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Reynolds, Ga., Juno 19, 1869,
r#>r# Telegraph .-—Haring promised to \n*ite succeed in sustaining the Irish Church for a~ii£
1 T _ _ rc> c e ed, having only been waiting T 5- ^ 6 longer on its tottering basis, but
^bten harvested. First on the docket is cot- rvill pass the bill to the second reading; and
Tbe prospects were never better at this Gladstone can eventually cripple the opposition
' . the vear The plant looks healthy °* R*® Tories by creating as many new Liberal
" m-owing right along since the rain /w yiU secure to the Government a ma-
id rigoross, growing 8 ° jonty in the Upper House. The Archbishop of
jic. which was very much needed. It is now, Canterbury advised the bishops in the House
in ivtragCi about knee high, and where not to vote against the bilL Yet over-zealous
. .. l c.itton looks extremely well, defenders of the faith, as the Bishop of Derby.
“'Lsnsed wereprincipaly Dickson’s IDr- P?>pbesy as the natural consequence of the
jikodinse r _f J adoption of the bill the downfall of the Anglican
^pacific, Croasdales Pnosphate: Fatapseo Church, seeing already, with their mind’s eyes,
. Biker's Island. ThePacificisnsedmorethan the Pope rule once more over sea-girt England.
T oihtr varieties. Croasdale's Superphos- The latest news by the cable report that the
i,—proved to be
iShle* 8 - France.—The riots in Paris, Nantes and sev
ens looks extremely well. I suppose if we eral other great cities seem to have been more
sufficient rain we will make enongh to serious than was at first imagined. We receive
u.tv with bread another year.- intelligence to-day that the remains of the riot-
V- . , ers killed in the late disturbances in Pans, were,
c.'”i is now tftsselhng and Iooks with the attendance of an immense crowd, con-
t aifnl: hot some of our-farmers will still veyed to their last resting place. As the citi-
_r> .iirfs to the Western producers of corn and zens, as a body, did not take part in the riots,
■' shame upon us, for being such block- P arfect order is now re-established. But the the “whitefolks” in that body to resign, leaving
**■ r , . . . government was obhged to decree numberless the carpet-baggers, scalawags and negroes with-
Ve exchange every year the whole of arrests,as many as six hundred in one day. The ’ * - - * -
;( ottos crop to pay up for last year, and a greater part of those arrested have, however,
4o«r to buy some of the necessaries of been already discharged.
“ injuries. And then overdraw and “J 8 ®. 8 ™ 8 *” SES”’ ^ hen •» r ? nce “S 3
raxur the battle song of the Marseillaise, which was
mV for another lot of com and bacon to no t heard since 1852. Yet Napoleon, who has
ib tie next crop on. already proved himself equal to so many emer-
Ts* vivid of wheat has been very good—we gentries, may succeed another time in conjuring
a of but little rust or smut Our farmers down the dark powers of the revolution. But
we must not forget that the Emperor has lost
Jfcirasfter a while to make flour to use and many of his truest friends, who stood by him
’ in the December night,who were his ever watch-
(*!«-» pretty fair crop made. It will help faithfnl counselors. The Marshal de Saint
, , f , Amand expired in the Crimea ; the Duke de
ibe corn-ert good L Momy, a step-brother of Napoleoh, departed in
Sotting of importance occurred since my 1S62; the Count da Walewski, a son of Na-
letter, only our School Exhibition, at Ple^- poleon I, and the Polish Countess Walewska,
Tilley Academy, on the 18th. The young died not lon 2 ago “ Strasbourg. All these men
, .. . , .. had a keen eye for the signs of the times,
idem there are pretty good orators : they it is rumored that Napoleon does not intend
mre a good share of praise. 1 The young to make any change in the actual system for the
w compositions can’t be beat; its no use present.
As von publish Sunday-school pic-nic The Corps Legislatiff is to be convened on
. „ 5 1 r the 2.1th of June.
I will send you one for publication am. Qmafi Cluseret, who was banished from
vr
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MACON, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1869.
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Weekly Resume of Foreign Affairs.
rEKPAUFT) For. THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
Great Britain.—The Alabama question is,
for the moment, sinking into oblivion. The
wrath kindled by Sumner’s speech is gradually
antes or sEBsratmos:
Tn.oiirH-for one year............
I»s f for six months. —.
.at* 11 ,”*., periods Ono Dollar per month. ■■■■ I ■■■
m*?**”'T£LKonAPH~i 1 s m-thi « oo dying away in England. Nofurthercommenta-
»^ u5 wJ« V Lr TiIsoBArH^one year™.soo nes are made on the probable instructions of
^ , TB wSrttT Tklkoraph—six months.....; l 50 Mr. Motley, vhich are said to direct him to wait
irf‘ 0T ® penile aheayi in advo.nce.~nZ. for new proposals from the British Government.
,r ' I The Irish Church Bill engrosses tha public in-
„ , n ic and Job rlntlng terest Though the Tories had called imposing
B V«tly executed at reasonable wtiotn. monster demonstrations in the great manufac-
j^iittioces by mail with Postmaster a certificate a luring cities 0 f the kingdom, though two hun-
dred thousand people, assembled in Manchester,
adopted a monster protest to be presented to the
Earl of Derby, the chief of the Tory party, the
Government is supported by a majority of the
nation. Possibly the Conservatives may still
tffL
Front Taylor County.
pp, jjto'ptttt-Cow Wheat, Oojs,elc.
The Eligibility Decision.
The Griffin Star, of Tuesday, says :
Negro suffrage having been thrust upon ns,
we see no way to avoid all its natural conse
quences ; consequently, we say that, as long as
the negroes are allowed to vote, they must be
allowed to run for office. Under this view, all
that remains for the people to do, is to endeav-
or to control this negro element in the body pol
itic to the best possible advantage for the peo
ple. We know it requires a vast deal of inde
pendence and nerve to plant ourselves upon
such ground. We know the popular plan is
to pander to popular prejudice, and resist ev
ery advance of the enemy. Bat the best strat-
egy requires that we yield s position which we
know cannot be held, and fall back on one that
is impregnable. Believing thus, we plant our
selves upon the position that eligibility to office
goes with suffrage; that one cannot exist with
out the other; and that all efforts to separate
the one from the other will be utterly futile.
We are perfectly aware that this view of things
runs counter to what is called popular opinion,
as expressed by loud-mouthed, noisy politicians;
but we appeal to the sober, second thought of
the people to vindicate the correctness of our
position.
On the eligibility of negroes to hold office,the
papers of the State are somewhat divided as to
what action the Legislature should take in re
gard to the expelled negroes. The most sub
stantial and reliable papers, however, hold that
inasmuch as the Legislature passed a resolution
(vetoed by Bullock) that the whole question
should be left to the Supreme Court; and inas
much os the Supreme Court has declared the
negro eligible, the Legislature shouldreinstate the
negro members. The sapient editor of the Chron-
iele_ and Sentinel says that the Supreme Court
decision does not apply to Legislature members
but only to countyofficers. The La Grange Re
porter, an able and ultra Democratic paper, ad
mits that the Legislature is committed to abide
by the Supreme Court decision but advises all
,nore at present
Flint River.
France, will leave for New York.
Baron Hausmann, the police prefect of Paris,
has resigned.
Ismael Pasha, the Viceroy of Egypt, had an
interview with the Emperor. The obj ect of the
Witm Telegraph: The people of Hart wish 8?, eat Europeantour of the Viceroy is to invite
. \ * a ^ all sovereigns to be present at the solemn mau^u-
Bind offers to know that we are not out of ratlcmof the Suez canal in October next He
From \orfheast Georgia.
Hakiwell. Hart county, Gn. >
June 17, 1869. j
Empire State of the South. We are still a -wishes likewise to negotiate about the revoca-
adment member of the great commonwealth tion of the Capitulations, which place all for*
W Before the war we had about 800 eigners living in Egypt under the jurisdiction
I , , of their respective consuls, thus depriving the
*rs-«Dce suffrage has been extended under Government of the power to bring to justice
piogresm ideas of the day. we vote over the criminals in the large cities, where the
TO t en . . Greeks are conspicuous as cut-throats.
ilart nre pre.tj- good tliongh amall. fl ,^,7’K S ^gSa‘7,. 0, po“? ”
the weather is nne, and com and the compact with the Piedmontese party, it has
Kb look well. Our people, white and black, suffered several defeats in the Italian Parlia-
cuiie fully enduring the sentence upon them meni. It appears that Menabrea is considered
Harvest is upon us and our wheat turns pellations are announced regarding the position
Violent
pretty well, though slightly injured by rust of Italy to the Ecumenical Council,
we localities. The yield will be more than demonstrations are looked for.
tT.p.na The “Italia Mihtare brings favorable reports
ge crop for the last five or six years. about the suppression of brigandage in Lower
ire excellent. Italy. Since March, 1868, until April, 1869, two
iople must not overlook Hart county. In hundred and thirty-seven brigands were cap-
2 of health it is behind none in our State, tured in the provinces of Terra di Lavoro,
tore good appetites here and a plenty to Aquila, Molise and Benevento.
We arc as honest as the circumstances of Spain.—The military, naval and civil officers
t»se will admit. To my knowledge, only through the land are required to take an oath to
man has been murdered in this county since support and defend the new Constitution. Those
X nization. There are eight or ten fine unwilling to comply with the request are cash-
in the county, averaging thirty-five or ier'd.
r-scholars, besides flourishing Sabbath Navarre spoke in the Cortes, favoring the
ioIs at all the churches. For morality, in- Duke of Montpensier as a candidate for the
ry and honesty, our people should be highly Spanish throne. Prim replied, that it was im-
ddered. As to intelligence, we boast of no possible to fix on a King in the present unset
at deal, though we are endeavoring to ob- tied state of affairs; but that after the estab-
i more light. One hundred or more- newspa- hshmetit of a regency candidates enough could
a are taken at this office. If not well in- be found.
med, the editors ought to be blamed for it. Magnificent speeches were made by Castelar
irar Weekly has lately made its appearance and Oloznga, the former attacking France, the
and I wish you an extensive eircnla- latter defending her.
Personally, I object to ii, as it contains During the debate about Mexico, a member
cch that interests one, I spend most of caUed the Mexicans cowards. Prim felt called
tiro in reading it to the exclusion of my upon to vindicate Mexican honor, and declared,
Fbaxcis S. Robebts.
that a nation capable of defending its territory
against foreign invaders did not deserve that
epithet. Heconcluded bybestowinggreatpraises
upon the republic of Mexico, and calling Juarez
emphatically the “Great Republican.”
The bill 'for establishing a regency under
Marshal Serrano, passed the Cortes; 193 yeas,
* AVHO VU AAAJ A (A A AAA j UO
. , fvorows across an acre (70 yards) ma-
r -v.th stable manure, and Turner’s Ex-
'■ Tvo ditto with stable manure alone,
with Turner’s Excelsior: two ditto
Experiment with Manure.
Fust Riveb, Pike Counts’, Ga.,)_
fr June 18, I860. >"
T* ,f g r "ph—ln response to your query
k " Veekly, at the Uth inst.. beginning,
r gentlemen planters, tell us howitis 4 -» nays. The. new Regent in the presence of
guano,” etc , I will state that I have Cortes took the oath to adnere to the Con-
tmenmental rows on my farm, as fol- stitution. Prim is minister of war.
T™™™ ...... I Holland.—The Liberal and Conservative
Parties are arraying their partizans for the com
ing elections.
—A movement is set on foot in the principal
j^riwoditto'witlTzeU^sipVr^Phos- seaports for establishing regular steamship
two without any manure. Result to toes between Holland and North America
lie two rows that are not manured at . German^—The second German Polar Expe-
r*Wjet recovered from the effects of ditionleftBremen on the llthof June
father. The plant looks yellow, and The Customs Parliament rejected the pro-
—The rows manured with Zell’s posed dnty on petr^enm.
will average some ten or twelve , King WiUiam has arrivedin Bremen At a
"; U thriving and looks healthy. The banquet offered to him by the city, he spoke
will apply to the Pacific and the j about as follows:
t The rown manured with stable ma- ! “H Providence has wiUedthe accomplishment
a third larger than the gnanoed of » great work, it is not achieved by myself
. :*•, vith stable manure and Excel- a one but prame is due to rnv faithful allies
■ j,-, ’-ft*: 1
out a quorum, then have a new Legislature
elected which is not committed as the present
one is. Charlie’s plan is like the rat’s plan to
bell the cat—nobody will adopt it We insist that
the true plan is to put the negro back at once.
Have as little to do with them as possible and
make short, cheap sessions of the Legislature,
until the time arrives when white folks regain
the ascendency. But we have faint hopes of
such action.
New York Dry Goods Market.
From tie .naependent of theVth]
It was very evident at the close of last month,
that the market for domestic cottons had reached
a point of depression where any considerable
movement toward purchasing, or stocking up
for future operations, would inevitably cause an
advance of prices. The rate at which the raw
material was selling would not admit of a profit
to the manufacturers; and the stock in first
hands of standard fabrics being smaU, compared
with the ordinary supply at this season of the
year, a rise in prices seemed a sure thing. Since
then the prices of cotton has advanced, and the
large dealers in shirtings and sheetings, fore
seeing a rise, have commenced stocking up, and
the consequence has been an advance of a half
to a cent a yard in most of the standard makes.
The movement has been very well distributed,
and a considerable degree of activity has pre- !
vaik-d in tbe market for the whole week: cans- '
ing, as a natural consequence, a general ten
dency to higher rates in overy description of do
mestic goods.
In unbleached shirting and sheetings the de
mand has been rather more active than in any
other descriptions of goods, and purchasers ap
pear to have a very confident feeling that prices
_"_':er. The heavy jobbers are most
ly “bulls’’ in unbleached cottons, to adopt the
phraseology of the Stock Exchange, and evince
a decided wiHingness to be long in sheetings.—
Standard makes are fuU half a cent higher than
last week’s quotations. Nothing short of a very
tight money market is likely to cause a depress
ion. The advance in bleached shirtings and
pounds per acre. The stable the health of the Territory. . .
■T*** of an excellent quality, and prob- Austbia.—'The Emperor and Empress marched,
times as much of it as the gu- a 3 usual, at the head of the Cathohc procession
ob pg r a that paradefl Vienna on Corpus-Chnsti day. The
!> had several fine rains within the I as* of the Polish language was introduced for
«I1 the Pop. will »id h,r to tolrodoce
very well, considering the cod ! the Russian language into Poknd
•Z? 14 April and Mav Wheat crons are There is a rumor current that the government
^SinnsJa? y M Jd winte P r oats , intends transferring;the capitol from SLPeters-
?J( ^irin:
g oats are rather short.
D. D.
Sr<
burg to Kiew, where it would be considerably
nearer to Constantinople. Jabno.
National Debts.—While the amount per cap
ita of our national debt is $C6,03 in gold, that of
Great Britain is SI26 75, and that of Holland
s
F *°m Macon County.
Oglethorpe, June 21, 1869.
Sff • 3n \ oat cr °P ; 5,06 85; while France and Spain average more
ue ° r 8 la 19 g°°d, and has been gen-. ^ an $cft of deLt for each inhabitant. We pay
Good rains have faUen here and ! moj^ interest per head than any nation but
: Great Britain, which pays $4 53 to our §3 GDI..
In annual expenditure, however, seven countries
of Europe, namely: Holland, Great Britain,
France, Denmark, Bavaria, Spain and Austria,
exceed us. Our expenditures $7 18 perheadin
gold, while that of France is $9 43, and that of
Great Britain fill 31 J. This is estimating our
population at 38,000,000.
. find in Southeastern Alabama. Cot-
7 COfD generally look well, and are
h lv J’ r ^ er —dear of grass and weeds. On
DU la nda crops are best, having im-
; sea faster since the warm rains than
re d land Cotton is too small to
cr °P- Reliable planters, of years’
’ sa y die cotton is smaller than they
* ectl at Gas season of the year. At
re 110 ee timate can be safely made of
planters are, however, hope-
ma ufully, and if there is a fail-
^ 'dll be in the season. Traveler.
strawberry has been ;
3Ies. Stanton advises that every pretty girl
should be taught to fire a pistol, and aUowed to
carry one for defence.
D’Obsay, in remarking on tBe beauty speck
on the cheek of Lady Southampton, compared
it to a gem on a rose leaf. “The compliment
is far fetched,” observed her ladyship. How
can that be,*’ rejoined the count, * when it is
made on the spot ?” ' , \
sheetings has not been quite so marked as in
unbleached fabrics; but it has been about half
a cent a yard in medium and low grades, while
some of the best makes have undergone but
little change from our last week’s quotations.
The purchases, however, have been large; and
the stock in first hands has been so sensibly re
duced that a further advance seems highly prob
able.
There has been considerable animation in the
demand for printing cloths in the gray, and the
transactions have been large at advancing
prices. The stock in first hands is limited, and
we hear of sales being made at 9 cents for 64
square standard quality.
Prints are rather unsettled at this transition
period, when the dark patterns are not in fuU
supply and the light styles are beginning to dis
appear. But tho tendency to improve prices is
very marked, and when the new fall styles are
put upon the market an advance may pretty
surely be counted on. At present the prices
are about a half a cent higher than they were
last week.
Ginghams are in good demand, and the sup
ply of favorite makes not more than up to the
needs of the market. Prices are firm.
Printed lawns seU readily at firm prices, and
the demand for percales continues good.
Rolled jaconets continue in active demand.
The stock in first hands is very mnch reduced,
and prices are firmer without being higher. But
an advance is not improbable, as there is an ac
tual scarcity of certain colors.
Cambrics are in better request, and prices are
firmer, if not positively higher. An active busi
ness has been done during the week in black
and assorted colors.
Silesias are rather more active, but without
any material change of prices.
Muslin de laines are without special change.
The season is not favorable, and the demand is
very limited. ,
Woolens have improved considerably, and an
increased activity has stimulated purchasers.
A fair business has been done in coatings. But
manufacturers still complain of low prices, and
a further improvement is looked for with much
anxiety.
Cassimeres are in a little better request, but
without any material improvement in prices.
Satinets are in steady demand for heavy
weights, and prices are firm.
Very little is doing in foreign goods, the trans
actions being mostly limited to sales of thin
goods and silks adapted to the summer trade of
the city. Prices rule low. The sales at auc
tion are on a very moderate scale, and the im
portations have very largely faUen off.
Division in the Republican Ranks in Penn
sylvania.—The Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune, writing on the 17th inst,
says:
A number of Pennsylvania politicians, includ
ing several members of Congress, arrived here
to-day in tho interest of the Republican party
of the State. They represent that there is an
unfortunate and a very serious division among
the leaders of the party in their State, with no
prospect of a union before the approaching Gu
bernatorial campaign. One fection goes so far
as to threaten to nominate and support a candi
date independent of the regular nomination of
the party. Some of the most prominent of these
“disorganizers," as they are termed, are Fede
ral office-holders. This is especially the case
amoDg tli© Government officials of Philadelphia.
It seems to be a fight of the city politicians
against those from the country districts. An ef
fort is making to bring about several removals
among the Philadelphia officials, or have them
stop their interference in the organization of
the party for the coming campaign. The Guber
natorial Nominating Convention will be held in
Philadelphia next week, and these Government
officials can exercise great influence if they are
so disposed. _
A Roman Catholic priest, who has been in
charge of the pastorate at Circleviile, Ohio, was
married to a Miss Sullivan, of that city, on the
5th of last month. He had’previously been ex
communicated by Bishop Rosecrans.
For the Telegraph.
Sunrise from Lookout Mountain.
RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED TO C.D.K., ESQ.
Perhaps no situation in life could afford great
er intellectual e!njoyment than that of being a
cultivator of the soil, in some life-giving, health-
inspiring mountain region, where, long before
the dawn, we plight, from some commanding
elevation, watch for the gloriou3 coming of the
god of day. ri
Come with mo, then, ye pallid denizens of a
great city’s stifling atmosphere; com j, and in
imagination stand upon the summit of that his
toric mount, to which we have alluded; there
let us wait until night’s starry lamps begin to
grow dim and finally disappear in the dark-bine
vault above us. Now look far off toward the
eastern boundary; see bow strange, how faint,
how spectral is that feeble light which first her
alds the coming dawn; yet it is growing bright
er and brighter each moment, until now it
seems as if ten thousand golden lances were be
ing thrown from the hands of some invisible
host, far above the rim of the horizon. All na
ture around us sleeps! albeit that sublime mir
acle, wrought by the fingers of a God, is going
on. The clouds that float serenely in that quar
ter of the heavens, begin to glow with alternate
crimson and gold. The mountain peaks that
stand like the outposts of creation, seeming like
mighty human giants with their shining helmets
on—these are the first earthly objects to catch
the effulgent rays. Anon the fiery orb himself
emerges into fuU view, and then every dew-
washed flower, jeweled tree, wide-spreading
plain and sparkling river, start from the cold,
grey mist and shadow, breaking npon the enrap
tured vision, a boundless panorama bathed in
glorious, golden light!
We have tried some times, but vainly, to
imagine what must have been the emotions of
joy and wonder that startled the souls of our
primeval parents, even amid all the splendors
of Eden, when they beheld for the first time
that grandest cartoon of creation, the rising sun
—painted by the pencil of the Divine Master
upon the glowing canvas of the East! We
marvel not when we call to mind the solemn
adoration of the fire worshippers, or of those
who erected mighty temples, upon whose al
tars they might offer sacrifices to the great cen
tral orb of light and life which was to them in
verity, the bright god of their idolatry! And
yet the majesty and beauty of that sun-rise,
beheld from the bold mountain’s brow, was not
the theme for the only thoughts that were
passing through the mind in that hour of inspi
ration and joy. We thought how consistent,
how sublime, was every object in nature, as
they presented themselves to us, each in their
particular {spheres. The mighty star that
swings in its cycle of a thousand years around
the great solar fountain of light, is not any
more perfect, is not any more beautiful or
wonderful to the thoughtful mind, than is the
poor fire fly, that carries beneath its delicate
wing its tiny lamp, becoming (so to speak) its
own torch bearer to death and decaj! The
frail, but exquisite flower, on the rugged moun
tain side, unfolding its tender petals, and lifting
its dainty little cup for the life-giving dew drops
of the fresh, young morning, although seeming
ly so insignificant in itself, demands my sym
pathy, my attention, just as much as did the
bright bow of promise, later in the day, flinging
ont its radiant banner of vermUlion and purple,
of green and gold, and spanning the dark brow
of the receding storm. What then, dear reader,
is the language these bright jewels of creation
speak? the impressive language they should
teach ns ? Ah! from them we may learn order,
system and obedience; from them we may learn
our own sad deviations from the plain path of
duty, and our great responsibility to that Being,
whose aU-seeing eye notes even the fall of a
sparrow.
Oh! let us, then, give more of our attention
to a contemplation and love of the beautiful,
the true and the good; for in the midst of such
devotion, surrounded by such scenes and sacred
influences, we shall forget for the time being
that the counting room is our church, the ledger
our Bible, and gold our god!
Oscar Linwood S.
Louisville, Ky., Jane, ’69.
From Webster County.
A WORD ABOUT MACON HOTELS AND
MERCHANTS.
Preston, Webster Co., Ga., June 19, 1869.
Editors Telegraph : Gents—Since my com
munication of the 27th of May, we have been
blessed with copious showers, and our crops
have assumed quite a different aspect, particu
larly on the red lands. They are now growing
finely, where they have been worked out in
time ; but I am sorry to inform you that three-
fourths of the planters of this county are badly
in grass. Our gray lands are not doing well,
the cold weather so chiUed them that it will be
impossible for them to recover in time to make
anything like an average yield.
What little wheat that was planted has been
garnered and proved a failure—from one and
half to two bushels per acre have been aU that
was gathered.
The warm weather is having a bad effect np
on our freedmen ; they seem to be very partial
to dark places where the sun don’t shine.
Permit me to say a few words about your city,
and a few of its business men. On my last visit
I stopped with mine host, the Browns, at the
Brown House, and found them, as usnal, ever
ready to render their guest aU assistance that will
render them comfortable and at home. Their
table is furnished with every luxury the country
affords, with polite and attentive servants.
Now, Messrs. Editors, do not construe the
above in disparagement of the claims of other
hotels in your city, as I can speak from my own
experience, as it has been my good fortune to
stop, in my frequent visits to your city, with
those courteous and polite gentlemen Collier
Boys at the Lanier House, also with the Bying-
ton Brothers, and find them all high-toned gen
tlemen. And I believe that I can say, without
fear of contradiction, that Macon cannot be ex-
ceUed in hotels (I mean first-class) by any city
North or South. A word now, relative to your
merchants: I find J. B. Ross & Son, Wholesale
Dry Goods & Grocers, clever, practical business
men, with heavy stocks, and with attentive and
accommodatingclerks who take pleasure in show
ing their ample stock. The same can be said of
B. A. Wise, the great Crockery, Glass and Hard
ware man; also, Singleton, Hunt & Co., where
yon can get shoes and hats of any shape and
style yon may want, at fair prices. S. Waxel
banm & Brother keep a large stock of staple and
fancy dry goods at wholesale and retail, and wiU
sell you good bargains; and if you want fancy
dress goods, and to see the finest stock of notions
in your city, go to S. T. Coleman’s, and yon can
be suited both in quality and prices.
I have no doubt that there are many other
houses in your city that are equally as meritori
ons as the above named, and I mean no dispar
agement, as I speak only from personal expe
rience. J. W. J.
Farming to Profit.—Afriend of ours residing
three miles from Sandersville, run four plows,
last year, working Mro hands to the plow. From
the labor of the eight hands and four plows he
produced a crop worth $6350. His expenses
for hire of hands, provisions, guano, etc.,
amounted to $3000. Leaving a clear profit of
$3350.
This is no guess work, but an accurate state
ment made to us in person by Mr. , who
did not know that we intended publishing it.
To rtiis account could be added hundreds of
bushels of peas which could not be gathered for
want of time to pick them, but which will come
up the next faU in the pork account.
Sir. ’s land is no better, except as he
he has made it so,than thousands of adres in the
county. But he plants what he cultivates and
cultivates what he plants. His com crib is not
located in Nashville, his smoke house in Cin
cinnati or his hay loft in Pennsylvania. His
horses are able to work, and they do it. If any
body has done better we should like to see the
figures.—Central Georgian.
From Hall County.
The GainsviHe Air Line Eagle of the 18th has
the following upon wheat, clover and Tinjothy
in that county:
Colonel O. B. Thompson, of this county, left
in onr office on Tuesday last, some#ery fine
samples of wheat—the stalks measuring over
five and a half feet, and one of the heads count
ed containing sixty-eight grains. It is of the
Boughton or Tappahannoc variety, and was
grown on land without manure, bnt where clo
ver had been grown for three years previously,
with the second crop last year turned under in
the faU before the wheat was sown. The crop
is now being harvested, and we learn from him,
is one of the best ever raised on his plantation.
He also, at the same time, left some of the
Timothy, raised on the same farm, which meas
ures over four feet. This we believe is the first
experiment made with this grass in onr section,
and we are gratified to learn that it has proved
a complete success. It has been already suffi
ciently demonstrated that clover will grow as well
in North East Georgia as any where, and if it
shonld tnm ont (as these samples would indi
cate) that Timothy will groweqnally well, its in
troduction will prove a blessing to the whole
country.
By cultivating these- two most important
ciops, onr farmers will be able to_ largely in
crease the number of their stock,;improve the
soil, and rednee the home consumption of com
nearly or quite one half.
The surveys of the Air Line Railroad were
progressing rapidly. The county had voted
$100,000 subccripiion to the road hy a majority
of 197 in 572 votes.
"We received no Atlanta Intelligencer yester
day. The Era came to hand.
A very heavy majority of votes in the ’Wes
tern Methodist Churches has been given in favor
of lay representation.
The Press on the Decision—Our Duty.
From the Albany Newti\
We regret to see so much unnecessary bitter
ness and reckless denunciation. Several of onr
leading daily papers have absolutely defiled
themselves by descending to harmless invectine
and impotent fury. They not only betray weak
ness in billingsgate, but 'prejudice the cause
they seek to promote. If the conduct of Joe
Brown and Kent McCay has not already sunk
them to the lowest depths of popular perdition
in Georgia, violent phillipics by the press wiU
fail to send them there. The vocabulary of
epithets has already been exhausted on them,
and a rehash of the efforts to consign them to
infamy can never reach far enongh down the
track they took to do them harm. There is not
a respectable or honest man or woman in Geor
gia, who does not recognize their complete
abasement and irrevocable abandoment of truth,
honor, and decency. If anght could be gainecl
by again holding them up to the gaze and scorn
of mankind, we might be induced to dip onr
pen in gaul and search a Thesaurus for words
ont of which to coin some blistering curses; bnt
the labor is not worth the candle—it would be
a work of supererogation, and we decline to en
ter npon it.
Nor do we approve the hurtful threats in
dulged in by some of our contemporaries.—
Whatever may be our future policy, this is not
the time to foreshadow it; and the editor who,
at this critical juncture of onr affairs, proclaims
continued hostility on the adjudicated issues,
and a latent purpose to reopen and reverse
them, is as mnch a public enemy as the vile in
struments who are the authors of onr humilia
tion.
A frank avowal that we accept the situation,
and wiU stand by the laws in good faith, is due
to our own good sense; and the perils that
environ ns admonish ns that there is wisdom in
the policy; but if to such a pledge we couple a
declaration or threat that we intend to violate it
and reverse the order of things as soon as we
are permitted to manage our own affairs, we
shall bnt offer a premium for fnrther aggress
ions, and invite additional oppressive le
tion.
Of course we aU hope for a better day, and
none of ns expect the present state of things to
last always; but how the change is to be brought
abont, and when, for onr amelioration, are
questions for the future, and to the softening
influences of time, with its unerring develop
ment of truth, we must now look for the final
solution of our difficulties.
Then, a truce, say we; and a calm, combined,
determined effort to convert the evils that are
npon ns to the good of the State and aU of her
people. The negro is not to blame for having
the misfortune thrust upon him, and we should
not visit him with unkindness on account of the
anomalous position of affairs evolved from the
mad crncible of radical fanaticism. Rather let
us scrupulously observe a coarse of kindness,
generosity and justice towards him, and culti
vate relations that will make him fed and know
that we are his friends, and that his highest in
terests and very existence are involved in our
destiny. This coarse will insure his friendship
and fidelity in domestic relations, and his willing
aid in promoting the general interests and poli
tical economy of the State.
Supreme Court.
Tuesday, June 22, 1869.
L. J. Winn, of Atlanta, was admitted to this
bar. '
After the opinions in cases argned last week
had been delivered, the Court took np No. 17—
Clark et. iL, vs. Jerry BeH, from Dougherty,
and Gen. Wright resumed his opening argu
ment, pending which the Court adjourned until
3 o’clock, v. m.
In the evening Mr. B. H. Hill replied for de
fendant in error, and, on conclusion of his
speech, the Court adjourned until 10 a. al, to
morrow. ,
Horrible.—A Yankee mulatto school marm
was brought np before B. D. Smith, Notary Pub
lic, yesterday, charged with being a procuress
fora Yankee Doctor named BlackweU. Her
name is Dellman. She is, we believe, a Catho
lic. She is charged by a negro man, who sent
his daughter to her at her house, near the Race
Track, with having induced him to let her take
care of her daughter daring the absence of his
wife, and aiding mid abetting this Yankee Doc
tor in outraging the person of his daughter, only
about eleven years of age. She denies the alle
gation, and denounces it as a conspiracy to in
jure her. She waived an examination and gave
bond in the ram of $500 for her appearance at
the next Superior Court, when she will demand
a trial Blaokwell had not been arrested.
[Atlanta, Constitution.
Connecticut reports 112 Baptist churches,
with 19,350 members.
Negro Eligibility.
From the Central Georgian.]
The Supreme Court of Georgia has decided
this vexed question at last, and says the negro
is eligible to office. Judge Warner, the noble
old Roman, stands alone in opposition to it.—
The people were prepared for such a decision
from Judge McCay, bnt not from Jndge Brown.
He first sprang the question at Marietta, months
ago, and to a great extent is responsible for its
agitation. Bnt times change and men change
with them. Judge Brown, perhaps, then saw
“through a glass darkly.” The fourteenth
amendment enabled him to see more clearly..
Bnt it is useless to disenss the question far
ther. «The deed is done. It has cast a gloom
over the State. The dread consequence of ele
vating vice and ignoranee is npon us. The end
no man can foresee. The eye of the country
was fixed upon Georgia, and hope was buoyant
that she would form a nucleus around which
conld gather and harmonize the disjointed in
terests of onr common country. Bnt she too is
driven from her moorings and all is lost. No
longer can we hold np the beacon light and cry
“look unto us.” Clothed in sackcloth andashes,
Georgia strikes “Wisdom” from her motto, and
mourns her greatness gone.
And who did it? ‘‘TeU it not in Gath, pub
lish it not in the streets of Ascalon,” bnt it was
he whom she had nurtured into life!
Bnt “let ns have peace. ” No good can be ac
complished by stiring np the public mind against
the Supreme Court. “Obey the powers that
be,” is the scripture injunction. We have op
posed, as Georgians, the elevation of the negro
to place and power, for the common weaL He
is not prepared for it, intellectually or otherwise.
The intelligent, honest freedman knows this to
be true. He is but a child—an infant—in polit
ical matters,too easily led astray by bad men to
occupy a responsible position.
The enemies to the peace of the country say
that onr opposition to negro office holders is
basedupon a hatred toward the race. Whyshould
we hate them ? They nursed ns in infancy,
played with ns in childhood, partook of onr
youthful sports and labored with and for ns in
riper years. Hate them! why shonld we ? Bad
men have told them so and made many of them
believe that we did, and would pnt them back
in slavery if we conld. A malicious falsehood!
They pay us better as hired servants than as
slaves. No clothing to buy now, no doctor’s bill
to pay, no thousand dollars out of pocket when
one dies. It hnrt ns mnch at first, and made
many of ns very poor, to have them taken from
ns; but now we see it was “a blessing in dis
guise. ” A gentleman who owned three hundred,
told ns only last week, that he could not be in
duced to take them back as slaves.
But this is wandering far from the starting
point. We look upon the decision of the Court
as most importnne just now, but hope for the
best.
. The Effect.
From the Albany fiews.]
A certain class of editors in Georgia are dili
gently engaged in disenssing the proposition,
whether the late decision of the Supreme Court
entities the negroes, who were expelled, to re
sume their seats in the Legislature.
We are sorry the question has been sprung,
and regret that leading journals have stooped
to discuss it. Especially do we commiserate
those who have undertaken the task of arguing
the negative. Sophistry and quibbling will not
sustain them, and for the life of ns we see noth
ing else in their columns of argument.
The Constitutional right of toe two Houses to
jndge of the qualifications of their own mem
bers, is not a power to exclude persons consti
tutionally and legally entitled to seats. The
power thus conferred obviously extends to
toe exclusion of persons not eligible under toe
Constitution and the Code, and to persons not
legally elected, and no farther. The judging of
“qualifications” simply-means an examination
into the election returns and toe eligibility, and
if such examination discloses the fact that the
person or persons is or are legally elected, and
:'s or are eligible under toe Constitution, the
, judgment must be in accordance with such facts’
The idea that the Senate and House have the
power to decide otherwise is absurd, and shonld
not be encouraged or entertained for a moment.
Snch a doctrine would exclude every elected
representative who might be obnoxious to toe
majority, and ought not tc be countenanced by
toe people, even though the unseated negro be
restored.
The power to expel a member is derived from
a different principle in the organic law, and we
do not say that either House may not exclude
for reasons that wonld justify expulsion; bnt
such cases do not come within toe range of the
power to exclude for disqualification.
Decision of the Supreme Court. *f
Georgia.
DELIVERED AT ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JUNE 22.
From the Constitution.
Charlotte Scott, plaintiff iff error, vs. The
State of Georgia, defendant in error. Indict
ment . for adnltery and fornication. Prom
Dougherty.
Brown, C. J.—1. The Code of Georgia, adopt
ed by toe new Constitution, forever prohibits toe
marriage relation between white persons »n<4
persons of African descent, and declares snch
marriages null and void.
2. This section of the Code is not repealed by
nor is it inconsistent with, that part of the Con
stitution which declares that <c The social status
of the citizen shall never be the subject of leg
islation.” That clause of the Constitution ab
solutely denies to, toe Legislature the power to
pass laws in future, regulating the social status,
or compelling the two races to unite in social in
tercourse. As the law then in existence allowed
Churches, for instance, to determine for them
selves who shonld occupy their seats, and where
they shonld sit, and permitted Railroads and
Steamboat companies, and Hotel’keepers, to
classify and assign places to- those using their
accommodations, according tasocial status, and
grade, as they might think proper; the. Constitu
tion’ puts it beyond the power of the Legisla
ture ever to enact any law compelling them to
make different classifications, or to group to.
gether in social intercourse those who do not re-
congnize each other as social equals.
As the social relations of citizens are not the
proper subjects of legislation, the Constitution
has wisely put toe matter at rest, by denying to
toe Legislature, the power to repeal or enact
laws on that subject.
Judgment affirmed.
H. Morgan, for plaintiff in error.
R. H. IVhitley, Solicitor General for the State.
James C. & J. C. Denham, plaintiffs in error, ts.
J. J. Williams, defendant in error—Claim,
from Mitchell county.
Brown, C. J.—1. When toe affidavit to foreclose
a mortgage is made, by an attorney, the recital
in it that he is attorney-at-law for the mortgagee
is sufficient.
2. An affidavit to foreclose a mortgage on
personal property, in Mitchell county, made be
fore a justice of the Inferior Court of Dougherty
connty, on the 24th day of October, 1866, ana
the order of foreclosure issued npon toe affida
vit, by the Judge of toe Comity Court of Mitch,
ell connty, on toe 29th of October, 1866, is a
legal proceeding. At that time toe Justice of
the Inferior Court had the right to administer
the oath, and toe County Judge had toe right to
issue toe order.
3. A mortgagee, whose mortgage covers prop
erty in Georgia, and in Tennessee, cannot be
compelled by a junior mortgagee, whose mort
gage covers part of toe same property in Geor
gia, to go ont of the jurisdiction of toe Court,
into another State, and pursue his remedy first
against the property in Tennessee.
4. When there is a dispute between mortgagor
and mortgagee, as to their respective rights uni
der toe mortgage, and toe mortgagee files his
bill, and pending the proceeding in equity; they
agree to refer the whole qnestion in dispute to
arbitration, and awardis rendered, and, by con
sent of both parties made the judgment of the
Court, toe judgment is prima facie correct, and
a junior mortagee not a party to the judgment,
who alleges that it operates as fraud upon him,
will be held to proof of actual fraud. When no
fraudulent intent is shown, toe simple fact that
the senior mortgagee, whose mortgage covered
a growing crop, and other property, was required
by toe award and judgment to pay, and did pay,
a certain sum of money to the mortgagor, is not
sufficient evidence of fraud upon toe rights of
toe junior mortgagee, whose mortgage covered
only the growing crop, to justify toe jury in
finding for the junior mortgagee.
Judgment reversed.
Yason and Davis for plaintiffs in error.
Hines and Hobbs for defendant in error.
The; I’ic-Nic at Gordon and Gordon
Mills.
From the Central Georgian, 23-/.]
Through toe kindness of Folsom, of that most
excellent wayside Inn, the Gordon House, we
spent a delightful day at Gordon on Wednesday
last. One mile from toe Depot is situated a
lovely place for holding a pic-nic. Under a
ading pine, CoL Folsom has erected a plat
form sufficiently large to accommodate four sets
of dancers, where those so inclined can partic
ipate in that most fascinating amusement.
Throughout toe grove are arranged seats for
parties who prefer a quiet conversation; swings
for toe more juvenile portion of toe assembly
are also erected. Hard by is one of the finest
mill-ponds we ever saw, where are to be found
number of boats, (one ready manned), for toe
nse of exenrsionists.
Assembled at this delightful retreat on
Wednesday morning were lovely daughters and
gallant sons from Wilkinson, and adjoining
counties, and also quite an array of grace and
beauty, with their gentlemanly escorts, from the
city of Macon, all came ont to participate _ in
toe festivities of toe day. Miller’s String
Band, from Macon, was also present, discours
ing toe sweetest music. A most bountiful re
past, embracing all that appetite conld crave,
was served up. It is unnecessary to say more
than that it was a glorious time.
The point is so admirably adapted to picnic
excursion that we wonder attention has not been
given it before. The trains from Savannah and
Macon pass Gordon within a short time of each
other, and jnst at a pleasant hoar in toe morn
ing. The Hotel is admirably kept by a Land
lord and Lady who regard not their own comfort
or convenience while serving their gnests. All
these combined give the Gordon Mills a pecu
liar attraction for toe purpose above named.
A word abont the Gordon Mills. These
Mills, as before remarked, are situated one
mile from toe Railroad Depot, and are capable
(with only two sets of stones,) of grinding three
hundred bushels of grain per day. The water
wheel is one of toe best in the country, and,
with the head of water ever at hand, capable of
driving any reasonable amount of machinery.
CoL Folsom contemplates adding a cotton and
wool factory, as soon as circumstances will per
mit. Parties can ship grain to these milk by
railroad and return, for one fare. Shipped one
day, ground and returned the next.
Tennessee Securities.
The Herald’s money report of the 18th, no
ticing a decline in Tennessee Securities, let it
self loose upon Brownlowism as follows:
It seems that the State of Tennessee has been
financially a sad victim to toe political wrangles
which have distracted her councils. According
to figures which will be given to toe public in a
few day through toe Comptroller,the State which
was first to undergo reconstruction and which
under better auspices wonld have been among
the most prosperous in toe Union will, on the
first day of July next, be bankrupt for a sum
amounting to nearly four millions of dollars.—
This is in addition to toe immatured .bonded
debt of forty millions. The State now owes
$600,000onacooont of that January interest; $1 ,-
150,000 to the school fund, of which $130,000 is
in toe form of Comptroller’s warrants; $225,000
on Militia and Penitentiary account, and $1,100,-
000 for past due bonds. The interest to be met
Jnly 1st amounts to $1,100,000, making an ag
gregate of nearly $4,000,000. To pay this toe
State has only $350,000 due from the railroads
whose bonds she endorsed.
Flagg & Fish, plaintiffs in error, vs. John W.
Johnston, defendant in error. Foreclosure of
mortgage from Dougherty.
Brown, C. J.—1. When a mortgage made to
Thos. W. Willingham, his heirs and assigns,
was transferred by W’illingham, by written as
signment, to John W. Johnston as administrator
of Green D. Sharke, deceased, such assignment,
if properly stamped, conveyed the mortgage to
toe estate, and it became assets in toe hands of
the administrator ; and the proceedings to fore
close it must be in the name of said Johnston as
administrator, and not in his individual charac
ter.
Judgment reversed. ..
H. Morgan, for plaintiff in error.
Hines and Hobbs, for defendant in error.
John Doe, ex. dem., Benj. F. Toggle vs. Rich
ard Roe, cas. ejr., and John H. McMath and
John Teal, tenants.' Ejectment from Sumter.
Brown, C. J.—A grant issued to Isaac O. Hol
land, orphan. It appeared by parol that there
was no such person as Isaac O. Holland, orphan,
in the district at the time of giving in for draws;
but that Isaac O. Holland’s orphan, Mary Hol
land, was in the district and did give in for a
draw. Held: That parol evidence of these facts
may be given to toe jury, not to prove a mis
take in the name of toe grantee, bnt to give ef
fect to the grant by identifying the person, in
tended as the grantee.
Judgment reversed.
J. J. Scarborough by S. H. Hawkins and Rich
ard H. Clark, for plaintiff in error;
W. A. Hawkins, for defendants in. error.
A Day’s Grime In New York.
In a late number of the New York Tribune
appears toe following:
Onr chapter of crime in and about the city is
again painfully full. No clue has been found
to the murderer of WoodalL A notorious liquor
seller in Houston street (who beat a man to
death a few months ago) nearly killed Joseph
Hogan on Saturday. There was a shooting case
in Pearl street; there was an assault with a
hatchet in Rose street; a Sixth Ward fight in
Elizabeth street; a stabbing case in East Broad
way; another in Catherine street; more stab
bing in toe Ninth avenue; a man found in toe
river at South Brooklyn—probably murdered.
Besides all these, there were half a dozen small
er affairs of a similar nature; and an attack
npon a negro in Brooklyn yesterday resulted in
a homicide.
In the light of the foregoing the distress of
the Tribune over disorders in toe South should
abate. The Tribune should consider that mak
ing due allowances for toe social and political
npheavak of Reconstruction, toe South should
not reasonably be expected to be so far in ad
vance of New York as she is, bnt being so, a
crime now and then might be possibly set down
to toe general account of the infirmities of hu
man nature, rather than to any particular - dev
ilish and rebellions disposition of toe people.
Life Insurance in England.—According to
statistics recently published by Parliament, says
toe New York Commercial Advertiser, in toe
last twenty-five years there have been 267 life
assurance companies registered in England. Of
these 148 have been wound up, or have ceased
to transact business, and 43 have been amalga
mated with stronger companies, so that only 76.
are now in existence. Of the 43 amalgamated
companies, 13 were on mutual principles, and
30 were on a stock basis. The paid-up capital
of those 30 stock companies amounted in toe
aggregate to $1,912,395, giving an average to
each of 63,746. The subscribed capital how
ever, was mnch higher; in one instance the
paid-up capital was $53,290, but the subscribed
was $1,242,500. The lowest capital heU by a
company at the time of amalgamation was $545,
and the highest $459,800. The Insurance Reg
ister gives a more detailed account of these
transfers and amalgamations, and abo.ws that
the European absorbed 33, the Albert 22,
the Eagle 20 weaker companies.
A new tin mine has been opened hj Ben Bui
nandino county, California.
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