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NAPOLEON'S DEMAND.
It is unfortonati: for France and for truth
that tie Am tricans speak the language of
England, and, receive through British chan
nels nearly nil their information concerning
the men and affairs of Europe. This depen
dence has jarred to propngntc error, and to
tingo cis-ntlantic opinions on nil European
questions, and especially those in which
France is interested, directly or remotely,
with British prejudice. For nearly a half
century, the youth of America were compell
ed to gather the history, and form their opin
ions, of the First Napoleon from the partial
and distorted pages of Scott, an English
historian. The Bourbons having been re
stored to the throne of France after the down
fall of Bonaparte, the Government and public
men of France felt no interest to do justice to
the fallen and exiled chief; on the contrary,
they preferred rather to blacken his fame, or
at least to keep silence when the anathemas
and slanders of British hatred were foully
poured out upon the unfortunate prisoner of
St. Helena.
It was under such influences that public
opinion in America was formed of the char
acter and policy of the greatest hero and
statesman that Europe has produced—a man
who penetrated the mysteries of human gov
ernment as if by intuition, and whose coun
sels were so profound and powerful, that
it took a whole continent to overthrow them.
The world has been taught to believe that
Napoleon I., was an ambitious tyrant, who
sought only his own eclat and the enslave
ment of mankind. Time, though, is alike an
avenger and expositor of truth. The day has
arrived when the eyes of the nations are
opened, when error, however hoary, must
shrink away and hide its dishonored head;
and when Eternal Justice must assert its
claims and demand the homage of the world.
To-day the ashes that slumber in the Inva-
lides are animated with a new life, and their
grand representative, in the person of Napo-
Lcttcr from Jasper.
Jasper county, Aug. 8,'lSCO.
Messrs. Editors : Thinking, perhaps,
word from cld Jasper, relative to her crops,
may prove interesting to some of your read
ers. I will attempt to give a brief account.
Our wheat has all been threshed, and I
don’t think there was more than a-fourth or
a-fiftli of a crop made, yet, those that sowed
of what is known among ns as the Water
Wheat made very good crops. The rust and
rain effected it very little, if any. Our corn
is very inferior; the excessive dryness, in fact
the total absence of rain in some sections,
for more than seven or eight weeks, has cut
the crop down so that, by a rough calcula
tion, wo llud there will not be corn enough
made in the country to support it until next
June. We arc now gathering our fodder;
even that is of an inferior quality, being' burnt
by excessive heat and dryness half way up
the stalk. From the favorable prospects
in the Spring, our cotton bids fair to far sur
pass our most sanguine expectations; yet, it
will fall short of a fall crop, even if tke worm
and other insects should not interfere with it.
Though small, it is full of fruit and shedding
but very little.
As to the freedmen, we can say for them
that in this county, as a general thing, they
have deported themselves admirably well,
worked well, in fact came up to the require
ments of their contracts, far surpassing our ex
pectations ; and the grand reason of this is,
we are a considerable distance from any mili
tary post or garrison, and you will find that
tho less the negro has to do with the libera
tor the better off he is, and appears better
satisfied to work and condnct himselt in a
proper manner. ii "i •
Some of the most sensible are already find
ing out who their true friends are. I hear of
He also states that the lo>- oi the enemy was
considerable, aqd that the commander and
crew of the Pule.-tro-. refused to leave their
vessel when she was on tire. By the Austrian
account it would seem as if all on board the
Palestro and the Re d’ltalia Lad perished;
but the Italian bulletins assure ns that nearly
all the crew of the Itc d’ltalia were saved by
the Vittorio Emmanucle. The news that one
Austrian mun-of-war and two steamers had
been sunk by the Italian artillery is unofficial,
li i- added in the Austrian report that the
Italians three times attempted a landing at
Counissa, on the western coast of the Island
of Lissa, but were in every instance repulsed
by the garrison.
Whatever divergence may be observed in
the telegrams from Vienna and Florence,
there seems to be no doubt that the Italians
had the worst of the encounter, and although
the negotiations for peace are by no means so
far advanced as to take from them all hope
of retrieving .their honor by a new appeal to
arms, it may well he doubted whether Admi
ral TegbetofT, who has given much proof
of discretion as of valor, when need called
for it, will afford them another opportunity of
meeting him in the open sea, by again leaving
his safe anchorage.
Special Taxes Kinder tlic Act July
I3th,
The following is so much of Circular No.
40, issued on the 31st ultimo, by the Treasury
Horse-Cleaning by Machinery.
At the works of the Manchester Carriage
Company, at Pendleton, there is now
practical operation a novel system ot cleaning
horses by a steam-brushing machinb, invented
by Mr. Haworth. The ides is derived from
the revolving brush which many hair dressers
have had i:\ use. In the lower stable yard at
Pendleton there is a large shell. Where a
dozen horses can be cleuneu at one time.—
Along the centre of the roof is a long shaft,
from which hang several endless straps. Each
strap gives motion to n hoi izontal pole, at
one end-of-which-is-a conical britslr that ro- ...
tates rapidlv. On a horse being brought into “' ec discussion, it was, on r
the stable, after his three hours’ work; lie if IbRvid Wills/-resolved, that,'
taken to his shed, and a man applies to liimi m
the machine brush. In about half an hour
the animal 'is thoroughly cleaned, and only
tlie head requires finishing by hand. The
cleaning effected by the machine is much
more sen roll ing and effectual than the most
diligent hand carrying can possibly be and
to the majority of animals the greater clean
liness of their skins, as well as improved cir
dilation of the blood which is produced by
the machine brush, appear to be acceptable.
Most horses undergo the operation quietly
and patiently, but in some animals timidity
is produced by the rattle of tlie machinery.
In a large establishment the result of the
adoption of this invention is the economy of
labor which results from it! Under the old
system, a man is thought to have done a fair
day's work iflie cleaned ten or a dozen horses,
made in the Internal Revenue laws, relating
to licenses by the act of July 13, I860, which
act goes into effect, so far as special taxes
provided for in said act are concerned, on the
1st of August, 18GG. Licenses are abolished,
and a special tax is substituted therefor. By
the provisions of section eighty it becomes
the duty of assessors to reassess any person,
firm or company holding license for any ex
cess of the special tax substituted therefor
over the license tax which has been paid,
from tbe 1st day of August. 186G, ratably, up
to the 1st day of May, 1867. Under these
prolusions persons having a license as whole
sale dealers in liquor, brewers, distillers and
proprietors of gift enterprises will be liable
some of them wanting to contract for another I to reassessment from the 1st of August, 18GG.
m mg ‘ l ! — |U| Every wholesale dealer in liquors, for instance.
who lias paid but $50 for his license, will be
Department, as concerns our people: but by tke machine he can clean thirty in
^ Attention is lierebj^cal.ed to the changes ^ the same time, and with considerably less
When it is remembered that
year, for the same wages that they receive this
year.
Our people seem to take little interest in
the politics of the day. They put faith in
Johnson, stay at home, attend to their busi
ness, and let Conventions, and all such politi
cal schemes, float; and with the happy con-
leon III., jill-powerful, and commanding the
homage of his own people and tbe awe of
surrounding nations, site upon the .Throne of “ Iation that tLosc venomous "P*"** in Con '
France, and brings to judgment the foes and S re f 8 8tin S one another to deat1 '- or unhl
persecutors of his illustrious ancestor. The I tbeir e ^ er ma y subside.
avenger has come—come to wipe out the
dishonor that has been heaped upon
his name, and to rectify the wrongs of France
perpetrated upon her by allied power in the
hour of her misfortune.
Who will say that, all things considered,
this demand is unjust ? The ancient domain
of France was wrested from her by tke strong
arm of power, and when she herself lay pros
trate and bleeding at every pore. The Prus
sian hosts of Blucher were in at the death
and decided the issue at Waterloo, from
which all these misfortunes grew and were
ratified in the treaties of 1815: it is but meet
that Prussia, in her second day of triumph,
should be called on to disgorge her ill-gotten
gains and restore her share of the great Euro
pean robbery. And she will do it, distaste
ful and humiliating as it may be. The Holy
Alliance was a most unrighteous compact,
and it is written in the book of Fate that all
its fruits shall turn to ashes. Injured France
must be avenged, and as yet but part of the
wound has been healed. Victoria at the
tomb of Napoleon was one of those grand
spectacles of national retribution that
both startle and electrify the world—the
great foe and victim of her nation was there
avenged. It was a grand event in the world’s
history, and who will say that the man whose
genius and power brought it about is not
truly great 1
And now, in the demand of the same mas
ter intellect that the treaties of 181S must be
annulled, and the boundaries of France once
more extended to the Rhine, wc have the sec
ond step in the progress of retributive fate.
Prussia demurs, and it it natural that she
should. A prompt surrender, and in an hour
of intoxication over victories just achiev
ed, was not to be expected.—
It is a bitter pill indeed, and cannot be taken
without many wry faces. Delay, too, may
elicit a word, or a look, of sympathy from her
great ally ot 1815 across the channel, but it
will be only a word or a look. England has
bad enough of interference with continental
disputes, and the Crimean war developed the
disagreeable fact that there is a Power great
er than herself. Let Prussia, then, submit
gracefully to that which she cannot avoid,
and in her newly acquired possessions console
herself for that which she is about to lose.
We have, despite the invincible hard times,
enjoyed our accustomed yearly feast of bar
becues; and tbe young rustics have been af
forded an opportunity of shaking tbe dust
from his sandals and trotting a reel with their
sweethearts, raising a dust and a perfume.
Yours, Respectfully,
Spectator.
immediately liable to reassessment for the
nine month’s ending 3Iay 1,18G7, the amount
of reassessment being $37.50.
Persons whose business it is to manufacture
cigars, snuff, or tobacco in any form, should
be immediately assessed a special tax as to
bacconists. witbout reference to tbe amount
of their products; but where such persons
now hold license os manufacturers, they will
not be subject to the special tax until the ex
piration ot their preseut licenses as manufac
turers, unless they are engaged at the same
time in the
bodily labor,
from Pendleton several hundred horses are
daily sent out to work, it will be seen an im
portant saving in money is effected by the
employment oftliis new process.—Manchester
[England) Examiner.
Individual Predisposition to Cholera.
In every place, in every house visited by
cholera, nearly all the inhabitants arc expos
ed, to a greater or less extent, to the influence
of the cholera poison. Most ot them feel a
change in their usual health, yet only a few
wholly succumb to the disease. The power
of withstanding the epidemic is very differ
ent in different individuals. Everything that
weakens, that over-stimulates or otherwise
makes the bowels unusually susceptible, or
that drives the blood irom tbe surface of the
body into the internal organs, or whatever
diminishes the natural excretions of the body
does injury, and predisposes any person to
the disease. Every person must avoid what
his experience has taught him will produce
diarrhoea. Impure water and decaying arti
cles of food must be avoided. The food
must be strengthening but always moderate.
Intoxicating liquors must not be freely
used. Intemperate persons suffer severely
from the disease. Keep tlie.bowels warm, for
which purpose use flannel bands. Ventilation
{Southern Movement for the Educa
tion or tlie Blacks.
A meeting of gentlemen, citizens of Ma
con, was held in the office of the Southern
Christian Advocate, July 30th, to consider
the claims of freedmen in the community, }
upon us, for 'education, both literary and re
ligion-.
Rev. Dr. Myers was requested to act as
Chairman, and Joseph S. Key as Secretary.
After a full statement of the subject, and a
motion of Rev.
committee be
appointed to take the whole subject into con
sideration, and by consultation with the city
and county authorities, and also with leadin
men in the colored chuvclo s, rievfte plans for
the education of the freedmen amongst us.
The Committee was appointed, Rev. D,
Wills, Chairman.
On motion the meeting adjourned—the
Committee to meet on the call of the Ckoir-
atjoust IOtit.
The Committee above appointed, met at
the call of the Chairman. Various plans and
suggestions for the education of the colored
people were presented and discussed, when,
finally, the Chairman was appointed to pre
pare an address to the public, setting forth
our purposes and objects.
The Committee then adjourned to meet on
Tuesday the 14th inst.
such manner
as manufacturers and tobacconists; but no
special tax is imposed upon journeymen em
ployed in a cigar manufactory. Persons now
licensed as tobacconists should be assessed a
special tax as wholesale dealers when their
sales exceed $25,000. Any person who is en-
gaged in the manufacture or preparation for
The Disastrous Xuval Battle Oft the sale of any articles or compounds, or who puts
manufacture of other articles in I of dwellings is of the utmost importance.—
as to be liable to special tax both lye see how it is in the overcrowded ships
DEATH OF MAJOR FULTON.
We were grieved yesterday to hear of the
death of Major Thomas W. Fulton, at his
residence about nine miles from the city, ear
ly yesterday morning. He had been a suffer
er for many years from a lung complaint, and
at times was much prostrated under its ef
fects ; but with great elasticity of spirit he
struggled manfully and hopefully until a few
, days ago, when he was taken with a congestion
which, in a few house brought life’s fitful fe
ver to a close. He was, probably, about 88
years of age.
Major Fulton was a native of Nova Scotia,
but long resident in tbe South he was fully
identified both in interest and sympathy with
onr people. On coming to Georgia,
he settled in Savannah and pursued
his profession as an Architect, for
which be was admirably qualified by a re
fined natural taste, and thorough educa
tional training. His health failing on the sea
board, he removed to Macon, where he resi
ded for some six or eight years, and intermar
ried with one that was in all respects worthy
of his love. No man in our community was
more respected, or deserved more of the good
will and esteem of his fellow citizens. He
was a cultivated and affable gentleman, an
excellent citizen, a true patriot and a devoted
husband. As a friend, we sincerely lament
his death, and condole with the afflicted ones
of his household in their truly painful be
reavement.
It will be seen from the notice in another
column, that the funeral will take place at his
late residence, on the Tobesof kee, at 3 1-2
o'clock, p. m., to-day.
Island of Lissa.
From the London Times, July 23.] •
The outciy against tbe inaction of the Ital
ian fleet, under Persano, has been very loud
and general throughout Italy for 6orae weeks
past If there was anything upon which pub
lic opinion was agreed among the Italians, it
was the decided superiority of tbe Italian over
the Austrian navy. It was not merely a
question of numerical superiority, although
even on that point the Italians were thought
to be two to one as to vessels, men, guns and
horse-power. The Italian Government had
been for several years purchasing iron-clads,
rams aud monitors in both hemispheres, and
some oftheso vessels, as the frigates Re d’ltalia
and
perfect
Lately we had heard tbe highest praise
of the Affondi&tore, a ram of formidable
proportions, which had come up from Toulon
to Genoa, and had joined the fleet of Ancona
only a few days ago. But beside these
material advantages, the Italians set a high
value on their sailors, and especially the
Gconese, while tbe Venetians and Dalma
tians, by whom tbe Austrian squadron was
chiefly manned, were supposed to be so dis
affected as to be more formidable to thoir
rulco t]uiu to tlielr adversaries. With all
these sanguine, but seemingly well-grounded
anticipations, tlie Italians were at a loss to ac
count for Persano’s waste of so many pre
cious days at Ancona. It was thought at first
that bis movements ,were to be subservient
to those of the army, and that his plans had
up lor sale in packages, with his name or
trade-mark thereon, any articles or com
pounds, is liable under the new law to spe
cial tax as a manufacturer.
Producers of ornamental and fruit trees,
and charcoal, selling the same at wholesale,
by themselves or authorized agents, at places
other than the place of production, are ex
empt from special tax in respect thereof.
All boats, barges and flats not used for
carrying passengers, nor propelled by steam
or sails, which are floated or towed by tug
boats or horses, and used exclusively for car
rying coal, oil, minerals or agricultural pro
ducts to market, will be assessable under the
new law with an annual special tax from and
after the expiration of tUe time covered by
Ducadi Genova, were looked upon as 7. . «*«**«« uu. ume cuvereu uy
ct models of’naval architecture.-
duties in lieu of such fees and duties. Such
boats of a capacity exceeding twenty-five
tons, and not exceeding one hundred tons,
will be subjected to a special tax of five dol
lars, and when exceeding one hundred tons,
to a special tax of ten dollars, said tax to be
assessed and collected as other special tuxes
provided for in the act. The above special
tax on boats barges and flats does not, how
ever, affect the liability of tlie proprietors to
special tax as express carriers or agents, when
doing business as described in paragraph
fifty of section seventy-nine of the act of June
30,18G4, as amended by the act of July 13,
18GG.
Wholesale dealers are required, as soon as
tbe amount of their sales within the year ex
ceed $50,000, to make monthly returns of
and jails, where the disease produces the
most terrible havoc; and if persons who are
infected with cholera in any place, directly
afterward go to live in foul air, they are like
ly to be seized with the full force of the dis
ease ; while those who go to healthy homes
and pure air may suffer little or nothing at
ail from their exposure to the cholera poison
in the infected district. Therefore all dwell
ings' should be thoroughly ventilated and
cleaned when an epidemic comes. People
must keep the doors and windows of their
houses open, regardless of the weather, and
protect themselves meanwhile by clothing.—
The common practice of putting chloride of
lime in rooms where the air is corrupt is not
a good substitute for veutilation.
bcendisconcerted by theroutc of £5= S* 3S=L STM! ELfifc
But as the army resumed the offensive, and
Cialdini, crossing the Po. marched upon
Venice, the clamor against Persano rose
higher and higher, and idle talcs began to be
bruited about of mutinies among the Neapoli
tan crews; of a strike among the English
engineers; finally of dissensions among the
officers, with some of whom Persano is not so
great a hero as with the mass of his country
men.
Yielding, as it seems, to the general up
roar, Persano put to sea on the 12th, but came
back to Ancona after a cruise of five days,
reporting that he had scoured the Adriatic in
every direction, but had been unable to fall
in with the Austrian squadron, which was
safe at anchor in its harbor of Polo, guarded
not only by double rows of land batteries
and floating batteries at the water’s edge, but
also by a whole shoal of torpedoes. The re
turn of the fleet to Ancons, and the reason
taxes on tbe sales monthly, as other monthly
taxes are paid; and in estimating the amount
of sales, any sales made by or through an
other wholesale dealer, need not again be es
timated and included as sold by the party for
whom the sale was made. Wholesale dealers
now holding license based on a certain amount
of sales, will be liable to make monthly re
turns of sales as soon us their sales exceed
tbe amount named in che license; wholesale
dealers in liquors, os soon as their sales reach
an amount which is less than the basis ot their
license by the sum of $37,500.
Cattle brokers should be assessed on the
excess of sales over $10,000 in the same man
ner as of wholesale dealers. Under the new
law, cveiy person, other than one having paid
the special tax as a commercial broker, or
cattle broker, or wholesale dealer, or retail
dealer, or pedlar, whose occupation it is to
buy or sell agricultural or farm products, and
A Nice Lotal Man and Pure Patriot.
It Is related in a Nashville paper that Sam
Arncll got to Washington just in time to
draw his salary and mileage as a member of
Congress while he was getting four dollars a
day os a member of the Legislature. WHat
& patriot.
The people of the First Church in
New-HaTOD have raised ten thousand dollars,
to be invested for the benefit of thnir retiring
Pastor, Rev. Dr. Bacon, besides which, they
propose to pay him an annuity of one thou
sand dollars.
Emers >n Etheridge very cordially
supports the Prc-i tent’si policy, and is a del
egate to the Philadelphia Gouvsntion.
alleged, roused the wrathofPersano’scoun-I^V^ 0 , 1 **!? 1 ™ 1 n ' >t exce ® d tentkou-
tiymen to such a pitch that the new Minister . ^ rs, » c regarded a produce
view with the Admiral, the result of which «> keemng hotel,
was the immediate departure of the fleet. It “<*essary f «>d for the ani-
v . ..... Imals of travelers or sojourners witbout the
payment ot an additional special tax as a
livery stable keeper.
Lawyers who nave paid a special tax as
such, are exempted under paragraph twenty-
five from paying the special tax as real estate
agents.
If the annual receipts of an insurance agent
shall not exceed one hundred dollars, a spe
cial tax of five dollars only is-imposed under
the new law, and the paragraph relative to
insurance brokers is omitted. No special tax
is imposed by the new law for selling tickets
or coqtracts ot insurance against injury to
persons.
Apothecaries who have paid the special
taxes as such are not required by tbe new law
to pay the tax as retail dealers in liquors in
consequence of selling or dispensing upon
physicians’ prescriptions the wines and spir
its officinal in the United States or other na
tional phormacopceios in quantities not ex
ceeding half a pint of either at one time, nor
exceeding in aggregate cost value the sum of
$300 per annum.
No special tax is required of a common
carrier by the new law, where the gross re
ceipts do not exceed the sum of $1,000 per
annum. Draymen and teamsters owning only
one dray or team will not be liable to this
tax.
By proviso to section forty-seven of the act
of July 13, 1800, brewers arc exempted from
special tax as wholesale dealers when selling
at wholesale, even at a place other than their
breweries, malt liquors manufactured by
them. *
There is no provision in the new law for
1 refunding license taxes where they exceed the
special taxes provided by said law in respect
fo the same business. No person doing a bu
siness requiring payment of a special tax un
der the new law should be assessed therefor if
he now holds a license covering a business of
the same nature, unless the special tax provi
ded for exceeds the license tax, in which case
the difference of tax should be assessed im
mediately.
put to sea on the 17th, and on the following
evening came in right of Lissa, a small but
not unimportant island of Dalmatia, lying
about forty-eight miles to the south-west of
Spalatro, and boasting one of the best har
bors in tbe Adriatic. On tbe 10th the Ital
ian iron clads forced their way into
Port St. George, the harbor on the
eastern side of the Island, and after
silencing tbe Austrian batteries, by a seven
hours’ cannonade, were preparing to land,
when Vice Admiral Albini arrived with the
news that Admiral Teghetoff, with the Aus
trian squadron, had left Pola, and was advanc-
to the rescue of Lissa. The Italians,
whose attack upon Lissa was probably a mere
demonstration, intended as a challenge to the
Austrian Admiral, now stood off to sea, and
on the 20th the long wished-for trial of
strength arrived. The Italian fleet consisted
of 23 vessels, of which 12 were iron clad
frigates. Of tbe Austrian force we have no
account, though Admiral Teghetoff invaria
bly calls it only a “squadron,” while he des
ignates tlie opposing force as a “fleet” On
the first encounter, the superb iron clad frig
ate Re d’ltalia was sunk by tbe Austrian iron
clad Ferdinand Max, and the Palestro, des
cribed by the Austrians as another iron-plated
frigate, but by the Italians as a gunboat
caught fire udMMffir Mnr n. Four Ital
ian iron clads closed with the Austrian line-
of-battlc ship Kaiser, one of which she ran
down, while she drove back the others. At
the end of severe action which lasted several
hours the Austrians, by their own account,
were victorious, the Italian fleet was repuls
ed and compelled to put back to Ancona, and
Lissa was relieved. The Kaiser lost her fore
most and bowsprit, nnd had twenty-two kill-
ed and eighty-two wounded, but the sqadron
was otherwise unscathed, and was ready for
action at the end as at the beginning of the
fray. The version given by the Italians docs
not materially difier from that of their adver
sary. They admit the loss of the Re d’ltalia
and Palestro, and merely add that tbe Affon-
datore, on board of which Persano tad hoist
ed her flag, bore down upon the Austrian
Admiral’s ship and carried away its stern, and
that, upon the Italians collecting their forces
for a decisive stroke, the Austrians fell back
and took shelter behind the neighboring Is
land of Lcsina. On the ground of having
been left in possession of the scene of action,
Admiral Persano claims the advantage.—
Gallantry of the Ilorsc.
We extract the following paragraph from
an extended article on the horse, printed in
the New York Commercial Advertiser:
An English lady of rank and wealth, writ
ing from Egypt in 1862, said: “I fear you
deem me rather boastful ot my horseman
ship, when I tell you two Arab horses, which
threw their cavaliers, did not throw me. The
same, however, was not in my skill, but in
the very remarkable predilection which these
intelligent animals leel toward the weaker
sex. "Let the wildest and fiercest Arabian
be mounted by a woman, and you will see
him grow mild and gentle as a lamb. I have
had plenty of opportunities to make the ex
periment, and in my own stable there is a
beautiful gray Arab which nobody but my
self £&re ride. He knows iue, an
ticipates my wishes, and judiciously
calculates the fatigue I can bear
without inconvenience. It is curious to.see
how he manages to quicken his pace with
out shaking me, and the different sorts of
steps he has invented to reconcile contradfoj
tory purposes. Horses being as liable to for
getfulness as other organized beings, my in
comparable gray would allow his natural
ambition to overcome his gallantly', and if
another horse happened to pass him, would
start off with the speed of a whirlwind.—
Woe to me if under such circumstances I were
to trust to the strength of my arm or the
power of the bridle. Leaving my hand loose,
and abandoning all thoughts of compulsion,
I would oat him on the neck, call him by his
name, beg him to be quiet, and deserve the
piece of sugar waiting for him at home. Nev
er did these gentle means fail. Instantly he
would slacken his peace, prick up his ears
as if fully comprehending his error, and come
back to a sett amble, gently neighing, as if to
crave pardon for his momentary offence.”
The Art op Being Polite.—First and
foremost, don’t try to be too polite. It will
spoil all. If you keep overwhelming your
guests with ostentatious entreaties to make
themselves ut Lome, they will very soon begin
to wish they were there. Let them find out
that you are happy to sec them by your ac
tions rather than words.
Homicide.
On Thursday evening last, a difficulty oc
curred between Mr. Robert A. Lomax, of East
Albany, and F. 31. Tison, of Worth county,
in which Tison was instantly killed. The
circumstances which led to this unfortunate
affair are these: Tison, in company with
several friends, had been to Albany on busi-
wliile there he became intoxicated, and in re
turning home; in company with his friends,
they stopped, at the store of Mr. Lomax, and
Tison bought a box of sardines, and then prof
fered to treat the crowd to whiskey, if Lcmax
would credit him. Mr. Lomax replied that
ho did not do a crediting business, and
that be (Tison) bad not paid him for the
sardines. This seems to have made Tison
mad, and he immediately paid for the
sardines, and remarked that Lomax was
damned rascal, and that he would
not trust him out of sight, &c. Af
ter a few aDgry words being passed, Tison re
turned to his bu"gy and started home. He
did not proceed but a short distance, before
he proposed to turn back and make Lomax
retract what he had said. His friends tried
to persuade him from doing so, but be heeded
them not, and immediately returned to the
store and commenced cursing Lomax, and
drew his pistol and fired twice, tbe second
shot merely touching tbe underpart of the
left ear of Lomax. Lomax then returned the
fire with a double-barrel shot gun, through'
the window of his store, the whole load tak
ing effect in the right lung of Tison, killing
him almost instantly.
Such difficulties arc to be regretted, but as
self-preservation is the first law of nature,
Mr. Lomax was perfectly justifiable in com
mitting the deed.—Albany Patriot, 1113.
Cruel Joke.—The Paris correspondent of
the Nation tells oi a learned savan connected
with the Garden of Plants who has been try
ing for some time, but unsuccessfully, to hatcli
three crocodile eggs, (two of them white and
one red,) presented him last winter by a
traveler returned from the East. The failure
of the learned doctor to hatch these eggs,
which he carried constantly'in his bosom lor
the last seven months, wrapped in a flannel
waistcoat especially donned for that purpose,
is attributed to the fact of their being billiard
balls, abstracted from a “hell” at Cairo.
How Sue was Dressed.—A New York
Reporter, describing the dress of a lady at a
ball, says: “She wore an exquisitehyphalutin
on her head, while her train was composed of
transparent fol-de-rol, and her petticoat of
cambamhuli flounced with Brussels three-ply
of A No. L”
' • ' AUGUST 14tu.
The committee met according to adjourn
ment in the lecture room of the Presbyterian
Church.
The chairman submitted the following ad
dress to the public:
ADDRESS.
The Chairman of the Committee instruct
ed at a previous meeting, to report on the
subject of the education of the colored peo
ple, begs leave to submit the following views:
We of the South, did not introduce the
African Race into cur country, nor did we
emancipate them ; and we are not therefore
responsible, either for the former servitude ■
present freedom of the negroes. We do not
discuss the moral rectitude of slavey as it ex
isted here. Such discussion would be alto
gether fruitless. Slavery has been abolished
—effectually and permanently abolished.—
We accept this as an incontrovertible fact,
and we disclaim for ourselves and in behalf
of the whole South, any purpose to revive it.
In tlie Providence of God, tbe negroes have
passed suddenly from slaveiy to freedom.—
They are a numerous race—ignorant, ca
pricious, indolent, without property, with
out habits of self-control, and without any
just sense ot obligation to civil authority.—
The well directed efforts of the churches and
benevolent owners, who made no profession
of religion during the time of their servitude,
did in fact, elevate them far above their
original state of barbarism. The Gospel was
preached to them, and many of them became
converts to Christianity and gave reliable evi
dence of piety. With a constitutional ten
denev to fanaticism, they have been found
liable to crude and exaggerated conceptions of
the plan of salvation; and therefore, required
the councils and restraints of their owners.—
Whatever may have been the derelictions of
the Southern people, as regards the moral
improvement- of the slaves—and it is not
claimed that they came up to the full measure
of their duty—it is a pleasing reflection, that
the relation of master and slave, lias made
more hopeiul converts to Christianity, and re
deemed from Paganism a larger number of our
race, than any or all the missionary enter
prises of the last century. Had their slave
status continued, it is a fair conclusion, that
the race would in a few generations, have at
tained to a point of moral elevation, equal to
that of tlie uneducated laboring classes of any
of tbe States of Europe. Without any pre
paration for the privileges or the duties of
freedom, as it were in an instant of time, they
were freed, and dwell among us the victims
of a misdirected and unappreciated charity.
This sudden transition from the restraints of
slaveiy to the license of liberty, has thus far
proved most disastrous to them. That it
should so result, was an inevitable necessity.
That they should not become demoralised,
and rush into all manner of excesses, was a
conclusion as illogical, ns would be the idea,
that a planet would retain its place in the
solar system, cut loose by a fiat of the Al
mighty, from the control of tbe law of attrac
tion. It is true that a considerable number of
the negroes appreciate the necessity ot work
—are sober and orderly, and are glad to re
turn to the plantations, and although with
greatly lessened efficiency, to pursue their
former occupations. Some of them are re
spectable mechanics and some arc faithful
domestics. But by far the larger number are
fitful, lazy and wholly unreliable for any
kind of service to themselves or others.—
Crime and sickness and suffering, abound
among them. Insufficient or unwholesome
food, imperfect shelter, living in crowds in
small apartments, and vagabondism in every
form and shape, induce disease and they die,
especially in the cities and towns, by thous
ands. This is more particularly true of the
women and children and old men. Pitiable
indeed is their present condition.
What is to be the ultimate fate of this un
fortunate race, belongs to the mysteries of
God’s Providence. He orders all things
well, and it is not for us to question the jus
tice of tbe Divine administration. We veil
our faces in the presence of the all-wise, in
scrutable, and merciful Ruler of the Universe.
If left to pronounce upon the question, in the
light ot history and human reason, we would
be compelled to say, that they are probably
destined to extinction. They will probably
disappear, as the Aborigines of this continent
lia\ e done, before the march of civilization,
conducted by a superior race. It is a ques
tion which time alone can solve.
The freedmen are among us and must re
main with us. The question for us to settle
is this: what arc our duties to them as honora
ble men and Christians ? In considering this
question let us not forget that the negroes
arc not responsible for the condition they are
no w in. Freedom has been thrust upon them.
That they desired it may be’true, but they,
in this State particularly, had no agency in ef
fecting it. It is a well known fact that up to
the fall of the Confederate Government, ex
cept in the immediate presence of the Fede
ral armies, they were as free from insubordi
nation and violence as they had been at any
previous time. Our women and children, in
their unprotected homes, dwelt in safety.—
They arc the objects of compassion—not of
indignation and revenge. The freeing of the
slaves has not produced towards them any
feeling of unkindness on the part of their
former masters. The relation which the par
ties bore to each other was that of reciprocal
advantage, and in most instances originated
and cultivated most amiable virtues.
The master was the protector and friend of
the slave, and the slave the confiding, and not
untrequently, the attached dependent of the
master. If we are let alone, and are free to
regulate our relations to the negroes in their
state of freedom, this kindliness of feeling
will continue; for whatever may be said to
the contrary, their former masters are their
best friends.
Already has the State come up to the full
measure of her duties. Her sovereignty has
recognized their freedom, and declared* that
slavery shall never again exist, but as a pun
ishment for crime. By the laws of the land,
freedmen are protected in their rights of per
son, of property and of character. They are
entitled to their oath in courts of justice—to
trial by jury—to be seized of land, to inherit
estates; and as to punishment for crime, there
no discrimination between them and the
hites. Indeed in all civil respects, they are
ith the citizens coual under the law. And
their raiment, wounded and half dead, and
it is_our duty" to have compassion on them,
and bind up their wounds •‘pouring in oil
and wltie.” L - .
It is Vlearly'our duty to improve their coa
lition, in tbe ustiof all tho means in our
power, physically, intellectual If aid morally.
To giie them knowledge in the place of ig
norance, industry in the pla<9 of listless in
ertness, and sobriety in the place ofdrunken
ness. To teach them the value of family life,
the obligations of husband, father and child,
and, above all, the relations which they hold
to God, and tlie precepts, commandments
and promises of the Gospel. They have been
bred to unconditional dependence, and must
be taught to be self-sustaining. These things
arc none the less duties, because obviously
promotive of our interest. Stripped of all
property except lands, the most of our peo
ple arc still dependent upon planting nnd
farming for subsistence, and for a long time
to come, will be dependent upon the negroes
for the necessary labor. To educate them
will be to furnish some guarantee- that tlicir
labor will become profitable. The peace of
society, security against insubordination and
lawlessness, is not likely to be maintained
without a better knowledge on the part of
the freedmen, of the usages, the benefits and
requirements of civilized life; and they can
not attain to this without systematic instruc
tion. That they are intellectually inferior to
the whites is unquestionably true, and it is
equally true that they arc susceptible of im
provement by culture. These tilings being
so, it will scarcely be denied by any one, that
it is both the interest and the duty of the
Southern people to ponder upon some judi
cious and practicable plan for their educa
tion-education with no view to ultimatesocial
equality—fusion of the races is impossible,
and the claim of its practicability is a revolt
ing absurdity. Yet, it is true that the ne
groes will be improved by being brought in
closer association with the whites. They are
now immeasurably removed from them. Ed
ucation would lessen that distance to the ad
vantage of both parties. ’
The native population have advantages for
the instruction of the colored people far su
perior to all others. For good or for evil, it
is their allotment to live in contact with
them. We have watched over their child
hood, fed them and clothed them, conferred
with them in the work shop, the field and
the family. We have nursed them when sick,
provided for them in old age, and buried
them when they have died. We
understand their character, their wants,
and habits, and therefore know better bow to
minister to their and our own necessities than
anybody else. Nor is it to be believed that
wc shall fail to acquire their confidence. Un
der circumstances the most unfavorable to
this result they are beginning already to rely
upon tlieir former owners as their friends.
In the exhausted condition of tbe State it
is scarcely to be expected that a system of
public instruction for the negroes can beat
once adopted. What is done now must be
done by voluntary effort. The benevolent
and the wise should move, in the different
counties of the State. No system which shall
embrace the whole State would seem to be at
this moment practicable. In this city the
necessity of a school for the negroes is very
great, and the Christians, and benevolent,
patriotic citizens, it is believed, have it iu
their power to devise and put into operation
a local system of instruction, equal to the ac
complishment of great good—a system dis
connected from all others, and under our ex
clusive control.
Two difficulties only lie in the way of the
success of such an enterprise, to-wit: The
want of money and the want of teachers. The
latter however is more imaginary than real
Our community will no doubt furnish tcacli
ers, of both sexes, competent to the work, and
willing to enter upon it when backed by a re
sponsible organization, and sustained by pub
lic sentiment.
Tbe outfit for tbe schools will require a
considerable sum. They will be, if well man
aged, in part at least self-sustaining. In the
impoverished condition of the people it will
be difficult to procure the necessary funds,
but qot impossible. All are not poor, and
small contributions may be expected from a
great many who are. This is an object which
ought to command the aid of the North,
abounding as it does in wealth, and a suit
able agent should be sent there immediately
to present it to the churches, institutions and
benevolent individuals of that section
The following resolution is respectfully of
fered for the consideration of the Committee ■
Resolved, That a Board be organized by
this Committee for the purpose of establish
ing and sustaining schools in the city of 31a-
con, for tbe education of the negroes, upon
such plan as it may think useful and expedi
ent.
In accordance with the resolution of the
address, tlie following gentlemen were ap
pointed a Board of 3Ianagers for tlie purpose
of establishing and supporting schools among
the freedmen in Macon :
Rev. D. Wills, Mayor S. Collins, Hon. E. A.
Nisbet, Hon. O. A. Lochranee, Col. L. N.
Whittle, 3Ir. N. C. 3Iunroe, Rev. E. W. War
ren, Rev. Jos. S. Key, Rev. II. Iv. Rees, Gen.
J. W. Armstrong, Rev. J. W. Burke, Rev. W-
31. Crumley, Rev. W. H. Roberts, Henry L.
Jewett. Hon. J. J. Gresham, Rev. Dr. E. II.
3Iyers, Rev. Homer Hendee, W. D. Williams,
Hon. C. B. Cole, Hon. P. B. Whittle, O. A.
Caldwell, J. W. Fears, G. S. Obear, P. Solo
mon, Rev. J. 31. Bonncll, J. R. Sneed, Joseph
Clisby, L. F. W. Andrews, Rev. S. Boykin, B.
F. Ross, Hon. Jos. Jackson, Hon. Washington
Poe, Hon. Clifford Anderson, Col. W. K. De-
Graffenreid, Hon. J. G. Holt, Sr.
On motion, it was resolved that a meeting
of .the Board of 3fanagcrs be called for
Thursday afternoon, at 5 o’clock, in the Lec
ture Room of the Presbyterian Church.
Resolved, That the city papers be requested
to publish the foregoing proceedings.
D. Wills, Chairman,
Jos. S. Ket, Sec’y.
Robbery and Murder of Henry Seckinge r
of SpringGeld, Effingham Co.
We gather the following full and authen
tic particulars in regard to tlie robbery nnd
murder of 3Ir. Seckinger, which occurred on
the Augusta road, about nine miles from the
city bn Saturday last.
About ten o’clock on the morning above
mentioned as a young man, named Zipperar,
aged between eighteen and nineteen years,
was proceeding home in his wagon along the
Augusta road, after disposing ot bis produce
at market, he was met near the turn off to
McAlpin’s by two negroes, one of them armed
with a double-barreled gun and the other
with a revolver and a bowie knife. The* ne
groes desired young Zipperar to allow them
to ride in his wagon. He informed them
that his horse was tired aud jaded, and could
scarcely pull himself and the bag of com he
had in the wagon, The negroes, however,
insisted on riding, and rather than have any
difficulty with them lie told them to jump in.
While they were in the wagon they question
ed Zipperar closely as to how much he had
brought to market, how much he received,
and how often he went. Zipperar, suspecting
their designs, informed them that he had car
ried but little to market, and had purchased
the bag of corn with the proceeds.
By this time they reached Bartley’s place,
at the six mile post^ where Zipperar made the
party believe that he was at his journey’s end,
and commenced taking his horse out of the
wagon.
book, in which there was ninety «]„)
gave the negro the change. Th' cv •
ed oik and came back in a te. - min
the one with the gen djminndcd w r cl *«
ei's money five or .-lx times, tcllm-h:'’
dranot comply lie would ki!) ‘ n ' dL
I meantime the other negto h ul ■’ .t
pointed at; bis brother-in-kuvN 1 ;
to keep him from renderin'/ an-- n.c ;
Mr. seckinger cried out for
was immediately shot in the breast
in the act of falling, Mr. Seckinger tfo,. ,<I
pocket book into the creek, tcHin" h « **1
lie should net haw his- money° TkJ lf P ; -|
negroes succeeded in getting the*pock* l!* |
and escaping Up to last fight the n^l
had not been arrested. W* |
Mr. Seckinger is represented bv thoi»w I
knew him to he one of the I
liann!e-s and ho;ie-t imm |
field, where he was keening store ivitU
Amos Dnlni.—An Henihl. 14 th
Wills’ Valley Railroad.—Tifis j, ,
crisis in the future of Chattanooga, ri, ^
ceptance of the proposition' of the P entl sw
nja capitalists who, under tho name In
Yardley & Co., propose to buy the stock
the dtv, secures the early completion of
road. Brains, energy, skill, capital and
terprise come with this Company. F rom ^
iron and coal mines of Pennsylvania.
they have made large fortunes’in the iron ^
coal mining business, they are induced
come among lis by the admirable renoal
Prof. Hall, on the 1 geology of Dade cZk
Georgia. Experienced men have been seat -
examine for them, and their reports, also pj
had an influence in inducing these’wntie"
to build up this road. ”
The proposition they make is liberal tv
stock of the Company was sold in the d-
enceof the Convention of Stockholders, v
but 11c and 19c on tbe dollar was bid
Whilst many might think that anotherCi-
pany could be raised among our own ptw
to buy this stock at a better price, yet ri-
tbink, that, so far as we are concerned »•
more to our interest to deal with men
have made Pennsylvania what she b Z
who, if allowed to do so, will developed
Iron and Coal interests of Chattanooga. ^
sides all this, no other Company is before t;
nnd Railroads are being rapidly complete?
A delay of twelve and the Dalton aud Gii
den Road is completed. The necessity
our Road will then no longer exist,’ c i
Chattanooga will not even be a way stati
on the great line from New fork to .vj,
Orleans.
In our humble judgment the completion,
tlie Wills’ Valley Railroad, or even its W
in the process of construction, will cause ri
Chattanooga and Cincinnati Railroad to ><
put under contract in a short time, lfr t; .
so assured by those who have the bestmej
of knowing. The acceptance of this propo-
sition relieves us from the immediate burtc
of taxes.
The refusal to accept-it, calls for $71,490f,
in taxes, on liabilities of the city now dc>
But when these taxes are levied wc have:
prospect of completing the road. Let ever
tax payer in the city attend the meeting ff!
afternoon, and let us now inaugurate an et
terprise which will cancel almost our emir
indebtedxess, and cause thejskill, enterprise I
money and practical knowledge of the Pet
sylvania Coal and Iron men to come amo:
us. *
[ Chatt. Union, 14ft I
Negro Kidnapping in Florida—Asotj
er Radical Lie Nailed.—Tbe Navy ft
partment denies the statement made bv tU
New York Tribune and Washington Chrer
cle concerning the kidnapping of negroes
the coast of Florida. No such informal!
has been received, and no such vessel as 6
Augustine is in the service of the Dept-
uient. The steamer Augusta is in the mv
but she is at present in Eurojiean waters.-
On account of the sensation reports circuk
ing throughout the country the Depart®:
directed Commodore Winslow, the comm
tier of tlie Gulf squadron, to make a thorou:
investigation of the subject which he
reporting that not the slightest found
existed for the statements referred to.
The Tennessee & Pacific Railroad.
A meeting was held yesterday at the Cbn
ber of Commerce by this Company. Sir
shares at $500 per share were taken in a
company for tbe purpose of having a
made ot the intended location of the road-
The survey must necessarily be made bel:
Congress will aid in the completion of a
enterprise. Tho following are the gentle®
who tonk8tock as above indicated, each a*
ing ten shares: Joseph Allen, J. Kirks
Hillman, Bro. & Sons, Robert L. Carutbers,
B. DeBow and W. H. PowelL
[Nashville Union, 1411
Retirement of Major General Hit
ter.—General Orders, No. 58, from the H»
Department, are as follows: Upon his
application. Brevet 3Iajor General D. Husit
Colonel Gtli United States cavalry, hast,
served over forty years, has been, by dii
of the Prsident, retired from active servt-
and bis name will be entered on the retin
list of officers of the grade to which he h
longs, iu accordance with section 15, act c
proved August 3, 186G. This order to fit
effect July 31, 1866.—National InteUigeut
We should - think that when this man
membered his conduct iu Virginia, and e?[*
cially the hanging of 3Ir. Creigh, and vte
the recollection ot his conduct on the trid«
3Irs. Surrat and others came up, he
want to “retire” from the face of the carti 'j
Aug. Con.
Death of a Prominent Citizen.—fob
afternoon, died of lever, 3Ir. DaDiel Gn^l
aged some sixty years. He was one of -I
most prominent and estimable gentlemp J
Columbus. In all our principal undertaker
he has taken an earnest and prominent p* I
He was among the first Presidents o'.jj
3Iuscogee Railroad Company, andntthet-l
oi his death was President of the Col®
Bank. He was a kind, far-seeing, channel
Christian gentleman—over whose loss the
tire community feels sad. — Col. Sun, lk l
The Hub.- A pavement, five
the surface, has been discovered in Ikf'J
and the inhabitants are beginning to pi
that their city has an ancient and hid
unwritten history. Let it be hnnted C P 'J
all means; it is certain to do them more f
it than that which is already recorded.
^ Gen. Robert E. Lee is not
history of hisj campaigns for publics 1 ; 01 ^,
has been reported, but he will publish ® *
vember a new edition of “Memoirs 01 '
War in the Southern Department of to*
ted States, by Col. Henry Lee.” It ws5 °;
inally published in 1809, and again m
but copies are very rare. Gen. Lee WU
a biography of bis* father, Col. Lee, 0®“®
new and important matter.
Messrs. Erwin & Hardee’s Li#
Steamers.—We are gratified io * D ° 0 c (
that the steamers Ckas. S. Hardee atiu
Boys will commence running on the «■-•.
next month—the Hardee to Aug ^
command. Captain Garnett, and B
Boys to Hawkinsville, under comm, ( i
Captain Daniels—both experienced
cient officers.
ceiving some necessary repairs.-
fcan.
Tba ********** an at
,-Sar. *f
, , now the question recurs, what arc our duties
J3F”A match game of billiards was recent- ns honorable men and Christiana to the ne-
lv plavcd at Emporium, I’.... ttie nrocmls of groes ? Like the man that went down from
which were devoted to the Sabbath schools. Jerusalem to Jericho, they are stripped of a fifty cent bill. Mr. b. pulled out his pocket us
{3?“Lcprosy
in various portions
ancient repulsive ct
jicuvcu vaiviug ms noise oui oi me present time .n the est
wagon. Before Le had his horse unhitched, ^ tWO wid , cl - v <*Mratedcoun
Mr. Henry Seckinger, Ins brotlier-in-law and cording to recently published stati»i .
three children passed with two carts, and ! bein S 110 les3 tlian two thousand iep
drove on over Cherokee Hill and stopped at latter country.
Augustin creek bridge, where they halted for J **» l » —
the purpo-e of taking lunch and feeding their Another Tribe Coming.—A ;
horses. While thus engaged, they were ap- , ing was held in Tremont Tempi' 1 -
in behalf ot the -
proached by two negroes, armed tts above j Tuesday cvenin
stated, who asked Mr. Seckinger for some-! Association for" the education ot ,!
tiling to eat. He gave them some of what and teachers among the fivechiR"- '
he had. and wh'.-n tlu-y had eaten it, they Hon. Henry Wilson made an ad'k 1 ,
asked him to sell them some, and pulled out state of the country." Good L' ir ‘