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I The Greorg-ia Weekly Telegraph. THE TELEGRAPH. MACON, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1869. The Struggle In Cuba. Hits news from Cuba to-day is a little too hnga. Defeats in which only three of the van quished escape, Although not beyond the bounds of possibility, are still so straining to faith that we need a good deal of moral support. A few affidavits from eye-witnesses would not be amiss. The tide has evidently turned in the affairs of the Cuban rebels. They have received strong reinforcements from sympathising American filibusters, and, what is probably more impor tant, they have received a considerable supply of serviceable arms. As the sickly season is at band, and the operations of the government troops will be necessarily crippled by the heat and malaria, it is not improbable that the Cu bans will overrun the most of the island and coop the Spaniards up in a few of the larger towns. Bat Spain evinces an inexorable determina tion to maintain her hold of Cuba. She has sent outDe Roda to supersede Dulce as Captain- General. Do Roda is said to be another Alva in disposition—sanguinary in the extreme ; and he goes out, as is said, nnder instructions to spare neither fire nor sword. The Northern papers say that the cruelty of Dulce cannot be exceeded, hat De Roda is going to try the Stanton plan on tho Cuba rebels. He goes to destroy the food, clothing and shelter of non-combattants and to call in the aid of universal starvation. The “loy al” can come into the Spanish garrisons and get what food may be doled out to them; but the rebels must perish out in time, if the govern ment can keep up a vigorous blockade,and pros ecute the work of destroying houses, food and crops. If tho Spanish government can find money to carry on the war long enough, they can probably subdue the rebellion in this way. New Census Statistics. The Washington dispatches say a delegation of the “National Temperance League” was before the Census Committee on the 1st instant, to ask for the organization of a “Temperance Bureau" and the collection of statistics upon temperance by the next census takers. The committee, it is said, received tho proposition with favor, but they are puzzled how to prepare a schedule. We beg leave to suggest that a precedent can bo found in file annals of Massachusetts legisla tion, and that portof them devoted to the records and proceedings of the “Smelling Committee. Each census taker should be also a Smelling Committee, and should be authorized to test the fact of the use of wine or ardent spirits, where parties refuse to answer, just as the blind man knew the negro—“by the smell.” In this way wa can get at the number of “ citizens of the United States" who drink ardent spirits, and to make the facts complete, there should be sepa rate columns for the consumers of the different kinds of liqnid poison, as well as the number of drinks. This Bureau of Temperance will be as splen did a concern as the Bureau of Abandoned Lands and Refugees. Of course, they will bo required by law to keep large supplies of wine and spirits, in order to show the frightful stuff which is ruining the nation ; and where any donbts exist in tho minds of candid inquirers, it will be the duty of the Bureau to illustrate the fact by actual experiment. For this purpose, the Internal Revenue De partment should be required to turn over all liquors seized for non-payment of tax, and the Custom-house to turn over all wines and bran dies forfeited by reason of non-payment of duties; and thus the Temperance Bureau could soon be placed on a magnificent foot ing, so as to develop© in Washington, among members of Congress and heads of departments, •and their friends, male and female, a new and •uAaor&i'jiy interest in the temperance cause, un. der the auspices of the administration. Col. Lester’s Address. Equality Pomp; Wo print upon the other side of this edition j me social fusion of backs religiously con- an address from Col. George N. Lester to the ,/ Crops in Talbot.—From what we can learn, the wheat crop of this county, says the West Georgia Gazette, will be unprecedentedly large. Some farmers have already commenced har vesting. Com, of which a large quantity has been planted, is doing well; and cotton, not withstanding the cold spring, is making good .headway under a warm sun. An Immigration Project in Augusta.—A gen tleman of Augusta writes to Col. Weil. Commis sioner of Immigration for Georgia, that he has formed a company with a capital of thirty thousand dollars, to purchase lands of the best quality, and will give each immigrant twenty-five acres, and assist and famish them means to make the first crop. That proposition ought to bring them. A Lorrr Tumble and Patient Self-Extrica tion.—Tho Constitution says that Mr. Elisha Buice, of that city, while going home across lots Tuesday night, fell into a well forty feet deep After recovering sensibility, Mr. Bnice with the assistance ofhispocket knife, worked his way np, after two hours' labor. Failure of the Macon Delegation.—The- Herald, of Tuesday, inits Washington dispatches •of the 31st, says: “Congressman Gove, of Georgia, and a dele gation of Republicans from that State, waited upon the President again to-day, to urge the removal of Turner as Postmaster of Macon.— 'Their appeal was quite as fruitless as that of the delegation which tried the same thing last week.” An Immense Diamond Found in Africa.— The Capo Town Argus announces the discovery in that vicinity of a diamond weighing eighty- three and a half carats, and valued at twenty- five thousand pounds sterling. The Kohinoor •diamond weighs 110 carats. Harvesting of Wheat.—The crop in this sec tion, says the Columbus Sun, is ripening rapid- remam ly. Some is being harvested. The yield, des pite of some rust, etc., is an average one. Con siderable areas have been planted. Planters are reaping with their own hands, there being but few machines in the country. Some farm era, we learn will have wheat to sell. Central Railroad.—This corporation has declared a dividend of five per cent, on its opera tions for the last six months, which will be agreeable news to shareholders. Toe Emperor Alexander, of Russia, it is re ported is seriously indisposed, bis illness having originated in a shock arising from an accident while he was driving in an open carriage over the Bridge across the Neva. His medical at tendants are very uneasy at tho symptoms fear- an internal injury. Three ladies of Rochester, New York, have undertaken to reform the social evil by placing detectives to watch the houses of ill-fame and report the names of the men patrons. Tbev have been so far successful as to spoil the busi ness of the immoral establishments. people of Georgia, inviting them to hold publig meetings, especially in counties where violences have occurred, to disclaim all sympathy with disorder and crime. This suggestion may be a useful one, and it will be particularly useful, if it shall stir up the people and authorities in all suchcountiesto take thestrongest measures to bring to condign punishment every man who guilty of any disturbance of the public peace and tranquility. Georgia, although more quiet than any other State of the Union,must be absolutely free from violence, because every case is multiplied hundred fold by tho partizans who make their bread and meat by public libel. Nay, more; a condition of absolute freedom from crime of every description will not help the matter much, so long os these creatures can nse breath and printer s ink so efficaciously; for where crime does not exist, they can manufac ture it For example, take the following from the Radical press in Macon yesterday, where it was printed in sensation style : Judge Parrott Assassinated—Another Re publican Sacrifice.—AS we go to press (Thurs day noon) we have information from Carters- ville that Hon. J. R. Parrott, who will be re membered as the President of the Constitution al Convention, and since appointed Judge of the Cherokee circuit by Governor Bullock, was shot from his horse and killed yesterday, while on his way from Kinley’s to Cartersvilie. Thus perishes another of those monsters by the way- side. This report needs confirmation, “This report needs confirmation!” indeed. But tho object of setting it afloat will be sub served whether it is confirmed or not. A lie is just as good as a murder for their purposes, because the Northern radical press will never correct it. Not a single one of the legion of falsehoods set on foot to defame Georgia has ever yet been corrected by these papers; and it is doubtful whether your public meetings and protests would not absolutely be taken and held by the North os open confession of these wretched libels. You would need to have yonr public meetings in perpetual session. You would require a current of protests and declarations as steady and endless as the stream of the Ocmulgee. No! no! The great source of the misunder standing and prejudice, of which CoL Lester complains, is to be traced to the systematic ope rations of political adventurers, without charac ter.or scruple, who rely for their gains solely upon fomenting discord and strife—who have no better claim to the countenance and support of the Federal Government than they can cre ate by representing the people as turbulent, lawless and insubordinate. These men have the ears of the North and of the Northern newspa pers of largest circulation; and so long as the two choose to operate in harmony to libel the South, exculpatory public meetings in this sec tion will prove a slow remedy. An Ontragc at the Decoration Cere* monies in Arlington. Washington, May 30.—The action of a lieu tenant and small guard of marines at Arlington yesterday, in preventing people from throwing flowers over the graves of the Confederate dead, is the subject of much talk here to-day, and the general sentiment is condemnatory. It turns out that the officers of the Grand Army of the Republic were not altogether responsible for what occurred. They merely arranged to have the marines there so as to prevent people from making mistakes, but mistakes were made on the wrong side. The marines misunderstood what they were placed there for, and thought it was part of their duty to insult people who hap pened to throw flowers on the graves of the Con federate dead. The lieutenant in command, whose name is given as Shirley, but of which I am not certain, was particularly offensive in his manner. Seeing a lady throw a small bouquet on one of these graves, this lieutenant rushed to the spot, picked up the flowers and, throwing them on the ground at his feet, commenced stamping on them in such a manner as to attract about him a crowd of wondering spectators in a very few minutes. Some of the lookers-on, learning the cause of the lieutenant’s rage, commenced to murmur disapprobation, when the lieutenant shouted out, “D—n you get away from here, every one of you, or I’ll make you. Guards, come up here and disperse this crowd.” The lieutenant accompanied these words with angry gestures, and swinging his arms about as if he : ntended to pitch generally into the crowd. His guards answered his call, but the crowd dis persed without waiting to be bayonetted. An ex-Union volunteer writing to the Washington Herald gives the following account of what he —w: While marching with the throng along the cen tral walk of the cemetery, accompanied by sev eral children whom I had supplied with flowers, I noticed a crowd and a squad of several marines gathered about a small plat in the grounds, to the right of the walk, just to the north of the little foot bridge. We walked on across the bridge, and having given our tribute to the dead we returned. The crowd was still at the little fiat. Four marines and a sergeant, assisted at ntervals by two officers, were pacing up and down, not on the walks or between the graves, but literally across the graves of some thirty soldiers. Upon examination, I found that they were Confederate dead. Several ladies, evi dently not knowing that they were Confederates, and with no intention of exhibiting any special feeling, quietly placed their offerings upon the graves. They were at once accosted by the who compelled them to take them up. everal gentlemen were treated in a like man ner. I saw one Union soldier who was forced to take back the offering be had made to peace and forgiveness. An ex-Union officer, well known to me, was ordered to receive back a few roses that he had, without knowledge of the forbidden ground, strewn upon the grave of one of these soldiers. Astonished, mystified and disgusted, I asked one of the guards the source of the orders. He told me that they came from the superintendent of the cemetery, whose name ~ do not know. The people demand to know from whence these orders came, that the responsibility may be placed where it should rest. They demand to know whether a subordinate can shape thus the policy of a government, or whether the head of government and the army has sanctioned this act, and thus explains and interprets his oracu lar “Let us have peace.” They demand to know for what purpose were these dead Confed erates buried there and how long they were to Was it that they should be thus in sulted, and are they to remain there as long as our nation lives, to be on every anniversary liter ally trodden under foot by the uniformed'repre- sentatives of the government, pointed out as an example that we will wreak vengeance ever up on the bodies of dead enemies ? The course pursued at Arlington is in strong contrast with that which prevailed in Alexandria yesterday. There all the graves were honored alike, flowers having been strewn gpon Confederate and Union dead without distraction. Dana’s Sun gives Bennett, Jr., this terrific notice “Attention! Does the young proprie tor of the Evening Telegram want a personal controversy with ns ? If not, let him call off his oog to-dny. It he does render one necessary, it will comprise incidents of interest in both hemispheres. On the day of his jubilee the Pope received a telegram from the frozen regions of Lapland, theWer of which had to traverse six htSdred K Two wealthy ^brothers living in Hudson conn 'll'; i hare been sentenced to two years in S State prison for “kleptomania. ” ■-*- Affairs lit Dougherty. The Albany News of the 4 th says: Providence is smiling upon this portion of the vineyard. With the exception of the cold weather in May, our agricultural interests have been par ticularly favored, and we doubt not even that was a blessing. It, at least, caused {he planter to be more careful in managing the tender plant, and the result is our fields are as clean as a gar den, and perfect stands have been secured, We have had two weeks of first-class cotton weather—dry and hot, and just at the propi tious moment the rains come to gladden every thing and everybody. Monday evening there were slight showers Thursday night a glorious rain visited fliVa lol cality, and again Wednesday night a heavy cloud circled south and east of us, and we learn poured out a good season npon the gray lands. This sets the planters ahead, and they smile again. They have done their whole duty, and the Supreme Dispenser of all good seems to re spond to every prayer for assistance. Mr. Jnnins Brutus Booth has purchased for his mother a beautiful summer residence in Manchester. The Eastern collection of the Catholic Church es of New York City, for the orphan asylums of that church, amounted to $22,137.49. President Grant has been sent a cask of Cali- - ; - — — They stole , fomia wine, but he can’t drink it, because they -SM^iy all the turkeys is the neighborhood- I are all “temperance” now in Washington. The “AmericanBaptist Free Mission Society, if anybody knows what that may be, has been in session for some days. It seems to compre hend a heavy negro admixture, and by special invitation Rev. Dr. Burrows and some other Richmond clergyman took seats. Among the “closing scenes” was a discussion npon a social and religions fusion of colors, from which we quote the following: Rev. R. Cheeney called np the resolution in regard to caste offered by him on yesterday. He said the term “caste" is borrowed from a Portu guese word which signified lineage or race, and is used to distinguish race, lineage, condition. God Almighty forbids any such thing as caste in his Holy Word. He is no respecter of per sons, but in every nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of Him. And to have “respect of persons” means caste, Is it true that caste exists to-day in our Ameri can churches ? Dr. Borrows on yesterday pro claimed that it existed not only in the South, but also in the North. The question is not a sectional one; but are there such distinctions existing in the church of God? The fact is ap parent to all that there are. The men who pro claim their belief in the doctrine don’t worship the God that he does. We as a society have been fighting against this principle for more than a quarter of a century, and to be false now •would be to be false to the Christ who redeemed ns. He had never met an agent of the Home Mission Society who did not declare to him that he was an anti-slavery man. Yon send out a man to preach the Gospel to dying men, and he is told, ns we were told yesterday, that the time has not come for him to preach to white men. Can this be so ? Has not the time come? Are yon thus to be debarred from fulfilling the de mands of God ? He would rather tear down every gplpit in the land than to give utterance to such a sentiment. The Baptist Church is tho only evangelical organization in the world. He recognized no Pedo-Baptist organization as evangelical. The old law demanded tithes, bnt the new law demands all that you have got, for you have been bought with a price, and you are not yonr own. He was not much accustomed to mingling with colored people, and here his intercourse with them might -not be as free as they could desire, but he had no feeling of caste in him. Its recognition is a sin before God and the world. The Home Mission Society would not come up to this for fear they would be called “Abolition ists.” We are told that we are just disturbing the workings of the Church. The recognition of this principle is given by God, and he dared not eschew it. We are opposed to this infernal spirit of caste wherever it is found. We claim that yon col ored brethren have all the rights that we have, and shame on ns that it has not sooner been re cognized and accorded to yon. The fact that some of the northern churches do not admit colored ministers proves nothing. That is just what we have been working against for twenty, five years. To colored men he would say, “Lore yonr enemies. Carry with yon the spirit of Christ. Treated as yon have been, I don’t know how I should have done. So far as you can, forget what has been done. Above all things, don’t compromise yonr manhood. We must every where war against this spirit of caste as a sin. Did Christ, or Peter, or Paul, recognize it? Rev. J. B. Sewell wished to say that so far as the people of westemNewYork were concerned this spirit was not in them. No difference had ever been made there in the case of colored persons. Rev. G. D. Dixon had been laboring as a mis sionary in Virginia, and he wanted to see noth ing taught except what is sanctioned by the Bible. It pained him to see clashings and bick erings among God’s people. If a preacher fails to preach the whole truth he is an unfaithful steward. God forbid that we should quote the North as a specimen of treatment. There are copperheads there, as there aro vipers at the South. He had too much self-respect to go in to a gentleman’s parlor to be insulted. In the city of Brooklyn he had sat and eaten and slept with his white brethren. At the South he did not wish to force himself where he was not wanted. This spirit of oldfogyism, for it was nothing else, must bo got rid of. It is with the colored people as well as with the white. Rev. R. L. Perry moved a suspension of busi ness to allow him to offer a resolution, which he wished to do before some of the members left, as he saw them leaving the house. He then offered a resolution of thanks to the citizens of Richmond for the kind reception and treatment they had received, and especially to the pastor and members of the church in which their meet ings had been held. A resolution was also adopted thanking the reporter of the Dispatch for the “ full and impartial reports” of their proceedings. Dr. Burrows rose and said he hoped that the brother who had just spoken(Rev. Mr. Cheeney,) and who was gathering his hat and satchel for departure, would not leave, as he (Dr. Burrows) wished to show that the speech just delivered was mischievous, dangerous, and unchristian, and he wanted to say this before his face and not in his absence. Mr. Cheeney said he was compelled to leave to reach the cars, bnt that his brethren would see that he had justice. Dr. Burrows proceeded: No one doubts the truth of the preamble that we are nil one in Christ Jesus; but it is charged in the resolution that the American churches are all (except those connected with this Free Mission Society) sin ners against God, and are exhorted to repentance because of what is here called their upholding of “caste.” The Churches represented in the American Baptist Missionary Union, and in the American Baptist Home Mission Society, as well ns tho churches of the Sonth—that is the great body of the churches of the country—are in volved in this sweeping condemnation. As he had been invited to express his own views freely in this body ho would take the lib erty to do so with the utmost frankness. He claimed to have as sincere and conscientious a d for truth nnd for gospel principles and gness to make sacrifices for them ns those who made such high and exclusive claims. Mr. Cheeney, in closing his speech, exhorted you, colored brethren, to “love yonr enemies," acknowledging that it would be very hard indeed for him to love such men if he had suffered so much at their bauds as these people had. The spirit of his whole speech was this: “O, my colored brothers, you must love your enemies! could hardly do it if I were in your place; but it is your duty to love them and pray for them.” Now, if this means anything it means this— these white people are your enemies, they have done you great wrong, but you must try to love them notwithstanding. Now, here for myself, and for my white brethren in the South, I deny and repel this charge. We are not and never have been the enemies of the black race, and we do not wish to be loved as enemies. We aro their friends. The position the colored Baptist churches won here they owe not to the teaching and inflnence of Northern white men, bnt solicitous instruc tion and training of Southern white men. And this word “caste”.—what does it mean? It is very easy to use a big word, and then to asso ciate with its use all manner of evils. There is a deal of cant in such phrases. The word originated in describing classes in India who held themselves religiously separated from one another—Brama gave origin to the “castes,” evolving the priests from his mouth, the soldiers from his arms, the agriculturists from his loins, and the laborers or Soudras from his feet. There is no likeness or analogy between these castes and the position of the black people of this country. They have not been held aloof and all intercourse with them refused, as is the ca»e between higher and lower castes in India. On the contrary, white Christians in this South ern country have always labored, and not with out great success, for the spiritual welfare of ‘ io blacks. If you mean by. nsing this word caste ” that we exclude the colored people from our religious sympathies and labors, that we dislike them, and are opposed to their well being, and aro unwilling to labor for their ;ood, I simply meet it with an emphatic denial, t is not, it never has been true. If the word does not mean this, then what does it mean ? Dr. Burrows said that it seemed to him that the whole scope of the resolution and of the speeches indicated a desire for the abrogation of all social distinctions—a revival of the doc trines of the French revolutionists that sent every man to the guillotine under the name of aristocrat who happened to possess superior wealth, culture or birth. These doctrines are diametrically opposed to the teachings of the GospeL The Gospel teaches that distinctions among men do prevail, and are to be regarded by the disciples of Jesus. Dr. Borrows then read from the New Testament several passages—viz., Luke xvii, 7, 9 ; and es pecially! Timothy, vi., 1, 5. He said this lat ter passage seemed to describe and condemn the whole report and the address made bv Mr.. Cheeney—viz, “If any man teach otherwise he is proud, knowing nothing, bnt doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, perverse dispntings of men of corrupt minds and desti tute of the truth.” Now, if these people are nbt slaves, as they ■were when this passage was written, there still remain the same relations between masters and servants. You cannot abolish “the word of Gpd, whichliveth and abideth forever.” He begged to enter his earnest protest against all these leveling, agrarian doctrines, the whole JBY TELEQRAPH. from Washington. Washington, June 4.—The ordinance for the in discriminate admission to places of amusement has passed both houses of the City Council. The bricklayers at the Navy Yard have resolved to strike unless two colored men recently appointed are withdrawn. The recent Indian outrages are receiving the tendency of which is to break up the relations i eameat consideration in official circles. Western of man to man, as recognized and regulated in. i “S® immediate action for the protection of tho the Holy Scriptures. There will be men of “low i frontier. estate, fr whom we are to condescend”—of r Senator Ross had an interview with the President “low degrees,” whom we are to seek to benefit to-day, recommending the increasing of garrisons while the world shall stand. The white and colored races are to dwell to gether in the southern land, and he is no friend to either, and least of all to the blacks, who would sow dissensions between them, and en- conrage the blacks in assumptions and claims that in their very nature were impossible to be maintained. We are desirous of studying the things that make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another. But if, yielding to evil counsellors or to assuming pretentions, the colored people shall be brought into an attitude of permanent antagonism to the whites, both races may suffer—but the white race will not suffer most. Rev. R. R. Perry admired the earnestness and sincerity of Dr. Burrows as much as he did the truth of Dr. Cheeney. If the latter -was mistaken in the resolution which he had offered, the arguments of the former were also wrong. For himself, he did not want this social equali ty. He had had servants, both white and black. They came as servants, and went away as such. But when he met a preacher on terms of equal ity, he wanted to be met in the same spirit. He approved of the resolution, and did not be lieve in different races of men. Christ died for all men—not for one particular race. All we, as colored people, claim is a fair chance—not that yon should lord it over us. If Christ taught slavery, I wouldn’t believe him. would sooner serve the devil. Dr. Barrows here interrupted tho speaker with the remark that this was the ground work of infidelity, the higher-law doctrine of those who denied the authenticity of the Bible; for if yon reject one part of it, you must throw it all away. Perry resuming, said that he believed in the sentiments of the founders of the Repub lic, “that all men are created free and equal,” etc., etc., and that he should not be governed without his consent. The mover of the resolu tions has servants, and he treats them as sneh. He did not believe in entire social equality. Our duty is to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and educate the ignorant. That man who does not rise after this, let him take a menial’s position to which he has assigned himself, and then we go to christianize him. Socially, there can be no equality. Christianity imposes the duty of elevating, not degrading men. He would say if yon are servants, be faithful as such. God has no more ordained that Mr. Bur rows should have servants than that he should he a servant. "We know what is best for ns as well as Dr. B. does. Don’t war on him or any one else for social equality, but say to all, “nev er will I consent to the charge of being ordained for a menial.” I demand the right to enter free schools and have a place in the Government, and if you die saying it, then die. Sneh are my inalienable “rights, and such I will have.” He invited whom he pleased to his house. He knew many colored men whom he would not in vite there. His brothers Duer, Brown, and Chamberlin, had often interchanged social visits with him, and he did not demand to go into their parlors, bnt it was a pleasure to them all to spend an evening together. Rev. W. H. Williams was glad to hear, as he heard from Dr. Barrows this morning, from a white man that negroes had any inflnence at all. He had never done anything to array the races against each other. It is very strange that this Society cannot recommend a scriptural truth without being considered as sowers of discord. The resolution only requires ns to do our scrip tural duty. James said: “If ye have respect of person ye cannot sin.” The resolution is not local, bnt it applies all over the world. It is no more intended for Richmond than anywhere else. He quoted the passage “Masters give unto yonr servants what is their just due.” If we are all one in Christ, then all social dis tinctions are cut down. The gospel does abro gate this doctrine. “Condescend to men of low degree” means take them up nnd put them on an equality with yon. As the representative of seventy-five pulpits, we are not here contending to go into any one else’s, bnt what we want is to live together as brethren. The strife, if there is any, originates on the other side of the house. It is sad to know that this prejudice exists every where, nnd “we pray you, in God’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.” The Baptist Association of this State admits only white male members. Wo say that clause is wrong. We are striking at caste in colored churches as well as white ones —in the palace of Cxsar as well as the hut of Lazarus. We are men, brethren in Christ, and wo only ask yon to recognize ns as sneh j we want nothing bnt reciprocation. Dr. Burrows can’t tell ns this morning that there is any caste in his church. Rev. Mr. Laws said that no one should go into his pulpit until they acknowledge their wrong. Rev. J. B. Stowell regretted that Mr. Chee ney .was not here to defend hiti resolution. It was misunderstood by Dr. B. The bombshell was not gotten np in the North, bnt the South. .tlore Laborers Wanted. The Charleston Courier publishes the follow ing as an extract from a letter to a gentleman in that city, from a friend in Georgia: I am engaged,” it says, “ in building a por tion of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, about sixty miles below Macon, Georgia. If I could increase my force to the desired number, the performance of the work would be profita ble to all parties, the laborers as well as the contractor. But few laborers are to be had in Georgia. Nearly all that I have obtained at present are from about Branchville, in yonr State. Can you put me in the way of getting any number of recruits ? We will assure them of being returned to their homes should they desire it, and will p3y them, on the 10th day of every month, at the rate of one dollar per diem, with rations in abundance. We pay promptly on this road, the company having ample pecu niary resources. You can answer for my char acter and reliability.” Tricks of Opium Eaters.—A few days ago says the Savannah Republican a female of lady like appearance visited the drug store on the comer of Bryan and West Broad streets, and called for fifty cents worth of laudanum. The druggist measured out the requisite quantity and ponred it into a bottle, which she had brought with her. She then requested him to pour out of the bottle a certain quantity into a graduated glass, which he did. She drank it off and remarked that it was the most delicious draught she had taken for some time. She then politely requested him to put tho bottle aside until she returned from down town, when she would call for it. She is still down town. Wheat Straw.—The straw from the wheat crop is very generally wasted here, being kept in the field to rot in bulk. Rail pens with thatched roofs will save it, and it is valuable as feed, and as stable litter and mulching. Wher ever a press is available itidiould be baled for convenience in handling and afterward housed. We see it quoted at 012 to $14 per ton usually in the Western markets, and no doubt there would be found sale for it at equivalent prices in our own cities. Bnt if properly used it is most as valuable as manure, and can be so used at home always. We have nothing to waste now, and every item should be turned to account and profit if possible.— Washington Gazette. Loss in Cradling Wheat.—We venture the opinion, says the Washington Gazette, that few persons know the quantity of wheat wasted and lost in the fields every year, by reaping with the ordinary grain cradles. Experiments made last year by Samuel Barnett, Esq., indicated an average loss of five to eight bushels per acre, even on the best handled crops. The matter may be tested accurately by any one who will spend an hour in doing it. Twenty one feet each way is the one hundredth part of an acre, foil measure, and as nearly' exact as necessary. A spot may be selected of average ground in the field after the wheat is shocked up, and twenty-one feet each way marked off carefully. Then in a few minutes every head wasted or left on the spot may be picked up and rubbed out. Weigh the grain accurately and multiply the result by one hundred, and you have the waste per acre. Divide the pounds by sixty and you have the number of bushels. We should be glad to publish some tests of this sort along the frontier, and has been assured that sneh measures would bo taken to prevent future depre dations, Commissioner Porter has been instructed, by the Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Kansas, to re port to the Indian Office a true state of affairs in that locality. In addition to the reduction of the public debt, as shown from the first, there was paid during May, interest amounting to over two millions, which was due and payable before the first of March and which had never been reported as part of the debt. The old fractional currency and government note plates were melted at the navy yard to-day, in presence of a committee appointed to superintend their destruction. These plates had printed over eight billion dollars. The announcement of the appointment of J. Bussell Jones Minister to Belgium, vice Sanford, causes much comment. The friends of the latter say the President promised that no change would bo made until after the meeting of Congress. Tho currency balance in tho Treasury, to-day, is over twenty-two millions. Revenue receipts over one million. A large number of prominent officials are at An napolis. Washington, June 5.—Gen. Grant has appointed Charles R. Mobley, Attorney of the Southern Dis trict of Florida. John Lynch, Surveyor General of the District of Louisiana. Admiral Hoff reports from Matanzas of the 27th that a feeling of animosity between the volunteers and the Cuban element is much less than he had been led to believe when at Havana on the 20th. A stranger would not suspect - a revolution to be in progress, Lieut. Commander, Eastman, reported that the Railway to Puerto Principe has been repaired and a locommotive and freight cars came down to Newvi- sas at a slow rate, taking three days to make forty- eight miles. They were guarded by two thousand men. On the 8th or 10th of May bands of Insurgents attacked the convoy of atratn and defeated them— destroying the bridges built by the Spaniards, and captured forty-three officers and men including a Colonel. This is the only decided success the Bevo- lvtionists have lately had. The removal of Gen. Lisca by the Government, and tho appointment of Gen. Letina to succeed bifn gives great dissatisfaction. In consequence of the successful landing of expeditions in the district of Guantaniria, and tho defeat of the Spaniards in a recent engagement, and then tho insurrection had been greatly strengthened and new life infused into it, when to all appearances it was dying out two weeks previously. Revenue to-day $820,000. Charles Langson, colored, has been appointed to the mission to Liberia. In the case of James Weaver, a citizen of Texas tried for murder, convicted, and sentenced to be hung, by a military commission—the Attorney Gen eral has given an opinion, in which he reviews the reconstruction laws and the duties of a command ing officer, and says: “As the State of Texas had not in September of 1868, and has not since, adopt ed a constitution in conformity with the provision of tho act of Congress, and has not become entitled to representation in Congress, the act was operative in Texas at the time tho militaiy commission was organized for the trial of Weaver, and the com manding General exercized the discretion entrusted to him by the third section by deciding that it was necessary a military commission should be organiz- for tho trial. If, therefore, the statute of March 2d, 1867, i3 a constitutional and valid statute, it then appears that the jurisdiction of the said mili tary commission was complete, and that there is no legal obstacle to tho execution of tho sentence.” Tho Attorney General maintains that tho right of war did not necessarily terminate with tho cessation of active, actual hostilities, and not nntil the work of restoring the relations of peace shall have been accomplished, can it be bo considered. It is for Congress to determine when the war has so far end ed that the work can bo safely and successfully completed. The Attorney General sees no reason in law for withholding the President’s approval of the findings. During the argument, the Attorney General says: It is obvious that Congress, under the Constitu tion, has no right, in time of peace, to subject any citizen of a State to trial and punishment by mili tary power.” Foreign News. London, June 5.—The temperate speech of Lord Clarendon in the House of Lords last evening, on the subject of the Alabama treaty, elicited the fol lowing comments from the London journals this morning: The Times says: “For our own part, considering the demands of America and tho leady concessions of England, we wonder tho latter got off so well. Tho rejection of the treaty was more a lucky chance than the result of the firmness of anybody engaged in behalf of Great Britain.” The Standard says : “The negotiations for the Alabama treaty failed because America never in tended them to succeed. If England now admits that it is her duty to renew her efforts for a peace ful settlement, it is without hope. Our honest de sire for each a settlement will not be appreciated bnt by a small portion of the American people. Meantime, nntil the details of Mr. Motley’s mission aro known, wo should fold our hands and limit our compliments to him as a groat historian.” The Star says: “Tho Americans can no longer donbt our readiness to do them justice, or our de termination to preset ve our national character and credit." Madrid, June 5.—Admiral Topcte read Dulce’a telegram, announcing his resignation as Captain- General of Cuba, before the Cortes, last evening. Great excitement prevailed. Marshal Serrano asked for a suspension of judgment until the arrival of Dulce, and until the particulars in the matter are known. It is rumored that General Dnlce was re called on account of his lenity to the Cuban insu r gents. Paris, June 6.—M. Lavelctte officially declarse that tho warlike rumors, published in the news papers recently, are without any foundation. Brussels, June 5.—The upper chamber baa con firmed the bill recently passed by the lower house to abolish imprisonment for debt. London, June 5.—Lord Broughton, formerly ec- retary of War, is dead. He was eighty-three rears old. Dublin, June 5.—Four thousand Irish have signed a protest against the disestablishment of the church. Paris, June 5.—Ernest Bardet succeeds Favre to watch French interests in Mexico, bnt will hold no communication with the French Government. np. A man named W. E. Buck descended 25 feet into the water without an armor and recovered the body. San Francisco, Gen. Thomas has as Burned com mand, vice Halleck. Gen. Halleck has beta trans ferred to the Department of the South, y Tho China for Hong Kong took one million dol lars. '/ ‘ '. Augusta, June 5 The Elberfon Gazette states in its last issue that an insurrectionary plot has been disclosed by a negro, having for its object the homing of the town of Lexington, the county seat of Oglethorpe county, and the massacre of its in habitants. The »heriff and posse, in arresting the negroes implicated, were resisted by one, whom they shot and kiked. St. Lons, June 5.—CoL Weirr has returned to Fort Hayes from pursuing the Indians, 1 !who com mitted the outrages at Forest Creek. He did not overtake them. Another scouting party wrs sent out by Gen. Costar yesterday morning. About one hundred Indians were Been laat evening, within a mile of Sheridan, with a red flag hoisted. From Cuba.. Havana, June 4.—The landing of the filibusters causes a depression of business. Tho steamer Montezuma met the schooner which had jost landed the munitions in the neighborhood of the bay of Nipo. A fight took place near Villa Clara between 1200 Insurgents and the Spanish troops. A passenger reports that only three Spaniards escaped. Nelson sails for Vera Cruz on the sixth. The filibusters who recently landed at the hay of Nipo proceeded to tho interior, abandoning four guns from want of transportation. Havana, June 5.—Captain General Dulce sailed to day in a Federal Frigate. The Sabine has arrived. Steamboat Sunk. Mobile, June 4.—The steamer Maiy Swan, bound up the Alabama river, sunk yesterday seventy miles above Mobile with nine hundred barrels of freight The boat is a total loss. Roksbo wants the Mexican Congress to issue eighteen millions of paper money. A negro man named Davis is applying for a ’ face glass to his armor broke and ho became fouled position on the police force of New York city. among timbers, and it was impossible to haul fa m General News. Baltimore, June 4.—Reverdy Johnson has ar rived. New York, June 4 The Moro Castle, just ar rived from Havana, reports that on her outward trip, when off Cordinas a Spanish war steamer fired two blank shots. The Moro Castle being over due at Havana proceeded, when the bpaniards fired a shot which fell astern. The chase lasted an hour. Annapolis, June 4.—The President and family, accompanied by Creswell, Cox, Hoar, and other dis tinguished gentlemen, and a number of ladies, ar rived this morning, in the Tallapoosa, from Wash ington. Salutes were fired on their arrival from the Government vessels here. The President is the guest of Admiral Porter; The town is crowded with visitors attending, the exercises at the Naval Acade my. Judge Humphreys, of Alabama, addressed the graduating class, and afterwards General Grant de livered the diplomas. There are seventy-eight graduates. Five thousand invitations have been issued for the ball to-night. New Okleans, June 4.—A sub-marine diver named Robt. Spencer, was drowned at South-west Pass to day, while wrecking the steamship Pantheon. The The Great Memphis, Macon and Sea board Railway. The following communication originally pub lished in the Newnan Herald, outlines a splen did Railway scheme, the accomplishment of which, as we are informed, is now a matter re duced nearly to a certainty. To the President and Directors of the Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama Railroad. Gentlemen—-I beg leave to present certain considerations which should influence the loca tion of the S., G. & N. A. R. R. westward from Newnan. Place a rule on the map from Newnan to Memphis, observe the line which it indicates, and then compare it to the more northern route to Jacksonville and thence to Decatur. 1. The southern route, as indicated by the ruler, is the direct and therefore the shortest line to Memphis, the distributing center of the heavy trade of the Northwest with the States of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Sonth Carolina. 2. It is the most important link in the shortest route from the Mississippi to the Atlantic Sea board. 3. It will, when completed, be the great feed and supply line, not only to the railroads of Mid dle and Southern Georgia, bnt also to the rail road system of Eastern Mississippi, and that of Middle and Southern Alabama. Freight loaded in Memphis can be delivered without break of bulk in Macon, Savannah, Brunswick or Albany. 4. It will shorten the distance from the Missis sippi valley to the Atlantic seaboard that the cot ton, sngar and other valuable products of that rich valley now seeking an eastern marketby the tedi ous and dangerous water route around the Florida Keys, will prefer the shorter, safer and more ex peditious communication with the East opened y thil line. 5. The considerations thus far presented, have relation (1st) to the directness and shortness of the line, and, therefore, to its cheapness, not only of first construction, but of annual repairs and of working the road; and (2d) to the through freight. Three hundredthousand bales,through freight, is, perhaps, a moderate estimate of the cotton from Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, that will seek a market over the road ;and the imagination almost staggers under the weight of the calculation of the many thou- sands of tons of bacon, com, flour, live stock, etc., that in a ceaseless stream, will flow over it. 6. But another very important consideration is the freight to be famished by the, country through trhieh the road passes. Commencing at Newnan,then let us trace the proposed route: Crossingthe Chattahoochee atornear the “Mc Intosh Reserve,” it will then traverse to the Chocaloo Valley in Alabama, a distance of about seventy miles, of the finest bodies of pino tim ber to be found in the South; it will next pass through the great coal, lime and iron region of Alabama, tapping in its course some of the richest valleys in North Alabama, and thence through the productive regions of North Missis sippi. Could a railroad desire a better route for local freight? 7. Nothing has been said thus far of passen gers ; bnt all lines of throngh freight are also lines of through travel; moreover, the country through which the indicated line passes, is pretty thickly settled, and will become densely populated in a few years. The business of the road, therefore, in the carriage of passengers and freight, will annually increase with great rapidity. 8. Now compare the Newnan-Memphis line and theNewnan-Jacksonville Decatur line. (a.) The N. M. is a first-class through line; N.-J.-D. is a second or third-rate connection line. (6.) The first, a great feed and supply line connecting a principal center with the broad area over which its garnered stores are to be broadcasted; the second, a dependent begging line, that most draw its principal nourishment from the more important routes, with which it humbly sues an alliance. (c.) The N. M. line passes through an exten sive region possessed of almost inexhaustible stores of lumber, coal, lime and iron, and one rich, too—in nearly its whole length—in agri cultural productions: the N-J-D. line, from N. to J., on the northern route, passes through a region almost entirely devoid of everything at tractive of railroad enterprise; from J. to D. the country is more productive and attractive, but the line is comparatively short, and it will have active competition. (d.) The first will be without a rival, for the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, via Chatta nooga and Atlanta, will be too circuitous a route to compete with it for the carriage of freight to be distributed in Middle and Southern Georgia, and the road from Vicksburg will hardly inter fere with its mission of feeding the railroad sys tem of Eastern Mississippi, and of Alabama; the second will be entirely dependent npon its connections at Decatnr. Engineer. Note.—The route here characterized as the “northern route ” from Newnan to Jackson ville, is that of Foot’s survey. Jacksonville is on or very near the direct line from Newnan to Memphis. F. Punch has a cartoon by Tenniel, represent ing the conventional Yankee, presenting a large pie,, partly covered with a cloth, marked, “Claim, £800,000,000,” to the United States representative at St. James ; John Boll’s broad back seen in the distance. Says* Jonathan (as interpreted by Mr. Stunner,) “Well, Reverdy, Gness this lot *11 about da for yonr friend John Bull thar.” To which Mr. Reverdy Johnson replies—“Ha! I’ve dined with him a good deal lately, and he won’t eat that, I promise yon.” ; / *»««» Near Quitman, : Georgia, a negro was re cently shot by an assassin. The whole country shonid rise and lynch him on the spot, when arrested. Sneh acts, which all good men de nounce, are used at the North with fearful effect against ns. Even the slightest modicum of truth, serves as the prolifio text for volumes of detraction and abuse.—Cuthbert Appeal. An Iowa man telegraphed thus to an Illinois sheriff: “Arrest C. P. W., eloping with my wife. Owes me $100. If he pays, let him go. ’ A student at Cornell included in the cash ac count which he sent to his father the item : “Charity $60.” The father remarked in his reply! “I fear that charity covers a multitude of sins.” New York thieves are getting bold. ’Tuesday, they made a successful raid on the police head quarters there, and stole a lot of postage stamps and stationery. "The first prize at the Versailles" races of the Paris Vepocipede Club was won by an Ameri can. Associations are forming in North Germany to enable the families of me poorly paid teach ers to emigrate to this country. Levebbxeb, the aatromomer, has a daughter whose voice is said to be far superior to Patti's. The Revolution in Cuba — The Sn. Repnblie and its Constitution. It is Divided into Four States—The Legislature of One Douse Only—President Elected by the Legislature—Religious and Civil Liberty Guaranteed—All Citizens over Twenty t Vote. From a dispatch sent by General Cespedes President of the Republic of Cuba, to Mr. Mol rales Lemus, Minister of that Repnblie to this country, dated in Goaimaro on the 15th ulti extract the following: ’ e The representatives, fourteen in number, from the insurrectionary districts, chosen by uniier sal suffrage, met in Constituent Assembly in Gu&imaro on the 10th nit. On the opening of the session, Messrs. Agra- monte and Zambrana presented a project of j provisional constitution, based upon the consti. tution of this country, to be effective during the war. Its articles were discussed one by one, and approved with a few unimportant modifications. General Cespedes promises to send on a conv of this fundamental law of the republic. " It recognizes the equal rights of all men, irre. speetive of race or color, and establishes com. plete independence of the three great powers of tho nation. Tho legislative power is declared to reside in a House of Representatives, elected by all citizens over twenty years of age. u e conststution farther divides the island into fou- States, each of which shall be equally repre sented in the House of Representatives. Thes° four States are called the Eastern, Camaguey the Cinoo Villas (five towns), and the Western The exeentive power shall be vested in a President, who shall be responsible to the Cham, her Representatives, and it shall be the duty of this latter to elect both the President and the General-in-Chief of the army. The President shall name four Secretaries of State to assist him in his duties, whose nominations shall be approved by the House. A special law shall be enactedifor the creatioa of the judicial power, which shall at all times be perfectly independent of the other two branches of the government. Some slight discussion, it appears, arose on the selection of a national flag. The one that Cespedes raised atYarawas not identical with the one used on previous occasions by Lopez Aguero and others, which last one (the same as displayed in this city) was finally agreed upon. Theflagsusedat Yaraand Bayamowere how. ever, ordered to be preserved in the House of Representatives and considered property of the new Republic. On the following day, the 11th, represents- tives held their first session, and elected the Presidents and Clerks of the House. When or ganized, they unanimously and by acclamation, elected General Cespedes as President of the Republic, and General Quesada as Commander- in- Chief of the forces. The Secretaries of the various departments were chosen and entered npon their offices on the following day. General Cespedes, in hisdispatch, adds: “The Republic of Cuba has thus been constituted on principles purely democratic. The right of pe tition, freedom of worship, liberty of speech and liberty of the press are declared inalienable rights of every citizen.”—N. Y. Sun. THE LANDING OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION THAT CRIPPLED A SPANISH MAN-OF-WAR—THE EXPEDI TIONARY CORPS UNDER AN OLD UNITED STATES ARMY CAPTAIN. Special Correspondence of the If. T. Sunday ifetes.] Heights of the Bay of Ntpe,) Cuba, May 12th. ) The expedition of which you have been for many weeks past a confidant, was brought to a successful consummation on yesterday. We arrived here after having sefely evaded Spanish cruisers, and made good our landing by mid night of yesterday. As you were aware, the General’s studies of the charts and topographi cal maps of this port having been earned out in New York, nnder consultation with eminent engineers, our commander was prepared, on a very brief reconnoissance, to select a position of defence withont delay. To cover risks of movement on the part of the enemy, he threw np some excellent works, and, with the expe rience of onr veterans of the army of the Po tomac in the use of the spade, we were very soon enabled to store onr material behind de fences which our small force of men, “tried in fire,” can make good against ten times their number. The force which we had intended to bring with us you are aware of. Without stating the number, which you already know, I may add that it is, in fact, but abont two-thirds of that, seeing that at the eleventh hour the courage of some of the men enlisted leaked out, like that of Bob Acres, “at their fingers’ ends.” The force actually landed is, however, formidable in its compactness, experience, and dare-devil bravery—Americans, Germans, Irishmen, Eng lishmen, some of whom have undergone “the baptism of blood ” from Chattanooga to Atlan ta ; others who have breasted the tempest of battle from the Wilderness to the Five Forks! General Thomas Jordan is, as yon have been aware for many months, onr commander. He is a native of Luray, in the valley of Virginia, and was a captain in the old army of the United States. Ho was, during the war of sections, chief of staff to General Beauregard. His en gagement with the Jnnta of New York makes him second in command to the former General- in-Chief of the revolution, Cespedes. Before his arrival, however—deferred, as you are aware, by the miscarriage of Ms former expedition at Ragged Island—a change had taken place in the State of affiairs here, and Cespedes having been made President, his second "in command is in fact the present General-in-CMef, Qnesada. A virtual, though it may be assumed an unin tentional, and perhaps unavoidable, breach of faith with General Jordan has, therefore, fol lowed ; and having been bronght to that officer s knowledge cn onr landing, does not appear, as might have been expected, to meet the hearty acquiescence of a man trained, as he has been, in the jealous punctilio of W'est Point. General Jordan is not likely to consent to play CMef of Staff to Qnesada. The matter will, I hope, be compromised by his assignment to the War Department as its military assistant, organizer and adviser. He* appears to think, I suspect, that his duties will not be those of the fipld; though Ms men, not being very well adapted for civil service, will object to be led to battle under any Caban. Herein we fear some little difficulty at the start, bnt committed as we are to the straggle, that difficulty will very soon vanish when the enemy comes witMn reach of our rifles. We have sent out part of our force to collect transportation. They came, unexpectedly to both, upon a small body of Spanish troops placed as a guard on a neighboring property, but very soon per suaded the Dons to part company with them at an unceremonious speed. Teams are being bronght in for the removal of our material to the" headquarters of Cespedes. Our communi cations with Mm have been opened, and ahead? have we received visits from some ragged and hungry looking patriots, who are said in our camp to hold the rank of Generals. I have no more to add than to tell you, in conclusion, ■* all so fa! has prospered; • that we are in i ne health and spirits, and for the time safe from garroting, behind some pretty works mounted landward and seaward, with six very neat look ing field pieces. Additional accounts of: Friday’s storm at Wheeling, West Virginia, and its vicinity, show that the damage was greater than at first sup posed. A number of vineyards were rained, the wheat and com were cut off to the' ground, sod sheep and lambs were killed in the fields. A number of persons were also injured by the hailstones, some of them seriously. The town of West Liberty, near Wheeling, is reported o rains. Some of the hailstones weighed throe* quarters of a pound. A severe rain storm visited Washington ou Saturday night and lasted through a portion °j Sunday morning. Several houses were unroofed and one or two were blown down. No per®® is known to have been killed, but three severely injured. Mr. James Parker, of Springfield, Mass., 8a ‘ jerintendent of the New York and Boston sleep- : hg car line, has been presented with a hoise and wagon valued at $1,300, on the occasion oi Ms resigning from the position of conductor, wMoh he has filled for thirty years. An old man of sixty, who recently poisoned himself in New Haven, left a note requesting Ms minister to preach in his funeral sermon tn same discourse that had been delivered over nw wife. In the near neighborhood of Goldaborogh, C., there are onehundred acres of land devotee to the cultivation of strawberries. Silver coin is sneh a drug in San Francisco that leading merchants have signed an ape®* ment not to receive it at par in sum above ? IU - A clergyman of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, b®* ing away from home, telegraphed hi* sermon w Ms flock. A Yankee doctor has discovered a new toWO’ it is extracted from sausages, and called w phate of oanlne.” A box turtle was caught at Oyster Bay, Island, a few day* since, which bears the in* 1 * 12th mo, 5th, 1768 and 1789.