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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST
“ The Church or the Strangers,” New
York : Rev. Dr. Deems, Pastor.— Strangers
Visiting New York are respectfttlly informed
that a congregation composed of Christians of
the different denominations, has been organized
under the pastoral charge of Rev. Charles F.
Deems.
The service is held morning and night in the
large Chapel of the University, two blocks west
of the New York Hotel.
The Pastor’s residence and post office address
Is 221 West 34th street. Strangers in the city
Who are sick or in distress may freely call upon
Dr. Deems lor pastoral service. When any
member of any church comes to New York, let
him call promptly pn the Pastor of the Church
• of the Strangers. Especially let this be done in
the case of young men, who will have a cordial
welcome.
Newspapers friendly to this enterprise are
respectfully requested to copy this notice and
allow it to stand.
Burke’s Weekly for Boys and Girls.—
The first number #. this new p?pcr is now in
type, and will be issued as soon as the pub
lishers get anew press put up on which it is to
be printed, which will not be later than the 10th
instant. It will contain the first chapter of
41 Marooner’s island,” a sequel to the Young
Marooners, with an illustration'; the beginning
of anew Fairy Tale, by Mrs. Ford, of Rome,
Ga., entitled “ The Little Woman in Green,”
with an illustration; a sketch of Sergeant
Jasper, with an illustration; ‘l’The Cloud,”
with an illustration ;an illustrated Rebus, Rid
dles, Enigmas, etc.; besides other stories,
poems, anecdotes, etc. The 'publishers have
already received sufficient encouragement to
insure the regular publication of the paper, so
that subscriptions may now be forwarded with
the money. Terms, 12 00 a year. Address, J.
W. Burke & £o., Macon, Ga.
Meeting of the National Typographical
Union. —The National Typographical Union
met in Memphis, June 2, at Odd Fellows’ Hall.
About seventy-live delegates were preseut.
The following officers were elected : John H.
Oberly, of Cairo, elected President; D. C.
Morris, of Memphis, First Vice-President; I
Hammond, of New Orleans, Second Vice-Presi
dent ; Alexander Troupe, of New York, Secre
tary, and W. D. Mayberry, ol Philadelphia,
Corresponding Secretary.
Thanks. —We have had many complimentary
notices from the press in different States, but
npnc so fervid as the flattering notice of the
Woodville Republican. We make our best how
and are pleased to know that onr voice has
been heard even in the remote country districts
of Mississippi.
Truth of History. —A Northern historian
has written a book giving a full account of a
speech made by Jefferson Davis at the Nash
ville Disunion Convention, how it was received,
etc. . It is a fact that Mr. Davis was not a mem
ber of that Convention, and during its session
was quietly attending to his official duties at
Washington. Is there any limit to Radical
meanness and mendacity ?
Death of Hon. Joseph Henry Lumpkin.—
This profound jurist, learned scholar, humble
Christian, pure patriot and polished gentleman
departed this life about ten o’clock on Tuesday
morning. Not only this community, says the
Athens Watchman , of the sth instant, but our
entire State will mourn this irreparable loss.—
We have.not time now for' extended remarks,
as we had gone to press before the news reach
ed us. . ’ ' ‘
Religious Meetings.— The friends of mor
ality and religion will be pleased to learn that a
series of meetings have been commenced, and
are now progressing, in several of the churches
of Atlanta. There is already evidence of a
happy influence at work,, and the indications
are favorable for ft plenteous harvest. The
churches at which these meetings are held, are
the Trinity, under the immediate charge of
the Rev. Wm. M. Crumley; Wesley Chapel,*
Rev. G. «f. Pierce, and First Presbyterian, Dr.
John S. Wilson.
Decline in Breadstuffs.— The Pittsburgh
Commercial says the principal grain centres are
manifesting, justmow, certain significant fluc
tuations in prices—a sort of trembling sensa
tion, like that which preceded the final plunge
of the sinking ship. The grand ahead
for the wheat crop, now within two months of
the market, has brought out some thousands
ol bushels of old wheat, and the market from
this time forward is bound to decline.
Arrested.— Charles Ambrose, who killed
Willie Orr, 6ome months ago, at Lawrenceville,
Ga., was arrested at Tallahassee, Fla y last
week. He now remains in confinement at the
latter place, awaiting a reqnisition from the
Governor of Georgia.
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Central Railroad Stock, at public sale in
on Tuesday, sold at S9O 50 per
share, and Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Stock at
s4l per share.
The Central Railroad management announces
a dividend of 'five dollars per 6bare on the
capital stock of this company has been de
clared from its earnings of the past six months,
payable on and after the 15th instant in Unlted
States currency.
The company will pay the Government tax.
• Radical Estimate of It.— The Philadelphia
Press says: “ The more we study Mr., Stau
bery’s opinion the less we like it.”
Whereupon the New York World responds :
** This is not suprising,” and adds :
I 0 * 1 * e ’ 6r fdt the halter draw,
With good opinion of the law.”
In the course of its comment on the opinion,
the World says : «No one is disfranchised for
mere disloyalty, but only for disloyalty subse
quent to taking the oath of office. And this
interpretation exempts all local, municipal and
unitary officers.” And, that “Congress is
bound to acquiesce in the official interpretation,
or else infor “ South what the requirements
y are, which will be finally insisted upon.”
A woman in Detroit has been arrested for
smuggling tea in her stockings .
In North Carolina the women carry nails -in
their stockings.
Telunq tub Truth.—The Chambersburg
an extreme Radical paper, says:
thes^« C l pa i i i n . was not given *» » favor to
other lt not in *ply ftn y promise of
«ner action favorable to them on the part of
It S«l?»mK.Vnr.of
andvirtnaThf «F n* measure of the same design,
ine of n»Uitlrv f .V ie Bame character as the burn
jnals f tore6 ° r the stampeding of ani
jnals employed in war by the insurgent!”
Paragraphic.
Colored immigration is expected in Arkansas
tbe present Year. Nearly two hundred from
Georgia will locate on Government land under
the homestead law next autnran. In Franklin
county, near the Arkansas river, there is a
colony of twenty families, located a few months
sihee. They have about five hundred acres in
corn and cotton.
A Nashville mechanic bas recently applied
for a patent for a new style of locomotive
smoke-stack, so constructed that no sparks are
emitted from the top of tbe stack, aehute being
fixed 'to carry them downward, and they fall
harmlessly upon tbe earth beneath the locomo
tive, thus insuring safety to all articles of a
combustible nature on the train or in its imme
diate vicinity.
Rev. Dr. Curry, Editor of the Methodist
Christian Advocate, says the Atlantic Monthly
is the organ Os free-thinkers; the New York
Tribune has always been anti-ChrUtian ; the
Nation it edited by polite infidels ; the Times
Is “ reckless of truth, poetry and decency,”
and the Evening Pott has “Unitarian proclivi
ties.”
One Paul Bagley, who calls himself a mis
sionary, and who ought to be one in Borri
boola Gha, has tried to get Jeff. Davis to beg
pardon.
Maryland Convention.—The Marylaud
Sonstitutional Convention has settled the see
on relating to slavery in the bill of rights by
adopting the following:
Art. 2. That slavery shall not be re-estab
lished in this State, but, having been abolished
under policy and authority of the United States,
compensation in consideration thereof is due
from the United States. _ ~
Taere were twenty-four votes against this
clause. » ...
The Denver Gazette is informed that Gov.
Gilpin has sold his grant in the Southern part
of Colorado for two millions to a New York
company. The same paper reports' tbe prob
able driving off of J. W. Smith’s stock by the
Indians near Julesburg. Further information
is to the effect that three of his men have been
killed and ecalpod. • t - . '
The trial 6fa new railroad constructor on the
Ceutral Pacific, in California, has proved a com
plete success. The machine levels the track,
lays the ties, deposits the Tails, and mils them
in their places. It is estimated that with a
complement of twenty men it will do as much
work in a day r.s two hundred men without the
aid of the'constructor.
Preaching and-the Heated TERM.-rt-Tbe
Sew York Express is out in an article on va
cant pulpits in the summer season, it is said
that many of the churches are closed in New
York during the summer, while the minister
who is drawing a large salary is enjoying the
gay world at Saratoga or some other fashion
able summer resort. • The injunction to preach
the Gospel was not restricted to the pleasant
seasons of the year, but is as important and as
effective in mid-summer as in the balmy Bpriug
time. The congregations are to blame, as they
could keep their minister at bis post if they
desired to hear him in the hot, sultry summer
time.
The Colorado Times says it is reported on
food authority from Waverville, that on the
Ist ult., one Indian—a desperate character
killed four men ou the west -side, viz.: Robert
L. Stockton, (Indian agent, Hoop Valley,)
James Latham, William Griffin and Isaac Stover,
at a point two miles above Willow creek. The
four trying to arrest the murderer, when
they were slain*. Stockton was a brother-in
law of Senator Conness, of California.
Some delay occurring during a recent presen
tation of the Black Crook in New York, the
stage manager explained k by saying that “ the
ladies of the ballet were not dressed.” The
joke was fully appreciated. •
The Emperor Napoleon has presented to tbe
University at South Bend, Indiana, a superb
and powerful telescope, valued at 25,000 francs.
It has inscribed upon it in French: “Present
ed by his Imperial Majesty Napoleon 111. to
the Catholic University of Notre Dame du Lac,
Indiana, Uuited States.”
The Southern harvest Os Republicanism is
white, but the laborers are few.
[ Cleveland Leader.
We though that the harvest was black and
the laborers many. The Government lias' cer
tainly putin its Sickles.— Prentice.
Rumor has it that Coupt Von Bismark has
asked and obtained leave to retire from office
as soon'as the Western German States ratify
the new Federal Constitution.
William Riddle, Brevet LieHt-Col. U. S. A.,
late of the staff of Maj. Gen. Meade, died at the
residence of his mother, in Philadelphia, on
Sunday, 2d inst. Some days ago the deceased
had a difficulty in an assessor’s office in that
city about a hasty word spoken by some body
in the room, and it is alleged was struck upon
the head with a billy. He was taken to bis
home, and bis injuries resulted in death. He
was born iu Pittsburgh, and early iu the war
joined the regiment of Pennsylvania Reserves
from that city, under Coi. Simmons. After a
short experience of the Peninsular campaign,
he was taken prisoner, and sent to Libby. Es
caping with others, be reached the Union lines
with much difficulty, and was selected by Gen
Reynolds as one oj his personal staff. After
tha“t officer's death at Gettysburg, he served
on Gen. Meade’s staff until broken health com
pelled him to.leave the field. He was wounded
at Autietam.
Mr. Ernest C. Wallace, who has been con
nected with the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
since the Spring ot 1854, died at Yonkers on
Monday morning, 3d inst., of consumption,
from which disease hje has been tor some mouths
a suflerey.
A machine for destroying the potato bug has
been invented out West. It is very simple aud
resembles a sulky plow, having two wheels to
drive a fan, which sucks up the insects and
dashes them against a board, which kills them.-
Turkey being bankrupt, and having imposed
taxes on every other imaginable thing, has at
length resorted to a tax on babies, because they
are “ exempt from military service.”
A dollar in gold will not to-day purchase as
much dry goods, iron, groceries, farm products
or labor as before the war, notwithstanding it
was quoted . then at par and now at one hun
dred and thirty-five for currency. The credit
of the Government has depreciated about twen
ty-five per cent., whilst merchandise and labor
havp appreciated from fifty to one hundred per
cent. V *-
A project is on foot among the Germans resi
dent in England and elswhere, toward raising a
fund for the benefit of the poet Freiligarth, the
object of wtiich is to enable him to quit the
toils of business life, and to return toiiis first
love—poetry —for the rest of his days.
Carlotta Patti is likely to bring the world of
Paris to her feet. It is more than probable she
will grow to be the special favorite of the sea
son, and to become as much sought after in the
concert room as Adelina is on the stage. It is
fortunate that the two renowned sister-stars can
revolve separately in their orbits without inter
fering with each other. Two 6uch burning
lights on the stage or in the concert room
would threaten the demolition of one. Now
each has her allotted sphere, and may illumine
her share of the world apart.
The mass which Liszt has composed tor the
coronation of the Emperor of Austria as King
of Hungary, was to be conducted by himself in
person; but an ancient custom confers the
honor, on all such occasions, upon the Capell
meteter of the Coart of Vienna, and, from the
resnlt of the usage, it is understood, no depart
ure will be made in favor of Liszt.
Marine Disasters in Mat.—Forty-five ma
rine disasters occurred during the month of
May. ot this number three were steamers,
seven ware ships, seven were barks, three were
brigs, twenty-four were schooners, and one was
a sloop. Seven vessels were abandoned; four
were foundered, one was burned, one sank af
ter collision, and six are missing, supposed to
be lost. The total value of property lost and
missing is estimated at $3,585,600. The total
losses during the first five months of this year
are estimated at $13,163,000, Which is $750 000
less than during the same period last year.
Tribute of Respect.
meeting of the bar of the supreme court.
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Milledgeyille, June 5,1867.
At a meeting of the bar of- tbe Supreme
• Court, held this day, on motion of N. J. Ham
mond, Esq., Hon. Joseph E. Brown was ealled
to the chair, and on motion ol Amos T. Aker
inan,- Esq., Charles W. Dußose was appointed
Seeietary. ’
Hon. K. F. Lyon announced the'death of the
Hon. Jos. H. Lumpkin, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Georgia, and moved the ap
pointment of a committee of ten by -the chair
man to draft suitable resolutions upon the oc
casion, with instructions to report the same to
the court during the present session, in order
that they may be spread upon tbe minutes.
The motion was adopted and the following
gentlemen were appointed as the committee:
His Excellency Gov. C. J. Jenkins, Hon. E. A.
Nis bet, Hon. Hiram Warner, Hem. Henry L.
Benning, Hon. Ebenezer Starnes, Hon. Rich
ard F. Lyon, Hon. Linton Stephens, Hon. Wm.
Dougherty, Hon. Junius Hillyer and Hon. Jas.
P. Simmons.
On motion of J. R. Parrott. Esq., the meet
ing adjourned.
Jos. E. Brown, Chairman.
Cbas. W. Dußose, Secretary.
European News.
QUEEN VICTORY TO HAVE A VISIT FROM THE
SULTAN OF TURKU.
- . - - London, June 5.
it is understood to be tbe intention of the
Sultan of Turkey to visit Queen Victoria, at
London, sometime during the month of July,
after he has completed his visited to the Em
peror Napoleon and the Paris Exposition.
PRUSSIA—DIFFERENCE WITH NAPOLEON ABOUT
ARMINtj, THE FORTRESS OF RASIADT.
V, : - June 5.
, It is Semi officially reported shat the Prussian
Government has refused to comply with tbe ex
pressed desire Os the Emperor Napoleon, that
it would pledge itself against ally future arm
ing of the fortress of Rastadt.
EXTENSION OF THE ZOLI.yEREIN OVER ALL
GERMANY. .
BERLWt, June Sw
The plan of the Zoflvprein for all Germany,
including the States of South Germany as wei!
as-those comprised in the North German ■Con
federation, has been formed.
THE DEPUTIES OF HESSE VOTE To ANNEX TO
NORTH GERMANY.
Berlin, June 5.
The Chamber of Deputies of .the Grand
Duchy of Hesse have voted in favor of entering
the North German Confederation.
United States Court— Hon. George S.
Bryan presiding.—Tbe case of the United
States vs. Simon M. Simpson, for a violation of
the internal revenue laws, was taken up. Tiie
discussion on the right of the District Attorney
to require the production of telegraph mes
sages was opened and able speeches made by
M. P. O’Connor and T. Y. Simona for the
.Telegraph Company, and D. T. Corrin, Esq.,
.for the United States. Judge Bryan decided
that the Telegraph Company was not subject to
ths same restrictions as the Post Office Depart
ment, and that the Government had a right to
demand the production of messages that had
passed over the wires, especially when it was
considered that they would lead to the discov
ery of fraud. the Telegraph Company was
allowed to keep these dispatches entirely se
cret, the wires might become the prey of vil
lains, who would seek to defraud the public by
this means. It was therefore decided that the
dispatches in question be produced in court as
evidence. - ■
The dispatches related to transactions be
tween Mr. Adler, of Wilmington, and the pris
oner, and referred to the purchase of whisky.
Headquarters District of Georgia, )
Macon, Ga., May 27th, 1867. J
[ Generali Order , No. 8.1
With a view to avoid, as fat as practicable, %
suspension of civil administrrtion of justice
throughout this State, the officers upon whom
the duty devolves are requested to report with
out delay to these headquarters any vacancy
that may now exist in civil offices in the State,
whether'State or local, and as they may occur in
future.
By command 6f Col. Caleb C. Sibley, U. S. A.
fSignedJ John E. Hosmer,
Ist Lieut. 16th U. S. Inf., and A. A. A. G.
[Official.] -
O. C. Knapp, Ist Lient. 33d U. S. Inf.,
Brevet Capt. U. S. A., Post Adju’t.
Murder and Robbery—Bloody. Work on
the Nolensville Pike.— News reached here
on,yesterday, that on Thursday, a farmer return
ing' to his home by the way of Nolensville pike, (
alter haying disposed of a large number of
sheep in this city, was set upon by several
highwaymen and deliberately murdered in cold
blood, the assassins rifling his pockets and
leaving his body in the road.
It is further reported that two farmers who
were traveling the same road on the same day,,
were also robbed, though po bodily harm was
done them.— Nashville Union.
The Shenandoah Valley is said to have almost
recovered from the desolations of the late war.
Notwithstanding the ravages of the many ar
mies that passed through it, and the almost
total destruction of houses, fences and agricul
tural implements, it. is said that this year the
farmers will probably have the liwest and largest
wheat crop ever raised in that region. The
lower counties are filling up with Pennsylva
nians, who are quietly buying up all the farms
they can get.
A Bad Accident.— We are pained to record
the death of our late estimable friend, Thomas
Hill, a native of this District, who recentl}
went to Mississippi on a visit, and while out
hunting, was shot by the- accidental discharge
of his gun. We knew Mr. Hill personally, and
can say Spartanburg had no better citizen.
\ Spartanburg Spartan.
Cotton for Liverpool.—E. A. Sou’.larfl
yesterday cleared the British bark Queen, Capt.
Stuart, lor Liverpool, with 721 bales of upland
cotton, weighing 358,368 pounds, valued at
186,808 ; 282 bales ol sea island cotton, weigh
ing 92,528 pounds, valued at $28,651 60 ; and
258,300 feet of timber, valued at $5,519 83. To
tal value of cargo, $120,479 53.
[SavamuzA Herald , 7th.
A Startling Discovert—A Frog Four
Inches Long Taken from a Young Lady’s
Stomach. —A party of young people, recently
amusing themselves at the house of Rev. Mr.
White, near Terre Haute, Indiana, were sud
denly somewhat startled on hearing the croak
ing of a frog in their midst.
While they were vainly searching for the
strange visitant —an unwelcome one* certainly
in a front parlor—they noticed that one of their
number, a young girl of seventeen, named Mary
Copaxi, turned as white as a sheet and laid her
hand upon her breast.
The croaking continued, and Miss Copaxi sud
denly uttered a terrible scream and swooned
away. As her young companions gathered
round her, applying the proper restoratives,
they made a startling discovery that ffirilled
them with horror !
Mr. White coming in at this junction, in
quired as to the meauing of the strange tumult,
and was informed that' the croaking of a frog
was heard proceeding from the stomach of Miss
Copaxi.
Yes, could be no mistake ; the noise of
the frog came from the young girl !
She swooned away three times before the
kind minister could inspire her with sufficient
hardihood and coolness to endure her mis
fortune as became a Christian*; and her com
panions wdre obliged to carry her home in a
carriage. •
Dr. Williams, a promising young surgeon, on
a visit to some relatives in this place, was im
mediately sent for. He perceived bt once that
his patient was a difficult case; but with re
markable self-possession* and a steady hand, be
at once proceeded with the work which could
alone save the girl’s lile. Before night, he had
made an incision in the fle6h just below the
breast, and extracted a large, green, speckled
frog, almost four Inches in length.
The girl is now doing well and will recover.
[Rochester Union.
A cotton laetory has just been completed in
Cuthbert, the operatives of which are chiefly
daughters of deceased Confederate soldiers.
“Little Creatures”— “The little erear
tures whom God, for some inscrutable purpose
permits to ed t a majority of our (Radical) jour
nals.”—//. Greeley.
Butler says Grant stole the term “bottled
»up ” from him. Butler’a thefts were always of
a more substantial kind.
The Vermont Republican Convention, at
Montpelier, nominated John B. Page, of Rut
land, for Governor, and Stephen Thomas for
Lieutenant Governor.
According to the Bureau of Statistics, in 1866
the entire population of the States, and Terri
tories was 34,305,882, black and white, being an
increase of 8,082,501 since 1860. Mr. John Dis
turnell, however, takes exceptions to this and
estimates the total population of 1866 to be
86,089,378, being an increase since 1960 of
4,643,056.
Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, carries as
a present to the Pope a silver model of the
yacht Henrietta, with a cargo of $50,000 in gold
pieces. The model »to serve as a reminder of
the .enterprise of our nation, while the cargo
will serve as a specimen of the liberality of Cin
cinnati.
The Old Testament abounds in proof that
the digestive orgaps, of which the stomach is
the most important, were reeognized as those
which influence the affections, and not the
heart.
Tbe New York Independent thinks that “pre
vious to the rebellion ” the students at West
Point “ were educated to hate the flag.” As the
New York,Tribune was largely patronized by
the Prolessors, the Independent must allude to
Gree’ey’s poem, “ Tear down the flaunting lie,”
etc.
“ You Must all be Burnt !”—With regard
to Senator Wilson’s tonr through the South, tin
old gen them an down in Pennsylvania writes :
“ Who is authorized to travel the country and
peddle out amnesty ? I would say to the most
guilty, expect punishment, and then quietude ;
bur first a mild confiscation,” etc.
John Buriyan records that when Christian
was proceeding on his pilgrimage, he passed by
the cave of an old, feeble, “ played out ” giant,
Who-Sat behind the bones scattered at his door
way, and mumbled’ out, “Yon must a}l be
burnt; you must all be bums.”
The King of Prussia, according to M. Cjroset,
has the tastes of an Old soldier. It is well
known that lie docs not live in the palace at
Berlin, preferring to return the residence Which
he occupied when prince. His private rooms
•in this residence are not large, and are very
simply furnished. He has fitted up his bed
chamber as nearly like a tent as circumstances
will allow, An iron bedstead, wooden chairs,
aud the plainest toilet conveniences, are ail the
furniture. His table is quite as modest, and he
rarely malies any change in bill of fare.
He is methodical in his habits, and becomes at
tached to the things about him. It grieves him
to throw away ah old coat, and he always
wears the high military slock of the Prussian
officer.
In the Court of General Sessions, in New
York, Judge Russell sentenced a
man named Hughes, alias Martin, afras Gogle,
who, under advice, had pleaded guilty to a
simple assault, when he had committed a felo
ny, to the lull penalty of the law—one year in
the penitentiary and the payment of a fine of
s2so—and this, too, in spite of the pleadings
of one Congressman, a supervisor, two aider
men and several other politicians. Such a dis
play of judicial impartiality is chronicled by
the daily press as a matter U> excite the great
est surprise, as it truly is. Are Brutusses to
take the place of Conuellys on the New York
bench. -
Marine Disaster.— Rumors as to the loss
of the steamer Croton, which formerly ran to
this port have been prevalent for some days
past, but nothing definite was known until yes
terday, as the owners and agents in Charleston
seemed to have an interest in keeping the in
lormation from the public. We have learned
the following facts in this connection :
ThcCroton, still under the command of Capt.
Tiitdu; left Charleston about the beginning of
the second week in May, bound for New York,
with avery 7 heavy cargo, consisting of machinery
belonging to a dredging machine, and other
heavy freight. On the night of the 10th of May
she collided with the schooner. “Two Marys”
of Cape Henry, near Hampton Ronds, and
almost instantly sunk, carrying down every one
on board.
The following is a fist of the white persons
on board, as far as we have been able to obtain
their names : B. W. Tilton, Captain ; Geo. W.
Crane, Purser; —Dennis, Engineer; Lake,
extra hand ; Abraham Linford, of Port Royal;
Capt. B. G. Reed, late of United States Volun
teers.
Capt. Tilton and Purser Crane were well
known in this city, where they were made many
acquaintances, who will regret their loss.
[Savamiah Advertiser , sth.
Ireland— Emigration —Distress Among
the People.— Emigration from Ireland is go
ing on rapidly. A letter from Drogheda says;
The increase in the exodus for the last eight
or ten days is somewhat startling, and the in
habitants look with wonder at lines of cars
passing through the streets towards the quays,
tilled with baggage, on which are seated the
female emigrants. Meath, Louth, Cavan and
Westmeath are the counties which contribute,
to the emigration movement here ; and should
it continue in the same ratio during the sum
mer mouths, the rural portion of the counties
named must be well nigh depopulated. About
sixty emigrants saikd from our quay last eve
ning, by the Brian Boiroihrae steamer. Large
crowds of the inhabitants were attracted to the
wharf, and the scene between the emigrants
and relatives left behind was truly affecting,
ir. all cases the emigrants promised to send lor
their friends as soon as they could.
Naturalized Citizens.—Messrs. Editors :
I read several articles in regard to Judge Stan
bery’s decision—Who can vote and who <jan
not vote—but in none of tbem have seen any
allusion made of a numerous class of citizens.
I mean naturalized citizens, all of whom took
the oath to support the Constitution of the
United States', and some of them served as vol
unteers jd the, Confederate States Army from
beginning to the end, that is, as high private.
How jvould it affect them ? are they excluded
from the polls ?
Let us hear your opinion.
Dutch Volunteer.
Macon, June Ist.
To our Dutch friend we answer, that Stan
bery’s opinion is not comprehensive on his par
ticular case, but that, in our opinion, he has the
right to vote, if lie bad, previous to his connec
tion with the (so-called) rebel States, held no
office under the United States. The oath of
naturalization does not apply, in placing him
among the disqualified class.
f Macon Journal $ Messenger.
As there were many “ Dutch volunteers ” in
the Confederate service from this city, we pub
lish the foregoing, which we consider correct.
Mtstebious Occurrence Explained.—
Coroner Whiting has been engaged for several
days past in holding an inquest on the body of
Cornelie- Verdier, a colored child, two years
and seven months old, who was mysteriously
drowned on the night of Thursday, May 30.
The circumstances attending the disappearance
of the child were such as to arouse suspicions
of foul play, and a great excitement was created
among a portion of the colored population,
owing to the fact that Smart Chisolm, the step
father of the child, endeavored to throw sus
picion on a white man by the name of Irvine.
After a thorough and careful investigation ot
the case by Coroner Whiting, and the examina
tion of many witnesses, the jury brought in a
verdict that the child was drowned by 4be
stepfather, Smart Chisolm. Chisolm employ
ed two lawyers, one white and one black, to
manage the y case for him, but the jury were
unanimous inffieir opinion of his guilt, and
he has been committed to jail lor trial.
[Charleston Mercury.
Breadstuffs. —The Chicago Tribune says
that the present inflated prices of wheat are but
temporary, aud intimates that they are mainly
due to a “comer ” established by speculator®,
on exaggerated statements of tbe scarcity of
breadstuff’s. The Tribune says :
In less than six weeks the harvest of wheat
will be gathered in the Southern half of the
wheat-growing belt of the country, and that
harvest promises lo be an abundant one. _A
few weeks later will follow the harvest up to
the Northern line, and that, too, promises to
be a most liberal yield. Under these circum
stances every one mast perceive that the pres
ent high prices rest upon an exceedingly flim
sy foundation. The “corner” npon bread
stuffs has been successfully maintained much
longer than than the speculators expected ;
but its time is nearly spent. Millers buy no
wheat at present prices, and sales ot floor are
confined to retail dealers, to supply the imme
diate wants of their customers. Yesterday
there were 110,000 bushels of wheat and 67,000
barrels of flour in store in Chicago. The daily
receipts are fully.equal to the demand for local
consumption, and there is no other demand
now, and will be none until the new crop
comes in.
This is a cheerful view ot the matter, which
we hope will be soon Verified by the market
quotations.
An Atocious Speech.— The Agent of the
Freedmcn’s Bureau, in the town of Madison,
Florida, recently made a speech to a colored
ninss|meeting, in which he gave evidence that
he is a villian of the deepest die, and unworthy
the countenance of the most humble. After
deprecating, In the strongest language, the law
of* the State giving relief to the suffering
widows aud orphans of, soldiers, we are in
formed by a correspondent of the Tallahassee
Floridian, he questioned the justice of the law
condemning to tbe gibbet a negro who com
mits the crime of rape npon a white woman.
Good God ! and has it come to this, that an
officer of the Government is tolerated in using
the influence Y>f his position to indirectly in
cite the negroes to debauch our mothers, sis
ters aud daughters ! “ Tell it not in Gath ;
publish it not on the streets ol Askalou.” This
Yankee Bureau officer must be a scoundrel of
the deepest die—born and nurtured in a sewer
of iniquity aud debauchery—u spawn cast
forth ou the earth, to defile everything with
which they come in contact, aud to stink in the
nostrils of all created things.
-*•“* - | Quitman Banner.
A.Sin gulak Suicide.;— Hughey Kern, who
bad been arrested for the brutal assault aud
battery committed on the person of Myra
Thorn, a colored girl, nine years of age, com
mitted suicide in jail ou Tuesday night. His
body was found in the morning the jailor,
and Coroner Whitiug at once notified of the
occurrence. Kern bad been confined in a ceil
in the tower, where tiie cells have two doors,
the inner being an irou grating. It appeared
that the deed had been premeditated, lor the
coat aud hat of the prisoner were found placed
in a corner, and the carefhl preparations made
evince a determination of purpose rarely met
with. Kern had taken a strap from his wai6t
and attached it to the bars of the innei door,
about three and a naif feet, from the ground ;
the end of the strap was connected with hi 6
handkerchief, which he had previously placed
around his neck. The prisoner must then have
thrown himself lorward and have endured all
the horrorfc of a death resulting from strangu
lation. When found, the body was resting
partly on the floor, the head being only one and
a half feet from the" floor of the cell. Kern
was a discharged United States soldier, aud had
shown no signs of insanity. The jury re
turned a verdict that Hughey Kern came'to
his death by suicide, by hanging himsell with a
leather strap and-a handkerchief, fastened to
the inner door of his cell, in Charleston jail.
f Charleston News, 6th.
Fraser, Tkenholm & Co.—Telegraphic ad
vices, dated London, May 31, state that in the
ease of the United States vs. Prioleau, the ap
peal of Prioleau, the marine agent of the
Southern Confederacy in England, against the
seizure claim of the United States, has been
admitted .by tbe Court.
In the New York Times, of Saturday, it is
stated that the recent recovery in the tone of
the Liverpool cotton market, and the advance
iu quotations, will probably insure from sixteen
to seventeen shillings in the pound sterling on
the protested bills of Fraser, Trenholm & Cos.
Nearly all the bills are said to have been retain
ed on the other side to await the proceeds of
the cotton which the house held on sale at the
time of their suspension.
Musical.—A religious journal complains that
“ the opera is fast getting the upper hand in our
churches, and the ends of devotion are sacri
ficed to the demands Os tastfe. A quartette per
formed in the orchestra, the worshippers listen
and criticise as spectators. As to knowing
what sentiment or feeling is expressed by the
choir, unless one has recourse to his hymn
book, he is just as much in doubt as if the
words were sung in Chinese or Choctaw.”
The Church Union suggests the following re
ligious reform: Turn out all the unsanctified
choirs. Turn out all the new and fancy tunes
and hymns. Turn out, as worst of all, any and
every modification of Old Hundred, St. Ann’s,
M-ear, Hebron, China and Standard tunes, and
if an organist is caught improving,Old Hun
dred, like one ornamenting an old lady in curls,
turn him out ignominiously as a conspirator.
Women Type Setters.—The Printers' Cir
cular says:
“Girls who are employed in type foundries
to set type iuto line preparatory to ‘ dressing,’
are styled ‘setters.’ Happening iuto Ihe set
ting room of a foundry a lew days ago, we were
curious enough to ask a girl who appeared to
be expert at picking up the little bits of metal,
how many sticks she could set in a day. The
answer was, ‘ about sixty-four of m’s, and about
thirty-two ot i’s.’ Upon counting, we found
that there were about 39,586 m’s in sixty-four
sticks, and about 44,353 i’s in the thirty-two
sticks of that letter. In the latter case the girl’s
band moved to and from the stick 88,704 tiroes
in performing a day’s work. The type was
agate, and the girls receive two cents per stick
loY setting it up.”
Yankee Cuteness.— The modus operandi of
the hay-rake swindlers is iugeuious, to say the
least. They, sell a right to a farmer lor SIOO,
and take his note, on the agreement that if the
buyer doesn’t make S2OO a year on his pur
chase, they will give up the note. This agree
ment is written across the back of the note,
and is signed by the swindler. Ofice out of
sight, the swindler, taking from his pocket a
pair of scissors or a knile, and trimming off
the edges of the note, the back instantly sepa
rates from the front,, for the piece of paper on
which was written the agreement to return the
note in one year if the farmer had not made
anything ont of the sale of the article, was
neatly fastened to the note itself in a scientific
manner with mucilage. Having thus freed the
note*from any incumbrance, he proceeds to the
next farmer and gets it cashed, or gives it in
payment for a team of horses, carriage or what
not.
Fall of a Mighty Man. — Not that we wish
to crow over the man, for we know nothing
about him. We mean Bill Jennings, an Irish
man, whose reputation as a bushwhacker, and
leader of bushwhackers, and instigator of bush
whacking doings, in the Saluda cov.ntr* *
widespread and by no means enviable. He is
said to have been operating m tbis secti ,
more or less actively, ever since l the close t
the war, and to have caused t«TOr to »
his very name He was
in the course of the past weeK, We are
carried, as a prisoner, to Ch - garrison at
told that Sergeant Davis,
this place, repaired to Angusta for this parp s
and, with the assistances of the city.ponce, ai
fected the arrest .-Edgefield Advertiser.
-
r\ r a*<iyiford, erf Crftwfordj (Lex-
Peaches.— D . St. oflice the other day a
limb Sowded with fine healthy
frffit h whfch he says Is a sample of his whole
Srcharl which wa„ saved from destruction by
frost bv keeping op a smoke during the cold
nfabts whfch hWed .every body clse’s fruit, ex
cept ode of his neighbors, who adopted the
same expedient. Let this be remembered, and
ipt ns all try to save our peaches hereafter.
[Athens Watchman.
The Crops.
Milford, Ga., June 3, 1867.
Editors Telegraph: Our crops are excellent.
Cotton small, bat looks well. Corn growing
finely. We have had refreshing rains during
Lie last four or five days, which were greatly
needed. Our freedmen are working well.—
Mitny farmers, I learn, are out of provisions
for mau and beast —I fear that some will loose
their crops for want of it. Money is scarce,
but small amounts can be had at teu per cent,
per annum. Many have mortgaged their grow
ing erops for corn and bacon. As usual, in
such cases, there are many Shylocks profiting
by the necessities of the farmer, and are de
manding and obtaining two dollars and a half
per bushel for corn, and from twenty-five to
thirty cents per pound for bacon, on time.
It is to be hoped that in the future our plant
ers will be wise enough to raise corn sufficient
to last them until they can make a crop.
Business is at a stand still; the country
> ‘ Carrie.
Harvesting.— Opr farmers have commenced
harvesting the wheat crop, and the favorable
anticipation heretofore entertained of an abnn*
dant yield, will be fully realized. All concur
in the opinion that the wheat crop of Middle
Georgia ia heavier than it bas been In tbe past
ten years. This is “ God send ”to our impov
erished section, and will tend greatly towards
relieving the- distressed condition of our peo
ple. ‘lndeed, prices have already began to feel
the effect of the incoming wheat crop, and
slight decline in breadstufls is the consequence.
[Covington Examiner.
The Crops.—From careful inquiry we are
led to report the crops in this county, as a gen
eral rule, promisiug. Cord is small, Its grow
ing having been somewhat retarded by ttis
combined effects of cool nights and too much
rain. Cotton is looking well, with good stands.
Our reports from Sumter aud Hernando
counties, report the crops in ordinarily good
condition.— East Florida Banner.
Fine Wheat.— Some one has left on our
table a bunch of wb e iti heads, purporting lo
have come from the farm of Mr. 8. C Craw
ford, at Cone’s Station, Clayton county. If a
specimen of the wheat crop of Middle Georgia,
there will be uo lack of good bread tbe com
ing year. Tbe heads range from four to five
inches in length, and are well stocked with
large, plump grains, that give promise of a tat
harvest. We hope there are mauy crops in
Georgia of the same sort.— hiacon Telearaph.
Sacrifice of I*ropeiprY— The following fine
plantations have recently been sold in West
Baton Rouge : Westover, the plantation of J.
T. and W. Nolan, about 2,000. acres, well im
proved', with fine steam saw mill and large and
costly sugar mill for making centrifugal 'sugar.
Price, f 10,000. The nnnaiil income ol this plan
tation must have exceeded $50,000 before tbe
war.
Bellvaie, the property of James L. Lobdell,
one of the finest and most profitable plantations
in the State. This place is secure from over
flow. It was so|d for SIO,OOO.
Home Place—This plautation ou which for
merly Nolan Stewart resided, and the property
of hi 6 heirs, is 1800 acres in extent, and has a
costly sugar mill. This plantation also was sold
fur SIO,OOO.
Tbe nnnaul income from these three planta
tion also was sold for SIO,OOO
The annaul income from these three planta
tions in former times exceeded SIOO,OOO, and
now the undisputed titles to all three are sold
for less than one-third of that amount.
* * . [Advocate.
United States Court at Charleston.—
Tbe following cases were called on the sth inst:
The United States vs. Two Stills and Appur
tenauces, found ou the premises of Paul F.
Hammond, Barnwell District. Injunction for
forfeiture under Internal Revenue laws for dis
tillation ot liquors.
The defendant not appearing, and there be
ing a default on his part the ease was given to
the jury, who rendered a verdict for the United
States.
The United States vs. Two Stills and Appur
tenances, fouud on the premises of W. E. Pro
tliro.
Same action as above.
The United States vs. One Barrel and One
Keg of Distilled Spirits and three Copper Stills
with other apparatus found on tiie premises
of Louis L. Ilall, of Graniteville, Edgefield,
District.
Same action as the above.
On motion of the District Attorney, it, was
ordered that the goods, wares, arid merchandise
mentioned in tbe above cases be sold by the
marshal after fifteen days notice, and the pro
ceeds paid to the clerk of the court to abide Its
further order.
The Frbedmen's Bureau a Political
Agency.—A Radical correspondent speaks of
the Freedmen’s Bureau a* being tbd great
source of organization of the Republican party
of the SoutU. ,Os this jtbepc is no doubt. It
Was instituted iu great part for that purpose,
though under a philanthropic gui-e; and in
many quarters its'agcuts, under the pretence of
enlightening the blacks, are indoctrinating them
with Radical ideas. The truth is, the institu
tion is anomalous. It j roceeds on the assump
tion that one class of people in the nation need
lobe taken care of, and that another innst be
held in check by the national authority. It
substitutes for the local opinion of the eorn
muni'ies ot the South the dictation ol the cen
tral authority, aud this very fact destroys that
local opinion. The rowdies who would mal
treat the blacks would soon have been put
down by the power of public opinion tlirougb
; out the South, and substantial justice would
have been secured the negro by the action of
public sentiment. But then the negro would
have never learned the indescribable merits of
1 the Radical party; he would never Have heard
■ anything about confiscating the property of
1 white rebels to divide it among loyal blacks;
he would never have been excited to hostility
against his late master. The presence of the
Freedmen’s Bureau officers has retarded the
promotion of a healthy public opinion, while
adding largely to the expenses of the Govern
ment, and provoking a needless antagonism be
tween the races. It illustrates the Old World
folly of undertaking to do by government
agencies what ought to be left to the unfettered
action of public opinion.
\National Intelligencer.
Baptism.— Seventy-six colored men and
women, members of the Morris street Baptist
Church, were baptized by immersion in the
Ashley river, near Council street, on yesterday
morning.— Charleston Mercury , 3d.
A tobacco firm in New York has adopted the
old trick of placing a SIOO greenback in a cer
tain paperof chewing tobacco, and consequently
there is an unusual demand for the “ brands ”
of this house.
Singular Case.— The Baltimore Commercial ,
of Friday, has the following:
Within a few days past a case of somewhat
novel character has been developed by some
philanthropic ladies In Old Town. It seems
that previous to the war a highly educated lady
was residing in North Carolina, upon a very
large plantation, surrounded by luxury and
living in true Southern style. The results of
the war reduced her to want; her many slave*
were emancipated by the proclamation, aud
she was left helpless and alone. She finally
reached this city several day 6 since, in search
of some old friends, in great destitution, and
was about to apply to the authorities for relief,
in her despair, when she encountered ope of
her old servants, now a resident here, who in
sisted upon returning the many acts of kind
ness displayed in the past, and actually provid
ed her former mistress with a comfortable
home. How singular are the workings of a
Kind Providence.
A Little More Cider.—A youDg lady, and
a Good Templar in a California town, entered
into a lively discussion, In the lodge of which
she was a member, on the subject of cider drink
ing. She was very fond of sweet cider, and on
no account could she be persuaded to shun it.
Addressing an anti-cider drinker, she said : “ I
love cider; it is a necessity with me; I must
have H—l -will have it. If this lodge decides we
must not drink it, I shall eat apples, and then
get some good looking fellow to ‘squeeze’ me*
for I tell you I can’t live without cider.”