About Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1869)
Teles-ra/pli. ffn-] TELEGRAPH. "jIAOON, FRIDAY, JTJLY 23, 1869. ^ S»w York Xews. ». . stated that sis fatal cases of cholera oc- ' ‘j t fj 6 past week in this city, brought here ^<sels from Cuba. V gnreey for East River bridge has been -tJetriL and the materials are being prepared ; ? abutments on the river shore. ; ^iictments have been fonnd by the grand -gainst prominent brokers and bankers for ;fLion of the usury laws. The arrest was or- °Za on Thursday. •' vriet Attorney Fierpoint has been- anthori- ,i r the President to call on all military and j forces here to prevent the departure U Caban expedition said to be about ready to 0,1 ^ York. He has taken measures with ; f irai officials and the military in forts to his instructions. 9 "• gjjjE Railway Disaster.—The Night Ex- tro i n from New York, on Thursday night, ! r to a freight train, which had been left on the track instead of a side track, thirty miles from Corns Bock. The en- 77 tender, baggage car, express car, smoking one passenger car and a sleeping car were ® 0 j the track and smashed ont of all !f°e The splinters from the cars and frag- timber came into contact with fire the locomotive, and a conflagration en- jn w bich timbers, baggage and wounded tasMDcer* ah ,rent to * ee A flames. Seven were destroyed and six passengers burned '"i-iib. Two of the passengers were from Vi* York, one supposed to be Rev. Benjamin fpOeck. 'Another dispatch says the through . ns bnmed in the post-office car. The Price of the Chinese.—A dispatch to ( v, Courier Journal says that Koopmanschap, tit great Chinese labor contractor, states that f" be labor will cost the cotton producers one iTodied dollars in advance, to pay the cost of tfiasportation, to be deducted from wages in of failure to adhere to contracts, and $12 ..gold per month. The convention will take goon upon the question to-morrow. An im- ptssion prevails among the delegates that the pice indicated will debar action by the Con- reEtion as a body. Iupobtant Supreme Court Decision.—In the jut of Nathan Chapman against Warren Akin, fcaaBartcw county, says the Atlanta Constitu- jjoe, of Thursday, the momentous principle is t<t»blisbed that the 3526th section of the Code, rtieh prescibes four years as the rime in which iterations can be levied on transferred real tstate applies to the time covered by the war, iri that sai<J section does not fall under the entries of limitation. The effect of it is to relieve hundreds of thou sands of acres of land from danger of sale at the Sheriff's hands—to kill hundreds of executions that bat for this, would be collectible, and to strike another heavy blow in the direction of relief. The remarkably quick (less than thirteen days) passage ont of the yacht Dauntless, as an- tounced by tho cable, is considered another feather in the cap of her owner, Mr. James Gordon Ifennett, Jr. Mayor Hall, when he heard the sews, ordered Marshall Tooker to fire one hundred guns in front of the New York City Hall in honor of the event, and the order was promp tly obeyed. - r • The important office of editor of the New York Times has been offered to the Hon. John Bigelow, and he holds the offer under consider ation. The attractions are said to consist of a uhry of $10,000 a year, with a large interest ia the proprietorship of the paper on veryfav- cnbl# terms. As Mr. Bigelow had just com pleted bis arrangements for a protracted resi dence in Europe, be naturally hesitates tochange his plans. The Cuban expedition (one hundred and twenty men) that quietly slipped away from New York, on the 23d of last month, as qnietly re tained to New York on Saturday evening last, in the brig A. Eldred. The men made a land ing, and had a slight brash with the Spaniards, but cholera and yellow fever were prevailing so badly in the insurgent camp that all hands concluded to,return home while it was yet in their power to do so. Seditious.—The Pensacola Commercial, of the 2d, says: “Wo learn from a source entire ly reliable that negroes and mulattoes residing in the upper part of the county have organized in to military companies, and are drilling in the night time with muskets, sabres and military music.’’ A Third Party.—It is said that a new oppo sition Republican pnrty is forming under the leadership of Seward, Chase Charles Francis Adams, Senator Morgan, cf New York, Thurlow W eed and Chas. A. Dana. lYeli, let the third party form; but let the Democracy be all the more united. The Chops in Florida. — The Tallahassee Floridian of Tuesday says: “There will be a large yield of com in this connty, cotton is very promising, and if we escape the caterpillar the the farmers will make money, which will im part activity to the different branches of busi ness in our dty, and in the fall everything will bs prosperous." A man in Adair connty, Iowa, has invented a turnon which he claims will throw a projectile fourteen miles, and has gone to Washington to gets patent. He proposes to offer it to the Government for $1,000,000. His next achievement should be to invent a pan by which objects can be seen at that dis- hace. Four young men from Havard have gone ont England to row a “four oared match” against ft* students of Oxford. The New York Sun ex presses the belief that there will be foul play, to Prevent the young Americans from winning. Of course if they get beat it will be attributed f® foul play. The Detroit Post thinks- that our naval ves- •ek, if we would have them inspire terror, should receive such names as Cholera and Yellow Fe- Ttr > Nitro-Glycerine, Susan B. Anthony, Anna Dickinson, etc. General Kirby Smith seems to be popular as 1:1 instructor of youth. In one State alone, says - • Louisville Courier-Journal, sixteen hundred kies have promised him their sons as pnpils f^his military academy. , A silversmith in Smithfield, England, recen- V poisoned his wife and six children to death, ending the proceeding .by killing himself, be- esuse he could get no work. A colored woman named Polly Garland was •o badly burned by the explosion of a kerosene l»mp, in Lynchburg, Va., on Sunday night, l ' L4t she died in a few hoars. The New York Sun nominates Burlingame f° r President in 1872, oh the strengthof the Chinese immigration. Professor Maury, of the Virginia Military In- s ‘itute, has accepted the position of President 6 f the University of Alabama. ^It is said that George Peabody designs to ad- -■mstor upon hia own estate, and will leave ,^'“8 for heirs or tax gatherers to quarrel ij^P^Phlet has been issued in New York on p a ^,, tetetic Means of Reducing Superfluous ui**" foil length portrait of Beethooven hua | discovered in Germany. • j * , ” rt "■* * I Crops in Georgia. There seems to be no material difference in the crop situation since our last Drought still afflicts some portions of the State—more par ticularly in the Northern section. Southern, Southeastern and Southwestern Georgia seem generally to to have had abundance of rain. In Middle Georgia, showers have been frequent, but they have been partial, and many localities are distressed for want of rain. In Macon, the past week was signalized by two general show ers ; and on an average perhaps there has been as much rain as is usual at this season of the year. Certainly much more than last year. Where those showers have fallen the corn crop is pretty well secured, and will be highly satis factory. Elsewhere, it is, of course, in a very optical or almost hopeless condition. Cotton is still highly promising; notes of danger come to as from the West and the North in the cry of boll worm, and from Florida in the alleged discovery of caterpillars in force. Time must develop what just cause of- apprehension exists from these discoveries; but as no cotton crop was ever yet grown without some com plaint and alarm of worms and caterpillar, we are slow to give place to apprehension of eviL We believe the cotton crop of Georgia never looked better or promised a greater yield to the extent of its area than it does now. No ap pearance of disease of any kind is manifest, and although here and there the growth of the plant may be somewhat retarded' by dry weath er ; yet the skies have not the brassy look of a season of general drought, and we hope, by turns, the whole of Georgia wfll get rain enough to develop the crop to a full fruition of its present promise. The health of the State con tinues good. Absolntely no complaints of the field laborers are audible. Order, peace and sober and diligent industry are the conditions every where. . The Turner Investigation. Yesterday, it will be seen, was confined to an effort to destroy the credibility of Swayze; and some twenty ■ witnesses, principally negroes, swore they would not believe their doughty champion on path. That is awful ingratitude— that when a man makes himself a nigger in the championship of the race, the blacks disown him in this way. We dare say Swayze could have returned the compliment, as to these sooty witnesses, with right good wilL .It is a nice business all round. The Atlanta Constitution Restates its position in respect to the expelled members thus: •The article referred to by the Telegraph, was the one in which we gave the arguments on the other side of the question from that we held, and believed right. We gave these views as a matter of information, and notin any way en dorsing or making them the ground of changing a position previously takenand stilladheredto, and we little thought our liberality would expose us to misconstruction. We have never argued the subject, except from a legal standpoint. The policy of the matter we have intentionally ig nored, because we did not think the time had come to argue it. We were against making a gratuitous and unnecessary sacrifice of a prin ciple, while there is a chance to preserve it, and we hoped, by making a manly and judicious stand for a legal right, that we might retain it, particularly when our extreme Radical oppress ors contended for its truth; when we conceded them the substantial establishment of negro of fice holding, and when, if it could be done, it would be so much to the good of the State. Now, there has been this difference between the Telegraph and the Constitution on this theme, that the former has discussed the policy, the latter the legality only, of re-seating the expelled members. We have believed that we were right, and contended for it courteously and' impartially, but we stUI held our columns open to both sides, that our readers might have all tho light, and judge for themselves. We have reserved onr opinion on the policy of the matter till the thing becomes practical, and that will be when the Legislature meets. * * * In the months between this and the meeting of tho General Assembly, is there not time, aad wiU .there not be opportunity, to convince these people that we are acting from conviction and not prejudice ? If we do tins, is there not hope that they will forego on oar part a concession, illegal, as they own, and which is to the injury of the State, particularly when the principle is admitted and obeyed ? It is worth an effort. Even the Republican has modified its tone. In its first article, ic avers that Georgia’s posi tion “cannot secure national restoration” with out reseating the expelled negroes; in its sec ond, it merely says, ’tit is likely Georgia will be called on to reverse her action.” A great change is going on North about the South. By avoiding acrimony, by acting with reason and discretion, we can do much. There is an improving tido in our favor, and it may bear us to better days without farther oppres sion. These legal principles that our contemporary so contemptuosly pronounces qualities and po litical figments are the constitutional safeguards of important rights, and every one torn away from our system of laws is an injury to onr lib erties. We are for giving up no more of them than is absolntely necessary. We did, and do now, advise onr legislators to withhold the expression of their opinions, thus far as a matter of policy, and this without retra cing a step we have taken. Four months’ care ful study, will enable them to decide better than now, with the issue hastily sprung. This is the precise idea of the Constitution’s position we sought to convey, but might have been unfortunate in the effort. Oar friend of the Constitution has been stiR more unlucky in respect to the Telegraph, if he has failed to see that we have considered the matter in every possible aspect, both of principle and policy. Onr friend complains that there is a vein of dogmatism and one-sided, agressire positivism in the Telegraph upon this subject, which might be dispensed with to advantage; but really we are not conscious of any pride of opin ion on this subject With our goodwill, no ne gro should ever hold office in Georgia, and we don’t think it a question likely to practically vex the people to any great extent in the future.— The point is to get safely over existing difficul ties with Congress, and if the Constitution can work that ont upon res adjudicata, or upon any of the other schemes to prevent the practical application of the doctrines of the Supreme Court, we shall consider ourselves happy and fortunate. • * From Jones County. Cornucopia, Ga., July 10, 1863. Editors Telegraph: I have been a reader of your esteemed paper for several years, and it seems that the prospect for a bounteous crop, as reported in the columns of your paper, was never more cheering. Bat surely you have not heard from this section. We have not had any rain here in nearly fonr weeks. Onr corn is dried up to where the ear ought to be. All the rain that can possibly fall can t make more than a fourth of a com crop. Cotton has not grown any in fifteen days. On the 5th inst., I counted 150 forms on one stalk of cotton in a small patch belonging to Dr. S. M. Anderson; and this morning we counted them over with the follow- ingresult: 40 bolls, 11 blooms and 81 squares, showing a loss of 18 forms, and I think there is a like diminution in all the forms in this com munity. This patch of cotton of Dr. Anderson which is about a quarter of " an acre, (Peeler seed.) was the best formed of any I ever saw np to the commencement of the dry spell. 1 Yours most respectfully, Wm. Alexander. Fobney boasts that two-thirds of the 8500 news papers of the United States are Republican in politics Republicans are the reading portion of our population, and it is they who give life and vigor to all the educational and intellectual undertakings of the day. If that be true the Radicals must be of the »!«.« described by John Randolph, whose natur al stupidity had been aggravated by much study, reading and reflection. ‘-CotmtyAgrlcnltnral Societies. Macon, July 17, I860. The Secretary of the Agricultural Society re quests the city papers to republish the follow ing form of a Constitution for County Agricultu ral Societies as he often receives requests for copies. He suggests further that the formation of connty societies rind the representation by delegates of these societies in the great Conven tion which will be held during the fair will be a matter of some importance , to these societies and delegates, in the way of extra privileges and advantages afforded them as such. Some forty societies, with the names of officers and members, are already received and enrolled. Papers of the State please copy. David W. Lewis, Secretaiy. TO EH OF CONSTITUTION FOB COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The undersigned citizens of —-— county,by affixing their names to the subjoined Constitu tion, and by paying annually two dollars for membership, or ten dollars for life member ship, do form themselves into an organization to be known as the County Agricultural Society—the objects of which will be encour agement of all improvement in agncnlture and of all the kindred arts and sciences which tend to increase the profits and pleasnres of ag ricultural labor, and render home life on the farm attractive and happy. The officers shall he a President, elected by ballot by the members present at the close of each annual meeting; one Vice-President from each military district in the county; a Secretary and a Treasurer—all elected in the same manner and at the same time. These officers shall constitute an Executive Committee, who shall have the power to fix the time and place of holding the annual meetings and fairs, and to prescribe the rales and regula tions to be observed in the managment of the same. It shall also be the dnty of this committee to encourage the monthly meetings of the Society, especially daring the period of preparation for and the tillage of the crops; and to bring before such meetings those topics and questions for colloquial debate, best calculate to keep up the work and the spirit of improvement. It shall farther be the duty of this committee and of its individual members, to procure, from time to time, written essays and addresses on appropri ate subjects from persons distinguished for their success in agriculture, orfor their learning in the kindred arts and sciences. The Secretary shall keep a fall and perfect record of the proceedings of the Society. The Treasurer shall make, whenever called upon by the Society or executive Committee, a full exhibit of the financial affairs of the Society, and be the keeper of the Society’s fund3. From Houston Connty.' Dry and Discouraged—Corn a Failure near Byron and Planters are not Going to try it Again. Near Byeon, Houston County:) July 9, 1869. f Editors Telegraph : In looking over the crop reports in the Telegraph I find that every sec tion of the country throughout the State has been blest with an abundance of rain, with the ex ception of this neighborhood. We here, in this vicinity, have been very unfortunate in onr farming operations for the last five years. Vie have made fine cotton crops some few times, bat invariably fail in corn. The drouth commenced this year, as usual, about the middle of May, and will continue, I suppose, as usual up to fodder pulling time, and then we will have an abundance of rain—judg ing the future by the past. I have had but one rain since the middle of May, and that came very unexpected on the 25th of Jane, and that was a little partial shower that only rained on a few plantations. Every corn crop planted in this section since the war has been almost a fail ure, with the exception of the crop of 1S67. I consider the corn crop in this section.an entire failure unless we get rain in a few days, which is hardly probable, as there is no appearance of rain at this time. Our cotton is not injured up to this time. I never saw cotton look any better. It is begin ning to wilt now and will injure in a few days, if the weather continues dry. Mr. Editor, I know you are a great advocate for com raising, and you are all the while as serting through the columns of your valuable paper, that raising cotton to bny com with will rain ns. I wish to know if we cultivate a great deal of laud in corn and fail to raise it, and still have to purchase Western com, if we wont go to ruin more rapidly than if we were to spend our time and resources in making cotton to pur chase Western cbm with? If we cultivate our land in com and faij to make the com, (as we generally do,) and have no money to purchase Western com with, we will be rained to all in tents and purposes. Tho farmer that plants com here, if the sea sons continue as they have for the last five years, will soon he without money or com, bacon or anything else. In fact he will run ont com pletely to the frazzeled end of nothing. I made com enough to do me last year and if I had The President shall have the power to call a plenty of rain I would have made a plenty to special meeting of the Committee or the Society | hava answere a my purposes for two years. The when, in his opinion, the interest of the Society requires it. From Clarke County. From the Athens Southern Banner of Friday morning we clip the subjoined: Calobical. —The weather for the last two weeks has been growing hot, until it has reached about the maximum known to the summer sol stice in this latitude. The thermometer has ranged day after day from 90 to 96 degrees, and the nights—usually comfortable here—have been oppressive. There has been little rain for a month and crops generally are suffering. Gardens about town are rained. The Sun’s Eclipse.—The Banner furnishes the following information in relation to the sun’s eclipse on the 7th of August next: Tffe following calculations of the beginning and end of this eclipse for the several places named were made by a member of the senior class of the University, Mr. W. S. Bean, of Au gusta. They were calculated on the principle of projections, and are accurate, in so far as the latitude and longitude of the places named could be determined. The calculations are made for the local time of each place. Athens, begins 4h 31.5 m., ends Oh 36.1 m.— Atlanta, begins 4h 37.3m., ends Ch 31. 9m.— Milledgeville, begins 4h 45.5 m., ends 6h 38. 8m. Macon, begins 4h 42.5 m., ends 6h 36.5 m. Augusta, begins, 4h 49.1 m., ends Ch41. 7m. Savannah, begins 4h 55.1m., ends Ch 77. 4in. Throughout Georgia the eclipse will be partiaL Much more of the sun will be obscured to observers in the Northern part of the State, than to those in the Southern part. The Banner says Rev. P. F. Lamar has re- , . . .. . .... - signed U» SnbX.liee,o„Up<>, Iniemd Keve. I £$%££ Jg JfS, ito " nue in that district, and it is rumored that Mr. ! trying to raise it. If we could get rain we could A. F. Nunnally, of Walton, will succeed him. j raise millions of bushels for sale, but we can’t — —w - ■ I get rain and consequently we can’t make the From Thomns Connty. j com. The Thomasville Southern Enterprise of As S’ 011 L ftve advised ns to make corn a plen- w , ty to answer our purposes and used argument Wednesday has the following: j to prove that we ought to do it by all means, I Caterpillars. —Fanners along the Florida * thought it would not be amiss in me to give you lino, and especially on the Micosukio lake, in I our reasons for not taking your advice in the Jefferson county, Florida, report caterpillars ia i matter of com raising. Now, Mr. Editor, if you their cotton fields, but doing little mischief, j can invent any plan to moke rain faU when the They have crossed into Georgia in some places, . corn needs it or devise any scheme to make and we are informed that they are qnite numer- ! coni grow without rain, I will guarantee that all ous on the farm of Mr. Robert Eoddenbeny, 1 farmers in tnis section will raise their bread near the Florida line in this county. We think , an< j stop purchasing western corn. If yon the weather is too dry and warm for them, how- . our com all parched and withered up as it ever, and unless cloudy, rainy days come to j fs now at this time you would readily come to their relief soon, there will he uo cause for conclusion that if you were a planter you alarm. ! would make cotton and purchase western com. Progress of the Railroad.,—The track lay- j I have land this year planted in corn that will ing on the South Georgia and Florida Boad will! not make ten bnshels per acre. Last year the reach th6 Ocklockonee bridge to-day. Now is same land made a bale of cotton per acre. drouth come upon me’ and nearly rained my com last year and now my com crop is ruined again. The fine patch of corn that I wrote to yon j about some time since is nearly burnt up and will not make a half crop. The com crop in this neighborhood cannot make five bushels per acre. Do not say that it is for the want of work; the com crop has been well manured, and cul tivated well also. Every exertion has been made by the farmers here to raise their com, (with few exceptions) but wo have failed, from the fact that we never—or very seldom—get any rain in this region of country during the months of June and July. We have invariably had a dry June ever since the war, and the dronth continuing up to the middle of July generally. The reason, Mr. Editor, the fanners purchase Western com is from the fact that they cannot moke Georgia com, and why ? Simply because we can't get rain in the right time to make com. You can’t make com here when it seldom rains in June or July. Therefore, we must make cotton, if we can, to pnrehase Western com with. The time has been when we could make com here, but alas, that time has past. The seasons have changed, as well as everything else. I heard an old planter, a few days ago, say that he never intended to plant another acre in com during life. He has not planted any corn for several yeani and he is prospering, making money and doing well in every respect. The farmer would willingly make his corn if he could, but his arm being too short to bring rain when the plant needs, it the scorching weather the time for a big pie-iric. Maj. Maxwell will furnish a train, and we hope all our people will prepare their baskets and give the South Geor- I have given you our reason for planting so much cotton, and to our minds (being weak mortals) the reasons appear good. To those of gia and Florida Railroad Company and its able superior understanding the reasoning may ap- . 9 ? - _ I T _ it.«A - YS 1. n ^ wll. ’ a n m v til ft V, r~\ —\ tl. n t tl mill niVA engineering corps a pic-nic that will be worth remembering. Let the day be appointed at least a week beforehand. Hot Weather.—This immediate locality is dry and the weather unusually warm. We are afraid to look at the thermometer, but eveiy pear poor. With the hope that you will give this a place in your paper, I am very respect fully, etc. _ _ Farmer. A Protestant Sisterhood of Charity.—A new community, to bo known as the “Evangel- - . ical Protestant Deaconesses' Institute and man you meet declares it the “hottest weather graining Hospital,” has recently been estab- he ever saw. Some of J 13 n f e “ ralD ’ an “ , no \ Baked in England. The community was organ- doubt the needy will get it before Saturday . j^gd in consequence of the number of appTica- night. .T--, Itionsmadeto an orphan home, by ladies, for ■ Isabella Grapes.—-Mr. Edward K. v ann, re- • p erm j gs i on to attend as nurses the sick beds of siding near Boston in this county, brought to • poor. The deaconesses wear white CAps and our sanctum on Monday a splendid sample of j a pjons, with dark colored dresses and bonnets. Isabella grapes, from a vine which one of his 'pi 1 ey attend charitable institutions, end, when neighbors assured us has borne not less than ^ as ] i g ( ] i will nurse in private families, upon cer- five bushels this season. _ j tain conditions: They must be addressed as Mr. Vann says the vine is only two or three j a j s f eri an a must be provided with board and years old, has never been pruned, but trained ■ t rave Rug expenses, but no charge for services upon green oaks instead of arbors. He thinks • jg Candidates for admission to the sis- tlie vines must be protected from the sun in or- igrjiood must he over seventeen, and under der to yield fruit, and hence his idea of training them among the foliage of green trees. thirty-fivo years of age, must not be engaged to be married, and must not have any intention of The Enterprise chronicles a beet weighing making such engagement. The deaconesses eight pounds and five ounces, and says it can’t j are of all ranks in society, receive maintenance be beaten; but we have already received and no- 1 from a .common fund, but retain control of their . „ , . ., ; own private means, ticed a beet which beats his beet by three ounces « r -for ours weighed eight pounds and a half, ! . “Regent” of Spain was rather theatrical , . , . S . ■ i in his surroundings when inducted into office. down weight. If the Enterprise crows oyei us . p onr maces preceded him as he entered, arrayed on cabbage, we mean to square accounts on , j n all the gloryof robes of crimson velvet, artis- beets. The Enterprise notices the deaths of Mr. Geo. W. Mitchell of that county, and Mr. John H. Lowry, late of Thomas, who died in Manatep connty, Florida. Correcting his statement about Mr. Wright’s cotton field, the Enterprise says: As for the cotton statement we will make it larger than what it was, and we believe this day it will average one hundred and fifty squares, blooms and bolls to the stalk. We ask our up- country friends to quit talking about forty and sixty to the stalk. From Xewton Connty. The Covington Examiner of Thursday, has the following: An Excellent Yield.—Our old friend, Maj. Lewis Zachry, raised this year, from one bushel and three pecks of seed wheat, fifty busbeis of excellent wheat. The crop was drilled fifteen inches between the rows, and worked with a hoe. The wheat raised will average between 62 and 64 lbs. to the bushel. Who can beat that? Tm weather, for the past few days, has been the hotest of the season. We were visited by a slight shower of rain, Monday evening lost, the first rain sufficient to lay the dust, in about five weeks. Gardens in this vicinity are pretty well dried np. The Covington Georgia Enterprise of Friday morning says: Rain has fallen in some portions of the coun ty ip quantities to suit farmers, while in others it is still in great demand. Cora that is in an advanced state of maturity has been already se riously damaged yet a series of Bhowers would make great changes in the prospect. Cotton has not suffered so much, yet the plant would doubtless feel refreshed with a shower. Upon the whole we hear much that pleases, and some littlo that is sad and discouraging. tically decorated by crowns and other insignia of royalty in gold, with red velvet caps, sur mounted by enormous ostrich feathers of snowy white. These marched solemnly in front, and at the steps of the platform divided, fronting the Regent. Advices from Turks Island to June 36th, re port salt scarce at the salt island in consequence of late heavy rains that had destroyed the crops, and caused an advance of two and a half to three cents per bushel, and masters of vessels there fonnd it difficult to procure full cargoes of good quality of salt even at this advance. A dozen leading business men of Chicago have gone to California to explore the chances for mercantile enterprise in that direction. From Spalding and Meriwether Conn* ties. The Griffin Middle Georgian of Saturday says on Thursday they were favored with abundant rain in and around Griffin, hut six miles below it was npt as heavy as needed. The Middle Georgian has the following upon the Savannah Griffin and North Alabama Railroad. At a meet ing of the Directors on Thursday, it was resolved to put the road under construction at once, and Major Corput, the efficient chief engineer, is ad vertising for cross ties. The President, Captain Jack White, to whom our citizens are perpetual ly indebted for his zeal in the cause, has tele graphed to Europe for the iron necessary, and the work will go forward to completion without any trouble. Major Corput informs us that there is not a great deal of work to do on the road bed, between this and Newman, and that 1 he intends to have a train through by the 1st of January. A correspondent of the Middle Georgian, who has made a trip to Meriwether county, reports fine seasons and fine crops all through that re gion. Com will be abundant, - and excellent wheat and oat crops were made. From Talbot Cenatjr. Commencement Exercises of LeVert College— Sermon of Dr. Looick Pierce—Sophomore Exhibition—Commencement Day—Col. Har- deiAan, etc! ■r'-f siii 1 c:At V Lh .»j Talbotton, July 9, 1869, Editors Telegraph : The Commencement Ser mon of LeVert College was delivered on last Sabbath by that greet divine, Dr. .Pierce, who spoke for nearly two hours, with unsurpassed brilliancy of mind—rarely, if . ever equalled. In the xxxi Chapter of Prorerbs we find his beautiful text: “Who can find a virtuous wo man ? for her price is far above rubies.” It would be difficult to employ language that would convey an idea of this memorable dis course ; so broad and expansive was his view of this subject. From the creation of man till the present day, woman, in all her relations to society and man, was discussed. Her moral and intellectual culture—woman as the equal of man—as a social reformer—as his wife or sister, passed under the review of his inexhaustible mind. Dr. Pierce is the most remarkable man of the present day, having lived to the great age of eighty-six years, with almost unimpaired vigor of intellect. May God bless this great man in his declining life. • : - The exercises, as usual, passed with great credit to jh a officers and pupils of the college. In every branch and department, evidence was given of thorough education and accomplish ment. Of the Sophomore class we could not speak too highly. The distinctive and clear manner whioh characterized the reading of their compositions was very commendable in the girls. For proficiency in reading, prizes were awarded by the Rev. J. Conley, in an eloquent address. n-i :•• The Senior Class was quite small this year, but the Commencement day was a big oue. Misses Searcy, of Talbot, and Willie Chandler shared the honors. CoL Hardeman, of Macon, delivered the an nual address—one of the most beautiful efforts of his life. It was a noble tribute to woman— such as few men are able to pay to her worth. Oh! that his thoughts could be embodied in a painting, transferred with his own fine imagery and poetical nature, that we could preserve, in art, the constituent elements of a beautiful and perfect woman. I should be pleased to see the entire address published, as it is a composi tion of rare excellence. The Colonel has won many bright laurels in Talbotton. One feature was very gratifying on the occasion—there was qnite a large and refined audience to appreciate this finished address, which, I trust, gave CoL Hardeman a renewed assurance of the high esteem in which he is held. On the rostrum, I observed the Hon. E. H. Worril, one of the few incorruptible jurists; W. H. Hughes, of Columbus, and several other prominent gentlemen. President T. A. Brown has sent in his resig nation, the time for winch he had leased the LeVert College, having expired. His successor has not been determined on. “More anon” from Chalybeate Springs. “Occasional.” Letter from Texas. Railroad Ball—A thriving town—Radical har monics—Jack Hamilton's election certain— Health—Too muchrain. Columbus, Texas, July 12, 1869. Editors Telegraph: In compliment to the first new train from Harrisburg to this place, over the new and splendid iron bridge that spans the Brazos at Richmond, a magnificent ball was given here, the night of the 9th instant. The beauty and accomplishments of the fair excur sionists from the other end of the road, and the reinforcements picked np along the route, when joined to the belles of this place and the sur rounding country, constitnted a charming array of dazzling splendor, seldom seen in the coarse of even a lucky life. If I were ambitious of seeming to be original, which, the gods be praised, I am not, I would say something about “soft eyes, fair women and brave men,” etc., not omitting a slight touch relating to “smooth-gliding, graceful-floating, through the tangled mazes of the giddy dance.’’ I will imitate the Jenkinses no further than to say that all seemed to enjoy themselves with a zest refreshing to behold; and the “poetry of motion” was executed with a captivating grace that would have charmed a snarling cynic. In brief, they danced with the spirit, seemingly— certainly with the understanding. This town is thriving vigorously and growing rapidly. It has two well conducted weekly pa pers, Conservative in politics. Each favors the ratification of the Constitntion and the election of Jack Hamilton. By-the-way, Morgan C. Hamilton, an extreme Radical, and a brother of Jack, is ont in a let ter denouncing E. J. Davis, the Gubernatorial nominee of the Convention, composed of a little over a baker’s dozen, that assembled at Houston sometime ago. Hisobjectionisthat they passed a resolution favoring the adoption' of the Con stitution. He advises the Radicals to disband. That if that is adopted in less than two years the rebel element, as he chooses to style the Conservatives, will be in power, when loyalists can no longer live in Texas. Let him quiet his fears. The Conservatives of Texas, as their name implies, will molest no man for opinion’s sake. Besides, his brother Jack, a good loyal ist, who has sense enough to know that a white man is as good as a negro and has patriotism enough to urge the recognition of those rights— the exercise of which none but tyrants and op pressors fear—is certain to be.Governor of. the State for the next six years. I wonder if Morgan county is weak enough to think that branding with infamy the men who took an active part in the late “unpleasantness,” is the way to make their sons and younger brothers more loyal? He ought to know that hatred, transmitted by inheritence, is doubly embittered, trebly intensified. His brother Jack takes a comprehensive statesman-like view of the whole subject. I believe he has an hon est, sincere desire to practice the motto which the author of the sentiment has only thus far honored by giving it utterance—mere lip ser vice—“let us have peace.” A month ago I believed and feared that Judge Hamilton would be beaten by his extreme Rad ical competitor. Now his election is as certain as any faturo event can be. Crops on the Brazos and Colorado are all that could be desired. In fact, they are unusually promising throughout the State. If the cater pillar will only give ns the go by tins year, toil in this part of Texas will meet its legitimate re ward. . The health of the country is excellent. No yellow fever yet at Galveston or Houston. We have had too much rain this summer. But this has been a standing subject of - complaint for the last few years and is nothing.new. Pab Fols - Mr. Stephens on the Fntore. In a recent letter of the 19th of Jane, in dis cussing the present condition. qf .affairs, he says: “There can be no cure of the disease un til its real cause is not only understood, but re moved. The cause of all these late troubles in our land, and of all those gross usurpations, so to speak, is the departure of the Government from the primary laws of its existence. The only practical living issue before the people of this country now ia one between Federal Re publicanism and Imperialism—Constitutional liberty and Monarchy. There is no middle ground ; no haltf-way house between them. The people'mnst choose between them, and take one or the other side of this qaeBtion. The one carries with it State sovereignty and Constitu tional liberty; the other carries with it consoli dation and despotism. There is no hope for this country but in a thorough repudiation of the whole principles upon which the late war was in augurated and waged against the Southern States. The very idea of maintaining a Union of States by force is perfectly paradoxical and absurd. These aro my views, briefly and frankly as well as earnestly given. I know and feel per fectly assured that in their soundness and cor rectness lies the only hope of constitutional lib erty on this continent. 'Whether the people will be able or disposed to understand the truth and appreciate it in time to secure themselves from impending rain or not, I do not know. I am exceedingly apprehensive that they will not, bat that they will go on in their delusion about saving the Union and patting down the rebel lion until their doom is sealed! “As Paul said to Agrippa, so I say to yon, “Believest thou the Prophets; I know that thou belie vest.' I know that you believe in the teachings of the fathers of our republic! Then be it known to yon that our only hope is in their teachings! The Union is the foundation of our safety. What sort of a Union ? The Union of sovereign States—whioh cannot be .maintained by force, but by volantary consent, secured by justice.” The Daniel Webster farm and .homestead in Franklin, New Hampshire, were sold on Friday last for $16,000. 337ST TBIiEGKRAPH. From Washington. Washington, July 16.—The argument in the Ycr- ger case for procuring its removal from- a HGDtary Commission, and bringing it before the Supreme Court, was concluded to-day. The important ques tions involved in this petition for habeas corpus have induced the Attorney General to enter into a written stipulation with the petitioner’s counsel, to put the question in such form as may be consid ered and determined by the United States Supreme Court next October. The present application to the Chief Justice is to remain suspended. The President authorizes the Attorney General to say that the sentence Of the military commission, farther than ia necessary for the safe custody of the prisoner, will not be executed until the final determination of the Court. This meets the ap proval of Chief Justice Chase. Present indications point to another heavy re. dnetionof the public debt during the month—cus toms and internal revenue receipts being favorable. The Executive Mansion, owing to the absence of the President, is entirely deserted by officials of all glides of importance. Richard D. Debars t. of Indiana, has been appoint ed Consul to Santiago de Cuba. The Post Office Department has advices from New Mexico concerning the depredations by the Apache Indians, who had captured several mails latety, and killed and wounded a number of persons on the routes. Dispatches from Rodney Station, on the Union Pacific railroad, report an'accident by which two persons were killed and several wounded. The weather is intensely hob ..The thermometer at 4 p. m. was 101. Washington, July 17.—Internal Revenue receipts to-day $1,600,000. -j Disappointed office seekers are after Boutwell for a return of their papers, backing applications, The Collector of the Second Mississippi District, who has been appointed Mayor of Vicksburg by Gen. Ames, in response to the inquiry whether he can hold both offices, is advised by the Department to decline the Mayoralty. r A colored lawyer was admitted to the Criminal Court of this district, to-day, who has been con nected with the Bureau. The Collector of the Second Alabama District in-, forms the Department of the seizure of forty boxes of tobacco. ’ • V / - , , . . . - : Boutwell has ordered one and a half million of bonds to be issued by the Central Pacific Railroad; being for the completion of the road to Promontory Point. Abstract of the reports of North Carolina banks show ah aggregate of $2,600,000; specie in banks, ' ■ M»i Chinese Labor Convention. Memphis, July 17.—A Chinese Emigration Society has been organized with a capital of a million dol lars, which may be doubled. Forty thousand dollars were subscribed on the spot in shares of a hundred dollars. The Convention ordered three thousand copies of its proceedings printed, and adjourned sine die. News from Cuba—Reported Battles. Washington, July 16.—The Cubans here have ad vices from the forces under Quesada, which report having captured a scouting party near San Miguel, sent out by Gen. Lelona from Neuvitas, numbering 75 men. The Cubans numbered 300 and encamped on Sagua de Grande river near a town of that name where they were attacked by the Spaniards, under command of Gen. Trino, who were three times re pulsed and compelled to retire, leaving a portion of their baggage and killed upon the field. The Cu ban loss was 35 in killed and wounded. An engagement is reported at La Esperanza, in the Spanish troops were defeated. Under direction of the volunteer Junta, the prop erty of Cubans suspected of sympathy with the in surrection is being seized and confiscated. Families are driven from their homes, and their houses are given up to pillage. New York, July 16.—A special, dated Havana, July 12, via Key West, 14th, says General Poella, at the head of three hundred Spanish marines, was at tacked by the patriots near Bogs, a email town, sit uated on the same bay as Nueritas. The marines were forced to fall back upon Nuevitas, with a loss of eighty, including General Poella. From Virginia. Richmond, July 16.—A telegram from Lexington to-day, says the State Educational Convention, af ter an exciting debate on the mode of education for the colored race, in view of the present anomalous condition of affairs, tabled the subject till the next annual session. An educational journal was estab lished, Gen. Lee taking50 shares of the stock. Gem Custia Lee is quite ill. The German singing society of New York arrived here this morning and were publicly welcomed at the theatre to-night by the Mayor. Their concert was crowded. The theatre was intensely hot and several of the New York Germans fell from sun stroke, after their march through the streets. None of the cases were fatal George Froth, a citizen, died of sun-stroke to-day, being the firstdeath since the heated term. Thermometer 105 in the shade, The official count of the State vote at head quar- ters, shows Walker’s majority tobeseventeen thou sand five hundred. From Texas. Galveston, July 16.—To-day’s advices from San Antonio report the Guadeloupe river higher than ever before known. The entire valley is overflowed. Nine-tenths of the crop in Gonzales county have been destroyed. Carnal river rose to the third story of the cotton factory at New Braunfels, and destroyed all the material and machinery. Every flouring mill, woollen factory and bridge on Carnal river has been swept away. No lives lost at either Bastrop or Webberville. The Colorado river is going down. The Brazos is still rising slowly. Frightful Railroad Disaster. New York, July 16.—The Erie Railway train lienee at 6:30 Thursday evening, collided with a freight train—six cars were burned, and nine passengers killed—six of whom were burned to death. Partial lists report no Southerners. Foreign Newt- London, July 16.—At Lurgan Credoud, on the 12th instant, an Orange mob were pelted with stones. They retaliated by utterly destroying seventeen houses occupied by the Catholics. The wood wards Of buildings and furniture were then carried into the street and burned. Latest advices say order has been restored. At New Key the Orange Hall was attacked by forty. Catholics. The occupants fired on the assailants, leaving three badly wounded. London, July 17,—The debate on the Irish Church Bill continued all night. Disraeli regretted the rejection of the Lords’ amendments. He said the Peers had consented to a second reading of tho bill on the understanding that the Commons would con sent to its modification. Gladstone said the prom ise was only to consider reasonable amendments. He denied a violation of the pledge. Gathome Hardy supported Disraeli's eiatements, He said Bright had used threats of a dissolution of the Parliament to coerce the Lords, ai^i treated them in an unworthy manner. Bright denied the accusation. Finally a commit tee was appointed to report the reasons for reject ing the Lords’ amendments. , Paris, July 17.—It is ascertained that the follow- ia the new Ministry: Interior! Roquett; Justice, Duvergier; Foreign, Auvergne; Finance, Peire Maque; Commerce, Lerona ; Public Works, Dres sier; Marine Admiral, Genuilloy; War, Marshal Kiel ,. General News. Memshis, July 16.—Several committees reported A Joint Stock Immigration Society with officers in the principal Southern cities is recommended. Fortress Monbob, July 16i—The President and party arrived to-day, and were received with military honors. After a short stay they left for Long Branch. Philadelphia, July 16.—The mechanical opera tors, in the chief coiner's department of the United States Mint, have suspended operations for a few weeks for the purpose of placing a new set of boil ers in tile institution. Cave Mat, July 17.—The Presidential party has arrived and will remain until Monday. St. Loots, July 17—An excursion composed of railroad officials ran off the track at Lawrence, and many prominent railroad officials were hurt, but none killed. New Yolti July 17—The Govaciment f nris jSvk destroyed Byaa’s camp of fUHbnsters on Long Island, and brought one hundred and twenty-four prisoners to the dty. Byan escaped. No blood shed. . . , From Xexico. Havana, July 17.—Mexican advices of ,lbe 11th, say Juarez and a party of forty, nartowly escaped , death by the explosion of a boiler on a steamer in Lake Tezoeao. Romero was thrown overboard by the explosion, aad saved himself by swimming. From Cuba- Havana, July 17—The estates of Miguel Domingo and Aldamas have been embargoed. A Devotee to Principle. Mi row Telegraph.—In answer to the remarks of our Maoon contemporary) we refer it to an article on “ Policy and Principle,” copied else where from the. Augusta Constitutionalist, and which accords folly with onr own views on the subject. "We would simply sdd that it is time Southern people had ceased to play the track- ling game even to power. It is wrong in princi ple, and they have found it a losing one thus far, which, of itself, is sufficient to secure its re jection on the ground of “policy,” which idea seems to be a trouble on the brain with onr Ma con friends. No. We have done that sort of business until even the Yankees have ceased to respect ns; and they are right, for a people who do not respect their own rights and dignity have no claim upon the respect of otheis. Georgia will lose nothing by letting the law take its course, in the case of the negro legislators, and she will gain only contempt by following the no doubt well meant advice of our contemporary. It is simply a case of bad statesmanship, and we hope they will revise and correct it The time has passed in our history for arbitrary and tyr- anical measures towards the South. They must be clearly and intentinaily provoked in order to receive the countenance even of the North, and it is very certain that no such case can be made against the people of Georgia.—SetvanTUih Re publican, !6lA. The Pknysylvania Nomination—Northern Democracy.—It is a rare thing for the Northern Democrats to make a judicious nomination. Indeed, since the Sonth has- been left out of their councils, the party appears to have lost its brains. There seems to be a fatality - that drives them away from every road that can possibly lead to victory. They appear incapable of learning anything from the past. It is their blunders alone that have kept alive the Radical party, which has long since been condemned by the Amerioan people. In the late Presidential campaign, they not only brought out a ticket that was obliged to be beaten, but took special pains to secure its defeat by patting the party on the defensive in a long and Billy string of irrelevant resolutions. In the States they have been gnilty of equal folly. With the exception of Hoffman, in New York, and Rosecranz, in Ohio, they have blundered in almost every nom ination made since the close of the wav. The Pennsylvania nomination, on Tuesday, affords a striking example. They could have had the services of Hancock by anything like a unani mous nomination, and his name would have put a Democratic victory beyond a peradventore; but no, they must go off intoa wild goose chase after a “copperhead” nominee, a well known partisan who will keep his minority party together and the opposition qnite as firmly united. Divide and conquer, is the only road to snocess at 'the North where the great body of the people have been voting Radical for years, and bow can it be done so long as the Democrats oontinue by their nominations to keep alive the issues upon which they have so often been defeated, and which have long since .forfeited their place in American politics ? The truth Is, the party has lost its sagacity with its Southern heads. Like quack doctors, they have no rational concep tion of the disease that troubles their organiza tion and keeps it constantly under the weather, and they go on giving the same old physic that worked well with their fathers under a wholly different state of affairs, as if the country had undergone no change. However strong may be many of their claims upon us, the South would be foolish to pin her faith to the skirts of any such party. They cannot take care of themselves at home, muon less should they be trusted with the vast inter ests we have at stake. Until they have wisdom, and develop a capacity to carry the people and conduct the Government, our policy will be to sympathise as much as we please, but have no entangling alliance with them. The Sonth most take care of herself. For the present, she has no further interest in American politics. She is groping in the dark night of despotism, and should follow the lead of anybody whom she believes able and willing, even by a circuitous path, to conduct her back into the broad day light of freedom and equal rights.—Savannah Republican of the 16th. Vie think it will tax the ingenuity of onr friend of the Republican to harmonize the philosophy of these two articles from his num ber of the lGth instant He assails us, very un justly, os we aonoeive, for consulting policy in the adjustment of our State complications with the Congressional Radicals, -on a point wherein both principle and policy go hand in hand. He then assails the Northern Democracy with still more injustice for refusing to relax principle for policy and adhering to “copperheadism," and so jeopardizing success. What is copper headism ? It was opposition to the war upon the Southern States upon the high constitutional ground that the States were co-equal sovereign ties, and could not be legally or rightfully coerced by a subordinate government of mere delegated powers and those strictly defined and limited. There can be no higher or more sacred and fundamental principle than this, and whatever we may think of the policy of putting up popu lar candidates before the Northern people on .this basis, as Southern men, we are bound to revere the principle. We agree with the Savannah Republican that it is practically better to avoid issues of this character, but we do not admit that any devotion, to principle however indiscreet is good ground for the abandonment of the Democratic party by the South. Nor do we at all agree with him ia the opinion that all the fault of mismanagement, and misjudgment, indiscretion, and impractica bility rests with the Northern Democracy. I On the contrary, the Sonth herself aided and sanc tioned the wont mistakes in the last Presiden tial election, and aided most signally in defeat ing the Democratic ticket by ill-timed and ill- judged issues. Let us do better in the faturo; but at present we see no chance of bettering ourselves by an abandonment and denunciation of that great party, which has fought for genera tions under the banner of equal laws—equal rights—the sovereignty of the States and a strict construction of the Constitution. From Brooks Connty. The Quitman Banner of the 16th gives very good acoonnt of the crops, as follows: Onr planting friends are in better humor than they were two weeks ago. The threatened de struction of their cotton by rust, or some other disease, has proved of very little oir no conse quence. 'i'he plant is now looking remarkably healthy and is well fruited. It is our deoided opinion that “there is a good time coming,” when greenbacks will be in abundance, and hon est men can pay their debts. The Banner also has the following at our ex pense : That excellent daily, the Macon Telegraph, makes a desperate effort to create a laugh at the Banner, for “not knowing vrhat was going on in onr county,” to wit: that oats grew seven feet high. Was not the editor of the Tele- graph a “doubting Thomas,” when his corres pondent wrote in reference to the “twenty acre field?" If not, why did he make the inquiry as to whose cane brake the said correspondent had been into ? We can appreciate the Telegraph's surprise, however, for such remarkable • oats grow nowhere except in the unparalleled pro ductive soil of Brooks county. A Washington letter-writer cheers the New York Journal of Commerce by the following statement: “Tennessee, Mississippi end Pennsylvania politics, especially the latter, will create astir soon. The prospects are now that Stokes will be beaten in Tennessee. Geary in Pannay lvia, and Dent (goodness knows which Judge perhaps,) will be elected in IfjsriUifipi- Geary aad Stokes are personal frier and I feel sorry for them.”
