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constitutionalist. AUGUSTA. GA. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 22,1869 f^^SE^rrHETcHEAP? . Many persons, who dreamed that a Mongolian wave was about to burst upon the South and wash the negro out of his £lace, are not pleased with the suggestion that this wave may prove a very trifling bit oi spray, after all. No doubt the negro labor we now have is deficient in many respects; but It is very, very cheap, and that is more' than can be said of Chinese labor, if wc can trust to the statistics now in our possession. That the Chinese have proyed very useful in California and on the Pacific coast, no one will deny. But the gold wages paid them would strike terror to'the minds of our people, who even how grumble at the wages exacted by the toiling classes now among us. The rela tion of employer and employee is Vastly different on the coast than that which at present obtains among the South ern States. Regularity and promptness-of payment is the almost universal rule in California; the reverse is frequently the case in the South, especially on the planta tions. A Chinese laborer can easily get from ninety cents to one dollar a day in gold for ordinary work; on the railroads he receives $35 in gold per month. Sup pose it were possible to reduce this to S2O in gold per month, how many of our farm ing friends, for instance, are prepared to contract so» laborers they know nothing about to replace laborers of whom they know everything. The number of such experimentalists would be too few even to ruffle the rapacity of Koopmansciiap, and when it came to planking down SIOO in gold per man, in advance, we fancy the enthusiasts would grow “ small by degrees and beautifully less.” Now, those who have indulged distemper ed visions of moderate wages in connection with Joun Chinaman may as well dispel the delusion at once. Koopmansciiap hesi tates to promise that he can import Coolie field laborers for less than S2O per month and distinctly states that each Coolie will cost SIOO in gold per man to be put in posi tion. At that rate, some few maybe brought out by men who have money to fritter away on ch'operas; but the number of such bona-fide individuals will not make a big show even at a Memphis Convention. As having a practical bearing upon this subject, wa call attention to the following abstract of the Report of the California Labor Exchange, which is taken from the Philadelphia Press: “ The report presents a table showing the number of persons of each occupant order ed, the number supplied, and the minimum and maximum rates of wages paid. Omit ting those occupations where the number was less than one hundred, we find that the transactions were as follows: Blacksmiths, 432 ordered and 350 supplied, at from $2 50 to $4 per diem, or SGO to SIOO per month .and found (it will be remembered that these amouuts are gold, that being the currency of the Pacific coast). Boot and shoemakers —ordered, 170; supplied, 117, at $35 to SOO per month. Boys—ordered, 640 ; supplied, 498, at $lO to S4O per month. Bricklayers —ordered, 147 ; supplied, 104, at $4 50 to $6 per diem» Cooks—ordered, 019; sup plied, 407, at from $35 to SIOO per month and found. Canvassers—ordered, 111; sup plied, 32; paid by commissions. House carpenters—ordered, 1,510 ; supplied, 1,445, at from $3 to $4 per diem. Cabinetmakers —ordered, 123; supplied, 87, at from $2 to $4 per diem. _ Dishwashers—ordered, 180 ; supplied, 106, at S2O to $35 per month and found. Farm laborers—ordered, 2,286; supplied, 1,762, at $1 per diem, or S3O a month and found in Winter, and $2 per diem or S4O to SSO a month and found in Summer. Laborers—ordered, 5,504; smp plied, 4,094, at $2 a day, or S3O to $35 a month and found. Lumbermen —ordered, 726; supplied, 271, at $35 to S7O a month and found. Meu and wives—ordered, 113; supplied, 88, at SSO to $65 a month and found. Milkers and dairymen—ordered, 382; supplied, 198, at S3O to $45 a month and found. Miners—ordered, • 635; sup plied, 321, at $2 to $3 50 a day and found, or S4O to SOS a month and found. House painters—ordered, 254; supplied, 182, at $2 50 to $4 a day. Potato diggers—order ed, 100;. supplied, 138, at S3O to $35 a month and found. Track layers—ordered, 186; supplied, 157, at $1 25 to $2 a day and found. Waiters—ordered, 384; sup plied, 287, at from S2O to S4O a month and found. Wheelwrights—ordered, 132; sup plied, 51, at from $3 to $4 a day. Wood choppers—ordered, 1,200; supplied, 825, at S4O to SSO a month and fouud.” FEMALE DEPARTMENT —AVERAGE RATES OF WAGES PER MONTH AND FOUND. For general,housework $25 to S3O For laundresses 30 to 35 For nurses 20 to 25 For nurse girls 10 to 15 For seamstresses 20 to 25 For cooks in private families.. 30 For chambermaids 20 to 25 For governesses 25 to 30 For cooks in hotels 40— This Labor Exchange deals exclusively with white labor, and the amounts speci fied above are to be reckoned in gold. It was expected that the introduction ®f Chi nese would beat down these prices, blit, notwithstanding flying rumors to the con trary, .wc have it from excellent authority that wages for both skilled and unskilled labor have, for some months, been rising in value instead of decreasing. The report says further: “ It has beon found impossible to fill or ders for some claves of workmen, and tlie demand fbr female domestic servants has been and still is largely in excess of the supply. Although large numbers of Mon golians are employed as cooks and in other domestic occupations, the orders for wo men to do general housework, &c., are more persistent and numerous than ever.” It is not at all likely that a money-grasp ing race like the Chinese are very anxious in an understocked market to depreciate the rates of libor, and those who are so eager to substitute some male or female “ Pig-tail ” for some negro Sam or Dinah, in the culinary department, mffy well hesi tate to do so when the enormous gold price stares them out of countenance. No. We hail best utilize for the present the black labor we now Iqivc. A few years hence, the negro’s political power will be either overcome or can be- wielded as the South shall please. Beside this, ordinary vacan cies by death or otherwise, in the Gulf States, will be supplied by the inevitable immigration of blacks from Virginia, Mary land, North Carolina, Tennessee and Ken tucky.’ These States will first become White States, almost absolutely, and their negro population, will push toward the warmer visions. This labor wc have and, whether wanted or not, we are bound to have it for many years to come. It is the cheapest, too, in the long run, and, by proper treatment, can be «made the most efficient. In any event, the case is hardly so desperate as many nervous people imagine. In spite of the howls against Sambo, wc know that he has help ed make a very splendid cotton crop this year. If one-lialf of those who raise the hue and. cry against laziness in others would only put a practical example of their own industry before the country, tlie cotton crop might be increased fully one- third, and the South would give Mr. Koof manschaf a respectful but decided iutima "tion that she was not quite ready to 1111 his pockets at the expense of her credulity. Dr. Ticknor. —On our fourth page will be found a remarkable poem by Dr. Tick nor, of Columbus, Ga. The author of this poem is one of the quaintest and most original verse-builders on' this continent. Ilis genius is eminently distinct, peculiar anil characteristic. Occasionally, he yields a trifle too much to an odd ness of rhyme and rhythm; but when In thorough earnest, no matt can cut so beautiful a cameo upon the shield of Minerva. What Will You Drink? —The Cincin nati Gazelle, high authority, considering that it is published at whisky headquar ters, has the following in reference to the dish-water era, now dawning: “Itis a success. Men are no longer de pendent on corn for their rations of bad whisky. Henceforth they will not watch the early and the latter rain. The untime ly frosts, with effects remote, will no longer disturb human slumbers. Corn has ceased to sway tlie sceptre of universal suprema cy: The great cereal goe,s down before watermelon rinds and apple skins. Potato peelings are the coming man. Dishwater now must rule the world. Women will have their rights, but in a way quite unex pected. They will soon rule the house, be cause they will supply the prop that “doth sustain the house.” Their economy here after measures tlie price of mint juleps.— Extravagance fills the swill barrel and brings down spirits, if spirits come down. Garbage whisky is no longer problematical. It is a fixed fact. Undo; the skillful manip ulation of Si, Keck & Cos., with their new process, it has this week come out limpid as the waters of a mountain spring, and fragrant as a hen roost. ‘ Don’t get it on .your fingers,’ said the custodian of the new article of commerce, yesterday.’— ‘ Why ?’ remarked the unwary reporter. l lt will smell all day,’ was the rejoinder. As if a newspaper reporter had a right to smell anything. But what if itdoessmell ? The sins of men smell to heaven, and yet they are forgiven. We don’t mean, however, there is any sin in making this blessing in disguise. For is it not a blessing to con vert a barrel of refuse of the kitchen into two gallons of high wines of moreAlian proof? It looks like robbing the slop bar rel, but a fair exchange is no robbery. It put in its place two dollars, which is four times the value of the viands that hitherto have gone to the dogs. It is true men and viands may change places—but if meii go to the dogs drinking this whisky, it is but just retribution. It is no joke, but one can scarcely refrain from 'cracking a smile if not a joke when he thinks about our staid old merchants immediately after prayers, reading from the commercial column— -1 potato skins steady, dish water buoyant; pumpkin rinds are scarce, with upward tendency,’ or ! garbage sold short,’ or ‘ a corner made in swill.’ “The fact is, the good old days are passing away. Things are soon to be measured by the amount of whisky they will produce. A barrel of sour pantry sweepings now make two gallons of high wines; if pressed they say four gallons could be produced.— Os course they will lie pressed. Times have changed. Whisky has changed and is changiug. % There is change everywhere but in our pockets, and, since the latter is too serious for a jest, we change the sub ject.” Magistrates and their Costs. —The following named Justices of the Peace pnd Notary Public, of Chatham county, held a meeting in Savannah, on the 19th, and adopted the preamble and resolutions an nexed : J. M. Marsh, Philip M. Russell, Jr., Robert J. Wade, S. Elsinger, John McP. Berrien and Isaac Russell. The other mag istrates, after being notified, have refused to adopt these rules : Whereas, By a recent decision of his Honor Walter 8. Chisolm, Judge of the City Court of Savannah, in regard to mag istrates and constables collecting costs from the defendant, it is impossible to en force the collection of the same, excepting levy, and then not until after conviction ; it is hereby 1. Resolved, That in all cases where we are called upon to Issue a warrant, the prosecutor must advance the sum of five dollars to pay the magistrate’s and consta ble’s costs. 2. Resolved, That in all cases where a magistrate draws a bond for the defendant he shall be paid five dollars for the same. 3. Resolved, That in all cases good and re liable security shall be required, or else the party shall be committed to jail to await his trial. Whilst wc feel that the, above position will bear hard upon the poor man who has suffered an injury from tliehandsof another, and wishes the judgment of the law to lie administered as a punishment for the crimi nal, we find the law so indifferently ar ranged in regard to the payment for our services, viz : Ist, The county is not re sponsible for our costs ; 2d, The defendant cannot be compelled to pay our costs, until after fined conviction, and even then, no pro vision is made, and the magistrate cannot collect the same from the city court (tliqt court having jurisdiction is misdemeanors); and, in cases of felony, providing if the de fendant is convicted, the court may or may not, in its discretion, pay the costs (which to us would be about the same as no costs at all); ' our representatives are so unmindful to the proper steps to be taken to secure good and efficient judicial officers,' and pro vide for a proper remuneration for the same; the sentiment of the people so embittered. with regard to the defendant paying costs until after final conviction —that we are forced to the adoption of these rules. We are willing, to the best of our ability, to serve the community, but at the same time conceive it to lie our duty, as well as our ■right, both to ourselves and families, to re quire payment for our service, t War Talk—An Editor Attacked.— On Saturday last Mr. C. W. Hancock, ed itor of the Sumter Republican, was attack ed in the streets of Americus bv-W.C. • Godwin, who used a brickbat oil the head and face of Mr. Hancock. The assailant was subsequently carried before a magis trate’# court and placed under bond of S2OO, to answer for assault and battery. The editor thus accounts for the attack : “On Saturday afternoon last, a ruffian, by the name of W. C. Godwin, sought (what he thought) a favorable opportunity of attacking the senior editor of this paper for the avowed purpose of killing him, for the publication of a card which appeared in the Republican on the morning of the 17th, the contents of which he has not had the moral courage to deny. The Senior, therefore, holding himself responsible for what he says, pronounces the act perpe trated on him by the said ruffian, W. C. Godwin, an unprovoked and cowardly as sault, and the perpetrator a coward. “ The Senior can be seen at any time during the day, without being hunted up.’ The following Georgia cotton mills will display specimens of their products in the August Exposition of textile fabrics at Cincinnati: Trion Cotton Mills, Trion, sheetings, shirtings, osnaburgs, rope and yarns; 5,50 Q spindles, 125 looms, Troup Factory, LaGrange, osnaburgs and yarns only. Annawahee Factory, yarns only. Car roll Mills, Carroll county, yarns only. Geor gia Factory. Athens, sheeting, shirtings and yarns. Athens Manufacturing Com pany, Athens, check, stripes, woolen goods and yarns; spindles, 3,600. Princeton Manufacturing Company Athens, yarns only. Empire State Cotton Mills, Coving ton, yarns only. Sheffield Manufacturing Company, Oxford, yarns only. Montour Cotton Mills, Sparta, sheetings, shirtings, osnaburgs, yarns and rope. Chapel Hill Manufacturing Company, West Point, yarns only. Hopewell Cotton Mills, Elbert county, shirting, osnaburgs and yarns.— Milleflgeviile Manufacturing Company, Milledgeville, osnaburgs and yarns. [Savannah, Advertiser. Not Yet Heard From. —The stjanger that mysteriously disappeared from Cave Spring on the 13th inst.,had not been heard from up to the morning of the 19th, nor is there any clue to his name or place of resi dence.—Rome Courier. (From the Macon Telegraph. The Turner Case. FRELIMINAWV EXAMINATION BEFORE U. S. COMMISSIONER MORRILL. CASE RE-OPENED—THIRD DAY. United States'Deputy Marshal Chamber lain, at 20 minutes past 10, p. m., called-the court to order, announcing that the United States Commissioner had enjoined upon him to keep silence in the room and pun ish with imprisonment those who refused or failed to do so. The United States Commissioner, W. C Morrill, then stated that the court was duly opened, when Col. John C. Mil ledge commenced by stating his surprise that any request should have been made that the case should be especially when everything had been iliuinffnihG dj? on the part of the Government; butkfS»»y ing the painful position in which the court s was placed, he felt desirous to acquiesce in the desire of the defendant’s counsel, that the case should be re-opened. He felt no desire on his part for what is generally termed snap judgment. Was there no time whon this case was to be finally closed ? It was his duty as a Government officer to protect the rights of all, and he scorned the idea that any one connected with the Gov ernment felt any desire to crush any person whatever. He wanted the truth and noth ing but the* truth to be made known. Be fore announcing that the Government was ready to proceed, he wished to ask two questions. The first was : Is the defense ready to proceed ? Col. Weems, on the part of the defense, having answered affirmatively, Colonel Milledge then asked for a list of witnesses, which list was then read in open court, viz: Charles Cowlan, George B. Chamber lain, Marian Harris and Emily Pope (both colored). Ai the request of Col. Milledge, all the witnesses but Emily Pope were re quested to leave the room. The first witness was Emily Pope (color ed), who being duly sworn, deposes and says : I am acquainted with H. M. Turner; lie lias acted as agent for ine; his agency began on the lGth of-last August; lam a single woman and a widow; my husband died on the 16th of August last, when Tur ner acted.as my agent; the first amount I ever placed in his hands was four hundred dollars, on last February, which sum he .placed in Nutting’s Bank. (Here Colonel Weems introduced a memorandum book, said to belong to H. M. Turner, containing entries of bank deposits, etc.) I have placed other money in his hands; three or four days afterwards I gave him a SIOO-bill for the purpose of being placed in bank; I got the SIOO from my husband, over two years ago; he was a mechanic and a car penter ; Turner told me he carried my note to the bank and that Nutting did not like the looks of the bill, but he had shown it to others and they had said it was a good bill. Cross-examined —l reside here in Macon; have lived here for thirty years past; my husband, gave me that bill two years ago, perhaps a little over; the other money had been loaned to me; I did not intend to use tills SIOO bill in building my house; I thought I could keep it as loug as I want ed to. • Direct examination —Four hundred dol lars of my money was in bank; Mr. Rich ard Hutchins, of Jones county, had loaned it to me to build my house; the other money had been given to me by my lius band. Cross-examined —l expected to live in my house when it was finished; Turner kept the SIOO bill, and he has paid me S6O of it. Marian Harris (colored), sworn, says : I know H. M. Turner; have known him about three years ; I met him in Philadel phia on the first of June this year; some time early in June had a conversation with him; asked him to go and see Mr. Gilbert White; I received a letter from Turner, dated at Washington City ; I cannot read, but could tell the letter if I saw it; I left Philadelphia some time in June, about a week after I saw Turner; I came home by way of Richmond ; Turner was. at Wash ington, preparing to come South, and un known to her; I saw Turner at the depot as 1 was getting my trunk ready. (Here the letter was read in court.) Witness re- Cognizedi t as the same she received from Turner; Turner left Philadelphia before I got the letter, which I never answered; Turner placed no money in my hands pre vious to his coming South. Cross-examined— Turner placed nothing in my hands at that time. Direct examination resumed. —Turner placed no money or anything cifie in my hands; 1 gave Turner a SSO bill to purchase my ticket to Augusta ; lie did. so and gave me back the change ; Turner placed noth ing in my hands during my route home ; nothing that looked like money. Cross examined —l have known Turner for two years ; first heard* him preach at At lanta, where I first saw him ; I went to church two or three times while I was there ; I never saw Turner afterwards till I saw him preaching at Philadelphia, during the conference; I staid in Philadelphia fourteen months ; paw Turner but twice ; once in the pulpit, and once I walked with him from church ; he went with me to my lodgings and then retired; this was the last Sunday night during conference ; I heard Turner preach in Georgia before ; I never saw Turner again till I met him at the de pot at Washington ; I called to him and he came to me : lie went off on the 7 o’clock boat; don’t know when the cars left; I was not with Turner at all In Washington . I had a through home ticket;Turner bought my ticket and gave me my change; did not see him till he came to the boat; I spent the day in Washington, having arrived at 6 o’clock; had a through ticket; bought a ticket at Philadelphia 4>go to Washington; Turner bought-my return ticket ; I staid at Turner’s honse; do not know tlie num ber ; his mother kept the house ; my self and Turner started together from Washington ; did not sec Turner between Philadelphia aqd Washington; heard nothing of his being sick at Baltimore; wc came straight through to Augusta ; I staid in Augusta nearly a week ; I saw no more of Turner after I got to Augusta; I did not state to Purcell, the detective, that Turner had given me any money ; I did not'say to Mr. Neil that I had received this money from a minister at Washington ; I told Mr. Murphy I found the money in the street, because I did not know what else to tell him ; he told me not to tell anybody I had any money; Tim Murphy took me to the guardhouse, where I was stripped ; Queen took the money from me and gave it to Johnston, and he gave it to Tim Murphy; I do not recollect having told Mr. Caldwell anything; I have told others; Mr. Murphy kept ine under arrest till next day. Murphy gave my son $5 for me to leave Atlanta; I told Murphy to give me my good money and turn the counterfeit over to the United States ; I never mentioned Turner’s name to him ; any one who says I did tells that which is wrong; I did-not tell Mr. Purcell that the counterfeit money ! had was given to me by Turner in Philadelphia; I wish I was allowed to tell what Purcell done; I did not see Turner in Baltimore in my life, nor did I nurse him when he was siek; I did'not nurse him in Philadelphia; I had no time to do so; I was working out for my living; I did not teti Mr. Neil, at Atlanta, that I met Turner in Philadelphia at a house of bad repute ; the man I met there was a black man; I did not tell Mr. Neil, at Atlanta, that I had been at a bad house in Philadelphia with Turner; a box of sardines and a handful of envelopes was not enough to make me say so. Direct Examination— The bad mouey I got from'a black man named Shuman, or Sherman, I can’t tell which ; he gave me $1,500 in all; lie was a good-looking man, very stout, and weighed about two hundred pounds; I can’t tel] his weight, he is a fall man; appears to be a settled man; I saw him twice in Philadelphia; I think his name was Sheurman ; Turner never gave me any of his bad money, and never knew I had it; I had none but good money when I left Philadelphia; 1 had $1,350 when I left Washington ; I had about thirty dollars of the money I had changed in Philadelphia; Sheurman gave me the bad money at Tur ner’s house in Philadelphia, and told me to pay him next Fall SOO in good money out of every SIOO issued; whether I was inti mate with Sheurman relates to myself; I got the letter from Turner some days bp 5 fore I left Philadelphia; I thought lie had left for home; I am from Philadelphia of my own accord. Sheurman promised, to meet me, and he did meet me; I told him I was going home with Turner. Cross-examined —At Washington I had something like $80; don’t misunderstand me, gentlemen, for I mean what I say ; Sheurman gave me the bad money; I can’t spell hisuaaine ;J guess he lived at Wash ington ; 1 made liis acquaintance at Phila delphia, where he gave me SIOO ; he did not f, lvc bad money ; he put it under the pillow Ofi the bed, where I might find lsc l i “ever told anybody whether I slept with him or fiot. Direct examination resumed. —l never ? ne “bill of bad money in Philadelphia; 1 put it off on a Dqtchiuan on V ine street, between 12th and 13th streets, where I bought seven dollars’ worth. Charles Cowlan, sworn, says: I am a de tective in the Revenue service; I have been in the business not quite a year; I left Augusta on the 2d of July, and was asked by Mr. Jas. C.’Reddington, Chief of Secret Bervice division, if I knew anything of this "matter; I said I did not; Mr. Reddington showed me some of the notes, and requested me to find oat all I could about it 1 ; on the 6th of July the matter was talked of again; e ’JKjUj desired to report at Atlanta; I was a personal favor, to get all the facts fthe case; I reached Augusta on the IStJfqf July, and on the 16th telegraph ed to Col*'Milledge: “Turner is arrested. Send a godd officer forthwith.” Went to Atlanta on'thc 16th ; next day was inform ed by Col. John Milledge that his father desired-the re-artest of Marian Harris; I sent the following dispatch to Washington: Atlanta, Ga., July 17, 1809. C. IT. Wkitely, 8. 8. Bureau, Washington , D. C. • JJ. S: States District Attorney Milledge, at Macon, desires Marian Harris to be re arrested, as the bond is worthless. Bond filed here and found worthless. Deputy U. S. Marshal George B. Chamberlain will arrest if authorized* by you. It is ab solutely necessary .to re-arrest her. liefer to Reddington. Answer. •On arresting Marian Harris, -she stead fastly denied all about the money; I need not relate iny conversatiou with Marian Harris; but it was of such a character that I seut tlie following telegram to Wash ington : Atlanta, July 17,1869. 2o James K. Reddington r 8, 8. Bureau, near Depot, WaslungUm: I have found the man who gave Marian Harris the money. Do you want his name ? Answer: At the request of counsel, Mr. Cowlan gave a succinct history of his conversation with this transaction, confirming the state ment of fjiie. former witness so far as relates to the way in which she came in possession of the money, and her connection with the negro Sclnfrnian. Amoug other docu ments, the detective introduced a bill of goods found on Marian Harris’ person, from the dry goods house of James A. Gray & Cos., of Augusta, which amounted to $5 08, and on which was endorsed : “ This bill of goods was bought with this coun terfeit money.” I did not examine any of the bank bills found on Marian Harris. Here the detective went into a lengthy explanation of counterfeit bills, and ex plained to tlie court the difference between bad bills and the genuine issue. In answer to Col. Weems, Mr. Cowlan stated that Schurmau, the negro in Philadelphia, in his belief, was a messenger in the United States Treasury Department. He bases his belief from newspaper rumors anil state ments made-to him by tlie Chief of the Secret Service Department. Schurman is now under bonds, having lieen arrested for abstracting these notes. I am a commis sioned officer of the United States Revenue Department; I have seen four SSO notes filed in the Department; I have seen the bills in the possession of officer Murphy, taken by him from Marian Harris; they correspond with those filed in the Depart ment. Cross-examination —All this conversa tion with Marian Harris occurred on Saturday and yesterday. Court adjourned till 3, p. m. afternoon session. Court met pursuant to adjournment. Prior to its opening, Capt. Cecil C. Neil kindly furnished the reporters with a copy of the following letter he had that moment received by express: First National Bank of Jersey City, ) July 17,1809. j Cecil C. Neil, Esq., Macon, Ga.: Dear Sir: In answer to yours of tlie 11th inst., I forward you a list of notes stolen, as furnished us by the Department: Lower left hand corner, No. 671 to 750, in clusive. Upper right hand corner, No. 19,609 to 19,088, inclusive—beiiig 80 sheets, amounting to $12,000, as follows: Eighty lulls, (C) SIOO, SB,OOO. Eighty bills, (A) SSO, $4,000. Total, $12,000. Enclosed please find signatures of the President and Cashier of this Bank. Very respectfully, [Signed] M. Sanford, Cashier. J. S. Fox, President. M. Sanford, Cashier. At the opening of the court the Commis sioner stated that the Counsel for the de fense had informed him that they had no more witnesses to introduce. George B. Chamberlain, sworn, says: I heard tlie confession of Marian Harris ; it was given freely and without coercion. Edmond B. Purcell, sworn, says: I know Marian Harris ; the first information I had of her was on tlie 11th of June ; she passed through Philadelphia ; I telegraphed to At lanta to have her arrested and searched ; on Teaching Atlanta, I found she had been arrested by Mr. Murphy ; I conversed with Marian Harris on her way to Union Point; she told me who she got the counterfeit money from ; for the possession of which she had been arrested; she said to me she woUld disclose all facts, which she did : after some time she said the name of the man who gaye her this money was Turner; that he gave her SI,BOO in all, at Washing ton ; site was speaking of the mquey taken from her by officer Murphy ; that it was $950 in counterfeit and $407 in good mouey. • Capt. Cecil C. Neil, sworn, says : I am an officer of the Treasury Department, Se cret Service ; the stolen money .was taken, unsigned, from tlie Treasury Department two years ago ; I found Marian Harris un der arrest at Atlanta ; she told me that she met Turned at a-.house of bad character, on New Bedford street, Philadelphia; she said tc me that the man who gave her the money was at Philadelphia ; she could not recol lect his name. Cross-examined —She made two state ments to me; one was that she got the bad money in Washington, and tlie other that she got it in Philadelphia ; I think she had been educated what to say : she was not on oath or imprisoned wiien she talked with me; she was not incarcerated in jail ; I made an affidavit before Commissioner Smith for a warrant to have her re-arrest ed ; I arrested her on the warrant I obtain ed after her statement to me, not before ; I arrested Marian at the Marshal’s office ; when I conversed with her she was at the jail; her statement about the money was made before her re-arrest; before she was put in jail she had been under arrest on the first charge ; after my arresting her the Marshal put her in jail; that is all I know in reference to the matter. T. C. Murphy, sworn, says : I have the counterfeit bills with me that I took from Marian Harris; (witness produced them for examination by the cout. On examination they were found to agree in number with the stolen bills). The letter I took from Marian Harris I handed to Capt Neif. (It was here produced in evidence.) Marian Harris told me she got this bad money from a man named Wyman or Wayman ; I did not search the woman, nor put my hand on her, except to arrest her. At this point the Attorney General, on the part of the prosecution, begged the ad journmqM; of the court till to-morrow, on account of the absence of an important witness, (Col, Reid, of the Macon Tele graph,) who would not be in the city until that time. Counsel for the defense objected. The ob ject of tlie Attorti’ey General was to prove the identity o^Fur tier’s handwriting with that upon the rorged-fcills, and the counsel for the defense insisted that a thousand men could tee summoned who knew as much of the matter as the absent witness. . After a great deal of discussion on lioth sides, Col. Wfeerfis announced for the de fense that tbCy had nothing (further to of ferin'* submitted the case without aegu- At the suggestion of the court, how ever, Col. Stevens, on the pant of the de fense, spoke at some length. He stated that Turner, had nothing to do whatever with this transaction; that it was true Marian Harris had made conflicting state ments or confessions; bat in each and all of them, except the one she made to Mr. Purcell, she did not once implicate Turner. In courtlier testimony had been plain aud . - -ni—* *- ' stmigktgWMu li Wtie hirti »r-.knowledged and sworn, who had given ,tbc bills to her, and ca|ljxf liis name Wajfnan or Wyman. The irninr was Scliuman, a name similar, and _ easily taken for the name; she had beeukiHpde to tell thttiititli, the whole she had There was not a map in Macon who lSftn#er had coun terfeit money and tracecLit up as fairly as Turner had done. Eqiiiy‘Pope’s evidence hadjjpen clear and exj^cK; she had made a gpom and statement. Both Elilily Pope and Martin Harris had been h<?re, and had in no instance admitted that Turner was the mail; who gave her the bflls. On the contrary, all the evidence the prosecution had was that of J. Clarke 'Swayze, and he hwrpertainly proven no thing. That was /admitted. The counsel did not even admit'Chat the bill Turner tried to pass wltfr Counterfeit. If Turner was the meanest rtptn* that ever lived—if his heart was a£j(j||ck as hell, he was en titled to justic<T Sere Col. S. submitted the case. , 4; ’ Colonel Mi tied A, on the part of the pros ecution, thewfffik the floor. He com menced by that this was no prose cuting courtS* was merely a court of in quiry, from which the case might be trans ferred to a higliPr court. The defense .hud stated that they intend ed to prove We course of the money al leged-to have been stolen by Turner, and thus clear him. Had they done so ? He thought not/I'*Emily 1 '*Emily Pope'had by no means provetfthe Identity of the SIOO bill which she says, she gave Turner, and which he tried to pass at the bank. Was this the same bill he had taken to other banks ? It had not been proved. The de fense have not legally accounted for the possession of this money. The defense maintain that Marian Harris had said no! no!! no!! Ino Turner, every time, except in her admission to officer Purcell. Then she had admitted Turner gave it to her.— The cat was out of the bag. Then comes the big witness, Cull urn. I’ll back turn against my witness, Swayze. Marian Har ris finds h<; is a great man, a very great man, and she will tell him everything. The court cannot take cognizance of such evidence. Let us trace those bills. They corres pond exactly, according to the Government circular your Honor has received, with the numbers on the bills that were stolen. This is noplace to clear Turner. Let him appear in a regular court of justice, before twelve good and true men—his peers, if you like, and then send him out of court without a stain upon his character. We are uot compelled to produce evidence that must convict before your Honor. All we have to do is to show probable cause of guilt, and then it is the duty of your-Honor to bind him over till he can be brought before a jury of twelve men where lie can Ixs convicted. Your Honor is the conserva tor of the peace, who is bound to guard and protect our citizens in their rights. Sup pose a man stood in the streets with a loaded gun wticn a mad dog passes, ought that man to wait for instructions or shoot him at once? He would not discuss the matter further, and submitted the case. The Commissioner then announced that the decision ot the Court would be reserved until to-morrow, in order that the testi mony introduced to-day might receive that attention and reflection its importance de 'manded. • The court then adjourned till ten o’clock this morning. . General Cespedes on the Appoint ment of Gen. Thomas Johdan. —From Sabanilla de Hilanica, at date of June 11th, General Cespedes had promulgated an order assigning General Jordan lo high command in the Cuban army. He. says, addressing his countrymen: “ The organization of the army in the different States into which the republic is divided, has been and is constantly the chief object of the action of the government, because without organization it is not possible to have a good army, and without a good army the success of the operations cannot be always such as may be desired, notwithstanding the valor of the chiefs and the soldiers who compose it. To carry out this beneficent idea, (and first having had the approbation of - tills government), the General-in-Chief has named the Ameri can General, Thomas Jord6n, chief of the operations in this State. In doing so he lias taken into account the fact that the officer appointed is a man of valor, know ledge, and of military skill. These quali ties wore demonstrated at the moment bf the arrival of said chief to these shores, and likewise in the deeds which he Jias exemplified with fighting our enemy on our own soil. Let it be further added that personal qualities adorn this gentleman and render him worthy of respect and of esteem. Hence, I hope that you, as true patriots, who have proved a thousand times your adhesion to the cause, will consider the acquisition of General Jordan as of much importance for the revolution, and that w r e all shall give proofs of the fact that we know how to do honor to men of ability who eome to combat ai our side for the independence of Cuba.” A Cotton Factory.— Mr. It. H. Sims has just returned from a protracted Northern tour, Where he visited many of the cotton mills of New England, New York and New Jersey. He says there is a growing feeling among the Northern cottoii spinners and weavers to invest in inanufacturina: enter prises at the South. Mr. Sims did every thing in Ids power to encourage this spirit, for which he is entitled to the thanks of progressive Georgians, and especially Grif finites. Mr. S. says that in a fevv-days we may look for an agent of an extensive Northern Manufacturing Company in Grif fin, who will come here prospecting for a suitable location for a large cotton mill.— We have only time, now to urge npon our citizens, and especially our city government, the propriety of cultivating and encourag ing all such enterprises. We can well afford not only to free them from taxation for a term of years, but to offer, extra in ducements in the way of sites for building, <ftc. Let ns meet all such agents in the most hospitable jmd liberal spirit. \ Griffin Star. Fires. —We learn from the Blakely (Ga.) Neics that the fine dwelling on the McClary plantation, about five miles west of Mor gan, Calhoun county, was fired by an incendiary and burned on Monday night of last week. The .house was the property of Hood & Thigpen, and was worth about SB,OOO, No insurance. Suspicion rests on two of the negroes on the plantation. The same paper says the Academy build ing just completed by Mr. A. L. Platt, near his store in Early county, was burned on the night of lpth instant. Mr. Platt’s store was also fired, but was discovered in time to save it. The recent explosion of nitro glycerine at Caernarvon, Wales, was terrible in its effects. Three men were blown to frag ments, the cart wheels hurled more than a mile from the spot, and houses within a short distance completely wrecked. The whole valley at the foot of Snowden was shaken, and the lakes were visibly affected, portions of the remains of the unfortunate men were found forty yards distant, a cart wheel was discerned on a ledge of rock 150 feet perpendicular height above the road way, and men at work in the quarries, 300 yards away, were seriously injured. A carious experiment was performed in France receutly to ascertain whether fish could live in great depth of water. The flsh were placed in vesSMs of water made to sustain 400 atmospheres, under whicli they lived auvl preserved their health. It is therefore contflndM (hat fishes may pene trate to very great dgpths in tiic ocean, as a pressure of 400 atmospheres corresponds to a depth pf 13,600'fefct, or about two miles and a 1 1 al - Geokgia PATl*Alfc<|.— The Monroe Ad vertiser says: iyjlj One day last of the oldest citizens of the couiitw wjfre gathere<l togeth er on our streets, doubtless, of old times. There were seveii of those, patri arciis. Their combined aims aro 523 years, and they are the fatliMSjOf seven Ly-three children. Although SttS have passed through the trying sccnuSHjj? second revo lution, and have seen tffWary labors of three quarters of a centuHflpmc to naught, yet theit years sit lightly qPQU them. Long may these fathers dwell iji thg land. The Ciudersville and Railroad Company, owing to differenejLabout the right of way, have been unablc. 4o get out of ithe towuof Cartersville with .thdr road, and the enGtap reject is lying buU. [ For the AAmai itutionaliwt. The Sword in the Sea. The billows plunge like steeds that bear, . The knights with suowy crests ; The sea-winds blare like bugles, where The Alabama rests! Oiil glories from their Splendol-mists Salute with trump and bad The Sword that held the ocean lists • Against the world in mail. And down frbrn Albion’s turret-bills, From terraced slopes of France, The brave, bright wine of valor fills This chalice of romance. For here was honor’s tourney-space, The tilt-yard of the sea, The battle-path of kingly wrath, And kinglier conrtesy. And down the deeps, in sumless heaps, The gold, the gem, the pearl, In one broad blazejof splendor, belt, Great England like an Earl. And there they rest, the princelicst Os earth’s regalia-gems, The skirlight of the Sonttfern Cross, The sword of Raphael Semrues! Pennon and plume the waves entomb Tiie proud hopesjof the Tree, In that great glaive that Arthur gave In guerdon to the sea. F. O. Ticknor. Touch Hill, Columbus, Ga. Health of New York. —The New York correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, writjn'yon Wednesday, says: * TiyA of the morning papers have at length discovered that the Asiatic cholera is in this city. The weather we are having, physicians say, is favorable to Lite propaga tion of the disease, but notwithstanding that, if our indolent pinnlcipal authorities would but make a reasonable effort to clean the dirty streets, and abate the pestilence breeding nuisances that assail Lite senses in the most deusely populated districts, there would be no occasion for alarm. As it is. we can only trust in Providence. Meanwhile- it is gratifying to have offi cial assurance that the yellow fever has eu .tircly disappeared from quarantine. Not a single case in the hospital, nor on board any vessel in the bay. There is small-pox fin board some of the recently arrived emi grant ships, but as it is of a very manage able type, it occasions no uneasiness. While in America the Roman Catholics are demanding that the public schools shall be placed under the control of their priests, in Austria the movement to take the public schools from the control of the church is carrying both Roman Catholics and Protestants, fcxeept the priests of the former. A news item says : “ A vote is now being taken in the King dom of Bavaria on the question whether the sectarian schools shall be changed into nn-‘ sectarian public schools. An interesting vote is reported from the town of Neust.adt. The large Protestant population cast a unanimous vote in favor of uusectarian schools. The Roman Catholics voted 594 for, to 1 (the parish priest) against. The Jewish vote was unanimously in favor. The result created immense enthusiasm. Yellow Fever in Florida. —The Greenville South Alabamian learns that the yellow fever is prevailing to an alarming extent in Pensacola, and that it is appre hended it will be a scourge during the en tire season. Sudden Death. —ln Raleigh, on Friday last, Mr. Gerry, the door keeper of Colonel Ames’ New Orleans Circus and Menagerie, was stricken by apoplexy, and died in about six hours, lie was a native of New Or leans. BY TELEGRAPH. | Associated Tress Dispatches. New York Stock Oiosing Quotations. REPORTED BY HOYT & GARDNER. New York, July 21—P. M. The following are the closing quotations this day: American Gold 135% Adams Express 60% New York Central 210% Erie 28% Hudson River 162% Reading 93 Michigan Central 161% Cleveland and Pittsburg *. 104% Chicago and North Western 79% Chicago and North Western, pref.... 93% Milwaukee* and St. Paul, pref 87 Lake Shore 107 Chicago and Rock Island 115% Toledo, Wabash & Western 78% Toledo, Wabasli & Western, pref.... 75% New Jersey Central 111% Pittsburg and Fort Wayne 152% Ohio and M ississippi... 31% Hanibal and St. Joseph 117 Ilanibal and St. Joseph, pref 116% Tennessee, old 62 Tennessee, new 56 Georgia Sixes 83 Georgia Sevens 91% North Carolina, old 45% North Carolina, new : 45% Missouri Sixes 84% Pacific Mail 74% Western Union Telegraph 36% [Associated Press Dispitches. WASHINGTON. Washington, July 21.—Nooat-Boutwcll gives notice of the adoption of distinctive paper for all obligations and other securi ties of the United States, and warns all parties that it is felony to have or retain possession of paper or papers like it. One of the peculiarities of the paper is the. in troduction of colored silk cotton or other fibrous material into the body of the paper while in process of manufacture. It is stated on absolute authority that the managers of the French Cable have stipulated to abide by the action of Con gress. They will be allowed to land their cable in Massachusetts, and work it with out any present Federal interference what ever. Col. L. A. Wliitcley, of the Intelligencer, is dead. St. Croix (West India) advices to June 24tli report the yellow fever epidemic among the soldiers at Christiansted, with ten cases and live deaths in the town. Shipping healthy. The New York Sun argues that Koop manehap’s plan for importing Chinese vio lates the statues against the Coolie trade, and will result in a forfeiture of vessels, and subject the persons interested to fine and imprisonment. Washington, July 21 —P, M.—The En quirer, of Philadelphia, says recently a bark left Baltimore with 20,000 stand of arms and 170,000 rounds of ammunition for Cuba. She got off without trouble, pro fessing to be loaded with hay, and reach ed her destination successfully. It is un derstood that another vessel is likely to sail soon for the same port, similarly freighted. Customs nearly half a million. Delano has returned. The Boston Post Office will be built of granite. - The Louisiana Supervisor, Conkliu, is here. Wade says the Virginia result will affect unfavorably the Northern elections. Robeson, with a party, is aboard the Tal lapoosa to inspect the Navy Yards along the Atlantic coast. All of the Cabinet were present, except Hoar, Bontweli, and Cox. The murderess, Minnie Gaines, was sent to the Insane Asylum by order of the Sec retary of the Interior. Creswell has returned. Peabody and Corcoran visit the White Sulphur Springs to-morrow. -The Revenue Department decides that smoking tobacco cannot be retailed from pound packages, unless packed in wooden boxes and stamped. Efforts are afloat to remove General Gordon Adams, Attorney for Mississippi. It is understood that Commander Ames de sires his removal.' The charges against Adams are political. VIRGINIA. Richmond/-Tidy 21.—' The official returns show that the vote for Walker will fall 26,000 short of the white registration, and that for Wells 18,000 short of the colored registration. The objectionable clauses in the constitution were defeated by 40,000. There seems to have been an entirely new deal in politics, as only six members of the elected Legislature have ever been there before. Thos. R. Bowden, State Attorney Gene ral, resigned to-day. White Sulphur Strings, W. Va., July 21.—The corn crop will lx: considerably shortened by the drought In tin's section. James Carter, colored, was arreted to day for robbing the uuUl intended for this watering place. ' There are 50 to 100 arrivals here daily. Thermometer this afternoon 56. LOUISIANA. New Orleans, July 21—The first ease of and death from yellow fever, this season, occurred yesterday. The victim was a young Frenchman, just arrived from . France, stopping a few hours in Havana, and quarantined for eight days here. FOREIGN. • London, July 21.—The Britisli ship Lord Sidmouth, at Quebec, June sth, for Gias gow, encountered a heavy gale, sprung a leak, and was abandoned. The crew were saved. In the Commons,, last night, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, in full robes, presented a petition at the Bar of the House, praying persistence in their efforts to secure relig ious equality in Ireland. Havana, July 21. — The American steam ers Albany, Gettysburg and Centaur are at Santiago de Cuba. Sixty Spanish troops liad a sharp en gagement with the Cubans near Manaza nillo. Twenty Cubans were killed and twelve captured; Spanish loss not given. Madrid, July 21.— There is much excite ment throughout Spain. Many arrests have 1x5(511 made at Valladolid, Barcelona, and Cordovia, of parties believed to be fer menting insurrection, including several generals and colonels. The authorities are taking great precautions to prevent outbreaks. The French Government has ordered all conspirators from the frontier. A deep plot for the assassination of Sera no, Prim and Revars lias Ixsen discovered here. A sharp fight occurred at Cindad Real lxstwcen the civil authorities and a band of insurrectionists. Nine insurrectionists and several of the troops were wounded, when the insurrectionists retreated. The' leaders escaped. MARINE NEWS. New York, July 21—Arrived: America, Columbia, Cuba. Savannah, July 21.—Arrived : San" Sal vador, from New York; America, from Baltimore; Tonawanda, from Philadelphia. Cleared: Bark Dirigo, for Jacksonville. Charleston, July 21.—Sailed: Steamer Saragossa, for New York; schrs. Frank Palmer, and Grace Clifton, for Philadel phia ; bark Helen Sands, for Montevideo. MARKETS. London, July 21 — Noon. — Consols, 93. Bonds, 83%. Liverpool, July 21—Noon.—Cotton quiet; uplands, 12%; Orleans, 13; sales, 8,000 bales. Others unchanged. Liverpool, July 21—Afternoon.—Bom bay shipments to 15td, 17,000 bales. Liverpool, July 21 — Evening.—Cotton firm but no}; higher; sales, 10,000 bales.— Breadstuff's unchanged Havre July 2l— Noon. — Cotton firmer; spot and afloat, 150. New York, July 21—Noon. — Stocks dull. Money steady at 7. Sterling, 9. Gold, 135. ’62’s, 23%; North Carolinas, 58%; new, 45%; Virginias, ex coupon, 57; new, 61; Tennessees, ex coupon, 62; new, 56; Louisianas, old, 69; Levees, 65. New York, July 21—P. M.—Govern menls closed steady. ’62’s, 23% ; South erns heavy. Money quiet and easy at 7, exceptions at 6 ; prime discounts more ac tive at B@l2. Sterling quiet at 9%@10. Gold, 135. Stocks steady and dull. New York, July 21—P. M.—Cotton more active at easier prices ; sales, 1,800 hales. Flour dull; superfine State, $5 10 Si 5 60; common to fair extra Southern, $5 40 <35 90. Wheat, unsettled and rather heavy; Amber Georgia ; now, $1 66 ; Delaware, $1 65 ; Georgia white, $1 95 ; Kentucky white, $1 85. Corn scarce ; Western mix ed, 94<§>98. Oats shade firmer. Pork quiet at $32 62%@32 75. Lard dull and heavy; kettle, 19%(319%. Whisky steady; West ern $1 05. Rice firm. Sugar shade firmer. Coffee firm. Molasses dull. Turpentine, 42@43. Rosin, $2 25@8. Tallow, 11% (311%. Freights quiet and firm. Baltimore, July 21.—Cotton dull, un changed. Flour quiet. Wheat less active; choice Maryland red, $1 56@$1 60 ; white, $175. Corn firm; white, $1 12<351 13; yellow, $1 B(3s 1 10. Oats dull; 70(375. Provisions firm, unchanged. Whisky very scarce. Cincinnati, July 21.—Flour dull; family, $5 50@0. Whisky, $1: Provisions tending up. Mess Pork held at $33(333 25. Ba con scarce; shoulders held at 14%; sides, 18%@15%; hams, 22@23. Lard held at 19% ; stock light. Louisville, July 21.—Flour quiet at $4 25. Provisions firm. Mess Pork, $33. Bacon—shoulders, 14%; clear sides, 18% ; hams, 21%. Laid, 19%. Whisky quietat SJ. St. Louis, July 21.—Whisky firm at $1 03. Pork steady at $32 25(332 50. Ba con firm ; shoulders, 14%; clear sides, 18%; sugar cured hams, 23. • Wilmington, July 21.—Spirits Turpen tine quiet at 38%. Rosin steady at $1 65 @6. Crude Turpentine unchanged. Tar, $2. Weather clear; wind south. Ther mometer, 88. Mobile, July 21.—Cotton—nothing done; receipts, 15 bales ; exports yesterday, 92 bales. New Orleans, Jply 21.—Cotton quiet; middling, 32% ; sides, 219 bales; receipts, 20 bales. Gold, 135%. Sterling, 50. New York Sight, % premium. Flour unchangj ed. Corn—white, $1 20. Oats, %77(378 Bran, $1 05@1 07. Hay—prime, $27. — Pork, $34 50(334 75. Bacon firm ; shoul ders, 15%; clear rib, 18%; clear, 19%@ 19%. Lard nominal; tierce, 19%@20%; keg, 21%@22%. Sugar dull; common, 10 <311; prime, 13%. Molasses—none offer .ing. Whisky, $1 12(31 15. Coffee firmer; fair, 15%; prime, 10%<3f7. . Savannah, July 21.—Cottou—no market only about 100 bales in factors’ hands; mid.-’ dling nominally, 31%@32; receipts, 111 bales. Chahleston, July 21.—Cotton dull; no sales ; middling nominally 33; receipts, 12 bales; exports coastwise, 78 bales. Augusta Daily Market. Office Dailv Constitutionalist, J Wednesday, July 21—F. if. J FINANCIAL GOLD—DuII. Buying ut 134 and selling at 137. SILVER-Nominal. Buying at 128 and sell ing at 130. COTTON—There has been a fair demand to-day, with but little offering. Sales of 31 bales were made, on a basis of 32% for mid dling. Receipts, 48 bales. BACON—Firm. We quote C. Sides, 20@ 20%; C. R. Sides, 19%@20; B. B. Sides, 19@ 19%; Shoulders, IG@l7; Tlams,'l6@23; Dry Salt Shoulders, 15%@tG ; Dry Salt C. K. Sides, 18%@19. * . CORN—Better supply. We quote choice white, $1 37@1 40; mixed, $1 30@l 35, from depot. • WHEAT—We quote choice white, $1 60@ 1 85 ; red, tl 50@l 60. FLOUR—City Mills, old, ss@B; new, f8 @10; at retail, $1 $ barrel higher. Coun try, s6@9, according to quality. CORN MEAL—SI 35 at wholesale, and $1 50 at retail. PEAS—We quote, $1 25@1 30. No demand. Gaines Chisolm.—Yesterday evening, the attending physicians on Mr. Chisolm, Drs.*W. F. Westmoreland and J. F. Alex ander, reported Mr. Chisolm to be easier, and the chances in favor of his Recovery ex ceedingly promising. He was stabbed in the throat witli a stiletto. We forbear comments, for the present, as the matter will be brought up before the courts. [Atlanta Constitution, ■ jLiocal News. tr• * * Swayze and a Macon Policeman have a Fight. —The Macon Telegraph, of yester day, says: “ A long and hard fight occurred yes terday afternoon, in the third story of the Ayres’ building, on Mulberry street, a few moments' after 'the Unttcd States Commissioner’s Court had adjourned, be tween M. M. Hall, a city policeman, apd J. Clarke Swayze. “ The large effowd had dispersed, leaving no persons in the room except the two re porters of. the city papers and the two combatants. It appears that Mr. Hall had asked Swayze to remain a moment, or had, at least, detained hiwi in the room, until the crowd left, for the purpose of caning him for an article that appeared in Swayze’s paper last year, in regard to Hall’s denun ciation of his owu son. When the crowd had left, Hall and ijwayzc got into a con versation which lasted but a moment, when Hall struck Swayze a heavy blow on the head with a slick he had prepared for the purpose, and as he was staggering back, struck him again several times as he fell against the wall. The first blow or two on the head stunned Swayze; but lie soon re covered, and springing up under the heavy blows he was receiving, he grasped Hall by the throat and bore him back against the opposite wall, where the struggle was fierce and desperate for a few seconds, in which Swayze managed to wrest the stick from Hall’s hand, and, getting it firmly in his own, he began to give Hall the benefit of the stick, and struck him several pretty sharp blows. By this time tiie reporters had ran down stairs and reported what was going on overhead, and officers Neil and one or two others rnslied up and sepa rated the parties, after a fight of fully two minutes. Swayze was hurt pretty badly about the head and shoulders; but we must, as an eye' witness, say that he made a game and bully fight against a much larger man than himself, and one who hud attacked him so unexpectedly and unfairly. “The courts will, doubtless, attend to the matter this morning.” A Handsome Office.— The improve ments In progress at the Ordinary’s office for some mouths past have been finished on the interior. The walls and ceiling have been eWgantly and attractively paint ed, four coats having been applied, the two outer coats of a subdued bluish caste, giv ing a most pleasing and striking contrast with the objects of varied line located in the rooms. The venitian blinds are hand somely colored with a bright canary hue, increasing the pleasing effect of a tasty and happy combination of colors in producing a harmony of general beauty unequalled by any other public office in the county. The floor of the main room has been fur nished witli anew, tasty and durable cover ing of India matting. A full complement of new and comfortable cane-scat oak frame office chairs have been supplied, with the subordinate conveniences pertinent to a, public office. With the improvements here indicated, we are assured that Judge Levy will receive the hearty approval of all who can appreciate the increased and comfortable additions made in his office for the accommodation of the public. The most refined lady who may be called to the Ordinary’s office in the transaction of busi ness, can now visit it in the full assurance of meeting a general brightness and clean liness equal to a private sitting-room. Nor is ornament and new paint all that will impress the visitor. All the loose pa pers, books, bonds and documents of tiie office, have been enveloped, labelled, and so methodically arranged, that parties ing reference to such documents no difficulty in securing prompt accH|g This arrangement has entailed avastdcaW of labor, but will prove of immense advan tage in the preservation of the records of the office and in subserving public conve nience. The efforts of Judge Levy to firing his office under the satisfactory rule of complete order have been highly success ful, and we make mention of it as creditable to his administration. Newspaper Thieves. —The depreda tions of this class of petty thieves are be coming a common occurrence. During the past week we have had numerous and re peated complaints from onr city subscribers because of failure to receive their papers. It has been mode a matter of special inves tigation, and we can account for this seem ing neglect of onr carriers upon no other ground, than than that the papers, after being distributed, are gathered up by gangs ol young thieves who are driving a consid erable business from their sleight-of-hand tricks. Indeed, yesterday morning, one of our subscribers, a gentleman who has been much annoyed at the failure to receive his paper regularly, detected a little colored thief in .the act of following in the track of tfie carriers and gathering up the papers as they were distributed. The boy was arrested, but on account of his extreme youth, and the promise of his mother to whip him, lie was discharged without punishment. We do not Intend that others shall presume upon this special dispensa tion of mercy, and continue their thieving, in the expectation that they will be thus lightly dealt with. Parents of idle urchins, white or black, who have any reason to believe that their children are engaged in this dishonest business are hereby caution ed to reform their habits before they fall into a snare. We direct the attention of the ixilicc to a special watch for these young offenders, or old ones, either, who may lie culpable in removing the papers of subscribers without authority. . The Savannah News.—We have a He dged objection to our cotemporary giving the “ Chronicle" credit for news items ex tracted from our columns, as it did in its issue yesterday. We allude to the item of the $5,000 robbery from Mr. John Craig. The Constitutionalist is the only Augusta paper which furnished the public with that information, and is entitled to the acknow ledgment customary when used by other journals. Ciiubch Dedication.— I The new Catholic Churcli at Sparta will lie dedicated on Sun day next, 25th instant. A special train will leave the depot at 5:30, a. m., and return at 8:30, p. m. We return thanks for an In vitation to accompany the. Jarge delegation of our Catholic friends on this occasion. A Thrifty Farm.—Judge Samuel Levy informs us that he has already realized, during the present season, about $l5O from the sale of watermelons from the Poor House farm. Another s2s,ooo.—Superintendent Hul bert notifies “Governor” Bullock-that he has paid $25,000 into the Treasury from the earnings of the State Road fs>r June. —— l ' " ’ g* f OTICE. —Four Weeks niter date application l_w will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Richmond county, Georgia, for leave to sell the real estate of James C. Dawson, deceased. , ■ ALFRED O. BOLT, jy2l-2m Admin! strstor,
