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The Greopgia. "Weekly Telegraph.
THE TELEGRAPH.
MACON FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1869.
A Desperate and Abandoned Man.
We print, in another place, with a view to
complete the picture of the Radical explosion in
Macon, Swayze’s rehash of his evidence against
Tomer—leaving the reader to l ■rm his own
opinion about its truth. It is certainly an in
different matter to ns.
Borne score or nine negroes and whites of
Swayze’s own party come forward and swear
that this man is so reckless and wicked that they
would not believe him npon his oath. Nobody
opposed to Swayze in politics, from first to last,
has had any hand in this affair, except as a few
of them have been dragged into it by subpoenas
to answer questions generally npon points more
or less irrelevant and unimportant.
The Government brought the suit and both
the prosecution and defence, in every essential
particular, is exclusively a Radical affair—not
a Democrat impeached Swayze’s veracity—and
yet this man represents himself as a victim to
the rottenness of societyhere. He says “it can
not be denied he is surrounded by traitors, per
jurers and lawless mobbers”—when he is sim
ply surrounded by his own politioal associates,
bladk and white, who swear they have no con
fidence in Ms personal integrity.
The “perjurers and traitors and mobbers,
by whom he is assailed in character," are sim
ply and solely his own political associates—the
loyal blacks, and the white men who engineer
them This is a nice individual, in a very pe
culiar situation, to bo comparing Mmself to an
■“opright and truthful man” in “a community of
•thieves,” and in his shocking and maudlin blas
phemy, to illustrate Ms position by the fate of
the Saviour, or the estimation in wMch Lincoln
tnfj Ren Butler would be held in Macon.
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Getting Ready In Time.
A committee of PhiladelpMans address the
President upon a mammoth centennial celebra
tion of the 4th of July, 187C, on a scale of mag
nificence and splendor wMch shall outdo crea
tion. They propose a musical festival in a col-
lisenm wMch shall accommodate one hundred
people and twelve thousand perform
ers. Is there no originality in the Keystone
State? MnsttheybeserrileimitatorsofBoston?
Can't they think of something new ?—a monster
balloon wMch shall take up half a million peo
ple Mgherthan their exstatics ?—water-works
wMch shall spout up the Delaware river five
miles Mgh?—fire works wMch shall consume
ten million tons of Pennsylvania carbon? If
they will have music, so-called, wMch shall-
drown out Boston, let them run ten thousand
steam caliopes—let them bnild an organ which
shall cover the whole of Independence Square
ten stories high and run it by a steam engine of
tea thousand horse power. Let them invite the
Finnegans and the Grand Army of the Repub
lic to encircle the city by columns of [companies
and salute the birth place of American Indepen
dence with a thousand rounds of blank cart
ridges. Let them close np the performances
by paying off the national debt and making a
general bonfire and illumination of the bonds,
the greenbacks, the fractional currency,[the re-
-constrnction acts—the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments—the civil rights bill and negro suf
frage, and start out in 1876, at sun down, npon
respectable'and sensible basis for the future
administration of national affairs.
Pdtnam’s Magazine, for August, came yes
terday. The most prominent articles are—“A
Martyr to Science,” a Frenchy extravaganza,
"by the author of “Still Life in Paris;" “More
Light,” an essay, by the distinguished Southern
writer, Professor Sebele do Vere, tracing the
history of “light” from the period when the
blazing fagot of the forest was used, down to
(he age of magnesium and zircoon; “The De
fects of Women, and How to Remedy Them,"
an Englishman’s paper, on the mental and phys
ical education of females, wMch deserves to be
•road and carefully considered by the “girl of the
iperiod;” and an interesting article, descriptive
•of an “Ascent of the Monte Rosa,” by J. M.
Hart.
Juror Bunches of Grapes.—Mr. D. Milne,
of this county,sent ns yesterday two bunches of
grapes very large and fine—the largest of wMch
weighed two pounds and we have hung np the
cluster as a trophy. The messenger gave these
grapes some German name wMch we will not
undertake to spell. They resemble the Concord
in appearance and flavor, - v r
Louisiana Rice Crop.—It is estimated that
the Louisiana Bice crop this year will be eighty-
ax thousand barrels of 200 pounds each. Har
vesting will commence on the 1st of Angost.
The Cuban flag has five stripes, three wMte
and two blue, the colors alternating. At the
staff, it has a red triangle, with a white star in
the centre. On the flag are the words “La
Goerra de Cuba.”
Tbom Marietta.—The Journal of the 23d an
nounces rain at last. At the fire in Marietta last
•Saturday four stores were burned, occupied by
Mr. Dupre, Thomas Cook, R. M. McCutchen &
Bro., and J. C. Smith—loss about $1000—par-
• dally covered by insurance.
The Tennessee Election.—The Radicals in
"Washington admit that Stokes will be defeated
fby forty or fifty thousand majority. Radicals
in Georgia report the same. The election takes
jilace the 0th August next.
Fbom the Celestial Empire.—Dates from
'China, by way of San Francisco, last Monday,
aay another formidable rebellion is breaking ont
In the Foo Ghoo District, and the conspirators
number five hundred thousand. The people
were fleeing, in dread 'of the disturbance, to
Hong Kong, for protection.
.Rains.—The late rains, we see, reached as
far northwest as Atlanta, and, we hope, were
quite general. We think before the weather
settles again all will have enough, and, may be,
■A little to spare.
First Case or Yellow Fever in New Or
leans.—The first case and death from yellow fe
ver this season occurred in New Orleans on
Monday last The victim was a yonng French
man, just from Havre. He Btopped but a few
bonis in Havana, and was quarantined eight
days off New Orleans.
Span is getting into the throes of civil war.
A fight between the authorities, and a band of
Carlists has occurred at Cindad Real.
Repeal of thz Income Tax—Forney’s Press
says several members of Congress will introduce
Kill* next session to repeal the income tax
Exemplary Chawfishxno. —The House of
Lords displayed some exemplary crawfishing
night before last on the Disestablishment Bill.
T*e Albany News comes to ns much enlarged
account of the pressure of advertisements.
The Eufaula News of the 23d says they are
having delightful showery weather.
The Rome Courier says the Superior Court
of county has 700 cases.
T« Salem {Roanoke County, Va.,) Times an
nounces the arrival there of General Hardee and
family.
fhi lbane Farmer neooaamanda giving pig*
took salt twioe.a week is their food.
Lost Bis Mare.
We beg leave to express the condolence of
this community with His Excellency, the Presi
dent of the United States, npon the death of his
“favorite mare, Ada,” as reported by telegraph
through the New York Press Association, and
appropriately published in this paper yesterday.
We trust the prompt arrival of the President’s
two carriage horses, Egypt and Cincinnati, at
Long Branch, as reported by telegram, imme
diately before this sad catastrophe, had the
happy effect to diminish the sense of bereave
ment
Bnt the meeting of these intelligent creatures,
under such melancholy circumstances, was af
fecting in the extreme. We can imagine how
the sick “Ada” tinned her agonized gaze to the
royal pair of coach horses, os they passed, and
apostrophized one of them in the words of the
poet: “ I am dying, Egypt,—dying!” and the
affecting and emphatio “neigh” of Egypt as he
refused to credit the sorrowful tidings.
These things distress ns much. And let no
man think that these domestic “creeter” belong
ings of the President do not merit telegraph
tolls and tears. The most dignified historians
have transmitted to ns, through the dusty vista
of centuries, a minute and particular view of the
stable arrangements of Nero—Ms ivorystalls and
golden mangers, and earlier than that they tell
ns all about Alexander's horse Bucephalus—and
even the good book discourses about Balaam’s
ass and Tobit's dog—although the latter is chni.
lenged as apocryphal—and we know the favorite
horse and camel of the prophet share, in the
minds of the devout mussulmen, the pious rev
erence they entertain for the founder of their
religion. Don Quixote’s Rosinante and honest
Sancho’s mnle Dnmplo are world renowned—
and the “man on horse-back” is now the syno
nym for inexorable fate and manifest destiny.
Gen. Grant’s “hoss talk" is historical, although
he can hardly yet bo said to have secured a sta
ble administration, and the death of Ada may
have even a more unfortunate effect in that par
ticular than the loss of poor Borie. We trust
the Republican Conventions, throughout the
States, will take early action on thissnbject.
From Lowndes and Berrien.
A Berrien county correspondent of the Val
dosta South Georgia Times gives a very favora
ble account of affairs in that county. There had
been some suffering from drought, but generally
speaking crops were very good. He says a pro
fessional man reported that he counted 291 bolls
and forms on a stalk of cotton, and believed
that he had lots of stalks that had three hundred,
and another one, it is thought, will make between
one thousand and fifteen hundred bushels of rice
besides good corn and cotton crops.
The weather in Lowndes had been stormy,
more or less rain, thunder and wind every day.
The Times says:
As for the crops, we report pretty mnch the
same as last week—excellent corn crop, fine pros
pect for cotton, potatoes, cane, etc. The far
mers are hopeful and the caterpillar has not yet
made its appearance. Some of them think the
caterpillar will not make its appearance this
year, at all, while others are inclined to take a
less hopeful view.
The tMrd District meeting of the Brunswick
District of the M. E. Church, was to be bolden
in Blackshear on the 2Sth. The Times says:
We take the liberty of recommending the
good people of Blackshear to lay in an extra
supply of cMckens, eggs, hams, etc., for the
use of the delegates. Methodist preachers are
said to have litue weaknesses for those articles.
Rev. Dr. Pierce, one of the oldest men in Is
rael, is expected. He is Sunday-school agent,
and has the interest of Sunday-schools under his
immediate care.
The Colored Population of Savannah
Appear to be exceedingly tnrbulent and virions.
The newspapers of that city seldom pass a day
without chronicling some new exploit in the way
of violent knavery. The Daily Advertiser of
Thursday, for example, has the following:
Highway Robbery.—We learn that on Tues
day evening last, as a party of countrymen
were returning to their homes from market, they
were stopped by a band of seven negroes, who
assaulted and robbed them. One of the negroes
told a member of the party that he might go to
town to take out warrants for their arrest, bnt
he conldn’t get any, as there was “no rich tings
as warrants any more.” About the same time
the above affair took place, another parly of
countrymen were stopped near Fipemaker’s
Creek, on the Augusta road, six miles from the
city, and robbed—one of the number, who re
sisted the negroes, was severely beaten.
Negro Desperadoes.—We learn that two Ger
mans, while passing in the vicinity of Reed’s
Row, near the canal, on Tuesday night, were
set npon and severely beaten by colored men.
Blasted by Lightning.
The Colnmbus Enquirer of Tuesday last no
ticed the fact that about half an acre of cotton
in Mr. Holland’s plantation in Lee county, was
killed outright by a stroke of lightning, and tho
earth itself seems so paralyzed as to lose all
power of vegetation. The same paper of Thurs
day noticed a similar occurrence in a field be
longing to Major A. C. Morrison, a few miles be
low Columbus, where a plot of about thirty
yards square was destroyed in the same man
ner.
Negro Labor in Stewart.
A correspondent of the Columbus Enquirer
gives the first unfavorable report of negro labor
we bave noticed, for some time. He says:
I am still of the opinion that the present sys
tem of labor will ruin this once prosperous
country. Labor is fifty per cent, worse than it
was two years ago, for it has been the best year
to work crops since the war. The rains have
been regular and light, (with the exception of
one very heavy rain, which set us back some,)
and now we are a little dry, and some are really
suffering. Notwithstanding all these favorable
tilings, there are more crops ruined for want of
work than I have everseen. Some are not done
chopping ont yet, and uqll not make a bale to
ten acres; while a great many are not over the
second time with the hoes. In fact, wMle I am
writing, my mind is confused with the thought
that I nave twenty or tMrty acres not chopped
the second time. Yet it is said that I have done
well and have a good crop. There are one or
two men who work old sandy, land, that have
kept clean all the year.
From Randolph Conhly.
The Cnthbert Appeal of Thursday has the
following: _ '***-' ' I
Our community has been greeted by a visit
from one of Gen. Terry's officials, who came
clothed with authority to investigate eleven hor
rible murders, which the General’s informant
avered had been perpetrated in peaceful old
Randolph.
The Federal Colonel was received with every
courtesy and attention, and after being enter
tained by an African pow-wow on Sunday night,
condescended to listen to the other side, and
gave audience to the whites in the Court-house
the following day.
Our citizens volunteered every assistance in
their power to aid in ferretting out crime wher
ever it existed, and we venture the assertion
that our inquisitorial visitor, returned to head
quarters profoundly impressed with the falsity
of Radical statements. '
Weather and Crops.—A large portion of this
county is now suffering for the lack of rain, and
com crops, where late, will be seriously cut off.
Cotton too is mnch wilted, and begins to blossom
all over, indicating the cessation of growth. A
glut of rain will cause the plant to cast much of
its fruit. The weather is now very cool, and
showers are passing about. A general rain is
mneb needed.
The Chinamen have pigtails and almond eyes,
and flattened faces and names studded with
Angs and Engs. But these little peculiarities
will not set our people against them.—Charles
ton News.
Well, with a little more practice with the “lit-,
tie peculiarities” of the African nee, perhaps
we might be able to stand almond eyes and
fiat feoee.
Entire snits of fine white French -flannel are
much fas vogue among young gentlemen at the
are cool and
Swayxe Restates His Evidence. | Correspondence Between Gov. Bnl-
As part of the history of the Turner Imbrog- Comptroller General Bell,
lio we copy the following from the American \ Erotn the Atlanta Intelligencer.']
Union, Swayze’s pape % ofyestorday I of Y^Snde^ wMSecentiV3 S
Turner s Confession.—Owing to the fact that I between Hw Excellency, Governor Bullock, and
portions of my testimony on the occasion of the
Turner investigation last Friday, was incorrect
ly reported, and that some of it was objected to
by the defendant’s counsel, and that it was taken
a few words at a time, and therefore disjointed,
and in some instances contradictory, I propose
now to make an independent statement cover
ing all the facts irrespective of objections by
counsel. This I deem all the more a duty to
myself from the fact that my testimony, as it
stands, is impeached.
Henry M. Turner came into my office on Sun
day, the 4th day of July, about 3 o’clock in the
afternoon, and after carefully closing the door,
without saying a word to me, he came toward
me and sat down on the corner of my editorial
table. He looked strangely at me, and then,
swinging Ms foot as his leg hung over the table,
he half smiling said : “I want to tell you some
thing.” Feeling roused at his disturbed de
meanor I asked what was the matter? “I am
ruined!” said he, “ruined politically, religious
ly and every other way,” and he, with a quick
movement, started np and down the room wring
ing his hands and wiping the profuse perspira
tion from Ms face. I said: “Turner, you scare
me.; what inthe world is the matter?” He then
took from Ms pocket an envelope, and from the
envelope a paper and handed it to me. It was a
snbpcena to appear in Atlanta the next day as a
witness in the case of the United States vs. Ma
rian Harris. After I had finished reading it, he
gave me another paper from the same envelope;
it was a letter from L. J. Gartrell and W. H.
Hulsey, of Atlanta, and contained the informa
tion that Marian Harris had been arrested, and
had made a confidential confession to them as
Attorneys, and they advised him that it would
be to his interest to see them without delay.—
This letter was written on a half sheet of letter
paper with a printed head, and to the best of
my recollection the heading indicated the firm
of “Gartrell & Jackson ;” at all events it was
different from the names that were attached to
the written letter wMch were: L. J. Gartrell
and W. H. Hulsey. I may be incorrect as to
the initials of these names, bnt I give them as
near as I can remember. After reading the let
ter, I asked Tomer what he bad to do with it,
and he told me that he had given Marian Har
ris the money on account of wMch she had been
arrested, and he suspected that the subpoena
for Ms appearance in Atlanta was a blind to fa
cilitate Ms arrest, and wished my advice as to
what was best for him to do. He explained
that he had given her $1,800 of tMs spurious
money, for the reason that he feared that he
might be killed on his way from Washington to
Macon, on account of the bitter opposition that
existed to his appointment as Post-master of
Macon, and he did not wish to have tMs money
found upon his person, and said that he instruct
ed her to keep it for Mm until they got home.
Without tMnMng of the extent to wMch I was
committing myself, I advised him that it was his
interest to know nothing abont the money in
question, not even to the lawyers who professed
tohave the secret. He too thought that best, and
he left my office determined npon that course of
action when he should arrive in Atlanta, to wMch
point he was to start that evening. I saw no more
of Mm until Tuesday the 6th. Butin the mean
time I had thought maturely on the matter, and
fully realized the perilous position in wMch
Tamer had placed me, and determined that I
would not allow the infamy of such a transaction
attach itself, in good faith, to myself and my
family; so, upon the return of Mr. Turner on
Tuesday morning, I told Mm frankly that I
could not keep his secret, and that I meant to
divulge it to the proper authorities.
Upon this announcement Mr. Tomer ap
pealed to mein the strongest terms—offered
me any price in his power to give, any influence
he could command politically; he begged of me,
for God’s sake, to keep Ms secret. I told Mm I
did not dare to do it—that I was not disposed
to do it—that I would not do it, when he very
abruptly left my office.
That day I went to CoL Morrill’s office and
disclosed to Mm what Turner had confessed, and
asked Mm to send a detective that I might, be
yond doubt, commit him. Col. Morrill was just
then very busy with cases of seizures of goods
upon wMch the Revenue had not been paid, and
told me he could not attend to the matter until
Mr. Neil, the detective, returned from Atlanta,
which would be on Friday, the 9th.
On Wednesday, the 7th, Mr. Tomer again
came to my office, and after closing the door,
began a sort of defence of his crime by saying
that he did not give the counterfeit money in
question to Marian Harris, bnt that he laid the
package down in the car-seat on their way from
Washington to Georgia, and that she had taken
it np from the seat. This was offered as a tech
nical evasion, which he seemed to suppose would
defeat the law. He further stated that he told
the woman that it would not be safe for her to try
to pass any of this money. She examined it and
said that she thought she could pass it easy
enough. He further stated that he suspected
that she had been passing it to prove to him that
she could do more with it than he gave her
credit for. After pursuing tMs line some time,
he asked if I had yet exposed him. I refused
to satisfy him on that point, but repeated
to Mm the situation in wMch his confession
placed me in the eyes of the law, and told Mm
he had no favors to expect from me. At this
interview the matter of the publication in the
Augusta papers came up. I think it came up
by my asking him if he had seen the Augusta
papers. He had not seen them. I told him
that Mr. Smith, route agent on the Central
Road, had been in my office the evening before,
and had told me that he had seen an Augusta
paper, wMch contained an extract implicating
him in the matter for wMch Marian Harris had
been arrested, and, npon this information, he
at once left my office. In the afternoon of the
same day he called again, and said that he had
been to the Dlcly Telegraph office, and that
the editor of that paper had called his attention
to the article of which I had spoken. He then
renewed his pleadings for silence on my part,
and Mnted, as a threat, that since I had shield
ed him thus far, he could implicate me as an
accomplice. I pursued the aloof policy—gave
Mm no satisfaction, and he retired.
On Thursday, the 8th, he visited me again
and again renewed Ms pleadings, his excuses
and explanations, bnt the same routine was re
peated with immaterial variations.
On Friday Mr. Neil presented himself.and af
ter consultation with Mm I made affidavit to the
facts, and as l am since informed a warrant was
issued on that day. The editorial which ap
peared in the Union on that day, headed “Tur
ner in Irons,” was written only because of the
positive necessity to say something in defence
or explanation of the published charges against
Tomer; and matters had not sufficiently devel
oped to make a statement of the oase without,
possibly, defeating the ends of justice. That
artiele, however, when closely analyzed, makes
no defence of Tamer,but what is conscienciously
due him.
For the' days intervening between the 9 th and
the 14th—the day of his arrest—nothing of
special note transpired, only that he visited my
office almost daily, and made it his special busi
ness to try to bribe me to be silent.
Many people attribute self-interest, revenge,
malice, the money of rebels, and every thing
else that is mean, to me, as the motive which
actuated me in this matter. May I not have a
little- credit for common honesty? Is it not
plain-that if I had been grovelling I could have
jingled rebel gold for such a service? Mr.
Tomer offered me everytMng he had, or ex
pected to have. When will these revilersof mine
learn that I am not to he bought ? Rogues will
learn, after a while, to give me a wide berth,
for the only use I have for them is to bring them
to justice. J. Clarke Swatze.
Oil Discoveries in Ohio.—The Marietta (O.)
Register , chronicles new and important-dis
coveries cf oil in that region:
“Within the last ten days numerous wells
have been strack at Cow Run, which promise a
yield of oil greater than ever before discovered
there. The Athey well, Kiggins well, Mount
Yemon No. 2, and Perkins No. 3, are constantly,
boiling over, and at times throw oil fifty feet
high. At no time in the history of this famous
oil region has there been such excitement and
such eagerness to develop the territory. Wells
that have yielded one, two, and some five years,
show no signs.of exhaustion, while the new dis
coveries are largely augmenting the wealth of
the region.” . . -
Caterpillar in Southwestern Georgia.—The
Albany News of the 23d has the following:
tho Comptroller General of the State, Hon.
MadisonBell, to which wo invite special atten
tion. The correspondence speaks for itself, and
it is not necessary that we should present views
of our own, on this occasion, on the subject
matter to which it refers. The enquiry made
by the Govemar of the Comptroller General in
view to the statement that had been made, was
proper in itself, and the reply of the Comptroller
cannot bnt salsfy all unprejudiced and honest
men, that neither has he, nor the Governor ex
ceeded the powers vested in them, the one in
the drawing iS warrants npon the Treasury to
pay demands against the State, and the other m
auditing and) passing them over to the State
Treasurer for payment. Both the law and pre
cedent sustain their action in the matter, and
Treasurer Angier is alone at fault, as we have
heretofore shown, in the matter of controversy
between himself, the Executive and the Comp
troller, in Sitting np his opinions as against the
judgment and authority of the Executive head
of the State Government.
correspondence—gov. bullock’s letter.
Executive Department, )
Atlanta, Ga., July 17, 1869. j
Eon. M. Bell, Comptroller General:
Sib—Your attention is invited to the follow
ing extract from a published statement made in
the interest ol the Hon. N. L. Angier, State
Treasurer:
“We presume the CMef Justice does not wish
to be understool to say that tne Treasurer has
no right to refute to pay a warrant when there
is no appropriation to cover said warrant, or
when the warrart is drawn on an appropriation
wMch has beer exhausted, even though the
warrant may be approved by the Comptroller
General.
‘No class of warrants have been refused by
the Treasurer, save those drawn upon an ap
propriation after the same has been exhausted,
those drawn upon the wrong fund, and those
drawn when no appropriaton existed to cover
them.”
I desire to be informed: 1st, if any warrant
has bean drawn by the Executive and approved
by you "on an appropriation which has been
exhautted ?"
As to those referred to “drawn npon the
wrong fond,” it is, of course, simply matter of
opinion, wherein the Honorable Treasurerplaces
Ms own in opposition to the official act of the
Executive, approved by the Comptroller in ac
cordance with the written opinion of the Attor
ney General.
The objection of tho Honorable Treasurer to
the warrants “drawn on the wrong fund” is not
that said warrants do not represent a lawful
claim against the State, but that in his opinion,
what tha Executive, the Attorney General and
yourself unite in deciding to be the right fund,
is the "wrongfund.”
Also please inform me: 2d, If any warrant
has be«n drawn by the Executive and approved
by yon “when there is no appropriation to cover
said warrant?” Very respectfully,
Rufus B. Bullock,
. „ » • . Governor.
REPLY OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
Comptroller General’s Office, )
Atlanta, July 19, 1869. j
To his Excellency Rufus B. Bullock :
Sir—I acknowledge the receipt of your com
munication of the 17th inst., calling my atten
tion to a certain statement, “made in the inter
est of” the State Tseasurer, and, in reply, have
to say:
1st That I have never knowingly approved a
warrant drawn on any fund, after it was ex
hausted, because I knew such approval would
be in violation of the express provisions of
Paragraph 7, Section 94, of the Code. I would
state, however, in this connection, that, upon
the hypothesis that the contingent fond, appro
priated by the Legislature of 1868, for the lat
ter half of the year, was limited to $10,000—
said fund was over-drawn by about fifty dollars,
but the warrant was the last one drawn on that
fund, and it was in favor of the Treasurer Mm
self—to cover incidental expenses, such as
postage, etc., wMch he had paid. This war
rant was approved, without that close scrutiny
and calculation usually adopted, and I suppose
the same thing occurred with the Treasurer.
But it may not he here amiss to state that, accord
ing to the opinion of the Attorney General, the
fondwa8notlimitedto $10,000, by reason of the
latter clause of the section appropriating^, and in
this view of the subject, the appropriation was
not overdrawn. By the same section of the Ap
propriation act of I860, fifteen thousand dol
lars was appropriated as a Printing Fund, and
it was declared in the latter part of said section,
that “in case of a deficiency in this appropria
tion, the Governor is hereby authorized to draw
Ms warrant on the Treasurer for the same, to be
paid ont of any money in the Treasury not oth
erwise appropriated.” I was satisfied that the
clause just quoted, rendered the appropriation
indefinite and unlimited, and therefore when
the fifteen thousand dollars was exhausted, I
did not hesitate to approve warrants drawn on
the same section. Besides, my own construc
tion of the law was sustained by that of the !
Attorney General, whose opinion I had taken
pose for which drawn, the person in whose favor
drawn, and the fund or appropriation npon
which each warrant was drawn, and I expect to
do so again when that body assembles. And if,
with this information before them, they shall
again adjourn, leaving the law in reference to
the issuing and approving of Executive'War
rants as it now is and seems to have been for
years past, I shall oontinne to do, in the future,
as I have been doing heretofore.
Very respectfully, Madison Bell,
Comptroller General.
The Bow at Silver Run.
The Columbus Enquirer, of Thursday, has
the following report of this affair, wMch was
the subject of editorial remark yesterday:
Difficulty at Seale's Station.—A serious
difficulty occurred at Seale's Station, on the
Mobile and Girard Railroad, yesterday, at about
half-past one o’clock.
We learn that Heflin, the Radical candidate
for Congress in the District to wMch Russel
county belongs, was speaking, and used very
insulting language towards the Southern people.
Among other things, he said that the Southern
wMte man would work a negro all day, pay him
nothing, and Ku-klnx Mm at night. He was re
peatedly' warned to desist from his incendiary
language, but he paid no attention to the warn
ing. The excitement continued to increase,
and, finding that trouble was brewing, he left
by a back window of the old Masonic Hall, where
he had been speaking, and made his way to
Hawkins’ Hotel. Sheriff John Ware used every
effort to quiet the excitement, and commenced
taking away such pistols as were in the hands
of the citizens of the place, and surrounding
country, who were present. Whilst doing so,
he noticed a negro, named Ely Crowell, with a
pistol in his hand, and called upon Mm to de
liver it up. The negro refused to do so, and
fired at Sheriff Ware, shooting off one of Ware’s
fingers. Ware returned his fire, shooting him
twice. Tho firing then became general, some
fifty or more shots being made in a few mo
ments.
The east freight train of the Mobile & Girard
Railroad called np jnst before the shooting be
gan, and onr old friend, J. B. Hackney, Con
ductor, started in the direction of the depot, but
stopped as soon as he heard the shooting. A
negro woman, who was standing near him, was
Mt in the side ; and not being prepared or in
clined to participate, onr friend Jim sought a
ditch near at hand, but not before a stray shot
strack him in the leg, inflicting a painful but
not serious wound.
Heflin, as soon as the fight began, left Hawk
ins’ Hotel by the back way, and had not been
heard from np to the leaving of the train,
although he had been previously informed that
he should suffer no harm. He gets the poor
negro into difficulty and deserts Mm when (here
is apparent danger to Mmself.
The Cotton Crop and the Worm in
Middle Florida.
The Floridian, of the 20th, has the following
npon these interesting topics:
Divers and sundry rumors are in circulation
about the caterpillar having appeared in small
numbers in various localities. TMs, of course,
is a bad omen, and looks ns if all our hopes are
to be blasted; but it is growing rather late in
the season, and the cotton is becoming too far
advanced for the worm to be able to effeot much
damage; and if the hot, scorching sun of the
past week has not effectually killed ont those
few that have been seen, then they possess
mnch greater tenacity of life than we have been
led to believe. If we are not mistaken, tMs
time last year the caterpillar had done great
damage to' the cotton in the fields, and we tMnk
onr citizens may dispel all their fears about the
fate of the present orop. “Black seed” cotton,
we believe, is still yonng enough to be damaged
by the worms, but a few more days of hot
weather will place that beyonnd their reach.
Reports from all sections of the country rep
resent the crop as in splendid condition—the
stalks healthy and vigoronrs, and heavily fruit
ed; bnt all hope hangs npon a precarious ten
ure—the “pleasure” of the.caterpillar. Yet,
from all indications, we predict a large crop, a
good remunerative price, and general prosperi
ty to all classes of onr people. So mote it me.
Fruit fbr Food.
One of the common diseases of children is
worms in the bowels. If a child’s digestion be
comes impaired, and the gastric juices become
weakened or defective in quantity, by over-eat
ing of bad food, the whole alimentary canal be
comes clogged np and filthy, and famishes a
nest for such worms as will breed there. In
this weakened condition of the' system, they
cannot be destroyed by the process of digestion,
and hence great harm comes from them. Now
it is an interesting fact that fresh, ripe fruit, is
the best preventive for tMs state of things. Dr.
Benjamin Rush pointed this out a hundred
years ago. He made a series of experiments
on earth worms, wMch he regarded as the more
nearly allied to those that infest the bowels of
cMldren than any other, with a view to test
their power of retaining life, under the influ
ences that might be used as worm medicines.
The results proved worms often lived longer
in those substances known as poisonous than in
some of the most harmless articles of food.
BY TELEGRAPH.
For instance, in watery solutions of opium they
, lived eleven minutes ; in infusion of pink root,
the precaution to obtain, before approving any j thirty-three minutes; in claret wine, ten min-
warrant after the $15,000 00 had been exhaust-j u te S ; but inthe juice of red cherries they
ed. Indeed, whenever I had any doubt as to j died in sis minutes; black cherries, in five min-
what course I should pursue in approving war- | utes; red currents, in three minutes; goose-
rants, I submitted the matter to that officer, he | berries, in four minutes; whortleberries, in
being, nnder the Constitution, the legal adviser
of the State House officers. . a .. :
2d. I have never, to my knowledge, approved
a warrant drawn by the Executive “when there
was no appropriation to cover said warrant."
I have approved many warrants where there
was no special appropriation to meet them, but
in all such cases, I recognized the authority to
do so under some general clause of the Appro
priation Act, or nnder some provision of the
Code of Georgia, and I considered it, in such
cases, as much my duty to approve the war
rants as if they had been drawn on some special
appropriation which bad not been exhausted.
In reference to the snbjfiMof warrants alleged
to have been drawn on tha^wrong fund,” I beg
leave to say in justification of the course I have
seven minutes, and rasberries, in five minutes,
From - these experiments, Dr. Rash argued
that fresh, ripe fruits, of which children are
very fond, are the most speedy and effectual
poisons for worms. In practice tMs theory has
proved to be coireet.
The Ness' Legislature of Virginia.—A dis
patch from Richmond to the 'Western Press, da
ted the 19th, says:
General Canby has sent circulars to all the
members elect of the Legislature, asking each
of them if they can qualify by subscribing to the
iron-clad oath. If he ascertains there is a quo
rum of both Houses thus qualified, he will issue
his proclamation in about fifteen days announc-
pursued, that I have not at any time to my fog the result of the election and calling the
knowledge approved a warrant drawn npon a Legislature together to ratify the fifteenth
fund specially appropriated and restricted to amendment nnd elect United States Senators.
specially appropriated
some other purpose. I have approved warrants
drawn on the Printing Fnnd for advertising Ex
ecutive Orders, Proclamations, etc., which I
understand the Treasurer has refused to pay,
because they were not drawn on the Contingent
Fund. I have not been able to satisfy my mind
that such warrants were drawn on the wrong
fund. . .
Indeed, I have considered myself justified
both by law and precedent, in the course I have
pursued. Section 1,043 of the Code declares,
that “all printing other than that performed by
the Public Printer, wMch necessity may demand
shall be printed at the seat of Government, or
such other place as may be necessary, in- the
discretion of the Governor nnder his direction
and supervision,, npon reasonable rates, to be
paid for out of the Contingent Fund.”’' I have
not considered the advertisement of a Procla
mation
intention of this section,
amendment nnd elect United States Senators.
The members unable to qualify would in tMs
case remain absent till the Constitution had been
ratified by Congress and the States admitted,
when they would present themselves and be
qualified nnder the State Constitution, from
wMch the test oath has been expunged. Should
there not, however, be found a quorum able to
qualify by taking the test oath, the Command
ing General will then defer issning his procla
mation, bnt will order new' elections to fill the
seats which will be declared vacant by the rea
son of the disability to qualify as above.
technical meaning, different from the word “ad
vertising” or “publisMng.” It clearly, means
suoh job work as it may be necessary to have
done, outside of that winch the law requires the
Publio Printer to do, and hot the publication of
an Order or Proclamation. In the performance
of the latter service, it is not the mere skill
and labor of setting up the type and striking
off the sheets that constitute the gist and
value of the service. It is the space in the
newspaper, and the circulation and publicity
thereby given to the notice. The mere printing
of the notice is not what was intended, nor what
is charged for in such cases, but it is the publi
cation and circulation of the notice among the
people, Tbe knowledge and information thus
promulgated and imparted to the public consti
tute the consideration for which the warrant in
such cases is issued; such a warrant, therefore,
in my jndgment, is not for that species of print
ing referred to in section 1043 of the Code, and
hence may properly be drawn on the Printing
Fund. In other words, the law, in my judg
ment, does not restrict the payment of claims
for advertising, etc., to the Contingent Fund,
and in this view I am amply sustained by the
practice of the Governors and the Comptroller
Generals of the State for many years bade. It
was the practice of Governor Jenkins, as the
warrant books in this office show, to draw war-
. .. . | rants fbr publishing proclamations, orders,--eio.,
Caterpillar fob Sure.—There is no longer a j on the Printing Fund, and this section, 1043, of
donbt about the appearance of this seedling of j the Code, was in as full force during his admin-
Radicalism—the cussed things are in Dougherty, istration as it is now. In all such cases, if the
Baker, Mitchell and other counties, and planters ; warrant was within the amount appropriated, I
are beginning to look sour. ’ All now depends on j did not consider myself authorized or required
the seasons. If we should have a wet August, : to go behind it, because the law, in my judg-
the havoc will be terrible, but if reasonably dry j ment, oasts no such responsibility upon me.
and warm no very great damage need be appre- j It may not be improper in me to state he Are
headed. i closing, that I made a full statement to the Lest-
.. *!*., . . • . . ’! Mature of 1869, in my report of every warrant
Sateen thousand bushels of xag>bcni*s were j that I had approved w> to the 1st of January
xeoeived is Oinahmsta one day last week. < last, giving the number, date, thTpur-
A Letter from General Jordan’s Command.
The Montgomery (Ala.) State Journal publishes
the following extract from a letter jnst received
from a young Alabamian, now with General
ion as at all coming within the meaning or j Jordan in Cuba:
ntion of this section, because the word j Vre are now camped near Holguin, a most
‘■printing” is used, and has to my mind a distinct 1 beautiful place. Yesterday evening, at 5. o’clock,
- • • • -■■*•-“ ■ * * •• - -- - ; the Spaniards attacked a part of our lines, bnt
’ we repulsed them easily, and ran them into the
little town, nnder tbe protection of their heavy
guns. The loss in onr brigade, strong, was
nine killed and fourteen wounded. lieutenant
George Stone of Nashville, was killed. The
Spaniards don't fight as well as the Yankees.—
They come quick and leave quick. The boys
are all well clad and doing splendidly. We are
disappointed in not having received American
reinforcements before this. General Jordan is
popular, but very firm and decided.
A Case of Relioiqus Enthusiasm. —Some
days since we referred editorially to the crazi
ness of the negroes hereabouts on the subject of
religion. We have a case to illustrate our re
marks. A gentleman residing near the city, on
Sunday evening ordered his servant to get his
supper. “ Go way from me,” she replied,
“go way from me. I’m seeking my Savior, I
am. I’m sarchfog for heben. I ain't got no
time to' study about de tings of dis world. Go
way from me Buckra man. Go way from me.”
The result was a usually good servant lost a
good place and tne last seen of her was in a
wagon “sarohing fur heben.” This is but one
of many similar cases. We know of another
family that had to discharge their cook for the
reason thatshe insisted upon having every Mon
day for the purpose of religious exercises. This
thing will last as long as watermelons, peaches,
blackberries, roasting ears and warm weather
continue. When cold weather oomea, with long
nights and dancing frolics, the religious fever
will abate.—Columbus Sun, 21st
In Great Britain to a population of 24,363,000
persons, there are 36,200 ministers of all de
nominations, 84,700 churches and chapels.
Segar dealers are learning that they can sell
at retail only from the boxes in which the Be
gan wen Originally stamped. -
From Washington.
Washington, July 23.—It is more than suspected
that Delano will shortly remove some Revenue Su
pervisors.
Revenue to-day $713,000.
Rawlins returns to-morrow.
It is stated that Boutwell will sell no gold at pres
ent rates.
Boutwell and Stanton had a long interview to-day.
Arrangements are afloat for the world’s exposition
of manufactures here next year.
Over a half million of bonds were issued to the
Union Pacific Railroad to-day.
Custom authorities are not to interfere with the
French Cable.
The Treasury Department has advices that owners
of sugar recently seized in New Orleans, are unable
to furnish the bonds required. It is stated that the
Department will order its confiscation and sale. The
bond required is two hundred thousand. The value
of the property.is between two and three hundred
thousand.
Boutwell has addressed a letter to the Comp
troller of Currency, announcing that he has decided
to permit the substitution of ten-forties for five-
twenties, oi exchange any gold-bearing bonds, now
held as security for circulating notes, on the basis
hitherto adopted. Ten-forties are to be received at
85 per cent, of their par value, ana all other gold-
bearing bonds at 90 percent. The six per cent,
currency bonds issued to the Pacific Railroads will
not be received as security for the circulation of na
tional banks, and the exchange of gold-bearing
bonds is subject hereafter to revision, if it shall be
found that such exchange is so frequent as to be
come onerous to the Department.
It is stated that Ryan and Crowder are organiz
ing a Cuban expedition, to sail from Canadian
waters.
FROM CUBA.
The Cabans here have official news to the 15th.
The Spaniards made two attacks on Quesada, and
were repulsed in both instances, with a loss of over
one hundred and fifty, and Quesada continues the
sieg<before Puerto Principe,
A portion of Jordan’s command, posted about
forty miles from Santiago de Cuba, were attacked
by twelve hundred Spaniards, commanded by Yal-
mesada, in person. After three hours’fighting, the
Spaniards withdrew. The Spaniards were reinforced
and renewed the attack next day. They made three
assaults, losing heavily. Jordan commanded in the
second day’s fight. The Cubans lost sixty-two
killed and wounded, including two officers. Spanish
lose, over three hundred. They made good their
retreat to Santiago de Cuba.
The Cabans are in good spirits, and suffer but
little from cholera and vomito, so prevalent among
the Spaniards.
Washington, July 24.—The President disapproves
the findings of the Court-martial at Galvestion, in
the case of Lieut. Gairetson, of the Seventeenth In
fantry, and restores Garreteon to duty.
Collector Casey, of New Orleans, writes to Boutr
well, enclosing aletter from Wm. McCreary, regard
ing the Coolie importations and asks instructions.
Boutwell replies that McCreary is in error in stating
that the Act of February,1862, forbidding theAmer*
ican citizens from engaging in the Coolie trade was
abrogated. On the 16th of January, 1867, a bill was
passed unanimously by both Houses of Congress
expressing the abhorence of the people of the
United States for the Coolie trade, and in conformi
ty therewith, Secretary McCulloch addressed a let
ter to Collector of Customs at New Orleans, a copy
wMch Boutwell encloses to Casy. An additional
article prior to the treaty concluded 28th July last,
and only waiting Chinese. ratification, reprobates
any other than voluntary emigration, and makes it
a penal offence to take Chinese subjects from China
without their free consent. The Department of
State, by circnlar, January 17,1867, addressed to
the Ministers and Consuls of the United States,
directs that Consuls at every port where Coolies
may embark, be required to certify, after full ex
amination, that such embarkation is not forced or
procured by fraud; and requires-that such Minis
ters and Consuls use all their power and influence
to prevent and disencourage Coolie trade. Such
being the facte, -Boutwell instructs and directs Casey
to use all vigilance, as he terms this a “new modifi
cation of the slave trade.”;
Revenue over half a million.
Bassett, the negro Minister to Hayti, gives gloomy
accounts. He wants war vessels to protect Ameri
can interests. Salnave is at the head of the army
in the South, but the revolution intheo North is not
even checked; and says one dollar in gold is worth
seven hundred in currency.
Sumner writes approvingly or the President’s Ca
ban policy and urges a continuance.
Important from Great Britain—The Lords
Caved.
Loxdon, July 23.—A full attendance of Lords and
many Commons were present in the session yester
day. Earl Granville opened the debate by stating
that ministers regarded the vote rejecting the pre
amble of the disestablishment bill a grave affair,
but were unwilling to prevent the consideration of
other amendments and anxious to conduct the dis
cussion in a peaceful and conciliatory spirit. Lord
Carnes said that einoe the adjournment he has had
a conference with Earl Granville, and he moved to
restore the original date of the disestablishment,
and to compromise on other amendments. Earl
Salisbury, Earl Bussell, and other leading Peers ac
cepted the compromise and praised the conduct of
Lord Carnes in this emergency. The Lords restored
the original date and other amendments were com
promised. Earl Granville thanked Lord Carnes for
the frankness with which he had entered into con
fidential relations with- the ministry.
General News.
Selma, Ala., July 23.—The Drily Times of this
morning contains the following, which confirms the
report concerning' the caterpillar: * ‘We learn from
Messrs. Hardie & Robinson, cotton factors of this
city, who have taken great pains to investigate the
subject, that the caterpillar has made its appear
ance on the cotton in the black lands, the cane-
break region in tbe western part of the oounty.”
New York, July 23.—The Herald’s London special
says the compromise of the disestablishment bill is
the result of /ear on the part of the Lords. The
Tory Lords held a large private meeting and re
solved to abandon Earl Salisbury and follow Lord
Carnes, whom the meeting authorized to make
peace with the ministry. The prompt and loud ex
pression of popular indignation terrified the Lords
and thus the threatened agitation was postponed.
The Arizonia brings only five thousand in trea
sure.
The three Paraguayans -who attempted to assas
sinate the allied commander were shot.
The Paraguayans attempted to board the Brazi
lian iron clad but were all killed.
The allies are attempting to drive Lopez into Bo
livia.
Norfolk, July 23.—Peter Reddick, a mulatto,
was hung to-day in Portsmouth, for the murder of
a market-man. on his way home in the country.
Boston, July 23.—The steamers with the French
Cable were signaled from Cape Cod this morning
at sun rise, and will reach their destination this
afternoon.
Detroit, July 23. Ex-Governor Crapo, is dead.
Boston, July 24.—The shore end of the French
Cable was landed, to-day. The entire cable ie re
ported to be in a good condition.
San Francisco, July 24.—The Congressional Com
mittee on Ways and Means depart Eastward on
Monday.
Senator Hendricks was enthusiastically received
by the Democrats.
Augusta, July 24.—Rains have occurred through
out this section for the past two days, and crops are
doing well.
A political fracas took place at Upper Three Runs,
Barnwell District, South Carolina, to-day, in which
two men were killed, and several wounded. The
affair wm confined to the whites.
Kingston, July 24.—Tbs telegraph to Duxbury
will be oompleted to-day. It is thought the land
and ocean lines will be splioed on Monday.
Savannah, July 24.—Crop reports from Southern
Georgia and Florida are very cheering. Many
specimens of the new crop have been received here.
Norfolk, July 24.—Peter Reddick: for the mur
der of Oomriins Hayes, a young farmer, on the
highway, in January last, wm hung to-day at one
FonigaBew*.
Paris, July 23—Bullion has increased seven on.
lion francs.
Madrid, July 23—The Generals and other offi
cere recently arrested for fomenting insane
have been exiled to the .Canary Islands. 0Bl
A plot to assassinate the Minister of Justice hi,
been discovered.
Sickles hM arrived.
London, July 23—Fifty-eight bodies have bee
taken from the colliery pit at St.
Madrid, July 2^—Much Carlist excitement
iata. Many arrests have been made. The Got *
ment hesitates whether to meet the difficulty
il means or a declaration of irurHai 3 ■ C!T -
The Dogs Growling over the Bones
Charleston, July 24—Much excitement prevail
among the two wings of the Republican party he«
Dr. Mackey,J,the late Collector, leads the mg.
wing, which includes the mass of the colored rotes'
while Senator Sawyer, Congressman Bowen ini
Geo. W. Clark, the newly appointed Collector -
the place of Mackey, head tho Northern element
THO removal of Mackey has intensified the bitter
ness between the two factions. On Thuadar QarL-
called on Mackey, and presenting his coaa^,
demanded instant possession of the Collecto^o?
flee. Mackey ref used to vacate until he had tale
inventories of the publio property and received te-
ccipta from Clarke; but promised to make the tuns
fer on the 31et instant. Clarke insisted on aa ig.
mediate surrender, which being refused he tnte-J
Mackey’s office and attempted to act as Collect® •
whereupon he was forcibly ejected by Made*
subordinates. Yesterday afternoon Madej-
other Custom House officers were arrested *t the
instance of Clarke, on a charge of assault and ob
structing an officer of Revenue, and were bc_
over to answer before the United Stales Comma-
sionor. On Monday, during the hearing of the case
Clarke,with aposse of thirty men forced bis way into
the Custom House and took possession, which hs
still retains. ,
The partisans of Clarke attempted to eerenaJs
Sawyer and Bowen last night, but the colored Es-
publicans rallied in large numbers and prevented
the serenade—charging tho procession and capt®.
ing its flag, which they carried in triumph to M*.
key’s residence.. The colored Republicans Ktteh
denounce the. action of the administration in re
moving Mackey, and declare that Clarke, the n»»
Collector, is a traitor to the Radical party.
Important from France.
Paris, July 24—The Irreconciliables metyeats-
day. Thiers, on assuming the leadership,sntaittd
a draft of an address to the electors of France. Ih
address was rejected.
The French Assembly re-assembles in Octote,
but the Senate remains in session during August, to
consider Constitutional changes, whereof siity-tw
have been suggested. Tbe Senate expects * me-
sage from the Emperor shortly, and the minietn»
busy drafting new laws, which the Emperor desis
to be more liberal than indicatedin his last m
sage. y ‘
Prince Napoleon intends addressing the Saw
on the proposed reform, whioh he regards hej;
full enough.
The Viceroy of Egypt, departed suddenly hoa-
ward. It is rumored his rapture with the Giri
Turk was the cause of his sudden departure.
From Cuba.
Havana, July 24.—Captain-General DeRodu hi
issued stringent orders regarding the collection j!
customs.
The British authorities at Jamaioo concern
the cargo of the Grapeehot for a violation of &
neutrality laws.
Dates from Santiago de Cnba, of the 16tb, ai
the Spanish explanation of the execution of oceof
the Grapeshot’s crew is satisfactory with Ainai
Hoff.
Jordan is between here and Bayamo, reinferai
by Tusban’a command. Several heavy skumsis
have taken place. No details.
Jordan is not wounded.
The Disestablishment Sill Passed.
London, July 24.—The Commons, on Gladstone!
motion, adopted the Lords’ compromise amend
ment without division. [Great cheering."]
The Princeof "Wries unveiled the Peabody etate
The ceremonies were imposing.
A Legacy to Hrs. Stonewall Jackson.
Memphis, July 24.—Wade Bolton, shot eoa:
days since by Dr. Dickens, is dead. He bequeaths!
a hundred thousand dollars to charitable purpose*,
including ten thousand dollars to Stonewall Jack-
eon’s widow, and fifty acres of land to each of Ji.i-
son’s former, slaves.
> From Thomas County.
The Thomasville Enterprise speaks veiy high
ly of the cotton crop prospects in that county,
and says:
We hear of fine cotton on all sides, and if ft-1
ports are true, more than a dozen farmers inthe I
county have thrown our friend “Wright’s wt-l
ton” quite inthe shade. We are glad to heat: I
and hope the caterpillar, now giving so aK I
alarm in this section, may find the July 1
gust sun too hot for his health.
' In relation to onr eight and a half po^ j
beet—it was prepared for the pot—top cut of. |
tap root trimmed up to two inches in w* -5 -!
lateral roots: and washed clean. A pleasure pq I
ty of ladies and gentlemen from Tbomasvi I
took an excursion to the Ocklokonnee bridge* I
the Thomasville and Albany Railroad las! Sate I
day week. The Enterprise assails the ^ I
bridge Sun’s effort to induce the Thllahasseetf j
to run their Railroad to that place.
Extraordluary Misrepresentation'
The New York Times’ special Washington^
patches of the 20th, lead of with the followinj I
Washington, July 20.—A high Treasury o>- j
cial estimates the amount of money in theScu- ■
ern States at present at about $40,000,000, |
expresses the opinion that the South w M I
off financially to-day than it was before tne I
In former years the planters had nearly w /I
anticipated their crops, whereas now it i- I
tirety different Last year's harvests vbk I
quite so bad as it was generally supposea, ■
with close economy, were sufficient , to I
them to support themselves moderately. i
unwillingness of capitalists to loan them m I
lastfallhas realtyinnredto the j
Southern people, as they now find to - I
for the most part out of debt, their old - I
tions having been swept away by the I
law, with a full year’s profits in reserve.
We had rather be misrepresented J# I
way, than to be called hard names, and sn^ I
tised as ouiragers, lawless Ku-Klox, etc.;
really, the Washington wiseacres are »= I
from the facts in this ease as they were in I
other. This section of Georgia is as rich ^ ^1
other, and here money is very scarce among I
people, and the process of acquisition .1
slow and uncertain, unless we follow a I
economy. To make us better off,
than we were of ore the war, the receipt .1
simple: Give ua a four thousand Miffi 011 * M J
damnify us for lost slave property— 4 ^ 81 |
mnch more for depreciation in land va ne -J
and about as much more for values deshV |
duringthe war. .
Bad Weather in October.—Capt Sax j-L
the Royal Navy, has called public atten J
the London Times to the follow facts w
verified by results, will prove a curious in* I
of a priori reasoning:
At 7 a. m. on the ensuing October
will be at the part of her orbit, which w
the earth; -her attraction will, thereto I
its maximum force. At noon the moo® I
on the earth’s eqnater, a circumstance ^ ■
never occurs without marked atmospoe ^
torbance; and at 2 P. M., the same . > ^
drawn from the earth's center vrtil I
end moon in the same aro of right
The moon’s attraction and the 8°® * j. (0
fore, be acting in the same direction-
words, the new moon will be on the e»r“ ^
tor when in perigee, and nothing I
ing can ooeur ’ of Ugh tides and
storms. '' ■ - ^ ■ .
Mias Otis, a oonapsououa **^3:0*
belle, drives a tandem turnOT 6 ^®
o’clock in the jail yard. He made no confession. the ariatoontfc)"
A thorough-RRKD Berkshire pig, fo Shelby,
deed kb^ ifty poaftds.
Twma is an abundance
Ekriasipci for ntfe 1
rmoit-
in 0*#^ I