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THE CUTHBEBT APPEAL
Published Every Saturday Morning by
SAWTELL & JONES.
11. H. J O JV E S, Editoßj
SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1870.
Tbo Legislature having nothing
else to do, in making frantic efforts to
gel bold of the edueatioual fund.
What an insatiable maw these latter
day Hack, yellow, and ring Btreaked
law givers must possess?
-Avery of the Constitution,
pays a glowing tribute in a New York
letter, to Col. C. C- Jones, Jr., who is
now eDgaged in preparing a history of
Georgia.
Religious Meeting.— A series of religious
exercises have commenced in the Methodist
church, under the direction of Rev. E. McGehee,
and several of his brethren.
All the churches are cordially invited to nuite
in this effort to convert sinners and revive God’s
work in the hearts of His people. Preaching
every night.
JOT It is thought no final action will
by |akon by Congress on the Georgia
qtieCtion duiTng the present session.
The Executive, and Attorney General
Akerman, are represented to be strong
ly in favor of elections.tho ensuing Fall.
Although it is now asserted that
Prince Lcepold waives his pretentions
to the Spanish throne, still the prepara
tions for war continue in Franco,
and the flim-nost pretext will precipi
tate hostilities between that power 'and
Prussia.
B®»The Senior Editor of the Ameri
cus Republican, Mr. C. W. Hancock,
paid us a visit yesterday, and appears
to be in excellent health and spirits.
Brother Hancock has eDgaged heart
nnd soul in the temperance reformation,
und, ns Deputy Grand Worthy of the
Good Templars, has established a large
number of lodges in S. W. Ga, He
says the order is progressing rapidly,
and already wields a tremendous influ
ence in the country.
We wish him abundaot succoss in his
praiseworthy mission.
BY TELEGRAPH-
Exciting Foreign News!
War Declared in Europe!
FRANCE AND PRUSSIA OPEN
TILE DRAMA !
%
Holland Asserts Her Neutrality I
GRANT CALLS AN EXTRA SES
SION OF CONGRESS !
Paris, July 15th.
The Corps Legislatifl declares war
against Prussia at 2 o’clock P. M.
—Holland remains central, whiah is re
spected by both parties so far.
Troops are rapidly cone entratiifg at
Antwerp and other important poiuts.
The specie in the bank of Antwerp
has been removed to a so: tress, and pa
per money is to bo issued.
Washington, July 15th.
I The President has ordered an extra
(session of Congress on account of the
Istatc of affairs in Europe.
For the above astounding intelli*
Konce, we are indebted to the courtesy
Iff tho gentlemanly Telegraph Operator
■). A. Ilorue, Esq., who intercepted the
■enputch, and kindly furnishes us with
m copy-
I The telegram was dated today (Fri-
Hny) at 2 P. M. in Paris, and is un
doubtedly authentic.
I Apprehensive as we were of this result,
die confess, its suddenness startles and
dlruost appals us. Before we have time
low to collect our thoughts and indulge
Hi any speculation concerning the future,
de grand drama will open, aud wo shall
He plunged in medias res.
Great events are in store, and we
iculd not be surprised to see the entire
mtinent of Europe in a blaze of war
►fore teu days elapses.
Grand and tremendous will bo the
>fliet, and all the world will hold its
•path in suspense, until the denouement
anepircs. Let us hope that the agony
ill be short, and that our own Country
ill steer clear of the terrific maelstrom.
The True Georgian. —ln these times
: proposed general amnesty, we are m
iqad to throw the mantle of charity
rep the past record of the ex-Goveroor
’ Idaho,
Hia present crushing exposure of the
imes and machinations of Bullock,
rtainly entitles him to the thanks of
e people from whatever standpoint
nsidered. Nor have we any reason
doubt the honesty and purity of Mr.
rd, in the course he is pursuing.—
rtainly it is difficult to perceive what
ibiticms end an avowed Republican
1 W> view, when be aligns him
s with an insignificant faction against
i dominant wing of his party, aud at
;e sacrifices all power aDd promotion
home.
We believe that his paper will exert
alutary influence upon Congress, by
jving members that there are two
eg to the radical question in Georgia
i qrgus eyes also, and perfect famih
ty with Idullock’a antecedents, and
ire programme, will cause that func
lary no little uneasiness, and mayhap
tect the State from some of his ne
ons schemes,
Ve do not join in the hue and cry
last our contemporary therefore, but
him Qjwl speed in the great work of
nsing the Augean stables of radi-
Wars and Rumors of Wars.
Nations are the units which make up
the great cosmopolitan family. As the
dispositions and idyosyucrasies of the
children of the same household are of
ten diverse, and oven opposite in char
acter, so we find states separated by a
mere imaginary line, utterly dissimilar
and almost irreconcilable in habits,
tastes aud.individual characteristics,—
Hence as differences frequently arise
even io the best governed families, so in
the community of nations pride, intol
erance, or the lust for power and prece
dence, ever form disturbing elements
which destroy the entente cordiale,' and
lead to bickerings and strife.
We have a forcible instance of this,
in the present hostile and menacing at<
titude of France.
Because the Cortes or Congress of
Spain acting in its sovereign capacity
is inclined to elect Prince Leopold of
Hohenzollern to the vacant throne .of
that kingdom, and the Prince is said to
be protestant in his affinites and a friend
of Prussia, despite the assurance of
Bismarck that his government had noth
ing to do with the selection, the French
"Emperor has taken umbrage, and the
toxsin of war is about to be sounded.
Those who know best, say this is a
mere pretext of the imperial diplomatist,
who still cherishes the darling project
of extending his to the
of the Rh.ne,
Animated with the spirit of his ancle,
jtmd jealous of the-lame Prussia aixjuir
ed iu her brief struggle with Austria,
made memorable by the magical needle
gun, he is desirous of trying conclnsions
with that war-like power, and vindica
ting the prestige of France on the ten
ted field.
A contest between these tnonarchs
cannot fail to draw into the vortex
other foreign nations, and a general Eu
ropeon war is most imminent.
Even now this is foreshadowed by
the advance iu provisions, the stagna
tion of the cotton market, and the de
cline in Parisian rentes and English con
sols. The effect upon our own people
already overburdened with taxation,
and just emerging from the most direful
struggle the world ever witnessed, must
prove disastrous in the extreme.
Happy is it for mankind that the art
of war has progressed to such perlec
tion, and the mobilization of large bod
ies of troops can be so easily effected,
that one or two compaigns at most,
must decide the question of supremacy
between any of the belligerents of Eu
rope. But the utter stoppage of the
wheels of industry, and the financial
crash which will ensue, even for the
briefest period, are fraught with misery
and ruin to all Christendom.
While therefore it is barely possible,
despite the recall of the atmy from Al
giers, and the uuexampled activity in
the French docks and navy yards, that
the impending straggle may be avefted,
still a common instinct of self preserva
tion, should warn our people to shorten
sail, and reduce all their expenditures
and mercantile operations to the mini-
standard, a
In view of tho extraordinary demand
for provisions across the water, also,
every energy should bo diverted into
that channel of production.
Let us begin now by sowing a large
breadth of turnips, Fall pease, and In
dian corn for provender, and prepare in
season for the largest crop of small
grain ever pitched in this country
A moiety of the phosphates used up
on cotton devoted to wheat, barley, and
oats, would fill to overflowing all the
barns and granaries of the land, and
cause peace and plenty to smile in our
midst, eveu while grim visaged war
brooded over the nations of Europe.
May we not bope that for once, fore
warned, oitr people will be fore-armed
against tho invasion of gaunt famine,
and the scarcity of money which must
prevail, if the cotton looms of the old
countries cease to work ?
But more of this anon. Let us pray
that the peace of the world may contin
ue undisturbed.
EQr The infallibility of the feeble old
man who rules the Papal See, will soon
be proclaimed with great pomp and cer
ernony. American bishops aud all ex
cept the Italian ring (and their name is
legion) who dwell almost under tbe
sound of St. Peter’s chimes, and bask
in the smiles cf the Pontiff, are bitterly
opposed to many of the dogmas which
have been pronounced.
Democratic institutions seem to modi
fy the aspect and absolutism of the Cath
olic religion, a3 it exists in the old coun
tries-
jS®- Mercer University seems to be.,
a literal bone of contention between
several cf our up-country cities.
As yet we believe no final action as
to its location has been taken by the
committee.
Varney Gaskill, like all traitors,
now out-Herods Herod, in the service
of his new master. He will do to fetch
aud carry for Bullock, admirably.
The news from France is war
like. The publication of the movements
of troops, is forbidden, and day and
night the work of preparation is going
on in the army and navy.
It is said if the candidacy of Prince
Leopold is not withdrawn, France will
declare war immediately, and the Em
peror take the field in person with the
young Prince Imperial on his staff.
England is determined to use every
effort to preserve the peace, and the
attitude of Prussia is calm and digni
fied and commands the respect of Eu
rope.
Later dispatches affirm that European
complications will be reconciled without
a resort to the sword. Why should
this not be so. Are nations destitute
of the attribute of common sense ?
Father Qqeil, a venerable Cath
olic priest and much beloved, died re
cap! ly in Savannah, aged 80 years.
Speak Softly.
He who can observe the above admo.
nition through life, will possess an im
mense advantage in every jar and con
troversy to which he may be subjected.
In a collected mien and calm utter,
ance, there ia a positive power which is
oft-times irresistible. It disarms your
antagonist, assuages his anger and
brings him to terms. Failing in this,
it throws him off of his centre, betrays
him into extravagances which render
him ridjculous, and leaves him at your
mercy.
Again—a gentle demeanor and cour
teous bearing, are sure passports in so
ciety.
Kind words constitute the small
change in the carrenoy of life. They
form the lubricating oil which imparts
ease and celerity to all human machin
ery. They are the open sesame to the
most obdurate heart. Even the infant
of months instinctively illustrates the
power of gentle accents, and modulated
tones.
“ Come here! I sharply said
And the baby cowered and wept;
Coma here! I cooed and he looked and smiled,
And straightway to my lap he crept.”
When beset then by some man of be
lial who raves and storms and threatens
to demolish you, if you would abash
the bully and tame him into submission,
becalm, speak low, preserve your self
possesion It takes two to make a
quarrel, and the flame expires itself,
When noTfufel is supplied.
This couise will certainly prove effec
tual, at least in every instance when the
right is on your side. How few can be
found however who will reduce to prac
tice the salutary liiot ?
The Albany News thinks tbe
people of Georgia on a “ square vote ”
would ratify the removal of the capital
from Miliedgeville. We believe our
contemporary is vastly mistaken.
The corruption in the air of Atlanta,
the unblushing lobbyism and out side
influences exerted upon green-horn law
makers from the rural districts, the
heavy expense to an overburdened peo
ple resulting from this change in the seat
of government, all would conspire to
defeat the project, if submitted fairly to
the people.
Let us return to the purity and sim
plicity of former days, and inaugurate
aoew in our State affairs the exploded
theories of economy and virtue. To ac
complish this, a return to Miledgeville
is indispensable. Let the Opera house
be sold, and the old capitol be reoccu
pied as in tho days of yore. Surely no
modern radical light can eclipse the
brilliancy of a Troup, a Cobb, a Jeu
kinsj and the hosts of noble spirits who
once represented, and illustrated Geor
gia.
Miliedgeville was good enough for
them, but these latter day men want the
latitude, and unholy pleasures; and ex
citements of a large city.
From these corrupting and disturbing
influences good Lord deliver our law
givers.
Mrs. Lincoln’s pension has been post-
cfl?t fady fff~makTng the
most of the fact that her rail splitting
liege, was once a radical President, and
filled a martyrs grave.
‘ She, Mrs Lincoln, must b’e paid for
this,ayem red gold or good greenbacks.
It matters not that having exhibited
and sold her costly wardrobe, alnd col
lected her duds (a good pile) together,
she is now a wanderer in a distant land,
and as report says, about to marry some
German, with a jaw-breaking name,
still she sighs for her share of the spoils
in Radical America, and like the
horse leech’s daughter continues the
cry of give, give, at Washington.
But republics are proverbially un
grateful, and as tbe good woman has
had her day, and fulfilled her programme,
she is now thrown overboard and left
to paddle her own canoe.
Such is human greatness —Poor Mrs
Lincoln.
The Batnbridgk, Cdthbert and Col
umbus Railroad. —We had the pleasure
of an interview with Colonel Bruton,
President of this road, a few. days ago,
and Were pleased to learn that he was
successful, in perfecting a contract with
a comp my of capitalists ami railroad
builders, for the construction ot bis
road from Quincy, Fla., to Outbbert,
and that his negotiations in the premises
had been endoised by his board of di
rectors, at a meeting io Cutbberton Fri
day last.
The contract is very advantagoons to
the company, and secures the comple
tion of the road as quick as men and
means can do it .—Albany News.
Death by IDr^vning. —On Sunday
evening last a Mr/St. Leger, formerly
of this city, was accidently drowned,
near Brunswick. A party of gentle
men were out in a small sailing vessel,
enjoying the evening breeze, and ever
thing was passing off pleasantly, when
a* sudden squall struck the sail of the
little vessel, swinging the boom round,
which struck the deceased, and knocked
-him overboard in such a senseless con
dition that he could not help himself.—
His companions found it impossible to
render aid in time to save his life. The
body was not recovered. The deceased
leaves two cbilhen, who are at present
residing in this city. —Macon Journal.
Rumored Extension of the 8. W. R.
R. — We have a rumor, amounting
most to fact, tffet it is the intention of
Mr. Wadley and Gen. Holt to extend
the Southwestern Road in the direction
of Blakely as early as practicable.
We are pleased to learn, also, that on
his recent visit to our city, Mr. Wadley
offered the most liberal terms to the S.
G. & Fla. Road for a union depot and
unions of rail?.
It may, therefore, be regarded as a
settled fact, that the latter road, as soon
as the bridge is completed, will find its
terminus at the depot of the Southwes
tern road, and connecting rails.— Albany
News.
SGF The Income tax as modified, will
fall upon the capitalists only. Al
though this furnishes no justification
for unconstitutional and partial legisla
tion, yet it is fortunate that army con
tractors, gold speculators, and those of
that ilk will be forced to bear the brunt
of it.
Pretty Business for the Fourth!
Fourth of J uly'-of all the days in the
year—was seized upon by the United
States Senate and by two leading politi
cians professing-to represent (but vital
ly misrepresenting) the prevailing aenti
rnents of the two great parties,
tilate their narrow-minded a tgi pal hiss-to
the Chinese race, and their desire to ex
elude them from this boasted
for the poor and oppressed of alk na
tions. None but politicians
been guilty of this desecration or" the
most hallowed day in American history.
Any man who preserves in his iK»° m
the least lingering respect for the mem
ory of the fathers of the repubUof-Jbnd
tbe immortal principles of the Declara
tion of Independence, would havSjGs
coiled from the thought of insulting
those mighty shades, and
ou that tnanif. sto of freedom and hu
manity on the day set apart for their
commemoration aml eulogy.
political timeserver has no such scruple.
To him the Fourth of July, furnishing
him with an audience for bis demagogi
cal notions, is only an opportunity fbr
trimming to the popular caprice offtTme
locality, or some temporary prejirlice,
out of the flattering of which lie iopes
to make a little personal capital I e
cares nothing for the day, or the men
or the doctr.nes whose memory is in
separably allied with the glprious
Fourth” in the minds of the greatpass
es of the common-people. Let us see
how some of the professional palijajaris
perverted and abused the uationaTanni
versary.
A considerable number of a*y ers,
chiefly iu the eastern States, aJL tbe
idle freechnen of the South,
-to Chinese immigration, beeaSS^Kpfti- 1
flux brings with it industry, refnawmle
aptitude fflr work, and the emancipation
of employers from tbe dictation of trade
unions. Compared with tbe friends of
Asiatic immigration, these are, mr be
lieve, but a few ; but they are n&isy and
full of threats, and they have votes. —
The demagogues both parties, fearful of
losing some little measure of th«r con
stituency, and thinking (mistakenly, it
may turn out,) that they have more to
gain by catering to the passions o( some
hundreds of turbulent men here and
there*than by doing justice to tie rest
of the people and honestly living
their own professions and the most sa
cred traditions of the country, deliber
ately sacrifice all tlreae to this suoposed
personal advantage. In the
which is Sb completely tinder Republi
can control that the Republicans mkist
be held responsible for what is d«no
there, Mr. Sumner's amendment to sihfitu}
out the word “white” from the liatvSfjlir'
zatiou bill—moved in order to admitfthe 1
Chinese to citizenship—was rejected by
30 nays to 14 yeas. And this i« the
Senate that is keeping the whole coun
try in hot water with its everlasting agi
tation of the negio question 1 In order
to please the negro, and secure his vote,
the Senate, with the other branch of
Congress as a ready coadjutor, has’Ex
purgated the word “white” from Any
quantity of other statues, and madejit a
misdemeanor for any white rnau to (dis
criminate, officially, in favor of that'col
or as against the black. But tbe \no
meat that Mr. Sumner, in the
carrying out'of the same principle, s*ks
that “white” be knocked out of the nat
uralization laws too, all this pretended
love of human brotherhood vanishes iV
to thin air, and thirty Senators say “no\
—because the proposed modification fa
vors the Chinese, and tbe Chinese hap
pen to be in bad odor with a few trade
unions and with a majority of the south
ern negroes. As if to blazon their
shameless inconsistency, by
i unvote of 30 tp lj, then jgst
tend the naturalization laws to aliens of
African nativity and persons of African
descent—thus declaring that while an
Asliantee negro fresh from the cannibal
ism and fetich worship of his native
jungles may become a citizen on the
same terms as a civilized German, Irish
man or Englishman, the shrewd ener
getic, thrifty, and well behaved repre
sentative of Asiatic civilization, vvhiph
•is much older than, and, in certain di
rections, as far advanced as the Europe
an, is debarred from that privilege.—
Talk about the Chinese wall, what is
this act of the Senate but laying the
foundation of a great American wall,
facing China, to exclude her people from
coming iu here? It is the erection of
precisely the same barrier in principle,
excepting the wall of China was origi
nally a defence, partially, against races
with whom China was at war. . Where
as our wall when built, if it shall be,
will be an insult and a menace to a na
tion with which we are at peace, and
which desires always to be on the best
terms with us—a nation which has but
lately given us many proofs of i ts'fSTtK--
ful friendship and sympathy, its last act
being the payment of all tbe money
claims that we had against it with such
liberality that $700,000, in gold,
the excess of what was due, is now iq
the bands of our government. vVhat
other country, with which we have deal
ings, has ever squared its aceouts
promptly and liberally 1 And this is the
honest American loving people whom
the Serrate would drive out to make
room for cannibals and the worst type
of heathen, bar nu>re addicted to vice
and crime than tire vilest ‘Chinamen.—
I he injustice and wickeduess of this dis
crimination against Asra and in behalf
of Asliantee, are so apparent even to
meaoest comprehension, that we are
spared the necessity of pointing it out
in detail and by copious illustrations. —
Journal of Commerce.
Indian Deprbd.ations in Texas.—
mail driver between Griffin aud RicUf
ardsob, named James Taylor, was *at £
tacked about eight miles beyoDd Bei
knap, at the Salt Fork of the Brazos, by
Indians, killed and scalped. There was
neither guard nor passengers.
mail bags and mules were carried off,
and have not yet been recovered. This
murder occurred on the 2d of this month.
Tne news was brought by Mr. T. D. St.
Johns direct to us from i ort Griffin.—
The same gentleman brings tragic news
from Professor Roessier, who lately
started with an escort of the Sixth Cav
alry from Fort Ricbaruson to explore
the copper region of Northwestern Tex
as. While in the Wicnita country, and
traveling carelessly, with two wagons
and a hack, the escort being far in ad
vance, they were attacked suddenly
from the thickets by the savages, and
all of the party except Professor Roes
sier, slain. The escort galloped back in
time to save the Professor's life. The
whole party then returued to Fort Grif
fin. Set down another devilish debit to
the Indian account. —Austin Journal.
After a wedding ceremony in the
Presbyterian Church at Dalton on last
Wednesday the organ horrified the con.
grogation by playing the bewitching
melodies of “Captain Jinks” and “Shoo
Fly ! don’t bodder me.”
tar The Enterprise says that it
costs more to ship a barrel of flour from
Savannah to. Thomasville (200 miles)
than it does from St. Louis, via Balti
more, to Savannah, about two thousand
mil os.
Letter From Gen- Lee-
Some weeks since, Harper’s Weekly
having published a false*and malicious
charge aginst Virginia’s noble son, that
be remained iu Gen. Scott’s service as a
member of his staff, until the . last mo'
ment before joining the “lost cause,’’ in
order to obtain full knowledge of that of
ficer’s plans of future operations.’ Maj.
Sidney Herbert, editor of the Troy
and Advertiser, felt called
upwi, in view of his official knowledge
of the facts of the case (he being at the
commencement of the war a staff offi
cer at Washington) to refute the false
charge aud defend the honor of Gen.
Lee. That he was right in his state
rnents, and that his good intentions have
been fully appreciated by Gen. Lee, is
clearly shown by the following very
modest letter which Maj. ilerbeit has
just received from the gallant old* hero,
and which he kindly permits us to give
to the public through the columns of the
Enquirer :
Lexington, Va., June 29, 1870.
Dear Sir :— I am much obliged to
you for the kind sentiments expressed
towards me in your reply from tbeMes>
aenger and Advertiser, of which you
are editor, to the erroneous assertion of
Harper’s Weekly respecting myself.—
though it is difficult to learn the truth,
tlm facts in the charge cited, might, I
think, have been easly ascertained, in
asmuch as I never belonged to the mili
tary family of Gen. Scott, or served near
his person except when in Mexico, when
i was attached to tho general Staff of
the army in that country.
TbankiDg you for the refutation of
the charge, and for your kiud wishes,
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
R. E. Lee.
Mas Sidney Herbert, Troy, Ala.
Think of What the Effect Will
be —Tub Effect of Voting to Prolong
the Term —Every member of the Leg
islature should think of the effect it
would .have upon himself his posi
tion, were he to. vote to conliuue him
self iu his position beyond the term re
quired by the Constitution and that in
tended by the people at the election in
1868. Ninetentbs of your fellow citi
zens, friend, will condemn the act as an
outrage upon their rights, for which you
have not a single excuse. They will le
proach you for betraying your trust, vio
lating your oath, and usurping a rirht
that belongs exclusively to your consti
tuents. If they should treat you with
a scorn ever afterwards, as they certain
ly will, aud turn their backs upon you
as one who is recreant to asolemu trust,
as one guilty iu the sight of Heaven and
in your own conscience of perjury, you
cannot complain that tbe treatment
would be unjust.
Nor is this all. Your innocrfnt off
spring must suffer in consequence of
your conduct. They will be reproached,
perhaps stigmatized, through all time to
come, by your unholy act. Remember
how it went with the wretched traitors
who prepetrated the Yazoo Fraud.—
They became infamous. It would not
have been safe for one of them to have
shown his face in the streets of Louis
ville on that mwaorable day, when the
papers to their infamous deed were piled
up in the public square, when the noble
Jackson, burning with patriotic indigna.
tion drew from his pocket a sun-glass
and called fire from Heaven to consume
the record of their infamy. Shun the
snare set for you by his Excellency, and
show yourself worthy of the name of
Georgian.— True Georgian.
Merger.— The Atlanta Constitution
asks v ‘Tf Mercer University is located
low down ia Uie fc>tate ? how mquy stu
atntfe will it obtain from the up coun
try ?”
Penfield is not “low down in the
"State;” it is “in the salubrious region,”
and we would asir how many students
has the College had from the up-country ?
(Fraukford College is not low down —its
climate is salubrious—the place is ac
cessible by Railroad, and large enough
to accommodate ah the students and all
who may attend on Commencement oc
casions, and we again venture to ask
how many students has Franklin Col
lege had from that part of the State,
north.and north-west of Atlanta ?
Emory College at Oxford is not low
down iu the State, and is in a healthy
region, and accessible by Railroad, and
drily forty miles east of Atlanta : how
many students has Emory College had
from the cp-country above Atlanta ?
Let any one take the catalogues of
these Colleges aud examine them, and
he will see that their patronage is from
that part of the State lying south of a
liae running%ast and west through At
lanta. Southern, south western, Middle,
eastern and western Georgia furnish
the students for our Colleges. Let then
Mercer be located in a position central
to these sections of tbe State, and not
on the northern extremity of a line from
above which no patronage will come. —
Monroe Advertiser.
The Shadows Deeping. —The Georgia
etr*e goes to a committee of conference
—just what we apprehended, in the
event of non concurrence by the Senate
with the House bill. Only six days,
aDd yet the peace aud welfare of more
than a million of people are depending
upon it. We d* earnestly trust that
the committee will act immediately, aDd
report a bill covering the disputed
grounds, eo as to have nothing indefi
nite, nothing that the artful schemers
can take advantage of. We were wil
ling to have the House bill, believing
that it fully secures the people in their
_onnjpihiuion;tl right to hold an election
in ToTO—yet we would have preferred
that the year 1870 had not been strick
en out. It is now plain that the Senate
refused to concur because that date
was struck out. They mean to sanction
! p.o bill, it seems, that will allow the
"Governor to prevent it as he did that of
December last, but will insist on secur
iog the people here in their right to an
election. They must have seen how
the Bullock organ here was claiming
bill as autbrizing their stocking pre
tensions. The danger is now that tbe
matter will pass over for this session,
and leave our State in its present deplor
able condition. — True Georgian.
Fourth of July. —The day we used
to celebi ate pass, and off very.quietly on
Monday. On.- people are very much
like the children of Israel—they have
hung their harps upon the willows—
they caunut sing the songs of liberty un
der a military despotism, nor can they
rejoice amid the fallen columns that
oi.ee supported the temple of Liberty 1
They feel more like placing crape on
their dour knobs than tiring cannon, and
shouting and huzzaing. The fourth of
o uly sgjly reminds them of a once g ori
ous Constitution, now mutilated, tattered
and torn —of liberties now lost—or a fu
ture, with scarcely a ray of hope !
Scuthern <W atchman .
- The Tribuiie takes exception to
Jefferson Davis stating in a speech to
the children ot a Sunday School a few
days ago, that he was not a “fellow citi
zen.” It hurts Greeley to be reminded
of the dirty work of his party.
Cotton Prospects-
We have recently conversed with sev
eral intelligent cotton planters, who
have seen quite a number of growing
crops, and they inform us that no can
did and well-informed man, who has
seen the crop growing, can assort that
our present crop is even above the aver
age. It is true, the “town patches" and
“iancy farms,” which have been highly
manured and well cultivated, look extra
fine, and it is from the promise of these
parches and fields that the general opin
ion of an extra good crop is made. —
The owners show them to outsiders and
brag on them, from which the uninitia.
ted in the cotton planting make up an
.opinion as to the general crop. The
main crop, on the average of farms
throughout the country looks sickly yet,
as it has not recovered entirely from
ravages of the lice, brought on by the
wet weather some weeks ago. The
amount of land planted in cotton in
Middle Georgia has been greatly re
duced ; while corn has taken the place
of it, and which, by the way, at this
time, was never more promising for a
very large yield. It would have been
impossible to put as much land in cot
ton this year as the past, owing to the
scarcity of labor. Ruud reds of haflds
who worked on farms last year, are
now working on the railroads, or taking
jobs about tbe cities and towns ; while
a number of the most thrifty bought
mules, and rented or bought lands and
are farming for themselves, cultivating
mostly provisions, (aud thereby showing
their good sense.) It is true a very
large amount of fertilizers have been
used, and no doubt a fair crop will be
made, but who Lave been
through the countiy have no hope that
Middle Georgia will produce as much
cotton this year as last —Atlanta Sun.
A Card.
firwcs of Ga. Agricultural Sociity, 1
Atlanta, Ga., July 9, 1810. j
Ist. Tbe Secretary requests the City
Dailies and the Press of this State to
publish this card, giving notice that dele
gates to the Convention of the 16th of
August next, to insure themselves free
passed both ways on the railroads must
send their returns to this office as early
as possible.
2d The Secretary deems it not un
reasonable to request the gratuitous in.
sertion of this Card in all the papers of
the State. The object of the Society
and of the Convention being to cherish
aud advance the cultivation of the soil
by which all, press and people live, gives
significance and importance to every
item of intelligence connected with it.—
This constitutes tbe claim for the favor
asked. Full confidence is* felt in a
cheerful compliance. m Acknowledg
ments are now due and here tendered
for like repeated favors.
3. Asa matter of general interest the
papers are requested to publish the
names of delegates of County Societies
to the August Convention.
D. W. Lewis, Secy.
.tar Bon'^felo^ —Os all paioful
things, can there be any so excrucia
tingly painful as a bone-felon? We
know of none that flesh is heir to ; and
as this malady is quite frequent, and the
subject of much earnest consideration,
we give the latest recipe for its cure,
which is given by that high authority,
the London Lancet: As soon as the
pulsation which indicates the disease is
felt, put directly over the spot a fly blis
ter about the size of your thumbnail, and
let it*remain for six hours; at the expi
ration of which time, directly under the
surface of the blister, may be seen the
felon, which can be instantly taken out
with the poiat*of a needle or lancet?.
Death of the Big Ox.— All of onr
city readers will remember the enorm
ous ox that was on exhibition list winter
in this city. It died in Philadelphia on
last Friday. It was the largest <>x in
the world and weighed, we believe, 4,500
pounds. The owner refused $6,000 in
cash for the animal when in this city.—
Macon Telegraph.
Amnesty-.— The amnesty bill that
passed the Senate, contained between
5,000 and 6,000 names, half of which
seem to be from Virginia. The names
of Genera] Basil Duke and General Gus
tavus W. omith were struck out,
though several Republican Senators
dared that theywere entitled to pardon
just as much W General Longstreet,
whom the President appointed to office.
It has yet to pass the House.
Light Stock. — The stock of cotton
in Savannah Monday eveuing was 3,375
balgs upland, and 63 Sea Island. The
total receipts for the year were 463, 636
bales uplands, aud 15,200 bales Sea Is
land.
The Columbus Manufacturing
Company has declared a dividend of sis
ty per cent.
LIST OF LETTERS,
Remaining unclaimed in the Pest Office at
Cuthbert, Ga., July Ist, 1870, which if
not called for by the Ist of August 1870,
will be sent to the Bead Letter Office:
Byrd, M-sEA Bisbop, W B
Pelk, John Burney, T J
. Brown, Mrs Catharine Bell, Henry (col)
“ “ A E Bridges, Levi (col)
“ Mis* Mattie Buruam, Wm—2
“ Enoch
C
■ Crawford, Alex (col) Cole, Miss Parilee
Connell, Louis
JD
Dillard, Bey Mansfield Daniel, Hardy
E
Edwards, 1 K Edgds, George
F
Fleming, Jas L Faust, Mrs Nancy
G
Goolrum, Mrs C A Gouldon, Seaborn
R C (col) Gadsoa, S
Gilmer, Miss Libbie
H
Henia, Martha Howell, Thomas
Holmes, Mrs Maria Herington, H B
I
Tverson, Clem
J
Johnson. Rufas Johnson, T A
Jones, Josiah
L.
Lowe, Easter (col) Lewis, Lorra
M
McWilliams, Miss Mary Mav, George
Murphy, W J Mitchner, Miss Donnie
McCullcs, Miss E J May, P L J
Miller, Arointed Mathews, John
Meeks, W N Murpha, Mis M
o
Oliver, G W—s Oxley, Frank
Oliff, Mrs E C
P
Porter, NanSy (col) Paulin, Mr
Plowdeo, Mrs E J Peary, Mrs A E
Price, P A Pittman, S J
R
Robertson, Rich (col) Riggins, Martin
Rindall, B A Ransom, W H
Rouse, John
S
Slade, Mrs W J Skiver, P A
Smith, Miss M E
T
Taylor, Jane (col)
vv
Woodman, Green Williams, Calvin
Watts, Mrs Mary A Walker. Mrs Emily D
Wood, A J Willis C O
Wood, H B Ward, Dan
Parties, calling for any c f the above letters
will phase say they are advertxs*d.
- J. A. uabdaway, r. M.
C3T The Columbus Sun says : <: We
have conversed with many farmers du
ring the week. They universally repre
sent the crop in this section as three
weeks behind last year. The fruiting is
very poor. The3ate unpropitious weath
er has generated an immense quantity
of lice, which interfere with the maturi
ty of the plant and destroy its verdure.
•ft, A Michigau negro has been
made an LLD.—long-legged darkey.
New Advertisements.
%
Ga., July 13, 70.
Mr Editor : Seeing Mr. Whee
ler s affidavit that Gunn was
keeping such a good Stock of
Goods, and selling them so cheap,
and having occasion to travel
through the cities of Georgia
and Alabama. I got Gunn’s
prices, and I am satisfied he has
the most general Stock of Good
Goods, and sells them cheaper
than any merchant in
Georgia or Alabama.
J. R. M. White.
P. S.—ls there are any per
sons within 40 miles of (Juth
bert who do not trade with
Gunn, they are not anxious to
save money.
J. R. M. W.
A Failure.
GHjnn would not sell out to
that committee from Eufaula and
Columbus.
Gunu says he is going to keep
the most general Stock of Goods
in Georgia, if he does dry up
Eufaula and Columbus by selling
Goods so cheap in Cuthbert.
UXT otic©.
THE EXERCISES of the MALE school
will be resumed on
MONDAY, August 29th, 1870,
A competent teacher is expected to be associated
with me.
jyltttf J. A. EDWARDS
Prospectus of the
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