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rhiuH»> nn demanding His >» th ‘ u Rights. m9 from San Francisco give ns V tidings to-day. The quiescent waited on the peripatetic Con- ^trom the Atlantic shore, and demand Section-some fair showing at the ‘mva United States Government. They Ca iifomia to Congress, and they t what is due to a common liu- I ^SL-tion for property and such a sta- Br^JI^owthemtobc heard -"roes. *** defence. «soon see whether all the talk about has any applica- .of man as man, i«iatic, or are mere party claptrap n egro votes. John Chinaman is ^Like''old John Brown, he’s a march- . as t0 his soul alone, but in verita- tfr-iMhfl* and presence, greater in num- Father Abraham’s army of five hun- ** ’strong! w*» - Tiie "Greorsia7 W eekly Telessraxili. telegraph,] 18G9. The Crops of Georgia. Our reports of the condition of the crops in —• j Georgia have been very numerous the past week, and we are under particular obligations to our faithful and intelligent correspondents, who keep us so well advised. As we are now entering the great crisis months of the cotton crop, we hope the planters of the entire State will see their interest in keeping us well advised of all the vicissitudes which affect the plant, and its condition, at intervals of not more than a week. Meanwhile, we avail ourselves carefully of every thing reported on these subjects by the local newspapers, and compare their reports and conclusions with those obtained from private The crop tidings of the past week have been about as favorable as could be desired. To this remark the exceptions are so very few and un- Ue newspaper and magazine literature waking up to the monstrous and potent of such an immigration v ^litiealanareligious destinies of the Continent. There will not be so 12 s - as sung to universal suffrage after the mischief was done when the v-.celv surrendered its birthright tb control of the land of our fathers, jtF ofit,c tnmed the latter over to a **S,t2t God Almighty had himself n their physical organizations the against amalgamation. Cotton Gins. iet for Cotton Gins is just about to 114 ^1 there is reason to believe that it will <f *Tttan ordinarily active. The promise *«olcropat high prices, and the ambition ^wwie the staple will dispose planters to ^uperfect arrangements as possible, for ^ "nation of the crop for market, fa advertise several varieties of Gins. The r Gin—a Mississippi invention, but of r.;. m manufacture—has been in our market TearS) and is a very fine machine. Hen- £ Jewett, G4 Second street, is agent for this important as scarcely to merit attention in general review. In some one or two localities the rain has been excessive—in one or two oth ers, the stands are reported poor. In Dough erty, the crops on two or three plantations have been seriously damaged or destroyed by hail-but these conditions and casualties cover but small space, and we may say, from the whole broad cotton region of Georgia comes the most cheer ing intelligence. It is a better report in short, (we mean is to the area actually in cultivation) than we ever heard before. The cotton is growing rapidly with the aid of rain and sultry weather. The grass, under the operation of the same causes, is also springing up with equal vigor, but the crop is in a condi tion to meet the foe. It is all thinijed to a stand —it is of good size—it has only a young growth to combat and the rains have not been so con tinuous as very seriously to interfere with field labor. Consequently, we do not anticipate any of those disastrous blocks in plantation labor, in which, under a pressing accumulation of work in very warm weather, the hands get discouraged, or get sick, or fagged and unambitious—and which frequently force planters to abandon a part of their crop in order to save the remainder. Two conditions lend additional cheerfulness to the picture. The freedmen are universally reported quiet, friendly and industrious, and the health o'f all agricultural Georgia is good— far better than last year or any year since the war. The highest cotton we have heard of, is about three feet six inches, but the average of the crop even in Southwestern Georgia, is probably less than two feet It is universally healthy and the more forward part of it is blooming freely. The use of fertilizers has made a difference ,atFar> Gallett Steel Brash—also of Northern Daniel Pratt's Eureka and Swinging r-ciL a* 5 ® at Prattville, in Alabama, and S. Z, Cotton Gin Feeder are represented by F. ^Johnson, Esq., and samples may be seen at ^ ■J’s. Tbe planter should examine for him- j more than fifty per cent., and we believe ^udhear testimony. All are no doubt good I under favorable circumstances, make a ytiiaw, bat which is the best ? IVe refer to I of more than a hundred per cent, in y jjwrtisements of these gins, and recom- j tbe pro dnct We believe it will bring cotton to -ad enquiries into their respective merits by • TT>arVpf probab i y from fifteen to twenty days -duel*- m J earlier than usual, (and probably more,) if the The Macon Postmaster. Te team that Turner takes possession of the jKoa post office to-morrow. The people of £wa see in this appointment an unmerited cJ unworthy insult, which, in due time, will gdoM its natural results to the perpetrators. [ilea we are wholly misinformed, Gen. Grant. favorable conditions we speak of continue. All the trouble to the cotton crop, in short, is yet to come, and the time for its appearance, if it comes at all, is at hand. July will pretty much determine the question. The com crop is unusually promising, and three weeks more of favorable weather will put us out of danger. The wheat crop of Georgia has been very fine. Indeed the products of particular acres have been marvellous, and i show what we assert and believe to be true, More Filibusters for Cuba. i that Georgia is a better wheat country than It is reported that two large ocean steamers, j O hio or Illinois. Withthb same labor we can Hottining about twenty-five hundred recruits 1 dnea mor9 an( j better wheat, or tbe insurgent forces in Cuba, left Sandy ' ««» 1 look on Friday night, 18th, or Saturday mom- j Judge Fleming ou the Decision, ag. Tbe recruits- were taken down the bay in »il> the delegation who waited on him to pro test against it in the name of the people. The Exercises, Barbecue, etc. mer’s Academy. Friday last was a big day in the Rutland Dis trict -of eH« county. On that day the examina tion of the pupils of the Fanner’s Academy, took place. A splendid barbecue was spread before the patrons-and pupils of the school. BeV. David 'Wills delivered an able and eloquent address on physical and mental education; the classes in elocution were to contend for prizes, and the exercises of the day were to close at night with an interesting exhibition of tbe school in the way of tableaux, charades, music, etc. The weather was all that could be reasonably expect ed for the latter part of June—the day opening with a cool, bracing atmosphere, and old Sol seemed to subdue the intensity of his rays for this special occasion. Consequently, the whole neighborhood for miles around, turned out to witness the closing exercises of the school, and refresh the inner man with the substantiate and luxuries to which they were all invited. Several hundred persons were present, among whom we noticed quite a strong delegation of ladies and gentlemen from the city. The examination of the pupils began about 9 o’clock, a. it., and continued until 1 p. si.; dur ing which time we never heard a more rigid and thorough examination in any school; and, as a general thing, we never saw pupils acquit them selves more handsomely, or manifest a greater knowledge and familiarity with their studies,than those of Farmer’s Accademy. The examination was conducted by the able and accomplishedPrin cipal of the School, Mr. Samuel W. Goode, and before a class “got out of it,” he was sure to find any weak points which a pupil might have in any of the branches of study it had gone over. Classes were examined from the rudiments of the English language and mathematics, up through the usual course of studies to Homer and Horace in the Greek andLatin tongues, and in surveying and trigonometry in mathematics. In all, the pupils reflected honor upon their teacher and themselves. The pupils of this school are limited to the number of twenty, and the examination on Friday convinced us of the wisdom and pru dence of the Trustees, in thus confining the labors of the teacher to a reasonable number of students, so that he can, without over-taxing himself, faithfully and thoroughly discharge his duties as a teacher to both patron and pupil. The examination of the classes in mathema tics and the languages, was very pleasantly and sweetly spiced with musio by Miss Alice Walker and her interesting class. Some of the songs and instrumental pieces were very fine indeed, and gave the patrons of the school the assurance, that in the person of Miss Walker they have fine performer on the piano, a sweet singer, and one who is in every way qualified to teach their children tho divine art. At the conclusion of the examination dinner was announced, and all repaired from tho large and commodious school-room to a grove some two hundred yards distant, where the tables were spread with the choicest barbecued meats we have yet seen this season; with an abund ance of pies, cakes, fruits, and other delica cies, strewn in rich profusion here and there on the tables, and among the aforesaid elegant meats. Dinner had not more than been dis posed of, when a right sharp shower of rain be gan to fall, and all again hurried to the Acade my to get out of it, and listen to Dr. Wills’ ad dress. He spoke for nearly an hour on the subject above named, and the address was just such a one as might be expected from Dr. Wills. It was practical, forcible, and at times | very eloquent At its conclusion the classes in | elocution were introduced, and the ciu,uuv. were introduced, and the prizes , The Chronicle and Sentinel, of Friday, pub- j awardei ^ tbe tra i n was to pass Seago’s Sta- s»am togs, and the affair was so w ell manage • bgbes an op inion from Judge Fleming, on the j t j Qn at jjalf-pest four o’clock, wo could not stay >•1 tli a Fnits/? frtQ effi fll ^ 110 till DC i « . e _ 1 fI c ? /-vv» CaIi /'I ... . s *a it. Jut tie United States officiate knew nothing , eSec( . Qf ^ e ii„ibiiity decision, solicited by ibont it nntil it was too late to interfere. j Q enera q Wright, one of the editors. The Judge to bear all the youngsters, and witness the other exercises of the day and evening, and after i hearing the first class, we retired. In this class The Competing Cotton Acres. • says: D The Entente News has inspected one of the I have no idea that my opinion will have, or. ^ Johnnie w. Stubbs won the prize—a hand- ^ —• <* «■» 2 *«“?“ hr. The case is Dickson against Peeler, and ; because you desire it, I will give it. I can see ! Davis.” It was presented to the little orator by he didn’t say which of the parties he ’ n o reason why this decision should have an Dr. Wills, in a few most felicitous and appro- mJin^ here is an account of what he saw: ! effect different from other dedstoiw: TOe de-, riato remark3> which were frequently ap- ZL the acre all and more than was | planded during their delivery, uimed for it Tho ground had been thorough- I , for ^ a ec isj 0 n of other cases in which tprepared, much more s o , than any^gardenjve ^ ffari , 0 qnest ion arises. But who ever heard that the decision of any one case decided every _ _ . .« .A— iDLawa ninct Judge Clarke’s Charge. Judge J. M. Clarke delivered a. long charge to the Grand Jury of Dougherty county, last Monday, which we find reported in the Albany News of the 25th. Tbe charge developes some interesting views upon the material and social interests of Georgia, which we should be glad to transfer to our columns. We have space only for the following on . " v Immigration to the Cotton States.—-The scarcity of labor is one that new and im proved modes of agriculture and immigration will overcome. When I speak of immigration, I do not refer, even in a remote degree, to for eign immigration. That seems, now, to be a favorite newspaper topic—somewhat ofa hobby. But nothing will ever come of it. The white immigrant never has and never will go exten sively into the cotton culture. England, with her bounty money, never succeeded iu inducing white laborers to the East Indies. Her peasant ry never could be tempted. They preferred to remain in the country upon low wages, even to dig in coal-pits, hundreds of feet below the sur face of the earth, shut out from light and air rather than go to India and engage m the cnlti- vation of cotton. . , The tide of immigration has set, heretofore, towards the grain districts—(There are reasons for this which could be given if there was time) and into the grain districts it will continue to flow. It is now setting towards the griiu regions of Virginia and other sections of the South. Colonies are pouring down into the rich valley of Virginia from Pennsylvania and other north ern States. That great and good old State will soon become a vast hive of industry, and her vallies and her mountains will blossom as the rose. As the tide flows into the old dominion, the blacks will recede before it, and settle in the cotton belt. Such has been the tenor of my addresses to the Grand Juries around this Cir cuit, but I did not think the fulfillment of my theory was so soon to be realized. Within the test four weeks, as many as three colonies of blacks have leftthe old State and settled in Geor gia. The Exodus has commenced^ and will on until the cotton belt receives the great b of the negro population of all the grain region north of us. Atlanta lies ou the' great isother mal line. Above it the whites will congregate, and below it the blacks. So that we may fairly conclude that the cot ton belt is to become the home of the blacks, whether they will or not, driven and forced here by the great tidal wave of immigration. This result will be accomplished sooner than we an ticipate. Then labor will he abundant and then capital will control it. As long as labor is scarce —as long as there is one man to two plows, labor has capital at a disadvantage; but as soon as these two men who seek to work the same mnle or use the same hoe,have each a mule and a hoe, then the triumph is complete and capital as sumes her rightful position; and then the ten ant assumes his proper relation to the landlord. He becomes a dependent, and the moral and po litical power of the landlord at once becomes paramount and supreme here, as it does in other countries and localities. It is supreme every where else, and for wise and beneficent ends, it should become supreme bere, which will be the case only when the present anomalous rela tions are charged—when instead of the landlord being dependent on bis tenant, the tenant is dependant on the landlord. This view of the case relieves the future of its unpleasant features, and adjusts the balances of powers and influence, properly and evenly, and in accordance with the balances in Europe and other labor countries. It is our duty to set ourselves in order, so as to reap the advantages of this new order of things. Save our land as a priceless heritage, and wait for the developments of a few yearn. They will come. There is no reason save the scarcity of money and labor why the land of these sections do not appreciate in value. In Tennessee, Kentucky and other sections, an acre of land that will produce 50 bushels of com at a value of §25, is worth §100. The time will soon come when an acre here that will produce $50 worth of cotton will assume its proper rank and approximate its true value, say 50 to 100 dollars. As money becomes abundant, this iririfl of investment will be sought after with avidity, and as the demand increases, the price will appreciate until it reaches the point of value which other properties have that yield remuner ating dividends. Onr people are beginning to love land. It is a good indication of future growth and prosperity. Heretofore our prefer ences were for another class of property. As our affection for land increases, its value in creases ; and as its profits increase its value ■vrill continue to increase. These are no utopian theories, but practical suggestions that even some of our old citizens will live to realize. From Marlon Coanty. ’ ' I’i' : A * r «w wonw. ,| v Condition of the. Crop*—Opmparat it e Effect* of Editors Tdegraph: Having seen it stated in ™ . T> ,-} . -m-i nh.. fttmcnlfcnra] naners that chiokena would eat less, Fertilisers—True Polity of Flankers—The Wheat Yield in Marion—Peace with the jmhfcaen. 1 ' '/. Chubch Hnx, Marion Co., Ga.,1 June 24, 13G9. f Editors Tdegraph: I seldom write for . the papers, but as I have not seen anything in your columns recently from our county in regard to our prospects and progress in farming, I have concluded to write you, thinking it may interest some of your numerous readers. Less tend h«« been planted in corn this year than was last, but considerably more in ootton. Most of the tends in this county are of a gray or sandy nature; the growth of the corn was there fore retarded by the uncommon cold winds which prevailed in the spring, and the stands of cotton materially injured from the same cause. Our planters, though, were very energetic, and by continually replanting, most of them have still pretty good stands, and where fertilizers have beef applied, the warm June weather, to gether with the recent genial showers, have made a great improvement in our prospects, and where the cultivation has.been thorough, com and cotton both look extremely well and are growing very fast. ic-> I saw the first cotton blossom in one of my fields on the morning of the ICth inst. This morning I stood on the outside of the field and counted forty-five on a spot of land about two rods square. I do not state this boastingly, (for there may be better cotton than mine near me,) but merely to show onr prospects and progress. Forward corn is tasseling and silldng, and should the seasons continue favorable, (though we have had many disadvantages to labor under.) Marion county may reasonably expect (if no disaster happens in the future) to realize an abundant harvest. I used on my cotton crop Peruvian Guano, Chesapeake and Baugh’s Phosphate, about one hundred and twenty-five pounds per acre of each, separately, as near as I. can calculate. At this time the Chesapeake is leading off. The cotton plant came np strong and healthy, seemed to be less affected by tbe coldandis now tbe largest. The Peruvian is next best, and Is not very far behind. The Phosphate seems to be doing but little, if any good, at present. It is but fair to state that where the Chesa peake is doing so very well, .1 spread on the land, and ploughed in before planting, a light coat of lot and stable manure. This is my first experiment with chemical or foreign fertilizers. So far I am well pleased; and should the final result prove as good as the present prospect seems to indicate, I shall not be satisfied to use next year less than four times the/quantity I have used this. The trae-policy, I think, now is, to make one acre produce as much as four did when cultiva ted by slaves, and thus save three-fourths of the cost of labor, money invested in stock, for age, blacksmith’s bill, etc. But little wheat was sown here, and the crop was poor generally, but in some cases where well manured the crop was a good one for this climate. I sowed a few acres of old land and manured well with cotton seed. The yield was j about ten bushels per acre. The farmers of our county have almost despaired of raising their flour. I think it bad policy. "We cannot com pete with our brother farmers, perhaps, of the ! Northern counties of the State, but we can gen erally make enough flour for home consumption, and then the pasture is an item worth all the trouble of sowing. I have always raised, and still do raise, my own bacon. I could not well get along in that particular without my wheat pasture. Gardens are very fine here. We are using all kiufia of vegetables necessary for our health or comfort. We have peace hero now among the freed men and between them and their employers, since there is no bureau for them to run to for every petit grievance. If we had never had any bureau, no carpet-baggers nor scalawags here, we'should never have had any troubles with the negroes. Respectfully yours, pay better, and lay better, if kept supplied with a perpetual pile of corn, I determined to give it the test of experience. ■ I did so. The results are worthy of the consideration of your readers. In four, months twelve hens ate four buahete of com, and laid thirty-six dozen eggs. Counting com at one dollar, and eggs at twenty-five cents per dozen, which they were worth at the time, there was a clear profit of five dollars. In other words, one hen will eat one dollar s worth of com in a year, and will lay two dollars and a quarter’s worth of eggs—a clear profit of one dollar and a quarter on one hen. Any one may try the following experiment: Give to any number of hungry chickens as much com as live Men lately, and tho stand we thought was aceflent It was nearly three feet high, and as level as though it had been trimmed for the Hcuion. We did not count the fruit on any of the stalks, for it was too much labor to find out ahieh one contained the most, when all were so veil laden. To a remark made by Mr. D., one d the planters alluded to—the Major stated that li he thought his crop was a little backward, bat he put his faith in the last quarter." Grs. Cinbt decides that the iron-clad oath will be required of all members of the Legisla ture elect in Virginia before taking their seats. This movement throws out the most of the Con servatives or Walker candidates, as it is well understood that many of them cannot take the oath, and the Conservatives are thus put to the trouble of finding new candidates who can take Fmr Lied.—Proctor & Gamble, of Cincin nati, put up in wooden cadies a choice article of pure Family Lard, which is for sale by most of the grocers. It is in three, five and ten pound packages, of full weight, very white and ! dean, and will keep for any length of time. case involving the same question. There must be a separate decision in every case as it comes up. The case decided by the Supreme Court settles the question that White, although a ne gro, may bold the office of clerk. It can have no other effect beyond the retaining of White in office, except as authority to control the de cision of other cases as they arise involving the sumo question. But the decision will have to be made in every case. _ . , . . It cannot possibly have the effect to put m or out of office others who are strangers to the judgment. Is it not a well-settled principle that a judgment binds only the parties to it( There are some cases in this county (Chatham,) where white persons have been installed into of fice by the Ordinary, who, I think, very prop erly felt it his duty to do so, under the decision of Judge Schley. Can it be that the eflect of the decision in the case of White is to put them out, and put the negroes in? Could a judgment of ouster be entered up against them on the judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of White ? Can these negroes be put into office except by proceedings regularly instituted lor tbe purpose? I think not. The same, I suppose, is true of the negroes 1 who were elected to the Legislature. The de- And here our report must close, as far as being an eye-witness is concerned. We are in formed, however, that the exercises which fol lowed in the afternoon and those at night were of a highly interesting and pleasant character, and reflected great credit upon all concerned.— It was, as we have said, a big day in the Rutland District, and will long be remembered by all who were presant The Eufiuila Delegation on Brnns* wick. The Eufanla News comes to us in new type and very handsomely printed and tastefully com posed. We are glad to see our contemporary Black getting ahead in the world. Black is tramps, generally, in these times, and we do not know that we are wishing him any luck, when we hope he may brighten still more. The New3 contains the report of the Eufanla delegation to Brunswick, before mentioned, and here is what they say of the city: The city of Brunswick is most beautifully lo cated ; nature has done all that it could do to make the town site attractive and desirable as a place of residence. Its shady groves of live ' oaks and cedars and magnolias; its _ tropical I wuu —- .—o- . . .. ... • | oaKs ana ceuaiB ujuu ’ . . —* cision in the case of white cannot put them in, ^ ^ flower3 ^ connection with its mag- i. i or the white men out, and for the simply rea- nificent harbor, will always command tiie The 0u> Sroar.-The European and Ameri-, n ot parties to that act politicals are predicting the downfall of) ^ nd now . coraea the question—can negroes Kipoleon. They have been afflicted with the I ejected to the Legislature make a cr.se before «aefrenxy of vaticination at frequent inter- the judicial tribunate of the State ? I have no tdiBlnce 1848, but still the Empire stands, and j d^effityra^sa^ ^ey^cr^ ^ ^ lance will not better her condition by another ( qnegt j on) an a from the decisions of that tnbu- rtiolntion. ! nal there is no appeal; it is final and conclusive, fcsircxi Mn-iTAcr Lnstitute.—We have ° ravin wad or reversed." That Stated catalogues of this Institute, which be distributed to applicants. It numbers — m — £ pnpila, and is, no doubt, a very efficient! qualifications of its members, etc. A^ungmk turn Article 3, Section 4. admiration of the visitor. The population of the city is now estimated at twenty-five hundred people, white and black. The citizens are intelligent, active business m6n, and justly famons for their courtesy and hospitality to strangers. Much as we had heard and read m the United States Coast Surveys concerning the superiority of the harbor of Brunswick, we were agreeably disappointed in finditf S££ W* decision can be reviewed or revei^d That j tha ^ ealize a. We accepted an inyi- tribunal is the Legislature itself. Each House . ^Dieli we had been honored by the shall be tbe judge of the election retums^d « autttorities to accompany them on a steam- knGE Fostee.—The Atlanta Constitution re- Prtsthat Hon. N. G. Foster, of Madison, was ^dly sinking on Wednesday, and not expect- •Jtosarvive many days. Tbbtj-one Yeabs under one management, ^ American House has grown from a small ho- to the largest in New England. It is f urrnsh- ^rithallthe contrivances for the convenience comfort of its guests, and is deservedly pop- ^vith the travelling public. HowThet ake to Vote in Virginia.—The Work Times says: A vote in Virginia is to be taken on tbe •■Awing propositions: 1. For or against the 'JlKgated Constitution—(there is no vote on Jr’tiporgated Constitution.) 2. For or against ^isst-oath. 3. For or against the disfranclns- 'iuses. 4. For the candidates for Gover- JJJ Lieutenant-Governor and Attorney-Gen- ****; for tho Legislature, and for Congress. According to that the Virginia Constitution expurgated by Grant’s Proclamation. ■‘‘'sAIacon Telegraph, of Jane 12, came to ^Tribune office with a ten-cent Confederate stamp attached. Have they a Rip Van So, but they probably have some young mail- j-? clerks, who cannot restrain their love of "We have only to express the confident opinion ihnt the best legal minds in Macon will differ toto eedo from this letter as to the proper legal effect of the decision; and as to the practical re sult of the policy the Judge indicates, we think there can be no difference at alL The Supreme Court of the State has, most unfortunately for all interests, affirmed the equal ight of the negroes, composing two-fifths of the voters of Georgia to hold office. All out side radicalism, even before that decision, was fiercely committed to maintain and enforce that ight What hair-brained policy then, to set up these legal quiddities against both the outside and inside force of arbitrary power and of Con stitutional tew which asserts the eligibility of the negroes!—a strained and unphilosophical interpretation of the powers of the legislature ^ | to exclude members, against a solemn and an- j, TicTw>1a J . ‘^.^johnson’s acre, which was also in a thorongb inspection of the harbor and adjacent waters. . The greater part of two days was devoted to this examination. We found the capacity of the harbor sufficient to accommodate the Com mercial Marine of the whole country, and aver aging in depth twenty to forty feet of water. The largest class of ships can readily approach the docks—thus saving the delay and expense of all lighterage. On Friday morning we were carried out to the bar at the mouth of the har bor, and there carefully sounded its depth at low tide. The water on the bar then averaged from nineteen to twenty-four feet deep. Noth ing but the absence of railroad connections with the interior country lias hitherto prevent ed Brunswick from becoming what nature de igned it to be—a large commercial city. Griffin Wheat Patches.—Several of our “town farmers" sowed “brag patches last fall, which have been harvested, etc., and we submit the results: Mr. Beek’s acre, which looked very promising a few weeks since, but was badly in- 'ured by the birds, yielded thirty-two and a half « i/ T-V JL earo YVftS fllSO Chrajhaj jjj the South.—Gen. N. B. Forrest, jWdent of the Selma, Marion, & Memphis rjjlxotd, has a plan on foot to secure 1,000 -^Etse eg laborers on this road. The Showmen Are in Bad Luck.—A Mem- P-U dispatch says: ^hitman, the opera man, eluded the officers lost night, and left for parts un- Fn® ik Atlanta.—The Gate City Foundry in was burned Thuischy ni"bt. thoritative exposition of fundamental law—the right of the ins to exclude the onts with equal original title, in virtue of having got possession. In point of practical policy it is like damming np the Savannah river with bulrushes. It is a fight in which ignominious defeat is bound to follow the first onslaught. Are the people of Georgia willing to risk even the measure of prosperity and liberty they now enjoy on such a hazard ? we trust not. We are sure not. The Telegraph Beaten.—The Macon Tele graph says, of the large rabbnge we noticed last week from the garden of Mrs. Hardaway . If this is a cabbage head with the stnmp cut off, and stripped of such outer leaves as would not be put into the pot, he beats ns. Even so, Mr. Telegraph and therefore we wrote that it weighedmghteen pounds net. With its stamp Ld outer leaves, Mrs. Hardaway’s cabbage weighed twenty-three pounds, so you are still further behind. ; ■ Can’t somebody quiet tbe Thomasnlle En- terpriMi ffho wws over tw w above ? From Atlanta, We quote the following from the New Era of Saturday: The State papers are quoting the Atlanta pa pers for authority for the statements that the Legislature is likely to be convened in extraor dinary session at an early day, and that arrange ments are being made for the impeachment of Governor Bullock. The Lccal of the Constitu tion is alone entitled to the honor of being the first to gather and publish these important items. The other papers were distressingly sluggish, and are entitled to none of the credit. The Amebicus Courier ought to be a morally conducted paper. It is owned and published by a pair of Christians, and has two ministers for the associate editors. Crop reports from all parts of the country are most enconraging. Even tho farmers have ceased grumbling, and when that is the case, prospects are certainly good. Mr. Hoar.—We have no idea that Mr. Attor ney General Hoar will give an official opinion as to the political status of Georgia. Further more, we do not believe that President Grant has asked him to do so. Cotton in Troup.—The LaGrange Reporter ^Mr. L. C. Sprattling has shown us a stalk of cotton three feet four inches high, with thirty squares and eighty-five leaves. This was not the tallest stalk in the field but seemed to have the most squares. There are about two acres of similar 'cotton in the field (upland,) from which this was pulled. There was a blossom pulled from this field on Tuesday, the 15th test. This cotton grew on a plantation of A. E. Cox, cultivated tins year by Mr. Sprattling. The Dayton (Ohio) Ledger, Vallandiohaji organ, is still urging a reorganization of the Democratic Party or the formation of a new one. It says: “What is needed in our judgment, is for the old, tried and trusty statesmen of the Democratic faith to infuse some of the wisdom that characterized their former action into the voting heads that are everywhere around them, and allow them to lead off in the crusade against crime and usurpation,'entrenched in place and power, and supported by one of the most cor rupt band of traitors that ever controlled a po litical organization of the patriotic people of this country. Even the time-honored name of Dem ocracy might be laid aside, if necessary, for the accomplishment of such a holy purpose. Tlie Crops in Randolph. The Cuthbert Appeal of Thursday says For a week past we have had a succession of bright sunny days, which coming after the late heavy showers, have given an extraordinary im- petus to the growing crops. Corn has stretched up at least two feet, and bids fair to be large enough, and with a few more rains to yield ^Cotton also has put on a change almost magical. We hear of blooms, and manured and guanoed portions of the crop are remarkably flourishing. We are still forced to chronicle, however, that considerably injured from the same cause, yielded thirty and a half bushels ; Mr. i-hrel- keld’s yielded—well, we are almost afraid to say how much, for fear onr readers may “tender doubt it,” but here goes—his acre made JfjJty- Einht bushels, which is ten bushels more than the brag acre of Athens. Enough has been Droven by these and other experiments to show that an acre, well cultivated, will easily bread a small family. Let our farmers get up a premi um next fall, to be awarded to the party who produces the largest yield to the acre.—Onffin Star. A Juvenile Farmer.—Master Walter Smith is doubtless the youngest farmer in. Spalding county, aged about ten years. Like many of his semora, he has cotton on the brain, with a good prospect for making a large quantity on a small area. He is cultivating the front yard of his mother’s lot He sent ns a stalk yesterday, on which there were twenty-two tarms. _ For the week ending Jane 5th ten steamers left Liverpool for the United States and Canada with nearly 7800 souls on board. Fair.—Colonel D, W. Lewis bavin* they will eat; as much more will last them a week. It’s all stuff about fat hens not laying. The fatter they are the more they will lay. It don’t make chickens lazy to feed them this way. It makes them lazy to lie around the door all day, waiting for a few crumbs. Keep by your hens a'pile of corn; never let it give out. They will stay in the woods and hunt all day ; they will not trouble your garden or patches, if they have any.woods to scratch in, and they will lay all the year round. H. A. O. Unprecedented Immigration.—A letter from one of the Liverpool steamship agencies re ceived at New York Saturday morning says an average of five thousand emigrants may be ex pected at the port of New York for the next five or six weeks to come. The pressure for pas sage, the writer says, is tremendous—nothing ■was ever seen like it before. "Wkat is to be done with the crowd when they come, unless they push on west, is a problem. Even now the streets in tbe lower part of the city are thronged with the advance guard, not only from Liver pool, but from Hamburg, Bremen, Amiterdam and Swedish and Norwegian ports. The State Fair.—There waa a meeting on Fri day afternoon last, of the various committees that have heretofore been appointed to look after certain matters connected with the proposed State Agricul- mittee appointed to locate the ground* toe holding the State Fair, In November, met yesterday after noon tor consultation and to hear what CoL Lewis might have to say in regard to the matter.» «- , — — He stated that his mission to w«»' — entirely successful, arid that he hgd rsta*ied p*h|’ j an order from the Secretary of War, upon CoEffiel * , Lewis, of the Freedman's Bureau, to turn arst to the State Agricultural Society the armory bafldi$*B held by the Bureau in this city. Col. Lewis further stated that he had scarcely a doubt tint the Gov ernment would finally donate the property to the ' State for agricultural purposes and the holding of State Fairs. We understand that the work of putting the armory buildings and grounds in order and proper , condition for the Fair, in November, will be imme diately entered upon by the committee of arrange ments, and when completed there will be nothing pf the sort, in the country, that will surpass them convenience, elegance and amplitude. Bier Superior Court.—Four casee were dia- . posed of in this Court yesterday—two criminal and two civil cases. The latter were of no public in terest. The first criminal case called was against Reese Davies, charged with cheating and swindling. In. consideration Of the fact that the draft upon whioh he obtained the voluntary endorsement of Mr. Schofield, was drawn upon his father, and . his prompt return of the money, when Mr. S. mani fested an uneasiness in the matter—the jury re turned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was discharged. ■Willis Thompson, the negro who stole a lot of ■ crockery ware from the Brown House, plead guilty to the charge of larceny, as made in the indictment, and he was remanded to jail to await the sentence of the Court. Sound as a dollar.—At no time since the close of the war have the business men'of Macon, gen- . erally, stood upon firmer ground, both in regard to turalFair, in November next, at which His Honor, . an q their ability to pay, than they da. M n At J r,-r>A lltA ^/-(llnwincr .... .. IS a • George S. Obear, presided, and the following r u’hg free price at which cotton sold daring gentlemen were present: E. O. Grier, H. N. Ella, tbe 6 ‘^, on now drawing to a close, and the prompt- S. L Guatin, 0. Hi Rogers,' C. A. Nutting, B. ne33 planters met their obligations, F. Roes, E. Feutchwanger, J. Waxelbanm, E. P. liav0 ena bled the merohants of Macon to meet Strong, E. Windahip, G. S. Jones, E. Crockett, L C. I t heir bills with corresponding promptness, and bus- Plant, S. Collins, L. W. Rasdal, A.L. Maxwell, D. t#in their cre3it abroad. We hear no complaint Daly, John 0. Curd, W. A. Huff, L. H. Wing, J. F. among t1lPrn about the tightness of money; no Grier and W. R. Phillips. intimation that any one of them, occupying a re- The meeting was called to order, and the follow-1 8pecta hi e position in business chiles, is in danger tag proceedings were then had: of failing ; and no idea is entertained, in any quar- On motion the report of the Chairman of the 1 other than that their present financial condition Committee for locating the Fair, who reported fa- I ^ ^ 80nn d as a dollar. With propitious crop sea- vorably to locating it at the Laboratory, was re- gona f ron i now until the middle or last of August, ceived and adopted. j and a reasonable degree of business judgment and On motion the Executive Committee were author- econoln y on the part of our merchants and business ized to rent an office suitable for the Secretary and J mgn> the dull summer months, they will be Treasurer of the State'Agricultural Society. enabled to enter the fall and winter trade upon an On motion, the Executive Committee were author- a j mog t impregnable financial basis, ized to take such stops a3 are necessary to put the uheir prosperity, the past season, is already be- Laboratoiy and grounds in order for holding the ^ nriing t o manifest itself, on every hand, in the Fair. numerous fine business houses and family residences On motion, the sub-committee for soliciting, sub- t |j atare n0 w building and in contemplation; and scriptions were relieved and disbanded. w hen onr sash, door, and flooring mills are running On motion, Colonel D. W. Lewis, Secretary and ^ ^ while, and the carpenter’s hammer and saw. The farmers of our Treasurer, was invited to act with the Executive ani , t , ie hrick-layer's trowel are heard throughout the Committee in the discharge of their dutiee. I wa d ea ^. e no stronger proof than they give of On motion the meeting adjourned. the onward course of the city, the prosperity of its In conformity with the resolution on the subject peop i 0i tlie solid basis upon which o’ui business above given, the Executive Committee rented yes- men ^ operating. .' . ,* ' f «,»»■»««. street where all who desire to subscribe anything that a new Episcopal Church had recently beenpr- toward carrying out this great enterprise can call ganized m this city, and yesterday, by request of a and eo. 'mLv of our citizens and business men friend, we rode out to see the bmkhng ^<*is have already responded liberally to the call of the being prepared for divine worship, by the new cOn- Committee on Contributions, and there are, doubt- gregation and the generous assistance of a few out- won whom the Committee did aiders. The building is known the old magazme not call who desire to do likewise. They are urged and was, virtually, presented by the City Council, to come forward at their earliest convenience, and for the purpose for which ltie to be used. It is ait- do wTatthTy cm in aid of tho Executive Com- uated on the Forsyth or low^Tmevdlermid .teiut mittee to repair the Laboratory bondings and two hundred yards beyond College sttett, and to ...., B .L for hold- the left of the road as you pass out of town. It is The Eligibility Question—A Article. Farmer. St ron; that the general average of cotton is several weeks behind what it usually is at tins season of ^TheYice have disappeared and the weed looks healthy and is comparatively free from grass. Onr farmers wear smiling faces, and all would be well, but for the cry of more com andbacon. How long shall we continue to be the ser vants of the North and West. The St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer, of the 18th instant, says that General John O. Breckenridge, in company with, ex-Govemor Magoffin, of Ken- tacky, lately chanced to witness a parade of a Minnesota regiment, in that town, and adds: 4 ‘General Breckenridge descended from the plat form as the regiment was forming, exchanged commonplace salutations with a few acquaint ances, then turned to look at the veterans. They unfurled their own flag, and the band strackup the inspiring strains of “Hail Colombia. The ex-Confederate chieftain listened a moment to the glorious music, watched the banner as its folds spread out to the breeze, then reverently raised his hat from his head, waved it toward the Stars and Stripes, and exclaimed, /That is the old flag, after all; thank God for it! This was in a quiet comer, away from the crowd, without ostentation, or attracting the notice of more than one or two observers, and he seemed to be unconscious of their presence. ./ The New York Express complains of the sc&rcity'of good washerwomen in that city. MrMibi The Editor of the Cuthbert Appeal, who pos sesses. in our judgment, one of the most judi cious and practical minds in the State, gives his views at length upon this topic in the Appeal of lost Thursday, as follows :— Thd'right of the negro to hold office under the new Constitution, has been conceded throughout by many Democrats of the straightest sect. After the vote was taken and the motion to strike out prevailed, the majority of the Conven tion having thus deliberatelypronounced against the matter at issue, we considered the question finally disposed of. The Chief Justice concurred in these views, and non-eligibility was made the turning point of the canvass in upper Georgia, when the ratification of the constitution was submitted to the people. Had the contrary doc trine been asserted, who believes that so re spectable a vote of whites could have been se cured for that instrument ? As events liave , turned out, the political jug- gling of the conservative minority in the Con vention, has been completely checkmated and defeated by a radical judiciary, which all are forced to concede possesses the power to con strue and interpret the Constitution. Once more have we cause bitterly to deplore that suicidal laches and blind submission to old party leaders, which impelled the whites of Georgia to withdraw from the convention can vass, and allow our enemies, without let or hin drance, to frame the organic tew of the land. The very first general election in which we condescended to participate, demonstrated that the Democracy might have controlled the con stitutional conventiqn, and then and there settled forever the questions now in dispute. But regrets are unavailing, and we can only address ourselves to the present duties of the h °We hold then, that perfect and uncomplaining submission to existing tews is the paramount duty of every good citizen. Indeed this is also our true and wisest policy. Any effort at resist ance now, would but aggravate the asperities of the situation, and result in deeper and more ig- nominous humiliation. We should hear the tread of the armed sentry again in the halls of justice, and be remanded back to the role and tender mercies of Federal sub-officials. _ May heaven avert from ns such a fate. But it is contended by some that the General As sembly, having the right to pronounce upon the qualifications of its own members, may continue to exclude those who have been ejected from their seats. We do not hold to this doctrine when it comes in direct conflict with Constitu tional rights. Nay*, this privilege is accorded to legislative bodies for the express reason that they may purge themselves from such charac ters as may be ineligible under the law, or who violate the rules, or treat with contempt the members of those assemblages. '* That any, clearly elected under the Constitu tion, and against whom neither fraud nor crime is imputed, can be expelled by the mere will and caprice of a majority, is simply an absurd ity. ; - p -' > tv But in the present instance, each house has by a direct vote, already decided that the Su preme Court has jurisdiction in the premises. And but for the Executive veto, the General Assembly itself would have referred the ques tion to the arbitrament of that tribunal Again, onr -Legislature- should defer to the late deoision of the Supreme Court, because not only expediency but necessity demands this course. A refusal, would be construed into an act of rebellious opposition to tew by the Fed eral authorities, and the military would at once by force of arms sustain the Court We trust then, both Legislature and people will yield a ready assent to this obnoxious pro vision of the constitution. When once admit ted into the Union and to our congressional sta tus, another convention can remodel the organ ic law, and correct the abuses which we are now powerless to abate. To be thorough and suc cessful, the remedy should be peaoeable and legitimate. Surely, we have already suffered sufficiently, by an appeal to other and harsher measures. srounds and put them in proper condition for hold- the left of the road as you pass S the fair. It is estimated that it will take about a brick bufldtag about GO feet long 312 000 or §15.000 to accomplish this, and. we and though presenting, at present, a rather lowand dare say the Committee will have no trouble in ungainly appearance, yet, Buck repairs are being raising that small amount in a city distinguished made upon it as will vastly improve its appearanro alike for its wealth, pride and liberality. Dona- and make it really a very nice, convenient and cona tion will be received by any member of the Execu- fortable little churcte Windows ° a tive Committee, of which Mr. A. L. Maxwell is the at the ends of the building have been opened, an Chairman, or at the rooms of the Secretary and j entire new floor laid, a well arranged chancel fitted Treasurer, m tho Ayres’ building, adjoining Mrs. j up, and there is to bo /wo front doors leading into Dessau’s. tho church, a portico, belfry, etc. All this is being done through the zeal and indefatigable energy of Distinguished Arrival (?).—H. M. Turner; the! wor thy Rector of Christ Church, Rev. H, K. negro Postmaster at Macon, arrived yesterday on Reea . the one o’clock train from Atlanta. We understand g{ p au p g church, when completed, will be a that it is his intention or desire to take possession gj 0a t convenience to Episcopalians living in that of the office to-morrow. When he shall have done par j. 0 j city in which it te located. The seats so, the greatest outrage ever perpetrated upon are- wiU b0 free and the Rector will receive for his labor. fined, 1 peaceable and intelligent people will have on i_ v the voluntary contributions of those wlioat- beeu consumated. j tend service in that Church. It will thus be open and free to all and will, we are porsuaded, be ot eat and lasting benefit to the surrounding neigh- irhood. ■ n - • f Summer Arrangement.—Mr. H. W. Bronson, Master of Transportation on the Macon and West ern Railroad, publishes in our advertising columns his “summer arrangement." It will be seen that parties visiting the Indian Spring, andthe various j “ ei1 known hotel on this road. The arrangement will go into opera tion on the first of July and end on the first of Oc tober. Brown House.—For several days past the work- en have been engaged in digging out the cellar of parties visiting the tacnan spring, w.1 “ e ^ - babuilt to thi8 popular and widely watering places in North Georgia and^Yirguna, will theinewwin 0 woe ^ & ^ be enabted to do so at half the usual rates of travel The a nu.o ow»r,!rp mP nl wfll co mto ooera-I bunorng wm ironi aooui wbuij street; will be three stones high, and make an im posing structure as viewed from the passenger her- .. I shed We understand that the work will be pushed This is very liberal and generous on the part of rapidly as possible, that it maybe com- the officers of the Macon and pietedbv the opening the next busy season, we are sure that an intelligent and grateful public j P ; ^ nrnvpmpnt orattv mucb one of ue< will duly appreciate it. This improvement^is pretty much one < . ,1 oify as the patronage ot the hotel has been very Excursion Tickets to any of the places named 1^ariacities have fre- • xive can be obtain Agent, in this city. „ p . .. — , , large the past year, and its capacities have fre- above can be obtained at the office of the Ticket | qu0ntlj . been ove r- t axed. We are glad to chronicle this evidence of prosperity ou the part of the P S-We learned from a gentleman, after it was j hospitable and publie spirited proprietors of the too late to mention the fact in an article on the out- Brown House, and hope their patronagemaym- side of this paper, that a young Mr. Denson won the crease until they are forced t0 ^ u ’ 1 ^ F “^ h prize at Fanners Academy, in the senior class of street from the corner of Plum street to the Alley. TSZXZI'gZ£ I the Moonlight Pic-Nic.-Thmsday mght was as and happy remarks. ^ j uoa ba q gathered at the landing, in estatic antici- Enlaroino.—The Southwestern Railroad Com- j pation of the pleasures of the excursion, when the anv (if the organization has not recently sold itself raft was set adrift, ’midst peals of meiry teug 'ter, out to the Central Bailroad,) is making extensive and the sweet music ^Italian. Eaiid. additions to their freight depot in this city. For moon, until now hidden behind clouds, threw her months past the building has been too small for the soft and mellow light over the scene, mateng it 80 amount of business which the road has done, and strangely beautiful that one could Mmost una^ne, before the next busyaeason sets in, it will he so en- ha band of fairies were the occupants of the little larged as to meet all demands for storage that are craft. Dancing, laughing and being merry, we ilkelv to bo made upon it, moved up tbe river to the distance of about a mile, While on the subject of freight depots, we might where, fastening to the shore, we spent several de mention the faettbatthe Central Railroad Company lightful hours, doing honor to tiie muse of the will soon commence their extensive improvements many twinkling feet.’ Never did la ^ e ® ^ k on the old Court-house grounds, purchased from beautiful, or were Mc-a-tetei more aekghful There the coantv last year for the purpose. is one picture not soon to be forgotten-A * nr — lovolv always, but weirdly so as she rested on a rock A Model Plantation.—Whilst the examination of overhung by willows, fringing the river; over whose the smaller classes was going on at the Farmer’s head the moonbeams played through the leaves Academy, on Fridav morning last, we took a little above—while yours truly was at her feet. About stroll, in company ivith a friend, about the plants- 3% o’clock the party returned, after resolving that tion of Col. John* W. Stubbs, about a mfle from the the happy affair should be repeated at an early day. We had heard I J. N. P. WilusV well-known “Idlewild," on the Hudson, has been purchased by Thos. George, of Newburg, New York, for §35,000. A Shoemaker was tbe other day fitting a cus tomer with a pair of boots, ; when the buyer ob served that he had but one objection to them, which was, that the soles were a little thick. If that is all," replied the maker, “put on the boots, and the objection will gradually wear away.” George Francis Thun says Colfax can take a pail of dough and divide it more equally among one hundred chickens than any other mr.n la the United States, school-house, in the Rutland District, much of the Colonel’s skill and success as a planter, but we really believe that he baa aurpaseed himself this season, as we never aaw more beautiful crops of com and ootton than are now growing on liia place. He need fertilizers pretty freely on nearly all his lands this spring, and the result is, that his cotton plants are four or five times larger than those of his neighbors who used no manures, are of finer color, and will produce fully five times as much lint cotton per acre. He has one small patch of cotton —some three or four acres—in front of his resi-. dence upon which he has used the celebrated Dixon Mixture, composed of Peruvian guano, bone dust, salt and stable manure. The seeds in this patch were planted two weeks later than on other lauds in that neighborhood, and the luxuriant plants will now average thirty inches in height, are well branched out and perfectly teeming with forms, blooms and bolls. Not over a half mile from this patch we were shown a piece of land of precisely the same soil and similarly laid, which had not been guanoed and had been planted two weeks earlier. The plants varied in height from three to eight inches, looked rather pimy and the stand waa bad, notwithstanding the fact that the field had been well tended and there was not a blade of grass to be found in it. 1710181 this field will average about 150 pounds of lint cotton to the acre, its guanoed neighbor will average about six hundred pounds. But then, all of Col. Stubbs’ ootton and com is , losing remarkably well, whilst his potatoes, melon j and garden have been most prolific this, season. Taking all together, his is a model planta- | tion. vriA-Jkxj a! m id' OBITUARIES. Died, in Macon, Georgia, on the I2th of May, lStji), of a lingering disease, Susannah DuPont Mac- caw. The ardent Christian, the pore woman, tho devoted wife,the affectionate and exemplary mother, arid the loving sister, has passed away from ns all into the Spirit Land. Her remains were interred in Laurel Grove Cento-? tory, Savannah. Julius. Died, at his residence in Crawford county, Gs., on the 15th inst, Mb. James Long, aged eighty-five years, two months and six days. The subject of this notice'was bom in the State of Maryland, in the year 1784, removed to Wash- \ tagton county, Ga., and waa married in 1808, re moving to Crawford county in the year. 1812, where he and his wife lived for sixty-one years. She sor- • vivea him He was a member of the Methodist Church from the year 1804 until May of 1867, at * which time he united with the Primitive Baptist Church, and died a devoted and much esteemed - member of that denomination. Although a man well stricken in years, his reia- . tions, neighbors and friends were loth give him ap, feeling their loss irreparable, yet fully oonvinoed that it is his eternal gain. Having borne the fruits of Christianity—a well-ordered Walk, and a Godly conversation—we believe, andare sure, that he has fallen asleep in Jesus Christ, who watches his . sleeping dus t Relatives, Neighbors and Friends, weep not roe him, but weep for youraelvWa and your children. A Fbxend. .vrc ff • w-