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BY J. W. BUKKE & CO. GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER 3. W. BURKE 6c CO., Proprietors. WM. M. URUWIVG, Editor. OFFICE No. 60 SECOND STREET, MACON, GA. KATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily, per Annum *lO 00 “ Six Months,... SOU “ Three Months 2 50 “ One Month 1 Os) Tri-Weekly, per Annum 5 00 “ “ rdx Months 2 50 “ “ Three Months 1 50 Weekly, per A nnnm 3 00 “ Six Months 1 50 THE BLACK CONGRESSMAN. All the Congressmen elected in Vir ginia, except three, are Conservatives. One of the three Radicals is a negro. His election will he wormwood, aloes, rue,and several other bitter vegetables in the cup of the administration. Grant & Cos. want the negroes in postoffices, custom houses, etc , but they don't want the negro in Congress. They don’t like that he should be set so directly before the nation’s and the world’s e,\e. They would be glad to have them left a little more to the imagi nation. They would prefer the negro offi cial should he contemplated as a sort of abstraction. They would rather make speeches about the glories and beauties of negro equality than have “cho-skins" ex hibited at their superb dinner parties. A years ago, the ntegroes in a rtoulhern district nominated one of their own peo ple for Congress, knowing that they could elect him, but Sumner, Butler and others thought it wouldn’t do. So won! was communicated to the negroes of the dis trict through one of their local leaders, that the election of a negro to the House of Representatives would hurt the party. The negroes acquiesced. Their black can didate was drop ed. But the negroes of Virginia are determined to act up to their privileges. They have no respect for the Squeamishness of their white friends. They advise them, if they are sick at the stomach, to step out and vomit. [Louisville Journal. However distasteful this one “black Congressman” may be to the administra tion, there are some members of the Rad ical party enchanted with the “Hon. Mr. Norton”—for such is the name of Vir ginia’s dusky representative. The “Zion’s Herald,” a so-called religious paper pub lished at Boston by the Rev. Gilbert Ha ven, discourses jubilantly about the “suc cessor to Jefferson, Randolph and Henry A. Wise.” He says: “Virginia has gone semi-rebel; but to do so the white mau’s party bad to elect several colored men to the Legislature. What a change it is to see Hunter, Wise, Mason, and such, sending their late prop erty to Richmond, not to be sold as afore time, but to march up Capitol Hill and enact laws for the Old Dominion. We fear these new men will he sold, though in the more modern and Northern sense. By yielding to such fascination anti voting with their masters agaiust their radical friends, they may find themselves badly sold. One event redeems the election. Hon. Mr. Norton, late a slave, or of the slave race, is elected to Congress. He was a Radical candidate. The world moves when old Virginia sends up such a suc cessor to Jeffersou, Randolph and Henty A. Wise. One of John Brown’s men was a black Virginian. This M. C. is the le gitimate desceudautof that hero. May he be the first-born among many brethren.” If all his brethren were like the author of the foregoing, Mr. Norton might be the first or the last born, for all we should care. A white man who can rejoice that a black amoor should succeed Thomas Jefferson and John Randolph as the representative of a proud and enlightened people, can not be much better in head, and not as good in heart, as tbe ‘‘Won. Mr. Morton,” or any other corn field negro. The Last Sensation Novel which has issued from the press of the North is Pollard’s “ Life of Jefferson Davis.” From the little we have seen of the dirty book, we have come to the conclusion that iD malignity, mendacity, and vituperation -of his superiors, Pollard has excelled him self. Even Mr. Horace Greeley is obliged to denounce the book as malicious slan der, and unworthy of attention. We venture to say that in his life Pol lard never spoke one word to Mr. Davis and never saw him, except passing along the street. He was only known to decent people in Richmond as a collector of garb age for Daniel’s Examiner, and he never had either the position, respectability, or personal acquaintance with leading men which would enable him to write about What took place in the Confederate capi tal. His book is a romance from beginning to end, got up to gratify a fiendish dislike of the Confederate chief, and at the same time to get money by pandering to the ■worst passions of the worst classes of the Northern people. Let no Southern man who respects himself touch the unclean thing THE TURNER TRIAL. The U. 8. Commissioner decided, yes terday morning, that the charge against Turner of counterfeiting and circulating certain National Bank bills was not suffi ciently substantiated to warraut him in committing him for trial. Turner was therefore discharged from custody. We are not disposed to question the upright ness and propriety of the Commissioner’s judgmeut. If he was satisfied that the proof against the accused was not suffi cient, if uncontradicted, to convict him before a jury, he only did his duty in dis charging him. The people of Macon were only interest ed that justice should bedoue. They had no desire to persecute Turner, and they therefore accept the decision of the exam ining Court as an impartial judgment, rendered after a thorough consideration of the evidence. There can he no bclttu evidence that partizausbip was not al lowed to enter into the case on the part of the citizens of Macon, than the fact the able counsel who defended Turner, Col. John B. Weems, Mr. Henry W. Cowles, of the Macon Bar, and Mr. John A. Stephens, of Atlanta, are all prominent Democrats, and consequently uncompro misingly opposed to the party of which their client is a leading member. There are a number of rumors current in the city that Turner’s release was ef fected by “ orders from Washington ” and by the interference of Radical politicians of this State and of the North, who feared the damaging consequences of Turner’s committal to themselves and to their party. We do not permit ourselves to attach any weight to these rumors. We cannot bring ourselves to believe that members of the United States Government, Sena tors in Congress, aud men who occupy elevated positions, would lend themselves to compound a felony, and thus make themselves criminals, in order to shield a negro politician from prosecution for a grave crime. Until we receive positive proof that such is the case, we must dis card the rumors which we hear, aud hope for the sake of humauity that they are without any foundation. Probably the Last. —The Atlanta papers announce another payment into the State Treasury of $25,000 by -Super n tendent Hulhert.“ from toe earnings of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.” We are afraid that in future the amount will not he so much. The new Treasurer . a .u e, 7/’tf kin K way about him,' which the late Treasurer did not possess. THE NEWS FROM EUROPE. The Cable brings as htghiy important news from England. The House of Lords by au immense majority, have refused to recede from their position on the bill for the Disestablishmentof the Irish Church, and a serious and dangerous issue is now joined between the House of Commons, representing the great mass of the people on the one hand, and the hereditary branch of the legislature upon the other. The popular excitement is represented to be intense in cousequence of the action of the House of Lords, aud grave trouble may he apprehended. The alleged intention of the Ministry to withdraw the bill and overcome the ad verse majority by the creation of new peers favorable to the bill, would be in itself almost revolutionary, and it is more thau doubtful whether the <Queeu would consent to such au unprecedented meas ure. During the exciting debate on the Reform Bill in 1830, when it was supposed that the Lords would defeat the bill, Lord Brougham proposed to “swamp the House” by the creation of new peers enough to carry it, and he was denounced as a revolutionist. The peers are not popular. There are loud mutterings against the hereditary ami privileged legislators, and in thus placing themselves in direct antagonism to the will of the people so emphatcially expressed, they may have raised a storm, from which it will be difficult for them to escape without loss of prestige, if uot of power. We have b -en asked if General Browne is now editor of the Macon Messenger. .vs his name floats at the mast-head, we pre-ume he is, although his “Salutatory” iias not appeared.— llawkinsville Dispatch. We are thankful to our esteemed eotem .porary for tile hint conveyed in the fore going paragraph. It was not from any want of respect to the public or from any desire to violate “the custom in like cases,” that we did not personally an nounce our having assumed editorial con trol of the Journal and Messenger. We thought that the announcement which was made by the proprietors of the paper, in which so much more was said in our behalf than we could veuture to say for ourself, and the more than flattering no tices which have been published by most of the papers in the State, rendered it un. necessary for us to do more thau go to work aud labor diiligently to fulfil a por tion, at least, of the kind promises which our friends have made for us. For the cordial welcome hack to the editorial profession which we have re ceived from our brethren of the press, we are siucerely thankful, aud we take this opportunity to express in words the grati tude which we have felt. We hope to continue and improve the kindly relations which we are happy to know subsist be tween them and us, aud to unite with them in their patriotic efforts to advance the best interests aud welfare of Georgia, aud to restore her to the proud position of power and prosperity among the States of the Union to which she is entitled. To re-eslahlish the supremacy of the Constitution, to maintain the law, to de feat Radicalism as the enemy of both, to defend Georgia agaiust all comers, uphold the cause of morality and religion, to promote the education or the aud to restore the material prosperity of the people, are the objects which w T e pro pose to labor to effect, feebly, perhaps, and inefficiently, but with earnestness and singleness of purpose. PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION. At last, Macon sees light from the cen tre. We have been living here in com parative obscurity, siuce the war. True, for awhile we were, as it were, within stone’s throw of the capital of the State; but, then, Jeukius was Governor, and there were no sons of Ham in the Legis lature. But, “ presto , change,” and At lanta becomes luminous ; and Macon is left in the dark—to plod on in her old honest ways, without a leading Radical to disturb her peace, and to show us how to become leaders iu the National party, by first becoming infamous as criminals. Consequently, we have had a quiet time — few excitements —no moos—no menagerie of great beasts of prey to excite the won der of the gaping crowds. But matters are changing. The circle made oy the great stoue dropped into the waters at VVash ington, sends a little wave over our retired life ; and the atmosphere of our great cen tres of civilized rascality begius to float arouud, and our people are just now learn ing what it is to breathe the air of thor ough reconstruction. There is hope for Macon yet. She is likely to “ get into the papers.”; A few more importations of advanced Radicals of the right stripe, aud we can employ a brigade of “ detectives,” aud keep a U. S. Commissioner’s Court iu perpetual session. Ought we not to be congratulated that we have no; fallen wholly behiud the age—are not “ left out iu the cold ’’—can claim to have among us, holders of office, guides iu religion, promoters of reconstruction, adepts in rascality, whose characters lit them to a T for companionship with any of the busy B’s of the laud—whether of the State or National hive—even the big noisy Bum ble B—the great Butler himself? Can not the spoils-party take us Maconites into fellowship nouif Let no place give us the “ cut direct,” which lias not a pet of Grant’s, high iu office, arraigned for breaking the laws of the "best govern ment tiie sun ever shone ou.” We are rising. THE NEWS. —ln 1868 there arrived at New York 47,571 Irishmen and 101,989 Germans. In 1867 there arrived 65,134 of the former and 117,591 of the latter. —The PofM, has just entered the twenty fourth year of his Pontificate. He is seventy-seven years of age, and liis two brothers are four aud seven years older. —Laurent Clerc, for fifty years promi nently identified with the cause of deaf mute iustruetiou, died at his residence in Hartford, Connecticut, on the 17th, aged 83. He was a native of France —The export of cotton from this coun try in . 1868, amounted in value to $165,- 958,523, and of wheat, corn, flour, tobacco, beef, cheese, bacon, lumber, and cotton manufactured, to $111,471,377. —The Detroit Post thinks that our na val vessels, if we would have them in spire terror, should receive such names as Cholera and Yellow Fever, Nitro Glyce rine, Susan B. Anthony, Anua Dickin son, etc. —The Rome Courier notes the mysteri ous disappearance from the hotel at Cave Springs, on Tuesday last, of a guest who had only arrived that morning. On Thursday, says the Courier, a thorough search was made in the Cave by some of the citizens and dilligent inquiry made in the neighborhood, but nothing in regard to his whereabouts was elicited. —The average wear of the tracks of the railroads of the Uuited States, is estimated at 7 per cent, per annum. Taking the length of the roads at 42,250 miles, the annual wear consumes sufficient iron to lay 2,957 miles of track, or enough to lay a road from here to San Francisco. Ninety tons are required for a mile of sin gle track, so that 266,175 tons of iron are used up aunually by the locomotives aud cars. —The total quantity of land devoted to the growth of cotton throughout the whole of India does not exceed 8,500,000 acres. If this quantity of land was as productive in India as it is in the United Slates, it would yield something like four million hales, or half a bale per acre. But the yield is so much less than this that the extent of the exports from India in an average year is not more than a million and a half bales of 394 lbs. each. Correspondence of the Journal and Mes-lp—- “*•«* V GOLLEG Ei (OH UaiNCKftl K.v, it ,] Oxford, July 19, 1869. Dear General .‘—As I am here for a few days to attend the annual commencement exercises of the Male College at this place, supposing it would interest your readers, I propose giving au account of the same, We arrived here Saturday eveniug, and after a refreshing night’s sleep, we arose to look out up>n oue of the most beautiful Sabbaths of the season—especially beaut i ful iu this village, abounding in classic oaks and handsome cottages. At 10J o’clock the large chapel was well filled to hear the commencement sermon, delivered by Rev. Dr. R. A. Youug, of Nashville. His text was in Philiipians, third chapter and eighth verse- It was a masterly sermon, which did credi: to t|ie head aud heart of the preach 3r. He di vided his subject into two parts: “ What Saul of Tarsas gave up for Christianity, and what Haul gained by it.” It was a case of loss and gum. The sermou was a fine exhibition of the beauty and worth of Christianity, as contrasted with the trans itory objects of life, all its wealth, honor and acquirements. Dr. Youug has made a name for himself in Georgia, aud not one of his hearers but would he glad to hear him again. In the atternoon, at four o'clock, the venerable Dr. Pierce, iu his eighty third year, gave u* out* of Li* iiumituhie «cr inone. He preached oue hour aud a half, aud although it was at au hour when it was hard to keep awake, he kept his bearers iuteiested. Some of them went over to Covington to hear him agaiu at night. V\ e did uot hear this sermou, hut from one who did hear it, it was described as one of the Doctor’s most caustic efforts. He made a wholesale attack upon the errors of the church, aud showed up so called Christians who were holding on to their church relations without intending to keep the rules. A friend present said the people stood it well, aud he could only account for it ou the principle that they were “used to it.” He said it remiuded him of an old lady who had been skin ning eels in market fora long time, aud when rem tided of the cruelty of the ope ration, she replied: “Lawsy, Mister! I have been at it for these twenty years, and they are used to it—they don’t mind it.” This morning at nine o’clock the exhi bition of the Sophomore Class in prize declamations came off. The following is the programme: Prayer by Rev. W. Martin, of Columbia, South Carolina. MUSIC. W. L. Chambers, Oswichee, Ala. Con federate Dead—W. M. Robbins. J M. Parker, Oxford, 6a. The uses of Sculpture—Edward Everett. J. F. Bonnell, Macon, Ga. Wrongs of Ireland—Phillips. H. R. Harris, Greenville, Ga. Defence of the South—Anonymous. Howard W. Key, Macon, Ga. Address to the Roman Seoaie—Regulus. MUSIC. T. W. Oliver,Screven county, Ga. Re trenchment— S. S. Prentiss. E C. Goodrich, Augusta, Ga. President Polk— Ann uyuious. W. H. Reese, Rome, Ga. Address to the survivors of the Revolutionary War— Webster. C. P. Miller, Savannah, Ga. Irish Dis turbance Bill—Daniel O’Connell. W. E. Myers. Macon, Ga. Invective against Corry—Henry Gration. MUSIC. T. R Pierce, Cartersville, Ga. Irish Emancipation—Phillips. J. A. B. Mahaffey, Jackson county, Ga. Stonewall Jackson Auonymoue. B. R. Wright, Oxford, Ga. Appeal in behalf of Greece—Henry Clay. J. M. Powell, Decatur, Ga. Patrick Henry— Anonymous. Benediction by Dr. Pierce. These young men ah did well, and the committee appointed to award the prizes will find difficulty in deciding who are the jytccmtfnl crmuatUUa*. The awajnl . win take place to-morrow, and the prizes will be delivered by Gen. A. H. Colquitt. I will close for the present, promising you more by tiie next mail. I atn glad to iiear ever* where the Jour nal and Messenger well spoken of. A gentleman of good taste aud large experi ence told me a few days ago that he rt gaided it the best paper in Georgia. Long may it continue to flourish, aud hold its place iu the front rank of American Jour nals. Visitor. NEGRO SHOT IN COLUMBIA COUNTY. Yesterday morning a negro man, Berry Burnett, arrived in Augusta and proceed ed to police headquarters, where tie rela ted a very improbable story, that, on Monday, without any provocation to jus tify him, bis employer, Mr. Cobb Reed, residiug in Columbia county, within about seven miles of Appling, wantonly inflict ed a gunshot wound on his left leg, in proof of which be exhibited liis wounded limb, well peppered with small shot, which had, however, only punctured the flesh to a very slight depth above the knee. His statement was discredited by gentlemen acquainted with Mr. Reed, who knew him as one of the most quiet and inoffensive gentlemen of Columbia county. Confirmatory of the suspicion that the allegations of this uegio were uot based ou fact, a number of gentlemen from Colum bia couuty, among whom was Mr. J. M. Luke, a magistrate iu said county, subse quently arrived in the city, in pursuit of the negro, and gave quite a different col oring to the affair. From the statement of Mr. Luke, it appears that the difficulty between the negro and Mr. Reed grew out of an altercation which occurred between a negro woman, the wife of tiie negro man, and a son of Mr. R, a mere lad. The ne gro woman was using very offensive aud approhious language to the youth, for which Mrs. Reed rebuked her. Thisonly seemed to have the eftect of making her still more frantic, when she applied abu sive epithets to Mrs. R., and continued cursing the youth, whom she also at tempted to strike. At this juncture, Mrs. Reed called to her husband, in the house. Mr. Reed re sponded, with the purpose of quieting the incensed negro woman. As he approach ed the steps, oue of his hands iu his pocket, the negro man seized him, wheu a struggle eusued, resuiting in the negro wresting a pistol from the possession of Mr. Reed, with which he attempted to shoot that gentleman. Fortunately for the preservation of the life of Mr. Reed, the struggle had so deranged the pistol that the negro was unable to discharge it, although vigorously attempting to do so. Mr. Reed, when disengaged, stepped back iu the house and gathered his shot guu, which he discharged at the negro, inflict ing the wound already alluded to. Pending the struggle between Mr. Reed and the negro man, the negro woman gathered au axe, with which she inflicted a wound across the shoulder aud ou the hack of Mr. Reed’s son. Rut for the dull ness of the axe, this stroke must have produced a serious wound. It was, how ever, only slight. Iu the contest, the ne gro woman had one of her fingers cut off After the arrival of the gentlemen al luded to, the negro man was arrested and carried to jail, from which, we under stand, he will be returned to Columbia county, this morning Augusta Constitu tionalist, “1 Pkojbcikui^MTKUPsiHK.— VV. B. John son, Ksq., of Maoou, on the part of the Central Railroad, was in Atlanta, on Sat urday, to confer with the City Council and citizens relative to the building of the road to Tennille- On Friday night, Alder man Anderson, Mayor pro tem, appointed the Mayor and Council as a committee to coufer with Mr. JoUusod. Dr. Angier and other citizens, acted in connection with Council. The Central Road is de termiued to build the road, and are nego tiating for the right-of-way. The new routt, if built, will run, we suppose, from Tenuille, Washington county, to Atlanta, by way of Milledge vilie, Clinton and Mechanicsville.—Atlan ta Constitution. The above is enterprising, very ; but the “if built’’ is the cream of the joke. —The following nominations were made by tne Democratic Convention of lowa on Wednesday: Governor, George Gilles pie ; Lieutenant Governor, A. P. Richard son, editor of the North lowa Times ; for Supreme Judge, W. N. Brannon ; for Bu periutendent of Public Instruction, Ed mund Yeager. "Vita. sine ijiiteris Mors est UOA- su mva3UL t pTH iro The Intelligencer, of this morning jo taius Gov. Bullock’s official atinf unce rneut, confirming the statement of the Constitution a few days ago, that Foster Blodgett would be State Road Treasurer iu place of Mr. Clayton. The appointment is oDe of those politi cal moves that have helped to bring such odium upon the present administration. Mr. Clayton is oue of the best railroad Treasurer's in the South—capable, prompt, honest., and his removal could uever he based upon any other ground than his po litical independence, he being a sterling Democrat. Mr. Blodgett bears no enviable reputa tion. Both his private aud public charac ter are tainted. If his reputation does him injustice, he is certainly very unfor tunate. He has a son who in conductor on the same road, who is said to make a good officer. But the appoiutmeut of the jatli er, in the light of his history, and con trasting him with his predecewor, is at least a hazard that a scrupulous Executive would hesitate to take. In connection with it, we are informed, upon what we have reason to b*‘ieve is reliable testimony, that Col. Hulburt has bitterly opposed the appointment, aud that he has even contemplated and threat ened his resignation as Superintendent, but wan persuaded out Os !t. WFlifT nitt kuow this to be a fact, and it did not come to us from the various headquarters, as our stroug Democracy puts us out of the, range of such immediate access to Radical fountain heads, but we believe it to be true. And if it is true, we say frankly, much as we op[H>seCol. Hulhurt’s politics, it lias elevated him in our good opinion. Mr. Clayton, the retired Democratic Treas urer, speaks strongly in favor of Colonel Hulburt’s management of the road, and this is testimony we are not disposed to ignore. Aud if Col. Hulburt has resisted from ideas of duty, tiie selection of a cor rupt official, it certainly shows a spirit that would lead us to urge him not to re sign. It may he ttiat his resignation is the very thing the Governor wishes. It certaiuly is true that Mr. Blodgett’s appoiutmeut ha-* more thau ordinary sig nificance. Some mouth hack, there is good reason to believe that Gov. Bullock had mapped out a conservative policy,and was disposed to drop his bitter projects, aud it is a matter of regret that he does not continue the most sensible course. But there is stroug ground for saying that he has very recently determined upon his old programme—to run the extreme Radi cal liue, to exasjierate tlie Democracy, to stir up confusion and strife, to raise fiery abuse from Democratic journals, aud to revive and create every (Kissible antagon ism. We fling out the cue to our contem poraries, that they may not fall into the trap. The appointment of Mr. Blodgett to he State Road Treasurer is the first step iu the changed schedule. The situation is getting interesting, aud must he guardedly .reated by our press. We have other mutters to tell, hut hardly think it seasonable to tell them now. THE PRIVATE VISI r ATIOA BOOK OFAY 111 I-II BISHOP. The following extracts which have been forwarded to the London Times for publi cation illustrate tiie nature of what Mr. Gladstone calls an “official congregatiou,” and show the connection between the penal laws and the Slate Church. They relate to the year 1820 : "Union of R and V. with three others.” “Duly—Prayers on Suudays be tween 11 and 12 ” “Extenlof union from east to wes t about ten miles, and from north to south about five miles. Church large and roomy. Population—Only oue Protestant, whocan neither read nor write, hut is regular in attending the service when his health permits, aud receives the sacrament ou the festivals. Communiim —Four times in the year; scarcely ever more than two c •mniuuicanls. Reiti-PtL-u. TtC rt?r ou J w* «*»*-*••#.*. 1 •.* *£* JJj) ever beard of. Mem—The state of t2T and the neighboring parishes requires vefy particular consideration.” “Union of R and V. with fifur others. Duty—Prayers every Sunday morning a little before 12; a sermon when the congregation amounts to four or five ; this seldom happens, except in the sum mer, when strangers come to the country for the purpose of battling. Extent iu length coastwise about 15 miles; in a rigiit line, not half so far; in breadth from oue to three. Church, at nearly in the centre of the Union; most convenient for the bulk of the population. The popula tion (entire) 7,591, —Protestants 50 ; pro portion to Roman Catholics, about 1 to 150. Protestants, gentlemen of landed property aud farmers. Between Septem ber, 1782, aud December, 1789, the arch deacon (the incumbent) received 47 con verts; siuce that time none.” Soou after the repeal of the penal code took place, which has put an extinguisher on the Protestant religion in this country. Attendance at church not regular; not more than ten ever come ; the others, who profess to he Protestants, neither attend church nor any other place of worship. Communions about tour times in the year; about eight or ten communicants, at Christmas, (ewerat Easter, none at Whit suntide aud Michaelmas but the arehdea cou’s family. Register kept by the arch deacon in his glebe house since the year ISOO, when a military detachment were stationed at . No parishioners con firmed during the archdeacon's incum bency, (that is, from 1782, or ante to 1820, or 38 years. THE OUTRAGE COMMITTEE. The committee appointed to investigate the charge of outrages reported to have been committed iu various sections of Georgia, will meet at the State House this morning. The committee was raised by the last session of the General Assembly, and consists of two Republicans and one Democrat from the Senate, and three Democrats and two Republicans from the House. The chairman of tiie committee is Hon. W. P. Price, of Lumpkin. A quorum of the committee is now iu tlie city. It was to have met yesterday, hut the chairman was not able to meet, with it, hence the meeting was deferred until to-day, when it will assemble at the State House as above stated. It is hoped that this meeting of the committee wi 1 be no “flash iu the pan.” It was appointed to investigate rumors of outrages, which were being used against the people of Georgia, and it is the duty of the commit tee not to hold a session here in thff city, but to go to those places where outrages are reported to have been perpetrated, and sift all such rumors to their very dregs. The information likely to tie furnished here cannot he relied upon as veracious The only way to arrive at the whole truth is to visit the localities where lawlessness is said to have existed, aud there hear the testimony ou all sides. Whatever may fie filed in the Executive ofiice is not suf ficieut foundation upon which to predi cate a judgment. The matter is one of the greatest moment, aud deserves a most rigid investigation. Let the whole tiling he sounded to its very bottom, and when the exact truth shall have been ascertain ed, let it be told, unmindful of who it hurts. That is the only way for the com mittee to discharge its duty faithfully [Atlanta Era , 21 st. Advice to Bathers.— The Royal Hu ma.ie Society publish the following re commendations: Avoid bathing within two hours after a meal. Avoid bathing when exhausted by fatigue or from any other cause. Avoid bathing when the body is cooling after perspiration, but bathe when the body is warm, provided no time is lost in getting into the water. Avoid chilling the body by sitting or standing naked on tbe banks or in boats after having been in the water. Avoid re maining too lottg in the water; leave the water immediately there is the slightest feeliugof chilliness. Avoid bathing alto gether in the open air, if after having been a short time in the water, there is a sense of chilliness, with numbness of the bauds and feet. Tbe vigorous and Btroug may bathe early in tbe morning on an empty stomach. The young, and those that are weak, had better bathe three hours after a meal—tbe best time for such is from two to three hours after breakfast. Those who are subject to attacks of giddiness and faintness, and those who suffer from pal pitation and other sense of discomfort at the heart, should not bathe without Drat consultiug their medical adviser. MACON, OT%AiEBDAY, JULY 27, 1869. TUB NEXT APPORTIONMENT. # Losn*r Political Stale... From the Boston Journal, July 12. The next census of the United States will solve an interesting problem regard ing the political power of the several States, as upon the result of the returns the apportionment of Congress for teu years will be made. Thus far iu our his tory, while no State has declined in popu lation, the thriving States of the West have decreased the number of our repre sentatives in Congress, aud by some per sons it is anticipated that New England will agaiu be called upon to part with a portion of her political power. This loss involves a diminution of the number of her votes in the Electoral College aud several minor privileges, such as the ap poiutmeut of cadets, etc. The apportionment of members of the House of Representatives has always been a subject, of considerable difficulty, arising mainly from a difference of opinion re garding the proper number to constitute that body. The fear ttiat it would prove unwieldy has actuated some minds in the oast to keep its number as small as possi ble, while others argued that the larger the body the more wisdom there would be. After the first census was taken a hill was reported in Congress assigning to the different Stutes the numberof Representa tives. The decision was somewhat arbi trary, more regard being paid to influence thau to population. It was proposed to have 120 members. President Washing ton returned the hill to the House of Rep resentatives, where it originated, with his objections. He argued ttiat it produced au inequality in representation, anil that as tiie Constitution ptovided that the numberof Representatives shall not ex Cted one foi every 30,000, they had viola ted that proviso by giving to eight of the Slates more than one fur that number. Fisher Ames voted to pass the Inti, not withstanding the objections of Washing ton; hut the hill failed by a vote of yeas 23 to nays 33, and the apportionment was finally made upon a ratio of one to every 33.000 inhabitants, which gave a House of 106 members. Tiie comparative representation of New England in the House of ltepre-entalives since 1790 is shown by the following table : 17911*00 1110 mj IS3O 1840 I*so 1860 Massachusetts... 14 17 20 13 12 10 11 10 Conftettleut 7776 6 4 4 4 New Hampshire. 4 5 6 6 5 4 33 Rhode island.... 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Vermont 2 4 6 5 5 4 33 Maine 0 0 0 7 8 7 6 5 Total 29 35 4i :tv» as at 2» 27 In 1790 there were 16 States aud 106 members; in 1800, 17 States and 142 mem hers ; iu 1810, 19 States aud 183 members ; in 1820, 24 Stales and 213 members (Maine became an independent .-tale March 15, 1820); iu 1830, 26 Slates and 242 members ; in 1840, 26 States and 223 members ; in 18-50, 31 Scales and 2-34 members, anil iu 1860, 34 Slates and 211 members. West Virginia was created an independent State 1863, aud Nevada and Meuraska were ad mitted to the Union subs queut to the ap portionment, makiug a total at present of 37-State- and 243 Representatives, distrib uted as follows: Alabama 6 Missouri 9 Arkansas 3 Nebr.irka 1 California... 3 Nevada., 1 Connecticut 4 New Hampshire 3 Delaware 1 New Jersey 5 Florida 1 New York 31 Georgia 7 North Carolina 7 Illinois i4 Ohio 19 Indiana It Oregon I lowa 6 Pennsylvania 24 Kan BtL§ ...... 1 Rhode I-land 2 K iitacky 9 Bouth Carolina 4 Louisian * 5 Tennessee 8 Maine 5 Texas 4 Maryland 5 Virginia 8 Mas.-acbu-a.ttr 10 Vermont 3 Michigan 6 West Virginia 3 Minnesota 2 Wisconsin 6 Mississippi 5 The law of 1850, approved May 23, was qqpw'vsed to sg'Ue the difficult question of by axing life number of fwbr'esentatfves under each census as 233 It was proposed to divide the number of Ihe free population of the Slates, to which in slaveholding States three-fifths ol the Slaves were to tie added, by 233, and the product of such division to be the ratio of represent ttion of Die several Slates. As the fractions would he sufficient by such division to reduce the number of Repre sentatives, it was therefore proposed by the law to assign to so many State- hav ing the largest fractions one additional member each for its fraction to make up the requisite number of Representatives. This law also provided that upon the ad mission of anew State one Representa tive should be given to such State, hut such additional Representatives iu excess of 233 should only continue until tiie next succeeding apportionment of Representa tive- under the next succeeding census. It was thought this law would reuder all future legislation unnecessary, tut it was subsequently ascertained that it worked injustice, and by the law of Marcli 4,1862, the number of Representatives was in creased to 241 from and after the 3d of March, 1863. In making up the appor tioument it has been tiie aim of Congress to make the constituencies in every .state approximate nearest to the ratio If the law of 1850 had not been thus amended the ratio of representation would have been one to every 127,000. Rhode Island had a population of 175,000, and would have been entitled to but one member of Congress ; and Vermont, witli 315,000 people, would have had hut two, who would hsive each represented nearly 158 000 constituents, while Die basis was 127,000. It was simply justice to tiiese and other States to amend the law of 1850, aud thus equalize representation. The adoption of the severs. amendments to the Constitution will very naturally affect representation. States which exclude any portion of their citizens from the right of suffrage will have such num ber deducted from their basis of represen tation. The freedmeti of the Soutli will increase the representative basis iu that section, and tiie result of this new condi tion of affairs upon tiie whole country will be a problem which tiie next census can alone solve. Mr. Kennedy, the Super intendent of the census of 1860, estimated that the population of the United States in 1870 would be 42,328,432, but the war will no doubt somewhat diminish this estimate, aud if we show a population of 40,000,000 it wiil be a gratifying indication of growth under obstacles which would pro'e destructive of such progress in a nation of less vitality. If we should have a representative population of say 38,000,- 000, the basis of representation would he about oue member of Congress for 160,000 people. This would reduce the number of Rep resentatives in every State in New Eng land, aud many of the middle States, and this result Would not be productive of good to any section of the country. A House of Representatives of 300 members would not be an unwieldy number. In a country of such varied interests 300 would scarcely represent the important interests of the country. There will umlouhtediy tie additional legislation before tiie appor tionment is made, and the question promises to be interesting and important, especially to New England. TUB DIRECT L\MI TAX AT THE SMI TH. From the N. Y. Herald. There is Home talk of eut'oicing the col lection of the direct laud tax iu the South. The Southern States' share of this tax which amouuted to twenty millions among all tile States—was six millions ; of this sum only about three millions has been paid into the Treasury from the (southern States. It will be remembered that when this amount had been collected President Johnson sent a message to Con gress settiug forth that, in view of the pov erty produced in the South by the war, it would, iu many instances, be ruinous to that section to enforce the collection of the tax ut that time, and recommending that it be suspended for some time, so as to al low the industrial interests of the South to recuperate. It is slated that the limit of the suspension fixed by Congress has now passed, and the law providing for the levying and collection of the tax comes into full force agaiu. It is argued by those who urge this proceeding that the indus try of the Houth has greatly improved iu tlie interim, that the crops are abun dant, and that there is no longer any ex cuse for delay ou the score of poverty. Whether the Secretary of the Treasury will act upon the advice tendered him in this matter remains to be seen. PROPOSED ADJU STMENT OF THE CUBAN QUESTION. TSjfw %ork Tribune is in receipt of special information from Havana that Genera! Prim and the prominent support ers of the Regency, are strongly disposed to sell Cuba to the United (States, and that De Rodas, the new Captain General, has been instructed from Madrid to offer the Cubans the right of self government. There are two difficulties apparently in the way of this scheme. How much is Cuba worth in its present condition, and what title can the Regency give to the property? And then, what do Cespedes and the patriots say to being sold ? They may like very well to obtain the rights of self government. That is what they are striving to win by hard Mow* along a very rough road. But when those rights are ob tained will Cespedes aud his followers, especially the leading patriots, be satisfied with becou ing mere citizens of the Uuited Htates with a chance of competing with Forney and B. Butler for the office of U. 8. Senator? If the Umied Htates should buy at a nominal price, taking the islaud witii its incumbrances, they might coerce the reb els and make treason odious; and recill ing Ctianler from Europe, ids gorgeously clad servants and all, to take command of Ids impetuous Michiganders, aud placing Butler in charge of another powder ship, they would have a good chance of subdu ing the rebels, and then Congress ecu id set to work on a bran new reconstruction p dicy, and pass acts, supplements, and amendments of various sorts for “ the bet ter government of the rebel State.” Cespedes and his patriots clearly de serve some punishment for their rebellion against one of the best governments ou the planet. We do not say the best, because we have ttiat ourselves, amt if the patriots will only take advice the sooner they ac knowledge the fact the better for them If they knew that Chauler aud Butler were coming, they won and soou surrender at discretion, and hide their spoons. Proof Reading.—A writer in a recent number of the Galaxy gives some inter esting instances of typographical error-. He meutions one edition of the Bible which contains 6,000 mistakes. He gives tiie following example of tiie difficul ties iu the way of getting out a perfect book. Home professors of the University at Edinburgh resolved to publish a hook which should tea model of typographical accuracy. Hix proof readers were era ployed, and after it was thought to be I>erfect the sheets were pasted up in the hall of the University aud a reward of $250 was offered for every mistake that should be discovered. When ttie hook was printed it was found that it contained several errors, one being iu the title page, another in the first line in the first chap ter. The only taioks that are believed to be entirely free from errors are an Oxford edition of the Bible, a Loudon and Leip sic Horace, aud an American reprint of Dante. Reprieved. —Henrietta Greer, the De gress under sentence of death for the murder of Miss Nancy Wright, and held for execution to-day, iias been reprieved by Governor Bullock until the 20th of August. Henrietta has uo vote, it is true : but she may have friends who have, and then she is black, which is presumptive proof ot a high order of merit, and stie only murdered a white girl for a few dollars. “Take two letters from money, and you wit have one left.” — Exchange. In many postoffices of the country, with the present (rooty toil postmasters aud other officials, a Uozeu letters with money are freqently taken, aud you have none left. TRIAL OF TURNER. 1. h. < oMiim**k>iirr'a Court Crowded— Marian llar ri* The Loyal League turn out en iiiaiM*—tea and Important lentiiuuay—lbe Cam* Rropcatd. Tuxsdav, J alv 20 I The U. B. ComiaUsiongr'a Court for there-wm ero Distric t of Georgia vjks duly open«*ht* rw-Vi., minutes past ten, Hon. W. C. Morrill, presiding. The Commissioner stated that the Court was duly opened, when Col. John IV. Milledge com menced hv stating his surprise that any request should have beeu made that the case should be re opened, especially when every tiling had been done so liberally on the part of the Government; but knowing the painful position in which the Court was placed, he felt willing to acquiesce in the de sire of the defendant's count-el that the case should be reopened. He felt no desire ou his part to take what is generally called “snap” judgment On the other hand the Government had its right-. Was there no time when this ease was to be finally closed? It was liis duty as a Government officer to protect the rights of all, and lie scorned the idea that any one connected with the Government felt any desire to crush any person whatever. He wanted the truth, and nothing but the truth, to l»e made known. Before announcing that the Govern ment was ready to proceed, he wished to ask two questions. The first was, is the defence ready to proceed ? Col Weems, on the part of the defence, having answered affirmatively, Col. Milledge then asked for a list of witnesses, which list was then read in open Court, viz: Charles Cowlan, George E. B. Chamberlain, Marian Harris and Emily Pope, both colored. At the request of Col. Milledge, all the witnesses but oue were requested to leave the room. The first witness was Emily Pope, (colored) who being duly sworn, deposes and says : lam acquainted with H. M. Turner. He has acted as agent for me. His agency began ou the 16th of la.-t August. lam a single woman and a widow. My husband died on the 16th of August last, when Turner acted as my agent. Tiie first amount I ever placed in his hands was four hun dred dollars, ou last February, which sum he placed in Nutting’s Bank. [Here Col. Weems in troduced a memorandum book, said to belong to H. M. Turner, containing entries of bank deposits, etc.] I have placed other money in liis hands. Three or four days afterwards I gave him au SIOO bili, for tiie purpose of being placed in bank. I got the SIOO bill from my busbaud, over two years ago. lie was a mechauic and a carpenter. Turner told me that he had carried my note to the bank and that Mr. Nutting did not like the looks of the bill, but he hud show n it to others and they had said it was a good bill. Cross-Examined —l reside here in Macon. Have lived here thirty yeais past. My husband gave me that bill two years ago, perhaps a little over. The reason I did uot put it in bank before, was that the other money had been loaned to me. I did not in tend to use the sioo bill in building ray house. I thought 1 could keep it as long as I wanted to. Direct Examination. —Four hundred dollars o my money was in bank. Mr. Richard Hutchins, of Jones county, had loaned it to me to build mV house. The other money had been given rae by my husband. Cross Examined .—l expected to live in my house when it was finished. Turner kept the SIOO bill, and has paid me S6O of it. Marian Harris (colored) sworn, deposes aud says: 1 know H. M. Turner, have known him about tiiree years. I met him iu Philadelphia, IstJuue, of this year. Sometime early in June had a conversation with him, asked him to go and see Mr. Gilbert White. 1 received a letter from Turner, dated at Washington City. I eauuot read, but could tell the letter if I saw it. I left Phila delphia some time in June, about a week after 1 saw Turner. 1 came home by way of Richmond. Turner was at Washington, preparing to come South, and unbeknown to him I met him. 1 saw Turner at the depot as I was getting uiy trunks ready. The letter read in Court from the Journal and Messenger, was the same I received. Turner left Philadelphia before I got the letter, which I never answered. Turner placed uo money in my hands previous to his coining South. Cro^-Examined. —Turner placed nothing in my hands at that time. Direct Examination Resumed. —Turner placed no money or auythiug else iu my hands. I gave Turner SSO to purchase my ticket to Augusta. He did so, aud gave me back the change. Turner placed nothing in my hands during my route home. Nothing that looked like money. Cross Examined. —l have known Turner for two; years. First heard him preach at Atlanta, where I first saw him. I went to church two or three times while I was there. I never saw Turner afterwards till I saw him preaching at Philadelphia during the Conference. I staid in Philadelphia fourKwmt months. Saw Turner but twice. Once iu the pul pit, aud once I walked with him from church. He went witli me to my lodgings, aud then retirqj. This was the last Sunday night during Conference. I heard Turner preach in Georgia before. 1 never saw Turner again till I met him at the depot at Washington. I called to him, and he came to me We went off on the seven o’clock boat. Don’t know w hen the ears left. I was not with Turner at all in Washington. 1 had a through ticket home. Turner bought my ticket and gave me my change. Did not see him till he came to the boat. I spent the day in Washington, having arrived at six o’clock. Had a through ticket. Bought a ticket at Philadelphia to go to Washington. Turn er bought my return ticket. I staid at Turner’s house. Do not know the number. His mother kept the house. Myself and Turner started to gether from Washington. Did not see Turner be tween Philadelphia aud Washington. Heard noth ing of his being s.ck at Baltimore. We came straight through to Augusta. I staid in Augusta gearly a week. I saw uo more of Turner after I not to Augusta. I did not state to Mr. Purcell, the detective, that Turner had given me any counter feit money. 1 did not say to Mr. Neal that 1 had received this money from a minister at Washing ton I told Mr. Murphy I found this money on a street because I did not know what else to tell him. He told me not to tell anybody i had any money. Tim Murphy took me to the guard-house, where. I was stripped. Queen took the money from me, and gave it to Johnston, and he gave it to Tim Murphy. Ido not recollect having told Mr. Col- weil anything. I have told others. Mr. Murphy kept me under arrest till next day. Murphy gave my pou s3for me to leave Atlanta. I told Murphy i J-'. J • > me i.y good woney, and turn the counter- I feifover to the United Slate*. £ neVet no t, | Turner’s name to him. Any one who says I did, | tells that what is wrong. I did not tell Mr. Purcell i that the counterfeit mouey 1 tmd was given me by Turner iu Philadelphia. I wish I was allowed to tell what Purcell done. I did not see Turner at Baltimore in my life, nor did I nurse hfm w hen he was sick. 1 did not nurse him in Philadelphia. I had no time to do so. I was working out for my living. I did not tell Mr. Neal, at Atlanta, that I met Turner in Philadelphia at a house of bad re pute. The man I met there was a black man. I did uot tell Mr. Neal, at Atlanta, ttiat I had been at a had house in Philadelphia with Turter. A box of sardines and a handful of envelopes was not enough to make me say so. Vtrtcl EjiunuiUtum. .—Tlie had money I got from a black man named Shuman or Sherman—l can’t tell which He; gave me $1,500 in all. He was a good lobking man, very stout, and weighed about two hundred pounds, I can’t tell his height, he is a tall ham, appears to be a settled man. I saw him twice in Philadelphia. - I think his name was Shu man. Turaer never gave me any of this had money, and never knew I had it. I had none but good nwpey when 1 left Philadelphia, i had $1,350 when I left Washington. I had about thirty dol iais of thp money I had changed in Philadelphia. Shuman g«Y« me the bad money at Turner's bouse in Philadelphia, and told me to pay him next fall S6O in good money out of every SIOO I used. Whether I was intimate with Shuman remains to myself. I got the letter from Turner some days before I left Philadelphia. I thought he had left for home. 1 cairn- from Philadelphia of my own accord. Shuman promised to meet me, and he did meet me. 1 told him I was going home with Tur ner. > Crma-Exau.ined —At Washington I had something like S6O. gentlemen, for l mean what I say. Shuman gave me the bad money. I can’t spell his name. I guess he lived at Wash ington. I made his acquaintance at Philadelphia, where he gave me SIOO. He did not give me the had money; he put it uuder the pillow on the bed ■where 1 might find it. I never told anybody whether I slept with him or not. Direct Examination resumed.— l never spent but one SIOO hill of bad mouev in Philadelphia. I put it oft on a Dutchman in Vine street, between 12th and i’Jth streets, where I bought seven dollars’ Worth. Almries Cowlan, nworn : I am a detective in the raveune service. I have been in the business not quite a year. I left Augusta on the 2d of July, and was asked by Mr. James C. Reddington, Chief of Secret Service Division, if I knew anything of this blatter. I said I did not Mr. Reddington showed me some of the notes, and requested me t* fi ud out ali I .could about it. On the 6th of J uly the matter was talked of again. I was desired to lyportat Atlanta. I was asked as a personal favor to get all thy X*eta of the ease. I reached Augusta on the 14lh of July, and on the 16th telegraphed to C'OldtJtel Mllfeasre, “Turner is arrested ; send a good officer forthwith.’' Went to Atlanta ou the 16th. Next day was informed by Colonel John Miliette- that ais father desired the re-arrest of Muriau Harris. I sent the following dispatch to Washington : Atlanta Ga., July 17, 1869. To C H H'A»"My, H. S Durian, WashingVm, D C. U. S. Di.-driet >ttorney Milledge, at Macon, de sires Marian lla rr ih to be rearrested, as bond is worthless. Bond Jiied here and found worthless. Dep. U. S. Marshall, George H. Chamberlain, will arrest if authorized by you. It is absolutely neces sary to rearrest her. Refer to Reddington. An swer. Above dispaten paid for. [Signed.] C. Cowlan, U. S. Hotel. I Atlanta, Ga. J. C. Gregg. On arresting Marian Harris, she steadfastly de nied all about the mouey I need not relate my 1 conversation with Marian Harris, but it was of such a character that I sent the following telegram to Washington: Atlanta, July 17, 1869. To James X. Reddington, A’. S. Daoau, near Depot, Washington : | Have paid, lor telegrams from Augusta and here. I have found the man who g9ve Marian Harris the | money. Do you want liis name ? Answer. Aiove cuspatch pai'd for in Atlanta. C. Cowlan, L*. 8. Hotel. At the request of counsel, Mr. Cowian gave a i sucoiuei history ol hUcoum-ctiou w ith this trans aeUou, eoulirming the statement of the former wit . ness so iu as relates to the way in which she came ; in possession of the money, and her conversation with the negro Shemian. Among other docu ments, the detective introduced the following bill, : found on Marian Harris’ person at the time of her ! arrej-t: Augusta, Ga., June 16, 1869 M : Bought ol James A Gray <£ Cos., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreign and Dom-stic Dry Goods, 228 Broad Street: 1 Cambric Rohe $2 50 1 Yard Bloud Eaee 50 3 Yards Inserting (15c) 45 i 2 fards Edging, (35i j 70 L 'j Yards Fluting, i,25c1.. r-" * rrr.. 50 f t <3P, | 1 «i>bol Silk^ ....". 15 $o 60 t Paid J as. .V Gray oc Cos , per Jones. I On the Mi! was endorsed ; “This bill of goods I was bought with this counterfeit money. Cowlan.’’ I did not examine any of the bills found on ! Marian Harris. Here the detective went into a lengthy explana i tioti ‘of counterfeit bills, and explained to the ! Court, the difference between bad bills and the i genuine i*nj-. In answer to Col. Weems, Mr. Colwell slated that Shuman, the negro in Philadelphia, in his be lief was a messenger in the IT.l T . S. Treasury De partment. He bases his belief from newspaper rumors and statements made to him by the Chief of tin- Secret: Service Department. Shuman is now under bonds, having been arrested for ab stracting these notes. I am 4 commissioned officer of the U. S. Revenue Department I have seen four SSO notes filed in tiie department. I have seen the bills in possession of officer Murphy, taken by him from Marian Harris. They correspond with those tiled in the department Cross-Examination —Al! this conversation with Marian Harris occurred on Saturday and yesterday. Court adjourned until three o’clock this after noon. AFTERNOON PROCEEDINGS. Court met pursuant to aajourument. Prior to its opening Captaiu Neal, of the Treasury Depart ment, kuajly permitted us to copy the following letter Uo hail that moment received through the Express: First National Bank of Jersey City, j Designated Depository of the United Slates. V Jersey City, July 17, 1889. J Cecil O. ycal, E*j , Macon, Ga : Dear Mr—in answer to yours of the 11th inst., 1 forward you a list of notes stolen as furnished us by Department. Lower left hand corner, No. HTI to 730 inches; upper right hand corner. No. 19,609 to 19,055, being eighty (SO) sheets, amounting to twelve thousand dollars, as follows: SO bills@floo, $8,000; 80biils@ SSO. $4 000. Total $12,000. Euelosed please find signatures of the President and Cashier of this Bank. Very Kespectfully, (Signed) M. Sanford, Cashier. J. S Fox, President. M. Sanford, Cashier. At tlie opening of ttie Court, the Commissioner stated that the counsel for the defence had in formed him they had no more witnesses to call. George B. Chamberlain, sworn; 1 heard the con fession of Marian Harris. It was given freely and voluntarily, without coercion. Edward B. Purcell, sworn : I know Marian Har ris. The lirat infoniwtioii 1 had of her was ou the lilh of June. She passed through Philadelphia. I telegraphed to Atlanta, to have her arrested and searched? . On reaching Atlanta, I found she had been arrested by Mr. Murphy. I conversed with MSHan on her way to Union Point. She told me who she find the counterfeit money from, for the possession of which she had been arrested. She said to me she w ould disclose ail facts which she did. After some time she said the uafne of the Upm who gave her this money was Turner. That he gave her sl*oo, in all, at Washington. She was speaking of the money taken from tier by officer Mhrpliy. Thut it was $930 counterfeit ami $407 in good money. Captain Cecil C. Neal, sworn : 1 am-an officer of the Treasury Department, se cret service. The stolen money was taken un signed fruiu the Treasury Department two years ago. I found Marian Harris under arrest at At lanta. Slit; told me that she met Turner at a house of hid character on New Bedford street, Philadel phia. She said to no>- that the man who gave her the inoaey was at Philadelphia. She could not then recollect his name. Gross Examined. -She made two statements to me; Olio, that she got tlie bad money in Wash ington, and the other that she got it in Philadel phia. T think she had been “educated ” what to sav She was noton oath or imprisoned when she talked with me. She was not incarcerated in jail. I made an affidavit before Commissioner Smith for a warrant to have her re arrested. 1 arrested her on the warrant I obtained, after her statement to me, not before. 1 arrested Marian at tbe Marshal’s office. t W hem 1 tonveivi and with her she was at the jail. Her statement about the money was made before her re-arrest, before she was put in jail. Shu. had peuu under arrest on tlie iirst charge. After my arresting her, the Marshal put her in jail. That is aft 1 know iu reference to the matter. J. C. Morphy, sworn : 1 have the counterfeit bills with me That ! took from Marian Harris. (Here the witness produced them for examination by the Court —on examination they were found to agree in number with the stolen bills.) The letter I took from Marian I handed to Capt. Neal. (It was here produced in evidence.) Marian Harris told me she got this bad money from a man named Wyman or Wayman. I never searched the woman nor put my hand on her except to arrest her. At this point Col. Milledge, on tlie part of the prosecution, begged the adjournment of the Court till to-morrow, ou account of the absence of a ma terial witness (Col. Keid, of the Macon Telegraph) who would not be in the city until that time. Counsel for defence objected. The object of the prosecution was to prove the identity of Turner’s haud-writing witli that upon the forged bills, and counsel for defence insisted that a thousand men could be summoned who knew as much of the matter as the absent witnesss. After a great deal of discussion by both parties. Col Weems, on the part of the defence, said that they had no more to offer, aud submitted the case ..itiiout argument. At the suggestion of the Court, however. Col. Stevens, on the part of the defence, spoke at same length. He stated that Turner hi»d nothing what ever to do with this transaction. That it was true Marian Harris had made several conflicting state- VOL. LXL., NO 19 menu or cod fens ions, but in cacti and all of them, except tile one she made to Mr I’aroeli, she diii not once implicate Turner. 1\ Court her mooj, hull been plain and Strghrforwant. She edged, and who b:id given Ui? •bills to her, and called bis wine 'Vv* •»«,• y» < $ man. The name was Schuma; n, a namexgry sinTi lar, anil easily taken for the name she had previous ly given Every attempt had been made to make her tell the truth, the whole truth, and she had told it There was not a man in Macon who had ever had counterfeit money and traced it up as fairly as Turner had done. Emily Pope’s evidence had been clear aud explicit, she had made a plain and unvarnished statement. Both Emily Pope and Marian Harris, had been here and had iri iio instance admitted that Turner was the man who gave her the b 11s. On the contrary, all the evidence lb*- prosecution had was that of J. Clarke bwayze, and he had certainly proved nothing. That was ad mitted. The Counsel did not even admit that th*- bill Turner tried to pass was counterfeit. The prosecution had not a leg to stand npon. If Turner was the meanest negro that ever lived, he wa- en titled to justice. Here Col. Stevens submitted' the ease. Col. Miliedge, on the part of the prosecution, commenced by stating that this was no prosecuting Court. It was merely a Court of inquiry from which the case might be transferred to a higher Court The defence had suited that they intended to prove the course of the money alleged to have been stolen by Turner, and thus clear him. Had they done so? He thought not. Emily P ipe had. by ho means, proved the identity of the $ 00 bill which she says she gave Turner, and which he tried to pass at the bank. Was this the same bill he bail taken to other banks It had not t> r, proved The defence have not legally accounted for the possession of this money. The defence maintain that Marian Harris had" said no! no!! no!! no Turner, every time, except ju her admission to offi cer Purcell- There, she had adrnitP and Turner gat it to her. The eat was out of the bag. Here comes the big witness, Collum. I'll back him against my witness Swayze. Marian Harri- fi •- he is a great man, a very great man, and she will tell him everything. The Court can not take cognisance of such evidence. Let us trace those bills. They correspond exactly according t > the government circular your Honor lias re. . oe i, with the numbers on.the bills that were stolen. This is no place to clear Turner. Let him appear in a regular court of justice before twelve good and true meu, his peers if you like, and let them send him out of court without a stain upon his charai ter. We are not compelled to produce evidence that must convict before your Honor. All we haw to do is to show probable cause of guilt, and tie i it i6 the duty of your Honor to bind him over till he can be brought before a jury of twelve men. where he can be convicted of guilt. Your Honor is the Conservator of the Peace who is bound to guard, and protect these our citizens in their rights. Suppose a man stood in the streets with a loaded gun when a mad dog passes, ought that rnan to wait for instructions or she ot him at one- With these remarks, I .leave the ease with your Honor, confident of the justice of our cause. The Commissioner here stated that he would do his best to sift the evidence laid before him thi eveniug, and render his decision the day following The Court was then adjourned till this morning at ten o’clock. Turner's Case Concluded. U. S. Commissioner's Court was called to order by C. S. Deputy Marshal James Cox, at 10 o’clock a.«. The Commissioner then read the following decision : l\ s. commissioner's court, southern district or GEORGIA —W. C. MORRILL, COMMISSIONER. United States vs. Henry M. Turner, charged with having in possession large amounts of coun terfeit money and att< mpting to pass the same. : Upon a careful examination,of the record a- i the law as applicable to this case before the Court, it appears the evidence is not sufficient in the opinion of the Court to authorize the binding over the party accused. The affidavit and warrant charge the accused with two distinct crimes. Ist With attempting to pass, in January la‘t, a counterfeit one hundred dollar National Bunk note. gu. With complicity with Mariam Harris in ir cuiating spurious money. In the opinion of the Court tbe manner in which the accused obtained the one hundred dollar note, is satisfactorily accounted for, and his subsequent action in tbe matter is entirely consistent with the theory of innocence. With regard to the second charge, Mariam Har ris, in her confession, explicitly denies that the accused had any knowledge whatever of the spu rious tnouev in her possession, and the te-timo v of Mr. Cowlan, a Government officer. -hows tbit the facts in possession of the Government corrobo rate the statements of Mariam Harris, by which the guilt is thrown ou other parties. It Is therefore ordered, That the prisoner, H. M Turner, be discharged from arrest and his bonda men released. TJje Commissioner takes this opportunity of puhliely thanking the counsel for the defence, as well *s thcHoo District 3£tanMj, fi,,Ut . and courteous manner with which he has oeeu treated during this laborious examination, and would do himself injustice if he should fail to ac knowledge the great assistance rendered him by John U. Shorter, Esq., in examining this testini" nv and explaining the points of law raised. He also desires to express-his thanks to Mes-rs J. E. Elliott, of the Journal and messenger, ai K. D. Shropshire, of the Telegraph, fort)’,, fan! " ness and fidelity of their reports of this examina tion. Tbe Marshal will adjourn this Court xiix When the decision was rendered, tbe members of the Loyal League who were present, burst ir : • a loud vociferous yell, and commenced stamping violently upon the floor, al! of which demons:;ra tions was promptly cheeked by the officers iu at tendance. The Court then adjourned sine die. Assault on J. Clarke Hwsyze. At the termination of the U. S. Commissioner's Court Tuesday, the room was chared of ail but the reporters, (who were seated at a desk, finish ing up their reports of Turner's trial, i Mr. M. N. Hall, of the city police, and J. Clarke ewayz-. with whom .Mr. Hall was conversing at one end of the room. Suddenly, Mr. Hall, exasperated at something Swayze had said, commenced l» in' r iug tlie editor of the Union, very effectually break ing his cane in fragments. Our reporter stepped to the doorway and called for an United Slates officer, in order that they might be separated, if possible. Capt. Cecil C. N ai aud Capt. T. < Murphy, followed by Commissioner Morrill, re sponded to the call, and parted ttie combatant-!, w bile ohr reporter kept the crowd of angry nt from ascending the stairs. Soon after, Swayze was led down the stairs, his face covered with blood, aud looking sadly disfigured, Iu his right hand, which was very bloody, he held a loaded re volver. After repairing damages in tbe office of Commi sioner Morrill, washing his wounds, etc., Swayze was accompanied to his residence, on Cott on A ve nue, by Capt. Neal, who volunteered to see him home. The damage done Mr. Swayze’s person - rather severe. Mariam Harris So much has been said about this woman, the alleged paramour pf H. M. Turner, and his -ap posed accomplice in the crime of abstracting l , S. Treasury uotes,) that some little inter ws cxcited wheu she entered the U. S. Commis-i er’s Court, early yesterday morning. She is ap parently some forty years of age, a very li_ ,: mulatto in complexion, and was dressed very n> a; i, iu a blue striped dress, properly ornamented with braid of some color. She wore a plain straw flat hat, ornamented with green ribboG, slate colored silk gloves, and sported a cheap brow n cloth fan, which she kept iu constant use. She also wore a pair of black cloth gaitera, tipped w ith patent leather, while her dress sleeves terminated iu a pair of paper sleeves, without which no colored lady wouid regard herself iufuil costume, and by way of a final indulgence in a pair of gutta perch t earrings, of half moon pattern, swung in a circle: Her demeanor was rather quiet, yet she seemed very uneasy lest something might turn up during the progress of Turner’s trial not particularly to her advantage. Macon llinle Society. Mr. Editor: 1 see in your valuable paper of the the 19th inst a notice to this Society that, at the Turner trial, no Bible could be found whereon to qualify the witnesses. Permit me to say that an ample supply of Bible. s and Testaments are kept at the Depository, and sold to all applicants at r»; Ibis Society has already visited, through its agent, within the city and its environs within the last twelvemonths, twenty-three hundred aud forty two families, white and eolored ; suppled bibies or Testaments to one huudrt and and filly one families or individuals, who were destitute, gratuitously, and sold many hundred volumes at cost. We wouid gladly do much more, hid we the means. At present, we are compelled, for want of meaus, to limit our labors to muintaiuiug a supply at our Depository, where any oue can procure the publications of the American bihie Society at tin Society’s prices. Henry L. Jewett, Secretary aud Treasurer. Depository, t}4 Second street Macon, July 20, 1809. Mayor a Court- Policeman M. N. Hall aud J. Clarke Swayz ap peared before his Honor, charged with an atfr.v. Policeman Hall plead guilty, and w ithout any ex amination of witnesses was fined twenty five* dol lars aud discharged from the police force by h - Honor, upon the ground that as a policeman it was his sworn duty to preserve the pub ic peace, more especially when on duty and within the w . l of a Court room, whereas he had palpably violated his oath of office, aud thereby made himself amena ble. A young gentleman who thought it prime fuu to shoot martins, was pulled up and dud five dollars. Wm K. Armstrong, an orful looking custom 1 r. with one of the sweetest bunged eyes that w i delighted tbe eyes of tlie patrons of the prizi u was charged with drunkenness, found cuil!;. live dollars and permitted to slide into obscurity Rubber) . A thief of the sneak order, broke into the house of Hon. James Jackson, on la-t Sunday night, and stole some articles of clothing ft nn a bed room in which Mr. Waiter Mitchell was asleep. So adroit was the thief, that it was not until M Mitchell was dressing next morning and wanted the stolen articles, that he became aware of the robbery. The entrance was made by lifting tlie latch of the blind of a window on the verandah No clue lias been found to the detection of the thief.