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The Greorgia, ‘W'eekly Telegraph.
THE TELEGRAPH.
MACON, FRIDAY, JANUARY is, I$60.
Cotton.
The receipt* at the various ports up to this
time, says the Savannah Republican of Tuesday,
do sot indicate that the large crop theories 19111
realize their estimates. There has been a heavy
falling off in New York, Charleston, Savannah
and Mobile amounting in all to 125,000 bales,
■while the increase in Virginia, North Carolina,
■ New Orleans and Galveston is, in round num
bers,. 250,000, leaving an aggregate increase of
receipts to the amount of 125,000. Thereceipts
at the Atlantic ports and Mobile for the remain
der of the season are obliged to be far lighter
than in 1868, the high prices having brought the
greater portion of the crop into .market. Last
year, owing to the obstruction of the Western
rivers, the crop was slow in reaching New Or
leans ; this year the navigation has been open
throughout the season, and high prices have pre
vailed. Yet the receipts at New Orleans up to
this time are but 473,008 of the 1,200,000 claimed
. for her, a figure which will hardly bo reached,
if approximated. The stocks at all the ports are
also some 10,000 less than last year.
From these facts and figures, the reader will
be enabled to form his own estimates of the crop
. as compared with that of last year.
A-Mail Route Ruth Needed.
Georgia, and we suppose all the other South
ern States, are suffering greatly for the lack of
. mail facilities, and we hope the Postmaster
General will do what he can to help us.
There-is one old and important mail route
which has not been re-established since the war,
to which we would invite particular considera-
. lion on account of the large and populous scope
of country which it would accommodate with
mail facilities. We refer to the route from
Oglethorpe, in Macon county, to Buena Vista,
. in Marion—through a portion of Macon, Schley
and Marion counties—a distance of thirty-five
.miles, and supplying the old Postoffices of
Grangersville, Poindexter, Fragoletta and Taze
well. This route, we are authorized to say, can
.be supplied with mails twice a week for $650 a
year, and it will accommodate thousands of peo
ple whose nearest postoffice is about fifteen or
twenty miles from home—either at Butler,
.•Oglethorpe or Americas. We would respectfully
invite the attention of the authorities to this
.route and, at the request of the people, ask its
re-establishment
Good Signs.
Jt seems, says the Richmond Dispatch of the
11th inst, that the action of the Virginia Con
ference, or some other good influence, has had
a tranquilizing effect upon Congress. We pub
lished on Saturday an extract from a note
-written by a distinguished Senator, stating that
the disposition to relieve the Southern people of
disabilities is becoming stronger every day in
Congress. We give this morning Forney’s as
sertion to the same purport. Finally, wo have
the declaration of the Washington correspond
ent of the Baltimore Gazette, that as to “viru
lent legislation against the poor Southern peo
ple, I have good authority for saying to-day
that they have reached the end of their tether in
this respect Some of the most radical of the
Radicals, (and at last we shall find that they
will be the first to break loose from the domi
nant tyranny,) profess to be disgusted; and real
•peace’may yet grow out of this disgust Wait
until Grant shows his hand. I know more than
than it would-be prudent yet to disclose.”
Perhaps this long Russian winter is about to
break up all at once. Who knows?
First Steamship of the McGregor
Line.
The Savannah Nows announces the arrival of
the pioneer steamship of the MacGregor Line,
to run between that city and Liverpool. The
Leith, Captain Barnes ton, arrived and anchored
at Tybee Monday evening, and would come up
to the city next morning, and be placed in read
iness to receive freights. The people have
looked forward with great hopes to the establish
ment of the MacGregor Line, and we hope that
the most sanguine anticipations may be real
ized.
State Agricultural Society nnd Fair.
We understand there will be a gathering of the
directors of the State Agricultural Society in
Atlanta to-day. We hope they will move with
as little delay as possible to make up premium
lists and set on foot arrangements for the State
Fair next November. Let that enterprise be
inaugurated on a scale of completeness which
shall impress Georgians as well os outsiders.
Christy and Wimpy.
We see the House Committee on Elections
have reported that Wimpy is not entitled to the
seat from the Athens District, and that although
Christy was legally elected, he is excluded by
the iron-clad.
The Albany News. •
The prospectus of this paper may bo found
among our advertisements to-day. The News,
as all our readers know, has again been taken
in hand by CoL Styles, who is well qualified to
make it one of the most influential and usefnl
papers in the State.
The Profits of Fertilizers.
We see the Southern Agriculturist estimates,
upon the average report of experiments made
last year, that every one hundred pounds of Pe
ruvian guano used, added one hundred pounds
of cotton lint to the crop. That would make a
profit of about 300 per cent.
Sumner and the Georgia. Neoboes.—A Wash
ington special says: “How the Senate is Sum-
nerized may be known from the fact that one
day this week he submitted thirteen resolutions
and petitions, and seven hills, all but one of
which were of a criminal character. One of his
petitkgis, concerning the proper meaning of the
fourteenth amendment to the Federal constitu
tion, was from two hundred and fifty-two ne
groes of Georgia, all of whom but two signed
with a cross-mark, the column intended for
names of witnesses being entirely blank. And
these are the class of people whom the Massa
chusetts Senator desires to rule tho people of a
State.”
The Oldest Inhabitant.—The Monroe Ad
vertiser has identified this celebrated individual
as follows: “Mr. Zachariah Chambless, aged
ninety-six years, is the oldest inhabitant of this
county. He lives on Deer Creek, about seven
miles east of Forsyth, where he settled about
fifty years ago, when this thrifty and populous
section was covered with the primitive forest,
and the wild deer and Indian roamed free over
their own native hills. Mr. Chambless is yet
hale and hearty, and often walks several miles
at a time.”
Cold Wzatheb in South and East Florida.
We we sorry to see that the fruit and vegetable
interests in East and South Florida got a fatal
set back last Christmas. The mercury sank to
twenty-two—ten degrees below the freezing
point—at Tampa. It was the coldest snap since
the fatal freeze of 1835.
President Johnson.
In about six weeks, Mr. Johnson retires from
the Presidency, no doubt with the unanimous
old cordial execrations of the Republican party.
But let ns not forget that this party, which, with
the aid of the personal claims and popularity of
General Grant, has recently made its highest
display of strength at the polls, is still but a
minority of the American people proper. It
has controlled the Federal Executive simply by
the arts of wholesale white disfranchisement,
and of pegro votes. It is a manufactured and
a bogus majority, although by a breach of or
ganic law and by force and violence, it is made
to fulfil the purposes of an honest franchise.
President Johnson may therefore console
Marif with the reflection that these wholesale
maledictions are not tho verdict of the American
people. We believe a majority of the intelli
gent voters of the United States, while they may
be disposed to question the practical judgment
displayed by Mr. Johnson in many cases, never
theless admire the courage and integrity he has
shown in his efforts to uphold the Constitution
and laws. He has been unsuccessful in every
case, but defeat in such a cause is honorable.
President Johnson's administration will bo far
more popular, by and by, than it is to-day.
Meantime we like the spirit which dictates the
following:
Mrs. Partington (P. B. Shilaber) has written
a friendly and beautifully-clothed sympathetic
letter to the President, in which, after express
ing admiration at tho course pursued by Mr.
Johnson, his fidelity to the old landmarks of the
Constitution, etc., etc., he says: “Yourfor
bearance under abuse should assure you a niche
as high as that of Job for patience. I thank
yon heartily for myself, and thousands would do
the same for themselves were they as impulsive
as I am. It is not often that men address a wan
ing power thus, but the one who takes off the
armor in tried service is more to be praised
than he who at the first assumes it.”
A Letter from Mr. Clay.
The original of the following letter from the
great Kentucky commoner, is the property of
Mr. F. S. Johnson, Jr., of Jones comity. It
was addressed to M. Lakanal, member of the
Institute of Ijrance and the Legion of Honor,
Gallatin county, Kentucky; and it is impressed
with that bland, courteous and generous spirit,
which was no doubt one grand secret of the al
most unrivalled popularity of Mr. Clay:
Lexington, 14th June, 1823.
Sir : I received the letter which you did me
the favor to write me on the first inst inst, cov
ering two letters from the Marquis La Fayette
and Mr. Warden. I have great pleasure in assu
ring you that it will give me infinite satisfaction
in being able to render you any service whatever
in my power; and that in this respect you will
find me possessed of all the dispositions which
Mess. Fayette and Warden anticipated. I regret
that I was not so fortunate as to have met you
in Washington City, where I could have made
you known to many persons whose acquaintance
you would have been glad, no doubt, to culti
vate. I am afraid that you have located your
self in a spot somewhat dreary and destitute of
society.
I must solicit that you will come immediately
and see me. Should your convenience admit of
it, I pray you to come straight to my house,
where, Sana eeremonie, you will find a welcome
here as long as you please. It will add to the
pleasure of seeing you, if you will bring Mad
ame, or any part of your family. We have some
French here. My recent neighbour is a Parisian
family, all of whom will be delighted to see yon.
I shall not be absent from home except from the
5th of the month of July to the last of it, until
October.
Expecting anxiously the happiness of meeting
you at my house, I will take that occasion to
converse with you about your project of writing
the history of America, and in the meantime I
have the honor to subscribe myself,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient serv't,
H. Clay.
Striking for tlie Crops.
In South Carolina, the rice-field hands are
said to have struck for half the crop. On
the Ogeechee, they struck for the whole of it
after it was gathered. The negroes, in their
recent harmless piece of sport, are said to havo
carried off over forty thousand bushels of rice
which had been housed ou the Ogeechee planta
tions. It was, as Greeley says, the prompting
of “a rude sense of justice.”
Kimball’s Opera House.—This structure de
signed as the temporary locum tenens of the
Georgia Legislature, was so far complete as to
be thrown open for public inspection Tuesday
night. The Atlanta papers are profuse in their
admiration of its splendor, and we hope the har
monious associations of the place will inspire a
corresponding spirit in the Legislature. We ore
glad the Atlantians have adopted this arrange
ment for a temporary accommodation of the
Legislature. The people desire to send that
body back to Milledgeville again, so soon as
their will can be legally and effectually expressed.
A New Description op Cotton.—The Charles
ton Courier has the following: The activity of
the Southern mind, particularly since the war,
in the superhuman efforts made to overcome the
trying obstacles which have stood in the way of
the prosperity of the people, is set forth in great
strength, by the numerous specimens of new va
rieties of cotton, which are constantly making
their appearance on the market, many of them
being truly remarkable for their superiority,
both in staple and preparation. W. M. Lawton,
Esq., factor, Boyce & Co’s wharf, yesterday
placed in our possession a sample which can be
seen at our offioe, of three bales of cotton, grown
by B. V. Iverson, Esq., near Macon, Georgia,
from Brazilian silk seed cotton. The fibre is
very soft and of a light creamy cast and is used
in Franco in the manufacture of silk goods. We
shall be pleased to show to gentlemen engaged
in this trade fth elegant specimen of the fibre,
Washington.
Washington, January 11.—The opinion du
ring the past few days has been forced upon tho
minds of the prominent officers of the Govern
ment, and others in the city, that the present
session of Congress will be barren of results.
Tho slowness with which business is considered,
the long and purposeless adjournment over the
holidays, the delay which seems perpetualin the
committees of the two Houses, on unimportant
business, the latitude allowed in debate, the de
layed condition of business in the various com
mittees, are sure indications that nothing will be
done in the way of essential legislation. Tho
appropriation bills will be passed, and perhaps
sonic amendatory action taken for the more ef
fectual reconstruction of some of the Southern
States; but from indications, nothing will bo
done with the financial question, the tariff, the
suffrage, amendments to the Constitution and
many of the important measures which have
been introduced.
Mr. Butler’s bill to repeal tho Tenure-of-office
act was introduced by Mr. Washbumc, of Indi
ana, and put through under the previous ques
tion by a large majority.
THE MANUFACTORIES OF MACON.
THE FURNITURE FACTORY OP GRENVILLE WOOD.
Labor Swine. - -A Screven county correspond
ent of the News says that he saw a hog in a pen
on the plantation of Simeon Burke, which meas
ured seven and a half feet in length, three feet
and one inch in height and weighed 800 pounds.
SotOHlUN Agriculturist. — The January
number of this excellent monthly was received
yesterday. > •
United States Mails.—Proposals for convey
ing the mails of the United States from July 1,
1869, to June 30.1871 { on certain routes in Geor
gia, have been advertised by Alex. W. Randall,
Postmaster General. Proposals will be received
at the contract office until March 31st. The
“test oath” will be required. Sealed bids in
sealed envelopes should be addressed to the
. Second Assistant Postmaster General. The fol-
j lowing are the routes: ' *' . . ■ «.
From Forsyth to Russellville, 11 miles and
' back, once a week. Leave Forsyth for Russell-
i ville Saturday at 12, m. ; Arrive at Russellville
I by 3, p. m. Leave Russellville Saturday at 8,
1 a. m. ; Arrive at Forsyth by 11, a. m.
1 From Gillsville, by Allendale and Hollings
worth, to Middle River, 20 miles and back, once
I a week ; Leave Gillsville Thursday at 5, a. h. :
Arrive at Middle River by 1, r. si. Leave Mid-
| die River Thursday at 1:20, p. ar.; Arrive at
' Gillsville by 8, ?. it.—Atlanta Intelligencer. •»
We have already given in these columns an
article upon the Macon Qptton Factory, and a
description of our Railway Machine Shops. Our
Manufactories are, in number, perhaps in their
infancy. The object of these articles is to illus
trate that we have made a solid beginning, and
to direct the attention of at least our own peo
ple to them. As they are in their infancy they
need the fostering care of our countrymen, and,
in onr judgment, they are altogether worthy of
their patronage and consideration.
But few people have the slightest realization
of the vast mine of wealth in the forests of
Georgia. The best black walnut that grows in
the world is found in our Cherokee country. It
is more solid, durable, and makes the finest spe
cies of furniture of that description. Northern
factories rank it next in value to mahogany.
They pay $100 per thousand feet for it, and
clamorously demand for more than they can get.
Georgia black walnut readily commands $50 per
thousand in our own market, oak and gum $35
to $40. It is difficult to obtain a sufficient sup
ply of the former. People living in the midst
of walnut forests do not seem to have any con
ception of the value of these trees, and are the
last to make any effort to either foster their
growth, or to send them to market. Were they
told that almost every one of them was worth
from $10 to $50, they would not believe it, and
would still go on raising nubbin corn, goober
peas, and “tow-headed” children. But they
are at least the most consistent people in the
world, being to-day what they were one hundred
years ago, directly the opposite of Dryden’s
man, who—
Arkansas Horrors.
Shocking Outrages by Clayton's Banditti—A
Story of Murder, Arson and Robbery.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Was everything by turns and nothing long.
But in tho course of one revolving moon.
Was fiddler, chemist, statesman and buffoon.
Onr mahogany comes irom Central America,
the West Indies, from Africa and from Florida.
The best is from San Domingo, being about all
that good-for-nothing people now export. All
the money they make is in this way. The
meanest grows in Africa. Florida produces a
species of mahogany called by botanists Sweet
Onery. It is not valued very highly. In Brit
ish Honduras it grow3 like the pine in Georgia,
and has been an article of export and vast reve
nue for two hundred years. But mahogany fur
niture is falling into disuse. It is very fine and
very common. Tho demand for walnnt is now
far greater, and that kind of furniture is being
rapidly introduced into tho houses of all our
great families.
wood’s furniture factoey.
The revolution in manufacturing furniture
has been quite complete within the last twenty
years. Work which, in 1850, required fifteen
persons to do by hand is now accomplished in
one hour by steam and machinery. The plane,
except for putting the finishing touches to the
finest grades of work, has fallen into disuse.
With one of these machines one hand can do as
much work as fifteen men did then.
In Grenville Wood’s Furniture Manufactory,
there are twenty of them at work. In an in
spection of it yesterday morning, we saw a
Turning Lathe, Henry Allen’s Patent Mortising
Machine, a Machine for Molding, Planing,
Boring, Tenonting, Ripping, Sawing, and we do
not recollect what else, but there were twenty of
them in all, and in full operation. A plank
would be taken as it came from the Saw Mill first
to the Turning Lathe where it would be run
through and dressed as fast as a man travels in a
slow walk. It would then be taken to such of
the other Machines as were necessary to make
the article of Furniture demanded. The Mor.
tising Machine would moke the necessary hole
in a Bedstead in about half a minute. Every oth
er species of work was done in tho same econo
my of time. There are about thirty men and
boys employed in this Factory. Tho fifteen-
horse power Engine in an angle of the building,
^enables them to do as much work in one day as
three hundred Cabinet-makers used to do in the
olden time.
Sash, doors and blinds are turned out by the
wholesale, and ore shipped in every direction to
building contractors, or consumed here in Ma
con. We saw in the Varnishing and Painting
Rooms splendid room-setts, and almost every
article in modern service.
THE SUPPLY OF LUMBER.
The occupation of tho House Carpenter has
been so much lessened and simplified that he has
little else to do than to lopp off, joint and fit the
“dressed lumber,” the sash, blinds and doors
which modem machinery turns out for him.
And this accounts for the rapidity with which
houses are put up now. In some American
cities, whole blocks are commence cfandfinished
within the course of a single month, which used
to take one and two years to build when men
now grown were boys. We progress.
But the practical man will naturally ask, in
view of all these things why is it we have to pay
as much for Furniture and the building of
bouses as we did when all this work was done
by hand? The reason is the advance in the
price of lumber. Europe has about used up
its forests, and is now in our market for
at least one half of its demands. Africa
and Asia supply next to none at all. So that
the whole world is now wholly or in part
dependent upon ns for its timber. God
foresaw this in the creation of the world
and planted the boundless pine forests of the
Carolinas, of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and of
Mississippi. In much of this country Ho made
the soil too poor for man to livo upon it in or
der that nothing else should ever be planted
there, and as fast 03 one growth of timber should
be cut away another would be left free to spring
np in its place. The writer vivialy remembers
a hundred mile journey through the Pensacola
ten years ago. A beautiful green sward covered
the earth. All else was pine forest, whose
overlapping branches high aloft formed al
most a perfect canopy. The eye was left free
to roam far away until tho trees by their multi,
plicity shut off the view. In that ride we came
upon but one bouse which furnished a misera
ble meaL In conversation the man told ns that
the ground around him would produce nothing
whatever but a few potatoes. We tried to eat
some of those potatoes, but they were bitter and
very unpalatable.
From the Memphis Avalanche.]
Clayton’s loyal bloodhounds are still murder
ing, plundering and outraging tho unfortunate
people of Arkansas..
Only a day or two since they fell npon a most
peaceable and unoffending citizen by the name
of Dillard, as he was returning from his place of
business, and for attempting to escape, murder
ed him in cold blood. Yesterday a Mr. John
Organ was shot dead at Fifteen Mile Bayou,
near Madison, where they now have eight or
nine hundred head of horses and other property,
stolen from citizens of the surrounding country.
At Madison they broke open every house and
building in the place, regardless of locks and
keys, and the citizens axe fleeing in every direc
tion, leaving everything behind.
One hundred and thirty were expected yester
day evening at Hopefield, where they also havo
a large number of stolen horses.
We heard of two other men who*were shot
down a day or two ago, near Madison, but failed
to learn their names.
Yesterday the steamer Linton was boarded
near Madison, by a number of officers and pri
vates, who robbed the bar, cursed the officers of
the boat, telling them that they were all damned
Kuklux, and ordering them to leave.
As the boat moved off, it was fired into, and
the bar-keeper barely escapee with his life.
The citizens are reported as hiding in the
woods, and business is entirely suspended.
A number of refugees arrived yesterday eve
ning, who were being hunted down like dogs,
and who had to flee for their lives.
Among the outrages committed by these thiev
ing vagabonds yesterday, was the following,
upon three well-known and respectable citizens
of Hardeman county, Tennessee—Messrs. L. M.
Bray, John Thomson and Archibald Mayfield—
who have been back of Crowley’s Ridge to pur
chase land:
They reached Mound City,’from Marion, in
the afternoon, and stepped aboard the ferry
boat to come to Memphis. Before the little
steamer left, a company of militia, commanded
by a roan supposed to do white, came aboard
and arrested the threo gentlemen. In reply to
questions, they were informed that they must
go back to Marion at once. They were placed
under guard and sent back. For nearly half
the distance, and especially on reaching muddy
places, the prisoners were compelled, at tho
point of the bayonent, to “double-quick,” and
their ears were regaled with such choice epi
thets from their negro custodians as “d—d
rebel," and “d—-d Ku-klux.”
Once in Marion they were taken before CoL
McWray for examination. The white officers
who effected the arrest finally arrived and testi
fied. He pronounced Messrs. Bray, Thompson
and Maynard, three men whom he had for some
time particularly desired to capture; said they
were Ku-Klux, and had been inciting resistance.
Two or three negro militia, whom the prisoners
never saw before, swore to personal knowledge
of them for two or three years, and pretended
to identify their horses as the property of cer
tain “loyal” colored people in the country.
Unfortunately for the rascals, they proved en.
tirely too much. The prisoners found no diffi
culty in establishing that they had been in the
State only three weeks, and in that immediate
section simply while making the visit to and
from tho river. Everything sworn to by the
white officer and blacks was so clearly shown to
belies thatthe Colonel,though steepedin infamy,
was compelled to order-the release of the pris
oners, who regained tho river late in the eve
ning, fortunately in time to bo ferried to Mem
phis.
Late reports from parties just from Camden,
on the Ouachita, give the following particulars
of outrages committed, very recently, by the
negro militia appointed by Governor Clayton,
the Radical Governor of Arkansas:
“In Asley county they robbed Mr. Wimberly,
a merchant of Petersburg, of all his money,
clothing, bed-clothing, goods and everything
that was of any service to him whatever; rob
bed Mr. Pugh, a merchant of Orion, of all his
goods and money; robbed Mr. A. W. Files, a
merchant of Hamburg, of all his goods, caught
him, and by threats induced him to pay $1,000
in greenbacks, and $1,000 in gold, in order to
have his life spared and to be tumed loose; met
some ladies going to a little social dance in the
country, robbed them of their bonnets and
shawls and made them dance in the road; in
jured Messrs. Files & Norris, at Marie Saline,
to a considerable extent by plundering their
warehouses. They are robbing the people of
all their com and provisions, mules and horses,
guns and pistols, whidh they either destroy or
appropriate to their own use.”
“They do not spare a man’s purse, and by
presenting a loaded gun, or a navy six, making
him shell out the cash The citizens are in a
state of great consternation, and many are leav
ing their homes. They are now going around
among the people in tho county with a docu
ment which they male the citizens sign, bind
ing them to protect the negro militia, which
they intend organizing in said county; those
who refuse to sign, they say they intend to bum
out They are compcsed of Kansas jay-hawk
ers and men from North Arkansas. They com
mit these depredations only in tho counties de
clared under martial la.w. Neither the lives nor
the property of citizens are safe where they are.”
At Hamburg, the militia took possession and
sacked all the stores in the town.
At Marie Saline the militia took possession of
the store and warehouse-landing of Files & Nor
ris, the Major commanding standing at the
principal door with drawn sword, and with re
volvers in his belt, whilst his minions plundered
the premises. They also took possession of
goods lying on the landing at the place, belong
ing to many different persons in the county, and
carried whatever they wanted away.
A Colony of Emigbants Become Paupers.—
The Raleigh (N. 0.) Standard says: - %
Wo have learned from trustworthy sources
that the Swiss inunigrants, settled on the Atkin
son plantation, near Goldsboro, are in a wretch
ed and deplorable condition, suffering for rai
ment and necessaries of life. These worthy
people, accustomed to their native mountains,
to pure air and to an abnndance of food, are at
this time without friends, almost shelterless, and
compelled to subsist on a miserly ration of com
meal and pork. One of their number took bis
last $40, and cheerfully spent it to promote the
comfort of his countrymen and women. ‘ • It does
seem to us that the benevolent people of Wayne
county, who raised money to defray the expen
ses of Messrs Atkinson and Trueb to Europe^
might have displayed more judgment—at least
more humanity—in applying it to the absolute
poverty and suffering or the sixty Swiss immi
grants already in- the country. If these poor
people have been swindled and deceived by false
promises, it is time the Legislature should rem
edy it
An Otteb.—A negro says the - Monroe Adver
tiser, caught an otter about a mile from town,
last Wednesday. He measured forty-four inches
from tip to tip, and weighed seventeen peunda.
There were many suggestions as to the kind of
animal he was. Some said he was a beaver,
mink, black fox, etc. He whipped a pack of
dogs and a negro before he was captured.
From Washington.
Washington, January 12.—Sherman, while dis
cussing the Sue Bobinson bill, said if the claim is
ignored reconstruction would be a failure. South
ern loyalists, if treated as enemies of the country,
will abandon the party.
A close canvass of the Senate indicates that
the claim, though it will % be recommitted, it will
finally pass.
Several Atlantic steamers over are due. Those
•in, report heavy weather on the coast. Steamers
late as due have arrived.
Gov. Wyndham Robertson has arrived and joined
the Richmond Committee.
The President has nominated Calvin J. Cooles
asaayer of the mint at Charlotte, N. C., A. S. Rob
ertson, Collector of Revenue of the Second District
of Louisiana, and David Speeks,- Attorney of West
ern Texas.
Butler’s bill authorizes the Secretary of the Treas
ury to issue throe hundred and fifty million dollars,
and further sums that may be required, and after
thirtieth of June, the National Banks to cease to be
Banks of issue. The bill is quite long.
Fowler, in arguing in favor of the Sue Murphy
claim, said that claims of a Lincoln character did
not exceed thirty million dollars. The discussion
excites much attention. Southern Senators all fa
vor the bilL
The Reconstruction Committee are engaged on
Georgia. To-morrow it hears Gillem on MissiasippL
Washington, January 13.—The Senate is engaged
on amendments to the habeas corpus bilL
In tbe House various resolutions are offered, but
of no general importance.
The Supreme Court is arguing questions involving
tho legality of the sale at Liverpool of the Confed
erate cruiser Georgia.
The House Election Committee voted on tho
Georgia election case. First: Wimpy, who holds
Bullock’s certificate, is not elected. Christy, who
holds Meade’s certificate, is elected but disqualified,
and his case is referred to the reconstruction com-
mitteo for removal of political disabilities.
Under the following letter, indictments against
Mr.Davis and Gen. Breckinridge, were both quashed
IN Criminal Court of 1
District Attorney General’s Office,
Washington, D. C. f Dec. 26,1868. )
Sir : I enclose for your consideration a copy of
tho Proclamation of General Amnesty by the Presi
dent of the United States, under date of the 25th
December instant.
You will observe that by the terms of this pro
clamation there is extended, and without reserve,
to all and every person who directly or indirectly
participated in the late insurrection or rebellion, a
full pardon and amnesty for tbe offense of treason
against the United States for adhering to their ene
mies during the lato civil war.
The object of my present communication is to au
thorize and instruct you, in furtherance of the pur
pose and effect of this general amnesty and pardon,
to make an examination of the indictments pending
in your District—against any person or persons
whomsoever—for the offense of treason against tho
United States, or adhering to their enemies during
tho late civil war, in order that as early as you shall
have proper opportunity, yon may enter a nolle
prosequi for the Government upon such indictment;
and if, upon such examination, you should find any
caso where, from the tenor of the indictment and
nature of the case as known to you, it should bo
donbtful whether it falls within the embrace of gen
eral amnesty and pardon, you will bo so good as to
report tho same without delay to me, with such a
statement of the indictment and of these as may
enable mo to give you further instructions concern
ing the same. Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
War. M. Evarts, Attorney General.
To E. C. Carrington, Esq., U. S. District Attorney,
Washington.
Tho Virginia Committee had a long interview
with the Senate Judiciary Committee. Free discus
sion ensued. Tbe Senate Committee desired the
Virginia Committee to reduce their views to writing,
fqr tho Judiciary Committee’s action thereon.
The Reconstruction Committee are engaged on
Mississippi affairs. The majority seems in favor
of resnbmission of tho Constitution, with an addi
tional ticket for or against the nulification of the
restrictions of tho Constitution beyond the require
ments of the reconstruction act.
Gen. Gillem testifies to-morrow.
Sherman telegraphs the capture of an Indian
village of sixty lodges. A deputation of citizens of
Maryland visited the President with a petition for
the pardon of Mr. Mudd, confined at the Dry
Tortugas. Tho President referred them to the
Evarts.
General orders, No. 2, issued by Gen. Grant, is an
obituary of Gen. Rousseau.
'Tlie Amenities of the Press.
The admirable article of the Macon Tele
graph on this subject, has gone the rounds of
the State, and excited various comments.
In the main, we fully concur with the senti
ment of our contemporary, and believe that un
sparing rebuke, and the severest criticism, when
merited, can yet be clothed in courtly phrase,
and without any draft upon the vocabulary of
wapping stairs, and the London fish market.
Men of Belial are to be found in and out of
the craft everywhere. Against the personal at
tacks of such, a dignified silence is the most ef
fectual remedy. Leave it to them to stir the
filthy cess-pool of detraction and abuse. A
windy newspaper warfare is not the resort of
the brave. The press has its Bobadils as well
as the army.
We commend to our readers the following
paragraph from a subsequent editorial of the
Telegraph :
We tell our conferes, with all their exceptions,
each adapted to his own particular case, the rule
of courtesy is the best one. Violence and abuse
are always a positive loss of influence and dig
nity whether displayed in propria persona or
through the columns of a newspaper. Even if
it be their unplesant task, as some say, “to re
buke and expose rascality and falsehood,” they
can do that at no sacrifice of composure or dig
nity, and without violence of language. Ex
amine, if you please, tho severest rebukes, re
primands, invectives and exposures known to
English literature—those whose pungency and
power have given an immortality surviving any
other recollection of the offence, and you will
find a surprising absence of temper, excitement
and epithet. He who stabs deepest uses a
keen and polished blade. It is a dull axe which
makes much noise.—Cuthberl Appeal.
\ n J. E. Bryant
Thus defines his position in the last number of
his paper, the Loyal Georgian:
OUR POSITION.
Our readers are aware that Georgia affairs
now excite much attention in this State, in Con
gress, and throughout the country. All Repub
licans in Georgia agree that something should
be done. We believe that a large majority of
tbe party want the colored members of tho Gen
eral Assembly reseated; those who are disquali
fied under the Fourteenth Amendment of the
United States Constitution expelled: and some
way devised to protect our citizens who are now
unable to get protection. This is the result we
all wish to have accomplished, but there are dif
ferent plans proposed for accomplishing it. This
is our plan:
Let Congress reseat the colored members of
the General Assembly; provide some way to
ascertain what members are disqualified by the
Fourteenth Amendment from holding seats in
that body, and expel them therefrom, and allow
our citizens to bring their cases in tho United
States Courts, when they are unable to get jus
tice in the State courts, but allow the State
Government to stand.
Some Republicans think it necessary to tear
down the State Government, in order to remedy
the evils of which we complain. We think onr
condition would be infinitely worse than it now
is if that policy should prevail. We have as
sisted in reconstructing Georgia, and we do not
wish to tear down what we have done.
Antilles to such an extent as he may deem expedi
ent, and not inconsistent with the laws of nations,
Gett. Sibley 's Official HtMtemZTT'
eat, and not inconsistent with the iaw B of nations, I We give below the official state™
whenever the Government is established, or either era i q;w|av ,, , . nt of Geo-
people
protection of the United States: provided, that any
action in this behalf on the part of the President
shall be forthwith reported to Congress; and pro
vided farther that no payment of money shall be
made for carrying such protection into effect with
out the authority of Congress.”
Loud debate ensued, when the lull and amend
ments were tabled, 126 to 36.
Alaska territorial bill tabled. Adjourned. .
Congressional.
Washington, January 12.—Senate—Rice and Ab
bot added to the Pacific Railroad Company. The
bill extending the time for indictments in the United
States Courts, except for treason and political of
fenses, to two years after the State’s restoration,
passed.
Rice introduced a bill aiding the Arkansas and
Pacific Railroad.
House.—Butler is speaking on the finance. The
Supreme court is arguing tho boundaries of St.
Louis.
Afternoon Session.—House—After Butler spoke,
Banks reported a resolution for the establishment
of a protectorate over San Domingo and Hayti, sta
ting tho object being that in caso of revolutionary
movements our Government should send out a ship
to adviso the revolutionists to await the usual elec
tions, so as to havo a peaceable revolution. In an
swering as to whether the Executive had made
overtures, he replied that he could not an
swer without involving negotiations. Without con
clusion, thoHouso adjourned. -
Senate.—Sumner presented the petition of a
mass meeting at Macon, Ga., asserting the deplora
ble condition of the State and asking the passage of
Sumner’s bilL
A bill was introduced forbidding the transfer to
foreigners of grants or privileges from the United
States.
Tho Sue Murphy bill was resumed, and discussed
to adjournment.
Washington, December 13—Senate.—Neablon
Loomis askB Congress to appropriate fifty thousand
dollars to complete his experiments for telegraph
without wires or battery—using clouds instead of
wires. Referred to Patent Committee.
Buckalew presented a bill amending representa
tion in Congress. It provides for representation of
minorities. Referred to a select committee.
Abbott introduced a bill aiding tho railroad from
the Rio Grande to the Pacific.
Sawyer introduced a bill paying Government em
ployees, South, who not having taken the iron dad
oath, would have tor take an ordinary oath, look
ing to tho support of tho Constitution. Referred
to tho Finance Committee.
A bill amending an act relating !o habeas corpus
and to regulato judiciary proceedings, passed by 32
to 10. Conkling. explaining the bill, said “there
were cases arising in the Southern States, particu
larly in Georgia,’where the Nonhem stockholders in
express and steamboat companies were sued for
property taken by the public enemy, and the object
of the bill was to enable the defendants to transfer
those cases to the United States Courts, to the end
that they might go to tho Supreme Court and have a
decision upon tlio principle, tlie same as in tho
prize cases;'and this principle, as a case of law,
they are not able to get a ruling, upon in the State
Courts. A common carrier, to defend himself tech
nically, must prove that the loss of the goods was
either occasioned by the act of the Government or
of the public enemy; and in the eases which had
arisen, tho defendants were met by instructions
from the Judges of the State Courts which deprived
the jury from giving any decision on this point.
The caso of Sue Murphy was resumed, but with
no conclusion.
[Note.—In last night’s report, it shonld have been
“Sue Murphy” instead of “Robertson.”]
Without action the Senate refused tbe rotunda for
the Inauguration Ball, and adjourned.
House—The protection of Hayti and San Domingo
wsb resumed. Elliot seated from Arkansas. A
memorial from Texas was presented, asking leave
to raise a regiment for defense against Indians.
Butler offered a substitute for Ranks’ Hayti pro
tectorate as follows:
“That the President of tbe United States be, and
be is hereby authorized to extend the protection of
tbe United States over either of the Islands of the
Florida Legislature.
Tallahassee, January 12.—In the Senate, Gam
bia, a Northern negro, was elected Reading Clerk to
day.
A resolution by Walls, colored Republican, re
questing the Senate to call on Senator Osborne to
repair to Washington and attend to Senatorial du
ties, or resign, was tabled by one majority. -
A similar resolution, offered in tbe House by Soott,
a colored member, was withdrawn.
Senator Osborne and Representative Hamilton
left for Washington this afternoon.
The impeachers seem to be losing ground.
Tallahassee, Fla., January 18—The Senate to
day confirmed Gibbs as Secretary of State; Meek,
Attorney General, and J. S. Adams Commissioner
on Emigration, vice'Austin resigned. All appoint
ed by Gov. Beed since impeachment of last No
vember.
From Alabama.
Montgomery, January 12.—The Columbian.Guide,
a nowgpaper published at the county site of Shelby
county, in this State, says that Judge Pelham, of
the Circuit Court, in a case coming before him from
the Probate Court of this county, decided that the
present Legislature is an illegal body and Governor
Smith an unlawful officer. Judge Pelham is a promi
nent member of the Republican party and was elected
to his office at the same time the Legislature and
Governor were chosen.
From Savannah.
Savannah, January 13—The Morning News pub
lishes a report of the conversation held by one of
its editors with the negroes concerned in the insur
rection on the Ogeechee. The negroes say Colonej
Williams, whose report was forwarded to Gen. Sib
ley, only visited one plantation, threo miles from
the ecene of the disturbance. Hedid not visit other
places to ascertain the correctness of reports con
cerning the outrages, and asked no questions, except
whether they had any complaint to make against
the planters—whether they were in arms against
the United States—what injury was done by the
Sheriff’s posse—asked no questions about resistance
to and robbery of the Sheriff—he went down late at
night, returned before daylight next morning and
was accompanied on the trip by one of the leadin'
disturbers ef the peace of Savannah. It is reliably
reported that the party were arrested there by ne
groes, and released from guard when CoL Williams
explained who he was. Sheriff Dooner published a
card in the morning papers, denying Col. Williams’
statements.
From Atlanta.
Atlanta, Jannary 13.—The General Assembly re
assembled to-day in the new capitol building (Kim
ball's Opera House), with a quorum in both houses.-
After the appointment of a committee to notify the
Governor they were ready for business, tho Legisla
ture adjourned till Friday, when tho Governor’s
message will be read.
Several negroes, recently expelled from tho Leg
islature, are now here, expecting to be reseated.
The Grand Lodge of the Union League of Georgia
held a meeting to-day, electing new officers, and
adopting resolutions emphatically endorsing Gov.
Bullock’s memorial to Congress.
Steamboat Disaster.
New Orleans, Jannary 13.—Tho stemwheel
steamer Glide, hence for Red River, ran aground
and exploded at midnight last night, about 50 miles
above tho city, and the wreck burned. The boat and
cargo are a total loss. Five or six persons were
killed or died of scalds, and about twenty-five in
jured, several of them fatally. The steamers J. G.
Blackford and Thomas Powell reached the scene in
about twenty minutes and rescued the survivors,
who were brought to this city by the Governor Allen.
The Governor Allen also brought tne officers and
crew of tho stemwheel steamboat Idaho, which was
sunk in the Ouacl dta River on Sunday. The boat and
cargo are a total lees, bet no lives lost. Loss by the
Idaho $29,000; by the Glide $25,000 on (he boat
alone.
General Hews.
Augusta, January 12.—The Legislature meets
to-morrow. It is thought the question of negro
eligibility m?y be submitted to the Supreme Court
for decision. Two Democratic papers suggest that
this course bo adopted by tho Legislature.
New Orleans January 12.—The Peruvian Minis
ters with their consorts, Havana and Monterey, left
tho mouth of the river this morning for the Pacific.
They touch at Pensacola.
Richmond, January 13—The Virginia State Agri
cultural Society, inactive since the war, re-organized
to-day. All parts of the State were represented in
the meeting.
Wm. M. Sutherlin, of Danville, was elected Pres
ident. He made a speech advocating the wiping out
of all old prejudices, and starting with new ideas in
accordance with the progressive spirit of the country.
Savannah, January 13 The passenger train on
the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad ran off eighteen
miles from the city. Five cars badly damaged, but
no lives lost.
New York, Jannary 13—In the Swinson cotton
case, involving one mili'on dollars, a verdict was
rendered against the Government.
St. Louis, January 13 Tom Allen whipped Bill
Davis in forty-two rounds.
—, . „ Washington, Januarv e
To General U^Grr^WaMt^urn': 1SG9, ,i
Iltranmut the latestdispatches received W 1
General Sibley, commanding in Georgia. gT? !l
lation to the reported difficulties on the CW
chee. General Sibley has been instructed ™
to permit the organization of any armed bod;. J
whatever, whether white or black, in contra^ f j
tion of law; to preserve the peace at all hazardf
to co-operate with the civil authorities in case h ’ I
finds the same are acting in good faith, andtlui ;
their action is necessary for the preservations 11
the peace, and not as at Camilla made a preW
for committing outrages on the negroes. At thl
some time he is instructed to disarm and dis
perse all assemblages of negroes, andreqZ
them to submit to the legal action of the
authorities. fU
(Signed)
From Cuba.
Havana, January 13.—Four hundred people, most
ly cigar makers, attempted’to leave the city Sunday,
it is supposed for the purpose of raising a revolt in
Cardelana. They were compelled to return home.
Dulee’s proclamation relieves all political prisoners,
terminates all trials for political offenses now in
progress, and holds out unconditional pardon to all
insurgents who lay down their arms within forty
days. _
Foreign News.
Havana. January 11—A commission of influen
tial citizens of honor, and native Cubans and promi
nent members of the Liberal party left the city yes
terday to meet tho revolutionary leaders and at
tempt a compromise for a restoration of peace,
Paris, January 12—The French floating debthas
been reduced two million francs. Estimates for
1868 show an excess of eighty-Bix'millions of re
ceipts over expenditures. The Budget congratulates
the country on the return of confidence, and a gen
eral resumption of industrial pursuits.
Madrid, January 12 Five thousand soldiers have
volunteered to suppress the Cuban rebellion.
Paris, January 12.—For unexplained reasons the
Greek representative has been excluded from the
Conference, who protests and applies to his Gov
ernment for instructions. The Conference will wait
the action of Greece. *
New York, January 13—The Henry Cliauncy
brings $250,000.
Affairs in Bogota are gloomy; the city'is crowded
with soldiers.
It is reported that extensive gold mines have been
discovered in Santa Rosa, Chili. Earthquakes con
tinue along the Peruvian coast.
. The PoBt, official organ, says Bismarck told the Aus
trian Minister at Berlin that the retention of Baron
Yon Buist in office would provoke serious action on
thepartof Prussia. V,. t ’’ - , .
San Francisco, January 13—Later advices from
Japan state that the civil war is considered over.
Paris, January 13.—It is stated thatRaugabe, the
present ambassador at Paris from Greece, has been
recalled to preside over the ministry.
Geo. G. Meade
Major-General U. 8. A.
GENERAL SIBLEY TO GENERAL MEADE.
Telegram received at Washington, January 4,
Headquarters District of Georgia,!
Savannah, Ga;, Jan. 4, 1869. j
Major General Geo. G. Meade, PhUadelpnia;
I have the honor to report my arrival at this
place, and to report the following statemw
made by Colonel Williams: nl
The troubles on the Ogeechee are confined to
Middleton’s and Tucker’s plantations. Middle
ton accuses the negroes of stealing rice, an]
got oat warrants to arrest them. The Sheriff
applied for the military to execute the warrants,
but was refused and furnished with a copy a
the circular of September 25, 1868, for Ins
formation. He went with two deputies and
made the arrests, but got frightened at the ne-
groea’assembling, and ran off. He called for a
posse and went out with 120 men. When they
got near the station they saw a boy about U
years old and shot him through the leg. They
saw some other negroes at the station and or.
dered them to give np their arms. The negroes
ran and they fired on them, wounding two or
three. All this time the Sheriff was in the can
away from his posse. They then were advised
to return to the city which they did. The citi
zens then called a meeting and organized three
battalions, commanded by Generals and Colo
nels, etc. They have enlisted from five to eight
hundred men, and are still organizing.—
I ordered Major Perkins, to go out to see
the negroes, and went with him myself. We
arrived at night, and found the negroes very
much frightened, hut we made known our inten
tions not to trouble them, when they became
pacified and gave us their side of the question.
We found the newspaper accounts totally incor.
rect. There were about fifty men. Three guns
and one bayonet on a stick were all the anus I
saw. If they had had armn we would have seen
them. There are no fortification and no hostile
demonstrations further than to watch their own
safety. The negroes against whom warrants
were issued were anxious to come in and surren
der themselves, and wanted to come with us,
but were afraid to come along for fear of being
fired upon. They deny having resisted the posse,
and I think they tell tho truth. I remained with
them all night, and made arrangements for them
to come in to-night and surrender themselves to
the Sheriff under military protection. They are
to come in to-night, as they are afraid to come
in by daylight To-day the Sheriff reported of
ficially that he could not enforce the laws, and
called upon the military to do it I think no
more troops will be required here at present.
An official report will be sent to Department
headquarters by maiL
[Signed] O. O. Sibley,
BrevtBrig. Gen. U. S. A.,
Commanding, etc.
GEN. SIBLEY TO GEN. MEADE.
Telegram Received at Washington Jar.A, 1869.]
Savannah, Ga., January 4, 1869.
Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, care Geneul
Emory:
Fourteen of the men against whom warrants
have been issued, and who live on the. Ogeechee
plantations, have voluntarily surrendered to the
military authorities. Four "more will be in dur
ing the day or night This is all of the original
number of warrants that the Sheriff had to exe
cute. I understand that one hundred and fifty
or two hundred additional warrants have been
taken out hut as the Sheriff has made no effort
to execute them, I do not feel justified, unde:
present instructions, to aid him until he has
made an effort to execute them. These war
rants are for insurrection and inciting to insur
rection. I would advise tho use of the military,
as I think it would be almost sure to result in a
conflict if the Sheriff were to go out witlj a
posse of the people. There is much excitement
here, and many of the people would not be
averse to a fight.
* [Signed] C. C. Siblet,
Brevet Brig. Gen. U. S. A., Commanding, ete.
Forwarded from Philadelphia, Jan. 4, 1869.
The London Examiner says that 117 barris
ters were candidates for counties and boroughs
in England and Wales. Fifty-nine were Liber
als and fifty-eight Conservatives. There were
more than on6 hundred attorneys candidates.
A bill has passed the Tennessee Legislature,
providing that lawyers who do not gAm their
cases shall not receive any fee. - Such a law
would operate somewhat harshly on the law
yers- , ■_ i_
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Front the Atlanta Intelligencer, 12/A.]
CASES CONTINUED FROM JUNE, 1868.
Fataula Circuit. ]
Southwestern Circuit 3
Middle Circuit 1
Eastern Circuit j
Brunswick Circuit 1
Southern Circuit
Cherokee Circuit ; 1
Blue Kidge Circuit....
Tallapoosa Circuit. ,
Coweta Circuit 4
Flint Circutt 2
Northern Circuit.. 1
Western Circuit ; 3
Chatahoochee Circuit 1
Macon Circuit 4
Ocmulgee Circuit •. 2
CASES DOCKETED FOB DECEMBER TERM, 1868.
Pataula Circuit 1
Southwestern Circuit 7
Middle Circuit. II
Eastern Circuit. i.. 7
Brunswick Circuit.
Southern Circuit 1
Cherokee Circuit 6
Blue Ridge Circuit... 3
Tallapoosa Circuit.
Ccwetta Circuit. 9
Flint Circuit 2
Northern Circuit. , J
Western Circuit. i '... 1
Chattahoochee Circuit 7
Macon Circuit <
Ocmulgee Circuit <
All cases from the first six circuits above enu
merated, have been disposed of, except four, of
which one from the Fataula Circuit and two
from the Middle Circnit were transferred to the
heel of the docket, the other, also from ths
Middle Circuit, was transferred to the beginning
of the Northern Circuit.
Argument - was yesterday heard in the third
case from the Cherokee Circuit, to-wit: Jams*
Dunn, plaintiff in error, vs. Wm. MoNaught.
and others. W. T. Wofford for plaintiff, nT| d *
Warren Akin for defendant.
Fending argument in the next case, namely:
D. B. Barrett, administrator, plaintiff in error,
vs. J. W. Jackson and Nathaniel Nickleson.
The court adjourned.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
Sufferings oi Xew England Manufac
turers. 4
The followii% shows the par value and the
market value of the stock of a few of the New
England manufacturing companies:
Androscoggin Mills (par value $100) 185
Fepperell Manufacturing Company (par val
ue $100) 14®?
Pacific Mills (par value $100). 2,015
Nashua Mills (par value $100). 2,015
Stark Mills (par value $ip°) • 1,275
Chicopee Manufacturing Company (par value
$100) 275
Salisbury Manufacturing Company (par val-
ue $100) •• ••-
Boott Cotton Mills (par value $100) 1,080
Laconia Manufacturing Company (par value
$100)...: r .. 1,200
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company (par val-
ue $100) 1,312’,
Great Falls Manufacturing Company (par
value $100) 2 215
'‘These are the people,” says the New xorK
luuoc tuc tuu ~ "
World, who are persistently howling for ‘-pro
tection ;” and it is “protection,” which is only a
refinement for downright robbery, which has
raised the stock of these companies to ten and
twenty times their par value.
The South can learn from these facts what to
do with her ovm surplns capital—when she gets
it. If the Yankees will have protection, let us
reap some of .its benefits by going into the man
ufacturing business. We have every advantage
over tham, . mid can soon make our country
wealthy and populous.
The Augusta mortuary report for 1868, shows
680 deaths. Whites, 277—blacks 406.