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ERROR CEASES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson.
VOLUME XIX.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19,1867.
NUMBER 25.
UJrrMi) ^utflligfnrcr.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Wednesday, June 10, 1800.
The Beetlng Atlanta.
A friend In a county uot far distant from At
lanta—one who is recognized as an influential
repre* n alive man iu our State, writes to us as
tollnWS:
“ I notice that the meeting iu Atlanta, held the
other day, declares tor President Johnson’s poli
cy and the Conservative party North. Well, I
was with President Johnson until he was over
rule 1 hy Congress; I wa9 with Governor Jen
kins, too, in his eflort before the Supreme Court
«.f the United States; but as there is now no le
gal or political remedy left the South, 1 am now
in favor oDregisteriug.and of urging all to do so
that can, ^pd then to vote for a convention—in
other words, to; go aboard (at the invitation of
< ,'ongress) and tqgjp to work the machine for re
ran drucJi/m^Uerdik making the best of it we
can! And if possible, from the
: miserable are in.”
-We t)iiticI' r flia^tSw»in^ because of the source
Il-onr w 11en&Q - ft^cagte/the writer being one of a
Umtftf: class 'l^^^orgia's" most valuable citizens,
who desired flHgciva) government again prevail-
the who, at the polls and else-
'“^licriv wi^^s53ttl»cijuselvcs accordingly.
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•(j^fliqjury ?
iient Investigation. -
impeachment investigation
The resolution before the
\ttge to impeach the President
was voted down by a majority of one—there
being lour yeas and five nays, but by a vote of
seven to two, the committee declared that the
conduct ol the President, as developed by the
evidence,^deserved their severest censure and
condemnation—all the Republicans upon the
committee voting for the declaration and the
Democrats against it. One of the Washington
City correspondents, writing on the action of the
Committee,'says that it “did not vole to make
this report to the House, but merely for the pur
pose of ascertaining their own views upon the
matter. They then adjourned to June 26th, as
had been previously agreed upon. It is not
probable that they will have their report ready
at that time, for the members generally concede
the impossibility of doing justice to the mass of
evidence before them iu the period which in
tervenes. It may be added, also, that no mem
ber or members of the committee have yet been
authorized to prepare a report, and a member of
the minority of the committee expressed the
doubt this evening it the majority would give
them leave to make a report. Ashley is much
chopfallen over the result, but ho and his im
peaching friends express the determination to
bring the question of impeachment to a direct
vote in the House at the earliest possible mo
ment, whether the committee make any report
or not. The action of the committee to-day is
conceded to settle the questi«M)f a July session
in the negative. Messrs. Wilson, Woodbridge,
and Churchill, the three Republicans who have
assumed the responsibility of taking a stand
against the reckless demands of the extremists
of the party, will deserve well of their country.
Most of the members of the committee left for
their homes to-night.”
And this is “ the end of a beginning” as fool,
ish as it was malignant in its conception, and
which subjects the leader iu it. Mr. Ashley, to
ridicule us well as mortification. He will be
more careful when clumping his congressional
district again for re-election, how to bind himselt
by oaths to do this, or to do that, else experience
will have taught him no wisdom. The money
that has lieen expended by this Mr. Ashley, and
his colleagues of the investigating committee,
must be enormous in amount. It should be
“ shown up” to the people of hi9 district, and
>ve trust it will be ou every proper occasion.
What the representative costs his country.it is
well to consider; and it will require hut little,
either of ability or effort to prove to the constitu
ency of this Mr. Ashley, that he, at least, has
cost the country more than he is worth to it, in
this matter of impeachment alone.
The Coudlllon ol South Carolina.
With regard to the question of reconstruction,
this noble old State, it 9eem9, is like unto her sis
ter Louisiana, in the hands of her freedmen and
those who are leading them upou the 11 rule or
ruin" policy for the benefit of the Northrn “rarf-
/<-<(/ party." Recently, at Anderson, Governor
Orr is reported to have showed, at a public
meeting, from the census of 1860, that there
were, at that time, sixty thousand colored men
iu the State, and only forty thousand white men,
and that now, in 1867, a greater preponderance
Iw'tweon the two races exist in favor of the for
mer or colored race. But we will let Governor
Orr speak for himself as reported by the Ander
son Intelligencer. That paper says:
Alter reviewing the various plans presented
since the war, for the reconstruction of the Gov
ernment, he earnestly insisted upon the accep-
t une, by the people of South Carolina, of the
plan of reconstruction now proposed, as the only
means of preventing the administration of the
attains of this country from passing into the hands
exclusively of the ignorant, and consequently the
barbarian and the tyrant, and as the only hoped
making this country even tolerable. He showed,
trom the census ot 1860, the great preponder
ance of colored over white voters in the Slate,
and our utter inability to defeat a convention, or
to protect ourselves whenever we make an issue
directly with the colored people. According to
t he census of I860, it appears that there are sixty
itxyisand colored voters in the State, while there
are only forty thousand white voters, leaving a
majority of twenty thousand colored voters. It
is true, perhaps, that there are not as many col >r-
ed men in South Carolina now, as in 1860, but it
is almost sure that the proi>ortionate decrease has
been much greater with the while than with the
colored men iu the State, siuce the commence
ment of the late war. Governor Orr insisted
upon the cultivation of the most cordial and kind
relations between the two races in the South, and
the formation of no alliance with the tvro great
political parlies ol the nation.
With this majority of twenty thousand colored
voles in South Carolina, were it freed from the
pernicious counsels of radical leaders, kind rela
tions, we have no doubt, would be cemented be
tween the two races; but wbo can look to so de
sirable a result with the prevailing influeuces in
t hat State 1 We confess that we do not t and very
much fear, that, like her sister by the waters of
the Mississippi, she, ‘oo, will have, lor a time at
least, to suffer uuder a rule more galling and op
pressive than has yet been put upon her.
Montano.—The Helena Herald of the 2d in
stant, contains the following particulars of the
si ate of affairs in Montano:
Governor Meagher issued a proclamation sum
nmuing the mounted ♦nen into instant service,
assuring them that they shall be at liberty to
appropriate and hold whatever horses, arms and
* wrvthing in the way of spoils they may cap-
iure. He says the Federal Government has
thrown him on his own resources, and he will
take the responsibility.
It is stated that the Sioux Indians not only
pUnued the attack and devastated the Gallatine
sen laments, but that they are powerful in their
ulli&nce with the mountain tribes, and they as-
m it that they will penetrate and sack and burn
Owth Virginia and Helena cities. Col. O'Neil
has been appointed to command the Helena
troops.
There were no less than seven bridal parties
at the Louisville Hotel the other day, and it
wasn’t much of a day for marrying, either.
Huadarn: Aa Seen by One who has
been There—Both Sides of the Picture.
We announced some days ago the return of
D. P. Ferguson, Esq., to this city, after a sojourn
of six weeks in Honduras. For the benefit of
all concerned we publish the following interest
ing result of his observations in that by no
means inviting tropical region:
Atlanta, June 10,1867.
To the Intelligencer—Many persons befog 4p-
sirous of obtaining* information of Honduras, I
propose, at the solicitation of several friends, to
give the result of my observations during a six
weeks’ sojourn in that country.
Lands may be easily obtained at from 10 to 50
cents per acre ; or parties may get them under a
recent immigration act as a donation from the
government. They are rich—in fact, cannot be
exhausted—and will produce in abundance al
most everything that grows, such, for instance,
as corn, cotton, sugar, coffee, rice, tobacco, indigo,
edeow, beans, potatoes, pumpkins, squashes,
cabbage, tomatoes, turnips, melons, &c. Wheat
does not prosper. Com will grow three crops
from the same ground every year, yielding at
least 50 bushels to the acre each crop, without
any cultivation more than simply planting the
seed. Cotton produces two crops in eighteen
months, each crop yielding, as I was informed,
from two to three thousand pounds of seed cot
ton to the acre. This is long staple sea island
cotton, and from my experience in cotton rais
ing, I have no doubt as to the correctness
of the statement. The stalks are six feet
apart in bills each way, and from six to nine
feet high, and heavily laden with bolls to the top,
all of wffich matures. Cotton is also raised
without cultivation. The stalks, after each crop
is gathered, have to be cut down, as they will
grow so tall that the cotton cannot be gathered.
If left alone they would become large trees. I
saw one six years old that much resembled in
size a pear or apple tree of the same age. There
can be two crops of sugar made in one year, and
the yield is abundant. The cane is very large.
It is not necessary to plant the sugar cane or the
cotton oflener than every ten years. Two crops
of tobacco are made every year. Coffee, one
crop only, but it continues to grow for many
years. Rice, one crop and very fine; it grows
on any kind of land. Cocow, one crop, but it
continues to produce from the same stalk for
many years. Potatoes grow and mature at all
seasons, some of them enormously large, but I
believe they are not so delicious as our own here.
Cabbage can be grown all the year round, and
other vegetables the same. Melons grow finely.
Vegetables require cultivation, and for this rea
son but few of them are used by the natives.—
Garden seeds are quite scarce there.
The timber is generally very large but not
dense. The valuable woods are mahogany,
rosewood, cedar, lignum vitse, ebony, India rub
ber, logwood, chinchona, and others. The med
ical plants are not yet developed.
Stock mules and horses are small but very
stout and serviceable, and plenty of them in the
country. The cattle are very fine and of good
9ize—are similar to the English breed. Hogs
are of large size, and all black. Sheep the same
as those of Georgia, but, together with the goat,
are not numerous, only being raised as a kind of
pet. Mules and horses vary in price from $20
to $50. The cow and beef from $5 to $12; in'
herds they can be purchased for less. Poultry
is raised in great abundance. There is plenty of
game, such as deer, turkey, duck, prairie hen,
wild pig, &c. The first is said to be plentiful—
I saw but few. There are oranges, lemons, co
coa-nuts, pine apples, bananas, alligator pears,
and many other fruits, at all seasons of the year.
I beard of several valuable gold, silver, cop
per, lead, irou, and salt-petre mines. Labor can
be bad at 37± cents per day, the laborer main
taining himself. It is not necessary to feed stock
at all, as they keep fat by grazing. Corn is only
used for purposes of bread. A short time before
hogs are killed, they are fed upon corn.
I found the natives very lriendly, supplying
me in every instance with all the comforts I
asked for. Provisions sell as follows: Rice, 2
cents per pound; sugar $3.50 to $5 per hundred
pounds; hogs, each, $3.50 to $5; cattle, $5 to
$8; sheep and goats, 75 to $1.25; cigars, per
1000, $2 to $5; dry hides, eaeh, $1. Any kind
of merchandize can be bought at the seaport
towns at less prices than here.
The country is mostly mouutainous, with
many beautiful streams flowing from them. The
water i9 very pure and clear, but not so cool as
that of Georgia. There is an abundance of wa
ter for mill purposes. The streams run rapidly,
and have pebbly bottoms.
Among the natives I saw or heard of but lit
tle drinking or gambling and Americans who
had lived there for years informed me that they
were very honest, theft being rare among them.
Being of peaceable and quiet natures distur
bances are of rare occurrence. The government
is a republic, with laws similar to those of this
country. The President and Vice Presfoent are
elected every four years, and the other officers as
we do. Americans who have lived there for
many years look to be in excellent health, and
represent the country as healty as any other.—
I could see no cause for sickness. There were
no stagnant waters, and the natives live to a very
old age.
THE OTHER SIDE.
I have given all the good qualities, and now
tor a few bad ones. Tbe Spanish language is
spoken altogether. The water is not as cool and
refreshing as one could desire. The heat in the
middle of the day is very oppressive, but tbe
mornings and evenings are cool and pleasant.
There are plenty of ticks and gnats, a few mos
quitoes, and a great many ants. The society,
like that of all new countries, is not good. There
are none but Catholic churches. Tbe houses are
very lew and very sorry—are made of mud, with
dirt floors. There are no saw mills, no grist
mills, no wagons, no buggies, no harness, and no
ploughs. The inhabitants are very ignorant, the
most ot them being entirely destitute of educa
tion. There are no shoemakers, or machinery
of any kind in the country. No hotels, theatres,
nor amusements. The tare is rough, and the dis
comforts, such as are peculiar to all new coun
tries, have to be borne by the new comer. There
is no timber suitable for fencing. Hedges are
used for that purpose. There sure, of course, no
animals broken to harness, for vehicles are un*
known to the people. As an indication of the
state of society now existing there, I will remark
that it is the custom of the men and women to
bathe together iu the streams. It seemed be a
“ custom of tbe country,” they thinking it alto
gether proper, having been raised to iL
There are no cleared lands. The country is
rough, and accommodations very bad, as the
houses are indifferent, and but few of them.
Persons going to that country most make up
their minds to endure all such. "Whoever will
go there and be satisfied, may with the necessary
industry, soon amass a fortune.
D. P. Ferguson.
At Hts Old Trade.—A good thing is told of
the President iu Raleigh. While responding in
a feeling manner to the welcome given him, he
used the expression, “ Let us, my friends, repair
the breaches and before he could add “ made
by the war,” an old woman exclaimed, with per
fect delight, “bless the dear man, he has come
home again to work at his old trade I”
Ksorfla Academy for tbe Blind.
The present term of this noble institution will
close on Thursday evening, the 27th inst
A public examination ot the classes, inter
spersed with music, will be held on Wednesday,
the 20(b, which will continue on Thursday,
with an address from Prof. Johnson, of Han
cock couDty, winding up with a vocal and in
strumental concert at night, for the benefit of
the pupils.
The exercises will be very interesting, and
largely attended, no doubt, aDd we trust the
coucert will be more so, as the proceeds are for
the benefit ot these unfortunates.
We should like to see this institution receive a
still larger share ol the fostering care of the
State than heretofore, should we ever be so for
tunate as to have another legislative assembly.
The Academy is not in the flourishing condition
we should like to see, and we believe would have
languished, aud perhaps been closed altogether,
had it not been for the energy and perseverance
of Mr. Williams, thewble Principal and Super
intendent.
Since the close of the last term, through the
exertions of Mr. Williams, a broom factory has
been established in connection with the Aca
demy, and many of the unfortunate inmates en
gaged in the manufacture of these useful articles.
The brooms made are a very superior article
—much surpassing those brought from the North
—but, we are sorry to say, the sale of them has
been very slow. Grocers and others, selling
such things, should, order these brooms, as they
cost no more than the Northern article, are
better made, and they would, by their patronage,
aid in maintaining a set of deserving unfor-
tuuates.
The projects ot obtaining a sufficient number
of Mendenhall's looms to manufacture not only
enough clothing tor the inmates, but for sale, has
been entertained by Mr. Williams, and consider
ed feasible, but a want of funds has prevented
the object in being carried out. Indeed, it has
been said that with a sufficient number of these
very superior looms in operation, the institution
could be made self-sustaining. It is worth the
experiment, at any rate, and we hope to yet see
it carried out.—Macon lelegraph.
meeting In Fayette.
According to a previous notice, a large num
ber ot white and colored people met in the
court house this day, when on motion of Henry
Bennett, Dr. W. H. Blalock was called to the
chair, aud Q. C. Grice requested to act as
secretary.
The Chairman explained the object of the
meeting to be to set ou loot some plan of edu
cation for the freedman.
By request, Judge John I. Whitaker further
explained the object of the meeting in some
suitable remarks upon the subject of education
generally.
On motion, tbe following colored men were
appointed a committee to prepare matter for the
consideration of the meeting, to wit: Jordon
Price, Henry Bennett, Peter Elder, Josiah Mat
thews and Isaac Stinchcomb, who reported the
following preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, Great and responsible duties de
volve upon us as colored men, owing to the act
ion of tbe Government of the United States, in
that of supporting ourselves and our families, and
of educating our children—both in mental and
physical training; thereby making ourselves
more useful to the country in which we live, in
our various occupations of life, and to society;
Be it therefore
Resolved, That we will unite our efforts and
influence to establish a school in Fayetteville,
and other portions of the county where it is
practicable to do so, to educate ourselves and
children.
Resolved, That we earnestly ask and invite
the assistance ol our former owners and friends
among the white people, to give us their aid and
influence in this woik, that we may be more
useful as laborers and as members of society.
Resolved, That this meeting appoint a com
mittee consisting of five, to rent a house and
secure the services of a teacher for the fall term
of the present year. Also to prepare and cir
culate subscription lists among the colored men
and whites to taise funds for the purpose ot
securing a building lot, and have a house built
on said lot, to teach school in, and that will do
for a house of worship, for the people of our
race.
Resolved, That improvement is the order of
the day, we pledge ourselves to endeavor to
make more faithful laborers, and members of
society, to our friends, and the country in which
we live.
Resolved, That Henry Bennett, Lewis Wil
liams, Samuel Williams and Mosses Lester, be a
committee tor Fayetteville, and Jordin Price,
Phillip Bozeman, Richard May, Alonzo Evans,
aDd Wesley Arnold be a committee to arrange
for building a school house in the 6th district,
and to secure a teacher for the same.
Resolveil, That we tender our thanks to our
white friends in Fayette county, for their advice
and counsel to us to-day, and for the encourage
ment and assistance they have given ns; and es
pecially, to Capt. John Huie, tor a building lot
to build a school house upon in Fayetteville, and
Mr. Isaac Avery, for the privilege ot building
timber, and his assistance in gelling it to the
place. Also tender our thanks to Thomas J.
Edmondson lor a lot to build a school bouse
upon in the Gth district of said county.
We recommend that this meeting adjourn to
meet again the 2d Friday in July next, and un
der General Orders No. 25, issued by Maj. Gen.
Pope, we respectfully invite the Sheriff of our
county to be at our next meeting, above men
tioned.
We request the publication of these proceed
ings in the Griffin and Atlanta papers.
W. H. Blalock, Chairman.
Q C. Grice, Secretary.
RESOLUTIONS BY THE WHITES.
Resolved, That we are in favor of tbe educa
tion of the entire peopl; of the country, without
distinction ot race or color.
Resolved, That we will throw no obstacle in
the way of the education of the colored people
of this county; but on tue contrary, wish the
enterprise God speed.
Resolved, That any interference with the color
ed 9cbi>ols or churches meets our most unquali
fied condemnation.
Resolved, That we regard the avocation of
teacliiug the colored people as a perfectly honor
able business, and that those engaged in teach
ing the same, are entitled to, and should have
our respect as any other citizen of the commu
nity.
June, 1st. 1867.
The Judiciary Committee.—The papers
North are making merry over the grand impeach
ment fizzle. The New York Courier says:
The Judiciary Committee have been in session
for months—they have made the most searching
investigation into the President’s comings and
goings, his sayings and doings personally and of
ficially ; have gone into bis honses, upstairs and
downstairs, and in my lady’s chamber; have
nosed his cupboard, peeped toto his trunks, ex
amined his wardrobe, listened at keyholes, and
set spies at his back door; and finally backed
out Now, we would like to see the evidence
obtained. The old quotation informs us that:
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppera.
And a peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper
picked
Immediately thereafter putting "a resolution of
inquiry, preceded by a preamble—
“Now it Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers
Where's the peck ot pickled peppers Peter Pi
per picked ?”
We want to see the peck of pickled peppers
that have been picked by the Peter Pipers of the
Jndiciarv Committee.
What Next ?—A short time since we noticed
a circular ot the Chief ot the Freedmen’sBureau
in Virginia, in which he informed his subor
dinates that he would consider them derelict in
their duty if they did not see that every negro
voter in their respective counties registered. He
has now issued another order requiring them to
see that the registered freedmen vote. The next
order will probably instruct them how to vote
the negroes, and then the Bureau agents can rest
from their labor. If such as this is not confer
ring liberty on the negroes with a vengeance, we
have a wrong idea of political freedom.—Colum
bus Enquirer.
What la Boat to be Feared, end Boat to
be Guarded Against.
From Governor Brown’s address, delivered re
cently in Milledgeville, 1 and published in the
Federal Union of that cit^, we make the follow
fog extract. Addressing ; tbe freedmen, the Gov
ernor said:
1 have said our interests are now identical. If
we suffer by bad laws you suffer also. You get
your employment from the white people. It they
do not prosper and make money, they are una
ble to pay you good wages, "i ou all feel that
now under the present state ot things. We can
not look for better times till the reconstruction is
complete, aud our political position in the Union
is recognized and deflued.- The thing most to be
feared is a quarrel, or war of races. This would
be very nearly the ruin of both races; but you
would be the greatest sufferers by iL Our race
is in the majority in the Southern States. They
have the advantage of you in education, and
know better how to manage than you do. They
have been accustomed to think and provide,
while your race has been raised to depend on
others. You cannot get over this at once. You
should remember, too, that as soon as this po
litical question is settled a large number of
people trom other States of the Union and
other countries will come here, and settle
among us. Nearly all wgo come will be white
men. This will cause ddr-racc- -to ium.nat. ti
numbers much faster than yours. Look, for in
stance, at some of tbe Northwestern States where
twenty-five years ago the country was a wilder
ness, and now tbe State has a half million, or a
million of inhabitants. They have not been
raised there. The great mass has poured in from
other places where the population was too thick
and filled up the country and made a great State
in a few years. But you must recollect there are
very few black people among them. So our ter
ritory will be filled up afker a time with a large
population. You will then be greatly in the mi
nority. You can look only to the natural increase
of your race, and not to increase from abroad.—
Doubtless you have noticed since you are free,
that you are not increasing as fast as you did be
fore. You see few young children of your race.
There are causes for this that I need not now ex
plain. I simply call your attention to the fact.
It follows then that while a quarrel between us,
or a war of races, would be a great calamity to
both races, you would be mostly injured by
it. Mark this, and when any man, whether
from the North or South, whether white or black,
encourages you to quarrel with us, or to make
war upon us, recollect he is neither your friend
nor our friend, nor the friend of the country, but
luj is controlled by selfishness, and has some bad
object to accomplish.
The foregoing embraces much wholesome ad
vice, and the freedmen of our State should pon
der seriously on it. What is most to be feared,
and most to be guarded against, is a tear between
the races in the South. Nothing is so well cal
culated to bring about this war as political strife
between the two. Such a strife cannot but en
gender hatred, which bad men will take advan
tage ot—in order to advance their own selfish
purposes, or to gratify their own mad ambition—
to promote war. In such, a contest the white
race would most certainly triumph. No sensi
ble, no sane man, white or black, can for a mo
ment doubt this result. The advantages possessed
by the white over the Ifack race in the South
are not overrated by Governor Brown in his ad
dress to the freedmen at Milledgeville. They
exist now inthe South, and will continue to grow,
especially in regard to numerical superiority, to
the end of time. Not only will natural increase
and domestic immigration add largely to this
superiority, but foreign immigration will swell it
to snch an extent as to leave the black race in
the South, in no distant future, completely over
whelmed by the white, or Caucasian race. Rad
ical orators who address the freedmen in our
midst so often, are careful to avoid enlightening
them upon a point ot such vital importance to
them. The reason is this: for party purposes,
the present of the freedmen is all they care for;
their future is a matter of no consequence.—
Hence to mislead the freedmen, and to provoke
strife between tbe two races is their present aim—
one that may be attended with success, but
which cannot, and which will not inure to the
benefit of the negro race in any particular affect
ing their future welfare and prosperity.
There are in our midst, even here in Atlanta,
and in every other community in the State, in
telligent and well-disposed freedmen; and there
would be many more of them but for the per
nicious influences exercised by Northern Radi
cals over them; who should be warned in time
and who will doubtless profit by the warning
of the irtevitable numerical inferiority of their
race in Georgia arifl tbe whole South, and who
should govern themselves accordingly—not bj r
living in strite with the Southern white mao, but
in harmony and peace with him. Mutual iuter-
est dictates the observance of such a policy. He
who counsels otherwise is neither the friend of
the black nor of the white man, nor “of the
country,” but “is controlled by selfishness and
has some had object to accomplish.” The time
is not far distant when, iu the exercise ot a re
cently conferred privilege, that of suffrage, the
freedmen of our Stale will have the opportunity
of demonstrating what is their desire—to live fo
harmony and peace with the Southern white man,
maintaining mutual friendly re ations for the
protection of mutual interests, or to cast off the
latter and suffer themselves to be controlled by
Northern Radicals for the benefit of a party
striving for its befog, still to exercise powers it
has assumed and to hold on to the offices of the
government, its emoluments and its spoils. Let
them not forget at least one important fact—that
this Radical party has already usurped a power
over their labor that materially affects them now,
and will in the future. We allude to the tax on
eotlon. Who grows this great Southern staple ?
Let the Radical Congress—tho special friend of
the poor freedman, answer! What next will it
tax, the product of Southern labor in the farm
and field? Let the intelligent freedman take
warning in time! His interest is with the South,
and not with the North ; bis only home is in the
Sonth—none elsewhere can he claim, none else
where will be provided for him. Let there then
be no strife between hitu and the white man
under this Southern sky!
Good Advice to Mechanics and Labor
ers.—-A Northern exchange advises every me
chanic and laborer fo bay a house and lot in or
beyond the suburbs of a town or city—if pos
able an acre. It says if the spot is not inviting
it may be made so by trees, shrubbery, and
cultivation. The paper from which we quote
says :
Secure the land, and your credit will at once
be raised fifty per cent A mechanic living on
rent throws away all the improvements he may
make. He accumulates little or no capital
around him. On the other hand, when he has
a home be can call his own, everything he does
counts something. All bis labors cluster. He
has a home of bis own and it is his pride and
pleasure to adorn it to-the best of his ability.
This is capital advice, and we would earnestly
commend it to the favorable consideration of
the mechanics ot Atlanta.
"Moke Relief.—The Savannah Republican
says:
Colonel Reynolds, Chief Quartermaster, has
received from John Bourne, general agent of the
New York Southern Relief Association, a com
munication which states that the United States
storeship Purveyor left New York on the eve
ning of the 4th instant with about twenty-eight
thousand bushels shelled corn, one quarter of
which goea to South Carolina, one quarter to
Georgia, and the remaining hall to Alabama.
Executed.—9. D. Hodge, convicted ot mur
der, was executed at Colombia, Sonth Carolina,
on the Tth, between the hoars of eleven and one
o’clock.
Good Newa.
The New York World notes the following
facts:
In Chicago, corn that sold for $ l 10 per bushel
the third week in May, fell to 90 cents per bushel
on the 5th ot June—a difference of 20 cents in
less than three weeks. Good!
Oats, which sold for 90 cents on May 28, fell
oft to 60 cents on June 5—a difference of 30
cents in a few days. Better and better.
Rye, which sola for $1 57 in May, wanted pur
chasers in June at $1 02—fifty-five cents differ
ence. Splendid, this.
"Wheat, No. 2 Spring, which was quoted at
$2 85 per bushel in May, sold as low as $1 90 in
June—a decline of 95 cents. Hurrah, and a
tiger.
This is good sews, indeed. Well may a “hur
rah and a tiger ” be given for it throughout the
suffering and impoverished South. Thank God,
the wheat harvest in our State promises an abun
dant yield—more than our fields have produced
for many years. The weather, too, tor harvest
ing has thus far proved propitious. In a week
or two more from the seaboard of our State to
the mountains, the wheat crop will be gathered,
ready for use, and ready for market. And the
corn, and the cotton, both promise well. With
good seasons, Georgia will be, as she has been of
old, blessed with plenty.
Not Right.—In Savannah a few days since,
one of the newspapers refused to furnish the
other with a proof of the proceedings of the
Chatham Bar relative to the death of Chief Jus
tice Lumpkin, although requested to do so by
the Clerk of the Court. We have in our mind’s
eye almost a similar circumstance happening not
a thousand miles from this city. It is a mean
and contemptible spirit, and sliouljJ be exorcised
from the press.—New Era.
We know nothing of the occurrence at Savan
nah, referred to in the foregoing local item in
yesterday morning’s Era. We have reason,
however, to believe that the writer of the afore
said item, in hi9 reference to “ a similar circum
stance happening not a thousand miles from this
city,” meant that it happened with this journal
In the absence of the editor of the Era, we are
uot surprised at any use to which the local col
umns of that paper are, or may be, put; and in
his absence the Intelligencer’s only reply to
the contemptible insinuation of the little creature
who makes it, is, that it would be well for the
Era, and the gentleman who controls its col
umns, if the writer of the foregoing paragraph
would base his conclusions more upon facts than
upon his own inventive imagination. Satisfac-
toiy explanation, in regard to the “ circum
stance ” to which the local of the Era alludes,
will be made, if desired, to his absent em
ployer ; it cannot now be made to the fussy, little
individual who altogether forgets himself when
attributing “ a mean and contemptible spirit ” to
others.
Foreign Speelal Telegrams of tbe New
York Herald.
These are attracting much attention in New
York where they are generally received as having
been manufactured in some one ot the Herald’s
news departments. Severe criticism is passed
upon many of them by the press ol that city;
ridicule directed at others. Perhaps the follow
ing “ get off” by the Tribune is the best we have
seen upon the Herald for many a day. “ Old
Horace” is “some pumpkins^ in his way, aud
never a “bigger one” than when he “lets off”
upon his principal newspaper rival in the great
Northern emporium. This is Greeley’s last and
best:
[.Special Telegram to tbe Herald.J
THE ATTEMPT TO KILL THE CZAR.
Paris, June 7.—Evening.—It is said that af
ter the attempt upon the life of the Emperor of
Russia, Napoleon, turning to the Czar, and smi
ling, said, “ Sire, we have been under fire to
gether.”
The Czar replied, “ Our destinies are iq the
hands of Providence.”
“ Yes,” said Napoleou, gayly, “ and the assas
sin’s iiands were in the destinies of Providence.”
“ Very true,” said the Czar, shrugging his
shoulders with au arch expression.
If so, why not?” inquired Napoleon. Then
turning to the Herald reporter, who had obtain
ed entrance to the Imperial carriage by showing
his badge, lie said, “ Make a note of thi9 conver
sation.”
“ Do so,” said the Czar, shaking our reporter
warmly by the hand; “ 1 am sorry my escape
lias deprived you of an interesting item.”
Our reporter bowed gravely, but did not re
spond in the affirmative, lest lie should be eject
ed from the carriage.
Napoleon looked steadfastly at our reporter for
a moment, and then winked his left eye three
times in a manner which conveyed his foil ap
preciation of the euterprise of this paper.
The three sovereigns of France, Russia aud
Thought then passed on amid the cheers of the
populace.
Tbe Canvass Iu Tennessee.
The political contest in East Tennessee seems
to be progressing encouragingly tor the Conser
vatives. Etheridge’s efforts on the stump are
overwhelming, and are having a happy effect.
Brownlow being physically deficient, one Horace
Maynard has been attempting to reply to Ether
idge, the immortal Stokes having ingloriously
fled the field some days ago. Maynard belongs
to the Aminadab Sleek school of politicians, and
his efforts are sometimes marked by a good deal
of forcible feebleness. He is no match for tbe
able, eloquent and fearless Etheridge.
A letter to the Intelligencer, dated the 12th,
from Athens, McMinn county, one of the strong
holds of the Radical party, says:
“ Emerson Etheridge and Horace Maynard
spoke here yesterday. Etheridge was overwhelm
ing in argument and withering in his denuncia
tions of the mischievous and wicked works of Rad
icalism. He took np Brownlow, laid bare his
many-enormities and inconsistencies, sifted him
through and through, until there was not much
of the old sinner left. It was a dirty job, offen
sive to the operator, and distressingly painful to
tbe loyal leaguers, who had gathered in some
force to witness' the demolition of the eloquent
West Tennessean—a contingency which didn’t
righ occur, much to their mortification and dis-
gust
Etheridge will speak at Cleveland to-day, and
from there go to West Tennessee. He proposes
to return in a short time and canvass every coun
try in East Tennessee. In a conversation I-had
with him he expressed himself confidently, and
said that as sure as the sun shines and water
runs, he will be tbe next Governor of Tennessee;
and I think he will. The Radicals are very
much dispirited.
“ Tbe wheat harvest has commenced—ciop
abundant.”
The Wheat Crop.—The Rome Commercial
of Thursday says: The wheat harvest in this
section is now in full blast, and a splendid pros
pect for a good yield. The samples we have
seen are very fine, grain large and heavy. We
may safely say, that Cherokee-Georgia will raise
wheat enough to supply the entire State, if judi
ciously used. We have heard ot the sale ot one
crop, at two dollars per bushel. Every farmer
should sell his wheat at once, as we are of opin
ion, from the prospect throughout the Union,
that the crop will be largely over an average
one. From every section of the State we receive
similar reports. The suggestion of the Rome
paper to sell on the opening market is perhaps a
good one.
General Pope has forwarded to army head
quarters the report ol his Judge Advocate Gen
eral, General McKee Duun, on the Mobile riot.
It is more detailed than the former official re
port, but is said to contain no new facts of in
terest.
Bexlco—'The Treachery of Lopez. -
A letter from Satillo gives the following par
ticulars of the mode in which Queretaro was
Liken :
Up to the 7lli instant, the Imperialists, a? now
admitted by the Liberals, were successful in every
engagement. From the 7th to the loth uothiug
of importance had taken place. Ou the morning
of the loth the Imperialists were to have made a
f eneral attack, and it not successful in routing the
liberals, at least compel Escobedo to raise the
siege. The. plans were well laid aud success was
probable; but there was a traitor iu the camp
who, for several days previous to the. 15th had
been in consultation with the Liberal General
Velez, formerly a Reactionario, and ofa the 15th
he delivered his sacred charge ot human flesh up
to his enemy.
Escobedo was aware of the treasonable plot,
but was far from expecting such results. As evi
dence that he disbelieved it to the last, he would
send but two hundred men to take possession ot
the invulnerable fortifications ot La Cruz ; but
he was soon apprised of the occupation of that
main fort without firing a Shot. Thereupon he
ordered a force to enter the city under command
of Colonel Pelacio, who took tli.e place by sur
prise. He surrounded the tent of Maximilian
and demanded a surrender. The Emperor ad
vanced, rword in hand, iu a dignified and un
daunted mariner. He told Colonel Pelacio that
he could not surrender to an officer ot inferior
grade, and demanded the presence of the com
mander-in-chief.
General Escobedo, who was a league distant,
was sent for, and ou his arrival received the
sword of Maximilian, which, report says, was
richly decorated with diamonds, and valued at
an immense sum of money.
Escobedo now reports that he took 15 officers
of the rank of general, S,000 prisoners, all their
arms, and immense quantities of ammunition.—
The result was not credited by the Liberals here
until the matter was explained by the exposition
of the successful treasonable plot. No fighting
whatever occurred, and the only shots fired were
by the traitors upon their former companions in
arms. The delivery of the garrison of the Cross
was complete, and was done under the super
vision and by order of the officer of the day, in
person.
It was Colonel Miguel Lopez who commanded
at Chapultepec as Governor of the castle, and af
terwards Colonel of the Empress Regiment of
Cavalo. He acted as escort to the Empress.—
He was the bosom friend of Maximilian ; a man
that had been loaded with favors by that Prince.
Maximilian was. god-father to the traitor’s first
child. He was uncle to Marshal Bazaine, and
had by his prowess and gallantry won a decora
tion of the Legion of Honor—all to conclude
with an act of treason and infamy. His price
was one thousand ounces, or sixteen thousand
dollars. That was cheap, but Christ was sold
cheaper.
But they have already commeuced shooting
by executing Col. Mariano Campos, who was
taken prisoner at Quaretaro with all the others.
Mendez is also reported shot.
On the 18th 15,000 men had lett Quaretaro for
the capital under Escobedo.
A letter of the same date from Monterey states
the same particulars as to the cause and mode of
surrender, and adds:
On the arrival ot Escobedo the Emperor gave
up his sword and a diamond ring, and then made
preliminaries for a general surrender. Generals
Mendez and Campos were at the same moment
shot. The usual butcheries attending all their
acts closed the scene. The butcher, Escobedo,
in person, committed the most atrocious assassi
nations—with pistol In’hand killing wounded
and surrendered prisoners!
Irrespective ot the wishes of the Government
of the United States, Maximilian and his gener
als will be shot, as the strong and irreconcilable
feelings of Juarez and his party to all foreigners
are that all should be shot down like dogs.
Tlte Attempted. Assassination.
Our Paris dates contain some additional par
ticulars of the attempted assajsipa*/-jo ol the
Czar of Russia. We glean as follows:
The Gazette des Tribumaiu says the groom iu
waiting,4Wio was riding by the door of the Im
perial carriage, observed the menacing move
ment of the man in the crowd, and caused his
horse to bound forward so as to place him de-
rictly between the assassiu and their majesties.
The ball passed through the space formed be
tween Napoleon and one of the Grand Dukes, a
son of the Czar, wounding a lady standing op
posite to see the carriage pass. The blood from
the head ot the groom’s horse, spirted on the
uniforms of the Imperial party. The man at ;
tempted to fire a second shot, but this discharge
burst the second barrel. The assassin said he
came from Belgium two,days since with the in
tention of killing the Czar.
The Paris Scyie says the man states that he
had no accomplices. He was examined on the
8th. He is an instrudient maker. He was asked,
“How could you fire at a sovereign, the guest of
France, who nourished you V”
He replied with tears, “True, 1 committed a
great crime toward France.”
“But you ran a risk of killing Napoleon.”
To this he answered : No, a Polish bullet could
not go astray. It must go straight when fiitned
at a Czar. I worked to relieve the world of the,
Czar, and the Czar of tlte remorse which mfist
weigh upon him.
The prisoner showed no sorrow lor the crime
he had attempted to commit, and only expressed
regret at its failure.
Napoleon has conferred the cross of the Legion
of Honor on the groom. ' The horse of the latter
died.
Tliad Stevens.
The Boston Post, than which there is no more
spirited or more able paper, pays its respects to
Old Thad’s last letter as follows:
Thad. Stevens has made one more eflort for
indemnity for his iron mills, though he pretends
he does not mean to accept anything for those
memorable Caledonia works iu Franklin county.
That is all pretense, however. He calls for
an inventory of the property destroyed by re
bels, as be intends to press the payment of
damages to loyal men out ot the confiscation
fund. In a postscript he says if he had only
fiye years to live he would succeed m his claims,
but if he is taken a way younger men can
use the documents for the purpose that be desires.
In conclusion, lie reiterates liis determination to
procure homesteads for tiie freedmen, to be fur
nished by the reliels, “ whom they conquered.”
This is a foul slur upon the memory of our dead
upon battle fields and in prison pens. Stevens
here intimates that white troops performed no
part in conquering the rebellion. His hatred of
the South, his constant fear of tlierestored Union,
of Southern representation in Congress, and
of the consequent political annihilation of
demagogues and impracticables like himself,
and Mr. Boutwell, Ashley, Sumner, and others,
render him reckless in his calumnies. The few
negro troop9 who fought on the Union side out
number in his eyes the regiments of gallant
white men from ever}' Northern State, and even
conceal from his view the millions of slaves who
aided the Confederacy in numberless ways, nota
bly by refusing to organize an insurrection. It is
a bard thing to say, but it must be the prevailing
opinion that ifThad. Stevens is to occupy a pub
lic position as long as he lives, it is fortunate for
the country that he himself is not willing to in
sure his life for five years. The mischief he can
accomplish in tiiat space even, is almost irre
parable.
A Row Among the Colored Folks.—There
has been a chunk of a row among the colored
folks at Columbus, in this State. The Sun says:
There was a considerable disturbance Sunday
afternoon. A negro man had pointed out to po
liceman McGirr and Wood what lie supposed to
be Luke, a negro, who killed another negro on
Mr. Woolfolk Walker’s plantation, and escaped
from a jail a few weeks since. Luke was arrest
ed. Immediately a large crowd of negroes gath
ered around and wanted to kill the negro who
had pointed out to tbe authoritiesone he thought
was criminal. It was with the utmost difficulty
that the policemen, by expostulating, threats,
<fcc., could save him. The mob around at one
time numbered about one hundred and fifty, and
several of the cowardly scoundrels were calling
out, Kill him! Kill him ! They did not appear
to have a word against the criminal, but were
bitter against the informant, wbo had done tfthai
he did at the request of a negro woman, whose
relative had been slain.
Abtemcs "Ward.—It is stated that just before
his death, Artemus Ward expressed a wish to
see a priest. A Catholic clergyman was called
in, and before Artemus died he wa3 received in
to, and had received all the rites ol the Catholic
church.
Brevities.
In Brownlow’s State his militia are delibe
rately murdering men without any other reason
assigned than that they were Confederates. We
once saw an engraving representing a mad bull
pitching into a crowd assembled to witness a
hanging, and one of the culprits standing on the
scaffold, with the halter round his neck, remark
ing to the other, “ How lucky, Jack, that we are
up here!”
Another political parson iyis come to grief
Rev. James Davidson Dyke, of Indiana, was ex
cessively “ loyal ” durfog the war, and proved
his orthodoxy and love of country by' inciting
several riots against “ Copperheads.” A few
days ago he was arrested lor horse stealing, and
it is said several clear cases will be made out
against him.
There is a silly report iu circulation that
about three weeks ago, Santa Anna managed
to slip away from Staten Island lor Mexico
with an expedition ol six thousand men, com
posed of Swiss, Irish, and Americans. That he
himself may have left is not improbable, but
that he has taken with him any such number of
recruits as that stated is entirely out of the ques
tion.
The Southern paper which hoisted the names
of General Grant for President and Dick Bus-
teed for Vice, has been asked by' another South
ern journal “What has General Grant done that
he should be compelled to earrv Busteed’s
beef?”
The rumor goes to Milan that a jealous hus
band disguised himself as a priest, entered the
confessional attended by his wife, heard her con
fession, which revealed to him the secrets he
feared, and which have led him to sue for a di
vorce.
The White River (Ind.) Clipper, thus “un
packs his heart with words, and falls to cursing
like a very drab:”
Horace Greeley is a corrupt man, and has sold
his soul to the devil and treason in exchange for
a small chance at the Presidency. This act
proves him to be a dishwater patriot, and a cold,
soulless animal that can forget the blood and ag
onies of Andersonville, Salisbury, and Libby, in
prospect of a seat in the Presidential chair. Fur
ther, his. aspirations tor office, emoluments and
honor make him a heartless villain—for, any man
that will aid or abet Jeff. Davis, or any ot his
minions, is a scoundrel, a dastard, a pusillani
mous puppy, a man fit for “treason, stratagem,
and spoils,” and should be cursed in this world
and damned in the next.
The ungallaut local of the Louisville Democrat
says: We saw a young lady on Fourth street
yesterday dressed in the “ tip o’ fashion;” so
much so that she looked as if her head had been
struck by lightning, and her dress was made lor
an umbrella cover. Shades of departed great
grandmothers ! what a curiosity she was to gaze
upon. It’s awful!
A Kentucky exchange states that straw ber
rying festivals are now raging throughout the
State. They are pleasant enough for the time
being, but are productive of cholic and runaway
matches. •’
The Tennessee Senators who lately concluded
the farce of a trial, and the outrage of impeach
ing Judge Frazier, it appears charged the State
lor eighty-six days’ service, when they only
served thirty. The remaining fifty-six were
sperjt, it is presumed;" at-home in thefo usual avo
cations. They were paid six dollars per day in
gold, voted to themselves. So, to moral turpi
tude they have added open swindling.
The Grand Army of the Republic, a secret
political, dark-lantern association, the bummera
of the negro suffrage Radical party of the North,
are haring family jars among themselves in Illi
nois. A portion of the order swear they can
never stomach negro voting, and threaten to
rebel if the order supports any candidate favor
ing it. The probability is that the dissenters will
be kicked out, as they are said to be few in num
ber, while the admirers of Sambo are largely in
the majority.
The inhabitants of Alaska, as Sumner calls
the new territory purchased by Uncle Sam from
Russia, are to be treated speedily to a taste of
the sweets of the new government to which they
are now subject. A commissioner has been dis
patched to Alaska to see that the revenne regu
lations are enforced there. We are anxious to
know how much lie will assess the Esquimaux
slaveholders for their slave property. Let us ex
press a hope that Sumner’s cannibals won’t eat
him.
It is stated that public opinion in Tennes
see has forced Brownlow to arrest one of his
murdering militia captains, a fellow who answers
to the name of Rickman. It would be a happier
thing if public opinion would go a step further
and force Brownlow into retiracy.
[Senator Doolittle, it will be remembered,
explained that the object of the reconstruction
act was to “ raise h—11 at the South.” As that
did not do it fast enough, the Radicals are send
ing their political agitators to the assistance of
the reconstruction act.
In Solano county, California, not long since,
a young lady was killed by falling from the home
on which she was riding. While her animal
was riding at full speed she fell, her skirts hang
ing to the saddle, dragging her for the distance
of half a mile, and horribly mangling her body.
After announcing the fact, the San Jose Mercury
adds: There is death on the side-saddle, sure,
for every woman who follows the present dan
gerous fashion of riding side-wise. It is only a
question of time; they are all bound to break
their necks in the end. If ladies would enjoy
the healthful pleasure ot horseback riding, safe
from such dangerous accidents as that noted,
they would wear the modest and beautiful Tur
kish riding dress, and ride astride.
President Johnson having pathetically in
quired in his Raleigh speech last week, “Where
are the Smiths and the Joneses ?” the terrible
joker of the Lynchburg Republican responds :
We saw a paragraph a few days since to the
effect that John Smith had settled in Memphis.
We haven’t the slightest idea in the world
where the Joneses are.
The Indianapolis Journal says that a young
lady of that city was last Sunday, endeavoring
to impress upon her scholars the terrible effects
of tbe pnnishirent of Nebuchadnezzar. She
said that for seven years he ate grass just like
a cow. Just then a small boy asked : “Did he
give milk ?” We are not informed as to the
teacher’s reply.
The Coolie trade has become a regular epi
demic among the Havana merchants. Every
body speculates in Celestials. Every few days
a ship arrives with a load of these “white nig
gers,” and the vessels are consigned in some
instances to firms that never went beyond calico
and linen. The price of a good healthy China
man is about $300. Those whj don’t pass
muster as first-clas3 sell from $150 to $200—so
says a letter from Havana.
They have had warm weather about Louis
ville. The Courier says: A young lady from
Indiana met her discarded lover at the race
C' iurse yesterday; melted, and run into bis arms.
So tar as we have heard, this is the only accident
that has happened to the divine sex. The meet
of them take the precaution ot keeping under
their waterfalls.
