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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1869)
THE WEEKLY UOHSTITUTIONALIST WEDNESDAY MORNING, JOLT 31, 1869 Our New York Correspondence. New York, July 12th. The Southern born population of New York and vicinity has increased so rapidly in the past fouryears, since the termination of the civil war, that it has become a for midable element of strength, and it Is' pro posed that some means shall be adopted to secure recognition of its power. It is too true that there is with ns little spontaneous recognition of merit, or generous recogni tion of service. The Southern people com ing among us, have come disposed to sup'- port Democratic nominations, and they have done so, silently but effectively. There is no manner of doubt that they contribu ted greatly to elevate the tone and improve the social status of the Democratic party in this quarter. But, as yet, they have re ceived no recognition, either socially or politically, from the Democratic* leaders. While Tammany.leaders have escorted Ben Butler and dined Dan Sickles, name, if you can, the ficst Southern leader to whom they have extended any public or private cour tesies. These matters are the subject of very free comment among Southern people, and they propose to make their influence more di rectly felt hereafter. It is proposed to or ganize a Southern Club, something after the manner of the ManKatta n Club, through which to give expression to the views of Southerners resident among ns, and to in duce concert of action upon general and local politics, and upon such other matters as may seem pertinent to the object to be attained. The personnel Os tlic Democratic leadership in this quarter needs elevating •very much, and by this means this duty can be performed. New York is fast assuming a semi-torpid state peculiar to July and August. Every body who can is fleeing to the country, or to places of Summer resort upon the sea shore. Whole squares of princely man sions are shut up, with the dust accumu lating upon their steps and lintels, and , their late occupants are far away. The more wealthy and sensible have country seats, where, in perfect quiet and seclusion, they can enjoy the pure air of the country. The pretentious, ignorant and vulgar, hie to Saratoga, Niagara Falls, and other noted resorts, to display their clothes and consequence. The minor watering places and Summer resorts are, more pleasant, or strictly speaking, less uncomfortable. The cold, rainy June kept people at home, but now the rush is fearful. Those whose business or fortune will not permit them prolonged absence, crowd the steam boats and railroads which leave the city on Saturday afternoon’s for places of sojourn over Sunday, within fifty or a hundred miles around about. Long Branch, Rocka-, way, West Point, and the Catsklll high lands, are largely resorted to. The fatigue •and discomfort of such junketings are very great, but have no effect to deter the inex perienced. The subject of Chinese emigration is forcing itself upon public attention, and is being widely and frankly discussed in the public press, notwithstanding its explos ive character. • I speak of the character of the subject as explosive, because it cannot escape the political arena, and threatens the unity of both parties. The South un doubtedly needs cheap labor. The negro race can not be relied upon to meet the growing necessity. Except In the States bor dering on the Gulf, they will soon cease to be numerous, and where they may resist extinction they can scarcely fail to remain in a semi-barbarous condition, and.upon them all the ordinary stimulants to'exer tion will fail. The Irish and Germans,, originating in a more Northern latitude, will not, of tiheir own volition, seek the South in any great numbers. There is no recourse, therefore, but the Mongolians. The Irish regard the Chinese as they do the negroes, with undisguised hatred—a jealousy so unrelenting that it is difficult to conceive that it can be entertained by any race, really superior, towards another, really inferior. They compose a large por tion of the Democratic strength in all the Northern and Pacific States. They will resist bitterly the introduction of the Chi nese. How can the Southern people mept this dilamma? Does it not, in connection with financial issues, point clearly to a re construction of parties at no distant day ? It is plain that Irish influence at the North Is diminishing, mainly through the large | immigration of English and Germans, and i they will not be allowed to interfere, ’through an unreasonable prejudice, with 1 the necessary development of the resources of the country. Money matters continue in a chaotic state. Mr. Boutwell is doing his best to help out the “ bulls,” by purchasing three millions of bonds per.week, all this month, |in addition to the regular purchase?. But It does not avail to restore confidence It is felt that he is exhausting his finances before any special emergency for action has arisen. Os the class who earn their bread by .vending upon the streets the most interest ing, or, perhaps, to speak more correctly, the least repulsive, are the venders of bou quets, and a question neither inappropriate nor uninteresting is, “ From whence come these ?”—the flowers we mean. Principally from the suburbs, of course, and the su burbs which, more than any other, supply these fresheners of oar existence are Hobo ken and Union Hill, where, indeed, flowers for the New York market are so extensive ly grown that they may be called the gar dens of the metropolis. Upon Long Island the business is carried on, but to a limited extent, and is but trifling there in compari son with that which is transacted in New ( Jersey, and from thence come the numbers ! of itinerants which are daily seen upon l*the streets. In general, their flowers are felipped at an early hdnr in the day, and Awhile the dew is fresh npon them, and are tibronght betimes into the city, where ex jjjerience has shown, however, that the trade is comparatively light until the after noon, when it becomes vastly more brisk. Should any, perchance, remain upon the Sands of the dealers, they are well versed in fee art of preserving, as far as possible, an appearance of freshness until the following day, and even of administering to the donbtfnl bouquet, by the aid of manufac : tured perfumes, the natural fragrance which has been impaired or lost by the ■apse of time ; though sometimes, through aarelessncss or haste, a violet is made to breathe the perfume which properly bc longs to the pink or the geranium, and mice versa. Ordinarily, this floral trade is carried on by women and girls—the latter j&iefly—and for the transactions of their a little glass case, in which, in 1 Winter, the flowers are kept to protect them K»m the severity of the open air, and a stool, suffices for their stock which consists of from thirty to bouquets, which range from five to fifty apiece, those as high as ditty being ■fll in number, and considered a daugerous ; fifty cents is, Indeed, the highi-st Ui upon the street, for tweiuy-flve cents fep buy a bouquet Os a size sufficient for purpose, while five cents, the WMBuiu, will procure a pretty ornament | dollars per diem is the sum usually invested by these followers of the trade, from which they realize an average of from fourlto seven dollars. So much for those wfio, in an humljle way, pursue their calling upon some nook or corner of the sidewalk ; but holding these in contempt, and looking down upon as inferiors, are the florists, who hold the same relation to the class we have just mentioned as the Broadway merchant does to the small shop-keepers upon the avenues. Tliese, the aristocracy, are, in deed, Broadway merchants, as they oc cupy stores on that well known thorough fare, or in some other equally orthodox locality, such as Union Square, for instance, and to these is given the patronage of the wealthy, and the baskets of flowers and bouquets, which are furnished .by these establishments, range from $5 to $260. Four hundred dollars has sometimes been given for one single collection of flowers, and on one or two occasions, so large a sum as SSOO, but these, as may be Op posed, are very exceptional cases. Among those, too, who purchase flowers fronr these establishments, it is considered more comme il fasti to order them made up, al though, perhaps, a bouquet or a basket which is just in the required style, may be already made, and so well is this under stood, that the fashionable florist would look with no little contempt upon the cus tomer who should order home anything which was ready made. Os the different varieties of flowers sold, roses are the most expensive ; then come camelias, next tube-roses, and violets last of all, these being ordered by the florists by the hundred, for which from two dollars to fifty cents is given ; the price daring the Winter seasen being more than double that which is paid during the Summer months. The principal .occasions on whicli flow ers are brought into requisition are wed dings, funerals, and for theatres, and as itinerants are not allowed the range of these, someone florist has generally a mo nopoly of each theatrical establishment, where small boys and girls sell bouquets on commission, and at rates whicli are con siderably in advance of those demanded and obtained upon the streets. The first floral establishment on Broadway -is at the corner of Twelfth street, and above this and especially on Union Square, numbers are devoted to the trade. The attention of every one has been at tracted to the multiplied notices of the press, in regard to the outrages which oc curred on board the James Foster, Jr., and as if that were not sufficient, accounts are given of similar, if not equally atrocious cruelties and hardships undergone by un fortunate emigrants on board a ship which has recently arrived—the Alexander Mar shall. The blame here is not laid directly upon the officials, yet iq an indirect manner, it has none the less fallen heavily upon them, as being in authority and able iu conse quence to prevent abuses. In the case of the Alexander Marshall, if the published accounts be correct, the supply of food was so scanty and the difficulties in the way of cooking the little which was supplied so great, tliat several children died for want of nourishment, while others, both adults and children,' were, from tliese causes, brought so low, that they were scarce able to stand, and in many instances, unless a sort" of black mall was paid to the cooks and others, the needy emigrants were made to suffer in proportion. Every one is fami liar with the direful accounts of the horrors of the slave trade, with yvhich the world has been deluged, and now when the de mand for white emigration is so increased, the philanthropy of. the North would do well to investigate and put down these cruelties practiced upon the suffering poor of .their white race, though, perhaps, if they were not'white we would hear euough and too much upon the subject. Willoughby. ... Letter from Edgefield. ■ ■ • Elmwood, Edgefieli* 8. C.,) July 14,1869. J Editors Constitutionalist: As your paper has many subscribers in this part of the State, and not many correspondents, to let you know how we are getting along, &c., I thought I would drop you a line or two this morning. We are suffering much at this time in our farms for the want of rain; in fact, if we do not get rain in a few days, there will be a failure in the corn crop, although some localities in the county have had more rain than others; yet, at this time, all are ruinously suffering, and all will prove a failure unless rain comes soon; The cotton crop, also, is suffering mnch, especially where fertilizers were used ex tensively, which will cause the yonng bolls and forms to fall off, as the growth is en tirely checked at this time. The cotton where no fertilizers were used is not so bad off, as this cotton did not grow so fast, consequently the stalk Is not so full of sap, and does not suffer so much from the torrid heat that we have had for the pdst ten days, as the mercury has ranged from 92 to 102 in the shade, and In the sun from 143 to 150. I hope for a change soon. Our wheat and oats crop are very good, but little of either has been prepared for market, owing to the pressing labor re quired in the growing crop the past month, which is now nearly over, giving time to attend to it soon. Whenever it rains I will write again. 8. W. N. Vallandigham and Rosecbans. — On the night be fore’Va 11 an di gh am, then Demo cratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, was sent through the lines of the Army of the Cumberland, by order of General Burnside, it was in midsummer of 1863, now six years ago, he was visited at the quarters assigned Him in Murfreesboro, Tenn., by General Wm. 8. Rosecrans, then command ing the department. General Rosecrans, forgetting his dignity, as he occasionally did, entered into a long and, on his part, violent discussion on political subjects. During the conversation Vallandigham, claiming that his position would be justi fied by the future policy and events of the war, remarked to Rosecrans that in five years the General would think as the exile then thought, and stand where he then stood. It seems that Vallandigham was right as to facts, and very nearly correct as to time. He may not think precisely as Vallandigham thought, but aR the candi date of the Democracy of Ohio for the Governorship, Rosecrans certainly stands where Vallandigham stood.- [New York Times. A New Enterprise by A. T. Stewart.— The town of Hempstead, Long Island, owns about 7,500 acres of unimproved land on the Long Island Railroad, about twenty milob from New York. A. T. Btewart has made an offer of $412,500 for this whole tract of land, and he atates In a letter ex planatory of bla purpose lu making the offer, | that he la willing to expend several millions of dollars lu “laying out the lands In par-, cefs for sale to actual settlers, and erecting at vurloua point* attractive buildings and residences, s<> that a barren waste may HiMHHIIIy be covered by a population deair ablu In every respect a* neighbors, tax payer* and as cltlww*." [Correspondence of ifae Be'tiraore Gu«tt«. From Washington. THE ELECTION IN VIHGINIA—WHAT IT INDI CATES PRESIDENT GRANT WILL HE ADOPT A CONSERVATIVE POLICY—SIGNS OF THE TIMES—-SECRETARY RAWLINS—- SENATOR CAMERON NONPLUSSED. Washington, July 11,1869. The objects accomplished by the result of the elections ip Virginia, however im portant, excite secondary interest here when compared to the evidence this great political revolution furnishes of a previous wholesome change of public sentiment everywhere. It is well known that the primary purpose of the .Radical party of making the negro, politically and socially, supreme at the South, and politically and socially equal at the North, was liegiuning to “stink in the nostrils” of all decent men. The manifest design of forcing the negro into the Trade Uuions (or to break them up), helped amazingly to open the eyes of the rank and -file in the-Northern workshops. The adoption of the fifteenth amendment by .packed Radical -Legisla tures, without permitting the people they preteuded to represent to have any voice in the matter, aided, and the utter failure of the uew administration to respond to the general desire for the real pacification of the country, completed the disgust of the people. Th* sweeping defeat of the Radicals in Virginia is but a reflex of this general disgust, of which decisive evidence may' be expected in the Fall elections. ' Gen. Grant has it yet in his power to re trieve the error into which he fell at the beginning of his administration, and I am informed he is aware of the absolute neces sity of discarding the advice of the men by whom lie has heretofore been guided. The people (however befogged for a time) will never deliberately sanction the im practicable and revolting theories of Sum ner’s faction, when attempted to be re duced to practice. The time has happily at last come when, backed by the people, he may assume a Conservative position without ((huger of even the anathemas of the extremes of his party. In such a course he will be sustained by the nation at large, and may laugh to scorn the fac tion that will be left-in the opposition gut ter. Asa sign of the times in this connection, I may note the encomiums of the Radical press upon the speech of the Governor elect of Virginia. It is a little singular that good, sound Democrats may find, upon ex amining it, much to commend, very little to carp at by any one, and nothing at all to condemn by Democratic Conservatives.— What Forney and his coadjutors here chief ly admire is Mr. Walker’s advice as to the treatment of the negroes. Here it Is: “ Let us not, my fellow-citizens, in this our hour of triumph and supreme joy, for get that chiefest of Christian virtues— charity. Let us bear no ill-will or resent ment to that poor, misguided race, which has been deluded and misled by designing and unprincipled men.”. The Radical press, however, have, for reasons of their own, seen proper to ex clude from their columns other morals equally commendable. The following is especially commended to their notice. “ The election returns winch have poured iu from every section of the State speak a language too plain to be misunderstood. They bring tidings of a victory such as never crowned the efforts of a political party iu any previous campaign in die his tory of this grand old Commonwealth. 1 told you, fellow-citizens, from these steps a week ago that we were bound to triumph, and I pictured to you the hsgira of the motley crew of carpet-baggers from Virginia. I saw one upon his mule gust now , with his carpet-bag duly labelled.'’ These are exceptionable sentiments, and undoubtedly are entertained by a vast ma jority of the Northern people. The days ofthc carpet-baggers and scallawagS are numbered, and their “hegira” from the South will be “ laughed at” and “ applaud ed” from Dan to Berslieba. But what gives, additional piquancy and weight to the speech so much .praised by the Chronicle and Republican of this city, is the fact stat ed by his Excellency, Governor Walker, that the triumph which has effected the deliverance of the South from these pecu lators and plunderers, is enjoyed by Gen .eral Grant equally with the disenthralled. The Governor continues: “ Fellow-citizens, I congratulate you this day, notwithstanding the unblushing slan ders and falsehoods which have been pro pagated and circulated throughout the land, that you and I stand shoulder to shoulder with the President of the United United States for the emancipation of the white race in the South. I have every where done honor to the' President, will you not do so to-day ? We are indebted to the personal efforts of the President to-day that the manacles have been stricken from the limbs of eighty thousand white Virgin ians.” Under these circumstances, will Con gress dare refuse the admission of Virginia ? In a little while the effect of “ progress ing ” events will lie seen in the newspapers of the Sumner wing of the “ party.” A! ready straws are floating here and there, showing the course of the wind. Secretary Rawlings has repudiated a large part of the enormous and doubtful bill of the Chronicle for Department advertising. The Boston Post thinks the War Minister will shortly be classed as “a reddianded'rebel and traitor.” I have frequently spoken of Mr. Rawlins as a very intelligent man, and from this specimen of his honesty, have hopes lie will, in good time, become “ one of us.” Another. While in Boston at the great musical cannonading, although in vited, General Grant was not present at Butler’s review of his troops. It has trans pired that the herb of Fort Fisher now openly accuses the President of being ab sent in consequence of drunkenness! This is a very decided straw. Still another.—* The Chronicle, not yet ready to attack his Excellency personally, thus ironically as sails him through his brother-in-law and son. He heads the missive a “ Brave Act “On Wednesday afternoon the sons of Dr. Sharpe, United States Marshal for this District, and Masters Grant and Dent were bathing in the Patuxent river, near Lanrel, Maryland, when Dent Sharpe, aged abont eleven Vears, cried out that he was drown ing. Ur. Sharpe immediately Itegan to dictel himself of his clothing, and in the meantime young Fred. Grant, now on vacation from West Point, jumped into the river and res cued his little cousin by seizing him by the hair just as lie was sinking the third time, not even waiting to draw off his boots. Young Fred, was commended many times during the day for his daring and courage on so momentous .an occasion.” When it is rernemliered that tlic stream at the point mentioned Is not more than two or three feet deep, nor more than twen ty wide, tlic sarcasm seems bold enough In Its application to young Grant. But the assertion that a father would stop to divest himself of Ids clothing “ before Jumping Into such a raging eanawl ” to save a drowning son, Is absolutely brutal. The focts, I learih ll rc entirely perverted. Senator Csmcroo has gone home with a very long face, lie expresses himself quite nimble to see anything certain through the offi'-lal teleaeo|M>, Every object aiems eg. ceedlngly dim and doubtful. Hu will, how ever, follow Grant’s lead and apropos. I learn to-day that Senator Wilson has de clared himself in faror of universal am nesty. He and Sumner here part company. X. [From the Baltimore Gaiettp. The Peabody Educational Fund. We published, in our last issue, a letter from Mr. Peabodv, which was read at a special meeting of the Trustees of the Pea body Educational Fund,Yin the first of July It announced the fact that Mr. Peabody had made to the trust another transfer of stocks and bonds, all of them dividend-pay ing, and ranking high among securities, amounting in the aggregate to one million of dollars. The annual revenue of the trust is now more than $130,000, a sum with which mnch go id might be effected, and should be accomplished, if the wishes and intentions of the donor be at all faithfully carried out. Mr. Peabody has given a noble charity*, and he intended that it should be distributed in a noble way. He has made no restrictions with, he has placed no restrictions upon, the trustees. He lias simply said, “ I give you .the means to do a great good. Go and do it.” Have they done it, or have they not? Can an v one tell us ? Mr. Peabody, in his says : “ I beg to take this opportunity of thank ing, with all my heart, the people of-the South themselves for the cordial spirit witli which they have received the trust, aud for the euergetic efforts which they have made, in co-operation with yourselves and Dr. Sears,- for carrying out the plans which have been proposed and matured for the diffusion of the blessings of education in their respective States.” These are strong] words. Mr. Peabody must have had, at least through the agent, Dr. Sears, assurances from the people of the South about which the Southern pub lic is quite ignorant. ■He must have had evidences of the energetic efforts of tlie trustees, *and satisfactory information abont the plans of Dr. Sears for the dif fusion of the blessings of education in the Southern States, about whicli wo know nothing. It is a private charity. We, perhaps, have no right to lie informed, we may be. fold. But when a.noblc man does a noble charity, when a large .minded and liberal-handed individual comes to the relief of a suffering and distressed people, have they not a right to know of the charity, that they may thank him and bless him for it ? Mr. Pen body tells us that he makes tills further provision for plans which are “to be productive of encouragement and bene fit to the people of the South.” He tells us that he trusts that “the gift, with God’s blessing, may prove a permanent and a lasting boon, not only to the Southern States, but to the whole of our dear coun try”—a hope in which thousands will cheerfully join. That there may be no mis take about tlic design of this trust, Mr. Peabody tells, the trustees expressly that he has the same sympathy with all the States, and that, were all needing assist ance, he should wish each alike to share in the benefits of the trust. It is very, evident that Mr. Peabody de sires to accomplish a great good iu an un ostentatious and a practical way. He has selected gentlemen, hoping to find them men of large sympathies, with hearts, as far at least as this work is concerned, in unison with Ills own. He has the hope that his wishes are being carried out by an agent who is supposed to feel and appreci ate the importance of the task which he has taken. What Mr. Peabody wants the people of the Southern States want.— What he gives they wish to receive as it is given. Are-they and he likely to be gratified ? : Individual gentlemen, like Mr. Appleton, for Instance, have, since the war, founded schools and provided money, and are al ready reaping a rewal'd for their liberality. Associations like the Pioneer Aid Society have established schools, which have given comfort and aid and education to hundreds of destitute children, and have sown seed which is already producing good fruit.— Other societies and other schools have been founded In other States on similar principles. Iu Baltimore the Southern Educational Aid Society lias given education to a verv large number of young girls, whose fami lies were too poor to provide even the most ordinary schooling for them. In North Carolina the Society of Friends have estab lished a system of public schools, which has proved most invaluable, mostly sup ported by Northern contributions. All these societies and all these schools have something to show. During the past three years school houses have been built and children have received instruction, which is now helping some of them to earn an holiest livelihood. Is there.sucli a thing in the South as a Peabody School ? Is there any school whicli owes its foundation to this fund ? We ask for information ? We should really like to know. Southern pa pers are wonderfully silent on the subject. It may be that Dr. Sears wishes to hide his light under a bushel. He is quite welcome, but do not let film hide Mr. Peabody’s, for it is-meant to give light. Safe Arrival of Another Cuban Ex pedition—Death of Two Virginians from Cholera.—The brig Ala Eldrod cleared from New York or the 23d of June last, for Jamaica, in ballast. The New York Sun says: The ballast consisted of one 100-pounder Parrott gun, two 40-pounders, seven 9-inch Dahlgrens, and fdrty field pieces, with a considerable quantity of small arms and ammunition. At Weehawkcn 120 men, un der the command of Captains Ackerman and Harrison, were taken on board, and the 1 vessel set sail for Cuba' with a fair wind and without molestation. The Ala Eldred reached Brazo, a small town about three hundred mile east of Havana, after a run of-five days and seven hours, and was tow ed by mules up a river about twenty-two miles, where she discharged her cargo and passengers. Cholera had just then broken out In the camp of the patriots, and in consequence the one hundred, and twenty of the expedition party refused to enlist in the Caban ranks, even after they liad been , offered a bounty per head of $1,900 In gold, preferring to wait until the termination of the sickly season. On the second day after | their arrival, however, the S|ianlardH made j a descent upon Hernandez, and posted themselves on the adjacent heights ; but the Americans, under Lieut. Ciancy, drove them from their position without the loss of a man. After this victory they re-em barked unmolested, and returned safely to New York on Saturday, with the exception of two men, named Walsh and Miller, of Petersburg, Virginia, who died of cholera on the way. The Crops are good all over this sec tion, an*l the farmers have really less to compluln o( than for many years previous ly. Horne localities have been pretty dry; uiul others wet, but altogether there Is no Just ground for complaint. Corn, cotton, oats, sugar cane, potatoes, peas, bean*, and I everything else, are doing very well;-and ! us flour Is u> have u lofty tumble, because { of the ahuiidniit crop, so wilt corn this nW.-T/uamncilU Enterprise. Convention of Superior Court J ddges. This body met yesterday evening, and organized permanently by electing Judge D. B. Harrell President, P. B. Robinson Vice-President, and Z. D. Ilarrison Secre tarv. The rules of practice were taken up for consideration. The first rule was amended, as follows: “ More than two counsel for each partv shall not be heard in a case, except by leave of the court, and in no case shall more than one counsel he heard in con clusion.” \ , The following portion of the second rule was expunged: “No appeal shall be enter tained unless good security is given.” The balance adopted. The third and fourth rules were ex punged. The fifth rule was amended, and after wards expunged. Rules six and seven were stricken ont. Rule eighth, as far as the close of the oath, was stricken out. • The convention adjourned until 9 o’clock this morning.— Atlanta. Constitutim, 14 th. Convention of Superior Court Judges. —The convention met at 9 o’clock, a. m., and. after reading the Journal, proceeded to take up the Bth rule of Common Law Rules. The word “district” was erased, and the word “ circuit ” substituted. Rules 9, 10, 11; 18. 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 33, 34, 88, 41, 42, 43, 44 adopted. Rules 13,14,15,25, 26, 32, 35, 36, 40, 45, 47, 49 expunged. f Rule 12 amended by inserting “as bail In any criminal proceeding.” Rule 16 amended by inserting “in all cases of claims where.” Rule 17 amended by inserting “in cases of claims where the claimant dies.” Rule 23 amended by inserting “ the order specifying the terms on which it may be taken and the length of time it may be kept on pain of being considered in con tempt.” The first line and a half of rule 28 ex punged, and the words “by commission ” inserted. Rule 29 was amended by inserting “ ten days, twenty days, thirty days, forty days and days, unless In the discretion of the court a logger time shall be allowed.” Rule 30—all expunged except the sen tence relative to commissions returned un executed. Rule 31, amended by striking out the words" may be sent and,” aud “ the names of tluu commissioners written across the seals on the envelope, aud the commission must have such direction as. will enable the court to know that It was intended for that court and," Rule 37, amended by expunging the words “ including $2 of the attorney’s fee. The entry of default upon the Bench Dock et shall be sufficient evidence of the judg ment.” Rule 89, all expunged except the middle sentence, from. “ all causes " to “ its pro ceedings.” , The first sentence In rule 46 expunged. Rule 48 was amended by Inserting after Justices of tlie Peace the words, “ and other committing magistrates,” and ex punging all after the word court.” Judge J. B. Blgbee was granted leave of absence. * The convention adjourned to 4 o’clock, p. m. —Atlanta Constitution, llidi. The Judges in Council. —Tlie conven tion of Superior Court Judges met yester day morning at nine o’clock, lion. D. B. Harrell, President, in the chair. The consideration of the rules was re sumed, aud the old rules- were completed. The next thing in order was new rules, which immediately engaged the attention of the body. Several were proposed and adopted, after a thorough and learned dis cussion on the part of the members. Most of them consisted In form of affidavit ac companying picas, some of them Involving Intricate points of law, and of groat Im portance to the courts, bar and litigants. The. convention then adjourned until four o clock In the afternoou. ', AFTERNOON SESSION. The convention met at 4 o’clock, and re sumed the proposition and adoption of new rules. Tlie following resolution was oflfered by Judge Pope, and adopted : Resolved, That Judges Schley, Alexander and Harrell be appointed a committee to suggest what new circuits and alterations, If any, ought to be made In South and Southwestern Georgia, and report to ns a suitable recommendation to the Legisla ture of Georgia. J udges Pope and Parrott wore added to the Committee on Style and Arrangement. The convention then adjourned until 12 o’clock to-day, In order to give the Com mittee on Style and Arrangement time to prepare Its report. f Atlanta Arrest of Turner, the Colored Post master pF Macon.— The following dis patch or its substance went over the wires yesterday to Washington: “ Turner has been arrested to-day by a Deputy United States Marshal, for coun terfeiting. He was not arrested before— but merely subpoenaed.” The arrest was made by this officer about four o’clock yesterday evening, and it was somewhat precipitated by the news from Atlanta that Turner’s accomplice, Ma rlon or Martha Harris, had been unex pectedly discharged on ball. Most of the facts upon which the arrest was predicated have been In the course of elaboration by the United States police for three weeks, and the Telegraph was early In possession <1 f them, but, of course, under Imperative obligations of secrecy. .It was of great public interest, in several aspects, that we should refrain from betraying the slightest knowledge or consciousness In the prem ises. We Intend now only to say that one of the charges against Turner Is that of coun terfeiting the signatures to genuine bank notes of the Frst National Bank of New Jerspy, which notes were purloined from the United States Treasury Department after they had been made ready to be turn ed over to the bank officers. We have been told that the case is a very clear one. The signatures are very inarttficially executed, and manifestly in Turner’s handwriting. Turner was taken for preliminary ex amination before W. C. Morrill, Collector of Revenue for this District, and also Uni ted States Commissioner. The examination now going dn is pri vate, but such additional facts as may be communicated to the public, we expect to learn before going tu press. The post office is now in charge of Mr. Woodward, Social Agent Post Office Department, and so ends, for the present, and we hope for all future time, the experi ment of negro postmasters In Macon.— The administration lilts gained no glory by It, and we arc informed the Postmaster General wrote some days ago that anew apisilntment would very shortly be made. Let them appoint-a white Georgian, of honor, character and position. [/dor.— Commissioner Morrill has bound over Turner, tfuder n bond of $5,000 forehln i iiplrtisrunce to-morrow morning, at ten I o'clock. Tin- District Attorney, Col. John j Mlllcdgc, telegraph* to continue the case till Priday.at ten o’clock, when ho will be present. —Macon Telegraph, 15 th. I From the Maeon Telegraph, July 17. The Turner Trial. No trial in this city since that of the three negroes who murdered Jonathan Sheffield, has excited half so much interest in this community as the trial of the negro H. M. Turner, now progressing before Com missioner Morrill. The prominence of the prisoner as the postmaster of Macon ; his great influence among those of his color; his position as a minister of the Gospel, and as a political leader of the blacks, tend to excite interest and comment among all classes of people; and, as might have been expected, tlie court room yesterday was crowded with eager and attentive listeners to the proceedings. The prisoner, during the day, tried to assume a bold and indifferent air, as If he felt a cousciousmss of inuocence; but his face at times would indicate the workings of the heart, and he could not suppressor throw off his anxiety and 'embarrassment. While bwayze was on- the witness stand, we never saw a man’s face indicate fear in a more powerful and remarkable manner than Turner’s. It was a deadly palor, with here and there, on the cheeks aud forehead, spots of a bluish-black color, much resem bling those on the face of a corpse pro duced by laudanum. The prisoner has the advantage of good counsel, who have thus far conducted his defense ably and Ingeniously, and if he is convicted, we are sure no man will say it was their fault. On the other hand, At torney General Milledge is conducting the prosecution with great tact, and will make the prosecution interesting to all concerned. swayze’s tf.stimomy. J. Clarke Swayze, sworn, says: He knows 11. M. Turner; Mr. Turner came to witness on the 4th of .Tnly, at his office, and produced a subpmna and a letter from Gen. Gartrell, of Atlanta, and said “he (Turner) was ruined,” and wished to have witness’ advice as to the best course for him to pursue in the matter; he said he expected to go to Atlanta; in defending ms course to witness in the transaction, he went on to state that he had given SI,BOO of this money to a colored woman, by the name of Marian Harris; that he had done so for the reasou that he apprehended that he might be killed on his passage from Wash ington City to Macon, and that he did not wish for this money to be found on his per son; he stated that the money was to be held for him until he reached home; witness un derstood him to mean counterfeit money; Turner afterwards stated that he had slaced this money on a seat in the car, jetween him and Marian Harris; this he offered (in defense of his (Turner’s) conduct; he said he instructed her not to try to pass any of this money, but to return it to him when they reached home; he also stated that there was a controversy be tween them as to its genuineness, and she insisted that she could pass it; he insisted that she had better not try to do so; wit ness refers entirely to the counterfeit money; this conversation occurred at wit ness’ office, Cotton avenue, city of Macon, county of Bibb, State of Georgia; witness has knowledge that Turner had in his pos session a counterfeit SIOO bill at another time; at some period between four and six months ago, Mr. Turner was in my office, and Mr. C. T. Ward, the ordinary of Bibb county ; Mr. T. produced a SIOO bill, and remarked that he had presented It at *ome bank in Macon and they had objected tp its genuineness ; Mr. Ward looked at it and thought It a good bill; that he would take it and ascertain whether it was good or, not; Messrs. W. and T. left my office, and 1 know nothlngfiirtker about that note. Cross-examined—Witness said his feel ings are not hostile to Turner; arc friendly so far as he regards him as a criminal; have no prejudices or 111 tccllngs toward him; did not tell Jeff Long, hi my office, on receipt of intelligence of Turner’s ap pointment as postmaster that I intended to crush or kill him, or words to that effect, and the Republicans must help me to do ft —nor at any other time did he say any such thing: lam editor of the American Union, published in this city; did write the article In said paper, of the 9th Instant, headed “ Turner In Irons.” Captain T. C. Murphy testified as to the arrest of Marian Harris, In Atlanta, and to finding $950 (nine SIOO bills and one SSO) National Banlc counterfeit currency notes,' with $407 genuine greenbacks, In her pock et book. The following Is a copy of the letter found In her trunk; Washington, D. C., June 0,1869. Mrs. Harris— Dear Friend: I shall start South Wednesday or Thursday morn ing. You had better go home, two, from what I cau hear about your people. If you conclude to go with me, you had bet ter start on Tuesday night. Come to Washington, If I don't meet you at the de po|, get a carriage to bring you to the corner of Third street and South Carolina Avenue. Answer at once whether to whit for you or not. Direct to the same place, corner 8d st. and g. G ave., Washington, [Signed] H. M. Turner. From Putnam. County.— The Eatocton Press and Messenger, of the 13th, has the following: Scarlet Fever.—Wo l« irn that this dis ease, so fatal to children, Jias mode it* ap pearance in the lower part of the county. The Weather.—Crops.— Since our last issue, t we have been enduring the warmest weather of Jhe season, thermometer rang ing from 89 to 100 degrees in the shade. Immediately about Eatonton we are not suffering for rain, but in some sections of .the- country the formers are on the anxious bench. In several instances we have in mind jhere lias been no rain *on the form for three weeks past. “Betsy Ann,” - a correspondent of the Covington Enterprise, says the girls in her section have formed an association in which they have determined to wear noth ing bat calleo frocks and sundown hats, Rather.cool and Interesting, we think; the boys should come ont o la Major Jones, and make a visit iu that section. Weather—Crops.— On Sunday last, at 8, p. m., tlie thermometer stood 101 In the shade. We do not remeiqber ever having seen It warmer here. The heaven* seem turned to brass, as-were, no rain having fallen in parts of the county for several weeks. The gardens In SandersviUe are literally burned up beneath the scorching sun. Corn, too, in the dry districts, is foil ing very fast. Cotton is not suffering much as yet, but will very soon unless It has rain. Up to ten days ago, we never saw a liettcf prospect; but mutters are changing Very,list now. Parts of the county are not suffering so much, but fain Is needed generally.— SandersviUe Ueorgian, 14 th. The rice along the line of and Savannah Railroad is very much in u«ed of ruin, it 1* stated that the Coon aw- Imtclil<* uud Combuhee river* are very low, so much *o that a man can wad* aero** either of llicm without getting wet above hi* kneua,— UuirUston Mews.
