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The Greorsria "Weeklv Teles:rar>li.
THE TELEGRAPH.
MACON, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1869.
Hrapwed Re-Union of the
Georgia Regiment.
Eighth
We bare written suggestions from a prominent
source in Georgia—high in the service of the
isle Confederate States, that, in all probability,
the proposed reunion of the Eighth Georgia In
fantry Regiment would be misconstrued and
made the occasion of new inflictions upon the
suffering people of the State. We confess such
an idea as this never once occurred to ns. Wo
had no conception that anybody in the wide
valid could attribute such a meeting to other
dun purely social and oonvivial purposes—a
natural and praiseworthy desire to renew the
friendships and gratify the attachments formed
anit cemented daring four years of hard service
on the march, in the camp, and on the battle
field.
Tim intelligent and sagacious source from
winch these suggestions come,doesnot,however,
penmt us to doubt that a very foul misrepre
mentation and use of this regimental meeting
.maybe made, if it comes off. We know that
our correspondent must needs be well posted,
and would not speak as he does, except upon a
dear perception of danger and mischief to result
from the meeting.
On the other hand, so far as the 8th regiment
is concerned, or any other regiment in the late
- Confederate service, we do not entertain a doubt
•of their-readiness to sacrifice all considerations
of mere personal gratification to the public wel
.faze. They would never have proposed this
meeting, if it had occurred to them that it might
•bo tortured into any evidence of “disloyalty,
so-called, or any latent purpose to renew the
sectional war, and we donbt not they will
promptly defer it, upon the suggestion that in
ferences of this character will be drawn, or
rather wrested from it, by the enemies of the
Southern people.
We, therefore, beg the press of the region in
which this gallant regiment was raised, if they con
cur with us, to second these suggestions, and the
Right Regiment, although they may think it
'mere over caution, to defer the proposed reunion
to ante more favorable time. We feel less del
icacy on this subject, because we have hitherto
favored this meeting of the regiment, without
the remotest apprehension of any such mis
construction of its purpose.
Tlie Memphis Convention.
This Convention was a grand success in re-
* > speet to numbers aud representation, and fnl-
' filled every purpose practicable in directing pub
lic attendance to certain measures essential to
the prosperity of the South. It was attended
by abont eleven hundred delegates, from every
part of the country, and representing every
phase of political opinion. Radicals and Demo
crats, Federals and Confederates, were all to
gether, cheek by jowl, in entire harmony and
;good feeling, and upon the only points on
■which a contest could arise—that of local and
.railway interests—as they stood effected by the"
pleasures suggested, the Convention gave con
troversy ii wide berth, by avoiding specifica
tions offd/preferences.
Thtur, in respect to the Southern Pacific Rail
way they declined to indicate any particular
eastern connections. In respect to direct trade
they refused to discriminate in favor of Nor
folk. Upon other subjects—they urge upon
Congress a more equitable disposition of the
national banking capital—a redaction of interest
an the public debt and upon the States a repeal
of the usury laws. They recommend capital
invested in miBMjgaafi manufactures to be ex
empted from txasstion. They ask aid to levee
the Mwfcie& i r;pi__i m prove the Tennessee river
andcCflay-piete the Lonisville canal. Their reso-
{^.ona and reports, in fact, cover almost every
imaginable enterprise and interest of the South.
They adjourned to meet in Louisville on the 12th
-of October next.
The Armory Buildings for Sale.
The Freedmen’s Bureau advertises the Armo
ry Buildings for sale at 12 X., Jane 15th, on the
premises. We understand that they have been
legally adjudged as the property of the city of
Maoon, but the Bureau claims some interest in
.them, which amounts to the value of a lawsuit
with a certainty of being thrown. These costly
structures will make magnificent cotton mills,
and we have heard it said the city will sell them
for that purpose, or turn them in as stock in
m organized manufacturing company. We
hope either way they can bo made a splendid
property for tho city—ultimately, perhaps, a
fond for the grand canal and water-works, with
which we can run a few score of water-wheels
nn/l a million or two of spindles, besides giving
people abundance of water for all domestic
The Belcher Correspondence.
Augusta, Ga., May 14, I860.
Dear Sir—The work of death continues in
Georgia. Since my lastletter two more colored
men have fallen victims of rebel hate and treach
ery. A colored man that knew the cowardly
vifiain that killed Senator Adkins was indiscreet
enough to state that be knew the party, and he
paid for itwith his life Tuesday night, atThomp-
son, in Columbia connty, abont thirty-seven
miles from this city, on the Georgia Railroad.
The other man, an expelled member pf the
Legislature by the name of Alexander Stone,
was killed athi3 home in Jefferson connty,
where old man Benj. Ayer was killed a few
weeks ago. I have this from undoubted author
ity, and yet we are told that Georgia is legally
reconstructed, and all is quiet from the moun
tains to the sea.
If there is a God in Israel His vengeance can
not sleep forever. The blood of men who were
slain for no other cause than they were trying
to elevate a poor degraded race out of the dark
abyss in which an inhuman servitude had left
them, cry out to the nation for protection to the
living. Every murder is saddled upon some
poor ignorant colored man.
The rebel papers continue their malicious
tirades against me. Personally I care nothing
for their abuse, but it arouses the evil passions
of the murderers that infest my district against
my assistants.
I learn from good authority that the Legisla
ture at its next session intends to impeach Gov.
Bullock, and in order to do that they will have
to have a majority in the State Senate. That
may throw some light upon the death of Senator
Adkins.
If Congress does not interfere in our behalf
every loyal man in Georgia that can get away
will become an exile. Rev. Mr. Spillman, an
elder in the Northern Methodist Episcopal
Church, was mobbed in a hotel at Waynesboro,
thirty-two miles from this city, Sunday evening
-KTT.T.Tvn the Goose.—The Republican learns
ftliat the Savannah steamship lines from that
•city to New York havo advanced the price of
freight on vegetables to New York more than
one hundred per cent.,the consequence of which
■it, that the shipment of this class of freight has
fallen off more than fifty per cent We are told
(hat last year the freight on a bushel box was
•twenty cents, and that now it is fifty cents. The
-freight on a bale of cotton is not more than two
. dollars and fifty cents, and yet five dollars is de
manded for ten boxes of vegetables weighing
much less and occupying abont the same space
job a bale of cotton.
The Republican speaks farther of the injus
tice of this business; but its folly is still clearer.
This is a business which can live only upon low
freights, and in all probability would develop
fnfn gigantic propostions with such encourage
ment. To nip it in the bud with such an ad
vance as this, is a policy which we can only com
pare with that of the farmer who killed his
.goose which laid the golden eggs. It is a great
misfortune to Georgia that this promising trade
ehnnld be stopped. It ought to bring millions
of money to the State.
European Correspondence. — On our first
.page will be found a third letter of onr intelli
gent European correspondent—a Georgian of
high literary and scientific attainments now so
journing in North Germany. His review of the
political and material condition of the North
German Union as reconstructed by the event
of the great military struggle of 18C6, will be
found highly interesting.
The Tide or Immigration. —The New York
Herald, of Wednesday, says: “One ship that
reached here on Monday last had fourteen hun
dred immigrants. All the German steamers to
sail between this and Septemberwill have a full
.complement, and the lines from Liverpool and
^Queenstown have stopped booking for one
month- Already the number of arrivals this
year is greater than for the same period any
preceding year. Plenty of farms for their tak-
:£ng on the Pacific road. ”
f&EKCKE ON THE MACON & BRUNSWICK RAIL-
boad.—The Bainbridge Southern Sun says that
last week the hands employed on the Macon &
Brunswick Railroad struck for higher wages.
The contractors remained firm, and after a day
or two nearly all the hands returned to work.
The General Presentments or the Grand
Joit or Quitman Cotjntx will be found on the
fourth page of this edition. Also other inter
esting matter.
'Floriculture is beginning to receive atten
tion in Iowa. The Keoknk Gate City says:—
• “Mr. Bose married Miss Violet at Winterest,
’ last week. There is a flower bed for yon. That
Rose may reasonably expect to beoome a pop
py—in time.”
last, and only escaped with his life by the aid oi'
some colored men who secreted him. What are
we to do ? I have no fears abont myself, but it
is terrible in the country.
Your obedient servant,
Edwin Belcher.
To the Hon. Charles Sumner.
Messrs Editors of the Chronicle and Sentinel
My attention has been called to a private letter
written by myself to Senator Somner, and pub
lished in the Washington Chronicle of May 19th.
The letter was not intended for publication, but
I believed the statements to be true when it was
written. I have learned since writing the letter
that I was misinformed, and, I believe, wilfully
imposed upon by certain persons in this city
who knew that Isometimes corresponded with Mr.
Sumner. I believe that Mr. Stone and the other
party mentioned had been killed, and incensed
at the account of the murder of these men, whom
I supposed had been killed for political reasons,
I wrote as I did. I have been informed to-day,
by a responsible gentleman, that both Mr. Stone
and the other person mentioned are now alive,
and I desire to correct the statements made in
the letter allnded to above; for I wonld not in
tentionally misrepresent the people of my na
tive section. The statement in reference to the
press is an allusion to an article that appeared in
the Hancock Journal, about myself, and did not
refer to any other papers in the State. The
statement about Mr. Spilman was made to me
by that gentleman himself.
I regret that the letter was published, but, as
I have before stated, I believed every word to
be true when it was written. By publishing this
letter you will confer a favor upon yours, res
pectfully, Edwin Belcher.
Every one of these professional “outrage
manufacturers,” in Georgia, has the ready ex
cuse, when his letters come back to Georgia,
that they were “ private letters”—“not intended
for publication." But is that any excuse or
apology ? Is it not better that these falsehoods
should be published in season for timely correc
tion, than that they should be filed away to be
reproduced as documentary evidence in Con
gressional speeches six months hence, under
plea that they are truth confessed by silence ?
We hope all these men who make it a business
to libel Georgia in pursuance of their schemes
for party and personal benefit, at the cost of the
peace and reputation of the people, will be
trapped on the threshold of their enterprise by
the over-eagerness of their Northern correspon
dents—just as Tomer, Belcher and others have
been.
Belcher, in this case, claims that he was de
ceived—misinformed—but admitting that plea,
the haste with which he has snatched up ru
mors and sent them off, without investigation,
shows the reckless, malevolent and selfish dis
position of the man. Shows his eagerness to
defame and disgrace Georgia. Proves him an
enemy to the peace and character of the State,
and should show the Northern people the real
source of the trouble.
So much of these “outrages” as are baseless
fabrications, is, of course, clearly due to the
fact that the State is compelled to support an
army of political adventurers, whose personal
advantage rests wholly upon prejudicing and
degrading the people of Georgia in the minds
of the Northern people, and in the estimation of
tho Government; for it is only under the pre
tence that the people of Georgia are lawless and
treasonable that any sensible human being
could be persuaded to put such adventurers in
office, in preference to men who have some in
tellectual, moral and pecuniary standing in the
State.
Secondly, as to such acts of violence ns really
occur, the Northern people ought to see some
explanation in the manifest character and dis
position of these evil-minded men, who, as a
class, are represented by such swift and false
witnesses. They are at open war with every
body except themselves. They are like Arabs.
They live upon the plunder of the public pros
perity and reputation. Is it any wonder that
sometimes men of such tempers and morals
should encounter violence?. In what country
can any man figuring as hosiis humani generis,
claim and find invariable and perfect immunity
in the exercise of his unholy warfare upon the
people ?
Arrest op a Party Implicated in the Adkins
Tragedt.—The Chronicle and Sentinel of Sun
day says, we learned on yerterday that Mrs. Ad
kins, wife of the State Senator, Joseph Adlans,
who was recently shot and killed in Columbia
county by some unknown person, was arrested
a short time since in Warren connty on the
charge of being concerned in the murder of her
husband. Mrs. Adkins was near her husband at
the time he was shot, but denied having any
knowledge of tho party, or parties, who did the
shooting. The arrest is said to have be en made
by the civil authorities of Warren county.
Eight Hours a Day’s Work.—The President
and Secretary Fish, on the 19th, proclaimed
eight hours a day’s work for all mechanics and
laborers employed by the Government, to take
effect from that date. The eight hours to be
paid for as ten. These functionaries may carry
that out so far as the Government is concerned,
but they cannot make it the general rule. As
well proclaim eight cents a dime.
Affairs in Georgia.—General Butler had an
interview with the President on Friday. He de
nies the story that he is urging the administra
tion to interfere with the civil and military au
thorities in Georgia in the punishing of criminal
offenders, alleged to be so fearfully on the ram
page in that State.
Friend, Go up Higher.—The Chronicle and
Sentinel mentions a rumor that Blodgett was
superseded as Postmaster of Augusta in order
to be appointed Governor of Utah.
Caterpillar in Gadsden.—News has been re
ceived this week that the caterpillar has made
its appearance on several of the cotton planta
tions in this county, and are doing damage to
the crop. Mr. J. L. McFarlin exhibited to ns
on Monday last, the genuine worm on a sprig of
the cotton plant, which he plucked on his farm.
It is predicted thst the extremely early appear
ance af the worm will be beneficial, for the plant
being very young and little shade from it, the
hot sun will destroy them.
The caterpillar has appeared in Marion and
Alachua counties, East Florida.—Quincy (Fla.')
Monitor, 21*f.
What were Sir. Motley’s Instructions ?
We have very contradictory statements upon
Mr Motley’s instructions. Some aver that he is
directed merely to wait on events and watch the
signs of the times. Another says he has instruc
tions based substantially on Mr. Sumner’s
speech. Significant of what may be the truth,
is the following from a Washington dispatch to
the New York Evening Post of Thursday:
It is said by some of the best informed men,
who are in a position to know whereof th6y
speak, that the reticence of President Grant
in regard to foreign affairs, and his extreme re
serve in dealing with i those foreign questions
which occupy the public mind, do not come
from weakness or hesitancy on his part, but that
he feels that, just so long as executive action is
entirely subordinate to the will of the Senate,
he can do nothing.
^ He takes ground, therefore, in regard to the
Senate controlling our foreign relations similar
to that assumed by him when the question of
the repeal of the Tennre-of-Office bul came up
in Congress. So long, therefore, as the British
government can ask liim what reason there is to
suppose that in case he should prepare a treaty
it would receive even the attention of the Sen
ate, he thinks it would be useless to attempt to
negotiate one.
He feels that he is fettered, not because the
Senate has the right to disenss, reject, or ratify
a treaty made by the Executive, but from the
fact that they virtually have the entire control
of foreign affairs, which was assumed under the
last administration, and of which they have in
many cases made the most reckless use.
Under these circumstances, he has resolved
to wait the judgment which the people will most
assuredly pass upon the question of Senatorial
assumption when they come to fully understand
it. When this matter has been decided by them,
and when things are brought back to their form
er condition, it will be time for him to take more
decided steps.
That, we think, was spoken by the card.—
It is an apology in advance for the watch and
wait instructions—for a very quiet and irres
olute cause. It is certainly a very singular at
tempt to evade responsibility. First, because
the Senate is an essential part of the treaty
making power, and could not constitutionally
abdicate its fonctionsif it desired to do so; and,
secondly, because the Senate had already made
a very clear expression of its views in the re
jection of one treaty, and the very unequivocal
endorsement of Mr. Sumner’s speech. Surely
this is one of the most groundless and ungrace
ful excuses, and yet there is a smack of by au
thority in it which cannot be gainsayed.
European Correspondence of the Ma
con Telegraph-No. 3.
■Dissatisfaction in the Annexed Countries •of the
Forth German Union—Bismark a Consol ida-
tUmist—Be Encounters much Opposition in the
Imperial Diet—The Bill to give him aJTinistry
—'Be does not leant Eight Mill Stones—The Im
mense cost of the North German Armaments—
Noble words of Mr. de Boverbeck in the Diet
Against the Standing Army—The Civil Service
and Development of the Country Suffering
Through it in a Great Degree—I he fate of a
North German School Master—Distress in the
Saxon Ore Mountains—TheDetter Classesof Ger
many become Dissatisfied also—Anecdote of the
Grand Duke of Darmstadt—Rage after Orders—
Unjust Distribution of these Marks of Distinction
—The Climate.
Charge of Official Malversation
Against the President.
The New York World, of Friday, prefers the
following direct and circumstantial charge of
official malversation and corruption in selling
the public offices for his own benefit, by Gen.
Grant. It is one of those charges which must
be met and refuted. We trust, for the honor of
the country, it will be; for never was so in
famous a charge brought against a President of
the United States:
The trouble which Grant is experiencing in
reference to the appointments for office in the
District of Columbia, according to all reports,
arises from acts on the part of the President
which make him amenable under the bribeiy
law. It is well known to the public that Grant
originally sold his house in Washington to Mr.
Sayles J. Bowen, formerly Postmaster, for for
ty thousand dollars, entered into a contract to
deliver the title, and Mr. Bowen paid the usual
ten per cent, to bind the bargain. Subsequent
ly, a fund of $65,000 was raised in New York to
purchase the house for General Sherman. Grant
thereupon resold it to those parties, but, before
he could transfer the title, he found his contract
with Bowen in tho way, and that gentleman in
sisting that the property was his. and he the only
person who could sell it Mr. Bowen was wil
ling to sell the bouse to the parties who had
raised the money for the price named, for there
by he could make a profit of twenty-five thou
sand dollars. But Grant insisted upon having
the twenty-five thousand extra himself. How
to get at it and get rid of his contract with Bo
wen was a difficult question.
Daring this time, Grant was pressed by the
better class of Republicans to appoint a Mr.
Robbins Postmaster of Washington, and had con
sented to do so, and so notified Robbins’ friends.
After this promise had been made and the paper
signed for Robbins, the vision of the twenty-five
thousand dollars extra on the house again came
up, and he finally agreed, if Bowen would give
up his contract and abandon all claims to the
twenty-five thousand extra, that Bowen should
have control of all the Federal appointments for
the District of Columbia. To this, Bowen, it is
said, finally assented. Robbins lost the post-
office, and the slate has since been made ont by
Bowen, and Grant has sold the offices for the
District for twenty-five thousand dollars. He
has thus given another example that tho true
meaning of his motto was, “Let us have piece.’
From Pulaski Connty.
Hawkixsville, Ga. 24, 18G9.
Considerable talk of caterpillars in various
sections of this State has caused many to closely
examine their cotton. By so doing the worm
has been discovered in Pulaski Connty, but
planters thinks ’tis not the formidable one com
mon to the plant. Speculations as to its origin,
are as various as the mind can suggest. An old
farmer thinks they were transplanted in the
guano from distant climes, and others that they
rained down, while many say the fly brought
them. Some say the worm lays his eggs in the
earth and waits for summer to hatch out. What
becomes of them when they do not appear for
two or four years, or how reproduced ? That’s the
question. If we are to have them, let them
come now, they can do no hurt these cool morn
ings.
If I am not mistaken, I saw a notice for a re
union of the Eighth Georgia Regiment at some
point. Hope 'tis not Bull Run; respectfully
ask the propriety of saying social reunion at the
City of Macon, and extend the invitation to Gen.
J. E. Johnson, to be with os on the memorable
day, and trust no bine caterpillars will be there
to forage. Truly yours,
Pulaski Volunteer.
An Acre in Germany.
One of these gardeners in the neighborhood
of New York—a South Bergen (N. J.) man—
wrote a book on the details of his work, in which
he makes the following show pronouncing it an
average for the past ten years from grounds that
have been brought up to the "standard of fertility
necessary to the market garden.
OUTLAY OF THE ACRE.
Labor 8300
Horse labor 35
Manure, seventy-five tons 100
Rent 50
heeds 10
Wear and tear of tools, etc 10
Cost of selling :... 100
Total 6605
RECEIPTS FROM THE ACRE.
12,000 early cabbages, five cents per bead,
marketed abont the 4th of July 6600
14,000 lettuce, one cent per head, set between
the cabbage, and sold in May and June 140
80.000 celery, at two cents per head, set in
July and August, and marketed during tbe
Winter 600
Total 81,340
Deduct tbe outlay 605
Profit in dear money 8735
Caste.—The colored printer Douglass, Fri-
day, applied to the Register of Deeds for
a clerkship in that office, and stated that he was
by trade a printer, but that owing to the com
bination entered into by the Printers’ Unions
throughout the country, he was unable to obtain
employment at it. The Register, who is a He
brew, replied that he was happy to do some
thing for Douglass, as he, like Douglass, was
the descendant of a race equally maligned and
prejudiced, and adds: “I have a feeling of a
common cause, and who can foresee but what
the stone the builders rejected may become the
head stone of onr social and political strnctnre.”
We learn, on good authority, that Mr. Washing
ton has not abandoned the idea of retaining the
poatoffioe, (aa some suppose) from the fact that a
petition baa been circulated to-day in favor of an
other party.
Erfurt, Capital of Thuringia, North >
German Union, May 4, 1869. >
I have not yet been to South Germany, but
in the portions of Central Germany which have
been annexed to Prussia, and even in’ those
States which, while retaining their sovereignty
and princes, yet are overshadowed and belong
to the North German Union controled by Prus
sia, much dissatisfaction prevails and it can
with truth be said that the population is, as with
us, divided in sentiment as to the form of gov
ernment which they believe to be the most
happy.
Count Bismark, in all of his acts and sayings,
proclaims himself the consolidationist and the
supporter of a strong Central Government.
That this theory is,under the monarchical repre
sentative form of government in Germany, per
haps the most natural and most conducive to
the development of the country, is yet a point
of controversy. Surrounded on one side by one
powerful neighbor, Franco, on tbe other with
in a day's march of the Russian colossus, it
must naturally be the first care of the North
German Chancellor to consolidate bis forces
and the resources of the country in such a
manner as to present a respectable front to
each. To this must be added the doubtful atti
tude of Austria and the South German States in
case of a war with either power.
Divided as poor Germany now is, in a politi
cal transformation reaching into all classes of
its people, and in many of its countries arousing
bitter feelings against the central power of
Prussia, the position of Count Bismark is full
of difficulties and of uncertainty. Even in his
own creation, the Imperial Diet (Reichstag)
which he, a year since, so beautifully controlled,
a strong party is daily growing stronger in op
position to him. Two of the members wbo ap
pear to have the good fortune to differ contin
ually with the Chancellor, are Count Schwerin
and Mr. Lasker. During a late session Count
Bismark complained of Count Schwerin that
the latter had misrepresented him by asserting
that he (Bismark) had 3aid in debate that
“might had to yield to right.” Count Schwerin
retorted that he was not at all ashamed to have
said so-; but that the misrepresentation was not
on his, but on the side of the Chancellor. He
did net say that Mr. Bismark actually said
“might is right,” yet that every one who would
take the trouble to look over the speeches of the
Minister must see that they culminate in that
principle.
On the I5th of March the members of the Im
perial Diet, with the exception of the Conserva
tives, brought in,a most important bill, beaded
by Count Munster and Mr. Tresten, two distin
guished members. Until now, Count Bismark
has attended to all the ministerial business of
the Union: he was sole Minister and did exact
ly as he chose. The bill provides that the Chan
cellor call around himself a regular ministry for
the Union, to consist of responsible Secretaries
for tbe Departments of State, Finance, War,
Marine and Commerce. Four weeks afterwards,
the bill came up for final disposition. On that
day, 16th April, Count Bismark declared that
when the bill was first brought in, he considered
it as an expression of distrust toward himself—
that he still so considered it, and that the assu
rances of confidence made to-day had left him
quite cold. That he considers the bill likewise
as a lack of confidence in the governments rep
resenting the Union. “Why liave these gov
ernments deserved such an expression of dis
trust? Do you intend to punish them for their
patriotic sacrifices? Be conscientious toward
the rights of the Chancellor of the Union, the
governments of the same, as you wish that your
rights be respected. The bill is decidedly
against tbe Southern States. To support such
a measure the North is too rational and liberal.
recognize the greatness of the military achieve
ments of 1866 and may rejoice over this military
excellence, yet a bitter taste is left behind, which
we have" to swallow every time we hear of these
glorifications; these victories were, alas, victo
ries of Germans over Germans. There is another
and a higher glory than that of arms,for posterity
will give the palm to him who knows how to give
to the German nation liberty within, peace and
employment to everyone. These noble words
made a great sensation in the Diet, and for the
happiness and onward progress of the German
nation it is to be hoped that they will deeply
stir the popular heart,
Think of it—sixty-seven millions for the ar
my, and only nine millions for the civil service.
The poor man taxed, forced to work from mom
till night; yes, oftentimes the weary hours of
night through, to help to maintain an army of
lazy vagabonds and supercilious officers; and
not for the security of his home and hearth,
but to support and to maintain upon their rot
ten thrones a parcel of decrepid monarchs and
their dynasties. This immense disproportion
paralyzes the whole development of the coun
try. I allude but to one branch of the public
service, the common schools, (generally so well
known throughout the world as super-excellent)
in the North-German Union. There is now a
great scarcity in the applications for teachers of
common schools, because they are paid so
poorly that they can barely keep body and soul
together, which needs must lead to a correspond
ing decrease in the former efficiency of the
schools. I hare been assured by persons who
should know all about it that the village school
master rarely ever receives more than fifty dol
lars per annum. The commune is obliged to
famish him a dwelling-house, which is at the
same time the school-house, aud attached to it
are generally from two to five acres of ground,
which he can rent out or till as he pleases.
Then, the heads of families are obliged to
send him a tithe of certain articles of produce,
when they kill a hog, a beef, orsome chickens,
a few bushels of rye and wheat; still, with all
these incidentals or fees, he has-not a greater
income than ore of our first-class field-hands at
tlie South. In the Diet th6 other day a member
from the Kingdom of Saxony depicted the con
dition of the population in the Erzgebirge (Ore
Mountains,) which separate that kingdom from
Bohemia. The condition of our poorest people
a year after the war was Heaven, in comparison.
He also deducted tins misery from the heavy
costs'which the military swallows every year.
It wonld be strange indeed were- tbe dissatis
faction in the countries which have been an
nexed by Prussia less than it is. Knowing full
well the general docility of the Germans, I have
been astonished at the degree of hatred mani
fested’against everything Prussian) in Hamburg,
Hanover, Holstein, Saxony and in Hessia. As
an American I go everywhere, in the humblest
as well as-the most distinguished places of resort
where the German smokes his cigar and drinks
his pot of beer. (“Mine pipe” has become
nearly obsolete.) In one place of amusement,
where lawyers, musicians, artists, etc:, congre
gate, rhave marveled at the degree-of freedom-
with, which those princes ware criticised; That
this dissatisfaction has at length taken hold again
of the better classes who would and do control the
opinions of the lower, is, perhaps, one of the
most startling signs of the times in Germany_
I have heard ridicule of princes now-reigning
from: men of position and intelligence. One
instanoe is really supremely ridiculous; yet I
was assured that it had actually happened; The
Grand Duke, of Hesse-Darm3tadt, amuses him
self with smoking the finest cigars Every
morning his Adjutant has to take a drive by
himself through the parks in the neighborhood
of the royal residence. The reads are-marked
with posts from mile to mile, and he has-to re
port to his Royal Highness how many cigars he
has- been enabled to smoke during his solitary
drive; when and at what post one cigar was
finished, etc. In the afternoon the Grand Duke
drives out, accompanied by his Adjutant, and;
holds in his hand the time-table tho Adjutant
has- made in the morning, in the meantime-
smoking like-a steam engine. IT, at the-end of
tile drive, his- own experience is-like that of the-
Adjutant, the latter receives a few words of
acknowledgement; if not, his R&yal’Highness
marks the delinquency in Ms packet-book; and
BUT TELEGRAPH.
From Washington.
Washington, May 23.—Commodore McCauley,
was buried to-day. There was a fine diaplayof milita-
and marines.
The War Department was occupied to-day with
th6 details of Indian affairs.
Gen. Thomas departs by tbe overland route for
California to-day.
Washington, May 24 Judge Dent will visit Mis
sissippi during the canvass in support of the Con
servative Republicans; not, however, especially in
the interest of any individual aspirant for office.
Maj. Wofford arrived yesterday, after Col. Noo-
vilie’s departure. They have bad no consultation
and do not seem to be entirely in accord regarding
the Mississippi politics.
Internal Revenue, to-day, $1,800,000.
Bone has again gone to Philadelphia, and returns
on Wednesday.
Nelson (the new Mexican Minister) leaves Terre-
haute, Ind., to-day, for hia post via New Orleans
and Havana. His family and James St. Clair, Sec
retary of Legation, will accompany Mm.
Sickles will reach Madrid July 1st.
Admiral Porter announces that Admiral Hoff’s
actions, so far, regarding Cuba affairs, are sus
tained by the Navy Department.
Revenue service changes: Capt. Bond is ordered
to the Cutter, Delaware, at Mobile, relieving com
mander Phillipe, who is ordered to the Antietam at
Indianola, Texas. Lieut. Chester is ordered to the
Mocossin, at Wilmington, N. C. Many minor
changes have been ordered.
The Havana steamship, Mississippi, frem Rio
Janeiro- for New York, ran ashoro at Martinique
under a full head of steam, and is probably a total
loss. AH-hands were saved by the assistance of a
French war steamer.
It is a covering of the river Main, for with its I from the yearly report it depends whether the
acceptance no one may expect an approach on
the part of the South-Garroan, Governments to
become one with us. Think of a Minister of State
who has to convince seven others that his is the
right opinion. Two hard stones rob hard against
each other, bat eight mack harder.”
To show the strength, which the opposition,
against Bismark has already assumed, we need;
but to say that the-bill waspassedby 111 against
100
Tbe expressions of Bisaiark on this occasion
show, perhaps, clearer than all else, that he
loves power too dearly for its own sake; and
also to what extent a mas may misjudge himself
when he does not always remember the wise
saying of the immortal Bums. The very fact
of his having been hitherto a sole and rather
irresponsible minister, has prevented, we should
think, an approach on the part of the Southern
people of Germany. Nor can the North Ger
man Union expect to draw within its Union
these States, era it has practically demonstrated
that discontent within its own Unfits is passed
and the taxes are less, which now press upon
the poor people to an enormous extent The
Southern States are said to be much more hap
pily situated in this respect. IwiU have an
opportunity to judge of it myself during-the
summer. The budget of the North German
Union is for this financial year seventy-six miL-
lions of dollars, but the military alone swallows
of this sixty-seven millions. "When this item
came up for consideration, but a single one of tbe
members of the Imperial Diet raised his voice
against this disproportion—Mr. de Hoverbeek.
“In the immense amount of the miUtary bud
get,” he said, “we must seek the principal rea
son of the financial difficulties of tho Union. I
do not alone consider the direct taxation and
the znilUons necessary to support the army, but
principally tbe loss of muscle, sines it is in
reality the army, strong and healthy young men,
who should contribute to the support of the
weaker class of our population; as it is (and for
shame) the latter must support them. To this
difficulty comes another of yet greater import.
The greater tho armies of tho military powers
of the European continent, the more insecure
becomes tbe situation aud tho less ’ are conse
quently the development and progress of the
industrial classes. We see this in our laud
everywhere. The only really flourishing indus
trial pursuits are the manufactories of arms and
the trans-Atlantic lines of ships and steamers
carrying tho emigrants. There is but one thing
to be done to change this, a reduction of onr
standing army and at the most, two years ac
tual serrioe of the soldiers.
Perhaps among you, gentlemen, as well as
among the people are voices who doubt the pa
triotism of those of like opinion with me. "We
may easily support such opinions: for there are
different kinds of patriotism, he who hangs out
his flag the longest and has the best illuminated
house when a public festivity takes place; and,
the other who honestly cares for the welfare of
the people and knows howto subordinate his
own private interest to the general good. Can
we in the North German Union makes begin-
ingin the much talked of European disarma
ments? I believe this to be the case; yet,more,
if we reduce our armies an immediate reduction
1 will take place in the other counties. We all
Adjutant receives an order of merit-or not.
In no country is the rage after orders so ex
tensive as in Germany, save perhaps in. France.
If they were, in most cases, signs of distinction
betokening, real merit, there would Be some
sense, but generally they are given for some
trivial service directly connected- with the per
son of the Prince by whom they are bestowed.
Not long since a pastor was about- to celebrate
his 50tb anniversary in office, and the intention
of the ministry to give to him on that occasion
the silver-medal for civil merit, (werth, per
haps,, fifty, cents) came to tho* ears of his son,
who appears to be somewhat a£ a spunky fellow.
He went directly to tbe minister and represent
ed the injustice of bestowing upon hie aged fa
ther a silver medal when he kadirichly deserved
a golden one. It had its effect and the old man
received it. This order of merit now, be it un
derstood, is among the lowest. At the same
court it happens occasionally that a foreign
Prince pays a visit, accompanied by his retinue,
etc.. It is etiquette that after every such visit
the most distinguished, i. e» the- roast flunky of
this retinue, receives a high order- of merit, be
made a knight, or a grand cross. Thousands of
really faithful servants to the- State who have
sacrificed their entire prospects fra fifty or more
years, receive a brass medal'or nothing. The
servant of the visiting Prince, on the contrary,
obtains as thanks for his obliging presence and
the destruction of so- many bottles of cham
pagne, an order set hr diamonds or brilliants,
with a pension attached) in many cases. None
but tbe good natured people of Germany could
hare stood this nonsonse for a thousand years.
Several weeks sines, the weather was so mild
and balmy, even hot at times, that I fancied to
be in Georgia. The trees put on their green
foliage, and the spring grass, sown but a few
days before, was now covering the black hilfa.
with a tender hue. The ladies put on their-
spring dresses, and everything augured
blessed a year for Germany aB the last one, when,
the grain was tall and heavy, and ready for
the scythe four weeks sooner thn-n old men had
ever known before. The orchard trees, of which
there are here an nntold quantity, had pat on
the densest show of blossoms. Last night there
was a slight frost, though not a black one ; but
to-day it is very chilly, and I have to write near
a fire—not one of onr cheerful firesides, but a
huge Berlin oven, made of porcelain, which has,
however, this advantage, that when once thor
oughly full of burning material, which some
times it is no easy matter to obtain, (just as in
New York hotels, where every bit of wood is
counted,) it is shut perfectly air-tight, and will
keep the room comfortably warm the entire
day. *
Value of Cabbages.—For several weeks past,
large and round cabbage-heads have been selling
for thirty and forty cents each, many of which
would scarcely fill a peck measure. Allowing each
cabbage to occupy, while growing, a superficial
area of nine square feet, 4840 cabbages may be
grown on one acre, which, if sold for only ten
cents per head, wonld amount to $484 for the
product of a single acre. The amount of ma
nure requisite for one acre, together with the
expense incurred in cultivation, would not exoeed
8150, thus leaving a clear profit of $334 per acre.
Farmers at a distance from New York could ap
propriate two or three acres of their richest land
to cabbage, and thus make three or four times
hs much as they now do. Eveiy plant needs a
quart or two of good compost deposited where
the roots may feed on it—Hearth and Home.
Hew Orleans Commercial Convention.
New Oeceans, May 24.—About four hundred’ del
egates to the Commercial Convention were regis
tered up to IT o’clock this morning representing
Ohio, Indiana; Illinois, Missouri. Kentucky, Wiscon
sin, Iowa, Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Florida, New
York, Delaware, D&trfct of Columbia. Mississippi,
Texas, aud Louisiana. The Missouri and Virginia
delegations are very large. The press is also large
ly represented.
Among those*present 3re Gen. Wm. VanDever, off
Iowa, Ex-Mayor Willey, and Dr. Van Zandt, of St.
Lotus, Gov. Andereon, and Thomas Richardson, of
Kentucky, Gov. Foote, of Tennessee, Gen. Joseph
Wheeler, Buggies-, Jackson, and Maury.
Steamers have been provided to take tbe delegates
to tlie month of the river to-night to inspect the bar
to-morrow. During the trip the Committees will
prepare their reports.
Later.—The delegates to the Convention met
at the Chamber of Commerce Hall. After registra
tion, the Convention-was called to order by General
Ayms Bussey and formed a procession headed by a
band of music, and marched to the Mechanics’ In
stitute, which is handsomely decorated for the occa
sion. Some of tho mottoes decorating the walls are
as follows: “The Mississippi Valley seeks only her
own—thi3 she demands;” “The South extends to
the Northwest a cordial welcome “The West and
South join hands“ The River to the Sea and the
Sea to the River;” “-Immigration.brings Money and
Labor—encourage it.”
The hall, though very large, was soon crowded,
aDd the Convention was called to order by J. H.
Oglesby, Vice President of the Chamber of Com
merce, and opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Mal
lard. General Wm. Van Dever, of Dubuque, Iowa,
was elected temporary Chairman. Committees on
Credentials and Permanent Organization were ap
pointed. The latter is • headed by Dr. English, of
Warsaw, Blinois. During their absence, the wel
coming address was delivered on behalf of the city,
by Hon. Alexander Walker. Gen. Wm. J. Hardee,
of Alabama, from the-Cfimmittee on Permanent Or
ganization, reported the following permanent offi
cers : Chairman, Channeey J. Willey, of St. Louis;
Vice Presidents, General Wm. VanDever. of Iowa;
Governor Anderson, of Kentucky; J. H. Eowmar, of
Mississippi; Ira Fugue, of North Carolina; S. B. Mc-
Camey, of Georgia. George M. Walters, of South
Carolina; Wm. B. Isaaes, of Virginia; Wm. H. Sut
ton, of Arkansas; A P. Bente, of Ohio: Hon. B. H.
Epperson, of Texas; Win. Mi Byrd, of Alabama; Mil-
ton Brown, of Tennessee; Hon. Thomas Richerson,
of Missouri: Jos. H. Oglesby, of Louisiana; Captain
Wm. B. Hoiliday. of Illinois. Secretary, Arthur C.
Waugh, of New Orleans,- and a.number of Assistant
Secretaries.
Tbe committee alsoieeommendias subjects upon
which committees should be appointed, the follow-
mg: Removing obstructions from, the Mississippi
river and its tributaries; repairing and extending
the levees; foreign commerce: postal subsidies
and immigration Pacjfic- Railroad and Western
trade; also, that two daily sessions be held at 9:30
x s. to 12 sl, and from p. s. Hie report
was unanimously adopted.
The officers selected were- installed. Mr. Filley,
on taking his seat; as also did Van Dover, • as tem
porary chairman, made brief but eloquent addresses
upon the object of bringing the body together.
Among those present are Hoc. Horatio King,
Judge Phillips and' eleven members of Congress
now in the city; all of whom were invited to sit
as delegates.
A prominent feature in the programme, as out
lined and of current conversation, is the strong ef
fort evidently in/contemplation, to secure Congres
sional aid, both to the Southern Pacific Railroad and
the improvement- of river navigation. This was a,
particularly noticeable feature in Gen. Van Dever’S
speech.
The excursion to the bar was postponed nnt&to-
morrow morning.
Reception of Minister Washbnme.
New Tors, May 58*—The Herald’s special Paris-
correspondeace says that Mr. Washbume. address
ing the Emperor said he had been authorized ,to ex
press the hearty wishes of the President of the
United States, for the happiness and health .of his-
Majestyandfor file prosperity of France, and the
earnest desire of the Government and the people to-
uphold, and perpetuate the traditional friendship of
the twe, countries. He trusted, while guarding the
interests confided to him, his residence - near the
Courtofrbis Majesty would contribute to the con
tinuance of existing friendly relations.
The Emperor replied that he was glad-to welcome
Mr. Washburna as representative cf the United
Bt&bes,.and pleased to receive such assurances from
a government with which close sympathy and arnica-
bin-feeling had existed uninterruptedly for a hun
dred years. He heartily concurred in. the hope ex
pressed of the continuance of these relations, and
happy to welcome as a minister near his Court,
gentleman so distinguished in the history of his
country.
General Mews.
New Orleans, May 24.—A row boat containing
eighteen men capsized Saturday below the city.—
Eight men were drowned. -
Eight firemen were severely, and a number
slightly hurt, by the falling of the walls at a fire at
tbe comer of Canal and Common streets, on the
levee Saturday night. Two are reported to have
since died.
New York, May 24.—Mr. Seward, with his son and
wife, will visit Alaska, via California overland, and
return via Mexico.
Memphis, May 24,—A disguised party stopped the
train on the Louisville and Memphis Railroad, and
attempted to rescue a prisoner in the hands of the
Revenue officers to-day. One officer jumped from
the train and was fired on. He was seen to fall.—
The officers find into the gang, killing one. As the
train was put in motion a return volley was fired,
but it was harmless. The assailants are supposed
to belong to an ellicii distillery association, extend
ing through East Tennessee and Mississippi.
Richmond, May 24 Fifty-six army officers are
ordered to report to General Cabby, to be assigned
as registrars at the revision of registration, which is
ordered for June 14th, to continue ten days. The
regulations issued by the Commanding General for
the election are the same as heretofore, except that
not more tb«.n four hundred shall vote at any one
poll. No provision is nude as heretofore for
whites and blacks voting at separate polls.
Marine Hews.
Savannah, May 24.—Arrived, Gen. Barnes, New
York; America, Baltimore; bark Chantecleer,
Montevedlo; schooners Sabine, Phaildelphia; E.
W. Beebe, New York.
Foreign Hews.
Paris, May 24.—The elections are j
derly. The Government candidates are atthT'
ent moment ahead. r
Consul beat fourteen horses-at the
to-day.
London, May 24.—Cambria was badly w
the Royal yacht race. "
The recent alterations are regarded as a
Presentments of the Grand t__
Qnltman (County, Ga. ^ t|
We, the Grand Jury, selected Mid sworn
the May term of the Superior Court of * I
county, beg leave to make the following ^ !
eral presentments: We have, through -L
various committees detailed for the purpose J
amined the records of the various couat-r 1' I
cials, as well as thfe condition of the public- 'I
and buildings. We report the records of°e I
county correctly and neatly kept, but woui; ' I
commend tbe Clerk of tho Superior Court to < 1
dex the books of his office, as this would sar- I
considerable amount of trouble to himself'.-I
parties at interest. I
We further recommend, that the rv>-1
nary keep the books of his office at the Co-T I
house during the session of our Courts, as th !
would be more accessible than where thev-/ I
both to the Grand Jury and the public r
find a surplus in the County Treasury of
26; but are informed by the Treasurer -!,,
there are several outstanding orders which-u
be paid upon presentation. ‘
There are some repairs needed en the few, ■
around the Court-house, which we recount
to be done immediately. j
It has come to the knowledge of the Gr- : I
Jury that the freedmen in town and surround^ I
country have been ia the habit, once-.if nocAl
of assembling in the Court-house for tie -. I
pose of dancing. As the court-room was int e » C I
for Connty purposes and not for daceisc, r ’l
consider this a perversion of its use, and ree-1
mend it to be discontinued by the propers'I
tborities. "I
We find the bridge, known as Cara*a T J
bridge across the Pataula creek on the roadlyJ
ingto Cuthbert in a bad condition; ako,
one on tbe road leading to Florence across B-J
tehatchee creek in like condition, which we Cl
commend to be built anew, if necessary f-l
recommend tbe Ordinary to assess atscejJ
Poor School Fund of the county. |
We deem it onr duty to report that we- h:.l
been informed by persons on oath that the sc I
ing Ordinary of the county has, in one case.ss-J I
marriage license to one and the same peril
twice, he knowing that when, the second foci I
was issued that the parties married under 1
first were both living, and. had not been i I
vorced. " I
We can do no less than reprobate his an |
damaging to the interest and good order of 5
dety and highly deserving the censure of 1
body. While upon the subject of public ofel
we would not fail to take cognizance of the h-l
that a large portion of the members of onr W|
lature voted themselves nine dollars per davf f
their services during their term of service'u.
feeling an indignation at so gross an outrc-l
upon the tax-payers of the State of Georgia. tJ
as tbe Grand Jury of Quitman county, decoc:-?
the act as impolitic, and a gross usurpation J
power, and respectfully call the attention ott
Grand Juries of this State to this subject
We recommend the publication of these I
sentments in the Macon Daily Teleoeaph.
Swan P. Burnett, Foreman.
James Jv Crumbly.
Nicholas T. Chrisdsl
William H. Key,
Haywood Graddy,
Daniel A. Newton.
Thomas H. Watts,
James W. Mercer,
A. H. Flewellen,
R. T. Cochran,
Thomas 3. Raines.
Easley Tamer,
Thomas & Bryan,
Simpson Moore,
James A. Nobles,
Thomas J. Roberts,
Robert G„ Morris,
Lafayette Lewis,
William H. Castellow,
J. L- Roberts,
John Atwell,
H. C. Jordan.
Upon the recommendation of the Grand
it is ordered that the Grand Jury Presentmei:
be published in the Macon Daily Telega?".
S. Wisz.Paisei.
Solicitor General
Clerk’s Office of the SuPEiuat Conn,\
Quitman County, Ga., May Tern, ISG'x
I do certify the above and foregoing to be:]
tree extract from tbe minutes of said Court
Given under my hand and offioial signetes]
this twentieth day of May, I860.
John R. M. Heel, Clerk.
Marion, Taylor and Talbot.
The Americas Courier of Friday says:
Maj, E. & Baldwin, our efficient agent)
EHaville, who has just returned from abl
through Marion, Taylor and Talbot, gives :|
the following information in regard to tie croj
etc.,.in these counties:
He was met with complaints andgloomypr>
poets for cotton in almost every quarter at
ited. The cool weather had so badly
the plant as to necessitate replanting, audnu
are planting corn in its stead, on account o' t
difficulty of procuring cotton ssed. It is t
general opinion that, even with the most itr.
able seasons from this out, it wuutd be or
to count on more than a half crop in thi
counties. f
The com is rather backward, but wheat d
oats are looking fine. The scanity of Iaboraj
also, is- a source of complaint,, but freed
who have contracted are doing their whole <
As we feared from tho first, many ie-f-
are complaining of being humbugged iu t
purchase of fertilizers.
From. Schley connty comes a somewhat sis
report from the cotton crop. The farmers s-j
e rally-havo splendid stands off com and it J
growing finely.
Education of the Colored People.
The Roman Catholic Chnrah has- inaug:
a system for the education of the colored p
lation of the South to the Catholic religlo- •-
they are slowly and quietly, but surely
00. the work. A religious community of
we believe, of the order known as
St. Joseph,” have been laboring in this
about a year, for the education and
of the colored people, and: the result ^
that some forty or fifty of the very best eW|
colored people have been baptized mL"
firmed during the year. _ . j
From the following, vrhioh. wo clip fr® '■
Charleston News, it wiM-be seen that the 7 I
is also progressing satisfactorily in that city- >
Confirmation at St. Peter’s Church,y '
On last Sunday, the 16th inst., was
for the first time in Charleston, the
tion of the Sacrament of Confinnatit®?-jl
colored congregation of St. PRters
The number confirmed was fifty-** 0 )!^*,
thirds of whom were females. The SMF
was administered by Right Rer. BisM? L t
assisted by the pastor of the Church,
Folclii and Rev. U. -J. Quigley, of the
Vie noticed within tbe altar railing the vW'-yj
Father O’NeilL The Bishop delivered aa t. ’
priate discourse.—Republican.
The Fourteenth Amendment and j
tiveLaws.—■’We have received in the
papers, the full text of the recent J
Chief Justice Chase, at Richmond, on j'A
of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
tion of the United States on persons J
ipated in the rebellion holding office_ nB *,‘3
State governments. The third section ' A
amendment must be interpreted, he J
manner that shall not make it repugn* 111 ~f
provisions of the Constitution in referes
postfatco laws, ana to depriving if
right of life, liberty and property J
process of law. The punitive charM^J
third section » repugnant to these
Farther, the deoision 1
in nature of punishment and not as a 4“ a
tion. It follows, logically, that any c* ^ J
depriving persons of the right to hold
count of participation in tho rebellion, I
due process of law and trial and oorro_
a court, is repugnant to the Consriffinw*
United States. This is another blow »P j
tion, disfranohlament and test oaths.—"
publican.
Truly Disheartening.—We
terday a hundred or more cotton
bad been promisooualy drawn from “«*^ h
ferent portions of the oounty, out of w .1
a dozen could be found that would bay* J
bear fruit. The leaves appeared
fresh, bnt their tardiness in growth w*. jj
amination of the plant when it was
the roots were dead, there being ^ i
roots enough just under the smiw® j
ground to keep the plant alive, while ,
root was entirely deed. It is
per cent, of the already thin andirregy^ j
will die out when the present ju*s l
weather gives way to tits warm, dU
June.
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