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Tlie Georgia, Weekly Telegraph.
the telegraph,
MACON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, I860.
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589
Mb. A. H. Yarrington is our general Travel
ing Agent, authorized to transact any bnsiness
for m. ' m
The State Fair.
The coining State Fair in Georgia, (says the
Colnmbns Sun and Times of the 15tb,) promises
to be, in all respects, the grandest exhibition of
the sort ever held in the South. It will refleot
great credit upon the State, and will exhibit her
recuperative powers, the energy of her people,
and her boundless resources. Years ago, on
such occasions, the hotel accommodations and
hospitality of the people of Macon were inade
quate to entertain the crowds, and this time
food and lodgings will bo in great demand. We
make this timely notice to induce our people in
this seotion of the State to make preparations
for the event. In every community clubs should
be formed of those who desire to go. Camp
equipages, provisions, cooking utensils, ser
vants, and all necessaries should bo provided
before hand. We want to see Western Georgia
send a big delegation to this Agricultural Camp
meeting.
Negro Riot in Alabama.
The Montgomery papers chronicle a riot at
Wilson’s Station, on the Montgomery and Eu-
faula Railroad. Two negro men attacked Mr.
Charles McDade, and the latter killed one of
them with a knife. McDade then surrendered
himself, and while on trial before an examining
court, the negroes broke up the court, and by
last accounts held McDade and the sheriff be
leaguered in a house which they were threaten
ing to burn. The sheriff was anxiously await
ing the arrival of a detachment of troops which
had been sent, to take him and his prisoner out
of the hands of the infnriated Africans.
Hayvkinsville Cotton Market.—The Dis
patch says cotton is now coming in rapidly, as
will be seen below. We intend giving a weekly
cotton statement during the season. The fol
lowing is for the week ending the 14th:
Bales.
Received at depot and warehouse 389
Received previously. 281
Total receipts
Shipments to date
Stock on hand 81
Extraordinary Reduction op Expenses,—
The New York Tribune, of Saturday, grows
happy over the thought that “the week of hor
rors ends with the brightest announcement we
have been able to make this many a day. Our
dispatches from Washington assure us that the
forthcoming report of the Treasurer of the
United States will show that the expenditures of
the government for the late fiscal year were
$485,000,000 less than the year before.”
If this be true, what a vast amount of steal
ing Mr. Greeley’s party must have been doing
in the last four years!—Sav. Hep.
Hon. A. H. Stephens (says the Richmond
Dispatch) fills almost a page of the New York
World, of last Saturday, with a reply to Mr.
George T. Curtis’ review of his book. He
makes Mr. Curtis and The World appear in a
bad light. They have fallen into the hands of
a giant, and he seems to toss them about as a
giant would pigmies.
Andrew Johnson Invited to Atlanaa.—A
portion of the citizens of Atlanta held a meet
ing on Friday night, and appointed S. B.
McCamy, Mayor W. H. Hulsey, Colonel L W.
Avery, Dr. Roach, J. T. Glenn, and Wra. M.
Lowrey a committee of invitation to invite ex-
president Johnson to visit tho city of Atlanta,
and address its citizens on the situation of the
political affairs of the United States.
Sunday Watt, on tub Southwestern Railroad.—
We announce with great pleasure, and we are sure
the people of Southwestern Georgia will so hail it,
that from and after this date the mails on the South
western Railroad will be delivered and received at
all way postofiices, on Sunday, as on other days of
tho week. Applications for such service have been
made time and again through the Telegraph, both
by its editors and many of its readers, in South
western Georgia; and now that the service has been
granted and the desire gratified, wo return thanks
to the Post-office Department forbearing the prayers
of the righteons. ,
The Mute and Ho a Market.—A lot of year
ling mules were sold in Macon, Kentucky, last
week, at $125; anotherlotat $155, and a lot
of two-year-olds at $123.33 per head.
Men experienced in the hog trade think that
hogs in northwest Missouri will range from five
and a half to seven cents, live weight, this fall.
Intelligencer.
Cotton Chop of Pulaski.—The Dispatch says
that owing to the rust and drought in this sec
tion, we are forced to the conclusion that the
cotton crop will be cut off at least one half, and
com in the same ratio. The second picking of
cotton will be small, the larger number of bolls
have been promaturely opened by the rust.
Bill Arp argues the Press Excursion in a
letter to Mr. Grady, of the Rome Courier. The
main question, says Bill, is “War the Excursion
asuksess?”
The New Era says “the Bepublicans are rap
idly extending their organizations in Portugal.”
We think that is the nighest point where they
are meeting any success just now.
The Question of Reseating tho Negro Mem
bers is very ably treated in two articles upon
our first page. _
Personal.—We were pleased to greet, on his
return from his trip to Ms birth-place in Penn
sylvania, our old friend and lifetime Democrat,
Samuel Koockogey, better known as “Uncle
Sam.” He is vastly improved in health, and,
though seventy-six years of age, is hearty
enough to re-enlist for another war, like 1812,
in which he was a soldier. The old gentleman
was pleased to find, when he started to return
home, that he was known to the steamboat,
hotel and railroad people. The steamer Tona-
wanda, would not allow him to pay passage,
nor the Scriven House board, or President
Wadley railroad fair, but he was treated by all
as an honored guest. We wish many years of
life and health to “Uncle Sam.”—Col Sun.
Shocking Murder Near Columbia.—The
Phoenix says: “A young woman, Eliza Boyer,
was found dead on Saturday noar a stream about
three and a half miles from the city. From
the marks upon her person it is supposed that
she had been outraged and then murdered. No
clue as yet has been discovered as to the perpe
trator of this foul act. The jury of inquest im
panelled by Coroner Thompson met, but have
not yet arrived at a decision. The post mortem
examination was made by Dr. R. W. Gibbes.—
Her head and face were wounded in several
places; the skull fractured, and the neck also
showed marks of violence, wMch undoubtedly
caused death.”
Information from Bonrbon county, Kentucky,
is to the effect that Colonel Fry, who killed
General Zollicoffer, was 6hot and mortally
wounded by a citizen, on Tuesday, the 24th of
August. He had gone with two soldiers to
search a citizen’s house, and was toid that if he
persisted in doing so he would be shot. He
persisted in Ms determination, and was shot
with a common shot gun as he entered the gate
The person who shot him ran through the
house, seized a horse and made his escape.
It is not generally known how important a
part ice performed in making the cable possible
between England and America. We see it as
serted that without iee the cable never could
have been laid. The summer months were se
lected so as to secure a smooth passage, and the
gutta-percha oovering the coils would have melt
ed with the heat had not the tanks been ice-sur
rounded.
‘Taiifoomo weddings” are the latest. It is
the first anniversary after the birth of 9 de-
HeetiDgol the Central Executive Com
mittee.
It will.be noticed that the Democratic Central
Executive Committee failed to get a quorum at
the recently appointed meeting in Atlanta, on
the 15th, and therefore no official action was
had upon any subject. If we may judge from
the telegram, however, one of the subjects
wMch was thought to require the consideration
of the Committee was the insistance of some of
the Democratic prints that an election for
members of Congress ought to be held this
Fall
The subject had been repeatedly brought
forward during the year, and the Telegraph
had shown that the election was impracticable;
that there was no law for it, and, in fact, it
was against the.law as established by the ordin
ance of the Constitutional Convention, by
wMch, the members elected in April, 1808,
were declared entitled to hold as if they had
been elected in the month of November fol
lowing.
It was also apparent from the action of the
Legislature that Legislation was deemed ne
cessary before such an election could be held,
as they had passed a bill for the purpose at the
heel of the session, wMch perished by lapse.—
But it seemed impossible to quiet the subject;
Reseating the Negro Members.
We print to-day a communication on this sub
ject from one of the ablest and clearest minds
in Southwestern Georgia—a man who has held
Mgh official position—a native Georgian and a
life long Democrat.
Having said our say upon this unwelcome
subject, and, according to the best of our poor
ability, pointed out to thq people of Georgia
the path of duty, honor and interest upon this
question, and in this regard occupied a position
in which vre have had lamentably few backers
among the Democratic press of Georgia, we
have thought it better to leave the subject, for
the present, to the influence of events and the
calm deliberation of the people. We know of
nothing in politics more abhorrent to our reason,
or onr prejudices, (if you like the term better,)
than this whole business of introducing negroes
into politics, and especially into active partici
pation in the making and administering of our
laws. Tho sight of it makes our blood run
cold. It is a sort of moral treason against the
great political handiwork of our revered fore
fathers.
The reader, therefore, can appreciate the
force of circumstances and the stress of the un
happy condition wMch brought the Telegraph
to the conclusion that it is a matter of duty and
interest and honor to reseat those negro mem.
, „ . Z r. . . . .. bers, and how revolting to our sensibilities are
and we are glad, therefore, that the members of ; the usftl misrepresentations of motives wMch
the Committee took occasion to declare, infor- j fall to the lot of such independence of ac
tually, the “unanimous opinion of tho members j tion and counsel to a course which is abhorrent
present that it is inexpedient to recommend the ; lo th® popular mind.
, n . ... .. Dougherty, while taking a different view of
election of members of Congress at tMs time, l tte Ia ° o{ case to what we have done, has
there being no law authorizing such election till presented, in a very strong light, the political
November, 1870. The right of members elected and moral necessity wMch is upon us as a peo-
April, 18G8, to be admitted to seats in the 41st! pi®- No true-hearted Georgian can read his
Congress, is a question to be determined by the : feeUn S aee ^ tbe of “»
House of Representatives when they present Arid wMle upon tMs subject, we observe in
themselves for admission, and an expression of the Atlanta Constitution of the 15th a commu-
opinion by tMs Committee is unnecessary.” ! uicationsigned “Georgian,” wMch givescircum-
n. to to o»t „„ „,a wood
Judge Whittaker, might have failed also, for point. It is very important and interesting and
the same reason—want of a quorum. Doubtless bears upon the argument of Dougherty. We will
he will exist in terror till the fatal moment ar- ®tyl® ^
rives when a quorum meets. We hope he will The Congressional History of Georgia in be-
b. c^M of M—U. di.t_.od ..
tho pill-maker, so, 'keep tho bowel, open arid Dariug (be monU , o[ December, Mr. Boiler
the head cooland if he has any sins on his introduced a bill into tho Honse of Representa-
conscience, confess and receive absolution, tives, “to set aside tho State Government of
against the awful dies irae wMch awaits him. ; Georgia, and to enforce the fourteenth amend-
b . ment to the Constitution. This bill is House
’ “ ’ ; bill No. 259. It was read once and referred to
The Domestic Ills of Freedom. the Committee on Reconstruction. Mr. Butler
An intelligent lady subscriber, living in a urged at that time, with many leading RepuHi-
. . . ... - „ ■ , _ cans, that “Georgiahadviclatedher obligations
neighboring county, appends the fallowing to a and } ailed to car °y 0ut in good f ait h the Re-
letter upon the subject of her subscription ac- construction Acts of Congress, inasmuch as the
count with the Daily Telegbakl If we pre- Legislature of the State had organized with the
serve her incog., the matter of publication will negroes in their seats, elected Senators and
, . j many other officers, transacted much of the no-
be immaterial: . • cessary business of the State, and then, upon
Being an attentive reader of your paper, I grounds purely of race and color, ejected them
feel as if I were personally acquainted with from their rightful places.”
you, and often feel as if I should like to discuss Owing to the great pressure of busineis, this
some questions which arise therein. I coincide Mil failed to obtain a second reading, and ex-
with you in your view of the dignity of labor, pired with the unfinished business of the 40th
a subject upon which much has been written Congress.
and spoken. I think the question was settled , Senators Hill and Miller had appeared at tho
in Genesis, when the curse was pronounced, bar of tho Senate, in December, and piesented
For my own part, I should much prefer my their credentials. These credentials were refer-
fasMonable acquaintances finding mo in the red to a select committee. TMs committee re
parlor neatly attired. I never felt very digni- ported to the Senate adversely to the claims of
tied in the kitchen with a wMfo apron on, and t Messrs. Hill and Miller. This committee setting
arms bared to the elbow, kneading dough, how- ! forth in its report, that “the State of Georgia
ever, I might have appeared. Scarcity of com- 1 bad failed to comply with the reconstruction
petent servants have forced me to the necessity ‘ acts of Congress, and. therefore, had no right
of a daily repetition, but I have never learned ’ to representation in the Senate of the United
to love it, and would leave it anytime to peruse j States.” The expulsion of the negroes being
yonr interesting paper; yet I delight in looking ; the sole cause alleged for tho non admission of
"*“ 11 “ W ays of my household,” but not the Senators from Georgia,
well to the
to the exclusion if literary pursuits.
Mr. Editor, this is designed for your perusal
alone. I am surprised that I have thus far tres
passed on yonr valuable time, but that article
seemed so apropos when it appeared, for I had
been revolving the subject in my mind notone
hour before the caption struck my eye, and not
that alone, for distinction seems invidious, you
keep well up with all the leading questions of
the day, and when I happen to hear anytMng
new in the political or scientifical world discuss
ed, I fully expect to see some expositionin yonr
paper, and don’t think I have ever been disap
pointed. I know you have received many such
tributes from abler pens than this, but I hope
you will not despise this, penned in the hours
stolen from slumber by A Busy Woman.
Owe friend, in tMs brief note, has touched
upon what we hope will be the only permanent
evil result of the abolition of slavery, so far as
the wMtes are concerned; and we are sorry that
these evils fall, with peculiar gravity, upon her
sex alone. Emancipation extinguished tho only
class of faithful and trustworthy domestics ex
isting in America—the servants bom in the
household and trained, generation after genera
tion, in domestic labor.
Every old family possessed an inestimable
treasure in these servants, and when our North
ern invaders came flaunting the emancipation
proclamation and enjoining freedom and equal
ity, it was a grievous day to Southern house
keepers—it was an injury wMch never can be
repaired, for no money can nowbny the services
of good domestics in this land of liberty and
equality.
The faitMul and obedient Kate, and Celia,
and Dinah, under tho fanatical impulses of the
time, came, in a week, to reflect the feelings of
the Milesian wh6n he declared Mmself “as
good as anybody in America—yes, be-gorra, an
a dem sight better.” Kate, who never in her
whole life had breathed a word of disrespect to
“missis,” learned in a day to speak of her as a
“white woman,” and of herself as a “colored
lady.”
It was a day of great triumph to General
Howard, but a sad one alike to servants and
mistresses. Where now are Kate and Celia and
Dinah? Sam, the coachman, and Toney, the
blacksmith and factotum of the plantation, and
Ike the driver, who married them under circum
stances of much frosted cake and splendor, took
them to town, quartered them in some squalid
lane for a few weeks, and then left them and
the children. Since then, maybe, they have
“taken up” with other Sams and Toneys and
Ikes, and drag ont a filthy, flaunting and irre
gular existence.
One, perchance, has gone back to the old
place and is a good servant again, and this is
fortunate for both mistress and domestio. But
we don’t know of bnt one occasion for Howard’s
Bureau again; and that is to sort out the black
couples he married by platoons soon after peace
and mate them as before. This would be as
difficult a business as Artemns Ward thinks it
will be to match the odd bones in the resurrec
tion. We should like to put Howard at it.
But the house being cleared of the old ser
vants by “emancipation,” what a time there’s
been since? How much to learn, and how
much to bear! What industrious and constant
levies upon the little properties lying around
loose. How mysteriously have ribbons, collars,
cuffs, laces, under-clothing, pins, thread and
needles disappeared. What a total insensibility
to the rights of property has contested the palm
with the most absolute indifference to the duties
of the position!
Some, wearied out, have tried “wMto ser
vants,” only to learn that this is no relief. The
complaint about domestio service in the North
is greater than it is here. There is nothing in
the political, moral or material situation, which
encourages the subordination and docility neces
sary to the position. Good servants cannot he
found short of Europe, because not short of
there exists a condition in wMch loss Of place,
as a domestio in a respectable family, is a seri
ous misfortune. There is no other remedy or
course we can think of for our good housewives
to pursue than that wMch our, correspondent
follows—exereise woman’s wit to make the best
Immediately after this action of the Senate,
Mr. Boutwell, of MaB3., then Chairman of the
Reconstruction Committee of the Honse, drafted
the following resolution:
“Resolved, That the State of Georgia not hav
ing complied with the reconstruction actsof Con
gress, has no right to representation on the floor
of tMs House.”
If this resolution had passed, it would have
instantly expelled every Representative from
Georgia.
Mr. Boutwell had called a meeting of the Re
construction Committee to acton this resolution.
A majority of the members of that Committee
have agreed informally to vote for it. There was
a fortunate delay in the formal meeting of the
Committee.
In the meanwhile the Georgia Legislature had
under consideration a resolution referring the
question of negro eligibility to office in the
State of Georgia to the Supreme Court of that
State, thus signifying its willingness to abide
by the decision of that Court in the premises,
viz: the question of negro eligibility to office
generally, and particularly to seats in the Legis
lature.
It was understood by plain men at homo that
the Legislature, doubtful of its action in regard
to its negro members, referred the matter to tho
Courts. It was so understood at the North. It
was so meant to be understood. Our friends,
North and South, gained to us important con
cessions and saved ns from terrible confusion
by this obvious interpretation.
When Mr. Boutwell was asked by Gen. Young,
onr Representative, in what particular Georgia
had failed to comply with the Reconstruction
acts, he answered: “In but one instance—the
act of the Legislature expelling the colored
members—that it was an outrage—not only a
violation of the Reconstruction acts, but of the
Constitution and laws of Georgia."
When informed that the Legislature of Geor
gia had under consideration the resolutions re
ferring the question to the Courts, he said:
“He was glad of it, and that if the colored mem
bers were reinstated, it would settle the ques
tion finally.”
He was then informed that Gen. Grant was
opposed to Congress interfering with the State
of Georgia. Ho replied that, “He would like to
know Gen. Grant’s views on the subject, but
that in the meanwMle he would press Ms reso
lution to oxpel the Georgia members.”
General Young immediately called on Gen
eral Grant at his office, informed General Grant
of Boutwell’s resolutions, and the probable ac
tion of the House upon it, and asked Mm in the
name of the people of Georgia to use Ms influ
ence with Boutwell and others to cause the reso
lutions to be withdrawn, or at least, to get the
matter postponed until the action of Georgia in
regard to the expelled negroes was ascertained.
General Grant, as soon as possible, sawBont-
well and caused Mm to postpone the matter,
stating that the Legislature either had referred
or would refer the question of negro eligibility
to her courts, and that the State would abide by
the decision of the conrts.
Whether we be friend or foe of the present
administration, it is beyond doubt that General
Grant prevented the summary expulsion of the
Georgia Representatives.
Fending these negotiations, a letter was re
ceived by Representatives Young and Tift from
a Committee of the Georgia Legislature, asking
advice as to the proper course to be pursued by
that body in regard to this important snbjoct.
A caucus of the Democratic members of the
House was . called, the whole subject was fully
discussed, and the result was a resolution intro
duced by Mr. Kerr, of Indiana:
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this can.
cus that nndcr the circumstances, the Georgia
Legislature should refer the question of negro
eligibility in that State to the Supreme Court of
Georgia.
This resolution was passed by the Democratic
members, with but one dissenting voice. The
advice of the caucus was telegraphed to Georgia
and soon after the resolution was passed by
the Legislature.
At the sam e time there was another delegation
in Washington, from Georgia, urging moderate
Republicans to defeat Butler’s bin, as the State
and Legislature would certainly abide by the
law as it should be adjudicated by the Courts.
Messrs. Bingham, Farnsworth, Sohenck, and
Garfield, (Republican), opposed the bill and se
cured its defeat, on the grounds that “the Leg
islature of Georgia had referred the matter to
the Courts, and that the people of Georgia, if
let alone, would abide by the decision of the
Courts.” ‘ ’• • ‘ .
The new (41st) Congress was organized on the
4th of March, and Mr. Butler, of Massachu
setts, was appointed Chairman of the Recon
struction Committee in the Honse of Represen
tatives. In a few flays he introduced a bill to
“regulate matters in Georgia.” This bill was
the same in substanoe with the one introduced
by Mm in December. This bill was read onoe
and referred to the Reconstruction Committee;
of wMohhe was chairman.' •The'’bill was dis-
of the condition, and woman s patience and J cussed and agreed to by the committee, and Mr.
labor to supplement deficiencies. ! B. was directed to report it to the Honse, with a
■— ! recommendation that it pass. TMs was done
thousand^ persons starved to about the 1st of cd-%t
A Republican delegation from Georgia Was
j Nearly four
. death in the great city of London last year, and
, yet the amount of money raised for charitable then inWasfaington, urging the passage'of But
purposes in that eky is enormous. w “ Kjn — **■- T —
islature passed the resolution referring the mat
ter of negro eligibility to the Courts as a blind;
that it was done in bad faith, and that the State
would not abide by the decision of the Courts,
shouid they decide in favor of the negro.
Such is & plain historical sketch of this vexed
question. It renders it evident that the resolu
tion of the Georgia Legislature was a waver of
its right in this instance to decide upon the
qualification of its members, leaving the deci
sion to the Courts. Otherwise its resolution
was simply silly. The right of the Courts to
decide the general constitutional question of
negro eligibility, no one doubted. The case
had been made and the decision would have
been had, without one word, for or against,
from the Legislature. ■ That body, by its reso
lution, and of its own motion, placed itself in
the hands of the Courts to decide tMs question
for it It was so understood by Gen. Grant,
when he urged BontwCll’s delay. It was so un
derstood by Boutwell when he withdrew Ms reso
lution. It was so understood by Democratic
members when a full caucus advised its passage,
and it was so understood by the moderate Re
publicans who defeated Butler’s bill, and it may
be added, it was so understood (at the time of
its passage) by the people of Georgia.
We were saved from the instant expulsion of
our Representatives, by the promise of this
resolution; we were saved from the ignominy
and hardships wMch would have followed the
passage of Butler’s bill, by its adoption.
The question now with the Legislature is
simply one of good or bad faith, of honest deal
ing or trickery. If that body keeps its faith, it
will undergo a great humiliation; it will submit
itself, for time, to an unmitigated and most of
fensive nuisance, but it will have preserved its
honor. If it breaks its faith, it will paralyze
onr fritnds, give edge and power to the weapons
of onr enemies, and cover us with dishonor.
There ispo alternative. The expelled blacks
must be Restored to their seats in the Legisla
ture. “Yovelmo oblige.” To falter in the act
of duty bicause it is nauseous, painful or hu
miliating,ts to sully tho proud name of
Georgian.
Ought the Negroes to be Reseated in
the Legislature ?
Editors Tdegnpli: TMs is now tho live
question in Georgia politics, and truly it is a
grave one. The negro members were excluded
from their seats, beeauso it was believed by tho
Legislature that they were ineligible.
If the Legislature iyul stopped just here, tho
question would have been free of some of the
troubles that attend it. Most unfortunately the
Legislature, at a subsequent date, adopted joint
resolutions, in wMch pledges were made that
the people of the Stite would abide the deci
sions of the Courts upon the question. These
resolutions were rather vague and indefinite.
They did not, in explicit terms, bind the Legis
lature to conform their action to the result of
such judgment that might ba made upon the
question. But it is due to truth and history, to
state that the purpose sought to be accomplished
by their passage was to meet an emergency then
pressing us by the threatened passage of the
Butler bill by Congress. They furnished our
friends at Washington with a strong and effec
tive weapon of defence, and by skillful manage
ment in their use, the passage of said bill was
defeated. Pledges—unequivocal assurances—
were made for us that our people vould submit
to the decision of onr Courts. It Is true that
the members of the Legislature, when voting
for those resolutions, had every confidence that
our Courts would decide this question just as it
had been settled by the General Assembly, and
tMs honest conviction that they had acted right
made it a veiy easy matter for giving their con
sent to those resolutions. It shows that they
had acted honestly and justly in the matter.
Subsequently the case of WMle was brought
before Judge Schley, at Savannah, and in an
able and masterly argument delivered by him
on the case, he decided the question as it had
been settled by the Legislature. This case by
Writ of Error was taken before our Supremo
Court, and after a full and able investigation
of the question, the decision of the Court, by a
majorityof its members, reversed the judgment
of Judge ScMey—two of the Judges concurring
that under the Code of Georgia, negroes were
entitled to hold office. And tMs is the law of
that cose, and to that extent and no further is it
a settlement of the question.
If the Court had been nnanimous, that under
the Constitution, negroes are eligible to office,
then it would have been an authoritative adju
dication of the question, binding upon all the
subordinate departments of the State. Not be
ing unanimous, but being in fact three distinct
and different opinions, in wMch there was an
entire absence of any concurrence whatever
except in the conclusions arrived at by two of
the Judges, whilst it is a settlement of the rights
of the parties thereto and the law of that case,
it is not binding on the Court itself or their suc
cessors. It is not—nor would it have been of
binding force upon the General Assembly—even
if it it had been unanimous, for the Constitu
tion makes eadi Honse the solo judge from
which there can be no appeal. And it is unfor
tunate, therefore, that these resolutions are
adopted.
The decision of the Court has been different
from what was anticipated, and in my humble
judgment that dtcision is erroneous. But we
have given assurances that we would stand by it
when made. We have been benefited—vastly
benefited—by these declarations, and it no w be
comes a matter of! honor and character with us
to stand by tMs atgument.
The highest character that a people can make
is: the reputation of standing by the law and
conforming to the judgment of the Courts.—
Such a people are worthy of all confidence, and
especially so, when the decision of the Courts
is at war with their preconceived opinions, pve-
judices and convictions. The sentiment is a
true and noble one, that the only safe-guard for
life and property is in the supremacy of the
law. If a law is bad andwrong, execute it that
the people may see and know it, and it will be
changed.
Let a people so act that it shall give occasion
for the statement that they are reckless of their
pledges and unmindful of their promises—that
they yield not to the mandates of tho law or the
decisions of their Courts—that they stand back
and boast of their opposition to a higher law,
that is above all laws, Ml Courts—then such a
people and such a country will be spurned and
hated by all good men.
Let us be careful that we do not forfeit that
high estate—that is about all that is left us by
the desolations of war. We have never given
up our honor and ‘ self-respect. We are poor,
but this good name that we have so far main
tained amidst the dark dark days of our desola
tion wMch have so tried “men’s souls,” is far
more valuable to us than the poor gold of earth.
Unsullied honor is a priceless jewel, of itself—it
is a rich vein of wealth to any people.
"We have thus created expectations of ns—it
is claimed of ns that we are thus committed on
the question. Shall we fulfill these expecta
tions? Their performance involves a Baorifice
of sentiment, taste and pride, but it cannot be
said of us ever afterwards that tMs great wrong
was “self-imposed.” When the historian shall
tell of the statesmanBMp of these times, it, in
my opinion, will stand Mgh in the class of * ‘court
wrongs” fastened upon us. From it we cannot
escape, it is our fate, and it is better to allow
it to be imposed upon us, and strive to become
masters of the situation. When, as a free peo
ple, wo have the right to review and pass upon
all these questions that have arisen imder the
new era, we can then pass upon this and all
other measures; and then by the best lights
we may have, we can change, remodel, im
prove or sustain. Then, and not nntil then,
oan we as a people be responsible for ourStates.
Tho statesmanship of those in • after days may
adjudge that this is all right and proper, fit
publio Bafety and publio good will be secured
thereby, these measures will be sustained ; if
not the publio will can remould and recon
struct onr reconstructors. j.,
Let the colored members take their seats. We
cannot escape it We are pledged to it by the
expectation of enemies and friends. Let ns
discharge ourselves from any suspicion of a
want of good faith in this unpleasant matter.
To do this requires a degree of moral courage
that is not common in these days. It will en
counter the scorn of the unthinking masses, and
that is more difficult it must be accomplished
at the expense of our own preferences. Let it
be remembered that “he that ruleth his own
temper is greater than he that taketh a city.
bu-neAM' “Doughzbxy.”
In removing the root of the Presbyterian
Church at Lebanon, Kentucky, a few days ago,
a four-inch Parrott shell was found lying in the
space between the shingles and the plastering,
on one side of the building. It is no doubt one
fired from a battery under the oommand of Gen.
John Morgan during the fight of the 6tb of Ju-
kff’s bill, on the ground “that tire Georgia Leg- ly, 1888. The shell is still loaded.
Political Intolerance.
Editors Telegraph: La the Constitutionalist
of the 10th, occurs the following:
“ General Longstreet claims that wMlst he is
politically damned, Virginia is commended for
adopting the very class of ideas and tho very
line of action which he, two years ago, saw and
stated was in the way of the inexorable logic of
events.
We do not know that anybody particularly
‘commends Virginia,’ bnt toe difference be
tween the Old Dominion and Gen. Longstreet
is this: The one thought she was compelled to
stoop, and the other stooped of his own accord.”
Now, I have no idea of becoming the uncon
ditional champion of General Longstreet, for
perhaps he did betray undue haste ia making
terms with our conquerors. We are all aware
that those conquerors have imposed hard con
ditions upon us, and have repeatedly broken
faith with ns. . TMs conduct on their part, I ex
pect to continue to denounce so long as they
continue it, provided I can do it with safety to
myself. Even if freedom of speech should once
more be stopped by the bayonet, that would not
make me hate our oppressors any the less, or
any the Ies3 bitterly enrse them in my heart, or
any the less fervently desire their confusion, and
our own vindication. But I copy the paragraph
from the Constitutionalist for the purpose of
suggesting that, perhaps, General L.’b motives
have been, to some extent, misconstrued—I copy
it for tho purpose of illustrating what I consid
er the spirit of intolerance that prevails among
a considerable class of the sons of our sorely
smitten South—intolerance, not toward our ene
mies, not toward the rabid radicals that are
striving continually to distress and annoy us;
who are anxious to reduce us to a condition of
abject vassalage; who are willing that we should
exist as their servants, as toilers in the cotton-
fields that bring wealth to t heir .coffers, bnt who,
rather than see us live as free and independent
citizens, would gladly look upon our extermina
tion—it is not of intolerance against these that
I speak. But it is of intolerance toward good,
true Southern men—men who have proved their
courage and their devotion on a hundred battle
fields—men who have never indulged a wish or
an aspiration, unconnected with the beloved
soil on which they first breathed the air of
heaven—whose whole lives have been consecra
ted to the service of the South—it is of intoler
ance against these that I write. There are those
amongst us who cannot bear for others to be
judges of the extent to wMch they may go, in
yielding to the force of circumstances. These
immaculates do, in some instances, (though
I do not know that tho editor of the Constitu
tionalist ever has,) denounce individuals in the
harshest terms for advocating certain conces
sions to radicalism, and afterwards contend for
the identical measures for wMch they have
abused others. The individual, thinkingfor
himself, concludes that our very existence, per
haps, depends upon our yielding to certain de
mands of extremists, and it is all wrong—very
often simply because he is independent and
tMuks for himself, instead of submitting to the
dictation of some party, clique or club. In the
course of events, this party, club or clique
comes to tMnk exactly as the individual had, and
then it is all right. I am acquainted with a no
table instance of tMs kind, which occurred last
year in a certain county with a Democratic club
in it
The Constitutionalist says: “The difference
between the Old Dominion and General Long
street is simply this: the one thought she was
compelled to stoop, and the other stooped of
his own accord.” Oh, man! who made thee a
judge of the motives of others ? How do yon
know General L. did not think he “was com
pelled to stoop ?” or at least that he would be.
Unless yon set him down as a liar—and are yon
prepared to do this with one who, whatever
havo been or may be Ms faults, you must ac
knowledge fought well for the Confederacy—
unless you impeach General Longstreet’s ver
acity—you ore forced by the very words yon
qnoto from him, to admit that he did think he
was or would be compelled to stoop, for he
claims “that, whilst ho is politically damned,
Virginia is commended for adopting the very
class of ideas and the very line of action which
he, two years ago, saw and stated was in the
inexorable logic of events.” Let us cease so
much carping at each other and nnite, as
brethren, in devising the best possible method
of emerging from the difficulties with which we
are beset.
Enongh on this point. I merely intended to
suggest ideas to be revolved in the mind of the
reader. The Constitutionalist says: We do not
know that anybody particularly “commends
Virginia.” To this assertion we have very lit
tle to say. It is a matter of opinion; bnt, ac
cording to the best evidence before the country,
I should conclude that a great many very good
people do “particularly commend Virginia;”
and even the Constitutionalist cannot, without
gross inconsistency, condemn the Old Dominion
very mnch, after saying that she was compelled
to stoop. Henry Hope.
September 15th, I860.
Examination of Poplar Springs Aca
demy*
Messrs. Editors : I am pleased to see so much
space in the Telegraph devoted to agriculture
and education. In tMs communication I will
confine myself to tho latter. On Friday last I
had the pleasure of attending the semi-monthly
review at “Poplar Springs Academy.” There
were quite a number present, consisting of the
trustees, patrons and friends of the school.
Among the latter we may mention CoL W. D.
Mitchell, and the venerable Father Lewis, loved
and honored by all who know them. The school
numbers seventy pupils, (average attendance
about twenty-five,) and is situated in a neigh
borhood of qniet and honest farmers.
The trustees havo secured the services of Mr.
Henry A- Cerr, a refined, competent and prac
tical teacher, known as a young writer and poet
of some merit. I must say that the recitations
showed the most thorough and systematic train
ing in the primary branches I had ever seen in
any school. The teacher informed ns that the
lessons were not “packed” for the occasion, but
were samples of the daily exercises in his school.
To be as brief as possible, each pupil gave a
complete analysis of the sounds of the letters in
each word as spelled. Each reading lesson was
an interesting exercise in reading, spelling, pro
nunciation, accent, emphasis, inflection, defin
ing, punctuation, questions, etc. The . “com
positions” were natural and childlike. In writ
ing them them the pnpils are allowed the use of
a dictionary and grammer only, and are re
quired to observe, grammatical construction,
correct orthography, punctuation, etc. As they
are written in the presence of the teacher, they
are, of coarse, original.
Mr. Carr uses the “Philosophical Grammar.”
His pupils hare attained considerable knowledge
in that science. His classes are all arranged on
the mutual instruction system. He insists that
it is not what is learned, but what is remembered
that is useful, and that the main thing is to learn
to think. In arithmetic, as in all other branches,
he strives to impress on the memory, not the
rule, but the reason far the rule. These princi
ples are the. mainsprings of his great success.
After singing a beautiful song, “Away to
School,” tho pupils sang the “Multiplication
Song," composed by Mr. Carr, ;which excels
anything I havo ever seen, as it combines the
“useful with the agreeable.” At the dose of
the exercises many beautiful pictures were
awarded: Master. D, Osco Pearce, first prize;
Miss M. Paulina Collins, second prize; Miss
Mary Ward, third prize; Master Henry P.
Ward, fourth prizeMaster N. P. Lewis, fifth
prize, eto., each for spelling 550 words and de
fining the same, at one night lesson, without
giving ont by the. teacher! Next came Latin
and French translations. Next, Col. Mitchell,
in an appropriate address, expressed himself
highly pleased with the proficiency of the pu
pils, etc. It must be highly gratifying to Mr.
Carr, to be appreciated and commended by such
men as Col. mitchell and the Rev. Mr. Lewis.
To. you, bright-eyed boys and girls, I would say,
you have done well,'but strive to do better.
Let your motto be, “onward and upward.”
, ’ tic Chamjey.
TELEGRAPH.
The real leading spirit of Japan now is Sat-
suma, the treasurer of the empire. He is the
richest of the native princes, or Diamios j
adopts every improvement, arms his followers
with breech-loading rifles, has sent as many as
fifty, young Japanese to_ be educated in various
parts of Europe; and, in' a word, is a man of
the■ times. ’ f.
It is stated that three thousand tons of ice
are used in St Thomas Hospital, in London,
every year. Scarcely an amputation is per
formed in any London hospital now-a-days with
out the use of ice, which is an efficient agent in
in arresting hemorrhage.
A convent for the colored “Sisters of Provi
dence” is being built in New Orleans, the first of
the Mud for that raee in Louisiana. '
From Washington.
Washington, September 16.—Albert Nichols,
negro, killed his wife and mother-in-law with a
hatchet. Nichols claims that he acted in self de
fence.
The best advised Cubans here discredit the story
of the great battle in the vicinity of Los Tunas,
though quite heavy skirmishes are probable. Geo
graphical incongruities render the presence there of
both Quesada and Cespedes improbable.
The eolation ot the hoax seems to be that the
Spaniards invented a victory at Havana, and the
Cuban sympathy ers have invented a plausible cen-
terblast.
The Texas election occurs on the 30th of Novem
ber, 1st, 2d and 3d of December—voting only at
Conrt Houses. High authority asserts executive
impartiality between parties, and says Gen. Clarke,
of Texas, is neither as accurate nor as reliable as ho
might be.
Fish interviewed, tho Cuban representatives, Lo
mus and Ruiz, yesterday.
Cotton tax again mooted.
Financial statement of the fiscal year ending June
30th, shows nearly fifty millions excess.
Customs from the 4th to the Utb, inclusive, five
and half millions.
The Texas Election.
Washington, September 16.—Gen. Reynolds has
telegraphed Gen. Sherman that the State Constitu
tion provides only one precinct in a county and that
the counties are so large that tho voters from a dis
tance cannot reach the polling place in one day, and
asked an extension of time. Sherman telegraphed
Gen. Grant at Pittsburg, Pa., stating tho substance
of the above,and Grant replied that if any provision
of the Reconstruction Act allows an extension of
time to do so. Sherman, on examination, found au
thority to extend the time to four days, and tele
graphed an order to Gen. Reynolds last night to that
effect.
Mississippi has not asked for it yet. If Ames
finds the same difficulty in that State and asks the
same favor for the citizens, there is no reason for
doubting it will be extended. [None at all.]
General News.
Red Sweet Springs, Va., September 16.—There
are one hundred visitors here, among them ex-Secre-
tary Conrad. ;
The White Snlphur Springs have not been sold to
Northern capitalists. The lease of tho present pro
prietors has three years to run.
Boston, September 16.—Twenty-six Caban filli-
busters were captured off New Bedford and im
prisoned in default of tail, varying from two thou
sand to five hundred dollars. George Brown and
Henry Heart were the leaders of the expedition.
Philadelphia, September 16.—At a meeting of
the Pomological Society twenty-two States were re
presented, and it was determined to hold the next
annual meeting at Richmond, Ya.
Cincinnati, September 16.—The Evansville and
Cairo packet, Phantom, exploded, killing five or six
and wounding many.
Foreign News.
Madmd, September 16.—Prim telegraphs the
Government from Paris, advising diligence in send
ing troops to Cuba. The Times has an editorial on
Sickles’ noto, saying, no doubt the alternative is of
fered Spain for the abandonment of Cuba or Amer
ican recognition of the insurgents. The struggle
will be hopeless so far as Spain is concerned, but’
the Government cannot control the impulses of the
people. The pride of the Spanish people is fast
kindling, and the Government, in striving to check
it, will be extinguished. Prom the most tranquil
provinces come offers of men and arms, that regu
lars may ga to Cuba. Aggressive policy on the
part of the United States cannot be justified by the
attitude of Spain toward Cuba.
Two iron-dads, ordered to Cuba with three thou
sand men, has left, and soven thousand more will
follow thiB week.
Dublin, September 16.—A foil attendance of the
Irish Church Synod unanimously protested against
the disestablishment bill.
Paris. September 16.—The Emperor’s health is
restored. He presides at Minesterial Councils.
Gen. Prim consid®** Gufi&n consultation witli
Napoleon satisfactory and returns to Madrid on
Saturday.
The Czar forbids Russian Bishops attending the
(Ecumenical Council.
Bullion has decreased four million francs.
Prim has another interview with Napoleon to
morrow.
London, September 16.—Storms continue—much
rain.
Marine News.
Savannah, September 16.—Arrived, bark King
Bird, Liverpool; Bteamer San Salvador, Now York.
Charleston, September 16.—Tho steamer Lucille
has arrived from Baltimore.
Avondale
A horrible sensational story fin been .*,
by a correspondent of a New York ^ 1 -
connection with the late coal mine
Plymouth, Penn. According to tb 9
dent, an antagonism has existed in that
for a year or two past between the \V«kL *
and those of the other nations, baged « -
partiality shown to the former
promoting them to fill most of the
sitions around the mine. This M
developed itself in evidences of
Welsh have always been slow to sSfc
the meetings of the miners’ mnonaik^
nearly nnammousiy voted against ths-tH
which is a term expressing an acreernL
the miners to strike whenever the aS**!
not work until it went above that W ^
KWwssrtaeSB
agreed on all sides to strike. Tha ri
a failure, and the Welsh were mo e - a
nant than ever with those who 1 Vri
into the fruitless struggle to
“basis.” On Monday, the CthiSiaM ^
of Avondale mine went to work, and ^ ^
to the story, threats were freefy
them by the other miners for their
striking, when called upon to hold
length of time against the mine-o^ S ?|
Monday morning last tho funeral of. ' -^T
was announced, to .wMch all of the
invited excepting the Welsh. The ^*'1
prevailing to some extent in the coalr • 'I
according to the correspondent
that when the Avondale miners vont t
work on Monday morning the wooden
m the shaft was fired with kerosene oil h P -^
person standing in the tunnel, fortvWfTI
the top of the shaft, and the Sf S’
tion thus began. To give color to this 3
assumption of the mine beina fir/v) “ ‘'"l
states that the brattice, (meaning tho ^l
portion of the shaft,) was less Samed tSj
than above, and that if it were set on fire
tho furnace m the mine the lower nartwJiul
totally consumed, and the upper would
least affected. The
rible for credence, c
Apropos of the rumor that the Emner
confidence in M. Nelaton is beginning to
ish, the Figaro tells us how the groat sorS
first won his reputation at court. bSbS
Prince Imperial was so seriously ill some tbJ
or four years ago, a consultation of sura
was held to diagnose a certain inflammatio'
the articulations of the thigh. Nelaton ■
there was an abscess, but he was alone fa t
opinion. This difference was of the Mc t 3
moment. If there was an abscess, the ft
alone cohid preserve the patient’s life: if a*,
was not, an operation might prove fatal
ton was allowed to have Ms way; the pal
was put under chloroform, and the surgeon
out his bistoury. The Emperor, who was .1
ing near the table, walked to the window,ck.
his hands, and began a vigorous tattooing^
Ms knuckles. The knife had reached,the tei
borhood of the articulation with no result, l
the surgeons opposed in opinion to NelateaS
gan to remind Mm of what they had said
Emperor walked up to him and seized his L_
“Pardon, sire,” said Nelaton, removing!;
hand, “there is an abscess,” and with one s
lute push he buried the knife. Adiscla
took place, and the child was saved.
Hard Headed.—The other evening a negro l
down on the front windowsill of HirschiCi|
clothing store, under this office, with his had ft
ing against the large pane of glass iathovai
In a few moments, and nigger-like, he get to 1
ding and, dropping his head back against the jh
ho hindered it as if his head were a large irckJ
cannon ball. He happened to have eight oolin]
his pocket which he was forced to disgorc*. ia pi
payment of the damages. It was pretty M c
Sambo to Iobb alibis money, but he shouldn
her that:— ; .,
Hard are the halls by cannon sped;
Hard are the paths by sinners tread:
Hard the cause—which his purse bled,
But harder still’s a nigger’s head.
A yew View of tbe Political Situation.
A New York correspondent of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, writing on the 7th, says,
I am going to tell yon a secret. New Eng
land is upon the verge of a general, but per
fectly silent, political revolution. The six
Yankee States, Boston included, are preparing
to join the Democracy.
The negro no longer inspires the ardor of the
Puritan; there is danger of free trade; there
is danger of repudiation. Sambo is the friend
of both; and the fifteenth amendment is to be
employed by the Imperialists, the repudiators,
and the carpet-baggers—proclaiming free trade
and universal suffrage—os a precedent for re
ducing New England to a single State. New
England sees in the negro a wild cat upon its
heavth-rng. It looks to State sovereignty as its
sole salvation. It will in consequence swap
places and issues with Dixie.
The South, on the other hand, will become
the great centralizer. It will return to power
to find a lot of rascally legislation which it can
only brush away by a free use of the machinery
the Radicals have fabricated. The Radicals to
save themselves wil^resist with the doctrine of
State rights. A strong government will be the
consequence; centralization; repudiation; free
trade; universal suffrage; and a Mg ex-rebel
oligarchy. There is hope for Greece yet.
Why don’t you quit yonr timorous, time-serv
ing philosopMzing, and come out strong on the
new Democratic issne, with Butler the Beast, as
the leader of the party? You can’t theorize
Kentucky out of-her prejudicies. She got them
honestly. She will stick to them courageously.
Let her alone. Let the fifteenth amendment
alone. Let the nigger alone. Free trade is the
idea; and universal suffrage—not negro suff
rage—is the slave alike of free trade and repu
diation. These accomplished, we will dismiss
Sambo. He will have served his purpose, and
we will colonize him upon Cuba or the Dry Tor-
tugas. ' •-■•5-.
This is the new party.
TMs the fnture. -• .
This, victory^
A traveling correspondent of the New York
Tribune, thus hits off in a paragrarh the pecu
liarities of London and her people:' “I take
leave of London for the present with the most
agreeable recollections of her private hospital!
ity, and a deep impression of her physica-
greatness and power. In no city that I have
seen is there such a display of commercial en
terprise and substantial opulence. Her pros
perity is the result of the accumulated energy
of ages, and rests on a deep foundation. The
publio buildings, though not remarkable for
elegance, have an air of massive grandeur. The
shops and warehouses have little external glit
ter, bnt seemed organized for nse and durabili
ty. The Englishman in London is a model of
self-satisfaction, personal dignity, and care and
finish in all his appointments. As a rule, he ia
dressed with more fastidious propriety than tho
Parisian, though he often affects brighter
colors and a bolder tone. His tailor ia a more
accomplished artist than that of the French
man, he wears cloth of a better quality, and re
joices in boots and gloves of more unimpeacha
ble accuracy. The man of business in London
seldom shows the negligence in costume which
prevails on week-days in New York. He usually
makes his appearance in the street with nicely
fitting gloves, broadcloth of an eminently aris
tocratic cast, a stiffened shining black dress hat,
and a cravat, often of as many colon as the
coat of Joseph, and made with a most superflu
ous waste of silk. Altogether, he gives you the
impression of a well fed, thoroughly tended,
and high conditioned animal, fall'of healthy
blood, rejoicing in the possession of all, his fac
ulties, never troubled with-weak nerves tpr at-
ratio fancies, slow in perception though quick ot
Railroad and Warehouse Clebks.—Misb i
now blessed with a capital corps of railmdii
warehouse clerks, gentlemen all of sterling <n
ties, with no narrow streaks of politeness andfc
ness running among them. Indeed, were it 1
for their courtesy to us and the public, togai
with their industry and accuracy, we conld note
pare daily our commercial reports, nor cool! i
readers of the Telegraph know every mor’
what amount of business had been done in c
on tlie day before, or what receipts- of pr!>i:-l
anything else had been made at the different ir
road depots. But for these kind and acconr
dating gentlemen, and those also of the Soot!
Express office, this deponent would make a j
showing in bis commercial column.
Sick Mules.—We have noticed more sick mdsJ
the streets within the past week, than i3ura;il
month thus far the present year. Several 0! 6a
to use a familiar phrase at the police barrack;.
“drunk nnd down,” at least we saw them doM
presume they were drunk, for near them geLer
stood their owners with bottle in hand, like e
Samaritans, administering to them, whenera j
portunitv offered. We don’t know what gets 4
the long-eared tribe when in the city, that
much sickness, or makes them “take tm is si
do, unless they, like some folks when ia ton,
it a difficult matter to keep on their pegs.
A friend of ours, who is a great believer is. i
Wilhoft’s Antiperiodic, for chilis and fever.J
presses tlie opinion that the unusual S°oJ rn
with which this section has been bleseed tbs
son, is owing to the fact that the agents,
L. W. Hunt & Co.; have sold so many gross 0 ]
medicine. He argues that whenever a (i-J
made its appearance, a dose or two of Wiltj-- 1
put a quietus on it This will stop then <
time, when taken according to directions.
Returned.—We are pleased to see on the ^j
again, Mr. J. Emanuel, of tlio London StosJ
has been absent all summer in Bearch of V
He returns sound as a dollar and in fine tiiffi--
fall trade. We regret to leam from him, b»
that he proposes to remain in Macon on!' -1
cIobb of the present year, when he will vPf
New York to enter into business there.
keep up his stock until the first of BecemifiJ
between now and then he will offer to L:s ^-3
tomers and as many new ones as will honor tsl
their trade, the cheapest goods and beet
ever offered in any dry goods house in this
Emanuel brought us a few drops of
wasser, which beats anything in the way of **
we ever saw, and for which he has oar WJ
His friends will hear from him in an advert* 9
in a day or two.
Mr. J. Lipi-man, of Savannah, is mamiiV
Medicines for the Southern trade, the prinegfl
of which is Lippman’s Pyrafuge. This me®
Chills and Fever is also meeting with <
through the sections where Fevers prevail- j
many orders, and we hope Mr. Lipman s
other Southern man who will succeed in rsir
rich harvest from his Southern enterprise,
materially increase our general wealth bff?
at home still more of the money we ana M-; 1 ;
to enrich other sections.
Bees Jerkies.—We learn from tbe
"Bfl • r - rTT lti-fc
hand with a view to their suppression. j
institutions of this kind have been
for some time past, but we are a* 8 ®*®, lAj!
are conducted in a very quiet and
The local of the Constitution object*1 to f. (
waiter girls in his establishments. Why, a*” 1 '
jabbers I an’ that’s the best of ’em, earn.
Jewish Day of Atonement.—Yesterday
at sunset began the Jewish Day of
promptly at that hour, all the bneinees i
our Israelitish friends in the city
will continue eo until sunset this evening"" - 1
ish day being reckoned from sunset to snow
Day of Atonement is the most solemn
ive in the Jewish Calendar, and ie olaeriw .J
of fasting, on which they abstain from a® j
drink. .
Nothing in It.—There was anunugualj
stir on the streets yesterday, and seven-J
more prominent business thoroughfare*’ .^1
ed up-with all manner of wagons and vew^ J
on enquiring after the trade of the at; j
that there was nothing in tho apparent jJ
bustle, as a majority of the planters jh it
to sell their cotton, preferring to stow* ‘
rather than throw their produce on*® 1 j
dining market.
Personal.—We were muoh pleased f
the street yesterday an old Macon boy W rijs
of Joseph E. Wells, jr., who now
j eweler and engraver in a very pretty , £
little settlement on the Alabama Bideoi»"._
hooehee, called by the Indians, Euf»m*-.L A
no pretension*, but we will pit him ^ 1
graver on gold or silver, either in
bams. Wo are glad, to leant that b*^* ”
inEufaula. Heisamoi
hia alrilf as an utiBt snd
w»*****\
Superior Court.—The
Court for the hearing of motions for w*
taurrerejete., has been insemiou
Bunczs j
yesterday,
at sunset. T&e stdkep.
passion, often perhaps*little .stirift sometimes evtoiS. During ®**7'*»* r JaSi! ^1
showing his white teeth ip pretetooebf epgex, «Ute who .observe* -^1 toawg
hut whose faaikii woo* Urn* , - . - ^ «fW ur ^-
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