Georgia Historic Newspapers

    0XELEGR AP H.
AUGUST 13, .1669.
G^*» CottonCf0p ; ,
T .; ie r still continues unsettled and
; roiD y. In M«con we ha:e had
obscnnM the horizon during the
of the <Micr days, and some heavy
^ e f#lfcn. Yesterday we had a leaden
^ ^3 wind from the Northwest, with a
f or a short time. The mercury
was a little below seventy, and
11 jfchtlT during the day. Such weather
'^favorable to the cotton crop, as well
^Lrjssing t° tho farmers who are now
** -d attempting to cure their fodder.
fT d caterpillar are very general from
I** , c^rrthwestem and Southern Geor-
^ ^forwarded to us. The apprehen-
planters from the caterpillar would,
• 1* much mitigated if wo could have
tcht settled weather.
1 " 0 an enemy, in this immediate
jjj a rust, which, from the same
' • spreading fast, and threatening mnch
die crop. Between the operations of
: 'foes, the probabilities of a full crop
diminished, and planters begin to
■': im anticipations about a third. The
• however, is J** uncertain. Give ns hot
;-y weatlier,
and hope will revive with the
AflUirs in Jamaica.
, -.‘on correspondent of the New York
„ that at last Jamaica begins to im-
’ many plantations are again placed
^oa to become a source of revenue to
. orietors, most of whom reside fn Eng-
■-3 who hitherto have considered their
^ estates as entirely unvaluablo, and
.,«ote of annoyance than of profit,
^.[tciplimenting the new Governor as one
jilt* improvement, the writer says:
^ ii«principal cause of the progress and
.. c f Jamaica is undoubtedly due to the
Ljbh Chinaman, who is busily engaged
ivisg the abandoned rnins of valuable
2b into productive and well-looking
«]li«gtho pockets of the planter and
j... Several thousand more of the na-
ITthe Grand Empire are expected within
,afev months.
tthatisa doleful showing for abolitionism,
mill been full of idle negroes for fifty
mi has gone to dolapidation and decay
itft Yigabonds, a constant bnrdon to the
jjorirament, have relapsed into a cor*
-^condition of moral and social rnin.
cirimiil they send abroad and import
jibor, that affairs begin to mend. This
lie negro in Jamaica totally worthless in
■rf freedom; and yet these philosophers
bed our negroes—armed him with tho
.^pointed him to office, and one of the
izgs the American Sambo does is to de
cile Chinaman and demand ho shall bo
Ifrom America.
The Moina Cotton.
*M> factor in town tells ns we were alto*
enitUken about the price of Moina cot-
>twar. Two bales sent to him by Mr.
:Tsylor, of Monroe, were priced in tho
a mirket last winter at thirty-five cents,
lebgsntto Savannah, the same bid was
oo th-'m there. They were subsequently
pel to Liverpool, and sold for fourteen
—but tie Liverpool factor thought the
■ root] have brought a penny more, if
•W been more of it. Oar friend thinks
Isa staple is about half an inch longer
At (ommon fibre, bnt is far inferior to
kali At the time this cotton sold for
W pence in Liverpool, Middling Uplands
rorth twelve.
A Challenge to'the florernnent,
8WAYZE DEMANDS A HEARING.
In Swayze’s American Union, of yesterday,
he prints the following article in which he makes
a formal, imperative and just demand upon the
government, that the issue between himself and
Turner shall be brought to trial Swayze claims
the right, as a citizen, to an opportunity to sub*
stantiate his testimony, and clear himself of the
imputation of perjuiy which has been thrust
upon him by the negro witnesses of Turner.
But more than this: both the parties are offi
cers and representatives of the American Gov
ernment, by the choioo of that government.
Both hold its commission—the one as Postmas
ter and the other as publisher of the United
States laws by authority. The one swears that
the other is a rogue and a counterfeiter—and
the other swears that the other party is a per
jurer, unworthy of credence on his oath. Does
the government propose to employ both without
investigation—without inquiry into the charac
ter of its agents and representatives? Can it
do so without displaying to the people of the
United States an entire recklessness of charac
ter in its agents—an utter indifference to the
fact whether they are honest men or abandoned
rascals ? We say Swayze’s demands are fair and
reasonable. They onght to be heaTd; and if
the people of the North are not entirely lost to
public virtue, they must be beard.
We append Swayze’s article;
Innocence Must be Vindicated.—The recent
Turner investigation established, beyond all
controversy, one of two propositions: That Tur
ner is a counterfeiter of currency of tho United
States, a crime punishable with the severest
penalties, or Swayze, tho principal witness
against him is guilty of the basest and most
wicked perjury, alike punishable by severe pen
alties. This fact it is impossible for the civil
authorities to ignore. We have already charged
that certain officials under the goverment inter
ested themselves to shield Turner from a just
retribution for his crimes. If the government
would refute this charge, it becomes necessary
that it should come forward and thoroughly
fathom the pretended mysteries connected with
this case. J. Clarke Swayze has been impeached,
and the release of the prisoner, throws tho onus
of suspicion upon him. If he is guilty, he has
a right to be so declared by competent authori
ty. If Turner is guilty, it is as clearly tho duly
of the government to protect itself against such
innovations upon it most sacred interests—its
Treasury.
This is not the only consideration; ibis
question of guilt or innocence of the different
parties is made to have political bearing, and
will be used by the Democracy against the Re
publican party until the truthis brought to light,
and the guilty punished. Truth cannot bo suc
cessfully assailed. When the guilty party meets
his fato, the moral of the lesson will be felt and
profited by. We therefore most earnestly de
mand that the government press this matter to
the bottom—bring forth the various threads of
testimony already exposed, and hunt down every
agent and accomplico in this pretended great
mystery. It becomes incumbent upon the gov
ernment to do this, inasmuch as the fact exists
that a certain number of bank bills were stolen
from its Treasury, and that these bills have
been signed and circulated. This, in addition to
the fact that evidence enough to convict, does
exist, it seems to us should be a sufficient
motive for the government. Aside from this,
it is its duty to show that the witnesses, so far
In the case, are perjurers, and liable to all the
penalties, or it is its duty to protect those wit
nesses from the charges that are now heaped
upon them. On the other hand, if Turner is
innocent, he being an officer of the Government,
it is its duty to come to his relief, and by proper
and thorough action, remove the suspicions
that now attach to him. Again we say, and
that, too, in behalf of J. Clarke Swayze, the
principal witness, that we not only ask, but we,
in the name of all honest and fair minded citi
zens, DEMAND that the Government give its
attention to this matter at once, and in such a
determined way ns to bring to punishment
either the accused or the witness.
How the Radicals View Seiner's Elec
tion.
“Our own correspondent” of the New York
Times, in a letter dated Knoxville, East Ten
nessee, July 28, and published in the New York
Times of the 2d instant, gives ns another hint
about the contemplated coup d'etat by the Sto
kers. He says
Governor Senter's election is certain by a ma
jority which depends entirely upon the fidelity
with which the registrars have discharged the
duty confided to them. Nominated originally
by a few Republicans, nearly all of whom aban
doned him the moment he gave proof of the be
trayal planned and negotiated by his friends, he
is to-day the candidate of tho Democracy, and his
election will be aecured through their votes. To
claim that be is a Republican candidate is tho
sheerest nonsense. His Republican votes can
easily be counted on thumbs and fingers. Every
day the dividing line becomes plainer and
plainer. Having scoured his election through
Democratic votes, his administration will neces
sarily be Democratic. As far ns he goes volun
tarily in this direction his troubles will bo few,
but the moment he attempts to act for himself,
that moment his servitude begins. The move
ment he began by his new system of registra
tion is already far beyond his control, and he
will be completely at the mercy of tho new
power ho has enthroned. His election on tho
first Thursday of August is therefore the be
ginning of a new dispensation of the Nasby
Democracy. “We shall see then what we shall
by the payment of two thousand dol- ^Haring shown that the election of Senter will
be a triumph of tho democracy and his adminis
tration must necessarily be democratic, this cor
respondent adds, very significantly,
That General Stokes intends to contest the
election of Senter I think is pnetty certain. I
know nothing of my own knowledge of his in
tentions, and therefore do not speak with au
thority. I know only tact the indications seem
that way. If the Franchise laws of the State
are binding and in force, Senter’s whole system'
of registration has been an open, bareface vio
lation of law, forwhich ho and his registrars can
be held to trial. Two-thirds of those enfran
chised within the past two months are not entitled
to certificates under the law. That they hold
certificates, and are (notwithstanding what I
have said) legal voters, is owing to the wise (?)
nud healthful (?) provisions of the franchise
laws.
It is fortunate for Gov. Brownlow that he is
now where the new system of registration is in
accord with his new policy. It w.ould have been
true, poetic justice if the iniquities of this
whole system conld have been demonstrated to
his prejudice. If the monstrous machine conld
have been worked by the Democracy to effect
his overthrow, it would have been a gratifying
spectacle. It was a system peculiarly adapted
to bis ideas of statesmanship and power. He
used it arbitrarily and freely, and if it could
have survived the opportunity of overthrowing
him and his friends, one of the greatest lessons
of history would have been reviewed.
From Dougherty.
The Albany News of the Gth, has the. fol
lowing:
The Weather and the Crops.—We feel too
gloomy to write on this subject. The rains con
tinue—not light showers merely, bat heavy,
beating, swelling floods, and frequent. For sev
eral days past we have had bnt little sunshine,
and tho weather prognosticators croak the fatal
prediction that there is to be no “let np” for
thirty days to come. Cotton is already seriously
injured, and each hour of this weather enhances
the chances for total disaster. The under bolls
are now rotting; the upper and younger fruit
is falling; the rnst is spreading havoc, and the
coming of the caterpillar is no longer a doubtful
question.
How precarious and uncertain are farming in
terests. Ten days ago the prospect for an un
paralleled yield of cotton in Southwestern Geor
gia was as promising as the heart could wish;
new shadows are upon us and ruin is threatened
all around. • ' ■
Another week will tell the stoiy. Sunshine and
heat will save the crop—continued rains will
ruin it. , ■
Chops in Pulaski.—Late corn looks green
and vigorous, but the drouth in June and July
materially injured early com. For several days
past we have had rain in excess, and cotton
is commencing to shed its blooms and fruitage.
Rust has also made its appearance, but not
enough to cause serious apprehensions of in
jury. Bright sunshine is now needed; the
heavens at date of writing are over-oast, and the
(floods betoken rain. Health of county unusu
ally good for this season of the year.—Ham.
kinsviRs Dispatch.
r&ursx.—The eclipse or obscuration of
n by clouds, all day yesterday, was so per-
ut, whatever the moon might be doing
flthem was a matter of conjecture and
rather than of evidence. A twilight
t however, was noticeable about tho time
hraration was due, according to the as-
aen. .
feosou Toes ado.—The Western papers
of a Tornado in Steams county, last
f, lay it blew one strongly built farm house
wc«,in which were twelve inmates, only two
twa were left among the ruins. Four were
injured that they survived but a few
Ms, and of the remainder all were sen-
hurt save one. The rest of them were
many rods distant
Bou>rr cs Tennessee.—Tho Banner says,
ham Hill, a prominent citizen of Tennessee,
kidnapped last week by Bndd Carter and
•cil ' D(0 B> e mountains, from whence word
sent that he wcrald bo hung or shot if not
Hill sent word to raise the money and it
•*s»c(l and sent to the point designated.
a Earn®.-A little ter six o’clock it was
•’'iight in Macon, and, through tho rifts in
an occasional glimpse of tho sun
^ned. Most of its disk was cov-
*** visible was equal to the small-
•Wopment of a now moon.—a very thin
of a thumb naiL
Nut Fair—Cochtt Organizations.—
taniiention of County Agricultural So-
3 Georgia to the letter of Secretary
®the First Pago of tins edition.
"' t Iriessee Election.—Tho Nashville
Gth, says the majority in Tonnes-
* Setter will be somewhat between thirty
^ thousand.
-vrajrj. Court left off on Friday night
^ vt case from the Macon Circuit. Seven
'^completethe docket..
t ■•Press Convention is appointed
<he 24th inst., in Atlanta., Tho
rill endeavor to be represented.
T**®*op Georgia.—The commencement
"** fins institution are now progressing.
‘- -taliEg class numbers forty-four, the
•• y tamed out by the University. Mr.
,>mmb, son of the CkanceUor, has
~ - ed by tho Trustees Adjunct Professor
taagnages. Tho places of General
' «bb and General Armstrong on the
'toT ' een ^PPBed by tho election of Rt.
Beckwith and Maj. Lamar Cobb.
L^ i1r '~The Chattahoochee Mirror of
t***U>o following: .
wjj?. 45 ® Crops.—Rain falls almost every
(jt|7 ls a little troublesome to farmers on
fjaffiaring fodder. Com crops are
taru; in fine condition. Some farm-
f fcar3 that the continued rains
1D i urio ? 3 to cotton. It is reported
tt sections of the county that the
^(bJ?* 8 and it is feared will do
***8»to cotton.
Stewart, familiarly known
was ninety-one years of age
*&*<*." JRKL
having been bom in Philadei-
J;While his mind is as
^Eood ;?°- roas 118 ever , and his generic
* e P or ted that he is suffering
~ 13 Opposed to be a cancer of the
with waDttre - *t is stated by
ted sail increase the natural pro-
tea soil to the extent of 2~>0 per
d i 0 ** equally efficient.
r . in obtained from a series of ex-
over twenty-six year?.
The Coolies. ,
Who and what is a coolie ? What are his
ideas, his customs, manners and religion ? what
sort of workman is he, and what are to be his
relations to onr society and our laws ?
The central parts of the continent of Asia are
a vast elevated plateau, walled in by giant moun
tain peaks. From these, flowing to the south
and to the east, are several great rivers, longer
and wider than the largest of our streams. In
the time of Abraham these wide, fertile valleys
were peopled, and for ages they have swarmed
with an immense surplus population. Nearly a
third of the human race lies packed along these
shores. They cover the rich lands in. such
swarms as to make the little farms look like ant
hills, or bee-hives. So much in excess of all
other life is the race of men in China and India,
that Jpunan muscle takes the place of brute la
bor, and a gang of a dozen or twenty men per
form tasks which we accomplish with a horse or
an engine.
Many centuries ago, two great thinkers had
the genius for stamping their ideas deep into
these races, and forming millions upon millions
of these tawny swarms after one pattern and
with uniform character. These teachers were
Buddha and Confucius, and their maxims" are
scarcely surpassed by the Mosaic Law, as rules
to make sooial relations permanent, harmonious,
and orderly. But they have less power to in
spire the masses with a love for personal excel
lence, an ambition to rise in life, or aspiration
for dignity, worth, and holiness. In this respect
they differ by the whole heaven from those think
ers and systems by which the leading nations of
Europe have been inspired and moulded.
For a soore of centuries, the average China
man has been industrious, mild and respectful.
He is small, not mnch taller or heavier than onr
women. He will do as he is told, hut he is lack
ing in ambition and hope. Hia religion inspires
melancholy, and suicide is a frequent way of
escape from the chafe and pressure of life’s
burdens. His priesthood teaches him to respect
the rights of property, to render to parents and
magistrates implicit and unquestioning obe
dience, to be kind to animals, to be content
with a little, to live cheaply and waste nothing.
On the other hand, he has very little of what
we call self-respect; he is full of petty deceits
and all those vices of character which make
persons despicable, but not noxious or danger
ous. He cares very little for abusive words,
hardly knows what we mean by the word honor?
i3 sly, subtle, and tricky, but seldom malicious.
He knows how to take care of himself, is imita
tive and quick to learn, cooks well, and can get
as mnch comfort and health out of three yards
of cotton cloth and three pounds of rice or meal
as any other human being.
It will not require an argument to show that
beings educated in these notions, descended
from parents who for ages have cherished such
ideas, are thoroughly unlike any of the Euro
pean races. There are now a hundred thousand
of the,se human beings under onr flag. In a few
years there will be a million, and presently sev
eral millions. Questions respecting their rights,
their status, their oath and their ballot are now
impending, and anon they will be planks in our
platforms and issues in our campaigns.
A great many of the Chinese will be taken in
to the valleys of the South,to work upon cotton
and sugar estates, where they may replace the
African. The mines of the Pacific and Rocky
Mountain States will absorb others. They will
to some extent do the work of the Irishman,
with mattock and barrow. Just treatment
ought to be secured for them by special and
well-considered provisions of law. They are
hereditary and life-long minors. Ages of bond
age have snapped the foundations of character,
and emasculated their manhood. Brought hith
er by ship-loads, and cast ashore on remote
plantations, or immured in distant mines, they
become the easy prey of a race that too lately
could be stigmatized as a nation of slave-drivers.
California has not as yet seen the propriety
of allowing the Chinaman to testify in her
courts. He is classed with bays, Indians, and
idiots. It is clear that legislators should at
once give to this peculiar people special and
kindly attention. If they have no proper con
ception of a Christian oath, thi3 alone should
not be taken as a violent presumpsion that they
are incapable of telling the truth. Juries can
safely be trusted as judges of the weight that
should be attached to their testimony in court.
Besides, their labor contracts ought not to be
left to the working of the common law of
wages. Ignorant of our language, unused to
onr ideas, insensible of what we call a moral
obligation, by the very censtitntion of their
minds confounding tho displeasing of a superior
with the idea of wrong, the law should make
generous presumptions in their favor, and fence
them with wise safeguards against the cupidity,
the exacting temper, and the domineering spirit
of the Saxon race.—2f. T. Tribune, 3d.
Tiie Chinaman in Sontli Carolina.
The Charleston News of the 4th says:
Mr. Joseph, a native of Charleston, bnt for
the past twenty-one years a resident of Califor
nia, is now in this city, and is prepared to make
contracts as a Chinese emigration agent He
is not connected with any company, but pro
poses to bring free labor, famishing any num
ber of hands wanted, nothing to be paid until
their delivery. There will be no tax on em
ployers who simply obligate themselves to fulfill
their contracts with the emigrants. The agent
receives his remuneration from the emigrants,
with the agreement that it is not to be paid
until earned by the Chinaman.
This plan has been adopted both to inspire
confidence and to relieve the planter or con
tractor from advancing any sums to secure
labor. Mr. Joseph is willing to pledge himself
to furnish from 1000 to 50,000 Chinese at any
point on the Atlantic coast on terms above
mentioned. He is thoroughly conversant with
the Chinese language, and brings letters from
the first men in 'California to show that ho is
prepnred to do all that he promises. Since his
arrival in the South ho has taken contracts for
2000 in different parts of Georgia, and 200 at Sel
ma, Ala., besides having made arrangements
which are not yet closed. He states that the
Chinaman is contracted for from one to five
years, and that he is fully capable of farm and
housework, washing, cooking and nursing. Any
quality of labor can be procurred for one hun
dred dollars per annum, and the commission
fees will not exceed twenty dollars per head, to
be paid by the laborer.
Mr. Joseph will be found in this city, after
his return from Savannah, when he will state
his plans, and make engagements with those
desirous of procuring Chinese labor.
From Florida.
Tho Floridian of the 3d, has the following:
Rain, Rain, Rain!—It does nothing but rain,
day in and day out, to the great disadvantage of
the planters and everybody else. Fodder is be
ing now pulled, and if we don’t have dry weather
there will bo much damaged. We aro told that
tho caterpillars are increasing in some of the
cotton fields in the county and things begin to
assume an alarming aspect. We have had rain
constantly for the last two weeks, and if it don’t
surprised.
About Enfaula.
From extracts from a private letter in the
Newnan People’s Defender, of the 4th inst.,
we extract the following:
Eufaula already has a river communication
with the Gulf, via Apalachicola, . and with the
North, via Columbus. Then a line of rail lead
ing east to' Macon (the Southwestern Railroad.)
When the Brunswick Road is completed, we
may truly say Eufaula is open to the world.
The amount of cotton received at this place is
abont 42,000 bales, against GO,000 before the
war. The finest lands in the world, the “Cow-
ikee,” lie in the immediate vicinity. This land,
before the war, commanded from forty to fifty
dollars per acre.
The country presents a variety of soiL A
small quantity of fertilizers are being used on the
poorer lands, with eminent success. The cli
mate is about like yours, with one exception,
the nights are not so pleasant; the water is
mostly free stone. There is, comparatively
speaking, but little or no sickness, and, as a
proof of the advantages on this point, I will
shew you that people live to be a ripe old age in
this * ‘dreaded country. ” The family I allude to
(the “Spurlocks”) are connected to that of Dr.
John W. Pearce, of your county, and I guess he
is familiar with what I am about to remark. I
dined with Mr. Orvey Spurlock on last Sabbath,
and am indebted to him for this remarkable in
telligence,—and why I say remarkable—be
cause it is a fare occurrence that you meet with
so long lived a family. First, two years ago
Mr. John Spurlock died in county, (a native
of Columbia county, South Carolina,) aged 111
years, 9 months, and 27 days. Prior to his
death, his sister, Susan, died, (the eldest child,)
aged 127 years. At 118 she could walk, by
holding on to the side of the house. The gen
tleman in reference could, at the age of 100,
plough for as many as six hours during the day.
He lived to see his seventh generation; his son,
William, aged 83, and Solomon, aged 80, are
both alive—and, to use their own expressions,
“pretty fair plough boys.” I had the pleasure
to meet “Uncle Solomon” on last Sunday, at
his son, Orvey’s. He detailed a good many in
cidents in connection with the early history of
this country, which proved to be very interest
ing. He is a good, old “Hard Shell Baptist."
William is a dashing, gay widower, and talks a
great deal about the “clever girls,” and, to use
a common expression is “on the carpet”
Though his life may be on tho wane,
And youth’s young current cease to flow,
Yet, he loves just the same
As he did sixty years ago.
A Rival of the Celebrated Mrs. Oaines Case—
A Bit of Romance—Upon History and Truth.—
In 1841 a young man by the name of Blake from
Mississippi, was on a visit to his relatives (tho
Mitchells, of Glennville in this county, supposed
to be wealthy,) When he had remained some
length of time, and fixed the day for his return,
he bid farewell, and left for Montgomery via
Spring Hill; when within a short distance of
the latter place, distant about 12 miles from
Glennviile, he was met by one George Lour or
(Lower,) an acquaintance, (» married man of
northern birth,) and they proceeded in the di
rection of Spring Hill, ‘"Lower” armed with a
shot gun as if on a morning hint. They passed
two ladies onhorseback, when “Lower” thought
they had (the ladies) passed for enough for him
to put his helish design into execution, he mur
dered young Blake. Suspicion being laid upon
“Lower,” he was arraigned and committed to
jail, from which place he made his escape. Up
to time of escape he was rather adjudged by
tho vox populi to be innocent This and other
evidence, however, was satisfactory and he was
afterward caught and hung. 'He went West, re
mained about a year, then returned and was
lirking round the neighborhood sleeping in gin
houses. Ho was in the habit of visiting the gin
house of one of his old personal friends, who,
however, had no knowledge of “Lower” being
in the county nor had any one else; his track
being seen very often, it wa» thought to be that
of a runaway negro. So his friend procured
help from his neighbors, and surrounding tho
gin house one night, caught “George Lower”
the murderer of Henry Blake—he was taken to
jail, tried, convicted and hung. His family, to
cover their shame his wife, and two children, a
girl and boy, left for the West (Texas,) where
they lived in obscurity, and forgotten by those
they left behind, save when some one visits the
Mitchell yard at tho Glennviile Cemetery and
sees the two tombs of young Blake and his
mother, the former inscribed: “Henry Blake,
murdered by George Lower, 1841.”
Mrs. Eliza Blake died of grief occasioned by
the intelligence of the tragical death of her son,
who was murdered by “ George Lower.”
Lower owned considerable property in what
were then fields around tho little town of Irwin-
ton (nowEufaula, Ala.) No attention was paid
to this till since the war his daughter comes up
and snes for the recovery of her father's prop
erty, which involves the whole of the city of
Eufaula, about $120,000 worth of property in
real estate. The*lady in question is said to be
a handsome young girl, or rather woman, and if
she be fortunate, which there can be hardly a
shadow of doubt, it will cover the shame of the
past, and I dare say she’ll have many a string to
her bow. There is scarcely a title to be found
in Enfaula, I am told, that will pass for genuine.
Eufaula has a population of abont 8,000.—
Some handsome buildings, among them “Hart’s
Mammoth Block,” containing one of the most
superb halls in the South. It is a master-piece
of architecture. The college (Union Female)
is in a flourishing condition under the immedi
ate supervision of Rev. J. K. Armstrong. This
is a most excellent building, and commands a
splendid view of the city. There is no place on
earth that excels Enfaula in point of beauty as
a location and apportionment of its beautiful
streets.
A Conp d’Etat in Tennessee—A Little
Game by the Stokes Men.
A special dispatch from Nashville to the Lou
isville Courier-Journal of tho 4th, gives tho fol
lowing details of a desperate scheme on hand
by the Tennessee Stokers, rumors of the exist
ence of which have been floating around in the
breezes for the last month or two:
Nashville, August 3, 18G9.—It is understood
among well informed political circles that Stokes
and his men have agreed upon a plan of action
which is to bo inaugurated immediately after
the election, and which looks to the establish
ment of two separate State governments—the
legitimate as represented by Governor Senter,
and an independent, self-created onr aded by
Stokes, Cooper, of the State miliu , and the
Nashville ring.
Stokes is to issue a proclamation declaring
himself Governor anil proclaiming the existence
of an insurrection, and calling on Gen. Cooper
to aid his (Stokes’) rightful authority with the
militia. Cooper is to respond with a proclama
tion summoning the disbanded militia into the
field. The Stokes candidates are next to assem
ble at Nashville, organize themselves into a
Legislature, inaugurate Stokes and begin busi
ness. They are then to memorialize Congress,
bring on the worms we shall be very agreeably and expeet to be protected by Grant until Con
gress meets.
Rnmors of caterpilar multiply, and there is Money has been sent him from ‘Washington,
no longer any doubt of their presence generally ! and assessed upon the Federal office-holders
throughout tho State. Intelligent planters, injthe j throughout the State. This scheme originated
face of such rainy weather ns we are now having, j with Horace Maynard. Stokes was in favor of
predict an early destruction of the crop, some j arming the negroes, and taking possession of
think by the first of September—some earlier, the Stato archives by force. Maynard objected,
some later. ■ and the matter was referred to Boutwell, who
„ ! decided in favor of the plan here sketched
Saul Among tot: Prophets -Ehe Knoxville j That if att ted> ^ make Uve i y
Wing praising Andy Johnson That is no less • timeg ^ Tem and end in such a shucking
strange than true. But Andy s being at Marys- • froKc as never was Been therfl before,
ville, where he thrice braved their drawn weap- .
°ns and threats of instant death, drew on the . p<aa! Eaili;oa1) ._ Wo regret t0 learn
"Whig as follows: j ^bat, although work had commenced some weeks
“Amid the excitement he stood as calm as if since in the Port Royal railroad, there is reason
no danger had menaced him. The cries of to apprehend that this enterprise—of such vital
‘take him down!’ ‘shoot him!’ and others as vi- 1 interest to this city and State—may again be
olent, though crouched in language too inde- suspended, if not abandoned
cent for repetition, were met with glances of cold ; "Whether the trouble arise from the hostility
defiance. He was a man of marble, save that of competing roads, the apathy of our own citi-
his eye flashed with unutterable resolve to zens and the connecting railroads running west
maintain to the last the course he had marked, from Augusta, or whether the interests in the
out His friends were determined to protect Port Royal railroad may have been bought up
him at all hazards, and when the third effort atand controlled by parties whose interest is to
intimidation was thwarted, the enemy gave up ' put a stop to this road, we are yet uninformed,
the attempt in disgust and despair. j No project of public improvement has been
7“ so generally approved by ml who have the best
Brag Acres.—A few days since the editor of J interests of Augusta and of the State at heart,
the Macon Telegraph gave an account of an and none promised us such benefits; and when
acre of very fine cotton near the city, which he i became known, a few weeks since, that the
had seen, and cautioned the Eufaula experi- j Georgia Railroad Company had aided this en-
menters to look to their laurels. One of our! terprise by a subscription of the full amount
“invincibles," laboring under the impression ; the Fort Royal Railroad was regarded
that the acres here are hard to .beat, .desires us * bere as a fixed fact
to ask our brother of the Telegraph if the pro-1 Onr only hope is that the rumor may prove
prietor of Ms acre or any of his friends desire unfounded, and we cannot believe that the in
to “back their judgment” on the success of said fluential parties interested in this city will per-
expenment. —Bluff City Times, bth. ' B0 grand an undertaking to be' abandoned..
No betting, friend Times. Let your braggers [Augusta Constitutionalist.
do their best — thoughtfully, peraeveringly, j , ..
prayerfully—or they will be wMpped out. : Wz perceive that Thomas Jefferson Speer,
rj J m of Piko county, a State Senator under the exist-
The caterpillars are doing considerable dam- ing regime, has been promoted to the position
ace to the trees on the Boston Common. On of express messenger on the Macon and West-
Friday a steam fire engine played a powerful em Railroad. The gentleman no doubt has his
stream on several of the trees,-and thus thou- eye on tha gubernatorial chair, and takes this
sands of the worms were destroyed. a -1 the ‘line of safe precedents.
A Georgia Scene.
Whisky and the Law in Novel Conjunction—
How Judge Brown Stole the Spoons.
Many years ago, when the State of Georgia
was in its infancy, one of the Circuit Judges was
Bela Brown—an ancestor of the recent “seeesh”
Governor of that name. He was a man of abil-
ty and integrity, but like a good many distin
guished persons of that day, he loved a social
glass; and whenever the members of the bar
would turn in and help, he sometimes drank to
excess and became gloriously fuddled. On one
occasion while traveling on circuit, he reached
the village of Drayton, in Dooly county, where
the court was to be opened next day, and took
quarters with a relative of Ms wife, that lady
accompanying him. After supper, Judge Brown
strolled over to the only tavern in tho place,
kept by one Sterritt, where he met a number of
Ms legal friends. A convivial evening was
passed; drinks frequently went round, and
somewhere about midnight, the Honorable Bela
was in a state of mind quite the reverse of that
implied by the old saw, “sober as a Judge.”—
"When he was leaving for home, one of the young
lawyers, in a spirit of mischief, slyly passed
some spoons from the tumblers into the Judge’s
pocket.
On dressing himself next morning, the eccen
tric official, putting his hand into his pocket,
was greatly perplexed in discovering three or
four silver spoons.
“My God! Polly,” said he to his wife, “just
look here; I believe I’ve stolen some of Ster-
ritt’s spoons!”
“Let’s see them,” said the wife. “Yes, sure
enough—here’s his veritable initials? Fray
how did you happen to have them in your pock
et?”
“I think I must have been drunk when Icame
home, wasn’t I inquired the Judge.
“Yes,” replied the devoted Folly, “you know
your old habit when you get among those law
yers.”
“Certainly; I can understand easy enough
how it all came about. That fellow, Stemtt
keeps the meanest liquor in the State; but I
never supposed that to drink it would make
man steal!"
The spoons were duly returned to the land
lord, and the Judge went and opened Ms Court,
tMnking no more of the matter. Several days
elapsed, and the business of the Court was draw
ing to a close, when one morning a rough look
ing customer was arraigned before his Honor
for larceny. He pleaded guilty, but said in
mitigation, that he was drunk at the time he
committed the offense.
“What is the nature of the charge against this
man?” enquired Judge Brown.
“Stealing money from the till at Sterristt’
tavern,” replied the clerk.
“Youngman,” said the Judge, solemnly, “are
you sure you was intoxicated when you took
this money ?”
“Yes, your Honor, I was so jolly drnrik that
things looked like they were dancing double
shuffles, and when I went out doors the ground
kept coming up, and Mtting me on the head.”
“That will do,” replied the Judge. “But tell
me, did you get all the liquor you drank at
Storritt’s ?”
“Every drop of it, your Honor.”
“And so you got tipsey on Ms liqnor, and
then stole his money?”
“That’s it exactly; I didn’t know what I was
doing.”
Turning to "the prosecuting attorney, the
worthy magistrate said: “This is a most extra
ordinary case, Mr. Attorney, and one, I think,
demanding the clemency of the Court. You
will therefore dome the favor of entering a
nolle prosse. That liquor of Sterritt’s’ I have
reason to know, is mean enough to make a man
do anything dirty. I go drunk on it myself the
other night, and stole all his spoons! If Ster
ritt will sell such abominable stuff he ought not
to have the protection of this Court. You may
release the prisoner^ Mr. Sheriff.”
Pnblic Meeting.
Dawson, Ga., JulySl, I860.
The'citizens of the county were called to the
Court-house to-day, at 11 o’clock a. si., for the
purpose of expressing themselves in regard to
the killing of young John G. Lee, on the twenty-
first inst.
Hon. D. A. Cochran was called to the Chair,
and W. W. Farnum elected Secretary.
The Chairman briefly, but impressively, ex
plained the object of the meeting.
On motion, R. W. Davis, (Chairman,) Col.
John R. Jones, W. B. Norman, John Wiseman
and M. L. Harp, were appointed a committee
of five to draft resolutions for the consideration
of the meeting.
Committee retired, and returning, submitted
the following Preamble and Resolutions:
Whereas, John G. Lee was killed in the coun
ty Jail of our county, on the night €fcf the 21st
inst., by an unlawful and unauthorized mob;
and whereas, the Albany News has seen fit to
speak of the affair in a manner casting reflec
tions upon tho people and Jury of our county;
and whereas, our silence might indicate to the
country at huge that the people of tMs county
acquiesced in and approved of this act of law
lessness ; be it therefore Resolved,
1st. That we, the citizens of Terrell county,
are strictly and heartily opposed to Mob Law,
and believe that if persisted in it will bring an
archy and rnin upon our country, and that the
unlawful and unreasonable acts of the feic will
bring trouble and sorrow upon the law-abiding
people of the present day and upon posterity.
2nd. Thatwe live in a country govemedby law
and that it is the duty of every one to maintain
and obey that law, in order that our rights may
be secure and a safe guard may be kept around
our lives and our liberties. That we profess to
be a law-abiding people, and are ready, willing
and waiting at all times and under all circum
stances to stand by and maintain in its dignity
the law of the land.
3rd. That we deprecate the killing of Lee and
tho manner in wMch it was done, and believe
that the law in his case should have been allowed
to take its course and the matter finally passed
upon by a Jury of*his peers.
4th. That we endorse as the true facts in the
case, the statements made by the Editor of the
Dan-son Tournal in an editorial in last issue of
that paper, styled “The Killing of Lee.”
5th. That as one of the members of the press
of Southwest Georgia has spoken of the unfor
tunate occurrence in a manner wMch would
have the effect of injuring the reputation of
our county and of the jury who tried Lee at our
last Superior Court,and as other presses through
out the country may, without proper investiga
tion, do us further injustice and injury, we do
hope that, after calling their attention to the
point, they will be charitable enough to review
the evidence and tho fact of the intelligence and
impartiality of the jury who tried Mm, before
sending our condemnation to the world.
Gth. Thattheseresolutionsbepublishedinthe
Dawson Journal, and that the Macon papers are
requested to copy.
The foregoing resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
D. A. Cochran, Chairman.
W. HY. Farnum, Secretary.
A Weighty Gathering.
The Fat Men’s Clam-bake is to take place at
Gregory’s Point, Norwalk, Conn., on the 20th
of August. Every man weighing two hundred
pounds, and over, is entitled to be present,
from any part of the world. The fats will meet
at South Norwalk, at 10 o’clock, a. m., Friday,
August 20. The organization is a heavy one,
and a jolly time will be their’s. We know one
who is entitled to a place in that picture, by
weight, and, as Artemus Ward says, he would
like “mucMytobe there." In fact, there are
two weighty gentlemen in the viciMfy of the
Courier office who would come near the head of
the list. _ ' >
Two Irishmen, stopping at the Island House,
Toledo, lit their gas, and, with windows open,
sat down to enjoy a chat. The hungriest of
Toledo mosquitoes soon flocked in and drove
them desperate. The clerk, who was summoned
to devise some defense against them, told them
to close the windows and put out the gas. They
acted on the suggestion, and placed themselves
between the sheets. Justus they began to doze
a lightning bug, wMch had strayed into the
room, caught the eye of one of the travelers.
He routed his companion with a punch. “Ja
mie," Jamie, it’s no use! Here’s one of the
craturs sarchin' for us wid a lantern!”
The King of Prussia has done a wise and
right soldierly thing in ordering that the anni
versary of Sadowa shall not any more be cele
brated. The gallant Greeks had a law which
forbade them to raise a trophy. They had so
many fights among themselves that they, felt a
trophy-raising wonldmake the growth'of ami
cable feeling impossible. King William has
learned that beautiful Greek lesson, and says, in
fact, that he does not desire to hurt the feelings
of any German people—a sentiment that does
him more Honor than he could have from ten
Sadowas or countless needle-guns.
South American news is cheerful. They have
smallpox at Valparaiso, yellow fever at Rio,
earthquakes near Iquique and Axeqnipa, and
the Isluga volcano is again in action : X
From Texas. a Lover Killed by • Needle la the
The Chinese Labor Question in Texas—Damage Hands at Kfis SUstyeM.
by the Flood—A Four Pound Irish Potato— OTmmD st71on) * or the toujkj lad?.
Provisions Abundant- Weather, de. \
, A young gentleman named Joseph White, a
‘Richmond, August 2d, 1869. J very respectable, industrious, quiet, good-look-
Editors Telegraph: The labor question, after “8 fellow, of about eighteen yean of age; and
hi*g faplti.So.tt™
for the last four or five years, is, notwithstand- ; Barnes. Hehad been freqnen%toriaither
ing the painfully protracted suffering of the pa- before at various times. They were engaged to
tient, abont to find an early solution in the com- j k® married. He found her In the parlor sewing,
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inti on is destined to be a nappy and beneficial j to throw it aside when he entered, partied-
one for the country, is another qnestion, and , larlv as he complimented her on het pretty ap-
one that may well engago the serious thought of | pcaranee, with her beautiful face bending ovSr
every man, especially of planted. ‘ h ®. r her ® nder
, Z; ^ J , plied the stitches with as much graoe and rapidi-
John Chinaman is willing to come and work |tyas other girls display when skimming over
cheap. A voyage half round the world, in these i the keys of a nasty piano,
days of steam andrailroads, can be accomplished j He took his seat beside her. They chatted vbry
cheaply and quickly. Planters are exultant and j J* aitin g a *1?
. ,*\ .— 1 . . , , . , Unm seemed hoars, he became impatient, and
jubilant at the prospect of cheap labor, and an * i onged te i mprin t B kiss upon her Ups. With
nnlimited supply of the article. If the great the view of carrying out this design he let his
Northwest has continental Europe and its con- arm circle her waist furtively, and as he was
tiguous islands fora recruiting field for laborers, ^ ra ^. n 8 **®*ctase to himself she objected to be-
I.- rm. . ... , ing disturbed until her little work was finished;
the South has Asia. The new regime is Ukely but he insisted. She.made a motion to shove
Mm off, as girls are said to, generaUy." This
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to inaugurate a new irrepressible conflict, one
that will perhaps be more difficnltof solution
than the old one.
But it would be well for men to pause and
consider the probable effect which the immense
reinforcement of Chinese labor may have on
the price of the two great staples of Southern
industry, sugar and cotton, before embarking,
neck and heels on this new bubble.
If Chinese labor can be employed as cheaply
and as effectively as many suppose, is it unrea
sonable to suppose that the cotton crop of 1871
will reach, in ropnd numbers, 5,000,000 bales,
and that the sugar crop will approximate double
its present bulk, if it does not reach it ? If tMs
premise is correct, and to me, at least, it does
not seem improbable, can the present prices of
these staples be maintained? Certainly not.
On the contrary, is it not likely, that nnder the
increased production, prices are almost certain
to tumble down to what they were in ante-bel
lum times ? And with them will also topple the
rose-colored hopes and calculations of many.
The questions involved, wMch have been
merely Mnted at, it seems to me, are not alto
gether unworthy of serious consideration.
I am not one of those who believe that cheap
labor is the grand embodiment of patriotic de
sire. I wish some man of ability would elabo
rate the subject to wMch I have merely al
luded.
It is now estimated, after sufficient time for
examination, that the flood ruined one-third of
the growing crop in the Colorado Valley. The
flood extended west to San Antonio and beyond.
The water in many of the rivers rose five or six
feet higher than it did iu the great flood of 1833,
The valley of the Brazos escaped entirely this
time. ,
An Irish potato weighing four pounds was
recently unearthed near Bonham. What State
can beat that?
Notwithstanding the great destruction by the
flood, it is estimated that provisions will be
abundant in "Western Texas next year.
Weather very warm, and no caterpillar yet in
destructive numbers, and it may be doubted if
the genuine cateipillar has appeared anywhere
on the Brazos tMs year. Par Fois.
motion proved fatal to her happiness and to ton
life. He became impetuous, and drawing her
to him with much violenoe, the needle, wMch
was caught in her thimble, got between them,
the point toward Ms heart—it entered; and as
he was about to imprint a kiss of love upon her
lips his Own became ashy pale. His vigorous
grasp relaxed. He sickened, fell back upon the
sofa qnite helpless. The yonng lady was much
alarmed, andj|ranfor assistance. The family
all ran into the room and proceeded to open his
shirt collar, tMnking he was in a fainting fit,
and that the usual restoratives would soffioe. In
undoing Ms vest it was found that the needle
hadentered Ms side very deeply—a drenmstanoe
wMch the young lady never noticed in her fright.
The doctor was sent for. He administered
what remedies he could. Partial conscious
ness was restored, and the young fellow enabled
to walk. The scene between him and his (first)
last love was extremely affecting. She wept like
one who feels that all happiness on earth is lost.
He consoled her by saying that she would get
another lover soon to fill Ms place, who would
be more worthy of her than he could hope to
be, anil who would make her happy. This but
increased her sorrow. She laid down on the
floor beside Mm, and cried aloud. "When he
was becoming worse, and the dootor gave the
opinion that he could not live, she stated sud
denly to her feet, and, running into another'
room, swallowed a heavy dose of laudanum,
wMch was kept there for the use of a young
member of the family that was sick. It was
some time before she was discovered, and it was
with the utmost difficulty she was brought back
to consciousness. The first word she uttered .
was, “O, where is he ? Let me go to Mm. I
will be with him.” At the same instant the
young gentleman was resigning his spirit into
the hands of his Maker in the adjoining room.
He died about ten o’clock. She is still iu a pre
carious condition, and evinces symptoms of in
sanity. *
The Cotton Supply.
The cable advices which reached us a_ day or
two ago in regard to the action of the Liverpool
Cotton Supply Association, show that our En
glish cousins have but slender faith in the ca
pacity of the Southern States, under the free
labor system, to produce crops of cotton wMch
shall be adequate to satisfy the wants of Lan
cashire. They feel the national necessity of .
providing at once a supply of some sort, suffi
cient in quantity, and upon the nnfailing con-'
tinuance of which they can absolutely depend.
Hence they are again looking to India, and .
planning a systematic development of the rail
way system of that region, wMch shall facili
tate the transportation and export of Indian
cotton, and so give the most efficacious stimu
lus to its production. .. -7 • I
There are four great roads already planned
in India, in support of wMch the action of the
Cotton Association is taken. One of these is
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Organization of County Agricultural
Societies.
LETTER FROM SECRETARY LEWIS.
Macon, Ga., August 6, 1869. . ..
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- 1 tli tut. Tills: In order to be known as anx- , last into tlio Mahratta country. The argu-
iliary of the State Agricultural Society, your I ment urged by the friends of the roads is that
county Society must organize with a written ! it is a wise choice of evils for her Majesty’s
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and members to this; your Society will then be ! ^o die out, as it must do, if the competition
entitled to send ten delegates to two annual
conventions to the State Agricultural Society,
for one fair on the railroads, and to a copy of
the transactions of these conventions. It is
contemplated, and will doubtless be so deter
mined by the Executive, to have annually two
of American cotton is kept up with the relative
advantages of the rival producers unchanged;
that the roads cannot be built without such aid:
that being built, India will supply the Lanca
shire mills, and speedily and permanently relieve
them from their present dependence upon the
cotton fields of America. It is urged, more-
the o«her at the annual Fair. These conven- ; heightened facilities for transport, become a
tions will be composed of members of the Soci- ! great market for what is manufactured,
ety, who become so by paying two dollars, and [ Though the resolution of the Cotton Supply'
of delegates appointed as above. In the last! Association in no degree binds the Government
b . , 1F , , , , „ , I to the action proposed, still, the uniform favor ’
convention there were ten delegates from each j -which has heretofore been shown by England
Society. „ j towards the policy of extending the railway sys-
To become individual members you pay two tem of India, when nothing more than the pros-
dollars annually. This entitles you to a card perity and political stabffity of her Asiatic prov-
J * ince was involved, would seem to render it cer-
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or certificate of membersMp, wMch certificate
entitles the holder to exhibit at the Annual Fair
any number of articles and animals without
charge; to go into and out of the grounds and
buildings at all times, without hindrance or ex
pense ; to encamp on the grounds, and to attend
and participate in the meetings held during the
Fair.
The members of the Society first, and next
tain, now that Liverpool and Manchester have
declared that the safety of the great home man
ufacturing interest is at stake, that the request
of the Association will be met with a ready com
pliance. Thus aided by the British Govern
ment, the Indian cotton growers may, in a few
seasons, be able to bring their fibre into a '
closer and more direct rivalry with our own than
has been possible in the past.
But in all this there is nothing to occasion
the members of County Agricultural Societies, the least disquiet to the cotton planters of the
will be entitled to the-public documents and j South. Do what she may, Great Britain is not
other books, and seeds now in tMs office for likely, soon again, to have as favorable an op-
distribution. Iportunityto foster and encourage the. cotton
The immense gathering of strangers here at; production of India as she enjoyed during our
the Fair, from all sections of the Union, who • late war; and the efforts which failed then to
must depend upon the hotels of the city and the establish her independence of American cotton
will as surelv fail now.—Charleston News.
neighboring towns and cities for accommoda
tion, make it inenmbent upon Georgians, espe
cially upon the farmers and planters to come
with tents and camp equipage and supplies,
and locate on the grounds. Fuel will be sup
plied at cost. The advantages of tMs arrange
ment in giving the planters superior facilities
and opportunities in inspecting every depart
ment of the exhibition and for social inter
course and interchange of views with those of
hi3 own occupation, will fully compensate Mm
for all inconvenience.
I send yon copies of Fremium List and hope
yon will return to this office the name of your
Society, with list of officers and members, and
that they will appear on the ground in good
time, armed and equipped as the law directs.
A Hairs at Liberia.
[From the Columbun Sun, 6th instant.
Back prom Lraggil—"We were fortunate
enough last afternoon to have a short interview
with Gus Giddens, colored, who arrived here
yesterday morning all the way from Liberia.
Ho left here last May a year, ago, with a party
of more than three hundred emigrants, and is
amply satisfied with Ms experience in that far
off land of promise. 'He says it was the hap
piest day of his life when he again set foot upon
Ms native soil. Out of the party of three hun
dred who left this vicinity, two hundred have
died. Most of the remainder are much dis-
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satisfied and anxious to return, bnt many of
A premium of a ten dollar cup will be awarded them will never be able to do so. Some few
the club wMch shall appear on the ground with j are making money and contemplate returning
the best tent and equipage and supplies pro- j when they realize a little more. Out of his own
duced at home. TMs cup is to be awarded by
the County Club to the most deserving exMbi-
tor at the Annual County Fair.
I suggest to planters to come prepared to
purchase agricultural implements. The exhi
bition in this department promises to be with
out parallel. Mr. Brinley, of the Kentucky j
immediate family he lost four members by
death—his wife and three cMldren. He also
lost about two thousands dollars, in money.
He puts Liberia down as the hottest country
in the world, and very sickly for those not
acclimated. He says, further, that it is
a poor place for agricultural as well as the me-
Plow, has given me notice that he will give a ; chanical trades. The people are mainly a trad-
set of Ms plows as a premium to the exhibition ! ing class. They gather the products of the conn-
of the best bag of cotton. If you have that; try, palm wood, sugar, coffee, syrup, etc., and
bag down in Laurens yon had as well bring it • traffic with vessels arriving from the different
along with you. ! countries for dry goods, eto. These they spec-
Yery Respectfully, j Mate on, and a sharp trafficker is enabled to re-
D. "W. Lewis, Sec’y. j alize considerable property in this way. For
Messrs. Jno. M. Stubbs, and others, of Oom- ; instance if a vessel arrives from New York, with
mittee of Laurens Co. Ag. Sooiety. a cargo of United" States products, the officers
•STFapers of the State please copy. ! barter her cargo off for products of Liberia, and
• in such a way as to realize doable the amount of
A Thief Caught.—"Willis Brown, negro, who says ’ money on returning to New York, they would
he is from Savannah, was arreeted in this city on |b avQ received fey sellmg for cashm L^na.—
and after a hearing before the Mayor yesterday, was , ^ er . jjpthe experienced no cold weather wMle
sent to jail. Willis had in his possession three or : there. He says he was astonished to find him-
four watches and other articles which he could not ; self on the other side of the snn; that is the sun
clearly or satisfactorily account for, and it is pretty was to the North of him, and Bhone in. at the
conclusively known to our police that he is one of a north door of his house, just opposite from the
gang of negro thieves androbbers that have infested | direction it shines here. He, says he will write
b .. q . ... , , an article for the press himself shortly, and in
this portion of the State for some months past, and he meantime ad 4 ea colored peor rf/ t o stay
the same party that stole a male not long since from , fc ere#
Mr. Burt. Hudgins, of Jones county, and which j — : __ r
our pohee recovered one day last week. Our Offi- sayTon 21
cere are m possession of enough information, to ; ^ ^ | u . ^ absM5nce of Mr . Carney
follow np, identify and arrest several of the gang, j ja8li6) and ^ of ^ jjands except a boy arid a
and it ia to be earnestly hoped that the last oue of . WO man in charge of the place, a negro man went
the villains will be arrested and brought to justice, to the plantation aud demanded the keys of the
house from the woman. She refused to give
State Agricultural Societt.—Colonel^^ Ben. C: them up. The man then broke open the aoqr
Yancy, President of the Georgia State Agricultural with an axe and entered. _ The woman offering
Society, has ordered that Samuel L Gus tin, Esq., some opposition to his villainous proceedings,
of Macon, be appointed a member of the Executive * he seized Mr. Leslie s EBP fired upon her,
Committee of the Society, in place of XV-R. Bloom, killing her instantly. He- has not yet been
Esq., deceased. caught. ^ ^ , -. '. .
There.was nothing of much importance trans- _ Fo* tb®
pired yesterday mommftat toe meeting of toe Ex- JJ^SSelSuSi*
ecutive Committee of the Society, more than toe And peaceful ofall the red tribes, b»ve had aee-
sppointment of a committee of four, to look after r j 0U8 conflict with the whites. The cause yu
machinery. The addtoea of the Committee to (he the invasion of the reservations by white *et-‘
public, in relation to the Laboratory, will appear in tiers. ' It is the origin of the aD Inqikn'warf'of
a dev or two. ' -U . ...., l#te'years. . ' ■/ '■ ‘ "v*”