About Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1869)
#i^j0^HHfe*. : ' -y*"-.rw--^ . <Ul!J >1 Jj!'| l «»» mu, . JP »ft*' ':■':' "-r ’ ; .>ii‘*{M4s*V ; , ■ — " . ... i, 1 , . ' . •• ... • . • _■ _.■• . The Greorgia, ‘W'eekly Telegraph.. THE TELEGRAPH. MACON, FRIDAY, MARCH 26,1869. Srwton, Jasper, Jones, Butt* and Monroe. From a gentleman who returned to Macon joteerday afternoon from Monroe, Batts. New ton, Jasper and Jones, we gather some lnteresc- Irg news in regard to the planting interests of these counties. Kb reports everything working finely. The grand is in splendid condition to receive the cotton seed. The planters are generally done planting com. "Wheat is looking finely. He no complaints, for lack of hands. There seemed to be plenty. ffe says the people of Newton county have ■gttMuo on the brain. They are buying every pooad they can, either for money or upon time. The house of John Merriman& Co., of Balti more, have sold 811 <5,000 worth to the people of th«f. county on credit, and could sell three times that much more if it so desired. The railroad depots are full of fertilizers. The people seem ed to bo perfectly confident upon the matter, *ndE are counting upon a heavy crop of cotton. Ekrtilizors are being more or less used in all the counties through which ho traveled, and he .npossses the opinion that if the season is fa- '. oeable the yield will be very large. But an in teresting fact is they are generally trying to > enough provisions to do them. The Adamic Race. Reader, wo are not profane—do not intend to £weex at the Radicals, however strong the temp tation—but simply to notice the reception of a pamphlet, addressed “to the Editors of the fhznsirn, with the respects of the Author, 31. F. Stovenson, Gainesville, Ga.” This pam phlet is entitled “ The Adamic Race. Reply to * Ariel, Drs. Young and Blackie, on the Negro.' ” •“The Negro does not belong to the Adamic spe* ciK. Ho is not a descendant of Adam and Eve. ){a fy not the oifispring of Ham. He is not a becst. Ho is a hnman being—he has an im mortal soul; but not after the image of God, and every attempt to civilize him after our -Took, - has resulted in his speedy and certain tlestmction. The unity of the human race is osscriptural—contrary to the laws of science and destructive to the welfare of every species The Pacific Railway Failure. The New York Tribune sums up the case of the Union Pacific railroad thus: On Saturday last the Postmaster General re ceived a telegram from D. B. Ball,special agent, dated at Laramie City, stating that for fifteen days the Union Pacificrailroadhasbeen blocked by snow, for a distance of two hundred miles west of Cheyenne, and that between 30,000 and 40,000 pounds of mail matter was detained on the line. On Monday the Postoffice Department direct ed Postmaster Kelly, of this city, to send all The Bill to Reconstruct Georgia. We find the following in the Western Associa ted Press dispatches, telegraphed from Wash ington on the 17th; The first section of the amended bill to enforce the fourteenth constitutional amendment in Georgia, reported from the Judiciary Committee by Mr. Trumbull, repeals so much of the act of June 25, .1868, as relates to Georgia. Section two revives military government in Georgia. Section three continues the government of the State as provisional, and declares null and void mails for California and the Pacific coast by tha j the expulsion of African members of the Legis- Isthmus of Panama, and to retain all mail mat- lature and restores them to their seats. Persons ter for the Pacific coast after that shipment, for admitted to their seats are to vacate the same, the Aspinwall steamers of the 11th and 21st of The bill prohibits any person disqualified under March. Advices received from the west on the fourteenth amendment from holding a seat Monday afternoon stated that the Union Pacific road was not yet open, and that it was impossi ble to say when the mails detained in its snow bound trains would be gotten through. The report of the majority of the Senate Com mittee on the Pacific Railroad, made twelve days ago, predicted the very condition of things that now exists. Speaking of the necessity of two additional trunk lines to the Pacific, in or der to have uninterrupted communication, the majority of the Committee say: It is on undetermined problem if the Union Pacific Railroad between Omaha and Sacramen to can be operated throughout the year. Of the elements to solve this question there are: First, The known effects of drifting snow upon the railway lines of Central Illinois, and of the hilly districts of New England and Pennsylva nia. Second, The known depths to which snow falls and packs in portions of the Rocky Moun tain region. Third, The extraordinary height of the grades and sharpness of the curves in the passage of the Sierra Nevada. Trains in Illi nois have often been snowed under, and travel and traffic in and out of Chicago have been completely embargoed. Railroad communica tions in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsyl vania, is often suspended in winter. These vi cissitudes take place in States where labor is abundant, where the stations on tho lines are very near together, where fuel and food, draught animals and tools, are plentiful and ac cessible. But the lino between Omaha and Sacramento is at present almost a con tinuous wilderness ; portions of it never will be settled. Population is very scarce— help in trouble cannot bo outside of the train— tho stock of accessible fuel maybe limited to tho supply on tho cars. In the deep cuttings, and in some of the canyons of Dakota, Utah, Neva da and California, snow is well known to drift chock full up to the top and to pack hard. Tho depth of snow in places traveled by the overland stage-sleighs has been crediblyreportea at from thirty to fifty feet, and it was not melted till June. Granting the efficacy of roofing; grant ing the adeqnacy of machinery to accomplish as —.. —t. - - it, - TTmCam Da 7 ■« rt nn A GTl 1 o, p^pbl.to, ttWj P.S.S, reciva yesterday. The Congressional Election. CONVENTION OF THH THIRD CONGRESSIONAL ftnrruTiTP of Geohria.—Mr. James M. Mobley, President of the Democratic Convention of tho Third Congressional District of Georgia, calls upon that Convention to re-assemble in La- Orxngo at 10 a. m., on Thursday, the 25th inst., to nominate a candidate from that District, in place of Hon. Hugh Buchanan, who has surren dered bis nomination back to the Convention. We have no idea there will be any Congression al election in Georgia this Spring. The Legis lature has passed a bill bringing on the election ox&the 1st Monday in May next; but it, un doubtedly, in our opinion, will perish in the hinds of the Governor. We are disposed to think that if Congress <KStB any Representatives from Georgia during tbo extra session, it will be the members elected lost year. The Georgia Rill. It will be seen that the bill reported on the J Till by Senator Trumbull, of the Senate Ju diciary Committee, justifies what we have an ticipated as tho probablo action of Congress in relation to Georgia. It repeals so much of an act of last Juno as admits Georgia into the Union—continues the State Government as provisional—declares the expulsion of tho ne groes from the Legislature null and void, and restores them to their seats—and prohibits all ■ persons disqualified by the fourteenth amend ment from holding seats; and provides military support to the Provisional Governor. See synopsis of the act in another place. We can’t help it. Adjournment of the Legislature. The Georgia Legislature dispersed on Thurs day, which was by far the best act of their ex pensive and useless session. In all probability there will be another swarming on band before summer, coming up, like the frogs of Egypt from the doughs of Radical Re-re-rt construc tion. Ono thing wo have resolved upon, and that is it shall havo as little space in the Tele- hhaph os possible. We see nothing of impor tance in Thursday’s proceedings, beyond what was announced in our Special Telegraphic Re port. lion. Nelson Tilt, In a letter from the Intelligencer upon the outside, rejoins to the Governor, and makes tome points too clear for dispute. Bsigxolx Opera Troupe.—The Savannah Re publican learns that an engagement has just been concluded with tho great tenor, Signor Hnguoli, under the terms of which he will, for the first time, visit the South, and will appear nr the principal cities. The tour will bo com menced about the last of this month, and Sig- asr Broguoli will be supported by leading artists from the New York Academy of Music—a com plete Operatic and Concert Company—includ ing M’llo Louise Durand, the young prima donna who has created such a remarkable interest this season in New York, and the renowned Lyric Artist, Signor Giorgio Ronconi. Dr. Loyick Pierce.—The Constitution of Monday, says: This veteran Minister of the Gospel, now in his eighty-fonrth year, sixty-five of which he has been engaged in the ministry, preached at Wesley Chapel, on Thursday night last. Not withstanding his age he preaches with the vigor, fire and earnestness of a man of thirty-five. On last Sunday he preached three sermons, at Car- tersvillo, of ono hour and a half each. Few men of this day and generation can perform a ftimilar feat, though considerably less advanced in. years. ton, there remains a risk, which must be con stant with the recurrence of winter, that the op erations of this Pacific road may experience long and serious interruptions, accompanied occa sionally with shocking misfortunes. If such in terruptions should take place, the effect upon the new trade from Asia to Europe, across the United States, would characterize the route as one not to be relied on by international commerce. But there is no doubt that a railroad on the thirty-fifth parallel of latitude could be operated to San Francisco 365 days in the year. Nor is there any doubt that a line between Puget’s Sound and Lake Superior could be opexated without serious obstruction by snow. Its grades through the mountains are all comparatively low, and its line is within the isothermal line of mean annual temperature of fifty degrees. It was wholly needless to purchase all this wisdom at a cost of twenty millions or more to the Federal Government. The whole of it could have been found gratuitously, if desired,by con sulting speeches in Congress and reports from Southern sources nearly twenty years old. All that the Tribune now claims as proven in respect to this hyperborean route to California and the Pacific, was then clearly demonstrated in ad vance as the inevitable results; but in spite of all the teachings of common sense, the Northern route was determined upon simply because it wag a Northern route, and could be better man aged in behalf of Northern interests both in re spect to the profits of construction and the man agement of its business. It was not a blunder so much as a clear and well understood sacrifice to Northern sectional cupidity, and it was well known then, that no serviceable railroad to the Pacific could be built until the North and West had been appeased by this useless expenditure. The idea of roofing in a railroad to the Pacific is too absurd for comment. We see this winter, roofs of churches, warehouses, and other sub stantial structures, in the North and Canada, crushed in by the weight of snow; and how ridiculous the hope of securely roofing hundreds of miles of railway, passing through prodigious gulches and canons, and liable to be burdened with thirty feet, or more, of snow! The train that would start for California to run through such a wooden tunnel should look to a lunatic asylum for its passengers and operatives. Savanna!], Griffin and North Alabama Railroad. The Griffin Star of Tuesday has the following: As it is now reduced to a certainty that this road will be built, and that speedily, it perhaps would be interesting to know the number of miles constituting its whole length, together with the cost per mile, and the distance from point to point, as surveyed by Emerson Foote in 1854. 1. From Griffin to Newaan 36.68 miles 2. From Newnan to Tallapoosa river.. .45.34 miles 3. From Tallapoosa river to A & T. riv.39.69 miles 4. From A. & T. B. B. to Guntersville. .62.09 miles 5. From Guntersville to Decatur 50 miles Length of whole road 233J miles. Cost of 1st Section, per mile $14,577 Cost of 2d Section, per mile 23,804 Cost of 3d Section, per mile 16,270 Cost of 4tli Section, per mile 17,478 Cost of 5th Section, par milo 17,619 Average cost per mile equipped, 823,033. The Stockholders met at Newnan, Ga., last week, at which time Capt. A. J. White, W. W, Chapman, John I. Whitaker, Thos, Grace, B. M. Milner, Smith and Camp, were chosen Di rectors. Capt. White was elected President of the Board. The original stock of the company was cut down to fifty cents in the dollar, (before it was not worth five cents) and arrangement made to commence work upon the road at once. The Macon and Western and Brunswick roads, each, took stock to the amount of $150,000.— The Central Road will also take a large amount With a good The Richmond Postoffice.—Tho Senate con firmed only two unimportant nominations. The of stock at some future time, President sent several nominations to the Sen- • President, an excellent Board, and plenty of ate, among them that of Elizabeth Vanlew, as i monev the Road will be pushed forward rap- Postmistress at Bichmond, Va.—A Washington '... ' 4^-ach. ldl y- in said Legislature. Section four makes it the duty of the Presi dent to station such a portion of the land and naval forces of the United States in said State as shall be sufficient to carry the act into full ex ecution, and all officers in command of such forces shall, on the demand of the acting Gov ernor, render military aid and assistance in the administration of the government, and protec tion to life and property, and administration of justice. Tennre-of-Office. The World’s dispatch of the 15th on the ten- urc-of-office suspension says: The Judiciary Committee of the Senate, sud denly spurred to promptness by the action of Senators last week, and by the dogged obstina cy of the President, surprised everybody re porting to-day an amendment to the House bill repealing the civil tenure law. This amend ment is to the mere effect that the operation of the law be suspended until the next meeting of Congress next December. This shuffling com promise pleases nobody who has bid for noth ing but repeal from the start. The Houso hav ing almost unanimously voted totally to expunge tho law, declare, at least their most prominent members do, that they will take nothing less and nothing else. Senators, professing to speak for the Presi dent, denounce the idea of suspension as anom alous, and as insulting to the President^ virtu ally saying to him: “We will see if wo can trust you during the summer interim, an if we can’t we will put down the screws on you next winter.” They roundly declare that General Grant will not approve of any such measure as proposes that he certify to this Congressional suspicion of his sagacity and fidelity. The bill will come np in the Senate to-morrow. A hard fight will be made for unconditional repeal, but the anti-Grant party profess to be able to put the amendment through. That it will be defeated by the House is conceded. Then fol lows a Committee of Conference. But the days fly on, and it looks as if the shrewd Senators had arranged a game by which no conclusive ac tion can be reached this short session, so that the old law may stand all the year round; still it is not safe to hazard an assertion on that. Total repeal may not be carried even in the Senate, though prolonged debate and desperate tatics will prevail to defeat it, and the chances favor the meaningless amendment offered to-day. Senator Hill, of Georgia, and tlie New York Tribune. Some days ago the New York Tribune, in com menting on the action of the Georgia Legisla ture in regard to the fifteenth amendment, in dulged in some aspersions of Hon. Joshua Hill, Senator elect from that State. Yesterday the Tribune published the following card from Mr. Hill in reply: Sir—In your paper of Saturday last, in refer ring to the action of the Georgia Legislature on the adoption of the fifteenth constitutional amendment, you make what I consider an un generous allusion to myself. You describe me as “hanging by the eyelids before the doors of Senate at Washington,” etc. If you mean by this expression that I vex the Senate as a body with my presence, or as individuals by my calls or my letters, endeavoring to procure admission as a Senator, it is an unwarrantable assersion. I have not spent an hour in all with the Sen ate or Senators since the recess in December, and but little time before that. I did, about the first of December, call on Senator Sherman, to request him to present my credentials to the Senate. And although invited by several Sena tors to visit them, andfully appreciating the civ ility, I have thought it more dignified and inde pendent not to do so. They will not charge me with obsequiousness. I think I understand what is duo to my own seif-respect. _ It will be time enough for you to instruct me in manners when Senators shall complain of my importu nities. As for my “telegraphing solemnly,” or in any other vein, what consequences were likely to eysuo to my colleague and myself by the refu sal of the Legislature to adopt tho amendment— nd what Congress would do with Georgia, and icHFsoon it would act, I will merely say: I havo not ventured to predict the action of Con gress in regard to Georgia, or anything else. I have my opinion as to the proper course to be pursued by Congress to secure the best inter ests of both government and people, but, while the present circumstances exist, I cannot ex pect it to influence others, and therefore do not urge it. Respectfully yours, Joshua Hill. Washington, D. C., March 15, 1869. The U. S. Government and Cnba. The Baltimore Sun, of the 17th, has the follow ing special from Washington: Washington, March 16.—For three or four weeks prior to the end of Mr. Johnson’s term as President, agents of Cuban revolutionists were here urging the late administration to recognize them as belligerents. They received no direct encouragement from Mr. Johnson; who, how ever much ho may have favored tho petition, was probably restrained from any action in tho matter by Mr. Seward, who favored and advised the issuing of a proclamation forbidding tho formation of armed expeditions and recruiting in the United States in aid of the Cuban revolu tionists, this country being at peace with Spain, and Cuba being one of her dependencies. So the matter stood at the conclusion of Mr. Johnson’s term. Immediately upon the inauguration of Gen eral Grant as President, the agents of the Cu ban insurgents renewed their efforts for recog nition, and found favor and encouragement in both!)ranches of Congress, and, it is said, re ceived encouragement from the Executive*.— These facts becoming known to the Spanish em bassy here, and action being taken looking to this recognition in the form of a resolution in tho House, remonstrance has been made by the Spanish minister to our government In view of possible difficulties that may arise from this state of affairs, the government has to-day, through the Navy Department, ordered two iron clad vessels to proceed at once to Key West, and that a part of the Pacific squadron proceed immediately to Cuban waters. According to the results of lato recent deep sea soundings, it is announced that the bottom of the sea, at great depths, is covered by a con tinuous mass, extending over miles in extent, of what may be considered as one single animal. It is thought to form the lowest stage of animal life on tho globe, and is. supposed to derive its nourishment directly from tho mineral world, as in the case of plants. The new animal has boen baptized by the euphonious name of Bathybius. Tho lady in question rendered the Union some service, as a spy for Gen. Grant during his Vir- Westem Brunswick Beads, in order to com mence operations immediately, have generously guns. campaign. Farming in North Carolina.—Tho Wilming- tendered tho use of cross ties and iron without ilixa. me winning- c harge, only requiring the return of what may ton Star sayB: “Messrs. David Landreth & be used. Wo learn with pleasure that tho Macon & Son, the well-known seedsmen of Philadelphia, some time since rented a farm near Goldsboro’, «nd are now busily engaged in preparations for * heavy crop of early vegetables.” The Cultivation of Corn.—We call atten- - uon to a very interesting and practical article upon this subject on our first page. George Francis Train, the eccentric, erratic Train, sends a note to Greeley in reply to his calling him a politician: Sib:—You have called me many namesin ■your time, but this is the unkindest of all. Af ter the Cassius M. Clay debate, von called me “Charlatan” and “Mountebank;’’ while in a British bastile, an “ass and a lunaticbut this is tha first time you have passed the insult di- . rect by calling me a “politician!” -Griffin and North Alabama Railroad.—The Atlanta Constitution says, that work on the Sav annah, Griffin and North Alabama Railroad will be commenced immediately, and completed in time to transport the next cotton crop. Periodicals.—Wo have to-day Putnam for April, tad the Edinburgh Review—Scott's ro- -lint The road bed is complete and ready for the ties and iron nearly forty miles, so that, with all the advantages at hand, the iron horse may safely be set down as making its way directly to Newnan by tho first of November next. Tho skeptical may dispel their doubts, and go to work for the Road, for it is a “fixed” fact—a reality. Croakers and evil prophets may hang their harps upon the willows, for the Savannah; Griffin and N. A. Road will be built. Grant and his Cabinet The New York Sun illustrates the retioence of Grant, in regard to his Cabinet, as follows: —He never told his Cabinet, But let grim silence, like a corn i' the foot, Torture their anxious souls; ho smiled i.. thought, And with a rare and prudent understanding (of tho situation). He sat like a fellow holding four kings and an ace. Calm and serene. And the stakes—what did they amount to ? An Important Discovery.—The Central or gan of radicalism in New York State, the Al bany Evening Journal, has made an important discovery and divulges it in the following para graph: “The repugnance of certain associations and affiliations are perfectly natural. * There are physical and mental differences in the two races which separate them by an inexorable law of re pulsion, and which can ho overcomo by no amount of humanitarian philosophizing or phi lanthropic legislation. The white does not ac cept the black as a congenial fellow and associ ate. And he never will, * * We believe that sensible colored people will agree with us upon this point. They see that nei&er their own hap piness nor their position in society will be im proved by their ignoring the differences which the Almighty has created. No black man with a proper sense of self-respect would seek to crowd himself into society where he was not wanted, and where he must be conscious that all around regarded as an infernor.” MtaaaritarfKitti Roswell Factory.—We are indebted to the Superintendent, General A. J. Hanseli, for sam ples of tiie excellent. Thread now being spun at Roswell Factory. The samples embrace sewing thread——extra strong thread for making grain and flour sacks, and knitting yams—all round, even and Btrong. It gives ns much pleasure to learn that under the energetio and systematic management of General Hanseli the Factory is again doing a Bev.” Tucker as a Landlord.—The renown- prosperous business, and that there is now being ed Beverly Tucker, of Virginia, has leased the manufactured for it $20,000 of new machinery - „ , soon to be put in operation and to be paid for “Stephenson House, at St. Catherines, Canada from ekmings if the Factory. Success to West, and will open it in llay. all such worthy enterprises.—Marietta Journal. Cultivation of Corn. Editors Telegraph: — In compliance with promise, Iproceedto give your readers Mr. Dick son’s plan of cultivating corn. Having prepared the land and planted the seed, as noticed in my former communication, Mr Dickson proceeds to describe his method of cultivating as follows: ‘My plan is to finish the first working from the 20th of April to the 10th of May. Sometimes I have not finished till the 25th of May. With the land well turned, very little grass and weeds will come up, except in the bottom of the fur row, and this is easily managed. “For first ploughing, have a heavy twenty- two-inch sweep, with the right wing so set, that its back end will not he more than one inch from the ground. This is to run near the com, and should fill the furrow within one or one and a half inches of the general surface. Break out the TTiidiiln with the same-sized sweep, with the back of both wings turned up. If the plough, ing is well done, four furrows will finish out— four hands completing fourteen acres every day, by going sixteen miles a day. “ Second ploughing—have the wing of the siding sweep turned a little more than half up; run close to the com, leaving nothing for the hoe; for if the ploughing is well done, there is no use of a hoe. Break out the middle with three furrows, to make a good place to plant peas. From the 1st of June to the 20th is a good time to plant peas. Proceed in this man ner : After the second ploughing, run a shovel furrow in tho middle of a com row. Drop one bushel of peas to every eight acres—say six to eight peas to a hill You can plant sixteen acres per day, and will use two bushels to each plough. Cover with a harrow. Third and last ploughing—Pair your hands, one to side the com, and one to side the peas; the hand that sides the com will need a twenty- two inch sweep, right hand wing well up, audit should run close to the com—not going more than, a half inch deep ; tho left wing should be nearly flat. The hand that sides the peas will need *a heavy twenty-six inch sweep, with the right wing set at medium height, and should ran it near the peas and fill the pea furrow up; the left wing should be up, to push tho dirt near the com. This is tho last ploughing, and if well done, the gronnd ■will bo as smooth and level as a floor, irith not a spur of grass to tho 200 acres nor a weed to bo seen in the field. In old times I required every hand to clean the crop as ho went—what tho plough left to be removed with the foot and hand. From thirteen to sixteen miles, according to the condition of tho crop, was a day’s work. ‘ ‘Such pine land as mine (some of it very poor,) should average from 20 to 25 bushels per acre ; and wet or dry, if the work is rightly done there is do such thing as a failure, as my many visitors from all parts of the country will testify.” Now, Mr. Editor, how encouraging this clos ing declaration of Mr. Dickson, a man famous for his skill and extraordinary success in farm ing He says we need not fail, “wet or dry.” Who would not liko to be taught how to raise 25 bushels com on one aero of pine land, with a drought of two or three months? How many of us do so well on our best lands ? And yet Mr. Dickson tells us that he does it and tells us exactly how he does it. He gives us the benefit of his experience from a long series of experi ments. desiring not self aggrandizement but to advance the best interests of agriculture. What, then, is the guiding principle in Mr. Dickson’s system of cotton culture ? It is found in a careful study of the laws of vegetable life. Moisture is' the great essential, and its due ap plication to the growing plant the chief design of the agriculturist. Deep ploughing, deep planting, and surface cultivation, all tend to the securement of tho same end. Surface cultiva tion incorporates one additional item. It seeks to preserve, intact, the roots of the plant, the smallest of which are as essential to the grow ing plant as the blood-vessels to the human or ganism. Mr. Dickson says that every com root cut—no matter how small—looses tho planter one grain of com. When we calculate the miriads of roots and fibrils in one corn-stalk, we can estimate the actual loss in grains of com, The idea is to spare every root; do not tear them up. They represent grains of com—the fruit of the plant. The method of breaking laud deep and broad cast, and planting intrenches eight inches deep, enables the planter to cultivate very easily- saving a great deal of labor—with the large wing sweep. It throws sufficient dirt to the com and destroys the grass and weeds. When the cultivation is commenced the com is be neath the common surface; and it requires the second ploughing to bring it up to a level. The ■whig of the sweep, well turned up, will throw sufficient dirt to tho com tho third and last ploughing, and the land is left almost a perfect eveL The roots of the com are left to permeate the soil in every direction, and the evaporation of the moisture has been prevented by not expos ing it to the influence of the sun and wind by turning up the soil in ridges. The moisture is left then, imbedded in the soil, to bo appro priated by the roots of a thirsty plant— Consequently the facility with which com stands the drought. The moisture furnished by the rains of winter and spring has been %^11 husbanded by this surface cultiva tion, and every root and fibril have been left to perform the functions that nature in tended in putting them forth. You may as well contend, that by cutting veins and arteries in a man’s hand, and allowing the flow of blood, you add vigor to his health, as to say that, by cut ting the roots of com, you do not injure the growth of the plant. If the plant did not need roots, nature would not put them forth. Every com root you cut injures tho plant so much, and the common practice of ploughing com with straight plows necessarily cuts a great many roots, because the plant puts forth its roots right at the surface of the ground. Tho lateral roots are necessarily injured, and the plant stunned for the want of feeders. Nature, as well as common sense, and reason and philanthropy, assert the correctness of Mr. Dickson’s theory and practice in the cultivation of com; and his own success demonstrates the truth of the principle. He makes the com, while those who follow the adverse policy fail to make it. Such success is attributable not to magic, but alone to management. J. Dickson Smith. Houston county, March 13th, 1869. 4*» ■ • The Colored Cabin Passenger. In the case of Harriett Jacobs vs. the Savan nah line of steamers, tho jury, being unable to agree to a verdict, were discharged. The N. Y. Herald says editorially: By the Judge's oharge the whole point in tho case of the suit against the steamship compa ny for ejecting a colored person from the cabin is made to turn on the point whether or not the daughter used a deception in purchasing the ticket. Judge Daly has put the merits of these cases in a clear light. Common carriers ore re quired to take passengers, but can impose their own rules, and may properly separate persons of different color, so that no colored person has a right or claim to travel in a cabin set apart for whites. Nevertheless, if the company makes a a fair contract to carry a colored person in the cabin of tho whites, it must execute this con tract. The question is, then, whether the com pany sold the tickets, knowing they wero for colored persons, or whether the tickets were, when sold, believed to be for whites. The com pony claims that the tickets were sold for whites, as the daughter who bought them could not be distinguished from a white person, and that this daughter deceived the company as to the color of her mother, who is black. This fact is whet the jury is to determine. If there was de ception, the plaintiff cannot recover damages but if the company knew, or for any reason were bound to know .that the plaintiff’s mother was a black woman, it must pay. The jury failed to agree on a verdict. AFFAIRS IS GEORGIA. HON. NELSON TIFT IN REJOINEF. TO THE GOVERNOR. To the Honorable Chairman and Members of the Reconstruction Committee : Gentlemen—I have read the letter of Gover nor Bollock, of Georgia, to yqpr Committee, in reply to my statement, which was laid on the table of the House and ordered to be printed, on the 3d instant. I am gratified to learn from Governor Bul lock’s letter that he now,'in effect, denies that he has ever desired that “the civil government of the State shall be destroyed, and military or provisional government established” in Georgia. But if thin be true, he has been so unfortu nate in the use of language as to deceive not only myself, but all others with whom I have conversed upon the subject. In the answers which he quotes from his tes timony before the Reconstruction Committee, he virtually states that the Legislature has not adopted the “fundamental conditions required to make Georgia a State,” and he refers to a communication which he made to Congress. That communication will he found on page 117 of the printed testimony, in which he styles him self Provisional Governor, and states distinctly that the government of Georgia is provisional Ho says: “Having, as Provisional Governor elect under the reconstruction acts, been author ized * * * to convene the Provisional Leg islature of Georgia; and having * * * been appointed Provisional Governor of Georgia by Major General George G. Meade, * * * I deem it my official duty to represent to your honorable body that tho laws under which the State of Georgia was to have been admitted to representation in Congress have not been fully executed." ******* “The government of the State has therefore been, and must continue to be, provisional until the conditions required by the act which became law June 25, 1868, shall have been complied with by a Legislature organized in accordance with the reconstruction acts previously adopt ed.” The testimony of Governor Bullock which follows the question and answer quoted in his. letter is as follows—p. 2, printed testimony: By the Chairman: Q. By that you mean that the Commanding General should re-assemble the Legislature as it was elected? A. Yes, sir. Q. And then to have the test oath adminis tered ? A. Yes, sir, to have the law executed * * By Mr. Brooks: Q. "What effect would that have upon existing laws, upon money appropriations, the judiciary of the State and general legislation ? A. The same effect as the act of Congress had which declared the government of 1865 altogeth- or illegal. * * * Again, on page 5, printed testimony: By Mr. Beaman: Q. What is your view as to whether the four teenth amendment has been adopted by the Legislature of Georgia? A. Ido not think it has been legally adopted; my view is that there has not been yet any legal organization of the Legislature in 'Georgia, au thorized to do any legislative act, from the fact that the original provisional body was not cor rectly organized. I have quoted these extracts from Governor Bullock’s testimony, and his communication to Congress, to show the reasons which I had to charge him in my “circular” “with the avowed purpose of inducing Congress to destroy the present organized government of that State, and remand her people to military rule, or the dic tatorship of a provisional Governor and in support of my “statement” to your committee, that he “ asks that the civil government of the State shall be destroyed, and a military or provi sional government established.” What does Governor Bullock mean in his communication to Congress, in which he styles himself “Provisional Governor;” insists that the reconstruction acts “have not been execu ted ;” states that “the government of the States has therefore, been, and must contiune to be, provisional until” certain conditions are com plied with; and calls on Congress to interfere ? What does he mean when, in answer to Mr. Brooks, as to the “effect” of the policy which he was thus urging upon Congress, he said: “The same effect as the act of Congress had which declared the government of 1865 altogeth er illegal” ***** Again, in answer to Mr. Beman : * * “My view is that there has not been yet any legal organization of the Legislature in Georgia.” * * * * * * The Government of Georgia is now, and has been since July, 1868, operating as a legally or ganized civil government. Governor Bullock’s anguage conveys the idea that he believes that government to be illegal, and all its acts void; that the government of Georgia is still provis ional, and that he desires Congress to enforce his views. Military or provisional government necessa rily involves the destruction of the present civil government. The difference between military and provisional government is, that a provi sional government is the creature and instru ment of military power; their edicts supersede civil law, and are enforced by the army and navy. But Gov. Bullock now asks, with the pathos of injured innocence, “is there anything in this answer of mine which asks that the civil govern ment of the State shall be destroyed and military or provisional government established ? Is there any suggestion in my communication to Con gress, on the opening of the session, which in dicates such desire on my part ? My only object was, and is, to secure the establishment of a loyal civil government in this State.” If Governor Bullock means by this language that he is opposed to the reconstruction of the Legislature, charges “their absolute failure to : perform the duties required by the Constitution, and their revolutionary action in expelling many loyal members. ’ ’ By what right or authority does the Executive of Georgia impugn the motives and denounce the action of the Legislature to the reconstruction Committee of Congress ? He is no way responsible for their action, and is ex pressly prohibited by the Constitution from ex ercising any power properly attached to the leg islative or judicial departments of the Govern ment. 5th. Gov. Bullock misquotes the Constitution to show that negroes are eligible to the Legisla ture in Georgia. He says: “The State Consti tution distinctly provides that ‘ all citizens of the United States who have resided six months in this State, except idiots, insane persons, and thoce who have been convicted of felonies, shall be eligible to hold office.’ ” * * * * * • Gov. Bullock was a member of the Conven tion which framed the Constitution, and is not ignorant of its provisions. I am, therefore, compelled to believe that the above fabrication was intended for deception. The fact is, there is no such danse or declaration in the Constitu tion of Georgia. I suppose the following to be the artide and section of the Constitution of Georgia which Governor Bullock intended to pervert: Article 1—Sec. 6. The General Assembly may provide from time to time for the registra tion of all electors ; but the following classes of persons shall not he permitted to register, vote or hold office : “First. Those who shall have been convicted of treason, embezzlement of public funds, mal feasance in office, crime punishable by law with imprisonment in the penitentiary, or bribery. “Second. Idiots or insane persons.” There is no part of the Constitution which declares who ‘‘shall be eligible to hold office." The striking ont, by the aid of Governor Bul lock’s vote in Convention, from the original draft of the Constitution, the clause which made a right to the elective franchise a qualification for holding office, left the Constitution silent on that subject, and has been the cause of doubt and difficulty. 6th. Governor Bullock quotes the resolution passed by the Legislature, pledging the people of Georgia to abide by the decision of the Su preme Court, when made on the question of eligibility of colored men to office ; and he gives as a reason for not approving it, his opinion, in substance, that the Legislature did not intend to abide by such decision, and that there was nothing in the resolution tending to bring about a settlement of the question. I disagree entirely with Gov. Bullock. I be lieve that the preamble and resolution expresses truly the motives and purposes of the Legisla ture that passed them, and that they could not probably go further or do more under the circum stances.* The Legislature cannot refer the ques tion of the eligibility of members to their body to the Supreme Court, because it is a question confided by the Constitution to the Legislature, and the court has no jurisdiction. But when a case shall come before the Supreme Court in the usual way, their decision will be an authoritative exposition of what the Constitution really means and is on this subject, and will settle the whole question, because after that time all persons, in the Legislature or out of it, who take the oath to support? tho Constitution, must accept that meaning. 7th. Of those who sent answers to y mcircu- lars, two are judges of the Supreme Court, four judges of the Superior Court, the State Treasur er, sixty-eight judges of the Court of Ordinary in as many counties, eleven mayors of cities, six clerks of the Superior Court, nine sworn state ments, one United States assessor, and others— making one hundred and eight persons, one hundred and seven of whom agree in all essen tial particulars in opposition to the policy advo cated by Governor Bullock, and in denial of the statements made to Congress, which were in tended to show that his policy was necessary. I stated my opinion, that these witnesses of the truth were chiefly Republicans. Governor Bul lock thinks I am mistaken. It may be so. I know that they represent all shades of political opinion—extreme Republicans, moderate Re publicans, reconstructionists, original Union men, and Democrats; bnt what is more impor tant is, that without the possibility of preconcert they are in general agreement as to the facts, and their veracity is unimpeached. Governor Bullock says: •* Lewis Jackson, (colored) as I am reliably informed, denies, on oath, ever having made any reply whatever to the interrogations of Hon. Mr. Tift, and an nounces the communication appearing in the report of the Beconstraction Committee as com ing from himself to the Hon. Mr. Tift to be a forgery.” My circular was directed to the Judge of the Court of Ordinary of McIntosh county, as to all other counties. I did not know who occupied the place. I received through the mails, Mr. Jackson’s answer, which is published on page 217 of the testimony on “ the condition of af fairs in Georgia." The manuscript is in the hands of the committee, and I have the envelope in which it was received I shall adopt means to ascertain the truth on this subject. The tes timony purporting to come from Mr. Jackson agrees in substance with that of the Mayor of Darien, Ga., Hon. S. Vi.Wilson, printed on page 189 of the Georgia testimony. In closing this review of Governor Bullock’s letter, I confess with sorrow the humiliation I feel in the necessity which makes it my duty as a representative, to defend the people and the State of Georgia against the slanders and mach inations of her Governor. "Whatever may have been the motives which dictated his course, in stead of acting as the guardian and defender of her rights, her honor and her interests, as duty and manhood required, he has been foremost among her defamers, and the chief enemy of her peace and prosperity. The order and comparative prosperity which General Assembly of Georgia, REPORTED SPECIALLY FOR THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH. Atlanta, March 18, 1869. Senate.—The Senate met. Mr. Hinton moved to reconsider the action of the Senate on the bill preventing fraud in the laying off of homesteads. The motion prevailed and the bill waa taken Mr. Speer moved a reconsideration of the ac tion of the Senate on a bill repealing so much of an act as authorized the levying of a tax to pay costs due on insolvent criminal cases so far as relates to the county of Macon. The motion prevailed and the bill was taken up and passed. A reconsideration by Mr. Smith, of the 7th, of the action of the Senate on the resolution adopt- ing the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, was decided out of order by the President, on the ground that it was a motion to reconsider a motion to reconsider. An appeal was taken from the decision of the Chair, when the yeas and nays were called and the Chair sustained by a vote of yeas 14—navs Mr. Cohnan moved to lay the whole matter on the table, which motion was lost by a vote of yeas 9—nays IS. Mr Braten moved the adoption of the fifteenth amendment upon which the yeas and nays were called, when they stood yeas 13—nays 1C. The following are tho names of the Senators voting: Yeas—Adkins, Braten, Collier, Griffin, (21st,) Hungerford, Jordan, Merrill, McCutchen, Nes bitt, Smith, (7th,) "Wellborn, "Welch and "Winn —13. Nays—Anderson, Bowers, Bums, Candler, Column, Fain, Griffin, (6th,) Harris, Hinton,' Lester, McArthur, Moore, Nunnally Sherman Smith, (36th,) Speer—16. The Senate took up a House resolution ad journing sine die at 12 o’clock to-night, and con- curred in the same. Mr. Bruton moved that the Governor bo au thorized to call upon the Secretary of War to send troops for the aid of Sheriffs in counties where the Sheriffs make affidavit that they can not make an arrest without such aid. A vote was taken when the motion was lost by a vote of yeas 12: nays 19. The following bills wero taken up, read and passed :• A bill making the fiscal year conform with the ■year. civil government of the State, and the establish- now exist in Georgia are due to the wisdom, ment of provisional or military government— that he did not inteud to make any such sugges tion to Congress—that there is no such desire on his part, and that he desires simply to secure good civil government, by the constitutional and legitimate means which would be applicable to moderation and forbearance of her people. They believe that troth and justice will yet pre vail, and their rights as a State in the Union be recognized and respected. Very respectfully, your obedidfirt servant. Nelson Tift. all other States in the Union, then, whilst I con- j gratulate him and the country upon this revela- ! Establishment of the Opera in Paris, tion, I must express my regret that the language j The Paris Opera was established by the fol- heretofore used by him has not only failed to lowing edict, remarkable for its ingenuous and The Gettysburg Monument.—Senator Mor ton, of Indiana, has accepted the invitation of the Board of Commissioners of Gettysburg Na tional Cemetery to deliver the address on the first of July next, at the dedication of the mon ument, which will be completed by that time. An original poem will be delivered by Bayard Taylor, and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher will per- grounds, form the duties of chaplain. f" " convey bis present ideas, but has been the cause of great anxiety and alarm to the people of Geor gia, and the friends of peace and a restored tinion elsewhere. I now pass to a brief examination of the ar gument of Governor Bullock. 1st. He does not deny my statement, that the laws of Congress for tho reconstruction and ad mission of Georgia haye been complied with, but says, in substance, if this be true, the ob jects of Congress have not been attained. If the object of Congress was to establish con stitutional government in Georgia, which should be so administered as to protect the rights of person and property, and bring peace and pros perity to the country, the testimony which I have heretofore presented shows that they have succeeded in their object, with a single excep tion ; 4 I mean the pestiferous swarm of disap pointed leeches and office-seekers, who make merchandise of their “loyalty,” to the disgust of all true Republicans, and who are determined that there shall be no .peace in Georgia until they are provided for at the public expense. 2d. In answer to my statement that “we have the legal testimony of the members themselves, and of the respective legislative bodies of which thoy are members, that not one in either House is ineligible under the 14th Amendment,” Gov ernor Bullock says: “Is it reasonable to sup pose that a body of men, tho majority of whom subscribe to the political faith of a party of which Hon. Mr. Tift is a leader, * * * would do otherwise than vote themselves legal members?” If this means anjrthing, it means that the body of men composing the two Houses of the Georgia Legislature, 217 in all, with the excep tion of two members who dissented, perjured themselves in declaring that none were ineligi ble under the fourteenth amendment, and this is a reasonable supposition, because a majority of them were Democrats! It would be painful to comment on this dec laration as I think it deserves, and I leave it with the single remark that it is more important for Governors of States to be charitable gentle men than violent partisans. .J, 4 * . . j •* ’ 3d. Governor Bollock complains that the House of Representatives did not submit to him the evidence upon which the members were declared eligible under the fourteenth amendment. The reason, doubtless, was be. cause neither law nor propriety made it neces sary, or gave him any voice in the decision of the qnestion. General Meade demanded the investigation, and both he and General Grant were satisfied. Governor Bullock’s action on that subject since that time has been an offi cious intermeddling in a matter in which he had no rightful authority, and over whioh he had no official control The question then under consideration, re lating to qualifications under the fourteenth amendment, did not affect the colored men who wore subsequently declared ineligible on other Governor Bullock, in speaking of the patriotic tone—which was issued by Charles IX. in 1570 BBBI “We, Charles, by the grace of God, King of France, send greeting to all men now living and to come. As we have made it our care, after the example of King Francis, our predecessor, of good and praiseworthy memory, whose sins may God forgive, to see that literature and sci ence should flourish in our kingdom of France, and also in our town of Paris, where there are great numbers of persons who devote their dai ly labor and study thereto, and as it is highly important for the citizens of a town that the music usually and commonly cultivated in a state should be subject to certain laws, and the more so because that tho minds of most men are formed and directed by it, in such wise that where music is neglected manners are aptto de- denerate, and where it is properly regulated men are of good morals. For these reasons, and after having seen the petition addressed to our privy council, and sent in by our well beloved and trusty. J. A. de Balf and J. T. de Courville, which sets forth that for three years, with great industry and persever ing labor, they have worked together for the improvement of the French language, which may be applied both to the constmction of po etry and to the nature and regulation of music, as those arts were well cultivated in former times by Greeks and Romans. With the wish that I may multiply for them the grace which God has shown them, I hereby permit them to establish, on the model of the ancients, an acad emy or society, consisting as well of composers, singers and performers upon musical instru ments as of worthy auditors, which academy shall not only be a nursery, whence we shaft one day obtain poets and musicians, but which shall also profit the public. Charles.” Labor in Kentucky.—A letter from Bowling Green says: Go where you will in the country, the same complaint of deficiency in farm labor is heard. The negroes, as a general thing, are unreliable, and, strange as it may seem, they become disaf fected just about the time they are most needed. I heard a farmer say that he had gone to the ex pense of building a house on his place for a ne gro, and kept him all winter in comparative idleness, and now that spring has come he has tendered his resignation. Such cases are quite common, and there is but little reliance placed on negro labor. The farmers are all in favor of any good immigration scheme that would secure reliable and skilled farm hands. They are now paying negroes $200per annum, and good hands are scarce at that price. Breaking Down of a Church Roof by Snow. Lewiston, Me., March 15.—Heavy snow on the roof of the Congregational Church at Wil ton caused it to give way this morning, entirely leveling the building, and destroying the organ tad furniture. The library alone remains un disturbed. A bill extending State aid to the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad. The resolution by Mr. Speer, requiring the Secretary of the Senate to furnish a list of the en grossing clerks and the dates on which they com- mencedactiye work, and requiring the Auditory Committee to audit their accounts as rendered in by tho Secretary, was taken np and adopted. The usual number of votes of thanks to clerks, secretaries, etc., were adopted. The Senate adjourned. House.—The House met tes usual. Mr. McWhorter, the Speaker, decided that as there was a quorum present last night, when the vote on the adoption of the resolution providing for tho purchase of the Opera Capitol was taken, and, as a majority of the votes cast were for the adoption of the resolution, the resolution was adopted, and the Opera House purchased. Mr. Scott* of Floyd, appealed from the de cision of tho Chair. He claimed that such a de cision wes an infamous, fraud practiced upon the people of Georgia. He denied that there was a quorum presont, and referred to the Journal to prove tha correctness of his state ment. He stated that the Speaker had always required a quorum to vote on all matters here tofore, and his present decision is one which the honest people will not submit to. His re- * marks plainly intimated that personal motives had influenced the Speaker's decision. Mr. Shumate argued that a quorum being present, it only required a majority of the votes cast to effect the adoption of a measure. Mr. Flournoy thought the Speaker in error. The Speaker tried to justify his decision, and felt that he had possibly done right. Mr. Rawles objected to the Chair trying to explain himself when the previous question had been called. On tha appeal from the decision of the Chnir the yeas and nays were demanded, and the voto stood, yeas 55, nays 65; so the decision of the Speaker was overruled. Mr. Scott, of Floyd, moved to indefinitely postpone the whole matter, which motion pre vailed—yeas 64, nays 57. On motion of Mr. Shumate the House tooknp the General Appropriation Bill, and appointed the following Committee of Conference : Messrs. McCullough, Tumlin, Hudson, Be- thune and Butt. The following bills were passed: A bill to bring on an election for members of the Forty-first Congress in May next. A bill to change the time of holding the Supe rior Courts in certain counties. The Governor has signed the resolution appointing E. Hulbert, Campbell Wallace, Mark A. Cooper, John P. King, and Alex. H- Stpehens, Commissioners for the purchase of the Rome Railroad. Mr. Fitzpatrick, of Ribb, offered a resolution allowing no pay to committees during the recesi of the Legislature, which was taken up anti adopted. A bill incorporating the town of Cochran, in the county of Pulaski. Passed. A bill incorporating the Georgia and Alabama Steamboat Company. Passed. A bill legalizing the marriage of Thomas Lee and Nancy Lee. Passed. A bill to change the line between the counties of Gwinnett and DeKalb. Passed. The House adjourned. Important Change* in the Military Service. Washington, March 17.—The fbllowing order was issued yesterday: Headquarters of the Army, Wabhinotol March 16.—General Order No. 18.—By direc tion of the President, the following changes are made of Military Divisions and Department Commanders: L Lieut. Gen. P. H. Sheridan is assigned to the command of the Military Division of the West. II. Maj. Gen. H. W. Halleck is assigned to the Military Division of the South, to bo com posed of the Department of Louisiana, th; Fourth Military District and the States com posing the present Department of the Cumber land; headquarters at Louisville, Ky. M»J- Gen. Halleck will proceed to his new command as soon as relieved by Maj. Gen. Thomas. ITT- Maj. Gen. Geo. H. Thomas is appointed to the command of tho Military Division of the Pacific. IY. Maj. Gen. J. M. Schofield is assigned to the command of tho Department of Missonn- The State of Illinois and the post of Fort Smith are transferred to his department. V. Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard is assigned w the command of the Department of Louisian*. Until his arrival the senior officer, Brv’t M»> Gen. J. A. Mower, will command according to his brevet rank. J VI. The Department of Washington will * dtscontinued and merged into the Departm® 1 of the East. The records will be sent to f e Adjutant General of the army. < , VTL The First Military District will be adn^ to the Military Division of the Atlantic. YIII. As soon as Maj. Gen. Thomas is ready to relinquish command of the Department m f& e Cumberland the department will be discontin ued, and the States comprising it will be sdde to other departments. The records will < or " warded to the Adjutant of the army. By command of Gen. Sherman, E. D. Townsend, A. A. ti ll is an ill wind that blows nobody my g 00 ^ as we think somebody has said before. And eve a steamship race across the ocean mef be mad conducive to the interests of the aeople- seems that the Cunarders, who retail the m*’' carrying, though their ship lost in the re*®. race, have done a good thing to “vrn P°FrS* ty,” as it is said; and we don’t cafe what t motive was, regarding only the thing d< ®. They have reduced their fares; anl any one now go to Europe as a steeragepassang°{| nt $30, and as a cabin ditto for $80, which is abo one-third of the former rates. Until very the Cumard boats received no average passe- gers, but the success of the Ciy of Pans stirred them up to see dollars in “ragged men,” or any other man who )u the money Twiramnjt’s Confession.—tie have the following communication fom the Rev- Bringhurst: a “A report is widely cirouhted that Gto 1 ?® TwitcheU has confessed to up that he m the® derer of Mrs. Hill In jofeoe to the jouw man I would say he has made no such coni «inn lint nn the oontrarv. rfotests his InnoCtlU ^ sion, but on the contrary, confidently expecting the.- innocence patent to the rto makettst
