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The Greorgia "Weekly Telegraph.
THE TELEGRAPH.
MACON JFRIDAY, JULY 9, I860.
Tbe Jonriml and Mejttenger,
We are sorry to see that our contemporary an
nounces the resignation of Anderson W. Reese,
£sq., Editor-in-chief of that paper for several
years past, Mr.'Reese was a fine writer, shrewd,
sharp—a man of excellent intellectual parts—
fine person and manners, and very industrious,
faithful and popular in his 'calling. The only
fault we can find with him is that he wholly fail
ed to appreciate the Telegraph, and this might
have been our fault and not his.
Mr. Reese is to be succeeded by a man of con
siderable experience and distinction in editorial
life—General William SL Browne, of Athens.
General Browne is, we think, by birth an Eng
lishman, and has held editorial connection with
the New York Journal of Commerce and the
Washington Union—the organ of Mr. Buchan
an’s administration. When the war broke out
he sided with the South, and was, for a time,
private secretary of Mr. Davis. Subsequently
he was appointed Chief of the Conscript Bureau
in Georgia, and, in that capacity, was known to
many of onr people in this section. He had his
headquarters for a time in Macon. General
Browne is an accomplished writer, and we have
no doubt will be a valuable acquisition to the
Journal and Messenger. We wish him a pleas
ant and profitable career.
Negro Equality among the Prophets.
Specials to New York papers give an account
of an incident, affording an idea of the views of
Gettysburg people as to negro equality. A ne
gro, lately promoted by the voters of Washing
ton city from waiter at the National Hotel to
Alderman, visited Gettysburg daring tho cele
bration of the anniversary of the victory of the
Federal army a few days ago. He went in
oompany of Sayles J. Bowen, Mayor of Wash
ington. He wished his equality recognized at
the Gettysburg Springs’ Hotel. He first ap
plied to the Member of Congress from that Dis
trict, whose acquaintance he had formed when
waiter at the National Hotel, for an introduc
tion to the Hon. O. P. Morton, the Indiana
Senator and Speaker for the day. Neither of
these gentlemen could “see it.” The story
nigh Times Over Virginia.
The Virginia conservatives have well nigh
gone crazy with exultation and joy over the re
suit in that State. It seems tho returns are
coming in better and better, and they now count
goes that Hon. Bowen did take breakfast with | on sixty majority on joint ballot in the Legis-
The Virginia Election.
The telegrams, yesterday, bronght us gratify
ing news from Virginia. Wells and his crowd
of turbulent negroes and worse carpet-baggers
have been overwhelmed in every direction by a
popular majority of about forty thousand, and
all that they have been able to do for the North
ern Radicals is to leave them a choice legacy of
three negro Congressmen! and probably they had
better leffrthem the small pox. rAVe are: very
much mistaken in the Northern people if they
like negro Congressmen better than we do; and
we shall expect the elections in Pennsylvania
and Ohio to disclose a signal disgust at this
development of Radical reconstruction policy,
and of Gen. Grant’s plan of mixing colors gene
rally. "We have no idea it meets the concur
rence of the American masses.
The Virginia election has also given the Radi
cals another lesson on the folly of attempting to
build their political fabric in the South upon a
negro foundation. The telegram said: “The
Walker Executive Committee telegraph to Grant
congratulating him on the triumph of his policy
in Virginia. ” Grant will understand these facts
without a commentator. Virginia accepted his
policy because she could get no better—it was
the devil or a witch. They have accepted some-
thing like universal suffrage against a proposi
tion to disfranchise the whites—and they have
consented to admit the right of negroes to hold
office against propositions to substantially re
strict office-holding to negroes. They were
bound, in common sense, to take the course they
did, and just so far as this,Grant’s propositions,
admitting so much latitude of choice, have tri
umphed.
It is a ghastly triumph for radical reconstruc
tion, and will, in due time, put old Virginia
once more in the van of the great democratic
and constitutional army, marching forward with
steady and ponderous tread to the redemp
tion of free government and true American
Republicanism from the harpies who have de.
throned both, and elevated in their place the
wretched travesty which we now behold.
him at the hotel, and that Bowen’s daughter
sat next to him.
Cotton.—Our cotton crop of last year was
2,430,893 bales, or 972,357,200 ponnds, worth
about $250,000,000 in currency. This crop was
grown on about 2,800,0000 acres. The whole
cotton-growing area of the Union, leaving out
Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia, is 420,365,
440 acres—so that the last crop represents only
about one-sixtieth of onr land which can produce
cotton. Hie estimated number of hands em
ployed in making the last crop is 810,20S, of
whom one-fourth were white men. Our rivals
in cotton growing are falling behind. Smyrna
has virtually abandoned the business; Egypt, in
1868, produced only 193,035 bales against 404,-
411 in 1865; India, in 1868, produced 1,240,576
ales against 1,850,668 in 1865.
Rome as a Wheat Market.—For tho past 30
day, says the Rome Courier of the 8th, 'Wheat
has commanded a much higher price in Rome
than at any other point on the Western & At
lantic railroad. We are informed that at all
these towns the highest price paid for new red
in the last ten days, is $125, while in Rome, up
to yesterday, the price was $1 50 and on that
day, Wednesday, it was sold at $1 30@1 40.
Escaped.—Weaver the man convicted of mur
der by Military Commission in Texas, and or
dered to be hung has escaped. The State Ga
zette says that Weaver took leave of the milita
ry at their camp near Austin, and one of the
guard went with him to keep him company.—
The noted decision, therefore, will not have any
practical bearing on Weaver.
Admitted to the Bab.—R. A. Nisbet, F. C.
Furman, and Sidney Lanier, have been licensed
to practice law in the Superior Cctorts of this
State, at the present term of Bibb Superior
Court. The examinations were highly credit
able to the young gentlemen. May their pro
fessional path be strewed with honors and fees
—especially fees.
Boll Wobm in Newton Cotjntt.—The Cov
ington Enterprise regrets to learn that the boll
worm has appeared in force on several cotton
plantations in Newton county. It is apprehend
ed from their early appearance that they will be
very destructive to the crop this year.
John Chinaman in South Carolina.—The
Charleston News learns that the Hon. John
Townsend, of Edisto, is making arrangements
to hire a number of Chinamen to work on his
plantations. Mr. Townsend is convinced, as
we ore, that in the low-country the Chinaman
will be the right man in the right place.
University Matters.—We learn that the fol
lowing awards of honors have been made in the
Senior Class of the University, viz:
First Honor.—W. S. Bean, Augusta; W. R.
Hammond, Atlanta; M. Guyton, Laurens county.
Second Honor.—H. B. Van Epps, Atlanta.
Third Honor.—J. T. White, Forsyth.—South
ern Banner.
Three tons of solid silver in bricks, weighing
from 1,500 to 1,505 ounces each, were recently
shipped from Georgetown, Colorado, to Chica
go. These bricks were packed in sealed leather
sacks;*one, however, was uncovered, and was
stamped as weighing 125 pounds 2 ounces, and
as. worth $1,302.
General Gustavns W. Smith, of the late Con
federate army, and Mr. Hewett, a very exten
sive iron maker in Pennsylvania, have been
prospecting around Elyton, Alabama, with a
view to making investments in that neighbor
hood.
Error.—In printing the Bibb Grand Jury
Presentments yesterday an error occurred in
a date. The Grand Jury in their resolutions
called for tax retains from the various railroad
companies from the close of 1865, and not 1868,
as printed.
The cholera is said to have made its appear
ance in Hudson City, opposite New York, and
there is no little excitement there in conse
quence. Quite a number of persons are ill, but
it is not ascertained that any deaths have oc
curred.
Railroad Ibon.—The Georgia Railroad is
transporting two thousand tons of railroad iron
for the Wills’Valley Railroad, and four hundred
tons for the road from Knoxville into Kentucky.
The iron is shipped from New York.
At.t, the dramatic and musical stars of Europe,
it is said, are to appear in New York next sea
son, with two important exceptions, Madame
Patti and Christine Nilsson.
General Bragg and family are spending the
summer at Chalybeate Springs, Meriwether
comity, Ga.
Our correspondent's report of the gallant pas-
sage-at-arms at Perry had been anticipated—as
he will have seen.
An Iowa paper reports that as a man and his
wife were at work in a field in that State, their
child, which was in a basket near them, was
heard to cry, and the husband asked his wife to
gcr and see what the trouble was. She, intent
upon hot work, delayed a few minutes, and then
to her horror, found the child dead, with a
large snake coiled around it. Tbe husband, in
the frenzy of his anger and grief, struck his
wife with a hoe which he held in his hand, and
killed her instantly.
Meanwhile, Fomey in the Chronicle, goes
crazy with rage, and threatens that Congress
will interfere and annul this rebel fraud. For
ney’s disappointment is great. He has been
completely fooled. On Sunday he was tele
graphing bis other journal, the Philadelphia
Press, as follows:
“After as thorough an examination as could be
made in thirty-six hours I am fully satisfied that
the Republican State ticket will be elected. I
have obtained all they know an General Canby’s
headquarters, talked with members of the State
Executive Committe, and at least a dozen more
or less prominent Conservatives from different
parts of the State, and the admitted facts on
both sides must elect 'Wells.
This shows he was poorly prepared for the
general burying of Wells and his party which
took place the following Tuesday.
It seems from our Press dispatches that For
ney is not alone in his fiery indignation. He
represents the Bontwell and Creswell and Hoar
wing in the cabinet, and they have determined
to bring the Congressional battery to bear on
Virginia. “She is not properly reconstructed. ”
It is true she has elected a “republican” gov
ernor, but they can’t help seeing it has been
done mainly by democratic votes, and if they
let her in she will not probably adhere to that
policy. They smell danger.
Already there has been a difficulty in the
Cabinet abont the matter, Bontwell insisting
that Reconstruction in Virginia shall be stopped,
and Grant maintaining that it must go on. We
have no doubt the Cabinet will throw every pos
sible embarrassment in tho way; but, as to
Canby’s ruling that the Virginia Legislators
must take the iron-clad oath, Grant is already
committed against it by his decision in the case
of Louisiana. His dispatch of June 30, 1868,
to Dunn, of Louisiana, has often been quoted,
and is as follows:
“ I have no orders at present to give; but I
repeat to yen, as heretofore, that the members
of the Louisiana Legislatare are only required
to take the oath prescribed by their Constitu
tion, and are not required to take the test-oath
prescribed in the reconstruction acts. Generals
Meade and Canby are acting on this view of the
case. U. S. Grant.”
Let ns leave them to work out the Virginia
problem. They may possibly gag the South
ern people for a time longer, bnt this will only
aggravate tbe catastrophe when it comes.
Stamping Spirits.
As sundries of our people are likely to be
stamped out of their property under tbe inter
nal revenue act, in entire innocence of any dis
position to evade the law, we copy to-day the
Treasury Department’s interpretation of what
the law requires. Although we do not see how
any ordinary mind can understand and keep the
run of this stamping business, so as to save
himself harmless from the forays of spies and in-
informers, and have been told that, in reality,
few or none of tho revenue officers pretend to
understand it themselves, yet as “ignorance of
the law exenseth no man,” we recommend all
parties concerned to sit up nights—and study
into this thing, if happily they may save them
selves from spoliation and rain. The chances
are a thousand to one against you, but perad-
venture yon may escape. See the ifinity of
stamps required—and every one of them must
be put on at the right time and place, or you are
gone np. Then some rascal says, besides al.
these stamps,there are to be three more for bar
keepers— the delivery stamp—the passage
stamp and the home stamp—the first to be put
upon the lips—the next upon the throat and the
third upon the abdomen of their customers, as
they are served. This, if true, is too bad.
Cotton Aspects in New York.
We quote the subjoined from the New York
Mercantile Journal’s Cotton report:
The exportsforthe week have been 8000 bales to
Great Britain, and this movementwill probably
in the immediate future be restricted to the lower
grades, as New York prices are so much higher
than those ruling in Liverpool. It will be noted
that there is a reduction of 250,000 bales in onr
exports to Great Britain on the aggregate of
the preceding year, and nevertheless—we are
almost threatened with a famine on our Home
productions. This fact proves incontestably the
large strides we are making in the manufacture
of cotton goods.
For future delivery the speculative movement
is on the increase, at former prices. For July
and August sellers are very shy, and we doubt
the correctness of a sale mentioned at 31^ for
the former month’s delivery for low middling.
This same classification commands 26^ @ 26J
cents for November and 25 @ 26 cents for De
cember with many transactions on private terms.
For the moment, Liverpool advices are bnt lit
tle heeded, but it is probable that by that time
the first cotton centre in the world will regain
some of its diminished sway-at least speculators
should take that fact into consideration.
Planters will note the prices offered for cot
ton to be delivered in November and December,
and the concession that although exports have
been reduced two hundred and fifty thousand
bales, there is still so short a home supply as to
threaten famine. It is not for the permanent
interest of cotton growers that consumption
should be checked by scarcity.
SrrTX-TWo emigrants,’direct from Switzerland,
arrived at Goldsboro, N. O., on Friday evening.
They are in a fine condition, and were received
by members of the North Carolina Immigration
Association. Mr. Atkinson, the agent of the
association, has returned from Europe.
The Constitutionalist on Policy.
Our friend of: the Constitutionalist having
fought to the depth of his gaff on principle, con
siders policy in this following from that paper of
the 7th:
Ifriffnot ourpurpose to rehash the matter as
a legal question^ and we shall positively per
mit “old res adjudicala" to take a snooze of
infinite duration, if need be. Bnt, we "are
called upon, at the present stage of the drama,
to.consider the best policy to be pursued, un
der the circumstanc.ee, by the members of the
Assembly who hold the seats of the expelled
negroes. Principle seem3, for the nonce, to
have gone to the “demnition bow-wows,” and
so we are obliged to look at this thing in the
light of policy. The more sagacious and clear
headed of onr public men and political pastors
agree that, should the members who hold, the
seats of the negroes resign, their resignation
ought to be voluntary, and not not caused by
any compulsion, public or private. If such a
resignation took place, it would, of course, be
on the understanding that Mr. Bullock should
order a new election. Now, here is the diffi
culty. Nobody that we know of believes that
Bullock would do anything of the kind. It is
not at all likely that he would recognize ‘any va
cancies. - On the contrary, he would take the
position that the ousting of the black members
was void, and, therefore, no vacancies were
created by it Even the Macon Telegraph
admits that this would probably be Mr. Bul
lock’s course. But, thus conceding, the Tele
graph goes on to say that Judge Speer has in
dicated what should be the true method of pro
cedure, even though the resignations had taken
place, and the “Governor” refused to recognize
vacancies. We infer that Jndge Speer and the
Telegraph prefer unconditional resignations
on the part of the white members now holding
the places of the expelled negroes, and an un
conditional return and reinstatement of the
aforesaid negroes. This the Telegraph calls a
straight, politic, constitutional, sensible, profita
ble and manly way out of the dilemma. ” Without
stopping to cavil about our respected contem-
•porary’s choice of adjectives, we will suppose
that Us sole object in this position taken is to
put Bullock in the wrong absolutely, and thus
give his opponents a supposed advantage in the
argument before the country. In other words,
the old game of policy is tobe played over again.
True, this thing of “policy” has not done much
for us in the past; quite the contrary indeed.—
But who knows what great things it may do for
us hereafter? True, the compromises we have
made with a false Congress have been most ef
fectually ignored in other days. Bnt who knows
but Congres%may have a spasm of honesty when
the Georgia Legislature welcome back Sambo
and Coffee, with tokens of sullenness or delight,
or, let ns say, a mixture of either from persons
of different complexions of opinion? If the
wUte members resign their seats unconditional
ly to the negroes, it would be what some people
call magnanimity; but if they thus resign with
the expectation of commending their greatness
of sonl to the littleness of spirit of the Radical
Congress, they will be victims of misplaced con
fidence. We suppose we shall have to chronicle
tUs humiliation for policy’s sake. It looks very
much that way. It is the legitimate result of
the great blunder onr people insisted upon com
mitting in that stupendous year of policy run
mad—1865.
Well, if anybody will show us the best and ea
siest way of getting out of this difficulty, that is
Tbe Fourth of July.
Louisville, Kt., July 4,1869,
Editors Telegraph: Notwithstanding the holy
Sabbath reigns around ns, the heavy boom of
cannon at brief intervals breaks upon the ear,
spiced by an occasional villainous clatter of fire
crackers or the sharp explosion of a pistol shot
in the hands of some defiant rowdy who takes
this method of respectfully informing his more
quiet fellow-citizens that he is the bearer of con.
coaled weapons, which, if necessary, he can use
for a more serious purpose than that which now
engages his attention.
Yes, it is the Fourth of July; and what of it ?
Where now are the precious memories, the sa
cred associations it awakened, ante bellum, in
the minds of all ? Alas! for the American peo
ple, the blessings once so dearly prized are now
obscured and tarnished by the unpatriotic trick
ery, the venality and corruption of modem,
small fry, party politicians.
Let us, however, still cherish the fond hope
that in the coming time the light of order, law
and liberty will again shine in upon the blind
ness and party prejudice that control the hour
and which of itself would cause any right think
ing man, if visiting a foreign land, ashamed to
admit himself an American citizen.
For several days the weather at this point has
been intensely warm though not unseasonably
so. The city is very doll, yet we are promised
a lively time daring the coming week. The
Crescent City Circus will spread its ample oan-
vas on to-morrow evening competing for several
days and nights With Newcoinb’s Minstrels who
are also here. Cur school exhibitions have all
ended, many of them affording both pleasure
and profit to all classes. The health of the city
was never better, the long sultry days are suc
ceeded by the most delicious evenings and we
are nightly fanned by the cool sea breezes steal
ing to ns from the Indiana shore. From all
parts of the State the glad tidings come of a glo
rious, bountiful harvest, and a bland smile of
satisfaction and content lingers upon the faces
of men who have hitherto suffered at the hands
of those whose amiable proclivities are to mo
nopolize the provision market and exact the
most exorbitant prices for the absolute neces
saries of life. Let Heaven be praised that for
once the winds are tempered to the shorn lambs
and that there will be plenty to eat and to spare.
Then if onr bank accounts are not so satisfac
tory, still if our granaries are filled to repletion
we can stare fate in tbe face and look forward
with bright hope to the better time coming.
OUB NEW RAILROAD.
The city papers have been literally teeming
with exultations over the railway making direct
commnnication with Cincinnati. Both cities
feel confident that it will conduce to the-pros
perity of each.
On Tuesday of last week onr City Council en
joyed the hospitalities of Cincinnati, which will
texaEO-ir-a.ipih:.
the precise road we are in quest of—that is our be only reciprocated by us on Thursday next,
‘■‘policy," friend Constitutionalist. We want to
compromise this difficulty at the lowest price
and on the easiest terms, and that in truth was
all that was left to ns after the surrender. We
had nothing to do with politics “in that stupen
dous year of policy run mad—1865.” But it is
dear to us that we had no other course then,
and if we had gone to the radicals and bought
them off on their own terms, we should have
escaped negro suffrage which was not then pro
posed.
But every point we have so far made sgainst
these radicals has resulted in defeat and loss,
and so will this one, if we stand on res adjudi-
cata and the right of the legislature to keep out
the negro members notwithstanding the decision.
We will talk about principle with our friend,
when we get ont of the hands of the Philistines
and have to deal with people who have any re
spect for it But if ever the Constitutionalist
gets into the hands of foot-pads, he will not ex
pect to save himself by a homily on the ten
commandments. He will try some other means
of self-extrication. He will buy them off, if
possible, and save his sermon for men who will
appreciate it
That was onr condition in 1865 and still re
mains our condition, and must remain so, until,
if ever, the American people get tired of a gov
ernment ontside of principle and law. Mean
while, we have got to live—we must make our
selves as comfortable as we can, under tbe cir
cumstances, and console ourselves with whatever
hope the fntare offers.
Card ot tbe Ordinary.
Editors Telegraph: I regret that justice to
myself requires that I should notice some allu
sions contained in the presentments of the Grand
Jury of Bibb county, for the May term, I860.
The Honorable Grand Jury make the follow
ing presentment: “ The Ordinary has gwen a
bond of $2000 to the Government, but no bond
to the county, and we respectfully recommend
the court to take such steps in this matter as
will secure the public interest” As Ordinary I
have given the only bond required of me by
law. Heretofore the Ordinary, as Treasurer of
the school fund, was required to give bond, pay
able to the Justices of the Inferior Court The
Inferior Court is now abolished and the Ordi
nary exercises all the powers and jurisdiction
of this court as to connty matters; but for the
Ordinary to give bond to the Ordinary is a legal
farce. I stand ready and willujg to give bond,
as Treasurer of the school fund, whenever the
laws of Georgia designate the proper officer to
whom this bond should be made payable; bnt
to give a bond to any parties whatever, when
the law does not require it I conceive to be no
part of the duties of my office. It is a source
of regret that this honorable body should con
ceive the pnblic interest to be so endangered as
to recommend this extrajudicial remedy. I de
posited the county funds where I considered
they would be safe, and no banking company
has made any overtures to me for the use of
county funds now on deposit on any terms
whatever.
In justice to the Tax Collector and Connty
Treasurer, I would state that the former has
given bond payable to the proper authorities of
the county in the sum of $25,000, the latter in
the sum of $50,000, with good and sufficient se
curities, and it would have been gratifying to
me and (doubtless to them) if the Grand Jury
had taken notice of this, as they were apprised
that new bonds had been given prior to their ad
journment.
In conclusion, I will state that in future as
heretofore, allmy energies will.be devoted to
the interests of the County.
C. T. Ward, Ordinary.
FROM CRAWFORD COUNTY—THE CROPS—
DEPLORABLE CASE OF STABBING.
Knoxville, Ga., July 6, 1869.
Editors Telegraph : Our farmers are still in
the best of spirits, and at present everything
bids fair for a most bounteous and plentiful
yield.
Nothing has hastened worthy of note here
for several weeks, except a little stabbing affair
which occurred here yesterday evening, the out
lines of which we propose to give yon. Laurence
Cherry, a white man reriding six or seven miles
from town, attacked and stabbed Robt. Castle
berry, a negro blacksmith residing in town.—
The wound was inflicted in the right breast; is
serious but not dangerous.. This was a most
brutal and outrageous affair on the part of
Cherry. Castleberry is one of the most orderly
and polite negroes in the connty, and gentlemen
who witnessed the affair assert that he had given
no provocation whatever.
The object of this is not to prejudice the
minds of the public against Cherry, bnt we
simply desire to say that the mass of our peo
ple condemn, from the bottom of their hearts,
all such acts of lawlessness, and that the civil
authorities here are taking tho proper steps to
have the matter thoroughly investigated.—
1 Cherry, we understand, was drunk. Justice.
the time set apart for a visit by the Council of
the “Queen City” so-called. It is the determin
ation of Louisville to extend them such a wel
come that they will defer, for several years, the
foolish project of building a direct commnnica
tion with the South, thus leaving the city of the
falls ont in the cold. We will give them a real
old-fashioned Kentucky welcome when they
come; still feeling in onr own hearts that they
will, nevertheless, bear watching.
Our mercantile interests seem tobe still thriv
ing, even at this dull season of the year. But all
are anticipating a tremendous revival in busi
ness on the approach of the fall months.
The building prospects are very good, and
real estate exchange manifests no abatement
whatever. It only remains for onr merchants
to manifest the proper spirit of enterprise, and
our success will place us speedily beyond the
fear of any rivalry however formidable. Ecus
verrons. O. L. S.
The Macon Post-Master.
The Chronicle and Sentinel of Wednesday
morning has the following:
Grant’s Postmaster.—Through private sour
ces, we learned yesterday that the examination
of H. M. Turner and the two negro women who
have been arrested recently for passing bogus
money, is still progressing before United States
Commissioner Smith, in Atlanta. The proceed
ings are kept secret, for what reason we don’t
know, but we are informed that Tomer con
fessed his guilt, but implicates a man in Wash
ington city as being at the head of the affair.—
Efforts have also been made to induce Lieut.
Murphy to proceed to Washington to arrest this
party, but he has refused to go until he sees
what disposition will be made of Turner and
his associates. The extraordinary secrecy with
which the United States officials at Atlanta are
conducting what should be a public examina
tion, seems a little ominous, and, we are afraid
that some scheme is on foot by which Turner
will be enabled to escape from the punishment
he should receive if he be guilty of the crime
with which he i larged. It would certainly
be a bitter morbneation to President Grant if
this negro Turner, whom he appointed to office
in the face of such strong opposition for no
other cause than that he was a negro, and a de
sire to humiliate the people of Georgia, should
be convicted of a felony so soon after his instal
lation in office, and United States officers, as a
general thing, are not very anxious to do any
thing which would, perhaps, offend the head of
the Government. We await further develop
ments to see if onr suspicions will be confirmed.
The only mention we have so far found of the
matter in the Atlanta papers, is found in the
following from the Constitution of Tuesday
evening:
Bound Over.—A bright mulatto woman
named Marian Harris, was arrested not long
since at the car shed by Tim Murphy, on a tel
egram from Augusta stating that she had passed
spurious money in that city. On yesterday and
the day previous, she was up before United
States Commissioner W. B. Smith. She waived
an examination, and the Commissioner announc
ed that he would require her to give a bond of
$1,500, which, it is thought, she will do to-day.
The bills were of the denominations of $50s
and $100s, on the Fourth National Bank of New
Jersey. They were genuine bills, but the sig
natures were forged. Gen. L. J. Gartrell ap
peared as her counsel. It is rumored that she
made a quasi-confession, but not enough to suf
ficiently implicate the party.
This is as late information as the Chronicle
and Sentinel could have had. Turner returned
to Macon Tuesday night, and it is quite evident
the Chronicle and Sentinel has been widely
misled on the subject. Meanwhile, we have
no information, except such as has been receiv
ed from Turner himself, which we published
yesterday. In yesterday's paper the following
statement appeared in the press dispatches:
“Turner, the negro post-master of Macon,
telegraphs the Department that he has taken
possession of the post-office, but that all the
white clerks have left He asks for instruc
tions.”
In reference to this dispatch Tomer sends us
the following:
Post-office, Macon, Ga., —-1869.
“I took possession of the post-office on July
the firat. A large number of money orders not
paid. No money on hand. I wrote you on the
3d. H. M. Turner.”
To the First Assistant P. M. General.
Editors of the Tdergaph:—This is a true
(copy) of my dispatch to Washington. I said
nothing about clerks leaving, etc.
H. M. Turner.
From Putnam County.
The Eatouton Press and Messenger of the Gth
savs:
Mr. J. S. Fuller laid on our table a few days
since, a stalk of cotton measuring forty-six
inches, and having on it two blooms and fifty-
seven “ squares.” His is another evidence of
what old Putnam is doing, and speaks well for
F. as one of her scientific fanners.
Fine Oats.—Col. B. F. Adams has laid on onr
table the finest bunch of oats we have seen this
season. They measure from four to five and a
half feet with heads ten to fifteen inches long,
and well filled. These oats grew on the prem
ises of Mr. G. M. Galloway, a few miles from
town, who has abont forty acres of an average
height, and thinks he will not only have enough
but some to spare.
Exaltation in Virginia.
Richmond, July 8 Gilbert 0. Walker, Governor
elect, arrived at 1 o’clock this morning from Nor
folk. The day was made a holiday .for his recep
tion, and when the cars arrived about five thousand
people had congregated at the depot
A committee composed about equally of the most
prominent white and colored citizens was at the cars
to receive him: but the populace rushed in and
seizing Walker bore him on their shoulders to . a
coach ornamented with the National and State flags.
The procession, which was nearly a mile long,
marched through the principal streets.
Many of the coaches, of which there were & hun
dred in line, were covered with national flags, and
on the band wagon was a transparency with a paint
ing of a white and colored man shaking hands. The
streets were blocked with people following the pro
cession. At least twenty thousand were ont.
On reaching the house of Col. James R. Branch,
the Conservative candidate killed by the calamity on
Friday last, the procession passed in silence and
with uncovered heads.
Upon reaching the hotel, Walker appeared he-,
tween the National and State flagB held by repre
sentatives of the two races, and, after a few minutes
of deafening cheers made a brief speech. After con
gratulating the party on their complete victory, he
went on to say that in this moment of triumph
they must not forget charity for the defeated.
They must remember that the votes cast against
the ticket were given by deluded and ignorant
men of a race that has not yet had time to he
educated sufficiently to know the wrong of disfran
chising others.
We must remember that we have succeeded on
the platform of universal suffrage and equal rights,
and we must see that those who opposed ns, as well
as those who supported ns, have all their rights and
are protected fully by the law, and with the law, and
under the law. [Loud cheers.]
They must be educated and taught the value of
the great boon of franchise that has been conferred
upon them, and the true value of being a citizen.
We must not forget that the opportunity of win
ning this victory was given us through the liberality
of General Grant. [Loud and continuous cheering.]
And, we must see that its fruits are for the benefit
of the country.
After a jocular allusion to tha griei of the present
State office-holders of the Well’s persuasion, the
speaker concluded by a cheerful picture of the fu
ture prosperity of the State. Three cheers were
given for Grant at the close.
Walker was followed by Isaac Hunter, (colored,)
and several white speakers.
The election returns to-day continue to be more
and more favorable to Walker. The returns this
morning show that the Walker men will have a ma
jority of sixty on joint ballot in the Legislature.
Later.—Additional returns received to-day show
that Walker’s majority will probably be fifty thou
sand. In many of the white counties west of the
mountains, where Walker gets three or four hun
dred votes, Wells gets only three or four.
Gen. Canby, in conversation to-day with a Re
publican member elect of Legislature, said he was
mush pleased at the good order observed in the
election, and thought, from the reports of his offi
cers, it had been, as far as heard from, as fair as
could be held in any State of the Union.
Gov. Walker left for New York to-night, and Gov.
Wells leaves for the same point to-morrow to visit
a son there.
The excitement of the election has not yet sub
sided, and the city is bright with fire-works to-night.
The Kind of Stamps—Important In
formation for Liquor Dealers and
Others. * ' '
From Washington.
Washington, July 8 Commodore Pooro succeeds
Admiral Hoff in command of the West India squad
ron. It is understood that his instructions indicate
prompt protection to American citizens and ship
ping.
Washington, July 8.—It has been ascertained
from the best authority that the dispatch announ
cing that Poore succeeds Hoff, is premature. Hoff
will only be relieved-by his own request. The au
thorities find no fault with Hoff’s official conduct.
The iron clad Centaur, haB gone to Santiago de
Cuba to investigate the circumstances of Speak-
ruan'a death, and if necessary, to demand prompt
reparation.
Several of the heaviest iron clads will soon he
dispatched to Cuban waters.
The Seminole sails to-morrow; the Dictator in
six or eight days.
Within the next two weeks twenty vessels will be
available for the public service whenever an emer
gency may require.
Maj. Wofford, of Mississippi, has received a dis
patch from Jackson, signed by a Judge of the
Court of Error and Appeals, the Secretary of State,
the Judge of the Criminal Court at Vicksburg, the
United States District Attorney, T. C. Murphy, and
other prominent citizens, saying that the National
Union Republican Party is backed by the popular
sentiment of Mississippi, and will support Judge
Louis Dent for Governor. His election is a cer
tainty. Will he accept ? Maj. Wofford was to-day
authorized by Judge Dent, to say that he would
accept the nomination.
The female employees of the Patent Office are
required to take the iron-clad oath.
Tho President will make no present change in the
Liberian mission.
From New York.
New York, July 8.—Much indignation was caused
on Wall; street, to-day, by the premature intimation
of the proposed purchase, by the Government, of
three million of bonds—an official notice of which
was given this morning.
There ia much excitement over the fact that a
large number of brokers are before the Grand Jury,
in regard to the violation of the usury laws. Wm.
H. Sanford, Cashier of the National Bank has de
camped. He is a defaulter in the sum of one hun
dred thousand dollars; cause—unfortunate gold
speculations. He leaves a destitute wife, and sev
eral children. His character for years has been un
impeachable. The Bank states that its business
will proceed as usual.
George Couria was discharged to-day. The Cu
ban recruits present cheered lustily. The Bpy,
French, haB disappeared.
Forney Venting his Wrath on Virginia.
Washington, July 8 The Washington Chronicle
in a bitter article on the Virginia election, says:—
•‘But all is not lost in Virginia. Congress holds the
key of the citadel. The rebel Democrats may boast
that they have elected their candidate, but there is
an ultimate remedy.'-
There are indications of cross purposes between
the Administration and Bontwell since the Virginia
election. ;
From Savannah. %
Savannah, July 8.—The Governor has commuted
the sentence of the negro murderers of Buckman
and Broadbacker, two German gardeners near this
city, sentenced to be hung the sixteenth of June, to
one year's imprisonment The people are very in
dignant at this gross outrage.
The report of customs Bhowsthe total value of
exports from this port for the year ending June 30 th,
to be nearly forty-nine millions.
Ohio—domination of General Rosecranz.
Columbus, Ohio, Only 8 The Democrats have
nominated Gen. Rosecranz, for Governor.
Foreign News.
Paris, July 8.—The rumor that Spain has request
ed France to adviserhe United States to preserve a
strict neutrality regarding Cuba is unfounded. It
is regarded certain that Rouher, representing the
theory of a personal Government, will give place to
Emil Ollivier, representing a parliamentary Govern
ment.
It is stated that the Emperor is willing to aban
don arbitrary power and share the burthen of the
Government with the country and the Legislature.
The Senate will soon assemble, when organic chang
es will be consummated.
Brest, July 8.—All well on board the Great East
ern. Signals good.
Madrid, July 8.—There are fresh ministerial com
plications. The whole Cabinet will probably resign.
General News.
Fortress Monroe, July 8.—The fever on the
Curieux ia unabated. One of the crew died yeeter-
day. .
Marine News.
Savannah, July 8.—Arrived, Margaret, Portland.
Cleared, Gen. Barnes, New York.
instructions in relation to the use of dis
tilled spirits.
Treasury Department,')
Office of Internal Revenue, p
"Washington, June 23, 1869. )
Under the provisions of the act of July 20,
1808, as amended by the act of April 10, 1869,
there are, exclusive of the stamp for stock on
hand, three classes of stamps for distilled spirits.
First, those nse,d by distillers, consisting of
the distillery warehouse and tax-paid stamp;
second, stamp for rectified spirits, to be used by
rectifiers, and third, wholesale dealers’ stamps,
to be used by wholesale liquor dealers.
All spirits produced are required to be depos
ited in the distillery warehouse, prior to which
they must be drawn into casks containing not
less than twenty wine gallons each, and ganged
and the distillery warehouse stamp affixed to
each cask. "When withdrawn from warehouse
the taxpaid stamp must also be affixed, and both
of said stamps should remain upon such casks
until the spirits therein are emptied or drawn
off, when such stamps, with the other marks
and brands, should be effaced and destroyed as
required by section 43.
The original packages of a distiller, after re
moval from warehouse, must, therefore, bear
the distillery warehouse and tax-paid stamps.
The absence of these stamps from any cask
of raw spirits, highwines, or spirits withdrawn son3 ’
from a distillery warehouse, is evidence that
there has been a change of package, and the
cask in such case must bear the marks and
brands required by section 47, which furnish
the means, for identifying the spirits after such
change for package. So long as the original
package remains unchanged and bear the distill
ery warehouse and tax-paid stamps, no other
stamp is required.
Under the provisions of section 25 every
package of rectified spirits filled for shipment,
sale or delivery on the premises of any author
ized rectifier must be gauged and inspected and
have affixed the stamp for rectified spirits. It
must be understood, however, that the term rec
tified spirits is here used in its legal, and not in
the ordinary commercial signification of the
term. Any person who purchases tax-paid
spirits and redistils or compounds the same, or
who purifies or refines such spirits by any pro
cess, is a rectifier as defined by law, and the
spirits so redistilled, compounded, refined, or
purified, are rectified spirits, and must bear the
stamps for rectified spirits. When a rectifier
purchases spirits and empties them into his vats
or tanks he must erase and destroy the stamps
and brands upon the packages, and when he
puts them into casks after completing his pro
cess, such casks most have affixed the stamp for
rectified spirits; and this stamp should not be
removed until the cask is emptied. The ab
sence of this stamp is evidenceof a change of
package, and will justify a seizure if the pack
age is not marked and branded as required by
section 47, bnt so long as the original cask re
mains unchanged no other stamp is required.
Wholesale dealers are defined to be any per
sons who sell or offer for sale spirits in pack
ages of five gallons and upwards, and every
cask or package filled for shipment, sale or de
livery on the premises of any wholesale dealer
must be guaged and inspected and have affixed
thereto the wholesale dealer’s stamp.
Where a wholesale dealer purchases spirits in
the original packages as put up by a distiller or
rectifier, properly stamped as such, no reguag-
ing or restamping is required. Where, however,
he draws spirits from such original packages
and fills other packages on his premises, the
spirits must be reguaged and the wholesale deal
er’s stamp affixed; and if such package contains
ten gallons or more, it must be branded and
marked as required by section 47. Where a
wholesale dealer purchases packages of spirits
properly stamped and branded, and sells them
in the same condition, no other stamp is re
quired.
A neglect or failure to comply with the re
quirements of section 25,on the part of arectifier
or wholesale dealer, renders him liable to the
forfeiture of all spirits owned by him or in which
he has any interest, and to a penalty of one
thousand dollars.
The attention of all officers of internal reve
nue is specially called to these instructions, as
much confusion has arisen in consequence of
the indiscriminate U3e of the stamp for recti
fied spirits and wholesale dealers’ stamp. The
uso of the wholesale dealers’ stamp upon pack
ages of rectified spirits put up by a rectifier is
improper, and must not be allowed; and the
term rectified spirits must not be limited to its
old commercial sense, but should be construed
to cover all spirits included in the status defini
tion.
The provisions of the section 47 apply to all
cases where distilled spirits are drawn from any
cask or package, and placed in any other cask
or package containing not less than ten gallons,
and intended for sale, whether such change be
made upon the premises of a rectifier, wholesale
dealer, or elsewhere; and the absence of such
marks or brands is declared to be sufficient cause
of forfeiture.
All distilled spirits on hand November 1,1868,
and intended for sale, not then in bonded ware
house, were required to be returned to the Col
lector, and stamped with the stock on-hand-
stamp, and such spirits not so stamped, were li
able to seizure and forfeiture after Deoember 1,
1868. Where packages of such spirits were
properly stamped end branded under the pro
visions of section 57, no other stamp or brand
is required so long as such package remains un
changed. The absence of any stamp or brand
required by law from any package of spirits con
taining more than five gallons, works a forfeit
ure of the package and contents.
This provision of section 57 is not in conflict
with, but in addition to, the requirements of
section 25.
If any authorized rectifier fills any package
of rectified spirits onhis premises, for shipment,
sale or delivery, without causing the same to be
guaged or stamped with the stamp of rectified
spirits, or any wholesale dealer fills any cask or
package of distilled spirits without causing the
same to be guaged and stamped with the whole
sale dealers’ stamp, he becomes liable to the
penalty imposed by section 96, and to the for
feiture of all spirits owned by him, or in which
he has any interest, and if such packages ex
ceed five gallons they also become forfeited.
The local officers will be held responsible for
the strict enforcement of all the provisions of
the law in relation to this subject.
It is known that in some cases the wholesale
dealers’ stamp has been erroneously attached
where the stamp for rectified spirits should have
been used, under the direct instructions or with
the assent and permission of the Collector of
the district, and packages of rectified spirits are
now on the market, stamped with the wholesale
dealers’ stamp, without the brands and marks
required by section 47, and some seizures have
been made of such spirits for the want of those
brands. It is not proposed that an indiscrimi
nate seizure or detention shall be made of all
such spirits for this cause, but that seizures
should be confined to oases where there is other
evidence of a change of package in cases where
the stamps have been attached prior to these in
structions. Hereafter, however, the instructions
in this circular will be rigidly enforced, and any
The distiller is w enter nntm
yeasting book tha time wheE thefub I
the quantity, gravity, and; temperature ofa’
mash at the time of yeasting, aadon esc* ■?*
thereafter, and the time whenemptied. ans
the time when each tab fe refilledL '
“try be nuw. •
the book. The entry must be in accordance*?
S»C d mn9t 8how a 8trict
In the examination of several cases it ha* w
shown that where a distiller has fired hi* f
menting period at 96 hours, and his
had been determined upon that basis. WT-
in fact, distilled his mash in 72 horns and i I
not suffered his tabs to remain
than 15 hours on the average, thus cain;.:?*
hours on each fermentation, all of whicli
shown by his books and must have been fa, ***
to the officer. Either of these things is* 0 * 1
lation of the law, which subjects tha di*;ii ?? |
heavy penalties; and the officer who had!™.' 0
edge of the offense, and did not report *s
qrnred by section 98 of the act of July 20
became liable to the penalties imposed in ’
section. J mtiat
These instructions will also apply to the hnnV
and accounts required to be kept by brewers
All officers must understand that the
required by section 98 will be rigidly S’?
upon, and that offences committed bv
will be punished with the same, if not n
strictness than , those committed by other ”’
Where it is found that any party *h 0 :
quired by law to keep books, has omitted *nV r
the details required to be entered in such kfv f
or neglects to make such entries daily,heshTvi
be at once required to comply with the lev - ?
a full statement of the case must be snbariM
to the Commissioner for instructions ** ;
further action shall be taken. ^
The distiller's books are to be kept at the fii
tillery, always open to the inspection otanvt>
ficer, and, when filled np, must be preserved b
the distiller for not less than two years there!
after. He must not cancel, obliterate or destw
any part of such books, or any entry there'- ?
or permit the same to be done; and such boot
must be produced when required by the office-
A violation of these requirements works a for
feitare of the distillery, apparatus, land, and »n
property used in the business, and, in addition
thereto, a penalty of fine and imprisonment.
It is no answer to a call for such books tit;
they have been accidentally destroyed or lost
The distiller is required to preserve them
the time specified, and must place them bevoti
the reach of ordinary casualties.
O. Delano, Com’r.
Decisions of the Snpreme Court oi I
Georgia. 1
DELIVERED AT ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JULY 6.
| From the Atlanta Constitution.
Sallie E. Brace, Adm’r’x., vs. Joseph Crew I
assumpsit, from Richmond.
McCay, J.—A witness called to prove a hajj.
writing, who fails to testify, without qaalifej.
tion, that he is acquainted with it, but only sajs,
he is so from having seen letters purporting’^ I
be written by the party which were receio-1 |
in the ordinary course of business, by a commer
cial house, in which the witness was a clerk, I
though he had neither written nor seen letter I
from the house to the party which these we; [
replies, is incompetent to testify as to his belie
of the handwriting. ' I
2. A witness called to prove that a copy p. I
per, tendered in evidence, is a true copy of ccs I
in the handwriting of a party, cannot be shon I
papers admitted to be genuine and already it I
evidence, and then asked if the original papa. I
the copy of which is sought to be introduced, is I
not in the same handwriting as those stxm J
him. I
Where the consideration of tho.defendsu'i I
contract is executory, to-wit: Some act of tit I
plaintiff to be done either before, or ooincifc
with the act of the defendant; the plaintiff mat
aver and prove either performance on his pe*.
or, if the acts are by the contraot to be perfum
ed simultaneously, be must prove a personike-1
quest to the defendant to perform.
4. Where the facts of a case have beenfu
substantiated to a jury and no rale of lawm
tend to tlfe rights of the parties has been a:-
lasted, either by the court in the trial or tie I
jury in the finding, this court will not distres: |
the verdict
Judgment affirmed.
Johnson and Montgomery for plaintiff in er-1
ror.
W. T. Gonld for defendant in error.
T. EL McHan vs. Wm. H. Stanselb Issue nr j
der intruder’s act, from Whitfield.
McKay, J.—In an issue under an act for lb j
expulsion of intruders, if the defendant in gool I
faith claims a legal right to the possession, he I
is not an intruder. I
2. If the obligee in a bond for titles to lani j
fail to pay the purchase money according to tie J
agreement, no demand or notice to quit is at:-1
essary to give tire obliger a right of entry or sc-1
tion; and if he find the premises vacant ari |
peaceably enter, he is not an intruder.
Judgment reversed.
McCutchen & Shumate, D. A. Walker te |
plaintiff in error.
W. R. Moore for defendant in error.
Alex; McCallers vs. Francis R. Haines. Jpj
plication; for . dower from Washington.
McCay, J—Where, in a napplication for dower, I
the administrator of the husband denies lie I
widow’s rights of dower in a particular tractof I
land, and sets np titles in himself adversely k I
the intestate, it is sufficient in order to cast til
onus of proving title on the administrator, fc: I
the widow to Bhow that she is the widow, «2|
that her husband died in possession of the pret |
ises.
Judgment affirmed. . _
Langmade & Evans, A. R. Wright for plaint: j
in error.
Jas. E. Hook for defendant in error.
Thos. E. Brown, plaintiff in error, vs. • I
Happ, defendant in error. Claim, from Wa»|
ington. I
Warner, J.—Where the attorney of the pc-1
ties in. the court below, agreed upon the sttfl
of facte upon which the oourt below made si
decision, but no bill of exceptions was ever pc I
sented to or signed by the preceding Judge, *-'1
required -by the 4193d section of the I
Held: That the case was not properly b« 0 -’I
this court upon a writ of error, as required^ I
law, and that it could not be heard to I
the errors which it was agreed by oonn *\‘j|
oourt below committed, unless the eame t I
been duly sanctioned and certified by the pi*
ing Jndge, before whom the case was tnea-
Case dismissed. . ,, ■
Gilmore & Flournoy, X L. Harris,forph®^ I
in error. ,, ■ I
Langmade A Evans, A. R. Wright, fords -1
ant in error.
W. H. Boyd, plaintiff in error, vs. 8. I
defendant in error. Motion for ft. fa 40 ?" |
ceed, from Bartow.
Warner, J.—Where a suit had been l-
on a note made prior to the late war,
meat obtained at the September U®. _ I
Court in 1863, and an execution issued
returnable to the next term of the Court. I
placed in the hands of the Sheriff I
wrongful use of stamps will bo at the peril of £“£~th7 ^endantapsi&ao -.Sheriff the w
the owner. O. Delano, Commissioner. amount of said ft. fa. m Confederate
notes, which were received and receipted f® ^
the Sheriff, in tall satisfaction of the *^2.
also appears in the record, that the dei®“":
making such payment had collected
so paid to the Sheriff, by suite instituted
on notes due him, made prior to the
the express purpose of paying off said
judgment and ft. fa. A motion was m»d»
Court below to vacate and set aside
and satisfaction of the ft. fa. and .
the Sheriff, on the ground that tbe ,jo “7 0 jJ
treasury notes in which the payment
by the defendant, and received by the* ,
had greatly depreciated in value at the ^
payment, which motion, was allowea . , tf j
Court. Held: that a bona fide pay®? 1 ? ^
execution by a defendant to the Shenff^ ;
federate treasury notes, the only cuff*"--J
circulation as money at the time of
ment, as between citizens of this State
sence of any notice not to receive
was, under the then existing laws of tn^..
such a payment as will protect tbs dw
and that it was error in the Court be
ing the entry of satisfaction on said J
and fi. fa. to be vacated upon the states
facte contained in this record.
Judgment reversed. *
D. A. Walker, W. T. Wofford,
error. .
T. W. Alexander, for defendant m err ^
From Pulaski.—The Hawkinsville
says •• |
We are needing rath badly. Gare® 1 ”
crops are both ini ring _,**»-■
Accident to Judge Sfae«ow.—As our ^^1
ed Ordinary, J. J. Sparrow, E*E. ?*! j ”■
tag home in Ms
afternoon, accompanied by^ m wue.
bit broke, and he either jumped" 2 '’*^ >“■
ont, sustaining a dislocation of
blade. Mrs. S. was unhurt.
INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFICERS AS TO THE KEEPING OF
BOOKS BY DISTILLEBS AND OTHERS, AND REPORTS
OF VIOLATIONS OF LAW, UNDER SECTION 98 OF
THE ACT OF TOLY 20, 1868.
Treasury Department, )
Office of Internal Revenue, >
Washington, June 24, 1869.)
The attention of all officers of internal reve
nue is specially called to the provisions of sec
tions 19 and 45, of the act of July 20, which
specify various details, of which a daily entry
must be made in the books prescribed for that
purpose.
The provisions of the law are specific and
plain, while the evidence from time to time fur
nished to this office show that in many instances
very little attention is paid to the requirements
of ine law. As the books of the distiller should
be under the daily supervision of the storekeep
er, and must be examined tri-monthly at least
by tbe Assistant Assessor, and at other times by
other officers, all such omissions and evasions of
the law must be brought to the notice of some
of the officers ; and it is the special duty of the
storekeeper to know that the entries upon a dis
tiller's book are in accordance with the facts.
Every, omission of neglect to comply with these
requirements is a violation of law, the officer to
whose knowledge it may come is required, by
the provisions of section 98, to report in wri
ting to his next superior officer, and also to the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, under pen
alty of fine and imprisonment; and this penalty
will be enforced in all oases where the neglect
to report is brought to the knowledge of ther
Commissioner: and such neglect will be deemed
cause for dismissal from office.
The local officers in each district will cause
an immediate examination to be made of all
j books required to be kept by distillers, rectifi-
j ers, and wholesale dealers, and to see that the
i provisions of the law are fully complied with in
every respect.
ori-l