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Newspaper Page Textmm/6m ‘ERROR CEA.SES TO BE DANGEROUS WHEN REASON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT IT.”—Jefferson. VOLUME XXII ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1870. NUMBER 23 Uicrhli) JntrUigrnfrr ATLANTA GEORGIA. • — Wednesday. June 8, 1870. The XtMc Limaile Aelluiu. The very efficient Ordinary ot this (Fulton) county, .1 UDoh. Pittman, has called our aiten- tion to the toil >wiu*> letter, adJresaed to him hy the Superintendent ol the State Lunatic Any Iub, Dr. Taos F. Okkkn, it being in reply to one addiessed to hicu hy Juduk P., in which the latter made a special and leeling application for the admission into that noble institution ot an old and suffering lady, declared to he a lu untie, and whose condition is such a* to abso lutely letnaDd that care and attention which ' e i only be had in that, or some other aimDar institution: Milledgeville, Ga-, May 28,1970 Hun Daniel Piltuuin, Ordinary, Pultun County : Dkah Sir — I regret exceedingly our utter in ability to receive the poor untortunate wotnaD, in whose tx-halt you write. But we have over one hundred applications on our r.-i ord, and not an unoccupied room in the bouse. Home ot those applications date eighteen months back.— The insijj^ilion is indeed dangerously crowded. Wi* have two, and even three patients ia rooms 12 leet square; a coudition ot things that must militate against their health in hot weather, and at all times exposes them to thehszirdof injury at the hands ot each other in the night. In my report to the Legislature at the drat session in Inly, 1868, 1 urged upon them the necessity ol r\ii tiding the accommodations, and every ses sion mure, have continued to do so, more and more earnestly as the necessity lias I* come more urg. nt. They promise to do all that may be necessary, at the present session, il they ever get regularly to work. Yours truly, Tuos. K Green Judge Pittman also informs us that besides the case ol Mrs. P., the lady releried to, there are others in this comity, three ol whom are now confined in jail, loi whose admission he had applied, with similar results attending his application Nor is the Superintendent ot the Asylum to blame at all in this matter. He can not perform impossibilities and is forced to re ject applications tor admission into the institu tion over which he has so long and so efficient ly presided, wbeu lie has no space lor their ac coininodation. To this want ol, space, under the existing era which opens the Asylum to the negro as well as to white lunatics a policy not contemplated in the original structure of that hue building, ior tlieu the negro lunatics were taken cure ol by their owners—Db. Gbrkn, as will be seen in his letter, called the attention ol the Legislature in 1808 anil has since persever- ingly done so, urging that body to make inline Movision lor the enlargement ol the build- We aie pleased toAee the promiseisgiven that this will he doue, fMMkc trust that it i. a promise not madartor the Rir alone to be brokeu to the sense, lu the meantime, however, that is, before nu addition can he made to the Asy lum, there will he gieat sulleriug among the unfortunate lunatic class of our people, The idea of their living and remaining conlincd in the common county jails, is tepulsivc to human ity, and thi-re those ot them must go whose friends are not able to take care ol them, and there too they must perish lor the lack ot that attention and proper diet, which tcyh.puor ul- huaunates absolutely require, lu view of this, our excellent Ordinary made a suggestion which we also notice in an article ol our neigh bor, the Sun, in Its yesterday’s issue, and which we cordially approve. It is as billows: “ It occurs to ns, as a plan altogether feasible, and one that would he economical to the Stale, that the old capilol buildiug at Milledgeville could he a hied to the asylum, at least tor tem porary use. The buihliug is standing idle at present and is likely to remain so lor some time. The Stale lias no use lor it. At a comparatively small expense il could be tilted up lor ati asy lum use, and would lie sufficient, to accommo date all the patients in the Slate who ariruow awaiting admission.” dm^ci ••IP' The Next <'oti»r<‘M«ti>iial Flection. The next Congressional election says Forney in his Philadelphia Press," will lie the most Im portant held since the tall ot 1808 A new House ot Representatives must then be chosen, and be sides, one Unite 1 Slates Senator from each of the following Slates : Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, If bode island, New Jersey, Del aware, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alubaroa, Louisiana, Missis sippi, Kentucky, Aikansas, Michigan, Minne sota and Nebraska. Many ol the present Rep resentatives were elected by such mail majori ties that there can be no certainty as to the poli tics ol their successors. Seventy eight received majorit ies i auging from forty-one—given to Read ing, of Pennsylvania—to twenty-five hundred. Niue Democrats and fifteen Republicans hold their seats by less than six hundred majority. One of the most prominent issues upon which the campaign must necessarily be fought, is that of the tariff.’’ So the nigger will be dropped and the tariff take his place 'Veil, we thiuk we can see the result. Even in Pennsylvania, the tariff. as the iron men and immutaciurers would have it, is becoming odious. ’■'lie VenUn Fiasco. The New York journals appear t > have their laugh at tin- Fenians, uow that the serious part oi the business—the lighting—is over, it indeed it can be said that there wa< any real fighting at all. [St. Albans enr. Tribune] Som- queer Tories are in circul ition here, re fleeting on General O’Neil’s cer-eialship and courage while in action. Mr. Alvah Richards, who lives m the brick house just this side the line, declares that after the lirst firing O'Neil rushed into his. house and up stairs into one ot his chambers. -Mr. Richards, r- seutiug this *ree- dom, ordered him out, and the G neral went — He made his wat back to the hedge in the rear ol the house, and thence through the woods to the rear ot Sir V r mcent’s house, about hair a mile toward Franklin (as O’Neil declares to bring up re-eutorcements, hut as some oi fas men de clare and many citizens think, to deliver him self up to Marshal Foster,) .where he struck the road and was taken into custody. Mr Ym rent, a lesident here, was by Gen O’Neil’s side when General 1-Osier made the arrest, and he laughs at the idea ot the Feniau leader living auy other than a willing victim. (Tribune editoml ) The latest tacts revert that the invasion is over Ttie poo., deceived tellows are back again with little loss, uiid are not likely to be deceived aifatu • World 1 We trust this is the last < dienlous nuemp’.s WV d nia - !<•! h time Fuel > >i these wiid and ri- i t lilt me the Fe ll > are unwise lu.i ... r ... ol •vs tv Lien i.dot uu harm on the eti.-mv, uud ; mil ou lh to-Ives This ex pedition U;ts only weakeued Hie Fruisn cause.— 1, has nudermiui d public respect lor tne judg ment ot the leaders, and its mollifying ternrna- tion will make the Irish patriots very slow to expose themselves again to a guidance which Las proved so incompetent. The Fenians—Irishmen not Cowrrdi. The New Y ork Tim?- in the closing para graph to an editorial article uu the late Fvuiau demeustrition upon Cauada, says that “ Irish men are not cowards and the miserable show they made in this new raid must be ascribed to the tact that the Fcniin iiad.-o- di nor Know what they are aliout, and ih»l (Ue iauk a id tile show it, and consequently have uu couiidcuce in auy plan ot operations which they are iuvited to carry ont. When lristnneu are properly led they do not run away." The Cenana for 1870. The taking ot this census, throughout the whole United States begins to-day. The work will be a very important aDd laborious one, not withstanding the lorce which wili be employed to complete it. Every gooJ citizen is expected to give all the aid possible to those upon whom the trust is bestowed to take the census. Ac cording to the New York Herald, the following is the manner in which the population of the whole land will he number'd. The census takers will begin their rounds in their respective subdivisions, visiting each dwelling house, wbelbei in city or country, and each manutac- turiug establishment, as also sui t; other places as it may be necessary to obtain information lrom. Beginning with the popnl&tlon he puts certain questions which are prou d on pages of paper marked “Schedule 1” His first duty is to number the dwelling houses in the order of visitation and to number the families contained thi-reiu in like manner L r -t us suppose that noujt No. 1 contains one lamily. The census laker, who is an employed assistant ot the United States Marshal, upon which official devolves the duty ot taking the census, records the name ol every person whose place of abode on the first ol June, 1870, was in this lamily A description of each person is recorded, and includes his or her age at last birthday, but, if under one year, the mouths are .-imply given. Furthermore, the sex must lie staled ; it male with the letter * M ;’ if female with the letl. r ‘ F.’ The color ot the person is thus recorded It while with a ‘ W,’ il black with a ‘ B,’ il mu latlo with an ‘ M,’ i* Chinese with a * aud il Indian with an 4 1.’ The importance of these questions are sell-apparent. They enable the Goverumeul to ascertain the name, age aud color ol every person lrom itilancy to old age, and it ia therefore imperative upon the people to answer each question truihtully. Maiden ladies and widows of doubtful ages should not contuse the Goverumeul and render its ccusus tables unreliable by insisting upon their beiug not more than twenty-live years old, while old beaux ot sixty must not stick at forty. Reliability being the aim and desire of the authorities, all citizens will perceive the necessity ol uuswering troth fully. From the same source we gather the follow ing Information concerning the professions, oc cupations, aud trades in which the male aud female population are engaged, lu the forego ing six questions, that paper says, the number ot persons in each family is obtained, and, strictly speaking, the census of population is taken. But it is desirable that the profession, occupation or trade ot each person, male or female, shall be obtained, and to this end a ques tion (oueerning this desideratum will be put.— ll the person is a lawyer, a shopkeeper or a car penter, he biinply stales the fact for record.— Where there is no business the answer is ‘none,’ except in cases where some aristocratic individ ual desires to inform the government that he is a ‘ gentleman,’ which means everything, from a person who lives on the income arising from his |iroperty to one who s|ieuds his time in fighting the tiger. Seriously, however, it being desirable to learn what the various occupations of flic population are, this inquiry should be lully au- swered. y Ju taking the census, more difficulty we ap prehend will be experienced in the South than in any Other section of the Uniou. This will be owing to the prevalence in it ol its negro popu lation—nearly half of the whole—and who id very uiauy places will have to be almost liter ally hunted up, and who also to a considerable extent have no abiding dwelling place. This is the case in city and in country, and no South ern census taker without exercising great pa tience, vigilance, and perseverance, will be able to make complete returns of Southern popula tion. Gra. H*cr«4er n. Butor CwtMi. The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph publishes the following letter from Gen. James B. Magru- der to a gentleman in that city, in reply to cer tain statements marie by Mr. Cameron in the Senate ot the United States: Galveston, May 8,1870. Dear Sir : i have not had uu opportunity to answer your letter of April 16th until now. As I have abstain d !r.»m polities entirely since Ibe war, I regret that 1 am ounpeiied to write a let ter which will he construed by some at least as being ot a political character, it is not so, how ever, for this letter i9 purely personal, and is written solely in defense ot my honor, which has been recklessly, maliciously and menda ciously attacked by Senator Cameron, of Penn sylvania, in a debate in the Senate, on the 5th uK., as appeals from the Congressional Globe which you, though unacquainted with me per sondily, 1 believe, have bad the kind Dess to send me, lor which 1 thank you sincerely Before going farther 1 w ill here say that you are not only at liberty to puoiish this letter, but 1 hope that you will do so, and m such news- Itapers that Mr. Cameron will be forced to read it; as 1 hold myseii responsible personally at any time to Mr. Cameron tor its contents. The paragraphs m the debate, in which allu sion is made to me, are as follows: Mr. Cameron—1 remember that Captain Somebody, who became a General in the rebel anny, had the command ot a battery here, and he was going to start ofl, not only with himself but with his batter}', hut somehow or other the battery did not get on, He cleared ofl in & tew evenings alter, however, and got across the bridge. Mr. Pomeroy—That was the Captain who es- coiled the President to tbe White House? Air Cameron- The same man. He escorted the Pnsident to the White House, and 1 heard him say to tbe President that he admired him aud was going to stand by him duriDg the war. Be said that the evening before he went away. 1 will premise in reference to the above that as I was the only officer that commanded a bat tery in Washington at that time, aud afterward became a General in the Confederate army, Mr. Cameron could have meant none other than myselt. The rest of his remaiks are lalse in every particular. In fact they constitute one monstrous, reckless and iutamnus lie For, in the first place, 1 never was with Mr Lincoln in tbe presence ot Mr. Cameron in my file. Sec ondly, 1 never escorted Mr. Lincoln to the White House, tor I was on my way from or in Europe at that time, as the military representa tive ot the country, sent by Mr. Buchanan to inspect and report upon the armies of Europe, and did not reach Washington until alter the inauguration—I think about the 10th ot March, 1861. In tact 1 never was in Mr. Cameron’s company but once in my life, to my knowl edge, aud that was at a dinner party in the house of my brother, Com. George A Magru- der, at the United States Navy, in Washington, while Mr. Cameron was Secretary ot War, about the 18th, 17th or 18 h of March, 1861, when Mr. Cameron ottered, in a conversation with me, as I was sitting by his side at the din ner table, to send me to Russia, there to remain until the termination of the pendiug war, ii 1 would agree to it I looked upon that as the moat disgracelul position an officer could occu py. To stand upon the soil of a toreign coun try, to receive bi9 pay, told his arms, and to look from a distance upon a deadly conflict of his countrymen without taking sides with one or the other, was, I felt, the nn>sl ignoble course ot all; and 1 treated Mr. Cameron’s oiler with the silent contempt. I thought it deserved. I, am sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. Bankhead Magrddeb. Central Hotei rauz ou Our delations wltli Mexico. Gen. Rosecranz lias issued a pamphlet ad dressed to the people of the United States on our relations with Mexico, a copy of which lies before us. In it the General urges a declaration by Congress of a policy which will assure the Mexican Government of its firm sympathy and moral support, and our own citizens that their rights should be protected in whatever legitimate mercantile, industrial and whatever other enterprise they may undertake in that couutrv. The policy proposed lias received the approval ol ex-Secretary Seward, Chief Jus tice Chase, Caleb Cushing, General Sc h* nek, Win. H Aspinwall and other prominent citizens by whom it has been examined and lrom whom letters will be published. General Rosecranz affirms that a decisive dec'aration by Cougress, at the present time, would establish Jaurez’s declining administration in Mexico, induce capitalists to go there to engage in banking and railroad enterprises, thus raising that country to the dignity of independence aud self-protection and a faithful ally of the United Slates. The pamphlet also contains much valuable and interesting information concerning Mexico, the disposition ot the people ol that country towards the United States, and the danger which exists on an interpretation of tbe “ Monroe Doe- trine” and “ Manifest Destiny” which would imperil friendly relations and stay tor an indefi nite period that intercourse ani} unity ot iut«-r- est between the two Republics which ought to exist. “ Twenty years ago,” he says, “ in a cir cle ot friends, some of whom expressed feirs ot national difficulties to grow out ot the unsettled northeastern and northwestern OounJaries, the great Daniel Webster said, “ No, gentlemen, nothing serious will come ol this. Our great national difficulty lies not in that direction. t*ur greatest danger is, that we have a sister Repub lic on onr Southern border, almost in mortal agony, and no one amongst u- seems willing to lend it a helping hand.” “That danger exists today, drawing evei more near and lowering more darkly ; and wi'hout prompt and decisive action we - hall fiad ourselves soon and suddenly plunged into an abyss ol evil consequences, the bottom ol which no human ken can reach, no stau solan's line fathom.' 1 A Blunder. In tbe organization ot the late Fenian army (?) it is said a blunder was committed, lustead ol having a heavy body of rack aad file and but tew officers, numerically considered, it is said they had more officers than men, and as the of ficers retreated on the approach ot the Canadi an unliiia the minority < f the righting torce only were left to do the fighting. That was an Irish blund-. r indeed ! We trust •he Fur.i <r, leaders will make none such in the tuturr, tor, iu '.hat event, they will n-\ i make such aunt ier loolish d; mnnslraticn upon fans— dial! soil, as the one they haveieceutiy reheated trout so imrloriouslv Important *6 Banka. A sensation was created in New York bank ing circles a tew days ago, by the decision ot the Commissioner ot Internal Revenue, requir ing. cashiers’ chocks to fee stamped as notes.— The construction ot the law strikes us as rather forced, and if adhered to it cannot fail to em barrass financial business in this city. It applies with equal force to all memorandum checks given to expedite exchanges, aud as vouchers in cases of discount. The new ruling must lead to the adoption ot some new device lor transacting that class ot business, tor the banks cannot af ford so serious a tax as would be involved. Llat of Conans Takers In Georein. We are indebted to the Uuited States Mar shal for Georgia, Major HAiyth, for the follow ing copy of a lht of the "Census Takers for this State, for which we leel under obligations to that efficient officer. The list embraces the counties, cities, names, and"post office address of each ot the appointees to perform the responsi ble duty to which they have been assigned : A Bombasts* Furloao. Hon. Thomas L. Jones, ot Kentucky, has written a letter to Governor Stevenson, ot that State, concluding as follows: “ Hence lrom my sight and memory forever I Go thou - shall I say, liar, slanderer, coward?—from the pres once of honest men and gentlemen; and if be fore this unhappy strife shall end blood shall flow, whether 1 or another may fall, I brand thy brow with the blackness of Cain; wander up and down in the earth ; wear the m tsk as long as thou livest; aud when thou dies: thou shalt surely so appear before thy God.” As Unpublished Incident in the Life of Rev. Stuart Robinson.—A communication appeared iu a recent number oi tbe Cincinnati Gazette, making a venomons attack upon Rev. tituail Robinson, aDd sneeringly intimated that he was a charity student at college. It is tiue, we believe, that, to some extent, Dr. Robinson, through the generosity of a triend, received a collegiate and theological education. It was a noble benefaction, worthily bestowed—“ bread ca9t upon the waters to return alter many days.” Tbe sequel is briefly told. At the couclusion of the war the family ot his benefactor was bereft ol all they had. We learn trom an undoubted source that so soon as Dr. Robinson learned their coudition, he sent them the sum of ten thousand dollars. Comment on such an action is unnecessary.f-Paris (Ky ) Citizen. A Good One. The New Y"ork Sun gets oft the following: “ When General Grant was told that the Re publican party in New York was dead, he would have made the same reply that Anaxngor&s did when inlormed that his son had died, 4 1 never supposed I had begotten an immortal,’ il he ha t studied Greek. But in his nnclassical way he answered quite as well as the stoic did. He shut one eye, and blew a mouthful ot cigar smoke in a thin stream np to tbe ceiling.— Tiauslated, it said: 4 Parties are dreadfully short-lived. There is nothing enduring but Ha vana cigars. Let us smoke.’ ” The Negro In West Point. The negro who has been appointed to a ea- detcy in \\ rst Point, is said to be five leet and five inches in height,aud lull blooded .with large white eyes and kinky hair. The correspondent of tbe New York limes say? the officers of West Point Academy.“while discarding all political bias in the matter, and alter having lought lor the colored race, both at the polls and on the battle field, white feeling kindly toward him, speak very doubtfully 0 t the expediency of this venture ; they regard it as a more decided ad vance ot the colored man into social circles than even the elevation ot Senator Revels to Con gressional rank.” Dancing.—It is well known that llie Metho dist church lorbids dancing, but it has been toodly hoped by the younger members ot the church that at this General Conference that part of the church discipline would be so altered and amended that this delightful amusement would be allowed; bat the tollowiDg, copied trom the address ol the Bishops, does not tend much that way: “ Indulgence in worldly and fashionable diversions is another great enemy to earnest piety, which is invading the church and threat ening to estrange our children from os. Dancing, in particular, whatever plausible excuses may lie pleaded tor it, ia destructive to the growth, not to say the very existence oi spiritual relig ion. in those who delight to indulge in it Gen erally, it ia a species ot 4 reveling ’ condemned and lorbidden by the word of God, aud its ten dency ia evil only.”—Memphis San. A Flood Coming. — Tbe Mobile Register paints this glowing picture: 44 We are at the be ginning of a flood tide of a vast white immigra tion trom Europe. The grain business is over done in the West and in California. There are no further temptations to money-makers in these regions, and to-day the South offers the most tempting field for new settlers of laborers and artizans and capitalists iu the known world.— The whole civilized world i-. waking up to a edarciousness ot this tact, and those or us who live five years longer will be amazed at roe re sults of causes now in active operation." The FlKt Locomotive. The French claim the honor of having con structed the first locomotive. It was made by one Crugnot, in 1760, the same eventful year which saw the birth of Napoleon I., Welling ton, Bumboidt, and several other celebrated characters. This first engine is still preserved in the Conservatoire dea Arts et Metiers at Paris. The Rev. “ Gin and Milk ” Smythe, some times known as Charles A. Smythe, has started a church ol his own in New York City. He preached his first sermon on Sunday morning, and “ the congregation, composed ot about 100 people, received their pastor with partially sup pressed cheers," Appling—John Overstreet, HolmesyiUe. Baker—D. L Parker, Newton. Baldwin—W. M. Gray, Milledgeville. Banks—W. T. Martin, Nails Creek Bartow—Aaron Collins, Carlersville. Berrien—E C. Morgan, iaashvllle. Bibb- City of Macon—S. M. Nr alon, Macon. Brooks—E R. Harden. Qaitman. Bryan—A. E Porter, McIntosh. Bullock—M. Drigirers, Eden P. O. Bcrke—R H: Kirk, Waynesboro. Butts—W. H Whitehead. Indian Springs. Calhoun—J. H. Griffin, Morgan. J HfL'Hilljjh-B—»- Campbell- -Jno. C. Bosvd*. Powdei Springs. Carroll—Geo. W. Merrell.'Garrolton. Catoosa—C. 8. Evans, Ri iggold. Chatham—J. C. Blauce, Savannah. City ol Savannah—A. Leers, Savannah ; H J. Macdonald, Savannah ; Philip Carroll, Sa vannah. Chattahoochee—E. G. Raiford, Or.sreta. Chattooga—W. Shropshire, Dirt Town, Cherokee—Isaac Ingram, Canton. Clarke—J. W. Johnson, Watkins ville. Clay—J. L. Bankston, Fort Gaines. Clayton—W. C. Leak, Jonesboro. Clinch—J. H. Mattox, Homerville. Cobb —J. C. Bell, Atlanta. Coffee—It. Paflord, Home ville. Columbia —W. S. Mayfield, Clay Hill. Colquitt— Coweta - J. P. Rapier, Grantvills. Crawford—B. C. Bailey, Fort Valley. Dade—G. Stephens, Sulphur Springs. Dawson—A. M. Bishop, Dawsonville. Decatur—J. W. Helmes, Bain bridge. DeKalb—J. Walker, Decatur. Dooly—S. P. Odom, Drayton. Dougherty—0. W. Arnoid, Albany. Early—J. W. Perry,* Blakely. Echols—L H. Roberts, SutenviUe. Effingham—L. T. Eikius. -Jnyton. Elbert—W. H. Edwardfi, Etbertou. Emanuel—D. C. Cowart, Canoocbee. Fannin—J. B Dickey, Morgan town. Fayette—R. F. Milner, Fayette ville. Floyd—A. W. Caldwell. Rome. Forsyth—T. D Irish, Gumming. Franklin—W. G. Alexander, Bold Spring. Fulton—Henry Martin, Atlanta; Geo. B Chamberlin. Atlanta ; Joseph S. Smith, Atlanta. Gilmer—L. M. Greer, Elijay. Glascock—W. W. Neal, Gibson. Glynn—H. C. Clark, Bnmswick. Gordon—F. C. Wilson, Ca'houn. Green—G. N. Roswell, Pennfield. * Gwinnett—P. F. Jones, Picknevville. Habersham—J. M. Church, Clarksville. Hall—John T. Wilson, Gainesville Hancock—E R. Andrews, Barnett Haralson—W. D. F. Mann, Tallapoosa Harris—J. M. Hudson, Hamilton. Hart—M. Cheek, Bowersville. Heard—W. Wilson, Franklin. Henry—J. D. Pyle, McDonough. Houston—S. Hunt, Perry. Irwin—J. Fletcher, Jr., Irwinville, Jackson—A. P. Cagle, Jefferson. Jasper—L. E. George, Shady Dale. . Jefferson—S. Z. Murphy, Bethany. Johnson-T. A. Parsons, Cottage Grove Jones—J. B. Deveaux, Clj Jon. Laurens—B A.'Herndon Dublin. Lee—Patrick A9ken, Rerfrie),-. Liberty—C. R. Hoioc.iiiBP^h'mesviiJe. Lincoln—W. S. Boyd. Clay Hill. Lowndes—C O. Force, Valdosta. Lumpkin— M. R Archer, Dahkmega. Macon—J. H. Jones, Oglethorpe. Madison—G. Nash, Danielsville. Marion—L. W. Hall, Tazewell. McIntosh—E. E. Howard, Darien. Merriwether—J. M. Smith, Grantville. Miller—C. T. Bangbam, Colquitt. Milton—E. J. Maddox, Alpharetta. Mitchell—E. M. Burtz, Camilla. Monroe—L W. Ensign, Forsyth. Montgomery—J. A. Morris, Mount Vernon. Morgan—L. M. Willson, Madison. Murray—R. M. Reinbert, Spring Place. Muscogee— R. A. Monroe, Columbus. City ot Columbus—Thomas Grier, Columbus Newton—T. A. Walker, Covington. Oglethorpe—J. E. Brigbtwe.ll, Maxeys Paulding—E. M. Carter, Dallas. Pickens—W. McHan, Jasper. Pierce— Pike—M Cooper, Griffin. Polk—W. C. Barber. Van Wert. Pulaski—N. H. Mobley, Hawlrinsville Putnam—T. F. Cowles, Eatonton Quitman—J. E Smith, Hatcher Station. Rabun—J. Wellborn, ClaytOD. Randolph—D. C. Bancroft, Cuthbert. Richmond—John Reynolds, Augusta. City ot Augusta—David Porter, Geo M Hood. Augusta. Schley—W. H. Scoville, Ellaville. Scriven—W. H. Best, Haleyondale Spalding—Thomas S. Allen, Griffin. Stewart—W. H. Cossman, Lumpkin. Sumter—J. J. Hales, Americus. Talbot—R. D. Maund, Geneva. Taliaferro—W. J. Flynt, Crawford ville. Tatnall—C. W. Smith, Reedsville. Taylor—G. L. W. Anthony, Butler. Telfair—D. Cameroon, Jacksonville. Terrell—L. BryaD, Dawson. Thomas—F. J. Browning, Thomasville. Towns—A. J. Burch, Hiawassee. Troup—J. D. Witham, La Grange. Twiggs—J. T. Floyd, Gordon. Union—Jno. S Fain, Blairsville. Upson—C. H. Corbin, Thomaston. Walker—L. K Dickey, Frick’s Gap Walton—W. N. Pendergrass, Monroe. Ware—J. E, Butler, Glenmore. Warren—Thomas Holden, Barnett. Washington—H. A. Cates, Sandcrsville. Wayne—9. Mumford, YVaynesvllle. Webster—B. F Harrell, Preston. White—B. A. Quinn, Cleveland. Whitfield—W. Henderson, Dalton. Wilcox—E. J. H. Dunn, House Creek. Wilkes—John F. Andrews, Washington. Wilkinson—M. A. Wood, Gordon. Worth—W. J. Ford, Isabella. Free SuOVaae. One of the cardinal principles of the Republi can party, as its presses everywhere allege, is free suffrage; and yet iD that little Republican ritate, Rhode Island, no citizen oi foreign birth can vote unless he has a property qualification, while every native citizen, the negro included, is allowed to receive that franchise. It was sup posed that tbe Fifteenth Amendment would alter this state of affairs, and the foreign born citizens petitioned Congress tc compel the State to amend its Constitution in accordance with the requirements of the Fifteenth Amendment. But it so happens, says a cotemporary, that the Con • eervatives will carry Rhode Island if the prop erty qualification ia abolished, and so the Judi ciary Committee of the United States Senate re plies to the petition with a report declaring that “ there is nothing in the provision ol the Consti tution of Rhode Island referred to in er-.nfHrt with the Constitution of the United . ,t~s” Comment is useless. A Frlfihtfal Scene. A frightful scene occurred at the New York Bowery Theatre on Saturday night. ▲ young woman who performs in a cage with Puma lions, was seized by the throat by one ot tbe beasts and terribly lacerated before she could be rescued. Her piercing shrtek3 threw the audi ence iuto a panic, and many people were wound ed. She was taken home, and received prompt surgical attention. A Fatal Duel. A fatal duel occurred iu Terrebonne parish, Louisiana. Monday ot last week. George 7. Beider, a brother of the Attorney-General ol the State, was shot and killed in a duel, by the editor of the Houma Eagle. The quarrel origi nated between tbe representatives ot the Patriot and Eagle. The editor of the Patriot refusing, Re’deu accepted the challenge and took his quarrel, and wa9 killed. A New and Valuable Inventlow. The Savannah Republican say9, that the news papers ot the Southwest bring us glowing ac counts ot the performances of a new cotton gin which has just been tested in St. Lonia. By it the labor cl picking the cotton from the bolls is said to he entirely dispensed with; and it now only necessary to pluck 44 bolls, cotton and all" lrom the stalk. It is estimated that one hand can pick one thousand pounds in the new way quicker than a person could pick one hun dred and filly pounds after the old style. IWoftbjr. The report that Mosby, the Virginia guerilla, is on the Canadian border, is a mistake. That ex-officer of the Confederacy is at this moment quietly on his Virginia farm, preparing for the early summer work. A relation of the same name is, however, somewhere on the Fenian liDes, suspiciously near the barns and chieken coops ot Canada. So says the Philadelphia Press. FACETIAE. uil.erti Ka*lr<.«d. Cincinnati A lew days ago, mi s rte i.'batter-.. T-nts we published a etaumeat trom K paper that a charter had been pa-sr- Lv the Kentucky Legislature under which the Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad could act. We were inclined to doubt the truth of this statement, but it seems, from the following from the Cincinnati Times, that such is really the case. The Times says: We understand that Hon. George R. McKee, the venerable Representative of Garrard county, in the Kentucky Legislature, was in our city yesterday, and had an interview with some ot the Trustees of onr Southern Railroad, at the Burnet House, last night. Judge McKee thinks that tbe charter which he had passed during the last session - ot the Legislature can be used for the construction of the Southern Railroad, and is willing to render the Trustees all the«id in his power. Sir Watkins William Wynne, conversing with a friend about the antiquity ot his family, which he carried back to Noah, was told that he was a mere mushroom. “ Ah!” said he, “ how so, pray ?” “Why,” replied the other, “ when I was in Wales a pedigree of a particn lar family was shown to me; it filled about five large skins of parchment, and about the middle of it was a note in the margin. About this time the world was created.” An instance ot distinction without a difference was offered by the irishman who, having legs of different sizes, ordered boots to be made ac cordingly. His directions were obeyed; but, as he tried the smaller boot upon the larger leg, he i-xclaimed, indignantly, “ Confound the fellow I- I ordered him to make one ot them larger than, the other, and, instead of that, he has made one smaller than the other.” An impatient Welshman called to his wife, “.Come, come, isn’t breakfast ready? I’ve had nothing shice yesterday, and to-moirow will be the third day!” This is eqnaUto the call ol the stirring housewife, who aro£sd her maid at 4 o'clock with, 44 Come, Bridget, get up! Here ’Its Monday morning, to-morrow is Tuesday, the next day’s Wednesday— half the week gone, aud nothing done yet.” A poor laird ot Macnab was in the habit oi riding a most wretched horse to the Mussel burgh races, where a young wit asked him, in a contemptuous tone, “ Is that the same horse you had last year ?” “ No,” said the laird, bran dishing hi3 whip in the interrogator’s face so emphatically as to preclude further question ing—“ no; but it’s the same whip.” An Irishman asked a gentleman to write a letter lor him. The substance ot it was advice to his triend Tim O’Brien to come out to Amer ica. “ Tell him, yer Honor,” said Patrick, 44 that we have mate twice a week here.” 4 You know very well that you get it every day,” in terrupted the amanuensis. “Troth, an’ I do; but he would think £ was foolin’ him. Sure, he’d not believe me.” The letter was ordered to end as follows: “I send you twenty pounds with this, to bring you over here It you’re alive, Tim, you’re welcome to it; but il you're dead, you’ll just send it back at onst.” A Queer Society.—Our Columbus friends, ot the male persuasion, who have been lilted by fair damsels or widows, since the close ot the war, are to meet in a private room next Monday night’for the purpose ot organizing a club tor mutual diversion. It is to be called the 44 Slipper Club,” from the tact that no one is to be ad mitted who ba9 not had tbe pleasure of receiv ing one. A President, Secretary and Treasu rer have already been agreed upon. Each per son who becomes a member must deposit with the Treasurer, to be placed among the an hives, to be recalled at pleasure, all pictures, touching letters and gushing notes. The meetings are to be diversified by narrations, short, brief and pointed, either written or oral, of the courtship ot each member. The tenderer they are, or the funnier, the better. Solemn oaths are to be ad ministered. The object is to revivify fallen hopes by the recountal of others’ failures; to show that all are liable to failures; and by com mon experience to explain the error ot the past and learn how to win in the future. Much tacy experience i3 expected.—Savannah Daily Ad vertiser. God’s Law Perfect—An eminent lawyer, who had not read the Bible, and was doubtful about its beiug God’s word, asked a Christian friend to tell him what books he shoald read to satisfy his mind. His friend said, 44 Read the Bible itself.” The inquirer thought hi9 question had been misunderstood. He wanted some books that would say something about the Bible. But hi3 friend said : “No; I will not send you to other books. Read the Bible tor yourself ” The lawyer obtained a Bible. “Where shall I begin ?” said he. “Oh, begin at the beginning, and read it through.” The Christian called udoii him now and then, and was delighted to find that he continued to read. One day the hi. nd found the doubter walking up and down hi3 room full ol thought. He inquired what subject occupied his mind so completely. “I have been reading,” said he, “the moral law in the Book of Exodus” “Why, what do you think ot it ?” “Why, I have been trymg whether I can add anything to it, but I can’t ; and 1 have considered whether there is anything that can be taken from it, so as to make it belter, and I cannot. It is perfect.” Tee Crop PaosPHCT—Growing Weather. From all sections ot Georgia, South Carolina aDd Florida our exchanges bring us cheering accounts of the crop prospects. For several weeks the complaints o! drought were univer sal throughout the region named, and in some portions ot Georgia and Florida serious appre hension of a failure ot both the cotton and corn crops were entertained till within a tew days past, when all anxiety was relieved by copious rains, which seem to have extended throughont the country. With these timely rains, which have given the corn and cotton a fine start, shoald the season continue favorable, we may expect a lull crop this falL— Savannah News. < T ittt.k Sins.—Yon may ro ke light ot them now, but they are not to be tnflr-fl with ; they edge us on so stealthily that you scarcely notice them ; but by and by you will find it impossi ble to .tarn them oat; I think of the Indian story of the morsel of a dwarf, who asked of the king to give him all the ground be could cor* tLr^^ j'ri I s flie king, seeing him so >in • i. - it “ Ceuauiiywhereupon the tie. -!ii mi j-icjiv :-li <t np into a tremendous giant, covered ail the laud with his first stride, all the water with his second, and with the third knock ed the king down and took his throne. IiiPEachmeitt Prospects—Jadge Bingham, Chairman ot the Judiciary Committee, reports no prospect that time will be fonnd this session lor even the most cursory examination ot the petition asking the impeachment of Judges Field and Hoffman; the universal opinion is that tbe matter will die a natural death in the committee. ' Tee regular Baptists are more numerous ia Virginia than any other State. There they have 764 churches and 107 534 members. In Georgia they report a greater number of churches than in Virginia, but a less member ship by 4,124. STATE NEWS. The Americus Courier says: The farmers say they have had plenty of rain for the present, and crops are looking welt. The same paper observes: “ Two thousand five hundred and thirty-two tons of guano have been bought iu Hancock county*’’ The public square will soon be graced with new wells, greatly to the convenience of the public.—Americus Courier. We were informed to-day that a field of wbpat a short distance trom the city, in the “flat woods,” would yield twenty-five bushels to the acre.—Rome Daily. The Air-Line Eagle says: “The work of guiding is being vigorously pushed forward here by ihedifferem contractors, and we leatu that other contracts are likely to be taken soon, so that the working force will be largely increased iu our county at an early day.” We learn from a source entitled to credence, that the “ Brunswick ” boatiata are organizing lor a grand Regatta, which will come off ou the 4th oi July next, and that the Brunswick Club propose to open the door to all comers, aud es pecially tbe champions of the Savannah river tor a race for one thousand dollars, and the championship of the South.—Savannah News. We were shown yesterday a head ot wheat containing one hundred and twenty perfectly developed and lull grown grains of wheat.— This Is the largest head we have ever seen. It is now in onr office where the curious cad see lor themselves.—Rome Daily. Cotton Squares.—A gentleman tells us he had cotton squares on his plantation, south of Columbus, on the 20lh ol May. The seed were planted on the 15th ol April, five weeks pre vious. This seems to us to be very early — There are plenty ol squares on the place.—Co- lumbus Sun. Suicide.—We regret to learn that Mr. E. J. Judah, the editor of the Monitor, published at Quincy, Florida, committed suicide in that place on Friday evening last, by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. Mr. Judah was well known in this city, having been employed some years since in oue of the printing offices here, and his many acquaintances will hear with regret his sad end.—Savannah News. New Flour from New Wheat.—Messrs John M. Clark & Co., proprietors of the Augus ta Mills, will please accept our thanks tor a sack of their Gilt-edge brand, ground from new wheat, being two to three days earlier than usual tor new flour. The wheat was grown by Mr. R. W. Heard, on his farm near the city, and waB sold by Messrs. S D. Heard Jfc Son at $4 50 per bushel. Messrs. Clark & Co. shipped some of the floor to New York yesterday.—Augusta Constitutionalist, 31st ultimo. Revival.—A revival is progressing at the Baptist Church in this city. The ordinance of Baptism was administered to fonr young ladies by the Rev. D. E. Butler on last Sabbath. Several have already joined the Church, and many othera seem very seriously impressed on tbe subject of religion. We trust the good work will continue.—MiUedgetille Union. The Union also contains the following item. We trust that,the gentleman referred to in it will recover from his illness, ior neither can the community in which he dwells, nor can Georgia, bis native State, spare, without suffering irrepar able loss, so tried, able, and patriotic a sod. His numerous friends all over Georgia feel the deep est solicitude ior bis recovery: We are deeply pained Io learn that Col, A. H, Kenan is lying dangerously ill at his residence in this city. Deep solicitude tor hia recovery iB telt by the whole community. Outside the Routine.—Some things hap pen occasionally to pleasantly disturb, to unin terested parties, the weary details of a court room. The other day a leading counselor, in opening the Huff Will case, said, “ we (the pro pounders) desire to re probate this will,” to which J. L. Pough, Esq , on the other side, re joined, “and we (the caveators) desire to rep re bate it.” The jury didn’t rep-robate it, but did re-probate it. In a case Saturday the attorneys opposed were speaking to each other and the Judge from across the room, when Judge Johnson sug gested that they had better get near each other, when Judge Crawiotd remarked “ we (the law yers) are about as near together as wc can get in this case.” They were allowed to remain apart.—Columbus Sun. Revival at the African Baptist Church- Baptism—Accident.—For three or lour weeks past a religious revival has been in progress at the First African Baptist Church, situated near the river, between the Fontaine and Lowell warehouses, during which many have professed conversion aud the membership been revived.— On Satuiday afternoon, the paster, Rev. E. B. Bucker, administered baptism to some twenty- seven candidates, which was witnessed by up wards ot one thousand persons, white and black. Afterward, on reassembling at the church, owing to the heavy pressure, the platlorm in front ot the church tell through, carrying with it some sixty persons; though, trom what we can learn, no one was seriously injured thereby. The ex citement occasioned hy the accideut was only temporary.— Columbus Enquirer. State Agricultural Society of Geor gia.—We have received the premium list of this society, tor the fail to be held at Atlanta, beginning on Wednesday, October 19, and clos ing October 26. The list embraces every de partment of agricultural science, and ot domes tic economy; also, chemical manufactures, and minerals, in fact everything that will contribute to the development of our Slate resources. We observe one important omission iu this premium list, as iu all others, and .that is the department of rural architecture. There is no subject in which our people are more interested than that of cheap houses. We would be glad to see a premium offered ior tbe best model ol a feem or suburban house. Cannot our public spirited men, such as tbe Messrs. Kimball, of Atlanta, offer a special premium tor such a model ? It might direct attention to the matter, aud it is one of great importance to our State.—Rome Daily. Weathbu, Crops. Ac.—The weather contin ues dry ana hot. Atiout five weeks have passed since we had auy rain, except very light show- •ers on Sunday morn mg and Tuesday night last, which were Uardlv sufficient at either time to lay the dust. To-day the prospects tor rain are very good, and if we had not been so complete ly fooled tor tbe last week by good appearances tor rain, we would almost leel confident in say ing that we would have a good rain by night.— As to crops, from what we can gather from the country, they are beginning to need rain very much. We understand there is some cotton past saving, and will have to be plowed up. A great many have not planted all their cottoo yet, and cannot plant until it rains. The gardens are almost dried up The vege table prospeets this summer will be slim, unless we get rain soon. Since the above was put in type, we have a glorions rain, and appearance tavoiable for more.—Lumpkin Telegraph The Rome Courier of the -Slat ultimo, in an article headed “An Important Railroad Pio ject,” says: “ It is considered to be a settled fact by the friends of the enterprise tbata railroad will soon be constructed from Bain bridge via Cuthbert to Columbus. The citizens of Columbus, LaGrange aud the intervening country are sangume in their hopes to extend'this road to the" latter place, at an early day, and then !•> j•>iaL it forward via Rome, or Kingston, so as to ire '■• c •• ot. the • r posed Cincinnati road at Chat auooga. A lance at the map wiii demonstrate to any one that Chat tanooga. Rome, LaGrange, Columbus and Bain- bridge are ail on an almost exact air line, and we think that Rome and Walker and Chat tooga counties, as well as Polk, ought to take an immediate and lively interest in this project. There is liitle doubt but that a grand Air Line Road from Cincinnati to the Gull wiil soon be built, and LaFayette, Trion Factory and Rome might as well wake up to their interests in this matter at once.” Another Fine Specimen of Wheat.—A bunch of wheat was brought in our office yes terday morning over six feet in height, and bearing long aud well filled heads. This speci men was ol the Mediterranean variety, wa9 grown upon the flat woods and it was asserted that the field of eight acres will make twenty- five bushelj to the acre.—Some Daily. Dea tit or Col. incutoi A. Kenan. It is with the deepest sorrow we announce the death oi this distinguish _ ■ Georgian, which took place at his residence iu Milledgeville on Wednesday night last. He died, surrounded by his family and friends, we are pleased to state* with faith in Christ, and a Christian’s hope. The writer has known the deceased for over the third of a ccniury, aud has, during that long period, enjoyed his confidence and friendship, and yet he leels inadequate to the task of record ing his many noble qualities and the prominent part which ior many years in the past, he took in the political affairs of the State, and also in the Confederate Congress at a later period of hia life. There is one, however, and he a resi dent ot Milledgeville, upon whom the task should devolve of commemorating with his pen the virtues of the deceased and the many ser- \ ices which he lias rendered the State daring eventful periods iu her history. We trust ho will do so, lor no one can do it as well, and it is th&j. labor of love trom which no one capable ot pertormmg it should shriuk, the last sad tribute paid to the memory of a long, tried, and faithful triend. >• »» A Word of Explanation. We have not published, nor do we intend to publish, the daily proceedings ol the committeo appointed to investigate the affairs of the State Road, and the management thereof, for reasons which we gave to our readers on the assembling of that committee in this city on tbe day it com menced its investigation. Subsequent reflection, and the reports which have appeared from day to day in the other daily papers of this city, sat isfy us that we were and are right in excluding these reports from our columns. Take, for’in stance, the testimony which has been taken and published in the case of Mrs. Beck, where Mr. Chisolm, on one day, testifies to one thing, and Mr. Harden, on the next, testifies to an entirely different state ot things connected with the mat ter. The first impression made upon the public mind by this testimony, and first impressions are hard to eradicate, is that there was imposition and fraud practiced in the settlement of that lady’s claim, and the management of the Road implicated therein. The rebutting testimony comes in the next day, but alter an unfavorable impression has been made upon the public mind, and so it will be throughout the investigation. Now, we believe that this committee is deter mined to perform it3 duty to the State in pursu ing its investigations, and, so believiDg, shall wait till the publication of its report, and shall lay the same»before the readers of this paper, and, if we deem it important, the testi mony also upon which it bases its final judg ment. Then, too, as we shall leel at liberty to approve or condemn its action, we shall do so without fear, favor, or affections, endeavoring to maintain the right connected with the adminis tration oi that great State work. These remarks do not apply, of course, to the other legislative committee now engaged in investigating the charges brought against Governor Bullock, and which was raised at his own request- Very properly, in our judgment, this lagt nTtned com mittee docs not cause to be puGushed its daily proceedings, nor permit it lobe dona. •I’Pj.z rca sons to us are plain and convincing that tho committee is right in so determining. “ Iron and it* Use*—The Atlanta Roiling min*.’' In the June number ol that excellent month ly, the 44 Rural Carolinian,” we notice an article headed as above from the pen oi Colonel D. Wyatt Aikin, of South Carolina, with whom, not long since, we paid a visit to the At lanta Rolling Mills, on the confines ol this city. The article so far as it relates to “ iron and its uses ”—is replete with valuable informa tion, most of which was obtained from the en terprising President ot the Atlanta Rolling Mills, Mr. Lewis Scofield, Sr , a gentleman skilled in the art ol using iron, and manufactu ring it for almost every valuable purpose. But for the length ol the article, *vc would transfer the whole ol it into our columns. We give to our readers, however, the closing paragraphs which make special reference to THE ATLANTA ROLLING MILLS. 44 These mills,” says Col. Aiken, “ have been built with a capital of $100,000, soon to be In creased to half a million; their bnildings are 360x150 feet. In addition to the tons of wrought and cast iron they throw upon the world, they daily supply a demand for fifty tons of railroad iron. From 100 to 1,000 tons ol coal, and al most millions ol pounds ol both scrap and pig iron are kept constantly on hand ; their motive power In the seve ral departments is six engines, four of thirty horse power each, one of eighty, and one ol one hundred and fifty. This last was made in Columbus, Ga., for the Confeder ate Government, and it is said to be unsurpassed on the continent in its mechanism. It has a balance wheel that weighs thirty tons, which revolves eighty-five times a minute. A point on its circumference goes through the space of a mile in a minute. Will some of our lady read ers tell us the diameter ot the wheel ?” 44 These five engines have nine boilers, which have no grate furnaces, but are heated by heat escaping from the smelting furnaces. Their water is from tanks holding 1,009 hogsheads, which are supplied by a continuous flow of pure spring water through a three-inch iron pipe, twenty-three hundred feet long, and eighty feet higher at its mouth than at the source. Can any of our gentlemen readers tell us the force required to create this flow?” 44 Three hundred and twenty hands are em ployed in these miils, of whom seventy-five are negroes. The whites earn about three doll are daily on an average; the negroes about one dollar. Where simple muscle is required, the labor is about eqral in valne. Where intellect is needed, the white man 13 more valuable, and often worth lour or five times as much as the negro in the same department.” “The company have a store in connection with these mills, where a stock of $35,000 wor.h ot goods are laid in each season.” Can Till* Be True. It is stated that daring the decoration cere monies at Arlington last Monday, the eighteen graves ol Confederate officers and three hundred and sixteen graves of Confederate soldiers were conspicuously decorated with pasteboard, as a seeming warning that no floral tribute should be placed on them. Several ladies and gentle- men ventured, however, to place some flowers there, but a committee of the Grand Army ot the Republic snatched them off, and threatened with arrest any one who repeated the act. Can this statement be true? It so, then, if the Committee truly represented the “ Grand Army of the Republic'" as now organized, we are sure it did not represent the spirit ol the “boys in blue’’ at the time ol the “ surrender ” but rather that of politicians who through the organization expect to ride into office. The Right Spisrr.*-We notice a number of influential and prominent citizens are wearing suits lrom Eagle and Phoenix goods. The Pres ident of the company wears a coat and vest of ordinary cotton stripes. This is the trne spirit of independence, and worthy of extensive imita tion. When our people learn to wear their own fabrics and make their own provisions, we shall begin to look lor the return ol prosperity to our section—Columbus Enquirer,

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Weekly Atlanta intelligencer. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1865-18??, June 08, 1870, Image 1