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Newspaper Page Text' * v * ■ I Y** ' ’ ' ■ 4 "‘"I igatwaMF.; • • * v V,. A -f*?• • V*»*U, The Greorgia WeeJkly Telegraph. THE TELEGRAPH. MACON FRIDAY, JULY 23, I860. The Turner Examination. The decision of the examining Court in this case, it will be seen, was deferred again yester day till this morning, when new testimony for the defence from abroad is expected to be pro duced. One of these witnesses is reported among outsiders to be Marian Harris, the re ported paramour and accomplice of Turner. Rumors among outsiders are to the effect that thl case has assumed the aspect of a party fight; but as the whole of it, from beginning to end, is confined to the so-cnlled Republican family—as the crime—the arrest—the prosecution and the witnesses, (exoept a feeble attempt to lug in outsiders who know nothing about the matter) are oonfined to members of the Radical party, we see no nse of making the case of Turner a of party championship, except itmighi be to sare the shame and mortification of an unfit appointment; and this cannot be done. That point is settled, and it will be well for the powers that be not to make a fight on any suchissne. It is one of those subjects which will not bear stirring. However, we shall see what we shall see. Magazines. The Galaxy for August has the eleventh chap ter of Put Yourself in hisPlaoo, by Chas. Reade —Feathered Lue—me Race for Commercial Su premacy in Asia—Prince Napoleon—A Paper on Mineral Waters, by Dr. Draper—How JThey Keep House at Compeigne—and numerous oth er articles. Shelton & Co., New. York. Woods’ Household Magazine of Knowledge, Virtue and Temperance is a monthly of forty- eight pages, printed at Newburgh, New York. TT M. Turner was discharged by the United States Commissioner on Thursday morning, 22d instant Heat in Savannah.—The Morning News and Daily Advertiser having stated that the mercu ry last week rose to 105, a correspondent of the Republican says it was only ninety-eight under fairer tests, and the Republican says it was only ninoty-six, and ninety-fonr in some places in his office—and thinks that was below some plaoes in the interior. We do not think Ma con has reported so high as three figures yet, and all our Macon readers say our reports are regularly two or three degrees above the mar ket In the “heated term’’ of last week it was warmer in all, or very nearly all, the Northern and Western cities than in Macon, or most other places in Georgia. Woman Suffrage.—Another convention of the advocates of woman suffrage was held at Sarato ga last Thursday, where there were much speak ing by the gentle sex. The president, Mrs. Gage, called upon delegates to give in their Christian names—not their husbands’ names. Mrs. Mor ton contended that women could do military duty, and the cause of the North would have been hopelessly lost in the field, bnt for the wo men. We know it has been a case long settled by the Radicals that the Union cause would have been lost bnt for the negroes. Tbeabury Reports.—The Treasury officials are confident that the continued comparatively low disbursements, combined with the large re ceipts from customs and internal revenue, will have the effect of making another highly favora ble exhibit in the next pnblie debt statement— Gold and currency balances are still very heavy, the former being over seventy million, and the latter thirty-six million. Since the first of the month, receipts from customs have been $7,034,- 000, and from internal revenue $20,282,000. The French Cable.—St. Pierre and Miquelon are two islands south of Newfoundland, with an area of 106 square miles, and constituting the sole remaining French possessions in’North America. On a fine beach connecting these two islands, the French Trans-Atlantic cable is brought sshoro—thence across Fortune Bay to Newfoundland. At this moment we see no evi dence pro or con that the cable is in working order. A Wetctno.—At high noon to-day (Monday,) we have a glorious promise of a wetting—a good substantial soaking. A heavy squall from the Southwest has given the horizon such a leaden canopy mt clouds as has not been seen in this region for weeks. It looks far more like a gene ral rain than common, but all signs fail in dry times. Later—and so failed these 1 Vichy Water.—L. W. Hunt & Co., have the genuine Vichy water in bottles—from the cele brated French Spring of that name. There is no donbt that it is gonuine. It resembles Con gress water a good deal. Is charged to about the same extent with carbonic acid gas and is perhaps a little less saline in taste. Extraordinary Passage—The Cunard steam er Russia, Captain Lott, made the last ontward trip in seven days, twenty-one hours and twenty minntes, deducting four hours and ten minutes difference in longitude. This is the quickest trip across the Atlantic ever known. Queen Victoria sent an autograph letter to Mr. George Peabody as soon as she heard of his departure from England,in which she thank ed him for his many benevolent acts, and ex pressed a hope for his early return in good health to.EnglancL , Awful ron Gkoboia.—The Cincinnati Com mercial says: Intelligent athorities in Georgia estimate that the com crop in that State will fall at least eight millions of bushels short of supplying home needs the present year. The crop however promises well, what there is of it A Lifetime of Careful Attention to the needs of the traveling public have won univer sal commendation for the American House, Bos ton, controlled for nearly a generation by Lewis Bioe, Esq. The State Fair. We hear that some of our citizens object to the site chosen for the State Fair, as too distant from' town, and, on that account, less likely to benefit the trade of the city than if it were more contiguous. The great point with every body interested in Macon should be to secure the very best locality and accommodations for the exhi bition, and when that is done, the best has been done for all interests. But the truth is, the site of the Fair will be nearer town than any State Fair we know of—in point of distance We can at this moment call to mind no similar site of a State Fair which is not at a greater dis tance from town than this one. But what, (so far as all practical purposes are concerned) constitutes remoteness or nearness in the locality of such an exhibition ? It is sim- ply convenience and cheapness of transportation. Measured by this rule, the site proposed leaves little to be desired. The distance there will be accomplished in ten minntes and at a cost of ten or fifteen cents. With a train plying back and forth every half hour, the distance of two miles will be so easily and cheaply surmounted, that we have no donbt it will be rather an attraction than a hindrance. It will be a pleasant ride which town people and visitors will oertainly feel to be at least no obstacle to as frequent al ienations of place as they would make if it were but a quarter of a mile by highway. On the other hand by carriage, the distance, a mile and a half, ia sot greater than would constitute a pleasant drive, and it Is over a road which seems to be the most popular as a car riage drive. When one is at pains to go by carriage a distance of less than this would hardly pay for the trouble and expense of pre paration. Wo think it clear that the site in question is absolutely preferable, in respect to convenience of access to any one half a milo distant and not to be reached by railway. We hope, therefore, that all who have formed im pressions unfavorable to the locality selected, will think over these suggestions and examine for themselves the building and grounds. If thoy will do this, we believe they will be fully satisfied with the decision of the Executive Committee. The truth is, Macon may just as well divest herself at once of all fear there will not be peo ple enough within her corporate limits, and pre pare to do her utmost to accommodate those who will come. The accommodations for tran sient visitors in a town of this size are, of course, somewhat limited. A thousand will strain hotel capacity—that is to say, a thousand more than ordinary. But wo have to provide for many thousand, and it is going to tax all the capacity of the people—public and private—to provide for the pressure. There is but one right course in this business, and that is to take hold of it man fashion—back the Executive Committee to the utmost, and determine that Macon shall have no reason to blush for any failures or short comings on that occasion. Calls of Business. The matters which engage a Georgia Editor’s attention just now are multiform and various. For illustration, we will append two from a bud get of letters by the mail of yesterday: Bock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois,) July 12th^ 1869. j Editors Telegraph : Yon will please pardon a stranger for the liberty he takes in addressing yon. I have not even the means of knowing yonr name, but if you will be so kind as to give me the information which I seek, and whichone in your position is so capable of doing, I shall be most thankfuL I am a young man fromMontreal Canada, and left there last May, intending to settle in Mem phis, Tennessee, but not receiving sufficient en couragement I remain here for the present.— My object in writing to you is to ask you if a married man with a fair English education, and the highest testimonials as to character wonld be likely to find employment and earn sufficient wages to sustain himself decently; also if the people of your section are friendly to strangers, and the climate healthy. Enclosed find one dollar and if you would be kind enough to send me a few copies of your Telegraph, I should feel much obliged. Please address to Edward McLoughlin, care of Alonzo Golder, Rock Falls, Whiteside coun ty, Illinois. With respect, I am, sir, yours truly, Edwabed McLoughlin. The Southwestern Railroad. Macon, Ga., Jnly 17, 1869. Editors Telegraph: Having noticed the re marks of your senior, called forth by my article captioned “The Obligations of the Southwestern Railroad to the City of Macon,” published in to day’s issue of the Telegraph, I desire to pro pound the following questions to him, and hope he will, for the time, lay aside his partiality for Macon, and his prejudices against anything that may, in the least, work to the detriment c-f her interest, come square np to the interrogatories and answer them upbiasedly and folly. Has Macon, as a patron of the Southwestern Railroad, any balance against said company for patronage furnished ? Has not said comp folly repaid in service said patronage ? W< the people of Macon, because of service here tofore rendered them, for which they paid the price asked, feel under obligation to continue their patronage to this company if they found it was to their interest to transfer it ? In other words, would they continue to ship by this line if they could find a cheaper, because of the ob ligation you suggest ? Why did Macon vote $100,000 to be applied to the construction of the Macon and Augusta Railroad ? Did she not do it in the hope that the completion of this competing line wonld force the reduction of tariffs npon goods which she now ships and re ceives by the Central Railroad ? Why are the people of Macon so jnbilant over the prob able early completion of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad? Is it not, in part, because said Railroad opens another line to and from the Atlantic, and enters the field as a competitor against the Central Rail road and will thus serve as a check against high or perhaps over remunerative! tolls on said road? Does not the same obligation suggested by you as existing-between the people of Macon and the Southwestern Railroad exist also be tween Macon and the Central Railroad ? When the competing lines mentioned above are fin ished, and offer lower tariffs to Macon than the Central Railroad, will she so far respect this ob ligation as to continue her pntronage to said Railroad? Is not “a rule that won’t work both ways” a “bad one” ? Is it fair, is it equitable, to expect these companies—the Central Railroad and the Southwestern Railroad—whose interests have so long been nearly identical—whose for tunes are now cast together, merely in respect to the obligations to which you refer, lend their energies and capital to the good of Macon, if snch disposition of them should work to the detriment of their own interests ? Now I have to say that I am not an advocate of discriminating tariffs against Macon as a just reward for her coarse toward the Southwestern Railroad in its incipiency. Furthermore, I will assume the responsibility to say that no such prejudice is entertained by the company, and if any discrimination is made it will be only such as will be forced by arising competition. The consolidated enterprise only desires a fair re muneration for their capital, and they are clear ly justifiable in fixing rates so as to secure it, though it may operate, in a measure, against this place or that point Cras. From Houston County. Houston, July 16, 1869. Editors Tdegraph:—As one of your subscri bers, I desire*to express my approval of the re cent political course of yoar paper. Your views are sensible and comprehensive. Virginia has recently acted on substantially the same views, and the result is, she has achieved her first po litical triumph since the war. I am pleased, also, with the interest you man ifest in agriculture. The great agricultural want of the cotton States is the weekly publica tion of the proceedings and discussions of an in telligent, practical Farmer's Club. Cannot Ma con and Bibb county furnish the Club ? And cannot yonr paper give the public the benefit of its proceedings? If so, your subscription list wonld be largely increased. In this county the rains have been very partial. In some neigh borhoods drought prevails—in others crops are very good. Drought. Philadelphia and Erie Railroad,*) Pennsylvania Railroad Co. , Lessee. 1 General Superintendent’s Office, f Erie, Penn., Jnly 14,1869. J Editors Telegraph : Some gentlemen here are thinking of ooming to Georgia to settle this fall, and before coming down to look for land, would like to correspond with some responsible “Land Agent," and if yon will be kind enough to refer this note to one, whom yon can recommend, yon will greatly oblige all concerned. They want to procure a list and description of all good farms in yonr section that are for stle. Yours truly, R. W. Flower, Jr. A Horrid Scene. Among the details of the late accident on the Erie Railroad are the following: Mr. Gibson, a passenger, says of the burning of the smoking car, that in it, wedged in his seat, by the heap of broken timbers, sat the Rev. Mr. Halleck, of New York City, perfectly unhurt, bnt unable to extricate himself from the wreck. “ accents and perfectly collected tones, ne told ns to get an ax to try to out an opening in the side of the oar. We searched aronnd ana obtained one from a house by the roadside, but *£■*■ so Want that we could do nothing with it. .We worked and strove to liberate the unfortu nate gentleman who sat there, sound in limb, watching the approach of the angry flames.— Nearer and nearer they came until his Wv be gan to crisp and bum and his skin to crack: then when we in like manner found the heat unbear able, we reluotantly retired—compelled to leave this poor gentleman, with his eight fellow-suf- We get plenty of personal appeals of this kind, which are gratifying inasmuch as they illustrate the great degree of attention Georgia is just now attracting among the Northern peo ple ; and we tell our readers this feeling has only jnst began. We respond to all snch calls for information to the fullest extent practicable, bnt they are sometimes too numerous to permit answer by letter. The inquiries in reference to lands are so great that our attention has been attracted to the matter of digesting a method by which buyers and sellers conld be placed in ready communication. As to the opportunities for industrious young men to prosper in the South and to become rich, they are as numer ous as twenty acre lots. It is trne we have plenty of poor young men here—young men out of employment and waiting for something to turn np. But they are of the sort who don’t like work. Every young man willing to pay the price of wealth in energetic htbor and economy tan, with God's blessing, accomplish his pur poses. From Columbus. The Enquirer, of Sunday, says the late mins were veiy partial; while this particular section ha3 been favored with frequent and copious ahoweis, our neighbors bnt a few miles distant have had but little, and many of them have crops that are now suffering from drought. The Sun of Saturday has the following: Bilious Fever.—There are numerous cases of this pestful disease around Columbus just now. It doesn’t make one dangerously ill, or confine them many days, bnt it is sufficiently headachingly, ferverishly. weakishly and feel- bad-alloverably that yon and it’s no nse fighting the little fiend and so quinine and pill yourself until he is satisfied. The same paper of Sunday says: If anything happened worthy of mention, we failed to hear of it. Some few drops of rain fell about 3 p. m. The thermometer at Spear's store, at no time of the day, indicated higher than 91 degrees, and at 5 p. m., the mercury had fallen to 88 degrees. The stock of cotton in Columbus is now less than at any time since the war. A New Enemy or Cotton. Frtm the Memphis Ledger, July J4M.] CoL J. W. Booth, of the Winona (Mississippi) Democrat, gave us, yesterday, rather a graphic description of a new and heretofore unknown enemy to cotton, which has appeared npon his plantation and others in Carroll county. The monster is about the size of a fire-fly, but there ferers to their terrible fate. We moved off until the similarity ceases. It hns n small trunk like oil was over. Nine persons were thus burned to | a young elephant, and munches the cotton forms death and nine others injured more or less j like a hungry j— mule at a fodder stack. The severely. Another passenger says: “I heard j Colonel, on visiting his place the other day, dis- the little children screaming for their mother covered the invader in great force, and ccmclu- and the passengers who were in the ruins calling ded to catch a few of them to put in a bottle and groaning with pain. An ex was got j and bring to Memphis, but they were not to be ana one or two were actually chopped ont of I bottled. He chased the whole tribe for an their imprisonment. Most of tho passengers in ; hour, without capturing one of them, nnd gave <• C& J w ® r * killed or their bodies consumed or | it up in disgust, after breaking down an acre or injured. I should think there were sixteen or ! so of cotton. The new anatomy is constructed Mvsntien persons in the front end of this car. with a spring in his back, after the fashion of fv t hut two wer6 teken out I do not ' that famous bug classically defined as a jack ,.~* n wa ® * person killed by the smash, 1 snapper, by whieh it is enabled to jump six or *>at all the deaths »"» fmm turning. eight feet with the celerity of a flea. It seems r>. \r, 1,1 1 to have been built for jumping cottoD rows. . niABY Walkrs h«* abandoned the idea of Thus far none of them have been taken olive. t was dead and bad his back Dronslit In Laurens. Laurens Cotnty, Ga., Jnly 1C, 1869. Editors Telegraph : I propose to offer you a few facts in regard to the agricultural interest of this, the northern portion of this county. The spring was unusually cold, which gave crops a little start. But good stands were ob tained and the light rains and pleasant weathor enabled planters to cultivate their crops with unusual care, a3 the land was neither too wet nor too dry, and in this fine case it brought crops up to the 20th of Jane in as fine condition as heart could wish. About this date the soil became dry, and since the snbsoil has been exhausted of all moisture. We have not had enough rain since our crops were planted to pudde in the plowman’s track. The present condition of our crops, ‘“upon which has been spent all our cash capital and a large share of onr credit, and much labor,” has blasted our fond hopes of a remuneration even baring the cotton speculator, caterpillar and tax gather. Taking all these things into consideration, it requires more genuine religion, fortitude and courage than most men have to refrain from repining when the premises are viewed with a true prospective light. Our cotton has wilted, withered and aborted. Com is dying in the field. Grass is almost dry enough to burn, and old brindle no longer fill* Dinah’s cup from the lacteal fountain. Enough! enough, Mr. Editor. I can write no more. The above is a true statement of facts within an area of 15x25 miles in diameter. There are a few neighborhoods and isolated farms which have not suffered for rain at alL Respectfully, C. Good Accounts from Mitchell. Camilla, Ga., July 17, I8G9. Editors Telegraph: Not having seen any thing lately in your paper in regard to the crops in this section of Sonthwestem Georgia, I feel it my duty to inform the readers of the Tele graph that I never saw crops look finer, nor a better prospect for an abnndant yield, than at present. On a visit to Albany a few days ago I noticed particularly the crops of Mr. T. M. Cherry and Col. Robert J. Bacon, and I must cheerfully say I never saw better in all my life. We ore still having plenty of rain, and the freedmen are working well to keep out of the grass. Respectfully, Correspondent. From Hancock County. Wo clip the following from the Hancock Jour nal of Friday, 16th instant: The Ceop3.—Up to this time, onr crops, both com and cotton, have been doing well For a few dnys they have been failing in some locali ties, from the intense heat and continued drought. Now is a trying time to the com. A few days of continued dry weather will cut the crops very short. With a plenty of rain it will be abundant. Tornado.—A gentleman from Milledgeville informs us that a tornado passed over that place on Wednesday afternoon, which blew down trees, unroofed houses, and did much damage to the neighboring farms. It touched the planta tion of Judge Berry, some six miles below Sparta, doing considerable damage, attended with heavy hail. . ... . . — —— ui uio9 iar none ui mi going to California, and is still prosecuting the The only one cangbi 2w der <KffloalUe *' * ntl ** . broken.' CoHon W been considerably dam ^keasalvea with some j aged ia that region by the new-fashioned jack- fnwnmow. 'gasp***. . .. A Colored Justice of the Peace fu Trouble. The Savannah Republican says that “it will bo seen by reference to its report of the pro ceedings of the City Court, that King Solomon Thomas, colored, who was recently commission ed by Governor Bullock as a Justice of the Peace for the Fourth Militia District, has been indicted for malpractice in office. It is alleged that some two weeks ago he issued a warrant, charging one Charles Edward Thorpe, a mulatto, witji the offence of perjury. Thorpe gave bonds for his appearance for examination upon the charge in two days after his arrest, and paid costs amounting to eight dollars. On the day before the examination was to be held Thorpe paid him fifteen dollars, and the case was dis missed without ac examination, for which this modem King Solomon gave him a receipt, in substance, as follows : In consideration of the sum of fifteen dollars in hand, paid to me by Charles Edward Thorps, I hereby agree to dismiss and compound the case of the State vs. Charles Edward Thorpe, charged with perjury, now in office. [Signed] K. S. Thomas, J. P, Fine and imprisonment, and removal from office, is the penalty prescribed by this Code fox snch offences. Come Back! BY I. B. C. j f tljV 1 Comeback, O days, O long lost, jeweled hours, That through these faded years can never fling O’er mem’rya azure sky a cloud but seems The passing shadow of an Angel’s wing. Comeback, O days! Return, 6 days, with all your golden store, E’re “whitening in the sun,’’Love’s harvest Isy; Come back, O busy feet, O buoyant hearts; Blight, sunny hours of youth, fade not away. . Fade not, O days! RY T*RT,17,aR A PTT.i^hs Vai-gipwatfe of‘Aaflm* — A New D J-JbXi.CiVJXVXt.jrxi.1 Chapter** Georgia History. From the Savannah Republican. O melodies—0 hours of glory, come. With gentle mem'ries soothe life’s beaten way; Come with yonr garlands wove of Hope’s fair flowers E’re in the dust their vivid beauty lay. Be mine, O days. Macon, July 17,1869. ./‘.’i. >3 k A Chinaman’s Speech During the second day's proceedings of the Memphis Convention, one that has been largely attended, and whioh has excited great interest among the cotton planters and railroad contrac tors in the States borderingon the Mississippi and tributaries, two Chinese gentlemen were intro duced to and addressed the Convention. Without comment—save to remark that we are not yet prepared to endorse the policy of introducing Chinese labor into the Sonth to supplant negro labor—having some misgivings as to its sound ness, and fears in regard to the nltimate bene fits which those who favor it calculate so confi dently upon—we publish the reported speeches of these two Chinamen as a matter of curiosity, believing they will interest and be acceptable to our readers.—Atlanta Intelligencer. . * 'j ADDRESS OF TYE KTM ORB. Tye KymOrr, a live Chinaman, dressed in American summer fashion7and without the in evitable “tail,” but with the unmistakable Chi nese features and color, and bright olive eyes, oncoming forward, received a hearty reception. He spoke in brdken English, and, in the course of his remarks, which displayed considerable shrewdness, he said that he thought that it was a very great privilege to be allowed to address them. He did not know till Sunday that he was coming here, when Mr. Greenwood told him he wanted him to go to Memphis. He was a “Chinese,” [laughter] himself, but he left Chi na in 1863, and since that time he has been in the West India Islands, and seen a great many of his countrymen at work, and he could tell them much regarding them. The emancipation in the West India Islands, he understood, took place in 1830, and the colored people became very lazy, and then they got laborers fron) In dia and China, and they were now in large numbers in British Guiana, St. Vincent, Trini dad, Gaudaloupo, Cuba and other places. They are all heatheus, as the gentleman from Missis sippi said. [Laughter.] But, then, there is the more necessif ty to christianize them. [Laugh ter.] You say “Come over and help ns," and . »y _ plause.] They are ready to till tfie fields, to build roads and to be the brothers of the people here, and therefore the people of the South may be the means of turning them from infidelity to Christianity, as he had been. Although pagans in regard to religion, they were docile, obedient and affectionate, and would do anything for those who were kind to them. If they were only talked to kindly they were never tired of doing something for “massa,” as they called him. In reply to sundry questions, Tye replied that, although not so strong as the white people, they could do a great deal of work. He warned the people of the South in regard to bringing the Chinese here indiscriminately, and when this was done in the West Indies, nothing bnt misery had followed. Agents had sent there by the wholesale, the good and the bad, the indus trious and the lazy, and the worthless. If. they wanted to get good hands they most go into the interior of the country, and especially avoid the “town rats,” who were to be found in the cities. These “town rats” left the country on specula tion to see foreign countries, and would not work when they got here. Barbers, shoemakers and tailors were not wanted, asd they must steer clear of specula tors, as they only worked for a per centage. He contended that the Chinose were generally faith ful to their contracts, and few of the laborers were opium smokers, as opium was a luxury like champaigns in this country. Their food was principally rice, salt fish and vegetables, which they raised themselves. He thought if they wanted good Chinamen brought to the South, they ought to send some good trusty man to China, who would go two or three hundred mile3 into the interior, and pick out field hands, and he felt sure nineteen-twentieths would turn out well. He said they generally made con tracts for about five years, and the best place to get them from was the Southern part of China, in the Provinces of Canton and Amoor. If any of them brought their wives with them they would also work in the fields, for it was only in the cities that women had small feet. [Laughter.] He went on to remark that field laborers were about the middle size, and worked best under a Chinese overseer, with a white superintendent. Their pay was about $15 per months, while the overseer got $20 or $25. They were willing to do anything, and were not treacherous or vici ous. Very few were fond of liquors, and they don’t like whisky. He only knew one who liked whisky and he only took one drink every Sunday. [Laughter.] They got along with the white people very well, but when brought into contact with the negroes they sometimes fight, and the negroes being stronger get the better of them. He said they were well acquainted with all kinds of farm work, and would soon learn to do any kind of work on a cotton plantation, as they were very imitative, and always tried to do what they were told, besides being docile and quiet. He hoped that those present would put no faith in speculators who traded in Chinese to make money only, and then retired amid applause. Aflteirs in Decatur. A Buinbridge correspondent of the Savannah Republican says: In this immediate section every one seems to have come to the conclusion that the salvation of the country depends npon his own individual exertions, and to work they have gone with a hearty good will. Hence, we rarely see a young man of good constitution loafing around the street comers, waiting for something to turn up,” so that they may obtain light employment in the shade. It is no uncommon thing to wit ness on our plantations young men plowing, hoeing, and performing other laborious duty, who, previous to the war, craved no earthly comfort they conld not enjoy. Nor is this con fined to the young alone. The middle-aged, and even those whose heads have become hoary from “frosts of many winters,” are lending a helping hand in the development of our agricul tural resources. There are those, too, who a few years ago counted their wealth by the thou sands. The negroes also have imbibed the same spirit, and I have frequently heard employers say they work as well as they did during the days of slavery. The consequence is, they are jovial, light-hearted and happy, and the fields and forests resound with the melody of the old plantation songs. There are few vagrants, less thieving, and a decided improvement in their moral condition, as is fully attested by the re cords of our criminal courts. Now let the plan ters, at the end of the year, deal fairly with them, and convince them, nolens volens, that the Southern white man is their best and truest friend, and from him alone may they expect to obtain all their rights. - . _ ,g] It is somewhat strange that, while our histo- Washtnoton, July 19.—Gen. Wirt Adams and Ool. ; rj&na have mined and delved among the musty Harper P. Hunt arrived to-day in the interest of the i tomes of the past in search of everything beart Yazoo Valley railroad, from Vicksburg to Memphis. 1 ing npon the early history of the State of Geor- Thejr depart northward to-morrow. j gia, a most interesting and valuable document, In case a tiding in Massachusetts is forbidden, published no farther back than 1836, and con- the managers of the French cable propose connect- taining » legal grant of aU the land lying be- . - • tween the Savannah and Aitamaha rivers, and m- mg St. Pierre and Cuba by cable-thos securing a tothe Appalachian chain of mounting, has connection with the United States. been entirely overlooked. Yet, so it is, and Revenue receipts to $800,000. ! McCall, Stevens and their colaborers, in their A large amount of tobaooo stamps, intended by laborious reaches, have missed a paper, that revenue officers for nse in the West, were destroyed eaoh would have regarded as a prize, by the late Erie Railroad disaster. ( The document referred to is a grant from the Tt. Ttmotij U» ■*» « SSS^SbSKSSS^, £™5* cent currency to-day. Washington, July 18.—The Typographical Society of this District has settled the difficulties with the Government Printer relative to the apprentice ques tion, by consenting to allow him twenty apprentices. The application of Douglass for membership is postponed till January. From Hew York New York, July 19.—The International Conven tion of Young Men’s Christian Association, at Port land, Maine, closed its session on Saturday. A movement towards educating colored clergymen to preach to the colored people in the Sonth was inaugurated, and large amounts subscribed on the epot to further it. It is reported that a new Cuban camp has been established west of Hoboken. There are said to be two hundred men of the Goodmen's Island ex pedition there, who succeeded in eluding the United States Marshal A sugar dealer in Jersey City was arrested to-day, charged with counterfeiting—had a 8100 counterfeit bill in his possession when arrested. He was held to bail. More Cuban filibusters have been arrested. The Gardner Island prisoners not released as stated—they arc confined in Fort Lafayette. Eight bankers were wrested for violating the usury law, and arraigned in Court to-day. Three plead guilty. The Judge announced that he would not sentence them until after the trial of the others. New York, July 18.—It is said that no more Cu ban expeditions will be attempted here. The Junta decides to make a Southern port the base of opera tions. Those captured yesterday were released last night, and it is reported they will go South in small squads and embark for the original destination. From North Carolina. Wilmington, July 19.—Julius S. Leach, son of Hon. James M. Leach, was drowned at Topsail Sound, while bathing in the surf, on Saturday. The Republican party of this county has divided into two formidable factions—each wing has can didates in the field, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of General L. G. Estes. The contest is the most bitter ever known in the liistoiy of this county. One of the most prominent lead ers of one faction, in a speech to-day, predicted that there would be bloodshed before the campaign is over. This is entirely a family quarrel, in which Conservatives and Democrats take no part, and will run no candidate. The most extreme wing of the Radical party, led by George T. French, and other Northern whites, nominated a negro candi date ; the other faction, composed almost entirely of negroes, nominated a white candidate. It has been found necessary to station a strong police force at all meetings held in this city. Most bit ter personalities are indulged in by many of the speakers, and several slight collisions have already occurred. From the West. St. Louis, July 19.—Omaha reports say that Gen. Carr’s recent Indian victory was more complete than at first stated. Four hundred horses and mules, a large quantity of powder, five tons of dried buffalo, and $900 were captured. The money was given to Mrs. Weizel, a white woman recaptured. his heirs and assigns forever, of the territory described above, as a distinot Province, under the name and style of “The Margravate of Azilia.” How many citizens of Georgia know that their State ever boasted of this beautful name—-“Azilia ?” The document referred to is copied verbatim below, and may be found in a volume entitled,“Tracts and other Papers, re lating principally to the Origin, Settlement, and Progress of the Colonies in North America, from the Discovery of the Country to the year 1776. Collected by Peter Force. Washington Printed by Peter Force, 1836.” We are indebt ed to the indefatigable energy or Mr. George Schaffer, of this city, for the unearthing of this volume and the production of a grant to Georgia, which antedates the Oglethorpe advent some fifteen years. It reads as follows: “The Underwritten Palatine and Lords Pro prietors of the Provinoe of Carolina, do on the consideration hereinafter mentioned Grant Sell alien release nnd confirm to Sir Robert Mont gomery Baronet his Heirs and Assigns for ever, All that Tract of Land, which lies between the River Allatamaha and Savanna, together with with the Islands Ports Harbours Bars and Rivers on that part of the coast whioh lies between the months of the said two Rivers to the seaward; and moreover all Veins Mines and Quarries of Gold and Silver, and all other whatever be they of Stone Metals or any other Thing found, or to be fonnd within that Tract of Land, and the Limits aforesaid, with liberty over and above to make settlement on the South side of Allataraa- ha River; which Tract of Land the said under written Lords do erect into a distinct Province with proper Jurisdiction Privileges Prerogatives and Franchises, Independant and not subject to the Laws of South Carolina to be holdon of the said Lords by Sir Robert Montgomery Lis heirs and Assigns forever under the Name and Title of the Margravate of Azilia, at and under the yearly Quitrent of one penny sterling per acre or its value in goods or merchandise as the land shall be occupied taken up or run out, payable yearly to the Lords Proprietors Office at Charles Town, but such payment not to commence till Three years after the arrival of the First Ship there which shall be sent over to begin the settlement; over and above which penny per acre, Sir Robert his Heirs and assigns shall also yield and pay to the Lords Proprietors one fourth part of all Gold or Silver Oar, besides the Quota reserved to the Crown out of the said Royal Minerals; District Courts of Judicature to be erected, and such Laws enacted within the Margravate by and with the Advioe, Assent and Approbation of the Free men thereof in Public Assembly as shall be most conducive to the liberty of the said Margravate and as near as may be Conveniently Agreeable to the Laws and Customs of England, but so as such Lrw3 do not extend to lay duties or Cus tom or other obstruction npon the Navigation of either of the said Rivers by an inhabitant of South or North Carolina or their Free Commerce and Trade with the Indian Nations either within or to the Southward of the Margravate, Sir Robert consenting that the Bame duty shall be charged on Skins within the Margravate which at this 4 time stands charged on snch skins in South Car olina and appropriated to the maintainance of the clergy there, so long as that Duty is con tinued in South Carolina, but the said duty shall not be increased in Azilia tho' the Assembly in Sonth Carolina should think fit to increase it there, nor shall it longer continue to be paid, than while it shall remain appropriated as at TurnerIs Trial—No triaf since that of the three negroes who fatty, Jonathan Sheffield, has excitedhalf *o eet in this community, as the trial of the ~ M. Turner, now progressing before ^ Morrill. The prominence of tbs prieoneTT!^* postmaster of Macon; hie great influence those of his color; bis poeltion aa a minister of tl* gospel and ae a political leader of the black* , to excite interest and comment among all ^ people; and, as might have been ,xpZT\ #f Court room yesterday was crowded wiffiZT ** attentive listeners to the proceedings. ^ *“ 4 The prisoner, during the dsy, tried to s«m. bold and indifferent air, as if he felt a con^* * ness of innocence: but his face at times w™m° B *' dicate the working* of his heart, and he conn ^ suppress or throw off bis anxiety and emb*r M ,,J* 0t While 8wayze was on the witness’ stand, w e ^ saw a man’s face indicate fear in a more now and remarkable manner than Tomer’s. It J™*' deadly palor with here and there on the cheeka*" * forehead, spots of a bluish-black color ^ sembling those on the face of a oorpse p^od B «j!j laudanum. Tho trial opened yesterday morning in the o missioner’e office, on the second floor of the i . building, on Mulbetj-y street; but at the sugj^ of counsel, Commissioner Morrill, when be ^ joumed the morning session, stated that the would proceed duriDg the afternoon in tbe^l ^ room overhead, in the third story. The prisoner lias the advantage of good com, who have thus far conducted his defence ingeniously, and if he is convicted we are man will say it was their fault. On the Attorney General Milledge ia conducting the cation with great tact, and will make it ■ - *™ !e ’ to all concerned. •ntereethj present to the maintainance of the clergy only. In consideration of all which Powers Rights Privileges Prerogative and Franchise Sir Robert shall Transport at his own expense a considers- This was the same body of Indians that fought J j,j a number of Families with all necessarys for Forayth, last year, at Helena. A Montana dispatch says Major Eastman and an other man were attacked and wounded recently a few miles from Fort Benton. The citizens, in re taliation, killed three Indians who were in town. From Hew Orleans. New Orleans, July 19.—Messrs. Faurea and Sousdes, partner and chief clerk of the house of Contourie Sc Co.,against whom warrants were issued on the 15th, delivered themselves up to Marshal Packard this morning, and were released under a five thousand dollar bond. One hundred and fifty-six thousand cigars, seized by Collector Stockdale, and libeled by the United States Court, were taken possession of by Marshal Packard to-day. General News. Memphis, July 19.—Agents of the Arkansas Im migration Company have departed for San Francis co and China with funds and letters of credit. New York, July 19.—Arrived, Gueniere from Rio Janerio, with sixty-five destitute American - citizens from that port. [Probably emigrants from the South.] making a new settlement in the said Tract of Land, aud in case it be neglected for the space State Fair—The Executive Cotnmittsa on tb State Fair, met again yesterday aiternoon, m. tb> office of tho State Agricultural Society, M r . well in the chair. The following gentlemen wev found to bo present: Messrs. Maxwell, Plant, Collins, Obear, Mder. son, Gustin, McBumey, Nutting, 'ffinship uni Col David TV. Lewis. Absent—Col. Whittle. The committee appointed to petition the Cirt Council for the use of the “trotting park,” br ^ quest, wero allowed further time. On motion, the Secretary was instructed to collet* tho first installment on the subscription, being third of the amoant subscribed. Messrs. Anderson and Grier, on motion, werefi. lowed absence for the remainder of the evening. On motion, the Committee on Grounds were A structed to proceed with their work on tho Libor* tosy grounds. Mr. Nutting communicated to the Committee that I the Macon Manufacturing Company had donated s the Society the best one of their three steam boileti! On motion, the Committee then adjourned. In pursuance of the above instructions, I tin I notice that I will call during the following week* those gentlemen who have subscribed sums forth purpose of defraying the expenses of the Fur. TV. TV- Collins, Sec. Ex. Cob. A New Entebpbiee.—Experience in the nse el I fertilizers this yoar has established the fact, ft# upon old lands they cannot be successfully & pensed with, and that wherever they are used tbs double, and not unfrequently quadruple the in ductive capacities of tire soiL Wo say that then- perienee of planters who have used good fertflim this season has established this fact, and heuai number of gentlemen, composed of a few of at largest capitalists, have formed themselves inioi j company for the purpose of ostaklislung in this dk, on an extensive scale, a fertilizer manufactoiy-i factory which will turn out such fertilizers as esps- rience has proved to be the best, and upon Uhl planters may implicitly rely. The company r2 soon apply for a charter, and will be known is tk ‘‘Georgia Fertilizing Company. TVe understand that the present buildings of Ik Central Railroad Company in East Macon willl* I obtained for the purpose, in the event th»r the Cen tral Railroad will sell when their new buildingsshil I of three years from the date of this Grant, Then j b avc boen erected on the old Court-house site, the Grant shall become void, anything herein! This will bo a most convenient and eligible km — J *i || W|U—’— for the operations oj the Fertilizing Company, ini I contained to the contrary notwithstanding. “Dated June the nineteenth. 1717. “Cartabet Palatine, Ja Bure for the Duke of Beaufort M. Ashley, John Colleton.” “description of the country. “It lies about 31st and 32d degree of North ern Latitude: is bounded eastward by the Great Atlantick Sea To the West a part of the Apal- chian mountains, and to the North and South by the two great Rivers mentioned in the Grant. It lies in the same latitude with Palestine her self, that promised Canaan which was pointed out by God’s own choice to bless the labours of a favorite people "—Savannah Republican. A^nrtT. Navigation.—So certain are the Cali fornians that the problem of mrial navigation has been solved by the machine that has just been invented in San Francisco, that one of the pa pers positively announces; “Within fonr weeks the first serial steam carriage, capable of con veying six persons, and propelled at a rate ex ceeding the minimum speed of thirty miles an hour, will wing its flight over the Sierra Nevada on its way to New York and other remote parts.” This announcement was made on June 26th, and we may, therefore, soon look for the appear ance of the great ferial steam carriage. When we see it, we shall begin to believe that the San Francisco paper knows what it means by saying: “Within a year we shall travel habitually to New York, Europe and China by serial carriages.” A Little darkey was recently fonnd sitting on the steps of a fashionable house not far from Saratoga, crying pitifully. “What’s de matter wid you 'asked a colored woman. “Dar’s matter ’nuff—trouble all over' de house. Fad- der am drank; mnddsr am gone hum wid close; sis done broke de looking-glass wid de broom stick ; de baby' got her eyes fall of kyan pepper; and little Ned Antony put de mnstard on his hair for goose-grease. I put salt in my tea for sugar, and it makes me Bick. The dog licked Ned's face, and got hi* month full of mustard, and lays under de bed howlin'. De kitten got her head in the milk-pot, and I cut her head off to M-ve de pitcher to git de head opL and de, partial way I’ll get licked wenmudde; aameft Lime for. eriu, ‘and •effing the bed afire u • ebo.” 1 rain. From cuba. Havana, July 18.—Several thousand Remington rifles were shipped yesterday for Sagua la Grande, Remedios and Naevitas to arm volunteers about to take the field. Havana, Jnly 18.—The mortality is frightful in both armies. It is estimated that tho deaths amount to fifteen per cent, monthly, on both sides. After the unhealthy season.tlie volunteers will enter active service, and the Spanish reinforcements will arrive. London, July 19.—The first general meeting of. the women’s franchise society was held yesterday. Among the notables present were the Junior Lord of the Treasury, Henry Fawkett, a member of the Parliament for Brighton; J. Stewart Mills, Lord Honghton, Right Hon. Jas. Stadsfield, Rev. Charles Kingsley, Arthur and Lewis Blanc and others.— Many ladies were present. Addreesea were deliver ed by many well known speakers, and resolutions were unanimously adopted favoring female suffrage. Paris, July 19.—Marshal Yaillaint has been re appointed Minister of the Imperial Household. From Putnurn County. We see from the Eatonton Press and Messen ger of tho 20 th that the Putnam County Fair has been appointed for the 2nd of November next. A large amonnt of the stock has been taken and everything promises a brilliant suc cess. The crops in Putnam were beginning to suffer from drought. In Warren county they were suffering greatly—there having been no rains for twenty days. The Press and Messenger says: In some portions of Jasper county, we are in formed, the farmers are suffering 'terribly for want of rain, with a prospect of a total failure we dare say the buildings upon it are ample for & purpose, and can be bought very low when the Cen tral Company move their freight depot and maim shops to this side of the river. •[ The new enterprise will be started on a cashcsp- tal of from $150,000 to $200,000, and we prel: I that it will soon pay a dividend equal to that oi aa; I Btock establishment in tho country. Success to i I wesav. ' : ... . I The Turner Case.—The interest taken ia taa case is unabated, particularly so among the cegnm I and from first to last the Court room has b« I crowded with them. There are a few incidents ex-1 nested with the ease which are remarkable, tou; I the least of them. It seems that the negroes, a I masse, have taken the Turner side of the qnsttm [ and those of them who have been for the last twit | or fifteen months the most intimate, bosom frena of Swayze, from the very moment he divulged fr I ner’s secret, turned against him. and arc now rcah I to swear that Swayze is anything for the puipcsidl exonerating Turner. Nine-tenths of the negro witnesses on Satsri$ I who aworo that they would not believe Svspl on oath in a Court of justice, were, up to witkst I late period of time, his chums and friends; andit*| a fact, patent, that nearly all of these wimweM who impeached Swayze could not find a dozecrrl epectable or true men in the county who woo'd 1*1 lievo them under oath. It was the most striti* I of crops. In other sections they have had hountifu 1 seasons and crop prospects were never i uTustratipn of"the"rompltaents once excheneei* tween a kettle and pot that was ever seen. One* From Washington County. The Sandersville Georgian of the 21st, com. plains bitterly of hot weather and drought— though here and there showers had fallen in va. rious parts of the county. Just as the paper was going to press there was a good prospect for rain, and a good rain would yet sare the corn. A letter dated the 16th from Irwinton, “Wilkin son county, says: Crops are looking well. Having reoently rode b ih ~ The press of this city regard the new cabinet one I a short distance into the country. I must say of transition merely. The Georgia Medical Association. —Through the politeness of Dr. Robt. P. Myers, the Re cording Secretary, we have received an official copy of the proceedings of the twentieth annual meeting of this body, held at St Andrew's Hall, in this city, commencing on the J4th of April last. We have only had time to give this document a cursory examination, but we find very interest that I never saw fairer prospects for abundant harvests. The people are in good spirits, and are a unit for commercial manures. Many far mers have adopted Mr. Dickson’s mode, and so j-ucia im>e miupieu i>xr. x/iuivsuu s ixioue, ana so — —* — . , - ,^i far are elated at the result Bradley's Soper- shows the powerful influence Turner wtel-p | nhnenhatn and ATr Dirksnn’* “nrenamHon.*’! his deluded followers. Thev stand ready t-i i two of the witnesses who might be believed on I hesitated before they impeached Swayze, anddii’ I with a sort of mental reservation. Hon. Seaiotlf I Gove refused positively to do so, euA in the question by the counsel for Turner, aa tori**! er he would believe Swayze on oath, aooorbnc'-I what this community thought of him, Mr. Govenl plied by saying that he could only swear fork*I self, and if his own private opinion was wantix* I could give it: but he conld not and wonld n"t * I peach, under oath, any man’s private character what other people might say of it. It was a remarkable fact that Swayze s clu f*- j and colored friends were the quickest and reti*! witnesses to impeach him. If nothiug eise, * | are decidedly ahead of uny other fertilizers used, j jure themeeives whenever he says so, or tc u -'I and of these immense quantities will be pur- j thing else he may require of them. thui!ft ns l chased for the next crop. , , . ' . says so, Swavze will not have another negro I The Georgian heard last week, of interesting •' - - — Eh M Ia The Georgian heard last wees, oi interesting , ^ religious meetings at Tabernacle, (Methodist,) j n j 1 and Bethany, (Baptist,) churohes of this county, j “ im " or subscriber in this community. W* s *' : —, ~... j-f.-u-r-r- 1 nuu netnauy, uuuiuucu ui mis tuumj. | ®' T * 1,r ' Tr °’ - ■ mg reports from committees on the following, Quj te a ntu iber were added to these churches. ! even if he knows it to he true, or he ia g°",l subjects: “Relation of Charlatans and their : mr in Georgia. He has forever forfeited the reai^l Nostrums to Legitimate Medicine. byDrs. G. - B’oubth of July in thh Sovth.—In many' gentlemen, and now he is deserted by the M. McDowell, of Barnes viUe; \V. F. Holt, of j places in the Southern States it seems the Fourth ! and degraded. Where will he look for a fn^-- ’° f July hdS h * 6U SSl ebraU [ d al “? 3t exclusively ! whom will he fly, in an emergency? Medical Education, by Dr. Thos. S. Powell, of i^y the negroes. Why is this? The day of Na- Atlanta. ‘Outhe lmportanca of the Thermom-1 tional Independence is an anniversary that the : eter to the_Physician in his Daily Practice, ’ by j whole American people may celebrate, without; • G. Thomas, of Savannah. j re(J ard to the changes of modem politics.—Neto ! The following tion: Dr. C. I Mayor's Court.—Quite a large crowd att^l t/Savmmfth- * regard tothe changes of modern politics.—JYcto ! His Honor’s levee yesteiday morning, hex * | are the officers of the Associa-: York Times. j wero only three casos on. the docket, the b 051 Nottingham, of Macon, Presi-i Can’t the thought peck its way through the j portant of which was that of the City c ;' r> | 3 " " ' ’ disfranchised, sub- j M. M. Hall, a policeman, and !• | 8 5 Te ™fl m : Swavze. for fighting-the details of which ana in property by negroes, denied the nght of . ' tard , T * g ‘ After . hearins of d* ^1 trial by jury, liable to be seized at any hour of ! “ y ^ tenU ^ if er * 1 him ^1 the day or night without process of law, kept in j die* -i&rg prison for months with no information as to any ! *be police force of the city. . charges against them, forbidden to see the faoes j His Honor reminded Mr. Hall of his dnto* , i of familv or friends, and endnrino at intervals ! officer, inf.irminir him that he was a COE 3 ^, Midville, Burke county, Corresponding Secre tary ; Dr. Robert P. Myers, of Savannah, Re cording Secretary; and Dr. J. C. Le Hardy, of Savannah, Treasurer. Notice is given that in consequence of the de- published in the best, force npon their minds a horrid conscious- present transactions, hoping by this means to na8 g 0 f the contrast between what they were have a perfect list by the next meeting of the and what they are?—Louisville Courier-Journal. Association, which takes place at Macon on the second Wednesday in April, 1870.—Savannah Murrain in Cattle.—We have been informed Republican. ' that for the past week this fatal disease has been ; *** ■ raging with alarming effect in the country aronnd Colab County Dalton, in the Northern part of this State. Cat- was behaving himself in a proper manner- . man in Macon, white and black, is eatib* 1 J protection and not the violence of it* I no officer who will so far forget his duty, “ w ^ j a premeditated attack npoh a citizen. fflS ‘%, I cause he has a private feeding of revenge I is worthy of his position* Officers of tbs ***> Nnta aU others, should cultivate a feeling of I and at all times and under all eMeumetinc* - Complains of drought. The Marietta Journal of- tla * e in the woods and fields after a very short x,. illness, and if some remedy is not discovered the Friday morning says : people will neither have work-stock or oqws in a _ .On going to press last week the clouds had 8 bort time. Many of the most violent purgative 1 the^ehrea in a oniet Arm and woeaaM* «**% gathered, and the rain began to fall, and we remedies have been suggested by various parsons I Tha mat was a canc ji confidently looked for general and refreshing as sure cures, but an early death is the only re- j _ . h-j. ^ asd showers ; but, like many human hopes, these Hef after the distemper assumes its hold. j offen(ler MS****® >r\ came to grief. The clouds passed away, and „ _ , 'tied, up in a handkerchief. the days of the past week have been almost Facts for ths Ladixs.—My Wheeler A Wil- ’ * -i.—» beyond parallel in their heat, burning the earth son Sewing Machine (No. 8277) has dona the and vegetation, to the great damage of it* deni- sewing of my family, and a apod deal tor nekfe- zens and ihe grovisg crops. We have heard of for fourteen, vmtm andthf$6 in&jtMi with* ' iwers, but the drought is very gen- out any nepxirt. One needle eerved to do di yen now there is but littleprtwpWt of*, the sewing for more than four--v ‘ tiyraonw, N. X. - A. Havers, tied, up in withoutpio vocation tog him in the face, u8 j ance had get stattsdfcr ti~ . , offtottrMd*