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The Greorgia, 'Weekly Telegraph..
THE TELEGRAPH.
MACON, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 18G9.
Gold -Going up and War Talk.
Gold has been 'rising pretty steadily -within
the past week, having advanced upwards of two
cents. Whether this la due to Sumner's speech
and the Alabama bugaboo we are quite unable
to say; but no other cause seems to be apparent
If so, the scare has not yet assumed a very se
rious complexion. When they take it in earn
est, -and war stares greenbacks fairly in the face
we shall expect them to turn blue! Five or ten
cents decline in twenty-four hours will be the
least honor they will be likely to pay the occa
sion.
But just now there seems to be, in the Hearld
•and one or two other New York prints, a disposi
tion to be very flippant and blufl. The former,
of the 1st instant, in what the printers call a
double-leader, reviews the articles of the leading
British newspapers upon Sumner's speech and
the rejection of the treaty, and sums up as fol
lows :
It will thns be seen, both from our complete
report by cable telegram and new advices, the
Alabama claims difficulty must soon come to an
issue--an issue either by peaceful arbitration and
the footing up and prompt payment of our bill
of Idamages, or war. ToEngland we tender the
choice. Which will she accept? Our people
are aggrieved, but prepared to settle the dispute
either way.
All this, we take it, is braggadocio. Never, in
a mere financial point of view, was a country in
a worse position for war, and especially a war
with Great Britain. The sensible business men
of New York would be compelled to look upon
such a catastrophe as a death-blow to the whole
financial fabric of the country. Probably the
Herald thinks, with Sumner and Chandler, that
a little display of belligerency may frighten
John Bull into measures. But the fact that there
is not a dissentient voice in Great Britain as to
the duty and propriety of refusing all further
concessions, makes such experiments dangerous.
Governments are more in terror of popular opin
ion at home than of a foreign war.
Prospects of the Cnban Revolution.
The reports from Cnba are very conflicting,
hut it is not to be denied that a cloud seems to
be settling upon the prospects of the Revolu
tionists. A paragraph upon the outside from
the World’s Washington correspondent declares
that the Spanish legation in Washington regard
the struggle as substantially at an end. This is
not reliable testimony, but it has been confirmed
by information from officers of the American
Gulf Squadron, and it is, to say the least, a
a great disappointment that the known facts do
not put such boasts to silence. We fear there
is too much truth in these reports and that the
Cuban Revolutionists will again miscarry.
This is the seventh attempt of Cuba to revolt
from the dominion of Spain. There was an
outbreak as early as 1823—another in 1826—
another in 1828—again, in 1848, in 18. r >0 and in
1851, under Lopez, who, in this last effort, was
captured, after two or three gallant fights, and
garroted in Havana on the first of September.
The Cubans never have been content under
the dominion of Spain, simply because they have
been yearly bled almost to extremity for the
benefit of the so-called mother country. An
island containing, say about34,000 square miles,
and population probably amounting, about this
time, to eighteen hundred thousand of all condi
tions, has been made to contribute a revenue
averaging in the neighborhood of fifteen millions
.per finnnm, out of a grand total of products not
exceeding sixty millions. This is twenty-five
per cent, regular taxation according to returns;
but to these must be added a mass of official ex
tortion and plunder such as has seldom been
'known except in that country, and the United
•States in recent periods of our history.
It is a chance if the Cubans are not annually
.fleeced for the benefit of the Spanish, of about
-forty per cent, of their earnings, and their dis
content is not, therefore, at all surprising.
Whether they would do any better as a depend
ency of the United States is questionable; but
they think so, and are certainly entitled to a
change if they desire it
It may be questioned, however, whether the
day for winning liberty and independence by the
firelock in the way of a contest of the weak
against the strong, is not gone by. The im
proved weapons of modem warfare magnify
the disparity of force so much, and put the
weaker and porrer party at such disadvantage
-that the contest is hopeless. The repeating
.rifle had just begun to be extensively used, as
the war of the States was drawing to a close ;
and it seems to us no intelligent man can doubt
-that, even if the South could have doubled her
force in the field and maintained her army sup
plies, the introduction of the Spencer Rifle into
the Federal army most have been fatal to the
'Confederates in no great length of time. There
was.no standing with an Enfield gun against a
man who had eight balls at his disposal as fast
as he could draw tjpgger.
■Now it is true the Spanish troops are by no
means well provided with arms; and yet, after
all, are at greater advantage over the Cubans in
that respept than the Federals held over the
Confederates. The worst description of mod
em arms are so far beyond shot guns and the
other weapons of the , self-armed revolutionists,
that the latter stand no chance in the struggle.
These great modem mechanical contrivances
for rapidlocomotion and wholesale slaughter
have put an entirely different phase upon the
• “last argument” in politics, and it. is going to
turn hereafter not so much upon the largest
party as the best gnus—and the best manner of
using them to advantage. The party in Amer
ica which can store up securely in the national
armories a heavy supply of repeating rifles and
ammunition, and seize and hold possession of
them will be able to maintain itself effectually
even against large popular unarmed majorities.
To return from this digression, the failure of
the Cuban revolt, if itfails, will, on the whole,
we think, be favorable to our Southern States.
It will help to avert danger of foreign war and
it will prevent a diversion of immigration and
capital which would, no doubt, seriously retard
progress in these States.
Swiss m Tennessee.—A correspondent of the
^McMinnville New Era says the immigrants, and
more particularly the Swiss, are pouring into
Grundy county like bees entering a hive, and
thejr out-work all creation. The Swiss are erect
ing a great many romantic cottages in the vi
cinity of the colony lands. They seem well
pleased with their new homes among the moun
tains of America; and it may now be said, in a
double sense* that we have a Switzerland in
America—the mountains and the people. They
have gone to work in the comparative wilderness
to hew them out a home, and right valiantly they
are putting their shoulders to the wheel.
Frost.—A Crawford county correspondent
*ays there was frost yesterday morning in his
vicinity.
A Large Ox--»-The Nashvillo papers allude to
an ox now on exhibition in that city, which is
eighteen hands high and weighs 4,545 pounds.
The animal is six years old, and was bom and
raised in Bourbon county, Kentucky. He is a
a finely formed and imposing looking animal,
and the biggest thing of the kind in the world.
The Annual Meeting of the American Medical
Association convenes on Tuesday next, 4th inst,
in New Orleans. Dr. Baldwin, of Montgomery,'
Ala., is the President and presiding officer of
tbs Association.
Northern Immigration.
The Augusta Chronicle says: “Not many
days since we received a visit from two well in
formed gentleman, natives of the State of Con
necticut and men of means, who had come to
Georgia recently on a prospecting expedition.
They informed us that seeing an advertisement
in the Chronicle and Sentinel of a large planta
tion for sale in Burke county, they had visited
the place and, being pleased with it, had pur
chased the whole property. The plantation was
the property of George W. Lamar, of Savannah,
and the price paid for it was five thousand dol
lars. It is situated on Buckhead Creek, in
Burke county, and contains fourteen hundred
acres of land, of which nine hnndred are under
cultivation. The purchasers have'determined
to divide the whole property in to small tracts of
forty or fifty acres each, which they will farm
out to Connecticut immigrants whom they will
bring to this State as soon as possible. The
gentlemen have already returned to their New
England home, and we may expect them to ar
rive here in a few days with fifteen or twenty
thrifty farmers from the ‘Nutmeg State.’ ”
The same paper says: “We learn from
friends of the parties that two or three large
manufacturers of Philadelphia propose visiting
our city during the ensuing week for the pur
pose of “taking a look” at our canal and water
power afforded by the Falls of the Savannah.
Boston, Providence and New York have been
taking private ‘looks,’ and now the city of
Brotherly Love has been roused from the soli
tude of its own magnificence. There is in our
own community nothing of the spirit of the
fabled Dog in the Manger. We say, therefore,
come on gentlemen. There is power enough
for all, never-failing. Take in the whole river,
whose volume is that of a stream more than a
quarter of a mile wide, having a fall that can be
made available of thirty feet and over, and our
climate is salubrious, and every condition for
manufacturing cotton fabrics favorable—the
raw material (cotton) at our doors.
The Firemen’s Tournament—A Grand
Gala Day.
from the Atlanta Aetc Era.]
Yesterday was the annual parade of the Atlan
ta Fire Department, and a notable day in its
history. Never since the city has had a Fire
Department has there been such a fine display
of engines and companies. All had on their
best looks. The machines were all in splendid
order, and the men in fine trim, handsomely
uniformed and ready to enter with heart and
soul into the exercises of the day.
There were seven visiting companies present,
as follows:
Clinch No. 2, of Augusta, second class steam
er. A. Levy, President; M. Mahoney, Cap
tain.
Vigilant No. 3, of Augusta, third class steam
er. M. F. Nelson, Foreman; G. T. Lamback,
Assistant Foreman. Seventy men present.
Augusta No. 5, Hand Engine; Pat Walsh,
President; John Kennilly, Captain. Seventy-
six men present.
Fillmore No. 4, of Augusta, third-class Clapp
& Jones’ steamer; Philip L. Cohen, Captain;
J. F. McGrath, 1st Lieutenant. Fifty men
present.
Palmetto Steam Fire Company, Charleston:
Hugh Ferguson, President; J. Reddick, Vice
President. Fifty men present.
Defiance Fire Company, of Macon, hand en
gine, Geo. W. Burr, Foreman; A. J. King, As
sistant Foreman. Both these officers are former
citizens of Atlanta. Seventy-six of the com
pany were present. This company is a new
one, having had its machine only four mouths.
The Rainbow, from Rome, second-class, Phil
adelphia steamer, H. D. Austin, President, H.
H. Penny, Vice President. Forty-two men
present.
In addition to these there were also present a
detachment of eight men from the Vigilant fire
engine of Charleston, including F. A. Silcox, Di
rector, and Mr. F.G. DeFontaine, of the Charles
ton News, better known to the public as “Per-
sonne,” the lively and versatile war correspon
dent. There was also present a detachment from
the Stonestall Fire Engine Company, of Charles
ton, numbering five men.
We had also the pleasure of meeting with Mr.
M. H. Nathans, Chief of the Fire Department
of Charleston, and Mr. G. Lamb Bnist, Presi
dent of the Board of Charleston Firemasters.
Onr Fire Department was ont in full feather.
Atlanta No. 1 had out seventy men, Mechanics
No. 2. fifty men, Tallulah No. 3, fifty-eight men,
and Hook & Ladder No. 1, thirty-seven men.
At an early honr in the morning, the city was
fairly a-bloom with red, yellow, blue and gray
jackets. All the streets seemed to be thronged
with firemen. They appeared to spring up
spontaneously, until we had such a crowd of
them as was never before seen in the city.
About 8 o’clock in the forenoon they all as
sembled at the passenger depot, where an ad
dress of of welcome was made by His Honor,
Mayor Hulsey, and responded to by Mr. David
son, of Augesta.
For music there was present the Griffin Brass
Band, Abel A Wright, leader, numbering eleven
pieces ; the 18th United States Infantry Band,
sixteen pieces, and the Augusta Brown Band
(colored), eleven pieces.
Long before ten o’clock. Marietta street, from
Broad to Bartow, was literally thronged with
spectators. Windows were crowded, and all the
accessible roofs were bronght into requisition as
perches for all those who wished to see all that
was to transpire.
At ten o’clock, as previously announced, the
companies were formed in the following
ORDER OF PROCESSION.
MUSIC.
Chief Engineer Atlanta Fire Department and
his Assistants.
Fire Wardens of City of Atlanta and Judges.
Mayor and Council.
Atlanta Hook and Ladder Company No. 1.
Palmetto Steam Fire Company of Charleston.
Clinch Steam Fire Company No. 2, of Augusta.
Augusta Fire Company No. 5., of Augusta.
Fillmore Steam Fire Company No 4, of Au-
gnsta. *
Rainbow Steam Fire Company No. 1. of Romo.
MUSIC.
Atlanta Steam Pire Company No. l.ofAtlantr
Mechanic Steam Fire. Company No. 2. Atlanta.
MUSIC.
Tallulah Fire Company No. 3, Atlanta.
The procession thns formed passed through
all the principal street# of the city, returning to
the cistern near the State Honse at about half
past twelve o’clock," where'the competition for
theprizeB came off.
The wind, during almost the entire rime occu
pied by the trial of the engines, was adverse,
consequently none of the machines reached
their average capacity. But the contest was
spirited, and those who won prizes did so against
a fair and close competition. >
The following are the distances thrown by
the different companies:
Tallulah No. 3 (Atlanta), hand engine, second
class, 221 feet.
Defiance (Macon), hand engine, first class 209
feet.
Augusta (Augusta), hand engine, first class,
215 feet.
Filmore No. 4, third class steamer, (Augusta)
229.4 feet.
Vigilant, third class steamer, (Augusta) 222.9
feet.
Mechanics No. 2, third class steamer, (Atlan
ta) 24C.5 feet
Atlanta No. 1, second class steamer, (Atlanta)
278.2 feet.
Clinch (Augusta) 221.8 feet
Palmetto, second class (Charleston) 279 feet
Rainbow. We failed to get a report of this
steamer. Night closed before it got up steam,
hence we have no record of its capacity.
It is due to Filmore to say that the steamer
was badly damaged in being unloaded from the
cars, and was merely entered by the company
to fill up the programme.
Tallulah also broke off six feet of her brakes
hence, did not quite reach her real capacity.
Incidents and other matters connected with
the parade we have to defer until after this is
sue.
The Atlanta Constitution.—L W. Avery,
Esq.,succeeds Major Barrick as editor-in-chief of
the Atlanta Constitution. Mr. Avery has held
the position some weeks during Major B's. ill
ness, and is an aceomphished writer. Wo wel
come him to the fraternity.
About Cuba.—The arrival of a special agent
of the Government, sentsome time since to Cu*
ba, to ascertain the condition of affairs in the
island, is daily looked for. The action of the
Government, it is said, will depend, to some ex
tent, upon the report made by the agent, who is
a gentleman in whom the Administration places
implicit confidence. The report is looked .for
1 with considerable interest.
Gen. Lee at tlie White House.
A special Washington telegram, dated the 1st
instant, to the Louisville Courier-Journal, says
General Robert E. Lee arrived in the city last
evening and proceeded to the residence of a rel
ative in Georgetown. Thismomingat 11 o’clock,
in accordance with previous arrangements, he
called at the Executive Mansion, in company
with two friends from Baltimore, and on hand
ing his card to General Dent, was immediaaely
ushered into the presence of the President.
Senator Thayer, of Nebraska, the Minister to
Italy, with other very prominent personages,
were just about to have an interview, hut the
President begged them to retire, p.s he had ar
ranged beforehand to have Gen. Leef'called on
him at this time. Those gentlemen, with the
others retired, but some of them remarked that
it was an outrage to be crowded aside by the
greatest rebel in the country.
The interview was brief, not lasting but twen
ty minutes: and was confined to personal mat
ters and a word or two about Virginia. Both
were warm, however, in wishing the other health
and success in life, and General Lee added:
“I pray, Mr. President, that your administra
tion may redound to the honor and glory of the
country.” The pending reconstruction of Vir
ginia was alluded to, and General Lee intimated
that he still adhered to his letter of last August
to General Rosecrans, wherein he claimed that
where reconstruction was accepted the full res
toration of the State to the Union should follow,
and the development of the mineral and agricul
tural resources of Virginia set forth. "When
General Lee left the Executive Mansion he was
followed by the scrutinizing eyes of all in the
vicinity. Ho appeared in excellent health, and
looked about as he did three years ago when he
visited Washington.
Peace and the Alabama Claims.
Before the recent pnblio utterances of leading
British newspapers and politicians upon Sum
ner’s speech, and the rejection of the Alabama
treaty, the sensible Washington correspondent
of the Charleston Courier wrote the following
predictions, which, wo have no great doubt,
will be verified by subsequent facts:
I wish here to state that the best opinion of
sound statesmen in this country in regard to
this subject, is that the Stanley-Johnson treaty,
lately rejected by the almost unanimous vote of
the Senate, will, after a while, and under cir
cumstances somewhat different from those pres
ent, be unanimously confirmed. The same
treaty, without the dotting of an i or the cross
ing of a t,will bo confirmed as soon as the prop
er time for it shall arrive. On the eve of a Pres
idential election it was not expedient to make
a treaty which reminded every one of the pas
sions and interests of a late civil war. Even
now, though the election is over, the feeling of
the Union or Republican party will not allow of
a treaty like that which ltoverdy Johnson has
made, and whioh Sumner has denounced, and
which the Senate has rejected. But after this
country shall be pacificatcd, and its different
relations shall be harmonized, it will be the pol
icy of the country to accept the adjustment of
the conntry to accept the adjustment of ques
tions with England upon the three treaties ne
gotiated by Reverdy Johnson, and rejected or
laid over by the United States Senate.
This, I repeat, is not only my own opinion, bnt
that of some of the most experienced publicists
whom I know. The Alabama treaty is a great
concession to America for the sake of peace. A
previous ministry consented to the demand of
Mr. Seward that “the continuance of the nego
tiation would be of no advantage to either par
ty.” The proposition of Mr. Seward for arbi
tration was refused, with this insolent remark.
The negotiation was closed. But now compare
the state of things with the concessions of Lord
Stanley, and his successor, Lord Clarendon.
The British Government has given fair terms—
terms upon which it can and will stand, and which
our government will ultimately agree to, as mu
tually peaceable and beneficial.
It is worthy remark that since the rejection
of that treaty Hon. Charles F. Adams, the late
Minister to St. James, has publicly declared his
approbation of the treaty and said that it was all
that the United States could ask or had any
right to expect; and it is also announced that
the new Minister, Motley, goes to Europe with
out instructions in reference to any new demands.
He is to feel tho -English pulse, before the ad
ministration takes any new attitude in relation
to these claims.
Harder in Crawford.
Knoxville, Sunday Evening, )
May 2, 18G9.j
Editors Telegraph.: A murder was com
mitted in this county, last night, by John
Brooks, (colored). It seems that one Sam Gib
son, a negro, had plighted faith with Martha
Wilder, (colored) and the parties were soon to
be married. Unfortunately John Brooks was
also “desperately in lub wid do same cullud
gal,” and learning her intention to marry his
rival, Sam, conceived the fiendish purpose of
preventing tho wedding by murder. Accord
ingly he discharged the contents of a loaded gun
through Martha’s head, killing her instantly.—
A coroner’s inquest held over the body returned
the verdict of murder by John Brooks, and that
the crime was instigated by jealousy.
Brooks, however, pleads accidental shooting,
just as Hunnecnt did in the Church murder
some time ago. He was committed to jail this
evening at C o'clock, and His Honor, Judge
Cole, will soon have an opportunity to investi
gate the facts, as Court sets to-morrow. Let us
have peace, ye darkies, and quit shooting. S.
From Quitman.
Quitman Co., Ga., April 29,18C9.
Editors Telegraph,: Thinking a few items of
news from this section might not be uninterest
ing to the readers of the Telegraph, I have
vouchsafed to indite you a few lines with regard
to the status of things in common with ns.
The vernal season is fairly under way, with
favorable auspices' for a good crop year. We
have been blessed with copious showers of rain
within the last few days, which has given vege
tation a new lease of life, and ere long we shall
be basking in all the luxuries of horticultural
industry.
The more substantial of life, corn, cotton
and wheat, are about as forward as tho season
will permit. Wheat which is nearest maturity
is heading out finely and bids fair for an aver
age yield.
Politics ore at astand still, the principal topic
of thought and conversation at this rime is the
recent appropriations made by his Excellency,
the Governor, from the State Treasury; but I
forbear any comments on these official acts of
his Excellency and await farther developments,
but are forcibly reminded of those lines from
the Scotch bard,
“O wad some power the gif tie gio ua,
To see ourselves as others see us.”
Res. Public a.
The Murder of Ayer.—A Jefferson county
correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle and
Sentinel, says: The murder of Dr. Ayer is still
the “nine day’s wonder” of our community, and
the general sentiment is, that aB he has been
killed, Providence or the Devil (which ever
made the selection) could not have made a more
fortunate choice for the community than the
negro Wilson, who did the deed. I have known
Wilson since he was a child, and never knew a
more abandoned villain for his age. His former
master has often said he would be hung, and
the prospect is very" fair now of his prophecy
being soon fulfilled. Since his commitment, it
has been discovered that he tried to get two
other negroes, who lived on the same place with
him, to join him in killing and robbing a horse
drover, who was this spring with his (Wilson’s)
employer, telling them the drover had money.
From Washington.
Washington, May 4.—Gen. Lee, accompanied by
lua daughter arrived at Alexandria this morning and
proceeded to tho residence of a kinsman. No de
monstration was made, as it was understood that it
would displease Gen. Lee.
Gov. Wells left for Iticfimonl to-night. His in
terview with Grant was very short.
Revenue to.day $1,892,000.
Gov. Wells, of Virginia, is here.
Ira A. Bloomfield has been appointed Supervisor
of Revenue in Illinois.
There was a full Cabinet to-day,’except Hoare.
The House Committee on Foreign Relations will
not visit San Domingo.
Gov. Wells visited Grant to-day. It is understood
that Wells desires a seperate vote on the teat oath
danse.
Creswell has appointed Jacob D. Enos (negro)
postmaster at Valdosta, Ga. „
Tho Toronto House of Commons has adopted a
resolution exduding all foreigners from the fishing
grounds.
Washington, May 5.—The announcement that
Simms haB been appointed Postmaster at Savannah
is, probably, premature. His commission has not
yet been ordered at the Appointment Office.
The Cuban constitution for a republic lias been
prepared in this city. The framers acted on the as
sumption that the Cubans will attain independence,
and, like Texas, desire annexation. The constitu
tion provides for one or more States in Cuba. Lead
ing members of Congress are participating in this
movement, but as far as known the Federal Exec
utive has taken no interest in the matter beyond
tacitly authorizing the sale of useless or surplus
war material to any applicant.
It has transpired that Boutwell has appointed H.
C. Whittlesey, of Boston, who was a prominent de
tective with Butler in New Orleans, chief Treasury
detective.
The London Times this morning has another
leading article on the Alabama treaty recently re
jected by the United StateB Senate. The writer
sharply criticises the speech of Sumner, and con
cludes as follows: “ The question is one of law and
not of feeling. It remains to be shown that Great
Britain can be held answerable for any infraction of
law or of excess over tho ordinary practice of both
countries.”
Gov. Welles, of Virginia, obtained nothing satis
factory from yesterday’s visit to the President.
The election is not to be held until a thorough
registration is completed, and until General Canby,
who is not yet thoroughly acquainted with the po
litical situation, shall recommend the most conve
nient period for the election. The President seems
in no hurry respecting any of the three States in
volved.
Dispatches from J. Boss Browne confirm the Eng
lish diplomatic reports that the Chinese Government
opposes the progress, and will not willingly ratify
Burlingame's treaty.
New patents have been issued for extracting-eil
from cotton seed, and for a new cotton gin.
CoL Wood, Chief Detective of tho Treasury De
partment, has resigned on compulsion. Wood is
notorious in connection with the old capitol prison.
The name of Wood’s successor is withheld.
Gen. Ely. recently appointed Marshall for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, is dead.
Tho War Department is advised that Captain C.
H. Harkness, of the 35th Infantry, was killed while
pursuing deserters near Fort Bliss, Texas.
Boutwell has extended the hours of duty at -the
Treasury from 9 o’clock A. si. to 4 ml
Gov. Geary, heading a delegation of the Union
League, had along interview to-day with General
Grant.
Commodore Hoff, under date of April 27th, re
ports his arrival at Havana on the 26th, from a
short cruise. He says upon his arrival political mat
ters iu Cuba were exceedingly quiet.
An expedition, supposed to have sailed from Yu-
catan, consisting of a largo steamer and several
sailing vessels, attempted to land men and arms for
tho Cubans, on tho south side,in the Western depart
ment, near a place known as Pinar del Bio, but
failed. The Spanish Admiral left Havana in his
flag ship, accompanied by several other vessels, in
search of this party. No news as yet has been re
ceived from him.
A transport, having on board political prisoners,
that left a month since for Fernando Po, put into
Sfc. Johns, -Porto Rico, for repairs. Tho Captain-
General -of that Island lias determined to send
some to the Canaries and the remainder to Cadiz.
Both Cubans and Spaniards seem exceedingly
quiet. There have been no .successes lately on
either side. Nothing has been heard of tho move
ment at present, but I shall continue to keep the
Department informed of facts and rumors that may
come to my knowledge by every opportunity.
From Virginia-
Richmond, Jlay 4.—Gov. Wells is out In a letter
saying that lie has never been satisfied that the dis-
franchisment -clause would accomplish the object
for which it was framed, and if a majority of the
people vote against it all ought to assent to the de
rision, and adds : “ I believe that whichever sec
tions of the Constitution tho President prefers to
have stricken ont he wiil submit them separately,
and the probabilities are that the weight of his name
will be such that the propositions submitted sepa
rately will be defeated.”
The tobacco factory of Pilkinton & Co. was burnt
this morning. Loss $50,000; insured for $20,000.
Tragedy in Virginia.
Richmond, May 4.— Joseph Holmes, a colored
member of the late Constitutional Convention, was
killed at Charlotte Court House yesterday. A per
sonal difficulty occurred between him and John Mar
shall, son of Judge Marshall, of whoso family
HolmeB was formerly a body servant. Both parties
drew pistols and commenced firing which was par
ticipated in by Marshall’s friends. After being shot
Holmes walked in the Court House and fell dead.
General News.
Chicago, May 4—Advices from the Indian coun
try have been received at Gen. Sheridan’s headquar
ters, which say that everything that has been done
to make peace with the Sioux thus far, is an entire
failure. The Indians are just as far from peace to
day as they were two years ago. ’
New York, May 4 A number of spirit photogra
phist have been discharged.
Alexandria, Va., May 4.—General Lee was re
ceived by citizens at the Mansion House to-night.
A large number of ladies and gentleman called.
There was no formal demonstration. He leaves for
Lexington on Friday.
Baltimore, May 4.—William O. Boss, Chief Engi
neer of the Fire Department, died to-day, from in
juries received at the recent fire.
Washington, May 5.—Cresswell has appointed
James Sims, (colored,) Postmaster at Savannah,
Ga.
Cincinnati, May 5.—Committees from Charles
ton, S. C., Knoxville, Tenn., and Danville, Ky., will
bo hero this week to confer with the Committees in
this city in reference to the Southern Railroad.
Alexandria, May 5.—Many colored people were
among those who paid their respects to Gen. Lee
last night.
Madison, Ind., May 5.—Tho Democrats havo car
ried tho municipal election by a average majority of
207.
Charlesron, May 5.—Reliable advices from
Florida mention the appearance of the cotton cater
pillar in that section.
Wilmington, May 5.—A destructive fire occurred
here at four o’clock a. m., destroying tho works of
the Cane Fibre Company. Loss $20,000 ; no insur
ance. The origin of the fire is not known.
President Grant on the Virginia Conser
vative Convention.
New York, May 6.—This morning’s Tribune has
tho following special from Washington:
“Several gentlemen who participated in the re
cent Conservative Convention, in Virginia, have
arrived here, and were at the White House today
for the purpose of urging the President to endorse
the action of that Convention. They also wish to
get the President to fix as early a day as possible
for holding their election. The President did not
indicate what action he would take in the matter,
but said that he would confer with Gen. Canby,
who, no doubt, fully understood the condition of
affairs in the State, and who would advise him of
the time most acceptable to a majority of the peo
ple. The President will not be drawn into the sup
port of any of .the political parties ill that State, but
and that wa3 a much easier way to get it than he -p-iu allow them to work out their own political
working in the ooltoa field. i future in their own way.”.
Emigration to the South—No; *•
Editors Telegraph: I remarked, in my last
number, that there were over a million of souls
in Georgia, counting white and colored. About
a half million of these to-day are, as a race,
homeless and houseless. They are tenants at
will—no ties to bind them to one spot more than
another—often the victims of nnconscientions
landlords and employers. Like the Gypsies of
the old world, they are wanderers, with no roof
to shelter them, no spot to be buried in, except
by the consent of others. If to all these disad
vantages you add their past training and -want
of education, is it to be wondered at that,-as a
class, they constitute the great mass of our
criminals and our paupers ?
To me it is amazing they are so tractable and
peaceable, as a class, and I attribute it, in part,
to the training they have been heretofore sub
ject to in their former condition of servitude.
You will not find it in the next generation of this
race, if they continue the homeless people they
are to-day.
Here, then, are a half million of people, na
tives of the soil, grown with us from infancy,
who are allowed.to take part in the Government
of our country, both State and National; who
have no fixed interest in the soil and therefore
are careless as to public expenditures and indif
ferent as to their honest administration. I am
aware there is a general prejudice against col
ored people becoming proprietors of the soil.
My Southern friend, look around you and an
swer me—are not those Jew who hare become
proprietors better as a doss than those who are
wanderers?
I have never seen one of them yet before the
Courts (where my profession leads me) charged
with crime. I can see a difference marked and
manifest, between those who live in their own
homes and those who are homeless. I know on
this subject I am combatting a prejudice of my
own people, (for I am Southern born and raised,)
but it is a prejudice that must yield to public
good and the general welfare of our State. The
half million of colored in our midst who, by in
dustry, accumulate enough to buy homes, ought
to be encouraged to purchase, to settle and to
become a law-abiding, peaceable citizens; and
this is the only effectual way to make them so.
The great mass will never beeome so; bnt
through this better class we will have a common
interest to influence and control the worse.
Griffin, Ga. Raleigh.
Immigration to the South—No. 4.
Georgia has, it is said, a million of souls.
One-half of these, as a class, have no fixed inter
est in the soil. There are thousands upon thou
sands of our white population who are in like
condition.
Should we not rather encourage these, our
native population, to purchase and settle our
abundant and cheap lands, rather than invite
those who are alien to us in feeling, in blood,
in language, in laws and in habits to come and
divide our inheritance ? The real estate of
Georgia is estimated to be worth about one
hundred and sixty millions. With a voting
population of over two hundred thousand, it is
presumed that there are at least one hundred
and fifty thousand heads of families in the State.
Under the Homestead Law each headof a family
is entitled to two thousand dollars value of laud
on a specie basis. It would require three hun
dred millions in value of real estate, upon a
specie basis, now to provide a homestead (ac
cording to law) for the present heads of families
in the State. And yet we only have a domain val
ued at one hundred and sixty million dollars—
about sufficient to supply the heads of families
who constitute the white race.
The Convention thought, in its wisdom, it
would require two thousand dollars in value of
real estate to provide a suitable home for a fam
ily. Some have thought this assignment large
and unnecessary, and enacted more with a view
of shielding the debtor from his creditor rather
than to supply actual wants. Many of the North
western States, where lands are much more fer
tile, have larger exemptions than this. In fix
ing a homestead exemption yon do not legislate
for the present day or generation. Remember,
according to the laws of nature, these home
stead exemptions are constantly divided and
subdivided. The head of the family dies and
his homestead descends to his heirs, who in
crease in geometrical progression as time runs
on, and soon you will find what was once an
abundant and pleasant home for the ancestor
reduced by division to a mere pittance in the
hands of his descendants. Homestead laws
should be liberal and comprehensive, but not
passed as a shield to protect them from the
honest claims of antecedent creditors. I re
gard them as wise and beneficent laws. They
are the offspring of wise and liberal legislation,
the favorite of the courts, and the germ of
peace and contentment in the family circle,
where the holy influence of father and mother
is felt in the rearing and educating of sons and
daughters—the future hope of the land.
Griffin, Ga. Raleigh.
Suicide on the "Way to the Manhattan Club
Rooms.—Mr. George T. Dalton, of the firm of
Fearing & Dalton, brokers, committed suicide
on Saturday afternoon while riding from the
New York Hotel to the Manhattan Club House.
"William Bradley, the coachman, says that while
he was driving up Broadway, near Waverly
place, he heard a report of a pistol, and another
report when near Tenth street. He thought
nothing of the reports and drove on. On reach
ing the Club House he stopped; but as Mr. Dal
ton did not leave 4he vehicle he descended from
the box to ascertain why. He then found Mr.
Dalton dead, with a ghastly wound in his head.
Mr. Dalton was but thirty-five years of age, and
was the father of three children. His widow
is a grand-daughter of the late Col. Thome, of
the United States army. It is said that he had
recently lost @300,000 on the Stock Exchange.
, IJTew York Sun, 26th.
Terrible Famine in the North of Europe.—
Advices by mail from the countries on the Bal
tic) Sea tell of a terrible and widely extended
famine now existing there. A letter says that
the distress is indescribable. From the 23d of
May to the 18th of August, last year, no rain
fell, and the summer crops were scorched.—
Bread can now be scarcely got, even at the most
exorbitant prices, and, as* the roads are impass
able by reason of the extraordinaiy wet weather,
no help from abroad can reach the people. The
debilitated condition of the population and their
herding together in the large villages, in the
hope of getting food and shelter, has engendered
disease, which is making fearful ravages.
[Charleston Courier.
Cr.ors in Western Georgia.—The following
is clipped from the Columbus Sun and Times of
Sunday:
The very heavy rains that have fallen in this
and the adjoining counties in Georgia and Ala
bama the past week, have seriously damaged
the young cotton by washing it up and covering
it up with sand and dirt. In this way the stand
of cotton has been seriously and irreparably
damaged. The grass is fast taking possession
of many plantations, and if they continue any
longer, much of the cotton planted will have to
be abandoned for want of the necessary labor
to clean it ont.
The system of bonding railroads and steam
boats instead of requiring every individual ship
per to give bonds, with the names of three re
sponsible parties thereon, was to have been in
augurated on the 1st of May but has been post
poned till the 1st of July. This measure has
been urged on the Secretary of the Treasury
for some time, and our mercantile community
will hail the change with delight, as it will tend
greatly to facilitate business. It will, besidee,
lessen the expenditures of the General Govern
ment, which m these lavish days is an item of
itself.—If. 0. Picayune, 27th.
Twenty-five negroes, headed by the Deputy
Sheriff (also a negro), recently went from Bren-
liam, Texas, to the residence ‘of a Mr. Barfield
and hung him and a negro living with him.
Sixteen negroes, charged with participation in
this crime, have been arrested, and two of them
have feiuoe touted State s evidence.
Council Proceedings. j
REGULAR MEETING, \
Council Chamber, May 4, 1SG9.>
Present—-The Mayor; • Aldermen Crockett,
Ross, Turpin and Westcott.
Absent—'Aldermen Sparks, Harris, Lightfoot
and Grier.
The minutes of the last meeting were read
and confirmed.
BILLS PASSED.
H, J. Peter, §29 20; O. P. Finney, §174 90;
S. T. & B. P. Walker, §20 40 ; E. Price, §39 08;
B. A. Wise, §6 - 50; Jones, Baxter & Day,
§32 25; J. W. Burke Co., §150;, -Tones, Bax
ter & Day, §29 45; Wrigley & Knott, §9 33; J.
H. Zeilin & Co., §1 2.",: Macon Gas Light Co.,
§1,715 81; A. K. Harman, §75.
Alderman Grier entered and took his seat.
Committee on Street Encroachments ask for
further time to consider petition of E. C. Gran-
nis and R. W. Stubbs, referred last meeting.
Committee on Gas recommend that one lamp
be placed in Park, at the terminus of Fourth
street, fronting on Wharf street. Adopted.
Committee on Rose Hill recommend O. G.
Sparks, Esq., be selected as one of the Super
intendents of Rose Hill. Approved.
bills referred.
Harris, Clay & Co.; T. W. Ellis; H. S. Gar
field; E. Crockett, (3),Burdick Bro& Co.; O. P.
Finney; C. J. Stroberg; A. P. Tripod; Gren
ville Wood, (2), W. Bone; H. T. Johnson.
The Sexton of Rose Hill and Oak Ridge Ceme
teries report interments for the month of April
as follows: White adults 5, children 2, total 7.
Colored 14.
Reports of City Physicians and Surgeon of
Hospital were read and filed.
The communication of A. J. "tVhite, Esq.,
President of the Macon and Western Railroad
Company, was read and referred to the same
committee as that of the Central Railroad Com
pany received last meeting.
The Special Committee appointed at last
meeting to confer with parties representing the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company, made
the following report which was read and ap
proved.
The Committee appointed by the Council to
confer with the Macon and Brunswick Railroad
Company as to the purchase of part of the Old
Fair Ground, lately bought by the City from the
State of Georgia—having agreed to sell to the
said Company ten acres of the. former reserve,
known as the Pair Ground, for the sum of five
thousand dollars—(as will more fully appear by
reference to a map of the same hereby attached),
would recommend the adoption of the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the action of said Committee
is hereby ratified and confirmed, and that the
Mayor is authorized and requested to execute
and deliver to the said Macon and Brunswick
Railroad Company proper deed and title to the
same, setting forth the condition in said deed
that the said Railroad Company shall erect such
shops as will be requisite for their use, and shall
use and occupy said ten acres of land. In the
event it is not occupied by them, the city may,
if desired, repurchase said laud at the same
price. Geo. S. Obeab,
E. Crockett,
G. B. Turpin,
W. H. Ross.
Petition of T. J. Lane, S. Hunter and others,
asking the removal of an eneroaehment on Or
ange Street in front of property of W. A. Huff,
Esq., was referred to Committee on Street En
croachments.
On motion of Alderman Ross, the Clerk was in
structed to notify parties owing for-city lots, that
payment must be made in accordance with terms
of said purchase, or lots with all money paid,
would become the property of the city.
On motion, Council adjourned to meet this
day two weeks, at 8 o’clock p. si.
CHAS. J. WILLIAMSON, C. C.
‘Far-fetched and dear bought,” is not always
proof of value. The medical world is becoming
alive to the fact that our common Dock Root of
the fields, is an important remedial agent, and
one of the most effectual alteratives known. It
has always been a favorite medicine with the
wise mothers of the country, for nlcers and
sores and for purifying the blood. This root
which grows so abundantly aronnd us every
where, is now known to be one of the ingre
dients of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, which is attracting
public attention by its extraordinary cures of
cutaneous and ulcerous diseases. Each coun
try produces the antidotes for its own disorders,
as was said of old “and upon the banks thereof
shall grow all trees for meat, whose flower shall
not fade, and the fruit thereof shall be for meat,
and the leaf thereof for medicine.”—Xorthfield
(VQ Herald. __
Gen. Grant at Mr. Vernon.—A Washington
correspondent of one of the New York papers
gives the following in relation to President
Grant’s late visit to the tomb of Washington.
The writer says:
“ The first object of interest which attracted
the attention of the President was the tomb of
Washington. On approaching it he took off his
hat and stood contemplating the tomb for some
time, carefully reading all the inscriptions and
asking several questions of Secretary Borie, who
-visited the place thirty-three years ago and many
times since. At the mansion the President
seemed to take a deep interest in everything,
walked through all the rooms and examined all
the relics with great care, registering his name
with the other visitors, “U. S. Grant, Washing
ton, D. C.” In the room used by Washington
as a library the President took a cigar out of his
pocket, and going behind the door to avoid the
draught of wind, lighted it, smoking during the
remainder of the visit. Among the passengers
by the excursion steamer was Mrs. Dr. Has-
brouck, who pitched into Grant at the Dress Re
form Convention so mercilessly last night. She
was dressed in Bloomer costume and attracted
considerable attention, Grant himself looking
after her and smiling at the oddity of her at
tire.”
Macon Presbytery.
This ecclesiastical body met in this city on Fri
day night last, according to adjournment, for
the purpose of ordaining our fellow-citizen, Mr.
Wm. McKay for the work of the ministry. A
sermon was preached that evening by the Mod
erator, Rev. Mr. Bradshaw.
On Saturday morning Mr. McKay underwent
an interesting, instructive and satisfactory ex
amination, and preached his trial sermon. Sat
urday night Rev. J. S. Wilson preached, and on
Sabbath morning Rev. Dr. Wills preached to a
crowded and very attentive audience, an im
pressive sermon, on the most common excuses
rendered by those who will not make the effort
to become Christians.
On Sunday afternoon, Mr. McKay received
the solemn and impressive rite of ordination af
ter a sermon by the Rev. Mr. Hoyt, the former
Pastor of this Church, and an address by the
Rev. S. S. Goillard.
The necessary questions were propounded by
the Moderator of the Presbytery. At the close
of these interesting exercises the Presbytery ad
journed.
On Sunday night the Baptist Church, the larg
est house of worship in Albany, was crowded
with Protestants of the various denominations
of onr city, all eager to hear Dr. Wills’ sermon
on the “Unity of the Church.” He held the
audience spell-bound during the delivery of this
most able, eloquent and convincing discourse.
He was assisted in the service by the Rev.
Mr. Moore, of the Methodist church, and the
Rev. S. S. Gaillard, of the Presbyterian.
They took their departure on Monday morn
ing, leaving- a most pleasant impression upon
onr people.
The next meeting of this Presbytery will take
place at Americas, next November.
Norther* Capital Coining South.
The Savannah Advertiser says that the set
ner Florence H. Allen, which arrived at (■*' |
port from New York on Tuesday last, conainS 1
to Messrs. Joseph A. Roberts k Co., brourf? I
among her freight the entire machinery for §7 I
working of a large manufactory which is I
established at Midville, No. 9£, on the CentT-1
Railroad. The machinery was manufactured I
Patterson, N. J. The water wheel is bet ek? I
,d
pacity of sixty horse-power tinder a fall 0 f 0 ,- ■
six feet of water. The factory, it is expert? I
will be ready in operation in about three nS;' I
at an entire cost of about thirty thousand i,{ I
lars, and will be the means of giving empK I
ment to upward of one hundred hands. I n I
dition to this establishment for the working |
the raw material into fabrics of every deser-' I
tion, we learn that it is the intention of if I
company to shortly erect, as an adjunct to d • I
present projected establishment, machinery
carding wool and manufacturing cotton i--7 : ■
and wool filling. I
The gentlemen connected with this enter*.,-
are S. D. Gould and W. H. Munson of pX* I
son, N. J., and J. McKinne of Emanuel cototf
Messrs. Gould and Munson are gentlemen ?I
theoretical and practical experience, har'-il
been connected with some of the largest sti I
most widely known factories in the Xorth^ I
cites, and having a desire to invest their carfw I
South they made a tour of several of the Sor'-v" I
em States, and finding that Georiga, from CI
geographical position and resources, offered s- I
perior inducements of facilities to manufact-* I
ing interests of every kind, have concluded '-1
locate the site of their intended enterprise ll I
the line of Emanuel and Burke, haring selecu I
that location for its convenience and adapt a pre I
ty, there being a Bplendid pond, formed frZ I
several small lakes, which is of sufficient por' I
and fall for tho operations of their maduneu 1
We learn that it is the intention of several otij. I
gentlemen from the North to seek an in-ves* I
ment for their capital in the South, and w I
concluded to erect similar manufactories fa I
other portions of the State. ~ 1
Why Chase -was not Nominated.
A writer, said to be C. L. Vallandigham, ss 5i l
in the Dayton Ledger, in an article on the vjj|
to run the Democratic party to victory: ’ j
We want no such fear and trembling, uosuri I
timidity and utter absence of common set* I
as led tire New York Convention to reject ti* I
only nomination that wonld have placed sttccew I
within our grasp. Let us have no more sec": I
cowardice and blundering. ' |
This refers, of course, to the fact that Ch«|
was the candidate whose nomination would h«; I
given the Democratic party a chance to
And a mistake in judgment by Mr. Yalland
ham caused the defeat of Chase. There i_
one hour in which, if Vallandigham had nxl
done anything, Chase would have been nori.l
nated. Seymour’s declination, after he hail
been nominated by McCook, was made in gocil
faith, and would have been received as final : |
be had not been overpowered by Vallandighac J
furious declaration that the public safety feI
manded the nomination of Horatio Seymo-j.|
If Seymour had not been nominated just tlesl
the nomination of Chase would have taken ph* I
within an hour. Ask Alex. Long if that is |
so.—Cincinnati Commercial.
Western Dispatches.
Cincinnati, April 29.—Both Houses of th|
Ohio Legislature passed a bill giving the city c:
Cincinnati authority to use ten millions of di
lars for the purpose of building a short line cj
railroad through Kentucky, to connect ri
the Southern system of railroads at Chatt
nooga. The work will be undertaken at i
and rushed forward vigorously. Our citi
are almost unanimously in favor of the prop
enterprise. It is to be appointed by the Judd
of the Suprgme Court, which will insure
class men.
Tne United States Grand Jury found fifty-t
indictments, mostly against whisky dealers, i.
defrauding the revenue. The parties moi
live here and at Dayton. There are some hi
fish in the net One of the whisky ring
confession. No names are published as yet
Washington, April 29.—At Walker’s Static* I
on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, atsia
o’clock last night, there was a destructiTe tori
nado. The depot was demolished and sever J
houses blown down or unroofed. Forests werJ
blown down. The tornado lasted about twen;|
minutes.
The Waterbnry (Connecticut) American start!
that a couple of its townsmen have just returJ
ed from a tour through Virginia, and as f
South as Selma, Alabama. They report t!
country looking well as far as natural advantad
go. but that there is a sad lack of industry a;J
enterprise among the inhabitants, which rr:::J
be supplied by an infusion of Northern jU
energy and ingenuity.
The Herald states that the delay in issningfi
orders to the military commanders at the
for holding elections in the States remaining c
reconstructed, is caused by a want of ngteeco
among the leading men of those States as J
when the elections (should be held. Vtol
known as the conservative element is in
of having the elecions take place at once.
Radical leaders want it postponed untilafteri
planting season, and some of them are epp
to holding it nntil late in the fall. The F
ident is consulting leading men of the Soutix
the subject, and as soon as the time is seuij
upon, the order for holding the elections riHj
issued in accordance with tho Virginia, l
sippi and Texas reconstruction act.
The following named officers are
from duty in the Freedmen’s Bureau,
are all Assistant Commissioners for the £
opposite their names:
Brevet Major General J. J. Reynolds, Tea|
Charles H. Smith, Arkansas; A. Ames,
sippi; Brevet Colonel John R. Ely, South &
olina: Lieutenant Colonel E. Compton,
Carolina; James Thompson, Tennessee.
Hon. G. W. Paschallhas published pan
addresses to the people of Texas, annocaP!
himself a candidate for the United States
Among other things he declares in favor of s
ratification of the new Constitution by 4?
pie, the election of none but Republican ''
State offices and to Congress, the elector Pj
of drew J. Hamilton as Governor, and no-"'*
of the disabilities of every friend of the
al Government. ✓
The reasons assigned by army officers for*
reopening of recruiting offices is that the** 3
personnel has been ascertained to be unto 3
contemplated miniwvmn.
A brother of the late Admiral Napier h$|
fell in love with a very beautiful, but peer-.;'
ish girl of Prague. On account of the a®
ties which would have attended the
that city, he betook himself to He*®*!*
where the more obliging authorities offers'
opposition to the union.
Massachusetts not only reduces the tn
of her children from native-born pawn 14 ‘ ,
pared with the olden time, two-thirds-'; 1 ]
increasing the number of her divorces 5*^
two-thirds. Matrimonial infelicities
matrimonial infidelities, and these u»^ J
enough to divorce. A single term of
now sees one hnndred applicants for divos 8 -1
Effect ofStxjiulation.— 1 The Richmond
a few days since, demonstrated the P r0 ™.7l
of Virginia’s having in the next
less than five negro members. C°nsp |C ;^_
among these, candidates was Lewis D® m
whom Mr. Cowardin has made familiar to
The Whig’s article so affected Lewis th»t*-^j
drunk, wandered into the engine room
quirer, and sleptoff his debauch on a pu e0 ?\X
If the mere suggestion of Congressional t j
has this powerful effect, what will thereon, j
complish ? Fancy the Hon. Lewis
the Hon. Dick Yates oh a bender in the •
of Washington.
The young ladies of New York are now aW|
ing the role of “ sweet simplicity,” nnu 8 nJ
at balls and parties in short musUndressea J
out ornament of any kind. Pleasant wno' |
for the dear papas who foot the bills.
The longest pastorate- recorded in the
A Down East girl being bantered one day by
some of her female friends in regard to her lov
er, who had the misfortune to have but one leg,
replied: “ Pooh, I wouldn’t have a man with
two legs—they’re too common!”
Rohan Catholic cathedrals are in course of
erection at Pekin and Canton, China. The es
timated cost is §3,000,000.
Timber in France is dyed by various colors
mixed with water, and sprinkled over the roots
of the tree. Dahlias are also colored by a sim-
proeese. , -
of the Christian Church, at least since in
of Polycarp, is that of John Milton Hen® ^
the Tabernacle Church in Jersey City-
Advance says that he has enjoyed ‘‘a P- v
of eighty years.”
The Milanese are greatly excited
presence of Verdi, the composer, in then 1
His new opera, “The Force of Destmj- J
performed m his presence at the Seal* i
amidst extraordinary applause. Verdi w«
ed fifteen times before the curtain d un ^ p
first performance, and he was afterward se
ed by a very large concourse of people-
Rochefort suggests, in La Lantern 6 ’^
French Government the propriety of
the indiscreet Parisian hair dresser who
on his sign, in gigaatio letters, the woras,
maker to Her Majesty, the Empress, ‘- 0 - -
that sign, because it gave rise to much
ant talk.