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Jordan in Cuba. W’e l«ove at last heard something dcfiuite of the motrertients of Gen. Jordan in Cuba. The day after his lauding on the southern shore of the Bay of Nipc, a considerable body of Spaniards, reinforced subsequently by a body of men from the garrison of May an, moved ipon his defences. He made be lieve that lie had abandoned the position, and awaited the attack as in a citadel, se creted in an inner work, taking that which he had left as a bait for the Dons. The Spaniards having felt their way with cau tion, concluded the place was uudefeuded, and lushed upon it gallantly at the point of the bayonet! They occupied itin a victory without blood. Some pieces of dismounted artillery were there, and a small quantity of material and small arms—all left as a decoy. Elated with the success they throng ed into the place; and thrown together thus in a disordered mass, were opened on by two guns previously ma ked, and by one of those deadly fusilades so close as to have cut down trees at Spotsylvania ! They were literally slaughtered. The remnant fled in terror until reinforced by a detachment from the garrison at ftlayari. Jordan had brought with him, besides six field pieces, with their carriages, two heavy guns for permanent defences. He had expected to have been joined by a part of the command of Quesa da; but having arrived somewhat earlier than the time agreed on for the junction, he concluded it unsafe to await in his first position until the Spaniards could have made tire c/ncentrutkm that would certainly be or dered for bis destruction. lie is said to have abandoned, therefore, bis two siege guns—which he never should have encum bered thimsclf with—and perhaps lor want of transportation (which is very scarce in tire region that ha? been so long the seat of the depredations of both sides) was obliged to leave behind him one or two of his field pieces. His movement from the scene of bis first victory was. decided on promptly and was executed with cupidity. • The Spaniards appear to have mistaken this tact for a disastrous retreat, and pressed upon him from a distance; but after the les? son on the shore of Nipc did not come to close quarters. Whether (be abandonment of his one or two pieces may have been deli berated before leaving bis works or may have followed, as a subsequent necessity of rapid movement, does not appear positively, but in neither case can it be set down as a ground of Spanish gratulution. Quesada was to have covered the landing of Jordan. lie moved for that purpose with the elite of the Cuban forces, from the line of the railway between Nuevitis and Puerto Principal, lie bad with him about 20,000 men. Whether in the bad faith of jealousy or in a misunderstanding as to time, he was three days behind. Jordan appears, however, to have moved to a junction with him at some point southwest of his first field, with the view, apparently, ot keepiug May' ari cut off, and, after its capture, of a com > bined movement for cleaning out all the Spaniards from the eastern end of the Island, including Valmasedu at Bayamo. The junction of Jordan and Quesada is re iporteu, but does not come in very positive manner. One thing, however, is certain. Jordan has passed into the interim with but trilling losses in men or material, and is -now out ol immediate danger of attack, in perfect cuniuiuiikmfiou with a force ol pas •t i iots-Quesada’s ■rwimediato command among them—sufficient to overwhelm all the in that of the Island.— Chronicle. ♦ <*»» ’lhc Riot at Sparta. The Augusta Chronicle gives the follow' ing statement of facts furnished by a re spectable citizen of this place, who was in Sparta on Tuesday when the riot reported by telegraph yesterday oecurod : It appears that on last Tuesday afternoon, Ames’ Circus was performing near tho do pot of the Macon and Augusta railroad, and, ■of course, a large crowd of negroes had cuuie in from the country to witness the exhibi tion. Among others who were attracted to file place, was a uegro man, named Washington Pierson, a notorious scouudrel ■and desperado, who has fur some time past been known as the ringleader in nearly ■every act of rascality committed itt Hancock county, and anodicrocgro, named Eli Barns, the colored Representative in the Legisla* ture from that county, who was expelled last year, who is also reported to be a bold, turbulent incendiary, and a constant stirrer up of strife between the white and colored races, The circus exbition opened at two o’clock in the afternoon, and the canvas wajgjtepn filled with a largo crowd es both wl«nicople and negroes. Two hours later, at fffai' o’clock in tho afternoon, a crowd of neflp*, in which were both Barnes and 'PißjMjfti. assembled outside of the canvas, wH|c latter got into ail altercation with twj) while men standing near. Some words patted between the parties when Pierson prinrotinced one of the white men to be a G and and and liar. At this the man dr cw his pistol and fired, the ball penetrat ing the heart of Pierson, killing him instant ly. Upon seeing the fall of their leader tb e negroes' fired a volley into the two whites but did no execution. A ball, however, from one of their pistols struck a negro named Marshall, who happened to be in the way, and inflicting a mortal wound.— The ball which struck Marshall was suppos ed to have come from a pistol held in the bauds of E li Barnes, the expelled negro Re presentative. The white men, as soon as Pierson fell, fled from Sparta into the coun try, pursued by the negroes. The pursuit had not been conducted ’a very great dis tance when, it is said the white men rallied and fired a volley into the pursurers, which, though no one was injured, caused the ne groes, in turn, to take their heels. Soon after the negroes were killed, Mr. Rogers, the Sheriff of the country, summon ed a posse coniitatus of the citizens and went out to arrest the supposed guility par ties. This posse was still out when our in formant left Sparta yesterday morning.— Onr informant also states that “Ilev.” Wm. Henry Harrison, another expelled negro member of the Legislature from Hancock country, left Sparta yesterday for Atlanta. Os eourse he was the bearer of dispatches to Bullock, and we may look out for anoth er dispatch to the Radical journals North and West. A rare genius proposes to give a uicwsi cal entertainment here at no distant day, which will throw the Bostou piece jubilee in the shade. It will he a mammoth con cern—comprising no less than one hundred and sixty cats and kittens, who will join in a eline song. How to H&ko a Newspaper. We copy the subjoined article from the W ilinington (N. C.) Star. B contains many valuable hints which gentlemen of the press may digest to advantage, and, in our judgment, as a whole, contains correct views of what it takes to constitute a read a hle, useful and successful rewspnper : Modern Journalism. —We foci the deepest commiseration for those untortunate editors who feel that their journalistic rep utations and the pecuniary success of their papers depend entirely on the manufacture and publication of three two-column articles in every issue. It appears to be a matter of small consequence wbat they write about —quantity, not quality, being the highest aim of many. Some confine themselves exclusively to politics, as if their readers were in the midst of an interminable, heated political campaign ; some, again, condense a chapter of Theirs or Macauley, for the edification of those who have never read history; others discuss, in the most earnest and self-sacri ficing manner, the very peculiar habits of the Chinese and the Japanese; while oth ers, still, tax their ingenuity to the utmost to rake up from the embers of the past all the dead issues that can form the basis of articles as ntterly devoid of interest to the great mass of their readers as a school-boy’s compostiou on the horse. The editor of a daily newspaper could not possibly make a greater mistake than conclude that be must fill up bis editorial columns with original matter every day, even though it be at the expense of other and more interesting.departments of bis journal. Many of the best newspapers in the country recognize this as a self-evident truth. Oftentimes we have seen such mod els of utilitarian journalism as the Philadel phia hedger and the Baltimore Sun each with less than a half column of editorial ■matter —occasionally, with none at all. The fact is, the conductor of an enter prising, progressive modern daily newspaper understands that lie must subordinate the ■editorial to every other department of bis paper. If his advertising columns are crowded ; if his general news, telegraphic or local departments have an usual press of interesting matter, he must give all those the preference. We may be in error, but we hazard our judgment on the assertion that, except in cases of rare editorial ability, nine out oi every ten readers of a daily newspaper read the editorial articles last. Os course, there are exceptions to this, as to all other gener al rules, as when questions of great national importance are bciug discussed, or subjects of unusual local importance are agitating the public uiind. But, even under these circumstances, the editor Is guilty of a fatal error who imagines that prolixity is a con vincing argument. Nearly all the best news journals of the country arc rejecting the old and objection able stylo of iongwinded cditorals. They have discovered that no man of taste or judgment is willing to wade through two columns of type to find out what an editor flunks of the Atlantic cable or the purchase of Alaska; of Grant as a President or Mrs. Van Low as a postmaster. Brevity is what tlie reading public de. maud in a daily news journal, and it is what they will have in spite of tireless pens of those editors who write for their own amusement. ■»•♦ Make Way for tiie Negro.—From tho Savaunah Republican we learn that among the white men in the employ of the Custom House in that city, who have recent ly been removed to give place to negroes, is slr. Ponce, who has been iu the service of the Government it, this State for tho jagL twenty-five years,and in the Revenue ser vice for the last eighteen years. HqjBHH several languages fluently, and h««aM|BB himself very useful as r.n interprefceSjSsßHi has discharged his duties to the meet with intelligence and', in igOOd .futfe* \ and now, after having spent his life in public s-.-rviop, he is < fed by lung oxprrinee, merely ivgMNm Ire W W, unfortunate «- to be a white tuatt.-sufi&wt*** A Town of Tits —Tin: town of Con«iIMBHWI r P»e :;s tlic I'lii n -(■■ in- i i\i :y to become a permanent city. — T 1 1• ■u_ 1 1 i.of month- old, lias upwards of 10,ffOOiinJabitants, a muni ieipa! organization,MffipM hotels, dry goods, auction and commission - stores a banking' bouse, and a dailv’paper. The streets have been numbered iffFihigh as thirteen, and municipal ordinances looking to the wealth and cleanliness of the city are enforced by the efficient police. The daily paper is now crowded with advertising, and iudi cates exceeding activiity iu business.— Corinno must be set down as one of the wonders of the interior. The Printers’ Convention on Col or.—The /’rintors’ National Convention at Albany, by a vote 0f56 to 28, laid on the table a resolution for abolishing all dis— trinctious all distinctions of race and color in the craft, /’his means that the distinc tion of color is to be enforced as an onjcction to the objie ion to the black man, and as it is with the printers so it will be with a|) the other Trades’ Union. They will all bo ar rayed against negro equality in their work shops, and the administration before long will hear from them at the polls. - New For i Herald. A Letter from Chief Justice Chase, re ceived here, gives a flattering account of the improved condition of South Carolina. He says the people are fast recuperating from the effects of the war, and if permitted, would soon bo thriving and prosperous He and his daughter have been treated everwhere with tho greatest respect and kindness. —National Intelligencer. A young gentleman, visiting his iutenr ded, met a rival who was somewhat advan ced in years, and wisbiug to insult him, in quired how old he was. “I can’t exactly tell,” replied the other;” “but I can tell you that an ass is older at twenty than a man at sixty.” News from all quarters, indicate good crops of wheat this year. A gentleman informs the Coktmbus En quirer that be felt undulations that must have been caused by an earthquake, on Wednesday night last, in that city. The hour was just about 12 o’clock. He was in bed, and describes the sensation as some what similar to that proluced by the tossing of a small boat by a wave. It lasted proba bly about one minute. His wife also exper ienced the sensation. lie noticed that the dogs in the neighborhood barked or howled ot the time of rocking, or immediately after ward. We have often remarked upon -tho great irritability in the flower, gome flowers, as in the morning glory, open early in the morning and close as the sun becomes hot ter. The pond lily closes later in the af ternoon, while the four-o'clock opens at about that hour, and the evening primrose only opens after sunset, so that by carefully observing the plants in any given locality a so called flowery .clock might be arranged, which would tell the time of day within ten or fifteen minutes. ♦<»*■ Nil Df.sperandum, lloi-e !—Hundreds of eases of Serofula, in its worst stages, old cases of Syphilis that have defied the skill of eminent Physicians, Rheumatics who have been suflorers for years ,and the victims of rite injudicious use of Mercury, have been radically cured by Dr. Tutt’s Sarsaparilla and Queen’s Delight. It is the most pow erful alterative and blood purifier known. It is prescribed by very many Physicians. A Stubborn Fact. —There is scarcely any disease in which purgative medicines arc not more or less required and much suf fering might be prevented were they more generally used. No person cau feel well while a costive habit of body prevails; be sides, it soon generates serious diseases which might have been avoided by a timely use of Cathartic Medicines. For this purpose Dr- Tutt’- Vegetable Liver Fills are confidently recommended; they aro mild, safe, prompt, and uniform in their action. They contain no Mercury. Persons may eat and drink as usual, aud they may be taken at any time ESRISOKS OF YOUTH A GK.n fLLMAN who suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and nil the effects of youthtul indiscretion, will, for the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who need it, the receipt and directions for making the simple remedy by which lie was cured. Suffer ers wishing to profit bv the advertiser’s experi ence, can do so by addressing, in perfect confi dence, JOHN H. OGDEN. No. 42 Cedar street, New York. Juno 4, 1809—ly. TO CONSFMPTIVES. THE Advertiser, having been restored to health in a few weeks, by a very simple remedy, after having suffered several years with a severe lung affection, and > hat dread, disease, Con sumption—is anxious to make known to his fel low-sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the prescription used (free of charge,) wilh the directions for preparing and using the same, which they will find a sure Curs for Consump tion, Asthma, Bronchitis, etc. The object of the advertiser in sending the Prescription is to benefit the afflicted, and spread information which lie conceives to be invaluable ; and he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy, as it will cost tuc.n nothing, and may prove a bless ing. Parties wishing the prescription, will please address. Puvv. EDWARD. A. WILSON, Williamsburg, Kings County, New Yolk, ■Tune 4, 1869 ly. ~ AdininisHaliix Sale. pH&jRt lOld, >tl public auction on the first 'fpßSßlJiy .in. August next, between tho usual sale, bjtfore the Court house door, in |Bf|HWlEi3llber t County, a tract of land lying on 'tho Vyaters of .Milh-hoal m-ek, in said County. A und ml and twenty four acres roots dr iwsjoi lg lands of Marlin White, Mi- IPpPjgKßSt'io of nn order us the Court of HHHHjMikuid county as the property of Ja ■Hßfct-IMffffft deceased to pay the debts and di the heirs of said deceased. Subject of the widow’s dower which has for and is now pending in the Su gmMiirCourt of said County. SARAH MOON li June 15, 1809—40d Administratrix KEALTY. Oeoucha, Elbert County. ■ William Me Curry, lias applied for setting “part and valmUkm of homestead, and ! will pa3S upon the same at 11 o'clock, A M. on Tuesday the Slh day of July, 1809, at my office. E. B. TATE Jr., Ordinary. June 25, 1809—2 w NOTICE. ON tiie first Monday in July next I Will apply to the Ordinary of Elbert County for leave to sell all the lands belonging to the Ga briel Booth deceased. NATHANIEL BOOTH. Administrator. June 5,1869—13—4 t HARNESS REPAIRED With neatness and despatch, with the best of Leather, very cheap for cash, at the CARRIAGE SHOP of BRUCE & AULD. May 28, 1869-3 mo. NOTICE TO Tax-Payers The Undersigned will be at Elberton on tho 28th, 29th and 30th of this month, and also on tiie first Tuesday in July next, for t)ie purpose of receiving returns for the present year. This will bo my last day cut anywhere, and all persons interested aro no tified that they must make their returns promptly, as my books will bo closed by the 20th day of J uly next. A. M. RICE, T. R. Hip Wm. WALSMAN, & CO., MERCHANT TAILORS, Have removed their place of business to the large and commodious rooms over the Store of S. Franklin & Cos. They keep on hand a full assortment of GENTLEMEN’S Dress Goods, Os all desc. iptions—consisting principally of— CLOTHS, cassimerJs, ALPACOAS, LINENS. SHIRTING, HOMESPUNS, ' N BOOTS & SHOES, HATS, Ac,, Ac. Mr Wnlsman being a MERCHANT Tailor of long experience, Hatters himself that he is a go oft judge of GOODS, Andihaving given his personal attention to the seledtion of their stock, and having tiie same manufactured at his own $ H 0 F, He asserts that he can furnish ull kind of READY-MADE Clothing CHEAPER, and of better MAKE and QUALITY Os goods, than vail be purchased anywhere in this section of tho country. They WARRANT Their work to stand, and their goods to be as REPRESENTED; They will furnish CLOTHING of EVERY iU»- to 03M )ER from the FINEST 10 the aij. t coim.iou article. ATl> W;il.small Would beg leave to return his THANKS tS his many OLD Olj STOxiIEIISi w ' lo lmv* patronized him so liberally, and paid him so promptly, and would respectfully solicit a continuation of their patronage for the new firm. June 23, 1869—ts. Traveling Thrasher. The undersigned has recently fitted up the most complete Traveling Thrasher thateverwas in this county, and is now prepared to thrash wheat lor any person desiring it He under stands that some of the Thrashers have been engaging different crops—but all he asks is a fair showing at your wheat, should he oe first to come, an ! lie defies competition either in speed or elea-.i thrashing. He thrashes for one tenth. June 18. JOSEPH L. DEADWYLER. NEW GROCERY. JAMES & ROUSEY HAVE just received a Splendid assort ment of Wines and Liquors, at the New Buiiding on the North side of the Public Square, and they solicit the patron age of the public. Their Stock consists in part us follows: ■* WHISKEY”, BRANDY, HUM, ALE, WINK, PLANTATION BLITERS, ST. DOMINGO “ BRANDY PEACHES, SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO, FINE SUGARS, PIPES, MACKAREL, SOAP, ETC., ALSO An Assortment of Confcctioneriea Such as OYSTERS, LOBSTERS, SARDIENES, CANDIES, PICKLES, CRACKERS, FRUITS, ORANGES, LEMONS, &C., &C., All of which they will sell very cheap for CASH. March 26,1869 —Btf. THE Greatest Excitement. OF THE A G E, HAS BEEN CAUSED BY THE GRAND EXHIBITION OF HEW »§S AT “THE GENTLEMEN’S CORNER!” F. W. SMITH HAS JUST returned again from Augusta where he has pur chased something to please the taste of the most fastidious, and respectfully invite those who wish anything in his line to give him a call.-_ He has all kinds ol FINE WINES, LIQUOIIS SUCH AS WHISKIES, RItANDIES, WlNES—Champagne, Port & Claret, PORTER, ALE, LAGER BEER, and all kinds of Fine and fancy DR llli! 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