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TEHWEiKLTOOHSmnTIOBALKT
Meeting of the Bar.
_ Richmond county* assembled in
Tb ° Ba ? Room on Wednesday, the 29th of
tbc 1867 to pay a tribute of respect to the
Ma - V ’ , f t j, e i r late brother, John Harvey
“ C “°jL Wm.T. Gould was called to the
Sir and Charles Holt requested to act as
Secretary On motion of George T. Barnes, the
chair appointed a committee of five, consisting
of George T. Barnes. John Milledge, James S.
Hook W®. A. Walton and Joseph Ganahl, to
draft resolutions appropriate to the occasion.
The meeting then adjourned until Thursday
morning, at 9 o’clock. Thursday morning, 9
o’clock the Bar met, pursuant to adjournment,
when the following resolutions were reported
.by the committee, through their Chairman, and
nnanimously adopted. '
The members of the. Richmond Bar have been
repeatedly summoned within the last few years
Kourn the loss of many of the most loved of
the™ brethren. Death with an impartial hand
has scattered his shafts in our ranks. His
victims have been found alike with those ven
erable for their years and skilled in the science
of our profession and again with those who
having rej*iced in early triumphs looked eagerly
forward to a successful crowning of maturer
labors He now calls us to pay the last tribute
of respect to a young and gifted brother. He
whose loss we this day mourn, came among us
after the termination of his collegiate career,
terminated with the highest honors, and enter
ed upon the practice of his profession with
bright prospects of success. In obedience to
the call of his country be abandoned the law
for the pursuit of armfe. He served that country
long and well. The wounds, which in her de
fence he received, afflicted him while living, and
their scars he carries with him to his grave. At
the termination of our late disastrous civil war
he again sought a home among the people he
loved so well and whom he had so faithfully
served in the field. About to renew the chosen
pursuits of his early manhood with those among
whom he had first settled, Death suddenly
calls him away, and we are here to give public
expression to the feelings of our hearts at the
sad dispensation which afflicts us. Therefore
he it
Resolved , That we have learned with feelings
of poignant sorrow and heartfelt regret ot the
death of our young and talented brother, John
H. Hull, Esq.
Resolved , That in respect to his memory we
wear the usual badge of mourniug for thirty
days.
Resolved , That' these proceedings be present
ed to the Superior Court at its next session,
with a request that they be entered on the min
utes, and that a copy of the same be furnished
by the Secretary to the family of our deceased
brother, with the assurance of our heartfelt
condolence in the sad affliction which has visit
ed them.
On motion, it was
Resolved , That copies of the above proceed
ings be furnished to the city papers for publi
cation.
The meeting then adjourned.
Wm. T. Gould, Chm’n.
Charles Holt, Sec’y.
Mercer University.— On the authority of
the Atlanta New Era , we stated yesterday, says
the Macon Telegraph, that it had been deter
mined to remove the above institution from
Penfleld to that city. The Era, it seems, went
off half-cocked, as will' appear in a communica
tion published elsewhere from a “ member of
the Board.”
Having made the same statement upon the
same authority, we desire to .state what a
“ member of the Board” says :
“The question of removal has never been
decided by the Board. It may possibly be be
ibic nrAt incctliig.
“ Whether Atlanta shall be the location, may
depend upon the aid which its citizens will
afford to the institution. Should they give
tangible evidence of their desire to have it iu
their midst, that fact will doubtless have its
weight.”
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Summer Resort. —We speak by the card
when we recommend the health-giving proper
ties of the waters of the Indian Spring to our
readers. The medical faculty unite as to its
virtues in cases of liver cpmplaints, affections
of the kidneys, and bowels, and in cutaneous
diseases.
The Mclntosh House is excellently kept by
Mr. Collier ; the chambers are cool, neat and
roomy ; the table is provided with all the deli
cacies and substantial of the season. A com
fortable line of hacks will ruu twicb a week—
Tuesdays and Fridays—f.-om Covington, on
the Georgia Railroad, thus rendering the Spring
easy of access to the people of this section of
country.
A* Request.— Officers of the Army of Ten
nessee having lists of the Georgians in their
commands killed and wcuuded during the cam
paigns in Georgia, will confer a favor by lor
wardiug copies to Rev. C. W. Howard, at
Kingston, Bartow county. Exchanges please
c°py-
Agricultural.— Mr. James B. Hart, of
Greene county, has sent to us a dozen heads of
wheat —specimens of his crop—which, in a few
days, will be fully ripe for the harvest. Mr-
Hart also sends us a cotton plant about four
teen inches high, with the squares formed. We
confess to greater interest in the specimen of
wheat, and trust that Mr. Hart’s granary will
need enlarging when the harvest is ended.
More Rain.— Copious showers descended
last evening, doing much good to vegetation,
and completely overflowing the numerous holes
in our streets and sidewalks.
Munificence of a Stranger. —W e—learn
from the Atlanta Intelligencer that Judge John
Pearson, of Danville, Illinois, has brought to
that city, at his own expense, over one thous
and bushels of corn for distribution to destitute
widows and orphans, every bushel of which is
contributed by himself. Accompanying the
corn is about one hundred dollars worth of
clothing, sent by the benevolent ladies of Dan
ville, to be disposed of in a similar manner.
John Pearson—let the name of this good
Samaritan- be engraved on the heart of every j
Georgian. I
In England the construction of a postal tele- j
graph is contemplated, that will include every
post town iu the United Kingdom, and avery
other town of 2,000 persons, and there is to be j
a deposit office at every post office which is not
a telegraph office proper. In England and
Wales there are 551 post towns, 414 of which !
send one or more day mails to London, and
513 of which receive one or more day mails
from London. m
At the fair and strawberry festival held by the
ladies of the First Baptist Church, at Memphis,
an editor’s secretary and chair wete voted to
the most popular editor in the city. They were
awarded to Semmes, formerly commander of
the privateer Alabama, now editor of the Mem
phis Bulletin, he having received a majority of
All the votes,
Hon. A. H. Stephens.— We have been m*
! formed, says the Chronicle A Sentinel, of Eun
' day, upon authority which we know to be en
tirely reliable, that the statements of Mack,”
the correspondent of the Cincinnati Commer
cial, in regard to a recent conversation-with
this distinguished gentleman, are, iff many re
j spects, wholly untrue, and that the position of
Mr. Stephens on the questions mentioned in
the letter is so highly colored as to do in
! justice to that gentlemen.
As the letter of “ Mack ” was copied in this
paper, we have felt bound to make this state
ment in justice to Mr. Stephens. We believed
at tte time of the publication of “ Mack’s ” let
ter that the statements it contained wefe highly
exaggerated, it not grossly false, and we take
pleasure in being affle now to make this correc
tion on authority.
Those who are intimate with Mr. Stephens,
and particularly those who have enjoyed his
confidence since the collapse of the Confederate
Government, need not be told that while he has
conversed very freely with his friends upon the
conduct of the Confederate authorities during
the war, he has been careful to abstain from
such eommeuts as “ Mack” reports him to have
made during his interview with him.
It is generally luiowu, and Mr. Stephens ha?
never attempted to deny the fact, that he did
not approve of the general conduct of the Con
federate Government during our recent strug
gle for independence, and that he utterly con
demned some ot the acts of Mr. Davis’ admin
istration. Yet that he was not a warm and true
friend of the cause will hardly be asserted by
any oue at all familiar with his course and posi
tion during that eventful period.
Fire in Ciiap.leston.— On Sunday after
noon, a little before three o’clock, says the
Mercury , fire was discovered in a small build
ing adjoining the tin manufactory of Messrs.
Shepherd & Due, corner of Congress and Oaks
streets, and' although considering the distance,
the engines were on the ground in a very short
time,' yet owing to the impossibility of procur
ing water, they were unable to arrest the pro
gress of the flames.
The building in which the fire originated,
and also the tin manufactory, were burned to
the ground. The fire is supposed thave been
incendiary in its origin. The buildings belong
ed to Mrs. F. 11. Due, and were valued at
$2,500, and were insured for SI,OOO. The stock
of Messrs. Shepherd & Due, which was a total
loss,*was valued at about $3,500, and was not
insured.
Gov. Jenkins. —We see that some of our ex
changes are still talking about Governor Jen
kins resigning his office. It is generally un
derstood hereabouts, says the Milledgeville Re
corder, that the Governor has no intention that
way. We believe that he and General Pope are
working on harmouiously together in their re
spective spheres, and, as we remarked some
time since. Gov. J. is entirely indisposed to any
controversy with the military authorities, and
desires quiet and good feeling in the State. We
would regret exceedingly if anything should
occur to cause our able Executive to resign, as
his watchful eye and clear bead is needed to
look after the financial interests and local affairs
of the State as far as permitted. We arc denied
his advipe on national affairs, for were he allow
ed to speak, wisdom and true statesmanship
would doubtless mark every word, for we con
.(iniuo that fhr»r<> is no ono In. the. Stata.more able
to advise wisely and prudently.
Protest of Mayor Withers.— Mayor
Withers, of Mobile, has protested in writing
agaipst his removal which, by order of General
Pope, has now taken place. He says that he
was relieved by the Presidential pardon from
all pains, penalties and liabilities growing out
of participation in the rebellion, and that he
has faithfully observed his oath of allegiance
and oath ot office. He considers his removal
to be an imputation that he has been untrue in
his obligations to the Government, or unfaith
ful in the discharge of his duties as Mayor, and
against it he therefore enters his solemn pro
test.
Columbia and Augusta Railroad.— We
learn, says the Chronicle , that at a meeting of
the directors of this company, President John
son reported the purchase of some thirty miles
of T iron—part of which has reached Charles
ton and Columbia—and that track laying had
been commenced.
At this meeting of the board, R. H. May,.
Esq., tendered his resignation, which was ac
cepted, and Edward Thomas, Esq., late Presi
dent of the Union Bank, was unanimously
elected to fill the vacancy.
Information Wanted. —R. M. Braden and
Hamilton Kerce, of Rome, Ga., advertise for
information of R. M. Braden, William C.
Kerce and James H. Kerce. These young
men were enlisted in company C, 40th regi
ment, Georgia volunteers, by Capt. Hargrove,
at Rome, Ga., on the 4th of March, 18G2. After
the'fall of Vicksburg they left, with other pa
roled soldiers, for their homes in Georgia, and
have not since beeu heard from.
A curious case under the test oath was re
cently decided by the Court of Claims. A man
was admitted to practice in the court who could
j.not take the oath because he had held a judi
| cial office under the Confederate Government.
| The court held that as he took the position to
: escape service in the ranks, his loyalty is un
j questionable.
The Boston Post says : “ Locking up ‘ boys
| in prison cells for playing marbles on Sunday
is not calculated to improve their medals any
j more than beatiug a child unmercifully is cal
| culated to enlighten its mind, or starving cr
j freezing one to purify its religious nature. But
j all these experiments arc tried here in our
‘ neighbood.
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A writer in the National Intelliaencer says
1 spii fts of hartshorne is a certain remedy for
the bite of a mad dog. The wound should be
j bathed constantly with it, and three or four
i doses, diluted, taken inwardly during the day.
The hartshorne decomposes chemically the
j V i rus insinuated into the wound, and imme
diately alters and destroys -its deleteriousness.
| Needs no Proof.— A man named Hayward,
in a recent speech to the Radicals of Richmond,
| said he “believed the negro to be better than
I the white man, and was prepared to prove it.”
I If the white men referred to are of his class,
\ the assertion needs no proof. It is self-evident.
Mercer University. —The removal of this
institution to Atlanta having become a fixed
fact, the President of the institution, Rev. Dr.
Tucker, and Rev. D. E. Butler, President of the
Board of Trustees, are in that city for the pur
i lose of selecting a site for the building.
Namingof the Steamer.— At four o’clock,
yesterday afternoon, Vigilaut*No. 3 paraded in
Broad street. After marching and counter- I
marching the compauy drew their splendid
steamer up in front of the Planters’ Hotel and
halted.
Chief Engineer Platt, after the presentation
of the sleamej by the Mayor, introduced J. C. j
C. Black, Esq., who delivered an eloquent ad
dress, in which he referred to the record of
the cqmpany, and paid a deserved tribute to
the noble man in honor of whom the steamer
i was to be named. Ho then, secundem artem ,
called the steamer “John Nelson” —a name
revered by, not only the members of Vigilant, ;
! but the entire community.
The ceremony over, Mr. Patrick Gleason be
ing called upon, annouuced that in behalf of
Vigilant, he had a pleasing duty to perform ;
and proceeded in a graceful manner to present
to the Chief Engineer a superb fireman’s hat
and belt, manufactured expressly for the occa
sion. The Chief was taken completely by sur
prise, and could only, iu his usual modest man
ner, express his gratitude to the company for
the unexpected token of regard.
The hat is truly magnificent. The front j
piece is a silver shield, with the word “ Chief ” j
at the top in blue enamel. In the centre is en-;
graved a steam fire engine, and underneath the
name of the recipient —“ J. B. Platt ” —also in
blue enamel. On the back part of the rim is a
silver plate with the inscription:
“ Presented to
J. B. Platt,
Chief Engineer Augusta Fire Department,
By
Vigilant Fire Engine and Hose Cos.”
The rim has a silver scolloped border, and the
crown is surmounted by an eagle’s head. The
hat is white.
The belt is of wnite patent leather, bound j
with blue, and elaborately ornamented with |
scroll work in red. In the centre of the belt is
the word “ Chief.” On the front slide arc the
initials, “ J. B. P.,” in German text.
After this, the Company returned to their
quarters, deposited the steamer, and adjourned
to 8 o’clock, to meet in their Hall.
Promptly at eight the company re-assembled
with a large number of invited guests. A
sumptuous repast had been prepared under the
supervision of the estimabre mother of the en
thusia9ticfireman,Kenrick. We left at 10 o’clock
and when the festivities were in full progress.
Speeches, were made by Messrs. Black, Glea
son, Walsh, Haley and others. Hett contri
buted his soul-enlivening music to the inspira
tion of the evening. Thus passed off this
recherche affair, and, we are happy to add, with
out a drop of intoxicating liquors. All honor
to Vigilant. May her example be followed.
A' Graceful Act.— The presence of Brig.
Gen. Green, the commandant of this post, says
the Columbia Phoenix , at the funeral obsequies
of Col. DeSaußsure, on Tuesday, was a grace
ful tribute by one gallant* officer to another,
who fell in the stern conflict at Gettysburg, in
which both were participants, but on opposite
sides. This act is in keeping with the courtesy
manifested by the commandant in the conduct
of his difficult mission, and will be appreciated
by ouc people.
Military Rule. —Some of the advocates of
Reconstruction, so-called, argue that they pre
rer it to military rule, notwithstanding their
ilk have accepted office at the hands of the mil
itary. Read the telegram from Mobile. Would
the B. B. B. o the S. S. S. ring have suppress
ed the incendiary utterances of the Mobile Rad
ical sheet? No! Hence, we prefer military
to Radical rule. We can live under the former
with honor; we consent to the other, and are
dishonored! At the same time we hold the
suppression or survillance of the press as
wholly indefensible. Let those who give aid
and comfort to rioters be punished according
to law.
The Bishop Elect Declines.— The New
Orleans Tunes , of the 2Sth, says : “ The Rev
John W. Beckwith, Rector of Trinity Church,
has declined the See of Georgia, to which h<?
had been elected. His reasons for declining so
high an office in the church is, that his work in
this Diocese had but begun.- He remains iu ac
cordance with the wishes of the largest congre
gation in the city. When the announcement
was made from the pulpit that he would not
leave his flock, it was received with profound
and deep feeling.”
Information Obtainable.— During the war,
a Georgian named Armstrong, in the Con
federate naval service, lost his life near Bermu
da Hundred on the James river. His relatives
can get a clue to his grave by addressing Mr.
William Randall, Purser of the Bay Line Steam
ers, Baltimore, Md. Papers in the State will
please copy:
An Important Circular.—We publish the
following circular for the benefit of all con
cerned :
Bureau R. F. and A. L.. )
Sub-District of Augusta, >
Augusta, Ga., May 27th, 1867. )
Circular No. 1. *
The attention of the Agents iu this Sub-Dis
triet is called to the fact that they are permit
ting freed people to sue for their wages before
the Civil Courts, and thereby absorbing the
same in lawyers’ fees, »&c., and depriving the
families of such freed people of the necessaries
of life. Hereafter, the Agents of this Sub-Dis
trict will promptly assist the freed people with
out the delay aud cost of a suit in obtaining
their wages, and for the accomplishment of this
“the proceeds of the employees’ labor may be
seized when necessary to secure the debt, await
ing the orders of the Assistant Commissioner.”
All differences which may arise between em
ployer and employee, with reference to the ful
filment of a eonlraet, will be adjudicated exclu
sively by an Agent of the Bureau.
M. C. L. Echlers,
Brevet Col. aud Snb-Assis’t Comra’r.
The Dead Soldier—Correction. —It seems
that we were in error yesterday morning in
announcing that the soldier belonging to this
garrison, whose bodj' was found near the cerne
tarj, had been murdered. The following note
corrects the mis-statement:
Office Post Quartermaster, )
Atlanta, Ga, May 28,1867. \
Mr. Editor: The soldier Sink, found dead
near the cemetery, committed suicide, and was
not murdered and . robb%d, as supposed. A
letter was found on his person to that effect,
showing despondency on part of deceased.
The rumor ofihis being murdlred and robbed
might have the effect ot intimidating citizens
traveling to and from the city by that road
Very respectfully, yours, &c.,
f ifliL r _ Charl es S. Ilsley,
Ist Lieut. 16th Infantry, and A. A. Q. M.
[Atlanta Intelligencer, 27th.
A monument, to cost, $70,000, wifi be erected
in Central Park, New York, to the memory of
the 7th regiment who were killed during the
war. It suffered terribly, losing nine men killed.
New Regulations Concerning Stamp Duties.
Commissioner Rollins, of the Internal Reve
nue Bureau," lias* just issued a pamphlet con
taining a schedule of stamp duties ou and after
March 1,1867, and the laws aud regulations
concerning tile purchase aud use of internal
revenue stamps :
In all cases where an adhesive stamp is used
for denoting the stamp duty upon an instru
ment write or imprint thereupon m ink the ini
tials ol his name, and the date (the year, month,
and day) on which the same is attached or
used. Each stamp should be separately can
celled. When stamps are printed upon checks,
«sec., so that in tilling up the instrument the
face ot the stamp is and must necessarily be
written across, no other cancellation will be
required.
All cancellation must be distinct and legible,
and, except in the case of proprietary stamps
from private dies, no method of cancellation
which differs from that above described can be
recognized as legal and sufficient.
A person who holds an unstamped convey
ance found upou a “ confederate-currency”
consideration will be allowed to; affix such
stamps thereto as he may think sufficient, and
no prosecution will be instituted by direction
of the Internal,Revenue Bureau for the recovery
of a penalty for failure to stamp it according to
the nominal amount of such consideration. If
the parties interested elect to stamp it accord
ing to the actual value of the in
United States currency at the date of its deliv
ery, they will be allowed to do so, taking their
own risk of the sufficiency ol the stamp.
The validity of a'deed is a question for the
courts. It is one of importance to the parties,
but not to the bureau, and further than the in
sufficiency of the stamp may affect the revenue.
The foregoing is applicable to other instru
ments as well as to the deeds.
A penalty of fifty dollars is imposed upou
every persou who makes, signs or issues, or
who causes to be made, signed or issued, any
paper of any kind or description whatever, or
who accepts, negotiates or pays, or capses to
be accepted, negotiated or paid, any bill of ex
change, draft or order, or promissory note, for
the payment of money, without the same being
duly stamped, or having thereupon an adhe
sive stamp for denoting the tax chargeable
thereon, cancelled in the manner required by
law, with intent to evade the provisions of the
revenue act.
A penalty of two hundred dollars is imposed
upon every person who pays, negotiates or of
fers in payment, or receives or takes in pay
ment, any bill of exchange or order for the
payment of any sum of money, drawn or pur
porting to be drawn in a foreign country, but
payable in the United- States, until the proper
stamp has been affixed thereto.
A penalty of fifty dollars is imposed upon
every persou who fraudulently makes use of
an adhesive stamp to denote the duty required
by the revenue act, without effectually cancel
ling and obliterating the earneiu the mauuer
required by law.
Attention is particularly called to the follow
ing extract, from section 155 of the Act of June
30, 1864, as amended by the Act of July 13,
1866:
If any person shall willfully remove or cause'
to be removed, alter or cause to be altered, the
cancelling or - defacing marks on any adhesive
stamp, with intent to use the same, or to cause
the use of the same, after it shall have been
once used, or shall knowingly or willfully sell
or buy such washed or stamps, or of
fer the same for sale, or give or expose the
same to auy person for use, or knowingly use
the same or prepare the same with intent lor
the further use thereof, or if any person shall
knowingly and without lawful excuse (the
proof whereof shall lie on the person accused)
have in his possession any washed, restored or
altered stamps, which have been removed from
any vellum, parchment, paper, instrument or
writing, then, and in every such ease, every
person so offending, and every person know
ingly and willfully aiding, aliening or assisting
in committing any such offense as aforesaid,
shall, on conviction thereof, * * * * be
punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars, or by imprisonment and confinement
to hard labor not exceeding five years, or both,
at the discretion of the court.
If is reported that persons in various parts of
the country, and under various pretexts, are
collecting cancelled stamps, and, as it is believ
ed, for the purpose of removiug the cancelling
marks ‘therefrom and preparing them for fur
ther usd.
All revenue officers have been directed to
give this matter their special attention ; to ac
quaint the people with the true object for
which such stamps are collected, and with the
penalties incurred by all who in any way know-’
ingly aud wilfully •aid,. abet, and assist in the
commission of the offense. It is believed that
many stamps are gathered from persons who
are ignorant of the use to which they are to be
put, and innocent of all intent to defraud the
revenue.
‘The fact that a person is collecting stamps
which have once been used is sufficient to
arouse strong suspicion, and calls for an imme
diate investigation; and the possession of
washed, restored or altered stamps is prima
facie evidence of guilt. No pains should be
spared to insure the detection and punishment
of guilty parties.
It is not lawful to record any instrument,
document or paper required by law to be
stamped, or any copjfc thereof, unless a stamp
or stamps of the proper amount have been af
fixed and cancelled in the manner required by
law ; and such instrument or copy, aud the re
cord thereof, are utterly null and void, «nd can
not be used or admitted as evidence in any
court until the defect has been cured as pro
vided in section 158.
The Milk in the Cocoanut, or the Rea
son of the Disgust.— The Shelby (O.) Chron
icle (Radical) has the following card:
* “ Shelby, 0., May 15, 1867.
“ Horace Greeley— Sir : Will you have the
kindness to reduce the club of Tribunes coming
to Shelby, Ohio, (one) as I do not want your
paper. Send it to some of your ‘ copperhead ’
friends. My reason for so doing is this: For
one, I think a man that will bail Jeff. Davis out
ought not to be patronized by any man claim
ing to have a loyal heart or the first drop of the
blood ot 1 1776 ’ coursing through his veins.—
My opinion is, a man that would bail Jeff.
Davis would not hesitate to drink lager beer
sitting upou Union grave stones. Stop my
paper.
Yours, in disgust,
W. A. Flanders.
u P. 8.-New York Tribune, Richmond En
quirer, Cincinnati Enquirer, Shield and Banner,
» Now York Tribune Almanac ” and Bury run
Forum please copy, and charge Jeff. Davis, j
Greeley & Cos.”
Thereupon the Ohio Statesman discourseth
as follows:
u This i6 not the first time W. A. Flanders,
of Shelby, Ohio, became indignant at the con
duct of Horace Greeley, of New York. We re
collect having seen an article in the Tribune
several years ago ventilating Flanders’ wine,
manufactured from the Lineas wine plant, good
lor all kinds of diseases, of excellent medicinal
qualities, (?) Ac., in the usual Yankee patent
medicine style. Horace detected the cheat, and
warned the pebple against the humbug. He
broke up this Flanders’ speculation in the
‘ wine plant,’ and caused him to swear at
Horace * like the army in Flanders.’ Horace
was independent. He didn’t care about having
his readers pay twenty-five cents per root for
common rhubarb plants, even if Flauders did
stop his paper, and he told the people so.—
Flanders consequently waited for an* opportu
nity to take revenge upon Horace, and the op-,
portunity came. He bailed out Jeff. Davis,
and Flauders stopped his paper ! Won't
Horace feel badly ? This accounts for the
milk in the cocoanut. Hence Flanders’ gush
ing loyalty iu the Shelby Chronicle. Oh, oh,
Flanders.”
The Sentences of the Fenian Prisoners.
— London Sunday , May 26. — Although Earl
Derby officially declared, on Saturday, that the
Fenian Burke, whose sentence of death has been
commuted to imprisonment for file, would be
made to suffer the extreme penalty of the law,
it is now thought that the Government is in
clined to deal more leniently with him. It is
also probable that the death sentences of all
the Fenian prisoners will be changed to im
prisonment for fife.
News Items.
The Tammany Society met for the last time
in the old wigwam on Tuesday.
A letter to tbfe Loudon Star asks aid for a
new enterprise, which is thus described :
“ There will shortly be set on foot a Female
Medical Mission to Delh'i, under the guidance
of the Society for the Propagation of the Gos
pel in that city, with the double object of in
structing the' native women medically aud
bringing a knowledge of Christianity to their
secluded homes. They will proceed to India
under the protection of married missionaries,
and receive a salary of £l2O per annum, aud
£l4O passage money, and it is necessary that
every candidate should be a lady by birth aud
.education, also a member of the Church of
England.”
The Saturday Review , in a humorous article
on the debate in our last Congress on court
dress, says in regard to the objection* raised
that our ambassadors would be taken for but
lers :
“ Most men who have arrived at a decorous
middle age would, we should think, much
rather run the risk of being mistaken for but
lers than expose their wretched shanks to the
cold of the atmosphere and the suppressed
ridicule of the multitude. A calfless great
man—and it is surprising how often great men
are cuifliess—will look with envy upou the
American who can clothe his legs in the deco
rous obscurity of trowsers,”
At Baden-Baden, says a letter writer, the
King of Prussia occupies a suite of rooms on
the first, floor of the Mansion Mesmer, which he
rents by the season. As-an instance of his in
difference to some points of royal etiquette, it
may be mentioned that he has authorised his
landlord to let the rooms during his absence,
on condition that the rent shall be given to the
poor of Baden. So that Mr. Smith, of New
York-, if he will pay lor the privilege, can sleep
iu the vacant bedoi William 111. of Prussia.
A farmer iu New York willed his daughter
four thousand dollars on condition that she
would marry a Catholic clergyman. As Catho
lic clergymen do not marry, the daughter en
deavors to break the will. The defense is that
the old man didn’t mean she should have an\
of the property, and took this way of saying so.
The Law of Entail.— The ease of the family
of the late Earl Rivers—who has just died at the
age of seventeen—is cited as illustrative of the
hardships ot the law of entail. The father of
the late Earl (says the Pall Mall Gazette.) fear
ing that his son was not likely to live, would
fain have cut off the entail for the sake of his
numerous family of daughters, but the son, be
ing under age, could not give his consent to
the step ; and thns'a father, with a magniticeut
estate, has died without being able to make
any provision for liis daughters, aud a brother,
with a magnificent estate, has died without be
ing able to make provision for his sisters.
Still, bad the father of the late earl bethought
himself of insuring his own life and the life ol
his son, the hardships under which the female
members of their families are now suffering
m ight have been palliated,if not entirely avoided
The ladies residing near Bull Run and Manas
sas have formed themselves into a society, to be
known by the name of Manassas Memorial As
sociation, having for its object the reinterment
of the Confederate dead, now buried in grouped
or isolated graves over a space of many miles,
and the memorials of which are liable soon to
be obliterated. Miss Susan M. Monroe, the
Corresponding Secretary of the Association,
has, by assiduous inquiry and industry, found
out the names and places of burial, also to what
States and regiments be.onging, of six hundred
dead, to whose graves headboards, with their
initials, have been placed. In order to have
their scattered remains cotteeted and decently
reinterred and enclosed in a cemetery, with a
suitable monument, it is estimated that the sura
of five thousand dollars ($5,000) will be needed.
The ladies appeal to the public for aid to assist
them in their undertaking.
The phnnny-grapbist of the New York Ex
press remorsely perpetrates the following on the
Japanese Jugglers:
When the curtain rises at the Academy, the
first thing seen is a “ Jip-on-knees !”
The way the Japanese knock their foreheads
on the floor, shows what a brow beaten people
they are !
Manadawgawa Hami-kari B'idekitehi encour
ages his little boy to ascend tall poles, because i
he wishes to see his sonny ciiinb once more !
The. reason little All Right is so much at !
home, when he gets up to the top of the Acade
my, is because it has an aisy-attic air!
A late English paper says : “ An attempt has
been made to settle the dispute between the
master tailors and their workmen, but without
success. There are now about twenty-eight
hundred men on strike and several hundred
women. About 2,00(1 members of the union
are still at work for those employers whose
shops have not been struck against. The latter
pay a levy of 2s. each per week in support of
the strike, and are prepared to give a day’s pay
each if necessary.”
The recent Papal edict against brigandage has
begun to bear fruit. A letter of the Ist of May
says, “ One brigand has cut off the head of
another brigand, and has taken it to the authori
ties and claimed the reward of 2,500f. promised
by government. It is the head of a brigand of
Sonnino.”
A Highly Deserved Honor.— We have
heretofore inadvertently omitted to notice the
gratifying fact that the degree of Doctor ol
Divinity was some weeks since conferred by
Oglethorpe College, Georgia, on our highly
esteemed and eloquent divine, the Rev. J. L.
Girardeau, of the Fourth Presbyterian Church
of this city —Charleston Courier.
Mr. W. T. Lea, of sheared seven
sheep one day last week, the wool of which
wefghed sixty‘pounds—one a yearling buck
yielding fifteen pounds, nice and clean wool.—
Where is your blue grass sheep ?
f Owensboro, Ky. Monitor, 2 2d.
In Houston, Texas, a freedman was found on
the street the other day, “ huntin, ” as he said,
for “ the gemmon who ’ployed juror-men.—
Sumbody said dat be was givin’ $2 a day for
hands, but dat he would work lor sl, specie.”
Frightful Accident.— Shortly alter ten
o’clock yesterday morning a dreadful accident
happened at the new . Galt House building,
corner of Main and First streets. One of the
carpenters, Mr. James P. Lawler, while level
ing joists in the fourth story stepped upon a
brace at the end of one of the timbers, which
unexpectedly gave way, and the unfortunate,
man fell backwards down to the floor of the
second story, a distance ot forty feet. He struck
with his head between two joists, breaking his
neck and fracturing his right leg in two places.
Os course he was killed instantly.
Mr. Lawler was about thirty years of age, and
had a wife and one child. He was a very sober,
industrious mechanic, and exemplary- man, and
was highly respected by all who knew him.
[Louisville Journal, 2oth,
DE.vrn of Prof. James P. Waddell. —Prof.
Waddell died at his residence this morning at
4 o’clock, of paralysis. The deceased was a
son ot Moses Waddell, one of the early Presi
dents of Franklin College, and was himself a
member of the Faculty for many years. Hun
dreds ot graduates of the University will read
with sorrow that their old preceptor has gone.
He had been iu feeble health for more than a
year, and his death, though sudden, Mas not
unexpected. —Athens Banner, 2Stk.
Rosa Bonheur writes the following to the
Monitear des Arts, of Paris, iu reply to the
; statement that she had gone mad :
» g IR —Not only has the Enropcnot hesitated
to state that I had gone mad, but it even gives
! details of the malady. 1 leave the public to
I of such a proceeding, and I beg you i
, 60 1“ r° ur Bosx BOSOEUB."
The Fenian iniormer, Massey, is in Canada,
hiding to avoid the enraged Irishmen, who are j
watching for him. ~ , .
Rail-oad men in California have decided to
pom the cuts in the mountains to prevent
their being filled up * n ° d W Spoofing wifi
cording to the design /^bersft The 3
have a double support C>f stoat limners at tne
eaves, and half-way between the eaves and the
peaked top, so as to be strong enough to sus- j
tain the weight ol many tons of slow.
The drops.
Blakely, Eahlt Cos., May 13, 1867.
Messrs. Okme & Son : Supposing that you
would like to know something of our crop
prospects, I will say to you we have had a cold,
wet, backward spring; labor has been scarce,
and the planting not so large as last, year ; we
have a little more corn planted than we had
last year ; the corn is small and backward for
the time, but from what I see and hear of it, at
the present, it promises well. 1 suppose we
have about one-half enough, it it yields wel , t
make a plentiful supply for the country. The
cotton, as usual, is much complained of, the
plant small, bad stands, Ac. But the worstis
vet Dbe told. Some of us have a little corn,
many of us none ; if wc find something to giv
our raffles to-day, wc do not know how wc
shall feed them to-morrow. I fear every day to
hear of surrenders all over the country. e,
in this county, have had none yet, that I have
heard of. The meat houses arc as badly sup
plied as the cribs —but little to eat for man or
beast, and no money to buy it with, and stib
they will not plant corn. J- K -
Laurens County, Ga., May'14,1867.
Messrs. Editors : Crops in this and Wil
kinson couuty are at present rather cncourag
jn <r. The cold wind and rain made cotton look
quite lifelesß for a few days, but the present
warm weather has greatly revived it. A pretty
large crop has been planted and the stand is
generally good. Small* grain is fair, but iu
limited quantity.
Laborers are generally working well, but it
requires close attent on to keep them up to the
scratch. They are as vet entirely undisturbed
with politics. If they get excited on this sub
ject, I fear our erops will suffer much, for you
know that one idea at a time is as much as they
can bear.
Provisions fire scarce, ana it will be ft
hard run to get through even with considerable
suffering.
[Milledgeville Recorder.
The Weather— Crops in Sumter County.
—For several days past we have beeu favored
in this section with light rains and cloudy,
warm weather, which have been of great ad
vantage to the growing crops. The gardeus
sensibly improved, and the crops of cotton and
corn are very promising. The oats and wheat
crop will soon he ready for the reaper, aud the
prospects ahead are reasonably good. Laus
Deo.—Georgia Citizen.
Encouraging accounts reach us, says the
Memphis Bulletin, from all quarters of the
prospects of the incoming grain crops. From
New York to lowa the yield of wheat will
probably be very large, and wc learn that in
Southern States more attention than usual has
been bestowed upon grain crops. This is
right. We trust that our people have at last
been taught, hy sad necessity, the importance
ol first providing food for their families, be
fore attempting to cultivate anything for the
market. It may be that the great floods which
have everywhere inundated the country, and
the unusually cool weather of spring which has
been so unfavorable to the young cotton, will
prove blessings after all, in compelling our
people to turn their attention, almost in spite
of themselves, to the production of something
to eat. As we write the weather is more like
the first of April that the last of May.
Moke Wheat. —That model farmer, Jonathan
Miller, Esq., has exhibited to us sample “heads”
from sixty acres of wheat, from his place iu
this couuty, which he purposes having cut on
Monday. It is of the variety known as the
“Early May.” The heads, though not large,
are quite heavy and free from sign of rust or
smut. We learn that the yield is estimated at
twenty-five bushels to the acre, and that Mr.
Miller has engaged the lot to the enterprising
millers, Messrs. Geo. T. Jackson & Cos., at two
dollars and a half per bushel.
Mr. Miller’s corn is very promising, being
eighteen or twenty inches high. 4 gives us
pleasure to record these evidences ol reward to
the man “diligent iu business.”
Johnson County, May 21, 1867.
Editors Telegraph: The crops arc in good
condition. Freedmen, in the main, arc work
ing well. All are planting sufficient corn to
answer plantation purposes. Most planters
and farmers in this section will struggle
through the Summer without aid from banks
or commission merchants. Hopeful.
The great anxiety felt by all classes to know
the p.rospect for bread, has caused us to en
quire dilligently and examine extensively, so
as to be enabled to write advisedly upou War
ren’s prospect. Our wheat is excellent, never
finer ; corn is doing as well as could be desired,
and cotton, though somewhat affected by the
cold nights, is m t materially damaged. We
know of several instances where more corn is
planted than cotton, but the most of the plant
ers have staked all on cotton again.
• | Warrenton Clipper.
Crops.— A gentleman who has lately traveled
through the principal portions of Darlington,
Chesterfield, Marion and Sumter Districts
South Carolina, and in portions of Anson
county, North Carolina, states that the present
prospects for a good crop of cotton arc very
favorable. The plant was already up in many
instances, and was doing well. The wheat
crop was never known to be better iu that
section. ,
Crop Prospects in Upper Georgia.— As a
general thing, the weather looks finely. In
some localities the fly has injured it, and in
others some rust upon the blades is ndw re
ported, but, taken as a whole, there is a pros
pect of a tolerably good crop. Corn is not
doing so well, lii many localities there is a
bad stand, and the cotton planted is likely to
be an entire failure. Some planters are plow
ing up their cotton, and planting corn in its
place.
Wheat. —Wc are gratified to learn from all
quarters of the very promising prospect for a
large wheat crop. The high price of breadstuff’s
cannot continue, aud we arc of the impression
that the farmer who gets his wheat to market
| first will secure the highest price.
j A copious rain fell in this place on Tuesday
| night last. It was very opportune, for vegeta
tion began to look droopiug. From what wc
can learn, the rain was general throughout the
country. Farmers represent the growing
crops as looking remarkably well. A gentle
man who has recently p issed through portions
| of Dooly, Worth, Lee and Sumter counties,
j and endeavored to pay strict attention to the
! growing crops on his route, informs us that he
■ never knew corn and cotton to be iu a better
! condition than they are at this time.
[Sumter County Republican.
Some Cotton.— Mr. N. D. Sherman has laid
upon our table a specimen of the cotton now
; growing on his plantation in this county. It is
' the first we have seen this season ; the stalks
measure 2?>% inches in length. Mr. S. informs
! u j that it is an average of his entire crop of
i four hundred acres. Who can match it ? Look
out for your J.turels, gentlemen. Mr. S. repre
j geuts the c*rn and cottou in his section as be-
I ing in excellent condition. — Ibid.
Wheat.— Ffcirn all we can learn from the
fanners of this and adjoining counties, the
| wheat harvest will be more abundant than for
ten years past. All danger of rust is now past
and our draw long breaths. We
hear of several farmers in Spalding and Pike
who have already cut their wheat. The harvest
will commence in good earnest in the next ten
days. Save every grain ol it.— Griffin Star.
Commencement. —The Commencement ex
ercises of Furlow Masonic Female College,
Americus, will commence on Sunday, June
16lb, and terminate on Wednesday, the 19th.
Commencement sermon will be preached by
Rev. Joseph S. key, of Macon, and the Litera
ry Address by Hon. Tames Jackson, of Savan
nah.