Georgia Historic Newspapers

    CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGUSTA. Q-A.
SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 7,1808
WILL THE SOUTH VOTE FOE PEESI
DENT?
If there be any considerable doubt as to
tie tendency of the Southern vote in No
vember, the ten territories stand but a
Bdm chance of admission into the glorious
Union. Some curious hocus-pocus rnay be
ft ranged to admit and count an electoral
Tote of outside satrapies, but, as the case
ptstnds, without Congressional membership
ft the Federation, so-called, they will be
inquired to look on in dumb show, despite
Joe Brown and loyal patronage. Legally,
ftf course, they could not help elect a Presi
dent, not having been consecrated by the
Butler-Grant inquisition; but as legali
ty is opposed to the modern doctrine of
progress, it is by no means safe to assume
that they will not vote for President out
side the Union, just as they helped nomi
nate Gen. Grant in the same abnormal sit
uation. But, one thing may lie regarded
With some certainty, and tliat'is, their vote
fuust be certain for Grant, or out in the
told they stay with Meade & Cos.
The New York World has an inkling
lhat some conspiracy is hatching with re
gard to the vote of the South, ft is sur
mised that matters can be licked into shape
no as to allow an opening of ballot boxes,
Jjut under such specious forms that the
decision of the Southern districts will be
Received, or not, according as it favors or
[rejects the Man oil Horseback.
Iu such an exigency, the Radical mag
nates know not which way to turn. Ad
mitting tlie South, they take immense risks
of defeat in all but two States. Keeping
Jier aloof, they damage themselves in the
canvass before the Northern people and
xeduce their chances in the loyal States.
The farther they progress toward the event
ful day of November, the deeper into the
mire they are forced to plunge, and nothing
short of gigantic fraud can extricate them,
momentarily, from final and irretrievable
disaster. For our part, we are prepared
for another edition of Hulbeut; and it
only remains to be seen how a bogus South
ern election, so vitally affecting the North
ern States, will be tolerated by those upon
yvliom the fraud will fall like a thunderbolt.
GRANT’S HEADQUARTERS.
The Oregon election should prove a
damper to the hopes ot General Grant and
his clan. The Jate municipal election at
Washington is hardly more consolatory.
It is true that the Radicals succeeded in
securing the Mayoralty by «*• meagre vote,
but this triumph would not have been ac
corded them, had every white voter done
his full duty. From the record, we should
judge that at least one thousand votes were
lost to the Democracy from mere negli
gence, while the Radicals not only polled
their full vote, but actually dragooned
many negroes whose titles were spurious.
As it is, the City Council is Democratic,
and Radicalism lias to acknowledge a loss
of two thousand votes since the last elec
tion.
The same scenes were enacted at the
National Capital with which we are so
familiar in South Congo. Negroes - clog
ging the polling booths in order to obstruct
the whites; preconcerted l slowness on the
part of the managers when the w hites of
fered their ballots; and many other out
rages which disgrace the civilization of the
century. *<
We learn from the National Intelligencer
that no less than two thousand persons
failed to register from disgust and appre
hension. Nearly one thousand negroes
voted who could not be rationally account
ed for, and were permitted to hand in their
tickets through the rascality and complici
ty of their white brethren. Despite these
impediments, the Intelligencer claims a very
significant victory, in the main, and thus
sums up:
“ Notwithstanding all the uet. work ot fraud
and wrong, tlte Jacobins stand defeated.
“They had the eclat of General Gtaut’s pres
ence here.
“ They had that of the usurping and revolu
tionary Congress.
“They bad with then), or sympathizing with
them, the Ganding army of dve or six thou
sand Radical office-holders here.
“ They held out to the people menaces ot se
vere Congressional pains and penalties, should
the white people assert tlie»r honor and prin
ciple. By this means they paralyzed many
of the more timid and credulous of oar citi
zens.
“ But alt in vain. There are. some shameful
conditions of vassalage, under promise of re
ward, .to which human nature revolts. The
soldiers in' the city, of the regular army, were
almost to a /nan against tha Radical operations
here, who had at the head of their tickets the
picture of General Grant, it was a Grant is
sue. It was the first battle of the campaign af
ter his nomination at Chicago. It is in con
sistence with like results by Safes and cities
upon surety that such nomination would take
place. In them he will see the certain defeat
of himself in November, and with it the final
defeat of the Jacobin party.”
Thus far, the campaign opened ad
versely to Grant, even at his .oyyn head
quarters. With a proper nominee at N>ejy
York, the Democracy have every harbinger
of coming glory, and llikam Ulysses will
never sit in the Presidential chair, unless,
indeed, he litis determined to win by revo
lution. A peaceful verdict against him
will, no doubt, suffice; for even his iron
soul would hesitate at confronting the will
of the People, which he pretends to rev
erence as his only policy.
" ALL THE MORALITY.”
Tlis gods of Radicalism are all profane.
Witness Wade with his mouth stuffed with
abuses of the Almighty Name ; Trad Ste
vens, who alluded to Jesos as “ that single
individual;” Karl Schurz, who, a few
years since, spoke of the Redeemer as “ the
ideal gentleman beyond the skies, called by
some people, God! 11 The divinities of Radi
calism shock the religious as well as politi
cal sense of the people. Radicalism, in its
last analysis, is infidelity—infidelity to man
and God.
“ I won’t pay tor steaks as tough as these,”
said an angry boarder, “ there’s no law to com
jpel me—they’re not a legal tender.”
IN BAD ODOR.
The uuorale of the United States army,
as far as some of the officers are concerned,
must be exceedingly fishy. .We judge so,
not only because a certain Lt. Col. J. M.
Cutts, the brother-in-law of the late
Stephen A. Douglas, was let off very ten
derly for conduct which would impair the
morality of a Sing-Sing establishment, but
for the further reason, that even John W.
Forney, alluding to this case, thinks the
ethics of the service almost reduced to the
quality of a conundrum.
During the war, this man Cutts was
dismissed from the service for an espionage
so filthy that it must be nameless. As the
Radical party grew more and more devoted
to “ great moral ideas” and sought to in
clude “all the decency” of the North,
Cutts was forgiven and brevetted Lieut.
Colonel.
Since the war. this saviorof the National
life” has been on duty in Louisiana, a loyal
guardian ofSouthern barbarians. Forney
may take a delight in showing up this in
dividual, because, if we mistake not, he had
a son in a somewhat similar predicament;
but here is what the late Secretary of the
United States Senate says of Cutts and
the service. We quote from the Press :
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Cutts—
and the country may be glad to know that
his rank is two-thirds brevet, a captaincy
in the 20th Infantry being his lineal com
mission—was lately tried before a court
martial sitting at New Orleans, whose pro
ceedings and verdict excite both contempt
and apprehension. The charge preferred
against this brevet lieutenant colonel was
conduct unbecoming an officer and a gen
tleman. The specifications to support it,
which were many, included gross drunken
ness while on duty; the forcible seizure of
whisky from the quarters of a brother offi
cer; abuse of a surgeon, the abuse consist
ing in an illegal and humiliating arrest ;
indecent exposure of his |>ersoii before the
enlisted men of his command, and other
acts equally reprehensible. The court
found the prisoner guilty of the specifica
tions, a few immaterial words excepted,
but not guilty of the cluirge, reducing it to
conduct prejudicial to good order and mili
tary discipline. It is difficult to find words
that will characterize this finding. Wheth
er the verdict was rendered through inten
tion or by ignorance it hardly matters; in
cither case it is too gross for excuse.
The record, so far as published in the
Army and Navy Journal, does not give the
names of-the gentlemen—or shall we call
them officers? —who composed this court,
or we should take pleasure in publishing
them for the general information of the
country. It Is but due to Gen. Buchanan,
the department commander, and an old offi
cer of the army, to say that he broadly dis
sented from tiie conclusions of the court,
and only confirmed its sentence under pro
test.
The character of tlie service is in un
doubted danger when half a dozen officers
can be found who, from any cause, no mat
ter what, could deliberately declare that
the acts above related are not unbecoming
an officer ora gentleman. Without any
doubt, they would have been deemed unbe
coming an enlisted man, and this convic
tion forces the unpleasant inference that
this remarkable verdict was a violation
not only of ail sense of propriety, but of
justice.
What is an officer and a gentleman in the
United States military service under the
new regime? It would seem expedient
that those who have at heart the honor and
reputation of the service should in sonic
emphatic manner repudiate this offensive
imputation on their cloth, lest the diver
sions of Cutts become a recognized amuse
ment in the army.
Really, the officers of the United States
Army should blush to think that they have
come under the pious rod of the author of
the letter. We trust the ease is
uot as bad as it seems to be. We hope the
service will be purged of its pffensiveness.
The fact is, since the South has ceased to
be represented in the military and naval
arms of tin? Government, they have, in a
great measure, jtosf their tone and high
standing. Once they were tfiP modest
auxiliaries of true Republicanism; now
they arc on record as the arrogant tools of
despotism. If the army has become so de
moralized as to shock my “dear Mr. For
ney,” we no longer wonder that Hancocks
are so angelically scarce and tyrants plen
ty as blackberries. We no longer wonder
that Grant’9 nomination falls dead and
cold on the popular tmkH, vyliile the People
everywhere hunger and thirst far some
Great Civilian to lead them out of the
Sipell of the barrack-room and the military
Valley of Pry Bones.
CHARMING FRANKNESS
Tite New York Tribune sometimes blun
ders upon honesty when Horace Gree
ley’s brown-bread dinner lias not played
him a trick like Senator Howard’s meal of
green peas. Having recovered from the
delirium of impeachment, Air. Greeley
condescends t£> be quite candid. Writing
of reconstruction, lie says;
“The Republicans were absolutely compel!
ed to enfranchise the Southern blacks, or sub
mit to be expelled from power by the Southern
whites. Rad they attempted to hid against the
Democrats for the favor and support of the late
rebels, they would inevitably have been beaten.
Blood is thicker lhau water, apd the Demo
crats and rebels would have outnumbered and
ousted the Republicans as surely as that live are
more than four.”
Go, the negro was a mere make-shift, and
all the pretty twaddle about “ manhood suf
frage,” “equal rights,” etc., is reduced down
hp an arithmetical calculation. Blood is
thicker water with Democrats —for
Mr. Greeley so —but it seems, from
H. G.’s own showing, that lust of pow
er is stronger with the Radicals than Llood,
good name or anything else.
the Baltimore “ Peyptff Weekly, 11 promises
to publish a paper which “ implicates, "V
more Ilian circumstantial, evidence, Jo Holt
Edwin Stanton as accessories before
the fact tq tlje assassination of Lincoln.”
From this it jyoqld appear that the late
lamented Abraham fell gutter the same
eioud that shadowed the late lamented
Asrbprn A party that has no belief in
God would not mifld a little murder, now
and then, especially when it is so easy lor
the wolf to make out that th£ ) 8 a
cut-throat.
A Dead Dog.—Pikrpoint, late Governor
of Virginia, by the grace of bayonets, has
sunk very low. Dirt-eating seemed his
appointment as Governor, but dirt-eating
did not save him when the party tired of
him. Kicked oat of office in East Virginia,
he sneaks back to the Wfist, only to be
kicked out of a Congressional nomination.
Sic semper diabotis— down with the dirt
eatersl
[From the Mucon Telegraph.
To the Democrats aud Conservatives of the
State of Georgia.
Rooms Central Executive Committee 7
of the Democratic Party of Oa., >
Macon, Ga., June 4, 1868. j
Fellow-Citizens: The Central Executive
Committee, appointed jby order of the late Con
servative Convention at Macon, was empower
ed to call conventions of the Conservative par
ty of Georgia as often as the same may be
necessary. By virtue of that authority the
committee have called a convention of the
Democrats and Conservatives of this State, to
be held in ihe city of Atlanta, on the 22d day
ol next July. The object of the convention
will be merely to ratify the nominations of can
did ites for President anil Vice-President of the
United States, which may be made by the
National Democratic Convention at New York,
and to nominate an electoral ticket for the
State of Georgia. Such being the object, the
State Convention, as a matter of course, must
be alter, aud not. before, the nominations at
New York. There was no special reason or
necessit y for calling a .State Convention to meet
before those nominations are made —and if it
had been done, a convention after the Now
York nominations being a necessity, there
would be two conventions in a short time of
each other, when one can be made to answer
the purpose ol both.
t be convention, besides ratifying the nomi
nation which may be made at New York, and
selecting an electoral ticket Iqr tiffs State, will
be expected to adopt such measures as may lie
necessary for the more perfect organization of
the Democratic and Conservative party.
The coining Presidential election promises to
be more fiercely contested than any election of
tin- kind which has occurred in this country.--
The issue ol the contest will be of immense
consequence to (he Southern States. The ques
tion involved will be whether all power shall
be consolidated in Congress without cheek or
restraint, or whether Ihe limitations to [lower,
prescribed by the Constitution, shall be pre
served. The. Radical parly will seek to per
petuate the unlimited power which they now
wield the Democrats and Conservatives to re
strain the Government within Ihe limits pre
scribed by the Constitution.
Let us prepare tor this contest—let us meet
in convention, in the city ol Atlanta, on the
22d day of July and consult together, and by
contributions of material aid and otherwise,
devise means to assist, in saving the constitu
tional rights of the States from the vortex ol
consolidation, and ourselves from its attend
ant despotism. E. G. Cabaniss,
Chairman Central Executive Committee, Dem
ocratic Party.
Democratic and Conservative papers, in this
State, will please copy.
J From the Louisville Journal.
“ The Chase Movement.”
If we may credit the telegraph, a number
of prominent Democrats at Albany, inclu
ding Governor ,Seymour, are “seriously
considering the availability of Chief Justice
Chase as a Democratic candidate for the
Presidency.” The statement is hardly cred
ible, yet it may tie true. It would uot per
haps be very safe to positively deny any
report concerning the projects of New
York politicians, even of the Democratic
cast; still we do not credit this report.—
The imputed project appears to us to have
none even of that narrow and shallow ex
pediency which sometimes captivates the
New York politicians. If, however, the
report is true, weeanuot help thinking that
the project will be quickly dropped.
In “considering the availability of Chief
Justice Chase as a Democratic candidate
for the Presidency,” the first thing to be
considered is whether or not he subscribes
to the Democratic principles; and here we
should think that a very short considera
tion would suffice. A few months ago
Chief Justice Chase was the acknowledged
head of the Radical party, the favorite of
Sumner, and Stevens, and Greely, and Phil
lips, and Tilton, and Anna Dickinson and
the rest; and it is not so much as pretend
ed that, he has since recanted or will .re
cant hereafter a single opinion which he
then held. Vs respects principle and mea
sures, he is now professedly as thorough
paced a Radical as he ever was. It is true,
he is not now the acknowledged head of
his party; but this is due not to his aban
donment, of its principles, but to his respect
for his oath and lus character in the purely
judicial office of President of the late court
of impeachment, a fidelity to himself which
ran counter to the passions and purposes of
his party in the trial. His present degra
dation from the headship of his party, a
degradation indeed lar more honorable than
the ele’-'atiou from which jt took him, is
owing wholly to Ids party’s caprice. It
has nothing to do with principle. As to.
that, he remains unchanged. This is un
disputed. Neither friend nor foe professes
to believe the contrary.
Here, in our opinion, the consideration of
hi* availability as a Democratic candidate
should end, and here, we venture to predict,
it will end. The unavailability of a De
mocratic candidate on the Radical platform
may be readily shown both a priori and a
posteriori. The occupancy of a common
platform by the rival candidates would of
course, imply that a vast majority of the
people approve the platform ; but people
who approve the platform will preter the
candidate selected by its friends not the
one selected by its enemies. iteuce, the
Radical candidate on the Radical platform
would be Inevitably chosen. This conclu
sion is verified b» a striking instance in the
recent history of New York herself. In
1805, the Democrats of New York selected
as their candidate a gallant Major General,
fresh ii’Oiii |jis inarch with Sherman to the
sea, and, out. of the superabundance qf their
political cleverness, put him on the Radical
platform of the hour, insomuch that the
dispute between the two parties was mainly
as to which stood most squarely on the
common (ieuluratiiffi of principles. The re
sult was the defeat of the Democratic can
didate by a majority of more than thirty
thousand, with a Radical majority of
seventy-two on joint ballot in the Legisla
ture, though in the height of the war th»
Democrats had ylepted Ilomtiu Seymour as
Governor on a Democratic platform by a
majority of more than ten thousand. Thus
experience confirms the deduction of reason.
Would the New York politicians defy both
reason and experience by repeating the dis
astrous experiment on a national scale?
If tjjpy would, they have in their veins too
much Bourbon blood to be safe counsellors
in a crisis like the present. But we cannot
believe that they v/oqki.
For our own part, we regret that under
the circumstances any Democrat has
thought fit to mention Chief Justice
Chase as a possible candidate of the Democ
racy. It is unjust to both. It is especially
unjust to the Democracy, whose weakness
it falsely proclaims, at a time when public
opinion is forming and may in some degree
be shaped against us by the indiscreet and
baseless proclamation. We hope that the
whole matter will be promptly dropped.
The Democrats certainly have nothing to
gain by agitating it. Few things make up
a family quarrel sooner than the Interfer
ence of outsiders. If Chief Justice Chase is
operating as a disintegrating element in the
Radical party, which we very much doubt,
hip .operations wiU be retarded instead of
quickened by qin’ interference. Our policy
is to let him alone. To talk gfitjaking him
the Democratic candidate is at once ip
cripple his influence over his followers and
to confess our inability to elect a man of
our own. it tends to weaken us and to
strengthen the Radicals. It is suicidal.
If we were disposed to support a Radical
for the Presidency vye should have formally
disbanded our party months ago, aucf suf
fered the Radicals, relieved of the pressure
of a hostile organization, to array theip
sely/es into two opposite factions, when we
might have selected the nominee of the least
extreme, and effected his election ; put pow
all talk of supporting a Radical noipipee js
preposterous. We could not now elect g
Radical, if we would ; and the manifesta
tion of a willingness to do It serves only to
diminish our ability to elect anybody. It
nerves our adversaries aud unnerves our
selves.
Let the Chase movement, if there really
is such a movement, pass into the exclu
sive keeping of Mr. Chase and his follow
ers. The Democracy is not its keeper.
[Coiregpeqdence Mobile Tribune.
The Tournament.
New Orleans, May 30, 1868.
Editors Mobile Tribune:
The <* Tournament” has made this a stirring
week at the Pair Grounds, but a dull enough
one in the city. This affair, which was wisely
got up to relieve some of the financial distress
of our city, has been a brilliant success. The
first day was the mule race, in which there
were nine riders, all gentlemen of the Cbal
mette Club. It was amusing to see them iu
their mock jockey costumes, which comprised
as many colors as “ Joseph’s coat.” Then, an
other amusing feature was their grooms, also
gentlemen of the same club, with their breasts
adorned with different colored rosettes, to
which a large sunflower would only bear a
faint comparison. Tbe following pedigree ot
these famous racing mules (!) may interest
lovers of the ridiculous. Tbe mules were ac
tually run, as named below :
entries:
1— E. 11. R. enters A. B.’s mule Woman’s
Rights, 41 years ok), by Horace Greeley, dam
Anna Dickinson, by imp. unknown. Colors,
bine and black.
2F. A. M. enters J. P. S’s mule Squint Eye,
43 years old, by Beast Butler, dam Silver Spoon
by imn. Bottle. Colors, black and white.
3J. D. F. enters W. J. TL’s mule Lively
Moke, 23 years old, by Johnny Thompson, dam
Julian Phoebiana Constant! na Brown by Susan’s
Sunday-Out.. Colors, white and white, with
green sash. .
4H. G. M. otfers W. F. P.’s mule Water
Fall, 5 years old, by Auge, dam Expensive by
imp. False Hair. Colors, lilac aud lilac, with
yellow sash.
5 —W. T. 8., enters J. L.’s mule Locomotive,
40 years old, by Steam, dam Rail by imp. Iron.
Colors, red and white, with red sash.
SN. C. F. Jr. enters W. N.’s mule Grey
Back, 2 years old, Korn Fed, dam Sbortralion,
i>v imp. Commissary. Colois, striped and
striped.
7 11. G. enters T. A. S.’s mule Kn-Klux. 4
weeks old, by Southerner, dam Despot, by imp.
Witch Burner. Colors, red and red.
B.—W. F., Jr. enters H. E. W.’s mule Black
and Tan, (i years old, by Radical, dam Miscege
nation hy imp. Emancipation. Colors, blue
and white, with white sash.
O.—W. T. F. enters A. H. P.’s mule Carpet
Bagger, 4 weeks old, by Contraband, darn Con
vention, by imp. Puritan. Colors, black and
orange.
10. —R. J. W, inters F. O. M.’s mule Gov
ernor, 28 years old, by Plunderer, dam Swin
dler, by Scalawag, out of Indiana. Colors,
white and white.
11. H. H. B. enters P. L.’s mule Speculator,
60 years old, by Broker, dam Sbyloek, by imp.
Thief. Colors, very fancy.
Two entries* Impeachment and District. At
torney, previously made bad been withdrawn,
the. former probably holding bis head low in
view ol the intelligence from Washington.
The race was both exciting and amnsing,
especially to the Judies, who were out by thou
sands, and looked like so many detached por
tions of a beautiful boqnet. Several of the
riders were thrown, but not severely injured.
“Speculator” won, as ot course lie would,
especially 11 be was a Government speculator !
It is estimated that there were six or seven
thousand people on the ground that day.
A German Colont.— A correspondent of
the New York Times writes from Columbia, S.
C., as follows :
A German Colony.— ln the district in which
Columbia is situated— Richland—there is a
small settlement of German farm-laborers, it
is called Germantown, and is located 25 miles
East of this city, upon the Wateree River. The
beginning was made the first of last November,
under the management of Mr. Hermann Leid
ing, a native of Germany, and a resident of
Charleston. The start was made with four
families, and negro labor was hired to do some
kinds of farm work. With twelve laborers
they have put in for the present, -year’s crop,
with abundant promise of good yields, over 200
acres, as follows: 80 acres In small grain,
(wheat, oats and rye,) 70 acres in corn, 35 acres
in cow peas, 15 acres in cotton, 11 acres in po
tatoes (Irish and sweet.) These items go to
inform the foreigner as to what our upland
soil usually grows, it is the intention of Mr.
Lehling ta> make this a to which he
hopes by its success in a few years to attract to
it as many laborers as can possibly be accom
modated. Simitar movements are afoot—one
in Pickens district and one in its incipieney in
Newberry, immigration is the weapon with
which the Caucasian proposes to contest the
rulership oi the country with the African-. The
contest cannot last many years ; and the darker
and inferior race must go to the wall. This
point has already had its influence upon the
negroes in some parts of the State ; especially
within twenty miles of this Germantown. In
these localities negroes are joining political
leagues with the whites, seeing that co-opera
tion with the whites is the only chance for the
existence ot- tbe blacks. Legislation need not
attempt to interfere with this law of races.
The Weather and the Crops.— For sever
al weeks past the weather iu this latitude was
dry and hot, so much so that the field crops
of corn and the gardens began to Buffer from
the drouth. But, yesterday, we were favored
with a copious and refreshing season, which
we think, was pretty genera). In portions of
Sumter and Schley counties, through which
we passed, the crops looked well, and many
planters had commenced harvesting their wheat
which gave promise ot a good yield, except in
cases where their seed had been badly mixed.
There is a difference often days in the ripening
of the bearded wheat aud the common, aud
hence the difficulty of reaping, when both
kinds are sown together. This mixed wheat
was imported into Amerieus last yearand sold
by one of our merchants, probably without his
knowledge, but with serious damage to the
planter who happened la- buy of the mixed
lot . — Amerieus Citizen, June 3d.
CuofS.—The prospect now is that the wheat
crop iu this section will be very slim and light.
Corn is backward, and uot so promising as we
have seen it at this season of the year. Colton
is anything else but promising. The fruit crop
promises, at least, an abundant yield, but we
fear inequality will be very inferior. Clover
and the grasses—their growth not very luxu
riant. The crop of dog fennel was never more
promising than at the present. The prospect
of the weather now is that the seasons will be
more propitious. But we hope to make enough,
at least, to supply home consumption.
[Cartersville Express.
Crops.— There is much complaint of rust in
wheat in this sectoiu, though we hear of some
farmers who have suffered hut little injury.—
Cotton is backward, but corn is doing well.
From diligent inqnry we believe there is a
much larger quantity ot corn and wheat plant
ed in Talbot and ad joining counties than there
was last year.— West Georgia Gazette.
The Weather.— planters in this section he
gin to,desire raiu. The copious floods of April
and early May having been succeeded by very
drying winds and liot sunshine, tbe surface of
the ground is qnite baked. What we want
now iit a gentle rain to moisten the earth aud
let vegetation “ shoot, and continue to shoot.
[ Covington Enterprise.
The Weather and Crops.—The past week
afforded suitable weather to the farmers to rid
their corn and cotton of grass. On the sandy
land the crops of corn would be profited by a
moderate rain. In the immediate vicinity of
the cUy vegetation needs a pluvial visit at this
writing.— Bainbridge Argus.
Cotton Squares.—We have seen a stalk of
cotton two feet high, containing quite a num
ber of Squares on it. This is the hrst we have
seen this season. It was grown on the planta
tion of Messrs. Cobh & Alien ol this piace.
These gentlemen inform us that the *tailv ex
hib(fpd ia a (Hiy aaffjpje of entire crop-
A Fine Season.— A copious shotycr of yam
fell in this place last T<W sda Y af MT u ‘mn, which
greatly revived dropping vegetation. Ihe crops
in this section are doing reiparkahiy well.
Sumter (Lo.) Republican•Uh
We regret to learn that the privatq residence
of momas L. Wallace, near Ajlatoona, was en
tirelv destroyed by fire a f eli f nights etnee. This
SS/Ai * “ft
tune to lose hi* house Bipcethp war. Hei
living on the plantation of ' lls fat ' lL ‘ l
wag also insured. The fire is supposed to have
originated from a cooking stove^^
The New York Commercial Advertiser reports
that in consequence of the high rents in Ne
York, the Herald's corps
poudents have taken rooms m Brooklyn for
the season.
Sweet Sixteen.
i.
Dear lady, when I look at one
t’o lovely and so loved as you,
From whose young lile has not yet gone
The rose’s blush, the morning’s dew,
I sigh to think of all the years
Whose fading memories rise between
This and the time when, long ago,
I lost my heart to Sweet Sixteen.
n.
Prate as they may of wiser thought,
Os cooler blood aud steadier brain,
Os earnest wisdom, dearly bought
By anxious care and saddening pain ;
In iiil the years Old Time can bring,
In all tbe longest life has seen,
There are no hopes, no joys, no loves,
So sweet as those of Sweet Sixteen.
in.
And though tbe charm may wear away,
As roses fade, aud dews exhale;
Though glossiest locks may turn to grey,
And lairest checks grow wan and pale,
Yet who can doubt those dearly loved,
In lands of mortal eye unseen
Beyond the stars, shall all regain
The angel lines of Sweet Sixteen ?
Rooms Central Executive Committee 7
of the Democratic Party of Ga., >
Macon, Ga., June 4, 1868. )
Arrangements have been made by which del
egates and visitors from Georgia to the Nation
al Democratic Convention, to meet iu the city
of New York, on the 4th day of July next, ciu
go and Return for one fare, cither via Lynch
burg of via Louisville. Fare lrom Atlanta, by
either route, to New York, is $37.
The fare going will lie required. Free return
tickets must be procured from John B. Peck,
Master of Transportation W. & A. R. R., At
lanta. E. G. Cabaniss,
Chairman Ceu. Ex. Com.
Democratic and Conservative papers iu lliis
State will please copy.
Board of Trade-
The Board of Trade met at the Masonic
Hall, at 4 o’clock, yesterday afternoon, pur
suant to previous notice —Edward Thomas,
Esq., in the Chair, and W. J. Pollard, Esq.,
Secretary.
The minutes of the Board of Directors were
rend and approved.
The Board effected a couple of changes in
the constitution, by which an initiation fee of
$5, and au annual dues of $5 is required of
members, who arc also lo be. balloted for, and
lined 50 cents when absent from regular meet
ings ; and the Committee on Prices Current to
be composed of seven members instead of live,
as heretofore.
These amendments were ratified hy this
meeting.
The Chair then appointed the following
committees:
Committee on Arbitration. —G. T. Jackson,
J. J. Pearce, Jas. A. Gray, Jno. D. Butt, G. W.
Crane.
Committee on Commerce and Commercial
Usages. —J. B. Walker, J. J. Cohen, Henry
Meyers, Ctias. Kstes, Wm. Shear.
Committee on Manufactures. —11. 11. Hick
man, C. A. Pkitt, R. H. May, Wm. Stevenson,
D. R. Wright.
Committee cm Inland Trade and Internal Im
provements.—.B. D. Heard, J. T. Bothwell, Jas.
G. Bailie, H. F. Russell, Chas. G. Baker.
Committee-.'on Accounts. —C. A. Rowland, J.
W. Boues, Wm. Craig, Wm. E. Evans, W. 11.
Warren.
Committee on Prices Current. —Geo. R. Sibley,
V. Ric'jards, W. F. Herring, Z. McCord, W. C.
Barber, A. J. Smith, J. M. Clark, D. B. Plumb,
H. E. Clarke. Tbe last lour names were added
to the committee.
On motion of Mr. Butt, it was resolved that
the Board of Directors be instructed to define
the duties ot the Secretary »n<l the Treasurer,
the latter to be simply a disbursing officer, and
the former to perform all the other duties re
quired of a secretary and treasurer, with such
salary as the Board may deem proper. He is
also- to prepare a book and cause the constitu
tion (o be written in it, get the members to
■sign the same, and issue certificates to all those
who do.
The meeting then adjourned.
Groceries.— One of the linest stocks of sta
ple and fancy groceries to be found in the
South is at present in the store of Messrs.
O’Dowd its Mulherin. Read their advertise
ment and see if it is not as we say.
Wiiat’s TnE Matter ?— A Radical journal
in Atlanta, famous for keeping an open rear,
thus explains the lack of editorial matter:
We plead guilty to the charge, and will state,
by way of explanation, that matters look a lit
tle foggy just now, and we have been busily en
gaged. in sounding lor the channel. We have
known many a splendid craft wrecked by run
ning in the log. We hope to be able to right
up shortly, and again press forward with our
usual vigor.
The Chicago Tribune says that a muster of
the thirty-two delegates from Illinois shows a
majority who are opposed to Pendleton per
sonally, and to his platform, and who, relieving
themselves on the first and second ballot of the
obligation of their instructions, will vote there
after for any man who will be satisfactory to
New York and New England.
Yet More Arrests.— Yesterday afternoon
some fifteen more arrests were made by the
authorities at this post. All the parties were
negroes but oue —that one a white woman
whose name we did not hear. We heard the
names of several of the negroes, but their names
eouvey so little idea of any especial individu
ality, that we will uot undertake to give them,
it is thought that these arrests were made at
the instance of Hannah Flournuy, the negress
in whose house Ashburn was killed, and that
the parties are to serve as witnesses. All of
them, or nearly all, we are told, were employed
in some capacity or other about the house or
persons of the gentlemen now under arrest, at
the time of the rnnrder.
Many interesting questions are reported to
have been asked yesterday, at Headquarters, ol
these negroes—as to who they lived with—
what happened at the house in which they were
serving on the night of the Ashburn murder—
whether any paint or blacking was in the wash
bowls the next morning? Whether the gen
tlemen were out uuusually late? Who they
went out with, &c., &c. ? Showing a very
“ loose” run on the very lowest class of circum
stantial, and no run at all on any class ol posi
tive evidence.— Columbus Enquirer.
Murder.—On Sunday evening last, May
30th, Capt. Jewett McGinniss was killed by
Walter Cheek, in Jasper county, near the line
of Newton. Capt. McGinnis was living on a
plantation adjoining the land owned by Cheek,
and occupied by J. C. Bennett. Some difficul
ty had arisen between the parties, resulting in
mutual threats. Meeting at the time mention
ed, Cheek being armed with a double-barrelled
gun, after some angry words, discharged both
barrels at McGinnis, 45 buckshot taking effect
iu his breast! Check then left, and has not, as
yet,'been qvrested.— Covington Enterprise.
Many Americans have been astonished at the
millions pf pounds of American cheese shipped
to England, both for consumption there and
for reshipuieut with English labels to this
country. Most of it is from New York State.
But it will surprise people more to know of
the amount of butter annually made in this
State. The Agricultural Society's report for
1866 shows a range of from 85,000,000 to 90,-
000,000 pounds of butter produced here every
year, qnd yet the demand of the cities has to he
supplied largely from Ohio, Pennsylvania and
other dairy States. The quantity of milk sold
has increased from 30,000,000 to 29,000,000
gallons within ten years, and the cheese from
38,000,000 to 72,000,000 pounds within the same
time, while the butter production has fallen off.
Because New York has a foreign market for
her cheese, she should not neglect her home
market for butter. Large as the production is,
it should he larger, and easily could be.
[ New York Times.
The young lady who was frozen with horror,
and subsequently melted into fears, was carried
out and consigned to a watery grave,
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Congressional.
Washington, June 5.
Senate.— Memorials from the California
Mechanics Association, also from three thous
and citizens of the Northwest, for eight hours
work in government shops, were presented.
Mr. Sherman’s bill relative to United States
notes, which legtlized and made valid gold
contracts herealter wits up; an amendment
st.rikiug out hereafter was lost and the bill
passed.
The omutbus bill was up. Mr. Trumbull ex
plained wbv Alabama was erased. Regarding
Florida, w hich was added, Mr. Trumbull said
Gen. Meade reported a majority for ttie consti
tution of five thousand and fifty. Mr. Wilson
moved to insert Alabama. Messrs. Sherman
and Stewart favored the amendment. Mr. Mor
ton favored the early admission of Alabama,
but feared its insertion would jeopard the
whole bill, and would vote against the amend
ment, but would (avor a separate bill lor Ala
bama’s immediate admission.
Mr. Wilson denounced the provision under
which Alabama voted, in harsh terms, as absurd.
Quite a harsh debate arose among tbe Repub
licans, who had lavored the clause requiring a
majority of the registered voters to ratify the
constitution. Without action flic Senate went
into Executive Session and adjourned.
Mr. Wade appointed Messrs. Trumbull, Wil
liams and Drake, a committee of conference on
the Arkansas bill.
House. —After unimportant business the tax
bill was resumed. Wood moved the commis
sioner shall not appoint revenue officers in any
district without consulting its Congressional
representative. Rejected.
Dawes opposed the bill as being injudicious
and very improper at this time.
Butler said when be believed wiiat would
benefit bis party would not benefit tbe country
lie would leave his party. | Cries from Demo
crats, “ Don’t come on our side.”
Bul ier opposed Ihe bill, and denied the right
of Ougress to legislate any man in as head ol
a department,
Schenck said if Butlers’ views prevailed, the
whole bill would be destroyed, lie approved
the eoiilinuanee of tin- system allowing tbe
President to make all appointments.
Peters wanted the section stricken out. Me
believed the bill was wrong in principle. The
best way to prevent fraud was to reduce the
whisky tax.
Several members argued that tbe passage of
tbe law would legislate Rollins out of olliee.
Finally the sixth section, conferring the ap
pointing power on Rollins, was stricken out —
64 to 45.
Mr. Logan argued against bonded ware
houses, and (avored a tax of 20 to 25 cents, col
lectable at the worm of the still.
Mr. Covode had a telegram from Ihe
collector of his district, saying there was 1,900,-
000 gallons of spirits in bonded warehouses in
his district, on which the owners could not pay
the tax, as spirits were selling on the street ill
$1 50.
Alter further discussion, indicating wide di
versity ol views regarding details, but no indi
cation of .opposition to a reduction ol tbe
whisky tax, the House took a recess to 7
o’clock.
"Washington.
Washington, June s—Noon.
The first section ol the tax hill was amended
so that the Commissioner can neither be re
moved nor suspended except by the advice
and with the consent of the Senate. The Com
missioner’s salary is SO,OOO, and he will have
unrestricted control of four thousand one hun
dred and nine officials, whose salaries aggre
gate $0,500,000, and who handle $200,000,000
per annum. Garfield, moving to strike out the
section, denounced the proposition as aw
fully monstrous.
Washington, June 5—P. M.
The President received Mr. Burlingame and
the Chinese mission this morning.
There was a full Cabinet meeting to-day.
The President has nominated John H. Mill
son United Slates Attorney for Virginia.
Capt. John L. Worden, of Monitor notoriety,
wia confirmed Commodore, and Commodore
Thos. Turner was confirmed Rear Admiral.
l 3 ermsylvania.
Lancaster, June 5.
Mr. Buchanan’s funeral was very imposing.
There were many delegation* from abroad.
The Masons assisted throughout, and their fu
neral ceremonies accompanied the religious
rites. On Saturday, previous to his decease,
while giving directions to his executor regard
ing b:s funeral, Mr. Buchanan said: “The
principles of the Christian religion were in
stilled into my youth, and from all I have ob
served and experienced?in the long life Provi
dence has vouchsafed to me, I have only be
come more strengthened in my conviction of
the Divine character of the Savior and the
power of atonement through His redeeming
grace and mercy.”
Responding to the expressed hope that he
might live to seethe country fully restored,
Mr. Buchanan said : “ I have no fear of the
future —posterity will do me full justice. I
have always felt and still feel that I discharged
every public duty imposed upon me conscien
tiously. 1 have no regret lor any public act of
my life, and history will vindicate ray memory
from every unjust aspersion.”
His last words were, “Oh, God Almighty, as
thou wilt.”
Canada.
Montreal, June 5.
The Fenian scare is increasing. A flying
column ol four companies of regulars aud two
battalions of volunteers, are here under orders
to move at. a moment’s notice.
At Quebec, volunteers are prepared in every
respect for a campaign.
A large force of regulars go to Prescott next
week.
At Alhlone, Canada, the Fenian sympathizers
are jubilant. They expect an invasion before
the 20th inst,.
Two men have been arrested at Sweetsburg,
with maps and papers, implicating them as
Fenians.
Malone, N. Y., June 5.
Fenian fairs are lo be gotten up here and at
St. Albans, to cover the movements of the Fe
nians. Large quantities of arms are arriving
here and elsewhere. Prominent Fenians say
within this month they will have a large force
and a sure footing in Canada.
Ottawa, June 5.
Authentic information has been received here
of the transfer ol Fenian arms from St. Albans
to points along the frontier. The order trans
ferring three companies of rifles from Quebec
to Ottawa lias been consummated.
South America.
New York, June 5,
The Ocean Queen lias arrived with $1,200,000.
The yellow lever kills two hundred daily at
Lima. Business is suspended. Capt. Blake
ly, inventor of the Blakely gun, his wife, and
several prominent merchants are among the
victims.
JVEassachusetts.
Worcester, June 5.
Riotous demonstrations of shoemakers ou a
strike were suppressed by constables.
Atariue ]N ews.
Savannah, June 5.
Cleared—Steamship Wyoming, for Philadel
phia; ship Parquot, lor Liverpool.
Arrived—Brig Wautaga, from Philadelphia;
schr. Horoyea, from Giblet Pori.
Wilmington, June 5.
Cleared—Ashland, for New York; Jas. A.
Gary, for Baltimore.
Markets.
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
London, June 5 -Noou.
Consols, ex-dividend, 94}£- Bonds, 72j£@
72^.
Liverpool, June s—Noon,
Colton quiet; 6ales, 10,000 bales; (or the
week, 54,000 bales; exports, 5,500. bales spec
ulation, 4,000 bales; stock, 648,000, bales, of
which 351,000 arc American. Corn, 355. fid.
Old wheat, I2s,
London, June S—Aftarnoos,
Consols, 94%@93%.
Liverpool, June s—Afternoon.
Cotton afloat, 507,000 bales, whereof Ameri
can 94,000. Flour dull. Lard, 67. Pork, 82@
86. Tallow, 44@46.
Paris, June 5.
Increase in bullion, 11,500,000.
Frankfort, June 5.
Bonds, 77%.
Liverpool, June s—Evening.
Yam fabrics at Manchester steady. Bread
stuffs and provisions unchanged. Turpentine,
38s. Od.
New York, June s—Noon.
Gold, 140. Old bonds, 12%; new, 13%. —
Virginias, new, 58; ex-coupons, 58)-* ; Tenues
sees, new, 73% ; ex-coupons, 73% ; North Car
olines—new, 68% ; ex-coupons, 69%
New York, June s—Noon.
I lour s@loc. better. Wheat I@2e. better. —
Corn Ic. better. Pork drooping at $27 50.
Lard heavy at 16%(ir)lH. Cotton quiet and
steady at 31. Freights dull. Turpentine rath
er easier at 45. Rosii. in good request; com
mon strained, $3 12.
New York, June 5— P. M.
Cotton dull; sales, 700 bales at 31. Flour
closes quiet,; Southern, $9 t»s@ls. Wheat
quiet. Corn steady; Western mixed—new,
$1
old, 327 35. Lard firmer at 10%@18%. Gro
curies quiet. Turpentine, 45@45%. Rosin,
s3@7. Freights nominal.
New York, June 5—P. M.
’62 coupons, 12. Tcnncssees—new, 72%;
Virginias, 58; North Carolinas, 69%. Gold,
139%. Sterling inactive.
New Orleans, June 5.
Colton quiet and steady; middling, 29%;
sales, 105; receipts, 275; exports, 1,183; sales
week, 3,432; receipts, 1,036; exports—Liver
pool, 1,182; coastwise, 889; stock, 17,401 bales.
Sterling, 152%® 155. New York Sight, % pre
mium. Gold, 140. Sugar and Molasses firm
and unchanged. Flour dull; superfine, 38 25;
choice, 312 50(<t!l0. Corn dull at 31 05. Oats
dull at 78@80. Hay, $18(9)21. Pork dull at
S2B 75. Bacon duli; shoulders, 13%; clear,
17%. Lard irregular; tierce, 18%; keg, 20%.
Galveston bulletin of to-day gives the lollow
ing cotton statement: Receipts week, 636; ex
ports-all coastwise, 1,065; slock, 4,646; re
ceipts for Ihe season at this port, 94,253 ; other
TeXas ports, 11,532; exports—foreign, 56,525;
coastwise, 44,614 bales.
Baltimore, June 5.
Cotton firm at 31%. Flour quiet; little bet
ter feeling. Wheat firm; Maryland $2 65@
2 80. Corn not active; white, $1 10@1 13;
yellow, $1 18. Oats, 95. Rye, $1 87%@2. Pork
dull at S2B 60@29. Bacon active ; shoulders,
14%P14%; rib sides, 10%<3)10%. Virginias
inscribed, 48%(2>49; new, 57%t558. Georgia
sixes, January and July, 95 bid, 96% asked.
Mobile, June 5.
Colton—no sales ; middling nominally 28% ;
receipts, 20 bales ; sales of the week, 550 bales;
receipts, 220 bales; exports, coastwise, Y t
bale. ; slock, 13.098 bales.
St. Louis, Jur.e 5.
Flour very dull and unsettled ; sprit) g super
fine, $7. Provisions heavy and lov ver- Mess
pork, $27 50(328. Bacon—shoulders, 13; clear
sides, 16%@t7. Lard nominal.
Cincinnati, June 5.
Provisions dull; no demand for any article ;
prices nominal. Mess po; k, $27 75. Bacon—
shoulders, 13; clear sUVs, 16%. Lard, 17%.
Wilmington, June 5.
Spirits Turpentine nominal at 40. Rosin
buoyant ; strained, $2 20; No. 1, $4, pale, $6.
Coti on—middling, 27. Tar advanced to 33 20.
Charleston, June 5.
Colton dull; sales, 22 bales ; middlings nomi
nal at 29@29%; receipts, 44 bales.
Savannah, June 5.
Cotton quiet but firm ; sales, 200 bales ; mid
dling, 30; receipts, 120 bales.
Augusta Market.
Okimok Duly Constitutionalist, f
Friday, June SP. M. \
FINANCIAL—
GOLD.—Buying at 138 and Belling ftLWO.
SI LVER—Buying at 132 and Belling at 136.
SECURITIES.—We quote Georgia Railroad Stock
at 82)£. .
COTTON. — Busincue in cotton has been extremely
dull to-day, only 20 bales being Bold at 29e. for mid
dlin';. Receipts, 19 bales.
BACON—Stock light; Shoulders, 15X®16; B*. K.
Sides, 17)(®18; C. It. Sides, 18)*; C. Bides,
18)4 ; Dry Balt Shoulders, 14>i ; Dry SaltC. R. Sidte,
17)4; llama, according to cut and quality, 18fij*i
WHEAT—We quote white, $2 65@2 90; amber,
$2 Cs@2 75 ; red, $2 10(5)2 GO.
OATS—9O.
CORN— Prime White, (1 22<@1 25, and Mixed, $1 20
from depot.
CORN MEAL—Granite Mills Meal, $1 20 at whole
sale, and $1 30 at retail.
PEA MEAL—SI 40.
FLOUR— Gianite Mills, sl3 60@15 60; at retail,
$1 V barrel higher.
PEAS—SI 20® 1 25.
i— • -♦•*-
Masonic Celebration—President John -
son’s Letter.— The arrangements for the cele
bration ot St. John’s Day by the Masonic fra
ternity of Springfield, Mass., are progressing.
Between fifteen and twenty encampments have
signified their intention of participating in it,,
and also many lodges. The letter of President
Johnson, declining an invitation to be present*
te os follows:
Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C., May
18, 1868—Dear Sir and Brother : I sincerely ve
gret that public duties compel me to fore»y> lb»
pleasure of complying with the kind invitation,
ol the Masonic fraternity of Springfield to be
presont with them at their grand Mason m cele
bration on the 24tli proximo. This regret is.
deepened by the pleasant, memory I retain of
St. John’s Day of last, year, and thekj U( ]|y wel
come and generous hospitality whf ch on that
day 1 received at the hands ot‘ t v he Masonic
brotherhood of Massachusetts.
Yours, I'ra.ternall'y,
Andre w Johnson.
J. E. Coolidge, Esq., Corres’g Sec’y, <fcc.
The National Typographical Union.—
The following officers, says the Baltimore
Gazette, have been elected Gy the National Ty
pographical Union, now in session in Wash
ington city:
President, Robert 'JcKinnie, of New York
Union No, 6.
First Vice-President, Gerard Stith, of New
Orleans Union N.o. 17.
Second Vice- President, George W. McDon- •
aid, of Chicago Union No. 10.
Secretary find Treasurer, John Collins, of
Cincinnati Union No. 3.
Corresponding Secretary, Win. Turner, of
Philadelphia Union No. 2.
The New System of Medicink.— The
chemical practice ot medicine, originated by
Professor Scott, of the New York Medical
University, is rapidly superceding the old sys
tems. Many homoeopathic and allopathic phys- •
icians are abandoning their former modes of
treatment and adopting the new practice.
What may seem almost incredible is, tb.?t
diseases hitherto considered incurable by the
faculty, arc curable by the remedies of the new
school. Founded upon the principles of science
and common sense, the reformed practice is to- .
day revolutionizing the healing art, and becom
ing firmly established as the true method of
medication. — Commercial Advertiser.
A French physician, Dr. Labordette, cic
to have discovered a process for restoring ,i7T,
drowned persons after an immersion of
hour and more. Indeed, it is said Ufa ki
proved effectual where the patieut ’
under water as much as six hours. Here tote?*
fourteen minutes has been eonsid ored , G. “ ,
treme limit of liute during whic\, th« vimiL.rU
can be. preserved without air, xn d m
five minute* ot suffocation i 6 f at9 ] The C&8 *
cess is not fnlly described i. D tbe account given
of it in the French paper*, hut it seems to in
volve the use ol an inurnment tor opening the
wmdptpc, coupled with kneading and rubber
the body. Further particulars will doubtless
be published, sheeted the discovery prove to ha
ol any practical, value. J v eto ha
CtiUMGii Yroubles.—The Clark county
(Via Journal says. ,* Lieutenant Cinnev
° n h !t TJ V ited i States Ar my, visited Berry- '
vtlle during the past week, and closed th* ’
Methodist Episcopal Church. Forthe Mat il
two years a dispute has existed hetvJeenl
SEES* * he Northem