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15V J. \V. BURKE & CO. GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER j W. BURKU 6l CO., Proprietors. VI. BROWNE, Editor. OFFICE No. 60 HKCXIND HTREET, MACON, GA. BATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. iuily p*r Annum $lO 00 Hlx Months 500 - Three Months 2 50 .. One Month lOp .. « Three Months 1 GO u rtcttLY, per Annum 8 (X) .. Mi Months 1 50 VALEDICTORY. Circumstanced, the recital of which could in no wise interest the public, have determined me to offer (o the proprietors of this paper, my resignation as its editor. 'They have accepted it, and from this date m y connection with the Journal and Messenger is at au end. To its patrons, my steadfast friends, I M y good bye with real regret. For more tbau two years they have shown a generous appreciation of my efforts to serve them that will, while memory lives, be proudly counted among its richest possessions. From t)>e depths of a i,eart glowing with gratitude for so much kindness, I invoke (or tlnm and theirs.every blessing that can come from genuine peace and assured prosperity— from broken fortunes repaired, and lost liberties regained. In every con juncture of the eventful past, they have been true to manhood and their country. May the future he radiant with the rich- ] Deea and completeness of their reward ! For my successor, Gen. Win. M. Browne, | a journalist of large experience and rare j ability, 1 ask a continuance of the encour- I agement and favor so liberally given to j me . lam assured that he will deserve it 1 all and more ; and that under his manage ment this honored journal will press still farther forward In the advance towards fame and fortune. And now my duty is done. Standiug in the sombre shadows of that sad word fare well, and with a full appreciation of its meaning, nothing remains but to pro nouuce it. Let this sentiment go with it: May time, in Its flight, soon crown our dear old Commonwealth with a sweeter peace, a more golden prosperity, aud a more perfect liberty than her truest sons ever pictured in their brightest visions. As they have been steadfast in their re sistance to Wroug in all its shapes, so may they soon wiu the guerdon that Heaven always decrees, at last, to those who are wise, and brave, and true to the end. May Georgia live, whatever else shall perish ! A. W. Reese. Macon, July Bth, 1869, NEW ARRANGEMENT. It will be seen by Mr. Reese’s card above that from this date his connection with the Journal ani> Messenger ceases. We take occasion here to say that be has discharged his editorial duties in an able and faithful manner, and that he has labored unremittingly to promote the in terests of the paper. He carries with him our best wishes for his success in any field of labor which he may enter, and we sin cerely hope he may find one even more pleasant than that which he now leaves. As the future editor of the old time honored Journal and Messenger, we are happy to state to its readers that we have secured the services of Qeu. William M. Browne, of Athens, Ga. As he will «t his post in a few davs and speak for himself, we will only say that we have good reason to believe that the General itnows how to edit a newspaper, having had long experience. Everything that conduces to the honor, prosperity and in dependence of the State of Georgia ; every thing that is calculated to lift her from her fallen condition and restore her to perfect equality among her sister commonwealths of the Union; everything tlißt tends to secure peace, founded on justice, sustained bylaw, and inspired by liberty—will al ways receive the earnest support of liis pen. Gen. Browne is a gentleman of finished education. He was at one time before the war connected with the editorial staff of the New York Journal of Commerce. During Mr. Buchanan’s administration he was called to Washington City to take editorial charge of the “Constitution,” a well known Southern paper. This paper he edited with great success uutil the war broke out, when he immediately came South, and united his fortunes with her people. He was President Davis’ private Secretary the first two years of the war, and was at one time temporary Secretary of State, At the close of the war, having accepted the situation,” he quietly set tled down upon his farm near Athens, where he has been making some very suc cessful expeiiments in agriculture. Uen. Cobb once remarked to the writer that he considered Gen. Browne one of the very best editors ou the continent. Hut we forbear, and leave our new in cumbent to show what he can do, asking our readers and friends everywhere to stand by us, and we will try to give them a paper iu every way worthy of their patronage. WHAT II VS Bit COMB OK THE MONEY I Inanswer tothis question,asked frequent ly of late, the Federal Union savs, if the W | h ° w ? ke tlie inquiry had noticed and Wm! r °K C t rß loade 'i with corn, flour and bacon,which are continually arriving la ZTJS a “ J »«b«»VZB a'LrSi, 11 !! rr^r dew' If“ ,or "“>S cloud or tlie early dew. It has been sent away to buv oro visions. Ir seems to be a law of God that an agricultural people who buy their nro visions can never prosper. This annlies S“ CZ' iivi,l ," al * a " d *° it «ni ? y l )iatl ters will not believe • aiihougt) each, year the truth stares or a Tow oh 1 8 provisioUß until a bad crop or a tow price ruins them. The oulv whh'h?!, W 7 keep auy of the “oney • I 1 t * ieir lust cotton brought them are B n??i Wl ° ralse, i tHeir own provisions, ,k i ar , e a * so l He men who are payiug up their old debts. The I ibst New 7 Texas Cotton.—The Brownsville (Texas) Seutiuel says tliat ou mn ultimo, a ranchero brought to uat place one hundred and five pounds of cottou in the seed. It was grown ou the orrito ranch. The staple is about the ame as that of good upland Mississippi or Alabama cotton. The fibre is flue and iroug. The man could have brought ™ore, but he had not the means. He came 1,1 on horseback. He sold it to Mr. Yznaga 'our cents per pound, speeie. The Sen ti el ■ ays this settles thequestion of tlie ea- Paouv of the soil not immediately iu the alley of the Rio Grande to produce cot- I* fixes the fact that cotton can be Rotten into market earlier from thissection nan auy other in the United States. It confidently anticipated that the next p . of l He steamer to Rio Grande City will on? McAllen ready to ship a bale of Dipb° D 10 ew Orleans or New 7 York. The ■sing 6easou here lasts from June to January. Commencements— The Super- j otl na ut^ f llle Georgia Railroad, S. K. > gives notice, that parties l,le commencement ex- Uke t n!* t Pen fi el d, Oxford and Athens, to Will the next four weeks, lot o Q e^ as ‘ ,ed over the Georgia Railroad (imipa Boutnat and messenger. THE VIRGINIA ELECTION. In the brief interval between two edi i torial administrations, the printers call for copy, and old Pro Tem, who has served fora century on every newspaper in the United States, of all religions and of all politics, being pressed into service, shar pened his pencil, and dashed off the fol lowing mature reflections on the first subject that offered, which, by the way, is oue rather agreeable to contemplate, viz.: The great Conservative victory in Virginia. The Underwood Constitution, as it is called, was an infamous affair—containing sweeping disfranchising clauses, and vir tually turning the State over to the most Radical negro rule. This Constitution was adopted in Convention, about the time the Georgia Constitution was adopted, but it had never been submitted to popular vote. Consequently Virginia is still under mili tary rule—Gen. Cauby in command, with Gov. Wells as Military Governor. The Conservative whites of Virginia roused themselves last Spring, and sent embassies to Washington, where, after long consultations with the masters of the situation, an Act passed Congress author izing President General Grant to submit »aiii Cuusttuitldh in seutTOtifflo the people. Under this Act, an election was ordered, the voters being allowed to take the Con stitution—-if they so preferred it—with the two most obnoxious articles expunged— a separate vote being taken upon them. The Conservative party have been work ing might and main for this issue. They had for opponents those who preferred to reject the Constitution altogether, and re main in military thrall, rather than ride into the Union even on horseback, if “the Greeks” furnished the “wooden horse,”— and, likewise, those who were out aud out for the Underwood Constitution—the head of which was the carpet-bag Gov ernor, Wells. The Conservatives—whites aud blacks—united on Col. Walker, a Northern man aud a Republican of the more decent sort. Bo far for the situation precedent to the great election drama. On Tuesday, the curtain was raised, ami all Virginia, white and black, not disfranchised, rush ed to the polls. There was a “mixing, mingling and commingling,” of white spirits, grey spirits, aud yellow spirits, and, of course, ardent spirits—and freed black meu voted, aud slave white men didn’t vote ; and the result, as announced by Thursday's telegrams, is that the ticket that does not quite disgrace the noble old mother of heroes and statesmen has suc ceeded by about 40,000 majority ; while ti>e Conservatives get all the Congressmen except three, who are negroes. Rones of Randolph! don’t siir in your grave. If the illiterate and ignorant are to rule, let it be in tbe national councils. It is right to feed tlie North out of the same spoon which we are compelled to put to our nau seated lips. A few venerable Cudjos in the U. 8. Senate, such as we could select, would add diguity and respectability to that body, if not much learning. Per haps, indeed, it would not suffer in real statesmanship by their counsels. So, make way, grave and reverend Senators, for the “coming man.” Your pet party in Virginia is about to grace your halls of iniquity with some statues cut in ebony. Fall down and worship ; great are Pompey and Diana of the North Americans. We consider, then, that ri>;htoousness statesmanship, justice,the highest and best interests of man, have not gained much abstractly, in tiiis election ; but the people of Virginia have gained much, in that they have not lost everything, as would have been the ease had the other party won. It saves them from the despicable rule of au organized carpet-bag aud negro government—from a negro legislature for four years—from county rule by negro of ficials—from a negro miiitia doing police duty throughout the State—from merci less taxation by negro legislators and county supervisors. The people felt their homes, their property, their liberty, all, to hang on the issue of that day’s triumph or defeat. Triumph crowned their efforts, and old Virginia is only not annihilated. Wounded, trampled on by the heel of the oppressor, bleeding, she lies prostrate in the dust; but there is “life in the old land yet,” and as tiiis was not crushed out last Tuesday, there is hope that she will yet arise, and equal, if not surpass her old re nown, as tlie guardian of liberty. All hail! Old Virginia. P. S. Old Pro Tern’s compliments to readers, begging them not to attribute any thing they may dissent to, in this article, either to the Proprietors or to the in coming Editor of the Journal and Mes senger. He alone is responsible—and will next appear, perhaps, on the other side of the line. OUR OWN COUNTRY THE BEST. The Hon. VV. T. Avery delivered an el oquent tint practical address before tlie White’s Station (Teun.) Agricultural So ciety, at their anniversary on the 3d of July. He said, in reference to the Valley of tlie Mississippi, what will apply quite as justly to Georgia : My friends, the longer I live, the more I see of other countries and contemplate our own in contrast with them, the deep er impressed I become with the wonderful blessings that have been bestowed on us in tlie way of a country. Scathed, scarred aud scattered all over, as it is, with the ruins aud the wastes of war, it is our laud still. It is our home, our heritage, ourall. It has been the home of our fathers, aud is to be through comiug time the hom6 of our children. God, iu the plenitude of His power, aud in the boundless munifi cence of His benefaction, has lavished upon this laud His choicest aud most bouuteous gifts. Its climate salubrious, healthful, iuvigoratiug; its productions as varied as the very seed that are to be plautefl ; its rock-ribbed mountains, rich iu all tlie vast aud hidden and untold treasures of the earth—should we not struggle hard to improve to the utmost these wonderful resources? What is there, let me ask, either in the vegetable, animal, or miueral world, fit for the prop er uses and comforts of mankind, that cannot be produced throughout this fertile belt of couutry, known as tlie Valley of the Mississippi, iu more abundance, with greater certaiuty and less labor than any country iu the world, and at such remu nerative prices, too ? Let uo oue, then, think of leaving this couutry to hunt a better. My word ior it, he will never find it. Those w 7 ho, with the vain hope of doing so, have some times wandered away into distant climes, soouer or later return satisfied that, after all, it is the very best of all. And it is the best of all. Ido not think there is any country like It to be found upon the habit able globe. Let us stick to it, then, through thick aud thin. Let us all, youug aud old, double our energies to lift it up and place it where it was inteuded by Na ture aud Nature’s God it should staud, iu the very front rank of material greatuess. It is by efforts individually aud collect ively, that public spirit is awakened to develop the productive resources of the couutry. We must aggregate our strength and our efforts; we must wake up to the importance to ourselves and our children of these high endeavors. Do all this, aud we will no longer have to organize immi gration companies aud labor schemes, but labor, aud capital aud immigration in abundance will flow into a land like this from far and near. Wealth and power will take the place of poverty aud weak ness. If tlie country flourish, cities will flourish. But none of these things will come about without a practical apprecia tion of the dignity and importance of la bor. We must work ourselves. a » i xl o Li i t e r is M! o r s © s t CHINESE IMMIGRATION This idea—only a few weeks old—is fast passing into action. It does not take loug for Americans to weigh and approve a good suggestion ; and from that to acting on it is but a step with them. Already the tide of Chinese immigration is setting down the Mississippi river. The Mem phis Appeal of the2Bth ult. says: “The steamer Thompson DeaD, which passed down last evening for New. Orleans, bad on board, booked for the Crescent City, five hundred coolies —tbe first of what we hope will be a heavy immigration to the South of that kind of labor.” These la borers are discharged hands from the Pa cific Railroad—no longer being required for that work—and instead of idling about tbe mushroom cities along the route, spending their money for liquor, as some other classes of workmen would be inclin ed to do, they come right on at the first opportunity to till, and take their share in the profits of, plantations in Louisiana. To call such thrifty, sensible laborers “coolies” is a mistake. A measure of op probrium belongs to the word “cooly,” arising from the fact that in the West In dies the “coolies,” as they are there term ed, are a very inferior race intellectually, just oue remove above the negro, and that the contract system under which they are engaged is but another phrase for slavery. But the Chinese engaged on the Pacific road are remarkable for their in telligence and general good qualities, and in no sense can be regarded as slaves in The hew spite re orTawrr wmen nrey are to fill. Their employers aresoglad to secure them on auy reasonable terms, that they may be trusted, if only from motives of seif interest, to treat them as well as they would any description oflaborers from any part of the world. Already some north ern papers, whose grudge against the South is not yet appeased, are talking of “the new birth of slavery,” meaning the revival of the coolie trade, the abuse of which in other couutsies has been noto rious. To fend off, so far as possible, this unjust condemnation of the most impor tant labor movement of the age, and to get rid of a slang term, which degrades these immigrants, we propose to the South ern press aud people to call their new aud better substitute for the negro by his prop er name of Chinese—never “cooly.” The con vention called to meet in Mem [This the 13th inst. will probably give a great impetus to Chinese immigration* Six States are concerned in it, and will be represented by their richest and most en terprising landowners. The |spirited and liberal action of the “Arkansas Immigra tion Company,” which is a branch of the scheme, is but a specimen of the feeling that prevails. That compauy alone pro poses to import two thousand Chinese into Arkansas this year. Let the good work go on.— Journal of Commerce. A NEW CHURCH IN AMERICUS. The writer spent a very pleasant day in the pretty little city of Amerieus last week, and was pleased to notice the man ifest signs of improvement there. We know of few places in Georgia which have grown more steadily since the war, and the spirit of improvement seems to be still in the ascendant. A pleasant iucident connected with our visit to Amerieus was the laying of the cornerstoueof Calvary (Episcopal) Church, which took place on Thursday moruiug, at 8 o’clock. The followiug account, with some corrections, we take from the Sumter Republican, of Thursday : On last Thursday morning at 8 o’clock, the corner stoue of Calvary Episcopal Church, in this city, was laid by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Beckwith, o! the Diocese of Georgia. The ceremony, though brief, was quite impressive. The congregation gathered at the resi dence of Dr. E J. Eldridge, where a pro cession was formed, the choir in front, the ministers in their robes aud surplices immediately after, aud the membership and visitors following, iu whioh order the church lot was approached. The order of procession was reversed at the church ground, the people forming laterally about the spot, aud the divines drawing near tLxo rw.rth-ttKwl UOniMr f)f t)i.u o.Ufioo. SUP ceeded by the choir chanting the oue hun dred and twenty second Psalm. Prayer was said ; the vault of the Cor uer-stoue was filled with the followiug relics, to-wit: the Bible, the Prayer Book, the Church Journal, the Church Register, a copy of the Macon Telegraph, a copy of the Sumter Republican, and two Ameri can coins ; the lid was replaced ; and the three strokes of the gavel in the Bishop’s hand, blessing and consecrating the edi fice in tlie name of the Father, Sou, and the Spirit, completed the hallowed dedi cation. The beautiful chant, Cantate Domino, (Psalm xsviii,) proclaimed the accom plishment of the sacred work, aud the thankful joy of the assembled congre gation. Iu some chaste, appropriate and impres sive remarks, preceding the benediction, Bishop Beckwith congratulated the little fiock upon the evideuce there displayed of their zeal and energy, affirming that no other parish in Georgia had achieved so much. He paid an especial aud deserved tribute to the two fair youDg ladies of our city whose untiring and devoted exertions did such effectual aud so great service in inaugurating and carryiug forward the founding and buildiug of this church. At tiie close of the Bishop’s remarks, the beautiful Gloria in Excelsis was sung, after which the benediction was pro nounced aud the congregation dispersed. Iu addition to the Bishop of the Dio cese, the following named clergy were present: Rev’s. H. K. Rees audWm. Leacock, of Macon ; Rev. George Macau lay, of Albany ; and Rev. Wm. J. Boone, of Eufaula. Ala. Correspondence Journal and Messenger. RAILROAD MEETING IN RAKER, Newton, July 2, 1869. Mr. Editors A meeting was held in Newton, Baker county, to day, July 2d, for the purpose of taking steps towards the building of the Camilla and Cuthbert Railroad. On motion, VV. D. Williams was elected Chairman, A. L. Hawes, Sec retary, aud Thomas Allen, Assistant Sec retary. The meeting was then called to order, and its object explained, by the Chairman ; after which, on motion ot Jesse Griffin, of Calhoun county, a com mittee of five were appointed by the Chair to select four suitable persous from each of the counties of Calhoun, Baker aud Mitchel to solicit subscriptions from the people of said counties, and make a report of their actings and doings at the next meetiug, to be held in this place on the first Friday in September next, at which time aud place there will be a per manent organization of the company. The following named persons were re ported by the committee to solicit sub scriptions, and the report unanimously adopted by the meetiug: Calhoun.—J. H. Griffin, Jno. Colley, G. W. Wooten and L. D. Monroe. Baker.— Jas. Baggs. Jos. Scollay, W. W. Dews, aud Dr. I. H. Hand. Mitchell.—s. B Butler, Capt. H. P. Townseud, B. F. Briusberry and John C. Perry. Ou motion of Ja3. Baggs, the meeting tbeu adjourned until the first Friday in September next. W. D. Williams, President. A. L. Hawes, Secretary. Proposed Road from Chattanooga to Rome. —The Rome Commercial pub lishes proceedings of a meetiug, held at LaFayette, G»., on the third inst., to con' sider the propriety of building a railroad from the Southern terminus of the Cin cinnati Southern Railroad at Chattanooga, through LaFayette and Trion Factory, to Rome, Ga. The proceedings of the meeting were marked with unusual unaminity, and great interest was expressed for the com pletion of the road. It is thought that the length of the road will be inside of sixty miles, and with the exception of Taylor’s Ridge, will be a very light grade. The meeting adjourned to the sth Mon day in August next, when it proposed to put the ball in motion, and keep it rolling until the work is completed. This road will open a rich country—one that not only abounds in mineral resour ces, but has many facilities for manufac turing. —Borie got out before the President could say Jaok Robinson. MACON. GA.. TUESDAY,'- JULY 13, 1869. STATE NEWS. of fame” by the *° ot^er “fields *“>»»*■>» NoT„ h , or : e u “ •»- tU H~! VC / y 0116 Voices at it hlB in atlon^^u^iand^fiiteh^i w !F More Congenial. WenmiTrU. . that J. Mason Rice, & Radical memberof tbe Georgia Legislature from Columbia county has declined a $1,500 consulship granted him to Timbuctoo, Borneo or somewhere else, and accepted an assistant 5 Assessorship at Milledgeville, under Bel- 5 cher, the negro Reveuue Assessor of the \ Third Georgia District.— Augusta Consti tuiionalist, 4 th. How Bryant got tiie Postoffice.— i We have received from good authority an account of the manner in which Bryant succeeded in out-generaling Blodgett in Washington city recently, aud secured for himself tbe five thousand dollar postoffice. It appears that the Postmaster General, Cresweli, himself a Southern renegade and scalawag, was, from the first, a strong partisan of Blodgett’s, and earnestly sided with him in bis contest with the carpet- i bagger for the position of postmaster i% this city. Under these circumstances j Skowhegan must have reasonably expect ed defeat, for it is no easy matter for obscure politician to ««rccCTSfuhy the influence which a Cabinet -MinT^M generally exercises over the President; but a last resort was left, and of this be did uot hesitate to avail himself. Having learned that before the war Blodgett was a leading member of one of those terrible Vigilance Committees, which, to this day, remain such a bug bear to the Yankee im agination, he determined to use this infor ation to the destruction of his antagonist. Through the assistance of a gentleman of this city, he was enabled to get affidavits from two respectable parties here, estab lishing the fact that just previous to the commencement of hostilities Blodgett was a prominent member of a Vigilauce Com mittee. Armed with thisdocument, Skow hegan repaired to Washington and exhib ited it to Grant. This settled the business. Even the Postmaster General's eloquence aud influence could uot prevail against the damning record of the ex-Vigiiauce Com mitteeman; the carpet-bagger received tiie commission, and the scalawag was merci lessly turned adrift to make a living as best he could.— Chronicle <Sr Sentinel , 4 th. Railroad Iron. —Tbe Georgia Rail road is transporting two thousand tons of Railroad Iron for the Wills’ Valley Rail road, and four hundred tous for the road from Knoxville into Kentucky. The iron is shipped from New York.— Atlanta Con stitution, 4 th. A Good Move. —ThGeorgia Railroad has agreed to transport all brick designed for building purposes to Madison, atmere ly nominal rates. We learn that itiscou templated to erect biick store houses al together at Madison.— lbid. A Good Dividend.— The Georgia Rail road Company has declared a dividend of four dollars per share, payable ou and af ter the 13th. — Ibid. Murder. —We learn that a horrid mur der was committed at the residence of Mr. Hampton Penny, who lives near Judge G. W. Thomas, iu the lower part of tiiis county, last Sunday evening. David Par tin, a young man, killed Stiles Montgom ery, a graud-sou of Bartly Montgomery, who was a sober, industrious young mnn, about niueteeu or tweuty years old. He was stabbed three times, either of which would probably have proved fatal. Tiie origin of the difficulty is said to have been about some woman. Partin made his escape.— Rome Courier. 6 th. Hot Weather. —lt is very seldom that we have as hot a spell as during the past week. On Saturday tiie thermometer stood, at 2 o’clock, p. m., at 96 degrees iu the shade. For several days it was up to 93 or 94 degrees. The uighis also have been very warm for this locality.— lbid. A Sad and Sudden Death.—As we sit down to write, the solemn monotone of the church bell’s funeral toll tells us of a striking instance of the precarious tenure ut tiuiimu lift?. Ou last Sunday night, the Rev. John Loug, of Thomasvilie, North Carolina, a Methodist divine of twenty-five faithful years’ service in tiie pulpit, began preach ing to a large congregation in Wesley Chapel—tbe church of the Rev. Mr. Kim ball. He had continued some ten min utes, when he suddenly stopped, and with a livid face and gasping utterance asked Mr. Kimball if anything appeared to be the matter with him. He sat down in an easy position, folding his hands, and throwing his head back ou the sofa in a recliniug manner. Perceiving his illness, aud at the same time observing that he was quiet, Mr. K'mball arose and con cluded the sermon, all the time thinking that Mr. Long was better, from his qui escence. As he ended his sermon, he turned to speak to Mr. Long and discovered that he was sp tech less. It was an apoplectic stroke, from which he never recovered. He died Monday morning about 5 o’clock. He ueverspoke again. The best medical attention was called iu, but vainly. Doctors Boring and West moreland gave immediate care to the case. This sad event lias created deep feeling in tlie city. All of the circumstauces have tended to invest it with unusual interest. Mr. Long was a gentleman of fifty-eight years of age, of irreproachable character aud high Christian standing. He had been in the city but a week or two, and contemplated making his residence here. His family are still in Carolina, and have yet to learn the terrible intelligence. Mr. Long was buried this morning with due solemnities. Masonic honors were paid to him. —Atlanta Constitution, 6th. The Penitentiary 7 . —We learn that Mr. Thos. Alexander has leased this in stitution for a term of years. The con victs will be employed, at present, on the unfinished portion of the Macon <& Au gusta Railroad lying between this city and Macon. Col. Walton, late Principal Keeper, is, we understand, retained in the institution by the State, the other officers being dispensed with. —Federal Unior., AndersonvjlliLE Hay. We under stand that quite a brisk trafic in hay has recently been inaugurated between this place and Andersonville. We never heard of any meadows green around that lovely village, but still the grass is brought thence hither, even if procured elsewhere by the vendors there. It is a matter of congratulation that those needing long forage can be supplied, thus relieved of the inconvenience of ordering from Tennes see. We will add that it is whispered that these bales of hay, thus put upon the market, are government provender, for warded to that delightful post for the sus tenance of the U. 8. stock there, and that it is repacked and shipped in charge of his dusky trustwortbies by the very effi cient sauer kraut eater in charge of the Cemetery.— Sumter Republican, 6th. River and Harbor Survey 7 . —For some days Capt. N. S. Finney has been engaged in making anew survey of the river aloug the front of the city aud the harbor of Brunswick, for the information of the authorities of the city. In front of his wharf he finds 39 feet at average high water, the deepest in frotjf of the city. At some future time we may make an ex tended notice of this survey.— Brunswick Appeal , 3d. Alarmed. Some of our planting frieuds fear that the newspapers, and Jhe Georgian in particular, will say so much about the crops that the price of cotton will decline. Now if cotton buyers had no more “gumption” about them than to sit quietly at home and wait for newspa per reports, instead of sending out Agents “to spy out the country,” then you might be indignant at these “stuck up” newspa per folks. Why, don’t you know that there has been a fellow peepiog through the cracks in your fence every week, nearly, since you planted? Them chaps with the long gimblet know how much is planted.how manured and how cultivated, and they didn’t get their information from the newspapers either. ’Twas that fellow that “wanted to look at the country and was so delighted.” If the skirts of his coat were not too short he probably had a “probe” in his pocket then. We live in a fast age, friends, rather too fast for con venience and comfort some times. Jesting aside. The press never yet dam- aged the real worth of any species of property. Newspapers are very deeply interested id the price of cotton, for upon • t depends, to a great extent, their pecu niary prosperity.— Central Georgian. Uh. Muhokbs in Floyd and Bartow.— Rome Commercial, of the 7th, says: evening last, about sundown, Penney’a, near Thomas’ Mills, iu ed hv n! ty l n tyle ® Montgomery was kill were Partain. The circumstances derstood f 3 fo,,ows: Montgomery un about Partain had been talking and went tn U n, Ve i ry Jlsres I' eclf ul manner, see Partain th « 10U9e « f Mr P«™ey to house he called he arrive<l the and asked ° Ut , to U i e » ate ’ having “ , Ut lhe v r eports. Partain ,Montgomery ß | UC ,£ statements, but told him hn^tK 10 that he haJ . and Partaiu rem«?kifSh£ e .ffS”i and ", bl|> hira founds upon Montgomery.'“onOu breast, passing through the lower ri!V h the heart; the second in the yiug the femoral artery ; the third iu th e ! ack, passing through the kidneys. The ! M her two wounds were not serious lontgomery lived about five minutes! ' Partain, on ascertaining that Montgomery dead, left through the back door of house, and has not been seen since. ■Ufhe (»miDerol«l raentious ftnother mnr- ™r—cßmifftued in Barton county ou Hat urday morning last. A Miss Ivins, who had been living for two years at Matthew Denman’s, left there a few weeks since, but returned on Friday last, aud was stay ing with the family for the night. Before day she went into the room where Deu mau and his wife were sleeping, aud not being able to ascertain which side of the bed he was on, threw a few shavings oil the tire, and by the light ascertained his position, wheieupou she struck him upon the head witli an axe, from which wound he died in a few hours. The woman went to the house of a neighbor, and told him what she had done, and stated that she was going to the mill pond to drown her self. The person whom she told imme diately went to the mill pond, and found the woman lying on the bank of the pond. She stated that she had given out the notion of drowning herself, and intended to take the chances. Miss Ivans refused to give her reasons for committing the crime, but said she would do so at a proper time. Correspondence Journa 1 aud Messenger. LETTER FROM THOM ASTON—SCHOOL EX HIUITION. Thomaston, Ga., July 2, 1869. Editor Journal and Messenger: School Exhibitions, Commencements, Concerts, &c., are the fruitful subjects of correspondence at this seasou of tiie year, and I propose to write of one that came off here last night. It was not properly an exhibition, but rather a concert, varied by reading compositions and a few decla mations. The first term of Rev. John Green’s school closed last night. This Reverend gentleman has been at the helm of the Thomaston Academy for the last ten or fifteen years, and notwithstanding the most herculean efforts were made at the beginning ot tiiis year to draw off his old patrons aud attach them to another school, his prospects as a teacher were never brighter than now. I can have no motive to flatter, but candor compels me to say that I have no where seen stronger evidence of thorough training than was evinced by the young ladies and girls of this school. There are but few boys iu the school, but they also acted their parts iu a manner creditable to themselves and teachers. Throughout the entire perform ance, which continued for several hours, the audience appeared to be delighted. There was no effort at acting. The girls showed that they had been trained for a wider and different stage than the oue they were then upon. There was no at tempt at individual display, no pert push ing forward as if each felt that they were the observed of all, but rather au ease and grace of manner, combined with maidenly modesty perfectly refreshing to behold. The girls, Wltn txro exceptions, rubai iu pure white, ornamented with evergreetis, presented, as the curtain rose, as beautiful a picture as I ever expect to behold in this world. School examinations of all grades have always beeu my particular aversion. I have ever regarded them as among the greatest of humbugs, but there was no de ceptiou in this, for music that could hold a promiscuous audience charmed for three hours such au evening as the last, needs no other commendation. My object in this communication is not to liatter teach ers or pupils of tiiis school, noi to detract ought from tiie other school iu this place. The interest of the people who have chil dren to educate require two schools. My purpose is to call tbe attention of parents aud guaruians of this and adjoining coun ties to tiie educational advantages here presented. In the first place, Thomaston is one of the most healthy places iu the State; society equal to that of any other community, in or out of tiie State; aud auother advantage that once was scarcely considered, but now of the first import ance—ecouomy. Girls can be well edu cated here, with all tiie advantages to be had at any fashionable school, for perhaps one-half tbe money. Aud is it not enough to say of the principal of the Thomaston Academy that, without apparent effort on his part other than a quiet, conscientious discharge of his duty, lie has defeated every effort to supplant him through all these long years? A man not thoroughly fortified in the confidence of the old aud affections of the young, would have been forced to yield his position to another long since. To his first assistant, Miss Gardner, Mr. Green acknowledges himself greatly in debted for his present success. Miss G. presides over the department of music, and renders such other general assistance as her duties in this will allow. I remarked that I had no motive to Hat ter. but I have, in common with every parent who lias children to educate, an interest in building up a first-class school in our pleasant town, ami we lack nothing hut the patronage of those whose interest it really is to patronize our school, to make it one of the best in the State. Pro fessor Green teaches the dead languages, with French aud German, if desired. His lady teaches painting, drawiug, needle work, embroidery etc. The latter accom plishments are by no means to be de spised in the education of a young Jady, particularly if they can be acquired with out too much cost, and in this school the additional cost is the merest trifle. Miss Gardner, as above stated, has charge of the music class, and all who beard her pupils perform last night, will want no other recommendation ! I have mentioned only a few of the ad vantages, aud might, without exaggera tion, mention many more that are ottered to parents and guardians, who contem plate sending their daughters and wards from home next term, and particularly those of Upsou aud adjoining counties. Your girls will be near you, in the midst and under tlie care of people whom you know, and under the instruction of teach ers as thoroughly competent as in any college in the State ! If these things be true —and there is no douot they are—why not build up and sustain our own school. The old idea of sending girls off, simply for the name, certainly is defunct in this age of common sense and poverty. Distance is said to lend enchantment to the view, but cer tainly, as we have seen too often demon strated, does not add to a young lady’s real acquirements. The second term of this excellent school will commence August 2d. I hope, in common with all who wish to see a first-class school for young ladies built up and sustained in Thomaston, that the number of pupils may at least be double. Mr. Editor, the school has consumed more than my share of si ace'; but I must say, that from all I can gather, if it rains in a few days, and then continues season able for awhile, more corn will be made in Upson than we will consume. Cotton crop fine. Yours, Z. Macon and Brunswick Railroad. We understand that at ten o’clock a. m., on Friday last, the connection was made between this road aud the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, at station No- 6, for con struction trains only. [Aav. Republican. 4 th. REDEMPTION OF UNITED STATES Cl R RBNi-Y. Washington, July I.— The following regulations are adopted iu lieu of all which have heretofore beeu issued by the Treas ury Department, iu regard to the redemp tion of United States currency : I—MUTILATED CURRENCY. Mutilated currency is redeemable by the Treasurer of the United States at Wash ington), D. C., and by no other officer. UNITED STATES NOTES. Notes presented for redemption, the abrasion or loss of substance from which does not exceed oue-twentieth of their origiual proportions, will be redeemed as whole notes. 1. Fragments of notes will not be re deemed iu lull, except when proof is ad duced by affidavit that the missing parts of such notes have been totally destroyed, aud stating the cause and mauuer of de struction. Less thau half of a note is uot redeemable at all, unless accompauied by such affidavit when presented by the holder. The character of the affidavit must be certified to lie good, by a magis trale T or °^ er public officer. ln tbe abseuce of such affidavit, pay a * , exceeding by measurement tW™ i the, . r or, Sioal surface, will be re- Srlot U - eir P ro P° rtl <>” to the whole twe e nti r eths. omng ’ * 8 a rule, by torn liuliau'er h° teß wl *’ ub have been an JheC n bUI ? f ."*»»<* faced, no StohiMytMd-or un certain they are 'ii s «their foil 4. Fragments of the legal-tender note* for Which less thau the full value lias been paid, will be retained six months, to en able owners to return to theTreasurv mis sing parts of such notes, and receive the amount previously withheld. Buch re turn should give the date of the letter from this office, transmitting the original remittance. INTEREST-BEARING NOTES. The rules for the redemption of mutila ted United States notes are likewise ap plicable to mutilated iuterest-beariug notes. Coupons of two years five per cent. Treasury notes, separated from the notes of which they constituted a part, are of no value except when presented for re demption with the notes to which they be long. Coupons should not he detached from the five percent, notes except by a Government officer authorized to redeem them at maturity. But this regulation does not apply to coupon notes or bonds other than five per cent, notes. FRACTIONAL CURRENCY. Defaced fractional notes, if whole, are not considered as mutilated when pre sented for redemption, nor is an evidently accidental diminution, reducing the note by not more than one-tenth of its size, regarded as mutilation. 1. Fragments of a note will not be re deemed unless it shall be clearly evident that they constitute one-half or more of the orignal note; in which case a note, however mutilated, will be redeemed in proportion to the whole note, reckoning by fifths, except three cent notes, which will be reckoned by thirds. 2. Mutilations less than one-tenth will be disregarded, unless fraudulent; but auy mutilation which destroys more thau one-tenth the origiual note, will reduee tiie redemption value of the note by one fifth its face value, or if a three cent note by one-third its original value. 3. Fragments of a three cent note will not be redeemed, unless such fragments constitute fully two-thirds of the note in its original form. 4. Mutilated notes presented for redemp tion must be in sums of not less thau three dollars of their original value. II —CURRENCY NOT MUTILATED. In general, currency is redeemable in accordance with the conditions priuted upon each note. UNITED STATES NOTES. Assistant Treasurers and Depositories are expected to exchange perfect notes for United States notes which are unfit for cir culation, when tiie sameshall be presented for redemption or exchange. The Department will receive, at its own oyiuhiqa. nnrtar th* pontrant with AiiiilllS Express Company, from any officer oF the Government, private party or corporation, notes which are mutilated, or in any way unfit for circulation, notes of tiie denomi nation of lifty dollars, and notes known as the “convertible issue,” authorized by the acts of February 25 and of July li, 1862, provided they are sent in accordance with tiie regulations given herein as to amount and mode of transmission. FRACTIONAL CURRENCY. 1. All fractional currency, not mutilated, shall be redeemed by any Assistant Trea surer or designated depository of tiie United States, or a national bank desig nated as a depository of the United States, having Government funds, in sums not less than three dollars. 2. Before being presented for redemp tion the currency must first be assorted into the different issues—which are easily distinguished—each issue must be assort ed by denominations, aud enclosed in paper straps at least one inch wide, se curely pinned; each strap, if the size of the deposit will admit, must contain one hundred notes of tiie same denomination ; on each strap must be written with ink the number of pieces and denomination enclosed, and the name of tiie owner. 3. Tiie entire deposit must be securely doue up in one package, and upon tiie wrapper tiie date of the deposit, tiie amount enclosed, and tiie name of the owner, must be endorsed with iuk. 4. No less sum thau three dollars will be redeemed, and packages will be paid for in lawful money of the United States, in the order as to time in which they shall have been received, as soon as tiie currency can be counted and passed upon. lII—MODE OF TRANSMISSION.. When parties making remittances fail to give their full address, the remittances will be retained until such address is fur nished, accompanied by a satisfactory de scription of the package claimed. BY EXPRESS. Direct all remittances intended for re demption to “Treasurer of the United States, Washington, I>. C.” 2. Packages should be put up iu wrap pers of stout paper or cloth, tied with strong twine, secured with carefulsealing, aud plainly maiked ou tiie outside, with the amount and Dature of tiie contents, and with full name and postoffice address of the consignor, thus: | £ , Frac’l Curr’y for redemption. ; Treasurer of the United States, • Washington, D. C. ; • From : • John Smith, ; '■ Smithville, O. ; I ’ I When forwarded under contract that fact should also be stated on the package as follows: ‘‘Forwarded under contract with Adams Express Coropauy.” 3. A letter of advice, w ritten on not less than half a sheet of commercial note pa per, stating the name and full postoffice address of the owner, the amount of re mittance and the manner in which re turns shall be made, must be put inside the package. 4. Money for redemption may be sent at the expense of the Department by Adams Express Company, or by any Ex press with which that Company has made such arrangement, provided the amount sent is $-500 or more, or exceeds SI,OOO, or a multiple thereof by $-500. This restric tion is made necessary by the terms of the . contract with Adams Express Company. ' Any expense to whicn ibe Department i may be subjected through neglect to com ply with the terms of this regulation will be deducted from the proceeds of the re mittance before returns are made, i 5 Postmasters, Internal Revenue Col lectors, aud their Deputies, may remit in ! sums of SIOO or more by Express, free of charge; but this regulation is confined to the officers named. BY MAIL. 1. Direct all remittances intended for redemption, to “Treasurer of the United (States, Washington, D. C.” Letters or packages addressed as above are delivered by mail, postage free, whether they con tain money or not. 2. Money for redemption, after being prepared as heretofore directed, should be sealed or tied up in paper of suitable strength, aDd plainly marked on the out side with the owner’s name and full ad dress, and with the amount enclosed ; the package should then be sealed up the envelope, together with a letter of advice, written ou uot less thau a half sheet of commercial note paper, stating tbe name and full postoffice address of the owuer, the value of the remittance, and the man ner in which returns shall be made. 3. Remittances to the Treasurer by mail are invariably at the risk of the owner. All communications to the Treasurer in regard to packages ascertained fb be lost in transmission by mail, will be referred, for investigation, to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, to whom any further iuquiry ou the subject should be ad dressed. 4 It is a protection against loss to regis ter letters containing money, but the registry fee should be, iu all cases, prepaid by the party remitting. IV —RETURNS—HOW MADE. Proceeds of remittances will be returned in all cases to the person who made the remittance. 1. Returns tor amounts less thun five dollars, unless instructions are given to remit proceeds by check, will be made in new currency by mail at the owner’s risk. 2. Returns for amounts of $5 and up wards will also be made in new currency, if tbe owner so requests, either by mail, at his risk, or by express, at his expense, un less the amount shall be SSOO or more, or exceed SI,OOO, or a multiple thereof by more than SSOO, in which case express charges will be paid by the Department. 3. ?oi nmouuU nf iaami upwards, un ie-sinew curreucy is desired, returns will be made h. transfi. Au ks on/eitber New York, Boston, Philadelphia, rvew Orleans or San Francisco, as the owner may re quest, or if no place of payment is men tioned, check ou New York will be sent. In case of the loss or destruction of his checks, the Treasurer will, upou notifica tion thereof, stop payment on the original and furnish the applicant for a duplicate with a form for bond of indemnity ; upou the returu of which, properly executed, at the expiration of oue mouth from the date of the check, when the amount tnereoi is 850 or more, aud at the expira tion of three months when the amouut is less than fcoO, duplicate will be issued. • . . rn en tlle rfcai >ttauce is from au As sistant treasurer, designated Depository, or National Bank designated as a Deposi tory, the proceeds will, if desired, becred iteu id account. 1 he treasurer cannot undertake to reg ister remittances mailed by him, even if the registry fee is provided for. V—GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 1. Whenever any holder of currency, whether mutilated or uot, shall present the same, put up iu accordance with these regulations, iu sums not less than fifty dollars, to any officer or bank required to redeem currency, it shall be the duty of sucii officer or bank to receive such parcel and at their option either pay tiie owner its value in money, or give a receipt cou ditioued for such payment when pro ceeds of the parcel shall be received from the Treasurer of the United Stales. When tiie same depositor shall habitually pre sent for redemption curreucy, uot muti lated, iu sums somewhat less thau lifty dollars, with the evident intention of evading this regulation, it shall be discre tionary with the officer or hank to whom the deposit is presented to refuse to re ceive the amouut uutil it is made up to at least fifty dollars. 2. Notes of National Banks which have gone into voluntary liquidation, aud de posited money for the redemption of their outstanding circulation, and notes of National Banks which have failed, are redeemed by tiie Treasurer of the United States on presentation, and when muti lated will be redeemed by him under these rules as United States notes; provided that tiie owner pays all express charges attendant upon their presentation. Notes of all other National Banks, whether mu tilated or not, are redeemable only by tiie bank which issued them. 3. Before currency is presented for re demption notes torn in pieces should be restored by pastiug; but iu ascertaining tiie value of mutilated currency, no allow ance will be made for fragments nor parts of the same note, attached to each other for tiie purpose of avoiding a deduction. 4. Government officers will receive cur rency for all public dues in accordance with the conditions expressed on each note, no matter how badly defaced or torn ; providing its genuineness can be clearly ascertained, aud not more than one-twentieth part of each note is mass ing, iu the case of United States notes, and not more than oue tenth in the case of fractional currency. 5. Ail officers of this Department are required, whenever auy spurious note purporting to have beeu issued by the United States shad be offered to any such officer, to stamp thereon the woid “coun terfeit.” Half notes that have been purchased will in no case be redeemed. Observance of the above is enjoined on all Assistant Treasurers and Depositories ; and compliance therewith on tiie part of all making remittances, to which the loregoiug regulations are applicable, is de sired. F. E. Spinner, Treasurer United States. Treasury Department, Washington, Jane 7, 1869. Approved : Geo. S. Boutwell, Secretary of the Treasury. A CURIOUS RESULT. Tiie Supreme Court has decided that negroes are eligible to hold office in tiiis State. The same Court has decided that tiie social status of tiie negro is inferior to that of the white, and that legislation looking to its equalization would be, under the Constitution of ’OB, which declares that “the social status of the citizen shall never be the subject of legislation,” clearly unconstitutional. We tbeu have this anomaly. A negro may be Governor of the Htate —the high est office known to the laws—yet, if he at tends cbutch he must take his seat in the gallery with negroes, while his footman or private secretary, being white, would be seated among white people. As Governor, it may be necessary for him to ride on our railroads, but if he does so he must take a seat in a second-class car among negroes, while bis subordinate officials, being white, will be provided witii seats in tbe first-class cars. If he visits the theatre or circus he is sent to quarters among negroes —if he stop at a hotel he is denied access to the hotel table—refused lodgings in the .hotel rooms. This may be the condition of affairs under the recent ruling of the Supreme Court in this State. How it must shock the common sense of all people to know that such conflicting and unjust decisions have been made. \Ve do not believe the negro eligible to hold office under the law and the Constitution, although the Su preme Court has so decided. We cannot bring ourselves to tbe belief that we jive in a State where such unequal and unjust legislation is accomplished and tolerated as that we have just referred to. I t would be well for our readers to reflect much and seriously upon this subject. We have merely hinted at some of the most glaring inconsistencies of the recent decisions. If it be true, as Judge Brown declares it So be, that the negro’s right to hold office is derived from the Code, that portion of iJbe Code upon which the right is founded should be repealed at once. [ Chronicle and Sentinel , 3 d. Railroad Extension.— The Athens Watchman says that Mr. Grant, the En gineer employed in making a recouuois sanee of the proposed railroad extension from Athens to the Rabun Gap, reports that be has succeeded in finding a route free from serious difficulties, and one much more favorable than any body had anticipated. The greatest obstacle in the way can be overcome by a grade of sixty feet to the mile, a distance of two or two and a half miles. Hard on its Friends.— The New York Times is of the opinion that “if the police of Washington would make their raids on the gambling houses of that demoralized city when Congress is in session, they might be able to get hold of more notable cus- I tomers than were caught in the raid the other night. We hope this will not be forgotten whenCongressagain assembles. Death of Rev. Dr. T. W. Dorman.— This well-known minister, a member or the Mobile Conference, M. South, died at his residence in Mobile on the Dight of the 3d Inst., a. we learn from the Mobile Register. VOL. LXI., NO 17 TMK UKORniV OIKKKI I.TY » **OL,t'TIO> PROPOSED. From the New York Time*, ‘Jd. fcven that portion of the Georgia Press wl.ii'ii is not enamored of reeonstruc ion begins to perceive tlie folly of kicking against the pricks. The suggestion of the extremists—that the Legislature repeal so much of the Cotie as according to the de cision of the Supreme Court gives colored citizens the right to hold office, and cm, -t a law specifically denying them the right finds little favor. It is quietly tabooed as a little too defiant to he pleasant or profitable. With reference totheexpell. <1 legislators, the sayings of the oracle- ai filet, 'lo outsiders there does not seem much room for doubt. Granting that each House is the final judge of the qualifica tions of its members, it is evident that the moral strength of any decision rendered by either is ilepeudeut upon its harmoniz ing with the letter and spirit of the law and the law having been Judicially and» dared favorable to the negro’s eligibility, all controversy upon the subject should eud. Georgia journalists, or many ol them, think otherwise. They are positive that the expelled members should noth' restored to their seats, and they counsel actlou by the uext Legislature regardu - of the judgment of the Court. Along, however, with much dog in ■ I ism and not a little of the old intolerant’, cast*, the more thoughtful writers suggest the desirableness of moviug calm <. only after ample deliberation i’h, . navv faith In theobstinaoy of tbeDenn the Legislature, hut at the same time arc noLinsensible loih, whispers, i prude not to say ftw. -T-Ley would like to keep the negro ineligible, but they are i»>t m mindful of the risk incurred,to with the principle of equality which < ti gress has made tho corner stone of ii policy. The difllculty is too palpable to be overlooked—too dangerous ie be <i< - pised. Hence we have solutions subnet ted, perhaps the most practical <>f wlueh is furnished by the Macon Joi hn .i v.m> Mkssenukk, iu these terms : “We take it for granted that they tie legislative majority) will not voluntarily go back upon their action, and re- , members ouce and finally declared inel igible. We are equally sure, though, that the Radical party have resolved that the negroes shall be reseated, or that, at least, the white men filling their p aces shall not go back again. We suppose Bullock is in full sympathy witli these purposes, and that he will aid that cousutuiuation with ail ilia power. Now, tins question may lead to a great deal of trouble. In fact, it Is bound to do so it matters proceed to an extremity. Can it be settled, com promised, if you please, and the danger thus averted? If the Governor of tho Htate ia aa anxious for peace as Hre the pi <>- ple of the Htate, we think it can. How ? Let those members of the Legislature who were seated instead of the negroes r< -ign at once, let the Governor accept their resignations, proclaim the fact of the va cancies, and issue writs fora new election. There ia no question that theirresignatioo will create bona fide vacancies, and even if they did not, tlie prospect of a spe< ,ly and peacetul solution of the trouble ought to override that and every other quibble. If Bullock wants peace he cau have it in this way, right off. Let him agree to ac cept these resignations, and issue writs lor new elections, and we do not believe a dozen voices in the State will be rw,«J against the arrangement." The Macon journalist does not exagger ate the difficulty. His Htate cannot hope to perpetuate with impunity the an una lous wrong for which it is now responsi ble. Whatever might have been the de cision of the Supreme Court, we believe that a continued exclusion of the negro from any office or legislativeseat to which lie might be elected might have provoked the interference of Congress. With that decision against the doctrine of ineligi bility, interference becomes a certainty, unless the Legislature meanwhile recede from its present position. The rigid or wrong of interference we are not required to discuss. We deal simply with profit bilities and facts. And these make it cer tain tiiat unless the difficulty be quickly settled, the Htate will find ilself involved in very ugly complications. Tha couzproniint* f>«*of ><«««. J 2#y tbs ,Toi’K nal and Messenger doeH nut Heeni up fair. If the occupants of the seats from which colored members were expelled iu our opiuiou unlawfully will now re sign, the constituencies concerned will have an opportunity of reaffirming their choice. And supposing the expelled mem bers to obtain re-election, the LciMHliiturc, by allowing them to take tlieirst ats with out more ado, may escape from the dilemma into which partisan prejudie plunged, and terminate a difficulty which the sincere friends of pacification have from the first deplored. But will the suggestion he adopted ? Is there mo i< ra tion enough in the Legislature and among the people to secure the desired result ? We publish the above that our readers may see what an inlluential organ of what is termed Conservative Republicanism has to say of our proposition, made some days since, with reference to settling the legis lative troubles about the expelled negro members. We still hold to the opinion that tin solution proposed will come nearer satis fying all classes of the people in Georgia who earnestly desire peace, than any other, and that it should he tried. If we do not very much mistuke public sent, ment, it would be welcomed by tl e ant Radicals of this State as a settlement which, while It did not fill the measure of what Is plainly their rigtit, still, was very much preferable to seeing the negro- i forced back at the point of the bayou* • or tbeir opponents kept in at the prie<- of another turn of the reconstruction screw?. Either event would prove highly calami tous to us in every respect. It is to ou» vital interest that this trouble should la adjusted without the happening of any thing that would invite Federal inter ference. If Bullock is as anxious for peace a- w< know the people are, let him agree to a - these resignations, and we feel sure nomember of the Legislature, who is inter ested or who has the good of the Slate at heart, will hesitate to give him the oppor tunity of doing so. Responsibility op Sureties.—ln tl a United States Court, says the Charb-to, Courier of the 7tb, there were tried ye torciuy u liumbu 1 of oa*,«o winch in voj Vs the question of the responsibility of -nr-- tles on official bonds. As the question is one of public interest, we give the fae - After the close of the warG L. Reach wa appointed Postmaster at Aiken, ts. ( . I Messrs. Win. Gregg ami Nathaniel O Tilton were sureties on his official bond. InDeceinber, lbdd, the sureties notified ! > Government that the Postmaster wa- ; applying the funds, and that they u. . 1 do longer be responsible for bis o:’ good conduct. Reach was, however, i removed until some time afL-i wh-i. r was discovered that he was in the amount of S67U. Action was hr■ j_i ' by the Government against him » ! against his sureties. Under the cl. “ l the Judge the jury returned a ■ against the sureties lor $290, with i ' - from the 31st of December, P-v. m n ground that the notification ot th '->• aDtsand the fact that the Govt-inn.- took no notice of it at the time, re ea-e. the sureties from responsibility alter > time. The District Attorney gave n-- of an appeal. Cheated of His Victim. Ibe A -i (Texas; Btate Gazette says tb“ • Who was the causeo the much tsd j- ‘ Radical decision Hoar, sustaining { js very ground that war s h « " it n.u-1.i.--t banging. Not Im.g h® wbo may deserve i. .n.i y since, weaver, jf j( cou j d be legally for aught we>k tbe military at their done, took 1 ■ « aod oue of the guards camp ne “ r h b iin t<> keep him company, went w'tb therefore, will not —A profitable investment— taking sto^k In Grant’s house.