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■ The Greorgia, 'Weekly Telegraph. THE TELEGRAPH. MACON, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1869. Charles Dickens, it is said, is going to be elevated to the Peerage. Chinese Laborers.—The New York Mail re ports that a Chicago honse has sent an agent for 00,000 Chinese laborers, to be let oat on the Southern plantations. The MilledgeviUe papers announce the death of Mrs. It. L. Hunter, the oldest daughter of Hon. Iverson L. Harris. No More of That, TTat-—The MilledgeviUe Recorder draws a subject for an editorial from an impromptu cock-fight, in which one of the combatants was laid out and the other had not strength left to crow. Quit that, Mr. Recorder. From Floyd County.—The Rome Commer cial of the 9th, says crops are in good condition —growing finely, and wheat has improved fifty perfcenb in the past twelve days. Grain crops are the best had for several years. Farmers are now harvesting. Wheat is quoted §1.50 weak. Mrs. Wade S. Cothran died Saturday, enuch lamented. Heavy Cotton Saxe in Columbus.—The Sun says, that on Monday over six hundred bales of cotton were sold at prices, which, supposing each bale weighed 500 pounds, brought about $85,000. Prices are three to four cents higher •for lower grades than they were a week ago. Andy Johnson is stumping in Tennessee and raising a whirlwind of enthusiasm. If his hearers could vote, they would play hob with radicalism in that unfortunate State; but as mat ters stand, Andy might as weU be addressing the sewing circles. If ho wants to do good, let him fill his saddlebaggs with tobacco and go into the corn and cotton fields, and chaw with the niggers over Stokes. From Washington Comity We learn from the Central Georgian of Wed nesday, that they have had fine showers in Washington, and crops are thriving. Two stalks of well fruited cotton two feet high, had been laid on the editor’s table. This was said to be a fair sample of the sender’s crop. The people were thrashing out wheat and the yield was bet ter than it had been for some years. The dwell ing house of Dr. Jared I. Irwin, situated be tween Sandersville and Station 13, Central Railroad, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night last Honor to the Heroes of Mercer. 'The members of the Ciceronian and Phi Delta Societies of Mercer University have or ganized a “Memorial Association,” with a view to erect a suitable monument in honor of the Alumni who fell in battle, or died in the Con federate service during the war. The two so cieties are represented by the following Com mittee : Ciceboniaxs.—J. L. Hillyer, R. Ligon Mc Whorter, W. Y. Alexander, W. A. Bnchanuon. Phi Deltas.—A. J. Beck, W. W. Landrum, P. C. Hudson, J. K. Dykes. Mr. Seward ou the Barbarism ol Slavery. It will be seen from Mr. Seward's reminis cences of old Putnam and Greene counties, .-that he was not much behind Sumner in his no- • lions about the barbarizing influence of slavery. It is queer that he should see them in the most ;. polite and intelligent counties in Georgia— among a people it would he hard to excel in any rural district on this continent upon the whole range of mental,' moral, and physical qualities. The tendencies of slavery were to reverse the ordinary developments of social culture. Under at, in the South, our best society was to be found in and affected rural life. Agriculture was rep resented by an educated and refined population, familiar with the highest accomplishments of the time—men and women of reading, thought and travel, and who, either at home or abroad, over occupied a prominent position in the best society. This fact is too notorious to be successfully ' denied; and when Mr. Seward illustrates the ■ barbarizing tendencies of slavery by the case of ■ a single Northern immigrant who had suffered ihimself to run to seed in a country village, we 'have only to say he might as well illustrate the barbarizing tendencies of freedom by the cose of one among the thousands of young men who goto New York and lose themselves morally and intellectually among the slums and stews of that great city. All this is nonsense. It is at war with history and fact, and it is also at war with the common notions of the Northern people themselves, who assailed slavery as an aristocratic institution, and the slaveholders as a haughty, ambitious and pretentious race of men. This much is due os a tribute to truth. Slave ry is gone, and with it will disappear, in time and gradually, much that was attractive in the social and rural life of the South. The farming population of the North and West, with all its schools and means of improvement, is more or less boorish, rough and uncultivated. This, our agricultural population will bo in danger of be coming if they do not make great efforts to pre vent it. Let it seek to retain, from generation to generation, the politeness, intelligence and refinement of the days of slavery. From Brunswick. "The Appeal of the 5th says, they have good mews about the Albany and Brunswick Railroad, *-CoL C. H. Schlatter had received a letter from Mr. H. S. Wells, the leading spirit in the Bruns wick-and Albany Railroad, authorizing him to receive bids for the construction of said road to the point of crossing on the Atlantic and Gnlf i Railroad. A cargo of ice had arrived and was duly stored. ’ The Brunswickers had been on a gander frolic ^to Fernandina, looking at Nater through "a champagne bottle. They observed a good deal and looked several ways. Another party with the ladies and children had been having a grand pio-nic up the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, among the umbrageous live-oaks. The Appeal says the ladies were charming and their lips luscious as cherries. How did he know ? An other party had been on a trip to St. Mary’s— had seen all the wonders of the Little and Great Cumberland, Jekyl and the smaller isles—had strolled on the snow white sands by the light of the moon—had a perfect surfeit of wit, pun •and repartee—had feasts of reason,' (turtle .soup), and flows of soul, which is another name •for Heidsick and Green Seal. They had their ’fiddles along and many a serious dance, and as . clergymen .were of the party, they had preach- iing on Sunday. On the whole, Brunswick seems ito be enjoying itself. Augusta Water Power.—Col. Rains, in a iW cent report to the City Council, proposes to enlarge the canal, by which a mass of water of more than 4,000 cubio feet in volume per second could be rendered available in the city, having an effective fall of twenty-six feet. Thns the large amount of more than 11,000 horse-power of motive power oould be ntilized within the limits of Augusta at a medium stage of the river. “Quake no Good.”—The Herald says that Grant’s Quaker Indian agents are not doing very well with the Indian tribes, because they bring rain with them wherever they go. “Urn!” cried Hole-in-the-Bottle, a big Indian chief of the Arapahoe*, “Quake no good. Bring water. -No vWaky.” The Cuba Rebellion Gonellp. The concurrent dispatches from New York and Havana convey a decided impression that the rebellion is over in Cuba, just as the filibusters from the United States were getting ready to tnVo a hand in tho game. Somebody has soH the cause out; but who has done it, the dispatch does not say. At all events the transaction has been so decisive in its consequences, that the acting Captain General of Cuba has telegraphed home countermanding his previous requisitions for reinforcements. Let ns console ourselves amid the tears of the patriotic women of Cuba, exiled in New York, that it is doubtless a not unfortunate result for the South. The acquisition of Cuba would have diverted Northern investment, capital and im migration from this quarter. It might have led to a foreign war; it was bound at least to involve the Government in a sea of troubles. This fail ure will postpone, for a time, an inevitable re sult True, it remands the Cubans back under a domination they hate, but as Spain can profit ably hold the island only by conciliating the people, it is to be hoped that the new Spanish government, whatever it may be, will have the good sense to abstain from a policy which will harrass tho trade, property, and landed inter est of the island. At any rate, we can’t help the matter, and shall reserve our tears for the benefit of the victims of Southern reconstruction. Mean while, what is to become of General Jordan and his filibusters? Had they not better be looking out for a through ticket home by the first steamer? The railways all lead to the garrote. Treasurer Angler and Gov. Bnllock. The New Era of yesterday contains a letter from Treasurer Angier, called out by a procla mation of the Governor, dated the 3d instant, restraining the Fourth National Bank of New York from holding any official intercourse with Angier or recognizing any order issued by Mm! This being served npon Angier, the latter sets forth at length, as aforetime, that the funds in said bank are properly in tho custody of the Treasurer, and cannot be paid out except upon his requisition, in pursuance of law; that the drafts made by the Governor are in defiance of law and in direct violation of the known will of the Legislature; that since the Legislative cen sure of the drafts for §55,000, the Governor has drawn §20,000 more, and now seeks by a sort of extra-judicial injunction upon the bank, to get at the remainder, to be expended in de fiance of law and to the public detriment This is the substance of the letter. We cannot find room for the whole document. It is an extraor dinary piece of business. Reconstrncxing in Atlanta. We copy tho following paragraph from the Federal Union of Tuesday, and are afraid the editors of that paper did not cry while writing it They are what is called swift witnesses, npon any point relating to the downfall of the Atlanta Capital, and the wonder is they neglect ed to point out and enforce the horrid omen !— a crumbling capitol—the foundations giving way—the plastering falling with dismal thumps —the whole structure every now and then res onant with those ghostly, cracking, shuddering, rumbling sounds which frightened poor old Affery, in Little Dorrit, out of her wits, and at last found their consummation in the terrible crash which wound up the mortal accounts of Clenman & Co. It is frightful to tMnk of the situation there —with every surrounding a perpetual menace, and the poor little stone masons trying to insert a foundation under tho thing when there is nono there. The physical situation illustrating tho political—no foundation on the solid rock of Constitutional Republicanism—no foundation in the consent of the governed—in the pub lic intelligence and virtue—in the solid suf frages of the people. All giving way—all crack ing—all tumbling. Why did the Federal Union omit these considerations ? Stand from Under—Kimball’s Opera House Falling Down.—We received a letter last night in which it is stated, “yesterday morning the plastering began falling all round and it was BY TELEGRAPH. dangerous to stay in it. Near the Governor’s office the foundation of the second 6tory gave way. Workmen are now trying to repair it, but the great defect is in the foundation and it can not be repaired so as to make it safe.” EfFccl.s of Fertilizers. Near Colaparchee, June 8, 1869. Messrs Editors : In your Sunday’s issue you enquire after the guanoed cotton. I am not what a “professional” would call a “crack” farmer, but having tried guano to some extent, and fairly, as I think, allow me to state my ex perience. At this stage of the game you are well aware that all is guess work. I tried three dif ferent fertilizers: Patapsco, bought of Lawton & Lawton, of your city; Soluble pacific, bought of Wrigley & Knott—and Dixon’s Compound, bought of Merryman & Co., Baltimore, and manipulated with my own hands. The Patapsco was applied in drill with the cotton, on both poor and rich land, and from the second day after the cotton came up to the present time, any man, with one good eye, could tell the difference on a bright moonlight night From the very beginning the gnanoed cotton has been healtMer, and did not suffer from the cold, whereas my other cotton died out considerably. Of course, there being a more healthy and larger stalk, there are more forms. You may write down twenty-five per cent, as the difference. My other guanoes were applied under the bed, and the cotton is just beginning to show the effect. Crops through this section are looking rea sonably well, especially where guano has been judiciously applied. Yours, respectfully, Deer Creek. From Gordon County. Gordon Co., June 8, 1869. Editors Telegraph: I see almost daily reports of the growing crops in your paper from every section but ours. Perhaps you think the Chat tahoochee the Northern bonndary of the State ; if yon do let me remind you that our mountains are still in Georgia and that Tatum still lives. Our corn and cotton is small but well worked, clean and healthy. The area in com is nearly as large as it was last year, while that in cotton has been increased. The favorite plan now seems to be to let the West, by her Green, Atlantic and other fast freight lines, supply the cotton belt with com, we raising a plenty for homo con sumption and depending on our wheat and cot ton crops for money. We will be forced to adopt this policy, as we cannot produce provi sions as cheap as the West and freights have become almost nominal. The old adage that wheat never looks well but once is being fully verified. The prospect has been poor until recently, when it began to im prove, and no w the cropisthoughttobe as good as it was last year. Harvesting has begun, and I am glad to see that the reapers are being extensive ly used. The excelsior is the favorite here. Mr. W. Stewart, of this county, has patented an im provement to the common reaper by wMch the reaping knife can be raised instantly and with ease, from the ground three feebMgh or any in termediate distance, or either end of the knife raised while the other continues to cut This invention will remove an objection long nrged against the reaper in the South, on account of stumps, rocks, hillsides and rough and nneven surfaces of our lands. The wheat market will open at about $1 40 per busheL R. Thebe is a man in Chicago who vowed he would not shave until Douglas was elected President His beard is eight feet long. From Washington. Washington, June 9.—Dwight O. Marsh,has been appointed Collector of Customs at Passo del Norte, Texas. Several important clerks in the Secretary of the treasury’s office bavo been removed. The Cubans in New York received distressing news Sunday night There was much weeping among the women. It is whispered that Cespedes was sold out Another rumor is that the volun teers and patriots have fraternized. Revenue today $500,000. Boutwell reaped $2,778,000. Mr. Peabody baa arrived. Grant has departed for West Point Boutwell de parts in the morning. Wm. A. Richardson acts dur ing Boutwell’s absence. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has de cided that persons engaged in the business of pre paring pork and lard for sale, who slaughter hogs, cut up and pack pork, and render lard, packing the Bamo in barrels, kegs and otherwhe. are dearly em braced within the definition of a manufacturer, and are required to pay a tax on their sale*, annually, in excess of five thousand dollars. Hoar decides, that no cable can be landed, con necting the United States with a foreign country, without the special consent of Congress. The house of the conservative negro whom the police rescued from tho mob, was gutted and tho furniture smashed, to-day. Tho family was absent. Several small outrages and robberies have oc curred. The President received the Peruvian Minister to day. There was nothing significant in the speeches. The Herald says: ‘The Attorney General is said to have hesitated a long time before bo furnished his recent opinion, sustaininga Texas Court-Martial, in the trial of a citizen for the murder of a freed- man, and that his actual view of tho law, at first, suggested entirely the opposite decision, but that Gen. Rutler said he would offer a resolution on the subject, in the next session, if he, Hoar, did not make an example of some of these fellows; and under this pressure the recent opinion was made. [If this be true, what is Hoar’s opinion worth ?— Eds. Telegraph.] Information from a reliable source in Havana has been received here, assorting that the Cubans are engaged in an active, offensive movement, and were never in better spirits, or more sanguine of success. Telegrams from Havana deny tho report that any number of Cubans, or any officer of Cuban forces, surrendered to Valmesada. The excitement In Cuban circles in New York on Sunday night originated from the report telegraphed by the Spaniards that Cespedes had surrendered. Subsequent dispatches from Cuban sources prove the report entirely unfounded. General News. San Francisco, Jnne 9.—The Japanese colony which recently arrived here have purchased land in Colorado county. They are pleased with the loca tion for the purpose of the contemplated culture of silk and tea. Gen. Halleck and staff leave by the overland route for Louisville, to-morrow. Chicago, June 9.—In the case of Amanda Craig vs Sprague, for breach of promise, the verdict was one hundred thousand for complainant. Lodi, N. J., June 9.—Five employes in the paint shops who habitually drank vitrol and alcohol, mis' took arsenic for vitrol. in compounding their bever age. Four are dead and the fifth is dying. New Orleans, June 8.—The cargo of the Italian bark Luine, consisting of oranges and lemons—ar rived here, to-day, in a decayed condition. Tho en tire cargo, excepting a few lemons, was thrown overboard by order of the Board of Health. New York, Juno 9.—Judge Blatchford has order ed the release of tho Quaker City on bond. The hotel waiters’ strike has ended. The propri etors are victorious. St. Louis, June 9.—The final deposit for the Mc- Cool and Allen fight, which occurs on the 15th, was made to-day. Albany, N. Y., June 9 The Typographical Con vention has passed aresolution admittingproxies as an act of courtesy and not as a right. C. Halloran, a proxy of the Montgomery, Ala bama, Union, protested. The proxy of Bowlington, Iowa, Union also protested and withdrew the peti tion for a Woman’s Union, Referred to a Com mittee. Murder of Col. Flournoy. Augusta, June 9.—A letter from Saundersville, Washington county, to the Chronicle, Btates that Col. R W. Flournoy, Democratic Representative in the last Legislature, was murdered in his own field, on yesterday, by a negro man in his employ, who has been committed to jail. From Virginia. Richmond, June 9.—General Canby has appointed Judge Advocate H. B. Burnham to be Judge of the ■Virginia Court of Appeals. Memoiial day was observed in Petersburg, to day. Business, generally, was suspended, and many buildings draped in mourning. From Alabama. Montgomery. June 9.—Tho Democratic Conven tion at Troy, on yesterday, nominated A. N. Worthy, of Pike, for Congress, in this, the Second District. His disabilities have been removed by act of Con gress. Tho Republicans met in this city yesterday, and nominated C. W. Buckley as their candidate. Tho Republican Convention to nominate for the Third District met at Opelika yesterday. There is a wide split between the native and the carpet-bag elements. The scenes of the Nashville Convention are being repeated, and both sides are indulging in bitter reproaches. A special to tho Advertiser says that up,to four o’clock this afternoon no organization had been effected, and that a break-up was imminent. The fight is against Norris, tho late incumbent. Foreign News. Madrid, June 9.—The acting Captain General of Cuba telegraphs countermanding his request for reinforcements. London, Juno 9.—Earl-Harrowby gave notice in the House of Lords that he would move for the postponement of the disestablishment bill for six months. Isaac Campbell, merchant, has suspended. Paris, June 9.—The official returns to this De partment show thirty official and twenty-eght op position, and one unknown member. General re sult : Two hundred and thirteen official; forty-two independent, thirty-five radical. There were quite serious riots at Nantes and Bordeaux, yesterday. Madrid, Jnne 9.—Tlio Cortes debated the regency bill at great length. It was finally referred to a Committee. Olazaga said the present election of a King would be impossible. Liverpool, Jnne 9.—Eight thousand emigrants for America loft here last week. Miscegenation in Morgan County. Oa yesterday evening we received tho partic ulars of a miscegenation affair in Morgan coun ty and a shooting scrape which resulted from it. In Rutledge, a small village in Morgan county, situated on the GeorgiaRaflroad, about Madison, there has lived for many years a man by the name of William Lawson and his family. Mrs. Lawson has for a long timo been in charge of an eating house at Rutledge, at which passen gers on the Georgia Railroad stop for meals. About three weeks ago Lawson, who is said to be an idle, drunken fellow, had a quarrel with his wife and separated from her. After leaving the house, 'which was the property of his wife, Lawson went to live with a negro woman and her daughter, whose house was within but a short distance of his former residence and co habited with the latter. This disgusting mis cegenation was carried on in the most open and unblushing manner, almost tinder tho eyes of Mrs. Lawson, and excited great indignation among the people of the village. On two of these occasions, as if in way of bravado, he paraded the streets with his negro mistress on his arm, and carried her with him to a church. Naturally incensed at this conduct, and desir ous of ridding the community of so demoral izing a spectacle, a party of men went to the house of these women on last Monday night, for the purpose, it is supposed, of warning the parties against a continuance of their present manner of living. Arriving there, the men found no one in tho honse ex cept the women, Lawson having gone into the village. The women became alarmed when they saw their visitors and commenced scream ing at the top of their voices. The noise was heard by Lawson, who was drinking in a bar room at the time, and he rushed to the place to rescue his mistress. Lawson making an attack on the party as he reached the house, a general melee ensued, during whichLawson was wound ed by a pistol shot through the body, the old negress also wounded, and her daughter badly beaten. After this had been done the parties left the premises and no farther violence was of fered. The people of Rutledge evidently do not believe in miscegenation. ifl [Augusta Chronicle. The Crops in South Georgia. Oats, in some fields, are being cut, and in all are rapidly maturing. Thoy are not tall, but very sound and good. Some smut, however, among them. Com is several weeks later than usual, in some localities, but is growing rapidly. We have seen a few tassels and silks, and hope to see roasting ears plentiful in our market short ly, from the fields of our farmers. Cotton is recovering from the effects of the cold spring, and, with a continuance of the present warm weather, will soon be in a flour ishing condition. Some of this plant, in this county, is two feet high, and full of forms. All the rotton-cane, we have seen, was des troyed by the freezes in April, but that from the stalk looks well. The crops generally, with but few exceptions, are perfectly clear of gross and weeds, and are well plowed. We are having occasional showers of rain. We have heard nothing more from the cater pillar, and are disposed to believe tho reports concerning it greatly exaggerated, especially in regard to the plantation of Col. Williams, near Tallahassee. Tho last Floridan is silent on the subject.—Bainbridge Argus, June 5th. Crops.—The cotton crop of this section has ceased to die out, and is now growing finely, though many profess to have poor stands. The com is quite small for this season of the year, but looks healthy, and with fair seasons we may anticipate a harvest sufficient for onr demands.—Chattahoochee Mirror. Dat’s Wot I 'Spect.—In the olden time,when the planters were less thoughtful for the spirit ual than for the corporeal health of the slaves, Colonel Ramsey saw his boy Dan (aged forty) going one morning, Bible in hand, to church. Knowing that Dan was not a person with strong literary proclivities, the Colonel said: “ What are you doing with that Bible, Dan— you can’t read it?” “ No, massa, can’t ’zactly read ’em, but I can spell ’em out a little.” “What’s the use of spelling it out? You can’t understand it any way. The Bible, for instance, says that * tho very hairs on our head are numbered.’ Now you haven’t any hair on your head—-nothing but wooL What do you say to that ?” “Yes, massa, I ’spect dat’s so; but I spell out one littlciVerse, which saydaton de last day de sheep dey will go on one side and de goats on todder. Now de sheep has de wool, but de goats dey got har, jast like white folks; and I ‘spect dey ain’t gwine to be saved—dat’s so I ’spect.” The Washington Star says that the new issue of paper money, of all denominations, will be ready for distribution to the public on the 1st of July. The Paris Gaulois says that the Prince of Wales, before leaving Paris, invited the Prinoe Imperial to visit England, and that the Emperor Napoleon accepted the invitation. A Newbubg servant girl routed a burglar last week with a pail of boiling water. The manufacture of shoes has been carried on at Lynn for two hundred years. Gulf Hlackcrel. Etc. Some of our merchants have this season, says the Columbus Sun, been dealing in a new varie ty of salt fish called Spanish Mackerel, put up on the Gulf coast in Florida; also in Pompano put up like Mackerel. We have tried these fish, and find them to be fully as good as the North ern Mackerel; indeed the “Spanish” seems to be a more delicate fish than the Northern Mack erel, is less gross, and has a cleaner appearance. The Pompano are also as fine as any Northern salt fish. There is no necessity for going beyond our Southern waters for fish as fine as tho sea can furnish, and wo are glad to learn that the trade in these Southern fish is already large and increasing. They are well appreciated by all who give them a trial, and we believe that they are cheaper than the Northern fish. An Immense Tombstone ! — Our Yankee friends in their enthusiastic moments, some times commit most ridiculous blunders, and the most ridiculons of all are those that are connect ed with serious subjects. For instance, the monument recently inaugurated to tho unknown Federal dead at Arlington contains the follow ing inscription: “Beneath this stone repose the bodies of five thousand one hundred and eleven unknown sol diers, gathered after the war from the fields of Bull Run and on the route to the Rappahan nock.” Symptoms of Old Maidishness.—Some symp toms of old maidishness are thus described by a Scotch paper: When a woman begins to drink her tea with out sugar—that’s a symptom. When a woman begins to read love stories a-bed—that’s a symp tom. When a woman begins to say that she’s refused many an offer—that’s a symptom. When a woman begins to say what a dreadful set of creatures men are, and that she wouldn’t be bothered with one for all the world—that’s a symptom. When a woman begins to have a lit tle dog trotting after her—that’s a symptom. When a woman begins to have a cat at her el bows at meal times, and gives it sweetened milk —that’s a symptom. When a woman begins to rub her finger over the chairs and tables to see if they are dusty—that’s a symptom. When a woman begins to go bed with her stockings and flannel night-cap on—that’s a symptom. Women Suffrage.—Yesterday, in the John Street Methodist Church, tho women voted for officers. The polls were open in the afternoon and evening, and the rain kept the ladies back. About six o’clock, however, they came in an avalanche—a hundred together. One woman, who saw her husband about to vote, pounced upon Mm, took the ticket out of Ms hand, and, having inspected it, said, “You may vote that, dear; it is all right.” Whereupon one of the elders groaned inwardly, and said, “That’s what we’re coming to.” Shortly the question of lay representation is to come up in the Methodist Church, and on this subject the sisters are to have a vote. They will carry the change that has so long been sought. In the Woman’s Convention yesterday, in Boston, Mrs. Livermore said that “the tempe rance cause and women’s suffrage now go hand in hand, and when women get the ballot—as they surely will—thoy will make a clean sweep of all liquor-dealers. It was false to say women would make dissolute the politics of the land. She defied the Evil One Mmself to make it worso than it now is. Instead of polluting it she will purify it Perhaps the good elder was right, and we are coining to a state of things when women, hav ing the ballot, will declare war npon whisky sours and King Alcohol. Then, too, they will teach their husbands how to vote, and exercise that gentle censorsMp which was so effectual yesterday among tho Methodists.—JYew York Commercial. There is a man near Kansas city, Mo., named Jacob Fernance, who is over one hnndred and eighteen years old. He stillshows considerable activity, and cultivates a little garden, in which he takes great delight. His eyesight is better than it was years ago; his voice is not strong, yet he converses freely, and apparently without labor. Indiana presents for the “ championsMp " an old gentleman of 97, who, not content with reading withont spectacles, has jnst ploughed up three acres and planted it in com. At the Tenahely (Ireland) petty sessions, the other day, a little girl was prosecuted for taking up, when passing through a bog, two wild duck eggs. The bench imposed a fine with costs, or imprisonment, on this little child of a poor laborer. Dexter has been beaten by a velocipede in Jersey City. A mile was made in two minntes. ■Who will give thirty thousand dollars for that velocipede? The grand encampment of Odd fellows, of Pennsylvania, at its recent session, votes down a proposition to strike the word “wMte" from the constitution and by-laws of the order. It seems that the infernal nigger frenzy has even penetrated into the councuchambers of this an cient order—we are happy to say only to be kicked out The Pope received $4,000,000 worth of pres ents on his anniversary. Prince Augustus, of Portugal, is the last ru mored nominee for the Spanish throne. Tubneb Again.—We see by the National Anti-' Slavery Standard, as quoted by the Atlanta In telligencer, that Tomer has been addressing a business meeting of that conoem: Among others, the following interrogatory was propounded to him by the President of the Society: “Should you feel your life to bo safe, if you were in your own house ?” The reader is asked to note Turner’s reply: “There has been,” he said, “so much said about remarks that I have made, that I fear to answer the queston. But I will tell you this, that no Republicafi is safe in Georgia outside of Atlanta and some other cities.” Brunswick. This ancient town is jast now attracting con siderable attention, and, in all probability, will grow into - an important commercial city. A correspondent of the Savannah Advertiser, who is somewhat inclined to ridicule Brunswick, and its prospects, in the latter part of his communi cation, (which we omit,) writes as follows: _ Savannah, May 17,18G9. Editor's of the Advertiser: I have recently been to Brunswick, and I am sorry I went. Ever since that I have been thinking of the fu ture of the future of Savannah and the future of Brunswick, and I repeat I am sorry I went. It is useless for us to attempt to disguise the fact that Brunswick is looming into importance, and with an iron hand is about to grasp our com mercial life and squeeze our business throat until we are black in the face. To quote the words of Patrick Henry, “It is folly to lie su pinely upon our backs and hug the dolusive phantom of hope,” until the Brunswickians have bound us hand and foot.—Americus Cou rier. _ Wheat Crop in Spalding. Tho Griffin Star of Tuesday says: The farmers are busily engaged in harvesting the wheat crop, and they all agree that it is al most as good as could be. It is a God-send, as com is very scarce, and “bought com don’t fatten stock.” We expect to see “cake doings” plentiful in a short wMle, for wMch most people have a fondness, “one of whom we are wMch." News from the Monroe Advertiser. Wo regret to chronicle the death of Mr. Pe ter Randal, wMch occurred here yesterday morning, after an illness of about ten days. Mr. Randall was Nearly, or quite, eighty years of age. We also regret to announce the death of Mr. Aquila Cheney, one of the oldest citizens of this county, which occurred on the 1st instant. He was eighty-four years old, and has been a resident of Monroe for fifty years. Tho .colored citizens are reported as giving way to their natural laziness under the influence of the warm genial rays of the sun. One of these worthies was proseented some time ago for violation of contract, and, on being arrest ed by the Marshal, gave Ms reason for wishing to loaf, “Mos’ all de black folks quitten der work," said he ; “sun’s too hot.” The local of the Telegraph boasted a day or two ago or having had a bait of green com. Wo advise that youth to pay a visit to tMs region. We have had green corn here for more than a month and a half. In fact there isn’t any other kind growing in Forsyth. The Commencement exercises of Monroe Fe male College will be inaugurated on the 7th of July, and promises to be an interesting occasion. We have not yet learned who are to deliver the sermon and annualliterary address,but of course none other than gentlemen of ackowledged abil ity will be selected. Personal.—Hon. B. H. Bill, lady and son, were among the arrivals at Indian Spring last week. During the week ending June fifth, Butts county was MgMy favored with copious show, ers, wMch gladdened the heart of everybody. The prospects for com and cotton were never better. Wheat harvesting has commenced, the crop of which will be more than an average one, with a larger area sown than nsual. Harvesting of wheat has commenced in this county. It is thought that the yield will not be as large was anticipated. We tMnk, however, that more than an average crop will be made. We had the pleasure of meeting in our sanc tum yesterday, Hon. Warren Aikin, of Carters- ville, who was in town oa business connected with Ms profession. He is in fine health. Griffin and North Alabama Railroad.—The Star, of Tuesday, says: We are glad to state that Captain Max Corput, a distinguished civil engineer, well known in Georgia, assisted by his brother and a compe tent corp3 of assistants, are now making the final survey from tMs place to Newnan, prepar atory to laying the track. A large amount of ties are now being laid down here, and the iron will be along in a few days. A perfect little army of track-layers will be at work before the fourth of July, so we are reliably informed. General Review of Foreign Affairs. PREPARED FOB THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. Great Britain.—The Alabama question still forms the all-absorbing topic of discussion in the public, and the leading articles of the news papers. The feverish excitement produced by Sum ner's speech has somewhat subsided, giving way to cooler reflections. Mr. Motley, the new American Ambassador to England, landed on the 30th of May in Liverpool, and was wel comed by the Mayor and the American Consul. In Ms reply to an address from the Chamber of Commerce, on the following day, he stated that it was the wish of President Grant and the American people to cultivate sincere and friend ly feelings towards Great Britain. The Irish Church bill was finally adopted in the House of Commons by 361 to 247 votes. It has since passed the first reading in the House of Lords. The second reading is fixed on the 14th inst. The velocipede has found a champion in the Lower House. Mr. TheopM- lus Hambro, member for Weymouth, asked the Postmaster General, amidst great merriment, “whether the letter-carriers in Wales had al ready adopted the velocipedes for discharging their official duties,” adding that “it would be advisable to turn these horses which ate neither hay nor oats, to more general use in the Postal Department.” The Postmaster General, Mar quis of Hartington, affirmed that, os a trial, the letter-carriers in the country had been allowed to use the new veMcle, but the Government had not recognized the art of riding tho velocipede as an indispensable accomplishment for being admitted to tho civil service; the use of the two-wheeled carriage was to be left to every body’s discretion. Tho velocipede mania has already spread to the Scottish HigMands. The English mis sionaries may triumph over the conversion of the Queen of Madagascar, who was, with several of her State officials, baptised in one of the churches of the London Missiona ry Society. The memory of the great Irishman, Daniel O’Connell, the Liberator, as Ms grateful countrymen are wont to call him, was celebra ted by a second burial. His remains were,with great pomp, removed from Dublin to the church yard in Glaslevin, where a monument has been erected to Ms memory; the Lord-Chancellor of Ireland, the Cardinal Archbishop and a great number of Mgh officials marched at the head of the funeral procession, numbering near 7,000 people. France.—The elections secure the Govern ment a large majority in the Corps Legislatif. The police suppressed several tumultuous scenes which occurred during the elections, with brutal violence. The “ Garde de Paris a cheval” charged the processions, that, beating the po lice officers and'breaking the lanterns, marched to the martial tones of tho Marseillaise, through the streets of Paris. Many persons were wounded. Earnest Renan is about to publish another work, “Life of the Apostle Paul," as a sequel to his “Life of Jesus, ” and “Life of the Apostles.” ‘ Italy.—The new Ministry, Menabrea, is de vising means for reductions in the public ex penditure.’ Ludwig Kossuth, once Dictator of Hungary, makes a livelihood in Turin, by copy ing. The four hundredth anniversary of Mac- cMavelli’s birth-day, was honored in Florence, on the 3d of May. At the tomb of the poet in the church of Santa Croce, the former Munster, Pernzzi, made a speech celebrating the great period in the history of Italy, that saw Dante, MaccMavelli and Michael Angelo rise in close succession. A commemorative tablet of marble was fixed on the little house of the illustrious dead, bear ing the following incription: “To Mncchiavelli, the bold and enlightened precursor of the unity of the fatherland, the creator of the national defense, wMch replaced the armies of foreign hirelings, independent and united Italy dedi cates tMs memory, on the 3d of May, 1869, the four hundredth anniversary of his birth. Russia.—The Emperor is seriouslyindisposed. He is said to have received an internal injury by .an accident wMoh he met with while driving. in Ms carriage. The Russian Admiral, Prince ' Alexander MenscMkow, died, in St. Petersburg on the flint of May.' Sent as an ambassador to Constantinople in 1853, he precipitated the war of the Crimea by his utter contempt for every thing Turkish, presenting Mmself before the Imperial Divan dressed in his overcoat and Mgh Russian leather boots. After the outbreak of the war he destroyed the Ottoman fleet at Si nope. A fearful famine is raging in several parts of Lithuania; even grass is cooked and consumed. Negotiations are shortly to be opened between the Cabinet of St. Petersburg and Rome, with a view of coming to an understand ing about the position of the Catholic Church in Russia. Spain.—The Cortes have passed the para graphs 32 and 33 of the new Constitution, vest ing the sovereignty in the people, from whom all power is to emanate, and accepting the mon archical form of government. The draught respecting civil marriages, which the Minister of Justice is about to introduce in to the Cortes, will be modeled after the code Napoleon, making only civil marriage compul sory. Numerous invitations for a loan of 35,000,000 francs in favor of the Pretender, “Carlos VI, of Spain,” are circulating in Madrid. Though the price of issue is very low, only 30 per cent., yet even those 30 francs may be considered as 80 per cent, too Mgh. The Cortes will, in a few days, discuss a mo tion of Senor Chao, to erect on the spot where tho holy inquisition celebrated its horrible auto- de-fes a magnificent monument as a memorial of the establishment of religious liberty and for perpetuating the horror of religious intol erance. Six hnndred volunteers left Cadiz for Cuba. Caballero De Roda, the new Governor-General for Havana, in place of General Dulce, who was considered too lenient towards the Cubans, will sail on the 15th of June. He is represented as another Alva, ready to resort to fire and sword for bringing the Island to subjection. The Spanish government is determined on retaining its hold on the colony, to vindicate the honor of Castile, though they are well aware that the an nexation to the United States of America will be only a question of time. General Prim is said to have declared “ that be would rather send the last troops from Spain, placing himself at their head,than leave Cuba to the insurgents.” There are still 1200 monks and 17,000 nuns living in Spain. Austria.—The Hungarians, distrustful of the equivocal policy of CountBeust, are claiming a share in the control of foreign affairs from which they are now entirely excluded. The Kingdom of Hungary forms one com pact nation of fifteen million souls, while the remaining twenty million subjects of the Em peror of Austria belong to half a dozen different nationalities. An examination of the navy has proved it to be in a very defective state, show ing a remarkable reduction of its strength since 1806. Collections are being made in national Po lish circles for bringing the remains of the Polish poet. Adam Mickilwicz from France to Austria with a view of depositing them in the Cathedral of Cracow. Germany.—A motion for reforming the con stitution ol tho Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg passed the Reichstag despite Bismarck’s earnest endeavors to defeat it. A number of bills were read for the third time. Among these were the postal treaty with the Papal States, the bill re stricting tho use of franks, the new electoral law (after an amendment proposed by the oppo sition to grant the suffrage to soldiers and sail ors of the navy had been negatived by 114 to 75 votes), the bill respecting the attachment of wages for debt (with the modifications made at the second reading), and the proposal for estab lishing a commercial court in Leipsie. A new bill was introduced by the Chancellor of the Confederation, imposing a tax on brokers’ mem oranda, on the sale, purchase, exchange or de livery of bills, shares, etc., etc. Foreign bonds circulating witMn the limits of the Confedera tion will have to bear a tax of one thaler (about one dollar United States currency) per thousand thalers, once paid, till the' first of July, 1869, but after that date from one to two per cent. The London Times, in a financial article, says that the cMef transactions in American bonds at Frankfort-on-the-Main were made in those of the emission of 1862. Other bonds were hardly dealt in. The Protestant Congress in Worms, on the 31st of May, was visited by 24,000 peo ple, among whom were representatives of all the German States. The Congress unanimously adopted a resolution, rejecting the invitation of the Pope to return to the bosom of the Roman Church and condemning the encyclical letter and the Syllabus. The idea of forming a Ger man United Church was suggested. The last descendant of Tilly, the famous general who commanded the Imperial forces against the Swedish King, Gustavus Adolphus, in the thirty- years’ war, died at the advanced age of eighty- five years. He was chamberlain of the King of Holland. Turkey.—For the second time since tMs Eu ropean tour, has the Sultan delivered a speech in person like other European monarchs in the Imperial Council of the State. It was hitherto the custom, that the Padisha revealed the treasures of Ms wisdom to his Grand Vizier who would communicate the in tention of Ms master to the Imperial Ministers. Turkey is progressing on the part of reforms. Egypt.—The Viceroy of Egypt dissolved Ms “Parliament” on the 23d of April. A great ma ny new taxes were decreed, on milk, eggs, veg- tables, etc.; even the clay cakes, which' the poor Fellahs use for firing purposes, were taxed; the twelfth cake belongs to the Viceroy; and when there was notMng left for taxation, the honest Sheiks were allowed to go home. The Viceroy has started for Venice, on a long tour in Europe, from which he will not return until September. Jabno. Tho Newspaper Crop Reports-Specu lation on Future Prices-Crops In Laurens. Laurens Hill, June 2, 1869. Editors Telegraph: I dont think “censor” ought to come down so hard on the “newspaper men” when they publish reports of crops on both sides, good and bad; we like to hear from the crops, and it affords us a pleasure to read such communications, wMch are generally short and have at least that merit if no other. I am inclined to the opinion that these little free and easy communications at this early stage of the crop can have but little inflnence on the price of our great staple. I think the cotton planters and the cotton buyers are too shrewd to be misled by vague speculations about the crops of cotton, before tbe principal cotton making months come in, wMch are June, July and August, in our latitude; nnd if they de pended on tMs source for information, what use can they make of it, when we see conflicting reports about tbe crops ? One reports, “ the stands of cotton in Talbot are excellent, and were never better;” another reports, “ they will not be able to get half a stand of cotton on their gray lands in Talbot," another, reports “ that in the vicinity of Co lumbus one gentleman has stopped working his cotton, waiting to see if it will all die.” (With out knowing any thing more of the case, I vent ure to give it as my opinion that he had better kept on working it—which might have prevent, ed it from dying.) Travelers in different coun ties make different observations and reports about the crops, so put it altogether and we con clude that the crops look better in some locali ties than others, and I expect in about the same proportion that wa see better fanners in some ocalities than others; which I tbinlr is about the truth; but as to these reports affording any reliable data for making a calculation upon the aggregate number of bales the crop will produce, I have not a -particle of such faith, [as well count chickens before they hatch,] and I have as little faith that the present prices will con tinue, unless our currency becomes vastly de preciated. Go back a little. In 1847 the crop of that- year amounted to less than two millions bales (1,700,000.) I have this fact impressed npon my memory by its being the first crop I made in Georgia, and, also, by a bet between two gen tlemen on the crop of that year. The man who bet on two millions lost the bet. I do not now recollect the price of cotton at that time, prob ably it reached 15 cents. After 1847, about two and a half to three millions of bales was an average crop for a series of years, prices, meantime, ranging from five to ten cents. We now make two and a half millions, and if we keep on at this rate for a few years, other things being equal, may we not reasonably expect to get the same prices for the same crops. I judge tiie future by the past, and this does appear to me to be a reasonable conclusion. I would not like to see a decline in prices for I have a little on hand now, bat I know that my opinions cannot affect the market either way, and I speak what I tMnk. Crops in Laurens are looking tolerably well; hands working well; as yet no complaints of bad stands, caterpillar or lice that we hear of. May has been an exceedingly dry and windy month. We have just had a refreshing shower wMch came in a good time, and, in fact, every indication as far as I can see is favorable at this time for a full crop. Laubens. MANAGEMENT OFTHE STATE Raj Letter From Hon. Wm. II. H*u . . ter From Colonel Halbe r) ~ j Gbio^ivxi.LE, Ga., June 2 lR^f, Editors '■'■Telegraph The accompli I letter from the Superintendent of th e ngV*l Road,” you will please publish. It is <j e • j also thafthose papers that have publish^ letters of the Treasurer and myself should ■ > it publicity. The letter contains two ideas, and t» n « L which I desire briefly to notice, lgt tb • the proper time, and in the usual and t Z‘ : l manner, his report of the management r I road will be made, and that it will be 8 »t', I tory to all competent and unbiased ind * that is to say, at the next meeting of thg j islature, seven months hence, we shall be J satisfied that this vastly valuable premert^ been well and judiciously managed. ■yyi ! .* remembered that the net earnings of the ' with more business than it ever had befm- ^ §15,000 a month less than formerly, it at ‘ be questioned whether tiiis promise’ to h?Til filled at so remote a period will be ent;.ii ** isfactory to.the people. I maybe an f der; I may have violated good brerfi*, the official rules of etiquette, often n 01 less as they are disgusting, in seekinf^, formation on a subject of interest to - M citizen of Georgia. Certain it is, wereffu Superintendent of property that cost the «L,i §7,000,000, and the net income of that nS? were $15,000 a month less than formetl/*‘i; 11 foundation of all the complaint—and I f called upon in a respectful manner bvA of the State, Mgh or low, official or nookS •specially by one who had voted and tZj J Ms influence in the House of RepresentstO against taking the management of the same ^ of my hands—to explain the reason of the fc crepancy, I could not reconcile it either to convictions of duty to mj-self or to thepe c -' i to promise to make a satisfactory explanatf'l seven months hence ; but I would do it at otrl or frankly acknowledge my inability to doit 2nd. As to tbe second idea, it amounts tL i tically to nothing. He might recommend? doomsday the acceptance of the proposition Gen. Austell, on certain conditions, and in d absence of a Legislative enactment to that? feet, the proposition could not be acceded General Austell’s proposition is now import? in one light only, and that is, in his j tube;-1 he can make the Road pay better, and thejii meat of such a rnah has great weight with ir,/ I make no charge of malversation against a one I know of here. I know of none. I so:" only an explanation upon a matter of great, general importance, thinking it would be c with pleasure. Please publish this. I mil you no more trouble. Respectully, W. H. F. Hah Western and Atlantic Raheoil,) Superintendent’s Office. Atlanta, Ga., May 2Sth, IS©.) Hon. W. H. F. Hall, Greenville, Ga. Bear Sir: Your favor of the 5thinst i received daring my necessary and uneipectec. prolonged absence from the city on buanesj great importance to the Western and At'uJ railway, and, through this work, to the peal of Georgia. But for this your cominunici ‘ would have received earlier attention. At the proper time, and in the usual andp: er manner, I shall report, as required If j upon the management of this great inters when I expect to be able to show to the satisi tion of all unprejudiced competent judget, cl it has been so managed as to promote He bT ests of the people, and, especially, the deihi) inent of the State’s resources. In regard to the remark of Gen. A Am repeated by Hon. Mr. Angier in Ms iettstj you, I beg leave to say: If Gen. Austell, orany other gentleman i equally responsible co-contractors, will tab 5 State, (W. & A.) railway, as it is, for ten ja and wifi give ample and satisfactory sec: that it will be returned at the expiration of d time in the same condition, and with an efi] ly good working outfit as when received ;nl will bind themselves to pay into the Treason ^ the State, during the ten years, forty thous’a [40,000) dollars per month; and, also, to ktt the tariff of freights where it now is, to tiattl people may have a guaranteed am ranee Ml the cost of the necessaries of lifeskt not tie cl creased to the consumer by increased <mf J transportation over this line ; and, also, to Ml tinue the present reduced rate on lime for aej cultural purposes, (that agricultural prodii may be increased,) as well ns on coal and ml that their development on the line of them| maybe encouraged and stimulated—1 willn ommend the acceptance of the proposition, t the speedy closing of the contract. Yours, Very Respectfully. E. Hulbebt, Sapt J Mr. Hall requests us to reprint his coir pondence with Mr. State Treasurer Angier, such is the pressure upon our columns at t time, that we are forced to decline. That t respondence, however, was published so shorl time ago that it must be fresh in the meuwnl our readers. Editors Telegbape| The South and Cotton. The New York World considers the speectj the Memphis Convention by General AH (Senator elect from Mississippi, and. is: judgment of the World, “the acknowIe2|l leader of the Republican party in the So;®! States,”) the most startling speech delivery this country since the close of the war. Itr duced, says the World, an * immense sens: in the Convention. The speaker showed a the Southern cotton interest, which, beforeaj war, used to bring in §250,000,000 goM been demolished by the results of the ion; that since the outset of the «:.] collossal conspiracy, initiated by British «? talists and manufacturers, and joined in ly 3 governments and capitalists of other wW has been at work for the establishment of w* culture abroad and the breaking down c: •> American cotton monopoly; that this coasw cy has so far succeeded that, even in ISAM* ty-nine sources, exclusive of the United «** contributed, for instance, to tbe supply of 5] ton at Manchester; that Australia, Jamaica- French West Indies, Greece. Turkey. Portugal, Morocco, Egypt, Italy, Austria By Malta, Japan, China and Venezuela, weret^J the producers; that the average fibre of t&f cotton in fourteen instances, was eqaa' average purposes of manufacturing, '■■ft American fibre; and that in several, most of the countries named, cotton cultivated and exported to England at rates than American planters can afford. u Alcorn thus illustrates how the war and tMP icy of repression pursued by Congress!'- 1 ,. the South, has paralyzed an industry ■ nished over three-fourths of the eI P or \ j Ji oountry. He proposes, as a remedy, declares to be a national duty, the const™*’ of levees along the Mississippi. P* ' , at present available for cotton, yield to 500 pounds per acre. The rich bottom would yield from 1500 to 2000 pounds p*t ^ This enormous yield, in his opinion, * oBla ble American planters to underbid on** the markets of the world. Balance of Trad*.—The New York ^ had an article npon this topic, which P* ^ a very unfavorable—not to say alanw»f of the business relations of our country other nations. We make an extract: ( The figures of the foreign commerce * port for the week are startling enough to^ en even the most dull as to the criticm^ tion of those merchants who are pttor- their affairs on gold at 130 to 135. rations of merchandise this week are double the amount of last years, being ® J moua sum of $7,074,090 in gold agwn» ^ J 371 last year. The dry goods import 8 J creasing about 50 per oent. and the gen® J ckandise about 140 per cent. The P 1011 J ports for the week are less than th 09 * years, being 3,871,828 in currency, cq I about $2,700,000 in gold, showing $,300,000 in our imports beyond eipo^ A week. The comparisons for the last are most unpromising. They show asw*JjJ crease, equal to over 20 percent, in t“® of produoe, and an increase of over 33 in the importations. The climax of * ^ imports and decrease in exports must w ed some time or other. When that tun ^ J the explosion in credit will bring ruin o panded firms. • A Rebel Again.—The Ram Atlanta, < ..ear Savannah by the Federate, during . has been fitted up and sold, (soittesatt^ U. S. Government to the Mexicans, go to sea on a trial trip and MTerr8 ^. rtJ p king her voyage to Cuba under the J**”®*^. and when she arrives there, will once | rebel oolore.