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MACON, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1866.
VOL. 1, NO. 88
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t«%n PRI N TI N G :
rV„ .ttentlon will be given to the
JOB PRINTING of every dcrcrlp-
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Whom it May Concern
V# bare, during the past three
quantities oi Use wonderful
Ayitondy.
PLANTATION bitters,
Of pj»p*p»i». Sour Stomach, Head
'•i°a in the Side, Heart Burn, Feverieh
Ac.: » nJl
" s Ve believe Plantation Bitter* to be
ti ^.i sad family ble»»ing; now, there
P - JhtftrU That we will etill continue to
n»st»ti«a Bitters, end dlepense them to
follow men; and that we will pre-
■xr/tetty pure standard, and manufae-
> a »i(h the greateit care; and that we
r. (T<! r moans in our power, publiah to
t u , wld the glad tiding! that we have
floatation Bitiers a sure, perfeet Rem.
.;, ( pop»io snd ell Its awful train of hor
.fllSMl di#C#SC8.
. hind nnd \ P» He DRAKE As
• (1 fori City, 1863. j CO., [L. •.[
Tithe Debilitated nnd Dccrepid.
s debility and nhaustlon of the power* ot
‘ rtnfcor occasioned by sictmoss, test liTing,
.ill diesy, old age, or any other physical or
- k tbo one thing needfol and indispensable
-irrm celebrated stomach bit-
. Vi,nth* (Ireol life seems to be absolutely dy-
esiMijnem, snd the mind, sympathising with
roiseod almost to a state of imbecility, this
, jiwoaUTS soomo, as it were, to lift the sufferer
iVt floejb of Detyend, and recruit and rei n vigo-
vA iht hune and the intellect An old termer in
■jfftbsMonotgaheU writes to Dr. Hostetler:
; 3?u* the operation ot your Bitters upon me
:*lst the effect of a rain after a long dry spell
Uoftheysar. Therein telling on the mead-
*uthe wood crop of grass, and your whole-
-eirlne seem* to hare started a second crop of
4(prints me.* And this Is truly the effect of
wh! nd powerful preparation. Ladies cfweak
sat. er whoee strength has been Impaited by
Hip. find Us most elBcactoua and deligbtfti
.udhu administered with great tnoees* inma-
9«*wiagoftbefle*Mo young children. In
a it i math ester snd surer cardial for the nurse
nmhiscsdrertistd specially for that purpose
L-Sdiwlr E. BOURNE. No.M, Market St
|ctivciv.-Sixty-nine out of the hun-
r.ul ten counties give Dural SO,297
brity ever Hobson. It looks as if “Hob*
fir«» boned to stay at home, even against
rchoice.’’
J ID J CIA I, DECISION.
Bill for Direction,
from Dougherty
Superior Court.
I A. Dans. Adm'r..
1
[Fust and wife,
dWM.TAn.ois and
>.4 others, heirs
| s- of The?. H.
tghon, Esq.
-*aie. involving the distribution of a
ftdste, has been argned the last two
p this city, before his honor Richard
hA, Judge of the Southwestern Circuit
Judge decides—
: That the laws in the Code of Georgia,
- rastence prior to its adoption, are valid
■jsiitotional, and that the law giving
Aot an intestate's estate to tho widow
Hist the ordinance of the Convention
'touching Confederate contracts does
- nee adraneet in Confederate funds,
•nbutees, and tiicrefore such funds must
ct l as specifics, and, according to the
••ivsneements, be rated at their value
»t the time of advancement.
Court also held, on a point made
>c Whrane, tlint the ordinance of
1965, “to adjust the equities be*
PWtes to contracts,” is unconstitution*
^ o hr is it permits evidence of the value
bought at a different time other
^'hte of the purchase. That when
51 * w »special agreement, or an agrcc-
• P*J in Confederate funds, the law
5 ‘ contract, and that contract is to pay
i u the property was reasonably worth
of its making; and in the absence
! ! proof of it* value at the time, its value
• computed upon tho relation that
lo Confederate money. That tho
• property in war (being liable to seiz-
'jttruction, or both,) is different from
. I*®* of peace, when the party is se-
^ Ui “joyment, accidents excepted.
•-*1 in the case, Samucl.D, Irwin for
won and Davis for Taylor and
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
•OF TIIF. OEOnOIA TELEGRAPH.
The Warfare Against the President Continued—
Plota of the Radicals—The President and the
Cabinet—Probable Change in the War Depart
ment—-A Southern Man to be made Secretary of
the Navy—Mr. Seward and Mr. McCulloch to
Remain.
'IMMIGRATION.
)
tn| uor heirs, and O. A. Locliranc
! tad
Holt tor Flint and wife.
Maximilian.
Washington, Aug. 5, 1SCG.
It might have been supposed that when Con
gress adjourned, the warfare of the Radicals against
the President would cease for a season, aud that
the President would have some rest. Bot such
has not bitgu the case. No public appointment
was made of Republican members of Congress to
ait here daring the recess, and “ watch the Presi
dent.” But that Work is being pretty effectually
done by those Republican members who are re
maining here. Air. Hanks, Senator Sumner and
Mr. Bontwell, of Massachusetts, are all here yet,
and I presume after a week or two they will be
succeeded by a Senator and two Representatives
from New Hampshire; and they again by a depu
tation from-Vermont; and so on until December.
The Radicals still have one ally in the Cabinet,
in the person of the Secretary of War, and through
him they, no donbt, get all the information they
need in regard to the movements and plans of tho
President. And while thus “watching” the
President at the Capitol, the Radicals are carrying
on the campaign against him at all points, North
and South. The recent riota in New Orleans were
planned and contrived by them, and they are doing
their best to get up similar riots in other Southern
cities. What they design Is, to get possession, by
fair means or foal, of the Legislatures of the
8ontbern States, in order to “ ratify the constitn*
tlonal amendment,” and, by fomenting disputes
between the people of the Southern 8tates and tbc
negroes, to manufacture pretexts for disfranchising
the white people, and forcing negro suffrage upon
the Southern States. The game is a desperate one,
and it will be played wherever It can be. Fortu
nately for the South, It is fnlly understood by the
President, and he will take all proper means to de
feat it in other 8tates, as be bos In Louisiana.
The President is far better able to do this now
than he was a few weeks ago. He is now sur.
minded in the Cabinet by bis friends; men who
are .with him heart and soul, to whom he can
communicate freely his wishes and his plans,
and who are laboring with him for the success
of his policy. As regards Mr. Lincoln’s Secre
tary of War, the President has told him that he
must follow Mr. Speed and Mr. narlan, and that
his chair is wanted for another man; and soon
Mr. Stanton’s plac6 in the Cabinet will know
him no more. Mr. Stanton’s friend^ i. e., the
leading Radicals, are making great exertions to
have him remain in the Cabinet, because his
services there are valuable to them. They have
even had the impudence to circulate a story to
the effect that Mr. Stanberry desires him to re
main, and that he has written or will write a
letter opposing the Philadelphia Convention.
This story i* too absurd to requira contradic
tion.
It is dne to Mr. Welles to eay that he offered to
resign many months ago, and will resign cheerful-
ly, whenever the President wishes to appoint his
or; but he bits uniformly and honestly sup
ported the President’s policy. Mr. Welles, how
ever, although a perfect gentleman and a man of
great amiability, fs a person of no force of charac
ter, and bis great merit, as Secretary of the Navy,
lies in the fact that be has allowed Captain Fox, the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, to take the entire
charge of the Navy Department
The President, however, requires strength in bis
Cabinet; and when be is ready, he will accept tbe
resignation of Mr. Welles, and will appoint in his
place a distinguished gentleman from one of the
Southern State*.
There are two members of tbe present Cabinet,
who will remain, namely, Mr. Seward and Mr
McCulloch. There is a most absurd story prevail
ing in New Tork jnst now, based upon a tele
graphic dispatch sent from here, to tbe effect that
depntations of commercial men from diflerent
cities have called upon tbe President, to beg him
remove tbe present Secretary of the Treasury.
There Is no foundation In truth for any such re
port. If Mr. McCulloch has any enemies, they
had better keep away from tbe White House. Be
tween the President and the Secretary of tbe Trea
sury, there is the most unlimited confidence; and
Mr. McCulloch’s financial policy has no more de
voted friend than President Johnson. Mr. McCul
loch baa supported the President’s restoration
policy from the start, and most effectively: and
indeed, there is only one man in the Cabinet to
whom the President is more indebted for cordial
and effective snpport than to Mr. McCulloch
—that man is W. H. Seward.
In speaking of Mr. 8eward, I do not forget
that he made for himself a most damaging re
cord during the war, by his arbitrary arrests of
hundreds of innocent men a great deal better
than himself; and that he was, indeed, one of
the originators of tbe war. But, on tho other
hand, it was his policy, and his alone, thatcaueed
the establishment of the present admirable gov
ernment of Mexico. t And he has been the ear
liest, the most constant, and the most efficient
supporter of President Johnson’s administra
tion, and particularly of his restoration policy-
The services which he his rendered, and which he
continues to renderto the President,bave been solid
and substantial; and they are, in tbe present un
settled condition of tbe country, indispensable.
The President lus need of such on adviser, and he
is too sagacious to permit himself to be deprived
of tbe services of such a valuable and faithful
friend. Warwick.
Board of Trade of
The City of Macon, Ga., ,
August 7, 18CC.)
At the regular meeting of the Board, held this
day, at the City Hall, the following resolution
was introduced and unanimously adopted, to
wit:
Resolved, That a Committee of five be appoin
ted by the Chair, to take into consideration the |
most practicable plan for the introduction of for
eign labor into this State, to obtain all necessary
information relative thereto, and to report to
this Board as early as convenient, for its further
action.
The Sagacity of Tint Great Napoleon
—Lord John Russell, in a recent speech, said:
“ It you will permit me to go a little fnr-
i titer, I would say I recollect hearing a great
i man—no less a man than Napoleon I.—say
what he thought would he the issue of the
iHi novv "'iriy-aeven years old. Congress of Vienna. He asked me what I
•< 7T-T ,,,e * t n,en iD the ci *y of Mcxi * thought would be the issue of that Congtess,
. “»'gltt and well-proportioned, an and 0 f course I had no opinion to give. Bc-
~ manly exercises, especially as a young man, I was totally ignorant of
^ *atl swordsman, and possessed of any speculation upon that subject. lie said
N • 8tren 8 th ' which, when he t j, e j^ nc would he this—tlint all the Powers
J W lt ’ has excited the admiration would have assigned to them the territories
„ Ujc French Zouave officers, which their troops occupied. And afterwards,
| l,ni l ,avo been raised from tun when the treaty of Vienna came to be pro-
acU ot d “ rin * in which lira- ^iicecl to the world, it was very much what
ry° n *' endurance were required. Napoleon L had said. Lombardy was occu-
D /?* d » refined in its expression,; u icd. Ycnice was occupied by Austria, aud
Wltll IVAA/1 ImVMAai ■ aw -7 altaasa I > a a a W1 S ... - - - ^ ■ VllStrl'l
Poland
was assigned to Russia. But with regard to
^ -com nc comes in contact. The a p Q f these countries, I think the time has
* U* hilk are , °; ^telligence, come when the'people, their
Wfti’’ cr P ansive forehead mdi- have to be heari.” [Cheers.]
‘ ur ^“ and correct judgment.— „ _. v
* ® “‘staken in his estimate oftnen, V *th Dignity, or not at aLl. -The N.
he generally penetrates at Y. Times, in answering one of Mr. Colfax s
•ittijr'*- While governor of Lom- tirades against the Southern people, aud his
SfflSW," 1 aS'pujtodw £““ ,he
T?«brays be quell-il by the juat demand of the South:
* JUumilia^ who was looked up- Nor hits Mr. Colfax considered the desir-
y_- c *ption to the rest of the House ablencss of allowing the South tore-enter the
He is the author of a number Union with a lull measure of self-re-p.-et.—
^ »ork«, which have been printed Detest its rebellion as wc may, tit least it
^U t '®“ r *«nguagea,and is regarded ns proved itself a foe worthy of our steel, nnd
evil may be remedied. Macon occupies a position
in the great centre of our once extensive planting
interest; and I am quite sure that our efforts in
this direction would be seconded by a very large
majority of onr planters—and, let me here say to
the planters, that as onr labor diminishes so will
the value of their lands, but in a still greater ratio;
and, vieerenOi It we increase onr labor one-half, we
will more than double tbe value of the land.
Engaged here, as I am, in the LaDd Agency
business let me say to you that it nmfces one
feel !>a<l to see tho earnett desire on tho part of
the planters to sell, and the low prices at which
they are offering their lands. Three to five dol
lars per acre, at a specie baais, for well improved
iantations that will bring a halo of cotton to
enemy of slavery or human fare. We may ind-t.tlmt the Southern pco-
The Chair appointed the following gentlemen
members of the Board, as that Committee:
Jas. R. Butts, Esq.,
Col. L. N. Whittle,
Wjj. B. Johnston, Esq.,
C. A. Nutting, Esq.,
O. A. Caldwell, Esq.
James B. Butts, Esq., the author of tbe resolu
tion, supported the same with remarks embody
ing so much of iorce and logic, upon a question
deemed ol so much vital interest to the country,
that it was agreed’to request from him a written
report of the same for publication in the city pa
pers, in connection herewith.
P. E. Bowens, Chairman.
Wm. P. Gog Hall, Secretary.
Mr. Butts, said:
Jfr. Chairmen:
The abject of this resolution may at first seem
to be foreign to the business for which this board
of trade was organized; bnt a moment’s reflection
will show that It seeks to strengthen the veiy
foundation npon which the institution rests.
The rapid depletion of onr present labor teems to
call for some immediate, concentrated and power
ful action, to endeavor as far as possible, to fill up
the tremendous vacuum. Already onehal/of onr
rich fields, once teeming with their Inxnriant
growth of grain and cotton, are now lying idle, an-
onched by the plow, and soon will be grown np
nto a wilderness and waste.
The causes that have already made such rapid in
roads upon onr laboring population will not
cease. *
The rleh alluvial bottoms of the Mississippi
Valley, to Inviting to negro labor will continue to
draw off large numbers ot them. We all remem
ber the train loads of negroes that were taken
West last winter—many of the negroes leaving
under grievous circumstances to the planters, who
had hired them—tome disregarding their contracts,
others having the contracts broken off by officials.
Some legislative action was taken on the subject,
and 1 think a messenger sent on te Washington to
report This winter we may expect agents of those
large sugar estates enticing away the most desirable
portion of onr laboring population again, by offering
greater inducements than onr planters arc able to
pay. Then, we hear of some going to the North
ern States; others to Liberia. But, of all the caus
es tending to reduce onr negro population, death
is the most prominent
We see it stated upon apparent good authority
that folly one fourth have died within the past two
years. Where tbe negroes have remained on the
plantations nnder tbo kiud care of their former
masters and mistresses, the mortality among them
does not seem to be much greater than formerly;
bnt unfortunately such cases are rare: their eocial
feelings lead them to flock to the towns and cities,
where they huddle together, contract diseases, and
die.
Here In onr own city with a regular population,
all told of abont 10,000, there have died within the
past year not less than five thousand negroes.—
Most of the negroes bnried their own dead, while
the Federal Hospital and onr city authorities
bailed for a while an average of from fifteen to
twenty per day. The acres of graves bear silent
testimony to the dreadfol mortality. Certainly
onr city cannot be chargable for any want of at
tention, for with onr small population we have
paid, daring the past year, np wards of seven thous
and dollars for medical attention, burial expenses,
etc., for them.
See the little tenement cabins, built and build
ing In the suburbs, aad every nook and by-way ot
tbe city, bnllt np to be rented to the negroes!—
There they will congregate and instead ot homes
for their living, they will prove to them to be cell*
of death.
Tbe remarks that I have made abont onr own
city are also applicable, so far as I can learn, to
every Southern city.
And where is the reproduction * Negro infants,
so tar as my own observation extends, are rarely
■een, and, of snclTa* may be born, it is probable
that net more than one In ten will enrvive its
teething.
It must be apparent that our negro population
Is last sinking away, as it has done in other States
and nnder similar circumstances.
The New England States, or the most of them I
think, emancipated their slaves In 1799. Tbe cen
sus of 1S00 shows that there were then, in the six
New England States, 17,317 negroes; in 1850 there
were 23,021. Now, if a due allowance were made
for the Ingress of negroes there, from the various
countries, to-wit: for those that fled from the West
Indies; for those that emigrated from Demersra,
and even some from Africa; for the freemen and
emancipated slaves from the Southern States; and,
perhaps not the least, those that were conveyed
away on the under ground railroad, who fonnd an
asylum there. I repeat, if a dne allowance were
made for all these, it wonld be seen that tbc entire
race had become extinct in a half century. Ask
the old people there, where arc the families of ne
groes that inhabited their villages and towns fifty
years ago ? They will Ull you that they have pass
ed out of existence long since.
There, their numbers were few compared with
the white population: they were strengthened and
upheld: schools were provided tor them: ladies
took tnrns in teaching them grytnltously: in tbe
rural districts they went to school with the white
children; and, notwithstanding ell this, they sank
into oblivion. * ,. , L
It is a lair conclusion that our negro population
will follow the same brood road, bnt with a great
ly accelerated motion.
Whatever may lutve been our opinions hereto
fore, we are forced to the conclusion that this (our)
State, the fairest ltnd that ever came from the hand,
of Almighty God, was intended by Him for the
Tfblte DiaD.
As oar labor diminishes, ec will oar product*, and
In this every member of this Board has a direct In-
Mr. Chairman, thero are within a circuit of southern people, their persistent hatred of Nor- Prussia Claiming THE Hanoverian
five miles around this city, I Venture to any, j them men, and their injustice to tbo freadmeu ' Treasures sent to England.—Just before
twenty thousand acres of land now offering for have, as a ciass, in their judgment, rendered ef- j the flight of the King of Hanover from his
sale. forts cjinparativeiy.fruitless and nugatory, until '• capital, the Minister of Finance, who appears
I wonld say to the planters, do nol eaerifloe • the mind of the South shall hare reached a more ! have been the ODly one that nad his wits
your lands. We have lost millions in Confedor- aettled and kindly state, or tho chapter i a ^ oot blm, ana knew his doty, packed up the
ate securities; we have lost our values is ne- i 0 f events have, in God's wise and good Provi- 1H V 1 ® treasn, T, the amount of a
j j. t.fti„ttDiiri«-i.li „ j . . „ I million and two hundred thousand dollars,
groes, and we have ? ence ; evoIye * new » nd prom.smg condi- nnd sent }, off in charKe 0 f Herr Von Elcneke
If we sacrifice them, we shall be poo. indeed, r ,-d ttons for tho classes that toil and the classes that
Mr. Chairman, I would here add. that if sc rule throughout tho Southern portion of our corn-
steps are not taken,and that speeddy, to resui-c.- mon country.”
tate our planting interest, not only our tra e. The Chairman stated that tbe Chamber did
but the value of our city property will rett n on i not endorse the sentiments of the report, but tho
a very insecure basis. • . ; motion to lay it on the table was lost, and the
What is to be done? Shall we fold 07r */>- -notion to print was adopted,
and grieve over tbe sad, distracted W*”. ^ We are accustomed to being misrepresented
our affairs. No, no, let us arouse ourie. .§ an( £ traduced, and when we see that it is done
j. •• —'-—.J Piq
I'dili, * tcver form. ■
"a tkJ*!!!!?. y tan #ft‘», contain senti
Some of bis pie 'shall conic buck in good faith to uphold ' pi
contain -anti- the Union wlti h has asserted it* authroity 1 C v
the Union
but to tisk
Oft,/,— ‘"p’mxr imm lYer.tiel as equals under the Con
Jtl Garrison themselves, insult and degrade them
**tkl. “ ’J!* 1 slavery which would over them
T'ar j|J , *?' response from Wer.dcl as equals t
every two or three acres, and in many instances,
them to*Come except j havin'; handsome re*: leuccs that cost more mon-
stltatiOB, wonld be to • they ask for the whole place. It is de
plorable!
action.
j The -world fought ns to liberate slavery, and
now, remember, the world must pay for it, for a
series of years to come, in the enhanced price
[ of all former productions of slave labor.
The laws of trade will resume their sway in
this, as well as other commercial matters.
Let us at once set abont replenishing onr la-
. bor system, by some regularly organised plan,
There are thousands of industrious, hard-work
ing emigrants landed on onr shores monthly.
Other places have their companies formed, and
their agents employed, who frequently visit the
emigrant ship, even before she touches the
shore, make their arrangements, and upon the
arrival of the vessel, the immigrants are taken at
once a thousand or fifteen hundred miles over
the railroads to where they are provided with
lands and homes. Cannot we do the same
thing ? Yes, and offer them far greater induce
ments. We have even greater facilities. I bare
a fetter for a gentleman who is the largest ex
porter of timber from the United States. He
says that he will have fifty or sixty ships coming
over in ballast from Europe, the coming year,
and that they ean bring, upon an average,abont
two hundred emigrants each, at a mere - nomi
nal price of passage. But I see that there are
statements going the rounds of the newspapers
that the Germans won’t do in this country; that
the sun is too hot; that they are hard to pleaso ;
that they must have their sour-kraut, etc.
Well, I say then, give it to them until they
ean raise their cabbage and make their own
kraut. They will do as much work in one day
ae tho negroes will in three. Very many of these
immigrants have the means and can pay the
money down for their land.
I have traveled over our State some, and have
seen the Germans in every section of it—north
ern, middle and southern. Yes, end I hare seen
them making their saner-kraut And, 1st me here
say, that these people make the best of farmers.
Every thing around them seem* to thrive and
prosper—they hare fat hogs, fat horses, and. fat
cattle. Why, the Germans were among the first
settlers of our State. In 1851 when'Qen. Coob
was first elected Governor of tbe Sta% a letter
eame from tbe President of the Historical Society
of Austria making enquiry about ninety-nine
families that left that country from religions
persecutions, I think, in 1730. Tbe letter stated
that they had “traced these families to England
where they remained for a while, and then em
barked for a place in America called Savannah
river, and there they bad lost sight of them.” The
letter propounded twenty-two qtestions, three of
which I recollect were: whether they retained
their native religion, their native language, and
whether they intermarried with the natives
here? The letter was sent bj Gov. Cobb to the
Speaker of tbe House of Representatives, and
read out at tbe desk, whet five members
of the Legislature, and some of them the wealth
iest men in the State, declared themselves to be
the descendants of these Germans.
Introduce the German, and In a few years yon
will, among other varied productions, be discuss
ing tbe merits of pipes of wine made npon onr
different soils. Indued the article is new on sale
in onr city though in smaller quantities, made here
and by Germans.
And the Northern man! he is onr brother, let
ns divest ourselves of all former prejudices against
him, if any cxUt, and invite Um to come and pur
chase onr lands and settle smong ns. Let ns aid
and assist him, as far as in oar power lies, in estab
lishing him in his new home. This is onr true
policy. He will bring wlfh him all the most ap
proved implements of husbandry, together with
his energy and industry, and soon pnt every rill
from the hill sidea to wheeling some machinery
that will be valuable to the conntiy.
If he has been an abolitionist and is a sincere and
candid man, he will In a few yean say to yon.
“Hew strange arc the ways of the Almighty!—
Here 1 am, possessed of, and cultivating the soil
once tilled by the happy and contented slave! I
prayed for his freedom, I longht for it, and yet, in
tbe mysterious ways of Providence, I have been
made an instrument to hurry him oat ol exis
tence!"
Oar 8tate is vast in its proportions, extend
ing away beyond tbe mountains to tbe Tennessee
Valley on the north, and to near the Gulf on the
south, fronting npon the seaboard and extending
nearly two hundred and fifty miles to tbe west,
with a territory as large as England, Scotland and
Wales; and with Railroads patting its extreme
limits within twenty-four hours travel of onr Sea
Ports. Wc can sustain a population oftenmillions
of inhabitants with as much ease and comfort as
we now do one million. We onght, if possible, to
make our arrangements to introduce at least five
hundred thousand immigrants this coming season,
in order to make a fair commencement of the great
work.
We want laborers in all the varied employments
of life. We want reliable help; and artisans in
onr towns and cities. Onr mountains arc well
stored with til the minerals—with iron, the most
malleable and tenacious of any yet discovered on
onr continent; with coal, copper, gold, marble
and slate, all lying comparatively idle, nnd unde
veloped, for the want of skillfnlmen redirect, and
labor to execute tbe work.
My time ol life is far spent. I may not see It, but
the time will come, when looking over the broad
field* once possessed by one man and tilled by his
hundred slaves—many of yon will see it chequered
over with small farms and handsome cottages,
embowered in shrubbery and shade—with their
orchards and vineyards, with their small fields
of grain and cotton, with their herds and
green pastures tilled by a white people,
giving life and activity to trade in all its
varied branches, giving aid and strength to the
State. - 1 Z- ’. ‘
How strangely have we, as a people, been mis
represented ! Hear the proceedings of the
Chamber of Commerce of the city of New York
not two months since: A report ol the intro
duction of capital and men from the Northern
State*, was presented from Thos W. Conway, late
an attache of the Frecdmen’s Bureau. He con
cludes a very lengthy report, with an assertion
that all efforts toward thq introduction of napi- .
4aT Iftlior in(n tRgnf)v 4i nri*. tinner (Ha twtea-
for political effect, we have learned to pay but
little attention to it, and care less, butwben such
gross misstatements, as are contained in tho
above report, are adopted by a majority of mer
chants to whom we have looked as a body as be
ing the most intelligent business men in tbe
whole wide world, and to many of whom wo arc
so closely allied in business, it becomes pecu
liarly embarrassing and irritating. Let u3
arouse ourselves to action, and, relying upon
ourselves, seek to turn tho tide of emigration this
way, and in a very short time instead of three
to five- dollars per acre for your lands they will
command from thirty to fifty per acre, and onr
trade instead of being confined to the single ar
ticle of cotton, will embrace many other articles,
tbe growth of our rich and varied aoils, as well
as many articles, manufactured here among us
which we now seek abroad.
The resolution, Mr. Chairman, seeks for the
appointment Qfa <$fnmitte« to gather all the in
formation that may be obtained npon the sub
ject of the introduction of -immigrants into onr
State, and upon that to propose tbe most prac
tical plan, and report the same to this body as
early as practicable for further action, and
trust it will meet with its cordial approbation.
SCRAPS FROM EXCHANGES.
Twelve thousand children were bom in the
State of California during the past year.
Prince Christian’s uncontrollable grief nt
the dedication of n Prince Albert statue first
attracted Queen Victoria’s attention, then
her regard, and finally her consent to receive
him ns a son-in-law. Sly dog, Chris.
In Iowa, recently, two husbands traded
wives, one givingthe other one thousand five
hundred dollars to boot. The citizens didn’t
like that style, and drove the husband who
received the “boot” from the county, with his
new wife. The other couple yet remain.
One of our exchanges says: “We happen
ed to be in the cluthes of some ‘loyal’ patriots
once, who surrounded us, with violent ob
jurations like the following: ‘You tam rep-
pel, you fight mitder coondtry! 3Iit der
konshtitooshun! 3lit der old phlag, by tam I
You beesht mine brisner!—reppel—by tam!’ ”
Present for President Davis.—The
Richmond Board of Trade recently raised,
by subscription, a sum of money necessary
to procure ior Mr. Davis a comfortable chair.
It will be purchased and forwarded to the
distinguished gentleman at once.
Human Quadruped.—The Shenandoah
Herald tells that three weeks ago the wife of
Mr. Nimrod Wells, living five miles north of
Woodstock, gave birth to a child having four
legs. “The unnatural appendages connect
with the body, we are told—one above, the
other below tbe hip.”
£3T* The Earl of Derby, the new English
Premier, is said to bo much more genial, and
full of life and fun, at his advanced age, than
his advanced age, than his son, Lord Stanley.
At a dinner at Knowsley Park, Lord Stanley
leffcjhc table soon after the ladies had with
drawn, leaving the gentlemen to their usual
devotions—whereupon the Earl said, “ Now
that the old man’s gone, let’s have some
wine.”
pW~ The lightning struck in a marsh in
the town of Ettrick, Wisconsin, a few days
sinqe, and ploughed a channel through 'it
nearly two miles in length, and from three to
six feet in depth. This singular electrical
furrow revealed a valuable peat bed, about
five feet in thickness.
Hospital for all Soldiers.—Tho State
of Louisiana has granted a charter for the
organization of a hospital for disabled sol
diers, the benefits of which are not to be de
nied to the soldiers of any country. James
B. Hood ia President of tho Association, and
S. B. Buckner Vico President. Among the
directors are G. T. Beauregard, Howell Cobb,
Joseph E. Johnston, Wade Hampton, D. H.
Hill, Jeff. Thompson, Robert E. Lee, James
Longstreet and W. J. Hardee.
The Greatest Curiosity of the Age.—
One of the most remarkable curiosities of the
age, in the way of monsters, is now on exhi
bition in this city. It is the head of a colt,
bom on tho farm of Mr. , three miles
south of this city, with hut one eye, and that
immediately in the centre of the forehead.—
The eye was fully developed and capable of
sight. There is a malformation of the upper
jaw, a deficiency in the growth of bone,
which gives it a'still more hideous appear
ance.—Ilaickinnille Die.
one ot the functionaries of the Finance De
partment, to- Bremherhaven by railway, for
shipment’ by the North German Lloyd’s stea
mer Bremen, which landed it safely at South
ampton, whence it was conveyed by rail
way to London, and deposited for securi
in tho cellars of the Bank of England.-
Prussia now claims that property as money
belonging to the State, and demands
delivery to the Prussian Legation in Lon
don as part of the spoils of tho war taken
from Hanover, already so 'seriously crippled
as to be nearly ruined in a financial point of
view. A correspondence on the subject has
been carried on between the Prussian Civil
Commissioner in Hanover, Privy Counsel!
Yon Hardenberg, and King George, who
still residing at the country seat of his father-
in-law, Duke Joseph of Saxc-Altenburg,
at Rummelhaim, near Altenburg, in which
the former demands the bank receipt for
the eighty-five chests of treasure, threat
ening, in case of non-compliance, to make the
King personally responsible, and to seize and
retain possession of the royal domains and
other private property of the Crown till the
money in question is given up to Prussia.—
Ilaniburg (July 4) Correspondence. London
Daily News.
Kentucky Election.—The Louisville
Journal is very dolorous over the result in
.Kentucky last 3Ionday. It says:
According to present appearances, Ken
tucky has gone for Duvall by a heavy ma
jority. This is what we expected, but it is
none the less painful to us on that account
We do not believe that wc have predicted, as
a consequence of the triumph of the Duvall
party, a single evil that will not come upon
our people. And we have solemn fcare that
the future is darker than we have pictured it
Kentucky, if we are not more mistaken than
we ever were in our lives,, will yet bitterly
rue and deeply curse the unnatural and de
plorable work of yesterday.
The Journal may dry up its tears. We
never yet heard of a defeated party that did
not believe that the country was gone to the
d—1; yet, somehow, it ha6 withstood many
such speeches.
Fighting in Europe and America.—In
point of the numbers engaged and the rapid
lty of movements, and also of results, the late
battle of Sadowa was one of the greatest—if
not the greatest—ever fought in Europe.—
Five hundred thousand men were brought
into direct collision with each other, and
fought for ten hours, whilst the casualties
were at least 25,000. This was quick work,
but the proportion of losses bears but slight
comparison to many of the battles fought du
ring our late rebellion. At Sadowa the losses
were in the proportion of one to twenty,
whilst in several of our battifea they were as
one to five, and nearly always reached as high
as one to ten.—Phil. Ledger.
The folio wing’good story ia again in
circulation through our exchanges:
A year or two after Tyler’s accession, the
President, contemplating an excursion in some
direction, his son went to order a special train
of cara. It so happened that tbe Superinten
dent was a very strong Whig. On “Bob’s”
making known his errand, that official blunt
ly informed him that his road did not run
any special train for the President. “What,”
said Bob, “did you not furnish a special train
for the funeral of General Harrison!” “Yes,”
said the Superintendent, patting Bob on tlic
back, and “if you’ll only bring your father
here in that shape you shall have the best
train on the road.”
Hark Ye, Girls !—It is high time that
somebody told you a little plain truth. You
have been watched for a long time; a certain
class of you; and it is plain enough you are
laying plans to cheat somebody. You intend
to sell chafl for wheat, and there is danger
that some of tho foolish “gudgeons” will he
sadly taken in.
It may not be your fault that you belong to
Little Deeds of Kindness.—Each of a
thousand acts of love costs very little of it
self, and yet when viewed together who can
estimate their value ? Tho child whose good
offices are always ready when wanted to run
up stairs and down, to get chips, or rock the
cradle, to run on an errand and right back, all
with a cheerful look and a pleasant temper,
has a reward along with such duties: It a
little girl cannot take her grandfather on her
lap, as he takes her on his, she can get the
slippers, or put away his book, or gently
comb his thin locks; and whether she thinks
of it or not, these little kindnesses, that come
from a loving heart, are the sunbeams that
lighten up a dark and woful world.
1/8?** A horrible murder was committed, a
few days ago, near Bellefontc, Ala., by some
one unknown, upon the person ofa little boy
named Hulsey, about twelve years of age.—
He wasfound'near his Cithers house, in 11 sit
ting posture against a small tree, a hickory
rope around his neck, tied to a limb, just
above his head, with his neck broke, and'
marks of violence upou Ins face. He had
been murdered, and then placed in that pos
ture to crente the belief he had bung himselS;.
but the limb was not high enough, and his
legs were bent upwards.—Mont. Ade., 6th.
Off for Tire 31 inks.—A long train of
wagons went out yesterday evening, loaded
with machincqr and supplies for the gold
mines. Judging from the lot of machinery
that has gone in this direction during the
. ast few months, the mines are promising n
fair reward for the work that is being ex
pended upon them. Wc are glad to see this
indication of energy. We would like to,see
the soil of Georgia robbed of every ounce of
OUR CHESS DEPARTMENT.
E^“A1I those interested in this column
should subscribe for the Weekly Telegraph.
Macon, Ga. U per annum.
Communications on matters pertain
ing to Chess are solicited, and should be ad -
dressed to “ Chess Editor” of thsTelegraph
CLUBS.
We hope the players of our neighboring
cities will nnite in the formation of Chct-
Clulis, and get up some interesting matcho<
by Telegraph. We will bo glad to hear of
the formation of any such clubB, and wil!.
with pleasure, chronicle iheir organization
We know that Atlanta, Augusta aud Coram
allbus can boast sorno fine players.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. a
(Furnished by R D. W., of 3Iacon.)
1. Q takes K P 1. B or P takes Q
2. K Kt to B 4 (ch) 2. Anythin".
3. Kt takes Kt mate
Or,
1. Q takes P
2. Q takes Q B
3. Kt mates.
2. Q takes Kt (ch)
3. B takes B mate.
1. B takes Q Kt
2. Q takes Q
1. Kt takes Kt
2. B takes Q.
Or,
1. B takes Kt
2, Kt takes —
&c. &c. &c.
2. B or Q takes B
3. Q orB mate
Various variations.
F., of Atlanta, furnished'the correct solu
tion; butO. W., of 3Iacon, failed. Probably
took a black Rook for a whi ic one.
ENIGMA NO. 38.
(From F. Healey’s Collection.)
&
1
Jt
%
K Kt 4
KBS
Q B 4
<iB2
JZ 4
#
±
%
9k
4
QR5
Q 3
Q Kt G
QB 2
QR4
White to play and mate in three moves.
PROBLEM NO. GS.
Bt Herr E. Vorwerk.
(A difficult and oxqnisite Stratagem, extracted from a
foreign paper.)
BLACK.
WHITE.
White to play and mate in three moves.
Game ef Chets played at Macon, Ga., Augnt
9. 1866.
KING’5 GA3IBIT.
WHITE.
K Pto K4
2. K B P to B4
3. K Kt to B3
4. B to K B 4
5. Pto Q4
6. Q Kt to B 3
7. P’takes P
8. Q to K2 (ch>
Q takes Q
10. Kt takes QP
B'takes Kt
2. Castles.
QBtoQ2
14. Q R to K
15. P to Q B 3
X6. P to Q Kt 4
17. P to Q'R’4
18. BtoQ B
19. Kt to Q 2
29..Kt toQ B 4
•. P to Q Kt 5
23. P takes P
23; Kt takes Kt
24. B to QKt2
25: RtoQR
P to Q B 4
. P to Q B 5
. P to Q Kt 8
B takes P
20. Pta Q B G (chj
R fakes B
KR to Q
33: P to Q 5
R checks
B takes R
P to Q 6 (ch\
B toQ R
P to Q B 7
R takes R
BLACK.
1. K P to K 4
2. P takes P
3. P to K Kt 4
4. P to K R 4
5. P to Q B 3
6. P to Q 4
7. P takes P
8. QtoK 2
9. IvKt takes Q
10. Kt takes Kt
11. K B to K 3
12. Q KttoB 3
13. QBto KB4
14. P to K B 3
15. K to Q 2
10. Q R to K
17. Pto Q R 8
18. B to K Kt 5
19. B to KB 4
20. B to Q
21. P takes P
22. Kt to R 4
23. B takes Kt
24. Kto QB2’
25. R to Q R
26. B to Q Kt 3c
27. B to Q R 4.
28. IC to Q 2
29. Q It to Q Bit
30. Kto QS
31. B to K 0-
32. BtoK5i
3:1. ic n to'{ n
34. Iv to KT. 4'
35. R takes B
36. K to K 3
37. R to Q Kt
38. R takes B
39. B takes R
P to B 8 Queens and checks anil wins.
getting a husband is the only one which en
grosses much of your time or attention. Your
venerable mother of Eden memory, was call
ed a“help for man," and you are looking fora
man to help you; to help you to live in the
half idle, half silly way which you have com
menced. Men who are worth having want
women for wives. A bundle of gew-gaws
with a string of flats and quivers, sprinkled
cologne nnd set in a carmine saucer—this is
no help for a man who expects to. raise a
family of boys and girli and veritable bread
aud meat.
The piano and the lace frame are well in
their places, and so are the ribbons and frills
and tinsels, hut you can’t make a dinner of
the former, nor a bed blanket of the latter.—
And awful as the idea may seem to you, both
dinner and bed blanket are necessary to do
mestic enjoyment. Life has its realities as
well ns its fancies, but you make it all a mat
ter of decoration, remembering the tassels
and curtains, forgetting the bcadstead. Sup
pose a young man of good sense and of course
good prospect3to be looking tor a wife, what
chance have you to be chosen l You may cap )
him, or tiap him, to catch him, buthow much
Beautiful Extbact.—Give me to know
that the doctrine of Jesus is bread from
Heaven, and that it sustains the spirit and-
prepnre* it for Heaven, and I may well be in
different whether that bread descended, like
the manna in the desert, in nightly dew, or
whether, like the food of Elijah* it was.
brought to my hands by the ravens, or
whether it was broken for myself and the
hungry thousands around mo by the hand-
endued with miraculous power. So kmgasl
know that it was sent tome by the Father of
my spirit, and that, eating it, I shall live for-
eves, I know that can give it value and awa-.
ken my gratitude. When a friendly hand
presses a cup of cold water to my Bps. as I am
fainting with thirst in n thirsty land, I will
not ask, for I do not wp, whether that water
was showered from thq skies e* gushed from
aspring. I ask not whether it was brought
me in a golden um, or whether it was pre
sented in a crystal va-e or a mldicr's helmet.
circulation in shapely little shiners. They
are good to look upon and handle.—Ai..L r etc
Era, UfA.
J3P” The Andersonville Press says that tbe
remnins of a body was found near that place
a few days ago. scattered about for ^distance
of fiity yards. It was believed to be the body
of one John G. Gorley, of Pickens. District,
who had been apprehended in tl« vicinity of
Lowndersvillle. as a horse tlieif. They pro
fessed to be taking him to WalktDa, where a
reward has been offered for the delivery.—
There is a mystery about the affair.
A Paris banker was recently present-’ ^ is water that bids me lire, aod that is
ed to Prince Deraidoff, who, to prevent con- j enough for me.
versation from drooping, said: “You have; -n m ~ IV _ , ,
a beautiful 1 Teastpin.” °The banker, delfoht- ! TnE - 00<l m< f Cal
ed, for he was fond ofhis breastpin said:— ' authority ascribes to the tomato the follow-
“Yes, it is a very rare stone.” Prince Demi- * D .- vcr y important medical qualities:
doff replied: “ Verv rare and very expensive Tliat . tUc to i iluto ^ °nc Q f thc !’ 0%v '
Yon can’t imagine the trouble I bad to tret erfnl a P"*f nt * °f the liver and otuer organs;
my chimr‘7 pieces at St. Petersburg, for they j ’• v ' ieru cuiomti is lrdicatea, it is one ot the
tal and labor into the South “are, uiuicr the ipre.'- better to make it an object for him to catch
entmood of the Southern mind, likely to be ! J ou ! ,J? end " yourse* worth catclnng, and •
wasted upon a peoplo who bate the North, the 7 0U W’ ,n , necd u .° * f9WC " “°‘“ cr or I P !leriC resistance which is said to much retard
Union and the Freedman almost aa intensely a* . ,n ° brotbt,rs to lldp - Y . ou to t!nd a markct - | the speed of the trains built on the present j with tin
they did when the rebellion was in its full career.
are made of it.” The banker turned ns many ■ ,n0,t enecUTO “ :1 \ t Junmi — medloM
colors as a dying dolphin. agent.; xuowti to the prole-sum.
0 1 2. That a chemical extract will be obtain
Giuar-shaped railroad trains are sug- ed from it that will -• pcrcede calomel in tlu
gested us a means of decreasing the atmos- Cure r,t disease.
3. That he has succo-fully treated diarrh^r.i
rticle ilotic.
fy* An oyster dealer in Baltimore has 1
I may here state that I have consulted several of; ma( ] e so muc 5 l money in buying and selling !
the Presidents of companies organized for the
purpose of encouraging and assisting Southern
planters and farmers, and that they informed
plan.
4. That when d a-
almost sovereign for
The Death ok President Lincoln.—The \ gestion.
the bivalvnlar luxury that he has purchased ft | French Academy annually offer :i Drize for •">. That it should be
large island in Chesapeake Bay, and is put-1 the best poem upon any given subject, aud daily food. Either cool,
ting up a residence thereon that will cost halt i for the subject of the next year's poem have. I form of catsup, it i^ the
me that the infatuation and cxa3perat: n of the a milliou of dollars. choA-R “The dentil of President Lincoln." tide in Use.
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