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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.