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The Greoro-ia 'W'eekly Telegraph.
TIDE TELEGRAPH.
MAOON, FEED AT, MAY 28,
1869.
Martial Law in Georgia.
The western press dispatches of the 22d say:
It is stated that Secretary Rawlins is deter
mined to secure protection to the lives of Union
men in the Sonia. He will probably declare
martial law in Georgia In the neighborhoods
vrhere these murders have been committed, and
where the murderers are not given up, will ar
rest a number of sympathizing citizens and hold
them as hostages until the criminals are given
up.
The specials of the same date to the Louisville
Courier-Journal hare the following:
It is the President’s intention to take meas
ures for the suppression' of crime in Georgia.
He was in conference -with Secretary Rawlins
to-day as to the best plan to be adopted in co
operation with the Governor of the State. If
the latter, as Is expected, will call on the Gen
eral Government for troops on the plea that the
State authorities are not capable of suppressing
an alleged domestic insurrection, the Executive
will then have the color of authority to send
Federal troops into the State.
The latter looks more probable; but when the
President reads the recantation of Prince Bel
cher, he may possibly conclude that Georgia is
not swimmingin “loyalblood” after alL Prince
Belcher and Prince Turner are said to have
more influence with the administration than all
the rest of Georgia betides, and both of them
are just now on the anxious bench, publicly
swallowing their own. libels. It is said that
when Belcher's letter, got to Senator Sumner,
the latter called to himself the assistance of
Butler, and both together waited on the Presi
dent, and with the aid of Belcher’s letter so
worked upon his wrath that he forthwith ap-
ponted Turner to the Macon Postoffice as an
evidence of his displeasure at the murderous
condition of affairs in Georgia. Will the Presi
dent repair his error and revoke that appoint
ment now that Belcher confesses his letter was
all wrong ?
If it will contribute any measure of reassu
rance to the President, by all means let him
send down the troops. Behaving as well as they
have generally done, the people will have no
cause of complaint, and a few thousand soldiers
would help trade. Peaches and watermellons
are coming, and the soldiers will learn what it is
to live in a quiet country and eat good fruit.
Tnrner Again*
We have another letter from Turner, dated at
Philadelphia on the 20th, and inclosing our or
iginal comments upon the New York Tribune’s
report of what Turner assured them in refer
ence to the status of Georgia. Turner says “I
most emphatically deny the remarks attributed
to me by the Tribune. I am not afraid of any
on§, and should not deny them, if I was the au
thor. I so wrote in the Tribune. I now so
write to you. I beg to be set right. I am on
business, at present, connected with God's
Church, aqd trust I may be let alone for
while. I am daily refusing to make speeches
for good pay, to keep from saying any thing
about Georgia.”
Three or four days ago we published a similar
• disavowal from Turner, but have not noticed
the disavowal he says he has made to the
Tribune in that paper. Cannot that paper
afford to retract anything bad it has printed
about Georgia—even a perversion of Turner’s
assurances? Is it possible that the cause of
Radicalism will suffer by that much candor and
fair dealing?
Turner, in a postscript, says: “Justice to a
dog requires you to either publish my denial or
let the public know I do disclaim the accusa
tion. ” He is notified that in abundant liberality
this is the second time we have published his
denial.
Credit to taunt- Grand Jury Presentments—Mitchell | gy TELEGRAPH.
County* I . ..
A New York City correspondent of the Mobile | Sup^riM^)^ r ^^TmxQ, Tib.}
Tribune makes the following suggestions which ^ yfe, the Grand Jurors chosen and sworn for
we thfrnV are eminently worthy the attention of ; th
Southern landholders- ! committees appointed by the body,
Foreign New*.
Aux Cayea has again been non-succesefully bom-
Froin Dougherty.
A private letter from a planter in Dougherty
county says: “My cotton looks well enough,
considering all the draw-backs of cold nights,
etc. We have a few large, red, hairy cater
pillars, which do a considerable amount of dam
age to the young cotton.”
From Lee County.
SinxHvnxE, May 24.
Editors Telegraph We have had four rains
in five weeks in this neighborhood, and every
thing looks as if we were going to have a long
drought. Com and cotton are small, bnt if we
had rain I am satisfied we could make a good
crop. Hands axe doing as well everywhere. All
seem to want to make a crop.
It is asserted in Washington dispatches that the
Secretary of the Treasury has accepted the war
which the New York gold gamblers have made
on his new policy, and is determined to fight it
out on that line, nnd the order telepraphed to
the Assistant Treasuer to sell two million per
week had its intended effect in the decline on
Friday of gold of 2 1-2 per cent.
Registration is Memphis.—The city regis
tration in Memphis was completed last Satur
day, and illustrates the Tennessee Franchise
law. It shows whites 308, blacks 5,012. The
constitutionality of the franchise law, which has
been under consideration in the Supreme Court
at Brownsville, will, it is said, be decided on
Monday. Excitement in regard to the Judicial
election next Wednesday still rages. The Re
publicans have two full tickets.
The Prevailing Taste.—A young lady, beau
tiful and accomplished, whose parents reside in
Keokuk, Iowa, but who has been on a visit to an
uncle, a wealthy resident of Chicago, attempted
to elope with her uncle’s negro coachman last
Saturday, to go to Detroit. The plan was dis
covered, the negro arrested and placed in jail,
and the girl placed under lock and key in her
uncle's house until the arrival of her parents,
who have been notified.
It is rumored, says the Constitution, that
Lawson Black, Register in Bankruptcy, is to bo
appointed to the Judgeship of the Romo Circuit.
This is the new Circuit composed of the coun
ties of Floyd, Chattooga, Waker, Polk, Pauld
ing, etc.
Dr. G. T. Wilburn.—The Americus Courier
contains the salutatory of this gentleman, who is
hereafter to be editor of that paper. Mr. Wil
burn is an intelligent and accomplished writer.
A Colored Postmaster at Barnesvtlle.—
The Constitution says that Alfred Snider, col
ored and boot-maker, has been appointed Post
master at Baraesville.
See card of Dr. M. Fitzgerald, of Atlanta.
The afflicted may find relief by consulting him.
Hig practice is of the eclectic botanic school.
The Register in Gkifitn.—The Middle Geor
gian says:
The result of the registration in this city last
week was 252 whites and 1G4 negroes. _ This re
sult evinces a disregard of the privilege of
franchise not commendable in a free(?) people,
ns there are over 400 white voters in our city.
The negroes had an idea that in registering
they were subjecting themselves to tax, and re-
. fused to do so on that account.
What, then, can the Southerner do to change
the tide of emigration from its westward course,
and have its fertile waters irrigate his native
soil? He cannot tempt deserving labor with a
higher rate of compensation; nor, in general,
with the offer of rich lands for the mere tilling.
Neither can he sell land at the low figure for
which it is every day purchased in the West.
There is no alternative left him, then, but to sell
on long terms of payment.
Every one knows that the soil of the South is
exceedingly fertile, and will yield abundant har
vests to the industrious. Now we have among
us a class of honest, hard-working^ laborers,
whose faithful toil has enriched the North, and
with wonderful rapidity developed its resources.
Large numbers of these would gladly_ repair
South if they were furnished with a certain hope
of improving their condition. They cannot be
persuaded to sacrifice their attachments and af
fections which have grown up around them
there merely to renew a life of hopeless drudg
ery among strangers. . ■■ ,
Let those interested in the agricultural pros
perity of the South strike a fair and liberal bar
gain with this class of persons; let them be put
immediately in the possession of small farms,
and allowed to pay the purchase money in an
nual installments. The hope of securing a per
manent homestead will make them mol% labori
ous and more energetic than ever. They will
prove safe debtors, as their homes_ will beat
stake, while the progress of the locality in which
they thus settle will be assured.
No one can deny that this plan would work
admirably and result to the benefit of landown
ers ; but the desire to receive cash for property
has prevented its adoption. A word on this
subject The South does not simply want la
bor—it should have the best quality of labor.
Men of means who have the ready cash are not
often of the character to serve the agricultural
interests of a country. Beside, the seller has
neither the opportunity nor the right to investi
gate the capacities of such a purchaser. If,
however, the planter sell on the terms suggest
ed, he will have full opportunity to select his
own neighbors, for thousands will be found will
ing to embrace such conditions.
Through any land agency in the North, for
instance, the Union Land Company of No. 4
Bond street, New York, he can obtain the exact
description of persons most needed—hardy, act
ive and persevering laborers, men who will turn
the wilderness into a garden and make the
wasto teem with abundance. The company
mentioned—and no doubt there are plenty oth
ers just like it—i3 controlled by gentlemen of
high character, who, I am confident, will be
found to act with strict honor and probity in all
their dealings. They have the most unexcep
tionable reference. Among their friends and
endorsers may be mentioned Generals "Wade
Hampton, Beauregard and Forrest, and Judge
Miller, of the U. S. Supreme Court.
No doubt we have many landholders in Geor
gia who would be glad to part with large areas
on the terms mentioned, and the point is to
start the ball—to put the parties in communi
cation. A man who can sell in this way, every
alternate hundred or fifty acres, at a fair price,
securing himself by mortgage and accepting
small yearly payments, increasing with the
length of possession, will, in all probability, se
cure the sale of the whole tract ultimately on
very favorable conditions.
We need such a population as the writer de
scribes, just now, more than almost any other.
It would be a perpetual admonition and example
to a class of our own people who prefer idle
poverty and destitution to industrious thrift and
comfort It would be a capital police. It would
add largely to the comfort of life, by filling the
State with small farm products. It would im
part new life and activity to trade, and stimulate
every social and religious interest of Georgia;
and finally it would diminish the relative voting
strength and political influence of the blacks.
We need a population of laboring farmers more
than any other.
Southern Presbyterian General As
sembly at Mobile.
This body organized in Mobile on Thursday,
the 20th instant, by the election of Rev. Stuart
Robinson, D. D., of Louisville, Ky., as Moder
ator; Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Wilson, of Augusta,
Stated Clerk; Rev. Dr. Wm. Brown, of Rich
mond, Ya., Permanent Clerk, and Rev. Henry
H. Paine, of Holly Springs, Miss., Temporary
Clerk. Something over a hundred delegates
were in attendance—105 were numbered on the
second day—the largest meeting, it is said,
which has been held since the organization of
this branch of the Presbyterian Church.
The reports from every department of relig
ious and literary operations disclose an unusual
degree of prosperity. There are now the ex
traordinary number of two hundred and fifty
young men in the Theological Seminaries and
Colleges preparing for the ministry, and twenty
missionaries are zealously prosecuting their la
bors in Brazil, New Granada, Italy, China, and
among the Choctaw Indians.
The reports upon the support of pastors in
feeble churches——of the Committee of Publica
tion and the Richmond Depository—of the con
dition of Colleges and Theological Seminaries
and the educational system of the various synods
—were all exceedingly satisfactory and showed
a sound and improving condition.
The next meeting of the General Assembly
was ordered to be held on the third Thursday of
May next at Louisville, Ky.
The MnhilA Tribune,from which we glean the
most of these facts, says:
We cannot close this brief abstract of the pro
ceedings without stating that the Assembly is
graced by the presence of many distinguished
members of the Presbytery. The Moderator,
the Rev. Dr. Stuart Robinson, and the Stated
Clerk, the Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Wilson, are gen
tlemen of great influence and distinguished abili
ties. We could mention the names of many
who ably represents the Synod of Kentucky; J.
N. Waddell, who represents the Synod of Mem
phis: G. W. McPhall, of the Synod of North
Carolina; J. L. Girardeau, of the Synod of South
Carolina, and J. T. Leftwieh, of the Synod of
Virginia. In conclusion, we may be permitted
to say, that for ability, eloquence, worth, aud
excellence, the Assembly has never been equall
ed or excelled.
The Meteoric Display.
Poughkeepsie, May 21.—At seven minutes
past eleven o’clock last night the largest and
most brilliant meteor ever witnessed here flashed
across the horizon from the southeast to the j remains, provided he has not recently disposed
Refugees in Atlanta.
Aibanx, May 24, 1869.
Editors Telegraph: I notice in your issue of
the 23d instant a communication from Atlanta
over the signature of “Radical,” in which he
mentions sundry Radical refugees in that place
who, he says, “are afraid to go home.” Among
the number, he mentions the name A. R. Reid,
the so-called Representative in the lower branch
of the Legislature from this (Dougherty) coun
ty. The said Reid was elected to that position
by negroes, scollawags, and carpet-baggers of
this county; but he is not a citizen of Dough
erty county. He is well known to be a citizen
of Spalding. The records in our Court House
show that on being served with a writ by our
sheriff he trailed being a citizen of Spalding,
and allowed the suit to proceed in this county*
He has some control of a farm which was given
to bis deceased wife, which, I think, was trust
property. That farm was rented this year to
negroes, who now control it. He certainly can
not be afraid to return to his farm in this
county, which is now occupied by his trusty
friends, the negroes. Reid knows very well
that no one here will molest Mm so long as he
conducts himself properly.
I learn that a short time before the Legisla
ture adjourned he purchased, with his iU-gotten
nine dollars a day and mileage, an interest in
some sort of a shop in Atlanta, where he still
we have examined the general status of the
county, and we are happy to state that the finan
cial condition of our county is in a much better
state than it has been for years, there having
been a tax assessed and collected sufficient to
pay ail of the indebtedness of the county, leav
ing a balance on hand of three or four hundred
dollars.
The books of the Clerk we have examined
and find well and neatly kept by our long-tried
and efficient offioer, John W. Pearce.
The Court House we find in good condition.
Our Building Committee suggest, and the body
recommend, the Ordinary to have the publio
buildings inclosed, either by palings or plank
fence.
The Jail, we are sorry to state, is still in a
bad condition, insufficient to keep securely
criminals. We. therefore recommend the build
ing of a sufficient and safe JaiL
The roads we find generally in a bad condi
tion throughout the county, needing especial
attention from the Commissioners or overseers,
where appointments have been made. In con
nection with the publio roads already estab
lished, we would recommend the opening of
new roads; one leading from this place to Bain-
bridge, Decatur county, and one to Newton,
Baker county. We also recommend the Ordi
nary to have a bridge built over Raccoon Creek,
on the road leading from Albany to Thomas-
ville.
We congratulate our citizens on having such
a gentleman to preside over them, a gentleman
of acknowleged ability, urbanity, and dispatch;
and we, as Grand Jurors, extend to His Honor
our most sincere thanks for the politeness and
forbearance extended to us.
We also return thanks to the Solicitor General
of our Court, R. H. Whiteley, for his prompt
ness, politeness, and readiness to impart all
needful and necessary information as to the
duties incumbent upon upon ns as Jurors.
H. P. Townsend, Foreman.
C. S. DeGraffenried, O. B. Collins,
J. H. Powell,
E. T. Walker,
L. Gantt,
J. F. M. Tippet,
J. B. Rogers,
J. C. Weeks,
J. M. Spring,
G. F. Brown,
D. G. Johnson,
G. B. Swatts,
J. M. Findlay,
W. Sellers,
S. J. Holton,
E. Wingate,
G. W. Baggs,
T. L. Burgess.
northeast It left a long train of scintillating
Sre, and lighted up the entire city.
Boston, May 21.—Many persons in the streets
last night were startled by a flash of scarlet-
tinged light, while others saw the meteor, which
they describe as of bright scarlet, and to the eye
about the size of a 12-povmd camion balL
of bis interest in that one-horse establishment.
Although he was illegally elected from this
county, not being then a resident of the same,
the white folks of Dougherty do not recognize
him as their representative. So much for your
correspondent’s Ku-Klux story about Reid.
Dougherty.
Ordered, That the foregoing presentments be
published in the Macon Telegraph, and that
the County Treasurer of Mitchell county pay
for said nublication.
J. M. Clare, J. S. C. S. W. C.
A true extract from the minutes of Court.
John W. Peaf.ce, Clerk.
Georgia—Ferocious Plans of Batter.
The special dispatches of the Herald from
WasMngton, the 21st, develop the following hor
rid suggestions from Butler:
Senator Sumner, General Butler nnd other
prominent radical Congressmen have been urg
ing the Secretary of War and the President to
adopt some vigorous policy in Georgia wMch
will bring the malcontents down there more ef
fectually to their senses. The immediate cause
of the attention bestowed by Sumner and But
ler upon Georgia is the numerous murders wMch
are reported as having taken place there recent
ly. They complain that nobody has been caught
and nobody punished. Both the President and
the Secretary of War have promised to look into
the matter, but they leave it to the military au
thorities. Sumner says if he were President
he would have the military authorities
preserve order there or he would go down
to Georgia and do it himself. Butler thinks
the military commander does not go the
right way about it. If he were the military com
mander in Georgia and a political murder was
committed he would issue a proclamation set
ting forth that unless the murderer were de
livered up within a certain time, with the evi
dence to convict him, he would destroy every
green thing for a space of ten miles square
around where the murder was committed. A
course like tMs, Butler thinks, would put an end
to the murders and insure the punishment of
the murderers. Sumner would be more mild;
he would content himself with taking hostages.
Butler says he tried that in the South before,
and it had no effect. The other plan, he thinks,
would work admirably. Whether Grant will in
struct General Terry to adopt it in Georgia re
mains to be seen.
There’s no use having any blood if it refuses
to curdle over such sanguinary recommends
turns, but there is this difficulty in carrying
them out—that a large proportion of the crops
to be destroyed belongs to the negro! Will you
bum up their crops because one of their nnmber
has been murdered ?
Letter from Hon. T. J. Speer.
The subjoined, from Col. Speer, shows, as we
stated, that he is not one of the immortal nine
afraid to go home. Mr. Speer, however, thinks
he knows persons who would not be safe at
homo, and no doubt there are good many such
all the world over. Justice has a claim upon
them. But if there is, in truth, anybody in
Atlanta at peace with the State of Georgia,
afraid to go home, we say the Democracy of the
State ought to furnish him a body guard and in
sure Ms life for the benefit of Ms wife and
children.
Atlanta, Ga., May 24, 1869.
Editors Telegraph : My attention was called
tMs morning to a communication in the Tele
graph, dated Atlanta, the 21st inst., and signed
“Radical,” giving the names of certain parties
in Atlanta who were afraid to return to their
homes, in wMch my name was included. In
reply, permit me to state that I have been in
Pike county several times this year, and met
with no violence or insult, and do not appre
hend anything of the kind in the future. I was
in Macon several days last week, and remarked
to personal and political friends that I never
saw a more peaceable and orderly people in my
life. My reasons for not having been in my
District more than I have since the adjourn
ment of the Legislature, are known to many per
sons in the State, including Democrats and Re
publicans, and are not necessary to be stated.
There are doubtless acts of violence and law
lessness committed in some sections of the
State, and I think that I know persons that would
not be safe to return to their homes. Bnt I
know of no violence or outrages being perpetra
ted in the 22d Senatorial District composed of
the counties of Bibb, Monroe and Pike, and be
lieve that the citizens of said counties are pur
suing their business avocations and using their
energies to develop the material resources of
the State.
I have to thank yon for the refutation of said
article as referring to myself, and dislike hav
ing been thrust so conspicuously before the pub
lic by an anonymous scribbler.
Respectfully, Thos. J. Speer.
Items from the Monroe Advertiser.
The wheat crop of Monroe, from all accounts,
will be unusually large. We hear no complaints
of rust or blight as yet, and a few weeks more of
propitious weather will reduce the prospect of a
large yield to a certainty. Equally favorable
reports reach us from the adjoining counties.
Last Saturday was cook About dark, fires
were in demand and felt comfortable. Indeed,
we are of the opinion there was ice, though we
didn’t take the trouble to inquire at any of the
stores whore it is generally kept. From the in
dustrious manner in wMch the wind blew, we
judge that May was “ putting on airs.”
Among the guests of the McIntosh House,at
Indian Spring, we observe Rev. Mr. Warren, of
the First Baptist Church, Macon. He is in bad
health, but it is to be hoped a short rest from
his ordinary labors, aided by the healthful influ
ence of our justly celebrated waters, will soon
enable Mm to return to Ms charge.
The Weather.—Planters in Butts, with whom
we have conversed, complain loudly of the ef
fects of the cold nights experienced last week.
The growth of com and cotton has been seri
ously retarded, and much of the latter killed
without doubt. Wheat and oats continue to
promise well. _ _
Crops in Jasper.—We learn atMonticellolast
week that the prospects for good crops in Jas
per county were never more promising. Nearly
all the farmers were through planting, com and
cotton are generally up and the stand is good.
The farmers had their land thorougMy prepared
and in excellent order before planting, many of
them, notwithstanding their distance from the
railroad, using guano.—MiUcdgeviRe Union.
When a ton of wheat is marketed, it leaves
notMfig behind but five dollars’ worth of straw.
When a ton of meat is sold, it has left behind it
nine-teenths of the manural value of the food
‘ consumed-in making it fr, . .. v
Sale of the New Orleans, Opelousas and j barded
Great Western Railroad. Paris, May 25.—The elections have resulted so
NEW ORLEANS COMMERCIAL CONYEN- far in the return of one hundred and ninety three
rpjQjj j Government, and ah opposition of ninety. The op-
New Orleans. May 25.-lhe sale of the New Or- 1 position in the last Corps Legislate was 45. Thiers
leans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad took, Ms been defeated.
place this morning by virtue of an order from the} Sr. Thomas, May 18.-Steamer Arragohas arrived
United States Circuit Court, under the auspices of j to tow the Peruvian Minister’s to Barbadoes,
ex-United States Marshal, F. J. Herron. The prin- Tbe Yomito is raging at Guadeloupe,
ripal interests represented were the Illinois Central { Cnbral has crossed the Haytien frontier and the
Railroad, and the Mobile and Chattanooga Railroad,. vhole Republic is in arms,
the bond holders and Charles Morgan. The first .Vssss, May 26.-Orleanist3 and moderate Repub-
hid was one. million, next, million and a half. The lican candidates have been beaten everywhere—
bids then proceeded by hundred thousands to two The Radicals cany Paris and LyonB.
million dollars, which was bid by Mr. Paul Blanch,
in behalf of the bond holders of the road, to which
amount he was limited. C. A. Whitney, represent
ing Charles Morgan, bid two million and fifty thou
sand dollars, at which amount it waB knocked down
after a moment’s pause, and seventy-five thousand
dollars were immediately paid as a guarantee. Mr.
Whitney announced that it was the intention of Mr.
Morgan, who himself was President, immediately
to get about extending the road to the Sabine. The
actual sale occupied barely ten minutes.
The Commercial Convention adjourned over till
Wednesday, and delegates are on an inspecting
tour to the month of the Mississippi, to-day.
Thiers and
Jnles Favere are defeated. The new corps legis
lator will be composed almost entirely of Govern
ment and Radical members.
Tranquility prevails throughout the country. The
Government majority is larger than was expected.
Paris, May 26.—An assassin at Leghorn killed
the Austrian Consul and wounded CoL Grenville.
The crime was prompted by revenge,
France and Italy have completed arrangements
for the evacuation some time in September.
The French elections resulted in the return of
196 goverment members, and 26 opposition. Thir
ty-eight districts are still unheard from.
London', May 26—The Volante won the royal
yacht race—time seven hours, fifty minutes.
London, May 26 Sunshine, byThesmandy, dam
Sunbeam: won the Epsom road stakes,
Mysotis, by New Maister, dam Souvenir, won the
Ross stakes.
The betting was eight to one against Mysotis, and
two to one against Sunshine.
From Cuba.
Havana, May 24—The following official acconnt
of the landing of fillibuBters in the Eastern De
partment is made public. Seven hundred were dis
embarked on the night of the 16th in the Bay of
Nipe. They qnietly took position, mounting six
guns and fortifying their houses. They remained
undiscovered for thirty-six honrs.
Capt. Mozo attacked them with 120 men, using
the bayonet. He stormed one of the houses and
captured the flag, but finally was obliged to retire,
his ammunition giving out. The fillibusters lost 60
killed and 160 wounded. The Spaniards lost four
killed. The Bensa adds that the fillibusters fired
denying the sympathies we entertained in order to three cannon shots into the steamer Marzella, dam-
The English Press Hot.
London, May 25—The press continue bitter in
relation to the Alabama claims. Articles in the
Standard (tory) bitterly assails the English Radicals
for addressing the Americans in language of affec
tion and admiration. The flatteiy with which Ameri
cans have been besmeared are the causes of their
present menacing attitude. No man with English
blood in his veins should deal with Mr. Stunner's
speech in such a feeble and unmanly strain. Ameri
ca had been deceived into the belief that England
would meekly endnre insult and humbly submit to
chastisement, and had all bnt committed itself.—
Such a message addressed to such a nation as Eng
land could only be answered by a cballange. Ameri
ca remembers the plain facts of the late war and
cannot he humbugged into the belief that the bulk
of the English people approved of the subjugation
of the South. Such assertions make Americans be
lieve that England is telling lies to escape from a
thrashing. We are never guilty of the meanness of
escape the displeasure of a successful party. The
educated classes who sympathise with the South,
are the nation. The masses are only their followers.
From Washington.
Washington, May 25—Grant departed for Anna
polis to-day.
CoL A. H. Marland, Superintendent Fourth Pos
tal District, departed for Louisville, Ky—his Head
quarters—to-night
Officers of the 17th and 44th Infantry, consoli
dated out and not assigned to Indian duty, are
ordered to report to Gen. Canbv, as registrars in
Virginia.
Revenue, to-day, 8437,000.
Gen. Dyer resumed duty as CMef of Ordnance
to-day. ■'
Washington, May 26 This morning’s Republi
can says the Commissioner of Internal Revenae
yesterday appointed twenty Assistant Assessors for
the first Louisina (New Orleans) District, upon the
recommendation of Assessor Jonbart Most of them
are negroes. Morse and Abel are retained upon the
recommendation of leading business men and citi
zens.
The New York Herald’s acconnt of the fight in
Nisse bay says the fiilibnsters ; whilo fighting, were
surprised by a large force of Spaniards who carried
their unfinished works, capturing the flag and five
guns. The fillibusters ralied recapturing the works
and guns bnt failed to recover the flag. Tho fillibus-
ters then turned their guns on the Spanish steamer
Marsella, which escaped with two Ehots through her
hulk ,
Presbyterian Assembly.
Mobile, May 25—T]ie assembly on Monday ap
pointed a committee td revise its form of govern
ment and discipline. {The committee reported in
part to-day.
The assembly recommends presbyteries to throw
their licentiates, so fof as practicable, into destitute
fields.
On the subject of co-operation with the General
Assembly of the old school in their labor among
freedmen. the following resolution was adopted
unanimously:
Resolved, That inasmuch as the correspondence
between the Secretary of the Committee on Freed
men of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, in the United States of America, and the
Secretary of the Sustentation of our Church has
developed no practicable mode of co-operation be
tween the two Churches in their efforts to evangel
ize the freedmen, this General Assembly is not
prepared to take any steps contemplating the pro
posed concert of action.
Resolved, iftat the Secretary of Sustentation is
hereby instructed to communicate the foregoing
resolution to the Committee on Freedmen of the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States of America.
A resolution on the maintenance of simplicity in
Church music was laid over.
A missionary meeting was held on Monday night.
A plan was reported to-day for insuring the lives
of ministers in our connection.
A resolution was introduced looking to an amend
ment in the charter of the Church.
At the meeting to-night several addresses were
made on the subjects of education and publication.
Mobile, May 26—A fire occurred this morning
on Commerce street, between St. Michael and St.
Louis streets last night, by which Childress A
Davis, Grocery Dealers, Foster & Gardner, F. E.
Stollenworck & Brothers, Commission Merchants,
Ober & Anderson, Feed Store, Baker & Co.,
Forwardihg Merchants, were burnt out. Col. L.
T. Woodruff, one of onr most prominent business
men and President of the Board of Trade, lost his
life. Two others were seriously injured by failing
walls. The loss is estimated at between forty and
fifty thousand dollars.
The funeral, to-day, of Colonel L. T. Woodruff,
late President of the Board of Trade, was the largest
ever witnessed. The remains lay in state in the
Board of Trade Rooms until four o'clock, when they
were removed to the Methodist Church, followed by
the Board and the Presbyterian Assembly, in a
body. All the stores were closed at three o’clock
out of respect for the deceased. The crowd at the
church was immense. The people turned ont cn
masse to witness the funeral.
In tho General Asi embly, the greater part of the
evening was spent in discussing a plan for the evan
gelization of the blacks.
Dr. Girardeau made an able speech in favor of
the plan, which was recommended. It provides
that when practicable the Presbyteries may organ
ize separate colored churches, to be supplied for
the present with white pastors and and ruling elders
of their own color; the pastors oflour white church
es to supply the pulpits as far as possible; that suit
able colored exhorters may be employed under di
rection of the pastors: that when colored candi
dates for the Ministry show themselves fitted for or
dination, they shall be ordained with the under
standing that they shall henceforth be ecclesiastical
ly separated from us. Onr ministers and people are
urged to efficient labors among them.
From New York.
New York, May 25—The steam tug, William
Parks, exploded at the foot of Dock street to-day,
and four persons were killed.
The fire at Hunter's Point is progressing; over four
acres are burning. Eight propellers and other
vessels have been burned so far. The oil tanks on
the docks are now burning. An explosion is ex
pected. The loss will certainly exceed one million
dollars.
H. B. YanAuken, President of theDurange Silver
Mining Company, cut his throat fatally to-day. No
cause for the rash act has been given.
The steamer Russia, from Liverpool, run down
the Austrian ship, Figlia, anchored off Bedloe’s
Island. She sank in fifteen minutes. No lives
lost.
New York, May 25—Arrived steamer City of
Antwerp, Nebrask and Kfcdar.
From Cuba.
Havana, May 26.—Dolce has decreed a seizure of
horses in eight jurisdictions to prevent their falling
into the hands of the Insurgents.
The Parrot has arrived at Kingston. Jamaica, af
ter landing tp expedition in the bay of Nisse.
aging her bull and rigging. The flag captured by
Mozo is inscribed, “Rifleros Libertad,” and was
presented by Emilia Casanova. The troops took
the six guns and turned them against the fillibus
ters, and spiked the guns before they fell back.
Four war steamers with troops have sailed for
the Bay of Nipe.
There is a .amor that the rebel General Quesada
has been captured and shot.
Plumb was assigned to duty to-day as United
States Consul General.
Tbe United States flagship Contocook and the
steamer Yantic have sailed for Matanzas.
The Saratoga is waiting here to take Minister
Nelson to Mexico.
The Narragansett has gone to Nuevitas to take
away American residents desirous of leaving.
Twenty-two persons, captured on the prize Gal
vanic, were sent to Spain yesterday.
Sugar steady; holders firm. Exchange firm.
New Orleans Commercial Convention.
New Orleans, May 26.—The Convention assem
bled this morning, but the committees being un
prepared to report, adjourned, after some unimport
ant business. It reassembled at 3 o’clock, p. m.,
when several committees presented reports:
The Committee on Western Trade presented a re
port. with resolutions looking to the encouragement
and employment of iron bargee, to transport freight
on the Western rivers.
The Committee on the Removal of Substances in
the Month of the Mississippi River recommended
the appointment of a committee to prepare a memo
rial to Congress, demonstrating the national im
portance of the subject, and asking Congressional
attention, and that the President of the Convention
be instructed to forward copies of the resolutions
and memorial to the President of the United States,
and each Senator and Representative in Congress:
also, that the committee be directed to apply with
out delay to the President and United States Engi
neer Bureau, {or the assignment of a portion of the
general appropriation for river improvement, to be
expended in the speedy prosecution of the work al
ready commenced at the month of the Mississippi
river.
The Committee on Levees presented a communi
cation endorsing and recommending the bill pre
sented to Congress at the late session, providing
for national aid to the construction of levees.
The Committee on the Pacific Railroad presented
a majority and minority report; the majority favor
ing a direct route from Cairo to Mazatlan; the
minority report favored the Memphis, El Paso and
Grand Trunk route, with branches to various impor
tant points South.
Mr. Williams, of Tennessee, presenting the mi
nority report made a brief speech, advocating the
route described, as being wholly within the territory
of the United States, and opposing any route touch
ing foreign territory. His remarks were received
with considerable applause. The reports, generally,
are voluminous and were ordered to be printed and
made the special order for consideration to-morrow
morning.
From Virginia
Richmond, May 26.—A large Conservative meet
ing was held at the Park this afternoon, which wa3
addressed by Hon. Thos. S. Flournoy, and others,
in favor of Walker, Republican, for Governor.
Walker was present and made a brief address.
His presence was welcomed with cheers.
The American Baptist Free Mission Society com
menced its twenty-sixth anniversary meeting this
morning. Rev. A. L. Post, of Pennsylvania, Pres
ident ; Rev. Ruftis L. Periy. of Brooklyn. N. Y.,
Secretary. Twenty-nine States and Canada are rep
resented by one hundred and six delegates, includ
ing two women. A large majority of the delegates
are colored.
General News.
New Yore, May 26 Wm. C. Rnshmore, Presi
dent of the Atlantic National Bank of Brooklyn,
killed by the recent Long Island Railroad disaster,
was short a quarter of a million. A run on the bank
has been checked by personal pledges from tbe di
rectors,
Tbe steamship Quaker City was seized yesterday
for contemplated violation of neutrality laws. She
claims British protection.
The Presbyterian committees, to which a basis of
reunion has been referred, are to meet at Pittsburg
in August.
Savannah, May 26.—Tho trial of the murderers
of Broadbacker and Srochman, Las resulted as fol
lows: Two convicted of murder; five plead guilty
of manslaughter, and ml. pros, was entered against
three.
From Alabama.
Montgomery, May 25.—Judge Busteed is in town,
holding a term of the United States Court here
The Congressional Committee, to investigate his
conduct, are expected here to-night. Judge Bus-
teed has been here two weeks, and was here when
it was stated from Washington that he desired the
investigation to proceed at Washington, because it
would be unsafe for him to come to Alabama.
PICTURE-BOOK WITHOUT PICTURES, 1 ™
BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON. j OAKLAND, F.AttT.T CoUNTT, 22 1869.
Translated from the Germanfor the Macon Daily i Editors Telegraph: The termstn^or and'di
Telegraph. : rector, though nearly akin, have a 'jfference in
It is strange! When my feelings are most i signification, and of this difference ava 4j
truly warm and heartfelt, it appears to me as ! myself and preliminarily disclaim t
though iny hands and tongue were tied; I can- | the latter and more hateful title—t,ntentinz
not well express, not well speak out, what there myself with the more original functioiof caro-
is going on in me; and yet I am a painter—that, iug^at my fellows—(and betters ?) * » * *
my eye tells me—that, all say who have seen ” TrL
my sketches and leaves.
I am a poor student; I live in a very narrow
little street, lacking, however, no light, for I
live high above and have a view on the roofs.
During the first days, after I had removed to
town,! felt very close and lonely; instead of
the forest and the green hills, only black chim-
nies rose against the sky. Not one friend did I
possess; not one familiar face greeted me.
One evening I stood quite sad at the window;
I opened it and looked forth. Ah! what joy
filled my heart! I saw a familiar face, a round
The Presbyterian General Assemblies.
New York, May 25.—Dr. Beatty, of the old school
committee, addressed the new school committee,
which rose to receive them with great applause.
Ho B&id that this would probably be tbe last time
the assemblies would be called upon to interchange
civilities, inasmuch as in future they will both be
one. This remark elititedTspontaneous applause.
The New- York Citizen, one of the most spirit
ed and readable of the New York weeklies, will
henceforth be edited by Mr. Robert Roosevelt,
who has bocome its sole proprietor. Mr. R. is
said to be a keen sportman, a very independent
Democrat, and a thorough good fellow. All
these traits are reflected in the Citizen, which
makes a most agreeable paper.
The New York Herald publishes a statement
of incomes in the Eighth Internal Revenue
District of that city for the past year: A. T.
Stewart reports $3,019,218; John J. Astor,
$12,96$; Edwin Booth, $$3,736 ; James Gordon
Bennett, $186,500; Robert Bonner, $183, $41.
The receipts on Monday, at Boston, from the
. sale of tickets for the Jubilee, were nearly $40,-
i 000—much better than expected.
friendly face—that of my best friend from home;
the face of the Moon. The dear old Moon was
unchanged and still the same, as she once looked
down upon me through the willow trees on the
moor. 1 kissed my hand to her, and she shone
full into my little room promising me to peep
in for some moments every night whenever she
went out. She has kept this promise faithfully.
Pity that she can only stay so little a while.
Each time she narrates this or that to me, what
she saw the preceding night, or the same even
ing. “ Thou hast only to picture what I relate,”
she said on her first visit, “ and thou wilt get a
pretty picture-book.”
How have I done that many evenings. I could,
in my way, bringnew “thousand and one nights”
in pictures, bnt the number, I fear, would be
too great. Those which I am going to relate,
follow as I heard them. A great genial painter,
a poet and a musician can make something more
out of it, if he has a mind to do so; what I am
drawing are only hasty sketches on the paper,
with my own thoughts between them, for the
Moon did not come every night—often a cloud
or two would separate us.
FIRST EVENING.
“Last night,” these are the Moon’s own
words, I glided through the clear sky of India;
I mirrored myself in the Ganges, and my beams
attempted to penetrate the thick twisted
branches of the plane trees, that are vaulted
like a tortoise shell. There emerged from the
thicket a Hindoo girl, fleet as a gazelle, beauti
ful as Eve. It was such a pleasant and grace
ful sight, this daughter of India; I could see
her thoughts through her tender skin.
The thorny lianas tore her sandals, but
quickly she passed on; the game coming from
the river where they had quenched their thirst,
bounded shyly past her, for the girl held a burn
ing lamp in her hand; I could perceive the
fresh blood in her fine fingers, which she spread
like a shelter above the flame.* She approached
the river and put down the lamp on the waters
which glided onward; the flame flared as if
about to expire; but it kept burning and the
girl’s dark beaming eyes followed it from be
hind the eyelids’ long silken lashes with a soul-
full look. She knew that her lover was alive
if the lamp kept burning, as long as she conld
follow it with her eyes; but if it expired
sooner, he was dead.
And the lamp burned and flamed! she sank
on her knees and prayed. Beside her there was
a smooth snake lying in the grass, bnt she
thought only of Brahma and her bridegroom.
“Helives,” she exclaimed rejoicingly: “he
lives,” it re-echoed from the mountains, “he
lives."
SECOND EVENING.
“Yesterday,” so the moon told me, “I looked
into a small yard that was entirely enclosed by
houses. There was a clucking hen with eleven
chickens: a pretty little girl skipped around
them; the hen chuckled and spread her wing3
over her little ones; there came the father of
the girl scolding her. I glided onward without
thinking any more of it. To-night, however,
only a few minutes ago, I looked again into the
same yard. There was everything quiet, bnt
soon the little girl appeared and, stealing noise
lessly to the hen-house, pushed back the bolt
and slipped in to the hen and the chickens;
they chirped and fluttered about; the little one
ran after them; I could see that distinctly, for
I saw through a hole in the wall. I was angry
with the naughty child and rejoiced when the
father came, and, taking her by the arm, scold
ed her still more than yesterday. She bent her
head backwards, her blue eyes were filled with
large tears.
“What doest thou do here ?” he asked.
She wept. “I would kiss the hen, begging
her forgiveness on account of yesterday, bnt 1
did not dare to tell thee that.”
And the father kissed the forehead of the
sweet innocence, but I kissed her eyes and
mouth.
THIRD EVENING.
In the narrow street there, round the cor
ner—it is so narrow that only for a minute my
beams can play on tbe walls of the honse, bnt I
see enough during this minute to become ac
quainted with the world that is moving within
these walls—I beheld a women. Sixteen years
ago she was still a child ; at that time she was
playing in the country, in the garden of the old
parsonage : the rose-hedges were old and had
ceased blooming; they grew luxuriantly in the
walks, and the old shoots reached the branches
of the apple-trees; only here and there a rose
was blooming, though not so beautifully as
generally the Queen of Flowers blooms. The
little daughter of the preacher seemed to me to
be a far prettier rose; she sat on her stool under
the wild-growing hedge, hugging her doll with
its broken cheeks of paste-hoard.
Ten years later I saw her again; I beheld her
in a magnificent ball room: she was a rich
merchant’s beautiful bride. I rejoiced at her
good fortune and looked for heron stiff even
ings. Alas! nobody thinks of my clear eye and
penetrating look.
My Rose was, likewise, sending forth shoots
as the roses in the garden of the parsonage.—
Everyday life has its tragedy, too, of which I
have seen the last act to-night. In the narrow
street she lay on the bed, sick unto death, and
the ruthless landlord tore—rudely and coldly—
the cover away; her only protection.
“Arise,” said he, “thy cheeks frighten peo
ple ; adorn thyself, get money, or I turn thee
out infc> the streets!” Quick! arise.”
“Death is in my breast,” she replied. “Alas,
let me rest 1” And pulling her up, he rouged
her cheeks and braided roses in her hair: and
after having seated her by the window, the
burning light close by, he left the house.
I looked at her; she sat motionless; her hands
dropped in her lap. The wind shut, violently,
the open window, breaking a pane with a crash;
but she sat there motionless as before—the cur
tain was waving around her in a blaze ; she was
dead. At the open window the dead preached
a moral—my rose from the garden of the par
sonage.
FOURTH EVENING.
“I have assisted at a German comedy to
night,” the Moon continued; “It was in a little
town. A stable was transformed into a theatre,
that is: the stalls had remained, and were dec
orated for boxes; from the low ceiling there
hnng a little iron chandelier, and that it could
disappear as in the large theatres, whenever the
ting ting of the prompter resounded, there was
a large up-turned barrel fixed above it.
“ ‘Ting-ting,’ and the little iron chandelier
made a bound of half a yard, and disappeared
in the barrel; and now they knew that the com-
medy was to commence. A young Prince and
his wife, who were passing through the little
town, were present, therefore the honse was
crowded. Only the place beneath the chande
lier was like a little crater; there was no human
soul sitting there, for the lights dripped, drip
ped. I saw every thing, for it was so warm in
side that all the shutters were opened. The ser
vants male and female, were standing outside,
looking through the holes, though the beadle
who sat inside threatened them with his stick.
Close by the orchestra you might behold t the
young princely couple in two old arm char s,
where the Burgomaster and his wife would usu
ally take their seats, but to-day they were
doomed to sit on wooden benches like the other
common citizens. ‘Now one can see that there
are falcons above falcons,’ the lady said aside;
the whole became thereby more festival still;
the chandelier bounded, the populace had their
hands beaten off, and I, the Moon, assisted at
the representation until the conclusion.” ._ ■
Jaeno.
Postmaster in Cuthbert.—The Americas
Courier of Friday says:
. A note from a friend in Cuthbert, reoeived
by to-day's train, informs ns that Griffin, a ne
gro of the Radical stripe has been appointed
postmaster for the clever little city, vice Pea
cock, removed.
Copper and Silver.—We were shown, the
other day, by Mr. Fain, of White county, a
sample of pure copper intermixed with pure
silver, found in a mine in Cherokee county,
North Carolina. It was found imbedded in ww«. « —.— i-wth in
solid rock. We learn there is plenty “more of yield from the whole must bathe result, douj
What I wish to draw your attention teis the
loose, injurious and uninformed comments
the editorial fraternity on agricultural maters
In illustration: in a batch of papers appea the
following: “The growing crop in this seeW
thus far, has met with no serious injury fn-
any source.”—Bainbriage Argus. “Fully M
large in area as last year, their crops are mots
diversified, and more grain is in the ground. ”3.
Eufaula Times. “ The crops were never, at this
season of the year, in better condition.’’—Albam
News. J
One to the manor bom would suppose that the
Sancti of the Argus and News were inhabited by
emigrants—and very recent ones, too—from the
inclement latitude of statesman-breeding Sko-rr-
hegan. What are the facts ? The Argus says
and truly, of the com: “Much of it is knee-
high, and some few stalks, here and there,
are waist-high.” Now, every little tow-headed
native urchin, large enough to ride a “bogty
jackass,” knows that in good seasons, at this time
of the year, com should reach from the middle
of the side to the back of the mule plowing it."
Of cotton, the heavy and repeated rains, and
the long-protracted cold weather, have left us a
poor stand of stunted, shriveled, lifeless stuff
waging a hopeless straggle with disastrous fate
and promising no “ pastures green” to the com
ing caterpillar. “ The area fully as large as that
of the last year" of the Times can be accounted
for only upon the supposition that labor there
has been supplemented by “sulky plows,” “cul
tivators,” “ steam plows,” clidornne. genus, be
cause a reference to the Eufaula papers of tig
first of the year will show a falling off of labor.
I have not the slightest desire to tilt with
these editors, and therefore hasten to say that
good-natured negligence is imputed to them,
and that their “vices lean to virtue’s side.” (If
poetry will not soften their implacable natures,
what will?) It is always pleasanter to predict
good than evil, to luxuriate in future green
backs than fret in present poverty; but, Gentle
men of the Press, these fancy pictures with
which yon pelt us, we—country frogs—don’t
feel to be roses, but veritable stones. These
accounts of yours are rolled as sweet morsels
under the tongues of Lowell and Manchester.
These Spanish Castles of Georgia origin re
reive Massachusetts battlements and English
turrets; and then comes the speculator, with the
final, crushing, coping-stone of a three million
bale crop, and the poor planter sits disconso
lately between a “final discharge” and the
“Homestead Act.”
* m ’ * *
Now, Messrs. Editors, “had this oughter be?”
Because we farmers are called the mud-sills of
society, should every shoe be scraped upon us?
If you newspaper men can’t get agricultural in
formation from better sources than railroad
conductors and Radway’s Ready Relief ped
lars, had yon not better fill up your country
column with “all quiet in the rural districts ?”
Let me suggest to you a pregnant subject for
an editorial: “The Editorial and Urban Capi
talist's Combination against Agriculture.’ A
reperusal of certain prophecies (editorial) in the
Telegbavh of last fall, as to the abundance of
com to be in Georgia this spring, might “strew
repentant ashes upon your head.”
Georgian.
Note by The Telegraph.—We do not re
member ever to have editorially predicted an
abundance of com in Georgia since the war; for,
to the best of our recollection, we have never
had any faith, in all that time, that the planters
of Georgia, as a whole, were producing, or like
ly to produce, their own supplies of com. We
think our correspondent has mistaken the vatic-
nations of correspondents for the views of the
Telegraph.
In respect to onr reports of growing crops—
they are altogether composed of the written re
ports or oral representations of planters, and we
aim simply to state facts, without regard to
their results upon markets, which at best are
problematical
Cotton Caterpillar.
From the Albany .Yeits of the 25f A.J
We are reliably informed, by those who can
not be mistaken, that the genuine cotton cater
pillar has made its appearance in both Baker
and Mitchell counties. We understand they are
already numerous in the cotton on one planta
tion some twenty miles below this, on the river.
In this connection we will say, that we are re
quested, by several members, to state that a
meeting of the Dougherty County Agricultural
Club will be held at the Court-house in this
place, on the first Monday in June, 7th prox.,
for the purpose of reorganizing, and consulting
with regard to the threatened approaches of the
caterpillar. It is thought by some that means
may be arrived at which, by concert of action,
may serve to arrest the ravages of this the most
fatal pest of the cotton planter, if not extermin
ate it.
Singular Weather—-Its Effect upon Cotton.
Friday last, after a warm, clear morning, a
cloud gathered in the northwest about noon, and
was driven rapidly by a gust of wind southeast
ward, refreshing ns with a delightful shower as
it passed. Immediately a heavy wind came
down upon us from the same direction, which
continued during the afternoon and all night
long, bearing on its wings chilly sensations and
fearful evidences of hail in the upper regions.
Since then the atmosphere has had an icy feel
ing, and fires and blankets have not been un
comfortable companions o’nights and mornings.
The cold snap has increased the panic among
cotton planters, and many regard it as fatal to
their prospects. Others, particularly those
planting on red lands, are still hopeful, and are
confident that a few warm days will dissipate
the gloom.
Horrible Accident.—A horrible accident oc
curred a fortnight ago at the Cirque Napoleon,
in Paris. A rival of Robt Houdin, Dr. Epstein,
has entertained the Parisian public at the Fan-
taisies Pariaiennes, and subsequently at the
Cirque Napoleon, by a series of legerdemain
feats, amongst which was that of allowing him
self to be shot at by any one who would load a
pistol and fire at him. He offered the pistol to
two of the audience, who successively refused
the experiment. It was finally accepted by a
gentleman, who loaded and handed the pistol to
one of the Cirque servants. The man, as
desired, fired on Dr. Epstein. He immediately
exclaimed, “I am killed,” and fell, blood pour
ing from his month; a gaping wound in his
breast being visible to the audience as he lay <»
the ground. The ramrod, by inconceivable
carelessness, had not been withdrawn, and bad
consequently been shot right through the un
fortunate exhibitor's breast. The rod "J 3
broken by the shock, and so violent was the
ricochet that a fragment bounded back and
struck the person who had involuntarily caused
the accident The sadness of the scene was in
creased by the frightful grief of' two women,
who, on seeing Dr. Epstein fall, rose from then
seats and rushed on to the stage. They were
the wife and daughter of the victim, of whose
life there is little hope.
Singular Death.—On Saturday last * colored
man named "Warren, about twenty years old, in
the employment of widow Butler, was found
dead near Mr. B.’s residence. He was employed
by this lady hauling wood to Griffin. When
found, he was laying under a capsized load ot
wood. It is supposed that while driving over a
sliding place, the load turned over upon him-
He was a good, faithful, hard-working hand.
■[Griffin Star.
Strangest Rat on Record.—Everybody b 83
heard of the “cow that eat np the grindstone,
but Mr. Tim Barham reports a case of a
that eat up a mill rock at Bemhart’s Mill 8
short time ago. The mill rock was discovered to
be perforated with holes, ■ so bad as to necessi
tate the purchase of a new one. It was sup
posed to be the work of rats. Shortly aft®?
wards Judge Stilwell’s “head man” killed a
that weighed fourteen pounds. This is though*
to be the identical rat that eat the mill we*-
For further particulars inquire of Judge SW-
well or George White.—Ibid.
Condition of the Caors.—A trip to Union
Springs, some fifty miles west of this city, ®
Alabama, this week, gave us an opportunity l0
see and enquire into the condition of the young
crops. The territory spoken of comprises a
portion of the best cotton lands in Alabama
We found the cotton plant small and sickly, un°
in many instances overrun with grass. On tn*
sandy lands it has died ont until, in but few in
stances, a half stand is left. The cold night®
are fast destroying it. Oom looks pony, mostly
for want of work. Judging from what we sa
of the progress of cultivation, if portions of tne
land planted in cottonisinotal?*W@PS^’.*
the same sort” where that came from.—lb. ! c-otton and corn.—Coinwbus Suit.