operate so as to prevent a bona fide settlement bv the defendant with the plaintiff in full,"pro vided there was no notice to the defendant not to pay without reserving the fees; aud provided, also, the settlement was not made with intent to defeat the attorney in collecting his fees. Judgment affirmed. C. T. Goode, 8. H. Hawkins, for plaintiff iu error. M. Blanford, W. A. Hawkins, for de-> feudaut iu error. Wm. H. Chappell, adm’r, piaintiffin error, vs. Wm. 8. Adkiu, defendant in error. Equity, from Webster. Warner, J. When a bill was filed against an execu tor by a creditor, praying for an injunc tion aud the appointment of a receiver, alledging that the executor was insolvent, unmarried, extravagant, engaged in no settled business, and intending soon to re move to Honduras, and was badly manag ing his own business, as wel! as that of his testatrix, that he said he would sell the property of his testatrix, realize the money, and leave without paying any of the debts of the estate: Held, that the Court below erred in dismissing the com plainant’s bill upon demurrer thereto for want of equity. Judgment reversed. J. L. Wimberly, 8. H, Hawkins, for plaintiff in error. Blandiord & Miller, for defendant in error. Alexander & Howell, piaintiffin error, vs. Wm. C. Smith. defendant in error. Warner, J. Wnen, upon the trial of a cause, a mort gage deed, which had been recorded, was offered in evidence, aud was objected to on the ground that it did not appear to have been stamped, and the party offering the mortgage deed, proved that the deed had been stamped according to law : Held, that the Court should have submitted the question of faet to the jury, under the evi dence whether the deed had been stamped or not, as required by law, under the charge of the Court upon that point. Held, also, that when the deed, show ing a settlement between the parties, was offered in evidence, the Courtshould have left the que-tion to the jury as to whether the deed was delivered or not, under the evidence contained in the record, and have charged the jury as t > the law appli cable to that point in the case. When there is evidence as to the delivery of a deed, it is a question of fact for the jury and not for the Court to decide upon the fact, whether there has been a delivery of the deed. Held, further, that where an instrument is olfered in evidence, required by law to be stamped, and, by the act of one of the parties, the stamp is prevented from being put on the deed, the parly so preventing shall not be held objecting thereto ; but if the Court shall be satisfied that there was no intention to defraud the Government of its revenue, the Court may, in such a case, allow the proper s:amps to be placed on the instrument, at the time of the trial. Judgment reversed. J. C. Bower, Fielder & Powell, T. E. Joues, for plaintitTs in error. A. Hood, Richard Simms, for defendant in error. Henry R. 8. Long, plaintiff in error, vs. Edward McDonald, defendant in erior. Complainant from Early. Warner, J. I. When a suit was instituted in the county of Early, agaiust L. and P. alleg ing that they were partners, L. residing in the county of Clark, and a short time before the session of the Court in Early, at which the case was tried ; P. died, the defendant’s counsel moved to continue the case as to L., the alleged surviving part ner, upon the ground that the partnership was denied, and that the survivor, L., had relied upon the evidence of P., the dece dent, to disprove the alleged partnership ; but in consequence of the sudden and un expected death of P., there had not been time to procure the evidence of L., the other partner, who lived in the county of j Clark, to disprove the alleged partoer ; ship: Held, that the Court erred in over ruling the motion for a continuance upon the showing made therefor as stated in j the record. 2- When one of two contracting part ners is dead, the plaintiff cannot bs a wit ness against the surviving partner to ; prove a contract made with the deceased ! partner. 3. A plea denying the existence of a i partnership is a plea in bar, and although sworn to, is not a dilatory plea, which is required to be filed at the first term of the Court. Judgment reversed J. C. Rutherford, J. E. Brown, L. J. Glenn, for defendant in error. W. D. Kiddoo, for defendant in error. Charlotte Scott, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant iu error. Indictment for adultery aud fornica tion. From Dougherty Brown, C. J. L The Code of Georgia, adopted by the new Constitution, forever prohibits the marriage relation between white persous and per-ous of African descent, and de clares such marriages null and void. 2. This section of the Code is not re pealed by, nor is it inconsistent with that part of the Constitution which declares that “ The social status of the citizen shall never be the subject of legislation ” That clause of the Constitution absolutely de nies to the Legislature the power to pass laws in future regulating the social status or compeliiug the two races to unite in social intercourse. As the laws then iu existence allowed churches, for Distance, to determiue for themselves who should occupy their seats, and where they should sit, and permitted railrotds and steam boat companies aud hotel keepers to clas sify and assign places to those using tbeir accommodations, according to social status ami grade, as they might think proper, the Constitution puts it beyomi the power of the Legislature ever to enact auy law compelling them to makediffer ent classifications, or to group together in social intercourse those who do uot recog- I nize each other as social equals. As the social relations of oitizens are not tbe proper subjects of legislation, the i Constituiiaa has \ isciy put the matter at rest, by denying to the Legislature the power to repeal or enact laws on the sub ject. Judgment affirmed. H. Morgan for plaintiff in error. R. H. Whitely, Solicitor General for the i State. James C. A J. C. Denham, plaintiffs in error, vs. J. J. Williams, defendant iu 1 error—Claim from Mitchell couuty. Brown, C. J. I. When the affidavit to foreclose a mortgage is Riade by an attorney, the re- ! cilal in it that he is attorney-at-law for tlie mortgagee is sufficient. 2. An affidavit to foreclose a mortgage on personal property in Mitchell county, made before a Justice of the Inferior Court of Dougherty county, on the 24th day of October, 1866, and the order of fore closure issued upon the affidavit by the Judge of the County Court of Mitchell county, on the 29th of October, 1866, is a legal proceeding. At that time the Jus tice of the Inferior Court had the right to administer the oath, aud the County Judge had the right to issue the order. 3. A mortgagee, whose mortgage covers property in Georgia and iu Tennessee, cauuot be compelled by a junior mort gagee, whose mortgage covers part of the same property in Georgia, to go out of the jurisdiction of the Court into another Btate, and pursue his remedy first against the property in Tennessee. 4. A hen there is a dispute between mortgagor and mortgagee as to their re spective rights under the mortgage, and the mortgagee files his bill, ami pending the proceeding in Equity, they agree to refer the whole questiou in dispute to arid tration, and an award is rendered, and, by consent of both parties, made the judg ment of the Court, the judgment is prirna facie correct, and a junior mortgagee not a to the judgment, who alleges that it operates as a fraud upon him, will be held to proof of actual fraud. When no fraud ulent inteut is shown, the simple fact that the senior mortgagee, whose mortgage covered a growing crop and other prop erty, was required by the award andjudg meut to pay, and did pay, a certaiu sum of money to the mortgagor, is not suffi cient evidence of fraud upon the rights of the junior mortgagee, whose mortgage covered ouly the growing crop, to justify the jury in finding for the junior mort gagee. Judgment reversed. Vason & Davis for plaintiffs in error. HiDes & Hobbs for defendant iu error. Flagg & Fish, plaintiff's in error, vs. John W. Johnston,'defendant in error. Fore closure of mortgage, from Dougherty. Brown, C. J. I. When a mortgage made to Thomas W. Willingham, his heirs and assigns, was transferred by Willingham, by writ ten assignment, to John W. Johnston as administrator of Green D. Bharke, de ceased, such assignment, if properly stamped, conveyed the mortgage to the estate, and it became assets in the hands of the administrator; and the proceedings to foreclose it must be in the name of said Johnston as administrator, and not iu his individual character. Judgment reversed. H. Morgan for piaintiffin error. Hiues & Hobbs for defendant in error. John Doe, ex. dem., Beuj. F. Tuggle vs. Richard Roe, cas. ejr.,aud John H, Me- Math and John Teal, tenants. Eject ment from Bumter. Brown, C. J. A graut issued to Isaac O. Holland, or phan. It appeared by parol that there was no such person as Isaac O. Holland, orphan, in the district at the time of giv ing in for draws ; but that Isaac O. Hol land’s orphan, Mary Holland, was in the district and did give in for a draw. Held: That parol evidence of these facts may be given to the jury, not to prove a mistake in the name of the grantee, but to give effect to the grant by indeutifyiug the persou intended as the grantee. Judgment reversed. J. J. Scarborough by 8. H. Hawkins and Richard H. Clark, for plaintiff in error. W. A. Hawkins, for defendants in error. Wm. E. Smith, piaintiffin error, vs. Geo. M. Lawton, defendant in error. Gar nishment, from Dougherty. Warner, J. Where an attachment had been sued out in favor of the plaintiff, against a de fendant, who was afterwards declared a bankrupt, and a motion was made to make the Assignee of said bankrupt a party plaintilf in the attachment suit, in the place and stead of the original plain tifTin attachment, which motion was re fused by the Court: Held, that there was no error in the judgment of the Court be low iu refusing to allow the Assignee of the bankrupt to be made a party plaintiff in the attachment suit. Judgment affirmed. Strozier & Smith and D. A. Vason for piaintiffin error. Wright & Warren, Hines & Hobbs for defendant in error. Frank P. Smith, plaintiff in error, vs. Hamlin J. Cook, defendant iu error. Contempt, from Baker. Warner, J. Where & defendant had been enjoined from removing aud disposing of certaiu cotton, which had been placed in the hands of a Receiver, appointed by the court, and afterward, the defendant was declared a bankrupt, and it appeared from the evidence that the defendant told the agent of the Receiver, who had the cotton in pesses9ion, that the plaintiff’s injunc- j tion had been settled or disposed of, and that he had turned over four bales of said cottou to his counsel in bankruptcy ;| when, in fact, the injunction had not biin settled or disposed of, but the complainant . in the injunction bill was still claimii g the cotton under a mortgage lieu ; an i when the defendant’s counsel in bank ruptcy, with the assent of the defendant, took possession of said four bales of cotton for his fees to take the defendant through the bankrupt court, and had sold the same: Held, that this court will not con trol the discretion of the court below upon the state of facts disclosed by the record, in holding that the defendant had violated the injunction, and was in contempt of the order and process of the court. Judgment affirmed. Vason <fe Davis for plaintiff in error. Btrozer & Bmith for defendant in error. Mason Tiller, plaintiff in error, vs. D. Bpradley, agent for Green J. Jordan. Motion for new trial, from Lee. Warner, J. Where a note was given to the plaintiff for two hundred and twenty-five dollars, for cotton seed for Green J. Jordan’s plan tation, and signed J. Spradley, agent for Green J. Jordan : Held, that this was a contract of Jordan, the principal, and not the contract of Bpradley, the agent, the more especially as the evidence in the re cord discloses the fact, that the agency was made known to the payee of the note at the time it was given, and that the cotton seed was purchased for Jordan, aud uot for Spradley.the ageot. The suit should have been brought agaiust Jordan, and not agaiust Spradley, the agent; and the fact that Jordan filed a plea in the case as a defendant, alleging that the cotton seed was worthless, did not uecessarily make him a party to the original suit agaiust i Spradley. and there was no error lu the court below in refusing the order to make him a party, inasmuch as Jordan was uot named as a defendant in tlie original suit, and not beiug named a defendant in the original suit, the tiling of his plea did not make him a defendant where no process was prayed against him as such. The ver dict in favor of the defendant Spradley was right uuder the law and the facts of the case, and there was uo error in the oourt below iu refusing the motion for anew trial. Judgmeut affirmed. C. B. Wooten, W. A. Hawkins, D. A. Vasou for plaintiff in error. Geo. Kimbrough, F. A. West, by G. J. Wright, for defendant in error. Isaac E. Bower, administrator, etc., vs. Hamlin J. Cook. Motion to dismiss bill of exceptions from Dougherty couuty. MoCay, J. 1. An order of the Judge of the Superior Court directing process to issue for the seizure and sale of the property claimed to he subject to a lieu, under what is called the “Bit-.uni-oat law,” is not such a judg ment or decision of the Judge, as may be excepted to, and brought by bill of excep tions to this Court. Case dismissed. Hines A Hobbs, aud B. B. Bower, for plaintiff in error. D. A. Yason, R. Lyon, for defendant iu error. Jake Collier, vs. The State. Assault with iuteut to murder, from Dougherty coun ty- McCay, J. 1. The charge of the Court, uuder the facts of tliis case, was not an error. 2. If a man, shoot, with a pistol at another, aud Hit him, tiie law presumes prima facie, that he did it with malice. Nordoes the proof tiiat tlie parties had beeu friendly, and that tbe persou shooting ex pressed regret immediately afterwards, rebut tbe psesumptiou. One has no rigtit to shoot at auother, with a loaded pistol, in sport. If he does so, he is responsible for the consequences, and tlie law will imply malice, for the recklessness of the act. H. Morgan for plaintiff iu error. It. H. Whitely, Solicitor General, de fendant in error. William Toler, et. al., plaintiff in error, vs. E. W. Seabrook, administrator, etc., defendant in error. Motion to distri bute money, from Dougherty. McCay, J. I. A landlord may collect his reut by a distress warrant, even though the rent be payable in specifics, the value of which is not fixed by tbe contract. 2. When there is a contract for rent of real estate, it is none the less a renting, that it is agreed that the tenant may have the use of the mules, tools, gin, aud other personal pr>perty actually on the place, forming part of the machinery for carry ing on the farm, aud a distress warrant will be for the whole sum agreed upon. 3. When there is no day fixed, for the payment of rent, but it is payable in spe cifics to be made ou the place, and it is agreed that “it is to be first taken from the same,” the rent is due in a reasonable time after a sufficiency of the crop, alluded to, to pay the rent, is gathered aud ready for delivery. 4. Section 2263 of Irwin’s Code, protect ing the crop against levy, under process against the tenant, only applies where the rent is a fractional part of the crop, aud not where it is a fixed amount. 5. The lien of the landlord, for his rent, upon the crop made, is superior to all oth er ileus. 6. The liens, provided for by the act of 1866, in favor of landlords, factors, etc., upon crops and growing crops, attach from the date of the agreement, and the oldest taken is of the highest dignity. Judgment adirmed. Btrozer & Bmith, John A. Davis, for plaintiff in error. Hines & Hobbs fordefeudant iu error. Juo. Doe, ex. dem. E. Granniss, vs. Rich ard Roe aud Bamuel D. Irwin, tenant. Ejectment, from Baker county. McCay, J. 1. It is the presumption of law that an officer has done his duty, and his official acts will be presumed to have been done rightly uutii the contrary is shown. 2. Where a deed, purporting to have been attested by a magistrate, and duly recorded thereupon, was offered iu evi dence, circumstances, tending to show that the magistrate’s name was affixed subsequently to the execution of the deed, are evidence for the Jury, and it is error in the Court to withhold the deed, as not re corded. 3. If theevidenee is pertinent, the Court should leave it to the Jury, under his charge as to the law. Judgment reversed. Vason & Davis for piaintiffin error. 8. D. Irwin for defendant in error. IHI» BETTER. And so we are not to have negroes mar rying whites, negroes sitting by wdiites in railroad cars, hotels, theatres, and churches, and making themselves nuis ances generally. The Bupreme Court did much better with this decision than they did with the other. We suppose the people ought to be obliged to them for it. Certainly the black draught of the one de served some effort at antidote, at least. But will not the majority of the Court lose standing in the great National rule or ruin party by this decision? Alas! if it should so eventuate, for where then will they fly for refuge ? We shall keep an ear Northward so as to catch the first howl from Greeley, the first screech from hyena Forney. * Americans in the Cuban Army.—A Havana correspondent of the New York Times, writing under date of June 12, *ays that the number of Americans in the Cuban army has been greatly exaggerated. There are, perhaps, at a liberal estimate, two hundred native Americans in tliefr ranks. The Bpanish army contains about twenty ; but very worthless Americans most of them are. In all, about one thou sand foreigners, from all climes, and of all colors, excepting ouly the native Africans brought here by slavers, belong to the Cu ban army. The reports about eight or ten thousand Americans are simple fabrica tions. The New Money.—The bank-note companies are now printing their portion of the fractional currency notes, viz: five, ten, sis een, twenty-five, aud fifty-ceut notes. These notes will be completed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, as soon as they reach the Department, Mr. McCartee having everything in readiness to go on with the work. It is thought that the first lot of this currency will be completed and handed over to the Treas urer’s Bureau for distributing about the 23d. The first lot of new greenbacks, or legal-tenders, will be ready for delivery about the Ist of July. Telegram Decision.— An important legal question has just been decided in Cincinnati in regard to telegraph compa nies. They cannot exclude individuals from the use of the wires at pleasure, when they are willing to pay the usual rates. H. L. Lewis obtained a verdict for $3,000 against the company for such refusal, when he was seeking to dispatch for trad ing purposes in competition with the com pany itself. Pay t s Forfeit. —The Charleston News ! says that the Columbia Canal property, ! purchased some time since by Senator ! Sprague, will in all probability* be put up agaiu for sale, the Senator having failed to comply with the terms of his contract, which were, if we remember correctly, to begin the erection of one or more manu factories by the sth of July —Mrs. Dr. Eliza J. Hall, of San Fran cisco, has accomplished something worth placing on record. She has invented and patented a volcanic furnace for smelting ores, which scientific men, like Charles Haraszthy, say “will revolutionize the old system of smelting ores altogether.” VOL. LXL, NO. 15 FREE TUITIOY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AiEOHUIA. We have received, and publish with great pleasure, the following circular from l‘rof. W. H. Waddell, the Secretary of the faculty of the Uuiversity of Georgia: FREE TUITION. The Trustees having authorized the Faculty to admit, without payment of tuitiou fees, meritorious young men, of limited means, they propane to increase the numberof beneficiaries to fifty. There are now, as such, in attendance at the Uuiversity, under appointment of the Faculty, twenty-seven studeuts. These appointments are intended to Iw limited to residents of the State, who are not themselves, and whose pareuts are uot, iu a situation to incur the expense of their education at the University, without aid Studeuts thus appoiuted stand, in all respects, except expense, as others, en joying equal privileges, and subject to (he same laws. Asa remuneration to the State, they will be expected to engage in teaching in a public or private school, in Georgia, for a term of years equal to the time they may have enjoyed the advanta ges of instruction at the uuiversity. The term of appointment expires at the close of the Collegiate year, with those who fail to exhibit due diligeuce, but those who give evidence of capacity and iudiis try, will be permitted to remain until the regular course is completed. The applicant for sn appointment should forward testimopl?* , « 'ifcood inoral character, and of capacity to ! l.y the instruction at the University; stating his age (which must be at least sixteen,) and his residence, with a full report of the subjects that have been studied by him. It must also be shown that neitherhe nor his pareuts are able, without aid, to incur the expense of his education. Next session’there will be forty vacan cies, which the Faculty will fill, by ap pointment, ou the 6lh of August. Only one will be appointed from a county. There are no vacancies iu the following counties: Bibb, Clarke,Cobb, Fulton,Jef ferson, Monroe, Rabun, Richmond,Union. Applications should be addressed to the Corresponding Secretary, and forwarded prior to August 6th. CANDIDATES FOB THE MINISTRY. Young men who design to enter the ministry of any denomination whatsoever, are admitted to the privileges of the I 'Di versity without the payment of tuitiou fees, upon presenting proper letters from the authorities of the Church to which they are attached; provided they are iu need of this aid to complete their educa tion. “PLENTY OF COHN \\ ILL UK MIDI So we hear from every portion of the State. We have hoard that song b tfore, and it was that of a syren, whose falsity all cauie to acknowledge after awhile It is repeated, this season, witla milled cm pbasis. Let us hope, at least, that it may be truer than heretofore. But now and then we feel certain that It is not a great deal truer than heretofore. We heard of a man, yesterday, who wn working ten hands, and had ouly fifteen ucres planted in corn. How many others are there in Georgia like unto him ? We don’t know, hut we fear more than arc good for the general weal, or than Is gen erally suspected. This case is, no doubt, an exceptional one. hut his corn acreage could he greatly multiplied and still leave the proportion too great. However, we shall know in time. Happy those who do not acquire the knowledge at too greai a cost. The rain Tuesday, which looked as if it was general, will give the corn crop a fresh start. It was beginning to need it badly. In some sections it was twisting. We hope to hear, to-day, of fine rain all over Southwestern Georgia, aud a chorus of gratulalions over the prospect from all our farmer friends. In the meantime, and to show all cot ton-mad farmers what may happen to their Western corn cribs, we submit the following Chicago dispatch, found iu the Nashville Banner of Tuesday : Continued cold aud wet weather is be coming a serious cause of alarm to our Illinois farmers. Unless there is a chan; < soon, the corn crop in Northern and Mid dle Illinois will come near proving a fail ure. LATEST FROM THE “ADDLE" RED MAY. Bt. Louis, June 21.— The Republican has a special from Hays City, Kansas, dated June 19, which says Colonel Green wood’s surveying party, who are survey ing the rouVr of the Kansas and I’aeiiie Railroad from .Sheridan to Denver, were attacked this morning, titteeu mile - be yond Sheridan, by a hand of fifty Chey ennes. The Indians came upon them quite unexpectedly, hut the surveyors were all well armed, and after a deperaU fight succeeded in killing four Indians, wounding several others, and putting Un balance to llight. Two brothers named Schuyler were wounded, one of them crit ically, having received three balls iu tin thigh ; the other but slightly. The couductor ou the Western hound mail train re{>orta having seen not les than forty Indians twenty miles w* ~t of here. Au Omaha special to the same papei says a party of nineteen citizens started from North* Platte on Friday afternoon t<> searcli for horse thieves. They returned at Doou yesterday with three Sioux pris oners and thirty six head of stock. Tin- Indians report that Spotted Tail with two hundred lodges has left the reservation and is coming down, with what intention is not known. The army officers who cam- down on the steamer Cora report a fight between Hioux and Rees Indiana, below Fort Bu ford, in which the Hioux left ten kill* I and fifteen wounded, and the latter one killed and thirty wounded. The Hioux have gone for reinforcements and intend to renew the fight. AKOI VD THIS WORLD IN KI«.HIV II \ V - A New York paper aays that prohahly few persons are aware, now that the Pacfio Railroad is completed, that a journey around the world can be made in eighty days, which estimate allows for ordinary delays incident to traveling. Moreover, the entire distance can he traversed by steam either on land or water, save iHkiui one hundred miles in India, between Allahabad and Bombay, over which i railroad is now constructing. The partic ulars of this marvelous trip—for it is even more than marvelous —we condense into tabular form, for convenient reference, a follows: New York to ban Francisco (rail) 7 San Francisco to Yokohama (steamship).... Ml Yokohama to Hong Kong(steamstiip) < , Hong Kong to Calcutta (steamship) j ; ‘Calcutta to Bombay (rail) Bombay to Cairo (steamship and rail) i } Cairo to Paris (steamship and rail) > Paris to New York ! 1 Total SO ♦l'hia includes the break of one hundred ml mentioned above. Thk Hkai.th of Jefferson i)A VI The New Orleans Times says that ad patch received at Montreal on June 1- h, by Mr. Howell, from Paris, announced tbe health of lion. Jefferson Davis a- ex tremely precarious. At one time, recent ly, his life was despaired of. It i- the purpose of Mr. Davis, if he lives, to revisit Canada during the summer, and to spend the following winter among hisold friend in the State of Mississippi. We trust that a long life is yet in store for him. —The Figaro corrects the popular notion that M. Thiers was the son of a hJack-mit ■. of Aix. It says that his father was an a< - voeate of the Parliament of Marseille-, and his mother, Marie Madeleine Annie, the daughter of a delegate of the commer cial population at Constantinople under Louis XV. The latter was married to a lady whose sister was the gCa mother wis de Chenier, so; tb«M. Tby perished on the guillotine in 1793. RorTF AGENTS Appointed.-Among a list of route agents recently appointed JM PrUwell. we see the following for fvorgff John W. Barney, from Macon mTuania, and Thos. W. Hill, from An gust a to Milieu. The Largest Yield Yet.—TheGriflin Middle Georgian says that Mr T. J. Threekeld, of that place, has just thrashed out a brag lot of wheat, and the result is fifty-eight bushels to the acre.