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MAOON FRIDAY, JULY 2, I860.
The Sarannsk Republican and the
{Central Road*
> The Republican, commenting upon an article
in. the Telegraph, of the 25th, upon the new
Railway consolidation, conjures up the phantoms
>which appear to disturb him. He says:
Considering the editor wrote with “imperfect
lights,” we think he has been very free, both ir
«taring facts and expressing opinions. We re
gnt to see this disposition to make hasty war
on the Central railroad, and must say that the
aammptions above are not only .unjust, but un
reasonable. The Telegraph has no right to
pronounce such a harsh judgment upon the Cen
tral Board, which is composed Of as enlightened,
riheraland public-spirited men as are to be
Icwnd in the State. Even though the proposed
change might pnt it in their power to effect a
favorable arrangement for through freight, we
.cannot wee why such an arrangement shonld ne-
'oensiate steps with regard to the local trade of
itheSouthwestern that would be inimical to “the
TUseresfcs of the people tributary to it,” or re
gardless of “the equities of the situation.” It
will be to the interest of the combination to get
all die business it can, and to this end it must
,-uot justly and with a spirit of accommodation to
r the /people, especially as it will soon have at
Maocurtw* formidable competitors reaching ont
r-their lines to the coast.'
What hostility has the Telegraph to the Cen-
• XxdL Road or the Southwestern Road ? We never
'.lufd and never-expressed any at all. We want
do-see .them prosper. Furthermore, we do not
•-suppose that-in their -combinations to increase
their,own earnings, and cripple rival road9, they
are actuated by any hostility to Macon or other
interior towns. They wish simply to protect
and advance -their own interests.
.The misfortune^ however, is that their inter-
»o*te, as they understand them, in connection
with rival routes, are mot compatible with the
Interests of the people,-and-that is all that con
cerns -ns abont the matter. It is not for the
interests-of the people that the -Central Road
dhall .obstruct, circumvent or control all other
a avenues to the seaboard, and this "they are at-
t-tempting -.to do. They made a bold stroke last
maimer to control the Savannah and Gulf Rail
road, and whether they did it or not the Repub-
bean, can tell ns. He approved that movement
although it would have vested in a single com-
i-'wny, the power of fixing unquestioned the
• freights upon produce of all kinds from the in-
'■ toziar-.to Savannah. The Republican thought
• toat-wrould be a good thing for Savannah, and
r a good,thing for the people of the country; bnt
- wo do not think any other disinterested person
< was of that opinion.
With the question of a controlling power over
' the Savannah and Gulf Railway, still, so far as
• wo know, an open one, the Central next swal-
ilomu the Southwestern road bodily, and the Re
publican thinks this is a good thing too. As a
citizen of Sevannah, he may be right in his
. qjjBiion; because it is to the interest of Savnn-
ri nth to compel all produce to come to that point;
x anfiiiie-of .no consequence to her what rates of
’ freight-may be exacted from the farmers. But
: nevertheless, a wide difference will exist on this
^point between the Republican and the people of
the country.
We,-on-the other hand, want to see the Cen
tral, cud all other roads, get fair, remunerative
■jratoa for freights, but we don’t want to seo all
’ihfl-Iaws of nature and principles of geography
mpwst and uprooted in the attempt to monopo
lize traffic. We don’t want to see the vast
•trade interests of the interior sacrificed in the
-effort. If the Central Railroad must advance
It* interests at the sacrifice of those of the peo
ple—the people on the other hand must pro-
ifect themselves if they can.
Ttbfi American Cotton Crop.
.' W6 Cbpy from * too-New York Evening Post,
1 jome general figures upGn the American cotton
v crop,-which though not altogether correct, are
1 Utter Bitting and encouraging as to the future of
V'jfciE -gigantio interest We hope to see this
grandest trophy of American agriculture make
an important advance to its old proportions this
year. We are not of those who believe it for
•■the best interest of the State, that the crop shall
be small and prices exorbitant. On the con
trary we want to see large crops and fair prices,
in order that consumption may be stimulated
•wad manufacturing industry encouraged and
z revived throughout the world. We want to see
\fhe commercial and financial importance of
- these Southern States grow and become over-
> shadowing, so that the Northern people may be
.ashamed of the folly of their experiments hero
• to’invert society and politics and take the con-
• trol of this section ont of the hands of its peo-
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Xewnan Springs.
We are glad to present to onr readers, to-day,
itha claims of Kewnan and her Mineral Springs,
•as a place of summer resort. Newnan is one of
the most beautiful, healthful and flourishing
fawns in the mountainous regions of Midland
^Georgia, accessible ‘from Macon, now, by the
Macon 'A Western and Atlanta & West Point
I Railroads, but in the-course, of a year we hope it
- will-be-reached by a direct line of railway'from
7 Macon, litis a.cool, breezy, healthful spot, sur-
j rounded -.by a country abounding in the re-
i socEeee^sf comfortable subsistence. The water
iieoD. that it is described to be in the advertise
ment, and we hope that such of our readers as
contemplate a trip to a watering plaoe for health
■rid relaxation, will not lose sight of Newnan.
The News Oom Cuba.
From the Netc York Herald.]
The special telegrams which we published
yesterday from Havana, and the correspond
ence from Cuba given in another column to-day,
contain some very important points of intelli
gence relating to the state of affairs in that
island. Notwithstanding the flaming acoounts
of Spanish victories and annihilation of insur
gents, with which the Havana journals have
been filled for mouths, the labor of suppressing
the revolution does not seem to dimmish, ancl
its final extinction ia as far off, if not farther,
as ever. With the guerilla and Parthian polioy
pursued by the patriots, the Spanish forces ex
perience a continual melting away, while no
such thing as a decisive engagement has taken
place. It has been stated that fully twenty-five
hundred troops arc placed hors de combat month
ly, which loss has diminished in a remarkable
degree the number of troops and volunteers
now in the field. It is no donbt to this fact,
which has placed the Spaniards on the defen
sive, that the entire absence of offensive move
ments by the Spanish troops is owing. All
their present efforts seem to be confined to the
holding of the towns of Puerto Principe, Las
Tunas and Villa Clara. The diminished moral
force of troops in this situation favors the de
velopment of disease among them, and reports
of the increase of cholera and yellow fever
abound.
A still more significant item of the recent
news reports is the statement that the Havana
volunteers have, of their own accord, surren
dered to detachments from the ships of war, the
Moro and Cabanos fortresses, which command
the city of Havana. The government has no
regular troops to place in these important
places, and the volunteers who had been placed
: n them some months ago not long since defied
General Dnlce, and finally drove him from the
post of authority. Three weeks of supreme
command, which they have held in the name of
General Espinar, with the knowledge it has
given them of the extraordinary demands the
revolution is daily pressing upon the Spanish
resources in Havana, has showed them how im
possible it is to attain their hopes of triumph,
and rendered them as tame as Iambs for the
coming of General Rodas. In this officer they
now place all their hopes ; but the very knowl
edge they have acquired of the weakness of the
colonial government, in both men and money,
will prove the greatest difficulty with which that
commander will have to contend on his arrival
to-day or to-morrow in Havana.
The truth is that the Spanish government in
Cnba to-day is as hollow a shell as was the gov
ernment of Jeff Davis during the winter of
1864-5. A marked success to the patriots, each
ns the fall of Puerto Principe, or a defeat to
Valmaseda, or the capture of Las Tunas or of
Holguin, any one of which may be considered
an impending event, wonld deliver half of the
ports of the island to President Cespedes, and
open foreign commerce and supplies to the new
republic. Such an event would confine the de
fensive operations of the Spaniards to the West
ern department and a limited territory around
Santiago de Cuba in the east. The resources
of the colonial government to-day are wonder
fully diminished. The imports have sunk to a
small figure, carrying with them the customs
revenues, while the impossibility of collecting
internal revenues has indneed a redaction of
the rate to one-half of its original assessment.
The revenue from the crops of 1869 has al
ready been collected and expended.
These are a portion of the evils which Gen.
Rodas will encounter on arriving in Havana.
His only resource, both for men and money,
will lie in the enthusiasm of the Havana volun
teers. Under other circumstances they might
have contributed ten thousand men to the army
in the field and ten millions of dollars to the
treasury as a loan. Now that they have dis
covered how inadequate these would be to meet
the needs of the government, wo have reason
to donbt that their enthusiasm will be equal to
the sacrifice. Rather do we incline to believe
that the march of the Havana volunteers down
the causeway leading from the heights of the
Cabana to the bay is bnt the beginning of the
Spanish exodus from Cuba, which will culmin
ate at a future day in the return of the Cuban
refugees now eating the breadof exile in foreign
lands.
BY TELEGBAPH.!, Railroad Consolidation.
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From Washington. | Wo alluded briefly yesterday to oertaln nego-
tc. _ „o — «... . _ . ; tiations that were progressing for the purchase
Vi Awei . ore., June 28- D - Chao. A. FMter has ; of ^ Southwestern railroad and branches by
been appointed Collector of Customs at Vicksburg, • the Central Railroad Company. The bargain and
and Hamilton Taylor at Shieldsboro, Miss. The j transfer have been perfected, the entire inter-
trifA Ilf fflAlliA tllA iniYllRtniAnt ftf. tfiA 1 not a of 4V> n C vneil tiawinrr nBDsa^
wife of the late incumbent'of the appointment at the j ests of the Southwestern road having passed
latter place, who was recommended by Senators j into the possession of the Central Company on
Harris and Kellogg, failed—Boutwell declaring wo- J Thursday last, the 24th instant,
men ineligible. The articles of agreement between the two
Revenue to-dav over *1 000 000 companies are voluminous, and embrace many
Hevenue wwiay over *i,uuu,wo. I detai]s dewnftd nece8Mry for the protection of
The President received no visitors to-day. ithe parties. The chief features of the transac-
Edward M. Handy has been appointed Collector i tion, though, are the following;
of Customs at Tappahannock, Va. The Southwestern Company lease their road,
Gold in the Treasury about $60,000,000. Twenty- I with rolling stock, workshops, and property and
three millions interest due July 1st.
Hoff reports Havana exceedingly quiet since the
excitement attending Unices’ abdication.
General Ames, commanding in Mississippi, has
been ordered here by the first of July on public
business.
franchises of every sort appertaining thereto, to
the Central Company, to be held and enjoyed
by the latter, during the existence of the South
western charter, which is without limitation;
in other words, the Central Company takes a
permanent lease of the road.
In consideration of tins transfer, the Central
C. J. French has been appointed Superintendent Company agrees to pay to the stockholders of
of Railway mails, headquarters at Atlanta.
Washington, June 27.—Geo. W. Clark succeeds
Albert G. Mackey as Collector of Customs at Char
leston. Mackey was strongely endorsed for an ap
pointment abroad.
Two hundred printers, a minority of the Columbia
Union, have signed a paper requesting the officers
of the National Union to declare the Government*
printing office araf office.
the Southwestern Company, at stated and regu
lar periods, dividends in the ratio of eight per
cent. Southwestern to ten per cent. Central;
in other words, whenever to© Central declares a
dividend to its stockholders of ten per cent, it
will at the same time declare a dividend of
eight percent, to the Southwestern stockholders,
and in the same proportion whatever may be
the profits of the Central Company. The lat
ter also guarantees that under no circumstances
Judge Fisher discharged Gen. Burbridge, arrested 8ha “ paid fall below seven per
, ° . ? - . .. 2 '' .. : cent. The dividend in all cases to be paid clear
der a new indictment for bribery and corruption, j of a jj { axQg and expenses.
from Missouri, on the ground that the second indict-1 Stock agenda, andlll other accumulations
ment was defective. e f the Central Company, are to bo divided with
Andrew Johnson arrived to-night. He is stopping the Southwestern stockholders in the same ratio,
at the Metropolitan. j While the entire management, controland
General Van Wick, member of Congress, leaves property of every description pass into the hands
for Virginia to speak in favor of Wells, on invitation
of the Central Committee. Several other Northern
speakers will canvass the State, as it is claimed that
all the native talent is enlisted for Walker.
From Louisiana.
New Orleans, June 29.—Committees from the
Chamber of Commerce and Academy of Science, | prove an advantageous one for all concerned.
of the Central Company, the Southwestern Com
pany is to maintain its organization, with offi
cers of their choice, in order to preserve their
charter, receive and distribute dividends, and
generally protect the rights and interests of the
stockholders under the new order of things.
Such are the principal features of this large
transaction, and we cannot see why it should not
with a number of Cos tom officers, newspaper men
and pilots on board the revenue cutter Wilderness,
made a tour of the passes at the mouth of too-Mis-
'JCbe two roads, thus united, will be able to pro
tect themselves more effectually against ruinous
competition from institutions unwisely spoken
sissippi. They report a foot and a half more water “ to easterns by the Legislature of Georgia at
rST L it - the public expense, and owned by non-resident
at Pass A’Lontee than in the Southwest Pass. The j p The stockholders of the Soutwest-
ship Lizzie Moses, drawing, eighteen feet three j em Kaye a perpetual guarantee of lawful inter
inches, went out at Pass AThoutre on Friday. The est on their stock with the chances of sharing
the prosperity of the largest, best managed and
most prosperous road in the State, or indeed, in
the South.
We axe assured, by those who have authority
to speak, that the Central Company, by this
arrangement, contemplates no war upon any
interest of the people along the lines- of its
The Legislative Negroes.
The Augusta Constitutionalist is taking the
absurd position, that the decision of the Su
preme Court will not reinstate the expelled col
ored members of the Legislature. It says that
“question was settled by the only court having
jurisdiction of it—that is, by each House of the
General Assembly,” and that “their decision
when rendered was a judicial decision, which
cannot now be reversed by themselves.” Well,
that argument is a little aheRd of anything we
have heard in a long time. From whence does
the Legislature derive judicial powers? We
have been of the impression, that each branch
of the government was separate and distinct—
the Legislative, Executive and Judicial. How
comes it that the Legislative can assume the
; lowers and duties of the Judicial department ?
f the past career of the presen Legislature of
Georgia is a fair sample of its ability, we do not
think it has any brain to spare on Judicial labors.
The fact is the decision of the Supreme Court
is as applicable to the expelled members as it is
to White, the party directly interested in the re
cent suit. All the expelled members will be re
seated, and the whites, who have been filling
their places,"be invited to vacate—and perhaps
refund that “nine dollars” per day—which they
have spent.—Quitman Banner.
T3ub Georoia Boxs in Northern schools, are
, distinguishing themselves. At the recent exhi
bition at the Polytechnic Institute of Pough
keepsie, blaster Arthur E. Boardman, son of
Joseph' M. Boardman, Esq., of Macon, was
awarded the highest praise for Bridge Drawing
—for colored Topographical and Compass Sur
veys, and particular mention is made of the
neatness and artistic finish of a drawing of a
hydrographical survey of the Hudson, for one
mile, by the same young gentleman.
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■H0N4 A. H. Stephens.—-The Chronicle and
.‘Sentinel .regrets to learn, by a letter from
•gentleman of Mr. Stephen’s household, that the
^health of the great Statesman, for the last four
or five days, has been quite bad. A severe bil
lions disorder has induced a return of the pain
ful symptoms from which he has suffered so
much lately, growing ont of the injury sustained
by the falling upon him of a heavy gate.
We trust that in a few days he will be re-
. stored to his usual health. .
The Child's Delight, for July, is laid on onr
r table by Mr. Boykin, its publisher.
The Delight is a neat and excellent Sunday
• School paper, and is intended specially for the
‘Baptists. It comprises two numbers in one,
a«6 may be distributed semi-monthly to Snnday
Schools, at the low rates of 25 cents per nrninnv
' It is well illustrated with pictures, pictorial scrip
ture rebuses, etc., and is an interesting paper
for children.
The Columbus Enquires.—We note the
.•ihatof onr friend in the Enquirer of Sunday,
-anfi-ri we get time to-morrow will say a word
•or two thereon. But the weather is warm, and
time and space scare.
Soott s Monthly jIagazine for July, came
yesterday. It is adorned with fine steel en
glared portraits of Jackson, Webster and Clay.
Its literary contents are varied and interesting.
•The book may be found at Havens A Brown's.
Tan North Carolina University has ten trus-
*s«i seven students.
Tlie State Agricultural Fair.
We fyave no doubt that the Fair at Macon is
destined to be, by far, the finest exhibition of
the kind ever made in Georgia. The Labora
tory Building, which by the kindness of the au
thorities in Washington has been tnrned over to
the Society for this purpose, is grandly adapted
to the show. Its grounds contain 140 acres and
the main building, besides numerous other rooms
adapted to all uses, bas one magnificent .hall,
finely lighted and over 300 feet long by eighty
feet wide.
Wo confess this courtesy of the Federal Gov
ernment to our Agricultural Society, as it is the
only indication of good will we have received
since the war, is particularly gratifying; and we
have been informed that the Secretary received
strong assurances from the most distinguished
sources in Washington, that they would lend
their influence to the passage of an act of Con
gress ceding the premises to the Society in fee
simple, aB permanen theadqnarters of agricultu
ral science and art in Georgia.
In this case, we hope to see a strong and sue
cessful effort made to establish here a School of
Agriculture, in which the great principles of
national science, which he at the foundation of
this noblo pursuit, shall be taught to our
youth, and experimentally applied on the prem
ises. This is what we need in Georgia more
than almost anything else.
Bnt to retain to the Fair: The most ample
preparations will be made, and we shall have
the attendance of distinguished men of all par
ties and pursuits from every section of the
Union. The Hon. Horace Capron, U. S. Com
missioner of Agriculture, will be here, and many
other men of note. We hope to make the occa
sion one which will redound greatly to the per
manent advancement of every interest of Geor
gia, and be largely instrumental in dispelling
unfounded prejudices against onr people.
board of flour inspectors, appointed by the Governor
under an act of the State Legislature, having en
joined the old inspectors, were tested as to qualifi
cations on Friday, by a Committee of the Chamber
of Commerce. In the test, the inspection of sixty
barrels, the lowest number of' errors was 25, the
highest. 39. It resulted in the old board beingim-j roids/or of the”c^ties with whiciTthey conneet.
mediately reappointed and tbsnew ones discharged. | It is not desired to make any change in. the
1 ;— I present status of these interests, and none need
From Virginia. : be apprehended.
Richmond, June 28.—General- Canby mites a ro-- i 1 1 **» •
pTy to a letter of B W. Gillis, of the State Journal,.' The Cotton Crop—Who Malies-tt.
containing an argument to sustain hia position in- j From the New York Evening Poet.3
requiring members of the Legislature to take the
iron-clad oath. He contends- that the reconstruc
tion. acts require it, and that bo-is acting in conform
ity with all precedents in cnforcmg.it.
The Conservative Central Committee has deter
mined not to allow General Canby to influence the-
coarse of the party. The present candidates, all of
whom are eligible under the fourteenth amendment,
will be kept in the field. Thoy say the iron-clad
oath will never bo presented in practical form.
Chief Justice Chase, while- here, expressed tbs
opinion that there was no authority in the laws of
Congress to exact the iron-dad of members of ths-
Legislattnre.
Yesterday, Julia Gibbs and Ellen Woodson, both
colored, (jealousy being tho cause,) had a regular
'duel with dabs, seconds being-present. Ellen was-
so badly injured that she died on the fidd.
Chief Justice Chase left fer-the White Sulphur
Springs this morning.
Richmond, June 27 The funeral of Kelley wio-
attended this afternoon by a very large crowd of-
citizens, though a thunder Etorm was prevailing.—
The procession was nearly a. mile long. Tho affair
has assumed a political cost, owing to Kelley’s
prominence as a Conservative politician, and from
the general belief among the whites that if liis pol
itics had been different he wonld never have been
Bhot, nor even arrested by the police captain who
killed Mm.
From New York
New York, June 28.—The first New York regi
ment of Caban volunteers, 800 strong, commanded
by Col. Byan, put to sea on Saturday. The Quaker
City was awaiting them outside the narrows with
stores.
The Ocean Bank loses $20,000. An immense
amount of securities deposited by the Bank’s custo
mers, was stolen.
Dr. Dorset, of Richmond, was with Saturday^ Cu
ban expedition as medical director.
The safe of the Ocean Bank bas been robbed of
$2,000,000.
Washington, June 25.—The Cubans have further
encouraging advices confirming the report of tho
cholera and yellow fever in tho Spanish army.
Reinforcements sent fromComaguato Cinco Villa
were attacked by the CubanB and defeated, losing
three hundred.
The Cubans have captured Palmidas.
The expedition which landed at Nnavas Grandes
and joined the insurgents, numbered six hundred,
in good health and spirits.
The health of the Cuban army Is comparatively
good. They aro occupying healthful positions some
distance from tho coast.
‘In the Name op the Prophet Figs.”—We
have received from Mr. Grenville Wood, two
figs of the white variety weighing nine ounces
each. If any body has got any better, we have
no objection to receiving a sample.
Flour in Atlanta.—The,Era quotes flour at
f6 50 to $10 00 per barrel.
An Insurance Veteran Retires.—The New
York Journal of Commerce of Saturday has the
following in reference to a native Carolinian,
who has many friends in Charleston.
Colonel Richard M. Lathers has retired from
the Great Western Marine Insurance Company,
over which he has presided so ably since its or
ganization. and John A. Parker, Esq., the first
Vice President, has been elected in his plaoe.
Colonel Lathers has been an able, liberal and
indefatigable executive officer, -and the eminent
success of the company has been due in no small
degree to his wise management. He has a very
considerable private fortune, and the conduct
of his private affairs calls for all of the time he
feels willing to devote to his business pursuits.
During the thirteen years of Colonel Lathers’
administration, the Great Western has earned
[ over six million dollar* in not profits.
From North Carolina.
Raleigh, June 27.—The United States Circuit
adjourned yesterday, after having discharged a largo
amount of business. • rr '
The annual commencement of Davidson College,
Mecklenburg county, was attended by two thousand
persons. The exercises were of an interesting char
acter. The graduating class was the largest for
years. The literary address was delivered by Sena
tor Gales, and the annual address by Rev. R. Mason.
Two new professors are to be added to the Faoulty.
Foreign News.
Brest, June 23.—Tlie Great Eastern is 697 miles
out. Signals perfect. The difficulty heretofore re
ported is owing to improper connections on land.
Paris, Jane 27.—Scheider has resigned the Pres
idency of the Corps Legislatif, bnt Napoleon de
clined accepting his resignation.
Zurich, June 27.—Mazzinihas been expelled from
Switzerland and left for London.
The Agricnltural Department has issued its
report for the months of May and Jnne. The
returns show a high average condition of wheat,
and indicate a good prospect of an abundant
crop, if no casualties occur before or after the
harvest It shonld be observed, however, that
the size and succulence of the stalk favors lodg
ing or laying, which is reported as already some
what serious in parts of the South and West.
Rye, barley, and other grains are generally in fine
condition. The com crop is backward, and the
latest reports in regard to cotton are favorable.
The yield of small fruits is unusually abundant,
with a fine promise for those coming in later in
the season. Peaches will be abundant in New
Jersey and Delaware—will be a fair crop in the energies.
The cotton crop, growing over so wicfely ex
tended an area of country, and passing in its
processes from seed to shipment through so
many hands, has yet been reduced to figures so
exact that few' articles of commerce can be sta
tistically considered with equal precision. The
immense advantage or the tabular statement ia
respect of cotton, lies, of eonrse, in its enabling
of to make conjectural estimates of the-future
growth of the plant likely to fall not for short
of the truth.
The American cotton crop of the last year has
been ascertained as 2,430,893 bales. The.aver-
age of weight is 400 pounds to the bale, which
gives an aggregate of 97^347,000pounds;: worth
in currency about two hundred and fifty millions
of dollars. For practical purposes the bale may
be set down at the value of one hundred dollars.
Three acres, as a rule, produce one bale of
cotton. Tho crop of 1368, upon this average,
required the cultivation, of 7,292,679 acres. The
land devoted to cotton before the war was taken
to represent a money value of $291,707^160;
bnt, by reason of the disorganization incident
to the war, this value has faUen to $72;928,790.
The area of the States growing cotton exclusive
of Kentucky, Missooiiand Virginia—in portions
of which tho plant miy be successfully caitiva ted
—is 426,365,440 acres. This area may be fair
ly taken as the possible cotton field of thefuture,
setting off the portions of the cotton growing
States proper which' cannot bo employed for
cotton production against the Kentucky, Mis
souri and Virginia lands which may be so em
ployed. Tho Unitod States then have a capaci
ty of cotton production of 143,121,843'bales,
which, at existing prices in currency, wonld be
worth fourteen thousand two hundred and twelve
millions of dollars—a sum which staggers the
imagination.
The crop of last year occupied only about
one fifty-ninth port of the vast area, and brought
only abont the same proportion of the sum just
mentioned. Praetically, then, it may be said,
that there-is ne.limit to the quantity.- of cotton
that may be raised by a combination, of effort
on the part of those immediately interested.
One hand may make three bales of cotton,
though this is- a high average. Applying it,
however, to the crop of 1868 we get 810,708 as
the numbor of hands employed in its growth.
Competent writers assume that one-fourth of
these were- white men; a proportion greater
than under-the system of slavery. About one-
half the slaves of the South before the war were
in the cotton field, which, according to the cen
sus of 1860, would give 1,500,000 in round num
bers as the force employed. Knee slavery has
been abolished this forco has been diminished
by the- withdrawal of almost all the women and
children, and by an actual decrease of the whole
number of blacks—to what ostent the census of
1870 alone can inform ns.
The fall in price of onr staple since the war
has greatly crippled the cotton-planting interests
of India and Egypt. The-largest yield in India
was that of 1866, when it reached 1,840,643
bales. This was brought down in 186S to 1,420,-
576 bales. Egypt produced, in 1865, 404,411
bales; in 1868, 193,031*, or not enough to dis
turb a calculation of probable results hereafter.
Both these countries paid the penalty of a too
exclusive devotion of their lands to cotton, un
der the stimulus of onr war, in famine, which
carried off nearly a million of hnman beings. In
Smyrna and other portions of the Levant, where
in 1864, the fig crop was sacrificed to the growth
of cotton, the culture has been almost entirely
abandoned.
We see, then, that the United States is likely
to remaiq the chief cotton-grower of the world;
and we se'e, also, that its capacity for increased
production depends almost wholly upon the in
creased supply of labor. The importance of
encouraging emigration becomes magnified in
this view to the greatest extent.
An Overworked Journalist.
THE CAUSE OF THE DEATH OF THE HON. HENRY J.
RAYMOND.
A New York letter says:
The story of the sudden death of Mr. Ray
mond, of the Times, is but a reputation of that
told of the quick ending of the lives of many
men, and not a few of note in this great city
daring the past few months. “Apparently in
perfect health, he dropped dead.” Study the
New York papers from day to day, and you will
remark the alarming frequency of this sentence
in their local columns. Why is it that sudden
deaths occur so often here ? Is it because life
is so terribly earnest in New York ? Perhaps so.
Men who are “in the harness” here never rest.
Men who keep even pace with the world of New
York are forever working. Men like Mr. Ray
mond who lead New York, journalists who direct
publio opinion here, man the helm , and keep a
perpetual lookout for breakers ahead, never
take the harness off. Their brains are ever ac
tive. They are forever driving; forever over-
West, and a short snpply only in some localities
in the Southern Staves where untimely frosts
prevailed. • ,
Asl stated in my dispatch, no one of Mr.
Raymond's associates for a moment dreamed
that he would die as he did; and when the news
of hi3 death came they could not reconcile them-
selves to it or understand it at all. But now an
explanation is given. Last winter when in
Washington on a brief visit,- jnst before the in
auguration, I believe he met with a eevere fall
which injured him about the head and shoulders
Cheap Railroad Traveling.—The Augusta
Constitutionalist says H. T. Peake, Esq., the
General Superintendent of the South Carolina
Railroad, is now issuing “Green Line” certifi-
r , «u* .h. b. r ,0 a.™,b* £ “S^
fare, once each way, over the following named t gensitive veins connecting with his brain
railroads: Louisville and Nashville, Memphis were hurt much more seriously than was thought
and Louisville, Nashville and Northwestern, ef the time. And their theory of his death is
Nashville and Chattanooga, Western and Atlan- ‘ this: That through the constant working of his
tic, Selma, Rome and Dalton, Macon and Wes- ; brain since then these injured veins had gradu-
tern, Atlanta and West Point, Montgomery and ally become more and more delioate, thinner
West Point, Georgia and South Carolina Rail- end thinner, until the quick rush of blood to his
roa( -L head, when he leaned over to fix the bolt on the
This is done under an agreement entered into door of his house on that Thursday night, burst
at the “Green Line” Convention, held at Atlan- them and caused his sudden death,
tain March last, and the “half fare” privilege ;
is extended to all persons traveling “for the pur- A load of 1500 eggs was recently smashed in
pose of soliciting business.” The cost of travel- front of the post office at Batavia, New York,
ing i8in this way reduced one half, end our and as they could net be picked up again, a bar-
mechants may now, without great expense, eic- rel of coal tar was poured over the street and set
tend their trips to all the most important points on fire, as the only means of preventing a yery
1 in the Southwest. 1 bed Snell.
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Interesting to Printers.
TYPE AND TAXES.
From the Atlanta Intelligencer.]
The following correspondence will explain it
self :
Atlanta, Ga., Jnne 22, 1869.
To His Excellency Rufus B. Bullock. Governor
of Georgia :
The undersigned have the honor to ask the
Executive intervention in the following mati
ter:
The tax requires, in onr judgment, without
the authority of law or precedent, that returns
shall be made for taxation upon our type, print
ing presses and other facilities, and inas
much as custom would seem to hare established
the fact that such implements of trade are prop
erly exempt from taxation, and there having
been no legislation touching the matter, at all,
we claim that the tax receiver can make no such
demand legally.
Under these circumstances, and in view of
the fact that other States, so far as our informa
tion extends, exact no such taxation, but, on
the contrary, exempt the printing press, foster
the trade of book-making, and encourage the
dissemination of knowledge, wherein such is
reckoned as the fruits of the printing press, we
beg that your Escelleney will intervene in our*
behalf, by issuing such an order as your Ex
cellency may deem right and proper in the
premises.
In the farther strengthening of our position,
we may add that no such taxation has ever been
demanded by the Municipal authorities of At
lanta. We have the honor to remain, your Ex
cellency's obedient servants,
Proprietor Franklin Printing House; Miller,
Bailey Jc Bennett, Proprietors Economieal Job
Office; Jared Irwin Whitaker, Proprietor of In
telligencer; W. A. Hemphill & Co.; Proprietors
Constitution; Samuel Bard, Proprietor Daily
Now Era; Phillips & Crew, Publishers Seott’s
Monthly; T. S. Reynolds, Job Office.
[Upon this document the following endorse
ment was made by the Governor:]
Respectfully referred to the Honorable Comp
troller General. Rufus B. Bullock,
Governor.
Comptroller General’s Office, >
Atlanta, June 25, 1869. >
To His Excellency Rufus B. Bullock:
Sir—I acknowledge the receipt of a memo
rial addressed to yonr Excellency, from the pro
prietors of the various newspapers and job
printing establishments of the city of Atlanta,
claiming-exemption of their type, presses and
other fixtures, and asking an order relieving
them from the'tax claimed by the tax receiver
of Fulton county. The memorial claims that
the tax receiver, withont authority of law or
precedent, requires returns to be made of said
property for taxation, and that custom wonld
seem to have established the fact that “such
implements of trade” are properly exempt from
taxation. In my opinion the receiver has
authority of law for the proceeding complained
of, and that it is his duty to require it and that
’ “custom” will not prevail when bronght in con
flict with positive law. It is my duty, as an
officer, to execute the law as I find it, whatever
my opinion may be as to its wisdom or exped
iency. The reasons advanced in the memorial
by the highly intelligent nnd worthy gentlemen
whose names are-signed thereto, might be very
good reasons to present to the Legislature on
asking that body to pass a law for the exemption
of this particular-class of property in the future;
bnt they certainly fail to establish the fact
alleged, that it ia-at this time exempt, under
existing laws.
By virtue of the authority of law, a pamphlet
containing instructions and a digest of the tax
laws taken from the Code, and preserving the
number of the sections, was issued from this
office on the 21st of April, and with blank di
gests immediately transmitted to the Tax Re
ceivers throughout the State, and they were or
dered to commence the performance of their
duties immediately upon the receipt of their di
gests. Section 797Tof the Code, on page 16 of
said pamphlet, declares that “all real and per
sonal estates, whether owned by individuals or
corporations, resident or non-resident, are lia
ble to taxation, unless specially exempted."
This section cleariy and unmistakably points,
out the “taxable- property” referred to in the-
1st section of the tax, act of 1869, and item-
braces “all real and personal estate” not special-
ly exempted. Tha terms used are as broad nnd
comprehensive aa- they could be made, and
wonld embrace even wearing apparel, were it
not “specially exempted.” The words “all real-
and personal estate’” cover every species of
property known to onr laws, and therefore em
brace the proporty for which exemption is
claimed, unless some law can be found specially
exempting it. I have searched in vain for such
a law, and none such, in my opinion, can be
found.
Section 79G of the Code, embraces a list of
seventeen specifio- exemptions, to which two
more were added by an act of the last Legisla
ture. None of them embraces type, presses, or
printers’ fixtures. The memorial refers to these
as “ implements of trade.” The nearest ap
proach to this term is found in the 12th item of
the exemptions, “plantation and mechanical
tools” not above the value of $300. Can the
property named-be construed as falling wkhin
the meaning of the words “mechanical tods ?*’
I think not. The word “tools” as here used
has a restricted meaning, and only embraces
such implements used by mechanics as by com
mon custom are known and distinguished as
tools.” Such, for instance, as a saw, a chisel,
hammer, plane, auger, etc. Bnt, in my judg
ment, a printing press or steam engine is not a
tool. If, however, type, etc., were admitted to
be within the exemption, it wonld only extend
to $300; all the excess would be taxable. The
question as to whether printing presses were
taxable, was recently propounded to-me by the
Tax Receiver of Hancock county, and in a let
ter addressed to him on the 18th instant, I de
cided that printing presses under the tax laws
as they n»w stand, were liable to taxation. And,
now, after carefully reviewing the whole sub
ject, I can find no valid reason for changing the
decision then made.
In making such decision I have been govern
ed neither by prejudice or bias against the
press. On the contrary I duty appreciate its
inportance to the public in the dissemination
of knowledge and the promotion of virtue and
good morals, and have no- argument to offer
against the claim for exemption now under con
sideration, other than the stem, unyielding fact
that the law, in my judgment, taxes the prop
erty, and there is no other provision of law that
exempts it. But, as this is a question upon
which a difference of opinion exists, I would
respectfully submit, whether it would not be
well for your Excellency to suspend the collec
tion of the tax upon this class of property until
the next session of the General Assembly, and
let that body give direction in the matter. This
in my judgment, would be but an act of justise
to the press of the State, and relieve this office
from the construction of a law upon which em
inent legal gentlemen seem to differ.
The memorial is herewith returned.
Very respectfully, c
Madison Bell,
Comptroller General .
There was a “run” recently on a Brooklyn
Savings Bank, and the directors found that they
had not money enough in the vaults to meet the
demand, and sent a messenger to New York to
get a fresh supply. They were afraid of get
ting out, and instructed the teller to oount very
slowly, in order to gain time. The next ruse
was to send one of their clerks into the line of
depositors, and have him protest his account
and get into a row with the teller. He did his
work to perfection; complained that the money
was not all right; compelled the cashier to
connt it over several times, and made so much
noise that a policeman was sent for. The rest
of the depositors were amused at the row, and
forgot that they were being detained. When
the messenger arrived with a fresh snpply of
money, the teller apologized to the fictitious de
positor, the quarrel was made up, and the work
of paying went on.
In the case of Yerger, on trial before the mili-
tary commission at Jackson, Miss., for killing
Colonel Crane, the defence commenced the ex
amination of witnesses on Monday. It was
shown that the piano seized was not the proper
ty of Yerger. Crane knew the fact, but ordered
the officer to seize it notwithstanding. It was
further shown by some correspondence that
Yerger had offered to settle the claim he had
against the city for damage to property caused
by negligence of the city government. An or
der for restitution had been issued by Judge
Peyton, of the High Court, and served on Crane
previous to the difficulty,, and had not been
obeyed., ,
A novelty in silks is a now color recently im
ported for dinner dresses called corail.. It is
very brilliant in gaslight, resembling a delioate
shade of flame oolor with light and dirk flashes.
One peculiarity of this coral-tinted silk, Com
menting it to all, is that it becomes both toe
Honors to n Georgia Boy.
We are indebted to Hon. Washington Poe for
a copy of the Daily Toronto Globes containing
R® account of the “Annual Convocation” of the
University of Toronto, Canada, and make the
following oxtraot -. jj
In the Toronto (Canada) Globe, of the lltb
instant, we find a full account of the annual
commencement, "or convocation as it is there
called, of the University of Toronto. In the
list of distinguished we find the nnma of- OUT
young townsman, Montgomery Camming, to
whom was assigned the Prince of Wales prize,
a distinction that marks the highest degree of
scholarship and deportment. We annex the
complimentary remarks of the President of the
University in presenting this prize :
Dr. McCaul then rose to introduce the Prince
of Wales’ prizeman, Mr. M. Camming. In do
ing so he said that it was with peculiar pleasure
that he presented the prizeman, because it was
the proceeds of a fund given to the University
at the time of the visit of His Royal Highness
to this country. It differed from all the other
rewards in that it is for general proficiency. In
presenting Mr. Camming, he did so as being of
the highest standing in general proficiency which
he obtained by being first in metaphysics and
English, first in mathematics, and second, class
in classics, a combination never before achieved.
He felt a peculiar pleasure at the result, because
from the very first entranoe into the University,
the recipient’s conduct, demeanor and progress
had been most satisfactory. Bnt there was an
other reason, and he thought there wonld be a
large amount of sympathy accorded toe recipi
ent on toe same account. He came from the
South of the dividing tine between this and the
neighboring country, and was not a Canadian.
They had toe pleasure for some years back in
welcoming friends from the other side, and he
very distinctly remembers that there were some
came from New York who wrote their names
high in the list of academio honors. After toar
they found that Kentucky took the lead, bnt
now, last of all, Georgia, has capped them by
her son. (Cheers.)
It will be a satisfaction to find many coming
from toe States here, if they find toe advantages
snch as will warrant their coming. We can, he
said, assure them tout this is an open field and
no favor, and he ventured to assert that if they
won any honors from onr men they will credita
bly take them. Of course daring toe troubles
that are ended there were many homes made
desolate, and household gods were strewed on
many a hearth, and even now the vegetation is
scarcely grown up that was trodden by the iron
heel of war. There are those who still retain a
feeling to the old cause, of whom may be said
as was said of toe old Roman—
Yictrix causa dels placuit sed victra Catoni—
—For toe benefit of these friends present who
may not have graduated, he would express it in
toe langurge of the old translation:
. “The gods and Cato should in this divide
They first toe conquering
Shonld the conqueror side.”
Perhaps there may be in the North those who
feel that success and may be of that opinion. It
was not for ns to express an opinion, bnt this he
did venture to say, that as kind friends and good
neighbors, our earnest hope » that peace and
plenty and happiness may traverse the land with
their attendant train over every portion of the
dominion of the vast Republic. (Cheers.)
The Crops in Decatur County.—We do not
feel authorized, says toe Bainbridge Argus of
last Saturday, to make as favorable a report of
toe crops this week as we did last. The pro
tracted rains have compelled fanners to aban
don their lands on account of the saturated and
miry condition of the soil The grass, too, is
getting the mastery in many instances, espe
cially where gnano has been used. Both corn
and cotton look well and are growing rapidly,
bnt the fields that erewhile looked so clean, are
beginning to present a coat of grass, which in
creases every day, threatening injury to the
crops. We are having much rain in this local
ity, bnt we learn it is not the case generally.
We hear occasionally reports of toe appearance
of toe caterpillar in some fields hereabouts.
Cincinnati Southern Railroad Triumphant.
—The following telegram, says the Atlanta In
telligencer; communicates toe gratifying intel
ligence that Cincinnati, by an overwhelming
vote, has as emphatically decided on knilding
toe Cincinnati and Chattanooga Railway, as the
City Council had previously decided to make
Chattanooga toe Southern terminus :
Cincinnati, June 26.—Col. E. Hulbert, Su
perintendent—Vote very encouraging; oppo
sition small. More than eight-tenths for the
railway. (Signed) A. E. Chamberlain.
The Post Office.—The question at issue with
the authorities at Washington, as to the Post-
mastership of this city, has been decided ad
versely to Blodgett. We learn that a private
telegram was received yesterday, positively an
nouncing that the President had decided in fa
vor of Bryant. A tolerable choice, considering
the very limited assortment from which the
selection was made. — Oomtitutimalist.
Impeachment.—The wild and extravagant ru
mor that Governor Bnllock will be impeached
by the Georgia Legislature is nothing but a
slander upon the Democratic Party of Georgia,
and upon toe Governor himself.
There is no ground, whatever for an impeach
ment, and no one will be silly enough to attempt
it—Atlanta InteUigencer.
Superior Court.—This Court was engaged yes
terday in tho trial of two criminal cases. Jim Brooks
and Andrew Cray, negroes, wore tried for stealing
cotton some two months since from toe Planters*
Warehouse, in this city, and convicted. Thoy were
remanded to jail to await the sentence of the Court
LeviShute, negro, was tried on a charge of bur
glary in that ho had burglariously entered the house
of Mr. James Dawson and stole a lot of clothing.
He. too, was convicted and remanded to jail, and
the Court adjourned until Monday 9 o’clock.
Caution—Caution!—If you value yonr health—
if you would not be imposed upon and humbugged
—neither boy or take any Simmons’ Liver Medi
cine, except that prepared by Dr. M. A. Simmons,
of Iuka, Miss. All others are spurious, and frauds
upon the public. Bead this testimony:
Forsyth, Ga., Jnne 15, ’69.
Dr. M. A. Simmons—Dear Sir: * * * I have
thoroughly investigated the genuineness of the
preparations offered for sale in this country, and
find that yours is the only article: that can he relied
upon. * * * » Yours truly, J
F. B. Davies.
L. W. Hunt Sc Co. are wholesale agents for Dr.
M. A. Simmons’ Liver Medicine, and it is likewise
for sale by all druggists, except the manufacturers
of the spurious article.
Hooray!—We state it with joy inexpressible—a
joy verging on stark madness—that Fourth street,
between Plum and Poplar streets, has recently re
ceived toe attention of the street force, and has ac
tually been relieved of the several dangerous places
to which we have so often alluded. Hooray for
hurrah! Now pop your whips 1 ye Jehns, and go it l
No moro danger of being capsized on that fatal cor
ner! No moro danger of plunging over that preci
pice near the depot gate. Go it! we repeat! ■
Bungton’s Hotel.—It gives ue real pleasure to
note the growing popularity and success of this
splendid Hotel under the management of the Bying-
ton Boys. They give their guests the most undivi
ded attention, keep their rooms in the most elegant
and comfortable style, and their tables supplied
with toe best flesh, fish, fowl, fruits and “fancy
fixings,” that can be had in this and other markets.
Byiugton’s is one of onr very best hotels, and as
such, we are glad to know that it is receiving a very
large and still increasing patronage.
Matos’s Court.—Bnt three cases were before the
Mayor yesterday. The first was a looming big
drunk; it cost the offender twenty dollars. The
seoond was a case of stealing against a negro, Hen-'
ty Jackson; he woe remanded for a warrant. Two
negroes were up on a charge of vagrancy. Both
were dismissed, and His Honor gave way to the
Grand Jury, which meets daily in the Council Cham
ber. ' • ■ *.
Mental Photographs—An Album.—This Album
contains copies of a series of questions, with
blanks for answers—the whole calculated to pre
serve the “Mental Photographs” of friends. Some
very brief jmd crude. f .
Manuscript Albums on this system have lately J about two horns’ coosuliation. r®*^ ^
afforded much amusement in some circles, sad have ; foran assault and battery, which fP^s
never failed to entertain all, young or old, grave or of action. Solicitor Crocker
gay, to whoee attention they have been brought
Havens A Brown byre them for sole.
Beaerest or the Notomocs Bow DAvts.^v'
notorious character, about whom we have aW?
published so much in onr loool oohumu, wm
ed on Sunday evening loot, in Oohmbas, nr»!T
requisition from the Governor of Tennessee/^*
arresters* made by policeman Henry Y. Fenalil
this city, who left hero on Saturday lost unoTv
track. Mr. Ferrell went to Fort Valley and ^
mained there that night, os he had hiformaH™^
the effect that the culprit was prowling artmad tu.
locality. Finding no ctao to him there, the net*,
man went to Columbus os Sunday, and succeed
in arresting him on Sunday evening. TheirZ.
was made on toe charge of forgery on the fo?!
Wood and Simpson, of Nrohvillo—he having drJ!
money from them upon a false draft, it Af**
that the father of the prisoner ia proprietor^!*
Washington Foundry, in Louisville, Ky., and • ^
faros is known, a very reliable man, and his*’'*
worthy son has been traveling through the
counterfeiting his name and drawing 1 ’■
account at various ports of the country.
The requsition of the Governor was issued nnra
the complaint of Wood and Simpson, of
but he hoe also drawn money from Mr. ThotnM**’
the Anderson, of Nashville. It is certain M ’ °'
readers are already aware, that he has practiced!?
favorite scheme in this city, and also at Chatt,^
ga, a4no donbt wonld have succeeded in ,v!,
ling some parties in Columbus. In fact, he h
since admitted to the policeman who arrested k
that he was determined to do so. He appean 1
have a facility for acquiring false names, hi
city he registered at the Brown House as a. 1
tin, but upon being arrested here before, h? „ ^
his name os Beese Davis ; while in Colmahn; 3 ^
registered his name as J. A. Hughes, froo 3^
mond, Virginia. Since hia rearrest he hia <».'
fessed to polieeman Ferrell that he had seduce,;
young lady of Louisville, Kentucky, and that h.
left there because her father would Hfl gj
now lies in the guard-house, awaiting the anira' c i
officers from Nashville, to take him to that ci-
The unfortunate young man's father refuses fc
recognize him altogether, and he now he* at
mercy of the law, with not a friend to intercede
him. .
Too Much Whiskt.—For some months putil
certain party has been selling mean whiety to th|
negroes on the Lamar Plantation, about siitegl
miles from this city, on the Columbus Toad, u; I
now being cultivated by Mr. James Simmon* c I
J. J. Clay. On Sunday last the negroes had a n>|
and fight from toe effects of this illegal trsgc - I
whisky, which, but for the prompt and timely i--. |
ference of Messrs. Clay and Simmons, wonld lr-[
ended in a most bloody battle royal, as
or twenty negroes- when these gentlemen 1
on too ground, had their knives out, and some r
cudgels, ready to pitch in. One of them,:
of a squad, who had commenced the difficulty. *
received a terrible blow on toe head, and 1
bleeding like a stuck pig when Messrs. C. &ndS.>
teferred. They commanded order acdeileo&j.
stantly, and dispersed the belligerents, and tin
ened to shoot down any one of them who 1
them harm or resistance. This brought
toe negroes who were sober enough to
the orders, to terms; but the negro who 1
wounded was perfectly desperate with rig? 1
whisky. He was finally arrested, and bound 1
he was sober. We understand that a warm: a
sued out against him, and two others of the:
violent were bound in the sum of one hucoKdij
lars to keep toe peace.
Mr. Clay informs us that toe row was caused J
together by whisky, as there had never been cj
trouble among his hands before the liquor I
was introduced on the plantationtoot tlie neg
have labored faithfully and wall, and that blip
tation now looks like a garden. He desires:
say that it won’t 'pay anybody to come <
place again and Bell his laborers whisky. Bii
outrage which ho should stop and punish ns
hazzards.
Challenge to thh State.—Mr. W. A M
order to increase toe attractions of his g
pede Rink in this city, aad to render the
extra fine for the Fourth of July, offers
ing premiums, to be contended for on Saturday:
3d of July, free to the experts of Savannah, Ai
ta, Atlanta, Columbus, or any other towns in
of the State:
First prize: A beautiful Silver Pitcher,
$25, to toe man or hoy who can make a
Huff’s Bank in toe shortest time. Two cad
have already entered for this prize—Messrs
Hulbert and W. A. McLendon, of Macon.
Second prize: A beautiful Silver Cop. for
rider who can make ihe circuit of the rink tire
secutive times—555 yards—in the shortest
Two entries have been made—Joseph Dashs
Albert Knight.
Third prize: A Silver Cup to the slowest rifcj
Fourth prize: A Silver Cup to the most
rider. - -.
Fair and impartial judges and tane-leepaj
be present to award these beautiful prizes«
victors. They will be well worth contendiapls
addition to the honors.
Come up now, ye velocipede experts, from
all quarters—the Macon hoys will intereet,
cannot beat vou. *
An Impostor.—Mr. W. D. Williams. Inis
the Academy for the Blind in this city,
letter, on Saturday last, from Mr. Homer si*j
Madison, Ga., in which that gentleman <
as an imposter the man who called recent.'
Mr. Williams and obtained money from I
assuming Mr: Shaw's name, and representiij
self as toe son of one of Mr. W.’a old M*
quaintancee.
In toe letter referred to, Mr. Shaw says:
the middle of May, a blind man came to *
house late one evening, stating that he
North Carolina and was on hia way to Maco: J
his brother lived : that he was out of moi^
bad been put off the cars at tins place; tlatj
going to try to get into the Blind Asylum a:
as he had heard that the blind would be ii!
of for one year, free j that he intended fc j
months to learn to make brooms, so aalo j
living. Father took care of him that ci;
with other citizens next morning, gave fej
enough to pay his way to Macon. latM?
your name as Principal of the Academy, J
to him that you was an acquaintance as-
in Madison several sears ago.”
With ihw important information, the rl ^J
to Macon, and of oonrse very easily
Williams, os it bos been about fourteen 1
he saw hiB old Madison friend. f DI
$15 from Mr. W„ and swindled the bort*
board bill. He has not been heard of s®* j
Concert of the Bund.—The p r0 P|
Concert to be given this afternoon
four o'clock, by the pupils of th®
Blind, is published in onr
Similar exhibitions of these poor aigk' . M
have heretofore created much
muni tv, and we feel sure that the Cone* 0
noon will be well attended, not ttff ^
the ead novelty and interest of the
also on account of the intrinsic 1861
that will be rendered. The P r0 8 r *®'\,J
select and choice one, and should 7
house.
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connection, that the examination
institution yesterday, were of * j
and satisfactory nature. Indeed,
some of them in their literary u
is really wonderful The labor, car* ^ a
which the teachers in the Academy
upon these unfortunate children^® J
great, indeed, or they could not
quired such a knowledge of their
manifest during the examinatiurL^_ ,
exercises will be continued this
at 8X o’clock and ending at 12 »>
noon, as above stated, the annua* _
given. Admission to the Conoert,
cents, to all ages.
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vid Hendngton,for an assault with1 ®
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