About Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869 | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1869)
"IIP" Greorgia ipBwwEwwj^atipWPi^MplliiWB^pppipBppp^iiii w|ni*|jiiLpi y grgjjMP«p^*<tpM>PpyfpwpwwwiiwjW<uait^wa ■ THE TELEGRAPH. MACON FRIDAY, JULY 0, 18CT. g,,—.»■ and Crawford Counties. A friend from Laurens county, in the office yesterday, reports crops more promising than they have been for years. One of his neighbors has forty acres in cotton, manured at the rate of 400 pounds to the acre with Dickson’s com pound. The judgment of the vicinage is that he will gather thirty bales of cotton, from this field. A subscriber writing ns from Hickory Grove, in Crawford, on the 2d instant, says “cotton and com are growing very fast, and also the grass. Com is as good as the land can make. Cotton is better than has been known for years. We had rather too much rain last week and the grass grew uVa blazes, but this week has been dry and the farmers have killed nearly all of it The weather is very warm.” Oar Corn Crops In Great Peril. The accounts in the Northern papers from Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Iowa are very gloomy. Eolus, Pluvius and the storm-gods generally have taken possession of that region. A cold, wet and backward spring has been fol lowed by prodigious rains and terrible wind storms, freshets, deluges and hurricanes. The accounts from our com crops np there are very bad, and we are afraid that even $1,25 will not bring a bushel from those repons next summer. Administration and Cuba. The Western dispatches say the administra tion has finally settled upon a definite policy re garding tha difficulties in Cuba, which is summed up in the authorativa declaration that it will recognize either the belligerency or the independence of the new republic. This course has been adopted after mature consideration. The negotiations which will soon be reopened between onr Government and Great Britain re garding the Alabama difficulties, have had much to do with the result, for the reason that a com pliance with the wishes of the Cubans would de tract from the justice and consistency of the de mands against England. Tomato Batter Cases.—The season for that highly esteemed vegetable, the tomato, being again at hand, we take occasion, says the Colum bus Enquirer, to recommend a mode of serving them obtainedfrom a newspaper,and which,after trial, we can pronounce excellent. It is to slice them, when ripe, cover them with batter, and fry on a griddle, like other cakes. They should be seasoned while frying, large and solid to matoes are the best for this dish. Those who are fond of tomatoes will take new delight in them fried in this way for breakfast; and we believe that many, who have not fancied them in the old styles of serving, will find them most palatable in this way. Execution op Filibusters in Cuba.—Advices < of the 21st have been received from Santiago de ■ Cuba. A number of filibusters, who landed from • the schooner Grapeshot, and subsequently fell into the hands of the troops, had been executed there. Among them were Charles Speakman, of Auroria, Indiana; Albert "Wyeth, of New York; Carlos Quinones, Martin Jnstiz and Have ner Estevez. Three filibusters, named Pedro Valdez, Jose Pena and Gregorio Rodriguez, were shot on the 12th inst. near Guantanamo. Murder in T,tv. Counte.—On last Friday a horrible murder was committed in Lee county. Two women, in the employment of Henry Tur ner, had a falling out, and one Florine, formerly a slave of OoL Gamble of Augusta, way-laid the other and beat her brains out with a lightwood ; knot. She was arrested and made a full con fession. Jealousy led her to commit the crime, there being an improper intimacy between her husband and her victim. “Let us have peace. A New Cabinet Shuttle.—The quidnuncs Bay there is to be a new shuffle of the Cabinet in August. Hoar is to resign—Robeson is to be ■transferred to the Attorney Generalship, and Benjamin H. Brewster, of Pennsylvania i3 to be made Secretary of the Navy. This is to con ciliate the Pennsylvanians, in view of the Octo ber election. They are sore headed and dis gruntled. Glad to Hum n.—The Albany News informs the Telegraph that the planters in bis section of Georgia have their corn crops at home. Glad to hear it, and hope their crops are big enough to be visible,-in part at least, all the year round. The fact is, Georgia has been raising “com enough to do,” almost every year, but is out be fore blackberry time. The Canvass in East Tennessee.—The Knox ville Press and Herald says that Senter will, on the night of the election, cross the line which divide^East Tennessee from the other divisions .of the State, with the majestic huzza of “Vic- toryr-twenty thousand majority for Senter in ‘East Tennessee.’’ Mineral Spring at Cabtebsvtlle.—A vein of .pure mineral water has been struck in a well in Carte rfville, Ga., as we learn from the Express of the 1st instant. That paper says that an an alysis of the water has not yet been made. AvDebt.—A member of Congress tells ui Ma con .owes her post office organization peculiarly to the Massachusetts radicals. Thank you, gen tlemen, we owe yon one and will pay that debt Grant os Johnson.—the telegram says Gen. Grant was asked whether he had read Johnson’s strictures upon himself and what he thought of them. Grant said, in reply: “Mr. Johnson uses very hard words.” Assassinated.—Maj. W. T. Gunter was shot and killed while out in his plantation, in Dale county, Alabama, on last Saturday week, by someunkown person. He was shot in the back and died in about one hour afterwards. It was a most dastardly and atrocious murder. Hbalth or Savatoah.—The Mayor of Savan nah sent the following answer to a gentleman in this city who inquired of him the health of Sa vannah: “ City never healthier than now—rumors to tally unfounded."’ £. C. Anderson, Mayor. Missing Steamer.—The steamship “United Kingdom,” running between Glasgow and New York, left the former port seventy-one dayB ago, and has not been heard from since. Fears are .entertained for her safety. Oboes zn Lee and Dougherty.—Mr. George Beall reports cotton and com in these counties as perfectly splendid. He never knew them looking so well. Fine rains fell at his place last week and all nature wears a glorious smile. Courtesy to Strangers is a marked feature in the management of the American House, Bos ton. In the excellence of its appointments it is equalled by few hotels in the country. MAXUTAcruBiNa in Munboe.—'We are informed by Mr. Brumby that he was in Mnnroe county on Saturday, attending a meeting of subscribers to a Factory at Towaliga High Falls. About thirty-one thousand dollars had been subscribed to the enterprise, and two propositions had been received from Northern sources—one for a cash subscription of twenty-five thousand dollars on condition that the management of the business should be entrusted to the subscriber. And an other of ten thousand dollars in cotton machin ery. TUe Vexed Question. The Atlanta correspondent of the Columbus Sun (see the letter in this edition of the Daily Telegraph) says one way of evading the diffi culty about the negro members discussed among Democrats there, is for the Legislature, so soon as it is called together, to adjourn tine die. This he thinks would devolve the question upon the people at the ballot box, at the next regular election in course,- and whoever might then be elected, whether white or black, wonld be seated and the whole question pass out of the field of controversy by the lapse of time, and the natu ral order of events. If that wonld be the practical operation of this proposition we * should hold up "both hands for it. To escape the expense and annoyance of one session of the Legislature under the nine dollar per diem would itself be a God-send to the people of Georgia. But we fear, in the present temper and purposes of the Executive, no such result would follow. If the Legislature adjourned sine die he wonld probably convene them in called session, and a second adjourn ment wonld be substantially a declaration of war —the recognition of such a dead-lock between the Governor and Legislature, as would be a potent argument in the hands of the recon- stmctionists for immediate Congressional inter ference. If the reconstructionists in Geoigia really desired a peaceful and easy solution of tins trouble, this proposition should be acceptable. It would be simply a waiver upon the part of the whites of all farther exercise cf legislative powers, until the voters should make a new se lection of Representatives. But the course of this revolutionary reconstruction faction justi fies the apprehension that tney want nothing short of a reorganization by Congress,and hence every scheme to solve difficulties and soften an tagonisms is out of their line of policy. "We would disarm them by the simplest and most direct method. "We would accept their exposi tion of the law and conform the action of the legislature to it. The people are bound to see that all these strained constructions of legisla tive power to override an authoritative construc tion of law upon the fundamental rights of the citizen, will meet with no respect whatever out side of Georgia, and avail us nothing here. Meanwhile, we suppose the Legislature will not be convened before next November and there are four months in which to digest onr plan of operations, under the light of facts and circumstances as they may arise. Let us think it over well and maturely, and be sure to make no blonder in this business. A Colony of Immigrants. Messrs. J. R. Butts & Brother received letters yesterday from New York in reference to the mission of Mr. TV. Cope Morgan, the editor of a London newspaper who comes to this country, with another gentleman, as the representatives of a population of English Presbyterians, manu facturers, mechanics and agriculturists, anxious to bny land and colonize in Georgia. The as sociation, though generally poor, embraces some men of means, and the whole composes a most valuable population—intelligent, industrious, moral and religions. It was the desire of the Messrs. Butt’s New York correspondents that the representatives of these proposed colonists should be tendered money to bear their expenses to Georgia, and should be hospitably received here and met with liberal propositions in reference tp land. "We have seen these letters and think it wonld be well to make up a little purse for the ob ject. Let us make a break and grand results may in all probability follow. A current of immi gration directed into Georgia will pnt new life and activity into all values. And this will be the accepted year for such a movement. It is highly probable that this year, the prosperity displayed by the Southern Agriculturists will presents bold and striking contrast with the general depression of all industrial interests in other parts of the country. TVe know that the summer crops in the TVest are unpromising. TVe know that business of all kinds, as a general thing, is slack and unprofita ble. On the other hand, the prospects of cotton producers, within our memory, were never so bright as they are jnst now. Cotton growers have the promise of fine crops and low mid dling is now selling, for delivery in October next, at twenty-eight cents. The prospects hold out a reasonable promise of unnsnal activity in the South the ensuing fall and winter, and plainly indicate the policy of pressing onr claims upon the attention of the world, as hold ing out better inducements to immigration than any other portion of the continent. The Virginia Election Took place yesterday. The Conservative Re publicans, with the aid of the whites, seem to be sanguine of electing Walker and defeating Wells, and carrying the amendments to the constitution. The legislature they expected to lose on account of the way in which the so-called Constitutional Convention had jerrymandered the districts. We judge from the Virginia pa pers that the white population of that ancient and venerable State had fallen pretty unani mously in with the policy of supporting the con stitution with the amendments and backing the moderate radicals against the destructives. At the opening of the canvass, a large por tion of the people occupied a position of indif ference or neutrality, but they have generally abandoned it, and determined to do the best they can under the circumstances. They will have to fight the influence of the administration, and are, of course, under the absolute and un limited control of Congress; but if they can or ganize a State government, time, immigration and political changes will work out their deliv erance at no distant day. Virginia is destined to grow faster than any other State of the Union. She will soon be pow erful in wealth and numbers, and we hope will illustrate her own State device in trampling un derfoot the enemies who have gratified their petty malice in degrading that noble and patri otic commonwealth. The Penitentiary.—We learn, says the Au gusta Chronicle of Sunday, that the State Prison or Penitentiary was, with all its convicts, work shops, tools, materials, machinery, etc., leased on Tuesday last by the so-called Governor to Messrs. Grant, Alexander <fc Co. for a term of years. We do not know upon what authority this transfer of the State convicts is made, but presume that some recent legislation has provi ded for it or such shrewd gentlemen as the les sees wonld not have entered into such a contract This lease will set adrift a considerable number of loafing Radicals and scalawags who held po sitions as Keeper, Assistant Keeper, guards, watchmen, book-keepers, Ac., of the Peniten tiary, and in this view of the transaction wa have something to commend it We learn that it is the purpose cf the lessees to leave only a few of the convicts in the peniten tiary—jnst enough to provide tools, carts, im plements, shoes, clothing, etc., for those who will be pnt to work on onrlines of railroads. Next week the entire oonvict force, amounting to about, six nundred hands will, be pnt to work on the Augusta and Macon road, and that the road will be completed by next spring. Murder.—The Rome Courier learns that a horrid murder was committed at the residence of Mr. Hampton Penny, who lives near Judge G. W. Thomas, in the lower part of this cpunty, last Sunday evening. David Partin, a young man, killed Stiles Montgomery, a grand son of Bartly Montgomery, who was a sober, industri ous young man, about nineteen or twenty years old! He was stabbed three times/ either of which wonld probably have proved fatal. The origin of the difficulty is sain to have been about some wwatu^ Faitia made his escape, The Chinese in the CottonFiel<|. i BY TELEGRAPH, ! The Memphis Appeal of last Tuesday, speak- " 1 — ■= ing of the Chinese-labor meeting that was held From W lishillgton. the day before in that city, said: Washington, July 6.—Revenue to-day one mil- We have seen a letter from one of the wealth- ^ on an ^- three quarters, iest and most successful citizens of San Francis-• Gen. Sherman has returned, co, dated the 18th inst., on the subject of Chi- ! Gov. Stevenson, of Kentucky is here, nese labor for our cotton fields. The writer is j John M. Langston, of Ohio, a negro, made per* a man who has control of one of the largest gona j application to the President to-day, for the commercial enterprises on the Pacific coast, yjbadi, ft, California has shown the Chinese to be an in- - to Cuton waters, has been ordered home to take dustrious, hard-working, obedient and frugal prominent officials on an excursion along the At- people. They never get drunk. They readily lantic coast. adapt themselves to the manners and wants of j The hands in the Navy Yard and Ordnance shops Americans, and areas useful in domestic ser- • -worked yesterday on some emergency job. vice as in tiie more laborious occupations of the • r^g e t eamer Firefly, which left Philadelphia with field. The supply is inexhaustible.” On the an excni8ioQ party f 0 r Cape May, was overhauled contractors—their principal men. A special ters aboard. The passengers were released this proposition made to one of these men will be . morning. satisfactorily answered. ! President Grant's family leave for Long Branch The Memphis movers in the Chinese enter- \ on the fifteenth. The President has abandoned the prise, says the Louisville Courier-Journal, have j idea-of a prolonged absence during the summer, gone to work in the right way. They have; Supervisor Presberry, of Virginia, gives favora- applied for the services of the Chinese through I Me accounts of revenue matters in his district, and the Chinese contractors, the principal men cf! sa ^ “ 0r9 “°ney has been collected dunng four , , . i months of this administration than dunng last year, that people. The chief Chinese importer at Pn , w Z^.a.«»n»«Lo(i]»L, San Francisco, who, it is said, h ’.s by his own individual agency brought nearly a hundred thousand Chinese into this country, is to meet the members of the Convention at Memphis on the 18th inst, when and where all the condi tions between the contracting parties, the rates of transportation, the wages and subsistence, the tenure of service, the guarantees for the fulfilment of obligations, etc., will be definitely settled. As early as about the middle of the present month, a dispatch will flash to the Paci- So cBorc, ordoring tbo.rotjnircS number of im migrants at the earliest possible day. Tbe Atllsins Muriler. The Warrenton Clipper says every effort has been made by democrats and radicals to induce Mrs. Adkins and other members of her family to gjve the name of the murderer of Adkins, bnt there has been no answer to the petition. There is a fly in the lock somewhere. The Clipper restates the circumstances attending the murder thus: We beg our Readers to indulge us while we give a brief history of this Adlans affair. We only state facts, and do so reluctantly, for we had hoped ere this an arrest wonld have been made, and thegnilty parties made to answer. Adkins, while in Washington, become rather too inti mate with some other person's wife, in conse- sequence of which, according to his own state ment, he left for Georgia. He stopped in Au gusta, and while there openly informed his friends that he was afraid to return home—that he had been advised by his own family that to return was unsafe. Yet, in the face of this, his wife visits him and induces him to return on this particular day. On arriving at Dearing Station he had an altercation with the brother of a young lady whom he had grossly insulted by the most infamous propositions, but friends interfering, prevented a collision, and Adkins, with his wife started for home on foot, notwith standing their horse and buggy was waiting for them. After going a mile and a half Mrs. Ad kins concluded to return for the buggy, leaving Adkins and the negro to proceed, during her absence he was murdered by some unknown person. A messenger was sent to this place by the family to ascertain of the Coroner whether he was compelled to hold an inquest, remarking that “if he was not, the family did not wish an inquest held, as they knew who killed him.”— Subsequently an article, purporting to have been written by Adkins’ daughter, was published, in which she appeals to the public for retribution, and also declares again that “tha family knew the murderers.” Tennessee Canvass. The Canvass in Tennessee is somewhat hotter than the weather, and a great deal more ridicu lous. The two champions of radicalism held a bear-baiting in Chattanooga last Saturday, and addressed three thousand people. According to the Nashville Banner Senter growled fiercer and bit sharper, and carried the crowd with him— a delightful crowd, no doubt, in which no de cent man was a voter. The dispatch to the Re publican says: At least two-thirds of the crowd were for Sen ter and cheered him heartily, whereas Stokes got very little encooragement of the sort. Sen ter offered Stokes five dollars to tell whether, if elected, he would recommend the Legislature to enfranchise every man who wonld take the oath that he (Stokes) took after writing the Duncan letter. Stokes would not answer. Sen ter was very severe in his denunciation of Stokes, Butler and Cate. He said that Stokes was court-martialed for cowardice and stealing from the Government, and that Roderick Ran dom Butler was stricken from the list of Claim Agents for swindling widows and orphans out of their pension money. There is no longer any donbt bnt that Senter will carry this county. Bets are being made that he will carry it two to one. His majority will probably be large but may not reach that figure. Senter says he has removed registrars and he intends to keep at it if they don’t do their duty, and that he will call out the militia to enforce the law if it can't be done any other way. He is determined that every man shall vote who is entitled to. He made votes here to-day by his manly argument in fa vor of universal suffrage. I have it from good authority that Stokes is personally for universal suffrage, as he says the registration system is too corrupt to exist. I should not be surprised if he came ont squarely for universal suffrage be fore the canvass is over, as that is now his only hope of being elected. Dedication of Calvary Church at Americas. The Americas Republican of the Gth says: On last Thursday morning at 8 o'clock the cor ner stone of Calvary Episcopal church, in this city, was laid by the Right Reverend Bishop Beckwith, of the Diocese of Georgia. The ceremony, though brief, was qnite impres sive. The congregation gathered at the residence of Dr. E. J. Eldridge, when the procession was formed, the choir was in front, the ministers in their robes and surplices immediately after, and the membership and vis itors following, in which order the church. lot was approached. The order of procession was reversed at the chnrch ground, the people form ing laterally about the spot, and the divines drawing near the northeast comer of the edi fice, succeeded by the choir chanting the “Can- tanta.” The “Processional Chant” Jiad been snug as the procession moved from Dr. E. J. Eldridge’s to the lot jnst adjacent. Prayer was said; the vanlt of the Corner stone was filled with the following relics to-wit: the Bible, the Prayer Book, the Chnrch Journal, the Chnrch Register, a copy of the Macon Tele graph, a copy of the Sumter Republican, and two American coins; the lid was replaced; and the three strokes of the gavel in the Bishop’s hand, blessing and consecrating the edifice in the name of the Father, Son, and the Spirit, completed the hallowed dedication. The beautiful chant, “Gloria in Excelsis,” proclaimed the accomplishment of the sacred work, and the thankful joy of the assembled congregation. In some chaste, appropriate and impressive remarks, preceding the benediction, Bishop Beckwith congratulated the little flock upon the evidence there displayed of their zeal and ener gy, affirming that no other parish in Georgia had achieved so much. He paid an especial and deserved tribute to the two fair young ladies of onr city whose untiring and devoted exertions did snch effectual and so great service in inau gurating and carrying forward the founding and building of this chnrch. The accomplished Mrs. Blackshear and Mrs. Burke, of Macon, assisted by some of the best voices of our own city, added to the strength and sweetness of the choir upon the occasion. There were present the following divines of tbe Episcopal Chnrch, to-wit: Rt. Rev. Bishop Beckwith, officiating, Rev. H. K. Rees, Rev. Mr. — , of Eufaula, Rev. Mr. Leacock. Supreme Court. July 3,18G9.—Argument in case No. 6, Chero kee Circuit—Flipper vs. Reid & McFarland— was resumed and concluded. Jndge "Walker for plaintiff, and Capt. Dodson for defendant No. 10. Cherokee Circuit—Boyd vs. Bales— by consent was next called, and argued by Messrs. Presberry represents the crop prospect, of the State and in the entire South as better than they have been the past ten years. The tobacco crop, in par ticular, is most abundant. The wheat harvest has exceeded the utmost expectations of farmers. Maj. "Wofford states that Judge Dent consents to run for Governor of Mississippi on the Conservative Republican ticket. Washington, July 7.—The Government is waiting for the full correspondence which called forth Gen. Cabby's letter, declaring that the members of the "Virginia Legislature must take the iron clad oath. When these are received the whole" matter will be referred to Attorney-General Hoar for his opinion, after which the Cabinet will decide the matter. The impression prevails that tha members elected will be seated without Federal interference. President Grant has arranged liis summer excur sion so as to be within easy reach of the eapitol, and wfll at no time be absent over two weeks. Gen. Sickle’s instructions contain nothing what ever, relative to the purchase of Cuba. A person best qualified to speak for the Government, says: ‘■The Government is not in the real estate business just now.”| Government expenditures for Jane were: Mis cellaneous—nearly four millions; War—five and quarter millions; Navy over two and a half millions: Interior—two millions. The Secretary of theTreasniy has directed the As sistant Treasurer at New York to purchase three mil lions of United States bonds on Friday, to be held subject to the future direction of Congress. Special Revenue Agent, Kinsella, has arrived and is busy in completing his report. It is understood the report seriously implicates high standing parties in New Orleans, and the former custom-house of ficers. Neither Kellogg norStockdale are implicated. KinBella’s investigation did not extend to their term. The currency balance in the Treasury has been reduced six millions since the first of July, by the withdrawal for the purchase of bonds, and two and a half millions to-day for the use of the army. A MYSTERY. Turner, the negro Post-master of Macon, tele graphs the Department that he has taken posses sion of the Post-office, but that all the white clerks have left. He asks for instructions. There is some mystery here about Turner’s bonds; they are not recorded in the Post-office books devoted to that purpose. ' Virginia Election News. Richmond, July 6.—The election, as far as it has progressed, is the quietest one ever held in Virginia, and the city presents the appearance of a Sunday. A body of troops are bivouacked in the public park, and tha ambulances of the two parties, covered with national flags, driving about after the sick and in firm, are the only unusual scenes of the day. A number of blacks have openly voted the "Walker ticket, without any of the hostile demonstrations of their brethren, which characterized the last election. The whites, up to 1:30 p. M, have 413 majority in three wards. The election here closed quiet The ballots are being counted. Both parties claim the State. Re turns come in slow. A large colored vote has-been given for Walker and it is thought he has carried the State by a handsome majority. From Atlanta. Atlanta, July G.—The negro, Turner, Post-maBter at Macon, was released by the United States Man- shal last night, and has returned to Macon. The wo men having in their possession the stolen United States treasury notes were released on a five hundred dollar bond, after a private consultation between the United States Marshal and some lawyers. The whole affair will be exposed in a few days, and the guilty parties brought to trial. General News. New York, July G-—Mayor Hall, in addressing the Tammany Society while celebrating the 4tb, fa vored Cuban independence. He condemned the ac tion of the administration in throwing obstacles in the way, and favored a vigorous policy in relation to the Alabama claims. PmT.ADET.pmA, July 6.—Geo. W. Childs, editor of the Philadelphia Ledger, carried 1500 men, women and children—people connected with the Ledger, to Atlantic City yesterday. It is estimated that the affair cost ten thousand dollars. San Francisco, July G.—Mr. Seward headed a procession to-day in honor of the Fourth. The cele bration was very enthusiastic. A trial of the air ship Avitor took place yesterday. The Times says it is a success. The Alta Califor nia says the performance was something like a fail ure. Chicago, July 6.—The Irish National Republican Convention has been organized—J. W. Fitzgerald, of Cincinnati, President, and Vice Presidents from the eighteen States represented. Mn-WAUKTE, July G.-The Treasurer of theMilwau- ki and St. Paul Railroad fell under the cars and was killed. , Fortress Monroe, July 6.—The election in this vicinity passed off quietly. Sx. Louis, July 7—Dispatches from Salt Lake, Omaha, and other points report the Indians turbu lent. Montreal, July 7.—Letters have been received here from Jefferson Davis, now at Paris, which ren der it doubtfnl if his health will ever permit his re turn. If be recovers sufficiently to travel, he will spend the summer in Canada, and the winter in Mississippi. Portsmouth, July 7.—The Penobscot has arrived at the navy yard from quarantine, free from dis ease. New York, July 7.—The Cubans, Alfaro and Bosora, were released to-day on $5,000 bail. Savannah, July 7.—Favorable reports from all sections of this State and Florida have been re ceived regarding the cotton crop. The VirgimaElection, Richmond, July 7.—The State, according to the latest returns to-night, has gone by nearly forty thousand (40,000) for Walker, and there is a Walker majority of fifty on a joint ballot in the Legislature. Tbe Walker people elect all the Congressmen ex cept three, who are Platte, Porter and Norton —colored men. This complete disaster to the Wells’ ticket results from: First, the unreliability of the negro vote, which in the country districts has gone largely for Walker; and second, because of the failure of their calculations in some of the coun ties bordering on Tennessee and North Carolina, where the white votes for that ticket were chiefly expected. In that quarter, counties that were ex pected to give him GOO majority, went against him by 1000. The Walker State Executive Committee tele graphed President Grant this morning, congratula ting him on the triumph of his policy in Virginia, and thanking him for his liberality. Several Walker colored men have been elepted to the Legislature. From Cuba- Havana, July 6.—The steamship Louisiana ar rived on Sunday. A number of torpedoes have been found in the coal at the city gas works. Foreign News. Brest, July 6.—The signals are good and *31 well aboard the Great-Eastern. Lisbon. July 6.—Late Rio Janeiro advices place McMahan at Buenos Ayres. Madrid, July 6.—There have been a number of Republican demonstrations throughout Catalonia. London, July 6—There is universal depression in the cotton trade in Lancashire, and several heavy firms have been suspended. Dispatches frem Cork report continued Fenian outrages. The police were recently attacked, and several injured. The Cork Common Council has unanimously passed resolutions calling for relief for the Fenian prisoners. London, Julv.7.—Dean Stanly in a sermon on the Fourth of July, deprecated the use of irritating lan- guage by those in authority in England or America. Madrid, July 7.—In the Cortes, Figuerra moved to inflict severe penalties against those refusing to swear to support the Constitution. Brest, July 7.—At ten minutes past ten o’clock this morning the Great Eastern had arrived in American waters. Mexico City, June 27.—Morales,minister to Wash ington leaves on the 25th of July. The train between Mexico and Vera Cruz, ran off the track killing 23 and wounding many. The new American minister presented his creden tials to Juarez. The speeches were complimentary to the people of both nations. The Government is short of funds and withholds the interest on the internal debt and has re duced the salaries of officials. . London, July 7.—The Daily News says, editorial ly, that the Irish Church Bill will leave the House of Lords with a very different character to that with which it entered, and much less acceptable to the country. It is impossible for the House of Com mons to accept tbe amendments made by the peers, and it will be their duty to restore the bill to its original form. The Lords have done their best to spoil the measure. They prudently abstained from rejecting it, and the Commons must transform the deformed. * Paris, July 7.—The Patrie denies that ministerial changes are imminent. LaFrance denies the contemplated evacuation of Rome by the French. Brest, July 7 Dispatches from the Great East ern state that she weathered a heavy gale on Mon day. All is well—signals good—fifteen hundred and twenty-four knots ont. Madrid, July 7.—The ministerial crisis is over. Zarilla has been appointed Minister of Justice; Mortas, of the Public Works; and Becarra, of the Colonies. Arrest «r tbe Macon Post-Master. PRESENTMENTS From the Chronicle and Sentinel of the 6tk.) X*® On the nineteenth of last month a mulatto BRAND JURY Of BIRR CBOim woman from Hanoock county, named Man an r T rr r -t> uiv>rcmt wn '*| Harris, stopped in this city on her way from FOB THE MAY TERM, .868, Washington, and succeeded in passing about The Grand Jury, for the present Term, n>.v $450 on the merchants of Augusta, in bills on the following presentments, to which the* the First National Bank of Jersy City, which . ,, ,. _“*** **■ had been stolen from the Treasury in Washing- , ^ attention of the Court m bon while unsigned, and the President’s and clt ^ 6n * °* 018 county: Cashier’s signatures forged. On the Wednes- 1 „ - o— . We find the roads and bridges in good ord», day succeeding, Mr. Mnllarky found that the with some exceptions. The bridges needin 1 bills were worthless, and, pursuine the woman .. , . - X 7? ... u * n 8te. to Atlanta, had heTarrested. At the tSTof j “° W Xmdet contra< * “d will be gp.* her arrest there were found on her person $950 Hy finished. of the bad bills, and $467 of good currency, j We find the hospital buildings in good orf The proof against her, we suppose, not being ; and neatly kept, and the patients furnished sufficiently strong, she was discharged, after re- , . n . mvi „ - . , 60 storing nearly all the money of which she had 1 wnoleso e food, at. a cost per robbed the merchants here. ; of twenty-one cents per patient, including On Thursday Mr. Morphy, of the Atlanta Po-cal attention. We reoemmend that the ganh I lice, arrived here and rettnned on the night of „ ^ employed at a considerable baW Z that day, taking ynth him Lieut Purcell, of the , , ,, . ,. be Augusta force, to assist him in unravelling the 1 with, and the Stewart be required plot, as heretofore it had been found impossible 1 have the work done by such of the inmate w to get anything ont of her, and it was thought • are able to do this labor. We also r»cooi me . j that by bringing her to this city, where the ‘ ttgt a Poor House be established in coninnM,^ crime was committed, that operations could be ! ... . ,, .. J uu «joj conducted with a better hope of success. On J ^ ^ Hospital, and that the city reli^ Friday morning Lieut. Purcell reached Atlanta ! rights in the property to the county, fcj. and immediately re-arrested the woman on a ' aid the county officers in arresting all Wp/ warrant issued by United States Commissioner {ana sending them, and proper subiee*. t . Smith. On Friday night he took the cars with T for ^ her and siartedbome,but when the train reached and treatment. Union Point he received a dispatch from United ■ fi 11 ®, 6 books of the Clerk of the SoperV, States Marshal Smyth directing him to return Court neatly and correctly kept, but think that with his prisoner to Atlanta. Ota receiving this hn«V» AnaH u v..*.. message Lieut. Purcell transferred the woman to the up-night train and went back to that city. On the cars, we are informed, the woman’s some additional books should be kept is the o dinary’s offioe; and that, after examination, a vouchers should be cancelled; aU of T 8 Ordinary promises to attend to in future. courage gave way and she made a clean breast I examination of the bonds of the oon-t? of the whole transaction. | officers we find that the Tax Collector has She stated that some time since she went SfaSh^aSa;^ l£S£ f through his hands during Uw yau-^b?. that she formerly knew H. M. Turner intimate ly when they both lived in Hancock county, and meeting him North the intimacy was resumed. She traveled a good deal between Washington and Philadelphia, and often saw Turner in the former city. On a day between the 1st and 5th of June, Turner gave to her in Washington be tween $1,600 ana $1,700 of this spurious cur rency, which she had been passing, instructed her how to get rid of it, and made her promise to divide with him the good money she received. She then retnmed to Philadelphia, and from that time to the tenth, was in constant corres pondence with Turner on the subject On the tenth of the month she started to Georgia. She passed $100 of the money in Washington, where she stopped several days, $100 at another place and finally 450 in this place, as stated above. Catastrophe in Wilmington. The following was telegraphed from Wilming ton in the press dispatches of the 5th inst, not received at this office : The steam tug Brandt, with a large party of excursionists on board, returning to the city this evening, had a piece blown from her boiler, at a point six mileB below the city. The utmost consternation prevailed on board, and Wm. B. Meares, Charles Arey and E. H. Eilens jumped overboard. Arey, after sinking twice, and Ei lens were rescued by a colored man in a life boatfrom the steamer Waccamaw. Meares, af ter swimming one thonsand yards, was drowned. Henry Gilligan was so badly scalded that ]|fe is despaired of. Neil McLenrin, son of Joseph McLaurin, is painfully but not dangerously hurt A large number of slight casualties also occur red. This sad affair has plnnged the communi ty into the deepest grief. Taking Evidence.—CoL Christopher, of the United States army, was in this city yesterday, by order of the Secretary of War, for the pur pose of investigating a charge on an affidavit made by a negro, Sam Smith, against Messrs. Grant, Alexander & Co., accusing these gentle men of inflicting more than eight hundred lash es upon one, Aaron Webster, a colored convict under their control by virtue of the arrange ment existing between them and the State au thorities. The aforesaid affidavit was taken before Jacob R. Davis, bnt is minus all signa ture, and avers that said Webster died immedi ately after the infliction of the punishment al leged. From the best evidence we can gather, there is no fact to base the charges of this affi davit upon, the said Webster being still alive, and held as a prison convict.—Augusta Consti tutionalist, 6 th. Cincinnati ami Georgia, «—— —- . „ . , T ... . ,«,-*w,Tear, be i longing to the county, we consider the bond is! i sufficient and recommend it to be increased We find that the County Treasurer’s bond is but $15,000, with insufficient security, and re commend that it be strengthened. As sos* $70,000 of county funds passed through hh hands during.the past year, we deem in unpor. tant that the county Bhould be secured it son:* legal maimer, and therefore recommend tha Court to take such legal steps as the protection of the county requires. The Ordinary has given a bond of $2,000 to the Governor, but "no bond to the oounty, and vs respectfully recommend the Court to take sect steps in this matter as will secure the public & I terests. We wonld also recommend that the Shetifs bond be strengthened. . ... We find that the various Railroad Cornu. Lieut. Purcell ana the ■woman arrived in At- panies, whose roads terminate in Macon, bm I Ianta on-Saturday morning, where the accused i pa ia no oounty taxes for a number of yea secured the services of several fine lawyers— [ past, and that the Ordinary has deposited. q among others, Hon. B. H. Hill, Gen. L. Gar- I open account, and without interest, in a Bat M —j f"l T nit, AW (!) 1 M M A fl.M W A — MA A . A. W A . a * — ■ A .A A A a a A a A trell and CoL Luther Glenn. After an exami nation before United States Commissioner Smith, at which the woman still testified against Tur ner, a warrant was issned for the arrest of the latter, and the authorities in Macon telegraphed to secure him. This warrant was placed in the hands of Lieut. Purcell and one of the Deputy United States Marshals, and the party immedi ately left for Macon, arriving there on Saturday evening. The officers found Turner seated in the Post-office, and at once arrested and hand cuffed him. The same evening he was placed in the cars, carried to Atlanta and placed in confinement in the military barracks. Turner seemed much dejected when arrested, and man ifested a good deal of trepidation. The examination of the two prisoners com- j menced yesterday morning in Atlanta, before the United States Commissioner, bnt the pro ceedings are as yet kept secret, as other parties maybe complicated -who have not yet been ing House in this.city, $20,000 of CourUm*l funds and $12,000 of Jail funds; and as snot I er Banking House of the city offered to tri: I this money on call loan, at 7 per cent pet & I mm, with good and sufficient security, 1 passed the two resolutions which follow: I “Resolved, That the Ordinary of Bibb Cota I ty is requested, in conjunction with the Coxy I house Commissioners, to loan out, on a cil loan, the funds in hand, and hereafter collected I for the building of a Court-house and Jail, ct| good collaterals, nntil needed.” “Resolved, That we, the Grand Jury of B:U| County, instruct .the Ordinary to issue an oriel requiring the Receiver of Tax Returns to a I on the various Railroad Companies, and req-_*l them to make a return of their oounty tares c:| real estate, from the close of 1868.’’ We append herewith the Ordinary’s reply 11 onr communication, conveying to him th»| resolutions : Mr. Seward. Clinton, Ga., June 24, 1869. Editors Telegraph: Will you permit one of your subscribers, and a well wisher for the suc cess of the Telegraph, and the political princi ples it advocates—one who has been a Demo crat without variableness or shadow of turning, from his youth np—whose years number more than half a century—one who has had some connection with the political press in the better days of our Republic, (so-called,) to suggest that you no longer publish the travels or early history of one Wm. H. Seward—a name that Democrats, especially Southern men, have cause to hate—a man who has done as much, if not more, to destroy the South than any liv ing mortaL 1 Let Mm go to Montana, or to the devil—who cares—no more of "Seward in mine ears, if yon please. Respectfully, eto. W. T. M’Cullough. Ah, my friend, it is the misfortune of South ern newspapers how-s-days that they are com pelled to deal with more disagreeable subjects than eTen Mr. Seward. arrested. . “Ordinary’s Office, June 19,18G9. The followiDg.press dispatch, in the Tele- j 4. Burke, Esq., Foreman Grand Juy obafa of yesterday, completes this exciting little | Sir : I am informed of the actios i| episode and leaves ns more in the dark about' the Grand Jury of this county, embraced it n: I it than ever* j resolutions of that body, and have, in viewol Atlanta, July G.-The negro, Turner, Post- their ummimous adoption, given them ffl master at Macon, was released by the United ^exgLtnxxd. coaHideratio^ Inregariltotheifc States Marshal last night, and has retnmed to xesoiuttoii, ‘That tte (Irdmary of Bibb coori* I Macon. The women firing in their possession ! “ Commissioners, a »l the stolen United States Treasurv notes were : quested to loan out, on call loan, unhlneedeil released on a“five hundred do^bond afte/a ! ^ {nnda 111 W and ^reafter collected,^ released on a nve nunarett aouar oono, alter a Tjtxiidinfi of a Court-house and JaiL’ I tal private consultation between the United States rrtr®. “zr . T “ 1 Marshal and some lawyers. The whole affair respectfully to say that the kw makes no p^l will be exposed in a few days, and the guilty for parties brought to trial. of the county, and the resoktion of ti*l ” Grand Jnry would be no auihonty for snch acil THE FACTS OF THE CASE AS STATED BY on my part. The law places in my hands c* F TURNER. 1 officio the duty of guarding the public faniil * * If eel amply able to do so. Looking to il*l The Editors of the Telegraph, thinking it safety of the funds, the right to loan pmSef very strange that such a thing as the arrest and : monies has never been exercised without mea l handcuffing of the Post-master by United States j risk, and one Grand Jury may harethl jut u 1 t . *. r J jx u a ingfitto differ from another on this subject! Marshals could take place in Macon and nobody j ca ^ led on M ^ are fromt he people, and gcql know anything about it, have thought it right to • back as soon as their few- weeks’ public, tho-sl question Turner in relation to the affair. Tur- 1 important labor is over, others taking that! ner states that there is not one word of truth, "place. I could not change the law guatgg the Chronicle and Sentinel. He says he was ; a few weeks or months they may be chechil subpoenaed as a witness in this woman’s behalf, . out, and I prefer strict obedience to the ln| to go before the United States Commissioner in especially as the resolution embodies tt»* I ° . „ . , . _ . , • , • shall act “in conjunction with the Commisaal Atlanta on Sunday last. That he went there, ers » kw organizing such Commistaal and was questioned by her counsel as to the ; gives them no control over the funds, nor cull character of the prisoner and was then dismiss- j as a public officer, do more than the law. R *1 ed; but none of his evidence was taken before ! be called upon, tq loan ah all it ’ „ . . __ , ! be of my own act and volition as to the n the Commissioner. Turner says thathisknowl- ; and am0 J Qnta , as an elective officer m edge of the woman amounts to little or nothing. | Constitution, charged with this duty, I < That he knew her by sight only while she wasin i take any man’s judgment, as I alone am i rrr, . ,. r . .. si-aues uiab mere uui uuc wuiuui uuul r ; . p The construction of a railroad from Cincinnati . , . . - my action, without incurring unnecessary n;t to Chattanooga is a foregone conclusion. Ten 8 ,° fa j* 3 ^ . to .** *”* B ? ao ** j Thefunds of the oonflfr HMsafelyfepodte^ million has been voted by the former city for this purpose, an amount sufficient to do the work. 1 The building of this line will have a direct influence upon the "Western produce trade of Georgia. We have, heretofore, been cut off from Cincinnati—the most important city in the West—for want of direct transportation and reasonable freights. It is the best and cheapest bacon market in the world, and from it we should receive our cured meats, lard, candles, etc. With the building of this railway there ought to be a change of policy on the part of Cincinnati mer chants towards the South. That city was always bitterly opposed to ns politically, so much so, indeed, as to question onr integrity. Hence, while Southern credit stood at the top in New York, New England and everywhere else, fanat ical, bigoted Cincinnati distrusted our mer chants, refused them accommodation and drove them from her market. They have no faith in us yet, but this railroad will bring about a bet ter acquaintance and establish close relations of amity and commerce between Ohio and Geor gia. ’"V" Cms. Macon in the capacity as a servant of Mr. Geo. G. Wilbur. That subsequently, he saw her once in Atlanta, where he was introduUd and spoke to her. That a short time ago he casually met her again in Philadelphia, when she told him ehe was going to return to Georgia, and asked permission to travel in his oompany, which he sponsible. , ^ ^ .. “As to the second resolution, I am not e«-’| of any law authorizing me to pass an order s| Court under instruction of the Grand J®?' But will say, in response to the sentiment j suoh resolution, that, it shall be my zealous j. deavor to make all property subject to tax " tax, and will go’ as far as I can go to carry < legally what in my judgment wfll conduce b granted. That nothing more passed between to the public interests and contribute to them than ordinary courtesy on the poad. That the stories of his having given her money, coun terfeit or otherwise—or their living in Hancock county — or correspondence between them at Philadelphia—or his arrest and being handcuffed —are utterly false. And, so far as he knows, county treasury. ‘Yours respectfully, “0. T. Ward, Ordinary- We subsequently received from the Or the written legal opinion of Samuel H Esq., Attorney at Law, in regard to the mows of the Railroad Companies for county respectfully recommend that the saioebeaig"^ —uuttny hubs, auu, so xar as lie mows, —-—J - . n-ri, ,, tt - _ , i before the Courts, and submitted for tacu the woman Harris never made any snch charges ^ ^ From Louisiana. New Orleans, July 7.—A huge quantity of seized sugars of Auguste Coutourie A Co., has been claimed by a Havana firm, Plassau, Aviles A Co. Coutourie A Co. have suspended payment. Besides the sn- The following dispatch, due this offioe on the 5th, was not delivered. It is the announcement of the beginning of the Turner muddle: Atlanta, July 5, p. m.—Several days since, Captain Tim Murphy, special detective, arrested two women who had in their possession a por tion-of a large sum of -United States currency stolen from the Treasury Department at Wash ington. Forged signatures were signed to the Treasury notes, and large amounts passed in Augusta, Ga. These wopaen implicate H. M. Turner, the recently appointed postmaster at Macon. Turner was arrested yesterday by the United States Marshal and brought to Atlanta. An investigation is now going on, bnt efforts are being made to keep it secret. Further develop ments looked for to-morrow. against him either at Atlanta or elsewhere—nor did any suspicion exist in Atlanta, so far as he knew, that he was at all complicated with her in any proceedings in relation to spurious money. He declares the whole story is utterly untrue in every part, parcel and particular. On examining into the financial eonAh*®'I the county, we find that the Ordinarydj® • I ceived, from all sources, $67,62150. "I penditures by tbe Ordinary, since he wen: ■ the office, have been $35,243 85, as follow^- ^ Poor Schools (Jsgl Hospital I Insolvent Court Costs... - 5,65JSj Jnnt0 Important from Cuba. Bridges and Roads ATTACK UPON JOURDAN AND REPULSE OF ! Jail Fees ." THE SPANISH TROOPS. | Washington, July 5, p. m.—The Cubans here : Lawyers’ Fees..., have the following: ' - Spanish troops attacked Jordan near Holquin. j showin a ^ ^ ^ han& of j After an eight hours fight the Spaniards were ordinary of $32,377 74, which wfll be repulsed mid oompeUed to trfte refuge m the ! by ^ Section of upwards of 84,000, ^1 town. Cuban loss two hundred killed and wound- j ed, including twenty Americans; Spanish loss J ^ Oourt Of this cash Balance,’$20,000 - ... r . - _ , , - w vjourt House funds, and about the same. The Spanish force consisted \ Jail funds leaving on jy abo nt $1,500 to ^ of two brigades, outnumbering the Cubans two ; cummt county expenses, until the collect^ 3 ] to one. Cuban advices report that the instructions of DeRodas are to carry out the polioy of Duloe— that of conciliation and positively to control the volunteer organizations, and maintain the su premacy of Spain, and that orders have been issued to prevent committing snch atrocities as were recently committed by Gen. Lesca, in Cin- co "Villas district The effect of this polioy upon the volunteers has been to produce dissen sions thronhout the entire organization, and volunteers who have given adhesion to DeRodas’ administration by surrender of oohtrol of the forts, arsenals and other important positions are denounced as traitors. the taxes levied for the present yew- ..mI We recommend that the Ordinary wtJ Jjj tax as will raise the sums of: $7,500 tional purposes; $10,000 for oompW^^j-rl $17,000 for miscellaneous purposes ;?*• I outstanding bonds of the county, We thought it proper to oomnuuucate lowing resolution, which was passed ly, to the Ordinary : “Resolved, That we earnestly ™ the Ordinary of Bibb county not to 1 ®; f-J thirty thonsand dollars ($30,000) in the drainage of the swamp (city I after the adjournment of the next We also passed, at the request of the ^ | the following resolution: ‘ ‘Resolved, That the Ordinary of thiawnW. On Friday morning at four o’clock a bloody r equestedto organize a 0 f. " murder was committed in Bartow county, abont | 7186 ^ ua Honor, Judge C. B. Cole, ^ thirteen mile3 north of Carters villa. ‘ Caroline i Having brought our labors to j Evans, a white woman of thirty or more, has to return our special thanks to his , been living for three years as a servant in the ■ Cole, and Solicitor General Cwciefi. ^ family of James M. Denman. She went into j courtesies extended to ML^and . his room where he was sleeping with his wife f these proceedings be publish £ m the <**“- and child, kindled a fire, and taking an axe, i pers of Macon, reaohed over his wife and ohild and atrnck him j Thosias A. Burke, Foreman, across the forehead, gashing out one eye. He j Cary W Cox, Thomas H raised np in the bed, and asked herwhy she had Jmi« H Woolfolk, Job H ChenV, cut him. She said she would tell at the proper J Charles B Massenburg, Joseph Block* ^ i died Saturday morning. She has i WmAMcLane, MelancthonB^ Murder in Bartow. ..... ... ... .... time.i He D . . A Tolerably smart mot is attributed to the been arrested and is in jail at Cartersville. She | Abner L Clinkscaies, S Scott Dnmap* present British Foreign Minister. Mr. Sumner, refuses to give her reasons for killing him. Mr, ’ Edmund R Richards, Christopher B® 1 after living into advanced age a bachelor, mar- Denman was a man of some means, and much John E Jones, William Fyfe* tied, three years since, a young widow of great respectability. He was thirty-five years old Gabriel B Roberts, John 8 Walker and Wofford for plaintififin e^or, and! ^ boloDrinvtatha latter firm under' eurveffl. P”*™ 1 “factions. Recently the manand and leaves a wife and three or four children. j benjamin F Roes, Fr*a«s J Chaw bv T W Alexander for defendant in error > “ l0D S“« «> tp®, u , eul ce ’ : wife have, on the ground of incompatibility of These are the facts as given by a gentleman George R Barker, WAS* 1 *;. ‘No. 7. Cherokee Circuit-Doe, ex dem. Thom- j 18 « mchaeaea and liquors. 1 timiper, separated. Lord Clarendon.being ask- of ithat section. ' Orlered by the .Court, that ttoi* 60 tonetaL vs. Roe A Trammell—ejectment from ' Heavy oroe^a for number one and two wheat are | ed.what impression Mr. Sumner's late speech There are many rumors as to the cause of the sentments b? pubfithed as requw*^-; $ e . Whitfield.' Argument in this eesewas opened : being received from France—more than canbefilted had made upon him, answered, “I have read it, murder, but nothing reliable. It certainly was E. W. CaodtaA ^ byOoL MeCutcUeon, and the Court adjourned till here. Orders for one bnnflred thousand bushels of sir, with much interest, and have formed from a very cold-blooded transaction, and is marked True extract from the minure* of ***■ ^ 10 jl, of Tuesday wst,~~AtWnta iftxc Era. numbvr cue have-been received within a ItlYilajS. it a vvry high opinion—of Mrs. Sumner,” . . by features of unusuiJ brutality.—Constitution. July 7, 1669. A. b. Ross, nrilgfe niiyuH* n tiMjftMaeifoiilg
