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PLANTATION BITTERS.
-•f demand for them from ladits, clergymen,
^hintc. Ac., is incredible.
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esest of their worth and superiority.
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£ .,: r recommend the Plantation Bitters.
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Hit te®d, healthy food your Stomach craves.
'n t good effects of Plantation Bitters are
L s spon making the first trial. A very few
.• i often leavo the worst dyspeptic aonnd
inity
From Head to Foot.
yjrciianccllor Samuel R. Rodgers, of Tcn-
. .;if. dictl at Knoxville on the 17th inst.
gTDr. J. S. Whitten, a prominent citizen
LfHancock county, died on the 5th inst.
grUe call for a convention at Gaines*
■y. for Hie Sixth District, completes the
Wc shall now have delegates at Phila
delphia from every District of the State.
gr The burnt district in Portland was
lifccratelv surveyed Jlonday, and found to
rover an area of three hundred and twenty-
Lftn acres, so thoroughly burnt that it is bc-
jrrd that scarcely ten cords of charred
„,l could be gathered from the ruins.
Lease of a Penitentiary.—The Tenncs-
U Penitentiary and the labor of the con-
Itirts, for four years, to Messrs. Briggs & Co.,
f Nashville. They agree to pay at the
Irate of forty-three cents per day for each
lonvict. The labor will bo employed in tlie
Manufacture of agricultural implements.
IYOL. 1, NO. 34
APPOINTMENT FOR LECTURES
BT
:itEV. E. W. SAM.SOX, D. I>.«
PRESIDENT OP COLUMBIAN COLLEGE,
tn the Local and Historical Traditions of the
Bible Laws, Illustrating the Sacred
Scriptures.
At Atlanta, Ga., July 31st, and August 1st.
At Macon, Ga., August 2d and 3d,
At Eufoulo, Ala., August 4th and 6th.
At Columbus, tia., Augrst 8th and 9th.
At Tuskeegee, Ala., August 10th.
At Montgomery, Ala., 11th and 13th.
At Selma, Ala., 15th and 16th.
At Marion, Ala., 17th and 18th.
At Montgomery, Ala., 21st.
At Augusta, Ga., 23d, 24th and 25th.
At Columbia, S. C., 28th and 29th,
N. B.—Proceeds for such local charitable
objects as may be recommended.
| TIio Itcpiilillcnn Platform Conserv
ative, Not Radical.
j The New York Times is waging a fierce
| war with the Radical wing of the party. In
a late number of that iournal it fires hot shot
into the disunion faction, as follows:
The Republican party, as we have many
times had occasion to show, was in its origin
conservative, and so also it has been, uniform
ly, in its formal utterances. The platforms
upon which Mr. Lincoln was elected in 1860
and 1864 were, in their essentials, the very
platform upon which tho conservative Rc-
Thc Cabinet Crisis. /
The President Wishesali'to Resign.
GEN. GRANT FOR THE WAR OFFICE,
Above wc present the appointments of Dr.
R W. Samson, of Washington City, to deliv
er, in different parts of the South, lectures on
toe Holy Land. Dr. Samson is well known
throughout the country as a good man and
v'arm sympathizer with the South. He is an
eloquent and learned Divine, and has travel
ed through the countries which he under-
t ikes to describe, and lias made himself ac-
uainted with the languages and customs of
the people, and describes with singular fcli
city the very spots in which the great events
of our faith occurred. He is abundantly
supplied wilh maps, charts, topographical
plans, and elevations of the chief places and
objects of interest, and illustrates happily
the descriptions of the Sacred Writers.
His intention, in delivering these lectures,
ii purely benevolent—his object being to ben
efit any needy any worthy object in the imme
diate neighborhood where he may lecture.—
After deducting his expenses be will leave the
proceeds of his lectures to be distributed to
such charitable purposes as bis friends, in
ach town where he lectures, may decide as
most' worthy or appropriate, only insuring
that no sectarian object be proposed. His ob
ject in this, is to sccuro the patronage of all
Icnominations.
These lectures have been delivered more
than 100 times—20 times, at least, in Wash
ington City. They are illustrated by dresses
ind other curiosities, and are highly enter
taining and instructive. We give some of
bo general topics upon which he proposes
leturing, together with a few of the items per
taining to each topic:
Modern Egypt—Its soil, climate, and riv
ers; its agriculture, its animals, its laboring
people and t-eir habits, illustrating the pa-
triarcliial history.
Ancient Egypt and Goshen.—Its temples
and tombs, its science and art, the historical
tradition of the Egyptian and Hebrew peo
ple, illustrating the early history of the Jew
ish nation.
Tho Desert and Mount Sinai.—The Wil
derncss and the mountains of Miclian, the
Wuf.retheGch.t Rests.—The Richmond
Dispatch truthfully says, that in tlie trials of
the Southern officers one leading, glaring fact
las all the time stood forth in bold relief,
ejrinp the nation and the world in tlie face:
It was that the South had not the means to
the large number of prisoners she was
: rml to keep by the repeated rejection of
her earnest propositions to exchange prison-
tr*; and those who controlled the decision of
the Federal Government rejecting these pro- valley of Horcb and Mount Sinai, the foun
itions were, in fact, and in deed, the nu- tains, shrubs, animals, fnnd people of the
desert; the traditions of Israel’s Encampment
I- of all the sufferings of the Federal pris-
I t-. ami a just public opinion in the future
lud the unerring justice of Heaven will hold
Ithm accountable for the same, and visit upon
1 then the proper condemnation.
Geografhy.—Between the Macon press,
Jiil the telegraphic operators, we arc likely
U lure a new geography for Europe. One
<f oar contemporaries, some days ago, as-
-n«l a “Liberian” (Siberian) army to the
|Sing o! Prussia; two of them, following the
of the telegraph man, located important
| Gents in -Quandary lateral” (Quadrilateral,)
«d the Telegraph printers, determined not to
■emdonc in geographical exploits, gave us
11 slowing account yesterday of the great
: *ule of "Sundown” (Ludown).
We hope old father Morse will not turn in
| his grave,
! ,n; Rktobmcan Caucuses.—The pro-
«eil;og» of the secret radical conclaves at
Wishington have come to light, and they arc
: "° important to he withheld from ourread-
-SH that is mntcrinl will be found on our
J-tpago. It shows the animus of the men
B °w bear rule at Washington—tlteir
r -rii!essne*s of the right, and desperation at
-■ prospect of an early deposition. There
13 ** no donbt, after this, that they consider
"* !riB, l near at hand. They arc at least dc-
•■tained to die hard, and if possible, pull
Jo * B the pillars of tbo temple in tbeir fall.
!5 Ms, though, they will fail. Seward lias
tni,cn tlic-ir death wnrrant, and when it is
'•touted by the people, tho Constitution
Inion will rise and shine once more rc-
•‘Pfeudant.
According to their own showing, the ob-
tf o earnestly sought by tlie Radicals is
KutictUy infamous. It is no less than a dc-
'. lrc t0 crush out republicanism and subject
• t people of this great country to the gov-
' —ratnt of a small minority. They cannot
■ • Minim) that, and it is the great reason why
l ' !*°Ple have resolved to eject them from
■ TfT - So long ns they rule, the liberty of
’ man is at the mercy of tbeir party in-
’etou nr caprice.
IliiiKAc IIeri-:.—We wish to inform
lr colored friends that we have no Frecd-
^ *i or any other kind of, Bureau at this
. “ ce - Wc have had two applicants for
■ !t| ee in the last two days: one a venerable,
•""Sated darkey from Jones county, who,
!' B tr»ry to orders, quit his crop, and came
' J h»con on the 4th July, to hear *‘do
and, on returning, was ejected by
lsn dlord; tho second was a young gcntle-
® of color, who was so unfortunate as to
. 1 U P with two Federal sol- iers on tlie
between this city and Yinevillc, who
^ a Colt's Revolver, $1,25 in
( ° De ^’ an< l sent him on liis way, anything
rtf rc j® ,cin g. with a bruised cranium. Wc
Ju!) th ° {ormcr to t,lc County Court
of P ®‘ J ones, aud tho latter to Capt. Hill,
I. * bureau, and hope both got cvcn-hand-
t&ini ^ nro no bureau, but have a
curse/ 0 tfy 11,0 next cnsc that Prints itself
on fiT- ^ atCTer ,na Y V c the objections,
that i, C ^^ COr ° ^ jurisdiction, none shall snr
J stice was not administeredt I
and of tbo giving of the Law.
The Land of Canaan.—Its mountains and
valleys, the Jordan and Dead Sea, its hills
and fruits, low grounds for pastures ami open
fields for tillage, its animals, its agricultural
customs and shepherd life, illustrating the
narratives of the Old and New Testament
The Towns of Palestine.—Their celebrated
location, fortified walls, their houses, their
history under the Cananite, Israelite, Chris
tian and Mohammedan possessors, illustrat
ing the lives of the patriarchs, kings and
prophets of Israel, and of Jesus and His Apos
ties.
Jerusalem.—Its history from Abraham to
Christ, its three mountains and surrounding
valleys; its walls, gates, and towers; the
Jewish Christian traditions as to holy places,
and the scenes of Easter week illustrating the
principle of Christian Faith.
It is needless for us at present to say more
than, from our individual knowledge of Dr.
Samson, that tbeso lectures will be in the
highest degree entertaining and improving,
and to urge upon our citizens to bear bis
'coining in mind and attend the lectutea.—
Du«j preparation will be made lor him; and
notice will bo given through the public
prints when and where be will nddress the
public.
Before closing wc take the liberty of say
ing that, if ether places not mentioned in the
list of appointments, desire to hear those ad
dresses, or a part of them, they can, very like
ly, obtain the pleasure by addressing a note
in time to tlie Junior Editor of the Telegraph.
Tlie other papers of this city and in those
places where the Doctor will speak, will for
ward a benevolent enterprise, by copying this
article. •
A Miniature Ship Starts Across-the
Ocean.—The “Red. White ami Blue,” a
miniature lull-rigged ship, of four tons bur
den, commanded by John M. Hudson, ac
companied by one F. E. Fitch, set sail from
New York Monday evenirg over tlie wide
blue sea, bound filially for London, to touch
the Cape Finnisterre, Portugal. The New
York World suys “ when last seen tlie vessel
was rapidly rushing through the Atlantic,
and proceeded, if not with the sanguine ex
pectations, at least with the best wishes , of
thousands of spectators and friends, stnrtrag
for the Paris Exposition. Captains Hudson
nnd Fitch state that they fully know the peril
and difficulty -of the undertaking, and
are provided against all contingencies. They
are well prepared for all possible accidents,
and from the metallic life-boat, on the
Ingcrsoll patent, out of which the ‘Red,
White and Blue’ is modelled, entire seawor
thiness is expected, and a safe voyage. The
ship has already undcigonc severe tests in
the most difficult seas and lively gales. The
‘Bed, White and Blue’ carries the Union,
English ami French flags, and it she gets
safely across, will attract, much attention,
and command an exhibitive revenue that
will repay all tlie not trifling expense, which
has been disposed of on her outfit. If the
vessel gets across, many will be surprised,
and all will bo gratified. If sho is never
more heard of, it is to be hoped that similar
foolhardy attempts will be abandoned. Cer
tain it is, that her build, strength, equipment
and prospects are better than any former
publicans now help to fight the battle of the
Union. They were conservative—not radical
—platforms. The inaugural addresses ot the
Republican President were models of conserv
atism ; search them from opening to close, and
not a speck of radicalism is discoverable.—
The course of the President throughout the
war was in every respect in harmony with the
proclaimed purposes of the party that elect
ed him, and with his own declared intentions.
It was conciliatory, moderate, conservative—
looking to the earliest possible restoration of
the Union as tlie single object of the war, and
ignoring the idea ot exclusion, disfranchise
ment or confiscation as penalties to follow tho
assertion of national authority. The govern
ing power in Congress msuitested the same
spirit. Its proceedings furnish no sign of
bidden puiposes of vengeance, or of the ex
treme opinions which nspire to supremacy.—
On the contrary, the resolves of Congress,
like the platforms and the inaugurals, set
forth but one object, the restoration of tlie
Union, and disclaimed all desire to abridge
the privileges of the Southern people when
they should be brought back to their old con
stitutional position in the Union.
Where, then, is the title of the Radicals to
the mastery ? At what stage in the history
of the party was its conservatism thrown
overboard ? At what period, and by whom
were the Republican platforms adopted at
Chicago and Baltimore discarded, the assu
rances of President Lincoln repudiated, and
the resolutions of Congress overridden as des
titute of authority ? When, by whom, and
with what authority were the moderate, con
stitutional principles of the party rejected, to
make room for the extreme opinions and meas
ures now thrust forward in the name of the
party ? We shall be glad to hare specific an
swers to these interrogatories, for they appear
to cover the ground which is in dispute. If
the Republican Party really is the Radical,
disunion organization which not a few of our
cotemporaries declare it to be, wc want to
know how, when, where, and by whom the
change was perfected. We want to know
when and through what lawful process the
conservative elements of the party were driven
out. For, with the party platforms conser
vative, and the twice-elected President con
servative, the right seems to be on the con
servative side, and the onus ot establishing
title rests upon the Radicals.
It is plain, moreover, that the conservative
elements in the party will refuse to relinquish
the rights they have acqnired. In Iowa, they
have held a State Convention of their own,
excluding the Radicals, and constructing a
ilatform upon which a strong National Union
!*arty may well be content to stand. In Mis
souri something similar has taken place; in
Indiana a movement is reported to be in con
templation ; and there are reasons for believ
ing that the struggle begun in the West will
be extended to nearly every State in .which
the Union party has an organization. The
record is too clear, the cause too jnst, the exi
gency too important to admit of a tame sur
render of the position won by the party ere
it bud been divided by the violence of Radi
calism.
I'urtlicr about 3IU* Jones, the Sui
cide—-Her Experience in the
Southern Army and Massachu
setts Prisons.
From the Worcester (Mass.) Palladium, July 11. J
The telegraph reported from New York
on Saturday the suicide of a young female
of the name of Eleanor A. Jones, who shot
herself in the head the night before on the
doorsteps of a doctor with whom, the re
port says, she has been living in criminal
: intimacy. In the “ sensational novels ”
which in the future will have their place
connection with the great rebellion
Miss Jones will probably be an important
character. Her family—not of the name
of Jones—lived in or near Boston. But in
the second year ot the war she made her
appearance in the Army of the Rnppelian-
nock, associating with the officers, who
provided her with a horse and all accou
trements, nnd professing an ardent inte
rest in the Union cause. They gave her the
title of “ Major Jones,” and of course she be
came possessed ot the plans and purposes of
tlie army. At length the War Department
became satisfied that slie visited the campon
tbo Rnppahannock as tlie agent of certain
rebel females, of whom Washington was pret
ty full in all the early period ot the war, and
lint Jones communicated to them all the in
formation she picked up in the army, and by
them it was at once dispatched to the rebel
government at Richmond. She was arrested
and sent, by order of the Secretary of War,
to Massachusetts, to be confined in such bouse
of correction os Governor Andrew might de
signate. Tlie Governor designated the prison
at Fitchburg, and she was committed there.
But confinement there being irksome to her,
slie wrote to Governor Andrew, and pre
vailed on him to obtain from Government
Washington, July 14,3 S60.
Cabinet matters have lost none ot their
prominence to-day in the pnblic gossip, hut,
on the contrary, have increased in interest be
cause of the numerous additional features in
tho current reports. The appointment of
Governor Randall to succeed Mr. Dennison as
Postmaster General was a foregone conclu
sion. The knowing ones have never antici
pated any different issue of the case, and
therefore were not at all surprised to-day
when Randall’s name was sent to the Senate
for confirmation. Tlie mere fact that the
usual reference in the case of all appointments
to appropriate committees does not in the
least argue any doubt of its confirmation.—
No Senate in the history of the country bos
ventured to refuse the confirmation of a Cab
inet appointment. It is. unirersal.’y under
stood that in such cases the responsibility
rests with the President alone, and all Sena
tors concur in giving to tbo President the
right to choose his own advisers. The refer
ence is a mere matter of form.
The resignation ot AUorney-GenerM Speed
very unexpectedly to many who professsd to
know the designs of that gentleman, was to
day placed in the hands of tbc President, and
will be promptly accepted. The f succcssor to
this office is not yet named; but there ate no
grounds to change the opinion that it will be
tendered either to Rcverdv Johnson or Judge
Stansberry, the general opinion inclining to
the lormer, but strong influences will be
brought to bear by Maryland politicians to
induce Mr. Johnson to decline the appoint
ment if tendered to him. The conservative
clement in Maryland politics considers itself
no more ably represented in tbc United States
Senate by Mr. Jobnson tlun it could possibly
be by any other person. They think Mr.
Johnson can serve bis State and country more
influentially and materially in the Senate than
in the Cabinet, and will exert every influence
to retain him in his present position.
A rumor prevailed to day to a widespread
extent that the Cabinet has bad an informal
meeting, at which it was determined that, in
order to relieve tae President from the em
barrassments under which he labors by rca
son of the harmony of those selected as his
advisers, a general resignation should be
made. Anothrr version of the matter is that
the President las sent out a general note ad
dressed to the Cabinet officers, requestii
resignation in order to relievo him from
embarrassment. Botli versions agree in the
main fact that it is decided that all the min
isters shall scad in their resignations. Wheth
er there is any foundation in the reports or
not I have r.ot been able to ascertain; but
from the generality of their acceptance I am
inclined to credit them. At all events, it
seems to be a settled opinion that neither
Messrs. Seward, McCulloch nor Welles will
leave tlie Cabinet, but that all the others will
go out.
While no new names have to-day been pre
sented to fill the anticipated vacancies a re
port hoi got abroad that in the reconstruc
tion the South will be given two offices.—
Which offices these will be, or by whom they
are lo be filled, is yet unknown ; but if Sew
ard, Wells and McCulloch remain in, and
Johnson or Stansberry, Judge Browning, Gen.
Grant and Randall are appointed it docs not
appear where the vacancies are to occur
that are to be given to tlie Southern gcntle-
en.
GEN. GRANT AND the WAR OFFICE.
A story gams currency in political circles
here to tlie effect that General Grant has been
approached in regard to the anticipated va
cancy in the War Office, and that lie has ex
pressed his sympa’hy with the policy of the
administration, and perfect readiness to assist
in carrying that policy ont. There is scarce
ly a doubt that should Stanton withdraw
Grant will be directed to assume the duties
of the office ad interim, with ;thc full
powers and privileges of an authorized
secretary. I may also add that lie would be
pleased of the opportunity of doing so, and
at tlie present moment has no higher ambi
tion.
1 Tlie Ocean Telegraph—The Expe
dition Under Way.
From the London Times, June SO.
All the final arrangements for the sailing of
of this great and scientific expedition were
settled on Tuesday. The great ship is now
receiving her last length of cable from the
Iris, and the final closing of the tank, to se
cure it from accidental injury, will be com
pleted by to-day. The directors and a fexv
invited guests then pay a farewell visit, and
after that none will be allowed on board any
of the vessels ot the wire squadron, save the
representatives of tlie press and those actual
ly connected with the work of testing and
laying the cable. Every part of the Great
Eastern has now been got into the most per
fect order. Tho machinery, by which in less
than four minutes her paddles can be discon
nected nnd made to work independently of
each other, has been tried and found to answer
admirably, and this improvement is of tlie
last importance in keeping the ship on the
same spot while engaged in hauling up the
cable laid last summer. It was then attempt
ed to put a very powerful wrought iron guard
over the screw, so that in backing astern fall
power there should not be the least risk
of the screw fouling the cable. For this
purpose the great ship was trimmed
down by the head considerably, in or
der to bring her stern well out ot water.—
After a while, however, it was wisely deci
ded not to affix such a guard, and those who
remember tlie imminent risk of loss to which
the Agamemnon was exposed in the storm of
1858 by a similar apparatus, will not be sorry
to hear that the Great Eastern will sail with
out one this time. On all vessels where it lias
been tried it has never been of the slightest
use, and always a source of more or less seri
ous apprehension. In backing over the cable
therefore, the Great Eastern will use her pad
dles only. The floats of these latter have been
reduced by about a third of their width, and
reefed in towards tbc axle, so as virtually to
reduce them to a third of their diameter.—
This diminution of both surface and size will,
of course, have a very materinl effect on the
question of speed, and even after the careful
cleansing the bottom has got, not more than
a knot an hour over tlie speed of last year is
expected this time. Some old lengths of last
year’s cable have been stowed away on board
tlie Albany and Medwny. The Irish shore
end is coiled on board the William Corry,
which ship will leave with the Great Eastern.
We much underrated the strength of this
latter ponderous coil in a previous notice.—
The 1 imit of its breaking strain lias never
been ascertained, but it is' enormous. The
outer covering is formed of wires, or rattier
bars, almost as thick as ordinary pokers, and
it weighs upwards of twenty tons to the mile
—nearly double the size and strength of the
largest submarine cable ever made. The
ships which are to take fuel for the Great
Eastern to Berehaven have already started,
and the whole squadron will sail from tlie
Medway on Saturday next. The tide on that
day will suit perfectly, but as the channel is
devious and the Great Eastern deep, she will
only go at very slow speed till past the
Downs, being carefully piloted so far by a
government vessel, which will precede her.—
At Berehaven she will fill up the rest of her
coal, while the William Corry is laying the
shore end from under the cliffs at Valentia.—
This labor over, the splice will be made, and
the Great Eastern will commence her work.
For the first one hundred miles from shore
the new cable will be used, but down tlie
gentle incline into deep water, known in
that has been broughtinto actual use, or even I PRESENTMENTS
planned, cannot show within less than a mile OF THE 2d PANEL GRAND JURY BIBB SU-
tbe position of a fanlt, consisting of a very I PERIOR COURT, .MAY TERM, 1S66.
slight loss of insulation, unless both ends of We, the Grand Jury, 2d Panel, Bibb Superior
Washington Citj- Under Abolition Anspi.
ces.
A Western gentleman, a man of high hon
or and unimpeachable veracity, in writing
from Washington to bis paper, says:
“There scents to be little value attached to
money here. Tbc cost of living is cxborbi-
taut." One member of Congress, Mr. Dodge,
with his family and horses, lives at Willard’s
Hotel, and pays $180, per day. He lias a
large suite of rooms, but isnotbalfso good a
member as tlie honorablo gentleman (Mr.
Brooks) who was turned out to make room
for him.” i
“ Tlie time was when Washington was a
desirable place of residence, when the society
here was of the best order, when some of the
first nnd best families of the Nation made this
their residence. There, arc a few such here
now, but, as a general thing, licentiousness
and drunkenness are the prominent features
of Wnshiagton life this season. Most of the
Republican members of Congress spend their
evenings in billiard saloons and drinking
bells, and‘.heir nights in houses of ill-fame or
assignation. Five-sevenths ot the Republican
members spend their nights in licentious dis
sipation. While the Democratic members arc
working for tlie good of tlie coiintiy, the Re
publicans, relying on tbeir majority, go in
permission for licr transfer to the House of I for “a good time.” The private aunouncc-
Correction at Barnstable; and accordingly I ment of tbc arrival of a fresh importation of
she was thus transferred. Tlie next heard of : fair but frail nymphs, is sufficient to fill ear
lier was,«that she bad been released from im-, tain well-known houses
deep sea momenclature as the Irish bank,
iliree hundred miles of the cable of last year
the cable be at band. Whatever the charac
ter of the flaw may be, unless the electric
tests demonstrate its position to be re
mote from the outgoing part, the only thing
that can be done to find whether it be just on
board or just over board, is to cut the cable
as near the outgoing part as the mechanical
circumstances will permit. The electric test
immediately transferred to the fresh cut sea
ward end will indicate instantly if the insula
tion be perfect between it and the shore. A
few minutes more and the tests applied to the
two ends of the remainder on board will show
very closely the position of the fault, what
ever its character may be. The engineers
will then be able to make proper arrange
ments immediately for resplicing and laying
out good cable, and for cutting out the fault
from the imperfect part. But if this fault oc
curs between the land end and the fresh cut
seaward end on board ship, proper si
multaneous tests on board ship and on
shore must be employed to ascertain
whether the fault lies so near the vessel
as to make it advisable to haul back the cable
until it is got on board. This plan has not
hitherto been much adopted, but if properly
executed it is sure to be efficacious. If, then,
it be necessary to haul back the cable, steam
power must be applied to reverse the paying
out machine, and by careful watching ot the
dynamometer, never letting it go above 60 or
65 cwt., nnd controlling the power according
ly, the cable, which can bear a strain of seven
tons, will not break, nnd the fault will be got
on board more surely, and possibly in a short
er time than a “sulky salmon” of 30 lb. weight
can be landed by an experienced angler with
a rod and line that could not bear 16
pound. A question suggests itself. How
: s the cable ot last year to be brought to
the surface when hooked ? The operations
of last August failed simply from the fact
that the available rope truckle ana hauling
machine were not strong enough for this un
expected experiment. On no occasion, how
ever, was the electric cable itself broken.—
The strongest rope employed last year in rais
ing it consisted of iron wire and hemp spun
together. This was capable of bearing four
teen tons, and had been prepared merely as
a buoy rope, and was all in one hundred
fathom lengths, joined by shackles with
swivels. It had been manufactured to pro
vide for the contingency of being obliged, by
stress of weather or other causes, to cut or
leave the cable in deep or shallow water.—
The wire rope itself never gave way, but on
two or three occasions a swivel yielded. At
one point in the operation of hauling in
nine hundred fathoms of Mantilla rope
had to be employed for the upper part,
there not being enough ol wire rope left
and when fathoms bad been got in, it broke
on board besides a shackle, and the remain
ing 200 fathoms of Manilla rope, with 1,540
fathoms of wire-rope, the grapnel and the
electric cable which it had hooked, were oil
lost for the year 1865. With tackle sufficient
ly strong, and the hauling machine of ad
equate power, both being under perfect con
trol, the lifting of a submarine cable, as good
in mechanical quality as that of 1865, even
from a depth of two nautical miles, is appar
ently practicable. The several plans ot pro
ceeding that have been proposed arc of two
classes—those in which, by three or more
ships, it is proposed to bring a point of the
cable to the surface without breaking it at
all; and those in which it is to be cut or
broken, and point of the cable eastward from
tlie break is to be brought to the surface.
With reference to cither plan, it is to be
remarked that by lifting simultaneously by
several grapnels so constructed as to bold tlie
cable without slipping along it or cutting it,
it is possible to bring a point of the cable
to the surface without subjecting it to any
strain amounting to the weight of a length
of'“‘i.i- *»“’ t" *’*“ of the water. But
so many simultaneous grapplings * v
crossing tbc line ot cable at considerable
distance from one another, would be re
quired, that this possibility is scarcely to >'e
reckoned on practically, without cutting or
breaking the cable at a point westward of
tlie parts raised by the grapnels. On the
other band, with but three ships the cable
might, no doubt, be brought to the surface
at any point along the line without cutting it,
and without subjecting it to much more
strain than the weight corresponding to the
vertical depths—as is easily seen when it Is
will be used, and for the*rest of the route to
Newfoundland the new cable only will be em
ployed. Tho entire voyage out, if no acci
dent occur, is expected to occupy not more
than ten days. There is to be an important
alteration in tlie plan of electrical operations
this year. The expedition of 1858 and 1865
proved, what is now well p
gineers, that iimro »a no difficulty in merely
laying a wire rope across the Atlantic; but to
lay such a rope with an insulated telegraph
conductor in its interior without damaging its
integrity has proved impracticable. This
year, as wc have said, great improvements
have been made in the plan and apparatus
for testing the electrical condition of the line.
The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance
Company have secured the professional servi
ces of those eminent electricians, Professor
William Thomson and Mr. Cromwell Yarlev,
who are now the consulting electricinns of
that company.
Last year the tests for determining the con- J considered that the cable was laid generally
dition of the faults and also the strength of; with from ten to fifteen per cent, of slack,
earth currents were performed on board ship. | Tlie plan which seems surest and simplest
This yenr accurate tests will be made at both j is to cut the cable at any chosen point, far
ends of the cable nnd a continuous exchange I enough eastward of tlie present broken end
of results will be telegraphed from one to the 1 to be clear of entanglement ot lost buoy rope,
other, the information which the shore can j grapnels, and the loose end of the electric ca-
give to the ship being of the highest impor-1 ble itself; aud then, or as soon as possible nf-
tance to enable those on board ship to find i terwards, to grapple and lift at a point about
out the position of fault accurately and rapid- j three miles further eastward. This could be
ly, should any unfortunately occur. The prin-1 well and safely accomplished by two ships,
cipnl batteries used for testing will be on j one with a cutting grapnel, and the other—
board ship, and the shore will have to read off the Great Eastern uerself—with a holding
and decipher those indications without any grapnel. The latter, on hooking, will haul
other access to tlie battery than that which is up cautiously, never going beyond a safe
afforded through tho cable. strain, as shown by tlie dynamometer. Tlie
It is of the utmost consequence that the other, when assured that the Great Eastern
most competent electricians should beat each has caught the cable, will haul up at first cau-
end of tlie cable; and it has been, theretofore, tiously, but ultimately, when the cable is got
finally decided that one of the consulting well off tlie bottom by the “ big ship,” the
electricians shall be at each end of the line vessel on tlie west will move slowly eastward
duringthe operation of paying out. Professor and haul up with force enough to cut or
Thomson will go out in the Great Eastern | break the cable. This leaves three miles ot
with Mr. Willoughby Smith, while Mr. C. , free cable on the western side of the Great
F. Varley will remain at Valentia. > Easter* grapnel which will yield freely cast-
Mr.* It. A. Glass, who will be also at Yalen- ward, even though partly lying along tlie
tia, during the submergence, will this time i bottom at first. Slie will then be able to
be assisted by the presence of highly compe-haul up and work steadily eastward, so as to
tent authority in electrical matters, and such keep her grappbhg rope, and therefore ulti
talked fluently; nnd wrote letters in a good
style. Her vocation, as a servant of the
rebels, closed with tlie war; and her career in
life terminated, as it was easy to predict it
would close, in moral obliquity and shame.
ality” representatives
cies.”
could not there be used against the Union.—
He favored an early adjournment; members
. _ might return to their homes to meet the issue
enterprise, and the whole country will wish thc pev ,,l e .
her well, and applaud her success.
Election of United States Senators.
—Omaha, July 11.—The Nebraska Legisla
ture to-dav, on joint ballot elected Maj. Gen.
John M. Thayer and F. W. Tipton to the
United States Senato. Both of them are Re
publicans. The Legislature has adjourned
siseiit. ' l •
in the city with abo 1 information will bo exchanged almost hour- mately tho portion of the electrical cable,
prisonme.it, and was traveling to New York ! lition members ol Congress, shining lights i ly through thc cable, as will enable those on , banging dowA on the two sides of ihc grap-
n company with a distinguished politician of ; and pious members of the “ Goa and rnornli- «hore to know, not only the position ot the nel, as nearly vertical as is necessarv o make
that city whose proclivities during ti.c war ! ty ” party that they are. Washington, under ; Great Eastern and the amount of cable paid sure work ot getting the cable ou board the
were all toward the rebels. It was surmised j abolition auspices, is thc most licentious, de-: out - ^tate 0 l, ie electric condition ot the vessel. , Prrnt F«i«tem
at the time that the Jones girl was in possess-' praved city in the Union. Drinking hells, -cable and the approximate distance of faults : The handinesss of the Great Eastern,
iou of certain secrets in relation to Northern gambling Loises, houses of prostitution and should any unfortunately be discovered. It ; about which so much ^Pt' 0 ® V ®
sympathizers in the rebellion, which they 1 assignation, abound for many squares arpund ■ ] s worthy of remark, that,^^nng the manu-. vailed, lias proved to^bc v«£ ~ . ter
might be anxious to suppress or control.— the Capitol like side-shows around a Circus, lactureof thel8»ij cable, and its beir.^cojl- than was expected, ai t bes c r
She was probabtf about twenty-three years Abandoned women and niggers occupy the . ed on board tbo Great Eastern several faults ; the requiremente of the ex^tion m moder-
old; of rather prepossessing appearance; galleries, saiile ou their pet members on the occurred. This >ear there has not been a . atelytair weather. She as tl sere .
’ | - - V ' ‘ J 1 floor, and ihrow kisses to the “ God and ...or- single one, winch is a good omen of success , paddlcs-an advantage posseted by no oth-
of honest constitucn- for this great enterprise. Messrs. Thom-1 er steamer in existence. By driving the
son and Valley will remain for some • screw at full power ahead, and backing the
time at each end of tho line, after it, paddles, to prevent the ship from moving
Couldn't Gum Him.—When the telegraph lias been laid, to work the cable by i ahead, or, in case thc screw should overpow-
was first put into operation between Portland their new apparatus, known as the curb ] er the paddles, by driving them full power
and Boston, a countryman drove a flock of key. Mr. 8. Canning, Mr. Clifford, and j astern, nnd driving, at tbo same time, tlie
Senator Sherman on Politics.—A cor- J turkeys to the former place for a market, but Mr. Temple, are in absolute charge of i screw ahead with power enough to prevent
respondent writes from Washington in refer- 1 not finding so good a sale as he anticipated, the duties relating to laying the cable, and : the ship from going astern, “steerage
* . ,. , , . | he inqniretl of some bystanders their price in afterwards finding the broken end of that so ; way,, is created by the lash of wa-
encctotucia i ‘ . I Boston. Some wag of a fellow advised liim unfortunately lost last year. Captain An-; ter from the screw against the rud-
Mr. Sherman made a speecn winch was to step into the telegraph office. Jonathan derson, assisted by his chief officer, Mr. Hal- der, and by this means tlie Great Eastern can
loudly applauded. He says the Lmon party | entered and put the all-important question to pin, has entire command of the ship. Incase he steered effectually without going ahead.—
must stand firm and united, and cease to , the operator, who immediately telegraphed that a fault be indicated by the electric test Thus, she is, in calm or moderate weather, as
imn» fm- »nv snnnort from the I resident, who : 1 — ^ C— —— • — - - an y time during the payingout, thecourse manageable as a small tug steamer, with re
follow will be instantly, on an order bring serving paddles, or even as a rowing boat.—
operator with given bv an officer in tho electric room, to She has been made still more controllable
a sly wink, and exclaimed: stop and reverse the ship’s engines, and to than slie was last yenr by the adoption of a
“You can't gum it over me. j, u t on thc greatest safe-weight on the paying- j>i an to disconnect either paddle at any mo-
He was about leaving the office w ben the out break. Thus, in the course of a very ment—apian which we have said has been
j operator told him that there were nine shil- short time the egress ol the cubic may be most suceessl'ullv accomplished. Itmayper-
1 lings to pay. Jonathan bristled up and burst stopped, nnd, if the weather he propitious, haps, be interesting to state that during the
jg?"Wc hear of good rains at Macon, and j forth in rage: • the vessel may lie kept, by judicious u»3 of. past winter, and, "indeed, up to the present
Columbus, and in neighborhoods distant but “Yon can’t gum it over me. That darned paddles, screw and rudder, in the required ,j a y t the half of the cable laid last year has
a score of miles from us; but we are as dry old trick-box of your’n baint been out of this position for hours, to allow tho cable to hang ; ;, e en incessantly watched and tested night
here as the inside of a powder honse, and tlio room since I’ve been here.**- almost vertically, with little more strain than an( j day. These tests show with great cer-
prospcct does not brighten. Gardens are The operator finding that he bad caught a the weight of the length of that portion of it tainty that, up to the point of fracture,_ the
gone, and the corn is suffering very much for greenhorn, let him off op the easiest possible between the ship and the bottom of the cable is electrically improved in condition !
rain.-—Federal Union, 17tf. * - u * 1 terms. " i. ! t -otfean.! Thd Iwst system-of* electric tenting since it was first laid.
Coart, May Term, submit the following general
presentments :
For thc purpose of repairing and keeping in good
condition the Roads and Bridges ol Bibb county,
we recommend that the Justices of the Inferior
Court, adopt the provisions of the Act (No. 2(H),
relating to “ Roads and Bridges,” approved 10th
March, 1866. We farther recommend ‘.hat when
the roads and bridges in the county have been re
paired that the labor of tlie “ Chain Gang ” fie ap
plied to the permanent improvements ot thc roads
and bridges of the county.
The committee appointed to examine accounts
kept'by the Treasurer of Bibb county report, that
the Treasurer, J. A. McManus, elected to office
on the 4th April, 1868, was not qualified until the
2d July, 1866, and that the said McManus had no
statement or account to exhibit
Tho committee find that from January last to
this date the duties belonging to the offleo of Trea
surer have been discharged by William M. Riley,
Fiscal Agent who reports that his receipts in all
to the present time have been Fonr Hundred and
Sixty-Five ($465) Dollars—part of tills amount he
had paid out for vouchers exhibited, and fora part
of his payments no vouchers were now on hand,
but thc assurance was given the committee that
this statement would hereafter be regularly drawn
off and ail necessary vouchers furnished.
The committee bad on exhibit bond given by J.
A. McManus, Treasurer, to the Interior Court, and
also the record of his oath when qualified to office,
and would recommend that in the discharge of his
duties as Treasurer he should be required to open
and keep a book setting forth his cash receipts
and his disbursements, and that vouchers be fur
nished for all entries on said book.
The committee also report that they have exam
ined a memorandum account presented to them by
William M. Riley, Ordinary for the County of
Bibb, and find tint County Scrip lias been issued
to the amount of Twenty-Five Hundred ($5200)
Dollars, of which Eigbtecn Hundred and Eleven
($181140) Dollars and Forty Cents has been ex
pended per vouchers exhibited, leaving a balance
of She Hundred and Eighty-Eight ($688 60) Dollars
and Sixty Cents of said County Scrip unexpended
In the bauds of William M. Riley, Ordinary.
We ascertain from an order of Court that two
negroes have been imprisoned in tlie Guard House
lor a considerable leDgth of time, it is said, for a
violation of the penal laws, but that uo prosecu
tion has appeared against them ; no returns have
been forwarded by the committing magistrate; no
written charges have been preferred, and that the
Jailor had no mittimus or other order for their
confinement. These prisoners were promptly dis
charged by Solicitor-General Joel Branham, Jr., as
soon os he learned of their imprisonment, which
information we understand he acquired only by
visiting the Guard House and conversing with thc
prisoners in person, and that the papers in their
cases were returned by one of tbc magistrates up
on thc demaud of the Jailor to bim, after the dis
charge of the prisoners. Wc hope that all the
committing courts will hereafter furnish the Jailor
with a mittimus written wjx>n a sejta rate piece ofpaper
and return their warrants, bonds, testimony and
other papers to thc Clerk of the Superior Court,
for the use of thc Solicitor General, as the law re
quires.
And we would recommend that the County Court
examine closely the account of the Jailor for main
taining prisoners, and demand the mittimus for
such, as a voucher that thc committal to prison
has been in proper form and bj’ legal authority,
and should they find that any prisoner or prison
ers have been committed to jail without proper
authority, that the fees of the Jailor in all such
cases be stricken from his account. Wo are grati
fied that the jail has been delivered, and every
State case, where the paity was in prison, finally
disposed of.
We have had before us several military cases
turned over by the military antborities to the So
licitor General for investigation by the Grand
•i ury. — f „ ca,™ bill* have beep r ~— J
and the parties have beentned and convicted.
In two others tho i alleged offences occurred In
counties out of this Circuit. The papers in these
cases should be forwarded to tne ci cr ks of the
Superior Court of the county where tho us ac
tions occurred, lor thc use of the Solicitor General.
In two or three of these cases, however, nothing
hut the bonds were returned to the Solicitor. No
wil nesses’ or prosecutors’ names were furnished,
and the Solicitor preferred bills in these cases and
laid them before ns. Wc were, for thi6 reason, un
able to act upon them.
The petition signed “Many Citizens,” tor the
erection of a new Court-House in thc County of
Bibb, having been referred to this body, on mo,-
tion the same was recommended to the considera
tion of the Inferior Court.
We further, earnestly, recommend that thc erec
tion of a County Jail be commenced at once, as an
imperative necessity, (the old one having been
destroyed by fire,) and suggest as a means of
raising funds necessary to defray the expense of
the same, as well as of a new Court-house; that
aid be asked of the Legislature through our Sena
tor and Representatives by donating enc-haif of
the State tax of the County for fonr years, for
that purpose.
In the case, State vs. Thomas Collins, charged
with “assault with intent to murder,” which was
brought up before this body on the 16th, and a
true bill found, further evidence having been
brought before us, It was resolved that wc recom
mend to the Solicitor that the bill be “nol
pressed. ” '
It having come to the knowledge ot this body
that several families living in this county in a des
titute condition In abandoned negro eabins, and
without the scantiest means of subsistence, be
cause ot the inability ottke Inferior. Court to meet
the demands made upon it, and upon his Honor
Judge Cole, making this fact known to Captain N.
Hill, U. S. A., lie very cheerfully supplied them
wilh bacon, bread, sugar and coffee. Wc com
mend him for this noble act of kindness to suffer-
inghumanity.
We are glad to see that the Solicitor, who was
confined to his bed from a severe spell of sickness
dariag the whole of the second week of this
Court, has sufficiently recovered to cuter upon and
complete the prosecution of. parties indicted.
Wc congratulate tlie public that they have so
courteous and efficient an officer as Solicitor Gen-
ral Joel Branham, jr , and commend his energy
and perseverance in the prosecution of tlie duties
of bis office.
We extend to his Honor, Judge C. B. Cole, our
kindest personal wishes for his universal kindness
and courtesy to this body, and Tor his ability and
unwearied zeal in the perfoimance of his duties.
Jonathan Collins, Foreman.
Peter Solomon,
Joseph M. Bozeman,
G. W. Hardie,
W. Massenburg,
James S. Graybill,
Jno. S. lloge,
Thomas C."Dempsey,
Thomas J. Mull,
W. R. Phillips,
Ed. L. Strohecker.
RicliVl W. Cubbedge.
Jas. W.’Freeman,
Geo. It. Morton,
Sam’l S. Virgin,
Oscar O. Collins,
C. G. Virgin,
W. C. Singleton,
G. J. Bla.'ve,
On motion, it is ordered that the general pre
sentments of the Grand Jury be published in the
city papers as requested by the Grand Jury.
A true extract from the Minutes.
A. B. ROSS, Clerk.
July 19tli,
The shriek of a locomotive irigliti ned a
little boy in Lancaster. Pennsylvania that he