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THE TELEGRAPH. MACON, PREPAY, JUNE 18, 1869. The Gt^orgia 'Weekly Telegraph., Macon PostoIHce. It will be seen from the press telegrams that Tomer has been daly qualified as Postmaster in Macon.' We cannot doubt that the President gave Judge Cole the most ample assurances that the appointment should be revoked, buthas been overruled by his Cabinet. He is a weak brother. From Lowndes County. The Valdosta Times, to ■which we are indebted for the subjoined information, announces the accession to the editorial force of that pa per, of Mr. L. W. Andrews, who addresses the public in the Times, of the 3th, in a well- conceived salutatory. The Atlanta and Gulf Railroad commenced j ® running an accommodation train between Sav annah and No. C, the point of divergence to Brunswick, on the 7th instant The roads were expected to connect on the 4th of July. The weather in Lowndes was hot and dry. Cot ton was begining to bloom, and the crop clean and in good order. The oat harvest had been unsurpassed, and the crop had been secured in good order. Showers were needed to set the sweet potato crop and fill the corn. From Talbot County. The West Georgia Gazette, of the 10th, learns that the grain crops in the valley were never in better condition. The yield of wheat will be very large. No disease having attacked it, the grains are fuller and heavier than for many years past The com and cotton crops are in good condition, and bid fair to keep up the .reputation of the Valley as the best fanning section in the State. A protracted meeting was in progress in Tal- botton under the direction of Revs. T. T. Chris tian and R. J. Corluy, assisted by Mr. Evans, of Columbus. An Odd Fellows Lodge was to be started. The Talbot Schools, Lo Vert College, Collingsworth Institute and Providence High School, were in highly prosperous condition. The Gazette has the following upon the fence question: Many papers in Georgia are agitating the plan of fencing in stock, instead of fencing in the crops. Do away with fences around the com and cotton, and fence in pastures. This would undoubtedly be a saving of millions ev. try year to the farmers, as the expenses of their enclosures are now enormous. It is probable some legislative action wiU be had on the sub ject at the next meeting of the General Assem bly. It is worthy their consideration. Some interesting suggestions concerning this plan, from the Macon Telegraph, will be found on our first page. Blackberry Trade—A T,ttht:<t. Offer.—Col. R. J. Moses, in the Columbus Enquirer of Thursday morning, makes the following very liberal offer: “I will pay fifty cents a bushel for blackber ries and famish the blackberries, if delivered at my farm, etc." We never knew more liberal trading than this, and only one case at all equal to it. That was ihe case of the man in the fur trade who bought •the same beaver skin forty-seven times in one day.; but in that case the skin was stolen forty- six times—the buyer was imposed upon and did not suspect fraud until his attention was aroused by the apparent great number of beaver skins in morkot and their wonderful similarity. In this case, however, the Colonel goes into the blackberry market on principle and with a defi nite understanding. We have no doubt the of ferings on this schedule will be heavy. Sad Aerate.—We are informed, says the Montgommj- Mail, of a very sad affair, the par ti criUrs ^f which, so far as our informant could ^eam them, are as follows: About two weeks since a Mr. Strickland, re cently from Grantville, Georgia, married a lady near Tallasee, or Cowles’ Station on the Mont gomery and West Point Railroad. Returning to Grantville on his bridal tour, he met a man the other day, between whom and himself an old feud existed. An altercation ensued in which Strickland was killed. The widowed bride, with the corpse,came to Cowles’ Station on Mon day evening’s train. Persian Clover.—A gentleman of this city brought us yesterday a stalk of Persian Clover, (seed from Bokhara) which was eight feet high. The stem was half an inch at the base. This clover was in bloom, and, when 3 feet 5 inches high, grew at the rate of 4 inches a day. The seed when dry is as fragrant as the Vanilla bean. The original seed was brought from the Paris Exposition and sowed in 1867. It is a peren nial grass of the tallest kind, certainly. Not Tumbling Down.—The Atlanta New Era says the Opera House is not tumbling down, and is, on the contrary, one of the strongest buildings in Georgia. The question is will they be able to say as much when their heads are smashed under the tumbling bricks ? tw.ti Dogs in Montgomery.—The Montgom ery Advertiser reports the presence of mad dogs in that city. We have never heard of any well authenticated case of canine madness so far South? and there are too many dogs about for safety if there is any danger of rabies among them. Pleasant Agricultural Meeting.—The East Alabama Agricultural Society met at the model farm of C. A Peabody, Esq., on Tuesday last, and held an interesting and desultory talk, and were entertained with a fine dinner by Mrs. P. during the day. The transactions are reported by the Sun and Enquirer. Going a Fishing.—Everybody in Columbus is going a fishing. It is a quiet, contemplative business—adapted to the times. The grown people fish and the boys shoot pop-guns and hunt “ worrums” for bait. It is reported in Columbus that ex-Provisional Governor James Johnson, late Collector of the port of Savannah, is to be appointed Judge of the Columbus Circuit Ho is to take the place of that eminent and incorruptible Jurist, Judge WorrilL Hon. A. H. Stephens.—The Greensboro Her ald says Mr. Stephens is improving and can now sit up and attend to business most of the day. Public Schools in Columbus. — The Sun says there are four hundred pupils in the three public schools in Columbus. A letter from Burke county says the blind staggers have been playing sad havoc with the horses and mules in that county during the past month. A large number have died. Hon. D. W. Lewis, Secretary of the State Agricultural Society, addressed the Riohmond County Farmers’ Club at the Summerville Gar den yesterday. The New Crisis Nearly a year ago we took occasion to remark upon the great contest between Asiatic and Eu ropean civilization, reb’gion and politics, of which the North American continent must inev itably become the theatre, at no distant date. This subject seems to have attracted no great attention at that time, but the march of events has been so rapid, and the signs have become so portentous, that the attention of the North ern press generally has been drawn to it We copy, to-day, one of a series of articles which have appeared in the Philadelphia Press, which, in very general terms, review the forces and the points involved in this mighty contro versy. In subsequent articles, the Press expa tiates on the mighty Asiatic immigration which will be shortly let loose upon this continent—the imminence of the conflict and the extreme dan ger which it threatens to our religion, and civil ization. Really, the Press seems to think that Chris tianity will stand a slim chance in the struggle; and perhaps, will found upon this conviction, a solemn appeal to Congress to come to her aid. Congress, we know, is supreme—Congress is omnipotent—Congress might even reconstruct the shattered debris of Christianity after she had been knocked to flinders by these Asiatic Budd hists ; but perhaps it would be better to inter pose a Congressional intervention before the shock. Now we suggest that the Press abate its dis tressing anxiety about the fate of the Christian religion, and leave it in the bands of that Higher Power who is pledged and able to protect it.— The point which belongs more properly to poll ticians is the political safety of the country. And upon this point, let us ask in what atti tude have the radicals put the Great Republic in relation to this threatened deluge of the cop per-faced Celestials ? Universal manhood suf frage and no distinctions on account of color or race, have been incorporated into onr constitu tion and made the grand comer stones of Amer ican Republicanism under radical manipulation. It would seem, indeed, as if a judicial Provi- deuce bad led these radicals, in order to punish their overweening presumption, arrogance and recklessness, into a practical and total disarma ment at the moment it was about to expose America to her greatest peril. We have been busy Since the war in obliter ating every conservative and defensive feature of the American system. We have been de nonneing race distinctions, (which are God’s es pecial distinctions,) as the most pestilent, de testable and disallowable of all distinctions, just as our gates are opening to a mighty and innumerable horde of an alien race, with whom race distinctions are insurmountable as the skies, and who will base upon them every prac tical view of politics aqd morals. Snch wisdom and liberality as this is akin to that of the friendly Indians, who welcomed ex termination with the foreign white adventurer. Races are, in truth, the Heaven-ordained ba sis of nationality. These distinctions are nat ural, and, so far as we can leam the will of God by His providential dealings—were intended to promote the highest interests of men, by sub serving human convenience, comfort and hap piness—by inspiring love of country, and all the noble virtues which are its outgrowth—by stim ulating progress and improvement, through ri valry and emulation. Indeed, the natural divisions of the earth’s surface form no snch normal and complete segregation of the human race into great polit ical families called nations, as do these ties of a kindred origin. Human ingenuity surmounts those topographical barriers without difficulty; but to obliterate those of race is the forced and unnatural handiwork of successive generations. Where the distinction of race is not very mark ed, the result, when accomplished, is not ap parently mischievous. But where the hand of God has traced this distinction in characters broad and strong, degeneracy and demoraliza tion, physical and mental, are the well known penalty for a deliberate violation of the plain teachings of nature. The American Radicals have, in plain con tempt of reason and nature, declared war against race distinctions, even so broad and strong as between those of whites and blacks. Tn so doing, they have broken down the true, legitimate wall of partition, which might have preserved the whites in the legitimate political control of America. They have been guilty of treason to an illustrious ancestry, who bequeath ed this government to their descendants and to men of their own lineage. They have turned the country over to whoever will come and take it, and if these Asiatics come with sufficient numbers, it must be theirs. The Washington City Election. The following facts in reference to the recent election in Washington City are telegraphed to the Louisville Courier-Journal: Washington, June 8.—The returns from yes terday's election show that nearly Jive thousand white voters failed to vote, and were probably in timidated from approaching the polls. The vote as compared with the registration is that num ber short. The evening papers contain details of minor riots that prevailed during the night, but to-day has been comparatively quiet, owing to the new corporation law, admitting negroes to all parts of places of amusement. It was feared that an attack would be made on the National Theater, but the negroes conde scendingly sent a delegation to the proprietors and informed them that no attack would be made. The Republican papers generally pitch into the negroes for the riot of yesterday, but have not a word of condemnation for John W. For ney, whose inflammatory appeals to the negroes were undoubtedly one of the prime causes of the riot. Among the conncilmen elected to impose taxes and prescribe municipal regulations for the capital of the country is the head-waiter at the National Hotel and the barber at Willard's. One of the Seventh-ward Aldermen a year or two since was a bootblack. The press telegrams yesterday stated as fol lows: The negro Stewart whom the police carried to the polls when he voted, was sent to Baltimore by the authorities for safety. This was the negro who voted a split ticket and was subsequently pursued by the blacks with murderous designs and deadly weapons all over the city—was secreted and concealed by the police, and finally the latter, finding themselves unable to save his life, if he remained in Wash ington, exiled him to Baltimore for safety. Such is the penalty for voting a split ticket in Washington, and such is the freedom of opinion which has been established and exists in the Federal city under shadow of the Republican throne. From snch a place as thin come all the fierce nvectives against Georgia, charging a want of political toleration in this State. Here, the Federal authorities within sound of the fran tic yells of a negro mob which has taken violent possession of the polls and defies officers of the I law, of their own party, concoct their schemes to restore quiet and order in Georgia, where Nearly all the Paris correspondents say that the public peace is disturbed by scarcely ariffle. Madame Patti will soon be engaged in a scanda- \ We don’t hesitate to say that no State of the loua divorce suit, and that most of her jealous i Union, since its formation, was, at any time in sister singers will exult over her misfortunes. • iU history, so free from crime and violence of m } all kinds as the State of Georgia is at this day. Gaft. R. L. Fulton, of Galveston, is a candi- g ar ely, so ridiculous a spectacle as this should date for Congress from that District. i arrest the attention of the country, and so * *"T 7. should the wretched results of negro suffrage, Tennyson has a new volume of poems in press. ■ portrayed in the foregoing dispatch! Judge Black.—We are pleased to see that ( F J Judge Black, whose arm was terribly shattered New Yorkers being somewhat enthusiastic ■ome weeks ago by an aocident on the Louisville regarding excursions to China, Japan, the Holy and Nashville Railroad, is entirely out of danger. If nd and other points, an enterprising traveler aaaassoyiueiMiiuu.u, j - o advertises an excursion to Greenland. The His arm is safe and there is reasonable hope of p ftrt y jg to j, e restricted to six, and a “grand Mb having tolerable good use of it time” is promised. Turner’s Appointment, PRESS REPORTS OP JUDGE COLE’S INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT. The Herald of the 8th publishes the following report: Samuel F. Gove and George Edwards, mem bers of Congress elect, but kept ont in the cold, from Georgia, accompanied by Judge_ 0. B. Cole, of the Superior Court of Macon, in that State, made up another delegation that waited upon President Grant to-day in relation to the case of Turner, the colored man recently ap pointed to succeed Mr. Washington as Post master of Macon. They went to the President to protest against Tamer’s appointment, and Judge Cole acted as spokesman of the delega tion. He told the President that he expressed the feeling of all the whito republicans of the city of Macon, which he said, was the second in com mercial importance in the State of Georgia, when he declared that Tamer’s appointment was not only distasteful to the people of that place, but that it would actually have the effect of raining their business. No decent white re publican would tolerate snch a man as Tomer in official position in Macon. “If,” said Cole, “it he true that you, Mr. President, have ap pointed this man Tomer to be Postmaster of Macon as a rebuke for the outrages and disor ders that have occurred in that State, yon have selected the wrong place for punishment. There has not been any outrages or disorders in that district, and it seems extremely unjust that one place should be punished for the sins of an other.” Judge Cole went on to explain that Tomer was such an offensive character that his appointment would have the effect of driving all decent white republicans from Macon. President Grant heard the Jndge to the close of his remarks with the utmost attention and respect, and then said that since the appoint ment had been made he had reviewed the whole case, reflected upon the charges that had been made against Turner, duly weighed the reasons urged by the whito Republicans of Macon From Houston County. Condition of the Crops—Effect of the Fertilizers —Dickson's Corn Culture—Cotton Tax. Foet Valley, Jane 9, I860. Editors Telegraph : In one of your dailii of last week you requested the planters toco; municate through your paper the presents dition and prospects of crops, and espe ' what the fertilizers were doing; the contrast appearance in size, etc. of the cotton p when guano was and was not used, eto. Our crops in fhig section are, at this time, promising. Com, though now much in want of rain, is healthy, and if we get rain in a few days, with a continuance of favorable seasons, will make a supply for another year. Cotton is generally doing well, stands good and plant healthy, thought not perhaps as large as usual at this season. The relative size and general appearance of cotton manured and not manured is very different. I think, as a general thing, the cotton plant on manured land is one, fourth if not one-third larger than on land not manured, and the stands in the same proportion better; the result I suppose of the vigor impart ed to the plant when very young and tender, enabling it the better to resist the effects of the cold nights and cold winds of the past month. A great variety of fertilizers have, been used among us. "We have used principally “Zells’ Rawbone and Ammoniated Superphosphate, It is so far doing well. In reference to the com crop, I fear many who admire and have adopted Mr. Dixon’s theory of shallow culture, regardless of quality of land or character of seasons, will realize small yields. Mr. Dickson’s views may be, and doubt less are, applicable to certain kinds of soil or against Turner s appointment, and had finally I but, Messrs. Editors, their universal ap- come to the conclusion that a change should be I .. , ,. , , ,, .. ,. . . made. He had already informed Postmaster j P bcatlon ^ be * sastrous to ***■* interests General Creswell that Turner’s appointment; °f ottr country. No one system of culture can be established as best for all varieties of land, and on some of our lands hereabouts, if we were to rely entirely upon the “Dickson sweep” to cul tivate our crops, a failure would be the result. Finally, Messrs. Editors, what of the cotton tax. I have heard, within a day or two, that the Tax Asssessor for this sub-district, stated here that it would be revived after July next; that the tax had been suspended, not repealed, and that he had with him his “tricks” for tag ging our cotton when made. We think this is a mistake. We read the Telegraph and other pa pers here, and believe the tax repealed. Who is right ? Please give us your opinion. W. A.M. , Always pleased to hear from the writer. We think he is right with regard to Dickson’s method of com culture—don’t believe it will do on clay soils. In the matter of the cotton tax, we pub lished the act repealing that tax some months ago. The repeal is absolute, and why any of the newspapers should persist in representing to the contrary, we cannot understand.—Editors. ought to be revoked, and, in fact, steps had al ready been token to notify Mr. Turner that he need not strive any further to obtain bords, as bis services would not be needed as Postmaster of Macon. The delegation on bearing this were greatly re joiced, and, after thanMngthe President for his consideration and timely action, left the White House in the highest spirits. It appears that Turner, after receiving his appointment, en deavored in vain to obtain the requisite bonds for the discharge of his duties as Postmaster. Nobody in Macon would go security for him, and he was obliged to look elsewhere, with no better success. So poor Turner, the aspiring gentleman of color, will have to abandon his hunt for federal patronage in Macon and return again to the avocation of preacher, which he would have abandoned for a postoffice. The New York Times has the following as its Washington report: The Colored Postmaster at Macon.—It is reported to-day that the President has ordered the removal of Rev. H. M. Turner, the recently appointed colored Postmaster of Macon, Geor gia. The protests against this appointment,from Republicans in Georgia, have been very strong. A Government officer who has just returned from that State, says that it was more unpopu lar among the Republicans than the Democrats, who rather enjoyed the change, inasmuch as Washington, who was removed to make room for Turner, had always been obnoxious to the rebels as a Union man. It will be remembered that Turner was recently appointed on the recommendation of Senator Sumner; but there is little doubt, from all that can be learned, that Turner, who possesses much ability in certain respects, succeeded in deceiving Mr. Sumner, as well as the President. A Walk about JIacon—Russell and Peter’s Brewry. Messrs. Editors : While taking a walk through the suburbs of your beautiful city, I strayed into Russell & Peter’s Brewry. 'I never once thought of finding such a pleasant retreat. The Messrs. Russell & Peter deserve the thanks of the peo ple of the city of Macon, and of Central and Southwestern Georgia,forkeepingsuch an excel- Ientplaceof amusement for the former, (where the tired business man can spend a pleasant hour, and, for the time being, forget his Ledger Thursday, June ]», 1869. an3 bis Da J 11113 wbere the lovers of the The Supreme Court met pursuant to adjourn- j Terpscicorean Art can trip the light fantastic ment. I toe) and for famishing such a delightful and The crowd which had assembled to hear the healthy beverage to alL argument in the case of White vs. Clements, . , from Chatham, involving the question of the ! The Germans as a race are the healthiest peo- eligibility of negroes to office, was so great that P’° oa the continent, and you scarcely ever Supreme Court of Georgia—Progress of the Negro Eligibility Case. upon the suggestion of CoL L. J. Glenn, the Court adjourned to the Senate Chamber. The change was made, and order restored within a few minutes, when A W. Stone, Esq., for plaintiff in error, laid down and elaborated the following propositions: 1st. That the Constitution of the State makes colored persons citizens. 2d. That it adopts the Code known as Irwin's Code of Georgia, as embracing the statutes of force in Georgia. 3d. The Code provides that among the rights of citizens is the Elective Franchise, and the right to hold office. 4th. That all the citizens of Georgia are en titled to exercise all their rights as such, unless' specially prohibited by law. 5th. That colored citizens are not excepted, mnch less specially prohibited bylaw from hold ing office in Georgia. Mr. Hartridge, for the defendant in error, made some preliminary remarks, sustaining the rulings of the court below. His argument upon the main question involved was eloquent and forcible. He demonstrated clearly, that the fact of being a citizen of the United States does not necessarily confer the right to bold office; that the Constitution of Georgia confers on the ne gro citizenship, bnt not the right to hold office ; that the Constitution makes the negro an elec tor, but does not make him eligible to office; and that the Code does not confer upon him the right, for in the clause specifying the rights of sersons of color it does not mention the right to lold office. Mr. Hartridge in his argument cited numer ous authorities to sustain hi3 various proposi tions. Mr. Akerman insisted that the disabilities of colored men under onr old government are not retained, that this government is a new one, not a continuation of the old; that the government of the United States and the people of Georgia have declared the old government destroyed; that in the present Constitution, there is no ex press disqualification of colored men; that all voters are eligible to office unless expressly made ineligible; that colored men, having participa ted in framing the Constitution, are to be pre sumed legally qualified to participate in all priv ileges under it; that when slavery fell, with it fell the disabilities of free colored persons, and the presumptions against them under the old gov ernment grew out of slavery; that the adoption of the old law in the Constitution, Article X, Section HL, does not revive any local common law; that the Constitution was understood by the large majority _ of the Convention which framed it, of the people who framed it, and by Congress, to leave office open to men of both races; that the right of eligibility exists by statute if not by the Constitution. Mr. iioyd replied. We will give a synopsis of his speech to-morrow. Upon the conclusion of liis argument, the Court adjourned till 10 a. m. to-morrow.—Atlantai Here Era. Hon A. IIi Stephens. A Washington dispatch to the Western Press says: Alexander Stephens, of Georgia, in a letter, in one of the Washington papers to-day, in reply to some criticism on his history of the rebellion, takes a very gloomy view of the situation, and argues that we are drifting into consolidation and empire. Nothing, he says, can prevent the establishment of imperialism but a determined effort on the part of the people to preserve free institutions. The remedy, be says, is not in secession. That was tried and found insuffi cient. It mwt be at the ballot-box. He calls upon the people of the several States to serious ly consider whether they will maintain free in stitutions or accept imperialism. Good fob the Southern Cotton Planter.— The New York Times says: Despite all the ef forts of the English and other nations to foster the growth of cotton in India, Egypt, etc., the place of America has never been really filled, and returning industry at the South will find a plentiful demand for its productions. The latest returns of the British Board of Trade show that there are now 50,000 people less earn ing their living iu cotton Manufactures than there were before the rebellion; whereas, if the English cotton factories had increased during the seven years since 1861 at the same rate they did the five years preceding, the cotton manufacturing population of England would be 170,000 more than it is now. So enormous is the loss which the stoppage of American cotton inflicted upon British industry. The cost of a new war would be something frightful to both parties. The Paris correspondent of the London Daily News mentions that by way of precaution, the guard at the Tuileries has been increased by 500 men, who sleep fully accourtered and with their loaded Chasspots close at hand. The troops too have been kept to their barracks. find one of them that does not take his “lager.” But imagine my surprise, when informed that several of the saloons in the business part of town were getting supplied with beer from New York and Cincinnati. If they, or their custom ers knew the nature of the ingredients used in preparing the Northern and "Western beer for shipment they would be very far from using it; for any person who has ever been in the busi ness knows that beer shipped from either New York or Cincinnati will sour before it reaches this point, this season of the year, unless they use some of the various compounds so preva lent in this age of fast living; among which I will mention tartaric acid and grape sugar which are invariably nsed by Northern brewers in all the beer tbeysbip; otherwise it would not keep fresh. Grape- sugar is found by digesting sugar in a solution of sulphuric acid, saturated to the consistency of paste, allowed to stand two weeks end then dried by evaporation. This sugar is used for preserving and giving a sweetish, acid- ulbns taste to beer and wines, and a vinous taste tc-brandy. Dealers in flavoring extracts, in their circu lars to the trade say: 11 Leers which are brewed for immediate use: A small quantity of the Grape Sugar need only be added, as the fer mentation begins soon after and the danger of souring is overpowered. Ales and beers brewed for export make the use of the Grape Sugar almost indispensable, as a much greater body is absolutely obtained, which makes the danger of souring so much loss. Tartaric Acid, which is used in some kinds of beer, may be added to the Grape Sugar at the commencement.” Why people will drink beer made up of such “vil lainous compounds,” in place of the article brewed-by the Messrs-. Russell and Peter, free as it is-from all such- noxious poisons, is more than I can tell. Then again there is- a great cry made through the press about encouraging Southern enter prise. How can people be expected to invest their all in any branch of manufacturing busi ness when those that are abeady established in your midst are not patronised by the resi dent population ? There are very many in this city who will send North for an inferior article to that manufactured in Macon, and pay more for it; yet they wiH sit back in their lazy chairs, puff their cigars and curse the d—d Yankee, while they freely contribute to swell his already plethorio pockets. The Messrs. Russell & Peter have invested largely in the brewery business, and a visit to their establishment will convince anybody, even the most incredulous, of the superiority of their beer over any that is nsed in Macon. Wayfarer. Affair* in Dalton. The Dalton Citizen of the 10th gives the fol lowing report of affairs in that quarter: Crops.—Wheat is fast ripening now,' and there being bnt little rust on the blade, it is generally out of all danger. The crop in this section will be very large. We would advise our country friends not to be hasty in selling. The Western crop may not be so good, however much specu lators may exaggerate. Com is doing well enough, and with good seasons Old Cherokee Georgia will have her bams crammed. Coal.—We understand that Captain Ring has discovered a rich vein of coal below his first mine, which is said to be of a superior quality. Work has been Suspended in the coal mines till fall. Gardens.—The copious showers of the past week have rejuvinated the vegetable kingdom, and potatoes, peas, beans, cabbage, etc., look as fresh as a Fenian bride, and fill the tables of the thonghtful housewives. Appointments.—Colonel R. P. Lester, of this city, has received the appointment of Secretary of Executive Department, from Gov. Bullock, vice deGraffenreid, resigned. Washington under Negro Rule.—The World's dispatch closes its account of the Wash ington election as follows: Let so Northern man, be he Democrat or Re publican, for his life or his property, set foot in Washington with a dollar, for under the munici pal rule now in force, neither is safe. Before thia'riot,-capitalists have shunned this place. Let them do so forevermore. The town is doomed and damned. From Virginia. Richmond. June 11.—A duel, growing out of an article in the Petersburg Index, denouncing Robt. W. Hughes, a contributor to the- RichmoDd State Journal—a Republican organ—was arranged for to day at Chester, near this city, between Capb W. E. Camercn, editor of the Index, and Mr. Hughes.— The police arrested the seconds and Mr. Hughes near the fighting ground. The fight, it is thought, will be renewed in another State; General News. Albany, June 11 In the Printers’ Union meeting a resolution censuring the Associated Press monopo lies as preventing the establishment of newspapers throughout the country, was finally referred to a committee. Halleck, of Washington, offered asories of reso lutions that employers should not make the religious or political views of their employes a test of em ployment, and denouncing the action of the Con gressional Printer for employing the negro- Doug lass. The Association adjourned without a vote. Key West, June 11—The Penobscott and Sarato ga have sailed northward. The yellow fever is raging. Many cases are dying Albany, N. Y., Jane 12 The Convention of the Printer’s Union have adoptedresolutione deprecat ing religious and political tests to employment, and censuring Clapp for employing Douglass, who is a negro and rat*, by a vote of 47. to 37. (“Rat” is a term, in technical jargon, applied to all operative printers who are- not members of the Printer’s Union.] Albany, June 12.—The Khtional Typographical Convention, after a prolonged secret session, Las adjourned sine die. Wilmington, June 12 The schooner Lou Saw ders, from Little River, S. O:, for New York, is reported ashore on Little River bar, eight miles south of tliia place It is thought she will prove a total loss. Augusta. June 12—Hon. Alexander H. Stephens has recovered from bis recent illness, eaused by an accident. . ' Foreign News. London. June 11—-The Coal Mines in Wales ex ploded. It is reported that one hundred and twen ty persons were killed. \' The ship Great Northerner has been wrecked near Bombay on the 15th. BELFasT, Jane 11 Nineteen members of Orange Lodge hare been arrested for disturbances, subse quently a collision occurred between the citizens and the police. Several persons were seriously in jured. .v . Rbest, June 11.—There is a banquet aboard the Great Eastern, in honor of the successful loading of the French cable. London, June 11—Fifty-six bodies have been re covered from the Collier disaster. Madrid, June 11.—In discussing the budget in the Cortes, the Minister of Finance stated that no re daction in the estimates of expenditures was pos sible. Paris, June 10—The Prefect of Polioe has had placarded throughout the city a proclamation, urg ing all good citizens to aid the authorities in the ex ecution of law, and in the preservation of public or der and peace. Much agitation still exists, and large crowds lin ger iu the streets. Encouraging News from Cuba. Washington, June 12—The Cabans have dis patches reporting the following: Two expeditions of over six hundred with arms, ammunition and provisions have safely landed and joined the pa-, triots. The men are tried soldiers of the late war. Desertions from the Spaniards to the Cubans are increasing. There are frequent collisions between the troops and the volunteers, whose animosities are irreconcilable. The Cubans have organized their forces into two army corps—Gen. Thomas Jordan commands one. A battle between Jordan's and Lesca’s forces is daily expected. Jordan has over 2,000 Americans in his cotps. Revolutionary speeches were made, and the Spanish and American flags entwined elicited great shouts of America and Grant. While the meeting was in ses sion a military and civil guard interfered and-raised a panic. / Women and children were trampled upon and several lives lost. The crowd then barricaded the BtpSeta, and a serious affray is threatened. The Yer ger-Crane Cue. Jackson, Miss., June 12—The Military Cammis- on in the case of Yerger is progressing slowly, er General Granger, President of the Com mission to Bit on the case, was challenged by the defence, on the gronnd that he had formed an opinion as to the guilt of the prisoner. 'The de fence argued that the rules governing juries in civil cases should govern the Commission. The chal lenge was sustained, and Granger withdrew. Gen. Swift is now President. The defence has entered a plea to the jurisdiction of the Commission, on the ground of Yerger being a citizen, and has never been in the army or navy of the United States. The offence is againBt the laws of Mississippi, and insists that, under the Constitution of the United States, he cannot be tried, except on an indictment of a Grand Jury, and that the Commission has not the right to try Mm, except on such indictment. - Willis P. Harris argued for the defence, and Col. Layton for the Commission. The plea of the de fence was over-ruled; the charges and specifica tions were read, and the prisoner plead not guilty to all the charges of murder. The Pilot, a Radical organ, freely admits that the difficulty of Yerger and Crane was entirely of a per sonal character. • The examination of witnesses commences on Monday. Great interest is manifested in the case. Foreign News. London, Jane 12.—The Times has an editorial on the state of affairs in Paris. It says of the crowd wMch demolished Kiosques and sung the Marseilles at midnight: ‘ ‘It is not their political power wMch is to be feared; but we must remember that it is a long time since a crowd has disturbed the peace of Paris—a phenomenon worthy of attention—coming as it does after an election wMch gave nearly half the votes of the country to the opposition.” The Daily New3 has an article on the subject, saying Europe must look to an independent and in creasing minority, in the corps legislatin', for cessation of armed peace in France, which wiU he hardly less disastrous to the interests of civilization than a prolonged war. Paris, June 12.—Tumults in the streets continue. The cavalry paraded all night, but met with no resistance. Arrests continue. The streets have become more tranquil After midnight strong de tachments of military are posted in the streets to prevent outbreaks. London, June 12—The House of Commons post poned the debate on the Alabama claims to the 10th of July. The Lords debated the disestablishment bill. No action was taken. Paris, June 12—The Emperor and Empress, in an open carriage with only the usual attendants, drove through the Montmatre District at noon and in the evening of yesterday. Crowds cheered them enthusiastically. Three editors of the Seide and several members of the Rochefort Editorial Committee have been arrested. II BOOK WITHOUT PI6TUiiE& * theVoceedings, and protested against a monarchy. twenty-second evening. > “I saw a little girl weep,” said the Moon- she wept over the wickedness of the world! She had been presented with the most mao nificent doll. Oh, that was a doll, so fine and delicate! it was not created for the suffering of this world. Bnt the brothers of the little girl—the great naughty boys—had set the doll high upon a tall tree in the garden and run away. The little girl could not reach the doll • could not help her to descend, and, therefore’ she wept To be sure the doll wept too • she stretched down her arms between the gre en branches and looked quite unhappy. Yes, these are the sufferings of the world of which Mama has spoken so often. Alas! poor doll! it was already growing dusk, and if now the night should fully set! Should she sit quiet, “all alone, the whole night on the tree ont of doors ?” 1 No! The little girl conld not bring herself to that. “I will remain with thee,” said she- though at that she felt by no means comfortl able. She imagined that she saw, quite dis! tinctly, the little goblins with their Mgh point" ed caps conch in the bushes, and farther ba<(- in the dusky walks danced tMl spectres. Thev came near and nearer; they extended thei- hands towards the tree where the doll was sit. ting; they laughed mockingly, pointing at it with their fingers. ° Alas! how frightened the little girl was. “B n < if we have committed no sin,” thoughtshe, “the wicked cannot harm us. Did I commit a sin ?" and she mused. “Oh, yes! I laughed at the poor duck with the red rag on its leg; it hobbled so ludicrously that I could not help laughing- but it is a sin to laugh at the animals.And she looked up to the dolL “Didst thou laugh at the animals too,” asked she, and it looked as though the doll shook her head. TWESrrX-TIJiHD EVENING. “I looked down upon Tyrol,” said the Moore • I let the dark pine-trees cast strong shadows upon the rocks. I contemplated St. Christopher carrying the infant Jesus on his shoulders, as they are painted there upon the walls of the houses, in collossal size from the ground to the roof. St. Florian poured water over the bum- ing house and Christ hung bleeding from the large cross on the road. For the new generation these are all old pic tures, but I saw how they were erected—how one followed another. On the sloping hill high above there hangs, like a swallow’s nest, a soli- taiy convent; two sisters stood tolling above in the steeple; they were both young; therefore their glance flew across the monntains into the world. A traveling coach passed below; the post-hom resounded, the poor nuns fixed with kindred thoughts their glance upon the coach; in the eye of the younger there glistened a tear. And the hom resounded fainter and fainter—the bells of the cloister drowned its dying tones. TWENTY-FOURTH EVENING. Hear, what the Moon narrated several years ago—it was here in Copenhagen—I looked through the windows of a scanty room.' The father and mother slept, bnt the little son did not sleep. I saw the bed-curtains of flowered calico move and the cMld peep forth. At first I thought he looked at the large house clock, wMch was too beautifully painted, red and' green; on the top there sat a cuckoo, below there hung the heavy leaden weights and the pendulum with the brass disk brightly polished, went to and fro, tick-tack; bat not the clock did Jie look at—no, it was' the spinning wheel of his mother, that stood just beneath the clock. That was the boy’s dearest piece of all; he was not allowed to touch it or his fingers were knocked. ■Whole hours through, when the mother was spinning, he conld sit quietly by it, and, con templating the rattling spool and the turning wheel, he had peculiar thoughts. Alas, if he were only allowed to tom- the spinning-wheel. The father and mother slept, he looked at them, he looked at the spinning- wheel ; and soon after a little miked foot peeped out of the bed, and then sttll another, and then two little legs. There he stood. He looked once more behind, to see if father and mother were still sleeping; yes, they slept, and now he stole softly, quite softly, in his little short shirt to the spinning-wheel and began to spin. The line flew off the wheel, the wheel ran quicker still. I kissed his fair hair and his blue eyes; it was a lovely picture. At this moment the mother awoke, the curtain moved, she looked forth and thought she saw a goblin or another little spectre. In the name of Jesus! she ex claimed. pushing her husband in the side. He opened his eyes, rubbed them with his hands and glanced at the little brisk fellow. “To be sure, that is Bertel!” he exclaimed. And my eye left the scantjtroom, fori must see so much In the same moment I looked into the halls of the Vatican, where the marble gods are stand ing. I streamed upon the Laocoon group; the stone seemed to sigh; I pressed a silent kiss upon the breasts of the Noses, it looked to me as if they heaved. But my beams dwelt the longest on the group of the Nile, on the Colossal God. Leaning against the Sphinx he-lies there, thoughtful and dreaming, as thongh he thought of the' fleeting centuries; the little enpids are playing with the crocodiles. In the comu-copia there sat with crossed arms a qniet little cupid, contemplating the huge, earnest river-god, a faithful image of the little boy at the spinning-wheel. The features were quite the same. Lifelike and charming stood here the little marble statue, and yet the wheel of the year has turned round more than a thou sand times since it was shaped out of the stone. As often as the boy in the scanty room has turn ed the spinning-wheel7the large wheel lias rat tled, before the age ’conld ; produce once more marble gods like these. “Since then years have passed," continued the Moon. “Yesterday I looked down upon a creek ou the eastern shore of Zealand; there are magnificent, forests and high hills; there is an old knight's manor, with red walls ; in the ditches swim fishes ; behind them, between or chards, a little town with a church is to be seen. Many boats, all with .torches, are gliding across the calm surface ; not. for, the eel-fishing were the fires lighted—no, eveiything was festival. The music resounded: a song was sung; in one of the boats stood upright he, to whom they rendered homage; a tall, powerful man. wrapped in a cloak; he had blue eyes, and long, white hair; I recognized him, and thought of the Vatican with the group of the Nile, and all marble gods. I thought of the scanty room where" little Bertel, with his short shirt, sat at the spinning-wheeL The wheel of the time has turned; new gods have risen from the stone “From the boats there bnrst a ‘Hoch'—‘Bertel Thorvaldsen, Hoch!’" Jabko. [to BB CONTINUED.] How the Port Royal Road is to be Built. The Chronicle and Sentinel revises its state ments made on "Wednesday in reference to the parties who are to build the Port Royal Boad. and states the agreement thus: That the road should be built for cash, and Georgia Status—Macon Postmaster. Washington, June 11 Attorney General Hoar’s opinion regarding the Status of Georgia is not ex pected under two weeks. The Government loses but thirty-three thousand dollars by the Santa Fe depository robbery. It is reported that Turner, the negro Postmaster for Macon, has secured and filed 1ns bond. It is stated that Tomer’s appointment was determined upon by the Cabinet, and that the President under the circumstances declines to withhold the commis sion. Tomer is here. The fine of three thousand dollars and disability to re-enter the service, found against Commissary Captain Marvin A. Park, has been remitted by thi President. A delegation of tobacco dealers are here endeav oring to have refunded moneys for restamping to bacco manufactured prior to July 20,1868. Russel Jones, Minister to Belgium, departs on the 26 th. Secretary of War Rawlings has left for Connecticut. Customs from the 1st to the 5th, inclusive, are 32,075,000. Revenue to-day, 3737,000. General Q. A. Gilmore is ordered to Savannah to repair Fort Pulaski. The dissensions of the Spanish officials and or ganized Volunteers are increasing. The Volunteers havo almost the entire control of the Island. The recent countermand of troops from Spain was made at the instance of the Volunteers. Washington, June 12.—It is ascertained, certain ly, that the negro Turner, postmaster of Macon, Ga., has not filed his bond. The details regarding his case are withheld. The military have been instructed to treat the Kansas Indians, found outsido of their reservation, as outlaws and vagrants. Revenue to-day 3647,000. Senator Ross wants troops to quell the Kansas Indians. The latest advices place Minister McMahon safe with Lopez, about fifty miles from Asuncion. No property seized by any internal revenue officers will be released, by order of the commissioner, until the officer who made the seizure, and the assessor and collector of the district, have reported the facta in the case with the recommendation, or had ample opportunity to make such report and recommenda tion. The Treasury has issued no fractional currency during the week. The National Division of the Sons of Temperance took no action regarding the admission of negroes to subordinate divisions. The question was referred to State and Territorial Grand Divisions. Delano has decided adversely to the exemption from taxation claimed by cotton brokers. The Presidential party arrived at West Point safely. From Texas. Houston, June 11.—The Republican Convention met Monday, but did nothing important. It met again on Tuesday evening, when J. G.- Tracy was elected President and Messrs. Dix, Mills, Carter, Cole and Parker were elected Vice Presidents. Mr. Hall presented a resolution approving the course of General Reynolds in bringing the Jeffer son priBoneis to trial. Adopted. E. J. Davis was nominated for Governor, and the nomination was confirmed by acclamation. J. W. Flannagan was nomitated for Lieutenant Governor, Frank Carter for Comptroller of the Treasury; KencMer, of Bexar county, for Commis sioner of Land Office. Mr. Batclielder made a speech condemning the course of A. J. Hamilton and repudiating the nom inations made by the gentlemen who met at the Hutchins House. In the platform tho main principles of the Re publican party are endorsed and the adoption of the Constitution is recommended. A resolution recommending enfranchising the wMtes was objected to by Ruby. Butler moved its rejection. Tho motion to reject was lost and tho resolution adopted. On Wednesday the Convention nominated Mc- Rnter for State Treasurer. Be declined, and Price, of Austin, was nominated in his-stead. A State Central Executive Committee was ap pointed; also, a committee of one from each Judi cial District, to collect funds to- carry on the canvass. The Convention adjourned, sine die. Davis was serenadad in the evening, when he ad dressed tho crowd. From Southwestern Georgia. Crops in Mitchell, Thomas, Zee, Dougherty, Sumter and Macon Counties—A Fine Lain —Splendid Crop in Lee County. Oglethorpe, Ga., June 15, 1869. Editors Telegraph:—Crops in Thomas and Mitchell, except the upper part of the last named county,, look well. A few more light showers of ram will make the com crop sure. Oats are fine. The upper portion of Mitchell, Dougherty, Lee and Sumter counties have suffered for rain for seven weeks. Crops, however, look well, and have stood the drought well. I have never seen crops improve so fast as they have, on gray, sandy land, since the re cent hot weather: I traveled on yesterday for ty-five miles. It commenced raining at a. m., and rained till nine o’clock. The rain ap peared to be general, and was mucb needed; Crops in Macon county look well. Old Ogle thorpe is improving. Hon. J. L. Parker, Or dinary, believes hr good roads and bridges; and is having the Court-house repaired. The finest crop-1 have seen is one belonging to Col James Gardner and Mr. John Railey, twenty miles south of Americas, in Lee county. They have seven hundred acres of cotton—the finest I have ever seen at this season. They expect it to make five hundred bales. Four hundred acres of com, higher than a man on horseback can reach, just tasseling. Mr. Railey thinks one more rain will make on one hundred and sixty acres of this com forty bushels to the acre. Teayelue. Financial. The financial- operations of the Savannah Postoffice, for Wednesday, are thus reported by the Republican. We must say that Postoffice is a liberal place in making change: Financier Seeley Happy.—Seeley’s heart was gladdened, and his tongue rendered speechless yesterday, by the unexpected return of the little excess of two hundred dollars, paid to a mer chant. .. The Financier. Again in Trouble.—Wo leam that the illustrious financier of the Savannah Postoffice had hardly got through balancing ac counts yesterday, after "the return of the two hundred, when matters were again thrown into hocklety by the payment of ten dollars too much on another Postoffice draft! These seeurities were in great demand on onr streets yesterday, and readily commanded a premium. Seeley is doing wonders in bringing Uncle Sam’s credit out of the slough of despond. It. is said that Secretary Boutwell, hearing of bis exploits, tel egraphed him yesterday to come on to Wash ington and take charge of the Treasury Depart ment! Go, Seeley, we beseeoh thee.• How to Make Change. —A citizen applied yesterday to that paragon of financiers, Deputy Postmaster Seeley, fora postoffice draft forfonr dollars and eighty cents, banding in a five dol lar bill. Seeley added ten cents to the draft, making four-ninety, and—handed the customer back Jive dollars and ten cents as Ins change! The New York Citizen very pertinently asks, “How is it that Anna Dickinson, who, a few years' ago; inveigljed in' unmeasured terms j against women who decked themselves in fine : that for every ten miles finished the Georgia raiment, now appears on the lecture platform ; railroad would subscribe thirty thousand dollars in the meet gorgeous toilette, with diamonds to the stock of the Company at par, until three flashing from neck and fingers.” How is this, | hundred thousand dollars had been subscribed. Anna? We dont expect women to be consist-j Then when the ( entire road is constructed, and ent, bnt we should like to bear Anna’s explana-! the docks and a grain elevator built at Port tion. ■ • | Royal, that the Georgia road would subscribe l an additional hundred thousand dollars—making Harvesting. j hundred thousand dollars. Messrs. As the season for gathering the golden crop j Fiannigan & Browne accepted this proposition of our section is at hand, we give some very im-1 signed it, subject to the approval of the» r portant information and suggestions relative to : associates in New York. It was also signed by matters connected with the all-absorbing event, j the Georgia ttaiimml Committee and may and bring as undoubted authority to sustain bur i be regarded as a finality, for no objection is »n- views, the Maryland Farmer. Every farmer' ticipated from the other parties yet to be con* should procure an adequate force of hands to ' suited. Messrs. Browne and Fiannigan left for rush through harvesting as early as possible, j Mew York last night and, obtaining the approvA 1 thereby avoiding the contingencies of rain, of j Q f their associates, will return within thirty shattering grain, from over ripeness, of the . la- i days to commence operations, bor of nndoing wet sheaves and exposing them j ’rhe road will first be graded and tie track to the air, thus losing in quality and quantity.! laid immediately from the depot of the Georgia Owing to the soarcity of hands in many neigh- j Road to Sand Bar Ferry, where the bridge wuj borhoods, machinery should be brought into , be built across the Savannah. This is to be use, and where farmers are unable to purchase,; done in order rock and other material nwj by a system of co-operation, the ooet to each : be brought down the Georgia Read and earned would be small, and the uncertainty and high j through to the river so that the bridge may be E rices of hands remedied. The machine should j constructed before the waters are swollen by the e of the best kind, as bad tools make not only ne xt autumnal rains. The contractors agree to bad but slow work. The best time for cutting have the road finished from Augusta to Port grain, as exhibited from experiments, is when: Royal by August of next year, when this ass the grain has passed from a milky state, and | been accomplished two lines of steamships wui takes under the pressure of the thumb and finger | be immediately established, one running to N®* the consistency of tough' dough. Out at this j y 0 rk, the other *0 Liverpool. These are time the grain will be plumper and heavier, the ! full particulars of a scheme which promises w flour whiter, and the tendency to shatter obvia- a<ld so greatly to the prosperity of Augusts, ted. An Englishman gives his experience. He We earnestly hope that the contract may meet divided a piece of grain in five parts, catting th e approval of the other parties in New Ywk— one, two, three, four weeks before ripe, ana ^*5 are assured that it will—and wow » when quite ripe. The yield of flomr from one O nco be commenced on the railroad. hundred pounds of wheat was that cut two j — ■ weeks before fully ripe made 80 pourida of flour, | Ttra Pope recently urged a monastic life up?" 5 of middlings, and 13 of bran; that fully ripe ; bis grand-mace, but theiady, who ia over thiru- made 72 pounds of flour, 11 of middlings, 15 of 1 read his holiness a le«aon in faith by expressing bran, thus giving a difference of 6| pounds for ber conviction that a kind Providence would ye > that cot two weeks before. find her a suitable husband,
