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ORIFFIN, OA.. MAY IT, ltS«.
**Thr IVn in TliuUiirr Ilian (be Snord« n
Tnu Memphis Riot.— lt (urns out that
only twelve negroes were killed—not thirty
as we reported last week ; our information
having been reserved from the diapetebee
sent fro* Memphis.
ftdJr We believe that, a a a general thing,
tiia Railroads, Ste&mb.ats, and Express
Companies, throughout the country, are
transporting free of charge the provisions
that were bought for the poor and needy of
the South, out of the funds realized by the
Baltimore Ladies’ Fair.
1&. Santa Anna, who has been making
for » leng tifiae the St. Thomas his
home, is said to be ea row's for Mexico.—
Whether he goes there as the frieud _ of
Mazimillian or Juaroa, or of Atm«e'/,‘u not
ta-rly understood as ye*.
‘ The lion and the unicorn fighting for tha Crown,
A little dngjuttiped op, aud knocked them both
down.” .' ‘ I
I@L General Fbk, it is announced, hus
arrived in Memphis, Tennessee, and has
published twopronunclamcntos, wherein it is
ordered that all the colored school-houses
burned down in the lato riu\, are to be re
placed by new ones within ten days, and
that the cost of the luilding is to be levied
upon the city. It will be called upon to pay
also every dollar of other damage done to
the Frccduicn by the ri iters.
Tim Bureau System,- -The two com
missioners, Generals Sited man and Fa liar
ton, who were appointed by President Jolin
soii, to investigate the operations of the
Freedman’s Bureau in the Southern States,
have reported as to Virgiuia and North Car
olina, They give it stances of the dixhon
oety and arbitrary powers exercised by some
of the officers and agent's of the Bureau in
■taking arrests, imposing fines, inflicting
punishments, disregarding the local laws, and
especially the Salute of Limitations, thus
creating prejudice against the government.
The Commissioners therefore recommend
Uie withdrawal of the officers of the Bureau,
«nd the transfer to officers commanding the
troops of all such duties os it still may b e
neocssary to perform in connection with the
freedraen.
Some Hotly must II ck down or
Fight.
France agrees ilijdnmaiirnl/i/, that is, with
as many mental reservations ns will avail
her, to withdraw her troops from Mexico,
makes a feint of doing so, thereby apparent,
ly satisfies the Monroe Doctrinists, while
Austria, with pre announcements to that
effect, prepares to send recruits to Maximil
ian. The Monroists tell Austria, if she sends
troops to Mexico, it will be a emus MU. —
Austria, whose stomach is used to the diges
ting of foreign food, as for instance, Boland,
Rungwy, and Venice, opens her anaconda
mouth, and is determined to appropriate the
trans-Atlantic morsel—if not for herself,
at least for her lineal offspring, the Imperial
Government of Maximilian. If Austria
persists, which we believe she will do, and
the Monroists are as good ns their threat.
then war is inevitable. Then will come the
drafting of nations in the programme.—
France will, of course, take the side of Aus
tria—England will be mockingly noutral,
working for the United .Slates, while the
Fenians will be against England—and poor
Dixie ! what will become other '! Os course,
the North would not have a b ind of out
Ihwcd traitors to help them fight their ba‘-
tles. What use will they be but to stay at
home, work bard, and give the proceeds to
the support of the Federal armies, or to pay
•ffthe debt incurred in making tin m slaves '
But then there will be no war, and neve
fheleas Maximilian will hold his imperial
throne; and some how or other, it will at last
turn out that the Monroe doctrine is only to
bluff with, not’to fight on.
44 What will ihf fr’rpi:chinnn <io
next »»*
Every ev.c has heard tin; nncc.lalc of tho Dooch
man, who was witnescii g a ITcnchuiai.'s fcalsuf
lungic and sliglit-of hand, and who, upon ihe m -
eider'ul blowing-up of tlic whole affarr— ap|Mirat r
house, spectators, bnd «ll—happened to light
undamaged, in the midst of a cabbage patch hard’
Hv, nnd, clewing it-a» iv port of the programme
naively eufg out: “ What will the Wench Hum do
next f’
Jo reading the article, beach <t: “Athat's the use
oft&e m«o»!" Copied in the Hp.itD this treelcl
we are foieed to eXctelm du the language of the
Teuton: “What will the French man do next f’—
Wm?** the moon!—Whc ever cfcril of such
l odtMnee! We ifiigtt get along '• without poeanio
'iflS wc get
along siTOiit the " •yeasg Fh ei,eea of aonl-rc—
lining, spiiit eunohli: g poeay—as musk under th e
. control of Uiat slandered satellite as th#W w4fc„ f
water. 'lh'ti.wisest of men disdained it not, when
h«»ung: *• Who i* she that looketh forth us tho
moruiig./uir os rdf moon, clear as the sun, and
terrible as an army with banners.”
No" ai ever indited a love-ode. that .was «t
a. ret,» i* ieh mis uot conceived or u rillen,
J*." . ~ - V, under the inepiringe of the
tna«> * f- . tpwen of night. The moon her
i heat beams of the tun climi
«»»-• ; .: aa ling process, is the very iinstcl
-*■- p*, -ni.d pure po«Uy of thys kind, is
Vi.- -ut a : a—. .odiment of that genuine heart**
asst ' -‘a-. ,1 i f.-t in every taint of pensunlisiu.—
>1; planet liom our skies, and
the *' god of day” rule supreme and alone, with
his ferv energies and his blood inei.ing warmths
and poetry and [itirc love would hid the world
adieu, and prose and passion would mount to th e
fierce ascendant—and man would lower limit
to 'he savage and the brute. Our voice, then, is ■
•*ltoll on, silver mien!”
Sellinz the I iouLSkiu.
Tl.e Mexican |H«fo»r at Washington, accredit
(4 fr«»m the Li ber.it ( action (not (jomrnwtrnl) of
Mexico, lisa ceded, ijp certain lea.ling American
capitalist*—Hi-**t Hotter among them, prggiuiun
i*i«v molof) atiaty tba entire pyyinsuta of Lower
California, for colonization purposes, and to rot-ore
tlie development of tlia extraordinary mineral
wealth of that territory. The so-called and so
recognized Mexican Government, ulius the Liber
als, retain an interest ia the proceeds of the enter
4ni" e ; bet it is understood thutlhe sum advanced
by the parties who have secured the giant is up
ward* ora mtttton of dollar*, which, at thlrtimv,
will be of important sc re Ice to the waning fortune
of that oh-oleseeiit concern. They mny be reck
oning without their for it may U« Unit Mux
ituilliau has something to say or do in the prcin
isea.
M e have heard .rs individuals he fore uow.ae!)-
iug au untuned h«*e or cow, eery rliruji. before
the day ha thought it was going to die, or ‘get
on the lift ;** but thi*,is the first time we have hud
to record a similar thing of a recognized nation.
However, we hope the Mexican GuvotuuMmt, e&
'willed, will get Uie money in wiwtnct, and not
stultify itself by having any “ifs or nods” in
the oou'.iiiot. It might do wyll to re study the
fable whose moral read* :
11 The man llrat sobHtrc Hen** skin,
Wj»» killed while hunting him.”
General Grant and yiiK Radicals.
—Just at this time, the Radicals arc be
stowing the must fulsome flattery upon Gen.
Grant, having also forostallingly nominated
him as fheir candidate for the Presidency
ft ts a shrewd trick, and too often succeeds,
arguing fram abundant precedents that
might be cited in confirmation. The ultcri
ori;-m of their purpose is, that they wish to
wtet him and the army on their side, in case
their revolutionary schemes culminate in
civil war. Now,,if they,will but nominate
General Torch fur the Vice-lVesidcpcy—
with iho understanding ihe. General Grant
is to dic-rff in a reasonably short time, the
latter, h .weVcr, not to be in the secret —then
they will have a programme all to their own
notion. The South need not bo any more
alarmed than she already is—fur she rims’
hnve learned by this time, that in the limit
less Universe she has but one true, nliuhlr
Friend.
“ Cursed In the min that trusteth in man,
and inaketh flesh his arm, and whose heart
duparlcth front the Lord.”— Jei., XVII, 5.
(■enrral J.'dward D. Tracy.
The remains of this ia neiiteil officer arrived at
Mnoon, at. four o’clock on tli« morning rs the loth
instant, and were* re interred, about noon on the
?nme day, at Oak liidgo Cemetery, near that city-
The ceremonial demonstrations on the monrnful
loeraaton, which are elaborated at by the
City papera, show whnt a deep hold the deceased*
—as gentleman, (Im.-lian, patiiol, and soldier—
had on the nflYotione nmi tainriration of the com
munity. We append a &ifmniary->'ketuh oi hid
pfe, collected froir the Macon journals.
r*rig. Cenera! Edward P. Tracy "’ns a native of
Macon, Georgia, and was about thirty-two \enr*
of age at the time ol his death. Ue graduated at.
the Tnivemty of (ieoigia in 18.31, after which lie
taught a school for a few years, and was then ad
mitted to the Har Mid practiced in Macon, .hist
before the war broke out, lie moved to Huntsville,
Ala., where he became the copartner in bis pro.
session of Hon. L I‘. Walker, late Confederate
States Secretary of War. I’pon the commence
meat of hostilities, to<»k tU<} lield as Captain of
a coMtpimy in the Fourth Alabama, which was at
taelo'd to the Army of .Vortliern Virginia, lie
was made a Brigadier Genera! for cofts| te o»K
galUlitry, and placed iu c<(i|iiiiaod of un -Malu.ria
brigade which was U-anslcmd to the army of
Mississippi, and stationed at Vic'i;shurg. He wes
kil'ed at Port if* May, lMs4.jn«t afrer
General (Irani crossed the river at Grand Golf.
Gen. Tracy was a young man oi nuucli promiiM,
and his early dentil was a loss, not ouly to his
family and friends, but tn l.is country !
At the Cemetery, t!*«* funeral services were rend
by the Rev. Paviil Wills, of (lie Fivshytei ia*
Church—of which the liuacutcii deceived h»ui
long been a member—aud at the coiKlusioii <»2
the impressive service, all that was ftmrtint of l’d
ward i>. Tracy was forever hid from nn-Hiil ken.
to slumber atuid th soptudes of Oak Ridge, till
the final reveille shall summon the deeper forth.
“ Rest in your quirt home, ye Wave,
Let the pines murmur o’er your grave;
Tour dirge be in the moaning wave—-
Wc call you back no more.
“ (>h there was mourning when you fell
In your own vale* a deco-toned knell—
An agony n wild farewell,
Rut that bath long been o’er.
“ Rost with your still and solemn fume,
The hills keep record ol your name,!
Amt never can a touch of shame,
Harken that buried brew."
“ Among tfii: Faithless, Fmi’iih l li’k.’’—I'* 1 '* Old
Ilea Wood -the proprietor and editor ol the A Vie
York Atir* -having been taunted for his adrueney
of the South, by Raymond,of tht Anr York 'linos,
thus nobly As eloquently replies:
“ There are some of «tir cotcniporai ios that do
rail si-oiii to in,.lei stand that * journal can be
guided strictly by convictions of <si ty The
South, to us, is no more 11 an a proi. of onV com
mon country; lull it is lio !es<. If t !;<• pidit-'cal
system ia dissmbod in any ol io parts, li e «).
nnist sutler; «nd when Wo see incr.idial'i'in in at )
quarter of the labiia that shelters us, we aerie
our own nnd the general interest in munnsKirg
(Tio vlttiany and poibllig out Its remedy. No
sectional feeling eatci-s into our protest agnii.st tli ■
outlawry of the Southern States, it is the repub
licanism of our laud that wc vindicate, am) in it *
name w* demand u complete and K-gidur oign i
zatjog tiaUuwM L:gi-lalure, ucvordiug to
ihejnovision* of the Cov stit ution.
Tlie bitefesG of 'the N«I lb arc Concerned jnst ns
lwW| ff*tfi6»te Os tba 80tn l\ami the polit.ie&l exist
encjp'l Sl«p»fti*Skyja at Make. '1 lie luatiou of the
Uafneals nt \V.isi.i.iulon is revolution. Wc Cu'l
ujmn :hs l.xeeuliiu to sate lit. Republic from tlie
[jßttyjiAlion of a faction. There it ao secljttialiaui'
'in that. We ask no m-ni.than the resiorntiou of
The pWFiSStf.sivjfeui 'Wits normal eoinfjtlpn; If
the Radi.-ulsi otlT r no nppositior. to the faVnmtiofwi
of a 'hgitkimte National Legislature'. *<he,e Mill
he no t.eoehle. Hot if they persist iiHioLling u
niouo)s)ty,ut ejotlh! legtslaiion, Ltu.il i. vjiiljona
IV projoit. st llk i life at the Very life of rrjp'Jdic.in
ism. must b» defeated by strong, in.modiiir to and
deuis.ic imu-uris on the part,ufthe Kxcstu <v"
Tn.i.tM. tin: I‘i.ai.n Tr.vTit.—Soction four ofarti
ele VIII of tlia now Constitution of Texas, thus
tends: a.
“ Afmtnn slaverv, as it heretofore existed. Am
iari ii’i n O'intiv-rtml in this St«tr ha i/ir tfotn rn
"no ul of thr I ath U Sit. tea -aw-.1-re of arms, aud its
re establishment he: g piotriliited hy Ihe ftmeifd
uieul to the Constitution of the I'nited Slates, it
is diehoed that neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except ns. a punish incut for crime,
\\ hereof the party shall liavSbeen duly convioted,
shall exist in the Suite."
In connection with this, the New Toil; Day
/.'on/,- pertinently rcu ntlD, ''This is puttii tr an
ugly fact oi.jiveo: and, nt.d is just uich a fact ifsiniglit
tie placed n letters "f light all ovei ■!.. land "
[com M L'NIC A TEI)]
Mb. Eovtob, Situ— l know too have
jour hand* full; 1 fuel t-iwc, however, that
you aTC equal to the talk, &um the improved
.Condition el the II i all. As you devote :t
corne-r’’ of your newspaper to “ Religion,”
I »»k to intrude a few thoughts on you, up
on the subject of I’raycr. I would say to
the reader in connection with this, that I
liuvo been engaged in business, also was a
member of the fuiapndy of which tbo Editor
of the If'rail was Captain, and bave never
kr.own him to engage in anything without
duo regard to rewgion. But to tbo subject
“ That men ought always to pray.”
IDalcr, is this so? Look nt Luke, 18th
chap., let verre and see; yes, it is there;
and is it not remarkably strange that so many
prof siod Christians, who believe ihrat “ God
is, and that he i* a rewarder of them that
diligently seek Him,” should so much neg
lect such area arnable and necessary duty ?
< Sue that is wo firmly established among the
followers of our Lord and Master.
Let us remember that we are all created
beings, and in view of this fact—without the
aid oi revelation—nature itself should teach
ns to pay that which is >o justly due from
ths creature to h : s Creator.
Let us think for a moment, with wlmt
eagerness men pursue their worldly inter
est-, when they know, from pa 4 experience
and observation; “ that the fashion thereof
passeth away. Not only so, hut they know,
that in « very short time, all the attain
ments of this rurtfr will Barely end. Yes,
after wc have heaped-up wealth, fame aud
honor, behold I it is all “ vanity and vexa'ion
of spirst.” let in the faee of all this some
men, yea, professed followers ol C.irist, seem
to gite their undivided attention to these
things Thus going on in sin, against light
and knowledge, to their own everlasting de
struction. 'Jruly the harvest is plentiful,
hut the laborers are lew. Why stand yc
here all the day idle. “Goye nL > into the
vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall
ye receive” (Hr! slothful man, how little
we sent to think of tho answer we are to
make lor the manner in which wc hare ob
served the precepts ei‘ our Lord, “ That men
ought always to pray.”
Again, God hath declared himself to be a
“ prayer-homing God,*’ and, by many invi
tations, and precious promises, hath greatly
encouraged-this duty. Their,- let. us observe
thegoldoi rule, and do our whole and lty to
God, our neighbor, ami ourselves. Let ns.
therefore, pray for our rulers; yes, pray for
the I’rcsident, that ho may be sustained, and
that lie may guide the groat Ship of State
safely through t.iis violent storm; may the
Lord help him. Let us remember those who
are sick and in prison, if we cannot visit
them; oh! let. the let vent desire of our
heart go up to God, who heart sh and ans
wcretli prayer. May the Lot dbe our sure
support iu this unfriendly world, and finally
admit us to bask in lha sunshine of eternal
bliss. \V. 11. Harden.
I’ltctioii Returns.
The following returns —additional to those
published htretjfora—are all we have re
ceived .
Ilrih/ici'i) —Cnpt. 'j’hos. \Y. White, Judge ;
T. F. Newell, Solicitor
Han's —(’apt. D. G. Chandler, Judge >
M. j r Madison 8011, Solicitor.
Harlow. —T. 11. Trippe, Judge; TYtii. J
Conyers, Solicitor.
JJurf:e. —ll. 11. I’crry, Judge; 11. C
Glesson, Solicitor.
Cluittpotju. — John Taylor, Judge ; Joseph
Flournoy* Solicitor.
f’/or/.r— Asa M. Jackson, Judge; Jas.
C. Barton, Solicitor.
Cfay —R A. Turnipsecd, Judge; S. A.
McClendon, Solicitor.
Coliif/, —Col. Phillips, Judge.
Early. — J. B. Jones, Judge; Holmes
Powell, Solicitor.
EU V ,l. 1). M. Hood, Judge; Jas. P.
Perkins, Solicitor.
f>refits —Columbus Heard, Judge; J. W.
Robinson, Solicitor.
flu-Imirtl. —T. MV Peeples, Judge; W
E. Simmops, Solicitor.
Ilahrrsham. — Cic.ro Sutten, Judge; A.
S. Ervtin, Solicitor.
Ifniroel'. —Jos. 15. Gonder, Judge.
Jar/,-son. —Wm. L. Marler, Judge; \Y. J
I’ike, Soli itor.
Lilcrty. — Capt W. S. Norman, Judge;
R. (j Baker Solicitor.
J/ij>•/</«.—Edgar 31. Butt, Judge; W. 1)
Elam, Solicitor.
Mrriwdlur. —Adams, Judge; Loftin, So
licit! r.
icton. —,T I>. Summers, Judge.
J’il/:. — Daniel Roberts, Judge; Irvin
Xlaunij son. Solictor.
ru/vd i.— P- F. D. Scarborough, Judge ;
I T. L. Taylor, Solicitor.
Randolph. —3l. Gormley, Judge.
S’rhli/. —Seaborn Montgomery, Judge;
.J. Walls, Solicitor.
So ml r. —J. A. Ansley, Judge ; Wm. R.
Gucrry, Solicitor.
TalUul. —George X. Forbes, Judge; Win.
A. Little, Solicitor.
1 lahoH. —Dr F. S. Colley, Judge; J.
W. Arnold, Solictor.
Wad,ha,ion —S. B. Jones, Judge; J. W.
Kendrick, Solid or.
R lihJirU. —J, P. Frcunan,Jude; Jamc
II- Field, Solicitor.
Tuk Tmj.no is a NcT-*nrt.n—FToin tho Atlanta
Eta. ari extract the following, as a good example
of mnllum ia parvo —th* eliminating of a very
niisetl-up businew of its vexations complicity.
Two profeseiotisil rotibers, Austria and Prussia,
rgn e to canted cinle to plunder Deumai-k, a quiet,
wnuffimifitig ..citizen. They throttle their victim,
i-lnln iii and turn his pockets inside out;
the pi i/.c,il|e aue-mes of Sililesw'g-llolstein, fujle
t" the g'-odiA The Victim is gcnwSii«itf released,
who s<-ud« iiwfyt.obnppy to make his ejnspe with
hi- life, the thieves then fall out over# division
ol the spaiis. and their alurciitions «iftrm the
m iuhUuiiood, A burly neighbor, Charlie Chipenu,
step* i-i, ami dowkiols flic pence. Upon the'Oasis of
i « -tilnUfiu to the rightful owner. A note.Mnnd
p rate, Itu-dn; cumes-in,' mid deinnmls the author"
ity for Charlie's intiuloienee. At lids stage of
the game, u gaunt-U'okhig iniiividuul, in striped
trousers aud swallow -1 ailed coat, makes his «p
pcura. ee, iu ,1 deniai.ils of Justice tTi-ij can t > show
cause Why he should continue tc. htDy liitlDrlf in
Mexico, Iho |<oli(g b'ronchman Bp-ologise*. an,',
ngi-ccs .to timid aauie in obedience to Jonathan's
request. Win re'upoii, one of the ganders, Aus
tun, tuj-ii’s his attention to iho field just vacated,
nod ptoeojlls l a adnifnisti r upon tlie assets. Joir
nthsh ot.jeOts to this, and threatens violeneo to
the ruflian in case he does not nU-indon tins pio
j- el. Meantime, one ,Mepiil.-t 1 ,p!ilies is in the rear,
grei lly annoyed and hede'iieit hy His own FetiTad
gnloeipieis. Snob is tfu-politicul i‘.aliou.
I Ue lisnntr (laid Miuts.
From the Allan** Intelligenter.]
Then# mines, sttaatei-eigh* mile* Sowli
wet* from C. frollaw, (Jeor it, have at the
iustacec of Dr. (iambic, Istclyr L-eeß twittoi
by Jad go (!. II Strong »:f oBT eity, wiiojur
nishes m various uie me raw! a concerting
them.
On a recent visit to New York, Mr. Strong
made the acquaintance of Mr. A. L. It. Ilallo
woll, of Nevada, a gentleman thoroughly
-Tarsed in everything that appertains to gold
'mining, and gavs him an outline account of
these valuable mines. Mr. 11. was to much
struck with the description, that he came to
Georgia with Mr, Strong, to make apcisonal
inspection of the property, and has just re
turned after a thorough examination. He
war bo well pleased, that lie has made an
agreement to purchase, and will, in a very
short time, put the whole thing in motion.
It is nut out of place to give a few items in
relation to tfie vast resources of this valuable
property. It embraces within its limits
Ul7j acres, being seven lots of 20JJ acres
each. Gold is to be found in cveryjut. and
two of them possess it ia a high degree. Au
immense ledge or vein of flint quartz rraver
ses the whole width of thigro tvo loU ior at
least 1J miles, having a breadth of one to
two hundred feet; Throughout this entire
length and breadth, it is impossible to find
a pan of soil, x that does not possess gold.
The ore also is reported to be very rich,
though the quartz mine has never been ope
rated to any extent. A feeblo effort was
onge made with a shackling old mill, and if
the parties who erected it had possessed the
means and requisite e icagy, they would,
without duuht, have met with the uust en
tire success.
The owner of this valuable property lias
grown rich from the place. Before the war
he owned nearly ouc hundred slaves, whose
labor during crop time he devote! to fann
ing, nnd, when the season was over, cm
ployed it in bis miti.s. He is now a man
advanced in years, and under the changed
system of labor has concluded now to do,
what he has heretofore always steadilv re
tused to do, that is, to soil out. His remark
was, that Lis gold was in a good hank, and
ho knew where to find it its ite need, and it.—
Mr. Bonner has operated on these minis for
ten years, with an average often bauds.—
With common rockers, washing the surface
and the deposits on the branches, he is ton
fident that in that time, he has taken out
largely over BIUO.OQO in gold. The quanti
ty of land yc-t remaining, equally as good as
the above, is iin men so, one may almost say,
inexhaustible; the precious metal being dif
fused throughout tho dirt from the top
dowuwards, the deposits varying from ten to
twenty-five feet.
It is “good for sore eyes,” says our in
formant, after viewing the devastation made
by tho war in this country, to take a look at
his farm, 5(10 aerts of the finest lands in
Georgia, under fourteen-rail fences, every
fence corner clean, a good wagon way around
the whole plantation, 2ao acres of wood
land also under fence for a pasture lor his
cattle, about oOU acres of the finest bottom
land, one half of which is in the highest state
of cultivation, and has now on it the most fa
vorable prospects ior wheat. 'Mr. Bonner
has an < logout two story dwelling, fine out
buildings, the best barn and stables in the
country, and perhaps the finest apple orchard
in the fJtato, containing over 1,000 trees iu
lull hearing; he has aisohbout 2,500 peach
trees and a great Variety of other frui'. Be
sides these, his timbered lands are of tiie
best kind, comprising, in every variety of
growth, a noble forest of pines, large bodies
of Oiik, hickory, white,ash, eh stout, dog
wood, black haw, sycamore, elm, buckeye,
Ac. T heyc is also on the place a caue
brake containing some fifty acres, sufficient
for a large number ol stock. On every lot
there are good springs, and running water in
every field ; it is emphatically a well-water
ed plantation, and that too of the purest and
LeO-s ift free-stone water.
Not a bt on the whole property that does
not yield gold of tho finest quality, worth at
least S2O to the ounce. With proper ma
chinery, it is not unreasonable to say that it
will yield millions af money.
Together with its otln r advantage*, it is
very near the railroad, being only tweuty
threo milts from Ncwnan, on the Atlanta
and West I’oint Railroad over a very fair
road. It is forty-five miles from Atlanta,
on the dirt read. Thesarvcy of the Bavan
na.i, Griffin and Alabama Railroad passes
through this properly; this road is already
graded within twelve miles of the plaeCj and
there is a strong probability that work will
soon be rc-commcnced, as it is a highly im
portant auxiliary of ihe great Central Rail
road of Georgia, for which reason, ns well
as others, its completion will not long be
delayed.
It ra indeed very now that
red war is over, that we will again begin to
tee the great mineral and agricultural re
sources oi Gccr.ia deve'oped. There is not
a shadow of doubt that our State possesses
more of t|ie precious inetals than any other
blast es the Rocky Mountains, and has al-o
many rare advantages tljkt cannot ho found
in those distant regions Here we are in
easy distance bf'ahj' part of the United
States, with abubdanefe of fine timber, and
possessing the finest climate on earth. Wo
rejoice to see peace and- a resumption of
business intercourse-; and cordially invite
capital to assist us in developing the im
mense wealth now hidden in our midst.
Ik &' Tho “ Reconstruction Amendment
to the Copstitution” passed the House of
Representatives on the 10th of Jlay, hy a
majority of sixty-eight votes.
It prohibits any Btate from making or en
forcing any statute denying to any per--on
equal firotection under the law, Ifappbr
tions representation according to the num
bers, but restricts it to the extent that citi
zens above 21 years pf ago are excluded
from vOtipg( - ’) It disfranchises, until July,
1870, all' who voluntarily adhered to the
late insurrection. It prohibits the assump
tt?m or payment of the Confederate debt
and compensation for slaves.
On the ova; ol h s departure from
Fortress Monrcc, Ihe llou (J. 0 ClayaJ
dressed the annexed note to two officers of
the garrison at that, pdaoe :
Euuihexs Monroe, April 20th, ISGG.
Captain Bbikeinan mid Landis :
I i t:.\ r 1.1: M ! s—On the eve of dcpurltire,
and as a hist act, l tender you all I have to
offer —my thanks and grateful acknowledge
ment of your repeated kind offio. s nnd cour
tcribs to one dearer to mo than myself, when
i.i deep affliction my beloved wife.
I may forget it, fir lam hut a man. The
good G°d never will. May lie reward you.
ViTy truly your frieud,
C. C. Clay, Jr.
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TELEGRAPHIC.
Frwn the Saco* and Atlanta Dintu-ft )
New York, M*/ls—Cotton firm. Bales
fourteen hundred bale-at ol(«;35.
Gold, 2R;. •
Woniu, May 15.—Cotton quiet at 32 to
33 cents.
New York, May 15.—A panic is report
ed to prevail iu foreign markets, csptctally
in London. Stocks and tcc-utitus were
greatly de|«'*s*c-d.
The British Ministry have refused to re
gard the close vote cn the Reform Bill a>
| equivalent to a defeat
Washington, 3lay 15. —Messrs Wash
bum, of Illinois, Botifweh, of Jlassachusetts,
aud 1 eland, of Ohio, have been appointed a
Special Committee to investigate the late
riots at 3lemphis
The Mexican Legation here say that they
regard Banta Anna as a French spy, and
hope that if he reaches Chihuahua, he may
be speedily hung.
Mb. Davis to be Tried--The special
Washington correspondent of the Time*
says that 3lr. Davis will be tried in Rich
mond in Juno, if Mr. Chase will consent to
preside. 31 r. Chase has signified his wil
lingnets so preside over u Court ia Virginia,
if the ITe.-fident will issue a proclamation
abrogating martial law in that State. Mr.
Chase had an interview last week with the
President on that subject, and the prob
abilities are that the President will listen to
his suggestions.
Fortress Monroe. May 15.—1 tis un
derstood that the Post Surgeon, in compli
ancc with instructions from the President,
has made an oflieii-l report on tho health of
Mr. Pavi*, in which, it is thought, his phys
ical condition is not mentioned very favora
bly. The Su geon urges a lers rigid syMein
of confinement, it his restoration to health is
at all desired.
New Orleans, 31 tv 15—3Iayor 3bn
roa was inaugurated to-day with m st i:n
posing ceremonies Ilis recepti >n by the
President, and by the Mayors of cities
North and West, is very gratify ing to the
people of New Orleans.
The accounts from River arc most
gloomy ; nearly all the river cotton lands
are under water.
Advices from Jlexico confirm the report
of the death of Fx-Govcrnor Allen.
Washington, May 15—The President
has signed tho hill amendatory of the Ha
beas Corpus act, intended to protect Union
officers and soldiers from prosecution for acta
done during the war iu obedience to military
orders from tlieir superiors.
The veto message of tho Colorado bill
was received, but the Bauate adjourned with
out its being read.
“Atlanta Literary Society.”
At a meeting lirl.t a' tlie Louse of Mr. II C. liar
row. in Atlanta, on Wednesday evening, May 2d,
18116,
This following resolutions were adopted uuaui
munsly :
Ist. That a Sue ety he formed under the name
of M The Atluntn I.iteinrv Society.”■ liavit e for its
object the advancement ot its members in literary
ta-t e.
2d. That the said Society consist r.f a Prsident,
four Vice ITosi cuts—two e£ wlimn shah he l adies
and two gentlemen, a l'oiresponding S, ,-retaiy. a
Uncording Secretary and such number o! members
as may be elected.
Sd. That a Committee of three he appointed to
prepare a Constitution and lly laws, lor the gov
ernment of said Society, nnd report loan adjourn
ed meeting, to he held at Mr. 11 C. Harrow's, on
Wednesday night. !Mh in-t.
4th. That l)r. .1. I’. le uan be requested to act
as I'resident ot the Society:
Vice-President, 11. C. Harrow;
“ “ J. K. Herrick;
C’orresp tiding Sec’v, Mr*. 11. C. Harrow,
HecorJing “ 'lh'»s. W. Chandler.
slh That a Committee of three be appointed
to wait on the President and Vice I’re-ideiits an 1
request them to act in the various offices to which
they have been elected.
1 ho following Committees were then appointed :
Ox "Co.NsTlTtlio.N axii Hv Laws : Messrs. A. It.
Watson, J. It. Harrick ami Capt., V. T. Sis-on:
To Wait ox Parson:,i axo VicE-PaEstnnxTs.
Messrs. Thoa. W. Chandler,Vl. C. Harrow, am!
IT. S. (lime.
The meeting then adjourned, there being r.o
other business. THUS'. W. ('HANDLER
Recur. Sec: etary.
Beauregard and Davis —“lt is spe
cially to be remarked that he (Gen. Beau
regard) was uritjatlais in withholding his
const nt i'l regard to Jordan’s censure
on 31r. Davis, published in the New Yurk
(Harper’s) .Magazine.
Tile, a Love extract taken from a Richmond
paper—the Examiner, in ai! likelihood, ever
an enemy of Davis —has been going the
rounds of NcwspCrperdoni, for tome tune
couiincntingly reproduced and apparently
endorsed. Wc would respectfully ask said
journals to copy Beauregard's letter to the
Harpers, touching Jordan’s publication,
and show therein the boasted magnanimity of
General !>. Un reading it, it struck us as any
thing else but “ scrupuljusness.”
“ I ween lie mist must have ontios keen
Who sees what ia not to be seen.”
What’s the Use oethe Moon ? —M. Ge
off royv of I’aris, asks, in an article in the
Moniteur, what may be the utility of the
moon with regard to our planet, and whether
it is only there for raising the waters of the
ocean twice a day. To this ho replies that,
besides the great planets that are carried
along a regular path around the sun, there
exists an unlimited number of bodies of
d.ffercnt sizes, moving through space iu
every direction, as the almost daily discov
ery of a vast number of astero ds proves.
In his opinion, the moon was once one of
those crrattic bodies, and tmppening, one
day to get within tho sphere of attraction
of our planet, was forced to become our sa
tellite, instead of continuing its own course.
Hence the moon is but an accident. The
earth had done without it before, and might
do w ithout it again, Venus was about Fife
size of the earth, andfgoes regulary around
the sun, although it has no satellite. Why
should the earth rieed one ? He continues
to say tha.t our moon is'of no use to us, be
cause we might perfectly well do without
oceanic and atmospheric tides, tho best eulo
gium he can pass cn our satellite being that
it is utterly useless; he goes further, and
declares that we owe it to the mi rest chance,
it having boon picked up, as it were, on the
way ; and as fueh a thing might happen
again, the author secs no impossibility what
ever in our gc sing some day another, and
perhaps more moons still added to our stock.
M. Geoffrey is one of those who deny that
the moon is inhabited ; first, because the ex
ecutive cold there must, prevent the possbility
ot any animal life ; aud, second, because the
moon has no atun sphere.
MEW3 AND FACTS
A d“*tt%c(jre fir* occnrcd in Vk i
onlhe ffth uTfimo, fosfihing i„ y Uc tv^* f
the staldcs of the Southern Division of*'
tilth street Radroad, and other build;*'
1 Uero w<*c ljfl sumsdi in lhe , U iWe. fox
oi which were roa.->tt.U ahve. BixU-cQ ea
and all the h»rne*s aud ton»to i a p,,;,',*
JjJ Werc a ‘“ ,J wmsuuicd. Th* loss is
The wife of Tin,mas Cailyle died T rrv
suddenly a lew weeks sinee while takia* .
Carriage ride in Ilyde Park. ° *
A li uuL-uma iu AiUiuam. a* the Mem
phis Aval ache learns, i- engaged in writer
a history ol the life of (jen. Patrick R. (V
Lurue.
An inexhaustible salt mine has been dig.
covered near Summit, Mississippi. The salt
is darki.-h, hut compares favorably with the
best Liverpool table-salt^
The Central Presbyterian, estimates the
strength of the Presbyterian Church (South)
as follows : forty-six Presbyteries; one thou*,
and one hundred and twelve churches • nii
hundred and for t\-live ministers; eighty -five
licentiates; forty live candidates, and seven
ty-two thousini six hundred and ninety-six
communicants.
The Indian Springs hotel will be kept the
piesent season, hy Dr. Wm. 11. Whitehead
who promises good music, good faro, and ali
the aecc. sarie.-; of a watering place at mod
erate prices.
The American Consul in London, *tate»
that he cannot learn that there Ls or has
been a single case of cholera in England.
A True Bill Ahaiskt Mr. Davis
The telegraph announces the finding 0 j a
true hill lor treason aga'nst 31 r. Davis bv
t ho Grand Jury of the U. B. Stales Circuit,
Court at Norfolk.
The gold of ths Richmond hanks is held
by the (l OVei riment as contiseated Coi.f.dcrate
property.
The Boston Post remarks that the trans
fer of negroes from one State to another, u n .
der the Freedman’s Bureau agency, is so
much like the inter-Slatc slave trade, in
some instances, that it is hard to distinguish
the difference.
The Nashville Banner says that Alexan
der 11. Stephens is expected in Washington
about this time to counsel with his friends
upon the reconstruction policy of the Presi
dt lit.
The Post Mister Genera! has notified
Governor Orr, of South Carolina, that he
will sood discontinue the delivery of mails
at all Post offices where there arc no legally
appointed Postmasters who can take the re
quired oath. •
Knowledge of the whereabouts of Mr.
Wm. Bay e/a member es the 22d G cor'd*
Battalion is earnestly desired by his father,
Mr. John Baye, Athens, Ga.
The la-t words ofßlon. wall Jacksen were:
“ Let us cross over the river and rest under
the shade ol the trees;” and then, without
pain or the least struggle, his spirit passed
from earth to the God who gav, it.
3lr \\ e: m an aiti-t of Columbia, S. C.,
is about to lake pl.otoguq Lie \ ievs oflhe
ruins ol that city, lie las obtained a ma
chine on wheel* which will enable him to
t..ke, at ptrlcet case, and from the must ad
vantageous points, all the interesting fea
tures.
The Tennessee House of Representative*
have pa**'d a nsduiion, declaring Davi.q
Toombs, tind lfreekenridge to he “ infamom
Irai'tirx" aud that “ they ought To be arrest
ed, tried, and Ininyd
Ihe President is expected to visit Xrw
’t ork ear yiu July He declines to receive
public or private receptions ol'any kind.
Twenty one of tl.e present members of
tlie l uited States ,Seuate, are natives of
New England. — Exrlininje.
That accounts fur the iniik in the cocoa
nut.
ft seems to be agreed among the mem
bers of Congress to take a recess from about
the first of-July to the first of October, and
then continue in session until December.
The President, it is reported, has written
a veto message on the Colorado bill, but it is
not yet received in Congress.
The Rover nd Doctor Staley, Bishop of
Honolulu, says that tl.e result of the teach
ing of the American Board of Missions
there, has rcu lered the natives ten times
worse than they were under the heathen
system.
They must surely have introduced the
Bureau system of doing things over there.
The N. Y. Tribune is aged 25 years; old
enough to behave better.
The Texas Convention Ins passed an ordi
nance making five years residence a qualifica
tion fur voters.
Nearly all the post offices in Texas ate in
charge of leuiales. It works so well that
the males now urrivo every hour ot the day,
but depart only semi-oecasioually.
Confederate Geneisils-
Beauregard and \V irt Adams
have goue to Europe to negotiate the Jack
son (.Mississippi) Uuilroad bonds. President
Jtdinson has modified their paroles to go and
return.
General Braxton Bragg is living on a
farm in Alabama, noting as agent for another
person, lie has lost all he owned bforc the
war.
General Cable, Who was captured with
General Marthmluke, during the Confcd
crate invasion Missouri, is keepings boot
and shoe store pt Fort Smith, Arkansas
Everybody recollects that generous, gallant
and “ cussing Major.” At Corinth as *
Brigadier be led his column to the assault
with reckless courage.
Gen. J. C. IVmbeton has purchase 1 tn*
place of Mrs. Sullivan, three miles and a hair
front Warretitoii, Ya., containing 203, acres,
for 5 000.
Gen -I. B Gordon is now residing 1-runs*
wick, Ga. fu’ly impressed with the iking
importance, and working energetically to
promote the growth of the ci'y ot, his adop
lion. He avers it will take but a few jears
to make it the lumber market on the Atlao
tic const, from the Capes at Florida ®
Hcart's Content The Gciierul is also \
I’resident of an “ Aeudeut JAl'c Insurance
Company.” «_
General Finnegan lias located ac I' ernan
dina, Florida, devotiug bimseif to develop
ing the future metropolis of.that State.
General Hick Taylor, in association wit
a Northern General is about to cotuni eßce
the guid-uiiuing liusiae.-o near I)uhlunc«*i
Georgia.