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GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER
MACON. TUESDAY JULY 18. 1861)7
THE ELECTION IK VIRGINIA.
While we are prepared to receive with
unfeigned satisfaction the result of the
recent election in Virginia, we cannot
bring ourselves to regard it as a Demo
cratic victory, because it was not a Demo
cratic victory in any sense of the term.
The election resulted in the total over
throw of the Radical party, and this
desirable consummation, from which we
may fairly hope that the most beneficial
consequences will flow, is attributable to a
coalition between the Democrats and Con
servative Republicans of Virginia, for the
purpose of saving the Btate from the
ruinous rule of the Radicals. To effect
this purpose it was neeessary for the Dem
crats to waive the question of negro suf«
frage, to ratify the fourteenth and fifteenth
Constitutional amendments to the Con
stitution of the United States, and to
ratify the State Constitution adopted by
the Radical State Convention in 1868,
with the exception of the clause disfran
chising all those who had participated in
what is called the rebellion. It was upon
this disfranchising clause that the battle
was fought and won. The Radicals, un
der Wells, voted for the Radical Constitu
tion, and for the disfranchisement and
test oath clauses, by which nearly all the in
telligent and influential citizensoftheState
would have been indefinitely excluded
from all participation in the government,
and ail political power would have been
vested In'tbe negroes and a few white
adventurers of the Wells and Underwood
type; and the Democrats and Conserva
tive Republicans voted for the Radical
Constitution conferring complete civil and
political equality upon the negroes, but
against the disfranchisement and imr ««*►-
Clauses. They “' ua secured posses
sion of th« ynuvrnmcut in the hands of
the enlightened and virtuous portion of
the population, to the exclusion of the
ignorant and vicious negroes and whites
to whom the radicals desired to surrender
the illustrious old State.
It is probable that the Democrats of
Virginia have the same opinions now as
they ever had in relation to negro suffrage
and the other prominent features of re
construction. They may hold and main
tain still the same principles in regard to
these measures as the body of their party
throughout the Union. But seeing that
they were powerless to give effect to those
principles, and that by attempting to do
so they would assuredly work their own
ruin and that of their State, they wisely
“accepted the situation,” and by accepting
universal negro suffrage, have practically
made the negro impotent for mischief.
The Democrats cannot shut their eyes
to the many glaring faults of the Consti
tution which they have thus accepted,
although they have succeeded in
striking out the infamous principles
of proscription which the ultra Radicals
had incorporated in it. They can only
have accepted it as a choice of evils, and
though they may be reviled and censured
for inconsistency, abandonment of princi
ples and desertion of party, we feel assured
that most candid and intelligent men will
approve their wisdom, and congratulate
them upon their success, by which Vir
ginia will he speedily relieved from mili
tary rule, the right to manage her own
affairs will be re-established, and the in
telligence, virtue and influence of the
State will be in position again to control
her government and shape the destinies
of her people.
They have elected a Governor who,
though he may not be, and certainly is
not the man they would have chosen were
they perfectly free to choose, will of ne
cessity act in harmony with the masses of
the white voters of Virginia, to whom he
is indebted for his present elevated position.
They have a Conservative Legislature,
pledged to antagonize Radicalism, and
they will have a conservative representa
tion In both branches of the Federal Con
gress, which, though not composed of
such men as used to illustrate the Old Do
minion, will nevertheless endeavor to
carry out the wishes of those to whom
they owe their election.
The result in Virginia puts an end to
the distressing period of turmoil and agi
tation which Congressional reconstruction
has Inflicted upon the South. It has
called into being a liberal and conciliatory
spirit at the North which Congress can
not afford to ignore, and it gives a cheer
ing promise that in Texas and Missis
sippi a similar union of Democrats aud
Conservative Republicans will achieve a
similar triumph, and rescue their States
from the selfish an«l unprincipled adven
turers who seek to control them.
THE GOVERNOR’S CLEMESCV REBUKED.
It will be seen by a reference to another
column, that the Grand Jury of Richmond
couuty have administered a very severe
rebuke to Governor Bullock for his abuse
of the pardoning power The Governor's
friend, Judge Gibson, did all that iu him
lay to avert this official condemnation of
his patron; but the Grand Jury would
speak out in meetiug, and we are very
much of the opinion that the voice of the
people will sustain the views of the Grand
Jury. It is a reasonable presumption that
a convicted murderer i9 not always an in
jured and oppressed individual. Judges
and Juries, who are cognizant of all the
facts, are occasionally right, and the puu
ishmeut of crime is generally believed to
be advantageous to the interests of society.
We hope that Governor Bullock may in
cline somewhat to these popular preju
dices, and pay some heed to the well ex
pressed sentiments of the intelligent grand
jurors of Richmond.
THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION IN YIR.
UINIA.
The election was conducted throughout
the State iu a quiet and orderly rnauner.
The returns as they come in, increase the
majority for Colonel Walker, the Conser
vative Republican candidate for Governor,
and the latest report is that he has been
elected by 40,000 majority, li.it li branches
of the State Legislature have also been
carried by the Walker men, and theycon
tldentiy claim that they will have a ma
jority of titty votes on joint ballot, thus
securiug two United States Senators.
Several colored men who favored the
Walker ticket have been elected to the
Legislature, and the large majority which
that ticket has received, it i9 admitted, is
due to the fact that the negroes voted
itjvery generally. The State officers elec
ted iu Virginia, are as follows:
Governor—Gilbert C. Walker.
Lieutenaut-Governor—John F. Lewis.
Attorney General—James C. Taylor.
The Radical Republicans have elected
their Congressmen in the First, Second
and Third Districts, while the Conserva
tive Republicans have chosen the Con
gressman for the State at large, and their
candidates in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth.
Seventh and Eighth Districts. Should
these reports be correct, the delegation
from Virginia iu the present Congress
will stand as follows :
First District —Dr. D. M. Norton, color
**Second District-Colonel J. H. Platt.
Third District—Charles H. Porter.
Fourth District—Levi C. Thayer.
Fifth Distriot— Colonel Robert Ridg-
W *Txth District— William Milnes, Jr.
Seventh District—Lewis McKenzie.
Eighth District—James K. Gibson.
Congressman at Large-Joseph Segar.
Rev; James W. Hunmcut, of Rich
mond, who was supported as the candi
date for Congress, by the Conservatives
in the Third District, has been defeated.
The new Constitution has, of course, been
adopted by a very large majority, with
the exception of the “two proscriptive
clauses,’’—those relating to disfranchise
ment and the test oath—which were sepa
rately submitted to the popular vote.
THE CHINESE TROUBLE.
Alas, says the Richmond Dispatch, poor
human nature! How blind—how filled
with folly! Never satisfied! Always
running after new schemes, new and gold
en visions, which dissolve like mist; or
gathering golden fruit that turns to dust
and ashes on the lips. “The frinds of lib
erty throughout the world rejoice to-day,”
aud to morrow those “friends” are taking
great liberties with other people’s liberties,
and oppressing those who never wronged
them. To-day, the wide-spread branches
of the tree of liberty are to afford a grate
ful shade to the millions of the oppressed
in the lands of tyranny, and to-morrow,
some of these poor creatures who are in
vited, come to our outstretched arms, and
it is found that they are not the sort of
people we expected or desired !
The Chinese are giving us trouble, now,
they some rather too fast for the abound
ing hospitality and world-wide generosity
of the devotees of liberty. They are not
congenial with our people. They are too
sharp, “too muchee,” acquisitive, stingy,
saving, and selfish, and "too muchee”
Chinese ail the time. So it is feared that
these almond-eyed, long-tailed people will
cheat the Yankees,and,getting the wealth
of the country in their tea-caddies, carry
it oft to China. That would be a blow
ruinous to the greatest nation in creation.
So the American hive is in a stew. The
rapid iuflux of the Chinese but increases
the alarm and the debate. What shall
we do with them ? That is the question.
Restrictions of all sorts are proposed by
one party, and perfect freedom and the
ballot by the other. In California, where
these peculiar people have landed, the dis
taste for them Is great. Off at a distance,
in Massachusetts, say, where nobody is
troubled with them, tb*»r® •.*» » great
many sage lectures read to the Californi-
these re
proofs to the Californians consider that,
notwithstanding the hundreds of thou
sands of Chinese that have come to the
country, they themselves are not irritated,
not incommoded ; and why should the
people of California let on and put on
airs? Nonsense! It is quite unreason
able. This is not the first instance of this
kind of considerate reasoning by the
amiable philanthropists of this "happy
land of Canaan.”
Now, this country is rapidly finding out
the bad effects of incongruous races en
dued with incompatible natures living to
gether in the same community. It only
wants a little more experience to produce
quite a revolution in the complexion and
extent of the national philanthropy. The
invitation to all nations will have a quali
fication, and the ample shade of our tree
of liberty will not he considered healthy
to certain races.
That is a mischievous philanthropy
which would bring together peoples who
cannot live together in peace—that is a
fatal statesmanship which would adulter
ate the constituent body with mixed and
heterogenous types of men. No State
resting upon the public opinion of such
masses can be very highly distinguished
for wisdom or heroism. The representa
tive body must reflect the character of the
constituent body—just as the chamelon
reflects the hue of that it feeds or rests
upon—aud when the constituent body is
adulterated aud degraded by the admix
ture of inferior blood, the dignity and
credit, the vigor and renown, of the State
must sadly decay.
The inhospitality of the Californians to
wards the Chinese is a natural sentiment.
It is impossible toharmouizeentirely races
widely different in nature. Where they
are brought together in large bodies there
must be strife, aud the enthusiasts of the
North may expatiate till doomsday about
the unity and homogenity of races, and
they can no more alter the ordinations of
the Great Being who created all things
than they can fill up the oceans.
This country was settled by the very
best type of man. The Indian, who has
llianv IlnllU «nnl<l n.O Ra amin.!
lated with the society of this exalted type.
He has retired as it advanced, and his ul
timate extinction is almost a certainty.
There has been perpetual strife between
these two races.
But the best type of man has gotten the
country of the Indian, and holds it, and
increases in population and power with
wonderful celerity. Is not that very
growth the result of the wisdom and en
ergy of this type acting freely and unin
cumbered with any admixture of inferior
blood ? And should not the incompati
bility of political association with the In
dian on the one hand,and the rapid march
of the American people, when governing
exclusively in all the purity of their type,
warn us against adulteration of the con
stituent body? A few years, with the ex
traordinary means of transportation of
these times, will throw much light on
these questions of political economy.
They are to be the bases of parties in time
to come, and will greatly vex this nation.
LET US HAVE PEACE.
At a recent festive gathering of the of
ficers of the army of the Gulf, at Long
Branch, General Frank Blair ventured to
speak respectfully of “the brave men who
were our enemies,” alluding by name to
Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall
Jackson, whereupon he was met with a
storm of hisses and offensive remarks,
and was finally declared out of order by
the chairman, Admiral Farragut.
Alluding to this hopeful illustration of
the prevalence of the desire to "let us
have peace,” the N. Y. Express contains
the following remarks:
The New Code of Radical morals pro
vides—contrary to the sermon on the
Mount, the teachings of Aposcles and dis
ciples, and the demands of a decent cour
tesy—first, that you must always think
ill and speak ill of an old enemy ; second,
that he must not be forgiven either in this
world or the next; third, that no good
thing must ever be seen in him, or, if
seen, noticed of him.
We have seen, within a few weeks, a
rule in practice forbidding the placing of
a few perishable flowers upon the graves
of a few Confederate dead at Arlington,
Virginia; have heard an apology for re
commending the covering the exposed
bones of dead Confederates at Gettysburg;
and now a General, who, in the Union
Army, was brave among the bravest, suc
cessful among the most victorious, who
fought all through the war, and was the
first to meet the enemy in the field in Mis
souri, put down at a banquet ofUuiou offi
cers, because he called attention to and de
fended the courage, not the rebellion, nor
the sentiments of Stonewall Jackson and
General Lee.
If iu the day of geneeal Judgment the
Almighty should deal with Americans as
they sometimes deal with each other, the
promised forgiveness for the sins of man
kind would turn into the direst hate and
revenge. We take it for granted that the
few, not the many, indulge in such ebulli
tious of passion. If it is said the good
taste of Gen. Blair was at fault at Long
Branch last night, the answer is that the
absence of taste—a subject on which opin
ions always vary,—is not a crime, while
jeers at the dead and defenceless living
show both a vicious taste and an unbe
coming ten) per.
Discovery.— Judge Ware, a prominent
citizen of Heard county, informs the
Newnan Herald that the Jackson Mill
Company’s laborers, iu cutting a canal
through a field, cultivated for the last
forty years, on the Chattahoochee river
bottom, five miles below Franklin, Heard
county, discovered between the blue and
pipe clay (not made or washed soil) a
walnut in a fine state of preservation thir
teen feet beneath the surface, and some
pine straw seventeen feet beneath the
surface. The question arises, what buried
that walnut and straw in the clay, and
how long have they been there? for the
river does not overflow at that point
oftener than once in twenty year*.
FORT VALLEY MALE ACADEMY.
Ft. Valley, July 7, 1869.
Mr. Editor .- The undersigned, visiting
committee of the Fort Valley Male Acad
emy, at its recent examination exercises,
think it due Professor Russell aud his pu
pi Is that some public expression be given
of its estimate of the comj>etency of the \
one, and the proficiency of the others.
Laborious attention, industrious care, I
and constant application, such as charac- :
terize the school-room work of Professor
R., should be rewarded do! only by well
filled benches, and occupied desKs; but
should receive the meed of public praise.
This we propose, briefly, through your
columns, devoted, as they are, to the edu
cational, in common with other interests
of our State. It is common, aod generally
regarded as a matter of course business,
for reports of commencements, examina
tions, exhibitions, etc., to pretermit every
tbiDg which smacks of critical review,
and drift off upon the tide of unadulterated
commendatiou, boundless praise, varnish
ed presentations, and exhaustive panegy
ric. These reports, instigated, doubtless,
by a desire to excite pleasant, agreeable
feelings, in the hearts of teacher, pupil
aud parents, have sometimes gendered in
the mind of the reader a small doubt as to
whether the picture is true to life. Now,
we desire to follow the formula given
above as to Prof. R.’s examination aud
exhibition exercises, with some modifica
tions. His manner of conducting his ex
aminations is such as to subject the pupil
to severe tests; draws out fully, or as
much so as the time will allow, each
scholar, and he staudson his own merit, or
falls by his w ant of it.
We present the whole affair as one of
uncommou merit. And while some—and
only a few —would class as a “fair aver
age.” others showed a proficiency that was
really surprising—an advancement which
we believe is unsurpassed by boys of the
highest style of intellect under the tutor
ing care of the most accomplished instruc
tor. The exhibition at night, consisting
of dialogues, declamations, &c., contribu
ted much to the entertainment of an
audience many of whom may be called
in judging of such
delivery oFi¥f|;rsßf‘ speeches by the more
advanced scholars, evidenced the fact that
the oratorical branch had by no means
been neglected. E. M. Brown, Esq.,
closed the exercises by an address, replete
with fine thoughts, upon a tubject pecu
liarly appropriate to the young—“ The
importance of little things.” Little acts
of kindness, what the world calls little
duties, and the importance of detail ju
filling up the measure of human obliga
tion And in these days, these careless
days, when this or that “amounts to noth
ing,” in the common lauguage of youth,
we think the speaker was peculiarly for
tunate in opening that vein of thought.
Few teachers labor so much as Prof. R.,
accompanying and interlarding his daily
school recitations with explanations, en
deavoring to rivet upon the mind the true
idea, aud following, persistently aud pa
tiently, the excellent method “Line upon
line, precept upon precept, here a little
and there a little.”
James A. Miller,
B. L. Ross,
I. H. Branham,
Visiting Committee.
THE UOVERNOR ELECT () V VINGINIA.
Gilbert Carleton Walker, who was on
Tuesday so triumphantly elected Gov
ernor ol the Old Dominion, is a native of
Binghamton, in this State, aud is thirty
seven years of age. lie was educated at
Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, at
which institution he graduated with
houor in 1854. Adopting the law as his
profession, lie practised awhile at Oswego,
Tioga county. Meanwhile, he took some
interest aud part in politics, earnestly
espousing the Democratic faith. He was
frequently sent as delegate to Democratic
State Conventions, and was a leader
among the young Democracy. Not con
tent with country practice, Mr. Walker
removed to Chicago, hung out his shingle,
and soon acquired a large aud lucrative
business in his profession.
In 1865, just as the war was closing, Mr.
Walker took up his abode in Norfolk,
Virgiuia, and in a short time became
largely identified with the commercial in
terests of his adopted city. He was elect
ed President of the Exchange National
Bank, a position he still holds. Last year
he went to Liverpool as a representative
of the commercial men of Norfolk, with a
view to furthering their interests by way
of direct trade. While abroad, Mr. Walker
visited Constantinople and other portions
of the far East.
In the election for members of the Con
stitutional Convention of Virgiuia, Mr.
W., then a recent resident of the State,
was selected as the Conservative candi
date for the Norfolk District, but, by the
Dr. Bayne, was elected.
Mr. Walker has always been a Demo
crat of the conservative school. In phy
sique, he is of large frame, an inch or two
over six feet in height, has a piercing
black eye, and is called the handsomest
man in Virginia. Those who kuow him
best attribute to him rare executive abil
ity.— N. Y. World.
THE MONEY MARKET.
From the New York Herald, 6th.
The national banks are reported to he in
a healthy condition; our exports of specie
this year, as compared with past years
since the war. exhibit a promising im
provement in the matter of the balauce of
trade; we have secured to a great extent
and have the promise iu everything of
abounding crops this year; Secretary
Boutwell is reducing the Treasury expen
ses aud the debt iu larger figures than was
expected, hut still the demand for money
in the speculations of Wail street ar.d the
manipulations of the gold market keep up
the apprehension that our whole financial
system is rickety, unreliable and unsafe.
Our paper money still requires from thirty
six to thirty seven cents to the dollar to
make a dollar iu gold, and yet our paper
mosey iu circulation, North and South
included, is actually slaort of the business
wants of the eouutry by two or three hun
dred millions.
How far the premium on gold would be
raised by supplying this paper deficiency,
is an unsolved problem; but we know
that the late reductions of our paper cir
culation have not materially reduced the
gold premium. The simple truth is that
men fee! there is no substantial foothold
iu our present financial system, consider
ing the burdens which we have to carry,
aud the uncertain tenure-of-office of the
dominant party, upon which this finan
cial system, debt, bonds, banks, taxes,
everything depends. Hence, the task de
volving upon the administration and upon
Congress, on the money question, is
still the paramount and oversbrdowing
question, and will be till the
people can realize the ways and
means of a sure and speedy relief. As
things are going, the gamblers of Wall
street are fattening on our financial doubts
and difficulties, and while it pays, they
will keep the game in their hands.
Killed by Lightning.— We learn
from the Wilmington Journal that a
young lad, named Leonidas Beattie Lamb,
aged thirteen years and nine months, a
son of G. W. Lamb, Esq., was struck by
lightning and instantly killed, while
hunting on the beach at Myrtle Grove
Sound, Saturday afternoon last. He had
crossed over to the “banks” with a little
negtp about the same age, both having
guns, for the purpose of bunting marsh
hens. Wheu the stroke of lightning
came, young Lamb was iustantly killed,
his clothes scorched partially off and his
body badly burned. The lightning, after
shivering the stock of the gun and caus
ing the discharge of the piece, entered the
ground. The little negro was so terribly
stunned as to he deprived of consciousness
or speech for some time When he be
came able to move, he endeavored to cross
the sound, in the boat, to where Mr. Lamb,
the father, awaited their return. He was
too weak to reach the shore, but was able
to call and inform Mr. Lamb of his son’s
death, hearing which the grief-stricken
father crossed over and recovered the
body, which had been reached by the tide.
He conveyed the little negro home This
boy, at last accounts, was quite ill from
the shock.
Rome as a Wheat Market.— For
the past thirty days, says the Courier, of
the Bth, wheat ha 9 commanded a much
higher price in Rome, than at any point
on the Western & Atlantic Railroad. We
are informed that at all these towns the
highest price paid for Dew red iu the last
ten days, is $1.25, while in Rome up to
yesterday, the price was $1.50, and on that
day. Wednesday, it was sold at from $1.30
to $1.40.
Will the Cotton Crop Decrease.—
The New York Times comes to the con
clusion that it will not. At the close ot
an article on the subject it says: “We
believe confidently tbait this important
staple will increase year by year, until it
finally reaches its maximum yield in for
mer years—or lire millions of hales.”
GEORGIA JOURNAL AND MESSENGER
THE GRAND JURY OF RICHMOND COUNTY
ON THE ABUSE OF THE PARDONING
POWER.
On yesterday morning the Grand Jury for
the county of Richmond had read among
theirspecial presentments a very severe
attack on his Expresseleucy, Governor
Bullock, for his recent abuse of the par
doning power in commuting the sentences
of the Broodbacker murderers, in Chat
ham county, from death to one year’s im
prisonment in the Penitentiary. When
the presentment bad been read, Judge
Gibson suggested that it should not go on
the minute- of the Court, on the ground
that the jurisdiction of the Grand Jury of
| Richmond did not extend as far as Chat
t ham county, and asked the Jury to retire
I to their room aud consider the matter a
i little before coming to a final decision.
> The Jury complied with the request, aud
i returned in a few minutes with the ob
1 jectiouable presentment stricken out, but
with another one equally severe substitu
ted in its stead.
In this presentment, the Jury states
that it is very desirable that the county
should be rid of the desperadoes and
criminals with which it is infested; but
that the gross abuse of the pardoning pow
er by the Executive of the State rendered
any efforts made in that direction unavail
ing. That under this state of affairs the
Grand Jury meets with no encourage
ment to do their duty, as pointed out to
them by the Judge, aud make present
ments against the perpetrators of crimes;
lor when the guilty parties are tried, con
victed aud punished, Executive clemency
is certain to defeat the sentence ofthe
law. That this being the case, it seen* to
the Graud Jury that it is hardly ueceisa
ry or right to tax the citizeus of the coun
ty so heavily for thesupport of the Coarts,
when the action of the laiter with rtgard
to the punishment of criminals is so often
rendered null and void by the Govuuor
of the State. —Chronicle & Sentinel.
GOOD MANNERS.
A Lemon in Courteiy and Journaliniu.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
The generous praises given to Henry^
Sate.*? n*some of their specHic^Si-. qi <>>j»b,‘
a better appreciation of the rare virtue of
good manners in journalism than is gen
erally supposed coexist in the American
people. We say better than is generally
supposed, because bad manners in juurn
alistu do not seem to beany impediment
to success, nor to injure a journal in gen
eral estimation.
The manners of Mr. Raymond’s paper
were exceptionably good. Its tone was
dignified, aud its language did not exceed
the proprieties of public criticism. Itdid
not run to insulting epithets. It did not
practice giving the lie direct. It did not
nickname rival editors, nor drag them and
their personal affairs into his paper, to
eeaudalize them, in order to injure their
party or cause. It did not abuse or ridi
cule unoffeudiug private persons for no
other reasons than to gratify a malicious
disposition, aud because the control of a
public journal gives the means of such in
dulgence with impunity. So far as ap
pears, be regarded hi mssel fa under the same
obligations in the conduct of his journal
that an honorable man feels in his person
al intercourse and his personal manners.
And this is by no means the rule among
editors. It was particularly in contrast
with the habits and prevailing tone of
New York city journalism. Aud journals
that practice all this stand fair in the com
munity, aud their editors will be well
spoken of wheu they die.
The control of a public journal is a
means of showing bad manners without
such consequences as come in the way of
social contempt, and other more positive
effects when personally displayed; aud,
therefore, such control is a license which
an ill-bred person is very apt to exhibit
himself in. It has to he confessed that
good manners are not the rule in Ameri
can journalism. Dickens’ savage con
demnation of Americau journalists was
too sweeping, but there was too much
truth in it; and the assurance tendered
him by one of them at the famous press
banquet to him, that it fell quite short of
the truth, was probably true to such an
extent as the speaker could speak by au
thority.
But the universal good report of Mr.
Raymond for this quality is an encour
agement to decency of manners in jour
nalism, and a reminder that, although
editorial personalities may have their ad
mirers, just as dog fights and cock fights
will dr,iw a crowd ; and although a coarse
and insulting epithet bestowed upon a po
litical or editorial opponent may suit the
heated temper of the time, yet the im
pression remains upon the character of
the journal after the temper has subsided,
aud that, after all, decency, good manuers,
and gentlemanly conduct in journalism
do take hold upou the substantial seuti
asweet savor upon the name after death.
PREMIUM for cotton.
The Nashville Union and American, of
the 7th, says:
A number of the wide-awake, enterpris
ing merchants of St. Louis have raised a
purse of one thousand dollars which they
propose to distribute iu premiums for cot
ton at the coming fair at St. Louis. The
St. Louis Republican says: “We under
stand that these premiums will be awarded
as follows: For the best bale of upland or
short 9taple cotton SSOO. For the best bale
of New Orleans, or loug staple cotton SSOO
The St. Louis Fair Association have added
to this a third premium of $250 for the best
bale of cotton raised in Missouri. The
cotton entered must he of the growth of
1869, and the hales must not weigh less
than 450 pounds each. Sea Island aud
Peeler cotton are excluded from competi
tion. These premiums are, we believe, by
far the largest ever offered anywhere for
the great staple, being not less thau $1 00
per pound. It is confidently expected
that our Southern friends especially will
so interest themselves in the matter as to
develop a lively contest among the cotton
growers of that section.”
Decency Toward Dead Soldiers. —
General Meade did honor to his bravery
and victory, wheu at Gettysburg he said :
I see there and there, marked with
hastily dug trenches, the graves iu which
the dead with whom we fought are gath
ered. They are the work of brothers in
arms the day after the battle. Above
them a bit of plank indicates simply that
these remains of the fallen foe were hur
riedly laid there by the soldiers who met
them iu battle. Why should we not col
lect them in some suitable place? Ido
uot ask that a monument he erected over
them. Ido notask that we should iu any
way indorse their cause or their conduct,
or entertain other than feeliugs of con
demnation for their cause. But they are
dead; they have gone before their Maker
to he judged. In all civilized countries it
19 usual to bury the dead with decency
and respect, and even to fallen enemies
respectful burial is accorded in death.
[Applause.] I earnestly hope this sug
gestion may have some influence through
out this bri>ad laud, tor this is ouly one
among a hundred crowded battle fields.
Borne persons may be designated by the
Government, if necessary, to collect these
neglected bones and bury them without
commemorative monuments, but simply
indicate that below sleep ttie misguided
men who fell in battle tor a cause over
which we triumphed.
A Wonderful Escape and Deliver
ance.—The Rome Courier, of the 7th
instant, has a communication addressed
to it, in which the writer says that “the
community about Hamilton, Teuuessee,
were much excited at the reported deliv
erance last week of a human being from a
cave, where tie had been confined for 271
days. He was alive! But when found
by Dr. Thurstoa, he was the most help
less object, perhaps, ever seen in the
shape of humanity. He was without hair
or teeth, aud could neither speak nor ar
ticulate. A faiut cry or moan was all the
sound he could make. He had been so
long in the Egyptian darkness of the cave
that his eyes could not bear the light of
day. How he got in there, or what sus
tained life during this long period, we are
yet to learn. He is now rapidly gainiog
strength, and we hope will, before long,
be able to give an account of himself.
At the recent Alumni dinner at Wash
ington College, the following toast was
given : “The development of the material
resources of the South is the one great ne
cessity of the age. God bless the men
who are engaged in the noble work.”
Commodore M. F. Maury, in responding
used th,e following strong words, and there
is a world of truth in them : "Direct trade
aud emigration are the two great resources
of the South. ‘Muscle’ is capitol—one
strong, hearty emigrant being worth, com
puted in money, one thousand dollars in
the way of capital. It only needs for the
South to let her wants be known on the
other side, her resources, etc., and soon
nothing will be left undone to spring the
tide of immigration to her rich fields and
fertile valleys.”
—Mr. Jacob Crane, a prominent New
York merchant, died on the 6th inst.
FROM THOMAS COUNTY.
The Thomasville Enterprise of the 7th
has the following:
A Thomas County Farmer.— Some of
our exchanges have been puffiug farmers
of other counties, ami we propose to show
them that we have some pretty good
farming in Thomas, and that we may not
do our best at first, we commence with a I
gentleman who has not devoted his time
to farming, but divided it between the j
farm aud the bar. Arthur P. Wright,
Esquire, planted last fall one hundred j
acres of land iu oats. The cold, he j
thinks, killed one-half the stand, and six !
acres of the field were old worn out soil i
covered with broomsedge, aud Mr. Wright !
considers sixty-five acres of the land very
fair. He has now harvested the crop and
informs us that he housed 12 000 buudles,
averaging in weight three and a half
pounds, or 42,000 pounds in round num
bers. Multiply this by 75 ceuts, the value
of oats per hundred in this market, and
Mr. Wright made $3,150 00 on oats, with
an expense of less than $l5O 00. Who
can beat this? The same gentleman has
a small piece of laud in Thomasville, about
three-eights of an acre, planted in Boyd’s
Prolific Cotton, which is at the time of
this writing the wonder and admiration
of all cottou growers who have seeu it.
It was plauted on the 15th day of April,
in the evening, and on walking through it
last Saturday we did not encounter a sin
gle inferior stalk. It was all above waist
nigh, aud having good distam-e in both
hill and row, each stalk is majestic aud
graceful from the perfect symmetry of
its uumerous laterals, and averaging about
100 forms each. All who visit this little
cotton patch pronounce it the best they
have ever seen. By these experiments,
Mr. Wright has satisfied himself that
smaller farms ami better cultivation is the
true p licy for farmers in this country, and
he intends to piactice his precepts. His
whole farm iu the county givesevideuce
of his industry and sound judgment and
in every other department corresponding
with the above. At this season the farm
ing stock of most planters are worked
v y/j gb A^ 0 !£
ed lekn, and yot surpasses all his neign
bors in the condition of his crop This is
a less >u worthy to be learned, in as much
as it will save both horse-flesh and mouey.
We noticed one of his teams in town on
Saturday, aud bis mules are sleek and fat.
Mr. Wright’s success teaches us the ca
pacity of the country under proper culti
vation and management, and those who
plod iu the old track, may gain a point or
two by inquiry into his management aud
method of cultivation.
Two Crops of Apples. —Mr. Joseph
Barker, of Lieon county, Fla., has left at
our sanctum, three bunches of apples, of
a variety unknown, which he says are the
first of two crops annually borne by the
trees. They grow iu nearly round clus
tersof a dozen, more or less each, and the
second orop grow sufficiently large for
cooking purposes.
Rust in Cotton.— The farmers are now
encountering another enemy to the grow
ing cotton crjp, aud from many sources
we hear of the appearance of rust. Dr. 8.
Q. Jones of this county has shown us some
cotton leaves from his farm injured in a
maunerto iudicate the presence of rust,
but upon close examination, the leaves
show unmistakable signs of suffering from
the ravages of an insect. This evidence is
also strengthened by the presence of an
insect, some of which Dr. Jones also ex
hibited, aud which he found quite numer
ous aud generally rolled up in those parts
of the leaves most iujured. The insect is
nearly a quarter of an inch in length, but
our knowledge of the species is not suffi
cient to describe or assign them position.
Dr. Jones found them all over his field
where the cotton was damaged, aud it is
probable that the rust complained of has
its origin in this insect, which seems only
to devour the under surface of the leaves.
Homicide. —Two negro men, Derry
Mitchell and John Blackshear. while on
their way and about entering Thomas
ville on Saturday last, fell out about a
point of etiquette, and proceeding to hos
tilities, John Blackshear was stabbed to
the heart aud died ou the spot. It seems
that Derry Mitchell, passing John Black
shear and others, saluted with “How are
you, boys?” But John Blackshear re
plied, “how old do men grow with you?”
and gave Derry a kick. Upon this the
latter drew a dagger aud stabbed John
Blackshear as above stated. Derry Mitch
ell is held for trial.
Acquitted.— Hillory B. Humphries,
who was tried last week in Thomas
Superior Court, for the killing of Gabriel
Wilsou, Sheriff’of this county, was found
not guilty by the jury, after an absence
from the court room of about fifteen
minutes.
The Crops are good all over this sec
ft* ifftfTPW l lfiSfiy r “y"ar^r4‘-‘
viousiy. Some localities have been pretty
dry, and others wet, but altogether there
is no just ground for complaint. Corn,
cotton, oats, sugar cane, potatoes, peas,
beans, and everything else, are doing very
well; and as flour is to have a lofty tum
ble, because of the abundant crop, so will
corn this fall.
Onions.- We have ou our table a sam
ple of onions from our own garden, as a
challenge to gardeners to beat them in
size. We produced nearly four bushels
ou a bed twenty-five feet square.
Thomasville & Albany Railroad.—
We had the pleasure, ou Monday, of a
ride on the cars on the above road, from
the Thomasville depot to the poiut reach
ed with the track laying. We noticed
with pleasure the rapid progress made,
and the friends of the enterprise North of
the Ocklockonee may look out for the en
gine in a very few days.
Peaches. —Very inferior peaches sold
on our streets very readily yesterday at
$3 per bushel. Are they not worth rais
ing, when no one pays them attention ?
FROM COWETA COUNTY.
The Newnau Herald gives au account of
a negro riot in Newnan on the 3d. There
was some shooting, all by and among the
black mob, and much excitement. The
mob was finally dispersed, and some par
ties concerned arrested. Among the ar
rested is Rev. James Bohanon, (white,)
who is charged by Judge Phillips, (color
ed,) with having him arrested on Satur
day night without warrant or authority,
the said James having constituted himself
a Court and appointed Constables to in
vestigate the matter. The Mayor has
ordered the proper papers issued for en
quiring into the charge. The Herald
asks: Is Mr. Bohanon au employe of the
Atlanta Slander Mill?
We find the following also in the Her
ald :
On Tuesday, of last week, Mr. Fred
Gearrald, a young man about twenty years
old, killed Henry Davis, colored. Feeling
himself fully justifiable, Mr. Gearrald de
maud an investigation before J. C. Dump
kin, J. P., and Isham Dalton,N. P., when
the following facts were developed : Mr,
F. Gearrald was superintending the farm
of Mr. William Gearrald. A day or two
previous to the killing, the young man,
out of his own money, (the proprietor be
ing absent,) paid all the laborers except
Henry. Tnis enraged him, and he went
to the geld where the young man was and
demanded an explanation. The young
man gave it by staling that he had used
all the money he had in paying the others,
and that his uncle, William Gearrald, had
told him not to pay him (Henry) because
he (Henry) had over-drawn bis wages.
Henry then told him he had told a pack
of lies. Young Gearrald drew his pistol
and told Henry he must uot call him a
liar. Deceased said he did not call him a
liar, but said he, .Gearrald, need not tell
any lies. Gearrald turned and proposed
to commence work ; whereupon Henry,
without warniug, seized him by both
arms and sought to take his pistol—it is
thought for the purpose of killing him.
In the scuttle, Gearrald shot him, and be
died immediately. The above is the sub
stance of the testimony of the negroes
who witnessed the difficulty. His former
owner, Mr. Jeptha Davis, and his son,
Rev. J. B. 8. Davis, and Mr. William Orr,
who knew deceased thoroughly, testified
that he was a violent, dangerous and mal
icious negro. The Court decided the
young man was justifiable, and released
him. We refraiued from noticing this
occurrence until a legal investigation was
had, and do so now because justice to Mr.
Fred Gearrald demands it.
A Daughter of Rev. Henry Giles
Drowned.— Bangor, Me., Tuesday, July 6.
—Miss Nora Giles, daughter of Rev. Henry
Giles, the well known lecturer and essay
ist, a beautiful and highly educated young
lady, thirteen years of age, was drowned
at Bucksport, on Saturday, by the upset
ting of a boat in which she was sailing,
in company with her sister, another young
lady, and a gentleman. Her body had not
been recovered at last accounts.
—The French Emperor proposes hence
forth to share the burden of the govern
ment with the country and the Degisla
ture.
—lt is denied that Sickles has been in
structed to negotiate for the purchase of
Cuba.
THK ANGLICAN CHURCH.
The Conflict Between the Hitch Church and Low
Church Parties.
From the New York Tribune.
The Protestant Episcopal Church, be
fore our late war, suffered less from the
agitation of the slavery question than
most of the American churches. The
biennial general convention most care
fully avoided to touch the delicate subject,
and thus the natioual unity of the Epis
copalians remained undisturbed, while
the Southern Methodists, Baptists, Pres
byterians aud others cut the connection
with their Northern brethren, because the
latter did not want to let slavery alone.
The actual separation between the North
ern and Southern States caused a tempo
rary disruption ; but, the war beiug over,
the Episcopal Church, without any diffi
culty, succeeded in the restoration of her
unity.
Slavery can no longer disturb the peace
of the Episcopal or any other religious
communion. But auother discord, the
germ of which has been iu the Auglican
Church ever since it severed, three hun
dred years ago, its connection with the
Church of Rome, has of late assumed
larger and larger dimensions, and the
opinion is rapidly gaining ground that
the final issue e»u only be a total and au
irremediable split of the Church into two
communions. The cause of the difference
is primarily of a strictly theological char
acter. From the time of its first separa
tion from Rome, iu the sixteenth cen.u
ry, there were in the Church of England
two parties, radically differing iu their
conception of the Reformation. Theoue,
claiming to be the Catholic party, charged
Rome with having gradually introduced
innovations uuknowu to the aucieut
Church, but regarded these innovations
as a lesser deviation from the true stand
ard of the Christian Church than the
Protestant Churches, which sprang up in
consequence of the impulses given by Lu
ther aud Calvin.
The other party professed to stand on
substantially the same basis with all the
religious denominations which are gener
ally comprised under the name of Evan
ftvflv Tho f.uuniut V>ottroon
these parties has never fully ceased ; hut
never before has It to so high a degree per
vaded the whole population connected
with the church. The breach widens, and
the leaders of both parties push forward
iu divergent directions. Prominent uieo
of the Catholic party, like Dr. Pussy, have
endeavored to show that there is no real
difference between the thirty-niuearticles
( of the Church of Euglaud aud the doc
trinal decrees of the Couucil of Trent ;
and that the Cliurch of England is sub
stantially one iu faith with the Roman
Catholic Church aud the Eastern Church
es.
Many have declared themselves willing
to acknowledge au honorary supremacy
of the Pope over the whole church. Others
have endeavored to introduce an official
intercouse with the Eastern Churches, and
for tiiis movement tlie co-operation of both
the Euglish Convocations and the Amer
ican General Convention has been gained.
The Ritualists, who have of late attracted
so great attention, endeavor to assimilate
the liturgy of the church as much as pos
sible to that of the Roman Catholic and
Greek Communions. Monastic orders,
even, and similar institutions, have been
revived in considerable number by some
of the bolder aud more enthusiastic mem
bers of the party. Though most of these
positions may not be approved by the
whole of the Catholic, or, as it is more
commonly called, the High Church party,
all its membets agree in drawing a broad
line of demarcation betweeu the Anglican
aud the Protestant Churches, and in in
sisting on the apostolic succession of the
bishops as an indtspeusable characteristic
of a truly Christian Church.
All these views are earnestly opposed
by the Protestant or Low Church School.
They claim to be for themselves, and de
sire the whole church to be substantially
a part of Protestant Christianity in all the
poiuts which separate it from the Roman
Catholic aud the Greek Churches. They
would, if they could, put down by rigid
legislation all kinds af monasticism aud
ritualism, and would cheerfully co-oper
ate with the Bible, Tract, and other re
ligious societies of the Protestant world.
Many of them would even like to revise
the liturgy of the church, so as to remove
from it all that may seem to favor the
views of their opponents, and to fix for
ever its truly Protestant character.
The latest notable event in the conflict
was the General Conference of Low
Church ministers aud laymen at Chicago,
a few days ago. In England the organi
zation of the two parties has long been com
pleted. The Chicago Conference insures
its completion iu the United States. In
England, the struggle is not without a
significance; for the aris
fluence in favor of the High Church party,
and seeks a political as well as ecclesias
tical alliance with the aristocratic and
conservative elements iu the Catholic
Church, lu the United States the polit
ical significance of the controversy con
sists only in the probability that, in case
of a disruption in the church, the Catho
lic section would gravitate toward, at
least, au alliance with the Roman Catho
lic civilization, while the Protestant sec
tion would hasten to indentify itself more
fully with Protestanism.
THE SITUATION IN SPAIN.
From the New York World.
One thiug only is tolerably clear iu the
present position of Spanish affairs. But
that is a point of supreme importance. It
is that the Regency established under the
Constitution adopted by the Constituent
Cortes is strong enough to maintain pub
lic order. This is the primary condition
both of liberty and of progress, and so
long as this holds firm we ntay hope to
see the Spaniards find their way success
fully out of the political twilight in which
they are now groping to the sunshiue of
settled constitutional freedom. Who shall
wear the crown or act as the executive of
the Spanisti people is, after all, but a sec
ondary question. The vital matter is that
the Spanish people should prove them
selves equal to that self-control which
alone can assure them the control of their
executive, be his title what it may.
The Iguahlad and other ardent Repub
lican journals dwell with constant earnest
ness upon the hostility with which the
actual Constitution has been received iu
different parts of the realm. For exam
ple, it is stated that at Santander, in the
North, twenty thousand persons, or nearly
two-thirds of the population, quitted the
town ou the day of the promulgation of
the new Constitution as a tacit hut elo
quent protest against its adoption ; and
that at Granada, in the South, the muni
cipality ordered the public buildings to be
hung with black on the same day. At
Seville, there were no public rejoicings ;
at Valladolid, the town council refused to
be present at the ceremony of the promul
gation. These things certainly iudicate a
widespread dissatisfaciion with the work
of the Cortes. But whether the basis of
that dissatisfaction be a preference, equally
widespread, of the republic, or a reac
tionary hatred of the revolution per se,
cannot be so positively affirmed.
The Spanish Constitution has encoun
tered no more strenuous resistance as yet
to its adoption than did our own Federal
Constitution at the time of its promulga
tion in 1788. Black hangings on the walls
of Granada and gloomy retreats to the
Sacred Mount at Santauder ean hardly be
thought to threaten the ffnal establish
ment of the new system in Spain as seri
ously as the establishment of the Ameri
can Union was threatened by the refusal
of States like New York and Virginia and
North Carolina to join in recommending
the Constitution of 1788 to the American
people. If the Spanish government of Ser
rano holds manfully to the declaration
made ou Saturday by Admiral Topete,
that, “as the monarchy had been voted,
the republic was impossible;” if it main
tains, that is, the supremacy of the delib
erately settled national will, the immedi
ate future of order in Spain may he con
sidered to be assured, and, with that, the
ultimate future of Spanish freedom.
Clover in Jackson County. —A friend
informs us that Mr. Woodson W. Jack
sou, of Jackson county, has forty acres of
as fine clover as he ever saw while serving
in the army of Northern Virginia, grow
ing on his plantation. It was sown last
year. He is pasturing it this year, and
will mow it next year. He says Mr. J’s
cows, horses, mules and hogs are “fat as
they can wallow,” and look very far su
perior to farm stock generally. If he
should never mow an acre of it, he will
find it to be a matter of economy to keep
it for grazing purposes. The better plan
is to have some for hay and some to graze.
No man can do justice to bis stock or him
self without it. Animals pastured on
clover look like they belonged to breeds
very far superior to the common stock.
When every man in the country grows—
as he should do—sufflcisnt clover for all
his stock, then there will be no necessity
for expensive enclosures around fields in
cultivation, as no animals will be left run
ning at large in the vain attempt to find
a decent subsistence on worn-out broom
sedge fields.— Athens Watchman.
DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF
GEORGIA.
Delivered at Atlanta, Tnesday, July 6.
Reported, Expressly for the Constitution, by
N. J. Hammond, Supreme Court Re
porter.
Sharp & Brown, plaintiffs in error, vs. E.
B. Loyless, defendant in error. Award,
from Terrell.
Warner, J.
When a matter in controversy, between
the parties, had been submitted to three
arbitrators, for tbeir cousideratiou and
judgment, aud it appears from the record
that, after hearing and considering the
evidence submitted by the respective par
ties, au award was made by the arbitra
tors and returned to the Superior Court, as
provided by the 4184 section of the Code,
and one of the parties suggested, on oath,
that the award was illegal upon several
grounds, stated therein, for the purpose of
having a trial, before a special jury, as to
the validity of said award, and tbegrounds
and specifications set forth in said affida
vit being demurred as to being insufficient
inlaw to authorize the setting aside said
award Held: That the demurrer only ad
mitted ttie truth of such fa -ts as were well
pleaded and set forth in the affidavit, and
that to make such facts available against
the award, it should have beeu alleged in
the affidavit that the facts set forth and
complained of, were the ‘ result, either of
accident, mistake, or the fraud of Home
oue or all of the arbitrators, or parties, or
is otherwise illegal;” aud the particular
illegal acts complained of must be special
ly set forth, which, iu law. will vitiate the
award, otherwise the affidavit will be de
murrable. The geueral allegation that
the award was con'rary to the evidence,
before the arbitrators,or without evidence,
or that other proper credits were not al
lowed by them, etc., is uot sufficient to set
aside the award, unless it is alleged and
proved that the award was the result,
either of accident, mistake, or tlie fraud
of someone, or all, of the arbitrators or
parties, or is otherwise illegal, as where
the arbitrators should refer the matters
submitted to them to chance, or lot. T lie
u oaui nftho nrbitidiors u filial auu con
clusive between the parties, unless it is at
tacked aud set aside upon someone of the
grouuds specified iu the Code, aud the
affidavit must state someone of these le
gal grounds, with sufficient precision, so
that an issue can be formed and tried
thereon.
Judgment affirmed.
L. C. Hoyal, Lyon & deGratteuried. lor
plaintiffs iu error.
F. M. Hooper, N. J. Parker, \V. A.
Hawkins, for defendant in error.
Moses P. Green, Executor, plaintiff in er
ror, vs. John Auderson, defendant iu
error. Equity, from Burke.
Brown, C. J.
1. Wheu a testator who died in 1853, by
will directed, that his executor cause to
be removed to a free State, and there
emancipated his negro boy John, and that
the executor pay the expense of bis re
moval, aud for his reasonable support and
schooling, until he is put to a trade, and
that wheu, if he do, he reaches the age of
twenty-one years, they invest and secure
for his benefit, as they may deem best the
sum of three thousand dollars, to be raised
out of the estate. Held : That such de
vise constituted a legal trust, which neith
er contravened the policy of the State at
that time, nor at the present time.
2. It was the duty of the executor to ex
ecute this trust, aud his failure to do so,
till after John was twenty-one years of
age, and his detention iu Georgia as a
slave by the executor, did uot destroy the
trust, or prevent its execution at a later
period. Equity considers that done which
ought to have been done, aud directs its
relief accordingly.
3. Slavery having been abolished iu
Georgia, aud freedom having come to
John, when he was uot permitted to go to
it, as directed by the will, aud promised by
the executor, when he assumed the trust,
he being sui juris, with the right to lili
gate in the Courts of this State, may, in
his own name, (as he is over twenty-one
years of age,) proceed iu a Courtof Equity,
to compel the execution of this trust, iu
accordance with the will, or as nearly so
as the changed condition of the country
will per nit, aud to recover uot. only the
legacy as provided by the will, but such
reasonable compensation for the support
and education, which the will gave him,
as the Court may And to be due and un
paid.
4. While a freedman may, in the Courts
of this State, enforce any legal equity
which was created in his favor while a
slave, that did not then contravene the
policy of the law, he cannot maiutaiu an
action for injuries which he may have re
ceived, or for wages on account of labor
ilniie hv him while lu> was a slave.
Judgment affirmed.
J. J. Jones aud A. M. Rogers for plain
tiff' in error.
E. F. Lawson aud Jas. S. Hook for de
fendant in error.
A. W. Green, plaintiff in error, vs. The
Southern Express Company, defendant
in error. Trespass, etc., from Suru'er.
The same parties vice versa.
Brown, C. J.
Where an action of trespass is brought,
and pendiug the action, the parties plain
tiff and defendant settle the case, and the
plaintiff receives from defendant the
amount agreed upon in the settlement aud
satisfaction for the injury, and the defend
ant at the time of such settlement, has no
notice of any claim of plaintiff’s counsel
for fee 9 for prosecuting said suit, other
than the pendency of sucii suit, the de
fendant is not liable to pay the fees of
plaintiff’s counsel, and tiie suit cannot lie
prosecuted iu the name of the plaintiff’for
the use of his couusel for the recovery of
their fees.
Judgment affirmed.
Lyon & deGraffenried, S. C. Elam for
Southern Express Company.
W. A. Hawkins, C. T. Goode for Green.
Terrible Conflagration in Hobby
County. —We learn from the Horry News
lhat one of the most extensive fires ever
knowu in that section has been raging for
the last two weeks, in All-Saints Parish.
It broke out near the upper end of Ocean
Bay, uot far from the sea-shore, and has
reached the Wilson estate lands, on the
Waccamaw, six miles above Conwayboro,
having burned over a distance of twenty
miles. The average breadth of the fire is
unknown. The country through winch
it passed is literally burned up. Bay after
bay, aud swamp after swamp, have been
made bare of all undergrowth, aud the
trees and timber completely destroyed,
i’he savaunabs, with the turpentine box
es, are made sterile wastes. The hot, dry
weather, rendered it impossible lo check
the onward march of the flames. It is yet
burning, but will be likely to stop its ca
reer on the bauks of the Waccamaw. We
have not learned the particulars concern
ing the losses occasioned by this fire, hut
are satisfied that they are great. Major
W. A. Clarady had fifteen thousand tur
pentine boxes burned, aud John A. Wil
son, five thousand. The earth is left bare
behind this fire, the cattle range destroy
ed, the deer unsheltered, and the hears
and rattlesnakes made to seek anew hid
ing place, or destroyed by the fire. It is
estimated that over one hundred thousand
acres of laud was burned over. At night
the heavens were brilliant from the lurid
Hames, and the clouds of smoke that arose
by day were hut portentious of the fiery
storm beneath. We shall he glad to have
full accounts of this terrible conflagra
tion.—C7tos. Daily News.
Line Open to Brunswick.— The Ha
van nah Republican, of Thursday, says:
The last rail necessary to connect Bruns
wick with Savannah, was laid at ten
o’clock on Friday last, at No. 6.. Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad. Monday afternoon a
special train left Brunswick with a large
party of excursionist to the Savannah Re
gatta, connecting with the down night
train on the Atlantic and Gulf road, the
passengers arriving in this city to break
fast Tuesday morning.
We congratulate our Brunswick friends
on the consummation of this connection
with the interior of the State, and trust it
niay result in the establishment of most
pleasant relations, business and social
The road from No. 6 to Bruuswick is not
yet in a condition for regular trains, but it
is expected that before the close of the
month passengers and mails will <r o
through daily. ' °
Disagreeable Companions.— There is
a house in Adamstown, in this county
that has a garret infested with black
snakes. The family residing in the house
have not as yet, hit upon a plan by which
to get rid of these horrible companions,
aa their den is fixed between the plaster
mg and roof, and to remove them it
W r°.u necesßar y to tear down a portion
of the house. How and when they gained
entrance to the house is a mystery to
every one. Someof the reptiles have been
seen on tue garret floor on several ocea
nic 1 ! a K bul L b ? for ? a wea P° n to kill them
could be obtained the snakes glided off to
their secure retreat behind the plastering.
f Maryland Citizen.
CUBA.
The newly arrived Captain a
Cuba has issued the following T* I '*
tion on assuming the duties oi r* 81 *-
from which it will be seen how, ,
to administer the affairs of th« .. *
ful isle ever 4it t .
Inhabitants of the Islav,
For nine months this islann
afflicted by the most terrible 2, t *
cau afflict humauity— civil
the commencement in an evil I * r ’
sad period, you have beheld ° Ur of it«
laugu shiug, industry ruined 00 ' o ®*’’*
wealthiest estates
pulse of the revolutionary bre* -5
the touch of the inceutiiary torw' lßfi v
You see. moreover, a prop r.
gration, which diminishes e s
elements of wealth, and ®k.i ' 1 -
you behold brothers decim,,L , ‘'
fratricidal lead or the treaolw iiy -
ard of the assassin. ÜB Wfs.
! will not at this moment dew*.,.
cupy myself with the causes ih to> -
conduced to the actual situation
for grauted the present state ,-I
my mission is to re-establish , s f*
ami confidence, to end the civil I 4 '®-**
hazards, aud to study afterward f
cessities and ali that may cond u ’ V ° ar °*'
prosperity of the country, i n ordel/
pose to the Government of the n»i f ’“
the reforms that may euablethu ‘ c »-
the Amilles to reach the trade n V* a ’
and felicity to which, without » ,
her destiny calls her.
I comprehend all the difficlt]- „
which 1 liave to contend on assun ®
arduous task with which the Ki 8 *
power has been plea-ed to honor m’*
lam animated by Uie hope iha i l, “-
aided iu my undertaking not onl/h* *
valorous ami disciplined arntv t ,
by the armed volunteers, to
siou and efforts is due, iu a great m Jec '
the salvation of the islaud.
It is natural (• at you should
kuow what my line of conduct .
It is contained in three words—g,,..
tice, ami morality. Spaiu,
from her immense fund of r’**
exhaustible resources for the pres ‘ D ‘
of the integrity of her territory 0B
aud outside of the peninsula jr ' *
ami strict economy will rule lualibr'* '
esofthe Administration. Justice
all—the same for the man of wealth ‘ ut
tiie high functionary as for u lt . h ,
artisan.
With this simple programme *| ,
adopt with immutable faith aud a
will, l hope to obliterate the foot print "
extermination ami destruction
war leaves behind it; extinguish rail •
lo heal the woumis aud dry up n
tears. I beseech of you generosity
of the noble Spanish blood to f nr »j
offences, aud if we arrive at the cnj
propose, be yours the glory and feiicitv
and mine the satisfaction of haviuz
tributed toward it.
Cabellero*Dk Rod*,
Volunteers-. With your euergitj,. , D ,
decided attitude you have reudered m "
nent services to the cause of order, j Us
and right. For them you merit’well
the country throughout whose extern--,
resounds a unanimous cry of praise for
those who, abandoning their habitualoc
cupations, ha ve become soldiers defeud
the national honor.
You ought to be proud of yourcondri
lam as much, because I myself anut
your head to sustain the good cau*-s,
because I have the good fortuueto retail
you thanks, being the faithful interpret*-
of the sentiments of the National Govern
inent, and of your fellow-citizens.
Voluntarios, viva Espana! Long ]j T(
Cuba, the most beautiful proviuee of
Spain! Caballero dußodaf,
Soldiers and Sailors: A few Cuban, of
an unquiet and turbulent disposition Lari
taken up arms and raised the standard of
rebellion against tiie common country.
Assassination and incendiarism are the
only acts which they can commemorate
for their own shame, and to furnish an
eloquent lesson to those citizens who, re
maining faithful, already knowwhattbey
must expect from them.
You responded to the cry of sedition
with tiie counter oue of your refined loy
alty. But, vain chimera! the rebel*n:
not measure their steel with yours
aud confine themselves to the exer
cise of acts of perfidy, cruelty; and trea
son. However, if you do uot sustain
combats because your enemies refus
them, you will not for that reason res;
less glory by showing yourselves as eve
sober, persevering, obedient aud worthy
children of our own dear Spain.
Now that I have the honor to place my
self at your head in order toterminatethi
work of pacification which you havecom
uieuced, with as much zealous success !
entreat you to be the protectiou of the
good, faithful friends of the volunteer,-
.a-.-r juui oiiaiieir. in-amis—generoui
with the vanquished and just with ttioae
who may be captured with arms in thei
hands.
Acting thus you will he recognized ;
the country, friends and enemies will ad
mire your virtues, and you will leavean
imperishable recollection to your Captain-
General, Caballero de Rodas.
FROM NEWTON COUNTY.
The Covington Examiner says: "A
large number of the citizens of our county
assembled at the court-house, on Tuesdiv
last, to hear the “Report of the Bethany
Agricultural Club” on the subject of
"Felices.” Several speeches* were mad*
both for aud against the “doing away
with fencing rouud cultivated lands.
The following gentlemen participated it
tiie discussion : Rev. H. (juigg and L.F
Livingston, affirmative; Judge Glia.
Judge Reynolds and Colonel Fitts, nega
tive. The discussion took wide range,and
from what we can learn, do della
elusion was arrived at, and the matter
was, by resolution, deferred until the flrat
Tuesday in September next, with the re
quest that the people properly digest the
question aud he prepared for action on it
at that time. “Fence, or No Fence,’ is
the question to be decided, and we areo!
the opinion that it will be.
“The reports that reach us from all por
tions of the surrounding country, iu re
gard to the) growing crops, are very en
couraging. In some localities, however,
we learn that the protracted drought bn
has begun to effect tiie upland corn,
though not very seriously as yet."
Recent Deaths.—The Talbot ton Ga
zette, of the Bth, records the death in that
place, on the 2d instant, of Mr. T. H
Persons, an old and much respected citi
zen, at the age of 68 years.
The Americus Republican, of Tburs
day, chronicles the sudden death, on tn*
6th instant, of Captain John M. Shiver, a
talented young citizen of that place.
The Republican says: .
Captain Shiver passed through all t
campaigns of the Confederate armies (
Virginia, as a member of that brave an
illustrious company, tbe Sumter Lig
Guards, and surrendered bis sworu a> !
last Captain, wheD the hopes of the peo
ple expired in the eatly spring of -*>•
He was a valiant and true soldier,a
and accapted Mason, and a worth) & J
high toned man.
The heavy grief with which hi* lo *
burdened the hearts of this entirec<® /
uity, anil especially of the few su r n •
comrades of the Light Guards, of t‘ : - ,
sonic brethren, and of the meait*-.
Fire Company No 1, by whom he
recently honored by election as the • -
sis taut Foreman, was evidenced >)
long line of mourners which, in j*?!'
cession, followed his remains to tbe
earthly abode on the evening o
Tuesday.
Don’t Bathe too MucH.-Se» * D
river bathing are now In order, aim
be hoped that people will not |D - .
those luxuries with recklessness,
constitutions are sadly ehattereiJ <
summer by too much bathing- .
is a good thing employed in mode
but immoderately enjoyed it. been
very daDgerous and damaging
Only the most robust and eoumlfc
tem cau loog stand daily sea or ru
mersions without becoming imp
Persons afflicted by organic m** fteL #
should bathe in the sea or river no
than every other day. and in n
should they remain in the wate
than ten or fifteeu minutes. >a
gence in bathing extending to 1
hour or an hour (which is more fr <1
the ruie than the exception) is mg .
jurious, although the injury ma)
immediately apparent.
A Torpedo
morning, as a country darkey wa
a wagon dowu Broad street, as n J s
the South Carolina Railroad ' eJ .
startling explosion was ht-ara. a hout
plosion was caused by the iguitio
a pound of powder, packed in a tf|e
iu his wagon, with some no* ’ c i
jarring incidental to crossing J
having caused the matches * in
There was au inside colored pa ® .. g ”j e rf
the wagon, whose nerves were -
bly disjointed by the uaeX u e je
bardmeut. No damage beyond oD sl
struction of tbe box and an
kink in the passenger s wool.
Constitutionalist.