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FRIDAY, JULY SO,- I860.
/;<*riB»n Steamship Line |« Sa-
1 vanuah.
( gjvannah papers, of Friday, report an ad-
ttieflting of citizens in the Exchange, the te over - A 8 5® at ^ of com which >« week
iae B - ago, was considered in an almost hopeless con-
, n pon the matter of the projected
f ^’stfaaiships from North Germany. A re-
* i submitted by General Joseph E.
Chairman of the Committee, showing
rfor advantages of the port of Savan-
„ American depot for that line, and
l strong case. We will publish this re-
^loon as we can find space. Appended
* Hpor t are copies of correspondence with
*^.1 and Atlantio and Golf Railroads, in
4< ^, ese corporations offer to carry immi-
. t t one cent per mile, or as cheaply as any
* | connecting with an Atlantio port,
i; itl4n fic and Gulf say they will not charge
Y* ^ M one cent per mile, should a less rate
tire, an encouragement to immigrants.
I Sot Visible.
I — jj #w y<nk Times is discoursing about the
I. of the President’s appointments. Is the
I in dead earnest or has he simply forgotten
'-nend in brackets, as Artemns Ward nsed to
I This is ironical]? We reckon it is a piece
I v*-rt and stinging satire. Many of the ap-
I sntments out South seem to be based npon
te idea of trying what poor material may be
(0 such a purpose. Let the Times take
Pteonvm Macon on the wisdom, of some of
president’s appointments.
Wynne’s Cotton Gin.
tfe sdvertiso to day Cotton Gins made by our
I - j friend, Thomas Wynne, Bel-Air, Richmond
L.^tr.Ga., which, in point of easy running
|-jperfect work, are believed by most all the
^-'k Belt planters to have few equals and no
priors. Mr. Wynne has been manufacturing
.-•!» Gins for many years, and they have a
•Tri: reputation, particularly in the upper coun-
^of Middle Georgia.
Tennessee.
jLvsr Johnson' made a speech in Smith coun-
I x lennessee, last Monday to 2,GOO people. The
'tssessee papers say it was a terrible speech,
lie Tennesseeans are bringing the Legisla-
I tire candidates all np to the scratch and com-
• tiling them to pledge themselves to call 8 State
Contention next December, to repeal the suf-
ijip disqualifications.
The State Fair.
! ft invite particular attention to Secretary
Leris’ communication npon the State Fair. It
use too late for further remark to-day.
Foster Blodgett's Bond.—The Chronicle and
Sentinel says that Foster Blodgett’s official
Bond as Treasurer of the State Road is not a
pod one. His bondsmen, in Augusta, are T. R.
Ehodes who returns taxable property amonnting
o §25,300, and R. O. Easterling, who returns
nose at all, and one Hoyt in Atlanta, whose re
joices are unknown. The bond is in the sum
of §100,000 — little enough, considering the
nagnitnde of the pecuniary trust The gravest
charges has been made against the integrity of
Foster Blodgett, and for some reason not made
public, but certainly of a personal character, he
was removed from the office of Post-master of
Augusta by his own partizans. These facts
should demand at least the xigid enforcement of
all the securities and safeguards prescribed by
law.
Sa Coolies to be Admitted.—The Washing
ton specials to the Louisville Courier-Journal of
the 22d say that the Government will take im
mediate and decided ground against the intro
duction of Chinese laborers in the Southern
States. An investment in this kind of stock is
regarded here as of doubtful value.
There is, we think, a statute against what
used to be understood as the coolie trade—that
is to say of Chinese sold into service and labor
for a stipulated price—but the present Chinese
immigration is a different matter, and we fancy
the .Radicals will hardly risk their intelligence
and statesmanship on the effort to prevent it
“Fbuits and Flo webs.”—This is a favorite
brand of smoking tobacco, which we prefer to
smoke when we can get it. It can be had at
very reasonable rates of Messrs. Haralson, Pay-
lor & Co., Tobacco merchants, No. 10 Hollings
worth Block, Macon, where all kinds of manu
factured tobacco and cigars can be had at low
prices and in any quantify.
THETnntSTr Atlantese.—The Atlanta Con
stitution says: We leam from Madison Bell,
Comptroller General, that during the last three
months, there have been seventy-three liquor
saloons running in the city of Atlanta. The ag
gregate number of gallons sold, during that
time, is 2,342. When we remember that two
months of this period has been real “hot”
weather, the amount consnmed is astonishing.
At the above ratio, it will take 9,388 gallons to
satisfy the demands of the thirsty, per annum.
Montgomeby and Brunswick.—We are pleased
to know from undoubted authority, that arrange
ments have just been completed in New York
for the early completion of the entire line of
Railroad from Brunswick to Eufaula. It is ex-
Pwted to be completed by November 1870, at
*bich time Mr. Owen will have reached Eufau-
k with his road from Montgomery. King Wad-
ky must then look out for his laurels. —-Mon t-
mery Matt.
The Ku-klux in Glasscock County.—The
ifarrenton Clipper says that a man named Braz
il and his son, living in Glasscock county,
were tied to a tree and whipped, on the 16th in
stant, for stealing a trunk, pistol, $90 in green
backs, etc,, from a negro named Warren Kitch
ens. Brazzel and family came from Sonth Car
olina, and have been roaming around the conn*
since Christmas. They bear a bad and dis
putable character.
Baisb in Tboup.—The LaGrange Reporter
says they had a splendid rain in Troup on Wed
nesday, and one or two more will give them
abundant crops. This waa about twenty-four
boars in advance of our rain in Bibb, and seems
*o indicate that we were on the Southwestern
Segment of the storm circle.
Baileoad Stock Quotations.—The Savannah
Republican of Friday quotes Macon Jk Western
Stock at $135; Central $122; Southwestern
5104; Georgia $109; Atlantic Jt Gulf 85; Mont
gomery & West Point 32; Augusta & Savannah
of Georgia 92.
Bains in Musoooee.—The Sun says rains con
tinue to fall daily, to the great satisfaction of
corn, peas, potatoes, oollards, young ducks and
cbe street sprinkler.
Too much Truth often attaches to the re-
•uarks made in regard to uncivil hotel clerks.—
the Amxbican House, Boston, the employes
take pleura j a ministering to the wants of
guests. Sfv
A corresponded in Americas writes that
there had been no rain ^ere up to the 24th.
That surprises us. _ - . ' * •'
On the whole, says the Picyune, we hv$ nev
er known the prospects of our city to look n^j. e
cheering and hopeful, nor can we imagine v
more promising field of enterprise than New
Orleans now opens to the world.
The New Haven Journal says that th» Yale
students who recently drew the best college
rooms made shout one thousand dollars fr seu-
ttg out
Georgia Crops.
We think a rainy season set in in Georgia
about the middle of last week, and, although no
great amount has as yet fallen in, probably, any
part of the State, yet rain has already fallen in
perhaps all parts, and showery weather is likely
to continue for some time to come. The drought
dition, will produce grain, while less 'forward
com will make a fair crop.
As yet, all is well with cotton in Georgia; but,
if we credit accounts, the enemy is near, and
threatening much danger. Several of the
counties of the Southwest—Dougherty, Mitch
ell and Baker among them—report the cater
pillar in a very minatory condition. In West
ern Georgia and Eastern Alabama the same
alarm exists, and also in the border counties of
Middle Florida. The planters are uneasy and
apprehensive, and base their hopes of deliver
ance and safety mainly on hot and dry weather.
It may be that a considerable period of damp,
cloudy and showery weather, which we now an
ticipate, will, in a fortnight, entirely revolution
ize cotton prospects in Georgia, and cut down
the anticipations of planters a half or two-
thirds. We say it may be, but we don’t look for
it, and, on principle, never cross a bridge till
we come to it.
At present, we repeat, cotton never looked
better. We think as it stands now, the cotton
crop would yield twenty per cent more than any
similar area in Georgia has done since the war.
The mischief, if any, is all to come, and we
ought to prepare our minds for some set backs
in any extent But we hope all will continue
well and the plant escape the ravages of its
great destructive enemy.
THE STATE FAIR—LETTER FROM
SECRETARY LEWIS.
Macon, Ga., July 23, 18G9.
Editors Telegraph : I request the publica
tion in your ^gaper of the accompanying com
munications, containing matters of some interest
to the friends of the State Agricultural Society.
I do not doubt that, with the assistance prom
ised by Col. Halbert, I shall procure return
tickets free for visitors from all points West
and Northwest. Before writing to Col. Hnlbert,
it had been already obtained to Memphis, or the
West, and to Charleston, or the East. I have
also the aid of Mr. Peake, of the South Carolina
Railroad, in extending the scheme beyond
Charleston, through the Manchester, Wilming
ton and Weldon Railroads. I expect, through
letters addressed to-day to Judge King and Su
perintendent Johnson, of the Georgia Road,
to extend the schedule over the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Roads, on, through
Danville, to Richmond. The question then
comes—with one fare on all the through lines
of the Union, what will Macon and her twelve
or thirteen thousand inhabitants do with the
twelve or fifteen thousand visitors that will be
thrown all at once into the city ? As the answer
to this question does not properly belong to
this department, we leave it with those who are
better able to make it.
I take pleasure in here stating that the exhi
bition of improved stock of all kinds—of agri
cultural implements of all descriptions— of la-
bor-saving machinery of all descriptions—will
probably surpass ahy thing ever seen in the
Cotton States.
The Exhibition, too, promises to be enlivened
by all kinds of good music. Manufacturers of
nstrnments of all kinds are enquiring for places
for their exhibition.
I feel confident that the city and its authori
ties will be equal to what, looks to me, will be a
great emergency. Respectfully,
D. W. Lewis.
Western and Atlantic Railroad,)
Superintendent’s Office, ^
Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 1809.)
Hon. D. W. Lewis, Secretary State Agricultural
Fair, Jfacon, Oa.:
Dear Sib : Your favor of the 19th inst. has
been received. In reply, I beg to assure you
that the Western and Atlantio Railway will pass
all persons attending the Georgia State Agricul
tural Fair, to be held at Macon, both ways, for
one fare, the persons paying full fare going,
and returning free on presentation of the certifi
cate of the Secretary, and all articles and lice
stock for exhibition, without charge. It will af
ford me much pleasure to aid you by every means
in my power, m your laudable efforts to make
the.Fair worthy of the Empire State of the South;
and to this end, I have this day addressed a cir
cular letter to the Superintendents of railways
throughout the South, as well as those of the
leading or trank lines in the Northern States,
asking their concurrence and active aid in car
rying out your suggestion of half-fare for visit
ors, and also that they transport all live stock
for exhibition both ways at half the usual rates,
and all articles free of charge.
Their replies will be transmitted to you as re
ceived.
We will use all the means in our power to
make the Fair a snccess which the planters,
farmers and manufacturers of Georgia will be
proud of. Very respectfully,
Your friend and hearty well-wisher,
E. Hulbert, Supt.
Western and Atlantic Railroad, )
Superintendent’s Office. >■
Atlanta, Ga., July 24, I860*)
Deae Sib : The State Agricultural Society of
Georgia, having been permanently reorganized
under the auspices and management of the lead
ing agriculturalists and manufacturers of the
State, the first Annual Fair will be held in Ma
con, Ga., in November, 1869, commencing on
Tuesday, the 16th day of the month.
Among the very many advantages resulting
from such exhibitions are:
The improved quality and increased quantity
of all kinds of plantation products and manu
factured articles; the spirit of generous emula
tion and progress they excite and encourage;
the general instruction they impart, and the in
formation thereby disseminated, on all subjects
of vital importance to material development,
by affording opportunities for a personal inter
change of views in regard thereto by well in
formed citizens; in stimnlating to a wonderfnl
degree the inventor’s intellect; and, by bring
ing together the citizens of various parts of the
State and of the Union, producing a kindlier
feeling for and a higher appreciation of each
other—a greater harmony and consequently a
vastly greater efficiency of thought and action.
It is the ambition of the officers of the Socie
ty to make this Fair one of unusual interest,
b’oth as regards the number of persons present
from all sections, and the extent and variety of
stock, products and manufactured articles on
exhibition, especially as it is confidently believ
ed that many persons from the Northern States
will at the time be traveling through the South
to inform themselves on all these matters.
The enterprise, energy and progressive pub
ic spirit of Georgia has gained for her the fore-
tSapn
Georgia.
DELIVERED AT ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JULY 20.
[Reported Expressly for the Constitution, by F.
J. Hammond, Supreme Court Reporter, i
J. A. B. Hanks, administrator, vs. J. Phillips.
Ejectment from Murray.
McCay, J.—In an issue formed to try the
genuineness of a recorded deed proposed to be
used as evidence, and affidavit is made that it is
a forgery, under section 20S0 of the Code, the
burden of proof is upon the party asserting the
genuineness of the deed, and the fact that the
deed is recorded does not furnish any evidence or
change the onus.
2. Recitals in a private deed only bind parties
and privies, and those claiming under it
3. If evidence of title is permitted to go to
the jury, without objection to the proof of exe
cution of the paper, it is too late, after verdiot,
to make the objection.
4. If one have written evidence of title to a
tract of land, and by his tenant, take actual
possession, and afterwards sell, by written agree
ment, an undivided half to the tenant, who con
tinues, for some years, in possession in his own
right as to the undivided half and as tenant to
his vendor, for the other undivided half, this is
an adverse possession under written evidence of
title to the whole lot, as to third persons.
D. A. Walker, for plaintiff in error.
W. Huffman, W. H. Dabney, R. J. MoCamy,
for defendants in error.
C. H. Chandler vs. M. J. Johnson, et ah As
sumpsit, from Fulton.
McCay, J.—On the trial of an issue whether
a promissory note sued on, is illegal, because
given for the compounding of a felony, it is not
necessary that the defendant shall prove that
the party charged, was actually guilty of the
felony; it is sufficient if there he an act done,
of winch he is charged to be guilty, which is
prima facie felony.
2. An offense which may, in the discretion of
the Court, be punished by confinement in the
Penitentiary, is so far a felony, that the com
pounding of it is illegal.
o. Although, one may legally take a promis
sory note as compensation for a personal injury,
yet, if the injury was a crime, such as by our
law, the parties cannot settle between them
selves, and if there be any attempt by giving of
the note to suppress a proscution for the of
fense, it vitiates the whole agrement, even
though the note be for less than the actual dama
ges received.
Hammond & Mynatt, for plaintiff in error.
L. E. Bleckly, for defendant in error.
Stewards Colclough vs. Elijah Dobbs, el ah
Garnishment, from CarrolL
McCay, J.—When a garnishment has been
dissolved by the defendant giving security, as
provided in the Code, and the security is or be
comes insolvent, the plaintiff may garnishee
again.
2. Under section 2027 of the Code of Geor
gia, it is the duty of a Court, when it has juris
diction of a right, and no specific remedy is af
forded by express law, so to mould its processes
and proceedings as to afford relief to the party
having the right.
Judgment reversed.
Merrills for plaintiffs in error.
Hugh Buchanan for defendants in error.
From Talbot Comity.
The Talbotton West Georgia Gazette, of the
22d, has the following npon the crops in that
county:
The crops in the Valley and the Pleasant Hill
district are undeniably splendid. The rains
have been in season, and the corn product prom
ises to be the largest for many years. Cotton
is in fine condition. Fertilizers have been nsed
to a great extent by the farmers, of that section
and their present surroundings would indicate
that they are to be repaid four-fold for their
trouble. Immediately around Talbotton we are
suffering greatly for rain. Vegetationis parched,
and gardens nearly ruined. Com is fulling rap
idly and the crop will be much shortened, since
the above was written we have had a fine rain,
and matters now look more hopeful.
Our friend S. B. Baldwin, Jr., reports the
crops in Hart’s district os in excellent condition.
Not suffering much for rain. There are five
new residences going np in that beat. An evi
dence that the people are prospering. Glad to
hear it. We also hear good news from the Red-
bone district, concerning the crops. Old Tal
bot is all right.
Boll Worm.-—Weleam,from Oapt. C. Calhoun,
that the boll worm has made its appearance, in
small numbers, in the vicinity of Box Spring.
The Captain also informs us that there is on his
plantation a cotton stalk which has over 300
Lolls and squares.
Singular.—We counted nine wagons, in one
day, passing onr windows, on the way to Per
sons’ Mill, with Western corn. That corn is
now worth §1 65 per bushel in Talbotton. We
have heard it whispered that people intend
raising their own corn just as soon as they get
rich raising cotton. Pre-cise-ly.
Large Wheat Crop.—Judge James D. Wood-
all, of Pleasant Hill, this year made 614 bushels
of wheat, and threshed it out himself. .The
Judge calls himself a small farmer—running
only four plows, we believe;
LeYert College.—We leam that Rev. Henry
D. Moore, of Albany, Ga., has been elected
President of LeVert College. We hope the fall
term may open with at least one hundred pupils.
Slight Mistake.— A. correspondent of the
Chronicle and Sentinel, writing on the fence
question, says Georgia has an area of 58,000,000
acres, only eieht or nine millions of which are
under cultivation. This is too much by over
20,000,000 acres—our State having an extent of
58,000 square miles, or 37,120,000 acres,
Hews Paragraphs.
The Texas Beef.—The New Orleans Picayune
says the experiment of shippingslaughtered beef
to that port from Texas has proved a complete
success. A lot- of thirty head arrived at New
Orleans on the 10th inst. in the steamer Agnes,
which had been fitted up with refrigerating ap
paratus for the purpose, and came out in perfect
order, looking as if freshly slaughtered, though
killed on the 6th instant The mean3 used for
preserving the beef is so effectual that it may be
shipped for long distances—to Northern as well
as Southern ports. Arrangements are in prog
ress for sending large quantities to Mobile and
Havana. Texas abounds in beef cattle, thou
sands of which are slaughtered for their hides and
tallow alone; and if this new process proves to
be as successful as it now seems likely to, it will
be a great step toward cheap beef.
The English Telegraph bill, according to a re
cent cable dispatch; has passed the second read
ing in the House of Commons, and in all proba
bility will soon become a law. The foreign
mails also bring the speech of the Marquis of
Hartington, in introducing the bill, from which
it appears that the cost of the transfer of the
telegraphic lines from private hands to the gov
ernment will amount to $33,750,000, of which
$20,100,545 is to be paid to the telegraph com
panies, and $3,500,000 to the railroad compan-
ies. The annual revenue of the telegraph lines
lit- spirit of Georgia has gained
most place among the States of this seotson,
and the proud distinction of “The Empire State
of the South.” The pre-eminence thus volun
tarily accorded her must be made good on all
suitable occasions—for skilled and ambitious
contestants have entered the field to try and
wrest it from her.
To secure the laudable objects proposed by
the officers of the Georgia State Agricultural
Society, and give to the Fair all possible inter
est, I respectfully request that you will pass
visitors to It, oyer yotir road, at one fare for the
round tnp-the ticket to be good for thirty
days—full fare going and returning free on the
certificate of the Secretary of the Society; that
all articles for exhibition be transported free,
and all stock transported both ways for one-half
the usual rate.
Your concurrence in the above proposed ar
rangement will be very highly appreciated, not
only by all the officers and members of the So
ciety, but by the people of Georgia* will be in
strumental in doing much good and accepted as
a great personal favor by
Yours very respectfully,
E. Hulbert, Supt. W. & A. B. R.
Florida Crow.—A friend writes the Savan
nah Republican from Tallahassee under date j
21st inst:
“A good corn crop has been made in this re-
and cotton is doing finely. If we can only
escape the caterpillar! But of this there is little ;
hope. They are appearing in different neigh- ’
bofhoods, much as they did at the corresponding
dates last year, and the worst results are antici-!
paled, though no damage has as yet been done. "
in the future was estimated at $3,369,190 and
the expenditures at $1,797,420 leaving a net
profit of $1,571,770. The government expects
to raise funds for the purchase of the lines at
three and a half per cent., so that after paying
the interest on the loan the surplus of net earn
ings would amount to $385,000.
The Saturday half-holiday movement, in Lon
don, has just received derided support from the
formation of an anti-shopping-on-Saturday asso
ciation, composed of. 1400 prominent ladies of
fashion, the chief of whom is the Duchess of
Sutherland. This lady.is not, as ha3 been sup
posed by some of the • American journals, the
Duchess of Sutherland who.headed the list of
names signed to the address oa the_ subject of
slavery, sent to the women of America.
Alboni was at last accounts in Paris. The
Emperor of Russia ordered his Imperial Opera
Director to offer her -£120 per month and X400
for traveling expenses. Mme. Alboni replied
tliat she would not accept lower terms than those
on which La Patti had sung. In reply, the Em
peror telegraphed that he agreed with her view
of the case, and requested Mme. Alboni to ac-
ceptan engagement for.St. Fetersburgidentical
to the one Patti had signed last winter.
Clothing made from a new kind of paper has
been patented in England. The components of
the material are said to be some animal and
vegetable substance never before used. When
reduced to a pulp, and bleached, the completed
fabric is a sort of felt of extraordinary pliancy,
flexibility and strength. It can be sewed with
the needle as tightly as woven fabrics, and al
ready table cloths, quilts, shoes and petticoats
are in market, all made from the new material.
Queen Victoria is said to be failing in. health.
The London Medical Times and Gazette says
the presence of a crowd, or a succession of per
sons, who are presented at oourt, produces on
her nervous system the giddiness, and other
symptoms common to landsmen at sea. The
Gazettes adds that, considering her • Majesty’s
habits of punctuality, and the hard labor and
anxiety she has undergone daring her happily
protracted reign, it cannot be a matter of sur
prise that the nervous system should become,
fatigued. ’T •/’• > i,
Death of Her. R. K. Porter.
HI8 LIFE, SERVICES AND CHARACTER.
Written by request for the Constitution, by Rev.
W. T. Brantly, Pastor of the Second Baptist
Church, in Atlanta.
The death of the beloved Pastor of the Cen
tral Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, the Rev.
Rufus K. Porter, occurred at hi3 residence, on
■Wednesday evening last. He had been, for
several weeks, in declining health; hut few ap
prehended so early and so sudden an overthrow
of the vital powers. On the very day of his
death he sat at the dinner table during a part
of the family meal. Later in the afternoon he
was attacked by paralysis, from which, owing
to the exhaustion incident to the protracted
train on his physical energies, recovery was out
of the question; and he soon sank into the
slumber of death. His removal from earth has
bereaved our community of one of its brightest
ornaments, a church of a faithful and devoted
Pastor, and a family of a most tender and lov
ing head.
In the pulpit, Mr. Porter was always digni
fied, solemn and impressive. Discarding all
rhetorical embellishments, he sought to present,
in the simplest and most intelligible forms, the
fundamental truths of the Gospel. He was en
dowed by nature with a fine person, an engaging
countenance and a rich, sonorous voice. To
these he added a fluency of utterance, and a
grace of manner which always recommended
his ministrations to the intelligent congregation
whom he addressed. It was manifest to those
who heard him that his aim was to do good
rather than to entertain—to reach the con
science rather than to amuse the fancy. He
seemed ever to speak as in view of the account
to which he has now gone, and his words came
from the heart, and went to the heart.
For pastoral labors the lamented divine pos
sessed qualifications pecnliarly eminent. There
was nothing repulsive or austere in his na
ture. He had the happy faculty of eliciting the
confidence of the humblest, as well as the most
eminent. This was illustrated in the part he
performed in the army. The beloved and dis
tinguished commander. General T. R. C. Cobb,
recognized in him a cherished friend, and a
most valuable counsellor; and the most obscure
man in the ranks approached him with that con
fidence which could only he inspired by a loving
heart. "Whilst more than one chaplain who en
tered the army suffered a moral deterioration,
and constantly declined in the esteem of the
soldiers, he withstood every temptation—shin
ing like pure gold in the ordeal through which
he passed—and constantly growing in the confi
dence and devotion of those to whom he min
istered.
He was a man of quick and generous sen
sibilities. He could weep with those who wept,
and rejoice with those who rejoiced. He en
tered into the afflictions of his congregation as
sincerely as though they were his own. It is
probable that this tax on his sympathies which,
owing to repeated bereavements among the peo
ple of his charge, had been unusually severe,
within the past few months, aggravated his dis
ease, and so abridged his life. His entrance
into the families, which he visited, was ever
hailed as the approach of t brother, and the
members of the household, from the youngest
to the oldest, pressed up to receive his cordial
grasp. The sobs which filled the church, on the
occasion of his funeral, attested the strong hold
which he had taken of the affections of his peo
ple. The children felt that they were parting
with a father, whilst others mourned as for the
loss of a beloved brother.
Though an earnest and zealons defender of
the doctrinal views peculiar to the Church with
which he was identified, Mr. Porter was a
Christian of truly catholic spirit. He proclaimed
the doctrines of the Bible as he understood them
without turning aside to indulge in vehement in
vectives, against those who dissented from his
creed. Evangelical religion, wherever it was
exhibited, won his regard and commanded his
approbation. In his intercourse with his
brethren of other denominations, he exhibited
that charity which was so fervently enjoined up
on the disciples by their Master. The writer
of these lines, found him ever ready to co-oper
ate in anymeasure contemplating the promotion
of the common canse; and where indications of
good, or the reverse appeared, he seemingly re
joiced over the one or mourned over the other
—irrespective of any personal benefit, or detri
ment by the result.
During the closing moments of his life the
reason of onr friend was utterly eclipsed by the
fearful malady which struck him down. A day
or two before he was summoned away he said
to a dying Christian, who though rational, had
lost the power of speech, “If you feel that Christ
is precious, signify it by pressing my hand.”—
The hand was pressed. But he was not per
mitted to bear even this testimony. It was,
however, unnecessary. It is the living and not
the dying testimony on which the Bible insists.
Men mar die peacefully under a delusion.—
They may depart in triumph with n “he in the
right hand.” Our friend's life was a beautiful
illustration of the temper of hi3 Master. TVith
a devotion to Ms work which impelled Mm to
duty when his shattered body forbade any ex
ertion, and when his physicians were enjoining
total cessation from toil; with a faith which
knew no wavering, though pressed by sore
trials; with malice for none and charity for all,
we need not the testimony of the last moment,
to assure us of Ms felicity.
“ His heart waa warm,
His hands were pure, his doctrine and his life
Coincident, gave to us lucid proof
That he was honest in the sacred cause."
Mr. Porter removed to our city a little more
than two years ago. He had previously been
fourteen years minister of a church, in Rich
mond county, Georgia. These two engagements,
together with the valuable service, of which we
have spoken, rendered ns an army chaplain,
comprised Ms whole term of ministerial labor.
He was a native of Sonth Carolina, and was in
Ms forty-third year, at the time of Ms decease.
Loving hands, we noticed, twined floral
chaplets for his coffin. But whilst these wreaths
are perishing, and so symbolize the decay of the
fallen body, wMch they were intended to adorn,
they suggest, by contrast, the amaranthine flow
ers, wMoh bloom in that Paradise to wMch, we
believe, the disenthralled spirit of our friend
and brother hat ascended.
The Erie Railway Catastrophe.—A graphic
picture of the Mast Hope catastrophe is drawn
by a World correspondent. He says the view
was one of the most horrid and sickening spec
tacles that mortal eye ever looked upon. It is
said that a mother perished with her three
young children in her arms, all being crushed
helplessly together by the telescoping of the
cars. Wien last seen she gathered them all in
her arms, and thus, unconscious and wounded,
they slowly were consumed by the remorseless
flames. The young and tender bones of the
little ones were quickly destroyed, and but a
few shrivelled pieces could be distinguished
from the larger pieces of the mother. The re
mains of Rev. Mr. Halloek make the best pre
served xelio of humanity in the sad list. The
limbs are gone, bnt the trank and head remain.
The tMgh bones protrude through the crisp-
burnt flesh, and indicate that, the clothing on
the cusMon of the seat served as some protec
tion from the flames. The position of the form
shows that the body rested easily in the seat
during the process of combustion. The skull,
also, is quite perfect, although the extreme heat
had thoroughly dried the bone. The sharp
edges around the top where it is broken seems
as though there had been a fracture. TMs leads
to the theory that when the car was broken np
the tops of the seats were hurled violently for
ward, and some of these driving pieces crashed
through Ms head, braining Mm and causing in
stant death. It is thought that he was not
burnt alive,- but that lie died some time before
the flames reached Mm. The testimony of those
who last saw the car, leads to the belief that
nearly all the victims were killed or stunned in
the first terrific crash, and that none were ac
tually roasted to death by a slow fire as was at
first supposed.
The Lebanon (Ky.) Clarion says: few
days since, a man, in apparently good health,
informed those with whom he was at work that
he would die at four o'clock on the following
day. TMs statement was repeated the next
morning, and in the afternoon was verified by
the man’s falling stone dead at precisely four
o'clock. The deceased also stated, shortly be
fore his death, that on the seventh of next
month this section of the country will be visited
by a hail-storm, the like of which has never
been known, and which will destroy every liv
ing thing that is not under shelter."
The Sea Serpent Once More.—The Pilot
Boat No. 4 saw the sea serpent on the evening
of July 4th, Off Cape Ann, about twelve miles
from here; He was from sixty to eighty feet in
length, lifted himself np out of the water a good
length, and took things very coolly. It was
calm at the time, and those in the boat are sure
that it was a genuine monster of the serpent
refrained from reporting
might be classed among fish stories.
'Stan Post, July 13th.
AffirinlaHooth Carolina.
A correspondent of the New York World,
writing from Che raw, gives a doleful report of
the condition of affairs in the tide*water region
of South Carolina. He says:
Over the whole scope ot country which I have
recently traversed, extending far down towards
the coast, and embracing the region South of
the Fedee and within twenty miles of it, the
regime iVAfrique is supreme and in full blast;
negro sheriffs, negro oonstables, negro magis
trates, negro guards with loaded muskets, sur
rounding a log-house pen, crowded densely with
white and black prisoners infested with vermin,
and stifling under a temperature of ninety-nine
in the shade and over a hundred in the feetid
and heated atmosphere of the prison pen; ne
gro preachers, negro choirs, negro selectmen,
negro conjurors, negro schools, missionary sta
tions, teachers, and all the other appendages
and incidents of a negro kingdom, which Radi
calism has established in this “reconstructed”
State.
In one settlement, where there are a dozen
very handsome residences, occupied by planters
and their families, there is a negro drummer,
who officiates on all occasions, assembling the
League by beating the dram; calling the freed-
men’s school together; giving notice of meet
ing at the negro church in the same way, and
dramming to an annoying extent almoet all the
time; The Hebrew gives to the place 1 of ■ tor
ment the name of Tophet, a name derived from
the beating of drums to drown the cries of the
victims at the sacrifice of Molocfl. A dram:
perdition, ruin and despair. Does the drum
mean all this hereto the intelligence,.virtue and
wealth of the land? Many things indicate it,
while other things point to the triumph of in
telligence at last.
The whole region is now laid off into town-
sMps, -onthe New England plan, at once un
tried and novel to the wMtes, and utterly in
comprehensible to the blacks. * • *
The Darlington court was recently occupied
for two weeks in trying criminal cases. Nearly
all the prisoners were negroes, and the most of
the jurors were of the same race. The sheriff
is a bright mulatto, well behaved and attentive
to Ms duties, and the constables are blacks, and
the crier, also. One of the cases tried may be
illustrative of the times, and as such is reported
in brief: Bands of negro desperadoes have, for
a year or two past, been the scourge of tMs re
gion, having their camps in the fastness of the
Fee Dee swamps, whence they make frequent
nocturnal forays for plunder. One of these
gangs attacked the premises of a farmer living
within a few miles of Darlington Village, and
commenced by breaking into his barn, some
fifty yards distant from the dwelling house. The
gentleman, being aroused from sleep by the
noise, fired at the party from the window of
Ms becLroom on the first floor, but, as it seems
without effect. The fire was immediately re
turned by the party with a discharge of musket
ry from the company, riddling the house with
balls, and inflicting numerous wounds npon the
farmer, who staggered back and fell upon the
bed insensible. His young and beautiful wife
supported him in her arms under a terrific fire
which was continued for fifteen minutes, the
balls flying through the room all the time, over
the bed, under the bed and into the bed, and
yet, strange to relate, not one of them striking
the lovely and helpless woman, who was afl
alone in that house with, as she believed, her
dying husband, while the brutal fiends were
yelling and dancing around her home. When
the firing ceased she left the bed to get restora
tives for her husband, and in passing an open
window her white night-dress attracted the at
tention of the ruffians, and drew from them an
other dreadful, but mirabile dictu, harmless vol
ley, as her person was not touched, although
the window and the inner walls show how tMck
the ballets must have hailed.
After this she was obliged, in moving about
the room, to crawl on her hands and knees as
- olselessly as possible, to avoid another fire.—
he band remained over three hours, geared np
e owner’s mules t« Ms wagon, loaded np with
cotton, poultry, and other supplies, shouted
over the groans of the unconscious sufferer
within, proposed going into the house after the
wife, if she was not killed^ bat left without
carrying into effect this hellish proposition.—
They were pursued the next day, and the wagon,
team and cotton recovered, bnt.the band escaped
with- the rest of the booty. ’ The fanner re
covered after a long illness, with a .shattered
constitution and the loss of an eye, and is now
in California arranging for a move to that coun
try. His wife was in Court with her friends,
and gave all the details of this night of horrors.
One of the band was convicted and goes to the
Penitentiary for twenty years, and has made a
confession, dissclosing the names of Ms com
rades. Some of these are now in jail, but the
leader and the other most desperate men of the
party are still in the swamps.
AO escapeXuo m.. -ua.
white population anxiously desire to invite im
migration. They want coolies and they want
white immigrants. My own opinion is they
will get neither to such an extent as to render
them independent of black labor for at least
many years to come. The black man has a
right to live, and he might show a very good
right to live here. Properly managed, he is
the best laborer for this country, and works for
as little as any other class could be secured. He
understands already what others would have to
learn—the peculiar culture required by South
ern lands and crops. The Radicals have done
much to demoralize and ruin this race, it is
true, and the extravagance and folly of their
conduct cannot be too severely condemned.
But time and prudence may insure their defeat,
and the black man would in time come all
right and do well if once freed from political
mountebanks who now saddle Ms neck and con
trol hi3 movements. There are drones among
them, and atrocious villains arid troublesome
neighbors, and a good degree of the savage and
uncivilized; but not more of all this (if as much)
than their ignoranoe and past history would
lead one to expect. It is a population which
time, with its inevitable attrition, will doubtless
diminish, to the advantage of all who survive ;
but it is here, and ought to be employed and
managed humanely and wisely, with neither the
mad folly of the Radical nor the insensate scorn
and bitterness of a small school of quondam
slave owners.
A colored Senator recently told a large assem
bly of his constituents (black): “The white
people say they are going to bring coolies and
wMte emigrants to this county. But the coun
try is ours; we’ve got the Legislature and we
won’t allow it—and we won’t. WeTI put the
white man ten feet under ground, and as to the
coolies, we'll put them twenty feet.” It is such
stuff as tMs which plays the mischief with an
ignorant population.
Radicals in Aorth Carolina.
"Wilmington, July 19.—The Republican party
of this county has divided jnto_ two formidable
factions. Each wing has a candidate in the field
to fill a vacancy in the Legislature, occasioned
by the resignation of Gen. L. G. Estes. One
of the most prominent leaders of one section,
in a speech to-day, predicted bloodshed before
the campaign is over. Conservatives and Demo
crats take no part in the contest, and will run
no candidate. Either faction, composed almost
entirely of negroes, has nominated a white can
didate* It is found necessary to station a strong
force at all stations. The most bitter person
alities are indulged in by many ofthe speakers,
and several slight collisions have already oc
curred.
Caterpillar Reported near Montgomery.—
The Montgomery Daily Advertiser of Tuesday
says:
We regret to leam that the veritable caterpil
lar has made its appearance on a plantation eight
miles from town. It will be some three weeks
yet before they fully, develope, and then our
planting friends willhave to look out. The crop
is at least two weeks later than last year. If
the worms multiply as they usually do it must
be cut very short.
Captain William H. Wilson, a well known
shipmaster of Boston, died on Friday, at the
Revere House. He had crossed the Atlantic and
Pacfic one hundred and forty times, and during
Ms twenty-four years of active service he called
on the underwriters only once, and then the dam
age was less than $500.
The BaDgor Whig says that somebody sent to
Boston from Bangor for a spring lock with fif
teen keys, for a reading room, and received word
back that there was such a demand for the same
article in Boston that it was out of the question
to try to do anything for outsiders ! “Beading
room” means a private liquor shop.
During the recent freshet in Cooneotiont, a
Waterbary editor telegmhed another at the
sconce of action, “Send me full particulars of
the flood.” The answer came, “You will find
them in Genesis.” ' ,
It was most remarkable that the sea serpent
kept quiet so long this year, bat he has at length
turned np off Cape Ann, Massachusetts.
By authority the Richmond WMg says the
July interest on the Virginia State debt will not
he paid till January, and perhaps not even
then.
' The Tomer Case.
PRELnnXABT EXAMINATION BEFORE V. 8 Oomnssios-
Ea MORRILL.
United States v*. H. Jt. Turnery-Charged with hav
ing in Aii possession and attempting to pass large
quantities of counterfeit National Bank currency
ofthe United States.
The United States Commissioner's Court met yes
terday morning at 10 o'clock, pursuant to adjourn
ment, and was called toi older and silence com
manded bv United Statee Deputy Marshal Junes
Cox. " "W'-- 1 vtf fr'* ’y
The United 8tatee Commissioner, W. O.. Morrill,
then read the following document:
OPINION OV THE COURT.
Upon a careful examination of .the record and the
law, as applicable to the case before the Court, it
appears the evidence is not sufficient in the opinion
of the Court to authorize the binding over the party
accused. . _ ■
The affidavit and warrant charges the accused
with two distinct crimes.
1st. With attempting to pass, in January last, a
counterfeit 8100 bank note.
2d. With complicity with Marian Harris in circula
ting spurious money.
In the opinion of the Court the manner in which
the accused obtained the 8100 note is satisfactorily
accounted for, and Ms subsequent action in the
matter is entirely consistent with the theory of
innocence.
With regard to the second charge, Marian Harris,
in her confession, explicitly denies that the accused
had any knowledge whatever of the spurious money
in her possession, and the testimony of Mr. Cowlan,
a government officer, shows that the facts in pos
session of the government, corroborates the state
ment of Marian Harris, by which the guilt is thrown
on other parties.
It is therefore ordered: That the prisoner, H. M,
Turner, be discharged from arrest and his bonds
men released.
The Commissioner takes this opportunity of pub
licly thanking the counsel for the defence, as well
as the Hon. District Attorney, for the kind and
courteous manner with which he has been treated
during his laborious .examination, and would do
himself injustice if he should fail to acknowledge
the great assistance rendered him by John U.
Shorter, Esq., in examining the testimony and ex
plaining the points of law raised.
He also desires to express bis thanks to Messrs.
J. E. Elliott, of the Journal and Messenger, and
B. D. Shropshire, of the Macon Telegraph, for the
faithfulness and fidelity of their reports of this
examination.
The Marshal will adjourn this Court si?ic die.
The Marshal had no sooner obeyed the instruc
tion of the Court, than the large crowd of negroes
who were present, shook the building throughout
with their applause.
The Condemned.—We spent a half hour yester
day in the cell of Harriet Grier, alias Harriet Crit
tenden, the negresa who is condemned to die to
day, on the gallows, for the murder of Nancy
Wright, a white girl about seventeen'years of age,
near this city, on Tuesday, the 16th day of March
last. Daring our interview with the murderess she
made the following confession:
My right name is Harriet Crittenden and not Har
riet Grier, as I am called in Macon. When a slave
I belonged to Mr. Oliver Crittenden, at Americus,
Ga. My father is named Joy Crittenden. I came
to Macon from Americas, about three weeks before
I committed the crime for which I die to-morrow. I
met Nancy Wright on the streets the evening before
the murder, and went home with her and staid all
night. She showed me some money that night
which she had made by selling light-wood, but I did
not intend at tbe time to steal it or kill her to get
it. The next morning, while Nancy was fixing
about the house, I went to a grocery near by, and a
black man who was at the counter, taking a drink,
gave me something that made me drunk a little—
don’t know whether it was beer or whisky. I felt
playful and funny after drinking it, and returned to
Nancy's house. She asked me to go to the Woods
with her and help her to get light-wood, and we
could make seme money by it. We took the axe
and started off. Nancy cut her some wood first,
and came to where I had a little pile of light-wood
and sat down upon it. telling me to take the axe
and cut some, aa she was tired. When ehe sat down
she handed me tbe axe, and as I threw it upon my
shoulder the thought struck me that IcouldkUl
Nancy so easy and get the money she bad, and be
fore I knew it hardly, I struck her on the head with
the edge of the axe and she slowly fell forward on
her face. I struck her twice more, and while she
>r« Straggling A * Vri ATVt'—
and run towards town. Soon after killing Nancy, I
saw her brother, who called .me and asked where his
sister was; I told him I had left her down yonder,
and when I got on this side of the railroad,Tran
fast as I could to keep Mm from finding me. After
getting where nobody could see me, I counted the
money over; there waa three dollars and twenty
cents. I then came down in town and bought some
toys, cakes and candy. I killed Nancy on Tuesday,
but did not change my clothing until Thursday
morning. I went from one place to another, not
thinking much of what I had done; did not know
the police were after me until I was arrested.
Don’t know what made me kill Nancy, unless it was
-whisky and the devil. I never committed a crime
before. I know the murder was a mighty bad crime,
the worst I could commit, but I did not think of it
at the time. When Judge Cole' passed sentence on
me I waa much frightened and felt like I waa chok-
ingl I could not pray or sleep when I returned to
jail; but the good people came and prayed for me
and learned me how to pray to God for foigiveneee,
and I feel now that he has forgiven me and that I
will go to heaven. I have no fears of death; have
seen people hung and know what is to be done, but
I am not afraid. If I could speak to all of my race
I would tell them never to touch whisky and never
do wrong; to think over a bad act before they com
mit it. If I had only stopped to think, I never would
have killed Nancy. We bade Harriet good-bye and
left the eelL 1 prev.
She has rather a pleasant, smiling look when talk
ing. and we do not think she fuily comprehends her
awful situation. She is too ignorant to comprehend
the enormity of her crime or its terrible penalty,
and the execution will be little else than the hang
ing of a brate in human form.
Since the foregoing was written, Sheriff Martin
kindly handed ns the following order he had Just
received from the Governor:
Executive Department, State of
Atlanta, Ga., July 21,1S69,
To the Sheriff or his lawful Deputy of Bibb county :
Whereas, One Henrietta Grier is under sentence
for execution on the 23d instant, and to the end that
she may have full opportunity for prayer and peni
tence, it is—
Ordered : That James Martin, Sheriff, or his law
ful Deputy of Bibb county, of this State, stay the
execution of the arid Henrietta Grier until the 20th
day of Auguat, 1869. She being by this order re
prieved until that time.
[Signed! Bures B. Bullock, Governor.
By the. Governor:
Eugene Davis,
- Secretary Executive Department.
A Columbus Darkey Beats a White Scala
wag.—Allen Alexander, formerly the property
of the Hon. W. A. McDougld, is now a Radical
politician in the city of Mobile. The Tribune
of that city of Tuesday last says :
We learn that Allen Alexander, negro, was
nominated by the mongrel party yesterday as
their candidate for the Legislature. The vote
stood : Alexander 21, MoKinatry 19. L. 8. Ber
ry, the colored Alderman, remarked .to us last
night that “white carpet-baggers were bad
enough, but ignorant negroes were much worse. ”
This settles the question of who will be the re
presentative man to fill the vacancy from this
county.— Columbus Sun.
CALLED MEETING, t
Council Chamber, Jijly 23, 1889.)
Present—-The Mayor; Aiderinettoparka, Bom,
Grier and Crockett. f ' ■ ’
Absent—Aldermen Llghtfoot,’Harris, Turpin and
Wea tooth so**
The minutes of tbe last meeting were read and
confirmed.
Clerk of Madcet reported feee to date, *68.75.
Brus pasaaa.
L. W. Hunt A Co., M3.SBvE.Pri(*, 259.46; Hae-
|is, 0*7 * Co.; 94.90; Harris, -CUy * Co., *52.90;
Wrigley A Knott, *12.40; L. W. Hunt A Co., *2.50;
L. P. Strong, *18.50; J. W. ilount, *2124; C. J.
Stroberg, *5.00; J. E. Ellis, *9.08; J. E.' Ellis,
*32.44; Little, Smith A Co:, *140.81; B. C. WSder,
*42.00; Porter A Hudgins,- 9108.04; A. L. Maxwell,
*428.92; M. R. Freeman; *2.00; J. W. Bark* A
Co., 970.00; T. W. Elba, *1445; J. SL Ellis, *7.90;
J. H. Zeilin A Co., *11.85; J. 8. Schofield, *16.00;
Jones, Baxter A Day *9140, *18.00, *39.08, *76.00;
W-G.'Hogy*ay\ffl--TrH
The following report of the Clerk and Treasurer
for theaecond quarter, ending June 17, 1869, was
read, reoetired, approved ap.d ordered spread upon
themimttea;
Jtacon, in ac-
iamson, Treat»
Mayor and Aldermen of the 1
count current with Chat. 'J.-
urer, from March 22, to June 17,1869
^ De.
To balance from last report. *4,480 74
To City Lota 8,487 68
To Market 187 15
To Hospital 1 029 10
To Insurance Tax -.,.-.7........'...' 751 96
To Wood 227 TO
To License.. 1
To Bills Payable
To Fine .
To Police
To Tax.................
To Tax on Sales
To Bills Receivable
To Public Property
586 90
10 00
468 47
mtoi
ToBoseHill 45 00
To City Pound 14 50
To Railroad Connections 2,500 00
To Gas Stock, [received dividend) 160 00
ToDoga, (receifqd for badges)......’ 120 00
To Street Ene’" "' " -
acroacfaments.... ;.V....r. 100 00
Total *37,034 71
Cs.
By Magazine * 25 00
By Interest, (paid coupons, on notes, etc.) 6,601 52
By Guard-house 796 73
By Salary 1,549 99
By Hospital...v........... 1,888 16
By Fire Department. * 1,968 75
By City Tax...., ...V... 64 01
BvStreet 3.110 08
Bylnddental. 1,657 60
By Bond, [paid sundry bonds) 800 OO
By Wood 1 613 90
By Charity. i 11,747 79
By Fine, (remitted).. . 26 00
By Tax, (remitted).....’......;.'.......... 252 00
By Bose Hill 93 95
By Discount on City Lots 102 35
By Police v?. r . .iNtii;
By Bills Receivable...........
By City Pound
By Gae Lights 1.715 81
By Pump 35 00
By New Change Bills, (old issue) burned by
Finance Committee
By New Change Bills of 1867, burned by
Finance Committee 849 00
ByCity Lots........ 105 00
By Market 66 68
By Macon Free School. 500 00
By Caeh and Cash Items to Balance 6,452 32
6,705 23
246 69
26 62
35 25
*37,034 71
June 17.—To balance to new account *5,452 32
Macon, Ga., June 26,1869.
This is to certify that we. the Finanoe Committee,
have examined the above Report of the Clerk and
Treasurer for the second quarter, ending June 17,
1869, and find the same correct; and accompanied
with the proper vouchers.
Wm. H. Roes, > Finanoe
Geo. B. Turpin,) Committee.
BUM REFEREED.
Holdridge A Guernsey, George -B. Barker, A. K,
Hannan, S. D. Hornie, H. J. Cherry, (2,) T. W.
Ellis, D. C. Hodgkins A Son, Seymour, Tinsley A
Co., L. W. DuBois, Harris, Clay A Co., (2,) H. J.
Peter, (3,) C. J. Stroberg, G. F. A H. E. Oliver, J.
B. Earp, Macon Gas Light Company. Porter A
Hudgins, J. W. Blount. (2,) Carhart A Curd, G.
Wood, Jones, Baxter A Day, (2,) T. 8. Green,
Guernsey, Wing A Co., A. P. Collins A Bro , J. H.
Zeilin A Co., Little, Smith A Co.
Beports of Surgeon of Hospital and City Physi
cian were read and filed.
The Sexton of Rose Hill and Oak Ridge Cemete
ries report interments for tbe month of June, as
follows: Adults 6, children 8; total 14—three of
whom were non-residents. Colored adults 4, chil
dren 9; total 12. . : «j
reuuun o, j; y*
placing bis fence on a line with those adjoining his
lot on Fourth and Oak streets, was referred to the
Committee on Street Encroachments.
Petition of W. T. Nelson, asking a deed to lot 4,
B 27, S. W. C., and release from purchase of lot 3,
B 27, S. W. C.. was on motion granted.
Petition of J. C. Flynn, asking for liquor license
to be paid for in instalments, was on motion laid on
the table. t]
The following communication was reoeived, and
on motion of Alderman Crockett, referred to a
Special Committee, consisting of Aldermen Crockett,
Sparks and Grier, who will make report to Council
at next meeting-. •’ ~
To the Honorable Mayor and Council of the Qity
of Macon: . t
We, the undersigned, a subcommittee from the
committee appointed to make arrangements for the
Fair, to be held in Macon,’ on November next, ask
your honorable body to appoint (say) twelve citi
zens as Commissioners for the city, with power to
fill vacancies in their number, to take full charge
and control of the mile and a half traok, in the
lower part of the city; for a general riding park and
pleasure ground, for the term of ten yean, with the
land attached, bounded as follows: Commencing
at tbe intersection of Walnut and Seventh streets,
running about Southeast - to the corner of Napier's
old field, below the half mile track, thence along tbe
Southwest aide of said field down to the Macon and
Augusta Railroad track, thence along the railroad
track to tbe river, mid thence up the river to Seventh
street and back to the corner or Seventh and Walnut
streets, not including streets. -' -
L. N. WHITTLE.
SAMUEL J. GU8HN,
L C. PLANT. -
On motion of Alderman Sparks, the Mayor wu
requested to appoint a Special Committee, His
Honor to be made chairman, to confer with O. T.
Ward, Esq., Ordinary, in relation to placing the
hospital under control of- the county—said commit
tee consisting of Geo. 8. Obear, Mayor; Aldermen
Sparks and Grier.
On motion of Alderman Grier, the Committee on
Public Property was authorized to advertise for pro
posals for building a bride engine house for the
Mechanics Fire Company No. 4.
On motion. Council adjourned to meet next Tuea-
davtwo wbeks at8r. m. - - •’•. 'ttsfftS*
CHARLES J. WILLIAMSON, O. 0.
Hon. A. H. Stephens.—Gen. Toombs was Li
the city on Thursday. He was with the above
named gentleman that morning. Mr. Toombs
represents Mr. Stephens’ general health as be
ing about as usual, though still suffering from
his wound. Mr. Stephens is slowly working
upon his book.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
Origin of the Carpet Baggers.—Jerusalem
for eighteen hundred years has been ruled by Sev
enty-two alien'kings, and has experienpeed
twenty-three changes of government. Under
Vespasian the Jews were conquered after a des
perate resistance. Grecian princes were next
the rulers, and then the khans at Mecca and
Bagdad, the Tartars, the Europeans and now
the Ottoman—each in turn has ruled the Sacred
City. - . • nfrfintn TiimtvIinalTft
Rain Storks in' Savannah.—The News of
Friday says:
There is a prospect of another series of rain
storms in this section of the country. For the
last three days the sky has been overcast for
considerable portions of the day, and some rain
has fallen. Shortly after four, yesterday after
noon, a furious wind and rain etorm passed
over the city. Although the storm had no more
than a half hour’s duration, a very large quan
tity of rain fell, and considerable damage waa
done to trees, signs, etc., by the wind. The
storm thoroughly cleared and cooled the atmos
phere, and made the night the pleasantest since
the commencement of the summer.
The Committee ox Outrages—This Body, it
is said, has duaolvcd itself and gone home. If
it discovered more than one outrage, the faot has
not transpired. When will it meet again ? In
January \—Era.
MARRIED.
At the church of the “Good Shepherd,” Cave
Spring, Ga.. cm the evening of the 19th test, bythe
Bev. H. K. Rees, of Macon, assisted by Bev. Messrs.
W. C. Williams, and B. W. B. Elliott, Fanny L.,
youngest daiwhter of the late Bev. Edward 0. Ford,
and Stephen N. Noble, of Rome.
OBITUARY.
Died in Americus, Ga., July 13, 1869, Flora,
daughter of Col. W. A Maxwell.
It is needless to recount the virtues or the graces
of Flora Maxwell, for they live in the memory of
all who knew her. Her modest mien was the out
ward sign of a lovely spirit—earring hot to eohanoe
the extraordinary beauty of her person. No more
shall we hear her soft voice, or gate lovingly into
her tender eyes—eo beautiful sad bright that even
the mists front the shadowy river of death oocdd not
dim their lustre. We ore taught that “the faithful,
after they are delivered from the burden of the
flesh, are in joy and felicity.” Now, we have* sore
hope of her resurrection from the death of aha with
the life of righteous;” tharefam, we say, Yith
grateful, though saddened haute: .VJJlsseedM* Up
dead who die in tbe Lord. Even so, asith the Spirit,
for they are free from their labors." Amen. L.