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jHCON, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, I8C9.
Among the Fertilizers.
We spent an hour yesterday among the fer-
,. n —among great heaps of bones, probably
! , sail relics of Federal and Confederate cav-
T* tr# g 0n nnd artillery horses and mules—
. s acks of Peruvian, and barrels of fish
gypsum and Ashley bone phosphate;
b . 0 ’f (jjude nitre; carboys of sulphuric acid,
* a Satan knows what not in the way of odor-
? i-s ingredients and compounds to make
and cotton grow. In a word, we went to
i f 1 mill—Gustin & Ayers’ mill. They do a
heap
0 f milling, without ring, stakes, sponges
or bottle-holders.
Perhsp 3 the reader would like to know howto
• lake Gnstin's Ammoniated Superphosphate.
We found out and are going to tell. First, then, a
twenty-bot®e power engine drives their crushing,
'•rinding and compounding operations. Hori
zontal cylinders, with grooves working like cogs,
catch the bones and crush them with a remorse
less power and energy. In this condition they
are turned into an iron vat, and receive a gentle
living of sulphuric acid, which makes them hiss,
•rv and smoke like a witch’s cauldron. They are
,v" f n shoveled out and piled up in a great heap,
•vbeie, after a due course of absorption and
-oakingi the solid substance is transformed to a
gelatinous and plastic material. In
giaiuny,
jj-is condition of sticky mollification, Ashley
j-eer Bone Dust,' ground Fish Gnano, pnlver-
^ crude Nitre and Peruvian are applied to
The mass, well mixed, is then subjected to
•be action of mills formed of steel plates about
•wenty inches in diameter, and which are driven
it a speed of seven hundred revolutions a min
ute This attritnrates and grinds up the ingre-
•iifBts together in a very cautionary manner.
The entire substance is then passed through a
revolving screen and comes forth finished and
-eaily for use, in the shape of a powder the col-
-of Scotch snuff and about as fine—every atom
of which is supposed to be soluble and highly
adapted to further the process of vegetation.
Indeed, it should be; for the ingredients in
•he mixture being Sulphuric Acid, pulverized
jawbone, Ashley river phosphate, Nitre, Peru
vian Gnano and Fish Guano, seem to ns to leave
nothing to be desired for fertilizing purposes,
andeverything is reduced to an impalpable pow-
iiessrs. Ayres & Gustin have introduced im-
...ortant improvements in this manufacture, and
•bey hold their superphosphate to be equal in
practical value to the best Peruvian Gnano.
Thev cannot supply half the demand for it, and
ste taxing their mill lb its utmost. We were
clad to see so busy a place and hope there will
te more of them.
Dr. Stephen's Address.
The conclusion of Dr. Stephen’s address will
!te found on the first page of this edition of the
Ieleorath. This speeh should have a univer
sal circulation in Georgia.
Sr. Lotus Board of Trade. — Major L. B.
Shiyock, of the well known house of Shryock
,t Rowland, was inaugurated President of the
St Louis Board of Trade, on the evening of the
irth. He is well known to our merchants, who
will congratulate him upon his promotion. The
Major and his house were as true as steel to the
South in the late “unpleasantry,” and we a:e
JaJ to know the most perfect “relations of
unity and commerce” exist between our v o-
ple and that of Messrs. Shryock & Rowlan-’
Hos.Vm. E. Dodge.—We are informed -.-t
this gentleman and his immediate family Lave
probably invested more money in Georgia prop
erty, since the war, than all other Northern iri'n
put together. More than to any one else, the
repeal of the cotton tax is also due to Mr. Dodge.
He was the first to move in the matter, and as
President of the New York Chamber of Com
merce, was untiring in his efforts to accomplish
the repeal of that odious and oppressive tax.
Ezdcced Freights os the Westers asd At-
U-vnc Boad. —From handbills sent ns by Super
intendent Hulbert, we see that coal is to be car
ried by the carload from Chattanooga to points
as low as Cartersville and Marietta, at nine to
twelve cents per bushel. Pig and merchant bar
iron goes from ten to fifteen dollars per carload,
from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and vice versa.
Litne, for agricultural purposes, ranges at six,
seven and eight dollars per carload. That is the
way to help a railroad and a country too.
Alabama Claims—A Little Account to be
Presented fob Prompt Settlement. — The
Herald’s Washington special of Monday, says
the delay in the nomination of a Minister to
England, vice Reverdy Johnson, is attributed
tothefaetthathehasbeen carefully consider
ing what policy will be best to pursue in regard
to the Alabama claims. He has resolved to adopt
a very decisive course with England, and the
amount of his diplomacy will be simply the send
ing of a bill to the British Government asking
payment for the depredations of the pirate ships
on American commerce. Caleb Cushing is
among those now mentioned as likely to be hon
ored with the appointment to England.
Filibusters in Cuba.—The Charleston News
publishes a letter announcing the arrival in Cnba
of an American expeditionary force in aid. of
the revolutionists. The force is said to be
composed mainly of officers and men who
served in the Federal and rebel armies duriig
the late war, and is commanded by General
Henningsen. of Nicaragua fame.
So says one dispatch, but another states that
Henningsen is in Washington.
An Ocean of Snakes.—The New Orleans
Lanes learns that Captain Fitfield, of thesteam-
tr Mexico, when off Tortugas on his last trip,
steuued for two hours and a half through a tan
gled mass of snakes of all sizes and colors.
Inhere these myriads of snakes came from and
•hither bound, are questions for the scientific
to answer.
isos fob the Macon & Brunswick Railroad.
“The Brunswick Banner of last Friday, says:
"The ship Nebo arrived in this port on last
Sunday with over COO tons of * T’ Iron for the
Llxwm & Brunswick Railroad.”
A Bad State of the Game.—All officers who
^ot take the iron clad in Virginia, having
h^n removed, it is said that with few exceptions,
61 marriage can be solemized because of the re*
^wl of the clerks.
ha. Mcdd, who was lately released from the
7 Tortugas,' arrived in Baltimore Thursday
® *h* steamer Liberty, from Key West.
Onward. Mayno Reid’s illustrated maga-
11116 “Onward," for April, came yesterday. It
he'had of Havens & Brown.
Facts for tlie Ladies.
1 beg fa state that I have'used my Wheeler &
son Sewing-Machine, in family sewing, four-
jea», without even the most trifling re-
f 6 * r S) andit is in so good condition that I would
exchange it for your latest number (now up-
! &rda 300,000). One needle served me more
a yearfor fine sewing.
Sew-York' Mas. Anne Warren.
< ^ EN ‘ hsa 8 Report of the Battle of Gktttb-
1) arBiiTi5** n '^?' 8 re P° rt °i the battle of Gettys-
uaroic—. , •• ■ uau-ieoi vrenys-
^18 now p^luheifor the first time. It shows
to hismarch to Pennsylvania
Susquehanna and move upon
»m*btn-g, at^ probably Philadelphia. ^
.1 Test Case upon I lie ItiuUt of Xe-1 ('] ni.-vr
Srocs id hold Office in Georgia.. ■A
2L F F lR8i
We see from the proceedings in the case ot
Clements vs. White, before the Supreme Court
of Chatham county, the pleadings are, after all,
to take a shape which will test and settlethe right
of negroes to hold office in Georgia. We learn
from the Savannah News of Tuesday, that this
case came up on Monday morning, and an effort
was made by the counsel for defendant to ob
tain a continuance of the case on account of the
absence of a material witness, one Charles
Green, in California, by whom counsel expected
to prove the race and nationality of defendant
White: Judge Schley, however, held after de
bate, that the showing made was not sufficient
to justify the continuance asked for, and Ex-
Governor Johnson, for the defendant, then took
the broadest issue both upon law and fact. We
quote from the News:
Mr. Johnson said he excepted to the writ of
quo warranto, and would throw the case open
for triaL The writ said that a man who had in
his veins an eighth or more of African blood
was not eligible to the office of Clerk of the Su
perior Court. On that their whole case stood.
Defendant now came forward and said that
whether he had on eighth of African blood in Bin
veins or not, he was eligible to office under the
Constitution of the State of Georgia. He made
this admission in the form of a demurrer, to be
traversed and for purposes of argument. He
read section 2d of the Constitution, and pro
ceeded:
This is a fundamental law, declaring who
shall be citizens of the State of Georgia. All
persons bom in the State, of whatever race or
color, or who had been naturalized. This sec
tion extended rights and privileges to a class
which had not been recognized as citizens. There
conld be no question as to whether the African
was a citizen. The law has made him such.
Being citizens, certain rights attach to them. As
citizens their allegiance is due to the State of
Georgia and to the United States. In former
times they were not citizens, and were not bound
to allegiance. Now, being citizens, they owe al
legiance and the government owes them protec
tion. To secure them in their citizenship, the
Legislature had said their privileges and immu
nities shall not be abridged. These were terms
of large import. All the rights had been thrown
around them that it was possible to give
them—all that conld be given to anybody
else. The law was supported by the cir
cumstances of the case and the objects
of the Convention. Being citizens, the
question was what was to be their standing be
fore the law. It had been declared that the law
should make no distinction between citizens.
He might rest the case npon this clause of the
Constitution alone ; but the Constitution went
further. It not only declared what rights a man
should have, but prohibited their infringementt
It provided that religions opinions should no.
preclude a man from holding office. This ap
plied to the colored man as well as the white.
Counsel for the relator would say that the
having African blood in the veins would exclude
from office. The Constitution did not say so. It
said no citizen should be deprived of his rights
and privileges. The African is a citizen. .
He read further from the Constitution, show
ing who were entitled to vote, and declared that
the object was to include all—both white and
black. It said nothing about country, kingdom,
race or color. The law had made all citizens
equal before the law. AH were equally entitled
to hold office; all were equally entitled to vote.
The Constitution further provided who should
not hold office and who should not vote. It did
not say negroes should not It provides who
shall be eligible to a seat in the Legislature. It
did not say negroes should not It made all cit
izens eligible except certain persons mentioned.
A man must be a citizen of the United States,
twenty-one years of age, and a citizen of the
State of Georgia for one year. Here was a col
ored man who complied with all these require
ments. The laws did not say that he should be
excluded because be had African blood in his
veins. The Court would observe that the word
“citizen” was everywhere used. It did not say
white or black citizens, but citizens, making no
distinctions. All the argument against their
holding office was grounded on the fact that
during the Convention a clause was introduced
making the colored man eligible to office, in ex
press terms, and it was voted down. The infer
ence was drawn that the Convention did not con
sider them eligible. The argument did not hold
good. The clause might have been"voted down
because members thought the Constitution al
ready pvovided for the colored people holding
office. Whatever had actuated the members in
voting as they did, it could not be inquired into
here.
Among the people was a conflict of sentiment
npon this question, and proof of the opinions
of the people conld not be heard. The Court
must take the Constitution as it is, and decide
upon this question by its provisions alone.
Slavery having been abolished, every pre
sumption of the law should bo in favor of free
dom. This fact established, the presumption
is that this man, though colored, being a citizen,
is entitled to all the rights and privileges of any
other citizen. Furthermore, the Constitution
was made by the Convention and ratified by the
people, it was understood, in accordance with the
will of Congress, and the will of Congress must
be inquired into, and what was the intention of
that body with reference to.these people. The
Constitution was framed in accordance with the
demands of Congress. That being accepted as
a fact, the colored people are entitled to hold
office. Congress intended that they should.
Congress had this view in accordance with the
spirit of the age. The progress of the age is
onward, in all countries, ar-d for the granting of
greater rights and privileges to the humblest
citizens. Congress intended that these people
should be citizens and have all the rights and
privileges of citizens. It was understood by the
people of Georgia that this demand was made
upon them by Congress, and with this under
standing they ratified it The presumption of
the law is that they are entitled to all the rights
and privileges of any other citizens, unless the
contrary should be shown in express terms. No
such express provision is contained in the Con
stitution, and the presumption of the law is that
they are entitled to office.
Judge Fleming, for plaintiff, took the posi
tion, that under the laws of Georgia, color, re
sulting from having African blood in the veins,
was a disqualication. Apply the rule to the col
ored man, he must must have all the qualifica
tions and none of the disqualifications. He had
prepared an argument upon the subject, which
he read.
The court then adjourned till Tuesday at ten
o’clock, when the argument of the case would be
opened by plaintiff’s counseL Hartridge, Lloyd
and Fleming for plaintiff and Johnson and Stone
contra.
This, it will be recollected, is a case coming
up on an application for a writ of quo warranto
to compel Richard W. White, an alleged negro,
to show by what authority of law he holds and
exercises the office of Clerk of the Superior
Court of Chatham county.
From Brooks County.
A Quitman correspondent, writing on the 22d,
speaks disconragingly of affairs in Brooks
county. He says he has been able to hire no
hands this year, and a large number of his friends
and neighbors are in the same condition; while
many who have hired are having trouble with
their laborers. He says much productive land
in the county will be idle in consequence, and
there is bound to be suffering among the ne
groes who prefer idleness to labor.
Bob Wagner is the most popular rascal that has
figured in this section for a long while. We are
asked more than a dozen times a day if he has been
caught. He is still at large; but those living in the
outskirts of town may rest easy for awhile, as it is
known that he is too badly crippled to venture forth
on a stealing expedition for some time to come.
Bob affords thoee of bis race a lesson it would be
well for all of them to learn, and it is, that one
never yet made anything by stealing, in the long
run. He has done nothing else but steal, when out
Emigration to Virginia. — The Richmond
Whig of Monday says that several Austrians trill
arrive next week to settle a few miles beyond
there.
A largo influx of Englishmen will arrive at
Norfolk in April, and arrangements are made
for the importation of Germans.
Letters received from the Netherlands, Russia
and other European States show there will soon
be a large emigration to Virginia. Northern
men are also prospecting for settlement.
President Dwight, of Yale College after a
discussion with Calhoun, then in the senior class
on a problem in the science of government, re
marked to a friend—“That youth has talents
enough to become President of the United
States.” .
Old Jesse Grant, now postmaster at Coving
ton, Ky., in his biography of “ ’Lyss,” publish
ed last year in Bonner s Ledger, said :
“Ulysses when a small boy, was very fond of
money and "presents. ”
Calhoun never attained the Presidency, but
of the penitentiary; but what haa he made by it ?
What good has bis ill-gotten gains been to him?
Have they not rather been a curse ? He is bunted
down like a wild beast, and tho band of every hon -
est man is raised against him. He is in fear all the
while that the bullet of some officer of the law or
citizen, will pierce his hide or head, and, suffering
in both mind and body, he creeps hero and there
through the woods, a starving wretch and outlaw.
Think of it, you freedmen, who have sense enongh
to read and understand what we are writing, and
answer us in your minds, whether or not-Bob Wag
ner has made anything by his infamous career.
Broke Ground.—For the first time since the
woods were afire, ground was broke last week on
the Houston and Columbus roads. The work is
still progressing, and, in a little while, at least two
of the country roads leading to the city will be in
passable condition, from the corporate limits several
miles out. Tho Commissioners having these two
roads in hand are determined to have them worked
upon, or test the grit of defaulters in violating the
law which imposes road duties npon them. The
Commissioners are empowered to fine all parties
who refuse to do road duty, at the rate of $3 per
diem, for every day they fail to respond when the
call of the Road Commissioners ismadenpon them.
They have now the names of over one hundred de
faulters whom they have notified to appear at the
Commissioners’ Court to be held on Saturday, 3d
day of April next, and answer to the charge of de
fault that has been made against them by the over
seers of the work. Should they fail to appear at
the specified time, somebody is going to get hurt—
“you heard my horn, Ca’line."
The Murder at Reynolds.—We noticed in Tues
day’s paper the killing of one brother by another, at
Reynolds, on the Muscogee Road, and stated, in ac
cordance with our information, that the killing was
accidental; and we must say charitable feelings in
clined us to that opinion, as we conld scarcely be
lieve that a man conld, in his right mind, deliber-
erately take the life of his own brother. Such,
however, seems to be the fact, as the following
note, from a gentleman living at Reynolds, will
show:
Reynolds, Ga., March 23,1869.
Editors Daily Telegraph : In this morning’s is
sue of your valuable paper, I notice an account of
the murder of Mr. Benjamin Blair, which took
place here on Saturday night.
Mr. Joseph Blair and Benjamin Blair are broth
ers. On Saturday evening Mr. Ben. Blair got to
drinking and was very noisy, and about nine o’clock
that night, as the two brothers were standing in
front of the post-office, in conversation, Joe. Blair
drew a pistol and said to his brother Ben.: "G—d
d—n you, I am going to shoot you.” and fired. The
witnesses at the inquest swore that the shooting was
done without provocation; and, according to the
testimony, it was a cold-blooded murder.
Yours respectfully,
H. H. Long.
Mr. Long has our thanks for the foregoing note,
and we would be greatly obliged to all of our read
ers at a distance, if they would do as Mr. L. has
done in this instance, when anything of interest or
importance transpires—drop ns a note giving the
particulars. Don’t stop to polish or prepare such
letters for publication. Merely state the facts, and
we will put them in readable form.
Velocipedes.—Several gentlemen in this city are
becoming experts in the use of the velocipede, and
we notice them daily running along the side-walks,
under the complete control of those who, but a
month since, could not have rode one ten feet with
out falling off. One who has had some experience
with the byeide says it may be laid down as an ax
iom that no man can ride a velocipede at the first
trial. It is an accomplishment that requires con
siderable practice to ensure proficiency. The indi-
vidnal who first rode one of these crank bycicles
must have had much leisure time on his hands, and
considerable confidence in his ability to maintain
his equilibrium under difficult circumstances. The
mere fact of seeing others riding with such appa
rent ease, induces the spectator to believe that what
others can do, that can he also accomplish, so he
determines to learn.
At the first attempt to move the velocipede by one
who is astride of it and unaccustomed to its use, it
evinces the most unmistakable inclination to upset,
first on one side and then on the other it goes, ne
cessitating a constant effort to keep it np. After a
few moments’ trial, it looks very mnch like trying
to ride on the back of a knife, or to walk on a tight
rope, and one despairs almost of ever getting the
hang of the ticklish thing. Tho machine is not
unlike a couple of circular spider webs, set up and
connected by shadowy threads. The noise on the
floor, of the velocipedes rolling smoothly around,
reassures the novice, and he perseveres, notwith
standing some half dozen tumbles, and finally suc
ceeds in making the circuit of the room. After this
it is plain sailing, practice and care ensuring pro
ficiency.
The Fire Yesterday Morning.—After this paper
had gone to prees yesterday morning about 1 o’clock,
the alarm of fire was given. It proceeded from the
burning of a smaH tenement house of Dr.
Thompson, on Bassett's Hill, and occupied, we be
lieve, by a Mr. Hightower. It was entirely de
stroyed, on account of its distance from the fire
limits of the city. All tho engines started out ex
cept No. 1; but failing to make the trip, returned
to their quarters.
Irate.—On Tuesday evening last the police ar
rested a gentleman in thin city by order of a tele-
gram»from Americus, who had made Eome sort of
horso trade down there, in which the party who got
the horse thought he had been “gouged.” In a
while after the arrest was made, and after the gen
tleman had been committed to jail, another dis
patch came ordering his immediate release, and re
questing his return to Americus. The gentleman
was a veiy jolly, sociable man, but tho idea of be
ing falsely arrested and imprisoned stirred np what
ever bad blood and grit their was in Ms composition,
and he left for Americus yesterday morning, with a
big, green, hickory stick, vowing that he would have
satisfaction for Mb harsh treatment, or knock that
town all to flinders. Our friends down that way
had better pacify Me., or they had just as well hand
in their checks.
Bbignoli's Grand Opera Troupe.—We received
yesterday from the business agent of this splendid
troupe a note, stating that be would be along tMs
way at an early day—notice of the precise time to
be given hereafter. We are delighted with tMs piece
of information, and at the prospects of hearing
soon the best Opera Troupe on tho continent. The
company embraces such artists as Brignoli, the
great Tenor; M’lle Louise Durand, the young Frima
Donna, who has created such a remarkable interest
Hii* season at tho New York Academy of Music;
Giorgio Ronconi, tho greatest Buffo living; and oth
er renowned artists, with a complete operatic and
concert company—making altogether tho greatest
musical combination that ever visited tho South.
The Working Man’s Association.—TMs associa
tion was originated and organized exclusively for the
benefit of tbe laboring man, whose family looks to
him for sustenance and support, and in case of Ms
death the Association extends it By joining this
Association one secures at Ms death one thousand
dollars for Ms family or any loved ones whom he
would not desire to leave in poverty and want The
admission fee is but a trifle, and were a member to live
forty years be would pay out but $480, and Ms heirs
will receive $1000 whenever he dies—be it soon or
late. For particulars apply to Henry W. Boifenillet
or W. G. Hams, 70 Cherry street
Mayor’s Court.—Three cases were docketed yes
terday turning—two for drunkenness and disor
derly conduct were dismissed, and one for stealing,
against two jewels carved in ebony. They had
had been flMiing cotton from cotton bags about the
warehouses, and a basket full of the precious staple
wMch they had stolen was in court as a silent evi-
Ul=Td,«d“ B SH retMuThis" VTutbfufcJ^- deuce of their guilt Both the black rogues were
^ ‘ sent upon the sheets for thirty days.
Spring Bonnets.—A fashion correspondent thus
discourses in regard to the spring bonnets. The
letter bears date of March 16th, inst. As it is fresh
and will likely interest some of our fair readers,
we give only that portion of it relative to bonnets,
as we cannot find room for the whole letter : Fan-
chons of silvery gray, or white braid with crimped
and waved straw hands on the edges, forming a di
adem in front and partial concealment for the hair
behind, are the principal shapes, she says, although
Neapolitan and splint straws are in fasMon. The
Fan chon is extremely narrow, with elevated edges,
or a baud of fancy straw, forming a coronet over
wMch the sprays of trimming drop. The garniture
is several large flowers, camelias or roses, disposed
along the centre of the bonnet, embedded in lace
or straw trimming, or else a wreath from ear to ear.
with sprays and tendrils on each side, which fall
over tho coronet and cMgnon. A great deal of black
lace is used, tho crown quite disappearing" undei; it.
A pretty spring hat is of pearl straw with black lace
quilled scantily to form a mere shading round the edge
and coronet; a wreath of arbutus bloss in clusters lies
along tho centre of the hat, the tapering spray fill
ing the lace quilling wMch hangs below the chin.
The black point laco wMch fall over the chignon has
a knot of shaded pink and wMto ribbon and a clus
ter of arbutus on it. A fairy-like hat, of gossamer
Neapolitan, designed to cover tho golden curls of a
pure blonde, has a black lace barbe of open pattern
thrown across the top, and a wandering wreath of
June roses on that, the sprayB of wMch meet under
the face on a little shirred piece of lace, wMch
does not reach the ears. In the center of tho coro
net is an uprigh* fan of black lace with a full pink
bud resting on it. The hat is entirely in the pres
ent French fancy, which chooses a tri-color of pink,
wMte and black. A low-crowned linen braid hat has
a scarf of blue gros-grain knotted at the side, and
fringed. The newest style of neckties are prim
cravats of French bluo or pink gtos-grain, with a
slip tie and fan ends. Triple soft knotB of satin,
with fringed ends, are also stylish, but are difficult
to describe. Narrow gauze ribbons, with brilliant
ends, are made into little bows to wear in the house.
A Good Suggestion.—The following document
is in circulation here, and will bo forwarded in
a few days to the Secretary of tho State Agricul
tural Society. It is signed by many of our best and
most prominent citizens, and in conjunction with
them, we give it our most cordial and hearty en
dorsement :
Macon, Ga., March 22,1869.
Col. David IV' Lewis, Greensboro’, Ga. :
• Dear Sib—In order to promote and encourage
those manly exercises and sports which tend to de
velop the muscular system, and give tone and rigor
to body and mind, we, the undersigned citizens of
Macon, have the honor to suggest that, in making
out the Premium last for the State Fair, you include
those exercises which have the effect of elevating
our tastes and developing our physical organism,
viz: For the best AtMete and for tho best Gymnast
(citizen and not professional) a suitable prize. Al
so a prize for the best and most expert rider of tho
Velocipede, now so extensively used throughout the
Statej
Believing that this would add a new and pleasant
feature to the forthcoming fair, we respectfully ask
your consideration of the same.
The Late Murder—Pbeldhnary Examination
Before Hon. Judge Cole Yesterday.—Yesterday
morning at 10 a. it., the Hon. Judge Cole held a
special Court at the City Hall for the purpose of in
vestigating the facts in connection with the murder
of Miss Nancy Wright, ty the colored girl, Henrietta
Greer, on Tuesday last.
The prisoner was represented by J. P. Fort, Esq.,
who waived the committing trial, and requested that
the prisoner be sent to jail until the Mjy term of
the Superior Court. The Court assented to the dis
position asked, and the prisoner was accordingly
escorted to jail.
The City Hall was crowded to excess on the occa
sion. by persons of all ages and colors, who evinced
a great anxiety to see her whom they looked upon
as one of the most brutal and cold-blooded she-
fiends of the present time. We were pleased to
notice, however, that, much as the people loathed
the act of wMch she had been guilty, and difficult as
it is to suppress just indignation on such an occa
sion, no effort was made to rob the law of its victim
and justice of its prerogative.
DESCRIPTION OF TEE PRISONER.
The prisoner, who is about nineteen years 'of age
and rather tMck set, is of a shining black-brown
complexion. Her features are such as to indicate
recklessness of action, and her stolid indifference
as to what may be the result, is in perfect harmony
with the savage nature abiding within. She was
dressed in an old light-colored dress wMch, from its
appearance, as well as that of the dirty liandker-
cMef surrounding her head, gave no evidence of
that thrift and love of display manifested by many
of her race.
SUSPICIONS OF ANOTHER MURDER.
It is now the general impression that this un
fortunate girl has been the murderer of her own
brother who, it will be remembered, was found dead
some time since,,and many seem to be confident
that truth to this effect will be brought to light be
fore long. If such is the case, we can only say that
it is well for the sake of the honest and respectable
people living in the neighborhood wMch was once
her home, that an all-seeing Providence has seen
fit to stop her terriblo career, and place her where
she will be beyond the reach of future victims.
The Court-house and Jail—Drainage of the
Swamp.—The following is a copy of the the act of
the Legislate e, a brief synopsis of which we gaTe
yesterday, In regard to the building of a new Court
house and Jail for Bibb county, and also for drain
ing what is known as the Macon Reserve—a bad
swamp just below the city—and which, during the
summer months, is believed to be detrimental to
the health of the city:
An Act to authorize the election of tea Commis
sioners for the county of Bibb, defining their du
ty and to empower the Ordinary to issue county
bonds to drain the Macon Reserve.
Dc it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Stute of Georgia, That the Ordinary of the county
of Bibb shall, witMn thirty days after the passage
of this Bill, order an election to be held at the usual
place for holding elections, and under the law gov
erning elections for comity officers, for the election
of ten Commissioners for the county of Bibb; and
the vote shall be returned to such Ordinary, whose
duty it shall he to declare the persons having the
Mghest number of votes elected, and Blmll make
publication of the same.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of such Commis
sioners to select a proper site for the location of
the Court-house and Jail in said county, and to su
pervise the public works and improvements of said
county: make contracts for erecting or repairing
bridges, ect., whose action- shall be reported to tho
Ordinary for Ms approval and confirmation.
Sec. 3. It is further enacted, by the authority
aforesaid, that such Commissioners shall cause to
be made a survey of the swamp adjoining the city
of Macon, and shall have the same thorougMy
drained for the purpose of improving the health of
tho city, and shall have the right to make such con
tract subject to the approval of the Ordinary, for
the purpose as may seem to them just and proper.
Sec. 4. It is further enacted, That the Ordinary
of Bibb county shall have the power, and he is here
by authorized to issue thirty thousand dollars of
county bonds, bearing legal interest, with coupons
attached, wMch bonds shall be for one hundred
dollars each, and shall fall due at any period be
tween five years after date and twenty years after
date, such bonds to bear the signature of tho Or-
dinary and to have inserted in their faoo the pur
pose for wMch they are issued; and the property of
the county is hereby pledged for their redemption.
Sec. 5. The Ordinary shall have the power to lay
a special tax upon the property subject to taxation
in the county of Bibb, for the purpose of paying the
interest on said bonds and create a sinking fund
for their redemption.
Seo. 6. The office of tho Commissioners elected
under this act shall cease and determine as soon as
said Court-house and Jail is completed and the Ma
con Reserve drained under the operation of tMs
law.
Sec. 7. All acta of tho Ordinary of Bibb county
relative to tho location of the Court-house is here
by set aside and repealed, and all acts conflicting
with this act repealed.
We should add, in connection with the foregoing,
that a separate bill was passed for the building of
the Court-house at a cost of $50,000. We have not
yet received a copy of it. but are informed that the
money is to be raised in the same manner as for
draining the swamp.
Arrest of the Murderess.—Tho negro woman
who committed the foul and atrocious murder near
this city on Tuesday last, upon the person of a wMte
girl named Nancy Wright, was arrested Thursday
night, by officers Jceso Simpson, Shaw, Pridgen,
Stephenson and Charlie Wood, and is now in the
city jail. She is a vety black negress, eighteen or
nineteen years old, and weighs about 120 pounds.
Tho officers struck the trail of the murderess on
Wednesday about noon, and securing the services
of the murdered girl’s brother—Jesse Wright, a lad
of about thirteen years and a very intelligent little
fellow—and those of another little boy, Albert Cope
land, both of whom knew the negress—they fol
lowed up the trail from one house to another until
they came upon tho wretch at a negro house, dose
to Hie Second Baptist Church and near Findlay’s
Foundry. The boys immediately identified the
murderess the moment they came upon her—
notwithstanding the fact that she had changed her
clothing after committing the murder, and was par
tially disguised. She had the dothes in which she
committed the murder tied up in a bundle and along
with her, and when opened, blood was found upon
the skirts of tho dress. The boys knew them read
ily, and, in fact, had described certain articles of
dothing she had before the arrest was made, par
ticularly mentioning the pantalettes, and saying that
she had got mud upon them, and such was the fact.
Her identity is, therefore, beyond all question.
Tho murder was committed between 9 and 10
o’dock on Tuesday morning, and in the afternoon
she was seen by Jesse Wright, going from town up
the railroad track. She stopped that night at a ne
gro woman’s house near Collinsville, and showed
to one or two negro women there three dollars and
seventy-five cents. Tho nextmorning sho returned
to this dty and purchased a lot of toys and candy,
but a3 no ono knew her, of course sho was not iden
tified.
The whole police force of tho city deserve great
credit for the energy and untiring zeal with wMch
they have followed up this infernal fiend from place
to place for forty hours, day and night. It is true
that those who made the arrest were in better luck
than the others who were following cold trails, but
they all deservo credit and a liberal reward. We
hope the Governor will give it to them, and if he
does not, then we ask our citizens to do so. They
deserve it, and it will stimulate them in future to
follow swiftly in the tracks of villains and viola-
tore of law.
The two little boys above alluded to, stood this
forty-hour hunt like little veterans and never for a
moment did their zeal and determination to find
the murderess desert them. They would drop down
and sleep for an hour or two at a time, and when
aroused, would enter upon the chase with spirit and
energy.
Tbe particulars of this murder were substantially
correct, as given in Thursday’s paper, and it is un
necessary to reproduce them, more than to say that
the murderess goes by three different names—Hen
rietta Gray, Alice Nathan and Harriet Beese. She
says her name is Henrietta Gray.
Frank Leslie’s Lady’s Magazine, for April, a
superb number, is now on tbe counter at Havens' &
Brown’s. As the ladies can't get along well without
it, of course they will call or send for copies.
Bod Wagner Shot.—TMs notorious negro thief,
robber and penitentiary convict, was seriously, if
not fatally shot on Saturday last, near Howard’s
Statjon, ou the Macon and Western Railroad, by
Captain Simpson, of the city police. The Cap
tain was up on Cotton Avenue when he was
informed by a negro woman that she had been
robbed by a negro man who had left her premises
but a few moments before, and desired his arrest,
as he had gone up the road on a wagon and was not
very far off. Capt. S. immediately gave pursuit,
and soon came up with the wagon, when he discov
ered that the rascal he was after was none other
than Bob Wagner, the daring and dangerous scoun
drel about whom we have had so much to say of
late. Bob appeared to he about half asleep when
Capt. S. accosted Mm and ordered his surrender,
but on recovering himself and seeing Ms danger, he
attempted to seize a double-barreled shot-gun, when
Capt. S. fired—the shot knocking off the rascal’s hat.
Bob then was in the act of leveling Ms gun, when ho
received a second shot, wMch took effect in Ms left
side, and it is thought will prove fatal. As the Cap
tain fired this shot his horse became a little fright
ened and dashed off down the road for about a hun
dred yards, when Captain S. succeeded in checking
Mm up. He dismounted, and, hitching his horse, re-
tumd to the scene of action. Meanwhile, Bob had
left the wagon and got among the bushes on the
roadside. Capt. S. discovered him and fired a third
shot, wMch he thinks, from Bob’s movement, took
effect in his left arm. Bob then set about getting
out of the way, wMch he succeeded in doing by
means of the very dense tMcket surrounding him,
and the ravine into which he scrambled. It was al
most impossible to follow Mm, and knowing that he
could do so only at the greatest danger to Ms own
life, Capt. S. prudently abandoned the pursuit, hr
The next day he returned to theplaco with others,
and Bob was tracked for some distance by his blood
and into an old deserted house in a field, where he
had stayed overnight, or for a short while, and on
the floor of which was found quite a pool of blood.
They found at Howard’s Station a house where he
had been living for sometime, with a negro woman,
and where, also, he had stored much of his stolen
booty, and among wMch was found all the clothing
and other articles recently taken from Mr. Richard
son, of tMs city.
The hunt for Bob was to have been continued yes
terday, and we have little doubt that ho will long
escape arrest, or, what would be better, a good
killing.
P. S.—Tho party that left the city yesterday morn
ing returned last night without their game. We
learn that Bob stayed for awhile on Sunday night at
Mr. Umessey's, where Dr. Toole dressed his wound
—not knowing the rascal he was dealing with. But
for an unfortunate circumstance, he would have
been captured at Mr. Umessey’s; but a few coun
trymen learning that Bob was in the neighborhood,
determined to catch or kill Mm, and started on the
hunt. In a little while they jumped another negro
in the woods, who, fool-liko, broke and ran, and the
party commenced firing upon him. The negro ran
by the house where Bob was, and was yelling mur
der every jump. Bob suspected that the party were
after him, and he managed to get into the woods
and away before it was known by tho hunters that
he had been on the premises.
Dr. Toole says Bob was shot right badly in the
left arm and shoulder, and is likely to be disabled
from duty as a tMef for some time. The last heard
of him was late yesterday evening. He had crossed
Rocky Creek, a few miles west of town, and was
making for some point up the river.
Property belonging to the following parties who
have recently been robbed by Wagner, was found at
Howard’s Station: Lucy Franklin, Celey Harris,
Mrs. Powell, Mr. Wm. Richardson, and Maj. Wm.
Anderson.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Weekly Review of the Market.
OFFICE DAILY TELEGRAPH, >
~ BlJ
Imfeovekentb.—We have been pleased to see the
street-workers repairing Cherry and Second streets
where they intersect, for the last day or two. The
work was needed badly and it has been done in a
substantial and satisfactory manner, by filling up
the gullies and holes with coarse and heavy.gravel,
not liable to he washed away by the first rain that
falls.
We are also pleased to boo that the interior of the
First Baptist Church is undergoing repairs. The
walls and ceiling are to be painted, and other im
provements made that will add greatly to the ap
pearance and comfort of that commodious and beau
tiful church.
March 24—Evening, 1869.
General Remarks.—The movement in the gen
eral wholesale and jobbing trade of the dty is rather
more encouraging than on the date of our last
weekly report The presence of planters and farm
ers in this market is daily becoming more percepti
ble ; however, as they are now actively preparing
for the coming crops, we may not expect a very
lively trado from this source for a week or two to
come.
Tho influx of country merchants has materially
increased the past week over the week before, and
our wholesale diy goods and grocery houses are
now doing a heavy business.
Uninterrupted case is still the leading feature of
our money market, and the demands for accommo
dation disclose no appreciable increase. Rates of
interest and discount remain wholly unchanged.
In stocks and bonds transactions have been very
limited the past week, and the demand for this class
of securities is very light. We append carefully re
vised quotations, remarking that hut three changes
have been made in our list of prices during the
week:
Cabs for the Macon & Brunswick Railroad.—
The Savannah News, of the 23d inst., says several
platform cars for the above named road passed
through that city yesterday. Work upon the road
is progressing very fast, we learn, and its comple
tion by the first of November is certainly ex
pected.
exchange on new tore.
Juyine —discount’
Selims 1 % prem
UNITED STATES CUBR5NCT— LOANS.
Per month...— JK to 2 per cent
GOLD AND SILVER.
Buying rates lor Gold jM 28
Selling —... 1 33
Buying rates for Silver 118
~ tiling
Sell
.123
RAILROAD STOCKS AND BOND8.
Central Railroad Stock ,
Central Railroad Bonds
Macon A Western Railroad Stock...
Southwestern Railroad Stock...
Southwestern Railroad Bond;.
Southwestern Railroad Bond? „„„„„
Maco i& Brunswick Railroad Stock
Macon A Brunswick Railroad Endors’dBonds.
Georgia Railroad Stock
Georgia Railroad Bonds
Muscogee Railroad Bonds
Atlantic A Gulf Railroad Stock
Augusta A Waynesboro Railroad Stock...
South Carolina Railroad Stock
.....126
,....102
145
..... 102
101
35
90
10<i
ICO
95
42
90
. 50
STATE AND CITY STOCKS AND BONDS.
Macon Gas Company Stook—
Macon Factory Stock
City of Macon Reserve Mortgaged Bonds...
City of Macon Endorsed Bonds
City of Macon Bonds
State of Georgia, new7 percent Bonds
State of Georgia, old, 7 percent Bonds
State of Georgia, old, 6 per cent Bonds
.140
.....HO
85
100
75
94
91
82
Cotton.—Receipts to-day 33 bales; sales 80;
shipped 166.
Receipts for the week ending this evening, the
above included, 219 hales; sales for same time 467;
shipments 758—showing a falling off in the receipts
of the present week from those of tho week before
of 205 bales.
Operations in cotton since our last weekly review
of the market, though in excess of those of the
previous week of 191 bales, has, nevertheless, been
of a very irregular, unsettled and unsatisfactory
chaqcjcr. Until Tuesday evening last, prices dur
ing the week under reveiw steadily manifested a
downward tendency; but as receipts contmued to
show a steady diminution holders were firm in their
determination to keep their samples covered. On
Wednesday a favorable reaction came under the
more encouraging advices from the Liverpool and
Now York markets, and prices again began to look
upward, and since Wednesday they have advanced
half a cent on all grades. We quote the market
more active to-day than it has been during the
week, and with a much better feeling among buy
ers. It closed this evening with a fair demand at
25J£(5'2G cents—fine cotton bringing tho latter fig
ures.
MACON COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept. 1, 1868—bales... 1,326
Received to-day 83
Received previously 55,515—55,543
56,874
SMpped to-day 166
SMpped previously 48,304—48,470
Stock on hand this evening 8,404
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Business in this line tho past week has been rath
er quiet and pricos have been remarkably steady.
To-day trade was livelier than on any day of the
week and 6ales will foot well this evening. We
have no change to note in the price of bacon,though
it is much firmer to-day than for the last several
days.
Com is in good demand at quoted rates. Flour is
drooping a little and prices have fallen off folly 50c
per barrel since our last report Coffee, of all
grades, is very firm and prices are advancing.
Butter and cheese are active and have advanced
fully 5e per pound during tho week.
Sugar of all grades is firmer. Molasses is firm and
advancing.
The trade in fertilizers continues active and the
demand is unprecedented. With these general re
marks we refer to quotations, carefully revised and
corrected to-day.
Bacon—Clear Sides (smoked) 4
Clear Ribbed Sides (smoked)..
Shoulders • 1514
Hams (country) 21
Canvassed Hams, sugar cured. 20
Pork—Mess.
Prime Mess -
Rumps
Bdlk Meats—Clear Sides ..
Clear Rib Sides .........
Shoulders.........
Coffee—Rio
Laguayra
Dried Fruit per pound.
Rice per pound.—
Tka—Clack
Green
Butter—Goshen .....
Tennessee Yellow.
i Country......
Cheksk—(According to quality)-..... 22
Sugar—(According to grade) 18
Molasses—According to description 65
Fish—Mackerel in bbls.No. 1,2 A 3,15 00
Codfish per pound
Salt—Liverpool per sack....
Virginia
Whisky—Common Rye-
Fine
Com
Bourbon
Ale—Perdoien I
Tobacco—Low grades per pound
Medium
Good
Bright Virginia...
Fancy
Flour—Superfine, per barrel. S 50 @ 9 50
Extra 10 50 @ 00 00
Family 12 CO @ 13 50
Fancy Family Brands 14 00 © 15 00
Health of the City.—Physicians say the health
of Macon is now .most distressingly good. There
are a few mild cases of measles in and about town,
but the health of the people generally is most ex
cellent. Long may it continue so.
NewUxifobjis.—Defiance Fre Company No. 5, re
ceived their new uniforms yesterday, and to pur
taste they are the handsomest we ever saw. The
caps aye very beautiful, being black morocco croftn
with a broad red band and white visor. The shirt
is a fine article of red flannel trimmed with white
and belts to match. In their bran-spang new clothes
and with their superb machine, on the 15th prox.,
they will look as gay as so many “son flowers a
noddin’ in the breeze.”
GRAIN AND HAT.
Corn—Yellow, Mixed and White. 1 P8 © 110
Meal.
Grits.
Oats..
115 © 129
130 ® 140
® 100
Wheat—Per bushel 2 40 © 2 50
Field Peas.
Hay—Northern
Tennessee Timothy.
Herds Grass
Tennessee Clover...
@150
2 00 © 225
1 90 @ 200
2 00 ® 000
200 ® 000
FERTILIZERS.
No. 1 Peruvian Guano, pure, per ton $
Chesapeake Phosphate
Baugh’s Phosphate
Lana Plaster
Flour of Raw-bone, Oakley Mills
Patapsco, cash
Gustin’sRawbonePhos^hate.Pta’ndardessh i&j 00
95 09
70 (0
70 00
25 00
£0 00
70 00
SO 00
NEW YORK STOOK BOARD-CLOSING.
QUOTATIONS.
REPORTED BY HOYT t GARDNER, NO. 5 NEW ST., N. Y.
Specially Dispatched to the Macon Daily Telegraph.]
New York, March 24,1869.
American Gold...—...——— - A 31)4
Adams Express 59
New York Central... — __1 62_^
Hudson River. — 1 381?
Reading — 91j:
Michigan Central
Michigan Southern..
Cleveland aDd Pittsburg
A 17
§6%
Chicago and Northwestern... 81%
Chicago and Northwestern Pref...... 92%
Cleveland and Toledo A 06
Cievefand and Toledo ."'.A 06" 4
Milwaukee and St. Paul 69%
Milwaukee and St. Paul, Pref. 78%
Lake Shore'..:.......™ 1 05%
Chicago and Rock Island 1 32%
Toledo, Wabash and Western
Toledo, Wabash and Western, Pref...
New Jersey Central
Pittsburg and Fort Wayne..
Ohio ana Mississippi
Hannibal and St. Joseph
Hannibal and St. Joseph, Pref..
Tennessee, old
Tennessee, new ....
Georgia 6’s....™..
Georgia7’i —
North Carolina, old........
North Carolina, new......
Alabama 8’*.................
Alabama 5’s...
Virginia 6’s _.......«
Missonri 6’s,
Pacific Mail
Western Union...
Gold steady; Stock market very excited, with
wide fluctuations in New York Central; Governments
steady.
LATEST MARKETS—BY TELEGB 4PH.
Denude Markets.
New York, March 24. noon.—Stock* tosetasA
Money steady at 7. Exchange 8%. Gold 81%.
1862s 18. North Carolines 61; new67. Virginias,
ex-coupons 68; new 62. Tenneeaeea. ex-coupona
65%; new 64%7 Louisian as, old 71: levees 68%.
Cotton firmer at 28%@28%. ,
Flour a shade firmer. Wheat a trifle higher bwt-
quiet. Corn % better. Pork quiet; new mess #1 OR -
Steam Lard dull; in barreto 18^1». Tnrptotine
ijuiet at 52%. Rosin steady i
145. Freights
New York,March 24.—Cotton more active at29%- r
‘‘“t 4000 bales
Flour more active. .Wheat closed dull Coma
shade firmer. Mess Pork 3100(23125. Lard heavy:
kettle Whtskv and Bice dull. Sugar sad
Coffee firm. Turpentine 52@52%. Rosin 2 40@8 OflC
Freights quiet.
Governments dull. 1862a 18. Southern securitiea
heavy. Money closed at 7. Gold in some easels,
commission added, for best paper 10%. Gold 31%.
Sterling 8%. Stocks feverish.
Baltimore, March 24.—Flour active. Wheat -
firmer. Other grains dull. Provisions firmer.
Virginia coupons, old. 56: new, 60%. North Caro-
linas, old, 61%; new, 57.
Cotton firmer.
Savannah, March 24— Cotton in good demand
and advanced % ; sales 1500; middlings 27%; re
ceipts 293.
Augusta, March 24.—Cotton active; sales 725; re
ceipts 125; middlings 26%; holders asking 27. •
Charleston, March 24.—Cotton active and %
better; sales 600 bales; middlings 27%; receipts 445;
exports, continent 196.
WnansoToN, March 24.—Spirits Turpentine weak
with a downward tendency ; 46. Rosin firmer at
175@2 00. Crude Turpentine unsettled. Tar un
changed.
Cotton quiet at 2<%.
Cincinnati, March 24 Whisky firm at 91rS>91%-
Me88 Pork held at 32 00. Bacon, shoulders 13%;
dear sides 17%; no sales. Lard 18%; no demand.
St. Louis, March 24.—Whisky firm at 90. Mess
Porh heavy at 31 50<§32 00. Bacon quiet; should era
13% ; dear sides 17%. Lard heavy.
Mobile, March 24 Cotton quiet but firm; de
mand fair; sales 900 bales—including 100 after dose
yesterday; low middlings 26%@27; receipts 411; ex
ports 597.
New Orleans, March 24.—Cotton % higher and
active; middlings 28%; sales 6400 balee; receipts
1000 bales.
Gold 32%. Sterling 42%. Commerdal 41@41%.
New York sight % premium.
Flour dull; superfine 6 65%@5 75: double 6 00;-
treble 6 25. Com quiet at 75(278. Oats firm at 85
and held at 68. Bran unchanged. Hay firm; prime
26 50@27 00. Mess Pork dull at 33 25. Bacon dull ana-
lower ; shoulders 14%; dear ribs 17%; dear sides
17%. Lard dull ana unchanged. Sugar dull and
unchanged. Molasses, prime, 75. Whisky inactive
and nominal; Western rectified 85(390. Coffee duH;
fair 14%@15%; prime 16%@17%.
Foreign Markets.
London, March 24, noon.—Bonds easier at 83%.
Liverpool. March 24, noon.—Cotton opens ac
tive uplands 12; Orleans 12%; sales 15,000 bales.
Liverpool, March 24, p. an—Cotton % higher j
uplands 12%; Orleans 12%; sales 20,000 bales.
Havre, March 24.—Cotton firmer but not higher;
Liverpool, March 24.—Cotton dosed active r up.
lands, spot, 12%; afloat, 11%@11%; Orleans 12%-
Common Rosin 5s3d@6s. Turpentine 30e6d.
[omciAL.;]
Executive Department. >
Atlanta, Ga.. Marh 19.1869. f
To the Sheriff, or His Latc/ul Deputy of Diehmo-nd :
County .-
Whereas, On the 19th day of February, A. D.,
1869, Priscilla Lee was brought before W. Milo Clin.
Justice of tbe Peace in and for the eounty of Rich
mond, upon affidavit of one George W. Broadhurst.
charged with the offense of larceny, and was then and
there, for said offenEe, after having waived an indict
ment by tbe Grand Jury of said county of Richmond,
sentenced to be imprisoned in the common jail of the
county of Richmond and to be employed at hand la
bor on the public works for the term of three months,
and upon discharge therefrom to pay all costs of pros-,
ecution and jail fees; and.
Whereas. A petition signed by the Hon. W~ Milo
Olin, tbe officer presiding at said trial as aforesaid,hag
been presented to me, recommending favorable ac
tion in her case and asking the remission of the unex
pired part of tbe said term of imprisonment, setting
forth that Mr. Robert Douglass, a respectable citiaen
of said county of Richmond, feels desirous for the re
formation of the said Priscilla Lee, and is willing to
give her permanent employment;
Now, therefore, considering this to be a proper case
for Executive interposition, and believing that the
ends of justice in her case, have been attained by the
punishment already inflicted ; it is
Ordered, That the said Priscilla Lee be, and shew
hereby fully pardoned *f the offense with which she
stands charged, that tbe unexpired part of the said
term of imprisonment together with all costs and jail
fees in and by the said sentence imposed as aforesaid
upon the said Priscilla Lee be and tbe same are hero-
by remitted, and forthwith set at liberty.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Executive
Department, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, tho day
and year first above written.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
— . „ Governor.
By the Governor:
Eugene Davis.
Sec’y Executive Department.
SSATS OF CHQO&aXA.
By Rufus B. Bullock, .Governor said State-
Whereas, On Friday, the 12th day of Maroh instant,
one July Martin, a boy of seventeen years of age, was,
under and by virtue ofa warrant, arrested and placed
in confinement in the county jail of Mnrray eounty at
Spring Place, in said county, toawaitSinveetigation ot
an offense with which he stood charged, which inves
tigation was set down for the Monday next ensuing;
and
Whereas, The keys of said jail were in possession
of S. B. McCamey, jailor of said town and county, who,
at or about the hour of 11 o’clock on the night of said
Friday, the 12th instant, was aroused by the clamors
of an unauthorized and unlawful body of masked and
armed men, who, presenting loaded pistols at the per
son of said S. B. McCamey, jailor as aforesaid, did de
mand of him the delivery to them oi the keys of the
said jail: and
Whereas, Through fear, the Baid jailor did deliver
said keys to the said unauthorized and unlawful bend
of masked and armed men, wbo, upon such delivery
did open and enter said jail, and foroibly and unlaw
fully. seize aad take therefrom the said July Martin
and carry him off; and
Wbirkas, On the Saturday morning next succeed
ing said Friday the body of the said July Martin wa»
discovered dead, hanging by the neck from the limb
ofa tree; and
Whereas, The Coroner’s jury imp&nnsled to pro
nounce upon the cause of death of said July Martin,
did render a verdict that he came to his death through
hanging by some person or persons unknown r
Now, therefore, I, Rufus B. Bullock, Governor ot
this State and Commander-in-Chief of the Army aad
Navy and of the Militia thereof, do hereby issue this,
my Proclamation, offering a reward of FIVE THOU
SAND DOLLARS for the apprehension, with evi
dence which will lead to the conviction of the p«n«B
or persons perpetrating the murder above mentioned.
Given under my hand and the great Seal of the State,
at the Capitol, in the city of Atlanta, thisnineteenh
day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand -
eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the indepen
dence of the United States the ninety-third.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
Governor.
By the Governor:
David G. Cotting,
Secretary of State.
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[OFFICIAL.]
Executive Department, >
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Atlanta, Ga., March 20,1869.
Ordered, That Robert Battey, Esq., be, and he is
hereby appointed Inspector of Fertilizers for the
county of Floyd, by virtue of the power and au
thority vested in me by an Act entitled "An Aetio
protect the planters of this State from imposition la
the sale of fertilizers”—approved September 17,1868,
Given under my hand and the Seal of the Executive-
Department, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, the inj
and year first above written.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
Governor.
By the Governor: r
B. B. deGeaffrsreid,
_ Sec’y Executive Department;
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STotice to Debtors and Creditors.
G EORGIA, DOOLY COUNTY—All persons in
debted to the estate of Wm.H. Mhos, deoeesrf,
late of said county, will please settle, and those hold
ing claims against the same will present them accord
ing to law. D. N. HIGHTOWER,
Adm’r. Wm. H. Mims, dec d-
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A DMINISTRATRIX’S SALE.—Will be sold on the
Hall)
streets: Lot No. 2 and improvements on r
parts of Lots 3 and 4 aad improvements.. AU of sad
Lots in blook 9., Also, one Lot on Arch street and
part of Lots 1 and 2. with one small frame building.
Also, one vacant Lot on Sooond street and part of Me.
1, both in square 92. Sold aa the property of i
Sherwood, deoeased. T
on the 25t& December
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