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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