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A SMIAL session
Southern Baptist Convention.
fourth day.
VMTttdfor the Macon Daily Telegraph.]
* ^ Macon, Ga., Hay 10,1869.
^ Convention met at 9 o dock, A. m.
grain 66 in the Psalmist.
Irarorby Kev. G. B. McCall, of Georgia,
j-,,,} minutes of Saturday’s proceedings were read
jad adopted.
It* Chair announced the committees on “New
aur.!s" and ‘‘on thfdeatli of Dr. Manly and Dr.
tniliAms”: John A. Broadns, South Carolina; H.
C Homtdy, Georgia; P. H. Lundy, Alabama; J.
g g. Williams, Maryland; E. Dupree, Mississip
pi’. j; H. Broun, Louisiana; T. H. Pritchard,
y 3rt b Carolina: B. H..Caldwell, Kentucky; —
juford. Maryland; E. L. Jordan, Tennessee: G.
C. Thrasher, Virginia; T. J. Sparkman, Texas; B.
5. Fuller. Florida; — Samson, D. C.
B. F. Fnlton, D. H. Selpli, Tennessee; J. L. Bey-
t oU=,South Carolina; J. B. Jeter, Virginia; VI.
g. McIntosh. Alabama; J. C. Forman, South Caro
ls: S. Henderson, Alabama.
Rev. Mr. Justice requested permission for the
Committee on Nominations to define the place of
next meeting to retire.
The half-hour's morning devotions commenced,
jec. Mr. Dudley conducting.
HvrnnCM.
rrayer ty Bev. Dr. Skinner, of Tennessee.
Hrmn "I'm a Pilgrim.”
purer by Bev. Dr. Broadns, of South Carolina.
Rev. Mr. Edwards, of South Carolina, said ha had
jut head one prayer yet offered for the country,
ml he requested that the brethren and the sister-
krod would not fail to pray day and night for her,
b public and in private. Under all circumstances
the should be remembered.
Hymn.
Bev. Dr. Jeter, of Virginia, said he believed that
lie pe>t trouble with the country was, the mixing
ra of religion and politics in our so-called religious
Contentions. Ho was glad that the prayer for the
wamy had been forgotten. He was glaa that they
tiled to pray for the rules of the country or of any
connuy. and' that they were so wrapped up in the
tnsineaa for which they had met to forget every
thing the.
Tho half hour having expired the matter dropped.
Ecv. Mr. Teague, of Alabama, requested that the
Clair be instructed to furnish a colored minister
freo Selma, Alabama, with a return ticket to bis
bine.
The Chair requested that the brother would ob-
sent orler. He had failed to establish order on
buudiy. and though it was not intentional it was
nennheiesi unpleasant and he gave notice that ho
woaM step the business if strict order was not .ob-
teired.
The resolution of Bev. Mr. Campbell to appoint a
wnmittee on tho expenses of boards which was un
der JiscMdon when the Convention adjourned on
Faimrday.
Kev. Mr. Wharton, of Alabama, objected to the
resolution anil trusted that no brother would intro-
(tax a resolution which would tend to create euspi-
boa towards the members of the boards. Ho moved
to by tho resolution on the table,
ttrition was called, when the vote stood—yeas
T?. nays 49. The motion prevailed.
Bev. Mr. Curry, of Alabama, reported from the
Committee on the China Mission.
The report returned thanks for the success of the
Mijsion. The idea of abandoning the field had been
lUndoned, and the barriers which stood in the way
were fast tottering. The Mission were frequently
impelling for reinforcements, and trusted that no
effort* would be wanting to aid the good woxk which
Ikothe^SmTy stated *that he had a letter in his
had from sister Hartwell, of the mission, calling
mention to tho education of Chinese women. In
trneqaenea of the seclusion existing as regards the
women of the country, it was impossible for the
Missionaries to reach them, and it could only be
cone by educating tho women of tho country and
*ieh them in that way. The feeling of the people
mere was, that woman was only created to drudge
tad toil for man, but tho glorious teachings of tlia
gospel was opening their eyes to the fact that wo
man is tho equal and the helpmate of man. Of re
ligions as well as of worldly knowledge there must
te a general imparting between one another, in or
der to increase and strengthen it.and he hoped that
the ladies of the country would take it into conaid-
Itration and organize societies every where for the
pnrpoee of supporting the good ladies who have
gone to China for so holy a purpose.
Bev. Mr. Williams, of'Maryland, said that it was
oaeoftho most important questions before them
md be hoped that due regard would be paid to it.
nith ns it is a question of extension or extinction
As a denomination they were verv particular about
iremmwsron. Thatcommission included thewholo
wor d. He held two letters in his hand which he
^dbaanngupon the subject. He hoped the sis-
tobood and the brotherhood would go to the help
•M assistance of.^ao Godly men and women who
«1 tom themselves away from their families and
wait was dew to them to go to far off lands and
£“1“ nn«i lightened for Christs’ sake. What-
failed to contribute to, he trusted thev
„ B ® t tejl to contribute to the Foreign Mission.
I,";’- J 11 - Broadns, of South Carolina, held in his
letter from China. Tho North Street Baptist
£“ n S Cbow, China, had contributed more
r* Mexican Money for the mission, and lie
ujirtmg, by request, as their delegate to this
„ a .® re yl » translation from the letter, but
waot read tho original for good reasons which
. ®® stated. The letter was written by a con-
yTT^hve of the country, and expressed great
Y Eoccess of tho Gospel in that county.
-»■ tirosang spoke at some length on the subject,
j empathised heartily with those missionaries
* wte abroad preaching Christ and with tho poor
C?**no had been raised heathens, but who by
L*«t*en opened to the great truths of the Gos-
thought if ho had been raised a heathen
When land, nothing could keep him from
Bev. Mr. Poindexter, of Virginia, offered the fol
lowing resolution, which was adopted, with a slight
amendment:
Besolved, That Ber. J. A Broadus, he requested
to prepare a brief statement of the facts connected
with tho letter from North Street Church, Fung
Chow, China, for publication. That he also be re
quested to prepare and send to said church a letter
expressive of onr gratitude to God and exceeding
pleasure at the reception of their letter; and that a
copy of the proceedings of this Convention also be
forwarded.
Bev. Dr. Fuller, of Malyland, reported in part,
from the committee on the death of the late Dr.
Manly. The report expressed deep regret for the
loss of bo able and pions a man. and was unani
mously adopted, upon which the committee asked
leave to sit again,
OFFICERS OF THE COHVESTIOK.
President—Bev. P. H. Wbt.t., Georgia.
Vice Presidents—It. Fuller. Maryland; J. L. M.
Curry, Virginia; J. P. Boyce, South Carolina; J. B.
Link, Texas.
Secretaries—A. P. Abell, Virginia; A F. Crane,
Maryland.
Treasurer—G. W. Norton, Kentucky.
Auditor—N. Long, Kentucky.
BOARDS OF THE COXVEXTIOX.
Foreign Mission Board, Located in Richmond, Va.
1 3. L. Borrows, President.
Vice Presidents—Su 5L Poindexter, Virginia; Hi
ram Woods, Maryland; B. Furman, South Carolina;
W. M. Wingate. North Carolina; Henry McDonald,
Kentucky; W. H. Bobert, Arkansas; C. M. Irwin,
Georgia; J. T. Williams, Missouri; F. Courtney,
p„ -n, wi. il t. . . , . ! Louisiana; S. Henderson, Alabama; EL Garrett,
tahin moved to take from Texas . j. s . Baker, Florida; Theo. Whitfield, Mis-
resolution relating to expenses of j 8 isgippi ; Matt. Hillsman, Tennessee.
J. B. Taylor, Corresponding Secretary.
boards which had been laid on the table.
37.
The motion prevailed by a vote of yeas, 67—nays,
Dr. Burrows said that he and the board to which
he belonged courted investigation and he hoped the
committee would be appointed.
Bev. Mr. McIntosh, President of the Domestic
Edwin Wortham, Treasurer.
W. H. Gwatbney, Becording Secretary. •
O. T. Wortham, Auditor.
Board of Managers—J. B. Jeter, A. B. Clark.
A Sneed, ‘EL K. Ellyaon, A G. Wortham, A E.
Dickinson. J. B. Wood. O. H. Winston, J. P. Kee-
Mission Board, in behalf of that Board, reiterated ! 8ee * ^ B - Watkins, Well Goddin, Jno. E. Williams,
the language of his brother Borrows. ' *
Bev. Mr. Henderson, of Alabama, was opposed to
the opening up of such a question. Who was pre
opening up of such a question, wno was pre
pared for ventilating the matter and to exhibit a want
of confidence in the Boards in which they had so
much confidence ?
Bev. Dr. Campbell, of Georgia, denied that he
had any want ox confidence in the members of the
Boards when he offered the resolution. He simply
wanted to have an explanation as to the manner in
which the business was conducted. He had as mnch
confidence in the members of the Boards as any
body else, bnt he thought that if the committee was
not appointed it would do them more harm than
good. He thought the matter was a veiy important
one, but if they had not time to doit now they
could postpone it for a year longer: and if you
don’t want to do it at all yon can let it go.
J. A Chambliss, T. J. Evans, Harris.
DOMESTIC A>D ENDIAN SHSSION BOARD, LOCATED IN
MARION, ALA.
W. H. McIntosh, President.
Vice Presidents.—J. W. M. Williams, Maryland
W. Hooper, North Carolina; M. P. Lowry. Missis
sippi ; E. T. Winkler, South Carolina; E. S. Dnlin,
Missouri: C. K. Winston, Tennessee; E. L. Corn-
pen, Arkansas; H. W. Dodge, Virginia; T. H. Lun
dy Alabama; B. H. Browne, Louisiana; J. H. De-
Votie, Georgia; W. C. Crane. Texas.
M. T. Sumner, Corresponding Secretary.
A B. Goodhue, Recording Secretary.
J. B. Lovelace, Treasurer.
S. H. Fowlkes, Auditor.
Board of Managers: J. F. Bailey, L. C. Tutt, E.
A. Blunt. E. Q. Thornton. W. B. Dawson. J. Moore,
. ~ ~ ~ T. Mc-
Lide, O.
to ao it *t an you can let it go. • i A J. Battle, L B. Vaiden, Porter King, W. T.
Mr. Brown, as a member of the Memphis Board , Allister, W. W. Wilkerson, J. H. Lee, D. R. Li
chaUenged the closest scrutiny. C. Huckabee, S. B, Freeman.
Bev. Dr. Furman moved to lav the whole matter !
on the table which motion prevailed. : stndat-school board, looated nr Memphis, tenn.
Bev. Dr. Tapper, reported from the Committee I 8. H. Ford, President,
on indebtedness which report was adopted. I Vice Presidents.—B. Manly, Jr. Sonth Carolina
Bev. Dr. Jeter, of Virginia, reported from tho ! A F. Crane, Maryland; W. "S. Webb: W. D. May-
Committee on the death of Dr. ManlvandDr. Wil-1 field, Arkansas; J. T. Williams, Missouri; B. H.
liams, and read a high eulogium on the life, virtue, ' Browne. Louisiana ;_W. T. Brantly, Georgia ;_Geo.
piety and ability of the latter.
The report was nnanimonely adopted.
Bev. Dr. Forman, of Sonth Carolina, reported
from the Committee on African Missions.
Tho report stated that this Mission had not been
attended with any more success the past year than
the proceeding one, bnt recommended that the work
be prosecuted with unabated energy.
The report was adopted.
Hunt. Kentucky; J. H. Stribbling, Texas; A P. Ab-
dell, Virginia; Jos. Shackelford, Alabama; B. W.
Justin.
Ben. May, Treasurer.
W. L. Badford, Becording Secretary.
E. G. Wicker, Auditor.
Board of Managers.—J. B. Graves, A Hatchett,
D. E. Burns, W. S. Taylor, Meelerish, Nor
ton, S. C. Bogers, N. S. Bruce, Jos. Bmce, P. S.
Tho hour for adjournment having arrived, a mo- Jones, Jas. Beattie, B. G. Craig, C. V. Voorhies,
tion to extend the time and a division was called for, i W. D. Andrews,
when the vote stood yeas 61; nays 24. The report was adopted, and on motion the Con-
Rev. Mr. Reid, returned Missionary from Africa, • vention adjourned, after prayer by Rev. Mr. Hender-
KIOHT SESSION.
Tho Convention met at 10 p. m.
Rev. Mr. Wellborn offered the following:
Resolved, That the Secretaries be instructed to
offered some remarks as to the success of the mis- , again at 9 p. m., to-night,
sion. He stated that the march of civilization wan ■
rapidly progressing in Africa. He had suffered j
much in that land, bnt tho Lord was there with him [
to strengthen and encourage him. Christ was alwayB J
with his servants, and he and hie brethren went on i utuaa,™ „„
full of hope. He was ready to go again when tho prepare and publish 2500 copies of the minutes of
Board said so. He wanted to go back among those this session, and that they bo authorized to draw on
people who bade him farewell with team in their the different Boards for the expenses incurred
eyes. They said to him, “White man, come back . thereby.
soon to us. Don’t stay away long.” His heart yearned A motion to amend by striking out “2500,” and
to go back, but we can’t go of ourselves. _ Wo must inserting “2000,” was lost,
bo supported, and by you. You must give us the . The resolution wae adopted,
means to go and attend once more to the wants of i Rev. Mr. Mallory offered a resolution tendering
those people. Sustain and support the mission, and thanks to the citizens of Macon, to the pastors o!'
though it is said that the country is not healthy, yet the different churches for their use and to the pub-
if they went on improving the state of the people, lishers of the Macon Teleghaph and Journal and
ao many wonld not fall from disease when they Messenger for their kindness in distributing papers
went there, becanso they would have homes to go to the members of the Convention; also, to the
into and wonld not be so much exposed. His heart railroad and steamboat companies,
yearned to be back once more among that poor ■ Rev. Mr. Jones moved to amend by thanking for
African people which he ioved so much, and he the reports of the proceedings of the Convention
trusted the Board would say, “Go. go and teach the
word of Christ to the poor benighted African.” j
The report was then put and adopted.
On motion, the Convention adjourned at 1 p. m.
which appeared in these papers.
The amendment was accepted.
On motion, the thanks to the churches was strick
en ont to be made a separate resolution, which was
done.
evening session. i Bev. Dr. Winkler offered a resolution of thanks to
nis „ ,. thooflicera and pupils of the Macon Academy for
D^Yir^fnmSwr wnorte-1 ^Sf!Tommitteb KeT - Mr - Samson offered a resolution appointing
Rev. Mr. Culpepper reported from the Committed d f ^ f fands to ^
on Credentials, and read over the names of dele-
State8 ’ “ tllCy appCared “ . Rev. Mr." Cranooffered a resolution of thanks to
, , , , , -j the President for tho able, dignified and impartial
The report was, on motion,adopted and ordered ^ £ a d dis’cbSged the high duties
to be printod.
JJfr-tjothins oven here—but the graoe of God.
i—»cu, also, with the missionaries in our
for they, too, suffered: but-the mis-
» auj, UlOjTy (W| BUUCiOUl UUI - U1C UUo'
•TT^ilroad, during the war and since, bad suf-
°f ns had suffered. These holy men
„ and labors, and their only so-
vhether the great cause for which they
b hoped and suffered would be allowed
men must be supported. It is better
I should suffer than that they should
fail. We must reinforce them; and
£,,i 6°ne? I would not give much for a
**» liiii I s I ou f° B ®y in y oar hearts, “Yes;
be supported, God sparing me;” and
»3ua ' e<olTO n P° n doing it in this manner, yon
Bncceed. He prayed them to remem-
went homo that a heathen church had
“teem, through a letter, that day, and that
.^T.°f that church thought and felt as they
Be hearts beat in unison with onr own.
that tho letter might be inserted in
tia, and that something be sent them in re-
of Georgia, thanked God that
v hear such good newa from China.
tho walls of China were being bro-
Qa, , J that the Gospel of Christ was spiead-
, which was so long shut up from
f North Carolina, thought the way
‘'ik’pie spoke about the civilization of China
«£? Tr * e ? 6 they civilizing her ? Christian
h er Hastings and others there
k dcr them. Christian England sent
» hero and taught the red man how to
z*great ® ( "’ at cr. Even ] America herself stood,
h fiiBgracod before the people of
“‘"iollicere and men of the army and
r ’ n k“t them and taught them to swear
3 ?Kwd. What must the people of
JttWv JL tBiristian England and of America
^ tf Eenir- & ® 0D 8»t them what they called their
* v- 6 they heard those veir men call-
> the their souls. He thought that
to senk w^ 1 ®. brethren to balance that mat-
v'tf Clin«t;, 1 t!® 8l0n4rie * to teach them the re-
^b&nked God that the missionaries
'-“^.oeen bo snccwisfnl
SjA’ of Maryland, moved that they
for the good tidings they had
r. Jltr wLfSi Mr - Williams wae requested by
prayer. '
i-. “port 1 •
^“^oomoittee was put to the Con-
Rev. M!r. Justice reported from the Committee on
Nominations as follows:
Your committee respectfullv recommend that tho
next session of this body be held with the Walnut
Street Baptist Church. Louisville. Ky., to commence
on Thursday before the second Sabbath in May, A
D., 1870. That Rev. Dr. J. L. Burrows, of Virginia,
be appointed to preach the Convention sermon;
Itov. Dr. H. H. Tucker, of Georgia, alternate.
Verv respectfully.
B. M. Justice.
The report was adopted.
IraM. Camp,
T. P. Lide.
H. A Estes,
John H. Law.
of his office. Also, to the Secretaries for tho very
prompt and eflicient discharge of their duties.
Rev. Dr. Winkler offered a resolution recommend
ing the system ot persistent contributions in how
ever smaU'sums.
He stated that that was the system adpoted by
tho Catholic Church, and that Church owed its power
to the system of small contributions. It was pour
ing a tide of millions for the promotion of the
Catholic interest, annually, into this country by this
means. It was well to be taught by our enemies,
and he trusted that so good a practice would be
started by all the Sunday-schools In all the churches
in the country. The resolution was adopted.
Bev. Mr. Warren moved that the Convention ad
journ withuut day.
The minutes of the day’s proceedings were read
Bev. Mr. Selph reported from the Committee on .JgjSS
Extended Operations. The motion to adjourn was then taken up and
Rev. Mr. Phillips, of the African Mission, said carrie( j_
ttiat some decided action should bo taken upon the Th 0 Chair said he could not announce the adjonm-
Afncan Mission. He wanted tiiem to eithei aban- ment ^ t hout expressing gratitude to this body for
don it altogether, or to support it in theproperiqimt. t; 10 ageietanco they had given him in tho discharge
They could not, after all the labors, exertions and o y j nt ; es _ He had a right to bear testimony to
sufferings of the missionaries, abandon it. The Af- their character. Ho thanked God his car had not
ricans in the country he had come from were luore j, ear j one unkind word during the Convention. He
intelligent than the negroes of tins country. The p ravC( j that God might eafelv conduct. them home,
resolutions before them were very good, hut if they an[ J spare their lives and give them success in
simply adopted them to-day and forgo- them to- their labors during the nextvearin their Master’s
morrow, they might as well give up the mission al- cange
together. He ban been to England a.nd to Scotland, Concluding Hymn—“Blestbe the tie that binds.”
but the people ol these countries did not appear to Concluding praver by Bev. 3Ir. WeUbom.
care about doing anything for anybody outside of xhe membeis on separating greeted each other
their own country. He left them without being able y Cr y warmlv and said a lieartv “good bye” to one
to get any monev amongst them, and fbnnd that he another at about 11^ P. M. '
had to come back to his own country, lor he felt . , . ., , .. . ,
that he would find sympathy there; but even here And now may be. conveniently read the foi-
lie does not find the sympathy and zeal which lie lowing carefully prepared
had anticipated. Some persons went so far as to nonrrN
eay “give it up." Well, ho did not think it would _ ,
bo the way which men determined to work should Editor of the ChildP8 Delight 9 to the members
do, and lie trusted that so fine a field of labor would Convention, at the adjournment, but
p. v. M. Devotie .“iv,ke again-t giring up the Afri- not delivered on account of the Pat-Mell way
can Mission.
A member proposed to make up $150 now for the
Mission. . .. ..
Bev. C. H. Byland spoke against abandoning the
Mission. T 1
Rev. 3fr. Devotio asked if Jesus had not gone to
in which the proceedings of the Convention
were closed:
Brethren : You are now about to leave the
pleasant scenes of the Convention and retnra
Africa', and asserted that to abandon that Mission home to mingle once more with your beloved
wonld be to leave Jesus alone there. onec, and behold again your friends, relatives
them, and saying. “ Good bye, brethren, I am go- not wish yon to forget, and his name is—Boy/an.
ing to Africa." ^ { ^
Mr?Cormor?of Georgia, reported from the Com- delights of home and the fireside; but there is
mittee on tho report of the Sunday-school Board. one jUdight I hope you will ever bear in mind
. -? m*. <.«» m d^, m
Corresponding Secretary. He moved to amend by fhia city by the said Boykin. I do not doubt
inserting “that the Board be instructed to employ a th t a pleasures of your arrival at home will
competent Secretary immediately. . , • 1 . • .. ,.
Bev Mr. Broadus, of South Carolina, thought it be greatly enhanced by the engaging and taking
was not wise to dictate to a Board. icausot tho dear little ones who will welcome
Rev. Mr. Broatlus, of Virginia, moved to strike ^ _, nr
out the words “efficient and competent” as they you: there is a taking way I hope all of you
might be construed to convey the idea that the for- will practice, and that is a way of taking the
mersecreurywasnota^mp^one.^^ published by S. BoyMn. Perhaps on
The amendment was , 0 ,
as amended was adopted. your return home yon will visit the Sunday-
Bev. Dr. Jeter moved that the report of the com- gAhool and address the Sunday-school children .*
mittee he recommitted and that they he instracted . . « • . - , -
to tov and harmonize it with the report of the Board. I hope yon will school them into ft fondness for
A lengthy but unimportant series of explanations jjie Delight which you will take, as pnblished by
here enaue'd, after which the motion to recommit c „ ,
was put and lost. , , ^ , , . . ^
The report was then adopted as amended. Brethren, I know that forgetfulness and inat-
Bev. Dr. Boyce offered a resolution mstructing tention are common failings. I hope you will
the Sundav School Board to prepare a full report of ... ...
all transactions since the last Convention, instead remember me and the Delight while I am forget-
ol the report presented to this body. ffag y 0U —yes, for getting you to aid me in ex-
iSSaSS reported from the Committee tending its circulation. Do not let inattention
on the Home and Foreign Journal. and neglect mark your regard for the Delight.
Mr. Pentecost urged the neceissitv of supporting attention trill be both of the remit-
this little sheet, asit was a very useful one. _ a nope y .... . .
Bev. Mr. Taylor, of Virginia, followed, endorsing ting and unrcnutUng order—that is constant
the remarks of the last speaker. and incessant in its efforts to remit fands in
The time^or adjoiunment Saving arrived, the see- subscription for the paper.
sion was. on motion, extended. Thus yon will delight me and I will delight the
A subscription list was opened forthe fnrth®nmc« children, and they will delight you by the pleas-
of the African mission, which resulted in the sum of “““ e
$300 being raised for that purpose. ure they evince in reading the Delight; so we
Bev. Mr. Cates reported from the Committee on delighted all round, as I have no doubt
Agencies, which, after j some debates^ slight y<jn ^ at - my biddiBg you -Farewell.
The reporter of the Telegraph takes this oppor
tunity of tendering his most heartfelt thanks to tho
Secretaries of the Convention, Mr. A Fuller Crane,
amendments was adopted.
Rev. Dr. Boyce moved to reconsider, with instruc
tions to the committee to prepare a new one.
The motion did not fail- _ , . . ..
A fflibecrmtion for brother Burov, woo is in din* — 4 , . . _
tress, wastaken up and amounted to the sum of of Maryland, and Mr. A P. Abell, of Virginia, for
forty-eight dollars. an incessant disposition on their part to accommo-
A report from the committee appointed to nom- f nmieb ^ information on all occa-
inate new Boards, was read.
The following are the names of the members; sion*.
Forney on Savannah, Florida and the
! Low Country.
Editorial Correpondence of the Philadelphia Press.]
Savannah, Ga., May 2, 1869,
The “Pilot Boy,” Captain Fenn Peck, a sang
and comfortable steamer, carried ns by what is
called tht “inhnd route” from Charleston to
Savanna^ on Thursday, and the trip, vhich
took from 8 a. x. to 10.80 p. 5L, was mad* most
agreeable by delightful weather, pleasan/ com
pany, good metis, many interesting ibjects,
and the graphic narrative of our comfaander,
who assisted the Confederacy in roaring, the
blockade daring the war. The, fart is eight
dollars, including everything; am} although
higher than the rates charged or Northern
steamers, if it had been three times he amount
onr enjoyment was stch that it won! have.been
well expended. Theie are severabither routes
—one by rail, over tha Georgia Rented Bail-
road, via Augusta, andthe other j" sea, or out
side passage; bnt as the Pilot Boy coursed
through the islands wheie the c«ebrated sea is
land cotton is grown aid ga tired, we pre
ferred it, and had every be gratified
with onr choice. Stenmibg t-uso lito Fort Sum
ter, so near that we conldsee the mass of monl-
dering ruins that had bea feft by, the Union
batteries, we also had fa Opportunity to in
spect the other fortificatihs, which so long and
stubbornly defended thisstronghold of the re
bellion. Snmter is almct wholly deserted, and
a very small force, if a?, is left at Moultrie,
Pinckney, Eipley, or Vijner.
About 2 p. m., we haltd at Beaufort, and lay
there an hour, duringwhich the passengers
went ashore and passed ihrough the streets of
the once proud seat of he cotton aristocracy,
which is now in a mostdilapidated condition.
The elegant mansions o the former magnates
are nearly all in a statof decay, very few be
ing occupied by their ojginal owners. A num
ber of Northerners hnveome in, some of whom
have taken possession pder tax titles, and oth
ers under the confiscatin law. Great suffering
has resulted from theravages of war and the
forced sales of many ofhe these large estates,
and we were informedhat a heavy fund is be
ing raised to test the «nstitutionality of these
measures.
The natural position^ Beaufort is so lovely,
and the wealth of thos who resided here before
the war, gathered froi their lucrative planta
tions, was so immen^ as to enable them to
beautify it with all thJuxtiries of art, that we
could easily uudergtad why it had been called
“the Paradise of thoiouth!” Our party gath
ered some mementos of the place, and were
invitqd into one of ie gardens attached to a
house occupied by a hrthem man, where they
saw the orange tree i full blossom, and a rare
variety of roses. Inded, the whole region was
blooming in the luuriance of a Southern
spring. Shortly aftef eaving Beaufort, we were
winding our tortnon course among the cotton
islands, and with ouglasses could see the lord
ly houses of the plaiprs, with the long rows of
outbuildings once ocapied by their slaves, and
now by the freedmei So crooked is the stream
that it was somethin miraoulonsthat we escap
ed running agroundbr striking the banks; bnt
onr colored pilot, fmiliar by long years of ex
perience with thest serpentine passages, un
wound the coil am carried ns safely through.
As far as the eye snld reach the waters were
divided by these allvial spots, and as we crawl
ed along many a betitifnl picture was present
ed by the handsome houses reposing under the
deep shadow of tb lordly live oak, and the
flowering magnolialanked by orange groves—
with the laboringtnen, women and children
pausing from theiltoil in the fields to “watch
onr passage.”
It was dark beftf# we reached Savannah, so
that we had no opportunity to witness what is
said to be the lovely panorama which greets the
entrance to this Forest City, and a beautiful
miniature mitropolis it is. It stretches along
the sontherribank of the Savannah river, on a
sandy plain Ifty feet above the level of the sea.
First colonizd under letters patent granted by
George the Scond to James Oglethorpe and his
associates, inlading many Englishmen of dis
tinction, on to 18th of November, 1732, the
nniqne and dssical original plan seems to have
been closely bllowed, though greatly improved
and beautifid in the course of years. The
streets are bind and well-paved, and there is a
substantial akin the numerous stone structures
and in the bmness thoroughfares that gives it
the appearano of great wealth and solidity.
Bnt what ianost attractive to the eye are the
numerous sqtires and parks, all of which are
laid and presrved with great care, while the
splendid trees are the admiration of all North
erners—most f them are the swamp oak, inter
spersed with te live oak and a tree peculiar to
this section, eititled the China tree, or “Pride
of the South,’’now covered with delicate blos
soms. One of he leading thoroughfares—Sonth
Broad street—lad rows of trees planted along
the middle, in te regular boulevard style, some
thing after the ashion of the famous promenade
in Berlin, anf not unlike, though still more
beautiful thanWahash avenue, in Chicago,
where the treesare young, while here many of
them must be i hundred years old. I wish the
Committee for he District of Columbia and the
Philadelphia Concils could see the effect pro
duced by thesenatural decorations; as in that
case I do not (oubt that the improvement of
Pennsylvania a;d other avenues in Washington,
and Broad stqet Philadelphia, so long and so
persistently aducated, would be promptly set
on foot. Of ccirse, it is impossible, either in
the District of Jolumbia or in Philadelphia, to
cultivate these aagnificent Southern trees, bnt
there are plentjof substitutes easily procured,
and sufficient fa all the requirements.
Many of the steets of Savannah are still un-
paved, and are sndered difficult of passage by
the depth of tin loose sandy soil. This very
fact, with the abndanco of pitch and tar gath
ered from the neijhboring forests of pine, would
enable the corporation to cover them in a cheap
and solid manner,vith the celebrated Nicholson
or concrete pavonents.
. The suburban rports of the town are beauti
ful, especially Briaventure Cemetery, about
four miles di6tani “Originally a cemetery,”
as we are told in i neat little “ Historical Re
cord,” just published by P.- D. Lee and J. L.
Agnew (which, tholgh devoted in great part to
a eulogy upon thmi who fought against the
Government, is not bss creditable to the com
pilers), “it contains tome fine specimens of se
pulchral architecture which time lias invested
wife hallowed remenJbranees. Numerous lofty
oaks lend their gratt/ul shade to the last resting
places of the silent flead, and the character of
the foliage presents a unique and almost inde
scribable appearano, draped as it is with weep
ing festoons of mss, whose luxuriant growth
makes the shade impenetrable to the sun’s rays.”
Onr artist confessedthat it would be impossibly
to give an idea <t those sad and beautiful
fringes, which, pen|ant from the lofty branches
of these lordly gianB of the forest, looked like
silver-gray crape, ajd added' that no engraving
alone and a combination
anything like a faithful
bnt the artist’s pern
of colors could mi'
copy.
Another spot, cr
a little like Point
though with beti
private houses, is
drive over a road
almost as white au
There were other
named Jasper Sp;
exploits of Serge;
vious to the siege
olution war.
The commerce
id “Thunderbolt,” looking
treeze, near Philadelphia,
hotels and more genteel
ipproached by a splendid
imposed of oyster shells,
clean as a marble floor.—
windings, one of which,
, recalled one of the bold
Jasper and Newton, pre-
Savannah, during the Rev-
tbia port is considerable
and largely on the increase. Savannah is the
Becond city of the Sonth from which cotton is
shipped to Europe jnd to the North. The fol
lowing figures are. suggestive: In 1857 the
total value of exports was $22,500,000; in 1860,
817,793,922; in 1$6, $41,225,488; in 1868,
$50,220,209.
From these fignrei it will be seen that Savan
nah has made rapid Strides since the overthrow
of a rebellion nowhere more stubbornly sup
ported than by her Own people. She is many
years in advance of ker old rival (Charleston),
and if her leaders will only act upon the idea
that populates and consolidates all fee West,
and swells her towns into capitals and makes her
world, they will cease antagonizing that great
anti-slavery sentiment which has been the im
pelling motive to emigration from the beginning
and against which no people, and, least of all,
no party in America, can successfully contend.
Many new, substantial, and elegant residen
ces and stores are being erected, and the street
running parallel with fee. river presents a very,
lively appearance. Many Northerners are mov
ing in and contributing essentially to the gener
al prosperity wife their capital, intelligence, and
energy.
At 7.30 P. ar. we took fee Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad for Jacksonville, Florida} • distant fwo
hundred and thirty miles. Asit was a night
ride, we occupied a sleeping car set apart for
onr company (in all respects as commodious,
comfortable, and well attended as any of those
indispensable 'conveniences in fee North and
West) and reached onr destination at 8 o’clock
on Saturday morning. Florida is fee most
southern of all fee United States, and although
sometimes called the smallest in the Union, is
an immense peninsula, four hundred miles in
extent, possessing a greater amount of sea coast
than any of her sisters. Her shores are indented
with numerous bays and inlets,-bnt there , are
few good harbors. Having been admonished
before starting from Washington that we should
find ourselves in fee midst of intense heat, were
somewhat surprised to find an atmosphere quite
as cool as it is in Philadelphia in the month of
May. Indeed, we have not ohanged onr winter
clothing since we reached these latitudes. Jack
sonville, on the St. Johns river, claiming to be
the largest town in the State, with a population
of seven thousand, is a curious sight, with its
streets of heavy sand, its board walks, its luxu
riant tropical vegetation, its ordorus magnolias,
splendid swamp-oak and live-oak trees, and its
invalid sojourners from the North.
We arrived at the end of the busy season, for
here the winter is the harvest to merchants and
hotelkeepers. All the boarding places have
been crowded sinoe November, and the long
railroad between here and Savannah was daily
thronged with passengers daring the same pe
riod. Bnt with the approach of summer visitors
retire to their homes, and the place is left to the
natives. In commerce it is considerable. Prop
erty within the town limits is very high. Ono
lot was pointed ont that had jnst been sold for
ten thousand dollars, not alone because Jackson
ville is accepted as one of the healthiest of win
ter resorts on the continent, bnt because per
sons can travel into the Sonth without being sub
jected to a political quarantine to ascertain
whether they are sound upon the slavery ques
tion. Along the whole route from Savannah,
with the exception of the rice fields, which com
mand from ono hundred to one hundred and
fifty dollars an acre, which often cannot bo pur
chased at all, real estate can be had at rates
fabulously low.
Through the kindness of Mr. John Campbell,
whose brother owns fee beautiful steamer Henry
Burden, commanded by A. C. Crocker, that,
neat vessel was placed at onr disposal, and we
had a delightful trip along fee St. Johns to the
winter resort known as “Green Cove Springs,”
some thirty miles distant. St Johns is a mag
nificent stream, almost a lake in width, naviga
ble for one hundred and fifty miles for vessels
of six feet draught, and one hundred miles for
vessels of nine feet, and flanked east and west
by shores covered with living green, and in
some pMces by commanding bluffs. About
eighteen miles distant we came to “Mandarin,”
the beautiful home of Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe, of which onr artist took a sketch. It is
n lovely retreat, almost hidden by the magnolia,
orange, and live oak, and there are several cot
tages in the neighborhood, showing that fee no
ble woman is not without society of her own.—
The “Green Cove Springs,” almost deserted by
its gnests, seems just fee place in which to re
cuperate failing health; and as I sat under the
wide porch, fanned by tho gentle breeze, and
looked out upon the wide and glorious river, I
recalled fee sensations with which, for the first
time, I beheld Lake Geneva, in Switzerland, so
calm, so peaceful was the scene. 117111110 a quar
ter of a mile from the hotel is fee chief at
traction of the place—a sulphur spring of rare
medicinal power, and eqnally efficacious for
both bathing and drinking.
"Within two days of Cuba, Jacksonville, like
all fee coast of Florida, is naturally excited by
fee revolution in that island, and we could see
how easy it was to furnish men and munitions
of war if the crisis requires them. Although
fee soil produces oranges, strawberries, peas
and other choice fruits and vegetables, it was
strange to see how few of these luxuries were
visible in fee hotels or stores, and this remark
applies equally to Savannah and Charleston.
On inquiry, we learned that many of the delica
cies and nearly all fee substantiate of life were
imported from New York. Even fee cabbages,
fee butter, pork, beef, and hay were brought in
from other States. Several reasons may be sug
gested for this condition of things, apart from
the general indisposition to work on the part of
the white population, and among these is the
fact that many of the heavier artides, like flour,
are brought as ballast in steamers from New
York at comparatively trifling cost. It 'is also
true feat, owing to fee absence of nutritious
grasses, very little beef is raisedin Florida. As
a general proposition, however, it is evident
that, with anything like industry and good house
keeping, nearly everything necessary to the sup
port of human life could be raised in immense
quantities from this now neglected and almost
useless soil.
At 7:30 p. m. we took the cars again, sleeping
through to Savannah, where we arrived in time
for breakfast this morning.
The Northern visitor to this section of our
country can easily find abundant materials for
criticism and complaint. The still rebellious
spirit of the politicians, fee coarse violence of
the Democratic newspapers, fee severe social
ostracism, fee assaults upon what are called
carpet-baggers, the cruel misrepresentations of
the only industrious laborers, the colored peo
ple—all these would furnish the basis of fee
declaration feat reconstruction is as far off as on
the day when Lee surrendered to Grant. But I
propose to take a more hopeful view. I do not
lelieva that fee whole Sonth is ready to rash
into a new insanity, worse, if possible, than fee
rebellion itself. I have met many excellent
men, leading Confederates, Union men before
fee war and Union men still; and though for
the present they are silenced by fee clamor of
violent politicians, they look to fee Republican
party, to Republican magnanimity, Republican
capital, and Republican emigration, to redeem
them from a fate far worse than that of blasting
war. They see, and say in private, that as fee
West is carrying fee flag of progress and liberty
wife colossal strides to the chores of fee Pacific,
they cannot hope to utilize their own vast ad
vantages of climate and soil, of river and har
bor, unless they cut loose from all dependence
upon the leaders who plunged them into strife.
Life and property are to-day as safe in Geor
gia, Florida, and South Carolina, as they are in
Pennsylvania; bnt something more is necessary
to give confidence to fee capitalist and peace to
the settler. It is not free intercourse wife the
old families. The truly independent spirit
scorns any such props as these, bnt relies proud
ly on himself. It te fee habit of assailing men
for opinion’s sake that should be abandoned.
For mark, this habit is not exercised against the
carpet-bagger alone, but against everybody who
advocates Republican doctrines, and in ho case
more severely than where a native of fee South
takes ground in favor of General Grant and his
policy. Suppose the Democratic papers of fee
West were to insist that that everybody who
came'to live among them should be a Democrat
or should be assailed for being a Republican,
wonld the example not be langhed to scorn, and
wonld not the man guilty of it be tamed out of
the community in which he lived ?
Now that Northern men, a large majority of
them Republicans, and ultra Republicans, are’
visiting the Sonth every day, and that thousands
will follow their example the moment the warm
months have passed over,' I will be surprised if
many of fee independent citizens of fee South
do not openly reject the amount dictation of
those who seem to delight in vituperation and in
turning away fee generous proffera of the patri
otic people of fee North. Miaoh has been gained
in the South), even since Abraham Lincoln’s
ery’;;bnt feat which will last fee longest after
the great righto which have been secured to the
manumitted millions will be the great benefits
resulting from a closer and constantly increasing
intercourse between all sections of fee Union,
arur.i, j. w. F.
Terrible Tragedy in Atlanta—Full Par
ticular:*.
From the Constitution.']
On yesterday,-.fee town was startled by fee
intelligence that John Henry Foy, one of the
:sub-clerks iq fee Executive Department, .and
’supposed correspondent of fee New York Tri
bune, and author of the sensational telegrams
to that place, had shot a negro womanand after
wards shot himself! Coroner Wm. Kile ascer
taining fee report to be well founded, summoned
the following intelligent jury to investigate the
circumstances connected wife fee affair, viz:
Marcos A. Bell, foreman; Daniel A. Cook, Jno.
W. Barney, A. B. Smith, D. M. Harris, T. Cos
tello, A. W. Mitchell, A. Steinheimer, P. Far
rell, F. Cook, W. W. Lyon, J. Shivers.
The coroner and jury proceeded to the hones
next to Mrs. Beerman’s on Mitchell street, where
they found the body of John Henry Foy, in his
bed room, where the shooting and suicide oc
curred. They visited the residence of Epsey
Hurt, a gingercake-colored mulatto about twen- 1
ty-five years old, on Ivey street, the woman shot
by Foy,
We give the following epitome of the evidence
submitted to the jury :
Epsey Hurt testified that on Tuesday last she
went to a picnic. On Saturday night, Mr. Foy
returned home from a picnic and commenced
quarreling wife her, accusing her of going to fee
depot to meet another man. Foy was drinking,
and kept up quarreling with her about feia oth
er man all night, and chargedfeer wife being in
the room, with him. Foy continued to drink dur
ing fee night, and Sunday morning, and to quar
rel wife her: witness told him as they could not
agree they had better separate. Foy replied
that he was not going to separate. About eight
o’clock Sunday morning witness started to get
up out of fee bed. Foy struck her on one side
of the face and pushed her baok on the. bed.
Witness asked him what he meant. 1 Foy said
he had a right to knock her down, and stepped
to a table near by and took a drink. Foy then
tried to force witness to drink. Witness refused,
when Foy poured the liquor into her mouth and
over her face while she was yet in fee bed. Foy
would not let witness get up. Witness said that
she was compelled to get up to go with her moth
er to church. Foy said that was not fee reason
she wanted to get up. She wished to get up to
go and meet that man he was quarreling about.
Foy locked the door and took out the key. Wit
ness then got up, when Foy asked her if she was
still in the notion of having fee other man. Wit
ness said she had never spoken to him. Foy
replied, “ yon are a damn liar," and feat he
had several witnesses, bnt on being asked who
they were, wonld not give their names. Foy
then took a pistol from under fee head of his
bed, put one of his arms around fee waist of wit
ness and shot her in fee side, remarking “you
and (this other man spoken of) jnst help your
selves.” Foy then shot himself twice, and said,
“I have shot myself. Come and kiss me, I am
dying.”
Charles Stedman testified that he and Foy
boarded at Mrs. Beerman’s. About 84 o’clock
on Saturday night, Foy came into fee saloon of
witness and obtained a bottle of whisky. He
started out, but returned and remarked to wit
ness, “I owe you a little billhexe, and also Mrs.
Beerman, for board, and Ill tell the reason why
I have not paid them.” He then explained to
witness that jie had loaned his money to Mr. de-
Graffenried, and took out and handed to witness
a note which he said was for the loaned money,
and requested witness to keep it for him. About
an hour afterwards he sent the following order
for another bottle of whisky:
“Pleas give fee bearer a bottle of com whis
ky. Don’t send me anything in the morning.
Mb. Charles Stedman.” Fox.
Dr. G. G. Crawford a regular practising phy
sician, testified feat he had examined the boy of
Mr. Foy, and found just below and to the right
of the right nipple, fee entrances of two wounds,
appearing to have been made by gun shots.—
From examination, fee shots ranged towards the
heart, transversely across fee breast, and in his
opinion was the cause of death.
The following purporting to be the will of fee
deceased, was found in his room, and identified
as being in his hand writing. It was written in
a bold hand on letter paper, and we give it ver
batim :
Charles Steadman will please pay Reicter his
bill; Mr. Meister and George Creese their bills
also; Mrs. Beerman her bill; he will also get
my mocking-bird and give it to Pooche (Mrs.
Beerman’s little daughter.) My watch and ev
erything found is intended and hereby willed to
my sister Jane, comer of 13th street and 6th av
enue, N. Y. Mr. B. B. deGraffenried will give
warrant for —***, which Charley will please
send with my other effects to my sister Jane. I
hereby caution every colored person in Georgia
against James Fitzpatrick, as a mean, unprinci
pled traitor—below the notice of any intelligent
voter,- or honest citizen of fee Republic.
“ God save the State and the poor colored
people of it. John Henrt Fox.
[Over.]
Maguire has my bird and will return it on
payment of a small bill.”
The jury returned a verdict in accordance
with fee above facts; that Foy came to his death
by pistol shots from his own hand, and feat it
was premeditated suicide. The testimony and
verdict of the jury were duly certified to by fee
Coroner.
"Washington, April 18, 1869.
My Dear Sir : I have already pressed to the
extent of my ability a colored man for Georgia.
I should be glad to see Mr. Tamer made Minis
ter to Hayti, bnt a colored man has already been
sent there, Mr. Dnmas, of New Orleans, on my
recommendation. Yours truly,
Ben-t. F. Butler.
J. H. Foy, Esq., Atlanta.
Mr. Foy was an Irishman by birth, between
thirty-five and forty years of age and well edu
cated.
The Great Pacific Ball read.
TABLE or DISTANCES BETWEEN NEW XOBS AND SAB
r&AKCXSOO AND THE GREAT EAST.
Prom the Toledo Blade, April 26.1
The near completion of the great Pacific
Railroad attracts such general attention not on
ly throughout oar own nation but in Europe,
and inquiries are so frequent regarding the par
ticulars of travel, that we have compiled the
following tabic, from the best materiuat hand
showing as nearly as possible fee various dis
tances run, from point to point, and the ordina
ry running time consumed in mslriwg fee trip
from New York, over each section of road, to
San Francisco, fee great metropolis fee Golden
West:
.'VS;*
Miles.
New York to Chicago, Ill 911
Chicago to Omaha, Nebraska... Sj 491
Omftha to Bry&n 868
Bryan to Ocien. Utah......... 233
Ogden to Elko, Nevada, via Cen
tral Pacific Railroad....!.... 278
Elko to Sacramento, CaL, via
Central Pacific Railroad
Sacramento to San Frandsoo,
via Western Pacific Railroad..
Sours.
25*
43
10*
»;0 4 i
*/’A
12*
465
117
Total.
.3,853
162*
Thus a - total distance of 3,353 miles is made,
according to fee present schedule time, in six
days, seventeen and a (half hours, actual time,
by a traveler’s watch, from which we deduct
three and a half hours, difference of time, when'
going west, leaving the apparent time con
sumed in making the trip six days fourteen
hours.
At San Francisco the mails will connect wife
fee various steamship lines running on the Pa
cific, and may be landed at Honolulu in nine
days from feat city, or fifteen and a half days
from New York. They can reach Japan in nine
teen days from San Francisco, or twenty-five
and a half days from New York, or thirty-three
to thirty-four days from Great Britain, feus'
beating the British mails sent via Suez by fee
Peninsular, and Oriental steamers by from three
to four weeks. The trip between Yokohama,
Japan and either Hong Kong or Shanghae, te
readily accomplished by fee Pacifio Mail steam
ships in from five to six. days, whioh, added to
fee time in reaching Japan, will give fee
through time necessary to reach either of the
above named ports of China. The American
steamships belonging to the China branoh of the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company are unequalled
in beauty and elegance, and we firmly believe in
stability, by any vessel afloat. As they excel all
other steamships afloat—except fee Great East
ern—in size and capacity, so they also excel
them in their various appointments and com
fortable accommodations for first class passen
gers. The mails for Australia, it is toonght-
will hereafter go via San Francteco, as the Aus
tralian and New Zealand Steamship Company
intend transferring fee terminus of their line,
which has been running from Sidney to Pana
ma, so as hereafter to run from Australia to Ta
hiti, thence to Honolulu, and feenoe to San'
Franciso, making twenty-eight days, schedule
time, which, will give ns a monthly mail to Aus
tralia in thirty-four or thirty-five days through
time.
The Savannah Trans-Atlantic Steam
ships.
We are sorry to read fee following in the cor
respondence of fee Charleston Conner :
The British steamship" Petersburg was lying
at the wharf in Savannah, and was visited, ana
by fee courtesy of her commander, who seemed
to take pleasure in showing his guests over fee
ship, was examined from stem to stern. There
was mnch in fee interior arrangements of .this
vessel—in the immense carrying capacity, in
the style and power of fee engines, and in fee
model and rig of the ship—to repay .fee little
trouble and time involved in snch a visit. Bnt
inquiries elicited fee unpleasant information
that this vessel had already been lying at the
Savannah wharf for two months, waiting for
cargo; that as yet only one-third of a cargo had
been engaged, and this at rates which conldnot
possibly pay; that it might be a month or two
more before she could leave for Europe, and
then probably not fully loaded, even at ttnre-
munerative rates; that fee ship was sinking
money for her owners every day, and would not
be likely to renew the experiment.
These facts certainly occasioned some sur
prise, as it is believed feat fee R. Mure line of
steamers from Charleston to Liverpool are never
long delayed for want of freight; and it has
been claimed that Savannah was fully equal to
Cl^rleston in ability to sustain direct steam
communication with Europe. But fee facts in
fee case of fee Petersburg are exceedingly dam
aging to any snch claim. And yet Savannah is
a thriving and beautiful city, with a rich back
country to which well managed railways extend;
with fee still farther advantages of a river, nav
igable as high np as Angnsta; wife a commerce
by no means insignificant, bnt which manifestly
prefers sailing vessels to steamers in its ship
ments of cotton to foreign ports; with parks and
squares in such profusion, that fee rus in urbe
seems fee inheritance of its citizens; and with a
white population which fens far, even in these
disjointed times, seem to have maintained suc
cessfully fee right to manage their own affairs.
*•. -1
*
The Crops.
railroads the most profitable investments, in the 1 death, and despite of Andrew Johnson's tzeach-
nr * # Sir""
The Biggest Lump of Gold.
Melbourne, March 1, 1869.
There is no donbt as to what has been the
most important and interesting event of fee
past month. Everybody has heard again and
again of the great “Welcome” nugget, and mod
els of it have been the center of attraction in in
ternational expositions. Bnt a greater than fee
"Welcome nugget has now turned np, and has
been duly christened the “Welcome Stranger.”
The story of its discovery is extremely inter
esting. Two men had been working for a long
time in a claim at Dunolly, where a year or so
ago they had found a couple of nuggets, weigh
ing respectively 108 and 36 ounces. ■ They had
again, however, got “dead brokethe store
keepers had refused them any further credit,
and they were feeling very bad indeed, when
one of them, in following the claim by working
round the roots of a tree, struck something
hard with his pick, immediately below fee sur
face. He had no idea, however, what had
stopped his pick, for, miner-like, he grumbled
out, “Confoundit! I wish it was a nugget,
and had broken the pick.” The nugget, when it
was unearthed, was found to weigh 210 pounds
troy, and on smelting, it yielded 2,268 ounces
and 10 pennyweights of pure gold. It was
scarcely covered by the earth, and was less than
a couple of inches below the surface. Dnnol-
ly, the ground on which this golden monster was
found, is ai very old digging, bnt has never been
regarded as a first class field. Every now and
then a big nngget has been found, but whatever
gold has been obtained was discovered in pock
ets. The “Welcome 8tranger” is the largest
nngget on record in Australian mining annate,
and/ in fact, is believed to bo the largest mass
of gold ever discovered. The largest nuggets
previously found in Australia were as follows:
The Weloome nngget, found at Ballarat, at a
depth of 180 feet, weighing 184 pounds 9
ounces; fee Blanche Baikly, found at a depth
of 13 feet, at Kingower, weighing 145 pounds 8
ounces; a nngget at Canadian golly, Ballarat,
weighing 134 pounds tl ounces, at a depth of
60 feet; and the Lady Hotbuo, weighing 38
The growing crops in this section, fens far,
have met with no serious inj ary from any source,
if we except too great haste in patting fee cotton
seed into the ground, in apprehension of fee
caterpillar, which last year destroyed all fee
late cotton. On account of fee cold spells of
weather last month, some complain that their
cotton has failed to come up regularly, causing
a poor stand. But, alll things considered, cot
ton is doing well, especially in the uplands.
Mnch guano has been used on the most of onr-
crops, and more than ordinary labor expended
in the preparation of the tend before, planting
Com looks well, and is growing rapidly. Much
of it is knee high, and some few stalks here
Anri there are waist high. We have qot yet
seen a sorry field of com, ox one that lias not
been plowed over since the late heavy rains. A
large portion of onr lands have been planted in.
com.
The failure last year to make com, on ac
count the nine weeks' drought, compelled onr
planters to sow large quantities of oats, more,
perhaps, than was ever known in this section
before ; oats being an excellent substitute for
com and fodder in feeding stock. These oats
are now beginning to head, and sire all the land
te capable of producing.
Sugar cane has been largely planted, and it is
looking well. Tobacco, too, is again claiming
the attention of onr fanners, many of whom
have abandoned its cultivation sinoe the-war on
account of the low price offered for it. In 1856
this crop in this county brought the handsome
sum of $150,000. More (dear money has been
made upon this product in this immediate re
gion, in years past, than in almost any other,
the soil and climate being so well adapted to its
cultivation.—Bainbridge Argus; 8th.
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Incendiarism.
It te with no idle words, wa state onr sinoe re
sympathy with Mr. James M. Bsoadfield, in his.
recent loss.
. On Friday night last, an attempt was made by
some one to fire his milL Fortunately it was
discovered in time to suppress the flames with a
few buckets of water. On Saturday night ha
left the mill at dark to go to his supper, leaving
a young man, wife gun in hand, to guard it for
half an hour until the return of Mr. Lowery
and himself, who had arranged to guard the
property for fee night. The guard left his post
—and in a few minutes the min was in flames
and the entire property—* two-story frame mill-
house, Gullet gin, lint-room, sixty bushels toll
com, $300 worth of mechanio s tods, a new
and valuable saw mill, and over 20,000 feet ot
lumber—were in flames.
The property was sot issued. It te situated
three and* half mile* west of Americas* and is
considered probably the best water power in fee
country., ji^s^j^lfaB^aarion, jfor a^fac-
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