About Weekly Georgia telegraph. (Macon [Ga.]) 1858-1869 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1869)
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH BUILDING »v r r - tv; “ i!W-' nr^ '* • V * | •• ; - # . f ' i. ■ . / •# ;»*•' *. fv. '** /. mmmmm jLISBY & REID, Proprietors. The Family Journal.—News—Politics—Li t e r a t u re—Agrioulture-—jDomestio Affairs. ESTABLISHED 1826.} MACON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1869. .'o.'gia Telegraph Building, Macon. bates *of subscription: »f tiRGRArH—for one year.. ..._ {10 00 Tti cobaph —for six months 5 00 Ihortrr periods Ono Dollar per month. . 'kui-Wkski.t TKLEGRAPn—one year.. 4 00 ciyi.WgKKLT Telegraph—six m’ths 2 00 » l ” , “ \Veikly Telegraph—one year 3 00 a**“J“ \vr.KKi v Tki-kcraph—six months 1 60 A»* J, jJj-/* aI/ n4fe altcayt itf a:lvance.~&. and Job Printing I»° v.iily executed at reasonable prices, graittaoctf by mail with Postmaster’s certificate a risk- ■ Henry Ward Beecher. wlIN - g estimate of ms PRIVATE HABTTO. u fvrsin has been ■writing np the private j'i j g e v, Henry Ward Beecher for the p.fficA P resj, and from his article we select ^Vr ?2§«r never swears. In all his life a ^J^fl^ipression has never passed his lips.— tat if be new to take it into his head to try it Its be would make even that disgnsting habit Jjvjj, beautiful—be would handle it as it was f«r bandied before, and if there was a whole- *L e moral lesson hidden away in it anywhere, iTironld ferret ft out and use it with tremen- ^os effect. Panoplied with his grand endow- , tD(s _bis judgment, his discriminating taste, I*felicity «! expression—his graceful fancy—if Ur jieecher had a mind to swear, he would Am* into it an amount of poetry, and pathos, lid splendid imagery, and moving earnestness, ti resistless energy, topped off and climaxed Sh* gorgeous pyrotechnic conflagration of Asteand fancy swearing, that would aston- ajttd delight the hearer and forever after r j rtr through his bewildered memory an ex- lyto confnsion of rainbows and music, and ader and lightning. A man of a high order intellect and appreciation could sit and listen jjjjr. Beecher swear for a week without getting Hr. Beecher does not go around and get ad- ititisements for the “Plymouth Pulpit” If he jon it, it is without his knowledge or consent, finch a report has been started, it is an ab30- j-te' duty to refute it in this article. However, B neb report has yet been heard of, and fititfore it is not necessary to do more than jrffle it in a purely general way at this time. Behu to preach, and he has to make tho defl ation speeches for all sorts of things, and he , obliged to make a few remarks on nearly all fetiDguishod occasions, because very often Mr. Gstley is busy and cannot come. And be- lidea, he hns to carry on his farm. |f, Beecher’s farm consists of thirty-six acres ad is carried on on strict scientific principles. Believer puts in nny part of a crop without con- rjtiig his book. He ploughs and reaps and ftp, and sows according to the best authorities 4ml the authorities cost moro than the other bnuing implements do. As soon as the library iwnipltto, the farm will begin to be a profita- Ue investment. His special weakness is hogs, bovever. Ho considers bogs the best game a firm produces. He buys the original pig for a dollar and a half, and feeds him forty dollars’ rath of corn and then sells him for about $9. Dus is tho only crop he ever makes any money oa. He loses on tho corn, but he makes $7 60 on the hog. He does not mind this, because be never expects to make anything on com, any way. And any way it turns ont, he has the excitement of raising the bog any bow, whether he gets the worth of him or not. His strawber ries would be a comfortable success if the robins vonld eat turnips—but they will not, hence tho fiScnlty. Sometimes a portion of bis crop pes into the ground tho most promising neet potatoes, and comes up tho infernalest amts — though I never heard him express hjnst in that way. When he bought his farm, h found ono egg in every hen’s nest on the jfiee. He said that here was just the reason thy so many farmers failed—they scattered fccir forces too mnch—concentration was tho ika. So he gathered those eggs together and rtthem all nnder one experienced old hen. but ben roosted over that contract night and &y for eleven weeks, under tho anxious super- iaon of Mr. Beecher himself, bnt she could tot “phase” those eggs. Why? Because they wre those infamous porcelain things which are aed by ingenious and fraudulent farmers as “nest eggs." Bat perhaps Mr. Beecher’s_most disastrous experience was the time he tried to nisean immense crop of dried apples. He planted fifteen hundred dollars’ worth, but nev er a one of them sprouted. He has never been •Me to understand, to this day, what was the miter with those apples. Mr. Beecher’s farm is not a triumph. It would be easier for him if he worked it on shares with some ono; .but ho cannot find anybody who is willing to stand half the expense, and not many that are able. I shill not say anything about Mr. Beecher’s sermons. They breathe tho truest and unrest spirit of religion; they are models of pulpit oratory, and they are proofs that tho subject which is the nearest to the interest of mankind can be put to nobler uses than tho chloroform ing of congregations. Mr. Beecher has done more than anv other man, perhaps, to inspire religion with tie progressive spirit of tho nine- kenth century, and make it keep step with the ®*Kh of intellectual achievement and the g_en- *rons growth of men’s charities and liberal im- nbts. His came will live. TTia deeds will honor is memory. He has set his mark upon his *poch, and years hence, when the people turn wer the bales and bandies of this generation's fcaa, they will find “H. W. B.” stenciled on a pod many of them. fo»lL.V« w York 2Ym“.‘] Xew Southern Railways. fc better sign that happier days have come kite country could bo asked for than the re adable stimulus given of late to Southern ssnerco, agriculture and internal improve- -ntj. It is a significant token of this better “i that in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi— States where especially, five years ago, kchem and Northern bands vied in mining ktcuids and homing bridges—Southern and Lnhem bands now join in friendly labor to tan new railways and open new routes for ktitl and tfaffic. , b Georgia alone, according to our Atlanta “respondent, seven new railroads are under J, and some of them are approaching com mon. The Macon and Brans wick Road, 180 "is long, and nearly all built since the close k 1 tie war, will soon be open; so also will the N section of the Atlanta and Charlotte Road, •chin a twelve-month the road from Brans- r -t»to Albany, 175 miles long, will be finished, ^ when this connects with Montgomery, it *yformpartof the shortest of the lines that Jpran from the Atlantic to the Pacific, name- vi the one that is to stretch from Brunswick “Sw Diego. . “Pin, trans-Tennessee roads, to connect the JjoVtlley with the Gulf, are already planned, jkstanati and Louisville are rivals for the Southern outlet, and are matching mil- Aflhirs in Georgia AS THE BADICAL8 SEE THEM. The New York Tribune of the 2nd instant, publishes tho following special dispatch from Washington: Washington", October 1.—A letter from a prominent official in Georgia to a Congressman now here contains many facts which present a moro encouraging view of the condition of the Republican party there. The quarrel which has existed seems to be healing, in proof of which The Atlanta New Era Las ceased to attack Gov. Bollock, and the paper is annonneed as an offi cial organ of the Executive. Col. Bryant, of Angusta, expresses his belief that harmony is established. The Democratic State Committee, which late ly met at Atlanta, convened to decide what poli cy shall be adopted on the question of reseating the colored members; the Committee is under stood to have been unanimous in favor of obey ing the dictum of tho State Snpreme Court but hadnot thecourage to express themselves, owing to the clamorous blaster of the Ben Hill-Tombs faction. It is understood that the Republican policy will bo to accept the Virginia opinion of Attor ney-General Hoar as to the test oath and State Legislature, and so not require, so far as party action controls any taking of the test oath by members of the Georgia Legislature now regu larly elected thereto. This is the original point of difference on tho reconstruction of the State by Governor Bollock with the majority of the party, and the more conservative portion there of, led by Joshua Hill, Akerman, Bryant, Bard, and others. Judge Hoar’s opinion is considered as decisive. . The other point is, for the party to demand, first, that the Legislature reseat tho colored members expelled, and if thi3 is not done at once, on its reassembling, to urge Congress to place the State in snch a condition ns will in sure justice. In either case’ the vote of Geor gia will be seenred for the Fifteenth Amend ment. The moro moderate Democrats are sat isfied that while the decision of their Supreme Conrt, to the effect that a negro may hold office in Georgia, is only declaratory and not peremp tory, that the Legislature, by directing a case to be made up and submitted to that tribunal, bound itself to accept the decision rendered. Taking the solution all together, it would seem as if Georgia was nearly ont of the woods. In many counties of the State the condition of affairs is still very turbulent; the laborers ore rapidly leaving Warren county in conse quence of the violence to which they have been victims. As a consequence, the planters are likely to lose their cotton from want of bands to gather it. In Burke county the disorders are on the increase. In Columbia county several negroes havo been murdered since early in Au gust, and no attempts have been made to arrest the perpetrators, though some of them are known. Two negroes saw another named John son shot, and could identify the party. In Han cock county there exists a terrible state of affairs. A negro was murdered abont the 8th of September. Tho next night a party of twenty colored men went to a white man’s house, who was suspected of participation in the murder. They shot at him, but ha escaped. Next day tho whites armed themselves, and commenced hunting the colored men throughout the county. Several men are reported to have been shot and beaten, one was hong, and sixteen or more were placed in joiL Wheat. The time is now close at hand whon the sow ing of wheat ought to begin- Many planters in Una part of “the moral vineyard,” have been so often disappointed by failure of crop, that they hesitate and either sow too late and upon un prepared soil, or not at all. Well, we have been disappointed—sadly so this year—but the fanlt, in part at least, was in trusting too mnch to knowing freedmen, and not giving that personal attention which so important a crop demanded. At any rate, our motto is, “Try, try again." We propose “first, to consider briefly,” some of the main causes of failure. Generally speak ing, instead of studying the subject carefully, and selecting that soil best adapted to the pro duction of wheat, we cotton-worshippers select such as will produce the least cotton. This, we say, is too generally the case. At such time as suits our conveniences, we go into the field and commence seeding, amid corn-stalks, gross, weeds—everything that is left upon the ground after gathering the previous crop. Some of tho grain is thus covered six, eight or ten inch es beneath tho vegetable heap drawn up by the plow, some is not covered at all, and the whole field is left with anything but an even surface. Instead of selecting seed best adapted to our climate and soil, we take that easiest to obtain. We do not say this course is universally pur sued, bnt it is more the custom than any other. We add, also, that if any crop has to go without manure, it is the one. Is it sur prising, then, that we make bnt few good wheat crops ? Experience is a dear school, bnt having passed through it, let's to the remedy. Select well drained land, away from creeks and branches, with good foundation, break up and fit your land for the reception of the seed before sowing. Give a good dressing of suitable ma nure, select good seed—that least subject to rust—and put it in the ground, leaving surface smooths and nice for tho young wheat when it shoots np, and the chances are good that a fair crop will be tho result "Wheat grown upon low, swampy land, is al most sure to rust; hence we say sow on the up lands. ‘‘Keep off the swamps,” was tho advice given to ns, by an experienced thrasher, a good many years ago, as we were starting the first time with a field thrash. We reiterate the same to those about to sow wheat.—SandersviUc Cen tral Georgian. Wooirfv Rpsnme ol Foreign Affairs- Five centuries have passed away, and yet his PREPARED FOB THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH. Still lives ! And his foim wUl walk through prepared .. • . , .«■•:, -tirfi. the coming centuries claiming our sympathies Great Britain.—‘Re Lxsh land tenure btU, for hi ° ho laid down fra Ufe in the great to be introduced mto the next session of Parl.a- canSQ c f fight and truth. ment, will probably contain a provisiontothe Spain.—Hardly have a few weeks of compar- a gainst millions of capital to secure it. new Cincinnati line is to strike directly through the great gateway of Chattanoo- 2 tkere connecting with the many roads that re to diverge, fan-like, from that great railway Louisville will probably not be content , "!r anything bnt a short line through" Selma * Pensacola. tn Alabama we find roads nnder wav or plan- ^ ? from Griffin to Decatur, 237 miles; from j? w gomery to Decatur, 183 miles; from Me- !^n. Miss., to Chattanooga, of which route .^tnilcB are now in running order; from Chat- to Montgomery; together with three of only less importance, astonishing railway enterprise will have **ect of opening still more the rioh mineral 4 ‘gricultural regions of these three States ; 4- in working the mines and transporting 4". r Products, mnch Northern capital will find jT^wble investment. The elasticity with Die South is recovering from the effects «the ^ file progress of all these material interests ^ tnAVA nav/ssl ** war is at once surprising and gratifying; itself a pledge of “a more perfect union. Radicals threaten that if ex-Preaident jj.. ®w Johnson is elected United States Bena- Ut Legislature of Tennessee, the Sen- fytlt 40 on the grounds of “dis- Another “Outrage in Georgia.” On last Monday night, (says tho Brunswick Appeal of the 2d,) as Mr. G. C. Fahm was re turning home from his store, between 9 and 10 o’clock, and within a stone’s cast of the Masonic Lodge room, where the Mutual Aid Society was then in session, he was brutally assailed by three negro ruffians and robbed. Mr.F. havinglostaleg in the late war, and going on cratches was able ; to make bnt little resistance. His only hope : was in calling for succor, but this the wretches ' partially prevented by overpowering him at once, and throwing him with violence—face foremost on tho ground, and choiring him to such an ex tent as to produce temporary suffocation. He did succeed in calling, or making a noise, two or three times, but the sound was misinterpreted by those who heard it, and the scoundrels made their escape. .Within a few minutes after the occurrence, one of the Marshals, assisted by a number of our active young men, went in search of the criminals. The most diligent efforts were made to ferret out and identify the guilty parties. Up to die present no discoveries have been made, but there is still reason to hope the of fenders will yet be arrested and brought to jus tice. . "We are glad to state Mr. F. was not seriously injured either in body or parse. They got his purse and contents, but fortunately for him it contained only a small amount of his cash. Political News. A special of tho 3d from Washington to the Charleston News of the 4th, puts Boutwell in a new aspect. It reads as follows: Prominent Northern Republicans write that Secretary Boutwell is strenuously opposing the proscriptive policy of tho administration toward Dent andHamilton, the Conservative candidates for Governor in Mississippi and_ Texas. _ He urges that this policy, if persisted in, will infal- limy give the Democracy the control of the en tire J&ntb at no distant day. Positive information has been received here of a radical combination designed to delay the admission of Virginia until Congress shall have exacted the test oath as a qualification for tho Legislature, so as to secure, beyond peradven- tnre, the election of Radical senators. A private telegram from Nashville says that the Tennessee Legislature meets to-morrow, and that an informal count puts Andrew Johnson ahead in the contest for the Senate. The Hon. A. O. P. Nicholson, Democrat, who was consid ered Johnson’s most formidable opponent, has declined to allow his name to be used as a can didate. A Liberal Supply of Mails.—The Memphis Avalanche tells this story abont a negro mail agent on the Mississippi Railroad: The other day he started South from Jackson with a heavy mail for most of the way stations. He dealt out letters and papers so freely for the first half of his journey, that he had none left for the remainder. Having got rid of his trou blesome charge as qnickly as decency would permit, himself and his deputies—he gives a lift now and then to a poor traveling darkey, whom he constitutes a deputy dnring.the ride—took a smoke. They were aronsed np at Aberdeen, where inquiries were made abont tho mails. Mose rubbed his eyes and yawned, then looking round dubiously for several minutes, he all at once became conscious that ho had none; said he, then, “Lor, sah! I gub ’em all away np here, sah! I hasn’t got a scrap.” From that point down the unfortunate people had to go without their mails. » Newspaper Circulation.—The following fig ures in regard to tho circulation of the news papers of the city we take from the Daily Star, which we are glad to Bee is on the high road to prosperity. Last Saturday the circulation of the Herald was C4.000; Tribune, 29,874.; Times, 21,000; World, 12,900; Post, 8750; News, 62,- 000; Mail, 4500; Express, 7350; Commercial, 6000; Press, 2500; Telegram, 5000; Brooklyn Eagle, 9540; Union, 3209; Daily Star, 42,075. The Sun, we observe, is not shining in the list It is claimed by the publisher that their circu lation last Saturday was over 80,000. Can such thingQ ^ ?—New York Commercial Advertiser. Immigrants. — Abont seventy-five Swedes pnmrfl through the city yesterday on their way to Montgomery. They aim to settle in Alabama and go to farming. This, we believe, is the first wave of the “tide of immigration that has passed this way. They were brawny looking men who looked aa if they feared neither aun nor storm, while the women looked as if they could queen it over the household or the dairy to the entire satisfaction of their liege lords. [Atlanta New Era, 3d. Horrible Murder.—From residents of Deca tur, we glean tho following particulars of a hor rible murder perpetrated by unknown parlies in the quiet village of Decatnr on Friday night. Liza, a negro woman who was formerly tho faithful servant of Ami Williams, Esq., and who was held in high esteem by all the people of Decatnr, was found in her bed, murdered by some party unknown, who bad evidently entered the house for the purpose of robbery. Lewis, her hnsband, who was the treasurer of the Af rican Church, had gone to tho Church for the purpose of putting it in order so that it could be ready on to-day. Ho was known to have in his possession as treasurer of the Church, some money. The drawers and trunks were over hauled by the murderer, but fortunately as the money was in the bed, he failed to get it. No clue has been found as to the perpetrator of the outrage, but the citizens feel indignant at it. Suspicion rests upon some idle negroes as con nected with it, whose object was plunder, and who hesitated not to slay a faithful and honest old negro woman.—Atlanta Constitution. A Feaiiful scene took place on September 1 on board the Lady Wodebouse steamer, bound from London to Dublin. Several casks of pe troleum and lucifer matches formed a part of the cargo, and during the gale the lashings of the g etroleum casks on the forecastle gave way, and, eing dashed against the chests of Incifers, im mediately ignited. Tho petroleum casks rolled away to the centre of the vessel, set fire to the side of the saloon, burnt down the glas3 roof of the gentlemen’s sleeping berths, and fired two of the life boats. The flames rose with fearful rapidity to a great height above the deck, and for three hours the crew and passengers were engaged in attempting to extinguish the fire, tho stench from the petroleum being almost overpowering. When the fire was at last thought to have been subdued, flames were again seen ascending from the deck of the vessel, owing, it was found, to the chests of lucifer matches hav ing spontaneously ignited. This second fire was, however, soon put out, and then the whole of the petroleum casks and the lucifer matches were thrown overboard. The Independent says one of tho reasons for the success of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, as a preacher, is the shape of his church. It is as well arranged as a theatre for seeing and hear ing. The congregation is massed abont the speaker. Every member is in direot and sym pathetic relation with him. He, in tarn, is the centre of the magnetic current of the whole house, the focus of the inspiration of the entire assembly. The same is true of Spurgeon and his immense tabernacle. It requires a strong man to occupy such a position, but when he is eqnalto it there is scarcely any limit to his power. The coffin of a young lady who had been buried eight years was opened at St Cloud, Minn., a few days since. While there was noth ing mortal left bnt the bones, the St Cloud Journal says the wreath of flowers which had been laid on the body was perfect and fresh as the day it was plucked. Georgia Politics.—It is reported from At lanta that the Democratic leaders of Georgia have proposed to reinstate the expelled negro membera of the Legislature, on condition that the political offices at Governor Bullock’s dis posal are shared with them. The Era spams this offer, and demands the reinstatement of the negro members of the Legislature as a mat ter of right. That’s rich. A ludicrous accident happened to Prince Napoleon when he delivered his recent remark able speech in the French Senate. He took np the glass of sugared water on the orator’s tri bune, and, in the heat of the moment he ges ticulated with it so wildly that he spilled the whole contents over M. Lacaze, the most ex treme member of the ultra reactionary party, who sat 6neeringly in front of him, and inter rupted him every moment by insulting excla mations. The effect was so comical that even the grave President of tho Senate, M. Eugene Rouber, who is known to be no friend of Prince Napo leon, burst into loud laughter. The Prince himself bit bis lips and said to M. Lacaze gravely, bnt felicitously, “M. Lacaze. pardon me for this interruption." The record of the Sir John Franklin expedi tion was found on the California coast by Mr. James Daly, of the firm of Daly & Rodgers, lum ber merchants in San Buenaventura. Mr. Daly, walking on the beach, accidentally stombled npon a battered leather bag, made of seal-skin, and closely fastened, and in that the paper was found. DuBiNO a recent visit to New York President Grant expressed a desire to purchase some ci gars, and visited quite a number of establish ments for the purpose of testing their brands, etc. The result was, that, unknown to each other, each dealer visited resolved to make the President a present, and he received not less than seventy thousand prime Havanas. This will keep him in cigars for some time, as he has never been known to extend his cigar case to a friend or visitor. The Washington Chronicle of Saturday says: “The efforts that havo been made to induce foreign emigration to the Southern States have been successfuL An agent at present in Sweden has just forwarded a oompany numbering up wards of one hundred,whose destination is Water Valley, m;«i» Many of them are mechanics, and have secured employment in advance on the Mississippi railroads. The agent writes that he was only two weeks in effecting this party* He says that any number of valuable emigrants can be seenred for the South there by sending over agents to make proper representation to them. They know bnt little abont the South, and need information. But when they arrive at New York, effectthateWte^ntshaUreceiveanadequate compensation for any improvem ts h y 0J1 £ j n Spain. Republicanism has been have mode on the property. spreading during the last months and the Re- Joseph Whitworth, the invento , " pnblicans have made all efforts to strengthen worth cannon, and WiUtam "f„4 e 6 " and perfect their organization. In the city of brated engineer, have been created, aronets. ^ g ara g 0SSa( celebrated for her heroic resistance Replying to a petition for an e y against Napoleon I, the historian Castelar, a Fenians still imprisoned, Mr. Gladstone prom- mem |j er Q f tHe Cortes, delivered before an au- ised to lay the document before tne yueen. dience of 20,000 poople an inflamaitory speech, Farther assembUes in favor of t^e same on- dent h rather than monarchy. ThePres- jects were he.' iq Dublin, Roscommon and j denfc 0 j t jj 0 Republican club of Tarragona was W*. _ • .... , • assassinated; and the popular voice pointed at Jefferson Davis sailed for America on board ^ government as the secret instigator of the the steamer Baltimore. crime.- When the volunteers of the same city Admiral Sir Robert Baynes, who haa^won ins were commanded to disarm, they refused to laurels in the battle of Navann, died 73 years complyj and th e order-, had to be enforced. In old. . . . , this excited state of affairs the volunteer!! of Thirteen Cuban refugees armed by tne J3 arce ] 0 jj a were ordered to lay down their arms, steamer Congou in Queenstown. They had sue- R es ; stanC6 was 0 ff eTe a and in a short time five ceeded in making their escape from Fernando barricades were thrown up. The regular troops Po, where the Spanish authorities had exiled carr j ed them by a bayonet charge and made 70 them. . .. . . of their defenders prisoners. The people had Charles Dickens opened the sessions of the 24 m0n kiUed anda larg0 nnm b er wounded. Midland Institution in Birmingham by an excel- q^be. troops lost two commissioned officers and lent speech. After reviewing Hie history rite several private soldiers. institute he touched upon other topics, fbe General dissatisfaction prevails. The gov- present, he said, was a materialistic ago. i emment intends to compel the bishops to take political creed could be summed np m two arti- the Qath of allegiance to the new constitution, cles. His faith in the people governing was in- R e i n f orc ements left Cadiz for Cuba, finitesimal; his faith in the people governed ; CuBA ._The volunteers sent a deputation to was illimitable. . , . , the Captain-General DeRodas, asking to take France.—Though the official journals an- tke g e ] d f or ac tj ve ser vico. DeRodas declined nonneo, with emphasis, that the Emperor has t g 0 j r o g- 0r . entirely recovered from his recent spell, Napo- There - g & rainor that General Jordan has leon is and will bean invalid. His last drive p r0 p 0Se d to surrender with bis whole force, in over the Boulevards has renewed ms suttenngs. cons jd e ration of a certain sum of money. The Tho carriage of the Emperor was only allowed Captain-General is said to have haughtily re- togo a-pace, and the jockeys had the utmost j ecte d the proposition. pains in reining the spirited horses, which are Portugal.—The King of Portugal denies trained to a dashing trot or gallop. In fact, one b av jjj„ any views npon the Spanish crown, and of the jockeys had his hands so badly cut by the amnta that he wiu die a Portugese, reins that he required medical assistance. I he g ento Rodriguez, patriarch of Lisbon is Emperor looks pale- and emaciated; his hair dea d. has tamed almost white. The spectators were Th ’ e - eld of tbe oj p crop ia V0ly deficient, strangely moved when the rnler of France, who Ako that of win6 jg uttle promising, for the last eighteen yeas has made a peat na- R a8 iness is stagnant. tion of forty millions tho instrument of bis will. Turkey.—^The difficulties between the Khe- passed by, a feeble tottering old man. For Na- div0 and T ur key are still pending. The Sultan poleon can only reach his carriage by the aid of in8igts that Ism ^ il p asha 8h aU not contract any a stick and leaning on the arm of his valet ae loan without jgg authorization. chambre, Fleury. j i n the meantime the European powers are The papers discuss the nature of the Em- . en deavoring to bring the Suzerain and his vas- peror’s sickness “sans gene._ Le Reveil pub- gal3 to an understanding, and also the Italian lishes a medical consultation emanating evi- g 0 y ernm ent has instructed its ambassadors at dentlv from tho pen of a professional man. -the t g e f ore jgn courts to use their influence to that writer comes to the conclusion that the death of Napoleon is only the question of a few months, j Twenty-five artists and learned men of North and at last, the article concludes, in one, three, Germany through the North German Consul, or at the utmost, six months, the lamp, wanting have received an invitation from the "Viceroy to oil, will be extinguished unless an unforseen ac- j J6 p resen t 0 t the opening of the Suez Canal, cident, which very often occurs m the course of They will proceed to Paris, to start from there a chronic disease, extingmskes it quite sudden- w j t h other guests for Egypt. The Khedive pays ly. France must therefore be prepared to listen for ever y thing. to a “De profnndis to be followed immediately , The Nort h American ambassador declared to by a “Te Deum Landamus,” unless This as a specimen of the tone of — * not take any sum ^Landamus, unless * * * ' the Imperial Divan that the United States could specimen of the tone of the Ireneh : not tak ^ any notice of tll0 Turkish law, forbid- press! ..! ding subjects of the Sultan from being natnral- Father Hyacmthe has gone to bis parents to j zed a broad without bis special permission, await there the decision of the council. It is , « Th rrninn ” he continued, “issued certificates rumored that four French Bishops will under take his defence at Rome. Germany.—The Prussian Lantag will be open- ed on the fourth of Octobor. Little transpires abont the new bills to be introduced. The King devotes his time to military reviews. He is at present in Pomerania. Daring the manoeuvres pf the second army corps there were seventy foreign officers of high rank in the Royal Staff, among them, twenty- j five representatives of the British Empire. The “The Union,” he continued, “issued certificates of naturalization without such a consent, and insisted on naturalized Americans being re- speoted in Turkey.” , Jabno. Tho Pntnam County Fair. The editors of the Telegraph acknowledge the receipt of a very kind and complimentary invitation from Secretary Gapers to attend the Putnam County Fair. Ono of onr nnmber will military correspondent of the Times dwells on ! certainly be there. The editor of the Eatonton the many efficient improvements introduced in : p resg and Messenger publishes the following no- the Prussian army since I860 and speaks in addressed to himself, to which we beg to eulogistic terms of the liberal hospitality the X “.T44...- r , 1T n, .... King extended to his seventy foreign guests, A seminary has been founded near Berlin to educate preachers and teachers for the German emigrants in North America. In honor of the American banner its bears the name of “Stera- enhaus,” (Star-house.) A new anaesthetic, to be called “Chloralhy- drate,” has been discovered by Dr. Liebreieh. call tho attention of exhibitors Office Board Directors, "1 Putnam Fair Company, > October 4, 18G9.) Bear Sir :—Please state, for the benefit of our friends at home, that I am receiving, by every mail, entries of stock from adjoining counties, and that in order to facilitate the bus- Frodnoinga more complete state of unconscious- i iness of this office, it is very desirable that per- nes3, while it does not induce feebleness or leav- sons having stock of any kind to exhibit at the ing any bad effects behind, it is said to be su- I approaching fair, should enter the same as soon perior to chloroform. Chloralhydrate is absorbed J as possible. The indications are that there will and not inspired, thus differing from all other be a large number of animals entered, and anaesthetics. At the meeting of the German Evangelical Kirchentag in Stattgartt, Dr. Schaff, of New York, as delegate of the American branch of the Evangelical Alliance, invited his German breth ren to the proposed meeting of the Alliance to be held in New York. Alluding to the necessity of an intimate union between the evangelical Christians of the two hemispheres, he considered when wo wish every one to be provided for, the miller’s rale will have to govern ns in distribu ting stalls. "Very respectfully, H. D. Capers, Secretary. The Press and Messenger of the 5th instant says: -;;••• • From all sides we hear of persons coming to the Fair, to be held in Eatonton on the 2d of snch an alliance to be still more urgent in order November. The occasion promises to be one of to present a firm front to the Roman Council and to the unbelief of tho present times gener ally. The letter of Count de Montalembert, ad dressed to a German Congress in regard to the Council winch I mentioned in my last resume, is published in extenso. The document con cludes by saying: “Allow me to add one word on the sense of humiliation which I feel, that to yoy Germans of the Rhine it should havo been left this time to take the initiative in a demon stration which would have so well become the antecedents of Catholic France, as well as those convictions, which, during the first half of the nineteenth century, won for ns the honor of in augurating religions liberty npon the continent" "While the ultramontane party desires to raise the Papal authority above all kings and repub- unusual interest, and will be the means of bring ing together a large nnmber of the citizens of Middle Georgia. The Secretary informs ns that inquiry is being made daily by persons wishing to exhibit articles. Many want to come here first, and if they stand, the test of fair criticism, will then place their articles on exhibition at Ma con. We learn that several distinguished gen tlemen from abroad are expected to be present, and that the Directors qf the State Fair, with their worthy Secretary, are to be prominent among them. This is jnst as it should be, and we trust our citizens trill make the amplest provision in advance for their entertainment daring their stay in onr midst. Let ns all get to work in real earnest, and pat Eatonton in first rate order. The Fair Grounds.—^Through the energetic lies on the globe, the clergy of Bohemia have j action of the President and Directors, the Fair ° -« 1 a _ 1 *AA.J A— /lAmnnnw b*a nlaeinf* lltail* mrinn/la in fircf rflfA drawn np an address, to be submitted to the • Company are placing their grounds in first rate Council, which advocates a restriction of the i order, and every convenience will be completed powers the Pope already possesses. The , for the exhibitors and viaitore by the time the lengthy document contains the following re- Fair comes off. markable passages: ‘The Council shall not proclaim tne infalli bility of the Pope.” “Such a step would only give rise to ridicule among unbelievers, while for believers it is quit unnecessary, as their at tachment to the Roman See was never greater than at present.;’ And again “Above all things, the Church should show herself Hie friend and protectress of all those seiences'which adorn and perfect mankind, rest ing well assured that all truth comes from God, a. s. f." The clouds lowering npon the “Consilium Vaticanum,” by which name Clio has to inscribe it in the annals of history, are gathering fast and thick. On tho 31st of August, the Kirchen tag in Stuttgart, mentioned above, adopted a declaration in reply to the Papal letter to the ProteRtants, winding np by this fiery protest: “We are resolved to defend and preserve the. great inheritance of the Reformation, and never again shall the Bible be buried nnder tho proud > towers of lofty cathedrals.” Italy. The “Marchese Carlo dt Ricci, in Florence, belonging to the proudest and weal thiest nobility of Italy and France, had a mis understanding with his family. To ^ fret his aristocratic relations of “pur sang,” he has tamed shoe-black. In the most fashionable squares of the capital of Italy “il Conte” offers his services to polish patrician and plebian boots without distinction. To every one of his nu merous customers he hands his ‘‘carte deviate,” adorned with the Count’s coronet, always add* ing the kind invitation of “calling again.” King Victor Emanuel and the diplomatic corps will go to Venice to welcome the Empress of the French on her way to the Orient. Father Hyacinths is expected to be excom municated. The £tna is in action again. A- stream of lava flows from the crater. Austria—The Hass festival was inaugurated in Prague by the performance at 11 a. m. of the ora torio “Hnss” in the Nenstadter Theater. In the afternoon the unveiling of the monument and commemorative slab on the site of the dwelling of John Hass, took place in the presence of an immense crowd of people. An addresa in hon or of the oocaaion waa delivered by Sabina, fol lowed by a discourse from the evangelical preacher, Fleischer. The body of the martyr was burned at the stake, his ashes were strewn without previous arrangements, it is almost to —— 3 - . . .,. Dosaible to divert them from the great current to the four winds that not anatom might be going westward.” left to bear witness against Roman tyranny. Going Back on His Education.—Mr. James Nisbet, of Macon, Georgia, was one of the or ators at a recent railroad barbecue near Chat tanooga, Tenn. A writer "fori the Cincinnati Commercial quotes him as follows: “I was educated,” continued Mr. Nisbet, “in the Calhoun school. We must stop educating onr children after that fashion now. I used to think it was right, bnt now I know it was wrong. We must have a new order of things, and keep pace with the world’s progress." [Ap plause.] We hope the son of Mr. Nisbet, now in our Legislature, will not go back, like his father, npon the true principles of government as enun ciated by Mr. Calhoon, and it is devoutly to be wished that Mr. Nisbet has no young children whom he may educate in the new school of Radical politics.—Columbus Sun and limes, Oct. 5 th. James A. Nisbet, Esq., to whom reference made, is not a citizen of Macon, bnt of Dade county, where he now is. He is in no respect a Radical, bnt is a Democrat of twenty years’ standing. The Son and Times, we think, has totally misconceived his remarks, which doubt less bore reference merely to secession, nullifi cation and those more advanced doctrines of the State Rights school, which Mr. Nisbet proposed, in the light of recent events, to waive in favor of a more national interpretation and policy. We say this, not as underwriting the idea, bnt simply in justice to an old friend, who is a hearty, thorough-going Democrat, and has ever stood ready with parse and pen |o back the De mocracy. ~ How Covodx Complimented General Grant, “Over the Loot.”—“You have no idea," said Covode, putting himself into an argumentative attitude, “what good you did us, Mr. President, by that little visit. Yon made a great impres sion on the Germans, who were dissatisfied about their lager beer and the Sunday laws and one thing and another; and then the whisky men had threatened to go against us, but year visit seems to have made them all right.” - : The Rev. E. Husband, an English ritualistic clergyman has been received into the Rotnan Catholic Church by Dr. Newmuu The Storm. New York, October 4.—News received show that the storm has been general, and to have caused considerable damage. The - telegraph, save the cable, has been mnch interrupted.— Many railroad bridges have been carried away from Whitehall Canals and badly damaged.— Seventy feet was carried away at Dnnham’s Basin, three miles north of Edmunds’ at Fort Anna. A man named Jnlins Lesser, of White hall, while endeavoring to escape to the road, was drowned with his team. Several bridges on the Rensealler and Saratoga Railroad are swept away, and the track is washed ont in sev eral places. Several bridges on the Rutland and Washing ton Railroad gave through. Trat el on the Boston and Albany Railroad is stopped on ao- count of bad breaks. The' fall of water at Springfield reached eight inches. The village of Westfield is innundated, and it is reported that the loss amounts to $100,000. No through trains on the Hudson River Road since 8 a. m. Near Castleland, two hundred feet of road are gone. In the town of Rhenebeck, four out of five bridges are destroyed. All the approaches to Rhenebeck are cut off. The Harlem Rail road is washed away in several places, the main difficulty being between Chatham and Dover Plains. The passenger trains; which left Salisbury at 6:20 this morning, left Poughkeepsie at 7 this evening, for New York. Hudson dispatches report that the bridge at Ghent, on the Harlem Railroad, was washed away, together with many others on that line, between Ghent and Copako, on the Hudson river. They could not ran trains through to Chatham to-day. Abont fifty feet of track was washed away near Clavarock Depot, and other damage done to the road, which will be repaired by to-morrow morning. A construction train on the Hudson river rail road, which left Hudson about nine this fore noon, to assist in repairs at Livingston Creek, met with an accident at Mount Merino, about six and a half miles from the city, by means of the falling of a culvert as the train was passing over it. The locomotive was thrown over, and the tender fell through the culvert, wounding several of the laborers. The storm was very severe at Rochester, Al bany and Schenectady. The rivers rose to great height, breaking down and washing away railway tracks, etc. Tho loss at Rochester amounts to $100,000, and at Albany, to $50,000. Several persons were severely injured. The storm subsided at noon. It is now clear. Dispatches from the central part of the State report damage to tho Now York Central and Erie Railways. Portions of the Harlem Rail road have been washed away. Some bridges are gone. A freshet has occurred in the Schuyl kill river at Philadelphia, and several freight cars carried away. There is considerable dam age in the lower part of Baltimore. Some dam age was done on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and especially to telegraph poles and bridges. The storm ceased at Baltimore early this morning and tho flood has subsided. Increased rates to the West went into effect to-day. To St. Louis, 70; Chicago, 50; Cin cinnati, 78o.,per cwt., and others in proportion. A. Singular Case. The Son and Times of the 5th of October re ports an interesting trial which occurred before John W. Duer, Ordinary of Muscogee county, as follows: Mr. T. W. Bradley died last summer, possess ed of some $3,000. A mother, sister and broth er survived him. Mr. John Johnson, by request of tho heirs, applied for letters of administra tion. A caveat was filed by Mrs. E. A. Brad ley, (once Mrs. Emily Tomlin) who claimed she was the widow of the deceased, and as he died without a will or children, she was entitled to the property and the administration. The case, by consent, was postponed last month and.came np yesterday. _ A nnmber of witnesses were examined. The material facts are as follows: Bradley had been occupying tho. same house with the lady four years, three in a dwelling not belonging to him. Daring the fourth year they removed to a house owned by him. During this past year, before and after Christmas, he frequently mentioned to acquaintances, that he had married^ “Mrs. Tomlin” last October, introduced her as his wife, lived with, treated and paid bills for her as such and she was regarded as his wife by her rela tions. To an investigating committee of the Meth odist Church he had replied in a note that she was his wife, and asked that her name be taken from the books. Jnst previous to his death ha alluded to her as his wife., Bothsaid. they were married by Mr. Fulton. It was admitted, how ever, by the lawyers on either side, that Mr. F. did not perform the ceremony and that no license was granted by the Ordinary. After argument, in which the points were thoroughly discussed by Mr. Peabody for the administration and G. E. Thomas, Esq., and Gen. "Banning for the caveator, Ordinary Dner decided that Mrs. E. A. Bradley was the legal wife of T. W. Bradley, and as such entitled to the administration. Mr. Peabody gave notice that he would appeal. "We mention this case as one of great singu larity in this section. A Horrid and Ominous Discovery, It cannot be a piece of good lock or a good omen to sttunble upon a quarry of grave stones; bnt that fortune, we see, has happened to the Chief Justice. The Atlanta New Era says: "We are informed that Chief Justice Brown, while constructing a dam for a fish trap, on his farm in Gordon county, a few days since, dis covered that the whole bluff along the bank of the Coosawattee river, near the trap, is a mass of the finest quality of roofing slate. The quarry is six to seven hundred yards wide, and from a half to three quarters of a' mile in length, nearly in the center of his traot of land, and probably extends downward indefinitely. It contains millions of tons of slate. The solid blnff of slate on the east bank of the river is in some places twenty-five feet high above the water. The lo cation is a most fortunate one, as it is only seven miles down the river from the quarry at Resaca on the Western and Atlantio Railroad, and the river is navigable for small boats, which obviates all difficulty about transportation. This is another important discovery. The undeveloped wealth of Georgia is almost unbounded. The Chief Justice seems to be a lucky man. "Whatever he lays his hand to prospers. Some years since he purchased a poor lot of land near Canton, for a wood lot, npon which copper was afterwards discovered, ana he sold it for a profit of abont twenty-five thousand dollars. He bought an excellent bargain in his fine river farm in Gordon county last fall, upon which this important discovery is made. The quarry is probably worth doable as much aa the excel lent river lands, where it is located. Mr. Gsobqe Peabody sailed from New York for "England on Wednesday in the Scotia. He returns very weak; indeed his debility has been such that he has been obliged daring the last three months to oonfine himself within doors, lying down for twenty hows or more of the twenty-fonr, and only going out when compelled to do so by important business. He has besides experienced an almost total loss of appetite.— Still, there are enoonraging symptoms in his case, inasmuch as bin cough, which weakened him so much, has nearly left him, and ha has lately commenced to gain in weight. It is hoped that a winter residence in a wanner climate, even if it does not entirely restore him, may so far improve his health as to prolong his useful and happy life. Dobiho the recent gold panie a frugal office elerir in a New York bank draw all his savings, amounting to some $660, and speculated in the street. Fortune nailed on him, and by Friday morning he bad made $15,000 profit. His em ployers, surprised at him look, advised him to invest that amount with them, and they would “ make a hundred thousand for him.” He very naively repliod: “Charley has made fifteen cool; Ohsriey win stop!" Charley that night was worth fifteen thousand dollars—Charley's employers not fifteen oenta. yiacqn and Angusta Railroad. At the meeting of stockholders in Augusta on the 4th, thet following gentlemen were elected Directors of the Macon and Augusta Railroad Company: H. F. Russell, "W. E. Jackson, John P. King, H. Moore, W. J. McGrath, H. J. Lano A B. B. DeGraffenreid, Geo. S. Obear, G. H. Hazlehurst, "W. H. Ross, J. T. Gardiner, S. D. Heard. ■- v At a subsequent meeting of the Board of Di rectors, Geo. H. Hazlehurst, Esq., of Macon, was elected President."""; - ' '" "j* - The following were the reports of the Chief Engineer and Secretary and Treasurer: The contract recommended by "that Conven tion was perfected soon after adjournment with Messrs. Goo. G. Hull & Co., and the work has been entered npon with vigor and dispatch. One thousand hands are now engaged on the grading, masonry, bridging and timber getting on the line of the road. One cargo of one thousand tons of Iron rsQs were ordered immediately, and is now on its way from Europe, and may be expected to reach the port of Charleston" at an early day. So soon as t£is cargo arrives the track-laying will at once be commenced at Milledgeville,”and pushed up on the eight miles of graded road-bed south of that point. uiJjJLf ij’sle Active measures are being taken to complete the Ocmulgee River bridge at Macon at the earl iest day, with the purpose of starting track-lay ing at that end of the line. Under the arrangements made, it appears reasonable to suppose.the contracts for comple tion will be fulfilled in advance of the time stip ulated. The character of the work is generally heavy, the country being rugged and broken, in volving deep cuts and high embankments. . The amount which has. been expended on the grading since the commencement of the contract is some $75,000. It is gratifying" to report the condition of the running portion of the road between Waxrenton and Milledgeville to be excellent. Heavy repairs have been made during the snmmer on trestle-works; new timbers having been substituted for all showing the least de cay. The Oconee bridge has been Covered, tinned and painted. Altogether the road may be considered in first-rate condition. The statement of the earnings as presented by the Georgia Railroad, now operating the finished portion, from April 1st, 1868, for twelve months, show receipts of gross earnings of $45,12:1.52. The expenses of the Bame time were: Ordinary $39,863.85 Extraordinary (new depts) , 7,481.62 Total expense ,47,282.47 Excess of all expenses over earnings was 2,158.95 Bnt this statement does not inclnde the inter est on the company’s first mortgage bonds amounting to 28,000 per annum or seven per cent, on the loan of $400,000, nor officers’ sal aries, nor contingencies. It will, therefore, be seen that there has been a deficit of $3000 per month or $36,000 per annum incurred by the year’s operations. It was this showing that made it’ apparent that something should be done, and that quickly, to save the road from rain and the stockholders from the loss of every dollar of their investment. The extension of the line to Macon was the sole alternative, and this fortunately has been seenred by the con tract with Messrs. Geo. G. Hull & Co. I feel the ntmost confidence that, tfpon com pletion of the road to its destination, we Bball not only be able to meet the interest on the funded debt of the company, bnt also pay a small dividend to stockholders. With the natu ral increase of business and a return of prosper ity to the fine farming conntry traversed by the road, we may rest assured that dividends will constantly increase with the progress of the coming time. Apart from the profit which, as the shortest line between Angnsta and Montgomery we Bhall derive by the transii of passengers and through mail and express business, I believe that the legitimate business between the two cities "of Angnsta and Macon, and the local traffic on onr line will enable ns to meet expenses and the in terest on the" bonded debt of tile Company. Geo.H. Hazlehubst, ■ .j Chief Engineer. Mr. J. A. Milligan, Secretary and Treasurer, reported the following: CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE MACON AND AUGUSTA HOAD, OCTOBER 4, 1869. ASSETS • Construction of Road $1,479,005 83 Real Estate Baldwin county Bonds Profit and Loss Interest on Bonds ....'. Interest Incidental Expenses and Salaries Due from other Corporations,and Agents 15,007 63 TaxeB 30 00 Bills Receivable 390 89 Cash , 4,116 55 16,528 90 21,000 00 96,771-35 44,315 00 5,355 38 2,155,49 Total $1,654,676 52 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in $1,078,8X8 64 Bonds of the Comp:ny, 1st mort gage 400,000 00 Bills payable i 11,024 87 Dne to other Corporations and Agents 4,374 67 Forfeited Stock 5,610 00 U. S. Tax on Coupons 5 25 Loss on Iron Rails seized by the (0. S.) : 154,738 09 Total $1,664,676 52 Oub Litebatube.—If onr people knew the . many good things every month published in the “XIX Ckntubt”; if they folly appreciated the fact that this Southern Magazine, with Ex-Gov. Ferry, Wm. Gilmore Simms, Rev. Dr. Hicks and others, for contributors, is equal to the best of Northern monthlies ; if they realized that it is in itself a “ circulating library” of choice lit erature, cheap at $3 50 a year, they would like ourselves welcome it to their homes and fire sides. The October nnmber is before ns, full as usual of entertainment. Mias Annie H. Barn well furnishes “ The Bandits of the Hartz Moun tains,” a thrilling legend; Dr. Simms continues his Reminiscences of Southern Authors; “ Per sonae” gives ns another chapter from “.The early scenes of the war ”; Rev. John Bachman, D.D., furnishes an interesting personal sketch of Humboldt; and in the “PoLustiosl Griaia,” which is evidently from the pen of a statesman, ia suggested the remedy for the present misfor tunes of the Sooth. There are many choice ar ticles in prose and poetry besides, attractive to both young and old. The “ XIX Cektuby” may be had at the book stores. Me. and Mbs. A- T. Stewabt are making ex tensive preparations for opening their new fif teen hundred thousand dollar residence on Fifth avenne. They will exhibit on the occasion e table service of solid silver lined with gold and coating about eight thousand dollars. The New Hampshire State Fair in Menohee- ter is a triumph. Among the marked features in the procession was a team of eleven yokes of oxen from Barrington, drawing a handsome ly deooratod rural oottage on wheels. A collection of twenty-five pins, very well made,has just been placed in the Louvre. They were found in the subterranean vaults of Thebee, and were made more than three thousand yean ago, showing that the modem invention ia only a reinvention. Pxbuvian Guano Exhausted.—The Madison Examiner publishes extracts from Merxyman A Co., of Baltimore, that pure guano is not in the market, and baa been sold out Any purchase* now most be spurious. It is annonneed that ML de Lbqsaps baa panted through the Baez Canal,-frtwi Port Bead to Soto, in a steams*, in fifteen boon.
