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Tlie Georgia, Weekly Telegraph. the telegraph, MACON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, I860. C70 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 ^- iA