About Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1869)
The Greorgia Weekly Telegraph. THE telegraph. JIACON, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1800. " Adjonrament or Congress. The most welcomo news we bring to our -i.nlers to-day is that Congress lias adjourned a* a Georgia is still unremitted to another revo lution! Yesterday at twelve o’clock this turbu lent, despotic and revolutionary assemblage broke opi and apprehension and dread may now U e down to rest, until the first Monday in De cember next We think there will be no more piebald and ^.colored deputations from Georgia to' Washington until that time. No more ranting Conventions—by day-light or darkness. No more midnight drills of armed Ethiopians. In a «orA we promise ourselves peace. The whites of Georgia, wo know, want peace; and tbe negroes we are quite sure will be peaceable so long as nothing is to be gained to political gdrentorers by stirring them up to excitement and menace. VTe Relieve Gen. Grant also wants quiet in Georgia and will do nothing to disturb it. We junk he understands matters very well in this State; and although he will, doubtless, give us appointments more or less unacceptable to the people ot large, yet we think his mind is undis- ; allied with schemes of social and political rev olution, Wo don't think ho is tormented with ay overwhelming anxiety to manipulate Coffee ••to a controlling political power and mount him spon the sbonlders of the whites. Grant will .smoke bis cigars in peace so long os quiet is maintained in Georgia. Having survived this Congress, we may the next; hot sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. With no Congress and no Legislature to tronble ns for six months, we may well feel something like old Pilgrim when he emerged ont of the valley of the Shadow of Death and mv the bright mm rising in the east and heard the birds carrolling to the early dawn. Memorial Association — Speech by lion. Thomas HTardeman. The following correspondence has been sent as, and is its own explanation: Macon, April G, 1869. ][„i K Tims. Hardeman : Sir—At a late meeting of the Memorial Asso ciation, a resolution was adopted, “requesting too to address the citizens of Macon, nt Kals- lon's Hall in behalf of the Association, at your earliest convenience.” If it is possible to com ply with the above named request, be so good as to appoint the time. Very respectfully, F. A. Smith, Cor. Sec’y. Macon, April 10, 18G9. •//« F. A. Smith, Corresponding Secretary Mies’ Memorial Association : Your favor of the Gth instant, notifying me of the action of your Association, was received yes terday. and my reply was delayed until I met yoar members in their meeting yesterday after noon. Having explained to them that the time allowed me (one day next week) was too short to prepare an address that would do justice to them or myself, upon their solicitation, I have consented to modify one, delivered elsewhere, upon a subject which may be made appropriate, to-wit: “Man is born upon a battle-field," and will, Providence permitting, deliver the same at Mston'sHall. next Thursday evening, the loth instant, at which time and place I shall be happy to most your noble Association and every one who cherishes the memory of the gallant dead whose graves yon are seeking to beautify and a.lorn. Respectfully, Thomas Hardeman, Jr, •fonmal and Messenger please copy. Interesting Letter from Europe. Upon our first page will be found the second of a series of letters from a special European correspondent of the Telegraph—a prominent and highly intelligent citizen of Georgia. Not There. Speaker McWhorter has sent word to the New Era from Washington, that ho is not there. We are glad to hear it: and hope that every man who went from Georgia to beg Congress to dis organize the State, will find ont tbnt he was not there. The following is the notification: Washington, D. C., April 5 th, 1869. Dr. Sard, Editor Atlanta Neu> Era : Sin —I see it has been announced through the public press, that I made a political visit to Gen. Grant. This is certainly a mistake. My mis sion to Washington has nothing in it relating to thnt question. I am not so arrogant as to think for a moment that I could move a single Representative. Del egates from Georgia, great or small, learned or unlearned, are, in my opinion, worthless here. This Congress will move in its own time and in its own way, looking, however, to the conduct of our people! I am, very respectfully, your ob’t serv't, R. L. McWhobteb. Mr. Davis.—The N. O. Picayune announces a letter from Mr. Davis, dated London, March 17th, in which Mr. D. says his health is excel lent, and adds: “It has been my purpose to return this spring to what was my home, and if permitted to do, witliont injury or embarrass ment to my friends, to engage in some business which may yield a support.” Now, says tho Picayune, that we are about to reorganize onr efforts to build a railroad to tho Pacific, we can place at the head of it, the man who, as a soldier of tho United States, has already ®»de a topographical rcconnoissance of the mote: and, as the head of an effort to organize ‘nation, and carry through a revolution, has Aown such powers of administration as no o th riving man has equaled. More Annexation.—There is a rumor from Mexico says the Columbus Enquirer, that Presi- *at Juarez contemplates, and Is probably *«»tly negotiating for, a protectorate of some wit by the United States over Mexico. It is ^led that ho feels his inability to establish maintain a government there, and is hold- frequent conferences with the United States Minister, which are conjectured to have the sig- siScance above stated. Csnnox Clover.—Mr. Jacob Scholl sends us J hnnch o? crimson (Italian) clover from his V^ce in this county. At this early season in the spring it j 8 between two and three feet high and ••• snnnounted with a beautiful conical blossom rich crimson color. This clover Ls from *' ,re ign seed imported by Mr. Schall last fall. Mwa Refuses a Good Offer. — The , 13 Anna Dickinson is a maiden by choice. —: paper says that while lecturing in 1 tt ty she received a note while on the plat- V® - The writer asked for an interview at the 7** °f the lecture, which was granted, and he -<, vefi to be a rich Omaha merchant, who gro- Anna on the spot. Anna declined. ,. Albany News. —The miscredi t complained the News was due to the fact that we cop- r&m a reprint and not from the Nows. » Unprecedented Success. h- 1* , *Me past year, fifty thousand boxes of UJ 8 ^ e G e tnble Liver Pills have been sold, L.' t a instance is known where they ~ fiivo .satisfaction. If you would d ®’ Mavo a flno appetite, and robust use these pills. I Facts for the Ladles. thick , ,? n ° hnndred pair of pantaloons, all . k ined, with one needle without chang- W I,U ° m,Ule three hundred pairs in nine • s - Very truly yours, Tr °y, Bradford Co,. Pa^' ** M ’ Ta ™ R ' Didactic and Political Praying. The uses of prayer and the spirit and temper in which it should be offered nre so clearly in culcated in Holy Writ, that there is b'tile excuse for error. Man is a needy, dependent creature —deriving his existence and all that supports, prolongs and makes it comfortable, from the hands of an august and beneficent Creator. His dependence npon the Supreme Being is far more absolute than that of the infant upon its parents, and his power and wisdom, by comparison, in finitely less. . • How becoming, then, is the simple, child-like form of petition taught us by the Saviour; and how utterly at war with all correct taste and in telligent religions conception are those pompons public orisons which are manifestly inspired by the ambition to impress a crowd and excite a sensation. They seem to us to be akin to ap proaching God Almighty under false pretences, and to be little short of blasphemous. We have heard some preachers, even in the ordinary ministrations of the gospel, pray in a didactic fashion, as if they had a purpose to make their prayers answer the ends of a sermon: and others make them the vehicle of an ambi tions rhetoric and a lively and poetical fancy, as if they had a mind to let the Court of Heaven see how fortunate it had been in the selection of an advocate; while others (we speak not ir reverently) seem to model prayer as if they could convey, or were conveying, some very im portant information to the skies. Ail this needs amendment. But the particu lar subject and point of this article lie more within the line of our own profession. Twice the past week we have had telegrams about the prayers of the Senate Chaplain. Once he has prayed for tho success of the Cuban Revolution; once for the disappointed office-seekers, that they might go home and become good citizens. We shall not object so much to the matter of these petitions, as to the obvious prostitution of prayer to the uses of politics and personal no toriety ; and we hope, if a respect for religion and reverence for the Almighty will not restrain this prurient itching upon the part of the Con gressional Chaplains, the press and the tele graph lines will refuse to gratify it by giving cur rency to their devotional exploits. For some years the man Boynton ranted Rad ical politics in his prayers before Congress every morning, and the press telegrams, in hnmble subservience to his object gave almost as often, a national diffusion of his indecent petitions. He prayed for the success of every measure of ultra Radicalism, as it came up, however vio lent, reckless, silly or unconstitutional. He brought the Almighty in as a party to almost every contested election, and he pledged him particularly to the success of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. In short, the man Boynton was so outrageously blasphemous and indecent that even poor drunken Dick Yates entered a protest and said they had had political praying enough, and it was time to quit. Certainly nothing can be more offensive to any just and intelligent notions of religion than this miserable practice. We are truly sorry that Boynton’s snccessor Jias conceived an am bition to follow in his predecessor's footsteps. And hope the press of the Sonth, if not that of the other sections, will refuse to pander to this discreditable thirst for notoriety. Political preachers are bad enough and mischiezious enough; but political jira^ciw are too loathsome to be tolerated. Tlit Parly Signs. For about the first time in the wars of Recon struction, the Republicans in Congress have pre sented a seriously divided front. Wo will not pretend to say how the vote of the House might have stood npon Butler’s Georgia Bill had he pressed it to an issue: but some of the letter- writers and quid nnnes say the bill would have been voted down. It is quite certain, from the manner in which the House received that- bill and the hostility displayed to it by Bingham, that the division would have been great, and tho Rcpoblican organization in the House must have strongly divided. But on Friday last, in the Senate, on the adop tion of Morton’s amendment to the Virginia, Mississippi and Texas bill, malting the adoption of tho Fifteenth constitutional amendment a condition precedent to the admission of Senators and Representatives from those States, there was a decisive and heavy split. It was carried by yeas thirty and nays twenty; and among those nays were the following Republican Sena tors : Anthony, of Rhode Island; Boremnn, of West Virginia; Conklin, of New York; Ed munds, of Vermont; Fenton, of New York: Ferry, of Connecticut; Fessenden, of Maine; Fowler, of Tennessee: Norton, of Minnesota; Patterson, of New Hampshire; Sawyer, of South Carolina; Sprague, of Rhode Island; Trumbull, of Illinois, and Willey, of West Vir ginia. — Thus fourteen Republican Senators slabbed off on that issue, and we have no donht they represent in the Senate the same anti-tennre-of- office bill and anti-Butler-Georgia bill force which has already made powerful demonstra tions in the House. In a word, they represent the coming administration party. It is true, General Grant, in his Inaugural, proclaimed himself in favor of the fifteenth amendment, hut it is not too charitable an inference that ho is utterly opposed Us forcing that amendment upon the States as a condition precedent to their recep tion of the privileges and immunities of States. That proceeding is so Utterly subversive of of every fundamental principle implied in the adoption of Constitutional amendments by the States, that it must be revolting to all fair-mind ed men. Instead of giving the States a choice and a discretion in the matter of adopting amend ments, it imposes the amendments upon them as an alternative against something worse. It is the frying-pan or tho fire—your money or your life. It is an unblushing and indefensible outrage upon every usage and doctrine of free government, and befits only snc5 representatives of republicanism, so-called, as Sumner, Morton £ Co. Thus, in a month after the inauguration, we see manifest indications of breaking up in the votes of Congress, and the assurance comes* from all quarters, that this monstrous and over shadowing party-tyranny has had its day and is certainly destined to a speedy collapse. God send it! Never such a bold, andacious, cor rupt, tyrannical, reckless, unscrupulous and shameless a party before breathed tho breath of political life in America. The Mountain in France i3 its only historical prototype. It has ruled the country with a rod ot iron in its own interests alone, and been utterly reckless of ev ery moral and constitutional principle, and every patriotic impulse. It has ruled by force of king Caucus against right and reason, and in scorn of all rightful authority, human and divine. When it shall break up and go to pieces, let liberty shout—let patriotism raise her head—let com mon sense exult, and let imposture of every sort flee, like bats and vampyres, to dark caves and night. The sun will rise when Radicalism sets. Early Wheat.—We saw yesterday, says the Columbus Enquirer, of the 9th, a head of green wheat, some three inches long, grown by Mr. T. J. Riley, of Taylor cofinty.- • It ia known as tho “Raines” variety, and Mr. Riley has about an acre of it in full head. No sign of injury by the late frosts was visible on it. European Correspondence the of Macon Telegraph. LETTER NO. 2. Weimar, Saxony, March 22, 1SG9. Society in Germany—Cost of Lining Here Com pared with the South—Wages of Laborers Compared— Cost of Passage of Laborers South — Great International Horticultural Exhibition at Hamburg in September—Igno rance of Affairs at the South and Prejudices Exhibited here— What the South OuglU to do. The American, especially a Southerner, would be greatly astonished to see the difference in. Germany as regards social intercourse here and at home. And I cannot see how he could ever be pleased with it. Let tis take the case of so cial meetings with young men and women. In our best society this is unrestrained, each rely ing upon the honor and proper conduct of tho other. Here, a young man may meet, for the first time, a young woman at a hall; she pleases him, but he cannot continue tho acquaintance; cannot visit her. as with ns, without being at once considered a suitor for her hand; nor can he dare to recognize her afterwards on. the prome nade, or bow to her. During the ball they chat gaily, fly around in whirling waltzes and schot- tisches, but the next day hqis as great a stran ger to her as ever. But as human nature cannot always be controlled by the barriers of society, such a state of things obviously favors, and in many cases, leads to secret meetings, fall and remorse. And when so sad a thing happens, the punishment of the world falls npon the un fortunate weaker sex alone. The marriages are bnt few and far between; the foundation of an existence is so difficult that but few are favored by fortune to found their own home and hearth. When this happy event takes place, a betrothal, exchange of rings and conditions of marriage, of dowry, etc., must invariably precede—the un happy couple after that, tangle in worry and ex- pection for five or six weary months before they become man and wife, to satisfy the inexorable laws of stnpid German custom. If they have some money, the wife may have a few happy years. If earthly goods are scant, she becomes at once a drudge, and works harder than one of our colored maids-of-all-work. I speak, of course, of tho great middle classes, comprising the majority of the German people, and I leave for to-day, unexplained, the condition of the nobility, and of the peasant and laboring classes. In common with many Americans, I had an entirely erroneous view as to the present cost of living in North Germany. Although I knew that prices had risen 100 percent, since my last presence in Germany fifteen years ago, yet I had no idea that we live actually much cheaper at the Sonth than the North Germans do here. It will be interesting tomany to know the act ual state of the case, as it has been astonishing to my German friends when I communicated to them the result of niy investigations. According to an exhibit of the prices of the most important articles of consumption in the Prussian monarchy, famished by the Royal De partment of Agriculture, in the years 1SG7— 1868, when compared with those of the two years preceding, the rates have risen in a most remarkable degree; as for instance, wheat, per bushel, from 75 to 116 silver groseben the Ger man bnshel, (two American bushels—one Ger man bushel, and 30 silver groschens—one green back dollar:) rye from 55t®75: barley from 44 @64; oats from 32@42; dried peas from 73(® 91; potatoes from 17<®25; tallow from 4 5-12@ 5j- per pound; beef, per pound, from 4 l-6i®4;jj pork from 4 5-6@5|, etc. The following comparison is also of interest: Halts in Virginia assta-Hatesin Central Cermd- tt<l in opamphlet pub- ny, Feb. 1869, comprto- lishrd by the Virginia ' " ‘ " Immigration Society,at Lynchburg, in 1869. ing Central Prussia, Saxony and Thurin gia, one of themost pro ductive districts in the North German Union. Bacon, 33c Lard, 27c. Flour, §11 33. Fowls, pair, 53c. Eggs, 20c. Molasses, 60c. Coffee, 50c. Tea, $! 50@2 00. » Beef, 16c. Wheat, $1 75(S>2 00. Not Satisfied with administering to the mere comfort of their guests, Messrs. Rice, of the American House, Boston, have fitted their bil liard with the best material in the country. Bacon, 17@20c per !t>. Lard, 17© 18c per 0>. Flour, $10 for 190 Fowls, pair, 30@50e. Eggs, 18@T4perdoz. Molasses, 65© 1 OOprgal. Coffee, 25©30cper lb. Tea, 1 50@2 00 per lb. Beef, G@10 per lb. Wheat, 150@220perbn. _ _ _ Com, 80©90c per bn. ) , - . „ , , Meal! 80@95e per bn. \ Kot found herc - Salt, 2c per lb. Salt, 3^e per !b. Sugar, 14@16per-Ib. Sugar, 20c per lb. The rates in Germany are closely calculated and according to the official list published by au thority, every week. The rates are hero much more stationary than in the United States, and years may elapse ere these rates decrease again. Everything is dearer in the above list save mo lasses, for which latter X can account, since it is here an article manufactured from the beet root The disparity in the prices of flour I can ex plain through tho inferiority qf the German mills, where more is wasted in inferior grades than in tho United States. Rents and wood are likewise high, wood much higher than with ns, I have compared the prices of clothing, and I can obtain a cheaper outfit in New York than in Hamburg. How the poor people can live is a mystery to me—their faro must be, under these high prices, exceedingly lowly. I have sat down to table with a plain Southern farmer, ra ined by the war in the bargain, and had a greater variety and more plentiful a meal, though not so well cooked, than I can find here in the house of a tolerably well-to-do citizen. Thesv facts, when first understood and thoroughly ventilated, will open the eyes of many and bring them to our country, where, everything considered, a man is yet in the happiest place on earth. The only thing which is really cheap is the educa tion of children in the higher schools. But free public shools are not yet established, every fa ther must pay for the schooling of his children. The poor father, who has generally the most of them, feels this very heavily, since he is com pelled to send the children to school. The rich man who has none, pays nothing for the educa tion of tho poor man’s children, as in our com mon schools, where every one is taxed and must contribute according to his capacity and income. It is to me not a question of doubt which of the two is the happier system. In regard to the rate of compensation paid here and in tho South for farm laborers, me chanics, and domestics, a still greater difference exists. A good mechanic, carpenter, bricklayer, stonemason, wheelwright, white washer, etc., never receives more than twenty silver groschen per day, without board or lodging. Farm labor ers are generally paid by the day; they receive 33 to 40 cents and their food, bat no lodging, and often have to support from this pitiable sum their largo families. These are the highest rates —in the interior of tho country the rates are yet lower. An excellent cook receives forty dollars per year and everything found—washing, too, no clothing. Inferior servants, according to ca pacity, receive from fifteen to twenty-four dol lars per annum, everything found, as with cooks. Thousands and thousands of able-bodied, well- conditioned and moral laborers, mechanics, and domestics, might be h3d but for the difficulty of raising their passage money. Their pay, as seen, is so small, that even with hard labor for years they do not cam enongh to lay by suffi cient to defray the expense of reaching the New "World. Another drawback is the uncertainty of immediate employment should they come South. In New York, through the Labor Exchange Bn- reliable agent, and have another who will see to their transmission from New York to Savannah. The cost of passage from Hamburg to New York per steerage is $55. From New York to Savannah, say $7 50. Commission to agents in Europe and America, $7 50. Total cost, $70. This would be repaid in tho following maimer, through the labor even in the first year: $10 per month, equal to $120 per year. Subtract to pay advances 70. Paid in cash to laborer, 50. ' *<■>> -.«: ' Make it to the interest of the laborer to stay by holding out to him the reward of an increase of pay, dependent on his good behavior and dil igence. By transporting the men: in the fine ships of Bohme&Co., (sailing vessels,) a ma- mterial reduction in money wouid be gained, the passage being bnt $35 from Hamburg to New York; but there is the uncertainty of time of arrival, which, with the magnificent steam line from Hamburg to New York, can be calcu lated to the very day. I have sent to the President of tho Georgia Agricultural Society a prospectus of an Inter national Horticultural exhibition to be held at Hamburg from the 2d to the 12th of September I8G9. The forms of application for the entry of articles of exhibition can be had by addressing Dr. Goetze, in Hamburg, before the 31st of July 18C9, as no communication received after that date con be attended to. Among the articles re ceived as of interest to us, aTe: Collection of objects made of dried flowers and leaves, en gines for lifting water, hydraulic rams, working turbines, machinery for pumping water, ma chines for transplanting large trees, for trans planting trees in tubs, hand-mowing machines, winnowing machines, small carts, carts for car rying water, wheelbarrows, wheelbarrows on springs, contrivance for carrying plants (for one man,) machine for clearing walks and nursery grounds, spades for heavy soil, for light soil, shovel for heavy soil, for light soil, hoes, mat tocks, Dutch hoes, rakes, trowels, hand-trans- plantors, scythes, verge cutters, pronged hoes, ladders, watering pots, garden syringes, hand- syringes, machine for watering lawns, garden- knives, garden-shears and scissors, bell-glasses, pots, tubs, tallies, labels, stakes, exotic fruits, potatoes, eatable gourds, collection of transverse sections of trees, such as ash, beech, oak, birch, maple, fir, pine, etc., barks for tanning purposes, dried fruits, turpentine, calibots, and other re sinous substances, extracts for tanning, wood, vinegar, pasture grasses in well prepared, dried flowering specimen, forage plants same way, hemp, flax, etc., new fibre plants, raw tobacco, hops in bunches, wood, madder, medicinal plants and spices, vegetable seeds, compressed and preserved vegetables, tea, rice, cane-sugar, oil extracted from fruits and seeds, etc. etc. This is hut a small portion of the things that will be on exhibition. The Hamburg American Post Steam Line from New York will transport arti cles for exhibition at one-half the usual rates. Georgia could furnish many interesting products which are but little known here, and our indus trial men should seize every such opportunity to bring themselves and their noble old State prominently before the world. Winter is not yet over; the weather has been dull, dreary and to-day a leaden sky sheds gloom over the great city from which I write. Tho fields are devoid of snow, however, and the young rye is just sparsely covering the ground. When I tell them that the wheat by this time is a fqot high in Georgia they will hardly believe me. The ignoranco of our sodth in Germany, anil the prejudice. against us I because wfl rent the Union asunder, are extreme. I have had four different occasions during one Week, each in other assemblages, to speak at length in de fence of our old cause. I did not, of course, seek the controversy, my business being of a purely pacific character, hut I hold it my duty when falsities, uttered by ignorant men, are thrown into my teeth, to take up the glove and defend my homo as best I may. We have to thank this state of things to our dear cousins at the North who have so persistently vilified us when they drew a paper blockade arouad our coast and we had no chance'of being hoard—bnt we haVe, also, in some measure, to thank 1 our own pride and inertness for it, since wo took no measures to meet these abusers in Europe face to face and rhake ourselves known. Wo cannot longer withdraw from the world which in days gone by was perhaps onr best policy. If we wish to be great and powerful we must trade directly with old Europe and bring in tho return vessel precious loads of sinew,intelligence and energy. That our great resources, our conservative na tional character he appreciated and understood abroad is, therefore, our chief work. Tlte Fire in llailison. The Constitution has tho following report of the lamentable conflagration at Madison, a not© of which was telegraphed to ns on Friday:”, “A destructive fire broke out in Madison last night, destroying all the business honses on the public square, except Itebiason & Dexter’s Carriage Shop, and the Hotel All the honses on the street leading from the public square to the Depot were destroyed as far as Thrasher’s house. Tho office of the Farm Journal was destroyed. The Examiner having its com position and printing done at Covington, was, therefore, not damaged. There were many resi dences also destroyed Tho origin of the fire is unknown, but supposed to ho tho work of on incendiary. The loss must be very heavy, and wo sincerely sympathize with the citizens of. Madison. Will not the people of Madison and other towns heed this warning and supply them selves with engines ? TJie Macon and Bruusuidt Etailroad. j We learn, says the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel of Thursday, from Sir. Alexander, of the firm of Grant, Alexander & Co., contractors on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, who was in the city yesterday on business connected with the recent contracts made between himBelf and prise will soon be finished He says that the work on the road is going on . very rapidly, and that the cars will run from Macon to Brunswick by tho first of next November. Mr. Alexander also states that in two or three months the contract which his firm has taken with this company will bo finished, and that at the expiration of that time he will take his whole force—several hundred hands we believe—and commence work on the Macon and Augusta Railway. : -jV Odious Comparisons.” — Don Piatt thus writes to his paper: “A distinguished statesman, lately recalled to public life after an absence of twelve years, said to me not long since, ‘ Those Sonthern fellows wore very unreasonable and troublesome, but they would not steal ’ Tho Government Is run on stealings, and fraud rots its foundations. The Sonthern soldiers marched without pay, and fought with poor food, and slept without tents, and sometimes without blankets. Every soldier of tho government cost ns a million, through the frauds of contractors and stealings of officials. We build on property, and take pride in display. We ara blest, with a civiliza tion that makes onr Government a vast ma chine to crush the poor and build up the rich.” Taylor County. The editor of the Columbus Sun, who attend ed the Taylor Court, says: t • We conversed freely with planters as to the disposition in that and adjoining counties to plant com."' I We heard of but few who were dis posed to neglect this necessary article on tho farm. Com is generally up, with good stands, reau," they are generaDy at once supplied. I an: f iuld 18 l°°sing welL • Some are done planting , , J , . . , „„„ z - i.cotton and have good stands up. Others are and always have been against passage-money-ad-; plantiug whilst £ me prefer to wait till next vances, holding the belief that this class of emi- ! week. Guano is being freely used by about grants will coma with the wealthier, by the pur- i one-third of the planters of that section. We chasers of land engaged as their help", and the ! could hear of but .littie cotton yet in the coun- . . f ,. v . i try. One bale came to town during the three expenses defrayed by the land pnrehaser. Yet . da J ys that wo wera in Batler • opinions become modi fiedas we gain experience, j —--—. : :; ^ ... , T e ^ n „ -a. i The Southern Baptist Convention, embracing Georoia JLegi&laturz Presented. —The De- and I cannot see how he who w ante good labor , he Soathem and southwestern States and the Kalb GrandJury presents the last Legislature for himself can do else than advance the passage ■ District of Columbia, meets in Macon, Georgia, j of Georgia for reckless extravagance in voting money and have the men selected here by a on the 7th of May next. " 1 themselves nine dollars a day. Cnrtersville and Tan Wert Railroad rnTTvi 1 t7>/~«t> a tvtt Meeting at Cartenville. j ** x - 1 - ^ Jr'Jtl, From a report of this meeting in the Atlanta | From Washington. Constitution, wo copy the following: | 43EORC1IA PASSED BY <4 JnW e ^ 8 -^f by fV F -1 April 9.—The Senate is conaid'ering Stephens, President of the Cartersville and Van tim Rnn»« i.m tZTn. , . ...... . Wert Railroad Company. ( tfie Houae teU for tha elections m Virginia, Miw»- In response to repeated calls, Hon.- Mark A. i “““W* “d Texas. Morton’s amendment making Cooper responded in a plain, practical common . ad0 P tl0n °* th© fifteenth amendment a condi- sense speech. Railroads must be bwlt by work ^ on praeedent to representation, is pending, and not by talk. . , j The House proceedings are unimportant. . Loud calls were made for Col. Hulbert. Inj The Banking Committee will have no more meet- responding, that gentleman stated that in his mgs unless the session is prolonged official capacity, as Superintendent of the West- j New England is solid against ihe proposed plan em and Atlantic Bailroad, he was willing to ex- ■ proposed pian tend to it ©very aid in his power. It was an im-) 4116 6qu * llzaU ° a of , the currency, and will sup- portant auxiliary to the State Road, and would ' port “P*^ 81011 rather than consent to a curtailment develope a fine section. He was willing to grant j of t!ieir National Bank circulation, the use of locomotives, cars and the Depot at ( There is no prospect of action regarding Georgia Cartersville, to this Road, and if necessary, to Hub session. loan it iron. The enhancement of property at the terminus of the Road, and contiguous to its line, would pay the cost of its construction in one year. The development of the iron interest was of great practical moment. The iron of Georgia is recognized as a superior article.— The iron crop is sure and never fluctuates. The iron crop will he worth more than the cotton crop, and the development of this interest alone will make upper Georgia the wealthiest portion of the State. Cartersville was admirably adapt ed for manufacturing purposes, having fine wa ter privileges, and being situated in tho midst of an agricultural region. He could see no rea son why she should not b© a manufacturing town, and have, in the course of the next five years, a population of at least 25,000 inhabit ants. Activity should be the motto, and he therefore suggested that the meeting proceed at once to solicit and receive subscriptions. The lists were then opened and $35,000 was quickly subscribed by citizens of Cartersville, Tan Wert Stilesboro’ and other points. Hon. Mark A. Cooper then arose and said that if all whq wished to take stock had done so, he would subscribe, and announced that he would take 10,600 shares, or $265,000. This raised the amount of stock subscribed to $300,000, and was loudly cheered by the large and intelligent meeting. A long and animated discussion ensued upon the right of the' corporators to reject subscrip tions. A resolution to turn over the subscription books and franchises of tho charter to the stock holders, was carried. The presiding officer and Secretary were unan imously requested to act in their positions. Colonel E. Hulbert offered a resolution that the stockholders proceed forthwith to elect by ballot eleven Directors, to be determined by a majority of tho votes cast, each shore to be counted os a vote, which was adopted. Abda Johnson, R. H. Cannon and Seaborn Jones were appointed tellers of the election. On counting out the ballots, the following gentlemen, were-declared elected: Hon. Mark A. Cooper, Etowah; J. F. Deavers, Van Wert; Seaborn Jones, Van Wert; S. F. Stephens, Stilesboro’; Abda Johnson, Cartersville; Thomas Stokely, Cartersville ,* D. W. K. Peacock, Cartersville; W. H. Gilbert, Cartersville; J. G. Stocks, Cartersville; E. Hulbert, Atlanta. Complimentary votes were, cast for A. E. Mar shall of Atlanta; W. T. Burge, Dr. J. G. Simms, of Stilesboro’, and Dr. W. W. Leek, of Carters ville. The meeting then adjourned. After the adjournment, the Directors met and elected Hon. Mark A. Cooper, President. Annexation Scheme. The atmosphere of Washington ever since the 4th of March has been full of annexation. Tho feeling among politicians and others in fa vor of the acquisition of new territory appears " to grow stronger day by day, andif publicopin- ^ ion on this subject should gather strength in the ° proportion that it has for the last few weeks, it is probable that there will be a pretty strong an nexation party in the United States before the close of the year. Even now it is gravely and confidently asserted that the present adminis tration will put this question in the foreground 1 of its policy, but nothing has been said so far by the d&ecnfive'or hny of his Ministers t<n justify these statements. The Banks resolutions, which w«rp int^oduqefi a few, days ago, and fh^Cqban sympathizers who are at work here, and a dozen other minor influences, fan the sentiment. The newspaper articles in reference to the subject are also not without effect* and the restless spir its, who are always numerous in Washington, aro industriously turning every little occur rence and incident to their advantage. Some aro looking toward the British Provinces, and, others at Mexico; but at the present time the great majority have their eyes on Cuba, which latter they expect to fall into our lap within a short time. The Foreign Affairs' Committee of the Hottsc, at their meeting this morning, dis cussed the St. Domingo annexation project^ but arrived at no conclusions.—Neio York Times. "• Cassandra Sprague, i-.f.vo j...; I was somewhat astonished, writes a-Wash ington correspondent, while listening to the lit tle Senator from tho little State., He was not talking like a lunatic, by any manner of means. His address was not the most polished or in the best taste, but it was full of meaning, statistical facts, and what I consider sound sense.. Da you know, after reading, the results of David A. Wells’ investigation, and being well aware my self of tho unhappy condition of tho country, the shrill, clear, earnest voice of the Senator, coming up from sneha strange place, sounded to me like the inspired 'Cassandra, foretelling xpiivamldisaster. Senator Sprague and his brother are said to he worth over $30,000,000. He is the head— the ; business manager and-guide in the vast operations that involve, towns and- counties, huge factories and thousands of Inborers; and yet here he is, crying out ruin, and warning us that our financial'policy means bankruptcy.— He may be insane, but for- all that he utters a deal of good sense. He said yesterday r “I am not troubled about my private affairs. They lire well enongh. I have what I have through a proces3 that has crushed others engaged in tho same pursuits as myself.”: Of course he need not trouble himself. We have so legislated that money takes care of.itself, and makes money. The small capitalists and mechanics and labor ers Alone suffer. • The rich grow richer, and the poor poorer.—N-' Y. Commercial Advertiser. General JaIl Delivery.—Five colored in mates of the Muscogee County Jail made their escape about four o’clock last Thursday morn ing—leaving only one tenant, awbiteman. The fugitives were all confined together in an , iron djamber, hut had managed to secure a file and •ver the topmost bolt which secured the door, and then to lift it from the hinges. The Sun ndds: * Then by filing and afterwards pounding with this door a hole was made through the floor laTge enough to admit of tho passage of one the citv and countv. that this important enter- ra ‘ in -, All erowded through and then ascended somehow within the, narrow space betweeh the It ia stated that Delano intends removing all the Internal Revenue Supervisors in tho Southern Dis tricts. except Noah, of Tennessee. The President Bent a proclamation summoning the Senate to an extra session next Monday, for Ex ecutive business. W. H. Barnes. Collector of the 1st District of Pennsylvania, was the only nomination made to-day. John L. Haynes, Collector of Customs in Texas, was the only Southern confirmation. THE VIRGINIA, MISSISSIPPI AND TEXAS BTT.T,. Washington, April 10.—The Memphis and El Paso Road, encouraged by favorable Congressional ex pressions, will commence work at once. Congres sional action in its behalf to merely grant a right of way appears to have been defeated this session by the friends of Northern routes, who seek to force the Memphis and El Paso Company into a combina tion. The following is the full text of the act authoriz ing the submission of the Constitutions of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas to a vote of the people and authorizing the election of State officers provided by said Constitutions and members of Congress, as approved and signed by the President to-day: • Section1. Beit enacted, etc., That the President of the United States, at such time as he maydeembeat for the public interest, may submit the Constitution which was formed by the Convention which met in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday, th? 3d day of December, 1867, to tho registered voters of said State, registered at the date of said submission, for ratification or re jection; and may also submit to a separate vote, such provisions of said Constitution as he may deem best, such vote to bo taken either upon, each of the said provisions alone, or in connection with the other portions of said Constitution as the President may direct. Sec. 2. That at the same election, the voters of said State may vote for and elect members of the General Assembly of said State, and all the officers of said State provided for by the said Constitution, and members of Congress; and the officer command ing the District of Virginia, shall cause the tests of registered voters of said Stato to bo revised, en larged and corrected prior to snch election according to law, and for that purpose, may appoint such reg istrars as ho may deem necessary; and said elections shall be held and returns thereof made in the man ner provided by the acts of Congress commonly called the Reconstruction acts. Sec. 3. That the President of the United States may, in like manner, submit tho Constitution qf Texas to tho voters of said State, at such time and in such manner as ho may direct, either the entire Constitution, or separate provisions of tho same, as provided in the first section of this act, to a sep- 1 arate vote; and at the same election the voters may vote for and elect tho members of the Legislature and all the State officers provided for in said Consti tution, and members of Congress; provided, also, that no election shall be held in said State of Texas fpr any purpose until tho President so directs.' Sec. 1. That the President of the United States may in, like maimer, resubmit tho Constitution of Mississippi to the voters of said Stato It sudi time and in such manner as he may direct, either the en- tiro Constitution or separate provisions of the same —as provided in tho first Bcction of this act—to a separate vote, and at the same election, the- voters may voto for and elect the members of the Legisla ture and all the State officers provided for in said Constitution, and members of Congress. Sec. 5. That if either of said Constitutions si jail be ratified at such election, the Legislature of the State so ratifying, elected as provided for in this act, shall assemble at the capital of said State on the fourth Tuesday after the official promulgation of sush ratification by the military officer commanding in said State. Sec. 6. That before tho States of Virginia, Missis sippi and Texas shall be entitled to representation in Congress, their several Legislatures, which may he hereafter lawfully organized, shall ratify the fif teenth article which has been proposed by Congress tQ the several States as an amendment to ,the Con stitution qf the United States. . Sec. 7. That tho proceedings in any of said States shall not ho deemed final, or operate as a complete restoration thereof, until their action, respectively, shall be approved by Congress. • Impeachment Ashley is confirmed Governor of Montana, after a sharp debate, by one majority. The New York nominations were defeated by a strong effort on tho part of Conkling. Tho President, with Hoar, Fish and others, was at the Capitol to-day, considering and signing hills. Fifty-three nominations were unconfirmed tojday and must be reserved,, Tho executive session of the Senate wiil pfobably continue several weeks. The whisky and tobacco bill was signed to-day. It extends tho time for withdrawing spirits from bond tothe30ih of June, 1869. It subjects it to one cent per gallon per month after the 20th of April, and forfeits it if not removed on or before the 80th of June, 1809. It also 1 provides for refunding tax on tobacco, in certain cages. <; ;., f Congressional. Washington, April 9.—House—A conference asked on the amendraenl to the whisky and tobacco tax. The Connecticut members stated-that the Com mittee on Elections. bya- subcommittee, were di rected to take evidenco in th^. Third and jEourtb Dis tricts of South Carolina, -■ Myers, from Pennsylvania, pas seatcifiy a (strict party vote. ‘ ' , ? - The conference report on the deficiency appropria tion, was passed. ’ ‘ 7! " jj. Whittcmoro reported-4'bill relieving from politi cal disabilities, alarge number Of persons; but with out action the Hoose took recess to 8 o’clock. Senate—After a somewhat bitter,fjkscutaio'n, Morton’s amendment .making the adoption Of the fifteenth amendment a condition precedcnt to ‘rep resentation, was adopted. Yeas 30. Those. Voting nay are, Messrs. Anthony, Bayard, Bozeman,, Cas- brickand iron walls,, to a skylight, through which they ascended to tho roof; and thence descended by means of the lightning rod. An- derson, who gives this account of the mode of , serlv, Conkling. Davis, Edmunds, Fenton, Ferry, escape, says he heard two fall to the ground Fessenden, Fowler, McCreary, Morton, Patterson, hke bales of cotton When nsked why lie did Sawyer, Sprague. Stockton, Thomas’Trumbull, and not go with them, he replied he did not wint to r tvm EV _oo v , r 7Tlo n< —he had done nothing. The night was unite i ; ... ......... . . » , dar ^ ° ° 1 The clauso authorizing ■ the suspension of laws Col. R. G. Mitchell was jailor. Sheriff Ivey, j was do ® ned oppressive and stricken mat. An addi- witli others, have scoured the country, hut dis- tional clause was adopted declaring that the bill covered no trace of the fugitives. This prison.' shall not operate so as to complete restoration until was thought to be ono of tho most secure and . the action was approved by Congress. In the first 4be connlr > T ’ interior consisting section tho words •* registered voters of said State' whoHy of iron, but not a year lias passed since , wero stricken out and the words “voters of said State tho war closed in which there has not been two regigtercd at (he time of said submissioii of the escapes. The concern had better be aban- „ . . - , • ~ dosed. . Constitution inserted. The bill passed—ye^s 44; ««►■• ■ ■ j nays 9, among them Sprague. Cuba Fhjbustebs—Expedition Obganizino : The Senate then took recess. in New Orleans.—A prominent citizen of Washington. April ID.— Senate. —The Senate Louisiana, now: , n Washington, has received a confined Pinchbeck, Register of the Land Office at ssssssra&n: ■ssrste s » °?r c r- ^ .«»— U affairs, and the action therein of certain public fioe ’ at Jackson ’ 3IlS8IS81 PPb characters in this city. The writer states that Postmasters: Cardy, Vicksburg; Eodgera, Knox- Gen. Steadman has returned from Cuba, and viilo. - ' that with the aid of ex-Confederates he is sec- Col^pctors: Prince, 2d district of Virginia; Wil- retly preparing an expedition in aid of the in- cox, 5th district of Virginia ; Wood. 4th district of snrgents, and that agents aro enlisting men with Texas, ! > • great care and privacy to accompany the ex- Assessors : Pedigo, 1st district of Texas j Bald win, 3d district of Texas : Pettengill, 1st district of South Carolina; Nelson, 2d:district of Tennessee; Clark, 1st district of Tennessee; Shaded, 3d dis- trict of Mississippi. Attorneys : Scott, Weeteren Texas ; Purveyance, pedition, which is being fitted out.' Enlist ments, it is represented, nre rapidly being made, and it ia thought a laTge force will be securedjf the recruiting is not broken up by the authorities. In view of the state of affairs, the Navy Department yesterday dispatched orders to Admiral Hoff, advising him. of the reports West Tennessee • ,, , from New Orleans and directing him to keep a DUUnghan)i Hava* Agent at New Orleans. , fSSSSKt »«-“• *> now engaged in war in that island. Orders have and Parker, Marshal for Texas, also been sent to the commandant of League House.—The House passed the Virginia, Texas JslandNavy Yard, directinghim to at once pre- and Mississippi election bDl, with the Senate's pare.the iron-clad Miantonomoh for sea duty. — amendment. Wash. Cof. N. : Y. Tribune. Vestel Burned at ffew, Ortaua. New Orleans, April 9.—The steamship Gen. Grant took fire at midnight iaat night while lying at the wharf, and burned till she sank. Tbs iofR fall on Northern companies. Daring the program of ! tho fine, her commander. Can tain Quick, whOM.' mind waa apparently affected bythblou of hte've*- ; sel, mads several attempts to oommit suicide, by throwing himself into tbs homing vernal Only a portion of the vessel’s cargo was on board, oossiat- ing of bulk grain, bagging and cotton mad. The greater portion of the cargo on tbs wharf was not damaged. The Nevada Catastrophe. ■' Gold Hnx, April 8. 8 r. h.—At least forty per sons perished from the fire in the minm. The *p.y pearance of the bodies recovered indicate* despe rate efforts to escape, and: intense suffering before death. ■ r . . . Fire in Madison, Ga. Augusta, April 9.—The business portion and ma ny residences in the town of Madison were destroyed by fire last night—loss heavy. Foreign Hews. Paris, April 9.—Three pnhlio meetings have been dispersed by the police, and many arrests have been made. Vienna, April 9.—The Austrian Government haa resolved to reduce the army, and postpone the call for recruits. New York, April 9.—Tho Bising Star brings $220,- 000. The small pox ia raging fearfully at Panama. Montreal, April 9.—Extra-precautions are being taken to watch the banks here, in consequence of information received by the bank authorities, that an organized robbery will he attempted, eneral News. Havana, April 8.—Francisco Leon Nunez, a natu ralized American citizen; and Augustin Medea, will bo g&rroted to-morrow. They had charge of the arms in Havana, the fight over which involved the death of several police. The Treasurer of the Royal University has fled to tho United States with its funds. Tho news from tho seat of war is contradictory and unreliable. Norfolk, April 10.—The Propeller Thames, from New York for Galveston, was binned off Cape Hat- teraa. The cook, three writers, a seaman and the coal passer are supposed to be lost Tho rest of the crew were saved. Galveston, AprillO—To-day, in the case of Hen ry Cotton, indicted as an accessory to the murder of Major J. B. Lochman, in January last, a vet diet of murder in the second degree was given, and he was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary. An appeal will be taken in this, as well as in the Leroy Cotton case. Augusta, AprillO.—The disposition of the Geor gia matter by Congress gives universal joy. The New Orleans Faces. New Orleans. April 9.—Metairie Racks—Third Day.—First race—Two-milo hurdle dash, eight leaps; club purse $500. Transit beat Chalmette and Con test’s four-year old chestnut gelding by Entry. Time S:52tf- Second race—mile heats, best three in five; purse $600. little Mack 12 11; John Kilgour2122. Time 1:49, l:4CJi, 1:52^, 1:55. Transit was tho favorite in the first race, and the betting light; Kilgonr the favorite in the seoond, at two to one and heavy betting. New Orleans, April 10—Metarie Races—Sixth and Last Dat.—The course was crowded to-day, more than half the spectators were ladies. The day and track being fine tho betting was heavy. First Race—Two-mile dash for beaten horses; purse $300. Banshee boat Gen. Ewell and Gilroy. Time : 3:40V. ■■Second Race—Sweepstakes for all ages. Three- mile heats. $500 entrance; club added $1000. Bay onet'1 1; Locust Pest 23 ; Plantagenet 3 2. Time: 5:31, 5:33. Bayonet was slightly lame at the end of the race. Gen. Ewell was the favorite, in the first race, and Bayonet the favorite in the second. Congress Adjourned. ■Washington, April 10.—Congress adjourned at 12 o'clock to-day sine die. The Political Disabilities bill failed—neither the Senate nor House bill having passed. The President signed the election bill for Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, and the amendment to the spirits and tobacco tax. . Most of the morning was wasted in fillibustaring on Sawyer's amendment to the election bill, which orders a new registration. It is estimated that it adds 15,000 white and loses several thousand negro votes in Virginia, and it will work in the same way in Mississippi and Texas. From Louisiana. New Orleans, April 10 Gov.-Warmoth to-day applied to the Seventh District Court for a suspen sion of the appeal from its action in appointing a judicial sequestrator to take charge of the Auditor's Office. Tho appeal granted to Warmoth remains in possession of the office. The argument on demur rer to the jurisdiction of the First District Court in the indictment against Auditor Wickliffe for official misdemeanors closed to-day. The Jndge reserved, his decision till next Saturday, but instructed that demurrer be sustained, it being his opinion that the Legislature alone had jurisdiction in the case. Captain Sheridan, brother of the General and Adjutant General of this. State, lias arrived from Havana, and reports the strictest official espionage upon his movements during his stay. The Second District - Court, yesterday, decided the case of Pietre Soule', whioh haa been at issno some time, that his reason was 'overthrown, and decreed an interdiction. ■; V • •^ a . t From Virginia. %■ j jRicexiond,April 10.—The Conservative State Cen tral Committee, in view of the recent action of Con gress, has called a Conservative State Convention to meet here on the 28th of- April It is stated that the Conservatives will not nominate a candidate for Governor. To-day a man giving the name of James Cham bers, sold a bogus draft of $2000, purporting to be drawii by HcKill A Co., of Baltimore, on Duncan, Sherman & Co:,'of New York,- to Via. M. Seuton & Co., Brokers here, and got the money and got off be fore the fraud was discovered, bnt he waa arrested at Petersburg with half of; the money. From Cuba. Havana, April 10.—Leon and Medina were gar- ro ted to-day in the presence of a vast crowd. Leon cried “ Viva Independence! ” The crowd uttered seditious cries, .whereupon the guard fired, tilling six and wounding many. Sugars, yesterday, were advancing, and there is a large speculative demand, with 8% offered. The Fire at San Francisco. San Francisco, April 10.—The fire still rages. No more bodies have been removed. Carroll County. The editor of the Newnan Herald haa made a tour into Carroll and report*: _ Carrollton and vicinity are alive on the railroad question, and entertain high hopes of hearing (he whistle of'the iron horse in this place some time during theyear 1870. The books of sub scription for stock in the road will be opened soon, and the indications are strong that the cit izens along the contemplated line of the road will subsenbe liberally. Carroll has no fear of starving, for we have been informed since our arrival here, that last year a gentleman named Calvin McRae, a citizen of this county, produced on four acres of land 2G3^ bushels of corn. Of course, each acreteul- tivated in Carroll will not produce as much as one of McRae’s,‘ yet a sufficiency of breadstuff's was produced for the support of all the inhabit ants. We have sjen a sample of silk-thread, man ufactured in this county, _ which will compare favorably with that of china. The • quantity is so small, however, that it will not enter much into commerce. The trial of the case Swothard vs. Shell for ansa, oon., is now progreasing. The testimony of ope witness as amusing as that of the one of “ Cousin SaUie Dillard’’ notoriety. He with tears in hia eyes portrayed what transac tions he and Shqll had in buying ' cattle during the war, and much other matter as tittle touch- Also. the bill restoring Blanton Duncan’s prop erty. 7. ; v ,. ' Both go to the President. . A bill remoringthe political disabilities of a large ptets that tiM ijsibleh number of peraopa waspissed. [ controllable.
