About Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1869)
V~: V?• ' *. • ; * •. s - V ' v". >; • •'.A'.;.. A The Greorgia "W eekly Telegraph. THE TELEGRAPH. MACON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 18C0. County Matters. We learned on Saturday that county eviden ces of debt to the amount of about thirty-three thousand dollars were on file in the Ordinary's office, and deponent is unable to say how many more will come in. Application, we presume, will be made to the Legislature for a funding sot, under which the debt, in part, can be con solidated into the shape of negotiable bonds. This debt is, for the most part, the accumu lated liabilities of by-gone years, and of one . year, in especial, wherein, owing to civil disor ders no State or county revenue was collected. That was the year 1805, according to our recol lection. To add to tho vexations of the situation, as every body knows, tho county is without a Court house or jail, and both these needs must be sup plied notwithstanding the debt. Towards the •’Court-house there is a fund in hand amounting to twenty thousand dollars, realised from the sale of the old site and building; but as it will be sound economy to pnt np a proper, commo dious and sightly structure, while we are about it, the twenty thousand may not cover half the ■actual expense. For the jail, an act of the Legislature exists •empowering a special tax levy of fifteen thou sand dollars, and this, perhaps, may be sufficient, if, as is proposed, tho city and county authori ties co-operate in erecting a single structure to serve the double purpose of a guard-house and county jail. - We have heard the city authorities contem plate a site on the river bank at the foot of -Socond street, and this would also be a conveni ent point for a county jail. The present guard house interferes with the opening trade pros pects of Fourth street, and it is, therefore, to bo sold. As misery likes company, we may console ourselves, that if Bibb county finances are in an •unpromising condition, and taxes must be highr ■er, die is not alone in her misfortunes. The Columbus Sun says the county taxes of Musco gee will doubtless be high this season. Some $35,000 will have to be raised. The total re turned value of county property will be about : seven million dollars. Bridges are in a bad fix, - and tho treasury is not in a very hopeful condi- •tion. Debts are heavy—about $25,000. State Agricultural Society—Journal of Proceedings.—We are indebted to Mr. Samuel . Echols, Acting Secretary, for a pamphlet report -of the proceedings of the State Agricultural So ciety, with the action of the Farmers’ Conven tion, and the Agricultural and Manufacturing Association of Georgia, in session in Macon, 'Georgia, December 0th, 10th and 11th, J8GS, to which is appended the report of Bev. C. W. Howard on the resources and condition of Geor gia, and an essay by CoL Frank P. Schaller on Immigration. , Lands in Decatur.—The ThomasVillo En- .rteiprise is informed that one of the largest and best_plantations in Decatur county, of over 3000 i acres/wedd a few days ago at less than $3,00 per • acre p anH/feat anothor gentleman is now offer ing a largo body of river bottom lands at $2,40 per acre. • On the contrary, lands in the middle ' • part of the State are seBiog from $8 to $10 per acre. Southern Georgia now offers moro ad vantages to settlers than any other portion of the State. OKewCounties in Alabama.—The Sun says that at the late session of the Alabama Legislature, Jour new counties were formed in that State— Escambia, Geneva, Baker and Grant. Escam bia is neared out of Baldwin and Conecuh: Ge- nota, out of .Dale and Coffee; Baker, out of Shelby; Bibb arid Autauga, and Grant, out of Montgomery and Pike. These added to the - otfceroKvw counties formed in that State since xMfrd war, gives Alabama sixty-six. The county of Brine bas been changed to Etowah, and Jones to Sandford. Appeal to the Ku-Klux.—In the Nashville Bepnblican Banner of the 15tb, Ex-Governor Neil S. Brown addresses an appeal to the Ten nessee Ku-Klux to abandon their organization . and cease their operations as fatal to law, peace, , good order and the prosperity of the State. 'Steamships Between New York and Apalach icola.—The Columbus Sun says: A line of steamers and sailing vessels is soon to be estab lished between New York and Apalachicola to connect with tho Chattahoochee river boats. All heavy freight once came this way, and if it be made as low as formerly, and the railroads retain their present tariff, it will be again. This route has for some time been abandoned. Re establishment will draw to it on extensive trade. •Commodore Tatnall.—The Bepnblican says ftiia gallant old veteran bus returned to Savan nah. The Commodore has, with his family, been residing in Nova Scotia since the close of •the war, bnt has tired of his banishment, and come back with the hope of spending the re mainder of his days in his native State among I bicoid friends who love him so well. srxix.RAii.soad.—We have copies of the of- { fleial annual reports of the officers of the Wes tern and Atlantic Railroad to the Governor for t.the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1868, neatly . printed at the office of the Atlanta Era. In ; another column of this issue of the Telegraph, , we have copied from the Era a synopsis of con- v tents, and when we have more leisure will ex- * amine-, the pamphlet for ourselves. • ■ "Me. Gove.—We h&vo received from Hon S. F. Gove a communication to tho Secretary of the State Agricultural Society, from the Com missioner of Agriculture, which shall be for warded. Also numerous bills and public docu ments for which we are much obliged. Greenbacks Exempt from State Taxation. —In the Supreme Court on Monday Chief Justice Chase read the opinion of tho Court in the New iSork bank case, deciding that certificates of in- • Sebteiness for three per cent, certificates and lUoited States notes, or greenbacks, are exempt ifromtState taxation. Indiana Senator.—A caucus of the Republi can members of the Legislature was held Friday morning. Cumback’s name was withdrawn, and the Hon. D. S. Pratt, of Logans port, was nom- nated for Senator. The latter was elected in joint convention, at noon. The vote stood: (Pratt, 83; Hendricks, CO; absent and paired * off,.7. m The Chance for Virginia,—A special to the 'NewYork Tribune from Washington,21st, says: * The Massachusetts delegation are reported, with - one <poe*ible exception, to be favorable to the ' Virginia plan of settlement, and its friends to- * day are very sanguine of its success. They rely < much on the known sympathy of Gen. Grant, -and would be glad they say to have him dispose ■of the matter. Twxtchzlx, Mcubes Case.—The prosecution abandoned the case against Mrs. Twitchell, of Philadelphia, charged with the murder of her • mother, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, in aooordance with the instructions of the oourt. Her husband has been convicted of . murder in the first degree. The: Southern Express office at Rome, Ga., was robbed of a messenger safe on Saturday morning last. The safe had that night come in from Selma, and contained seven hundred dot- 4Mi in man# sad drafts. Sorghum Sugar. We have in onr office a sample, amounting in quantity to two or three pounds, of bright dean, lively straw-colored sugar, manufactured from Sorghum by the “Louisville Sorgo Company,” and which is just as handsome and well-tasted as any New Orleans crude sugar. Indeed, every one would pronounce it New Orleans raw sugar, if not told its history. We learn that this is made without chemical process, by simply defecating the juice of the Sorghum before it is boiled. It is then reduced by boiling to the point of chrys- talization and the sugar is found to granulate as readily as in syrup from cane. We have also a specimen of the syrup, which is light, dear and well tasted as any of the fancy syrups of the grocers, and quite as free from the addulous flavor of the common Sorghum syrup. We are informed that the product of this sugar to the acre from Kentucky Sorghum has proven to vary from 800 to 1200 pounds, and, it is supposed, would be still greater in Georgia, where, as everybody knows, Sorghum will grow beyond reason. These samples were brought ns by Mr. W. J. Underwood, of the house of O. W. Thomas & Co., Louisville, now in Macon; bnt Mr. Under wood has no other interest in the matter than what every intelligent reader will feel in so im portant a discovery. All experiments in the manufacture of sugar from Sorghum having hitherto been attended with very unsatisfactory results, the perfect suc cess which has been achieved by the Louisville Company is destined to produce a great revolu tion in the sugar trade. It will lead to laige pro duction. The entire scope of country from Southern Illinois to tho Gulf may become a profitable sugar producing region. Sorghum will be more prolific in sugar than the sugarcane itself, and the production and consumption of this staple article of food will receive a prodigi- ons stimulus. Stewart Comity .Mails. Stewart county, Georgia, seems to be literally *n “a bad fix” for mails. A friend writes ua from Lumpkin, Jan. 23d, 18C9: “ There is, in point of fact, no mail to this place. It is twenty- three miles from Cuthbert, and it is nominally under contract for a mail three times a week, but does not get that number of mails a month. No MATT. HAS REACHED HERE DC TWENTY DAYS FROM this date. The citizens beg you to look into this matter and implore the attention of the special agent to the way in which they are treated.” We hope Mr. Woodward will look into affairs in Stewart county. We have no doubt he will do so if this paragraph meets his eye, and mean while let our Stewart county friends memorialize him, themselves. We received yesterday a remittance from Knoxville, Crawford county, mailed 5th instant —twenty day’s coming as many miles. Some accident must have delayed it Oct. Banking Capital.—We copy elsewhere, says the Savannah Republican of Sunday, from the Washington correspondence of the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, an abstract of the con dition of the National Banks of Georgia on the 1st of January, inst It will be seen that our present banking capital is about an eighth of that employed before the war, and that larger than a twentieth of the amount necessary to move the last year’s cotton crop. The heavy profits, too, of this million six hundred thousand of banking capital, is worthy of note. After paying large semi-annual dividends and all ex penses of management, they have accumulated, within the last three years, a surplus fund and undivided profits to the amount of $465,176 80, or more than a fourth of the entire capital em ployed. 'Who would not like to be a banker on snch terms? As “Simon Suggs” remarked, ‘somebody must suffer!” West India Cotton Seed.—We are indebted, says the Columbus Enquirer, to Mr. G. W. Davis, of Upson county, for a few seed of the fine variety of Cotton raised by him near Thom- aston, of which we made mention a week or two ago. The staple of this Cotton is very fine and silky, and the seed are black, many of them ginning out entirely clear of lint and os smooth and glossy as a black pea. We understand that Mr. Davis still has some of the seed on hand. A Serious Fault.—It was pompously said by the late Henry W. Davis that Jas. L. Pettigrew, John Minor Botts and Joshua Hill were the only Southern Union men of prominence during the “nation’s agony.” Qnoting this expression, the Chicago Tribune alludes to Mr. Hill thus: “If he had been a carpet-bagger, without a bona fide residence in Georgia, there would probably have been less opposition to him on the part of the screeching wing of the Senate.” Not being a carpet-bagger, he is supposed to be thoroughly incorruptible—a bad recommend ation for the Senate of the United States.—Con stitutionalist. The Injunction Against the Columbia and Augusta Railroad.—The Augusta Constitution alist learns that the injunction recently granted by Justice Willard against the Columbia and Augusta Railroad, to prevent the nso of the right of way claimed, was dissolved on yesterday by Judge Boozer. Whatever may be tho opinion of some, toe news will undoubtedly be received with pleasure by a large number of our citizens. Items from the Monroe Advertiser. Field Hands.—Wc learn that the farmers of this connty have Dot been able, as yet, to get as many hands as are necessary to cultivate their farms the present year. Some, we understand, have no laborers, and unless they can get them, will cultivate but few acres of their land. The negroes seem to decrease every year, and onr people will have to procure white labor to keep their farms in operation. Like the Indian, the negro race will soon pass away, and be remem bered only as the causo of the subversion of the American Republic. Col. John Pinckard, the oldest citizen of this town, and father of Col. James S. Pinckard, died at the residence of the latter, here, last Friday morning. CoL Pinckard was, for many years before the war, one of the most promi nent and opulent citizens of this connty. Judge Speer.—Our esteemed fellow-citizen, Jndge Alex. M. Speer, removed to Griffin yes terday. We are sorry to lose snch a good man and citizen from the community. Our loss, however, has been the gain of tho good people of Griffin. May good fortune attend the Judge in his new home, and may his fellow-citizens of Spalding county appreciate the worth of a courteous gentleman and erudite jurist. Judge Monroe Clower, new member elect to the Legislature from this connty, was sworn in and took his sent last Wednesday. Judge Zellner was in attendance at the opening of the Legislature. We have a good representation from Monroe connty in these gentlemen. The former occu pies the seat of W. A. Ballard, deceased, and tho latter that of the expelled colored member from this connty, George H. Clower, formerly the property of Judge Clower. And although the Clowers seem to be popular in this connty, wo are glad that the top rail has been placed on top again. Murder and Robbery in Baker Connty The Bainbridge Southern Georgian of the 21st instant says: Russell, a hard working and honest old negro, from near Milford, in Baker county, who had been down here trading and then on his way back, was bmtually murdered, and robbed near Oliver Arnett's plantation about six miles from here, on the night of the 6th instant, by a negro named General Amos. The body of the unfortunate man was found on the 18th about one hundred yards from the road. The black scoundrel shot him down in the public road, and then dragged his body to the spot where it was found by a Mr. Hays, who lives on the farm. From the best informa tion he was killed for thirty dollars. The offi cers of the law are after the perpetrator. Caught.—Our efficient Sheriff JB. B, Waugh, caught and lodged in jail on last Tuesday, the negro General Amos, charged with G** murder of Vie wry Bussell, colored. Virginia Affhlrs and Gen. Grant. The reader is doubtless aware of the very critical state of affairs in Virginia, and the steps taken by her leading citizens, with the sanction of a large majority of the people, to achieve, if possible, a State government which will not be fatal to the progress and prosperity of that illustrious commonwealth. The State Constitu tion proposed by the Radicals disfranchises a very large proportion of the whites altogether, and proposes terms of eligibility to office which, it is said, will exclude ninety-five in the hundred of her white population. This Con stitution is, in short, a scheme to turn Virginia over entirely to the negroes and carpet-baggers. To prevent such a catastrophe, a convention of leading men has sent a committee of nine to Washington, headed by A. H. H. Stewart, who have submitted certain compromise propositions to Congress. They have proposed to accept universal suffrage, coupled with universal am nesty and eligibility, and they have submitted certain amendments to the Constitution to make it harmonize with this proposition. If they can succeed, they will have saved the State. There are at least twenty thousand white majority in Virginia, on the universal suffrage basis, and with a full show of hands there will bo no great difficulty in the way of Virginia. Singular as it may appear, however, a course in Virginia dictated by the direst necessity of self-preservation has been made tho occasion of severe invective on the part of some Southern prints, as well as of brutal jibes on the part of certain Northern Radical papers. The Virginia Committee of Nine will, however, as we believe, carry its point. The Whig publishes a private dispatch from Washington to Governor Wells, of Wisconsin, now Executive, in tho Hnnnicutt interest, of Virginia, which announces dole fully: “ All is lost! Grant has joined the Committee of Nine.” The Dispatch reports an interview between the Committee and General Grant, on which General Grant is reported as declaring himself as follows: “He expressed himself as being warmly in favor of striking out the disfranchising clauses of that instrument, tho homestead clause, and the provisions relating to connty organization, which last he seems to regard as moro objection able even than the rest. He said that if per mitted to stand as a part of the Constitution they would necessitate the election of negro Judges, Sheriffs, Magistrates, Clerks, Common wealth's Attorneys, Constables, Ac., Ac., and that the condition of affairs would be so intol erable that in those localities where there is a preponderance of blacks the whites would be compelled to remove and seek homes in other portions of the State. He expressed the wish that the proposed arrangement may be speedily carried out, and indicated his confidence in such a result” And even the rampant radicalism of Boutwell has been modified. The Washington corre spondent of the Baltimore Sun says: Mr. Boutwell, as has been well said, is care ful enough to observe that Virginia is the only State that has sent a delegation of its native conservative population to aid Congress in the work of reconstruction, and give practical and permanent effect to the laws of Congress. He thinks that this auspicious movement of the Vir ginians deserves every encouragement, and that a compliance with at least some portion of their reasonable demands will do more to pro mote unity and peace, and secure respect for the motives of the Republican party than all the proscriptive laws that could be enacted. Under these circumstances, we believe the practical wisdom of Virginia will be vindicated, and she will have made the best possible out of a bad bargain, which was all that could be done. The State Rond—CoI.IIuIbcrt’.s Report From tl- Atlanta Nerr Era.] The annual report of tho Superintendent of this road, for tho fiscal year ending September 30th, 18G8, is a document of great length, but of unusual clearness and ability. It embraces the reports of the subordinate officers, showing the condition and management of the road in all its particulars of detaiL A careful and critical pe rusal of the report, cannot fail to satisfy every impartial and candid mind, that tho road has never been under abler management, under any administration, from tho day of its completion to the present time. The report shows the total receipts for the year to be $943,007,24; total expenditures$G77,- 287,12. lie extraordinary expenditures, snch as for equipment, depot buildings, new build ings, real estate, bridging and re-laying track, amount to over twenty-two thousand dollars— thus showing the ratio of working expenses to receipts to be seventy per cent. This is cer tainly a fine showing and one that commends tho administration of CoL Hulbert to the thougt- ful men of all parties. The report of the superintendent abounds with many valuable suggestions touching the right-of-way, (still in litigation;) recommends tho thorough ballasting of the road bed, the re laying of about 48 miles of old track, which in its present Condition, is neither safe nor econ omical ; the replacing of truss work (now de- decayed and unsafe) by substantial masonry, the repairing of the Union passenger and freight depots at Chnttannooga, the building of a suit able passenger depot at Atlanta, and th8 repair ing of most of the depots on the line of the road. The estimated cost of repairing these last ho puts down at six thousand dollars. The wooden buildings in present use for machine and car shops should, he thinks, be replaced by fire-proof structures, and upon a scale commen surate with the future wonts of the road. The importance of these improvements can hardly be over-estimated; and it will be remembered by many that Col. Hulbert’s predecessor, Maj. Wallace, made the samo recommendation during his administration. These buildings would cost from fifty to one hundred thousand dollars, de pending upon their dimensions, and the materi al used in their construction. Upon the old custom of permitting cattlo to run at large, and then suing railroads in dam ages for loss of such cattle when run over or killed by locomotives, the Superintendent is no less severe in manner than he is correct in po sition. Upon this subject he says: The railways of Georgia transport many thou sands of passengers doily, whose lives are hourly endangered by the permission of this extremely dangerous and destructive custom. Stock should not be permitted to run at large upon tho lino of ijulways. If the lives of human beings are to be placed in the balance against those of cattle, this cus tom should be continued; but if human lifo is regarded of greater value than cattle, mules and hogs, it should be changed by legislative enact ment. This road has paid, within tho last twelve months, nearly six thousand dollars for stock killed—a sum far in excess of the legal intererst. on fifty-five thousand dollars, the amount neces- sary to fence the entire road! “Further legis lation," says Col. Hnlbert, “is necessary upon tho liability of failroadsfor stockkilledby them,” and most reasonable men will agree with him that there is neither justice nor propriety in hold ing Railroad Companies responsible, when in the pursuit of their legitimate business, upon their own grounds, and under their chartered rights, they may bo so unfortunate as to loll the stock of a party who either carelessly or wilfully turns the same loose upon the road, thereby en dangering its property and the lives of passens gers. The list of claims against the road for dam ages, &c., amount in the aggregate to nearly thirty-three thousand dollars, all of which is in suit except about thirteen thousand dollars. A large portion of these are for personal in juries received by employees when on duty.— “Existing laws,” the Superintendant thinks, ‘relative to the liabilities of railroads in this particular are both onorous and unjust.” The reduction of freight on coal has resulted in its increased consumption and proved a source of increased revenue to the road. In 18G7, there were only 9,800 bushels of coal shipped over the road; whilst in 1868, under the new tariff, there were 23,400bushels shipped—show ing an increase of nearly fourteen thousand bushels, with an increased revenue to the rood, from this source alone, of $924,07. Similar re sults have followed the reduction of rates on iron ore, pig and manufactured iron; whilst in or der to enable the farmers on the line of the road to ship the perishable products of their farms, to advantage to themselves and the road, a reduction of former rates bas been made, and a corresponding reduction obtained from con necting roads terminating at this place. Florida is now beauteous with peach bloe- WASIIIXGTOX CORRESPONDENCE. MIDDIES FROM AT.ABAMA—CONVENTIONS, NEGROES, women’s RIGHTS, PEACE AND SO ON—CONGRESS AND THE BANKS—REPEAL OF THE TKNUBE-OF-OF* OICE BILL AND SO ON. Washington, D. O., Jan. 22, 1869. Editors Tdegroph: Mr. Norris of Alabama, yesterday, reported from the Reconstruction Committee, and engineered through the House of Representatives, a bill directing the Secretary of the Navy to appoint befora the fourth of Marchnext, cadets tothe Naval Academy, on the nomination of members of Congress from that State. As the law now stands the Secretary of the Navy can appoint only between the fourth of March and the first of July, and as the Repre sentatives from Alabama in the Forty-first Con gress will not bo elected until August next, the passage of such an act was necessary to secure the appointment of midshipmen from that State. Tins month, so far, has been an eventful one for Washington. We have had the Colored National Convention, doing business for all the children of Ham. The Woman’s Rights Con vention,doing business for everybody in general, and benefitting nobody in particular—all within the past two weeks,and now we have ^“Univer sal Peace Society,” whichis composed largely of the same individuals who participated in the other conventions. The Societyhas already had one meeting, at which was presented, in sub stance, tho following resolutions: First, sug gesting an amendment to the Constitution of the the United States, by taking out of it everything inconsistent with the divine attributes of God. Second, declaring in favor of the abolition of the death penalty. Third, in favor of equal rights, as removing a source of disturbance en dangering to the home, the community and the Union. Fourth, demanding a radical change in the treatment of Indians; and in this connec tion, denouncing General Sheridan, and de manding faithful fulfillment of Indian treaties. Speeches were made by the Hon. LucreciaMott and the Hon. Mrs. Archibald, of Kansas, and others. The members of the Society have not, as yet, commenced the usual round of visits but, it is expected they will call in a body on Gen. Grant and tho other distinguished personages whoso motto is “Let ns have Peace,” and they may also petition Congress in aid of their designs, but this is doubtful, as it is too well understood that peaceful measures in Congress stand less show than a cat in “Hades” without claws. Beau Hickman has been favorably mentioned as permanent President of this Society, but the old hero pronounces tho subject entirely too dry for him, and it is thought that he will emphati cally decline the honor. It was reported hero yesterday that a move ment was about to be inaugurated in New York, among the banks of that city, to lock np green backs, and thereby tighten the money market; so as to produce a decline in stocks and securi ties. To obviate this, the House Banking and Currency Committee have prepared and will in troduce in the House to-day or to-morrow, a bill providing that it shall bo unlawful for any bank, association, corporation, person or per sons, to loan money upon United States legal tender notes, commonly knowu as greenbacks, as collateralsecurity, or where the custody or promise of custody of said legal tender notes form any part of the security or consideration for such loan; and for any offense under this act, the bank, association, corporation, etc., etc., so offending, shall, upon conviction there of in any United States Court, pay a sum equal to one-third of tho money so loaned; and tho President and Cashier of any bank, association or corporation, making said unlawful loan or loans, shall payafurther sum equal to one quar ter of the money so loaned. The same may be sued for by any person within the State where said offense is committed, and the forfeit there of shall belong to the person or persons bring- ng said suit. This bill will hardly command a hearing in the House. There are too many members in terested in Wall street speculations. Honest Mr. Washburn, of Galena, Illinois, may, per haps, give it his unqualified support, and there by lead some of the noodles of the House to believe that it is the wish of General Grant that the bill should pass; but even this will scarcely attract a corporal’s guard to its support The repeal of the Tenure-of-office act contin ues to be a leading topic of conversation among the friends and opponents of that measure, in and out of Congress. There appears to be a' great diversity of opinion at present, among Senators on the subject. Some believe, how ever, that as the President elect asks for the re peal, the Senate will, before the end of the session, concur in the action of the House. Tho “Carnot of the War Office” is just now greatly exercised over a report published over the country, to the effect that he issued the order directing Gen. Banks to relieve Gen. Grant immediately after the latter’s unsuccessful as sault on the Confederate works, at Vicksburg, in 1863; and both himself and friends are ac tive in their denunciations of the report, in so far as it attempts to fix the responsibility of the order on Mr. Stanton. There is no question but what tho order was issued, and that it came directly from the office of the Secretary of War. The fact will most likely be determined in a few days os to whether Mr. Stanton, Mr. Lincoln or Gen. Halleck is guilty of this effort to crush the military aspirations of the President elect. In this connection it may be stated that Stanton disclaims any desire for an appointment of any discription under the incoming administration. ^ Kentuck. National Banks in Georgia. Our readers will find, in onr Washington cor respondence, an abstract of the condition of the National Banks in Georgia on the first Monday of January, I860. This statement presents some striking features, among which are the insuffi ciency of onr banking facilities and tho great profitableness of currency banking in Georgia. The capital employed is only about one-eighth of the amount of banking capital in use before the war, while tho movements of trade require at least as groat a sum now as then. The cotton crop of our State alone, of this year, will em ploy thirty millions at least to move it, while the ■banking capital is shown to be only one million six hundred thousand dollars for this purpose. We say nothing of the wants of other branches of business, and we have only about one-twen tieth of the sum of bank capital requisite to move tho cotton crop. This shows onr fanners how completely they are dependent on foreign capital, which, by its control, can regulate the cotton markets and gold markets; and demon strates the necessity for farmers to keep out of debt, by holding a good surplus in gold to meet their current yearly expenses. If the farmer is in debt, or has not provided for his wages, sup plies and fertilizers, he is obliged to force his cotton on the market to meet advances, or to make purchases, and if such credit system pre vails generally, he is obliged to take that .price which can and will be fixed by money rings, outside of the natural price regulated by supply and demand. It will be perceived that the surplus fund and undivided profits amounts to $465,176.80, or more than one-fourth of the whole capital em ployed. This accumulation of undivided profits is ihe result of three yeajs’ business and is over and above the heavy disbursements for expenses in beginning and carrying on the business and handsome semi-annual dividends that have been paid to stockholders, of five and ten per cent per annum. While wo are glad to notice this evi dence of prosperity of the Southern Banks, we cannot omit again to call the attention of farm ers to the rate of interest which they must ex pect to pay if they run their farms upon a oredit schedule. Farmers who pursue such c policy must add at least one-third to this calculation of farm expemeu and expect to see his crops forced upon the market according to the interest and necessities of moneylenders.—Chronicle <b Sen. tML' ■ f ,’Z. . . , . Decisions of the Supreme Court of Georgia. - r'. DELIVERED AT ATLANTA, JANUARY 19, 1869. From the Atlanta Oonttitution.] Isaac V. W. Ducher, Plaintiff in error vs. Jus tices of the Inferior Court, Fulton county, Defendant in error.—Motion from Fulton county. McCay, J.—A witness for the State, in a crim inal case, who, in obedience to a subpoena served upon him while temporarily in this State, act ually comes from his home in a distant State where he resided when the subpoena was Arved upon him, and testifies in the case, is entitled to mileage for the whole distance traveled, in coming from and returning to his home. Judgment reversed. Hoge & Spraybeiy by the reporter for Plain tiff in error. W. H. Dabney for Defendant in error. John A. Long, plaintiff in error, vs. the State, defendant in error—Murder—from Bartow. McCay, J.—1st. It is too late, after arraign ment, to object to an indictment on the ground that it fails to allege the defendant to be a resi dent of the county in which the bill is found. 2d. When it appeared that the venue in a murder case was changed, on the motion of the prisoner, at the April term, 1868, from Gordon county to Bartow connty, and the case was call ed for trial in Bartow county, at November term, 1868, the defendant is charged with notice that the case will then be called, and he cannot ex cuse himselt for want of diligence in preparing for trial, by his affidavit that he did not know the case had been moved to Bartow, and would be called for trial at the next regular November term. 3d. The simple fact that the defendant has been in jail, in a distant county, does not excuse him for want of diligence in preparing for triaL The absence of counsel “on whom the defen- dent mostly relies,” unless shown to be neither by negleetnor by collusion, is not a good ground for continuance. 4th. When a motion is made to continue at the calling of a cause, the movant must take all his ground; he cannot, afterhis motion has been made and overruled, file aplea based on facts, known at the time, setting np a special defence, and then move to continue the new issue thus tendered. 5th. This court will not interfere with the dis cretion of tho Jndge in refusing a continuance, unless there is an abuse of the discretion the law has merely reposed in him. 6th. The plea of insanity, provided for by sec. 4234 of Irwin’s Code, is a plain abatement, and must show that the defendant is insane at the time of the triaL Its object is to ascertain if the prisoner can then be tried; not to determine his guilt or innocence of the crime charged. J. Glenn, A. B. Culberson, for plaintiff in er ror. W. H. Dabney, for Solicitor General, for State. William Watkins, plaintiff in error, vs, John D. Pope, defendant in error—Attachment—Ful ton county. McCay, J.—When A sold to B a stock of mer chandise, in consideration that B would pay a certain debt of $500 due by A, to which B was security; and in further consideration that B would pay the debts due by A for the stock of goods, which amounted to $1,500. Held that the mode of payment was a part of the consid eration ; and that even as to the $1,500, A has no right of action against B until he foils, or unreasonably delays to pay the debts due by A for the stock of goods. Nor can a general creditor of A, in tho ab sence of any fraud or collusion between the parties with intent to hinder or defraud the cred itors of A, subject, by the process of garnish ment, this obligation of B to the payment of the debt the creditor holds against A. Hammond, Mynatt <fc Welbom for plaintiff in error. Lochrane & Clark for defendant in error. P. H. Kilgo, Plaintiff in error vs. R. J. Castle- besy, Defendant in error. Bill, etc., from Union county. McCay, J.—When an attachment is levied on real estate, and before judgment on the attach ment, an execution, on a common law judgment in favor of other parties against the defendant, is levied on tho same real estate, the Sheriff may proceed to sell under the last levy, and the purchaser gets a good title. When an execution against two joint-obligors is levied on the property of one of them, the other defendant has a right to buy the property at the sale, and he gets the full title of his co defendant to the property. Moro general charges of fraud, with no speci fication of fraudulent acts, arc not sufficient to give a Court of Equity jurisdiction, to set aside a Sheriff’s sale. When a fi. fa. against two joint obligors, they being mutually interested in the consideration, is satisfied by the sale of the property of one of them, the other is indebted to him for contribu tions, according to the equitable rights of the two in tho original contracts, and the creditors of the obligor whose property has been sold, may reach this obligation to contribute by pro cess of garnishment, and have therefore a rem edy at law. Judgment affirmed. Weir, Boyd & Wimpy, for plaintiff in error. W. P. -Price, for defendant in error. Notes of Jews in New York. A writer in the Evening Post says of the Jews in this city: They have oertainlyby private contributions among themselves gone far beyond any other people in this country, perhaps beyond any in the world. No people have ever given more practical evidence of their faith in their own religious belief than the Jews. No people ever gave a better example of industry, temper ance, morality, education and liberality, or made fewer claims upon the charity of others than these of the Hebrew denomination in this city. Their hospitals and their other benevolent insti tutions are not only princely, but they do not suffer by comparison with those of any other people. There is something almost sublime in passing through Broadway and other streets, on Satur day. to see not only the rich bnt the poor with their shops closed—thus without any reduction of expenses giving one-sixth of their time in confirmation of their faith in the religion they profess. It is true they love their gold, and it is also true they love their religion better. Chris tians may be equally good, but they make no pecuniary sacrifice like this. The industry, pa tience and economy of the Jews are rapidly and jnstly securing for them in atmost every city in the Union a commanding influence and a laige share of the trade. In almost all places of im portance there are men whose names are anhonor to any community. The late Harman Hendricks of this city, dur ing a long life, was ever known and beloved as kind, noble and generous in all the relations of life,- no act of has could ever be construed into oppression; the widow and the fatherless always found themselves safe in his hands; no busi ness was allowed to intrude upon his Sunday (which was Saturday,) till after the sun was down, when he generally left his house for his office; there drew perhaps two or three checks for ob jects of benevolence, took his letters and papers and returned quietly home. One of his daily devotions was probably reading Heb xiiL lGth: “To do good and to distribute forget not, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.” And again: “Turn not thy face from any poor man.” This he carried out.' Before he left his home in the morning for his office, his daily custom was to provide himself with silver of various denominations, and follow the above divine in junctions. If he met an old man, poor and de jected, he would hand him a dollar—a person with less claim, half that sum—but to all some thing, as he could judge of the necessities of their case. In large transactions the benevo lence of his character was equally well illustra ted. At the time of the great fire, in 1835, when confidence in insurance stocks was prostrated, and the capital of the Manhattan Fire Insurance Company was lost—in which Mr. Hendricks had long held a commanding influence—he at once proposed to his co-directors to reorganize and subscribe for the now stock, and agreed to fur nish the whole capital, at simple interest, giv ing the profits to those who would unite and re instate the company. His name is an honor to his family and to the community. The Jews now are fast becoming among our largest real estate holders. In addition to the many princely estates by inheritance, they probably own many milnons of dollars in this city, all the proceeds of their own industry, frugality and uncompromising contempt of all difficulties. Their iron determination knows no defeat; it commands success, and as often as another class by their folly and extravagance are obliged to sell the earnings of their fathers, these people, by industry, will be able and ready to buy. Antly Jshjuoa, A TRIBUTE TO THE RETIRING FERansERT—TLE v*. kksbbe gubernatorial race. T **' “ Mack” writes as follows in his last letter the Cincinanti Enquirer : * - , Few of our Presidents have ever retired •- the White House with less of rail will accompany Mr. Johnson’s farewell on than? of March. And with equal truth it may be mS that few, in retiring, have ever better desereJ the thanks and good wishes of the AmericaiW pie for sincerity of purpose and an honest to administer the office for tho best interests ?, the country. In saying which I do not nJ: to be understood as expressing the belief the United States never had abetter PresiiW —but that, judged by the purity of his a? tires and his unselfish intentions to do hk whole duty, he far surpasses any of recent Executives. That he has commit ted great errors, he himself will, I Chas. C. Clayton, Plaintiff in error vs. Warren Akin, Executors. Bill for direction from Bar tow. McCay, J.—1. A money legacy left to the Executor of a will, though expressed to be “in addition to the usual commission allowed by law, and as a full compensation for any extra trouble ho may have in executing the will,” is a general legacy and cannot, as a legacy, be exempted from abatement, with other general legacies, in case of a deficiency of assets. 2d. When a testator, in a singlo item of his will, gave to his wife $1,500 in money, various articles of personal property and a life estate in a certain house and lot and its appurtenances, with tho privilege, if she so desired, to take $1000 instead of the life-estate in the house and lot and in a subsequent item he distinctly de clared that tho “ legacy left his wife is in lieu of dower": Held, that the word “legacy” in the last item, covers all the several bequests of tho first, and should she prefer the $1000 in lieu of the life-estate, and elect to take her “legacy” in lien of dower, she takes all tho several be quests in her character as dowerless. 3d. When a legacy left a wife is - expressed to be in lien of dower, and she elects to take the "legacy,” she takes it as a quasi purchaser, and, in a contest betweenher and other legatees; whether general or specific, she cannot be called upon to abate with them, to make np a deficien cy of assets. 4 th. A legacy in Georgia may be adeemed by the delivery of the property to'the legatee, dur ing tho life time of the testator, and if it be so adeemed, it does not pass under the will, and is not subject to abate on a deficiency of assets. 5th. Whethera legacy basin fact been adeem ed, is a question of fact, to be left to a jury un der the evidence in the particular case. The delivery of the legatee must be of such a char acter as to show that it was the intent of the testator to part, at the time, irrevocably with his dominion over the property. W. T. Wofford, L. E. Bleckley, for plainitff to error. D. A. Walker and W. Akin, for defendant in error. __ National Banks of Georgia. Wabhingnon, January 19. Editors Chronicle and Sentinel: The follow ing is an abstract of the condition of the eight National banks in the State of Georgia, showing their condition on the morning of the first Mon day of the present month before the commence ment of business: RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $2,281,478 42 Overdrafts 6,022 49 U. 8. bonds to secure circulation 1,S83,500 00 U. 8. bonds to secure deposits 200,000 00 Othorstocks, bonds and mortgages..., 25,736 67 Due from approved redeeming agents, 379,356 09 Due from National banks 176,194 76 Due from other banks and bahkers.... 109,760 28 Beal estate, furniture and fixtures.... 89,463 10 Current expenses 39,951 21 Premiums 2,516 21 Checks and other cash items.... 21,006 93 Bills of National banks 326,506 00 Fractional currency 20,883 96 Specie 56,621 38 Legal-tender notes 1,044.849 00 Three per cent, certificates 25,000 00 •6,188,376 60 T.Tum.rraan. Capital stock..... $1,600,000 00 Surplus fund. 141,681 40 Undivided profits... 303,495 40 National bank notes outstanding 1,232,000 00 Individual deposits. 2,482,583 85 U. B. deposits 82,164 20 Deposits of U. S. disbursing officers... 122,784 29 Duo to national banka 100,786 58 Due to other banks and bankers 192,890 48 j to the Bapre ” ■' oourae, Important to Farmers and Manufac turers. State Agricultural Society,) Atlanta, January 21st, 1869. ) The liberal Superintendents of railroads here have authorized me to give notice that each county in the State organizing an. Agricultural Society, and appointing ten delegates, may send them without fare either way, to the Conven tion to be held in this city on the first Tuesday in February next. Printed tickets will be sent to the Ordinaries of the several counties, who will deliver them only to the Presidents of County Agricultural Societies. When signed by the Presidents, they will pass the delegates to the Convention. Tickets signed by the Secretary of the State Agricultural Society alone will return them. CoL Grant and CoL Hnlbert have kindly of fered to procure the co-operation of the other railroads. No donht of tho sucgasi of tboiv ap. plication. Persons attending as individual members come and go for one fare, their return free to be secured by card of Secretary of State Agri cultural Society. Delegates of manufacturing and other industrial organizations are entitled to like privileges with county society delegates. State press please publish. D. W. Lewis. Secretary State Agricultural Society. To the Southern Pres*. In pursuance of a resolution adopted at the last meeting of tho “Southern Press Associa tion” it now becomes my duty to announce that the next meeting of the Association will be held in the city of Mobile, Alabama, on Wednesday, the 10th day of February next For reasons so obvious as not to require recapitulation in this card, the affairs of the Association have not re ceived during the past year, from the presses interested, tho attention that their importance deserved and demanded. I am pleased to an nounce that a new and increased impetus has been given to this important movement,and that at the coining session it is confidently expected the Association will be firmly and permanently organized. Negotiations are in progress, with promising indications of a successful result, to embrace within the Association the entire press of the Southern States. I am in receipt of informa tion which warrants the assertion that delegates from tho press of Virginia, Mississippi. Louis iana, the Carolinas and Tennessee, will be pres ent, prepared to unite in any movement likely to secure those advantages to the Southern press which have followed the combined efforts of the press of the North and West. X am assured that the most ample and liberal arrangments, are being perfected by the patrio tic and generous people of Mobile to make the meeting agreeable to all who may attend, and eminently successful in its objects. I earnestly invite the active co-operation of all Presses now enrolled in membership with the Association, and hereby extend a cordial invitation to every newspaper in the entire South, to send a repre sentative, or representatives, to the coming Con vention. In addition, it affords me a pleasure, which will be shared and endorsed by every member of the Association, to invite the attend ance of snch members of the Press from any section of the country, irrespective of political sect or creed, as may feel a desire to meet again on common ground their brethern of the South ern Press. It may be proper to add, thnt I am authorized to say, that at Mobile we may ex pect the aid of the experience, counsels, and suggestions of members of similar Associations of toe North and West. In view of tho fact that the objects of the as sociation go far beyond the immediate benefits that may accrue to the business strictly apper taining to newspapers, and embrace within pose, not be disposed to dsny. It could uaroi have been otherwise with a man surrounded bi the adverse circumstances that have beset W. since the beginning of his administration. p ot some of these he is responsible, as, for ori.i may be called the father of them all, which wJ the failure to surround himself with a C&bW of strong, vigorous men, in hearty accord wit], him, instead of retaining the evil counsellors of his predecessor. But it is easier to criticiJ now than it would have been to act then. Judging his administration as a whole, the con servative people of the country must endow* it and thank him for it. In a former letter I intimated that it was the intention of the Conservative party in Tennessee to nominate Mr. Johnson next fall for Governor This I understand now to be fully determined upon. Little doubt is entertained of his election. At any rate, he has always been extremely po- ular in Tennessee. He knows the people there" and they know him, and believe him to be sin. cerely and honestly devoted to their interest I do not know who will be his competitor in the race, but probably some carpet-bag scroll fm;, Massachusetts, or some Radical convert of the Stoves pattern, who wantedhim hung in 18G1 being a Union man. If elected Governor, h* will undoubtedly be chosen to the Senate in the place of Fowler, whose term expires in 1871 ; and then we may look for lively times in Chamber of pit-edged imbecility and loyal gate, mon. It will be worth while to go to some trouble to elect A. J. to the Senate, jus to give him a chance to vindicate himsf-1] and his administration, which I understand to be liis sole object in remaining in pah. lie life after the 4th of March. Bus natnn! combativeness, not always in place whenei. hibited frfim the Presidential Mansion, will hau full vent in the Senate debates, and I kn x enough of what is in his power to expose fc promise rich developments in his “bouts" with some of the leading Radicals. He will erhibi; some of the recent inner workings of the Sti ical party, to the intense delight of all but tht Radicals. So let every conservative man t Tennessee and elsewhere pnt his shoulder ti the wheel and give A. J. all the help he cant get him into the Senate. If he do not pull & mask of patriotism from some of the hypocrita in that body,- “then am I a soused gurnet." General Grant and the Negro D«Iq» tion. Our "Washington correspondent describes i recent visit of a Committee from the Negro Cot rention now in session at Washington to Gen Grant as direct, manly and comprehensive. Tie negroes have the honor of calling forth free the President elect what nobody else has suc ceeded in evoking, viz: a declaration of his poli cy, and that, too, oil the most absorbing ques tion of the day. Gen. Grant’s words are let, but they contain more than any speech or deck- ration heretofore uttered by him. They as also clear and explicit—the negroes understood them, no doubt, and no sensible man can longer question his position. Gen. Grant tells the del egation and their constituents that “theyshoul; prove by their acts, their advancement, prosper ity and obedience to the laws, worthy of allpriv ileges the government has bestowed upon them.1 and by their future conduct prove themselTei worthy of all they now claim.’ 1 The clear import of this language, with which immediately precedes it, is ton* teaenl| Grant is not crazy on the subject of the r.egro- that he is willing to protect him in all rights not secured to him by toe laws, and that that, fori the present, the negro s expectations must cciw, In the future, when they shall have proved themselves worthy, their present claims faraij ditional rights and privileges will be considered This is General Grant's position, and wehsu no hesitation in saying it is the correct one. H •will be approved by all considerate and lira thinking men at the South, for we wish toe. all for toe negro that he deserves and is capf' of using aright, and nothing more. Like Grant, we think they have claimed some that they do not deserve, and that would abused in their hands; therefore, with thePresj dent elect, before bestowing them, we prefer ' wait until such claims shall be established the foundation of merit. No people on ever made snch rapid strides in the mate privileges as the negroes of the South, and*' what they already have, they can very wed ford to “tarry awhile at Jerico.” Wohave 1 " people by claiming too much to lose eve: and just here is the point of danger with on: ored friends.—Savannah Republican. Atlanta Items. The Era of Sunday says: We saw on yesterday, upon Hunter street! considerable squad of able-bodied men vigow ly working out their penalty upon the £» Mr. Stewart was using them to good advtffiU? All of them seemed determined to give the e the full worth of its money. The posse v* I medley of black and white. * The commit!tee appointed to wait upon J Excellency, Gov. Bullock, and ascertain hisv”" in regard to a Gubernatorial Mansion, np to Council on Friday night that an interr had been had with the Governor, and it certaineil that !:• did not wish any pro^J made for a residence at present; was wiihy commute fbr the amount in money that i ’ dence would probably cost the city. Yesterday afternoon we saw four to- 1 negroes enjoying themselves at a heaHtbj of see-saw. Eitherof them was capable ing a full hand in a cotton field, and we ti ^ it a pity that they were not there. The Constitution says, Hon. O. A. has been appointed, by Gov. Bullock. to look after the State’s interest in the . - and Brunswick Railroad. The Tower Clock, a magnificent spef^-J mechanism from Messrs. Pond A ton, has arrived, and will be shortly position. Tee railroads leading into this city ha*’ ’ liberally agreed to trampoit ten deleadf’• each connty to the State Agricultural tion assembling here on the first T b ^jJ February, and return free of charge. I 1 *" tels have likewise agreed to make liberal a tion in the price of hoard. Jndge L. N. Whittle, Hon. Barney their scope the advancement of all the industrial • gil Powers, Esq., CoLW.& Holt, and and commercial interests of the country, and j Haz*ehurst, of Macon, and Dr. ‘ of Borne, were in the city yesterday. State Agricultural Society* We remind the people of the State d* J Agricultural Society will meet in Ad* 11 " J 2d of February. This will be its fli” meeting since the war, and the ifestedm its deliberations during the pre* 1 Session at Macon, in December, jusuni” predicting a very large and influential 1 of practical mem We learn that then will give half-fair to those who wish _ and the hotels at Atlanta rations at This, to many, will be a substantial e» ment. , Mr. Dickson having declined to sen^l reasons satisfactory to himself,” the Sow - ■ be called to order by Mr. B. C.- E resent First Vice President. The w* 3 ave to choose its President, ana, > n .-I rence with many friends and meraM J Society, we suggest the name of Barrow, of Oglethospe, for that d®®' - • ■ ■ Mr. Barrow» the further fact that the journals of the South have as yet felt the renewed prosperity of their section to a very limited extent, I feel at liber ty to ask of the various railroad companies of the South, that the usual courtesies and facili ties may be extended to snch delegates as may attend the Convention. I have already received from the Superintendents of several roads as surances that this apeal will be liberally respond ed to, and would be pleased to hear from others on the subject. In conclusion, I would remind those who have helped to inaugurate and to sustain this move ment, that it is of the highest importance that they should make aetive exertion to induce a full attendance at Mobile. The coming Convention must and will decide to abandon the movement or to make it power ful and permanent. A. R. Lamar, President Southern Press Association. Atlanta, Jan. 23, 1869. [jlftonto Intelligencer. Georgia Beconstxu ction.—The Washington important office. Mr. correspondent of the Savannah Republican, of throughout the State as a successful J the 17th, says: The Reconstruction Committee * . — «nH nis have closed up their investigation of toe Geor gia case, and yesterday sent a large amount of testimony to toe Government Printer. As soon as tins is put in type the committee will prepare a report. It seems to be the general understanding that toe committee will report adverse to any further disturbance of the present State Gov ernment of Georgia. They propose to leave with the Legislature of your State the question as to whether negroes are entitled, under the Constitution, to seats therein, with the privilege of an appeal to the State Courts, and from thence •6,188,378 eO-^Hon’oenied. Supreme Court of toe United States. This ijito face looks as if on that , it is thought, will prove satisfactory to had been gently passed over the Several towns in Mississippi are preparing 1 Which side of a hone invariably has the most fte start ootton factories. hair on? The outside. torougnout toe orate aa a a is a thorough presiding officer, ana itejj will be discharged with the utaiost J decision. The friends of Mr. Yancey ^ fled to have him in the position he now so acceptably, especially since he w ^ to desire the office of President. alitt. and ! A recent] ive difference between an —i Irish face is, that the former loora . , hand of nature had been passed f ■ wards when poming into the wortft ^. i El L°* * contrary, or upward direction. j Omm seB et one dollar r thousand * j saocta.
