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GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT, 7.
THE NEWS.
Caterpillars are said to Ih* eating up the
crops in many places below Columbus.
Dr. Ayer, of cherry pectoral notoriety,
is in the tie'lll for the nomination for Con
jjfivss in Uout well's district.
-Col. Screven has been nominate 1 as tile
Democratic camlulatc for Mayor of Savan
nah.
' emend Robert Toombs passed throngli
•Atlanta yesterday, on his way liometoWasli
ington.
li is understood the Fenian Congres
considers it inexpedient to make another at
ta -k oil Canada lor the present.
Mr. .T. »S. Wilcox, of the firm of I>l air,
Smith At Cos., of Augusta, died suddenly in
New Haven, Connecticut, Monday last.
—Tiic Muse >gee M whine 11 >pe C enuanys
Murks at Columbus were burnt down on Fri-
Loss #lO, :•< N ».
Flu* New York Democratic State (' in
vention is to be held at Syracuse on the 22d
of September.
the frigate Sabine mntinv and execu-
tions story is officially denied bv tho Ameri
can Legation in Paris.
the Parisian Press say that Mr. Berlin
game Ills received a dispatch from the
Chinese Government “cordially recogni
zing ” the treaties he has already eonebiilcd.
—Jp-eph Barber, Marshal of Covin r ton.
while engaged in the performance of official
duty, was murdered hist Tuesday night by
Jim Brown, a freedman.
General Granville M. Dodge, General
L »gan, William B. .Minn. John D. Baldwin
a t John R. loung are each pressed for the
M listry to China.
Th • svstem of gelling reserved seats on
t'l ear- was in operation, Thursday, on the
E ii Railroad morning train from New York
the West.
-A census of thej city of Charleston lias
just been taken. The total population of the
city is 44,!*52. The total number of whites
is 20,160.
A dispatch from St. Louis states that
the Indians are still troublesome in New
AI vieo. Trains are attacked and maeli stock
ran off.
Nearly all tho New York City Demo
cratic organizations have demanded Bel
mont’s resignation from the Chairmanship
of the National Committee.
A corr -qiondent of the Natchez Courier
urges the Democrats to nominate Judge W.
L. Sharkey as their candidate lor Governor
in opposition to Judge Dent.
l.'he postal money ord -r system between
tiic ( nited States and Switzerland goes into
operation to-day. This is the first attempt
to establish tho system with any- foreign
gt iveriunent.
The farmers in Kansas are boasting of
their enormous potato crop the present year,
and a local paper rejoices with them “be
cause they are excellent food for hogs and
cattle, and splendid for railroad laborers.”
A great lire is raging in the Dismal Sw amp
in Virginia. Many miles of fences and cord
wood have been destroyed, and numi rons
wild animals have been driven out into the
open country.
irges have be m filed a( tin it Mayor
Bowen, of Washington, by a commissioner
of that city, of entering, it is alleged, into a
conspiracy with certain contractors to de
fraud the city of SII,OOO.
General Canby, commanding in Vir
ginia, it is now stated, has written to Gen.
Sh ■rman, asking authority to install Guv.
Walker immediately, in order that certain
important appointments may be made.
The Americas Courier says : Since our
last is .iii‘, witli its old cry of “hot and dry,”
v have been visited with glorious rains.
Notwithstanding the fact that it came too
b. nrlit the crops materially, everybody was
glad to see it.
Tiic reports of the massacre of Christian
mi V manes in the Province of Szehuen, Chi
na, have been confirmed. Twenty are known
to have been killed by jtlic populace. Tin*
Pekin government lias instituted inquiries
com').ruing tile outrages.
fudge Bryan, of the United States
Court, in Charleston, Smith Carolina, lisa
>n id ■ a decision to the effect that when a
member of co-partnership goes into bank
ruptcy, his co-partners must go into bank
rupt y also, although they may have com
mit'.' 1 no act of bankruptcy.
At the Cabinet meeting Thursday Sec
retary Fish read a telegram received by him
!'i .in Mr. Burlingame, denying the report
that the Chinese Government, lias rejected
the treaty with the Uiiit.eil [States. Mr.
Ikii'lihgumc says that the Chinese Govern
Mi ni did not expect to ratify or finally act
upon any of the treaties negotiated by him
un i his t >nfrrr<‘x until his return from his
diplomatic tour.
I'll ■ I > iltoit ((la.) Citizen says: “The
mui ruin si ill prevails ia this vicinity,
whi, li cows are dying almost daily. Wo
made a run to King-gold a day or so ago,
and wviv astonished, alarmed, at the appe ar
;tnee of every corn held along the entire
i »ule. Three weeks ago every one ot those
fields gave promise of an abundant yield,
|p,it now they are almost burned up. and
cannot p i.silily yield mure than live bushels
to the aero.
the 1 temoeratie local tickets through-put
th t ite of California aria generally elected
I v d**enled Demoeratie majorities. Tin
next Legislature will render an emphatic
\ i liet against the fifteenth amendment.
San I'runcisco returns a full Democratic
h gislntive delegation.
l>, ii Butler and General Rawlins an
quarrelling between themselves. A quarter
master in Kiehmoud burned some buihlinp
used as a hospital during the war. in which,
it is stated, General Butler was interested.
At this tin- General demanded that thetyiar
t rmasier be instantly dismissed, and the
Secretary refused.
I’iie hog crop of lower East IVimessoc.
t iis season, savs the Cleveland Banner, is
greater than it" has been in any one year
since the war. but owing to the tall oil in the
corn crop there is but little doing in that
line. We have heard of hogs being otic rod
at .-) cents gross, but buyers do not app -ar to
t, ke hold at these figures.
The Dawson fi’orrell county) Journal
►avs: “ L'lie cotton crop will fall below tile
c\p tat ions of all; it is impossible to get a
I . viable report from the country in regard
t- • tlie cotton crop. First it was drought,
1., cp.iidlv rust, and now the stalk is dc.i Land
no prospects of a late crop.
.Maryland newspapers are filled with
e, >ni j >l.lints about tin.* drought and the blight
ing i,f the corn, potato and tolnu eu crop: .
and say that even trees appear to be dying.
Frederick City is on half rations of water.
Frost burg is similarly afflicted, and the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is very Jow on
h, 'in • p>f the levels.
l’lie Si lma, Ala., Times says; “The
new c, rtou crop comes into market rather
slowly, though from what we can learn, in
the e mrse of the next ten days we may look
1 ■ large increase, when the business will
We heard of sales 3
day of about 40 bales at prices ranging from
“ I to ffiC cents for middlings, and 28'.j to
‘2D, for low middlings.”
V new railroad route, between New Fork
an l 1> iston is now in process of construction
", road will run from New York, through
l’atiium county, and connect- with the Bos
t 111, Hartford and Erie lloail. The sir, y
have been completed, the right of way has
been s, cured, and twenty miles of tie- road
will i»t* finished during tiie coming autumn.
Tin- Home Courier state's that there is
nil interesting meeting going on live miles
from the city. From one who was present
on We due clay evt nijig we are 4 advised tie-re
xvare perhaps as many as fifty persons at the
it.ii- lor prayer -several have beili hopefully
op inverted. The prospect for an extensive
revival is good. The meeting is under the
direction of the K -v. .Mr. Lewis, who has
<•!large of the Home Circuit. May the good
work go on.
A special dispatch to the Tribune, from
Shreveport, Louisiana, says intelligence lias
r> we lied here of a desperate tight between a
s [U p,l of United States troops and a baud of
out aws heiuled by one Jack Helm, near San
Bat icio Texas. The soldiers endeavoredjto
arrest tile desperadoes, who resisted; and a
bloody encounter ensued, in which four of
the outlaws and one soldier were killed, and
several on both sides wounded.
The Savannah Republican, of the ‘2d,
h is the following : M e had a visit y, r r l.iv
from an intelligent planter, from the neigh
borhood of Lake City, who (jivea a doleful
a-count of the cotton crop m Middle and
Fast Florida. 111 Madison, Jefferson, Leon
Hamilton, and other counties, the caterpil
lar has appeared in immense number*. and
were eating up the crop tothe extent ot iu.lv
one-half. Only the full grown and hardy
bolls could resist the destroyer. In Gadsd< n
c, mntytlie prospect is better, the crop iheie
bi-iiig'eompiu-ativelv fre!.' from the destroyer.
If.- thinks that., notwithstanding the disas
ter, Florida will make far more cotton than
she produced last year—more is planted, and
the boiling is unusually fine.
Admiiiistrati\rj Honesty and
Economy.
Every few days there feppear in the Radi
; eel paper* an exultant report of the remark
able economy and official purity of the pres
ent administration of the Federal Govern
m 'lit. Air. Boutwell’s reduction of the pnb
li.' debt by giving tiie Inmd holders twenty
or twenty-live per cent, more than the face
of their bonds ealLs for, and then the law re
quires to be paid to them, is landed as the
j> ns wim ui liuaaciai wisdom and eeonomi-
C.. 1 skill. His reduction in the clerical force
ia the bureaus of the Treasury Department
by tiie. dismissal of poor clerks who will not
pi- Ige themselves to “go in” for B mtwell
a- ia* “coming man, is chronicled in big
v i K ■* m >st welcome, evidence of the S-c
--re.ary - remarkable regard for the interests
of the tax -paying commmiity. The first op
< ' a*! >n / !■■ ■< the public debt by giving the
bo.i l holih rs, it is calculated, §2,800,000 per
mouth more tLu.ii the amount due to them,
an 1 there are a number of dull and anap
j>r'eiat;ve tax-payors who cannot therefore
d.scov r wherein the economy exists.
The s corn! op.-ration may evince some
regard f >r the tax-payers to the extent of a
f"W thousand dollars per annum, but it
certainly displays a very exorbitant regard
l , ■ Boutweil and Boutwell’s ambitious de
i igus.
Air. Creswell, too, is a very economical
man, we are told. He has dismissed every
clerk, a-eat, letter carrier and mail-wagon
driver whom President Johnson appointed,
nad filled their places with true-blue Radi
cal ■of t .-at oath genuineness. The exact
economy of this, arithmetically considered,
may not be apparent, but in a political sense
it may be called rigid.
Hi; appointment of liis friend, Sena
tor Pomeroy, of Minnesota, as special
envoy to negotiate a postal treaty with
the French Government, at a cost of
ev ral thous md dollars, while the people
Piv Mr. \\ a.-h■ i.irue 817,501) per annum for
at ten ling to tiii:; sort of business, is consid
ered somewhat as a deviation from his eco
nomical rule of action. Because Air. Ram
sey wished “to see the Tuileries and waddle
through, the Louvre” without spending any
portion of tho Ramsey income, it is not
deemed exactly economical on the part of
tiie U. S. Government, though decidedly so
“U the part of Ramsey, to slake his thirst
for European travel bv such copious drafts
on tiie pockets of the people, particularly
wlr iv they pay a distinguished gentleman
from Galena, 111., so liberally to attend to
their business “near the Emperor of the
French.” It may be said that Air. Wasli
burne, like so many other high officials of
the U. S. ( ioverimieiit, is generally absent
from liis post of duty, indulging in the
lighter amusements of roulette at Baden and
I Limburg, or wandering through the ro
mantic. valleys of Switzerland, and that,
therefore, Ramsey’s mission is entirely “eon-
Mslent with the public safety;” but the
double expense cannot truthfully be called
economy.
Air. Secretary Robeson’s patent “coinbi
n.atii.ii of duty and enjoyment” on board
the Tallapoosa, which costs the people seve
ral thousand dollars per week, is not a good
pecimcn oi economy; and when the various
r. wing investigating committees of Congress,
which have been spending the Summer
t ravi - hug in steamboats and railroad ears from
Vermont to Oregon and California, furnish
their little bills, their economy will not bo
tlieir mo t attractive feature.
These committees, it is said “drink none
but tlie oe.st. they are notoriously a thirsty
company. 1 hey smoke the choicest cigars.
I heir banquets are proverbially luxurious.
Their little extras for “sundries” arc like a
earru ge-m iker's bill, and though they enjoy
themselves hugely, give us interesting ac
count-' ot their interviews with Brigham
Young, and whatever Italian chieftains n.
stray Quaker agent may bring within
their resell, and send graphic descrip
tion of their buffalo limiting exploits,
it docs a 'em to an unprejudiced observer
, rather hard to make tin; poor tax-crushed
p ‘oj lie pay for tlieir liquors, cigars, banquets
and sundries; to give Mr. Itamscy and his
family a free tour in Europe; to enable Mr.
Ro’> s. ,n to have a yachting excursion gratis,
Uhl to allow Mr. Wasliburne to stroll through
tile ambling saloons of European watering
places, and wand t among the glaciers of the
Vie . at the public expense.
At all events, it will not do to call all this
economy, nnd boast of it as a merit. If we
have to pay the bill, let us not be asked to
say that we believe it is a money-making
operation.
Georgia's Representation in Con
gress.
The Atlanta f-mstitiifion recommends that
‘he Democratic Executive Committee should
meet, for the purpose of considering the
T 1 'lion of the representation of Georgia in
C.m , ami seeing whether the elections
for Congressmen may not he held this fall,
lotwithstundiug Air. Bullock's desire to
deprive tlie State of representation, bv pre
u hug that the ‘members of the 40th have a
a it to sit in the 41st Congress without an
other election.
i lie suggestion is a good one and we hope
it wn! he speedily adopted. Nothing can be
... are clear than that the Suite is now unrep
•eu •. 1. The members who sat ia the
Congress which expired on the 4th of last
March have no more legal right to sit in the
•a cat Congress than they have to sit in the
trench Chamber of Deputies. The Cimsti
t U ion of the United States says that each
State shall elect its representatives every two
years. Neither the juggling of the pie-bald
Ci ii ia utiou, the usurped power of Bullock,
w th ■ rambling “opinion” of Attorney Gen
eral Farrow, can change or sot aside this
plain requirement of the supreme law. If
•Mr. Bullock has the right to decree that
■b ' : I'rmee and Clift, of Skowhegnn. who
v. re fraudulently elected representatives of
Gi ■ :,i in the last Congress, shall continue
t >ivp. -eii. G -.irg!:'. in the present Congress
without even the form of an election by the
P'np!', why should not Air. Bullock have
• u i ;ual light to decree that those interest
ing little New Englanders shall represent
Georgia during the term of their natural
lives or during the pleasure of Air. Bullock?
iin met is Bullock knows that should an
eiectum he held as the law requires, not one
ot th • present Radical misrepresentatives
of G ugia has a shadow of a chance of re
e, a-tion, even I.y the negroes, and that the
1" - i! ' "'’'Sid certainly elect respectable
wnii m ato r. present them: therefore, with
a iveklc < disregard of law and popular
rigid, he refuses to sanction an election, that
1 Voice. Clift A Cos. may pit SSOOO and
p.cuings in their pockets in addition to
what th y have already got, that he inav have
serviceable and unscrupulous tools in a posi
tion to aid him in his schemes, and that the
; ood people of Georgia may be deprived of
the ivpr is ntatiou which they would -select.
xii subject is one of great importance to
.lii,' Suite. Her best interests demand that
if any remedy is within our reach it be in
stantly applied to prevent the contemplated
injustice, and there is nobody which can
examine the question better or act more in
harmony y. hit the sentiments of the people
of Georgia than the Democratic Executive
Coiumittec.
Ter. Sumter Republican of the 2d inst.
authorized by Judge C'Jurk o to say the
regular term of Lee Superior Court will be
held at tlje usual time, and is not adjourned,
its lms been rumored.
GEORGIA JOURNAL AND MESSENGER
The Byron Scandal.
The unanimity with which the people of
the L nited States have condemned Airs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe for her wan dal oils
slander upon Lord Byron and Airs. Leigli,
displays a general sense of decency and of
justice, which is the only subject of pleasure
able contemplation in the otherwise disgust
ing affair. Every respectable newspajierand
periodical, even Tilton's Independent, repro
bates the story and the story-teller, so that
even as a financial speculation Airs. Stow ■
will find that sin- has failed in her object.
Huil then* been even a shadow of founda
tion for the filthy tale, ami had the doting
old woman from whom Airs. Stowe professes
to have heard it really told it to her, (which
is now widely disbelieved) any woman of or
dinary sensibility and refine ment would have
blushed nt the foul confidence, attributed it
to craziness, and if she could riot have forgot
ten it, would at least have refused to offend
tin' cars of others by its repetition, even in a
whisper. It was absolutely ghoul-like to
publish such a story after the lady whom it
assails has been dead many years,
without a breath of detraction having ever
sullied her fame and virtue. And even had
Aim. Stowe believed it, if compassion for the
memory of one of her own sex bail not in
duced silence, regard for tho feelings of the
surviving relatives of Byron and liis family,
would have insured the secrecy of anybody
with one spark of humanity in his composi
tion.
If it be true as stated that the whole story
is a fabrication got up to make a sensation
that will sell, there are no words in any lan
guage which can express the execration
which every honest heart must feel at an act
of such ineffable turpitude.
It cannot be supposed that this latter
hypothesis is the correct one. It is impossi
ble to conceive that any human being, and
Exist of all a woman, could be guilty of such
fiendish cruelty. It is bail enough to believe
that Airs. Stowe understood Lady Byron to
tell her the story, and that she repeated what
she thought she heard. Doubtless she lias
long since regretted that she ever employed
her pen to put it to paper, and that she
slandered her countrymen and women by
supposing for a moment that so hideous n
disclosure woidtl create in them any feel
ings but those of loathing and abhorrence
towards the story, its authors and pub
lishers.
Works of Art.
We recently spent an hour very agreeably
inspecting the beautiful collection of Chromo
litliographic pictures now on sale at the
book-store of J. W. Burke & Cos. We ad
mired, especially, four landscapes represent
ing views on the Rhine—the Drachenfels,
the Lorelei rocks, Rheinberg, and Marks
hurg—copied from pictures by eminent Ger
man artists.
There are many other gems in the collec
tion, copies of the great works of the old
masters, which deserve to be ranked among
“works of art.”
This art of Chromo-lithography is a won
derful invention. It lias brought within the
reach of the million the great pictures which
hitherto were only attainable by the few who
could afford to pay thousands of dollars for
them, and while they do not possess the in
trinsic value or the artistic merit of the orig
inals, they are very pleasing and well executed
copies, and tlieir juice is such as to enable
every man, however small his means, to en
joy the delight of possessing a “tiling of
beauty” which is “a joy forever.”
’I lse California Election.
We congratulate our Democratic brethren
in California on the brilliant victory they
have achieved at tlieir recant election. In
addition to electing the Democratic candi
dates for municipal offices in the city of San
Francisco, notwithstanding the Radical at
iKviiY' tire Democratic strength by
running an ind-pmnleut ticket, the Demo
crats have, it is believed, secure 1 •* majority
in the Legislature .uni have thus ensured
the defeat of tli! 1 XA tli Atm uJment so far
as California is concerned.
The Radicals affect to believe that it was
“not much of an election,” and that the
vote was "light,” an 1 they say that the vic
tory was Won by “the basest appeals to
prejudice on behalf of caste.” We trust
and hope that the people of other States will
he influenced by similar appeals, and that
this last created Radical monster may “die
the death.”
A
Andrew Female College at C’atJi
bert.
Wo hope every one interested will give
the advertisement of U v. Dr. A. L. Hamil
ton, in our paper of to-dnv, an attentive
perusal. We do not know Dr. Hamilton
from reputation alone, we have known him
long personally as a skilled theologian, an
accomplished Mason, a devout, earnest,
practical Christian, and a thoroughly educa
ted gentleman, who, in our opinion, has no
superior in his profession. Young ladies
placed under his charge have always exhib
ited marked and decided improvement.
The terms of the College are exceedingly
liberal, and the facilities for a thorough
practical education abundant. By all means
read the advertisement.
‘"•J am the Slate, '■ says Cunby.
General Canby will not permit himself to
be itutdoue by General Ames. If the latter
hies achieved notoriety by his order forbid
ding- obedience to the process of the courts
Can by, euvionsj ,f the distinction won by the
Mississippi eommauiler, awakes and finds
himself famous by his ord-*r quashing the
indictment- of a gland jury, cancelling the
order of arrest, and discharging the bail of a
Radical gentleman accused of wilful and cor
rupt peiiury.
The facts are that some time ago General
Canity appointed a Mr. Gordon Sheriff of
Powhatan county, Yu. Gordon swallowed
the iron clad oatli without winking. It was
w ell-known that lie had served in the Con
federate army and he was therefore indicted
for perjury. The grand jury form 1 a true
bill, and Gordon was arreste 1 and held to
bail to stand his trial. Hereupon General
Canby, with his “long sword, saddle, bridle,”
issued the following decree:
“The presentment by the grand jury of the
county of Pow hatan. Virginia, in the County
Court of said county, in the case of the Com
monwealth of Virginia vs. Henry Gordon, is
hereby quashed, the i /pc/.s issued canceled,
and tin- security taken for the appearance of
the said G,>rdou discharged. Tile ease will
be stricken from the docket of said court.”
It must be admitted that this is fully up to
the Ames model. When Louis the Four
teenth sui 1. “I am the State,” even in his
day, the expression, though practically true,
.was regarded as unnecessarily arrogant and
imperious. But when little Canby says, “I
am the State of Virginia.” and little Amos
says “I am the State of Mississippi,” am]
they say so in the year of grace INO9, in a
country and u:id -r a government whieh boast
of their republican liberty, one comes to the
conclusion that- there is a screw loose some
where. that a smash cannot be far off, and
that our republican form of government is
not exactly as republican as it is said to be.
W e know that if a man commits w ilful and
corrupt perjury in order to get a place under
the Kudu-iils. and when be gets it. does «1
the dirty w ork that is requip ed of him by his
employers, and affects to enjoy the employ
ment, fen a that moment lus perjury is ab
solved. We have some striking evidencesof
this sort of purgation. But the question is
what does the law say? Where ihies little
Canby derive his authority to pronounce the
absolution?
—The military authorities have t das <1
p -mission to owners of lots on Sullivan’s
island, in Charleston Harbor, to level the
dismantled fortifications. The Charleston
Courier characterises this proceeding as
high-handed, to use the mildest term, and
say s that the Sjtate ceded to the United States
authorities <cdy the land occupied liy Fort
Moultrie and one hundred yards on each
side. The matter will be tested in the
United States Court,
! The Reported Settlement of the
\ irgiuia Dillit ulty.
i The telegrapluc dispatches annoume the
satisfactory news that the Administration
Ills direet.d that the newly elected State
i Government «f Virginia shall l*e iiuugu-
I raid immediately, and that the Legishlure
1 shall not be required to Like the test oath.
It would seem that the question to
: whether the reconstruction laws reqtired
j that the mem)tors of the Legislature sljouhl
subscribe tiie t.-st oath to enable then to
Like their seats, as was insisted by Gtoeral
Gan by, was referred to the Attorney General
of the United States, and that he has de
cided, as did President Grant in the c.ae of
Louisiana and of Georgia, that the law- im
posed uo such obligation.
1 hj Lbe regia tted that General Grant
liad in J the firmness and decision to make
this oialer at once, and that he allowed the
disappointed Radicals in Virginia, and the
bnter Radical partisans of liis immediate
advisers, t > inflacn. e him to delay in doing
"llathis own declared convictions, Iris ex
press promises, and the plain dictates of jus
tice and honesty required. After the jiro
senptive cl.iusc.x of the Uuderwood-Huuni
cutt constitution had been
C >ngiy-,s to a distinct vote of the
after the people by an immense majon -Mid
rejected them, and after they Bail com
plied with every requirement of Con
gress and given proof positive of -their
desire to accent reconstruction so far
ai it was made obligatory upon them,
to attempt to enforce this very proscrip
tion, because the election had resulted jm
favorably to the ultra Radicals, would have
been an act of flagrant bad faith and tyranny
such ;is uo government could sanction with
out covering itself with disgrace, eVe#ifi
the eyes of its own supporters. The respect
able Radical papers denounced it in t Iks
of unmeasured severity, seeing the ilamSfc
that would certainly be done to their party
at tiw coming elections, if General Canby
were permitted to carry out his iniquitous
determination. ' m s.
\\ e trust that General Grant
approved Canby’s resolution to impose the
t' 'St oatii upon the members of the Virginia
Legislator -, and thus virtually defeat the
will us the people. He liad taken the oppo
site ground so recently and decidedly, and
had manifested his opinions so clearly when
he asked Congress to allow the people of
Virginia to vote upon the proscriptive meas
ures of the Constitution as a separate Mont
distinct question, it is hardly jiossible to sup
pose that he could have changed liis mind
completely in so short a time, or that he
woaid allow the interests of a political fac
tion to induce him to quibble and predi
cate in a matter of sueli#ital moment.
The best citizens of the old Dominion,
tired of military rule, exhausted by war, and
anxious to restore the blessings of self-gov
ernment to their State, believed the sin
cerity of General Grant’s assurances, and of
liis piupose, accepted the situation in good
faith, odious and oppressive though it was,
and determined to carry out the policy of the
President as the best way to effect the
pacification of Virginia, and the restoration
of the prosperity of the whole country. They
acted consistently and faithfully. They j>er
formed their j>art to the letter. They relied
on General Grant to perforin his part, and
when they found that there was a chance
that their reward would be refused them,
because a clique of oAscure and character
less radical adventnreWhad been defeated in
their ambitious and mercenary schemes, not
only were they shocked and disappointed,
but the honest men of the whole Union were
shocked and disappointed.
It is well that this great outrage lets not
been allowed to be perpetrated. It would
have been fortunate had it been promptly
disavowed; but it is better late than never,
and therefore we can rejoice that at lengtlr -
justice has been done, and that the noble
old State will soon In* relieved from the suf
fering which she has so long endured.
Ex-l’iesidi nt Dav is’Tour in Scot
land.
The London Standard, of the loth of Au
gust, chronicles the movements of Jefferson
Davis thus:
“Aft-. Jefferson Davis is the lion of Glas
gow and its vicinity just noiv, Imnseif aiirtA
party having established themselves in that
city, and made several excursions in the
neighborhood. On Wednesday, en route to
Glasgow, they passed through Dunfermline,
and visited the Abbey church and ruins,.*’
Air. Davis then paid a visit to Stirling, and.
left for Callander in the evening. The news
soon spread that the ex-Prosidont was in the
town, and as he left per train in the evening i
throe Hearty dicers were given bv large i
concourse of people oil ,t\w !
platform. Air. Davis afterwards visited Dol
lar.
At Glasgow lie visited the Exchange,
where, in expectation of a visit, there was a
crowded attendance. The assemblage opened
a passage in the centre of the hall, up to
which Air. Davis walked, and at the end of j
the room entered liis name in the visitors’ |
book. On leaving the building Air. Davis I
was loudly cheeked. The ship-building yard-,
of the Alessrs. Napier & Govan was also
visited; after which the party returned to the
r sidenei' of Mr. Smith, Benvue, Dowanhill.
On Thursday, Air. Davis, with Dr. Charles
Mackay, left Glasgow for Oban. Air. Smith
and a number of friends accompanied him
some distance down the Clyde*. On leaving'
tho Broomielaw quay, where there was a
large concourse of persons, Air. Davis was
followed by loud cheers, which he acknow-
ledged by raising his liat and bowing repeat
edly. A similar demonstration was accorded
him at Greenock, Dunoon, Innelian, Rothe
say, and Tiglmabruaieh, the crowds who
were assembled at the different piers exhib
iting an eager desire to have a sight of the
famous ex-President of the Southern States.”
Correspondence of Hie Jonriml and Messenger.
Letter from Decatur County.
Blowing Cave, Decatur Cos., Ga., )
August 31, 1,36!). \
D ‘iir General: From Florida I hoar that
the worms are about to sweep everything—
shortening tlio crop one-third. This is from
reliable parties, and they say it is universal.
The corn is generally good.
The crops that I have seen in Thomas
seem to be injured fully one-third to this
time, and the worm will close out all unma
tured fruit. Corn crops are, as a general
rule, good.
Throughout the counties of Baker, Miller.
Mitchel and Decatur, the corn crops are
good as well as good fodder; but the cotton
cro]) is not over two-tliirds, at the outside.
When you hear of a man from this section
congratulating himself upon his good crop,
be patieiit and forbearing with him, for lie
made only one bale to six or s-- von acres of
land last year, and is beside himself with joy
at the thought of making a bale to four acres
this year.
The caterpillar li is been delayed sum--time
by the sun killing the young worms during
the unprecedented hut weather of the last
two weeks. It dried them up. One has
only to lo >k at the crop reports in your,
paper to see that they are poor at every
place in th 3 South.
1 cannot close this letter without saving a
word or two about a nine acre lot of Simpson
cott 'ii, belonging to Col. Troup Whitehead,
of Baker. He put over sixty loads of manure
to the acre, and the cotton is miraculous. I
don’t know, nor can I estimate it, but am pre
pared to believe whatever maybe said about
it. It is variously estimated from twenty to
thirty bales. It cannot possibly fall short of
1 H)0 pounds lint per acre. I saw Bancroft's
cotton last year and it lays his cotton in a
very cool shade. I suppose he will be heard
from at the Fair in November next.
Tam O’Shanteb.
Death of Gex. Rawlins.—We learn by
telegraph that General John A. Rawlins,
United States Secretary of War, died yes
terday afternoon at Washington City. (fen.
llawlins was comparatively an unknown man
in public life when he was appointed to the
high position as Lo el of the War Depart
ment, but it is generally believed that since
his app: pintment he lavs always used his power
and influence to counteract and defeat the I
schemes of the extreme Radicals, and that on !
all questions relating to the government i
of the Southern States, lie has been on the
side of conservatism and justice, and lias I
been opposed to the violent and tyrannical i
projects of his oolle igues and tin- Radical 1
parly. G ner,d Rawlins, as chief of staff to I
General Grant, won some reputation as a |
soldier, and Is said to have possessed the i
confidence and regard of his chief. In pri
vate life he is represented as having 1 ecu a
good mab and Woltllyciti7.cn. His health
has been wry feeble for a long time. Hem
orrhage of the lungs xvas the immediate
cause of his death.
Commissions for the S ale of Cotton.
The Augusta commission merchants have j
rus -it ili* ir irate- of commission for selling
cotton, from one and a quarter per cent, (the
rate adopted last year; to two and a quarter
per cent., which they previously changed.
High rents, and increased cost of living ale j
the alleged causes of the rise.
Corrcspondettceof tiie Journal uni Messenger.
The Press Excursion.
11 . S. & I>. IJ. R. — Cave Soring— Ptqtona—Oreford
Iron Works Slielny sn>inji> -selina- —SUciliy
Irou Works —AUaiiu—Grand Finale, etc.
Atlanta. Ga.. Sojffcinber 1. ISdfl.
Your correspondent, with the Press and
invited guests, hade farewell to the "eitv of
more than seven hills” at S O'clock a. m.. bn
AI unlay last, under the guidance of Captain
B miey, the genial and hospitable Superin
tendent of tin* Rome, Selma and Dalton
Railroad, llkl miles of this road have been
completed, and the ruin lining forty miles to
Daiton will be in ojieration b\ tin* return of
spring. We jiassod very rapidly over the
well laid T iron of this road, and were soon
at “Cave Spring” in Floyd county.
Leaving the dusty train, we found a bath
in the stream gushing from the lull-side near
by both necessary and refreshing. We as
cended the hill, and finding a flight of stairs
leading into the dark iav> below us, vour
correspondent, with a few friends, ei sere 1
without a light or a guide. Deseendin r on •
pair of steps we were cut off from day 1 gilt.
Dark and clammy were the rock walls sur
rounding us; the only sounds which gi ete l
our ears were the murmuring of the si earn
below its, and the voices of our comp- ion*
far above us. We lighted matches, lm. their
dim light only made us more keenly sen.-,me
of the gloom around. Fearing to proceed,
we waited the approach of a lamp just com
ing from the entrance, and soon were joined
by many of the more prudent members of
our party. Two more descents were made,
and we wandered through a room festooned
with dripping stjagtites, where oft in days
now gone merry feet kept time to cheerful
music. Now, the projecting rocks, the
rugged ground, and tUe decayed floor tell of
hours of merriment and time’s decay.
We were glad to leave the cavern and its
slimy appurtenances, and to emerge once
more from subterranean darkness. Once out
<>l that awful hole, my inquisitiveness gained
for your columns these facts: That the vil
lage has about three hundred inhabitants;
that Cave .Spring still claims a situation in
tiic literary world for its Baptist and Meth
odist institutes, and its Deaf and Dumb
Asylum. Two hundred and fifty students were
in these respective schools during last, term,
but they now are away, enjoying their holi
day season. We were loath to leave this ro
mantic place, and those of its ‘'sweet daught
ers” whom we met, but the engine called
from its steam throat, “all aboard,” and hur
ried us to the iron beds in Polk county,
owned by Air. A. G. Wliiff*, and teeming
with fruitful ore of the brptca hemilile order.
All along the roadside we saw evidences of
Dune X',/art’s intentions to make Alabama a
strong, iron people. Once or twice we
stopped to examine ores, which would aver
age til) per cent, of pure iron. But the end
was not yet; a few hundred yards from the
road, on the right hand side, stood the relics
of the Oreford Iron Works, a monument of
the destructive march of Wilson, through
Calhoun county, Ala., in 18(io.
Four furnaces, each producing five tons
j>er day, were once kej>t burning here, but
the blackish-looking hemitite with its aver
age of Go per cent, of pure iron lies scattered
in profusion over the mountain side, doing
no good to the country. Oh, ye capitalists,
who have $25,000 to invest, here is a fortune!
Railroad facilities close by; out houses and
brick works scarcely damaged; ore inexhaust
ible; bring here your capital and invest for
your own financial interest, and for the good
of the South.
Having satisfied the eye with such sights,
our good Captain Barney had prepared an
ample least at Peytona, 50 miles from Rome,
to gratify another important organ of man
kind. Here we stopped and ate, and laughed,
and drank cool Adam’s ale, by quaffing
which we were in such good humor that we
almost ceased to quiz and tease our brother
who had lost his checks.
Tenijius fmlfeted, the half hour passed,
and we were again winking and blinking at
the cinders which the engine playfully threw
buck at us as it pulled us on towards the
Shelby Springs. When there your writer
didn't look (?i at the “fair ones” on the hotel
.badribnyr but hastening to the spring, smelt its
sweet waters, and return'd to liis cigar and
writing stand. Wesmelt like sulphur for ten
miles afterwards, to drive aaaiv all thoughts
and odors of which your ‘scribbler held his
iio.se at intervals and dozed the remainder of
th« time.
‘i He waked uji at Talladega, however, shook
J 1 L with several married editors who de
' W.'d tljUt the “gnis -it looked.'
q;jv.eeter girls ever them )><*-*'
,r ; r< A and strolled towards the first car, *
where he took a “lemonade” with Mosely'
and liis jolly Alabama confreres, because they
lived in tho same town with these little be
ings of human loveliness and prettiness. By
the breaking of a sjiring on the engine, our
progress towards Selma was delayed, but we
reached that beautiful, shady city about 12
o’clock at night, Repairing to the Troup
House, we found that Oapt. Barney had
been thoughtful of us even in the “still,
small hours, ” and an abundance was sjiread
upon the supportable to satisfy every craving
void.
Early on Tuesday morning we were riding
around this level eitv and viewing, with ad
miration, tiie regal edifices, the wide streets,
and the energy and industry manifested in
the uprising structures. At ten o’clock we
were puffing towards the Shelby Iron
Works. Stopping a few minutes at Colum
bia, we were shifted to the track leading to
the works. Five miles travel brought us to
tho finest works we have j-et seen. The
hand of tho destroying demon, Wilson, had
been laid here, too, but Northern capital,
brought to Shelby county through the in
fluence of Captain Barney, had rebuilt of
brick an excellent grist mill and machine
shop, and iron furnaces, at an expense of
8225,000 for building. Improvements are
seen on all sides. Five brick kilns for burn
ing coal are smoking a few hundred yards
from the three-story brick building in which
the furnace is placed. A railroad sixteen
miles long leads from the ridge in which the
fibrous bromi hemitite ore—o,B per cent, pure
iron—reposes, uj> to the third story of this
structure, where the mouth of the furnace
is situated, and mules drag the carts of ore
even* few minutes to the large room on this
floor, where the ore is deposited convenient
to the men who charge the furnaces. These
charges are made from forty to eighty times
per day. Each one consists of : 625 pounds
ore, 3 j bushels limestone, 22 bushels char
coal, live or six j>iec(*s fire brands. The
“tappings” are made four times a day, and
the aggregate amount of iron turned out
each day is fifteen tons.
The iron is sold at Columbiana at s4l per
ton. In Northern markets it brings from
SSB to SGiI per ton. The President of the
company is J. \\ . Lapsloy, of Shelby eoun
*tv Ala. The Superintendent is A. G. West.
The company owns about 800 acres of land.
Two hundred hands, forty mules and twenty
oxen are engaged in these works. The ex
penses for carrying on the iron works and
shops of this company are §850.00 per diem,
while its gross receipts per day are $040.00.
The rolling mills, which were of the most
excellent order, have not been rebuilt, but
they w ill be ere long.
We saw one “tapping” while at these
works; and then, turning from the scene,
we sought the cars, and turned our faces
homeward.
Had I time I could tell your readers of the
immense coal fields which lie along the rail
road. They are fifty miles north of Selma,
and are one thousand square miles in area.
The road first strikes the coal region at Ash
ley Station, from which point there is a road
leading to the coal mines now in operation.
Farther up the road are two more stations—
at Coal Roads, fifty-four miles from Selma;
and Lime Kiln, sixty-four miles from that
city. These are the only points at which the
coal is at present dug, but arrangements are
being made to work many more mines. The
capital employed at this time in this work
amounts to about §150.000.
Arriving at Pleytona at 10 p. m. . we enjoyed
a bountifully prepared supper. Two o’clock
a. m.. Wednesday morning, we were, in
Rome again, so fatigued that we slept on
till (Lay light, and then we went to that
choice hotel, and breakfasted to heart’s con
tent.
M e started down the State Road on the
regular schedule time. With many regrets
we left the thriving city of Rome, but the
fiat had gone forth, tiiat Rome should be
to us no more, for the present, and we were
hurled onward to the Gate City. Arriving
here at two and a half o’clock, we dined
sumptuously at the National Hotel; after
dinner, and while in the banquet hall, the
Convention passed resolutions returning
thanks to all corporations and individuals
who had shown attention to its members in
their endeavors to develope Georgia’s min
eral wealth, and after filling and drinking
bumpers to all our good fellows, it adjourned
until November, to meet in Macon. And
now farewell to the genial sons of the fourth
estate, farewell to the good old time we’ve
had, farewell to our great Rail road King, I
and to all who love the State. Stanley.
The Late I*ress (Excursion.
From the Chronicle it Seutiiu-L, September 4.
Many comments have been made ujh.hi tin 1
recent Press Excursion by those presses who
hml no representation on that trip. So far
s we have seen the (A)lumlms Sun ami the
Savannah Morning News have indulged in
the severest strictures upon the excursion
itself and those meiulters of the press who
aeoom pal lied it. Some of these strictures
are eminently just aud some are unfair and
illiberal, at least as applied t<> a portiou of
the press who accepted Hulbert’a invitation.
Having Ixvn a silent but attentive ob
server of the various incidents of the trip,
and being familiar with most of the develop
ments which the occasion brought to the
surface, we propose to give, as briefly and
succinctly as possible, a fair and candid ex
position of the whole affair as it was pre
sented to our minds.
In the latter part of July last we received,
by mail, a printed circular [Mr. Hulbert’s
printed invitation].
To tins we returned no reply, but being
in Atlanta on the 24th ult., in attendance
upon the Georgia Press Convention, then
assembled there, inquiry was made of us
whether we would join the Press Excursion.
To this we gave our assent and received du
ring the session of the Press Convention a
a ticket or puss.
On the morning of the 25th we took our
seat in the ears provided for the occasion,
and, found some thirty or forty of the repre
sentatives of the Press also on board the
train. We noticed a few scalawag m umbers
of the Legislature and two Democratic mem
b. rs, with some dozen other persons total
strangers to us at the time, but who we after
ward ascertained to be leading members of
the Radical party and most of them [State
officials.
Just after crossing the Chattahoochee riv
er, someone passed through the car iu which
we were seated, and invited all present to
jiass to the rear ear to observe some improve
ments which were being made on the road.
Reiug engaged at the time, we did not go
back, but soon after were informed that on
reaching the rear car they found the crea
ture Bullock, to whom the members of the
Press were severally presented as they made
their ajijiearanee. This was the first intima
tion that we had that Bullock was to boos
the party.
We saw nothing of Bullock ourselves until
the train reached Cartersville, where he and
the Editor of the Macon Telegraph made short
responses to Maj. Cooper’s reception speech.
We did not hear these speeches, but learned
that they were of the mutual admiration or
der, and that at their close personal courte
sies were exchanged over a bottle of wine.
Upon arriving at Chattanooga we learned
that arrangements had been made to exhibit
the Bullock again, but from some hitch on
the part of the Chattanooga authorities, no
personal presentation was made. After sup
j>er w r e were called ujjou by some of our
Chattanooga friends to respond to the ad
dress of welcome then about to be made bv
the Mayor of that city to the Press Associa
tion, and we declined the honor because w*e
knew that arrangements were on foot to dis
jilav Bullock again. The Chattanooga recep
tion, however, passed off without the morti
fication of a Bullock presentation.
We neither saw nor heard any more of
Bullock until our arrival at Rome on Friday
morning. Here arrangements were made
by the city authorities to furnish the Press
with a drive over the city, and the Mayor
designated a particular carriage in which
Bullock, two others and ourself were to be
seated. We declined the offer distinctly on
flu 1 ground that we would not in any way,
permit ourself, to be associated with such a
person as Bullock.
Upon assembling for dinner in the dining
room of the Choice House, and after gentle
men had commenced to discuss their food,
Mayor Hargrove arose and made a short
speech, in which lie was highly and pointed
ly eulogistic of “our Governor,” and wound
iij) by a sentiment complimentary to him.
This called the Beast to his feet, who, in a
few disjointed sentences, whined his thanks,
and then in the most patronizing manner
possible, called upon Col. Clisbv, as the
President of the State Associated Press, to
respond for that body.
Os course we knew that, after the adjourn
ment of the Convention in Atlanta, to meet
on the lGtli of November at Macon, Colonel
Clisbv had no more right to speak for, or, in
any manner commit, the Press than any
other individual member of the Association.
Indeed we knew that tin* organization of
that Association is so far only temporary.
Vet. being called out as In- was, as the Presi
dent, of the Press Association, whatever he
•might say would be regarded, to some ex
tent, as the' sentiments of the members of
the Press then present.
Much to our mortification and regret, the
speech of Col. Clisbv even excelled the Mayor
in fulsome compliments to Bullock and his
administration. Among other things he said
lie “believed that all that Gov. Bullock had
done as Governor, and his main aims were
to aid the people of the State, and foster and
develop their material interests.” These,
we believe, were bis exact words, and we
were inexpressibly shocked at their utter
ance. It is, perhaps, due to Colonel G'lisby
to say that we have been informed by a gen
tleman of the Press, who soon after spoke
to him on the subject, that the Colonel de
clared that, as he was unaccustomed to
public speaking, lie did not know what lie
was saying.
This Rome demonstration satisfied us that
we could no longer, even by our presence,
give countenance to such proceedings, and
we candidly informed Colonel Halbert that,
owing to the political turn which had been
given to the affair, we should be compelled
to retire from the party. He expressed deep
regret at what had been said and done, and
declared that it was without his consent or
approval, and hoped we would continue with
the party.
Col. Cothran and Capt. Elliott, owners of
the steamboat line plying on the Coosa, ex
tended to us, in common with the other gen
tlemen of tin 1 press, an invitation to take a
trip down the river and examine the deposits
of iron and coal along its course. This we
accepted.
()u returning to Rome on Sunday morning,
we were invited by Capt. Barney, Superin
tendent of the Selma, Rome & Dalton Road,
to take an excursion down his road with the
view of examining the various deposits of
coal and iron found along the line of his
road in this State and in Alabama. This
polite invitation we all accepted, and neither
saw or heard anything on the trip which the
most sensitive Democrat could take exception
to until we reached Pevtona, on the line of
tlie road, on our return to Rome. Here, on
Tuesday night, a dinner had been prepared
by Capt. Barney for us, and here we had
again a surfeit of very poor speeches, verv
poorly delivered. Here we had, however,
one manly, straightforward talk from Major
Burns, from Rome. Here, too, we learned
that a Democratic editor read—we are glad
we did not hear it—a toast to “Bullock, our
model Governor.”
After this there was no more display of
the Bullock until we reached Atlanta, on
\\ ednesday at noon. Here, at a dinner given
to the “Press,” Bullock presided, and a long
string of complimentary resolutions were
read and earned with but one dissenting
vote. These resolutions we have not yet
seen in print-—we heard them read imper
fectly, and may have been mistaken in their
import. The second resolution, however,
was complimentary of Bullock, and we
moved to strike it and all that followed, out
of the report. To this motion we failed to
secure a second, and a vote could not be had
upon it.
We have given a fair bnt not as full a re
port of the political and social aspect of the
excursion as our space will permit. That we
were deceived in the character of the com
pany to be on the excursion we admit. That
we have been deceived in the character and
firmness (if many of our Democratic orm
freres of tie- Press we also most sorrowfully
admit. That the presence of Bullock on
such an occasion was an insult to every gen
tleman present will not be denied. That the
presence of nearly or quite a score of scala
wag members ami State officials was illtimed
and improper will l>e conceded by all who
know the ostensible object of the trip.
We are glad to be able to add, in conclu
sion. that a few members of the Press pre
served their consistency and their self-re
spect by refusing any association or inter
course with Bullock whatever. While, we
are pained to sav, a large number seemed to
vie with each otter in lackeying td and fawn
ing upon the individual who, through fraud
and perjury, disgraces the Gubernatorial
Chair of the State.
This much we have felt constrained to say
in explanation of our own presence in such
a strange company. Wo have stored away
ill our mind many pleasing incidents of the
trip, and have collected much useful infor
mation in regard to our iron and coal depos
its; all of which shall present to our read
el's, from time to time, as our space mav
allow.
- —Longfellow, the poet, and family, ar
rived at New iork, on (September su.
Press Excursion.
HIS EXCELLENCY OOVERNOK HILLOCK.
A few weeks since, Colonel E. llulhert,
alias “Sharp and Quick," forwarded circu
lars to the members of the press throughout
the State, inviting them to make au exclu
sion trip to the Northern part of the State,
visiting the different iron works, coal mines
and lime kilns in that region, so that Wing
posted, they could make known to the world
the boundless resources of the Empire State
of the South. The bait was tempting—a free
ride and a free frolic to the poor, overworked,
badly jianl editors of Georgia was a treat not
to be refused, as it might never again be of
fered. Os course, Colonel Hulbert was soon
assured that the members of the Georgia
press would Ik* on hand at the time ap
pointed. First one editor, and then another,
began to see virtues in Colonel Hulbert
which they never before discovered. The
well circulated rumor that Colonel H. had
become disgusted at Blodget’a appointment
to office, aud had remonstrated with the
Governor against Colonel Clayton’s removal,
was another feat hr in the cap of Colonel
Sharp and Quick. W’e wen* sold completely,
and we acknowledge the corn; we made uo
apologies for the past, it is true, but we had
them all jirepared to be made public on our
return from the excursion trip to North
Georgia.
The memorable 21th of August at last ar
rived; Col. Hulbert’s invited guests were ou
hand, ready to embark at the sound of the
whistle; the magnificent engine, the “ Gen.
Grant,” drawing a train of splendid ears
fitted up for the occasion, with everything
calculated to render au editor comfortable,
steamed up to the passenger depot; the cry
of “ All aboard !” was soon heard, and quick
ly followed by the sound of the whistle,
which announced the fact that the trij> had
commenced. Every out* was pleased; every
body happy. Soon after passing Marietta,
we arrived at Cartersville, where we were
welcomed in a very handsome speech by
Col. Mark A. Coojter. We, of course, cx-
peeted Col. Hulbert or Chairman Clisbv to
respond, but maid bile tfictu Governor Bul
lock appeared; acted as the cock of the iralk.
How is this? asked a brother victim, stand
ing at our side. What right has Bullock to
respond on this occasion ? How came he
here, anyhow ? asked another. Someone
whispered, “ Lot us have jjeaeo.”
Leaving Cartersville wo were soon at Chat
tanooga. Here his Excellency koj>t iu the
back ground, giving the first dose time to
ojierate. Next we arrived at Rome, where
we were welcomed in a becoming manner by
Mayor Hargroves, when lo! and behold!!
Bullock again takes the lead as the head man
at the banjo. Here the cat was unhagge Iby
his Excellency, when he said, “I and Col.
Hulbert invited the members of tin- Press,”
etc. We looked around to try to catch the
eye of some friend, but found them all simi-
larly engaged. Just then a voice, appa
rently in the air, whispered softly the word,
sold. Governor Bullock, at the close of his
remarks, introduced Col. Clisby, Chairman
of the Press Association. We listened at
tentively, for we were anxious to hear what
Col. Clisby would say. We soon fouud that
he had discovered that the public were mis
taken about the Governor's course, and that
Bullock was really a great man. Good
Heavens! how sick we felt from drinking
limestone water, or some other cause. When
Colonel Clisby had closed his sjieech, we
hastily devoured some of the wholesome
dinner that was in waiting for us, jirepared
for the Press by the noble Romans, and
made our way out of the dining-room. Just
about that time we got tin* news that we
were wanted at home, and we bid the excur
sionists adieu.— Orf-ns/toro Herahl.
1 < ♦ i <
Crops in l*Tori*l;i.
Ellisville, East IT.a. , Sejit. 2, 1809.
•Editor Savannah Republican— Dkau Slu:
Simply to redeem a promise made, not that
it will be news, but in confirmation of that
already received, do I write to tell of the
great destruction of the late promising cot
ton crojj of this country (I know of none who
have escaped) by the caterpillar. The work
is well done. The fields look as if tiro had
swept over them, and a sieklv stench fills
the atmosphere of the whole land adjacent
to their operations. At this time they are
borini/ out grown bolls aud barking the stalks.
If this continues a half crop is somewhat vis
ionary. God help this stricken land.
Yours truly, J. M. C.
Preliminary Examination of Louia I.llit-nilinl,
churned with lilt* .Murder of \aron K**iup, rulurrd.
i FIFTH IIAT’S PROCEEDINGS.
The Court convened at 10 o’clock, the prisoner
being brought up by Sheriff Martin, to hear the
opinion of the judges in this, his preliminary ex
amination. All the Judges were present but Judge
Wyelie. 11 is Honor, Judge George M. Logan, ou
behalf of Urn Court, then rendered the following
opinion :
Georgia—Jtibb County :
State vs. | To the Sheriff or Jailor of raid
Louis Lilienthal. f county.
Upon hearing the evidence in the esse of the
“State vs. Louis Lilienthal,” for the crime of mur
der, it is ordered that the said Louis Lilienthal he
hound in a bond, with good and ample security, in
the sum of six thousand dollars, and pay all costs
in said case in this Court, for his ajipearance Ht the
Supt rior Court, to hold in and for said county on
the third Monday in November next, to answer to
the crime of “Manslaughter.” Iu default thereof,
the Jailor will receive and commit to the common
jail of said county the body of Louis Lilienth.il,
and him safely keep until thence delivered by due
course of law.
Given under our h and. uud seals, this third day
of September, 1809.
George M. Logan, Notary Public and Kx Officio
J. P. [L. 8)
•1. G. C. Buhnbtt, J. P. [i,. s.]
J. K. Harman, I. P. fi.. B .j
J. W. SCHOFIEM), .1. p r [,. B.]
A. H. WrcuE, J. P. [r„ s.]
Col, John It. Weems, on behalf of his client,
offered as u bondsman Mr. Niissbaum, of the home
of Nussb luin Dannenberg, his client’s employer,
but Mr. Bacon objected on the part of the State,
on the ground that one bondsman was not regarded
us sufficient. Col. Weems then wrote out a recog
nizance, which he read to the Court, suggesting
that his client and Mr. Xussbauui would execute
their share of tlie bond in open Court, and that
they would afterwards wait on Judge Logan at ids
office, where the bond might be finally completed
in his office.
Again Mr. Bacon objected, upon the ground that
Aaron Kemp was nowhere “nominated in the
bond ’ as the party killed; when Col. Weem* grace
fully conceded the point, and suggested that the
gentleman had better write out the l*ond to suit
himself—introducing any and all law i>oiiits he
thought advisable.
At this stage of the proceedings, we left the
Court—leaving scarce a dozen parties, who rank'-d
as white folks, to see ttie end of these minute legal
differences of opinion.
Return or the Cuban Army.
About six o’clock last evening we met the first
detachment of Cuban Patriots that our eyes ever
rested upon. They consisted of something like
fourteen patriots, ranging from fourteen to twenty
years of age, who had been captured at Eufaula,
Ala., by Horn .J. C. Millcdge, L. 8. District Attor
ney, Major Watson and U. S. Deputy Marshal Cox.
Ihe party left on Saturday morning for the
“Queen of the Antilles,” and were found camped
out at Franklin, Ala., where they surrendered
without firing a gun. The whole party are now
carefully imprisoned in the rooms over Hon. W. C.
Morrill’s office, and will be examined by that officer
at 10 o’clock to-day. Among them is one of the
fair sex, dressed in men’s clothes, who was as en
thusiastic as her companions. The whole party
will be dealt with to-day in approved form.
Through the courtesy of Hon. J. C. Millcdge
we were favored with un interview with the lady
recruit, wiio stated to us that her age i- twenty
four years. Her liusbind was killed at the Kittle
of Gettysburg, when she was left u widow- with a
little child, now seven years of age, She fell iit
love with a young man, who met her at her re.-j
--dence in Atlanta, and she agreed logo with hint on
the Cuban expedition, with the intention of leav
ing the crowd in Florida where her relatives re
side. At the time Gen. Costa was boating up for
recruits in this city, sfie occupied rooms at Brown's
Hotel, where she had her hair cut and assumed the
habiliments of the opposite sex. As soon as her
sex was discovered Col. Milledgc gave orders to
have her placed in a room by herself where she now
remains under guard. The whole affair will be in
vestigated this morning.
1 lie ('utian Rendezvous,
The Cuban recruiting iffice in the cite of Macon,
w.-are very happy to learn, ranks among the things
that were. Geu. lb lleCoste and stuff have left for
Savannah, and unless we are misinformed are guests
at the Screven Hou-e. We sincerely hope they
may remain there and keep away from the eitv of
Macon from henceforth and forever. Affectionate
parents have been scared within an inch of their
fives, young boys liave forgotten the fifth com
mandment of the decalogue, those rascally viola
tors of the neutrality laws have made thousands of
promises they never once intended to keep, our
city police have been put on extra duty, L'. S. Gov
ernment officials have lieen sent here, there and
every where, and what is of far greater importance
than all, the “local” has been nearly teased out of liis
seven senses (including smoking and chewing) bv
the thousand undone applications made to him for
“information,’' though lie cured a brass button
about Cuba or anything relating to it, more par
ticularly anything relative to Uie late stampede.
Borne people havegiven us particular tits for even
breathing the name of Culm, others have quar
reled with us for not giving a biographical sketch
of every Maconite who was w illing to shed the (aid
drop of bis blood in tile cause of Cuba and the
Cubans. What our sufferings have been fur the
past few days we do not care to suv; we can, how
ever, assure our readers that from all we could
learn we certainly do not envy any one who pos
stvses any interest in Cuban affairs whatever. It is at
best but a nine days’ wonder, from which the whole
VOmu .onn rem.v— •'■'***.
Crops iu L/oiviule* and R,. ri |
_ Valdosta. August *>
rjliUir Savannah
see the request made in tlu* pm,. l"j u ' '
planters to give information relativ . ’
prospects of the growing crop. /" ’
considerable knowledge of the f u ,Vi; -
forest in the counties of Lowinl, 1
rien, I have therefore thought it 1
east in my modicum.
I aiu happy to say that so f ;ir ;w
s<»nal observations extend, crops ir " ' •’
“Uy good; that is, com, cotton , f
(though the crujus of tin* latter ari
small.) Seasons have been pr.m
vear, and the peoplehavo r, .1,.... 1 ~ , ’
Ihe darkies in my immediate n , .
have worked well* and I hojio uil'j',
rewarded, though I hear some cop'
some localities. Though w. si ~
some little patience, and wait on b •
years and see if they will not ji, ,j .
interest to la* more energetic. ' ‘' :
Our people have used guanos in , r
sively this season than usual, ami V
that it jxtVß, anil more particularlyo'
used Wilcox A Gibbs’ niaimml V : ~
have been considerably damage*! !■-, ■
but uo caterpillar irf this section .
any damage, and I am of the '
early frost will do us but vervlitti 1
as most of our cotton will be' f u j; v '
before the usual time for frost ' “ '
I noticed in your issue of the 'q s t o
the White Suljihur Springs, in \
eclipse caused such a fall in temp -~i
frost was visible. The same o.i .i,
the same etTt*ot, and the oclijise that '
in the Radieal Legislature of th. s
Georgia, 18th March, lSii‘l, h Us b
cause of Frost having been seen m
wiek several times this summer, lint * ■
blighting effects should not prove' i< r
to the tender jilants of tin* Stan [ y .
several of the railroads have pi
Injunction, whieli has been granted by,l
iS -hlev. Half Ijowxdes, H VI , r j{ Kl .j.j [
M AS()M( .
Masonic Insiiraure Suggestion,
Mr. Editor: As the Convention of p
members of the Georgia Masonic i\r
Life Insurance Comjiauy is uj>j»i-,nu luti
low me to make a few suggestions tin
the Masonic columns of the Jotnv.u e.
Mkssknoeu, for the consideration t) f q
Board of Directors and the members t
Comjiauy.
One of the princijml difficulties tlmt, !
struct the way of our success is, the want
confidence iu the jK*rraanency of th« « nti r
jirise, and the fear of a total loss of th.
sessments paid, especially if lt m.-ml. r
should become unable to meet them. 1
other words, we need, like the stock i i.n,,
nies, arrangements for non-forfeiting pohe -
soustoseeurototho.se members who i
become unable to pay their assessments ii
amount they may have paid, at their tic;
up to the time they become unable tn m e
them. Can this bo done? I think it i
and if so, this will add great stability to ti,
institution, and go far to insure eonliilei
Now to the subject, how this is to In- ,1,
Let there be a By-Law adopted, that vlnn ,
member shall have jiaiil assessments to ti..
amount of SIOO, S2OO, SOOO, or miv "m
amount, and becomes unable to meet theta
further, he, giving the Board of Dip, : ,
such undoubted evidence ms shall clearly , :
isfy their minds of his inability to pay, :
Board shall tlu n have the jiower to pay | u „
assessments out of the funds proviilej f,, r
this jmrjxise, for any number of veins tim
may see proper, or for life, aud Ins deal ii
the whole amount thus jiaid, with int> i,-t,
shall Im* deducted from the amount dm
lieirs ms if he had paid all assessments Im .
self, and the amount alone which lie mn
have paid shall be turned over to his In .
Thus you have a non forfeiting j»<di,v. h,
this arrangement when u Mason hivoun- ■
member of tin* Couijiany lie is sure,-at In,-:,
of tin* amount he jiuysin assessments, I
he ut any time become unable to meet thu.,,
aud thus security is given to nil sue// against
total loss. If such should at mu time In
come able to assume the payments of a <
meats, they should he allow ltmle ,o. L,
this arrangement there will be an indim
meat for memluers to pay to their bitten . ,4
capacity, for the more they ]>ay the u,
they provide for their heirs.
The most of tlu* forfeitures aiul w ithdi.io
aLs are from this source. No man thirty t;.
years of age would ever quit this comp.: v
if he desired to insure his life, to join ~
other, if lie could he assured of its j »<-nna
ncin y, and that he would not lose tin a
meats he pays so long as lie is able to u :
them.
But now the question comes up li
the funds to be jirovided to meet tin
meats of those disabled membi is? 1
are two ways in which this may h i
First, give the Board of Director* jimu r:
levy a tux annually ujxm the inenihi r
fifty cents or one dollar, until they shall ji
vide a sufficient revenue lor till- jnn;
No one would refuse to jiay such a t.i
cimlly when he might lxcome a hi tnT
of the fund. Besides, this would I iM
sonic.charity characteristic of the 1 >i•
due from the more able to the less all, 1:
would lie the stronger giving aid t" 1
weaker, and what masonic heart would
refuse such a charity?
But, si*eonilly, another way to j»ri<ve :■
fund (and this is the more jiractienl ]•-,
If the number of members in tin < ..n,;
be 4,200, let the assessments 1m .
$4,100 and the assessments of tin- «im •
dred l»e ujipropriated for that jmrj (1
you have SIOO to meet the asst -sun lit* "1 I
disabled members—sujijiosing but one
and if five die you have SSOO, anil
When class A reaches to 5000 meml* •
one or two hundred more, for th* •nun■('
jHise. Here you will have a revenue sufli*
in a short time to meet all eonti; ; -
and every member will feel that a soile’’-
guarantee is afforded for a certain an.
even were many to withdraw wlm are ahi
m<*et the mortuary fees. If at unv til •
fund should not be needi-il for tlii~ j-urj,
let it la: added to the invested fund 'Uitn
shall lie sufficient to si-oure a j » ni. ■
amount lxyond all conlingenei'
Mr. Eilitor, some revision of tin-1 ■’ -
like unto this is needed, to give‘'"id ’
and assurance, and until somi-tliiug "f t:..-
sort is done there will be j»< rj** ti.nl !"V
ures anil withdrawals. But, on tl,
hand, if the by-laws are si> form- , ”
guarantees against total loss, at
those who may become unable to p- v
I sujijMise they will lie but few.
jiauv will soon Im* one of tin iu"-t I" 1
the land. I have thought a good and i
subject, and conversed with many •
of tlve Comjiauy, and they agree v .
that something of this sort is need- •
can be effected. I therefore sulg.J [•
views through this medium, ’■
Board of Directors, or some "i- <
may mature something by the in
the Convention that may aceoinjai’* l
object. And we hojK* that agents ;”
will bring this subject to tin: noti
the members in theft- jurisdiction. ’
may obtain their views on tin / .
time of the Convention, in view «•- •
something that may inereas<- eon” 1
disarm the agents of stock cotnpmm
make it tlu ir business to di-'•
Contjauiy on the ground of its wan
ranee.
Autjnst 27th. 1869.
The Trestle- Board.
Onr ancient brethren, bv tliei. - _
attachment for the institution oi • .
have given it a permanency th;:t
human institution ever has,
claim. It possesses at this 0 0 ‘
which excites the wonder <»t 1
world; for those who have h- -u ' .
with the fraternity are well
is no part of the habitable ”■
Masons cannot lx- found to j’ n ;'
broad principles and extend tie
benefits appertaining to those t " ‘ ~
I right they may belong, and Liu- .
yet have never seen the hg.fi • , ;
find it almost impossible to
absolute strength of the institbi e j
age and clime and under even ki
of government. , th: '
It is an old adage, and a tne’ ,
the sun never sets upon the j ll ' r ‘_.
Masonry, and how it is that the
the Israelite, the f Moslem, and the ’
one and all can greet each other ay 1 i.
irrespective of their separate religie- ....
their nationalities or their . . ,
all of which may lie as different a> j v <!
asunder, can hardly uiulers < , •
profane, who have never been ~.t i : :
enter the interior of the Tempi*'- ;i v , rv
may meet each other, coining
or more different places each *'■ a i„ ll gu a t'' i
minble to sjieak a single word of
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