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Newspaper Page TextOLD SERIES, VOL. IAXV|. (Ciuouiclt & Seutincl. 11 ENH V MOOHE, A. n. Wit 14.1 IT. p *THICK WALSH, Associate Editor. tkrm* of Ml RIPTIOfT. ‘>6 n oil'll •! QC To m SSL (J V»r , / lOW , W ZiXLY. l * «monUw... k ♦ I*o 1 vt » r 3 90 4trSt :I*ta • Sa,i » KI»ESl>n WOE MM.. SEPTEMBER 2. Removal.—Me--r-. Whelms A Cos. have removed their office to the new build ing (adjoining their warehouse) on Rey nolds street, between Jackson and Mc- Intosh. Ib'AT Launched. —We omitted to mention that anew steamboat, to be call el ihe Annie, was launched a lew days ago on our river. She is to run in the Savau nah river traiie. Fatal Affray.—-A coupfeof negro boys got into tin altercation on the river bank, near the Bridge yesterday afternoon, when ; tme named Joho struck the other, Henry Lewis, (Jn the Lead with a billet of wood, which produced death before medio! as distance arrived The difficulty was about some “plunder” they were picking up ' around tho wharves. The Coroner held an inquest on the body, and returned a verdict in accordance with the facts. Baltimore House.— Attention is di rected to the advertue incut, in this morn ing’s paper,of the weil-known and reliable house of Armstrong, Cator A Cos., 237 and 23 1 .) Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md. They have received their Fall and Winter importations of Millinery Goods, ltibbons, Ac., and are prepared to offer uuuaual ad vantag< s to the trade. Six Oaks Cuttos,— Wo have received from Mr. J. H. Jones, of Herndon P. 0 , Georgia, “Six Oaks Plantation,” a part of a stajk of cotton koowa as the six oaks, it bus ,-ix bolls on it, aril the cotton is of a beautiful quality. Mr. Jones writes to us that lie will be in Augusta in a few days, when he will give tire history of this species of cotton. Stephens’ New Work.— “A Constitu tional View of the Late War Botween the States.” We have several inquiries us to where this work can be obtained. As u reply to all such inquiries, we state that Mr. Win. S. Jfogan, tho agent of the National Publishing Company, may be found at the store of Geo. A. Oates, or at Quinn’s News Depot. Letters addressed to him, to the care of either of the above book merchants, will receive prompt at tention. Savannah Cotton Firm. —Meatus Walker, Allen A Treutlen have opened a factorage and commission business in Savannah. Major Walker and Oapt. Allen are both well known in business cir cles here, and are recognized as first-class merchants. The former has been fbt some time a member of the old firm of J. B. Walker A Sons, of this city, and is fully posted in all the details of his business. We take pleasure in commending these gentlemen to the favorable consideration of the people of Savannah, and recommend them as fully and thoroughly reliable and competent. Nf.w Firm. —We take pleasure in nail ing attention to the card of J. B. Walker A Cos., which appears in our paper to day. Tho members of this firm are active, eucr getio and thoroughly reliable, and compe tent business men, fully conversant with their business in all its brunettes. The senior has beou in this business for many years, and is generally and favorably known throughout this portion of the State. The junior member is vigilant, in dustrious and close in his attention to business, and has, besides, several years ex perience in the commission and factorage business. Wo bespeak for them a liberal patronage. Bar Meeting. —At the Oity Court on Monday a meeting of tho members of the Bar was held to take suitable action in reference to the death of John D. Rcilley, Esc]., late Solicitor of the Richmond Couu ty Court. » Judge H. YY*. Hilliard was called to the Chair, and II- Clay Foster, Esq., requested to act as Secretary. Judge YY r m. R. McLaws, in a few very feeling and appropriate remarks, an nounced the death of Mr. Reilley. On motion, the following gentlemen were appointed a Com mi trig* to prepare suitable resolutions : Judge Hook, Judge McLaws, and Muj. Lallerstodt, to report at the next term of the Superior Court. The meeting then adjourned. An Error.—The Rome Courier Icarus that “Mr. L. E. Barekmans, proprietor of the celebrated Fruidaml Nursories at Augusta,” “has determined to establish un extensive nursery near llame.” Our confrere has made a mistake in his an uounceuicat, and probably has been mis .informed with regard to the proposed “es tablishment.” The proprietor of “the cole orated Fruitlaud Nurseries,” at Augus ta, is the eminent horticulturist —I‘. J. Berckmans, Esq.—who has been eminent ly successful at Fruitland, and has fixed upon it permanently as his residence aud as the field for his labors. Dr. L. E. Berckmans, the distinguished scientific amateuf. who has been deeply in terested in the successful introduction of foreign varieties of fruits, their adaptation to our soil and climate, as well as the de velopment of indigenous productions, pos sibly G'or we are not advised) may start a school for experiment, to teach the char acteristics of the soil aud climate at Rome. But Prosper J. Borekmans, Esq., the proprietor of Fruitland, so far from creat ing establishments elsewhere, is preparing to extend the production of Fruitland upon sueh a scale and to sueh a ungnitude, as will not only sustain its present euvial reputation, but make it compare favorably with the most celebrated N rthern and European nurseries. llaki'Kß C. Bryson,—This gentleman, j so well and iavorably known not only in’ this community but among the planters j of this section of the State, announces in our paper of to-day that he is prepared to j transact, as usual, all business in his line. He has with him Mr. Win. Bryson, and Mr. Charles Campbe”, huh experienced • and popular g<.utiomeit; and we bespeak 1 for them a liberal share of the public i patronage. it Thk Bask Ball Match Uams.—Ao- : coidiog to promise, we give the follow- , ing offlcial report of the match game played by the Oglethorpos and Excelsiors Saturday and Monday evenings last: OtiI.KTHORFR. TXCBI.SIOK. r..o«w r* - | - W»ll». • arer It) iUKi. til o»X><, pl 44, «J. 4 0 J. ‘ * tfk'Ws 2(r k’oHiu’ier, «|# < * 2ii .Uir 1 E&i i$ 5 f b rf‘olo »! 1 f 0 1 2 » I K RtnMfiD sa» u a) 8j 1 l & M P m 4 1 1 Sbilil! Ij Ho w ifinrH .. urit'y-T 1t 1 3I*S j 4!ijtT *i 6 i j t t»t >1 a. IS!J) »Tj] Ji J 1 ?j ij?| ?{ OOLSTBOMrM. ♦•|0I 1 Li! JJ V - - fSSS&i!- fab *1 ? } ‘ Setter:« &. i’tul Bcuod <JiOcu*-Couk 3; C-iumrier 8; hotsgvcl 5; Petri tile 1. • < at ln« ou Mnke—Wiilinm* 1. Ont ii t\ ul Btllf— 3; o*let!iorp i. riuniie William L. P »U. , „ , rent—k A Haling*worth Mid J. b.CoLuiu. Tiuif of Gi»id« one hour mkl tli trt▼ nilnutct. Why is the letter D like a squalling Jjild ? Because it makes mauiad. Hon. B. H. Hill’s Letter. YY e are assured that no words of ours are necessary to injure for this letter a careful perusal by our readers. There is one pxjint in it, however, to which we in vite special attention. Lisin relation to the subject of relief. I* will be «een that Mr. Hill occupies the ground open this . question wiiioh we have taken in previous issues of the Chronicle A Sentinel. While he and every weH informei and conscien tious man must be opposed to the Radi cal swindle, which the Atlanta carpet baggers incorporated in their State Con stitution, so called, he is in favor of some adjustment of old debts which will not rob and oppress the creditor while at tempting to relieve the debtor ciasis. Mr. Hill, in his letter, condenses the whole matter in o.te short, terse sentence : " Strict justice wpujd equiline the fmrdens “of a war waged for our common benefit “and maintained by our common content J' This should be the b t-.is of any relief system. Such legislation would meet tho approval of four-fifthsof tho people Os tho state. The Democratic party may be able to perfect such a system of relief —the Radical party never can. Tho leaders of the latter party want no relief which will not enable them to rob a portion of their fellow citizens. Those honest men who want and need relief should ponder well this difference between the two parties. The “Journal A Messenger” and Judge W arncr. Our friend of tho Journal A Messenger “waxes wroth” because the counsel which we presumed to give the Democratic party in relation to the acceptance, by Judge Warner, of the commission tendered him by the “Fetisch Chief,” has been favor ably responded to by a large number of the Bar, aoU ''fourbest citizens generally. The editor asks : “Is Judge Lyon tho Bar of the State ?” We answer no. But he is an able, influential and highly re spected member of the Bar— one who has worthily held a position on the Supreme Court, and who is supposed to represent, and does represent, to a very considerable extent, tho feelings of the Bar. Since our article was written, which so (lisgrurtMed our amiable young friend, a let ter has been made public, written by thirty odd gentlemen of Atlanta, ull of whom we believe are members of the Bar , urging Judge Warner to accept. Those who op pose his acceptance, so far as heard from, uro the editor of the Journal A Messenger and Major Moses 1 We are poiutedly asked by ourcotem porary, If wo had heard 'that without his (Judge Warner) acceptance, neither Brown nor Me Cay could have, hern con firmed." We answer that we had not, nor have we yet heard it except in the very hypothet ical manner of the Journal & Messenger's question, On the contrary, we did hear and believe that our information on that point was correct, that twenty two Senators ■signed : application to the. “i£> >./■- -I, icnt, asking for Joe Browns nomination as Chief Justice. Has the editor of tile Journal A Messenger heard that ! _ As our friends are disposed to put ques tions to us we propose to ask him oue or two, geriuain to the issue. Do you advise Judge Cole not to accept the com mission of Judge in your Circuit ? Would you advise Judges Worrail and Fleming to refuse the commission for their resjieetive Circuits ? Are you gratified that Judge Wm. M. Reese and Judge Hansel were not ap pointed by Bullock in their Circuits? The Journal A Messenger thinks our reference lo “extreme men of our party” is decidedly rich. We agree with the editor on this point. The advice was not : only rich but well-timed and good. When j we take extreme ground it is always in I the right direction. Judge Warner's Letter. The following manly letter from Judge YV artier, which we find printed in the Atlanta Intelligencer, was called forth by an appeal made to him by thirty-one gen tlemen (all lawyers wc believe) of Atlanta, urging his acceptance of Bullock’s. com mission for a seat On the Supreme Bench. \Ve know that we speak the sentiments of nine-tenths of our people when we say that wc approve and cordially endorse his ac ceptance : Atlanta, August 20tb, 1868. Messrs. Jno. 1,. Hopkins , and others,mem hers of the Atlanta liar : Gnntlkmkn t— I am in tho receipt of your kind letter of the 18t.ii instant, and fully appreciate the patriotic motives which proinpted von to address me upon the subject of my acceptance of a subordinate position upon the Supreme (lourt Bondi. Every honorable man, especially every honorable pm/esttonnl man, will readily appreciate the personal sacrifice which must necessarily be made on nay part, to accept the position assigned me upon that Bench under the existing circumstances. You arc pleased to suggest, "that iny ser vices are needed in tile present juncture of public affairs.” It is quite true, that I owe to the people of Georgia, an everlast ing* tebt of gratitude for their unwavering trust and confidence in the past: there by, giving to them the right to com mand my best services in tbe future. There is no valid reason knowu to me, why that trust and confidence should be impaired, unless it be tbe fact, that tho Executive appointing power un der tie new Constitution, has thought proper to attempt to degrade me as Chief Juatlce of the Supreme Court of Georgia, and appoint mo lo the tamest position upon that. Bench. How far that attempt, will contribute to weaken the trust and conii denoe of the people of Georgia, in m v ju dicial capacity, ami integrity,is a quesliou which they must determine for themselves. Whatever the motives wiiioh induced tho Executive appointing power, or those who are supposed to manipulate and control the same, may have been in removing me as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and appointing me to the lowest position upon that bench, it does not become me to speak. The public mind will doubtless form Us own conclusions from the facts and surrounding circumstances. Yielding all personal considerations to what you and many other valued friends deem to be for the public interest, the suitor<Unite pa sition assigned to mu on tho Supreme Court bench bv the Executive appointing power will be accepted, in which suboreii n Ue position it will be my earnest endeav or to faithfully perform my wholeduty as becomes au hunest, Independent, judicial magistrate. Be pleased, gentlemen, to aocept the as surance of my hign personal regard aud friendship, whilst I remain. Most respectfully, Your obedient servant, Hir. ui Wasssr | Ctiv Court—Bsh Meeting.—At the j opening of the Court, Tuesday morning, , the following resolutions were offered and i adopte-d. They were prefaced by a few ~ appropriate aud eloquent remarks by Col, ; Merit: The Bar of the city of Augusta deep- i ly regret tU. 3 ath of our late brother John!*. Iwiilly, Esq., who died in this city on tho Nth day ot August, instant. Our deceased brother for more two ( years before his death was the Solicitor of the County Court, of Richmond couaty. , The arduous duties of this position he dis charged elhoteutiy, faithfully and fearlessly. Possessing by nature, dne intellectual faculties, he had cultivated them by much \ reading in the carious departments of lit erature. Asa soldier, he served his country dur ing the late war with such patriotism, con staney aud courage, »s to win the oonti deuce of his commander and the admira tion of his companions in arms. His wit and humor, generous impulses, gentle and kindly manner, and fine social qualities endeared him t-o a large circle ot friends Resohteii, That we sincerely regret the death of our late brother John I>. Reilly, Esq . whose life proved useful to his coun try as a criminal lawyer and soldier, and whoso untimely end cut short a career of usefulness, and deprived his family and friends of a warm hearted and beloved companion and associate. Resohrd. That our deepest sympathies be tendered to his mother and sisters, who have thus a beloved son and brother. Booked, That we will wear the usual badge ot mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That this Court be requested to order these proceedings entered on the minutes this morning, and that the Secre tary be requested to transmit a copy to the mother of the deceased, and that the i Chairman of this meeting present the same at the opening of tie next Superior Court for this county, with the request that the then presiding Judge have them spread ; upon the minutes, and that these prooeed j iugs be published in the city papers. IL W. liiLLi.uuo, Ch'rnn. ! H. Clay Fosixr, Sec y. 1 Breakers Ahead - Prepare for Them. t Wekarnthata large organization of armed negroes has been discovered in the lower part of thiscounty. A few nights since they were found drilling and receiving new i musket* which were distributed from boxes like those in which the United States Gov | eminent pack and tram-port their small arms. I These may be a portion of the arms which the negro incendiary,Charley Jones, 1 said, when arrested in Hancock a few days , since, were furnished by Governor Bullock. • It is a very serious matter and should re j reive the thoughtful oocsideration of our • people. I We also learn that on Sunday last,when the disturbance occurred at Johansen's \ Beer * farden on the border of the city, more than one hundred negroes , > mostly with nevj IT. S. collected in a very few minutes, ready and eager for a ! fray. In Other sections of the State the same i system of Jriliiug and arming of a por | tion of the Macks, seems to be : in process of completion. An intelligent ! planter, writing to the Columbus Sun from i Stewart county, says : “Considerable apprehension is felt in this county, in regard to the conduct of the negroes. They are organized into military companies,are armed to a considerable ex tent, aud drill regularly. Their colored speakers use very incendiary- language. Bui luck has beeu informed of the facts.” We are reluctantly convinced,from these and similar demonstrations elsewhere in the State,that there is*a serious danger of a general collision between the two raues. — The feeling of antagonism has not., we hope, so fully developed and matured aa to be beyond the control of the leaders. To those we would make au appeal. The interests of all classes and of all conditions of our people demand peace and harmony. Ihe good of society demands that every m in, white and black, should use his in fluence to preserve order and secure peace. Tho black man is in most danger from vio lence and outbreaks. A war of races would soon destroy the negroes. • 13)nol is thicker than water, and if the black man stirs up strife and excites bloodshed —instigated by a few infernal , diaboli cal carpet-baggers—ho will bring down upon his race the full power of the entire white race both of the North aud South. In the event that a conflict be precipitated upon us we have no fear as to the ultimate result. In the progress of sueh a struggle a few of the whites may be destroyed, but their late would only fix and seal tho utter destruction of the whole negro population. We are anxious to avoid such a dreadful result. The whites will do nothing to precipitate so-direful a calamity as a war of races would prove to be. The question of peace is one which is under the control of the Radical leaders. It is through their devilish machinations that the blacks are being seduced into the commission of the various disorders which have recently disgraced the State and ex cited the apprehensions of all good men. It would be well for the white miscreants, who are urging on the poor ignorant negroes to their ruin and the distress of the whites, to remember that in case a col lision does take place, they will he the fu st lo go under. We advise our friends, every where. to murk these unprincipled white knaves, and be sure that none of them escape when the conflict begins. Let it be understood that these white sedition mana gers and promoters of bloodshed are to be held responsible for -any and every viola tion of the peace by their deluded follow ers. The peace of the State and tho quiet of till sections can be secured by such a de termination. In tbe meantime tho white people should guard against a surprise. Forewarned forearmed is a good maxim, but while it contains a great truth, it is utterly value less unless it be followed by the action it contemplates. Our people should pre pare for the worst, while they hope for the best. The best way to prevent violence is to let the lawless know that wo are pre pared to meet it. Preparations can do no harm. It, may be the means of enforcing peace. Let it be tried. Another Radical Falsehood. Already the Southern papers are notic ing tho fact of the large increase of the coni crop to the acre this year. Os what is planted an acre now yields a much greater return than heretofore. This is the first result of free labor.— Forney's Press. YV e are somewhat attentive readers of Southern papers and wo have failed to see any such statement of the increased yield p'r acre of our corn crop. A much larger area has been planted and there fore a large yield is expected. This is not the result of free labor, but of emancipa tion, which has destroyed the efficiency of our labor and compelled us to plant more in order to make the usual yield in ante helium times. The first results of free labor is the de preciation in the price of ootton, rice and sugar lands, to less than one half their former value ; the loss of three-fourths of our stock of cattle, sjjeep and swine, and the annual loss of more than two millions of bales of cotton, of hundreds of thou sands of hogsheads of sugar and tierces of rice, worth at present prices several hun dnd millions oj dollars. Not counting the large loss from the falling off in the production of tobacco. A Letter or President Joslali Meigs. We publish, for the first time, as au in teresting relic of the past, the following letter of Josiah Meigs, the first President j of Franklin College, whioh has been found among the archives ot the College. The , letter bears no superscription. There is i nothing to iudieate.to whom it was ad dressed beyond tho personal allusions it contains. President Meigs’ descendents are now residents of Pniladelphia (one ol i whom is an eminent physician of that city, Dr. Charles Meigs). Perhaps this \ information may be obtained from them. I The' letter wiil be read with interest, I Dot more as exhibiting the estimable char- , actor and ambition of the writer than for the light it sheds upon the difficulties , which the first Faculty of Franklin sur mounted. and tbe progress of science dur ing the present rent ary : Athens, October 27. ISO3. J/w Dear Jt'rieud : —I received, last evening,’ your favor of the 4th of this month, and am highly gratified with the pleasure you Lave been pleased to express on the view of the labors of some of the young gentlemen who are under my care. 1 have directed them to give me their projections of various kinds, for the ex press purpose of sending them to you ; who are almost the only person in Georeia capable of appreciating their merit. The Orthographic projections of the Solar eclipse Vy Cone is, I think, a more ele gantly executed piece than any I have heretofore seen. The young gentlemen have, I think, just ideas of both the Stenographic and (lithographic projec tions, but they have not yet gone into the demonstrations of the theorems. We want proper books. We have no Theodosius de Spitaera ; nor any other author on this interesting subject. If I had time and leisure (which I have not), I would write a treatise de Sphaeram for the use of those excellent young men. whom I sincerely love. I have just read to them your letter, and they appear to be highly gratified with it. As yet I have had no opportunity to initiate them in the principles of chemistry, but I have so tar explained them, this day, the doctrine of acid and alkali and the neutralization resulting from their anion, that they will not forget your idea of poison. To ase your own expression, lam electrified with the beautiful idea. In the year 17SG or 1757, I think, my friend lir. Ebeuezer Beardsley, of New Haven, show ed uie your letter relative to the successful use of Alkali in the case of a negro woman who had mistaken arsenic for common salt. It will be best to publish that part of your letter which relates to the Mocas sin snake. By all means let your treat Lie on the ini ■ mortality of the soul be published. It will I do good. Everything that is demoDStrat- AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1868 ied is pov, sto. How many things are we obliged to believe, of the truth of wiiioh we have no other evidence than the assertion of others? I was particularly pleased wi th the idea of applying ammonia to the a<*id in a gaseous state. , YV e have had great health on this high hill. My labors, both of body and mind, have, however, been so incessant that I j feel myself almost willing to retire. The j crown of a President of a College is indeed a | crown of thorns. The young gentlemen have made use of Ferguson s tables and mode of calculation which you know was in fact first suggested by Doctor Halley. Tbe of Charles | Mason I did not think necessary, and truly I have not time to do for them one-halt that 1 wish to do; we shall, however, if it please God to spare our lives, kindle a scientific fire on this Mount Pisgah which will irradiate the Peninsular of California. In what an evemful period do we live ! I am gratified with the success of Bryan: both he and McAlister have called on me. What think you of Jefferson ? How high does he soar above the little sphere of his predecessor in office ? How beautiful is it ;to be honest and upright ? His glory can not be tarnished. I will thank you to return to me, by any safe opportunity, these projections, which I send you by George Galphin, Governor Milledge’s nephew, as the young men wish to preserve them. I have many things to say to you, for I know not any cme in Georgia, beside you, like minded. A society of Science and Literature is delightful, but, alas,! Lo«h rare scientific men are in Georgi-Fr’’ -C'Ap parent rari nantes m gurgitc vasto.” Your, respectfully and affect’ ly, j - J. Meigs. P. S.—l have observed in a Charleston paper advertised Cavallos Natural Philoso phy in four vols. Can you get a sight of it? and let me know whether it is worthy of being a classical or text book in this col lege ? The best I have yet seen is Eufield’s Natural Philosophy. I prefer it to others because he uses geometrical demonstrations whenever it can be applied. I see adver tisement. for reprinting Adatni. That author I have. He is well enough for common use ; but it would be disgraceful to make him our author on that subject. Adams is no mathematician. I long to see our apparatus. I want it for amusement. All the books about the house I have read, and am already at a loss for occupation the few hours of leisure I enjoy. It is probable I may see you in the month of December. Perhaps I ought to ask excuse for my careless manner of writ ing ? If i should, you would excuse me I know. J. M. Judge Snead’s Charge to the Grand Jury. , Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Grand Jury: The Court is now convened, at oue of its periodical Terms, as provided ; and you are organized under the required forms for the transaction of such business as devolves upon thoso occupying your position. And it is due alike to the Court, yourselves and the community, of which you are a component part, that you effi ciently discharge the varied respon. ibie duties, comprising the trusts devolved u those in your present position. It is true, that the duties of Grand Jurors are at all times responsible, and not uufrequently ofa delicate and onerous character, provided they are executed as required, aud as is plainly pointed out in the solemn obligation under which they are placed ; hut, at the same time, such office cau but be deemed honorable in that those hohliDg it have been singled out from the mass of their fellow-citizens as being considered, from their known intelligence and capacity, quaiilied to set as arbiters in questions of the pecuniary civil rights of citizens, as well as the criminal wrongs that may be charged against violators of the good order and peace of society. In some instances, a proper discharge of all the requirements at your hands are such that, as individual private citizens, you would gladly forego ; were it not that you are constrained to bear in mind that, for the time being, you are divested of your individuality and placed under a solemn obligation, binding in conscience as a Grand Inquest, to inquire and truly present all such matters and things as shall be given you in charge, or thatfshall come to your knowledge, touching your present service. And this is not to be done,on the one hand, from envy, hatred or malice; nor on the other, is ll to be omitted, from fear, favor, affection, or reward or the hope thereof;‘but this is all to be done truly, not by a portion of you, but by tho jury. A lid it is not to be believed tkatyou will shrink from the responsibility by a failure to con e up Jo a full compliance with the import and requisitions* resting upon you, bearing in mind that you are to inquire into the criminal acts of the citizens, as weil as the investigation of civil matters between them, and hence the propriety of its efficient discharge. On the criminal side of the Court, such acts of omission, as well as commission, as are defined as offences, against the laws of the State, with the punishment for each,are set forth in the Penal Code; but in so far as this Court and its juries are concerned, they are relieved from tkeeognizance of all charges for offences not committed witiiin the limits of the city, as well as all others within these limits, the punishment for which being either capital or imprison ment in the Penitentiary; thus relieving you from the arduous duty of considering those most heinous crimes, involving the life or liberty of the subject; ihe exclusive jurisdiction of ail sueh being vested in the Superior Courts of tbe several counties. I have heretofore, at most of the terms of this Court, for the past three years, en deavored to impress upon your' predeces sors, us was my duty, the subject of in quiry into aud report upon all matters aud things proper for their consideration, in cluding all offences of such public noto riety as not to escape the most casual ob server. But it would seem that they have either considered our city either entirely treed from all evils and disorders, or from some other good cause, as should be sup posed, have failed to make any report. Un der these circumstances, I might bo deem ed excusable were I to omit a reference to them on the preseut occasion; but iny du ties being imperative, as well as yours, those devolving on me cannot be omitted without a dereliction which I am unwilling to commit, and for this reason you are earnestly reminded of your obligations, and the nature of them, to prevent all in fractions of law which have or may come to your knowledge. And I would earnestly impress upon the jury, that the present is au auspicious time, and calling for a more energetic dis charge of the duties of all public func tionaries than has existed in times past; for all to unite in a general effort for the establishment of good order and quietude within the bounds of this city—and ad monishing all citizens, private as well as officials, to contribute to the exteut of their influence, in promoting this desirable re sult; and, as a reason only this should be done, I would remind you that we are just now merging as it were, from a quasi military supervision over the judicial tribunals of the State, and hence the pro priety of the proper discharge of all the requirements at our hands under these circumstances. As properly embraced within tbe scope subjects Claiming your attention might be enumerated the following, with such athers as may suggest themselves to your consideration: Gaming and gaming houses, houses of ill-fame, forestalling in the markets, fighting* quarrelling and all other disorderly conduct iu the streets and slsewhere, tending to the annoyauee of the citizens and the peace and good div ot' the oity. And as one of the offeree fraught with more danger to the Uvefe of ihe people than any otner in the long cata logue of crime, I would refer to the too common savage custoniinour enlightened civilized community, by many persona, in carrying concealed weapons, aud which has but been encouraged heretofore from ihe failure of the authorities to en force the penalties, prescribed for that most heinous offence, and thus rendering the statutes forbidding the same a dead Tetter in theGoneial Code, thereby emboldening the most abandoned members of society to persist iu its practice for their enforcing, on all occasions, their views and demands, howevet unjust i r contrary to right or reason, not by arguments, but at the point of the stilletto or the muzzle of the revolv er, alway ready on their persons, oonoeaied from view, for the better accomplishing tueir lawless purposes. It might be proper that you inquire whether or uot there are auy idle persons within the limits of this eity, following no visible vocation for a support, and not possessing the means of obtaining the same. Such are an incubus on the ener gies of the industrious portion of the community, as they are supported at the expense of the citizens, either in the way of additional taxation or the result attain ed in some other improper manner. Ihe poor aud afflicted should be provid ed for and relieved, but all idlers, who are able, but unwilling to support themselves, shoidd be taught that they will not be tolerated in living on the public. If you know of such they should be brought to the nctr-eof the public authorities at*J the citizens generally by action on your part. In relation to such business on the civil side ot the Court, as may be presented for vour consideration, it is only necessary that vou bear in mind that the purport of the obligation which you are under, to render the verdict in each case, in accord ance with the evidence and the law, as shall be given you in charge by the Court. And having endeavored to perform the position or responsibility cast upon me, bv directing your attention to such of the leading subjects, as it is believed, are prop erly referable to vour consideration, and that atlect the welfare of the city, and the well-being of its inhabitants ; but, at the same time, reminding you that the Court and Petit J uries are impotent as to all action in criminal matters, except the initial step be taken by yourj body. And thus the subject matters referred to are submitted to you, to be dealt with as you may consider their importance de mands. Cotton. , The New York Shipping and Conmier cwl List says: “Sample bales of new cot ton have appeared here and at the princi pal Southern markets, and while there is a i good deal of uncertainty about the magui- I tilde of the yield, there appears to be little doubt that ihe crop will be promptly marketed. The South requires money quite as much as consumers require the [ staple, and. with good prices, there will be j little inducement to hold the crop back 1 In thre English market, fears of a cotton 1 famine stems to have passed, under free i receipts from India, and the latest figures of a recognized Liverpool authority place the English reserve, at the end oi the year, after allowing for weekly deliveries of 63,000 bales, at some 450,000 bales, or or about the same as at the close of last December. American cotton at Liverpool is in an exceptionally strong po sition, owing to its comparative scarcity; but the quality of the Indian staple is said to be so much better than it was a few seasons ago, and the machinery for spin ning has undergone such vast improve ments, that the Southern fibre no longer holds the pre eminent position it did be fore the war. Even the operatives have less objection to the working of'lndian cot ton than they formerly had—the chief drawback to its use is, that a rather less quantity of it can be converted info yarn in a given time than of its great rival, but the difference is reported to be considerably less than formerly. Should prices in the English market rule about as at present, a ‘®"ge consumption of good- is thought to be probable, and the more scale of cereals is expected to have a beneficial effect on the stata of trade. Although our market is somewhat above Liverpool, prices on this side of the Atlantic will no doubt be largely governed by the course of the English market. Oar farmers should take the above, so far as it relates to India cottons, cum' grano sails. They will recollect that at the beginning of last year the same cry was raised, and the "farmers sold their cotton at low figures to meet their debts for advances made by commission mer chants. The prices later in the season showed the true wants of the manufactur ers. This yoar the farmers owe very little, and are not compelled to accede to low prices. While the extravagant estimates as to prices made by some will not be realized, it may be fairly expected that re munerative prices wiil rule. Hon. Ben. llit.l at Covington.—lt is announced, by the Georgia Enterprise ,. that Hon. Benj. H. Hill is to address the citi zens of Newton and the adjoining counties on Saturday, the sch of September. We are informed this will be the last speech in the campaign from Mr. Hill. It is said, upon good authority, that Mr. Hill, Mr. Toombs and other eminent Georgia orators are going West and North. This is right. Let the Southerners go North and the Western and Northern orators come South. A free, open interchange, wc are sure, will benefit ail parties. It is just what we want to cement tbe Democratic party and the Union. We can promise a cordial, enthusiastic welcome, a welcome en masse to Pendleton, Franklin, Ewing, McLean or any other of the distinguished speakers of the North who will find time to visit us. The Rice Crops.— The Charleston Courier estimates, from data furnished by the correspondence of Charleston mer chants, the rice crop of South Carolina at 38,100 tierces ; that of Georgia at 10,800; that of Louisiana from 20 to 25,000, and that of North Carolina at from. 5 to 7,000 tierces; giving as the aggregate of the pro duction of the South, this season, of about 75,000 or 80,000 tierces. Wills Valley Road.—We learn from the Chattanooga Wnichi, that this road has passed into ,« hands of a company of ample means to com plete it. Bcnj. F. Paine, the newly elected Chief Engineer, advertises for pro posals for grading from Trenton, Georgia, Lo A alley Head, Alabama —24 miles. A committee of gentlemen from Boston, rep resenting the Directors, are making the tour of the line of tho road- SPECIAL C UIHESP NDENCE OK THI CHID NICLE & eENTJNSL* CrawTordville, August 25, 1868. Chronicle & Sentinel: There was a large concourse of people assembled here to-day, as notice had been given that several speakers would be here to address the Democracy of Taliaferro. The crowd was larger than has been in Crawfordville since the conclusion of the war. Colonel Bliles YV. Lbais. of Greene, spoke yester day, and, at the conclusion of his speech, gave notice that Major Cumming and Generals Dußose and YVright would Be here to-day. This was all the “notice” which was given the people, yet it was sufficient to gather the “clans” from all portions of tho coun ty, who commenced to pour into the town at an early hour this morning. At twelve o’clock the speaking began in the Court House, which was densely packed with the sturdy sons of the county. Major Cumming lad off in a speech of about an hour's length, in which he fully sustained the reputation which had pre ceded him here, of' a clear, forcible and eloquent defender of the true faith. The Major made a fine impression upon the large audience, and throughout the delivery of his capital speech was frequent ly and enthusiastically applauded. • General Dubose followed, and made a rousing appeal to the iron ribbed Democ racy, which showed that he only lacks a little experience to place him among the very best c£ our Democratic speakers. He seems to be a favorite here, where be is very generally known, having had a con siderable practice as a lawyer in this coun ty in the last two or three years. His speech was received with many indications of hearty approval, and ho concluded amid the most rapturous applause. Getj. YVright made a speech of some thing over an hour’s duration; after which the democratic Club of this place opened its list for signatures, and I hear that quite a number of new members were ob - tained, including several negroes. There seems to be the utmost good feel ing between the races in this county, and t unless seditious emissaries sow the seeds of discord and strife arnonp- the colored peo j pie, our friends are confident of not only I maintaining the peace, but of "giving a large majority in this county for Seymour and Blair. There are but three er four white Radicals in this county, and they have no weight or influence either with the whites or blacks. Our friends here are determined to have * a grand miS3 meeting and barbecue at i this place later in the fall, and I learn they i arranged to day for a thorough can ; vassand organization in each district of the ! county. Much enthusiasm prevails among ! the masses,and lam greatly pleased with j the exhibition of the intense’ interest whieh i pervades the entire county in relation to j the success of the Democratic cause. Old f Taliaferro Las woke up and will give a good account of herself in November j next. The crops in this section are pot so good as they promised a few weeks since, and this is particularly,true of cotton. The continued dry hot weather of the last 15 or 20 days has caused the plant to “shed” very considerably, and it is now too late in the season for it to recover in time to ma ture its fruit. The com is not quite so good as last year, but, as there has been a much greater breadth of land planted, the aggregate yield will be about equal to the last year’s crop. Mr. Stephens is absent from his home and hence I have not had the pleasure of meet ing him. His health, I learn,is quite feeble and he has gone to , the Virginia Springs with the hope of having it recuperated, and not for any political or State oraft business. W. An acre of good buckwheat will yield daily fourteen pounds of honey. It is estimated that there are 27,000 printing presses in the United States. Letter from Hon. B. H. Hill. To the Editors of the Chronicle <fc Sen tinel : I am reoeiving*quite a number of invi tations to address the people in Georgia and the adjoining States. It would be i agreeable to me if I could write an answer |to each specific request. But I cannot do 1 so, and, under no circumstances, could I possibly attend ooc-tenth of the meetings I must, therefore, beg the indulgence of our friends to receive this as the reply to such of their fetters as I do not answer in person. The time has now arrived when no man who loves his country, or desires its peace and prosperity, can withhold his support from the Democratic party. Whatever considerations may have heretofore seem ed to exist to induce or incline any of our people to accept, as a temporary expedient, the Reconstruction measures, have certainly proven fallacious. The plain, leading idea of the Chicago platform is to maintain these odious measures in the ten States as perpetual over the people and supreme over the Constitution. The plainly avowed means of securing these ends consist in making, by Congressional action, the Southern States vassals to the Northern States, and Southern whites vassals to the Southern blacks.,,ln .ijew of these now declared purposes of the Radical party, how fortunate is it that the Southern white voters did not accept these measures! If we had accepted, the National Democracy would have been compelled to abide them, or subject the party to the severe charge of seeking to overturn what the qualified voters of the States had agreed to and established, and, thereby, of promoting another revolution; whereas, as we re- jeeted them, the Radicals are subjected to the truthful, but terrible, charge of soeking to perpetuate upon the white race of the South governments which have received no approval or support except from deceived negroes and worthless adventurers, and, thereby, of continuing a revolution which had no ori gin but in passion, which can have no ex istence but in strite, and no end but in blood ? It is plain, therefore, that all of our fellow-citizens who have been inclined to accept these measures from what ever motives of policy, must now, in vindi cation of their own sincerity, abandon them, and join the party which nobly de clares these “usurpations, revolutionary, unconstitutional and void !” And no man will welcome to our ranks all such more cordially than myself. For though I never had the slightest faith in the wisdom or practicability of the idea of accepting, with a view of rejecting whit wc accepted, yet I never question the motives of a sincere man who differs with me as to the best motives of accomplishing a grave end. Nor have I ever uttered a word, which, justly construed, can ever indicate the con trary. Ido most heartily rejoice at the now mauifost prospect of seeing every de cent white inau in the South united with us in the glorious work of rebuking this monstrous iniquity, its authors, advocates and supporters. So, again, let me say a word on the sub ject of Relief. I believe I can truly say there is not a man in the State who is, and ever has been, more anxious to see our people honorably relieved of tho heavy debts contracted on the basis of negro property, or during the existence of negro slavery. Strict justice would equalize the burdens of a war waged for our common benefit and maintained by our common consent. This one idea covers the whole question. Upon that basis satisfactory results could have been worked out by true statesmanship. Why has it not been done? Because dirty Radical enemies to all honesty and right, seized upon the word “Relief,” and made it mean repudiation and robbery. Relief, by means of perjury to the Constitution and laws, never has been and never can be possible. That cannot re lieve which criminates and degrades. And these infamous Radicals intended, from the beginning, to criminate and degrade, but not to relieve our people. They made the promise of'Relief in their wicked attempt to suovert the government of our State, with the distinct knowledge that the promise would not bo fulfilled. They in tended, under the hope of Relief, to induce the people to vote to disfranchise intelli gent white men and enfranchise ignorant black men only that rogues might thereby get office. So I warned the people in ad vance. Bid I not do right? Have not results proven the truth of the warning ? The Radical Congress not only struck out this Radical false promise of Relief, but demanded that the very creatures who put it in should, by solemn act of record, con sent to the striking out! And the crea tures, lost alike to every sense of shame and prid a,solemnly consented! How com forting the reflection that such creatures represented nobody but deluded negroes! No, no ; my heart bleeds when I look upon the burdens and misfortunes of our people ! Property destroyed; government denied; children buried ; in many cases strength exhausted ; hunger exacting, and hope almost dead ! Ido feel that it is the highest duty of a wise Statesmanship to provide every honorable means of securing relief and re-inspiring hope. But to see these very misfortunes of our people seized upon by dirty, Radical hypocrites, and used as a cover in an at tempt to secure the consent of that very people to add degradation and dishonor to their misfortunes, was too much to allow silence. Ido sympathize with and would rescue the victims ; but I do most inex pressibly despise the wicked fiends who thus gamble with the misfortunes of a helpless, unarmed, but noble people, for no purpose but to degrade aud to rob them. And I have no faith in, or respect for, any man who does not despise them as I do. I dismiss this subject by again warning our people that relief can never eorne through the Radical party. Through that party they can have negroes for law givers ; strangers for tax-gatherers; felons forjudges, and office-traders for Governor; but never, never relief from burdens nor hope for anything good, I call upon all honest men who have been deceived by this cry of relief to mani fest their honesty by abaudouiog and de spising the creatures who deceived them, aud who are utterly incapable of suggest ing any way of relief except through per jury to the Constitution and laws,' and through the degradation of virtue, the elevation of vice, and treachery to race. The defeat and disgrace of Radicalism i, the very first indispensable step to relief. Until this step be taken no other is pos sible. When this one step shall be takeh every other, which wise men can grant or honest men desire, will be practicable. I shall do all I can in this great struggle —perhaps the l-ast peaceful "the ballot-box for liberty oa the continent, and for civilization and social excellence at the South. But I oannot make rnaDy more speeches here. Our white people do not need speeches. The very nature of the issues pow presented, drives them togeth er. No Southern white man who desires to be respectable can afford to be a Radical. Every white man must speak to the blacks, and here is his speech.: If the Democratic party shall be suc cessful, confidence will return ; harmony between the races will be restored ; war and strife and discord will then certainly be avoided ; capital and a Letter class of immigrants will come among us from the North ; business will revive ; the price of our property will enhance, and we can af ford to increase the wages oj labor. If the Radical party should succeed, the little confidence now remaining will be destroy ed ; discord 3Dd strife between the races will increase; a war of races and a civil war will come sooner or later ; capital and bet ter people from the North will not come among us ; carpet-baggers and thieves will multiply in numbers and increase in insolence ; much of the capital now here will be carried away; the price of property will still farther decline; the products of in dustry wilt be lessened, and labor must still more decline in price. Every planter, merchant and business man can make this [ speech and feel and show hi verity in his ! very business. 1 With the races acting together, peace is i certam. With the races acting separately, j strife* is equally certain. With carpet - I baggers teaching the black race to hate the native white race, the extent of strife i no man can foresee. Besides—we have good speaking talent on our Electoral ticket. Some of them I have beard in former times and know their ability. Three of them (Mr. Bacon, Maj. Gumming and General Dußose), I have heard during this canvass, and I rejoice in beiQg able to congratulate our State in the possession of these young gentlemen who are so strong in argument, and, at the same time, so elevated in sentiment, so I excellent in character, and so full of the promise of still increasing usefulness. Add to these the many great minds not on the ticket, but who are serving the people on the stump and through the press, and I am sure the supply is ample. Very truly yours, B. H. Hill. Augusta, August 24th, 1868. FROM ATLANTA. arKciAL c >sß*sp >^Dsarce of the cnsw?TCL3 a sKncimu.] Atlanta. August 23, IB6S. Messrs. Editors .-—Yesterday was the one set apart by the Senate of the State of Georgia to decide the question whether R. E. Lester, the person receiving the next h’ghest number of votes to Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, “deceased,” should occcupy the seat declared vacant in conse quence of the decease of said Alpeoria or not. The “wisdom, justice, and mod eration” of which we. as Georgians, boast, was yesterday on trial versus niggerism, injustice and Bradleyism. Adkins, Brock & Cos., true to their in stincts, were the attorneys of the latter. Nunnally, Candler, Bratton, &c., were the bold champions of the foi’mcr. The Senate has proven its claim to re spectability, and justice is gaining its ascendancy ; even moderation is holding its head a trifle higher, and wisdom is gaining 'ground, and may soon catch up with the balance of the firm. Aaron is on the list of those whom we would call in an Administrator’s advertise ment, “deceased.” The Rads have lost a pearl. To use Bradley’s Latin, they are “de facto," nebene esse,” minus a Senator, and the Democrats may to-day be said to have, control of the Georgia Senate. The Radical party having lost its pearl, has been daily growing “beautifully less.” There has been a decided di ninution in its ranks, and a disposition on the part of the misguided, who still remain Behind, to cultivate a more intimate acquaintance with the “respectability.” Fifty days of the session have passed and nothing has been done. In the House, somewhere in the neighborhood of three hundred bills have been introduced. In the Senate about half as many. It is to be hoped, now that the Executive appointments are all made, that members will address them selves to the business of the country. The Radicals are extremely anxious to adjourn. Ostensibly their motives are very economi cal and patriotic, but in every one of their meal tubs there is a cat. It is shrewdly guessed that they wish to get the Legisla ture out of the way, and that in the in terim His Excellency will call out. and equip a sufficient militia to control the coming Presidential election; feeling that their cause is lost in Georgia, they will, as their great prototype, the late so-called Congress of the United iStates, stop at no fraud to gain their point. The rumors of drills and organizations of negroes in many of the lower counties may well stir up our people and cause them to inquire what does it all mean ? It means that they will carry the State for Grant, or that they will inaugurate civil war. Not a day passes that the Radical mem bers do not hold a caucus. They arc afraid to trust their brothers a day, with out a vow being made at the altar of their party to bear true allegiance and fealty to the behests of their leaders. Mr. Bo’ant, publicly, in the house, a few days since, belabored most unmercifully those who had dared to vote contrary to his leader ship— traitor is the mildest term he can find for the recusants, and the best promise in the future, ostracism. Early in the session, a resolution was adopted, calling on his Excellency for the official returns of the late election for Gov ernor, members to the Legislature and members of Congress. No response has been mado. None believe that a response would amount to anything, for it is known that members are here holding seats by the cunningly devised manipulations of the ballot-box, by which honest men were deprived of their dues and political knavery offered a premium. Can such things last? Has Georgia sunk so low that her people will quietly submit to be cheated out of their rights? We hope not. The day we hope, - is not far distaut,, when Constitutional liberty wiil assert its sway; when that day comes, woe to the miserable wretches who now preside over the destinies of the Empire State of the South. Constitution. Atlanta, August 25, 1868. Messrs. Editors: Your full telegraphic reports of the proceedings of the Legisla ture leaves but little material for a letter writer to work on, so far as the doings of our law makers are concerned. The work of each branch moves very slowly. In fact, the leading measures ot the session have scarcely been touched. The time consumed in organizing and in discussing the eligibil ity of members—especially tho Bradley case—the confirmation of executive nomi nations and the passage of a few compara tively . unimportant bills, has cost a large amount of money with but little corre sponding benefit. The Bradley affair was disposed of for ever, it is to be hoped, yesterday morning in the Senate. On Saturday, you will re member, a resolution was adopted, de claring Mr. Lester entitled to the seat from the Ist District, and he was accord ingly sworn in. Yesterday, Mr. Morrill moved to recon sider their action of Saturday. The Pres ident, Mr. Conley, decided the motion out of order, as Mr. Lester bad been sworn in. He added, that the gentleman (Mr. Mor rill) could appeal from the decision of the chair, if he de.-ired —a suggestion which plainly showed that ho would not object to such a proceeding, but declined taking the responsibility upon his own shoul ders. It reminded me of the girl who told her sweetheart that he could not kiss her, unless he was stronger than she was, and added—“ I know you are that.” Merrill appealed, hut did not get a second, and so the matter ended- Since Bradley’s ejectment the old preacher, Campbell, wears his mantle. He is as pestiferous and impudent as his illustrious predecessor. Perhaps a brief description of him would interest your readers Upon entering the door of the Senate Chamber the first thiog that arrests the attention of the stranger is a dark object, looming up in bold relief against the white-washed wall opposite. The hair and forehead sloped back about two feet, more or less, Irom the root of the nose,at an angle of forty five degrees. Upon that nose always rests an immense pair of spectacles ; the tout ensemble form ing a ludicrous pioture of mock dignity seldom witnessed. YVhen he rises to speak he absolutely lecomes “grand, gloomy and peculiar.” His manner and words are exceedingly deliberate. His pro nunciation is a cross between the nasal twang of the New England parson and the rice plantation ebo shin. Something like the following : “Mr. Per-res e dent; Be-far en ter ring into a dis-oar-sion of this bill, I wish to make a few per-re liminary r-r r-eojar-ks. My constit-oo ency feel a very ger- rave interest in the measure,” &o. Your citizens interested in the passage of the “Augusta Bid” are under many obligations to Capt. George T. Barnes and othc-r citizens ofyour city for their inde fatigable energy and tact in pressing upon the House the necessity of its passage. They met the opposition ofyour enlightened Representatives, especially Bryant, who becomes wild with excitement whenever any measure comes up which promises to give anybody a fair chance but the Radi cals. His threat that it should never •be come a law mtimgtes that he has the ear of the Governor, and that his influence with His Excellency is omnipotent. By the way, the negro Beard has so conducted himself daring the session that he com mands more respect than some of whiter skins “I wot of.” (The Augusta hill is the special order fur next Friday ip the Senate.) Since the election of Col. Cole to the Presidency of the Nashville & Chattanoo ga Railroad, the friends of the Georgia Railroad generally express an earnest de sire that Major Campbell Waltaoe should be made Superintendent I learn, how ever true I cannot say, that Gol. 0- intends discharging the duties of both positions. The Democracy of Cherokee Georgia are thoroughly organized, and are at work with a will. A series of mass meetings are being held in this section, and much good to the cause of popular liberty will be the result. The meeting at Calhoun, last Thursday, was, from all accounts, the largest witnessed in Georgia in several years, if we except the great demonstra tion in this city on the 23d u’t. To-day there is a great meeting of the people at Cedar Town, Polk county. Gen. Toombs passed through here yosterday on his way thither. Messrs. Cowart, Underwood, Waddell, Styles, Wofford, and others are on the mountain war path, and the people are being stirred up to a true understand ing of the “situation.” The idos of No vember will bring good news of glad tidings from the mountains, which must be re sponded to by Middle and Southern Geor gia. I have heard the rumor for some time that Brown’s appointment to the Supreme Bench was intended as a sort of break to his fall in his defeat for United States Senator, and that he would soon resign in favor of Judge Walker, who has so far been “left out in the cold.” The Constitu tion of this cky now repeats it, and says Brown is to have a high position inGraDt’s Cabinet. If that is the calculation, “Joe will keep the place” on the Bench and Walker will have to hunt another pasture. It has been finally decided that the Kim j ball Opera House is to be finished for the State Capitol; that is, if the old State 1 House in Milledgeville is not used for that NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVII. NO. 3*. purpose. The good citizens of Milledge ville owe Messrs. Harper, of Schley, and O’Neal, of Lowndes, a debt of gratitude for the persistency with which they press their claims. O’Neal contended that the Capital has never been legally removed; that its removal is a fraud, au imposition upon Middle, Southern and Southwestern Georgia. That alter the recent expendi ture of $50,000 refitting and repairing the State House, Executive Mansion, &c., it should not be abandoned. He insisted the question should be put to the voters of the State. . Probably the two most objectionable men to the Senate are Adkins and Higbee. Ihe former recently introduced a bill “to encourage loyalty, decency and order;” which required county officers to advertise m Radical newspapers. To the credit of of the Senate, be it said, it was favored by none except Higbee. The latter opposed with all the powers of his mean intellect the bill appropriating money for the pay ment of the tuition of married soldiers ; desiring the State to repudiate a solemn contract which she had entered into with Colleges in her borders. Quite an interesting discussion sprung up in the Senate yesterday upon the bill to abolish the usury laws. It will meet strong opposition, but your correspondent thinks it will become a law. Educational bills have, been introduced in both Houses. The subject is one of the most difficult solution yet presented. Tho Radicals will, of course, insist upon the right of nr gro children to attend the pub lic schools upon terms of equality with white children. There is but little proba bjlity of the parties agreeing for sometime to come, if at all. The “wild hunt” for office is still going on. There are many here now, who have been here since the commencement of the * session hopmg to get something. They begin to present quite a seedy appear ance. Many of them are really to be pitied. I also see several discharged Bu reau agents and military men “side wipin ’ around to get into the orthography of a little office. Their occupations are gone, never to return, it is to be hoped. It is to be regretted that some of our party press has Been so imprudent as to speak disparagingly of Hon. P. B. Robin son, the recently appointed Judge of the Ocmulgee Circuit. While your corre spondent would have preferred Judge Reese, Billings or Foster to the present appointee, and took rather an active stand for Hon. Isham Fannin, yet we are in formed that Judge Robinson is a sound, consistent Democrat—the only one appoint ed —and that without his solicitation or knowledge. Much interest is felt in the nominations for Congress to come off on the Bth prox. General P. M. B. Young, member from this District, is warmly urged by his friends for renomination. I understand hejwill have^ opposition in the Convention. < ’hristy, in the sixth, will also be opposed in the nominating Conven tion. The friends of Aleck. Irwin, of Athens, formerly of Habersham, arc eu deavoring to secure his nomination. Wimpy is here seeking the Judgeship of the Blue Ridge Circuit, and says if he caQ get that he will be out of the way for Congress He intends, in any event, to contest Christy’s seat in Congress upon the re-as embling of that body. Constitution. LETItiE FROM BI'KKK. HOW THE I’ARTY OF “PROGRESS” PRO GRESSES IN BURKE. Messrs. Editors: Saturday, 22d inst., was appointed by the Radicals oi Burke, for a grand demonstration for the purpose of killing out Democratic influence, beginning to spread among the colored people of the county. If you will allow the space in your valuable columns, an account, as brief as we can make it, is subjoined; and, if it should be, in any respeets, ridiculous, at tribute it to the proper party. We mean no disrespect to your readers. Long before daylight on the.eventful day named, a small battalion of scalawag cooks awaited at a spot in the outskirts of Y\ r aynesboro, the arrival “oh de shoat.-” and other “truck” for the occasion. Day broke on the mortal remains of six unfor tunate juvenile swine, cut off from life and legitimate ownership, stretched upon the rack invented to satisfy the vengeance of modern political appetites. Besides the shoats, which, it appears, came without cars to suggest evidqpce to any persevering claim - ants, there were three or four meek lambs, ten squirrels, and one pet goat, which last, a patriotic son of Ethiop liberally con tributed to the greatest man in Burke or any other kingdom -hon. inr, muc. hung erfud —whohelpedgineral Uiisses Penelope Telemaous Grant to kill Bonapart, drown Santa Anna and “pizen” Gen. Lee; “kase why, dey wouldn’t fout fer freedom and de church us Zion. ” The poor animals re clined like Democratic martyrs on their fiery beds, refusing to ask respite for sins which they had not oommitted, and looked as if the fate of filling their small place in the ravenous and scanty maws of Radicals was a little hell for even brutes. The sun rose but did not Bhine on them, lor the clouds, in mercy, threw a veil of moqrcing over their unfortunate remains, As the day grew on apace the various roads lead ing to our village began to deliver around these lamented hst ones, the lank visages of the African crowds that oame to hear the words of the modern Atlas, who had carried one grand division of the earth on his head, in his arms, on his back and everywhere else the woolly part could be held. The eleven o’clock train would bring this modern legislative specimen of the Botany Bay chimpanzee to the sweet scented bosoms of the multitude ; so they patiently waited and eyed and smelled the poor aoething beasts like buzzards, hoping for the moment which would bring the last struggle that divided them from their prey. He comes! make room for the prsetorean prefect! Extatic sisters of the darkest hue embrace him seriatim. Brudder Bones’ time next, and tho dapper little ape mounts a workbench convenient to the carcasses, seeing j that it was impossible to attract from | the “cue-hole” any hut those fixing to be j the next candidates for nine dollars a Jay : and good naps during the reading of the j Express man’s pusillanimous messages— j those whp were seeking to he “soused ; into de governmontation of do State of ! Burke” and to learn the ways of great men before the next election. He opened j his mouth like Balaam’s Ass did and spake. , We may judge from the following gpeeqh, as far as it goes, of the comparative wis dom of the two asses. : Ecordium —“Fellow-oitisens, John War ; ren andCiayborne” (two negro Represent- i atives in this county in the concern at j Atlanta) “sends you all hcaper hoddy and , love.” (General “thankee, thankee.”) “Feller-oitiaens, this new party” (repeat ing from a former oration in Parliament) “which has just arose up called the Demo cratic party, is going to ruin the poantry” (Cries of “dats so, dats so, tackly so); “and I am very glad to see you all once more. ” (‘‘Glory, sqid a dark she member of the Church of Hie >.,) “We are gorin’ on splendid at Atlanta and gatin' your rights for you all every day.” (“Halleluyer I” from the good woman seeking Canaan via Zion; and, from an outside colored Demo crat,, “What about yupr nine dollars a day.”) “My fe))aw citizens, this is a great country, and it is yourn and mine; and now 1 must tell you about General Grant— (the old pious lady could stand the elo quent appeals no longer, and, with an ex pre3slve yes, Lord , fainted away. The crowd “hurrahed” to the order of a little sharp headed black, who held in one hand the hut, iu the other the coat-tail of the august competitor of Demoat hones.) “Now Gen. Grant went out West and font Johnny Reb at Shiloh and whipped him mighty bad,, and font him at Chieka mauga and whipped ’im there like the devil” (hurrah), “and then he went to Riohmond and fbut Gen. Lee ;nd whipped ’itn like thunder, and set you free," (“hurrah” from peak-head and a few of the rest. Much restivene.-s about the cooking locality 1, “and he ha= got a mil lion of soldiers to keep you free, an’ you must all vote so yer ban’ off dat pig dar” broke in a sable “manhood” from the outskirts, who had devoted one ear to politics and all the rest of his senses to the prospective enjoyment and present protection of the cuisine.) The orator repeated Borne of the startling his tory retailed, and impressed the fact once more that Mr. Warren and Clay born (the last property named being about the color of anew law bookj, had sent heaper hoddy.” A fight seemed imminent from the outside near the “cue hole” in conse quence of the unlawful disappearance of a sheep leg, and the improper suspicion of the “gemmun” who had committed an offence punished according to section 4,608 of Irwin’s Code. The speaker judiciously suspended at this juncture and said, “less all hands eat.” The she mem bers of Zion just then, fortunately suddenly recovered and responded “Amen” in proper time to suit the grand perora tion. There was now a hasty movement for the festal board, and, lest we loose sight of the dark Zion lady too suddenly for our sympathies, we had better remark that she lead the storming party. We arc tod full of laughter just now to describe the scene that followed, even had we language and Dickens’ powers. Being, from inchna- tion and ex necessitate, an outsider, we saw sorne of the grabbing, snatching, pulling, gouging, clawing, gnawing, &c., that man ifested the peculiar and delightful mode iu which ks enf gnts d’Afriqm enjoy their leasts. The least (so-called) quickly over, we left, because the thunder told of an ap proaching storm. The clouds, pushed on by a gale, brought torrents in a few mo ments. The streets ran in floods. When all had passed, the drenched crew thronged into the stores, and ginger-cakes, crackers, &e., found convenient sale. The roads that led them in with bright anticipations in the morning led them out at the close of the meeting damning Radical barbecues and the distinguished orator. Fellow-citizens of Burke, let us encour age Radical barbecues addressed by this descendant of Balaam’s saddle-horse; sic transit gloria mundi. Tout le Monde. Letter from Baker County. Baker Cos., Ga., Aug. 20, 3568. Messrs. Editors: Please] place to my credit for your paper the enclosed. lam one of those who think that Editors, those who honor their Vocation, should be prompt ly paid. Will send you more soon—have not the necessary change at hand now. Hook upon the Chronicle & Sentinel as the ablest defender of the rights of the down trodden South in the State—that is, if it is certain we still have any; nor do I regard it as inferior to any in the Southern States. I was particularly pleased with your response to the Macon Telegraph some time since, when that paper took ex ception to your outspoken sentiments, lou were right. Discretion, to a proper extent, is all well enough; but when oi’er done under the , guise of policy it degene rates into dastardly surveillance, and means submission. From such a truckling course may the good Lord deliver all South- ern journalists, say I. As to the crops in Southwest Georgia: the corn crop is about made, aud I can safely assert that it is barely a half crop. It was doing well up to the beginning of the late protracted drouth. From present indications, not more than half a cotton crop will be made. It is shedding badly at this time, and the cater pillar has appeared in some plantations. >\ hile m the tier of counties below, and extending through Florida, I learn they are making sad havoc. But, sirs, worse than unfavorable seasons, caterpillars, &c., is the insufficiency of free negro labor. I regard the successful working of Cuffee and Sambo (free-negroes of African ’scent) as no longer problematical!, but a demon strated failure. 1: nd if a substitute for this labor cannot be found, our best cotton lands must continue to depreciate in value. Can’t you, with your trenchant “goose quill,” rouse up our people upon this point ? Can we get labor that is constant and effective ? J, L. FOB THKCHHONICLE 4 SENTINEL. A Plea for Mercer University. Messrs. Editors: In common with all who attended the late commencement of Franklin University, I am thoroughly con vinced that-the public mind of our State has been thoroughly reawakened in tho cause of education. The people of Georgia have ever exhibited a greater desire to promote the intellectual culture of their daughters than for their sons. Ido not find fault with this, Messrs. Editors. It is a tribute to my sex which I appreciate as being founded in true wisdom. The fu ture wives and mothers of the State, whose thoughts and influences convey the earliest and best impressions to youthful minds and more or less decide the character of mature age, should be elevated in tone and sentiment and of the highest type of Christian philosophy and intellectual culture. While I admit this sagacity on the part of those who con trol public opinion, I eonfese that I feel flattered and grateful for this chivalrous oompliment to my sex, and pray that it may ever continue to be the ruling senti ment of our State, as being one of true wisdom and of sound policy. But I take my pen and crave your indulgence to plead for our sons and brothers—those with whom we are to associate, upon whom we are to lean upon through life, and I do so the more earnestly because I find growing up all around me the sentiment which makes all good to concentre in the mere posses sion and material enjoyment of wealth— well knowing that the higher the intellectu al standard among men is raised the more refined and cultivated will women become. So you see, Messrs. Editors, I am not alto gether disinterested, and do pot overlook hntirely the reciprocal interests of my own sex. From what I have seen and heard I am sure that great efforts will be made to make Franklin an honor and credit to our State. I perceive so much earnestness on the part of those who direct and control the affairs of that University, and so much interest on the part of the public and so much eagerness for learning on the part of our youth, that I am sure their efforts will be crown ed with success. Public opinion will com pel a liberal endowment of that institu tion, and public patronage will lend it a hearty support. Now I rejoice at this. I have too much pride, as a Geor gian, to do other than give this University my best prayers for success. I hope that Franklin will become the great University of the South and dispenses her blessings upon not only our own State but to all her sor rowing sisters. But whilst these are my feel ings toward Franklin, I would enter a plea i for Mercer. Ido not urge the claims of I Meroer as a rival of Franklin. There is | no eause for rivalry. There should be no i eause for antagonism between these in j stitutions, and, I believe, there is none. Ooe should support and aid the other in the advancement of a oomtoon cause. But, as a Baptist, I earnestly desire that Mercer should be sustained and advanced as a Baptist College , while Franklin is open to all as a State University. The first and chief difficulty under which Mercer labors is its inaccessible location at Penfield. In those days of numbers and combinations there should be some other mode of conveying the pub lic than small post-coaches and two horse hacks. The locality itself is very desirable —celebrated for its health, pure air, and pure water. The Faculty is com posed of men eminent in their profession, and by their profession. The accommo dations are ample. The locality itselfisall that is desirable except the delay, and dis comfort and uncertainty which attends upon coach transportation of five, or seven or nine miles from Greensboro, Woodville, or Union Point. Can this be remedied ? Thore are some forty-five thousand members of the Bap tist Church in Georgia. A contribution of one dollar from each, of these will raise an amount sufficient to overcome this diffi culty. I am told that twenty thousand dollars will build a horse railroad to Union Point by way of Woodville, and that if the worn light rails which the Georgia Rail road is selling as fast as they can he re placed on the Athens branch, be used, this sum ean be reduced. With all becom ing diffidence, I suggest to our beloved pastors throughout the State to take up a collection for this purpose. I beliuvo that such contributions are demanded as a Christian duty. If the pastors of the Churches will co-operate, I am sure a suf ficient amount of money ean be raised. A contribution of ten cents from each mem ber each Sunday will produce an amount ample to place Mercer so that it will again flourish. The second great difficulty that oppresses Mercer is the uncertainty which lirs grown out of the constant agitation of the pro priety of removing the College elsewhere. Build this Horse Railroad and this is si lenoed forever. The people will again look upon it as a permanent institution—and it will flourish. A Lady oe Clarke Cos. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens.— We had a pleasant interview with Mr. Stephens a few evenings since, on the train. He was on his way to the Green brier White Sulphur Springs. His health ris very feeble, and he goes to this water ing place on that account. Mr. Stephens’ views on the situation and national politics, are all that the most ar dent lover of constitutional liberty could desire aud it is not true that he advised Ileuoerats to blacken their souls by voting for the 14th amendment, or any other one of the Reconstruction measures. The ut most of his advice upon that subject was, for the Democrats to let the Radicals adopt the measure if they saw proper. His rea sons for this were sound and practical, but it is unnecessary to give them here. Persons desiring to communicate with Mr. Stephens, will address him at the place above mentioned. — Atlanta Con stitution, 22 d. A Sad Snake Story.—A young lady in Snydor county, Pennsylvania, was in the garden picking berries. A piercing scream from her alarmed the rest of the family, who were at the tea-table. Hast ening to the spot, they found her lying on the ground insensible. She was carried into the house, and, Sad to relate, examina tion proved that she was dead. Her friends, on prooeeding to prepare the body for interment, were horror stricken to find an immense black snake coiled tightly around her person, underneath her cloth ing._ There being no evidence of the snake having bitten her, the inference was that the young lady died from fright.