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ATLANTA.GEORGIA,
Wednesday, July 14, 1869.
Personal.
We were favored on yesterday with visits
from Col. D. M. Hood, of the Rome GtnntorreitiZ,
and C. 11. C. Willingham, of the LaGrange
lleportcr. Their visit and our interview were
oth pleasant and interesting.
Col. Hood left last evening for his home
mong the hills.
Friend Willingham will remain in the city
for a few days, and we hope he will loose noth
ing by it.
The Old Dominion.
The Conservative party in the late elections in
Virginia have come out of them triumphant.
We congratulate the ‘‘Mother of States” upon
having placed herself in a position by which
the letters which have bound her sp fast, will be
removed. A cotemporary says this “is not a
Democratic but a Conservative triumph.” Call
it by what name we may, it is nevertheless a
triumph which the Democrats of Virginia la
bored to achieve, and in which they were aided
by good men, white and black all over the State.
Wells, the defeated candidate for Governor,
backed by the Sumner-Butler faction, made a
poor race of it, and is utterly demolished. —
Walker, his successful opponent, is a Conserva
tive Republican. The victory which has perch
ed upon Lis standard, is a sign that better days
for “Old Virginia" are approaching The noble
<dd State has endured much of oppression and
wrong, and with a spirit that evidences the
manhood and patriotism of her people. “Blood
will tell I”
Revenge Seizures.—The Internal Revenue
officers came down upon some of our whisky
and tobacco merchants yesterday with all the
stunning effects of a pile of brick from a four
story scaffold. It seems that a secret detective
agent of the government has been in the city
tor the last two or three weeks, spotting certain
houses and merchants that he thought were de
frauding the Government, and after he had
made out his list of delinquents, he turned it
over to the local Revenue agent, who proceeded,
yesterday, to confiscate a large quantity ot to
bacco, cigars and whisky, found in the hands ol
several of our most prominent and reliable deal
ers.
We understand that about sixty indictments
were entered against these merchants, and sev
eral of them placed under bond. Until further
developments are made, we suppress names;
tiut we must say that we are sure the revenue
laws are so complicated that it would take a
Philadelphia lawyer to understand thorn suffi
■ iently to comply with their demands. We
know that the property of one or two merchants
was seized yesterday who, like ourselves, were
perfectly ignorant of what the law requires in
every particular, and would have cheerfully
complied with its demands if they had only
known what they were.
We earnestly hope the Revenue officers will
take this fact into consideration, when testing
the integrity and honesty of our merchants.—
if they knew what was required ot them, we
are sure they would promptly and faithfully re
spond, by coming down with the stamps.
We dip the foregoing from the Macon Tele
graph of Thursday morning last, learning
that our merchants are now having the same
visitations made upon them, if not by the same
party of Internal Revenue officers, by another
party duly authorized by the Treasury Depart
ment under the revenue laws, to make them.—
Several of our merchants, we learn, have already
been called upon to surrender their books for
inspection, and otherwise to render an account
o. their having complied with the requisitions
the revenue laws make upon them. We advise
all of them to comply promptly with all such
legal demands. It is the best way to meet the
sudden requisitions, and should the Revenue
find that, through ignorance, parties
have not strict)v complied with the law, and
regulations of the Revenue Department, we
trust that due allowance will be made for it, and
that such will not be visited with the penalties
that must necessarily follow those who may
have attempted to defraud the government. We
trust that none such, however, will be found in
our city, and that no seizures will be made.
The Money Market In New York.
The money market of New York, which con
trols all other markets on this con , t) i, is a
matter always of interest to our bu c> men.
Reliable statements in regard to it, ar \ in
demand, and when we come across w ha. we
deem to be so, we are apt to give our own lea
ders the benefit of it by transferring it into out
columns. We do so now, and invite their at
tention to the following which we clip from the
columns ol the New York Herald ot the 6th
lust.,and which we believe to be a truthful repor
of the present condition of the money market,
as well as a sagacious conclusion in regard to
who reaps tbe benefit of tbe currency, and con
flicts iu Wall street between the Treasury De
partment and the brokers there on account of
the gold sales made by the former. With the
Herald, we believe, that “as things are going
lhe gamblers ot Wall street are fattening on
our financial doubts and difficulties, and while
it pays they will keep lhe game in their hands.”
In the meantime all engaged in commercial or
industrial pursuits are the sufferers. But, says
the Herald:
“The national banks are reported to be in a
licalthy condition , our exports of specie this
> ear, us compared with past years since Ute
war, exhibit a promising improvement in the
matter ot lhe balance of trade; we have se
cured to a great extent and have the promise
in everything ot abounding crops this year ;
tfecrelary Boutwell is reducing the Treasury
expenses and the debt tn larger figures than
was expected, but still the demand lor money
tn the speculations ot Wall street and the ma
nipulations of the gold market keep up tbe
apprehension that our whole financial system
is rickety, unreliable and unsate. Our paper
money still requires from thirty-six lo thirty
seven cents to the dollar to make a dollar iu
gold, nud yet <>ur paper money in circulation,
North and booth iucluded, is actually short ot
the business wauls ot lhe country by two or
three hundred millions. How far the premium
ou gold would be raised by supplying this paper
deficiency is an unsolved problem; but we
know that the late reductions ot our paper cir
culation have not materially reduced the gold
pretMutn. The simple truth is that men ie<4
there is no substauuai toolhold in our presi tn
financial system, considtring tbe burdens which
we have to carry, aud lhe uncertain tenure of
office ot lhe dominant party, upon which tins
financial system, debt, bonds, banks, taxes, ev
erything depends. Hence the task devolving
upon the administration and upon Congress uu
tbe money question ia still tbe paramount aud
overeliadowirg question, aud will be till tbe
people can reauze the ways and means of a sure
aud speedy relief. As tuings are going the gam
biers ot Wall street are fattening on our fiuau
rial doubts aud difficulties, and while it pays
they will keep Uie game in their hands."
A Bwtlle Iu Cuba.
The Cubans in Washington City, it is said,
have been advised that tbe Spanish troops, be
tweo> lhe 22d atvd 25th of June,attacked lhe
forces ot General Jordan near Holguin, and
alter a fight, which, it is reported, lasted over
eight hours, they were repulsed and compelled
to take refuge in the town. The loss of the
Cubans was neatly two hundred killed and i
wounded Among thdse killed were twenty
Americans The Spanish loss was about the:
same Tlk Spanish troops consisted ot two
uiga.ks and i ituutnbered the Cnlutns two to
one. General lordan ounmiuded the reyolu- i
tionaiv army.
Still in heaaluu.
Washington advices are to the efiect that the
Southern Election Investigating CouuniUee of i
Congress are still tn session at the Capitok The 1
ComuMUee are making a fine business transac
tion of it, but we are pleased to learn that they
will conclude their labors next week, and not t
•d out the period during which the “dog star
ligM.**
“The Constitution.’’
The “spread eagle” style of our neighbor, the
‘Cbnstitufwn,” is fully sustained in its yesterday
morning’s edition. While in its afternoon’s
edition it charges the Intelligencer with be
ing “mad" and declares that it closes “up the
matter” (of controversy, it Is presumed,) making
what it terms a “kindly," but what we consider
to be an impertinent, suggestion to this paper, it
takes occasion, in its morning edition, to laud
its own asserted growth, won “legitimately,” it
says, “by sound and consistent democratic
policy, and live newspaper enterprise.” Its two
little squibs taken together mark the egotism
and vanity of the writer of them. We have only
to say to that paper, as Paul said to Festus, we
are not mad” * * * but have written only
“words of truth and soberness’, in reply to its
repeated efforts at disparagement ot this jour
nal and of the Constitution's asserted supremacy
over it as a democratic journal. If, perchance,
the Intelligencer receives advertising patron
age from Governor Bullock, it does no
more than the Constitution, in that re
spect, does, and is frank to confess what the
Constitution would conceal, is thankful for it.—
And if the Intelligencer does not feel bound
to indulge in senseless and unceasing abuse of
Governor Bullock, and the constituted authori
ties of tile State, and recognizes as legitimate uo
demands made from any quarter—least of all
from the Constitution— that it should do so,
we would like to know what Democratic prin
ciple it violates in so conducting itself?—
There is an old adage which reads, “every man
to his taste," and so say we to our vainglorious
neighbor. It boasts, too, that the “meat it feeds
on” is public patronage. That may be literally
true, but we opine it will never give value for
what it receives, till it ceases its attempts to dis
parage this journal and ceases to blow its own
horn of selt-laudation.
Coollea C oming to South Carolina.
There is a “significant sign” in the recent
movements made to employ Coolie, or Chinese,
labor in the South. The Bennettsville (S. C.)
Journal says: “We were pleased to notice, a
few days ago, a number of Englishmen and
ethers, gentlemen of capital, on our streets, in
search ol land, with a view to purchase and set
tle in the district. We understand that these
centlemen have in contemplation the purchase
of several tracts of land, and will introduce the
Chinese laborets to cultivate the soil. We hope
they will succeed in their object."
Bltteu to Death.
Last week two colored women, living in the
neighborhood of Goose Creek Bridge, 8. C.,
went out to pick huckleberries, and while en
gaged in so doing one of them was struck in the
breast by a large rattlesnake. Death ensued
almost immediately, and so rapid did mortifica
tion ensue that it was found necessary to bury
her on the spot.
Os Course Not.
It is reported that in the instructions to Gen.
Sickles as Minister to Spain, nothing is said
about the purchase ot Cuoa. Os course not. —
That is a delicate matter upon which written
instructions were not necessary. General Sick
les, supposing that Cuba is his main object, has
first to sound the Spanish government in refer
ence to it, and If that government, on being
sounded, shall indicate a disposition to part with
the “ever faithful island”- he will so report to
Mr. Fish, and Mr. Fish, after submitting the
matter to the President and getting his views
thereon, will instruct General Sickles to put
in his bid, and so on till the bargain is agreed
upon. We think that the new government of
Spain is in a favorable frame of mind for the
transfer of Cuba to the United States for a fair
equivalent in hard cash, and we conclude from
all the recent doings of our federal authorities
in reference to Cuba and the filibusters that the
policy ot General Grant is to settle the whole
difficulty by buying the island, and that this
purchase is at the bottom ot the mission ot Gen.
Sickles. We suppose that the administration,
lUritahvidaut purlo avoid any proeeedrnr”
in reference to Cuba that may damage our Ata
bama claims, does not relinquish the object of
securing it by purchase to make England foot
the bill.— New York Herald.
A Hemiulaeeuce o Henry Olav,
A distinguished citizen of Ban Francisco, who
was a member ot Congress from one of tbe
older States as long as 1842, and who was that
year a messmate ot Henry Clay iu Washington,
is in possession of a memorandum, in Mr. Clay’s
writing, which curiously illustrates bis neatness
and precision in the minor affairs of life. It is
simply a programme for the cook to follow,
which was written rapidly ofl hand, in very
neat characters and indorsed “ H. Clay’s mem.
for the session.” To show what were the tastes
ot “the great commoner,” we copy tbe bill of
fare in full:
“Sunday—Roast or boiled turkey, an old ham
ot bacon, a mutton chop, a pair of canvas back
ducks, and vegetables.
“Monday—Cold bacon ham, roast beef,
stewed oysters, and a leg < f mutton boiled with
vegetables.
“ Tuesday—A boiled piece of corned beet
(brisket,) a goose, patriuges, and mutton chop,
with vegetables.
“ Wednesday—A rock fish, an old ham of ba
con, turkey, boiled fowls, and veal cutlets, with
vegetables.
“ Thursday—Cold ham, roast mutton, stewed
oysters, and a beefsteak, with vegetables.
“Friday—Corned beef (brisket,) mutton chops,
goose, ham ot veal, with vegetables.
“ Saturday—Cold corned Oeef, rock fish, roast
fowls, leg ot mutton boiled, and birds.
“ Soup au juliem to be given as often as con
venient —every day, if so.”
When the above was wri teu Mr. Clay was
about 62 years ol age. His fondness for ham
aud rich meats is noticeable.
The ■nlelligeucer:
We thank Mr. Dunning tor the following let
ter. It will explain to our subscribers on the
West Point and Macon Roads the cause of not
getting their papers.
The fault, it seems, is in our own office, aud
we shall try to correct it. Our purpose has been,
and still is, to do all we can promptly and faith
fully lo deliver lhe Intelligencer to subscri
bers:
Peer Orricx, Atlahts, Gr , Jmj 10th
Publisher Daily Intelligencer :
Sir—This morning’s Intelligencers, in
tended for both tbe West Point and Macon
Roads, was not brought to this office until both
of these mails were loaded on the waggon and
in the act of driving to the trains ; hence, the
papers remain in tbe office until next mail Re
spectfully, Jas. R Dunning, P. M.
Pre’tdeiitl«l Scheming.
Washington correspondence is rite with ru
mors of Presidential scheming. The latest is ■
that “an < ttort has been made by some ot Bout- 1
well’s triends, to bring him out for the next !
President, pt eminent among whom is Thomas i
L. Tullock, the appointment clerk of the Treas
ury Department, who has this end in view in
cyeiy appointment made. Delano is au active j
worker with him, aud, so far, their plans are
working to their satisfaction It is well known
that Grant is daily losing iufiueuce with his
Cabinet, while Boutwell is constantly gaining
friends who are elated at the indifference which
Grant has in public affairs, and feel sure of his
powerful aid to insure the success of their
schemes.” Colfax’s friends, it is said, are also
actively at work. This is beginning early, in
deed. Grant must look out for the succession,
or his “best friends” will deprivs him of it ’
The FrfVideul and Georgia
A Washington city correspondent says, that
“in lhe interview of Representatives Edwards
and Clift, and Dr. Culver, of Georgia, with the
President on Friday last, the Macon Postmaster ,
was merely incidentally mentioned by the Pres
ident in connection with tbe Augusta appoint-;
meat, snd was not a matter with which they
interfered, one way or the other. The business
which these gentlemen had with the Preaident,
was not to ask lhe appointment to, or removal:
of, any man fro® office, but to secure the use ot
the Government Laboratory Buildings at Ma
con, Ga., to lhe State Agricultural Society, lor
lhe purpose of the Agricultural Expoaiton next
November."
The buildings referred to above, we see it sta
ted, have been secured for tbe Agricultural Ei~ 1
bibitivn.
Condition of the Pacific Railways.
The following dispatch from the Commission
ers appointed to examine the Pacific Railloads,
has been received by Secretary Cox:
San Francisco, .lune 28,1869.
To the Secretary of the Interior:
We have been over the two Pacific Railroads,
from Omaha to Sacramento, almost all the way
by daylight, going at the rate of thirty miles an
hour and over, and we find them to be as good
as any. new roads every made in this country.
They were not perfected from Echo Canon to
the Humboldt, but hundreds of laborers are now
perfecting the work as fast as possible. We are
satisfied that all has been done in good faith.
B. F. Wade,
James Brooks.
Not Taxed.
It may not be generally known, that in Con
necticut, the real or other estate of colored per
sons is not taxed—on the ground that they are
not electors, nor liable to the duties of citizens.
In view ot the fact that the “Fifteenth Amend
ment." puts them on a civil equality, a bill was
introduced in the Legislature repealing the tax
exemption—but it does not seem to be favorably
considered.
General Officers ot the United Slates
Army.
The following are the general officers of the
United States Army in order of their ranks .
General—William T. Sherman.
Lieutenant General—Philip P. Sheridan.
Major Generals—Henry W. Halleck, George
G. Meade, George H. Thomas, Winfield S.
Hancock, John M. Schofield.
Brigadier General—lrvin McDowell, Philip
St. G. Cooke, John Pope, Oliver O. Howard,
Alfred H. Terry, Edward O. C. Ord, Edward
R. 8. Canby, Christopher C. Ruger (all Major
Generals by brevet.
The Virginia Elections.
The returns come in like a flood. It is a per
fect War terloo. We have killed, wounded and
captured their whole army ; taken all of their
flags, guns and carpet-bags. Nobody escaped
but Wells, who left before the field was scoured.
Walker is elected by at least forty thousand.
The Legislature is overwhelming anti-Radical.
We shall have two thirds of the body—enough
even to overrule Walker, should our gallant
leader quarrel with that body.
We have gained eleven members in Rich
mond and Henrico, three in Albemarle, two in
Norfolk city, four in Campbell, five in Pittsylva
nia, two in Hanover, two in Caroline, one in
Southampton, one in Gloucester, four in Halifax,
one in Isle of Wight, one in Lunenburg, one in
Nelson, one in O nnge—in all thirty-nine, be
sides a number ot Senators additional. This as
far as heard from at this writing (Wednesday.)
There are 138 members ot the House of Dele
gates. As the matter stands from the returns in
this afternoon of Wednesday, the Walker party
has 90 members, the Wells 'party 41 members,
and 7 are doubtful. Then comes the Senate, in
which we shall have the majority. But if we
have only fifty majority on joint ballot, it will
be what the late Mr. Botts called “a good work
ing majority.” We can get along. It will,
however, probably reach sixty.
They have been struck by a bomb. The
thing passes into the region of fun. There is
not a grease spot remaining to serve as a monu
ment of the great Lindsay-Wells camp.
Segar, Ridgway, Booker, McKenzie, Milnes,
Gibson, and Dr. Norton (colored) are probably
elected to Congress.
O, such a day,
So so followed, and so fairly won,
Came nut till now, to dignify the times,
Since l Hoar’s lortenes.
Special Telegraphic Correspondence of the Louisville
Courier-Journal.
From Washington.
Washington, July 7,1869.
CUBAN INTELLIGENCE.
Reliable information received here from Cuba
is to the etfeet that Gen. Jordan has been placed
in command of the entire Eastern District.
Queseda has possession of the whole country
. MBift iind 14railway between PnenaeatwiPwerwv
10l I’udre.
CONFIRMED. /
Secretary Bout well to-day confirmed the nom
ination of Geo. H. Stone as Auditor in the cus
tom house at Chicago.
POSTAL APPOINTMENTS.
The Postmaster Ganeral has appointed Wm.
Monoglan route agent between Wellsville and
Cleveland, Ohio, and Bronson Meddough be
tween Detroit and Chicago. ’
THE SOUTH.
The result of the Virginia election is the ab
sorbing topic ot conversation in political circles
here to night. Prominent conservative Repub
lican politicians from Mississippi and Texas ex
press themselves confident that the conservative
cause in those States will receive an impetus by
the result in the Virginia election which will in
sure those States to the conservatives by large
majorities. They are now anxiously awaiting
au official order from the President assigning a
day for the elections there.
THE INTELLIGENCER.
A card is published here this afternoon an
nouncing tli at the publication of the National
Intelligencer will soon be resumed by its lawful
owners, and all persons are enjoined from tres
passing upon the use of the said title.
MISSISSIPPI.
Messrs. Jencks, Wofford and Norman, the
Conservative Mississippi delegation now in this
city, are endeavoring to have the President fix
a day in September for the election in that
State, and it is thought he will accede to their
request.
Chinamen as Rice field Hands.—This sub
ject is beginning to attract much attention in
the lower country of Georgia and South Caro
lina. The Charleston News learns that Hon.
John Townsend, of Edisto, is making arrange
ments to hire a numbered Chinamen to work on
his plantations. Mr. Townsend is convinced
that in the low-countiy the Chinaman will be
the right man in the right place. Similar move
ments are in contemplation among the rice
planters of Georgia, aud we shall not be sur
prised to see large bodies of “Celestials” here
and at work before the close of the present year.
Their industry, frugality, skill and experience in
rice culture eminently fit them tor that species
of labor, and no doubt exists of its success. At
all events, our people seem determined to try it.
Uncertain and indifferent labor will not dj for
the rice field.— Savannah Republican
The Great Gaines Case.—A large number
of the holders ot the property ot Mrs. General
Gaines having combined to iostitiite new suits
against her, she has published a card referring
to the conclusive decisions ot the State Cour's
and the Supreme Court of the United Sta'es in
her favor, and offering her intractaule contest
ants the alternative ot her generous considera
tion «r an eviction. There are thirty millions ot
money involved. She is disposed to be gener
ous, and the holders of her property will be
wise in accepting her terms of sut render.— New I
York Herald.
The .tli»’l»”ippi Governorship.
Judge Louis D<.ut, orother-in-law ot Presiden
Grant, has been tendered and has accepted the
nomination tor Governor of Mississippi by a
Republican delegation from that State, which
has recently arrived here. Mr. Dent is an old
resident ot Mississippi, and has large plantation
interests in that section. He has been in this
city tor some months, attending to legal busi
ness
Reiter 1 han n Railroad.
The New York Herald says the Conservative
victory in Virginia, "is belter than a new Rail
road to the Pacific." We have had the victory,
and we trust that we shall also soon have a
Southern Pacific Railroad.
Pt w Apples are being cultivated in the
peninsula ot Florida with the greatest success.
They are larger than those grown in the West
Indies, and fully equal to them in sweetness
and flavor.
The 801 l Worm. —The Opelika Reorder
says Mr. Cake Tucker, of county, exhibited
to the editor, several specimens of yonng cotton
bolls, square and blooms, which show that the
cotton boll worm is commluirg considciable
depredations in that section.
Binghamton, N. Y., July B.—The old friends
in this city of Gilbert C. Walker, Governor elect
ot Virginia, tired a salute of twenty-four guns I
on Wednesday night in honor of his election
Governor Walker was until a few years ago a
citizen of Binghamton.
The V iruinbi !■; reW®>- hal< he y Teach
There is paper in the
South, but what has gratification at
the result ot the recent elections in Virginia.—
This has been done, rtf' withstanding the fact
that no Democratic vfejory has been achieved
in that Slate, the Democratic party there having
grounded their arms. “Animated by a desire,”
says the Richmond Jwtfdrer & Examiner, “to
terminate the ruinous contest of the past four
years with Congress, the white people of Vir
ginia have accepted the Constitution,” two-thirds
of the while vote have been cast for it, and it
being adopted probably by a majority of per
haps one hundred and fifty thousand votes.—
The Democratic or Conservative parly there,
determined even to withdraw their State ticket,
and the race was run by Republicans on the one
side, and Radical Republicans on the other—the
Democratic party votyg for even such men as
Gibson, Hunnicutt, Balder, McKensie, Milner,
Segar, men who have Hen thoroughly idenfied
with the Republican pfttty of that State, since
the close of the war, sod who bad rendered,
themselves specially obnoxious to the Demo
cratic party of Virginia, but who refused to go
farther with their party, than to recognize the
political equality of the negro with the white
man, while.their Radical brethren labored to es
tablish his supremacy, Buch was the contest
in the “Mother of States," and such being the
case, we have the first denunciation
appearing in a Southern journal ot the course
which the Democracy of Virginia took in the
elections which have .just transpired in that
State. The New Yak Herald, commenting
upon the results of theie Virginia elections, in
view to what they tea,cb says :
“ Now the lesson tot Indrawn from this Vir
ginia election is, first,(th by pursuing a similar
course to that of the sensible Viginia conserva
tives the responsible wlstes of every Southern
State, from Virginia to'Texas, may secure pos
session of the State, anfi in doing it secure the
negro balance ol powet lor future operations.—
Thus, within the shod space ot a singleyear,
we may have an enTiifttie Smith of Northern
radical carpet-baggers, operating for Southern
negro supremacy. Secondly, the Democracy of
Virginia, ex-rebels mostly, if you please, lament
ing the ‘lost cause,’ ijnye made an example, in
the way of a forward movement, which would,
if adopted in the North, be rewarded with simi
lar results. They hflw abandoned their old
party notions and havebught and beaten the
radicals with their own weapons. They have
recognized several fixed facts, and they have
accepted the negro as a welcome ally and
turned him to a good(fccount. In a word, the
conservatives of Virginia have developed a new
party organization, if followed up by
the anti-radical elements throughout the Union,
may soon give us the dominant national party
of the future.” .■
There is sound philosophy in these views ot
the Herald, and we cogmend them to the calm
consideration of the democracy of our State.
What must be endured, for the reason that it
cannot be presently cured, it is well to endure
manfully, and bide patiently the time when the
bonds can be shaken off. “From this day for
ward,” says lhe Rigfcinond Whig, it may be
confidently asserted the white and colored peo
ple of Virginia will in the main act together.
The blood line whichbas been attempted to be
drawn has left but faint traces that will soon
disappear, and future political parties will in all
probability be formed without reference to race
or color.”
We never did believe that any Northein influ
ence could, for any length of time, control the
negro vote to the detriment of his natural .ally
and protector, tbe Southern white man ; and the
time will soon come, we have not a particle ol
doubt, when the ol the whole South
.aud cast off the
bondftgo ol Union and unite with the
white men of tbe' “native and to tbe
manor born," tor th' |iiipose of promoting as
well their own, as the prosperity of the South.
The conduct of a large number of tbe colored
men in Richmond, infthe late elections there, is
indicative of this, and is thus approvingly re
ferred to by the Richmond Whig. That paper
says: “We now thank them in the name of
their white fellow citizens. They are brave and
true men, who deserve our respect, confidence
and affection. While we may form some con
ception of tbe ordeal through which they had
to pass, that conception must be inadequate.
None but themselves will ever know the pressure
they had to resist, the prejudice and ill-will
they had to encounter, the personal danger they
incurred, and the taunts, jeers and reproaches
that pursued them. Not only the men, but the
very women and children of their race hooted
at them, and would have mobbed and torn them
limb from limb if they could have had their
way.”
The Martha Harris and Turner Aft'alr.
The Augusta Constitutionalist of the 10th in
stant, relerriug to the Martha Harm attur, in
which Turner, the Postmaster at. Macon had
been implicated by that paper, says
“Inasmuch as we published the announce
ment of this arrest, we esteem it nothing but
comon justice to present the denials made by
and tor Turner.
“In doing this, however, we arc called upon
in our own justification, to indicate the source
from which we derived the information u|ton
which our statement of the affair was predi
cated. We made the declaration upon infor
mation given us by a gentleman in whom we
had frequent occasion to repose confidence in
tbe collection of news items, anti whose pre
vious information had never milled us in the
least essential of fact. He gave us the state
ment as based upon personal knowledge, and
we gave it to the public with full confidence in
its correctness, and not with any desire to pan
der to a taste for the sensational or startling,
much’less to inflict a positive injustice upon
Turner, even though perlectly obnoxious to us.
“Our advices now are, that Turner is dis
charging lhe duties of postmaster ; that lhe wo
man, Harris, who had been released on bail of
SISOO, has been re-arrested by an officer ot the
United States Government and imprisoned, in
default of SSOOO bail.”
It is a mistake that the woman Harris ever
gave bail. She was upon the point ot doing so,
in the sum of slso'’, when at the suggestion of
a government det* i-’ive, she was committed to
1 j ul. On yesterday, however, through the eflorts
! of her counsel, Gen. L. J. Gartrcll, she was
brought before Judge Smith, aud having given
bail in the sum of SISOO. to appear at tbe next
term of tbe U 8. Grurt, to answer tbe charges
brought against her, the was released from cus
tody.
We learn she ocrsisten'ly denies that Turner
bad any knowledge of, or any connection witb,
the crime of which she stands changed.
Senator Sprag tie on Vice President Colfax.
Senator Sprague made a speech recently at
Scituate, Rhode Irland, in which he thus refers
to Vice-President Colfax -.
“ But 1 cannot close without pointing to the
recent exhibition, in tbe presence of the whole
people, of the Vice-President ot the United
States traveling and speaking iu the interest of
lhe powers 1 condenm He reminds me of tbe
ass, who stole the babiliru’ ntsot the king ot the
loreat; for when he asset s that the country is
prosperous and contacted he bnt shows the ears
which prove his true ch&iuctet. Hu came
among us more especially as the representative
of the mighty West, apeople not yet hide-bound
to the dictates ot the moneyed aristocracy, or to '
customs and institutions founded upon it Ent
be joins counsel and 00-uperation with those
powers which in theowfves and in their repre- 1
sentative capacity sr*so in hostility to the inde
pendence and growfl of the West. Let him
and those who bare nUuced him to degrade his i
high office to prepared to meet i
~n tin n --.rmitijn.,.!
’ b ■- t~..t l&. '
Out Weekly Local Department.
Milch Cows.—Messrs. Wallace &.Fowler,
will sell in front of their office this morning, five
strictly choice milch cows.
Real Estate.—-Col. Adair sold on yesterday
seven lots between Taylor’s and Sawtell’s Hills
for $1,113.
Personal.—We had the pleasure of seeing
001. Hood of the Rome GmmeraaZ in our
office on yesterday.
Real Estate.—Messrs. Wallace & Fowler,
will sell on the premises on Peters street, al 5
o’clock this afternoon, two business lots.
An old writer says there is a mean and odi
ous spirit in some persons, who are better
pleased to detect a fault than to commend a
virtue.
Picnic. —Though warm, still we think that
our friends of the Georgia Railroad and Atlanta
and West Point Road, will have a pleasant day
for their excursion.
Temperance.—Rev. W. T. Brantley will de
liver au address to night at Decatur on temper
ance.
Hail Storm.—A severe bail storm passed
over a part of .Twiggs county on last Monday,
damaging corn and cotton.
Before Judge Spencer.—The State vs.
Thweatt, for larceney from the house. The
case was tiied on yesterday before a jury.—
Thweatt was found guilty, sentenced to chain
gang three months, or S2O and costs.
Attention. —We call attention to an adver
tisement to be found in to-day’s paper headed
“Situation Wanted.” Satisfactory evidence can
be given to any who may desire it, both as to
standing and qualification.
Returned. —We are pleased to see Mayor
Hulsey, Cols. Sam Williams,McCamey and Low,
also Solicitor Howell again in the city, having
returned from their visit to Fayette. They seem
to have been repayed by the fish they caught
and the tun had.
Dead.—A few days since a party from Bay
town, in Taliaferro county, came up to Stone
Mountain on an excursion. Just before the
time for the train to leave a difficulty sprung up
between some of the party and a negro man,
which resulted in the wounding of the negro
by a pistol ball. On yesterday we were inform
ed that the negro had died from the wounds.
Sign Post Advertising.—The Berkeley
Union says a man who is too mean to advertise
farm land he wanted to sell, put a written notice
in one of the hotels the other day. A man who
was inquiring for a small farm was referred to
the written notice. He replied I can’t buy
land ot a man who does his advertising in that
way. He’ll steal the fence, the pump-handle, and
barn doors before he gives up possession.
Before Judges Smith and Boggus.—Ander
son Middlebrooks, colored man, was married
on the evening of the Bth to Lou McCarthy,
white, by George Kendall, colored preacher.—
The case was tip before the above named gentle
men ; the preacher Kendall was fined and dis
charged. Lou McCarthy was discharged after
being bound over on accountof having two young
children. Middlebrooks was prosecuted by
Policeman Buffington. M. J. I very, Esq., was
appointed for the defense. Middlebrooks stated
that he had been living with the woman for two
years, plead guilty, and extenuation on account
of ignorance of the law. His sentence was a
fine ot SSO or six months service in the chain
gang. We think he escaped very lightly.
Business Tact.—Notwithstanding the ex
treme dullness which has prevailed for many
months in all branches of business, advertising
in New York appears to be unusually active.
The limes, Tribune and Herald, often print
triple sheets, whilst the Herald for several
weeks oast lias been iesninjr two ... ibr.-e
ruple sheets per week. We notice the “ante
feature among our exchanges from other cities
noted for the business enterprise of their citi
zens. Strange as this fact may appear on the
surface, it is based on sound calculation. Ad
vertising is at all times the life of trade and at
no time is it more imperative than at dull times
like these. New Orleans Exchagige.
Ladies’ Memorial Association.—We should
have mentioned in our last issue, that at their
meeting, the ladies were quite enthusiastic ;
from the reports too, it could be seen that the
work of removing the remains of the Confed
erate dead, was rapidly’ progressing.
God bless the noble Southern woman, tyranny
and adversity cannot prevent her from per
forming her duty. Her elastic spirit never
succumbs to circumstances, and nothing exalts
her above a conscienitous regard to duty. Her
spirit is ever the same. Her noble heart is never
alienated from the generous sympathies which
are peculiarly her province. Tenderness, gen
tleness and devotion are natural to her.
-Though God to make her, took from man a bone.
Yet when he formed her heart, he patterned from his
own."
The Niles Republican.—We take pleasure
in placing in our columns a few extracts from a
letter written by W. H. Peak, ot the Peak Fam
ily Swiss Bell Ringers, to the above paper, pub
lished in Niles county;Michigan.
After returning thanks tor the flattering recep
tion and liberal patronage extended the Peak
and Berger families, at the South, Mr. Peak
says : ‘tils there is much misapprehension exist
ing in the minds of Northern people regarding
the true state of affairs at the South, and much
doubt as to the reception Northern people would
meet with should they visit that section, I can
honestly stale as the result of my observations
during our extended tour ot over six months
through tbe States of Tennessee, Georgia,
South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louis
iana and Texas, that the stories of outrages so
frequently seen in Northern papers, are genrr
ally emanations from the brains of evil-minded
persons, written for effect and having no
foundation in fact. The Southern people, gen
erally, are as well disposed towards, will treat as
kindly, and welcome as cordially, any and all
well disposed persons who may come among
them either as permanent settlers or as transient
visitors, as would the people of any other sec
tion of our common country. They have suf
fered a great deal during the few past years, and
have by uo means fully recovered from the ef
fects of the war, but they are hopeful for the fu
ture, and to all well meaning people they will
extend the right hand of fellowship, irrespective
of the section of country from which said peo
ple may come. Wm. H. Peak,
Peak Family Swiss Bill Ringers.
Dust —Carts unsuited to carry ofl dirt from
the lots that are being improved are still used.
It is pleasant having Broad and other streets
sprinkled with dust this weather.
Fruit.—We notice that watermelons and ■
i peaches are becoming quite plentiful in the mar
keL It we could have sufficient fruit for the
table, it is the best and healthiest food for this
season of the year; it keeps the body in a cool I
and normal state, while meat stimulates by fe
vering tbe entire body and brain
Pic Nic —We are gratified to hear that the
picnic excursion of yesterday to Stone Moun
tain proved pleasant. We are a strong advocate
of gatherings of ail kinds; we believe that they
contribute to moral improvement, as well as
afford much social enjoyment Pic nica bind
members of a community together in bonds of
friendly affinity, and bring about cordial good
feeling ; they also recruit the body and nerve
the intellect for extra exertion.
Improvements.—Mr. Grant has commenced
work preparatory to building on his lots on I
Peachtree street, opposite the Atlanta Marble j
Yard.
Culvert.—Tbe authorities are having a sub (
stantial culvert made across Peachtree street, by ,
Kile’s corner.
Friday, July 9, 1869.
No. 11, Cherokee Circuit—Taylor re. Har
den—Foreclosure of mortgage from Bartow.
Argument in this case was resumed by Judge
D. A. Walker for defendant in error, and ex
cluded by Gen. W. T. Wofford for plaintiiJLi
error.
No. 12. Cherokee Circuit—Hani s, Adminis
trator, vs. Phillips et. al. — Ejectment from Mur
ray; was argued by Judge D. A. Walker for
plaintiff in error and by Messrs. W. 11. Dabney
and R. J. McCamy for defendants in error.
No. 13. Cherokee Circuit—C. D. Adair, Ad
ministrator, et. al. vs J no. Adair, Executor el.
al. — Equity and ejectment from Murray. Argu
ment in this case was opened by Col. W. 11
Dabney for plaintiff in error. Pending the r<
ply of R. J. McCutny, the Court adjourned till
10 a. in., to-morrow. .
Saturday, July 10, 1869.
No. 13. Cherokee Circuit—C. D. Adair, et. al,
vs. John Adair, el. «Z-yl!kfrtity and Ejectment
from Murray.—Argument in this case was re
sumed and concluded. Messrs. Dabney & Wal
ker tor the plaintiffs in error, and Messrs.
McCutchen & McCamy, for defendants in eiror.
No. 14. Cherokee Circuit —Street vs. Liuch—
Equity from Dade.—Was argued by Colonel W.
H. Dabney for plaint iff in error, and by Judge
D. A. Walker for defendent in error.
There is only one case from th.e Blue Ridge
Circuit. That will be in order Tuesday morn
ing. The Tallapoosa Circuit ows next.
‘Don’t Fail Worth a Cent!—“Brick”
Pomeroy has placed the business management
of his paper in the hands of C. P. Sykes an ex
perienced publisher, and now devotes his entire
time to the duties ol the sanctum, where, reliev
ed of business cares, he is making his giant
weekly, Pomeroy’s Democrat, the most read
able paper ever printed. It is sharper than the
La Crosse Democrat ever was—more than
red-hot, and full to the brim of laughable hu
morous articles; Saturday Night chapters, and
those peculiar editorials, none others can or dare
write. Send for sample copies, or subscribe by
sending for it to tlie editor or publisher, P. O.
box 5,217, New York City. He pays five hun
dred dollars cash, for the largest club sent in be
fore the 16th of September I The reports of
Pomeroy’s failure are simply stories started by
those who do not like his giant paper or his
red hot style of editing a paper opposed to bond
holders and official corruption.
A small darkey of Montgomery, Alabama,
sent out to pick berries the other day, buttoned
himself up closely in the remnant of a Yankee
overcoat. When he returned bis mother ob
served it and accosted him : What you wear
dat thick coat for, sick a hot day as dis ? Cause,
mammy, replied the loyal boy—de yankecs does
it. You’re a little fool, said the indignant old
mammy—do you spose de yankees got as much
sense as we Mtricans has ?— Boston Post.
Inadequacy of Language—Words are
poor for service. The diction of language is
insufficient. Every day the heart of man finds
things which the mouth cannot embody, for
want of words. Silence is a refined poetry at
etttain times.
Our heart was made happy on yesterday at
seeing that*“green bucket," encased in ice, and
we fully appreciate the kindness and liberality
of Mr. G. W. Jack, for the delicious and liberal
supply of ice cream sent us.
We have partaken too often of Mr. Jack’s
ice ere'si not to be able to recommend it.
John Brown’s Soul is a Marching On.—
Turner, a colored man has been appointed Post
master of one of the nicest, and most intelligent
■ cities of the State.
1 New Methodist CtiLRCH.--Thc new church
in Onnyotrts will «<>«.»» »».. T. ti.
’ dedicated the 4th Sabbath in July. Rev. A.
’ Means officiating.
End of Things.—According to lhe Millerites
all earthly things were to have come to au end
on yesterday. Well, it was red hot.
Music.—The song of the saw, aud the sound
01-4 he trowel is heard on many of the streets in
the city.
New Cotton.—New Texas cotton iu tbe
seed, was sold in Brownsville on the 11th ult.,
at four cents per pound in specie.
Horses —Messrs. Wallace & Fowler sold sev
eral horses on yesterday at auction, one or two
of them unsound, they averaged sll6.
Runaway.—A pair of horses attached to a
wagon ran away on yesterday out on Peachtree
street. No damage, except to tear down some
of the fencing on the lot of our friend Mr. B.
Campbell.
A heavy installment of watermelons were
brought to the city on yesterday.
Street Railroad.— Is the street railroad en
terprise dying out ?
Health.—The sanitary police will find sev
eral places of trouble between Whitehall and
Broad streets.
Milch Cows—Messrs. Wallace & Fowler,
sold a number of milch cows on yesterday, they
averaged $46.
Religious.—Bishop George F. Pierce will
preach at Trinity Church to-night.
We regret to learn that Uncle Billy Hill is
quite sick.
New Halls.- The certainly of having a new
hall in Augusta by next winter is a fixed tact,
stock to the amount of $18,400 has already
been taken. Seven directors have been elected,
and they have been authorized to purchase a lot
on the corner of Randolph and Oglethorpe
streets.
They are to have a new theatre in Charleston.
It will be larger than Hibernia Hail, and will
have a commodious stage, with al) fixtures ne
cessary for performers and for placing the
pieces on the stage to the best advantage.
It would be a source ol gratification to many
ot our citizens to know that Mr. Davis or some
other enterprizing citizen had a plan on fool by
which we may have a suitable ball by the next
season.
Railroad.—Mr. Grant recently made a re
connoissauce of a route from Athens to Rabun
Gap. The result ot his investigation was satis
factory ; the greatest obstacle in the way can be
overcome by a grade of 60 feet to tbe mile, a
distance of some three miles. Rabun Gap is in
N. E. Georgia, in Rabun county, and very near
the line ot North Carolina. At the Gap is to be
found the he-.d source of the Little Tennessee
River, and at another point in tbe Gap the head
source ot the Ch ittanooga River.
Dead —Mr. William M. Hill, one of the
oldest citizens of Atlanta, died of disease of
I the heart, at bis residence on Sunday afternoon
! at six o’clock, after an illness of four days.
His funeral will be preached at his residence
this morning by the Rev. J. S. Wilson. He (
will be buried by the Masonic fraternity, of <
which he was an old member. On account of
the age, and long resident o- the deceased
quite a number ot onr citizens have expressed a : ■
desire, that business houses all be closed during
the morning.
Mr. Hill was eighty years old last May; (
for forty years he followed the business ot an
auctioneer, a..d has ever been esteemed an
honest, industrious, and energetic man.
Lincoln County.— We have been asked
once or twice if the member from Lincoln was j ]
about this city, if not, where he could be found.
As we do not smell at the same nosegay ; or sail
in the same boat, we are unable to answer. I
Good.—ln tbe largest Episcopal Church in
Mobile, after a contribution is taken up, it is
ceremoniously handed to the pastor, who asks
all who have contributed, to rise, when he
solemly consecrates the collection with prayer. I
E tery one gives something,— Missouri Democrat, i
OU A H A.
We find the following description of the above
place in an exchange :
Ilin crer beet, to OjnAbA,
V. a t" roll* the dark Mb sour! down ;
And four strong ho-re-t scarce can draw
An empty w.-non throagb the town ?
Wli re ssiad is blown from < very mound,
'I o flu your < yes and ears and throat;
Wli’re all the rteann-rs are aground.
Ami all the shanties are afloat V
,AV here beats and blacklegs thick as hail,
Aie deep in faro, cards, and vices;
Where real estate is still for pale,
And held at most outrageous prices ?
If not, take heed to what I say;
You'll and 11 just as 1 have lound 1*;
Ai d if it lies upon your way,
For God’s sake, reader, go around it.
Reviving Drowning Persons.— If the
drowned person be a politician, whisper in bis
ear that he has just been appointed to a tat
office.
Ila married woman, softly tell iter that her
husband is just cutting it fat with that womau
she hates.
ff it lie’ll young man, tell him confidentially
that anoitier fellow is after his sweetheart.
II a married man, slyly tell him that a hand
some young lady called yesterday, and is to call
again U> day at his office on important private
business.
Il he is a carpet bagger, let him drown.
[Pomeroy's Democrat.
Dixie Saloon. —We oftern congratulate our.
selves that we are a temperate man, for no city
presents more attractive saloons than Atlanta.
We have a number of first class saloons and
among them there is none superior to the Dixie
in all its appointments. Wc were the recipient
on yesterday of a waiter containing a variety ot
coblers, cigars, &c., from this saloon for which
we return our thanks. The Dixie, which is
located under the post office, in tbe hands of its
present proprietors, has been repaired, renovated
and eveiything arranged for the comfort of
those who may visit it. The best brands of
cigars, genuine liquois, both malt and spiritual
are kept, while tbe attendants are ever polite
and courteous.
Street Railroad. —Over tbe Signature of
“M” we find a communication from our city to
the Macon Journal & Messenger, of the 12lh,
which says “ The Street Railroad was sur
veyed here a few days ago, but it is my opinion
that it was done through the instigation of su
burban property holders, who are desirous of
selling their real estate.”
What answer will the stockholders or Presi
dent of tbe Street Railroad make to the above ?
Miss Blackwell.—The Louisville Democrat
says that all fair-minded persons will agree with
Antoinette Brown Bbudtwell in her recent de
nunciation of “ Hit irrational natures,
constituted according I !*' sensient or qualitive
principles, co-ordinate with mathematical ones,
all alike incomprehensible to the irrational na
tures them-elves.
Bno'k Notice.
, Through the book Establishment ofMessrs. M.
Lynch & Co, of thi? city, we received on yes
terday from the publishing house of J. B. Lip
pincott & Co., PhfteCuelphia, a neatly printed
volume, which is creating quite a sensation tn
literary circles, North, entitled “Braking a But
terfly, or Bl nche Ellerslie’s I nding" by the an-
I thor of “Guy Livingstone." & The volume is
handsomely illustrated, and ra&ffi the author’s
t popularity as a novel writer, wb ahafl not pass
it, by unread, but have not had time yet to pe
. ruse, a single chapter ot it.
t'ompiiinontary to n.n Atlanta Lady.
The Macon Telegraph, of Sunday morning
last, in n-feiTing.to the “ Philomathean Exhibi
i tion” at the CMfege Chapel in that city on Tues
fit's’ WAVS’ —•*'Fhvr chnnis was 4<4-
lowed by lhe Salutatory from an Alumnean ot
the College, Miss Cornelia Bacon, of Atlanta.—
j It was a fine production, well conceived, grace-
I fully expressed and charmingly delivered.”
Tlie Ohio Democratic Convention.
I The Democratic State Convention of Ohio
i organized in Columbus, and proceeded to the
nomination ot State officers and Judge of tbe
■ Supreme Court with considerable unanimity.
, Gen. W. S. Rosecrans, lately Minister to Mexico,
was nominated for Governor. His opponent on
the Republican side, the present incumbent
, Rutherford B. Hayes, was elected in 1867 by a
majority counting up neariy 3,000. The Demo
cratic ticket is a very strong one, headed as it is
by the name of Gen: Rosecrans.
Mrs. John S. Thuashkr, wife of Col. John
S. Thrasher, general agent ot the Southern Press
Association during the war, died in New York
on Fridaf last. Mrs. Thrasher was a sister to
Airs. T. R. Bloom, of Macon, and lhe mother of
Mrs. J. R. Bostwick, of this city.
Imperialism in the Routh.
Tbe New York Express says that “Various
Southern correspondents have asserted, and
continue to assert, that the people of the South
are very favorably inclined towards Imperial
ism. If this be true, who can reasonably
wonder at it ? The condition of the Southern
people no doubt We improved under an
imperial form of government. As they are
now living, the inhabitants of Poland and Ire
land arc I heir superiors in all that pertains to
civil liberty.
While it may not be wondered at, still we are
inclined to think, notwithstanding the oppres
sions put upon the South, and the desire the
people have to get rid of them, there are but
few of them who do not prefer the government,
as their fathers ot the revolution gave it to
tiiem, to imperialism in any shape.
What They are Doing.—The Savannah
speaking of A. Solomons & Co.,
of Savannah, says that they are selling im
mense qiiantities of their bitters, and thus ac
counts lor their success:
‘ The whole attention of one member of the
firrn is given to the subject of advertising. They
believe in the immense power of the press and
advertise freely, wh ie every day renewed evi
dence is afl >rded them tiiat money spent in this
way is by no means thrown away.”
“ Old Cognac.”
Ihe foregoing article so healthful as a bever
age if not abused in its use, as our readers know,
is manufacture*} in a city in France, of which an
exchange says:
“ Cognac, tbe great brandy town, is said to be
one of the wealthiest in proportion to its size in
the world. In 1868, it exported above nine mil
lion gallons of brandy, almost all of which went
to England, ihe population of Cognac is about
24,000.
Decent Burial.—The New York Herald,
of the sth instant, says: “ General Meade, at the
dedication of the battle monument at Gettys
burg, c .lled attention to the neglected remains
of lhe rebels slain on lhe field, and suggested
their decent burial as a proper disposition of lhe
dead. Even so; friend or toe, let tbe dead be
decently buried ”
A -t it lor outrage in a Kentucky court was
hr uglit lo a sudden close by lhe brother of tbe
frjured gml shooting tbe prisourr just as the first
was called.
The order ot Odd Fellows is spreading iu
this city.
Darby’s Fluid is not much used in certain
localities wed ot Whitehall street.
Justice Court.—Judge T. B. Boggus will
not have court to-day until 3 o’clock.
Atlanta Lodge.—There is a call meeting of
the above Lodge, this morning, atß o’clock.
• <•> —_
Ned Buntltne has l>ecome Editor of the
Golden Era, a California paper.
Grindstone-.—These useful things are taken
from only two quarries in this cjtuulty— Berea,
near Cleaveland Ohio, and Huron < ounty Mich,