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THE TELEGRAPH.
MACON, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, I8G9.
The French Elections.
The French Elections have closed np in an
-extraordinary triumph of the Imperial party.
As far as heard from the government carries
196 members of the Corps Legislatif to 26 of all
factions of the opposition, find thirty-eight dis
trict* were still to be heard from. This is cer
tainly a wonderful triumph of the Emperor’s gov-
•ernment, and we think it was about as unex
pected. as it is complete.
' Hia opposition, utterly discordant in its ma-
trijt and united only in the singlo position of
Antagonism to the Empire, had become exceed
ingly confident and aggressive, and had tanght
acto believe the Imperial authority maintained
only by the 6temest arts and energies of mastery
And repression- We have been told so often,
•i qpe have got it by heart, that French Impe-
cuEsm is standing upon subterranean volcanos,
•wlsxe pent np fires are rapidly consuming and
Abrading the thin crust which will soon burst
and whelm the Napoleonic Dynasty in total rain.
lit Diet, ever since the coup d’etat in 1848,
lams Napoleon has figured in the classical liter-
- the politicians as a Damocles, with the
•drawn sword suspend W( j b _ a Bin .
yjfe hair, and yet ho went into power with a tre
mendous popular endorsement, and never since
tka£ time has there been good reason to doubt
^hafc he was backed by tho great mass of the
French people.
He has consolidated and increased his strength
foam year to year, and tho world can now look
Gsck through a reign of more than twenty
yues, almost without historic parallel in tho sub-
itsntial triumphs which have crowned it.
EEo announced it in tho outset, as a reign of
-peace, and we may challenge history for equal
achievements—for more splendid advances in
cite arts of peace, during two decades in the life
at any nation. Every department of human
knowledge and industrial pursuit has made as-
-tonwhing progress. Commerce, agriculture,
and. the liberal and mechanic arts have all made
-giiafi strides, and the grand exposition of 1866
disclosed to the world that the French were im-
cuecEurably in advance of any other people. A
writer in the last North British Review, in
Song article upon the competitive results of that
exposition, concedes almost everything that a
Frenchman could claim upon this point.
So, too, the reign of Napoleon has been sig-
-nalized by the grandest achievements in the
•way of internal improvement—by vast acce$-
- .loss to tho wealth of the people—by the es
tablishment of the most perfect internal order
and security—by a greater degree of tranquility
ihsa the French ever enjoyed for such a length
•of time—by the absence of all national calam
ity and misfortune, and, finally, by the eleva
tion of the moral and material power of the
French nation to a point which it had never be
fore attained, even under the splendid achieve-
raaesite-of the first Napoleon or the magnificent
. displays -of Louis XIV.
On tho whole, we think impartial history will
: to compelled to class the reign of Napoleon III.
aa one of the most sagacious, successful and
xaBdly beneficial administrations which figure in
-tho annals of the world; and it should not be
surprising that so intelligent a people as the
Yfeexxeh. should anticipate her verdict, and see
4ha£-their true policy lies in supporting the
orawn. Remitted to the discordant plans and
purposes of the opposition, the change would be
. disastrous indeed.
lExcerpts from tbe Constitution.
"The Refutation Still Goes os—The Slan
der Mm. Choked by its ows Falsehoods.—Mr.
John. Neal, of Warren, whose name is men-
fianedin “Radical’s” card to the Macon Tele-
graph, as one-of the refugees in Atlania, afraid
* to .go home for his political opinions, pronounces
x Cbo statement an unmitigated falsehood, as far
veslrois concerned. Ho has just come from
home, and was treated kindly there. He also
cays tho charge is untrue about Gardner.
Eighth Geobgia Reunion.—The Macon Tel
egraph says that it has received suggestions
from a prominent source that it might be po
etically imprudent to hold the proposed Eighth
Georgia Reunion on the 21st of July; and that
& would be better to postpone it to a later day.
It is possible that it might be misrepresented,
and if there is such a possibility, we concur
with our contemporary that it is well to sacri
fice personal considerations to the public wel
fare. We hold that a very grave duty rests
apoa our people to avoid anything that can bo
distorted to our disadvantage by our enemies.
We shall defer in this matter to the views of
c majority of those interested.
<Jobbection.—We are informed that the rumor
a£ tho arrest of Mrs. Adkins for the murder of
her husband, Joseph Adkins, is untrue.
Chalybeate Springs.—Mr. D. L. Booher &
'San have token charge of this pleasant and
feoalth-restoring watering place, and are fully
- prepared fer tho accommodation of invalids or
ptaasuro stokers. These springs are situated
among the mountains of Meriwether county in
. * cool and salubrious climate, where such things
nc mosquitoes and gnats ore but dreams of the
•too much given to good living. The grounds
and houses have been thoroughly repaired, tho
-billiard room and ten pin alleys improved, the
cellars stocked with the best of liquors, the
■ grounds lighted with gas, hot and cold baths
provided, and everything furnished for pleasure
.Mad. oomfort. The spring is a bold one, dis-
- charging sixty gallons per minute, the main in-
; gradient of which is iron. Its health-giving
(Properties have been attested by thousands. A
band of music has been procured for the Sum
mer. In fact at this watering place is present
ed everything which heart can desire. Coaches
to carry them to the Springs always await tra
velers at Geneva, on the S. W. railroad. See
.-advertisement.
'Rakpeeheies in Geobgia.—Hon. S. F. Gove
4us left at this office three of the most improved
varieties of the raspberry, Scarlet and Yellow,
by way of showing that the best French rasp
berries can be produced in Georgia under unfa
vorable circumstances. These have been grown
without working, and have been suffered to suc
cor freely for the purpose of propagation, and
the fruit is large and fine. He thinks, with
ordinary care, the best varieties of this frnit
can be abundantly produced in this section of
Georgia.
Preparing yob a Fbesh Campaign.—The New
York Tribune announces that it has dispatched
non of its best correspondents on a tour through
fbe South, from nearly every portion of which
j£ expects to publish full and reliable reports,
lit is hoped Mr. Greeley’s traveler will prove
i more truthful and just than his stationary lying
•machines, who are a disgrace to humanity. So
/Sega the Savannah Republican.
Mr.. Editor : Your oontempor&ry says the
head - of Washington has been struck off the
three cent postage stamps probably because he
was a Southern man and a rebel, and he sup
poses the next stop will be to rub out Jackson’s
bead from the two cent stamps. He is behind
flae times. Jackson baa already been substi
tuted by a .postboy, who, if not exactly a ne-
pn, is very nearly the color of the Macon Post-
aanater that is to be. Stamps.
The persecution of Christians in China bag
been stopped by command of the Government.
Cuban intelligence received at Washington is
-J&gyfavont ue to the cause of the insurgents.
Justice lo Georgia.
THE ATLANTA SLANDER MILL.
A few days ago we copied a special dispatch
from Atlanta to the Washington Chronicle and
New York Tribune, stating that “ a large num
ber of Republicans or Radicals from all parts of
Georgia, including many members of tbe Legis
lature of tbe State, are now in Atlanta, believ
ing that death is certain if they undertake to go
to their homes."
We challenged the truth of this statement, and
demanded a list of this “ large number” of ref
ugees in Atlanta afraid to go home. The only
answer received was a miserable anonymous
scrawl in a crabbed hand writing, from Atlanta,
specifying nine names as those of men afraid to
go home. That was on Saturday, and up to this
time (Thursday morning) we have had authen
tic denials from six of the nine (either directly
or through their friends) of the truth of the
statement, while in respect to'at least one other,
charges of misdemeanor ore alleged which would
render it imprudent in any man to go home—
and of another that he never had a home in the
county he represents—so that it may be said
the whole allegation vanishes like the baseless
fabric of a vision.
So far from there being “a large number of Re
publicans in Atlanta afraid to go home,” they
have failed to briDg a clear case of a single ref
ugee in Atlanta afraid to go home on account
01 xns panun, nxitl there is one such wo
have not the slightest idea.
But will the Northern newspapers who have
given currency to this statement make the
amende ? Will they tell their readers that it is
untrue—that it was the mere fabrication of
parties, bent for their own purposes, upon sys
tematically villifyiDg the condition of Georgia ?
Not they. They will do nothing of the kind.
Falsehood is just as good as truth for their pur
poses.
Not one of them has corrected the dispatch
from the same source about the murder of two
negroes in Warren county, who are now living
there unmolested. No one has corrected the
lies about the Spillman outrage. No one has
noted Turner’s denial of his statements as pub
lished in the Tribune, or Belcher’s rotraction
of his miserable letter to Mr. Sumner.
Now, all the stuff about Georgia, with very
few exceptions, if traced up, would fizzle out in
the manner of this Atlanta refugee stony. The
political murders alleged before the Reconstruc
tion Committee and variously estimated at from
two to eleven hundred, would dwindle down
very much like the tale of the Atlanta refugees.
The disseminators of falsehood are active, but
no man lifts a finger in the work of vindication.
What folly is that adage of Jefferson that “er
ror ceases to be dangerous if reason is left free
to combat it” Truth is a mere snail—a tor
toise, while busy slander and falsehood travel
with the speed of an electric flash. The South
ern country is at this moment, the most quiet,
forbearing, long-suffering country on the face
of the globe, and yet the whole continent is sub
merged in an ocean of falsehood about her as
turbulent, murderous and lawless. The man
who rests upon the self-vindicating power of
truth in these times should apply for a guardian.
He should not trust himself at large upon his
own responsibility.
Judicial Convention.
A friend has furnished us with the copy of a
circular signed by the Hon. C. B. Cole, J. D.
Pope, J. R. Parrott, and D. B, Harrell, calling
for a convention of the Judges of the Superior
Courts of the State for the purpose of revising
and modifying the rules of practice of the Su
perior Courts.
This move is in the right direction and cannot
fail to result in great advantage to the bench
and Bar of the State in the administration of
justice.
It is anticipated that there will be a full at
tendance, not only of the Judges, but that many
prominent members of the Georgia Bar will be
present, to aid by their consultations in so mod
ifying the Rules of Court as to give offeefc to the
practical teachings of actual experience for the
last quarter of a century.
It is also suggested that the occasion will be a
suitable one for the general assemblage and so
cial reunion of the members of a profession dis
tinguished alike for its erudition, wit and social
worth.
Thefollowingis a copy of the circular referred
to:
Ccthbebt, Ga., May 13th, 1869.
To the Honorable Judges of the Superior Courts:
Deae Sirs : In view of the fact that the rules
of Court, established by the Judges in Conven
tion many years since, are defective in various
particulars, and on account of the changes in
our organic system and current legislation, fail
in adaptability to the exigencies of onr present
government and laws, we propose a Convention
of the Judges of the Superior Courts of the
State to revise and modify said rules under the
authority granted by section 3181, Irwin’s re
vised Code.
We, therefore, respectfully ask you to meet
us and the other Judges in Convention at the
Capital, in Atlanta, on Tuesday, July 13th, next,
at 11 o’clock a. si., for that purpose, and also
to consider other things of importance and in
terest to the profession and to the people.
C. B. Cole, Judge Macon Circuit,
J. D. Pope, Judge Atlanta Circuit,
J. R. Pabeott, Judge Cherokee Circuit,
D. B. Harrell, Judge Pataula Circuit
War Enough for One Generation.
Indian Spring, May 24, 1869.
Editors Telegraph : In your comments upon
the Triple Alliance, yon well say the United
States are in just that condition to be morally
benefited by a sound thrashing. I agree with
you, and permit me to add that your views ap
pear to me always wise and just
What earthly cause, I ask with you, is there
for war now ? Let people who talk lightly about
it reflect upon its evils and miseries as they
have been lately illustrated in the South—the
hellish work of human butchery—men, like
wild beasts, and worse, rending 6ach other to
pieces—the lurid fires of hell lighting np the
country—thousands wrething in death agony—
the dwellings of the poor and tho rich crackling
in the flames—the shrieks of outraged women
and frightened children—the monuments of
human toil destroyed—all vestiges of civilization
obliterated—starvation brooding over the land—
the triumph of all that is devilish, senseless and
cruel. -This is war.
And will any of my old comrades forget that
when we ware ragged, hungry, foootsoreand
weary in camp, how we threatened vengeance
against the man who should ever talk war again
in our hearing? No! No!
Some say war will bring the repudiation of
the national debt! if the debt shall be repudia
ted, it will first have to be redeemed in the
precious blood of the poor soldier. Are people
who talk in that way willing to contribute their
own blood as part of the price ? Not they!
War is the accursed contrivance of politicians
and aristocrats, to barter the blood, the happi
ness and prosperity of the people, for their own
selfish ends of ambition or pelf. Well says a
writer that “if the people were wise, war is a
game that kings could never play.”
I say let all parties at the North beware of
war. The South has had her fill of it for a gen
eration and means to do no more fighting.
War has reduced us almost to starvation and
beggary—has filled our land with desolation
and mourning—has covered the country with
the scarred monuments of raid, rapine and plun
der—has wrecked our liberties and made us the
sport and prey of our conquerors. If the North,
who has fared better by war wants more of it,
let her have it—we have got enough.
W. F. 8.
Brazil—The First Favorable Testi
mony.
The first favorable testimony of Brazil we
have noticed from an actual settler is in the
Constitutionalist of Wednesday. It is a letter
from A. T. Oliver, formerly a citizen of Ogle
thorpe county, who left there the 13th of August,
1866. His letter is dated the 10th of last March.
He speaks well of the government, and in re
spect to the agricultural capabilities of the coun
try, he says: ..
“This is the best sugar country in the world;
plant it once, and it will produce thirty years
without planting again. It is the native
and climate for coffee.
“This is the most healthy, most productive
country I ever saw; the best climate, the purest
water, and the finest timber. We can make a
bale of five hundred pounds of lint cotton on
every acre of land. We cultivate fifty to aixty
bushels of corn, and as fine rice and tobacco as
the best and most favored portions of Virginia
and South Carolina. We have all of the tropical
fruits; besides, all that you can raise in Geor
gia, we can have here. Vegetables, of every
kind and variety, that you have, we have hero
in abundance. 'Hogs are as fine as you oversaw
from Kentucky; horses, cattle, mules, sheep
and goats are abundant and good. Poultry, of
every description, in the greatest abundance.—
In short, it is a land of peace and plenty, and I
believe will ultimately prove to be the Cornu
copia of the world. It is now tbe asylum of the
oppressed South, and they are fast coming to
her peaceful and pacific bosom; and, like a
nursing mother, she will receive and support
them.
“The mercury never rises higher in the shade
here than 83 to 83 degrees; that is our hottest
weather. We have just frost enough to kill veg*
elation. Our planting season is just the oppo
site of yours—September, October, November
and December wo plant. I will begin to pick
cotton tomorrow, (11th of March); a hand cod
pick one hundred and fffty pounds. Co’H is
hard enough to grind; and I think (and so do
all who have seen my cotton) that it wDf make
750 pounds of ginned cotton per acre. ’ I have
plowed twice and hoed it once; that is all the
work it has had. I made list year, on new
ground, 500 pounds per acre ; it is much more
promising this year. .
“I would say to all those who wish to leave
the United States (so-called), to come and look
at Brazil before they settle. There are about
1,000 good and true Southern men within twen
ty-five miles of me, nnd still they are coming in
monthly by every arrival of a vessel from the
United States. Georgia, Alabama, South Caro
lina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and
Texas are all represented. Old and young, mar
ried and single, are all hero, and doing well.
President Grant and the Radical
Governor of Virglna.
A correspondent or the Petersburg (Va.) Ex
press makes the following statement. We can
only hope that Grant may always keep as drunk
as ho was represented by Wells to be on the
occasion referred to:
Wells does not report well of Grant. To the
exclusion of other items, I will give his account
of his last interview with the President, as re.
ported to me: “Grant is‘an ass,” said Wells
bitterly; “and what is more, he is a drunken
ass. When we entered the room, he was lean-
ing over the table, with a segar in his mouth,
and his chin resting on both haflcls. His eyes
were fishy, and he ineffectually attempted to
rise as we came in. We introduced our busi
ness at once. “Mr. Wells,” says he, ‘my desire
is peace and harmony throughout the country,
and I will even sacrifice my principles (if I
hove any) to secure these things. Of course as
for as I con do so, without interfering with my
main pnrpose, I will favor you as a good Re
publican, but you must not expect me to ven
ture the success of my administration in your
behalf. I consider that the Virginians them
selves are chiefly to be consulted in this matter,
not you. I say this after due deliberation, and
I shall put the same views before my Cabinet”
“I told him," said Wells, “that he was acting
in a way very injurious to his party.” “My
party,” answered Grant; “well, I know very
well what you mean by ‘my party,’ but I was
elected by the people, and I can afford to do as
I please, in spite of politicians and their or
ganizations. I intend to do so. I hope you
may be elected Governor of Virginia, but I
shall do nothing officially to effect thnt result.
You must depend on your own popularity and
the strength of your party. As for the consti
tution, I intend to submit it, as far as possible,
not to suit you and other immigrants, but to
suit tho native Virginians, always protecting the
equality of the negroes.”
“Such was the comfort we got,” continued
Wells, “and if we had not succeeded better
with some of his Cabinet, the constitution
would have been shorn of every provision that
protects loyal interests against rebel invasion.”
Cincinnati Southern Railroad.
A Cincinnati dispatch of the 25th says:
D. N. Stanton, of Boston, President of the
Chattanooga and Alabama Railroad, makes the
following proposition to the committee to-day:
If Cincinnati selects Chattanooga as the south
ern terminus of the proposed road, we are pre
pared to build a first-class railroad from that
point to the Kentucky State lino, near Chitwood,
and will have it equipped and running as soon
as Cincinnati can meet us at that point. With
the aid which Cincinnati offers, wo will also un
dertake the construction and equipment of a
first-class railroad from the same point to Cin
cinnati, and will take perpetual lease of this
part of the road on reasonable terms. The whole
line from Cincinnati to Chattanooga shall be so
arranged as to run as one through line, and in
the interests of Cincinnati perpetually, and as
soon as your trustees can meet us, we shall bo
ready to enter into an arrangement on basis of
the above.
D. F. Stanton, J. T. Brown, R. T. Paine, Jr.,
and Judgo Mills represented Nashville’s inter
ests, and Col. Wolder the claims of Decatur.
The meeting was large, and much interest was
felt
Memphis Branch Railroad.
The stockholders of the above road met at
the office of W. S. Cothran & Son, and organized
by the election of the following gentlemen as
Directors:
Alfred Shorter, W. S. Cothran, S. P. Smith, A.
Griffith, D. S. Printup, C. H. Smith and Samuel
Noble.
W. S. Cothran was elected President of the
Board. In the election of Directors, we think
the company have acted wisely, as we recog
nize in them gentlemen of experience, and who
have the interest of the city at heart.
About $30,000 has been subscribed, and wo
have no doubt but that §50,000 will be raised by
Saturday.
Who is there in Borne that will not aid in the
building of this road? Come to the front, and
do not lag in the rear. Let every man in the
city put Ms shoulder to the wheel and push on
tMs great work, that is to prove one of Rome’s
greatest blessings.
The Railway War in Augusta.—Tho Consti
tutionalist says:
From the most reliable information and as
surances gathered yesterday, we feel warranted
in stating that the existing differences between
the City Council of Augusta and the South Car
olina Railroad are in prospect of speedy and
favorable adjustment We are not advised as
to the precise basis upon wMch the settlement
is likely to be effected, but the present indica
tions are that they will transpire witMn the
present week, as we understand that President
Magrath, of the latter corporation, was expected
to arrive here last night, to respond to proposi
tions wMch had been made to Mm in the mat
ter. Unless a settlement "is effected, the in
junction granted by Judge Gibson will go into
effect to-morrow, restraining the cars of this
road from passing through the city, under a
penalty of §200,000.
The Eighth Georgia.—A correspondent of
the Macon Telegraph advises against the pro
posed reunion of this historic regiment, lest
our enemies should pervert its sacred objects
and turn it to our hurt in some way. The sug
gestion is not without merit, and cannot be too
carefully considered. That Georgia has ene
mies in high places, anxious for a pretext for
enslaving her people, must now be obvious to
all, and such designs can be thwarted most ef
fectually by avoiding even the appearance of
evfl. The country is sick and tired and broken
downof strife—let ns have peace, even at the
present sacrifice of innocent and reasonable de
sires. Our “Eighth Georgia” friends need be
in no burry. A year hence our hands may be
out of the lion’s mouth, and the social reunion
so ardently desired by the remnant of that
noble band he held without peril to the welfare
of their State.—Savannah Republican.
The number of students at the German uni
versities is twice as large as that of the students
at the French universities, in proportion to the
population of the two countries.
From Talbot Comity.
Talbot County, Ga.,)
May 24, 18G9. J
Editors Telegraph : I see a great deal in the
papers relative to the cold, windy and wet
weather vs. good crops, etc., etc.
In this community the cotton crop is a perfect
failure. Our cotton came up as nicely as it ever
did, but the coid weather has destroyed about
three-fourths of the stand. The caterpillar has
made its appearance in my cotton, eating off all
the leaves and buds, forcing the plant to death.
It would be a blessed thing if the cold weather
and the" caterpillar coHld be a general tMng
and exit the cotton crop about seven-eighths
short One-eighth of a crop would bring the
same money that a full one would, and we would
have at home a plenty of bacon, flour, fine cat
tle, and everything else that makes home at-
tractite, whereas, under the present system,
our yjar’s wages are always taken up before tho
close pf the year, leaving us with empty cribs
and »moke-houses, and—worse than all—with
emply pocket-books. It would bj a fine thing
if ow next Legislature would restrict the plant
ing <f cotton to three or four acres to the hand.
If ommon sense and reason, and even experi
ence can’t awaken a civilized people to a sense
of peir duties and best interests," I think- then
the; need guardians to provide, for and take
can of their better interests. !
ike wheat and oat crops are very sorry. Corn,
as} general thing, looks well. ,
,/Very respectfully, etc., 'Honorius.
j Our correspondent is very naturally vexed
and disappointed by the situation, imd we will
not take issue with Mm on his philosophy or
policy, except to say we hold both; to be un
sound.—Editors. •
miscellaneous Doings in Sn«nter.
Danville, Ga., May 17,1869.
On Saturday the 8thinst., the young people
all assembled at Danville for the purpose of en
joying the pleasure of a fishing party and a lit
tle dance in the afternoon; a plenty of fish
were secured, or at least eighty-five pounds,
some of which were very fine. "While dinner
was being prepared some of our boys stepped
up to the grocery, drank a few toasts and played
a game sometimes called whisky poker. A lit
tle dispute arose and a splendid opportunity
presented itself for the boys to keep their spirits
up, (in case Mr. Grant should ask them to help
Mm wMp out England), with a little belliger
ency of a private character; but there being
more peacemakers than fighting men the row
was stopped—all made friends—ate the dinner
and went up into the old hotel and had a splen
did donee. So you see at once that Danville is
coming to life again. “Let us have Peace."
On Sunday last all met at the Methodist
Church, at Tineville, for the purpose of or
ganizing a Sabbath-school, and did so. We
hope much good will be accomplished thereby.
The freedmen, also, had a fine day; their meet
ing began on Saturday night, lasted all night,
all day Sunday and Sunday Mght. It was
literally a protracted meeting.
In the afternoon, on Sunday, a couple of the
blacks were married by their minister from
Milledgovillo. When he arrived at that part of
the ceremony—allowing objections to be raised,
a brother of the bride stated that the groom
was living in adultery with another woman, and
contended that he (the groom) should be made
tomarry her ; whereupon the sable minister in
formed the crowd that no outsider had any right
to object; he wanted the crowd to understand
that no one had any right to object save the
bride and groom, so they were married.
Com is looking well, but the few days of cold
has proved disastrous to cotton—it is dying out
rapidly, especially on sandy land.
Very respectfully, yours, Danville.
Affairs in Darien.
The Brunswick Appeal of the 22d instant,
says:
During the week we made a flying trip
to tMs enterprising village, situated on a high
bluff upon the banks of the Altamaha river. Al
though the town was entirely destroyed by the
federal army during the late war, her citizens
have energetically worked up new buildings,
both public and private, and it now presents a
creditable appearance. They have a handsome
new Court-house, a Methodist Church undergo
ing a thorough repair, and a now Baptist Church
in process of erection. The secret of the suc
cess of tMs town is entirely due to the energy
and qualifications of her timber and general
merchants, and steam mill men. -The town has
always enjoyed the reputation of being very
sickly, and strange to say, her citizens acknowl-
ed its trutMulness. Nine months of the year
many of them live in the town, but nearly all
move out some three or four miles on what is
known as the ridge during the three remaining
months, where they enjoy the best of health.
The Appeal reports six gang saw mills and
two circular saw mills in operation in and around
the town. The firms in the lumber trade are,
Messrs. Carl Eppiug, Thos. Hilton & Sons,
Young & Langston, Patterson & Schmidt, Geor
gia Stoam Mill Company, R. K. Walker, and
Guerard & Holcombe, C. S. Mims, agent
Her stores are neatly arranged, well filled with
general merchandise, and superintended by
accommodating gentlemen. They are known
under the firm names of R. P. Paul & Co.,
Strain & Atwood, Patterson & Schmidt, R. Cog-
dell, Jr., H. M. Cullin, A. Wilcox, Hawse &
Tyler, Pease & Co., Harris, Pepper and several
others, whoso names wo misplaced. A. A. De-
Lorme, Esq., Commission Merchant and Re
ceiving and Forwarding Agent, has for twenty
years been the Agent of most of tho steamers
plying there. He is also Express Agent, and
has the only general wharf. He enjoys the con
fidence of the citizens both in Darien and for
many miles around.
Darien is in telegrapMc commumcation with
the outside world by a line to Johnson’s Station
on the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. First-class
shipping, timber was selling at Darien for ten
to fifteen dollars.
telegraph:.
Dow Landed Properly in the Sonth Is
Thrown Away.
The Charleston Courier gives the following
illustration:
One of our enterprising commercial firms,
Messrs. Willis A Chisolm, have, in connection
with Henry Hart, Esq., of New York, lately
purchased on the Combaheo river, between ibis
city and Savannah, a princely estate, composed,
partly, of the old Blake barony, wMch was last
in possession of Daniel Blake, Esq., in whose
family it has been from colonial times. This
extensive property has an area of about 14,600
aeres, of wMch 1,450 are the best class of rice
land, 400 aores of cleared upland, and much of
the balance most superior timber land. The
Charleston and Savannah Rail Road passes
and a^half mfies.^ This body M^landwasdis-
E osed of for forty thousand dollars, a portion
eing in cash and the balance on time. They
have also purchased adjoining, the Pleasant
and Rose Hill plantations, consisting of 476
acres of number one rice land, 200 acres of
cleared upland and 1,700 aores of superior oak
andMckory land. This property was owned
formerly by Chas. Heyward, Esq., and lastly by
Mrs. General Trapier, and was purchased
through Messrs. W. O. Bee & Co., for twenty-
eight thousand dollars, part cash and the bal-
ance on time.
The sorghum crop last year was a big item in
commercial and agricultural matters. The aver
age yield per acre all over our State was seventy-
six gallons per arce, though there were a few
persons who owned mills who did not make a
fortune in. a week from their mills, and there
fore cry out “Down with Sorghum. ” TMs crop
has saved the agriculturists of Tishomingo alone
100,000pounds of meat.—Model Farmer, (Miss.)
Three little children, two boys and a girl, the
oldest only five years, disappeared in Cleveland,
Ohio, on Saturday afternoon, and after a search
throughout the city that lasted until Sunday
night, their bodies were discovered buried seve
ral feet under a sliding sand bank.
Twenty-five tons of strawberries were brought
into Sau Francisco in April, and retailed at
twelve to fifteen cents a pound. Cherries sold
at a dollar and a half per pound. . * . *
From Washington.
Washington, May 26.—It is reliably stated that
Boutwell, after hearing Opedyke, determined to per
sist in selling two million dollars in gold and buy
ing one million bonds weekly, until" the bonds
placed in sinking fond reach twenty-six million dol
lars. This policy involves the sale of nearly sixty
million dollars in gold.
Boutwell has appointed John Meanshaw Inspec
tor of steamboats in the third district, and Femold
Assessor of tho fifth Virginia district.
Hoff’s reports, to the 19th, contains nothing im
portant.
Internal Revenue, to-day, over one million
dollars.
The President participates in the decoration of
soldiers’ graves on Saturday, at Arlington.
The Trustees of the Corcoran Art Gallery met yes
terday.
From Louisiana.
New Orleans, May 27.—Governor Warmoth
proclaims a quarantine of not less than ten days
against the following ports : San Jaub, Matanzas,
Trinidad, Santiago de Cuba, Port Royal. Montego,
Bay of Jamaica, Jacmel, Port an Prince, St Domin
go ; Islands of St. Thomas, Martinique, Guadaloupe
Campeachie, Yucatan, Belize, Honduras, Vera,
Cruz, Alvarado, Tampico, Matamoras, Tuspan, Mex
ico ; San Juan, Nicaragua; Chagres, Aspinwall; Porto
Bello, Central America; Maracaibe, Venezuela; Nia-
rago, Island of Trinidad; Rio Janeiro, ParaCayama,
South America; and Nassau, New Providence.
Charles Morgan, the purchaser of the Opelousas
Railroad, in a long public communication, announces
his readiness to co-operate with business men of
Texas, Louisiana, New Orleans, or any other sec
tion of country interested in extending the Ope
lousas Railroad from its present terminus to Tex
as, by a moat eligible route, and proposes that a
new company be formed, and obtain the remaining
franchises of New Orleans, Opelousas and Great
Western Railroad Company, with a cash capital of
four million dollars, of which he will himself take
two millions stock, provided the same amount be
raised by other parties interested. Ho further an
nounces his intention to put tho road already com
pleted in perfect repair, if necessary, making a
double track.
The delegation of the State of Alabama in tho
Commercial Convention adopted a series of resolu
tions, expressing the highest regard and admiration
of tho qualities of the late Col. L. T. Woodruff)
President of tho Mobile Board of Trade, killed at a
recent fire, and their regrets at his untimely death.
Upon assembling this morning, the Convention
took up the report of the Committee on obstruct
ions at the mouth of the Mississippi. Without re
commending any particular plan of operations, they
respectfully commend to the attention of tho Gene
ral Government, the suggestions of the New Orleans
Chamberof Commerce upon the subject “that, while
acknowledging the liberality of the appropriations
for the removal of the obstructions, they would, in
view of tho large accumulations of deposits within
the past few years, earnestly urge the necessity of
still further appropriations for continuing the work.”
They also recommend that the control of the under
taking be confided entirely to tho United States En
gineer Bureau, in whom they express entire confi
dence. The report was adopted.
The following, which was embodied both in the
majority and minority reports of the Pacific Bail-
road Committee, was adopted:
Resolved, That a main Trank Railroad line, from
San Diego, California, should be built through tho
junction of the rivers Colorado and Gila, along the
Valley Gila, south of tho same to El Paso, on the
Rio Grande, and thence to a convenient point near
the thirty-second parallel, west of the Brazos—at
or near the river in the State of Texas—to which
main trunk feeder roads may be built from St.
Louis. Cairo, Memphis, Vicksburg, New Orleans
and Galveston on tho east; and Guaymas, Mazat-
lan and San Francisco on the west, with equal rights
of connection for all—which should be known and
designated as tho Southern Pacific Railroad.
Tho discussion of tho Pacific Railroad question
was lengthy and exciting, and a longitudinal route
from Cairo to Mazatlan was strongly advocated by
Texans and Hlinoieians.
Tho Convention remained in session until three
o’clock p. m., and then adjourned until to-morrow.
A number of now delegates arrived yesterday
and to-day. Few departed this evening.
From Atlanta.
Atlanta, May 26.—The Grand Juiy of Bibb coun
ty Superior Court have found a true bill against J.
Clarke Swayze.editor of the Radical paper at Macon,
Ga., for high misdemeanor. Tho bill is predicated
upon incendiary articles appearing in his paper some
weeks ago, and is based upon that section of tho
code that forbids any person to circulate any writing
that inculcates resistance to lawful authority, insur
rection or conspiracy against the citizens.
After the lolling of Dr. Ayers by a negro near
Savannah, Swayze published an inflamatory article,
calling on Union men to organize for self protection.
The penalty is penitentiary from five to twenty
years.
This morning four workmen in tho Atlanta Roll
ing Mill on opening an old shell ignited tho powder
and were blown np and killed.
Presbyterian Assembly.
Mobile, May 27.—The General Assembly adopted a
paper urging tho presbytery of Florida to lay before
the Central Presbytery of Philadelphia, a statement
of facts connected with tho seizure of tho Jacksonville
Church by Northern ministers, and ask for redress.
The plan for relief of families of deceased clergymen
was referred to tho Committee of Sustentation, to
report to next assembly. Tho overture on church
music was indefinitely postponed. The revised book
of church order was sent down to the Presbyteries
for criticism, tborovision to bo completed at next As
sembly. Assembly dissolved at one o’clock.
From Richmond.
Richmond, May 27.—The State Convention of
colored men to consider the exclusion of colored
men from posts of trust and profit and the jury-box,
met to-day. One hundred delegates were present.
All parts of tbe State are represented. Dr. Thos.
Bayne, of Norfolk, was chosen President. The
Convention then adjourned.
What is Coming.—The Tribune states that
Secretary Rawlins is determined to secure pro
tection to the lives of Union men in the South.
He will probably declare martial law in Georgia,
at least in the neighborhoods where these mur
ders have been committed, and where the mur
derers are not given up, : will arrest a number of
sympathizing citizens and hold them as hos
tages until the criminals are given up.
So much for tbe slanders of a few unprinci
pled scoundrels in Georgia by the Chief Execu
tive of the State. We hope, however, and be
lieve, that the President and General Rawlins
will take the trouble to get at the truth of those
alleged murders in Georgia, before they venture
on so responsible a step.—Savannah Republi
can.
Brooks Superior Court, wMch was in session
last week, Judge Alexander presiding, -without
getting through -with its dockets, adjourned over
to Tuesday, the 1 3th of July.
Samuel Baker, the negro lad charged with
the murder of young Humphreys while out
fishing last month, was convicted of voluntary
manslaughter in the commission of an unlawful
act, and sentenced to two years in the peniten
tiary.
A negro man, charged with the killing of a
negro woman, was found guity of involuntary
manslaughter, in the commission of a lawful
act,without due caution and circumspection,and
fined fifty dollars, or sent to the jail for the pe
riod of six months.—Ibid.
The Salvador Expedition—Seizure of teds
Vessel.—The Jacksonville Union has direct in
formation from Nassau of the landing of an ex
pedition of Nipe bay,reported by telegraph. The
Salvador, which took out the filibustering party,
had returned to Nassau, where she was seized
by the British authorities under the following
circumstances:
“There was great rejoicing at Nassau, among
the people, over the successful trip, but the
Receiver General of Nassau seized the steamer
for on alleged violation of the foreign enlist
ment act; placed a guard of marines from the
iron clad Favorite on board, and demands the
payment of four thousand pounds for the sup
posed excess of passengers wMch the steamer
took out of Nassau. The people in general
showed the greatest indignation against tho Re
ceiver General.
Captain Keenlin, commander of the Salvador,
had returned to Key West, probably to com
municate with his government.—Ibid.
extraordinary,
That from a sense of jealousy, spite and vin
dictiveness, persons should be led into endors
ing and encouraging that wMch is known to be
fraudulent, and to insist that an article is genu
ine, without any evidence of such being the
case; besides claiming it to be carefully and sci
entifically made. As to the carefulness of its
preparation, they can know nothing, and as to
the scientific attainments of their “green-eyed
monster” hero, Ms very writings wonld prov
Mm to be an ignoramus and unscientific. We
know they have often purchased of C. A. Sim
mons, of BamesviUo, and always dealt in this
article we now manufacture, knowing it to be
the only true and genuine article.
We claim by the laws of honor and business,
that we are entitled to the trade our exertions
have built up, and to all the reputation our med
icine bears. It is built up by our labor, the re
sult of our capital, the work carried on at home,
affording a support to many daughters of fal
len soldiers, and a prepafation that is known
to the most honorable and respectable of our
citizens as posessing merit and medical proper
ties not equalled by any medicine ever offered
for the cure of liver diseases, dyspepsia, etc.
The Simmons Liver Medicine or Regulator,
■manufactured by J. H. Zeilin & Co., will stand
upon its own merit, however strong the attempt
may be to defame it, or reap benefit by getting
in the shadow of its reputation.
The Magnificent Sonth.
It is stated that after last year s crop, with
expenses paid, the South retained two hundred
millions in gold. Furthermore, it is announced
that six hundred thousand dollars’ worth of
manufacturing stock has been subscribed for a
cotton mill at Columbus, Ga., and seventy-one
others are in process of erection at Savannah
and other points in the State for the manufac
ture of cotton and woolen goods. One factory
at Augusta has a capital of six hundred thou
sand dollars, and last year turned out nearly
six and a half million yards of cloth. The Ari
zona cotton factory, established in Claiborne
parish, La., since the war, is now paying a net
profit of twenty-four per cent per annum. New
Orleans is soon to have a cotton mill with ten
thousand spindles. With these auspicious signs
of prosperity before ns, are we not warranted
in proclaiming the Sonth as magnificent ? Bat
she has scarcely reached the threshold of her
future wealth and grandeur, if her sons stop
bothering themselves about politics and put
their shoulders to the wheel of the car of for
tune.— Mew York Herald.
General News.
New York, May 27.—Tho committees of the old
and new schools have reported a plan for union.
Foreign News.
Madrid, May 27.—Serano, in addressing the Cor
tes regarding Cuba, said the rebellion was sup
pressed, but the moral disorder was disappearing
jlowly. Whon the normal condition is restored, the
homo Government, acting with Cuban deputies,
will suppress slavery.
Paris, May 27.—Returns show twenfy-aeven op
position members elected.
London, May 27—Peabody goes to New York
Saturday.
Havana, May 27—Liaca succeeds Letona in the
Governorship of Puerto Principe.
Karine News.
Savannah, Ga., May 27.—Arrived, ships Kelows
from New Orleans. Cleared, Barnes for New York;
America for Baltimore.
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869.)
Western & Atlantic Railroad,
Superintendent’s Office, Atlanta,
May 25,1869,
To His Excellency Rufus B. Bullock, Governor,
Atlanta, Ga:
Sir—I have tMs day paid to N. L. Angler,
Esq., Treasurer of the State of Georgia, twenty-
five thousand ($25,000) dollars for the month of
April, 1869, from the earnings of the Western A
Atlantic railway. Very respectfully, your obe
dient servant. E Hulbxbt,
Superintendent.
Crops in Bartow.—The Gartersville Express
of Thursday says cotton is looking very badly,
throughout tMs section, owing to the oool
weather, wMch has killed it out terribly. Wheat
is looking well, and if no future disaster over
takes it, a fair crop will be realized. Com is
small mid backward, not sufficiently advanced
to tell much about it. Clover and the grasses
are doing very well—some are now mowing.
Fruit crop scanty.
William Souther, of Blaekhammer, Minne
sota, saw twenty-four rattlesnakes near his
place, of wMch number he killed nineteen—the
remaining five escaped unharmed.
Nearly a Fatal Accident.—Mr. Wm. C.
Gray, one of our most prominent citizens and
leading business men, narrowly escaped death
yesterday. He was, about 8 o’clock, in the
Steam Cotton Mills of wMch Company he is
President. Happening to be too near the rope
machinery Ms coat was caught between the rap
idly moving bands, and he was drawn quickly
almost double. Ho endeavored vainly to drag
Mmself loose, and then commanded the machin
ery to be stopped. Unfortunately it was under
the control of a new female, who was not famil
iar with its working. He was quickly being
hurried to death. His shoulder had been badly
cut by the bands, Ms neck was swiftly approach
ing a position where it would have been crushed
when a woman quickly threw off the gearing
and stopped the machinery. The gentleman
escaped with not many injuries., Two more
revolutions of the wheel would have proved fa
tal. As it is, he escaped with a few braises
wMch will confine Mm to Ms bed for a day or
two. The loss of such an honorable public-
spirited, and Christian citizen like Mr. Gray,
would be almost irreparable to Columbus.—Sun.
Singular Death.—On Saturday last, a 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 tMs lady hauling wood to Griffin. When
found, he was laying under a capsized load of
wood. It is supposed that while driving over a
sliding place, the load turned over upon Mm.
He was a good, faitMnl, hard-working hand.
(Griffin Star.
Strangest Rat on Record.—Everybody has
heard of the “cow that eat np the grindstone,"
but Mr. Tim Barham reports a case of a rat
that eat np a mill rock at Barnhart's Mill
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 after
wards Judge Stilwell’s “head man” killed a rat
that weighed fourteen pounds. This is thought
to be the identical rat that eat the mill rock.
For further particulars inquire of Judge Stil-
well or George WMte.—Ibid.
A Spunky Pig-Tail.—A Chinese mandarin is
reported to have slapped the face of Count De-
Lallemand, the French Ambassador of Peldn.—
The Count retorted by hauling down the flag
from the legation of the empire he represented.
That does not look plucky, but it probably
means bomb-shells.
A Large and Valuable Cargo of Cotton and
Timber for Liverpool.—Messrs. Austin & F.llia
yesterday cleared the sMp Levant (Br.), 1,436
of sea island, weighing 23,2S0 pounds, valued at
$15,50000. TMs is one of the finest cargoes of
its kind that has left this port this season, and
is a compliment to the energy of the agents.
, . • [Savannah Republican.
Colfax for Peace.—The Vice President of
the United States has been heard from. While
Grant is said to want war, Colfax wants peace.
In a speech at CMcago, last week, he said: “I
know that the military thirst for war is rife, and
that there is an expression of a growing feeling
in onr republic which seems to cry out forwar ;
but, if I stand alone, I stand here to resist it to
the extent of my feeble influenoe.”
If the advice of Professor Agassiz be good
authority, there is no other diet so beneficial to
gentlemen of editorial and literary pursuits as
fish. That many of them have made this dis
covery for themselves is a fact wMch the public
are always willing to believe, and may account
for the "impunity with wMch they designate a
portion of our tribe as “scaly fellows." No Uafc _ It fa no ^ for Ssvann^
Good, honest summer weather yesterday. If ^ tight of ^
cotton is suffering for heat and sunshine, it got TB°®p8°n to be maKing ugm
a pocket-full of both. j “g - ye«thqa«w-
The Atlanta New Era announces that CoL C. i
A Novel Startler Cose In Savant
In a year ago, died Dr. J. t.
at the Pavilion House, in Savannah, as was
posed of an overdose of laudanum, taken ^
his own motion, as a remedy for an exceed^
nervous condition resulting from the-eia^f"'
use of stimulants. His wife was present
according to the account of the matter , f
lishedatthat time in the Savannah News.iL'
ing aroused by the movements of the doc*
asked Mm what he had done, and he repliedlL
had taken forty drops of laudanum, She"
quired if that was not too heavy a dose
the doctor replied, “Not for a man ia my n !“
vtous condition.” Both then fell asleep, and L
notice was taken of the doctor till eight o’d S
next morning, when he was found ia a oonj*
tion of stupor from wMch he could not L
aroused.
The Doctor was a Scotchman by birth—k,
practiced dentistry in Boston—had removed "
Charleston, where he lost Ms first wif e jj
thence removed to Augusta, where he manki
Mrs. J. H. Talbird, formerly Miss Catharine I
Browne, who is now alleged to be the
wife of J. H. Talbird. The Ordinary’s
records in Augusta show that J. H. Talbird ’
married March 20,1854, to Catharine A BrJO!
by Rev. J. P. Tustin. It is also claimed ?
Talbird is now living in Alabama, ana has rJ L
been divorced. r “
Dr. Paterson lived in Augusta till 1865, the
he removed to Savannah and embarked ictC
lumber business in Darien. Two years befc^
Ms death he made a will, bequeathing trc.
thirds of Ms property to his beloved
Catharine A. Paterson, and the remainder L-
his parents. Shortly after Ms death the wide:
made application for a twelve months’ sapp.-,-
wMchwas resisted on the ground that she hi
no right to it, not being the lawful wife of
croon Meanwhile, Paterson’s relatives for.
brought the case before the g««a *
Savannah, and Mrs. Paterson was indicted h?
Monday for the murder of the Doctor.
The News says:
“Mrs. Patterson is a lady whose «tn-
beauty, graceful manners and intelligence tf;
been the theme and admiration of all who las
met with her. She is at present, we believe, b
Baltimore, but will, of course, be brotiAs
this city at an e%rly day, to confront her &
cusers. She has many friends in this tint
whom this indictment will be as startling^
would a thunderbolt from a cloudless shy. j-
they must remember that an indictment doe
not always by any means end in conviction. I
will give her an opportunity, if innocent;
quelling the nnmerons suspicions which be
been afloat regarding the manner of the da*
of Dr. Paterson.”
Brunswick Items.
From the Appeal of the 22d, we gather a
following:
A party of gentlemen reached Brunswick L~
New York, via Savannah and the Gulf
Brunswick Railroads in fifty-seven hours. Tfe
crossed the gap in the roads by private eonw
ance. It is now about ten miles long and to
be closed in siz weeks.
On tho 21st, a small colored boy was map
by the train on the Macon and Brunswick to
road, about twenty-five miles fromthis'eity.
appears he attempted to get upon the ta
while in motion, but lost his hold and fell, r
train passing over Ms legs, from wMch he c-
before medical assistance arrived.
The bark Mystic Tie arrived at Brnnswici
the 19th, loaded with iron for the Macon i
Brunswick Railroad. One other vessel on
daily expected.
Brunswick & Albany Railroad.—Thai
peal has the gratification of informing
friends of Brunswick that advices were rectb
on the 22d from New York to the effect that:
friends of Brunswick have the control of o
Brunswick & Albany Railroad, and that neg:
ations are now pending that will most certair
secure the immediate commencement and ea:
completion of the road.
Brunswick has been made a money order
fice. The subscription to the telegraph line
been made up, and several new streets ic
city have been opened.
Spots on the San.
The sun is said to be getting a little
of our part of the solar system, as it Ioob|
him, and i» veiling Ms face in spots, up-
of forty of wMch are now visible by the
scope. There is a good deal of reason vhji
sun should be ashamed of the world
these times. Some parts of it are very sE;-
ill-behaved. So much of the sun being eo
edup may, {perhaps, account for the cool w
and backward season.
About to Go Up.
The New York correspondent of the (
ton Courier predicts a general burst tpj
summer, and says that a feeling of
financial disaster is diffusing itself all
the mercantile community of New Yori |
says the Bank of England is raising its i
discount to put a stop to the traffic in I
bonds, and Boutwell’s policy will, if ]
in, raise gold to two dollars before falL
may be so, but we don’t believe it
Grand Jury Presentments.
We call attention to the Grand Jury r
ments of Baltor and Mitchell counties <
first page. The financial condition of®
counties is exemplary—all debts paid,
balance on hand in Baker county a®o-
§2074, and ill Mitchell of three or four!
dollars. That reads like old times.
Slew Books.
Messrs. Havens & Brown have J* 1 *
Mrs. Soutliworth's new novel. "Thet-^
Brides. ” A book of 500 pages and '
a very interesting story. Also,
The second series of the Breitmaor
Hans Breitman. About Town, b
land—full of wit and fun, as al jr - 1
know.
Tho June number of the Ams nc * 2
turalists is received—the most splend’* s
tural periodical in the country.
Increased Representation.—^ 16
ton Journal has made np and public j
orate statement of the increased op
tion to wMch the Sonth is entitled ^
new order of things, basing its csk 1
the population as furnished by i
1860. According to this the rep
strength of the South -will be incresr
lows: Maryland 2, Virginia 8, h'orth ^
South Carolina 5, Georgia 6, Florid* "
ma 5,Mississippi 4,Louisiana
1, Arkansas 1,Tennessee 3,Kentucky 0
an increase of fifty in the Lower -
Congress.
for*]
The Agadkhy fob the Blind. A
ent of the Columbus Sun says that Si
the 22d, was in Atlanta, after the »P1
of Superintendent of the Academy i
wMch, in the correspondents J ni
counts for the manufacture of tt e *■
story. That appointment is not in (
the Governor.
A paragraph has been going the «
press lately, entitled, “TheConf
Unearthed—Twenty acres of bones»
HilL” It charges the owner of t* 1 ®
ploughing up sacraligiouslv the -
sands of our heroic dead. The Bi
patch oontaina a card from ,
the owner of the Hill, pronoun
canard.
j pefenoe b* 1
its bound to coirie. Ihstok^f
R. Hanleite* is a partner in that establishment. 1 it, we recommend the '