About Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1869)
i v f , “CTt The Greorgia \V r eekly Teleg THE telegraph. JIACOU, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 18G9. jfacon and Angnsfa Railroad. Ojjonrfocrthpago willbefoundveryimportant w>edings by the City Council of Augusta upon '' mfltter of the speedy completion of the 31a- [t j Angusta Railroad. The Council after ^oflcwhat protracted discussion upon the con- ^on and prospects of the road, agreed to notify “ 1 ,_ e King 411111 4116 will approve of $.'>00,000 in bonds by the Maoonand 1a Iaa hit iflA ^ 11V* w* .. tA Eailroad, to be endorsed by the City of Macon, the Georgia Eailroad, the j. Council of Augusta, and the South Carolina j,2ro»i Driving the Last Sail. ... ^tbering at Promontory Point, where -pjte in the Pacific Railway was driven, ^ K j a bout three thousand persons, includ- ladies and a large delegation of 3Ior- ®=„. -phe last rails were adjusted by high of- fjja in other railroad companies and the laurel . ffas piaced in position by the superintend* " , ,.f construction. The last spike was then frren in by President Stanford, of the Central, Vice President Durant, of the UnionPacifie fjilroad. The fire 4 stroke of the hammer, by , rfectrical arrangement, fired off a battery at jj, Francisco and set nil the bells ringing. - Xhe Vot Webt Railroad.—In the Georgia Euiroad Convention, at Augusta, Major Mark Cooper made a few remarks relative to the completion of the CartersviUe and Van Wert Btilroai He said that the road would be corn- •deted by the first day of January, through the Vj 0 f y.irthern capital; that all the stock was not a dollar was wanted for this en- ninsc. and he merely desired that this con tention. wbiph was recognized North, South, jAst. and West, as the leading Eailroad Con- uatien- should give an expression of their feeling in regard to this new road. Jlr. Cooper then offered the following reso lution, which was passed unanimously: Resolved. That we desire the President and Doctors of the Georgia Eailroad to give woapt and liberal encouragement to the suc- L, of the CartersviUe and Van Wert Eailroad, £ f r.eh manner as they may deem expedient ul proper. Hut to Hilt.—Havens & Brown have just Uftired “Hilt to HUt; or, Days and Nights on *0 Banks of tho Shenandoah, in the Autumn of 1>61.” by John Esten Cooke. He author has, in the present volume, pre tested to the reader a brief and fierce episode in tit strange life of the Virginia border in the Ktamn of ISiH, and in the scenes which he de picts are many curious incidents and remarkat- p. personages encountered; but we are as- sned that whatever seems strangest in the book b substantially, when not literally, true, which fill lend to the volume somewhat of a historic In the story before us Mr. Cooke has fully esublished his right to take rank among the wrongest of onr authors of modem American romance. His style is vigorous, his characters «H drawn, and the present story abounds in in cident and adventure sufficient for two ordinary forks of fiction. For sale by Havens & Brown, Macon and En- finla. AajomL of Timmoney.—We learn that, as the train left Atlanta Saturday morning, it was anuonnced that the jnry had brought in a ver dict of cot guilty in the case of the State vs. 31c- Bwron Timmoney, indicted for the murder of G C Richardson, a so-called delegate of the Georgia Constitutional Convention from Bald- fia county, but hailing from Skowhegan, in the Sate of Maine. Timmoney was an officer in lie Freedmens Bureau and also agent for col- ktting and burying the remains of the Federal toldiers in North Georgia. The bomicide, it will be recollected, occurred in February, 1SG8, fcring the session of the Convention. Since tie examining trial Timmoney has been out on tail, practising law in 3Iarietta. Foreign Immigration.—The immigration of tie year has commenced anspicionsly. Last itarsdaysaw 1,561 immigrants from B re man tad Copenhagen landed at New York, and both of these ports and Liverpool made other heavy contributions for the rest of the week, aggrega ting about 5,000. This is an enormous influx tt a single port for this season of the year. The departures from Europe do not usually be gin to any amount until the middle or close of the current month. The Philadelphia Gazette says it is stated that the arrivals now are princi pally bound to Virginia and other Southern Tm: Caterpillar Sensation.—The Savannah Bepnbliean says the South Georgia and Florida planters are all alive just nowon the subject of the cotton caterpillar, and that minute but de structive insect is making no little noise in tbe papers. All Thomasville was electrified some <kys ago by a single specimen and the cotton plant that he fed upon, brought into town by an enterprising planter. Some doubted its genu ineness, and a darMe thought if it was not the genuine “worrum," ’twas at least “he fus cousin.” are inclined to the opinion that much of eh- present excitement arises from apprehen ds based on the sad experience of the last ‘ Ia years. Are our planting friends snre that a such worms are not to be found in the crop *’*’? year ? •'rw Africa.—Settlements of vagrant negroes jf r re P°*ted in parts of East Florida, who are losing the modicum of civilization acquired ^ shveryand lapsing into mere barbarism.— •> tiers the gushing Miss Anna can find the "'f 4 sons and daughters of Africa, in - the -^wtic simplicity and loveliness of nature. t , '• David Lewis, the Secretary of the State -^•‘cultural Society, informs the Atlanta Intel- -£-cer that the report made to him of the . ****03 members of the Clarke County Ag- jdiial Society was by Gov. Lumpkin, as the of tho Society, with bis own hand and *7 "° wonder that a man with such a sonl : : > .ii. at near ninety years, defy the (■‘yisof timo and old age. What a lesson to ~ “ggsrfis, what an example to our youth. , &t *Oxo< ^ — of those enormous grain freights on Eailroad, a friend tells us that a j. ^of them are through freights of East r T; ; e grain to be shipped: at Charleston, ‘■"•’t'true, allies tho case. Courier.—Eev. J. B. McGehee Aj Stri J a * bow as Associate Editor, in the - Courier of the 14th instant. 4 ^f^ Sl ' 0 . E11 ra Columbus.—The Sun says a tain storm passed over the city late .^-^y night. The hail pattered loudly on -na window panes. For a short time the ft*?. ,. frnously and lightning and thunder 14 to i> Tera ani ^ r3 P*^* 4110 city we can hear ■ttoi ^ e " 84orm appeared to be heaT- ..“•tbeastof Columbus. Yesterday rain fell j 1 ™ 8 * 41le atmosphere turned cooler. i; dtLr> rtl16 Jras been very unsettled, season very unfavorable to crops. ^ ^ Tenn *) PoBt “J 8 *• Doctor A. O. ^ of : uc cite 8 to tv. county, Tennessee, communi- ease of * Medical Journal, at Louisville, the Who is now thirty-four years SU ^ 016 “other of twenty-three children. SiecS 611 ' 63 / 1 She had six WtaomhTj’T* 1133twin8£ 0Tentimes; and had triplets. The Basin ess and Financial Pros pects. The Washington correspondent of the Charles ton Courier, takes a gloomy view of the finan cial and business prospects of the country at large, in a letter written on the 11th instant. We are fearful there is too much reason to agree with him. The fact is, no people sustain the burden of taxation imposed upon the Amer icans, except at the sacrifice of all luxury and by the practice of the most rigid economy. Any one will see this if he wiU accept the statement of commissioner Wells, that living is ninety per cent higher than before tho war. We believe that statement to be true. Now add to family andpersonal expenses a sum total of taxa tion which is abstracting from ten to twenty-five per cent, of your annual income, and how many of the people are in the enjoyment of an income sufficient to meet these demands? How many of onr people, in other words, have more than doubled theincomo they enjoyed before the war? Very few indeed. The great mass are compeUed to deny themselves manyof the comforts andlux- nries they enjoyedbefore tbe war, or goto ruin; and this is the reason why goods accumulate and trade is scanty in the great business cities. The people cannot afford to clothe themselves as well or eat as good food as they once did. True, there is a surface display of flaunt, style, and extravagance; but it is very super ficial—it is confined to comparatively few. Tho iron hand of debt and taxation grasps the many, and, in spite of aU their efforts, is gradually reducing them to poverty and distress. The leech of an exorbitant and oppressive taxation will graduaUy but surely suck the life-blood and spirit out of any people. Tho Courier corres pondent says: The increase of the public debt, notwith standing the burdensome system of taxation, begins to alarm the public mind. Is there to be no relief from the intolerable enrden ? This is a question that presses for an answer. Every where industry is paralyzed. People are be coming disheartened. Their earnings are absorbed by taxes for the support of the gov ernment, and for paying the interest on the increasing amount of our public debt. Gold rises, and tho price of living is not reduced, though it was, a year ago—according to the statement of Mr. Wells, the Eevenue Com missioner—ninety per cent, higher than it was before the war. When Mr. Sprague brought to the notice of the Senate the fact that industry is depressed, and labor unemployed, half a dozen speeches were made, in succession, in attempted refuta tion of tbe assertion. A Senator from Oregon, Mr. Williams, stated that in his State laborers received in wages three dollars a day in gold. This was considered by the Senate as a trium phant refutation of Mr. Sprague’s statement, though, in fact, it only went to prove that in Or egon labor was scarce, and provisions dear. So, on tbe Western plains, twenty-five cent3 in spe cie, is tbe price of a enp of water—showing that water is scarce. It is not a proof of the public prosperity. Tbe experience of tbe Spring trade is that the people cannot consume domestic and foreign fabrics, and pay taxes also. The fall trade will be worse-worse by reason of accumulated stocks of imported goods, and general scarcity of the means to purchase, and an increasing distrust of the future. Mr. A. T. Stewart has had the sa gacity to foresee, and the frankness to 6tate facts which conclusively show that a very large proportion of the merchants in New York must fail and be bankrupt next falL . His views cor roborate those that have been expressed by Senator Sprague. Tlie American Anti-Slavery Society. Among the “Anniversaries” in New York last week, figures that of tbe American Anti-slavery Society, with the amiable Philips in the chair, and Fred Douglass, Cora Hatch, Senators Wil son and Stewart, Eev. Mrs Brown Blackwell, Lucy Stone and “Hon. J. M. Sims, of Georgia,” on the Platform. Sims said: His people vrere still suffering and being shot down in Georgia. He could name over fifty colored men that had been killed since the ex pulsion of the colored members from the Geor gia Legislature. He went on in rather a wan dering manner to speak of various subjects, and wound np by saying that be was a candidate for the postmasteTship of the Savannah Postoffice, but that he would accept any appointment, no matter how exalted or humble it might be. If Sims had only descended to particulars it would have puzzled him to have made out his list of fifty killed, and he would have been com pelled to show a considerable nnmber slain by men of their own color. Tbe resolutions were chiefly aimed at the “unchristian prejudice against color,” and Philips said: He would not feel his work done tiUbe saw his friend Harris (colored) representing the gov ernment at St. James, and tho red man represen ted by bis own race and blood under either dome of the national Capitol. He should never feel Vii<s -work and his epoch finished till he saw a people on the western slope of the Pacific who believed in democratic institutions so intelli gent and courageous that they will not even dream of putting in tbe statute-book a clause against tbe colored man. From Webster Comity. Westox, May 11, 1869. Editors Telegraph: The prospects of the farmers in this section are somewhat flattering, at present, though within the last ten days the cotton has died out rapidly, but os we are now having hot sunshine and wanner nights, it is hoped that the cotton will improve, and there wiU yet be a stand left. There is a good' stand of com which looks welL The prospects for wheat are pretty good, also the potato and cane crops at present are very promising. Freedmen are doing better than common. 31. D. Savannah and Charleston Eailroad.—Tbe Courier says that steps have been taken for the early reopening of this road. A contract has been perfected with Messrs. Wm. H. McDowell and Daniel C. Callahan for the entire rebuilding of the road from its present terminus on the Coosawhatchio river to the city of Savannah. The contract includes the bridging over the Sa vannah river, and the erection of other neces sary bridges along tho route of the road; the contractors to furnish all the rails, chairs, spikes, and the ironwork necessary for the con struction of the work. Cotton “Foesis.”—The Quitman Banner of the 13th says: Mr. B. E. Eenfrow was in our office on "Wednesday, and informed, us that his cotton was looking remarkably well, and on a recent examination he discovered “forms” in abundance. This is much better than we ex pected; for the recent cold nights have had a tendency to retard the growth of cotton. The Memphis Convention—Memphis, May 13.—Extensive preparations are being made for the Commercial Convention on the 18th instant. All the steamboats and railroads will pass del egates free, and visitors at half fare. A large number of rooms at tbe principal hotels have already been secured. A "Western paper commenting upon the fact that President Grant has been presented with a pair of fine horses, remarks that he has accepted the present with a view of making this a stable government. Suites of Booms are a favorite method of ho tel life. The American House, Boston, has a large number of such, which may be secured by post or telegraph, by families travelling. Tee Air-Line Eailroad.—"We learn from the Athens Watchman that the above road will soon _ under contract from Atlanta to Gainsville, a distance of about sixty miles. be Ceief Justice Chase has ruled that the gov ernment cannot collect income tax from foreign- who hold our bonds, and that what has been From Texas. Enforcement of the Iron-chid Oath—Scarcity of Officials—Horse-steading Checked by a String —Constitutional Election—Jack Hamilton to be Governor—Crops and Freedmen. Correspondence of the Telegraph.] Bichmond, Texas, May 12, 1869. In consequence of a painful rising on my right hand, my correspondence has fallen off for a month or more. I hope I shall not get so far behind again soon. A late military order, from “these Headquar ters,” vacated all the civil offices in the State, on the 30th ultimo, the incumbents of which could not take the iron-clad. As very few could do this, most of the counties found themselves without a single civil officer on the 1st instant. Tho worst of it is, few counties in the State can find competent men who can take the oath. It is only in counties containing cities of consider able size that suitable incumbents can be found, and they are mostly foreigners or carpet-bag gers, who find it a hard matter to give bond. Imagine a State, four or five times as large as Georgia, with less than a tenth of its quota of civil officers, embracing the most heterogene ous population to be found anywhere, and you can draw an indistinct picture of the gigantic proportions of the discord that is stalking un checked over the land. “Let ns have peace.” Every man can repeat the invocation with sin cerity. Pass the word up to Grant. Tell him we endorse, repeat and re-echo the noble sentiment, not feebly and with vague mental reserrations, but with all the strength, sincerity and unction with which some people, whose piety at times takes a lively turn, utter the solemn dissyllable, amen, to a good prayer. Bat they say Grant never" reads the papers. That is a pity. His friends ought to persuade him to change that part of his habits. He ought to search the pa pers daily. In them he will find a pretty cor rect panorama of current events. Last week a horse thief was arrested in this place, if not red-handed, certainly full-handed, for he had four or five stolen horses in his pos session. There was no sheriff or jailor in the county (Fort Bend) to take charge of him. He was placed temporarily in the jail by the parties who arrested him; but a night or two after wards be wa3 taken from thence by two men in masks, andhanged on the iron bridge that partly spans the Brazos. The watchman at the bridge did not know whether the men were white or black, though it is as likely to be the latter as the former, for twoof the stolen horses belonged to negroes, and they were greatly incensed at the thief when arrested. This is some of tho fruits of trying to run a State without civil offi cers. Let the schedule be changed at once. • There is no telling when the election on the Constitution will be ordered. Time enough, it is to be hoped, to be represented at tbe regular session of Congress. There is little doubt but the Constitution will be ratified, though extreme Radicals will oppose it, as well as extreme Con servatives, if the words extreme and conserva tive be not an incompatible mingling of words. Present indications are that Jack Hamilton will be elected Governor. Every cross road has its great man, and a good many of these cross roads are urging their favorite as the man to be run for Lieutenant Governor, on the tick et with “Colossal” Jack, as the friends of Ex- President Johnson’s appointee persist in calling Ex-Govemor Hamilton. In fact, some men ore urged for Lieutenant Governor who live where there is no road at all, much less a cross road. Crops are looking well, considering the late ness of the season, and are in better condition than I have ever seen them at the same period since emancipation. Freedmen are working much better than they ever worked before since freedom. They seem much more cheerful and happy, too, than they have heretofore appeared to be in their new status. Is this owing to the abolition of that delecta ble piece of furniture, the Bureau? I must think it is. Sambo can understand a plain, sim- contract, but when it was jumbled np with or ders and counter orders, it was a little too much for him. He could not comprehend it. He is not much to blame for this. Some of the clearest intellects in the State failed to do the same thing. I hardly think tho agents themselves have a clear conception of what they would be driving at half tbe time they were issuing orders. The best evidence in the world of the law abiding spirit of tbe good people of Georgia, is to be found in the fact that that incendiary sheet at Macon, from which I have seen a few extracts, is allowed to exist. Your people are not only law abiding, they are more. They are long suffering. "We have several radical sheets here, but none of them have yet exhibited the temerity of the Macon man. It is to be hoped that they will not try his role. It might disagree with them. Par Fois. The Triple Alliance in Washington. The Courier-Journal publishes the following dispatch: Washington, May 12.—The cable telegram from London, that initial steps have been taken for an alliance, offensive and defensive, against the "United States, caused a profound sensation here to-day, and, while the information had no official character, there seemed to be a general impression that the news was true. The pre text alleged in tho cable telegram was accepted generally as plausible. The President was sup plied with a copy of the dispatch the moment it reached Washington, and it was shown by him to the members of the Cabinet. Some of tbe lat ter looked upon it as a little sensational, and in tended to affect the stock market, while others thought that an official inquiry should be made. Nothing having been received from the Lega tion in London, dispatches were sent to-night inquiring into tho truth of the reported triple alliance. The administration is nervons. It is worthy of notice that no contradiction of the statement has yet appeared, although it is stated that such inquires were directed to be set on foot Cuba Recognition. Gen. Banks gave the State Department “a piece of his mind,” last week about their delay to recognize Cnba. The Herald says: Banks is said to have come out hot and heavy yesterday at the State Department about Cuban recognition. Tired of the delay in according beligerent rights, he went ont to the Diplomatic College to urge prompt and immediate action, and in an interview with Secretary Fish is rep resented as having talked quite bluntly and firmly concerning the ruinous policy of further procrastination. To "use the term in which the information was conveyedto your correspondent, “the General gave them (Fish & Co.) a regular blowing up.” The General looked to-day as if his mind had been considerably relieved of its pent np ardor, and it now remains to be seen whether the interview will be productive of ben eficial results. Mr. Creswell’sEepresentatxve in Valdosta. —The Yaldosto Times says that the negro Enos, who has been appointed Postmaster at Valdosta, in Lowndes county, could not give a bond worth a brass farthing in that community. He has been here a short time teaching a colored school and hnils from Pennsylvania we believe. In the brief time he has been here he has already narrowly escaped tbe clutches of law for alleged indecencies. A Card. In the American Union, a scorrilious sheet published at Macon, Ga., I am made to appear as a passenger on the train from Macon to Atlanta in company with Father Byan, and one J. H. Foy. • That ■ the trio were Catholics, etc. I take this opportunity of stating that I never had the pleasure of Father Byan's company from Macon to Atlanta, and I further state that the man Foy was not a Catholic. I brand the author of the above, as it appeared in the Union of the 14th, as a malicious falsifier. I think it can be shown to the satisfaction of Bad- icals, as well as Democrats, at the next session of the Superior Court of Bibb comity, that Swayze is not only a liar, but an incendiary, and a willful perjurer. James Fitzpatrick. Culled irom llie Athens Watchman. A negro man by the name of Thos. Colt, liv ing on a rented plantation below Poullain’s Factory, one day last week, killed a negro boy that he had employed, and then cut him up in pork style.' The body, or rather pieces of it, was found buried near by. The murderer was suspected, and sufficient evidence was elicited to convict him. Mining operations in the up-conntry are not, perhaps, as general as might be desired. Some companies are mining on a large scale in Lump kin, we learn, but not so many as formerly. The most successful mining we heaTS of while up the country is now going on in White coun ty. Large nuggets of pure gold are frequent ly found, and the prospect of future operations is considered quite encouraging. We_ regret that we did not havo time to visit the mines. "We were shown the other day, by Mr. Fain, of "White county, a sample of pure copper, in termixed with pure silver, found in a mine in Cherokee county, N. C. It was found imbeded in solid rock. "We learn there ore plenty more of the “same sort” where that came from. Tee bincinnati Commercial has some lively items, as, for illustration: An Irishman, named John Breslin, received a “dress suit” at the hands of Eev. E. Kimber, on Tuesday. Breslin had persisted in following Mr. E., and abusing him in epithets unfit for publication. Finally, be said he could whip any G—d d—d Methodist in Urbana.” "Where upon Mr. Kimber very coolly replied, “I have not fought for many years, and am an old man, but I cannot stand this any longer, and must lay my religion aside,” and struck the fellow two blows, which felled him to tbe ground. He then punished him very severely, as he ought to have done. We are glad Mr. Kimber has taken the initiative in self-protection. Bob Eogers piped a short tenor solo for us very nicely. His boots were polished past all belief, and bis breeches were so tight he had to stamp vigorously to get them down when he stood np to sing. He should have taken John Burnett’s plan, which is not to sit at all J. B, has, by accurate measurement, the smallest legs in the city. I used to feel seriously alarmed for the safety of his body when he skated, for his supports, if broken, would have been so sharp. He is reported never /to sit down, lest he should make knees in his trowsers ; when he is very tired, which is most of the time, he leans like a'stick in the corner. The New York "World of the 11th, is responsi ble for tbe following: The Atlanta (Georgia) Tribune conveys the melancholy intelligence of “continued outrages by prowling bands of Eu-Klux on Eepublicans, both white and black,” and adds: “To bean avowed Bepnbliean in this county is a sure pass port to death or violent outrage.” "Which re minds us, as the late Mr. Lincoln would say, of the little story about a Londoner who went to Dr. Abemethy with “Oh! doctor, whenever I raise my arm in this way it nearly kills me.” To which the blunt doctor replied, “Well, what a d— fool yon must be to do it it, then.” In like manner, where it is snre death to be an “avowed Bepnbliean,” we should suppose that people of ordinary common sense would exer cise some discretion in the matter of avowal A Poser.—A calm, blue-eyed, self-composed and self-possessed young lady, down east, re ceived a long call the other day from a prying old spinster, who, after prolonging her stay be yond even her own conception of the young lady’s endurance, came to the main question which had brought her hither: “I’vebeenasked a good many times if you was engaged to Dr. C . Now, if foils inquire again whether you be or not, what shall I tell ’em I think?” ’“Tell ’em,” answered the young lady, fixing her calm blue eyes in unblushing steadiness upon the inquisitive features of her interrogator, “tell them that you tluuk you don’t know, and that you are sure its none of your business I” From Pulaski County.—The Hawkinsvillo Dispatch of "Wednesday says: Owing to tbe late cool weather, we are sorry we are unable to speak favorably of the grow ing crops. Com is looking tolerably well, but is quite backward, the most forward we have heard of not being over knee high. Cotton has almost ceased to grow, and is dying rapidly in many places. If we can have a good rain occa sionally, and warm weather from this out, we will still hope for a good crop year. "We are now experiencing warm days and cool nights, which does not tend to good health. The thermometer in our office was at 70 at 7 o’clock yesterday morning, and by 3 o’clock in the after noon, it had reached 82. Personal.—We had the pleasure, yesterday, of an interview with B. F. Bruton, President, and N. K. Bamnm, one of the Directors of the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Columbus Eailroad. They report over $200,000 subscribed to tbe enterprise, and the popular curret running strongly in favor of the road. Early steps will bo taken to surrey and locate the line of route which "is still an open ques tion. We will keep our readers fully advised in the premises.—Cuthbert Appeal, 13th. The Chicago Bepnbliean follows tbe Chicago Tribune in denouncing Grant’s administration, which, it says, “is imperilled by a set of polit ical harpies.” ‘'The wisest men of the party,” adds the Bepnbliean, “look upon tho political situation with the most painful and anxious so licitude,” predict shipwreck under tho present management, and all sorts of disasters. This from prominent, loyal, Eadical journals in Illi nois. Brick Pomebot is getting desperate on ac count of his rejection by the Hoffman party in New York. He writes to his managing editor, Lambert, in a letter full of blow and bluster : “Nevermind whether it pays or not. Pay no attention to patronage. Listen to the ad vice of none, except they be Democrats who dare be such at all times. Go right straight on with the fight in defence of principle. Bank rupt me, if necessary, and when every dollar I have shall be lost, and we can no longer publish a newspaper, thank Goa we can, shoulder, a spade, and cam a'dollar a day working on some railroad. ■ — : T i A Washington dispatch, speaking of the eight-hour law, says:“The Eepublicans are terribly alarmed and very much provoked with Hoar and Boric for creating such a breeze about their ears. They say that ths working men will desert the party, and, as a conse quence, defeat it at the coming election.” collected must be refunded. Geau’s German Opera is to be in Atlanta this 1 week. Trego’s Teabxrby Toothwash.—This is a new, and said to be very superior dentifrice, perfectly free from all injurious substances, as tested by able and competent chemists. It is endorsed by dentists and physicians as a great tooth preservative and cleanser, and is warranted. For sale in this city by J. H. ZeilinA Co., Druggists. Eefer to the adver tisement elsewhere in this paper. United States vs. C. J. McRae. This case, which has been pending in the Chancery Court" of England for a year or two, has just been decided adversely to the United States. McBae was the financial agent of the Confederate States during the war, and at the close of the contest,held in his possession funds belonging to the government he represented. He declined to deliver np the moneys in his possession, and the United States instituted suit for their recovery. After lengthy and ex pensive litigation, the case has just been deter mined in favor of McEne. The gronnd of the Chancellor's decision is this: that the United States failed to show in what character they claimed the funds in Mc- Eae’s hands, whether by original right in the United States, or as successor to the dc facto Government of the Confederate States. If the United States had Claimed as successor to. the government of the Confederate States, then they would have put themselves in a judi cial proceeding as a litigant in that character, and might thereafter have been held responsi ble, as such successor, for the debts of the Con federate Government to the extent of the assets received, by virtue of that succession, from all sources since the conclusion of the war. But, if the United States had claimed in any charac ter it must have been as successor, for the facts, as a matter of course, would have shown that the United States did not possess any original title to the funds in controversy. They, there fore, sloshed (if we may use the expression,) into the case, in a general sort of way, and lost the Buit.—Montgomery Advertiser. ‘ . , * ’ j THE TRUE FOUNTAIN OF HEALTH. Tbe Cold Sulphur Springs, Va. The fashionable form of invitation to the soi rees of ladies of the Soroso stripe runs as fol lows: “Mrs. Jones: On the evening of "Wed nesday your company is solicited, with that of your selected attendant. Husbands admitted during good behavior. (Signed) Mrs. Smithers.” Two miles from the Goshen DEpoR of the Chesar peake'and Ohio Eailroad; 34 miles west of Stanton; 60 miles from the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, and within an easy day’s journey of Baltimore, Md., Washington, D. C.{ and Bichmond and Lynchburg, "Virginia. ■ .. . NATURE'S REMEDY FOB CHB0NI0 DISEASES! Medical Properties and Uses of the Water: This water combines in a remarkable degree those properties which render it a remedial agent of pecu liar, perhaps of unequalled value for the eradication of disease and the restoration of health. The extraordinary cures which have been made by it in many Chronic Diseases and in some cases which seemed almost hopeless, justly entitle it to rank with tho most famous Mineral Springs of Vir ginia and the world. Indeed there is strong reason to believe that in many of the most serious, unman ageable and widely prevailing diseases that afflict the human race, the Cold Sulphur Water is not only the most safe, mild and pleasant, but also tho most certain and effective remedy yet discovered. Under its benign, revolutionizing and renovating influences, many chronic maladies vanish like the mists of the morning under tho unclouded rays of the sun: tho ruddy glow of health revisits pallid cheeks to which it had become a stranger; in many cases animation, elasticity, energy and buoyancy su persede the bodily languor, debility,irritation and dis ease which had long reigned supreme in the system, and cheerful spirits, the natural companions of vigo rous health, take the place of that gloomy and mel ancholy condition of the mind which is the legitimate offspring of physical suffering. This water presents the rare combination of Ape rient, Diuretic, Diaphoretic, Alterative, Tonic and and Eutrophic properties. Acting freely upon the Bowels, Liver, Kidneys, and Skin, it thoroughly pu rifles the biood, and eliminates from the system the essential elements of disease; while it invigorates the stomach; enriches the vital fluid; gives tone and energjto the muscles and nerves; renovates tho entire organism, and re-establishes health and strength. In Dyspepsia, Liver Disease, Bilious Complaints, Costivenesi, General Debility, it is a remedy of un surpassed utility and power. Especially upon the STOMACH its influence is prompt, decided and highly beneficial. It speedily relieves heart-bum, increases the appetite and pro motes digestion, so that as a general rule persons using it cm oat with impunity, and that all-impor tant organ which supplies strength and nutriment to the whole system is 600n restored to a strictly normal condition. Being an efficient Aperient and laxative; it causes a regular and healthy action of tho bowels, and is a most admirable remedy in cases of habitual consti pation. As an anti-bilious remedy it is unsurpassed. Over the functions of tho LiVEIt it exercises the most powerful and salutary controL If the bile be deficient in quantity, it actb as a direct stimulus to the Liver, and surely though gradually forces the secretion up to a healthy standard. And whether the Liver he torpid and obstructed as in ja undice, or in an excited and irritated condition, discharging an excess of vitiated bile, tho judicious use of this water is equally efficacious in unloading the visens and restoring the secretions to a healthy state. Being not only a free and powerful, but mild and soothing DIURETIC, this water exerts a decided sedative and calmative influence over the Urinary Organs ; and has been pre-eminently successful in cases of Inflammation, Irritation, and Debility of the Kidneys, Bladder and Urethra. As a remedy in such maladies it has no superior. In some diseases Peculiar toFf3iat.es it is highly beneficial Chlorosis and Leuchorrma will bo readily cured by tho Sulphur and Chalybeate waters here. Amenorrheea and Dysmenorrhea—when purely functional diseases, and uncomplicated by organic or structural derangement—will yield to the same means. Cases of Erysipelas, Rheumatism and Cutaneous Eruptions have been cured by the Cold Sulphur "Water. Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis and Chronic Pneumonia will either receive much relief and mit igation from its use, or he entirely cured by it. Various Chronic functional derangements of the Heart, the Brain, and the Lungs, and some forms of Neuralgia, Gout and Scrofula are, in fact, sympathetic or secondary diseases, and have their prime cause or origin in, and are kept alive by a deranged, enfeebled and irritable condition of the stomach and alimentary canal In such cases the Cold Sulphur Water, by virtue of its unequalled curative and restorative powers in diseases of tho Digestive Organs, is the appropriate remedy. The great Alterative, Tonio and Eutrophic pro perties of this water are dearly shown by the marked improvement of the general health, and the increase of flesh and strength which generally follow its use. In many cases so speedy and thorough is its cur ative agency, that in the language of a distinguished physician, who had himself seen its effects, “No ono but an eye-witness would believe in the marvelous ly rapid change to a normal condition or that of health.” Some of the cures which havo been made by it are of the most extraordinary character. Cases which were apparently of the most hopeless nature, for the relief of winch not only all the resources of medical skill, but the most celebrated Mineral Springs of Virginia bad been used in rain, have been entirely and permanently cured by the Cold Sulphur Water. CHALYBEATE SPRING. Besides the Sulphur Water, there is upon the premises a fine Chalybeate Spring, which posses- es the well known virtues of waters of its class. LOCATION, CLIMATE, ETC. This place is situated in the midst of the moun tains of Virginia—a region of country which has long been famous for the diversified character, beau ty and grandeur of its scenery. The climate in sum mer is delightful, salubrious and invigorating. Tho buildings here are plain, bat comfortable, and the Hotel accommodations good. The Hotel will be Open for Visitors on the First of June next. SSThe attention of the public is respectfully called to the subjoined letters and certificates of eminent physicians and others, which most conclu sively establish the great and extraordinary powers of the COLD SULPHUR WATER as a remedial agent in many Chronic diseases. S. GOODE, Proprietor Cold Sulphur Springs Hotel, P. O. address—Goshen Bridge, Rockbridge coun ty, Va. • :• April 28th, 1369. . Extracts from a letter of Dr. C. R. Harris, a dis tinguished physician of Staunton, Va. His opinion of the curative power of the Cold Sulphur Water in diseases of the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Skin. *■ ‘From what I have known and now witness by oc~ color demonstration, I have no hesitation in Btating that as a valuable Tonic, AlterativeorLntrophic and Dinretic, the Cold Sulphnr has no superior, if an eqnal, anywhere. L In diseases of the liver, Stomach, Kidneys and Skin its curative power is wonderful The larger proportion of patients who are now in attendance have been and are now suffering from Chronic Gas- tritas or DyBpedsia, with sympathetic functional dis turbance of the Liver and Kidneys. And the cura tive agency of the water is so extremely rapid in amelioration of all the grave attendant evils, symp toms or sequences of gastric disturbance, that no one but an eye witness would believe in the marvel ously rapid change to a normal condition or that of health.” Letter of Dr. J. L. Cabell, the eminent Profess or of Physiology and Surgery of tho University of ■Virginia. “As the result of his observations on the gronnd, he formed a most .favorable opinion of the value of the water.” ■ ■ University of Virginia, > . i ■ .!•- . . January 30,1862.) Sami, Goode, Esq.,- Cold-Sulphur Springs: DearSirJ—In accordance with your request, I take pleasure in certifying that I visited the Cold Sulphur Springs near the close of the last season, as the re sult of my observations on the ground, formed a most favorable opinion of the value of the water. Drunk at tbe Spring, the water is found to be very cold and very grateful to the palate and to the stomach. No discomfort is caused by the drink- ng five or bIx or more glasses, if only a few minutes intervene between the taking of the successive glasses. Invariably, so far aa I could learn, persons in good or moderate health experience a marked sharpening of the appetite and a capacity for indulging it with impunity, and very many cases of confirmed Dys pepsia are radically cured. Its immediate effects are those of a mild laxative and an energetic urinary diluent. I had no opportunity of observing its ac tion in the treatment of Chronic Hepatic and Cuta neous diseases, but from the analogy of its sensible effects to those of the Greenbrier "White Sulphur there is reason to believe that its therapeutical ap plications are coextensive with those of that celebra ted waier. Vcry respectfully yours, J- L. CABELL, M. D. Letter of Dr. John B. Wood, of Goshen Depot. He considers the Cold Sulphnr Water “the finest Tonic, Alterative and Dinretic "he has ever seen among the Mineral Springs of Virginia." Ooshen Depot, Va., April 10,1869. S. Goode, Esq. : Dear .Sir—Having been located in the neighbor hood of the Cold Sulphnr Springs for the last eight months, and having had ample opportunity daring that time to observe the remarkable effects of the water as a Therapeutic agent upon myself as well as others, I take great pleasure in stating, for the benefit of the afflicted generally, that this water is decidedly the fineat Tonic, Alterative and Diuret ic that £ have ever seen among the Mineral Springs of Virginia. Its efficacy in the rapid cure of Dyspepsia and Derangements of the Digestive Organs generally, is certainly astonishing and remarkable. I know of two cases of dyspepsia of long standing and of a most aggravated character, in which an entire cure was accomplished by the use of the Cold Sulphur water for only a few weeks. From my knowledge of the effects of this water, I am enabled confidently to recommend it to all suffering with Chronic Pneumonitis, Bronchitis, Asthma, Splenitis, and all affections of the Liver, Skin and Kidneys—also that classes of diseases peculiar to Females. Bespectfolly, JOHN B. WOOD, 31. D. Dr. JohnH. Freeman, of Lexington, Va., in a let ter under date of August 7, 1863, says; “Inthe course of an active practice during thirty years I have never seen indigestion so speedily relieved by any remedies or by any mineral water, as by the Cold Sulphur.” Letter of Dr. S. M. Milkman, of Rockbridge county, Virginia: Remarkable cure of a case of Chronic Bronchitis and Pneumonia. Kerr’s Creek, Rockbridge co., Va.,) August 11th, 1863. j" S. Goode :—Sir—In accordance with your request, I submit to you a brief statement of a case of rapid recovery which came under my own immediate ob servation. Mrs. N. L., aged about 56 years, was about four years and six months ago affected with Typhoid Pneumonia. Her illness was protracted, and in fact for some time the case appeared entirely hopeless. At length Bhe was partially restored to health. For four years she had complained with a continued soreneSB of the breast, and a very distress ing cough; and, in fact, hadpresented all tho symp toms of Incipient Phthisis. A visit of five weeks at the Cold Sulphur has astonished all by producing a perfect cure. The Chemical properties of the water are unknown to me, but its curative properties are astonishing. It is a powerful tonic—diuretic, aperient anil altera tive. By its use, all Chronic Diseases of the Lungs, Dyspepsia, Hepatic Disorders, Affections of the Spleen, Bladder and Kidneys, and Chlorotic Dis eases will receive great relief, if not be permanent ly cured. With these brief hints, I trust that many may be greatly benefitted by its use. Very respectfully, S. M. MILE MAN, M. D. The Cold Sulphur Springs in diseases of the Stomach, Liver and Bowels.—Case of Giles A. Miller, Esq., of Amelia county, Va.—One of the most extraordinary cures ever made by any remedy A case of severe and complicated disease of NINE YEARS’ DURATION, for the relief of which, in its earlier stages, the Rockbridge Alum, the Hot Springs and other mineral, waters had been used without lasting benefit, entirely, radically and per manently cured at the Cold Sulphur Springs. Deatonsville, Amelia Co., Va.,) Oct. 27,1868. / S. Goode, Esq. Bear Sir: In the summer of 18511 discovered an insidious approach of Dyspeptic symptoms of a DyB- interic character, (then epidemically prevailing in E. Va.,) winch finally in my case resulted in an un questionable ulceration of the lower portion of the colon, with a general subacute irritation of the smaller intestines. The ulceration continued for more than six months, in a very aggravated form, when in August, 1852,1 visited tho celebrated cura tive waters of the Rockbridge Alum, and after using that water fifteen or twenty days, I was not materi ally improved. Thinking it rather stimulating at that time, I left the springs, but continued to travel in the mountains by private conveyance, until I could venture home, where I remained in a feeble condi tion. In 1854,1 returned by private means to the mountains, traveling and amusing myself by hunt ing, fishing, etc. In 1855, ’50 and ’57,1 found no marked improvement in my disease. In June, ’58, I was seriously and suddenly attacked in a more ag gravated form, when I returned to givo the Rock bridge Alum another trial, and after a stay of sev eral weeks I was much improved. During my visit I took in my carriage a party of friends to the Cold Sulphur, which was then in an embryo state of im provement. I was at once favorably impressed with the water. I next visited the Rockbridge Baths, where I remained a month, and was, I must say, decidedly benefitted, but only temporarily, as again in the season of 1859 my general condition was becoming more serious, by an obstinate cos tive condition of the bowels, with a considerable thickening of the mneous membrane of the colon, and by two physicians was pronounced tumorous. This season I visited the "Warm Springs, and from thence to Hot Springs, using first the boiler for a torpid Liver and Rheumatism of the Spine. I was by this treatment improved as far as the Bhenmatic symptoms were involved, but no effect on the obsti nate Liver, for in 18601 was so reduced in flesh and by continued constipation my nervous system was so shattered, that it totally disqualified me for any kind of business, suffering from acid stomach, ner- vous debility, palpitation of the heart, with such obstinate torpidity of the liver and bowels, etc., as to compel the use of wooden bougies, under a rigid contraction of the sphincter muscle in order to pass any fecal discharge from the bowels. In August, I860, in this condition, I visited the Gold Solphnr Springs where I remained a month, and from the constant use of the water (and bath occasionally,) I was relieved of acid stomach, constipation, nervous debility, palpitation of the heart and cold skin. My feeble pulse of fifty-four beats to the minute was restored to seventy-five, a usually healthy standard, with a good appetite, no headache and what is very agreeable, af ter more than nine years of miserable nervousness, I was enabled to sleep well and have continued to enjoy both eating and sleeping well, and have been in good health and fine spirits ever since. Wishing you great success in your new enterprise I remain, truly yours, GILES A. MILLER. Judge L. Gibbons, of Mobile, Ala., in a letter dated September 23,1863, says of tbe Cold Snlphnr Springs: . “As a Tonic and Alterative, I consider them un rivalled, and judging by their, effects upon myself and child, unhesitatingly say that I consider them folly eqnal to, if not better than any that I have •ver seen. In all cases of Dyspepsia, and diseases of the Alimentary canal and organs connected there with. I have no doubt that these waters wonld, in a short time, effect by themselves an entire cure.' The Cold Sulphur Springs as a remedy in cases of Torpid Liver, Dyspepsia, Erysipelas, skin diseases, etc. t . j Letter of D. Kirnkle, Esq., of Augusta co., Va. Summebdean, December 12,1868. 3. Goode, Esq. : Dear Sir—I had been living forariumber of years in a Southern climate—had frequent attacks of bili ous fever—was only able to keep on my legs by the frequent use of mercury, (blue mass.) when in the summer of 1848,1 think it was, (I had then been in Virginia a year or two,) I spent two or three weeks at the Cold Sulphur Springs, and was completely cored; and have enjoyed good health generally ever since. I lived in the neighborhood of these Springs several yearn, and eaw many persons benefitted and cured of torpid Uver, indigestion, dyspepsia, erysip elas, skin diseases generally, etc. But it has been so long since, that I cannot give yon particulars. I recollect, however, perfectly well, that after a few days’ use of the water, dyspectic, as 'well as every body else, can almost eat with impunity. Very tru ly and Respectfully Yoon, D. KUNKLE. Mrs. E. N. Sloan, of Rockbridge courity, Va., who resided at the Cold Sulphur SpttngB for 18 years, eays in a letter dated August 6th,-18$)* “Its use has almost invaxihbly been highly bene ficial . I have known it to cure oases at Dyspepsia, Liver Diseases, Rheumatism Cutaneous Erup tions. The general health of persona u«i"g it always seemed to improve. I oonsider it fully equal to any mineral water in Virginia * The Cold Sulphur Water in diseases of the Kn>- NEYs.—Letter of S. L. McDowell, Esq. A case of severe Disease of the Kidneys Of ten years duration, and attended with most aggravated symptoms, for the relief of which the Greenbrier White S ulphur, the Boanoke Red Sulphur and tho Sweet Springs were fully tried without benefit, cured by the Cold Sulphur Water 1 Staunton, Va., April 3,1869. More than thirteen years ago when a boy I con tracted a severe disease of tire Kidneys, owing to an injury received from a strain when lifting. - For some years afterwards I suffered a great deal, and was often confined to bed for weeks at a time, pass ing blood with my urine. I was sometimes so ill that my life was despaired of, and was compeUed to confine myself to a very light and mild diet. I was treated by some of the most eminent physicians and surgeons in 'Virginia, but only received temporary relief without any per manent benefit from their treatment. I also tried . some of tbe most celebrated mineral waters in the State—the Greenbrier TThite Sulphur three sum mers in succession, and the Sweet Sqirings three or four weeks. From the use of these Springs I de rived no benefit. In the summer of 1866, . when I had been suffering in this way for ten yean, I was at the Cold Sulphur Springs and drank- the water once or twice a week throughout the season. At end of tho summer I found myself considerably im proved. In the summer of 1867, 1 was again at the Cold Sulphur Springs occasionally throughout the season and realized a still greater improvement. I spent last summer (that of 1868) at Goshen, and visited the Cold Sulphnr, and drank the water every uay. I have found my health greatly improved in all respects, and have had no attack of my "old dis ease of the Kidneys, and have not now been troubled with any passage of bloody urine for more than twelvemonths. My digestion has greatly improved and I can now use all ordinary articles of food with out inconvenience. I formerly suffered also with constipation, which has been entirely relieved by the Cold Sulphur water. I consider the Cold Sulphur water the best mineral water with which L am ac quainted, and attribute the benefit Ihave received en tirely to its use. S. L. McDOWELL, Callahan’s P. 0~, Alleghany county, Va. High Times at Haytl—The negroes are hav ing a high old time in Hayti. Here is some thing from late newspaper correspondence: Provisions are being sold at the most fabulous rates—a barrel of flour being valued at $5,000 (Haytien paper currency) and a barrel of pork at $14,000. Gold, in a few days, rose in value from $600 to $1,200 for the American dollar, and now it reaches $1,500. The people are positively starving, and merchants, will only sell for coffee or specie. So great is the destitution everywhere, that threats are made of an open and violent pillaging of the provision stores, and no property is safe because there is no pro tection whatever. The vilages of Torbeck, Port Salut and Cavali- lon had been captured by the insurgents; there fore those places were lost to the government of Salnave, and all the plains of Caynes had been completely sconned by the army of General Do- mingue, who cleared away the hordes of the barbarous picos or picqucts. The massaore of these bloodthirsty wretches is represented as perfectly horrifying. One thonsand five hun dred of them were left dead and unburied in one of the valleys through which Domingue’s army passed. OBITUABY. Died, in Crawford county, on the 10th inst., Rev. "Washington C. Cleveland, in the 66th year of his age. The subject of this notice was bom in Jasper county, May20th, 1803. He joined theBaptist Church in Jasper county, at Falling Creek Church, and was baptized by James Henderson in the year 1328. He was licensed to preach the gospel of Christ at Mt. Carmel Church, Crawford county, on the 19th day of May, A. D., 1833, and was ordained January 13th, 1840, by Bevs. Bryant Bateman, Allen Cleve land, John Barker and James Mathews. When the division took place in the Baptist Church he adhered to the Primitive wing, and continued a consistent, active, sincere and devoted member, enjoying the confidence, esteem and brotherly love of all the members. His timo as minister was folly occupied, and as an instrument in the hands of God, many of the chosen were gathered to .the flock of Christ through his call. ' No minister ever held a more ex alted position among the members of his church, or by his example and pure Christian teaching, com manded a greater influence over them. As a min ister hewa3 devoted, ardent and zealous.’ Ashe had lived, so he died. Upon his deathbed his devotion to his Master was manifested by his earnest advocacy of His saving grace. His firm reliance upon the efficacy of the blood of Christ for his redemption; his outspoken faith that he was one of the elect; ihis confident hope that he would soon fill his place prepared for him in the mansion of his Father, gave the strong est evidence of his Christianity and caused the tear or sorrow for bis'departure to mingle with the tears of joy, flowing, from the conviction that our loss will be his eternal gain. Not long before his death, ho quoted from memo ry several texts, his illustration of which, and his impressive teachings therefrom compare favorably with his happiest pulpit efforts. When the sur roundings—a weeping family and mourning friends of the dying patriarch—are taken into consideration, the effect was powerful upon the persons present. An old man who had no strong affection for profess ors as such, was constrained to say, there ought to be a Heaven for such men as Mr. Cleveland, and he did not doubt that he would go there. His final leave-taking ot his family was mournfully affecting. He called his family around him, embraced and kissed them, and for a long time the “instructive tongue” gave instructions to the “attentive ear.” May his instruction ba aafely deposited in “faithful breasts.” He advised, counselled and directed with the quiet coolness (though earnest) of a brother, upon the eve of his departure upon a journey. He retained.the faculties of his mind until the last mo ment—about three minutes before his death he called for water, and said he “just” desired to say five words, but his exhaustion prevented. He was fully aware of the near approach of death, felt his pnlso an'd talked of it with as much unconcern as a person would of a common incident. He patiently awaited the coming of his Lord, and quietly fell asleep upon His breast, without a murmur or a struggle. Mr. Cleveland was a model business man—jast, truthful and upright in all his dealings with his fel low men—he was an honest man, the noblest work of God. Energy accompanied with success, charac terized all his undertakings. Farming was a pas sion with him, which was successful from the sound judgment and high qualification which he brought to bear upon it; As a man and neighbor, he was benevolent, kind and charitable; the hungry, the poor and the dis tressed were never turned from Ins door until they were properly provided for. As a citizen, his death has created a^ void that will long be felt As a friend, he was steadfast, true and devoted; be was, indeed, a Jonathan whose arrows always sped be yond the lad where his friend was in danger; he al ways encouraged his. friend in prosperity, and com forted him . in adversity. Hia was an attachment rarely, if ever, equalled; none knew him, as a friend, but to love him. As the head of a family, he was a most devoted and affectionate husband—kind and indulgent father, and humane master. Ho was married thrice: first, to Mrs. Edna McClendon ; secondly, to Mrs. Nancy Matthews; third, to Mrs. Amanda Baily, who survives him. Three daughters and two sons, the fruits of the first marriage, still survive him; the second marriage boro no fruit; two children, a son and daughter, of his last marriage, also sur vive him. He has represented the eoanty twice in deliberative, legislative bodies, where be brought his usual activity, energy and high quaUfioatkma in to use, giving entire satisfaction to bis constituents . Farewell old friend, rest in pe**-. A Fkend. The running' time cat’ the Pacific BsQroad from New York to San Francisco, 3,858 miles, will be six days and seventeen and a half<9to«zs. u»sinirfii'*ttiiW mt
