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OLD SEUIEB, VOL. LXXVI.
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PATRICK M A l>ll. Associate Editor.
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Troops. —A large number of troops
have passed up tlie Georgia Railroad in
the past few days.
Colored Democratic Clud in Aiken.
—A colored Democratic Club was organ
ized in Aiken, S. C., on Monday night
last. Quite a large number Lave already
signed the roll.
M. Hvams & Co.—Wecallthe attention
of our readers to the advertisement of this!
firm in another column. They always j
keep the very best of groceries, and sell on
a: reasonable terms as anybody. Give
them a call. On the Ist of October they
will remove to the store under the Central
Hotel, where they will continue to keep a
large and complete stock of goods, and be
pleased to sec their old and new friends.
Robbery.—Mrs. Sclfern, while return
ing home from the city on Saturday after
noon, about 5 o'clock, was stopped by
three negroes on the Turknett Springs
road above Col. Gardner's residence, and
robbed of what articles she had purchased
in fho city. They told her that if she
wanted to save her life, she had better
keep quiet. After taking all of her goods
from her, they said: “The cow didn’t
give much mill? !” meaning that she had
but little to steal, (t is thought that there
is an organized hand of robbers in that
vicinity.
New Sea Island Cotton.—The For
nannina (Fla.) halcx, of the 27th instant,
says : “Seven bales of new Sea Island Cot
ton arrived here on Tuesday on its way to
Messrs. J. W. Audcrsons Sons & Cos., Sa
vannah, Ga. It was grown by .J. A. Si
monton, Esq , near Micanopy, Fla.”
Demotion in Cable Rates.—Tele
graphic messages over the Atlantic Cable,
it is announced, will, after September Ist,
186 K, be transmitted from New York City
to any point in Great Britain and Ireland at
the reduced rate of $16.85 in gold for ten
words,and $1.07 for each additional word.
Five words are allowed for signature and
address.
The Negroes Drilling. —The negroes
in this and other sections of Georgia, un
der the advice of tneau, irresponsible
whites, are arming and drilling. This has
been going on for some time. We regret
il exceedingly, not because we fear the
negro, but because we pity him for being
led on to his own ruin by a class of
cowardly white scoundrels who will desert
him in the hour of trouble. The colored
people will find out, when it is too late
we fear, that, their only hope is in the re
spectable, substantial white people of the
South.
Arrival of Immigrants.— Thirty ono
immigrants arrived in Richmond last week
from the West. These people are from
Holland, originally, but they find in the
South a much better field for their in
dustry than in the West. Others will
soon follow their example. The colored
people should take a hint'from this, for, if
they arc antagonistic to the white people
of the South and their intorost, there is
no alternative left but to seek abroad for
labor.
Mahrukradi: Ball at the Write
Noli’UUK SriUNUs.— -Greenbrier White
pnl/iltHi' .springs, Va. , Aug. 28.—The inas
querado ball given in honor of tho dis
tinguished guests here last night, was a
magnilieenl alfuir. Nearly a thousand
persons were present, among whom were
distinguished gentlemen from all sections
wf the Union, viz: Secretary Browning
and family: Generals Robert 10. Deo,
Beauregard, Anderson and Keliols; Gov
ernors Letcher, Pickens and Stock dale;
lions. A. It. li. Stuart, Ex-Secretary of
the interior, and Alexander 11. Stephens;
Gommodoro Maury and W. W. Corcoran ;
Colonels Fontaine, Whitcomb, Lyons
Baldw in, Buford, Sutherlin, Zimmer ami
a large number of representatives of tho
pi ess, from New York, Washington and
Virginia.
Through a notice in the Richmond Whig,
wo learn that our friend and fellow-towns
man, 11. F. Russell, Esq., was ono of the
managers of this splendid Ball. To thoso
who know H. F., we need not say that any
thing which he attempts is bound to suc
ceed. We are not therefore surprised to
learn, by the above extract, that the Ball
was magnificent, aud the whole affair a
splendid success.
Chops in Southwest Georgia. —Agon- j
tlernnn from Southwest Georgia yesterday, j
gives the Jo\trnal & Messenger a brief crop j
report. ITo says the cotton in Clay county j
is looking as well as he ever saw it. But
the caterpillar is in aliuosl every hold. It
has done no damage as yet. From Sniith
ville to Macon it has rained almost every
day last week, but tbe showers were much |
lighter than ours, lie says cotton looks j
better than it did this time last year ; but j
the caterpillars are greatly feared.
Seventh Congressional District.—
In tl;e Cartersville Express, of Friday,
titty-odd citizens of Murray and Whitfield
invite Gen. Win. T. Wofford to become a
candidate for Congress, which invitation
he accepts, and announces himself a candi
date.
The Express declares itself in favor of
Wofford, provided the Kingston Conven
tion, which meets on the 9th, shall nomi
nate him. Gen. I’. M. B. Young, the
present incumbent, will bo before that body
for re-nomination.
Fire in Lumpkin. —The Columbus Sun
learns that a destructive tire broke out in
Lumpkin, on last Friday morning, about
half past twelve o’clock, by which the Ma
sonic Gall, the drug store of Tatum & Cos.
and four other stores adjoining, were
burned ; also, two dwelling houses, in the
rear o: the stores, but how, is not known.
Most of the goods were saved, though iti a
damaged condition.
The Montgomery Advertiser mentions 1
the receipt of twenty bales of new cotton in !
Montgomery, ou Thursday, from one j
plantation near Wetumpka.
Atlantic Monthly.— We acknowledge
the receipt of the Atlantic Monthly for
Scptcml or, from Quinn. This monthly is I
eonfc.'M'dly Radical in principle, but the |
tone ot the articles seldom, if ever, de* ,
sccndsto clap-trap and scurrility The table
of contents for this month is exceedingly
inviting.
Pollard, Cox & Co.—One of the
largest and most popular business houses
in Augusta is that of Pollard, Cox \ Cos.
These gentlemen have been long and
favorably known in this city and State, and
will continue the Factorage. Grocery and
Commission business at No. 297 Broad
street, below the Planters’ Hotel. They
have every facility for accommodating
their patrons, aud will attend to all busi
ness entrusted to their care with prompt
ness, energy, and dispatch. They have,
also, always on hand a large aud varied
stock of Groceries aud Provisions, which
they offer on the most favorable terms.
Country dealers and others would do well
to give these gentlemen a call, and ex
amine their stoek, A call will insure a
trade.
Birmingham, England, employs 380 men
and 2,000 worneu and girls in the manu
facture of steel pens. The weekly product
js 98,000 gross.
| Large and Enthusiastic Meeting In War-*
renton.
The largest meeting which has been con
vened in that place since the war, was held
in Warrenton on Saturday last There were
upward of a thousand persons present, in
cluding nearly or quite two hundred color
ed men. The crowd was addressed from the 1
Court House steps by Gen. A. R. Wright
in a speech of nearly two hours, which was
listened to throughout its delivery with
| close and marked attention.
The enthusiasm of the people far excels I
anything known there for many years.
Radicalism is dying out rapidly even
among the colored men, and in a short
time, if our friends work with the same
zeal they now exhibit, not a scalawag or
carpet-bagger will be left in the county, j
We feel bound to commend the meeting j
on Saturday for an act of forbearance, ;
which hem to great credit. While
the speaking was going on the scalawag J
Sheriff of the county intruded his misera
ble carcass into the crowd, and commenced j
serving summons for jurors for the Dext I
Court It was well known that he did it
with a view of annoying the speaker and
audience, and to provoke a difficulty. At
first his intrusion seemed likely to pro
duce a collision, but moderate counsels
prevailed, and he was permitted to leave
without injury. He will hardly attempt
such a thing again.
Dropping to Pieces.
The Radical party-in this State is rapidly
tumbling to pieces. Every day it becomes
weaker and weaker. Already three of the
nine Electors on the Grant ticket have
withdrawn from the party and openly de
clared for Seymour aud Blair. These three
are Aaron Wilbur of the First, E. R.
Harden of the Second, and W. W. Boyd
of the Seventh District.
We hear a rumor, which we think well
founded, that A. T. Akcrman, one of the
Electors for the State at large, will, in a
few days, be out in a card withdrawing his
name from the ticket.
Seward, the only man of influence or
position which they had in Southern
Georgia, has abandoned the party and
made a strong speech for Seymour and
Blair at a public meeting in Thomas county
last week. Judge Bighatn, in Western
Georgia, has also written along letter, in
which he formally renounces Radicalism
and pronounces for Seymour.
Judge I. L. Harris, also, formerly of the
Supreme Court, is said to have announced
his determination to support the Demo
cratic nominees. In a few days there will
not be a single Southern man of influence
or position left in the Radical party.
Friends ! let us press on the Democratic
column. The enemy’s lines waver. Now
is the time to press him at every poiut.
With ringing cheers for the Constitution
and Seymour, let every white man and
honest black man in the State fall info the
Democratic ranks and make a crushing
charge upon the shattered cohorts of scala
wags and carpet-baggers.
Election for Members of Congress.
Under the laws of the State as they now
stand, no election ‘or members of Congress
can bo held until Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1869.
The Atlanta Constitution provides, in
section XI of the 2nd article, that “The
election of Governor, members of Congress
and of the General Assembly, after the
year 1868, stall commence on the Tuesday
after the first Monday in November, unless
otherwise provided bg law."
A special election for Governor, mem
bers of the Legislature, county officers, and
members of the XLth Congress , which ex
pires the 4th day of March next, was pro
vided for by Ordinance of the Convention,
adopted the 10th ofMarchlast. Noprovision
was made either by Ordinance or by the
Constitution other than that quoted above
from the eleventh section of the second
article.
Section 3d of the Xlth article of the
Constitution declares, “The body of laws
known as the Code of Georgia and the
acts amendatory thereof, are of force in
this State except so much of said Code as
may be inconsistent with the supreme law.”
By the Code the day fixed for holding
elections for members of Congress is “the
first Wednesday in October, 1801, and
biennially thereafter.” Code sections
1,232 am/ 1,245. Under the Code, then,
no election can be held this year. We
have seen that the Atlanta Constitution
failed to provide for such election. Con
sequently, unlesss the present Legislature
takes action on the subject, there will be no
election for members of Cougress until
Tuesday after the first Monday in Novem
ber, 1809.
Should there be a called or extra session
of the XLlst Congress, on the sth of
Maroh next, a contingency which we think
highly probable, Georgia will be without
representation. In that case the Code,
Section 1,240, provides that the Governor
shall issue his proclamation ordering an
election of Representatives for such extra
session.
In view of the strong probability of an
extra session it occurs to us that it would
be best for the present Legislature to pass
an act providing for an election for Mem
bers of Congress on the day of the Presi
dential Election. It would be well at least
for the Legislature to indicate what action
will be taken, if any, as both parties are
preparing to place candidates in the field.
This action should be bad as soon as pos
sible.
Annual Reports or the Southwestern
Railroad Company.
Wc acknowledge the receipt of the
twenty-first annual Reports of the Presi
dent and Superintendent to the Stockhold
ers of this Company, for the fiscal year
ending July 31st, 1868. The following are
some of the leading features of these re
ports : The gross earnings of the Road
have been $920,541 29—a decrease from
last year of $86,408 91. (It will be recol
lected that is a North and South Road,
and that productions along its line are car
ried Northward to find a market.) The
decrease occur.- in “ down freights ’—in the
importations of the country end in travel;
and is set down as due to the “low price of
cotton \l ast Fall and Winter, and the con
sequent scarcity of money in the country
to pay for goods and travel.” It was due,
also, to a cause healthful to the country.
This Road carried down 491,983 bushels of
corn less than tbe previous year, “evi
dencing the fact that farmers raised their
own com last year.’ The up freights,
“principally cotton, show an increase of
$110,371 20.
The total expenses, ordinary and extra
! ordinary, are stated at $577,807 82 The
earnings, over current expenses, are $451,-
447 17, or forty-nine per cent of gross
earnings. The net earnings, over all ex
: penses, have been $342,736 47, out of
which two semi-annual dividends of four
per cent, each, have been declared to
i Stockholders; and after paying the interest
on the bonds of the Company, appropriat
ing $35,000 for new iron, and other ap
propriations, there remains a surplus of
$8,170 SS.
The bonds of the Company amount to
$430,000 bearing seven per cent, interest.
The bonds of this Company (except $45,-
000) are convertible into stock, at the op
tion of the holder ; $7,000 have been so
converted during the past year.
The Board of Directors have agreed to
the consolidation of the Muscogee Railroad
with this Company,subject to ratification by
the Stockholders, giving the scrip of the
Southwestern Railroad Company to Mus
cogee Railroad Stockholders, “amounting
to eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents per
share, rating each share of the Muscogee
* Railroad Company at one hundred dol
iars,” and assuming “all the liabilities of
the Muscogee Road.”
Two river steamers, “iron hull,” have
been purchased jointly with the Central
Railroad,at a eost offifty thousand dollars,
and placed on the Chattahoochee river, “for
the future protection”of the interest of the
CompaDyat “Eufaula, Fort Gaines, Ac.,”
menaced by the Atlanta and Gulf Com
pany at those points.
The length of this road is 207 J miles. I
Four hundred and fifty-six tons of new
iron have been purchased and laid down, I
during the past year. The gross earnings j
; per mile rua by engines, are $2. 76. 2 ; j
expenses sl. 73. 3 ; the current expenses I
per mile run by engines, sl. 40. 8. Net i
earnings per mile, excluding “permanent j
! expenditureß,”sl. 35. 4;including,sl.o2.9.
No. bales cotton transported, was 232,-
343,against 137,696 last year, and 206,307
in 1860.
The number of bales from Southwestern
Railroad proper, was 131,598; “from Co
lumbus and beyond,” 100,745 bales.
The number of through passengers was,
9,853 ; of way 85,021.
The Prospect In Maine.
Both parties are putting forth their full
strength in the pending canvass, but the
indications are very significant of the
waning fortunes of Radicalism. Able and
distinguished speakers, both native and
from abroad, are canvassing the entire
State in the interest of their respective
parties. So far, the Democratic speakers
seetn to have drawn the largest crowds aud
they have been received with much more
enthusiasm by the masses.
A correspondentof the New York Herald
gives the following account of the canvass
of Judge Kelley in behalf of Radicalism,
and draws a comparison of the Judge’s
canvass with that of the “young Eagle of
the West.” We give the writer’s own
words:
The Judge’s addresses were everywhere
sparsely attended ; his presence creifted no
enthusiasm ; in many towns it was with
difficulty that he could obtain a respecta
ble audience, and tho few speeches made
by him fell like wet blankets upon the
canvass, extinguishing ail the enthusiasm
that Logan’s name and fame had thrown
into it,
in Bath, Augusta and other places whore
Judge Kelley delivered addresses, few
were found sufficiently interested in him
or his principles to turn out and do him
honor, and he beat a hasty retreat from
the .State, having most signally failed in
the accomplishment of the mission upon
which he started out.
Looking at the facts, then, it is evident
that, as far as Maine is concerned, the can
vass by tne Grant and Colfax party has
been a most signal failure thus far. Ener
getic work can alone rekindle its smoul
dering embers and give life and animation
to tho Radical cause.
The Democracy, on the other hand, have
been quietly awaitingthe preliminary can
vass by the Grant interest, and now, when
they have exposed their strength and felt
the public pulse, the former trot out their
best stock for a rnn over the course.
George H. Pendleton and Thomas Ewing
led otf at Bangor, and have stumped the
State together for Seymour and Blair.
They will be followed by other Democratic
lights, whose services have been secured,
and a canvass by the Seymour faction has
been entered upon.
Tho election, as already stated, occurs
on the 14th of September, and but little
time is left the friends of the respective
tickets to organize tor it. The Republicans
already claim the State for their ticket,
butthat it will give them a majority is bgno
means certain. It has passed through con
tests equality as exciting as the approach
ing ore promises to be, and the vote has
taken the public by surprise.
Radical Aspirants for Congress.
It is rumored upon the streets here that
T. P. Saffold, of Morgan, J. P. Beard
(colored), the perjured Blodgett, carpet
bagger Bryant, of Richmond, and V. M.
Barnes, of Columbia, are all aspirants for
the Radical nomination for Congress in this
District.
Democratic Meeting In Sandersville.
We learn that there was a large gather
ing of the Washington Democracy, in San
dersville, on Saturday lest. Able and ef
fective speeches were made by Maj • Cum
ming and Gen. Dußose, Elector and Al
ternate for this District. These gentlemen
are making a vigorous canvass, and deserve
the thanks of the party for the zeal and
energy with which they are attacking the
stronghold of Radicalism.
The White Sulphur Conference*
The pretended White Sulphur con
ference has ended just as wo predicted it
would. The visit of General llosccranz
to the Springs was neither official, diplo
matic, or in the interest of a party. It grew
out of a very natural desire, on the part
of Rosecranz, to meet his old friend and
army companion, and to hear, from his
own lips, his views upon Southern affairs.
Columbla-Chatham Coal Fields and
Raleigh Railroad. —An eminent citizen
of South Carolina, one who has always ta
ken an active interest in the development of
the State, did us the honor to call upon
usyesterday morning, seeking some inform
ation respecting the prospect of a com
plete and speedy connection of the Colum
bia and Augusta Railroad, with all the
Roads concentrating at Augusta. This
gentleman informs us that there is no
doubt about the building of the Columbia,
Coalfields and Raleigh Road. The inter
est of the city of Columbia demands
a short connection with the Coalfields and
Iron mines of North Carolina. The people
of Columbia look forward to the develop-
ment of their manufacturing interests in the
use of the splendid water power of the
Congaree. English and Northern capital
ists (the former particularly) have sent out
agents to examine into the advantages of
climate, supplies, &e., with a view to in
vestment, and their decision only awaits
the termination of the present political
question of negro suffrage and office-hold
ing which agitates the country. It is due
to these gentlemen to say that they have
openly declared that they will not risk
their capital if the property of the eoun- j
try is to be put in jeopardy by ignorant j
ucgrocs holding office, or placing in office
unscrupulouscarpet-baggers—ifsuffrage is
to be m:\de universal. These gentlemen
(and we understand that they have visited
Angusta and expressed similar views here
to a well known citizen), urge a short and
j direct connection with the coal fields of
North Carolina as a valuable auxiliary in
manufacturing. The people of Columbia
have applied for, and will undoubtedly ob- j
tain a charter. Some railroads in North
Carolina, friendly by interest, have agreed
to make subscriptions to a certain amount. 1
Northern Capitalists have agreed to
supplement this sum to an amount suffi
cient to build the road. They have already i
raised tbe amount required—two millions
of dollars. They ask no monc-y. All j
that is asked is a charter from the State :
of South Carolina upon the same terms !
as those granted to other railroads, and
free and untrammelled connections at
Columbia and Augusta. These capitalists j
look, as a great source of patronage, to j
the transportation of the products of the j
North Carolina furnaces and iron mines
and coal fields—particularly to Columbia ;
and Augusta, and Southward.
We have been thus minute in directing
public attention to this Coal Fields Rail
road—not more for its bearing upon the
future welfare and prosperity of Augusta,
than for the questions of railroad connec
tions which are likely to be brought to
their consideration at no distant day.
Fine Rice. —'We were presented a few
days ago with several ears of rice, which
are certainly ahead of anything of the kind
we have ever seen. We counted four hun
dred and fifty grains on one ear! They
were from Estherviile plantation, the prop
erty of our friend W. C. Johnstone, Esq. !
Mr. J. says one of his fields is estimated
by parties who have seen it to be good for
seventy-five bushels per acre, but that the
yield will be diminished in consequence of
a portion falling down from the extreme
length of the plant (nearly seven feet), and
the weight of the ears. —Georgetown (S.
I C.) Times.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1868
Thc Georgia Code and the Civil Rights
Bill.
The Northern Radicals base the claims
i of their party to the support of the people
mainly upon the ground that the success
j of the Democratic party will restore the
Southern white people to all the rights
which, under the Constitution of the United
States are guaranteed to the people of the
! several States, anu that once restored to
these rights the whites —the ruling class in
the South—will deny to the black man
1 those rights and remedies which are ne
; cessary for the protection of his life, his
] liberty and his property.
They declare that, unless our people are
i checked and controlled, either by the direct
i action of Congress or through the influence
of the negro at the ballot-box, a sys
tem of laws will be enacted and enforced
against the negro which will render his
condition of freedom more galling and op
pressive than it was in the days of slavery.
The Northern Jacobin press and a large
majority of their speakers are daily repeat
ing the oft-told tale of Southern wrongs I
and Southern cruelties enacted by
the late slaveholding States for the gov- ■
eminent and control of the recently j
emancipated negroes. They declare
that we have enacted codes closely re
sembling the old slave codes, and which,-
in their operation, as effectually destroy
the freedom aud independence of the blacks
and as completely subjects him to the will of
the tyrannical and overbearing white race as
the old laws which were iu force before 1
emancipation. We have been charged ,
with having exhausted our ingenuity in j
framing laws which, while apparently j
recognizing their freedom, crushed the es- |
forts of the negroes to improve their con
dition, and placed him wholly in the power
and subject to the arbitrary will of his late \
masters.
They charge us with having denied him
equal rights in our courts of justice—of
excluding him from the right to give evi
dence—of withholding from him the right
to acquire, hold and convey property—of de
nying him the rights and privileges which
flow from the marital relations—of de
priving him of the right to contract and
be contracted with —of subjecting him to a
code of criminal laws different from that en
forced against the whites, and of enforcing
punishments against him unusual, exces
sive and barbarous, and which are not en
forced against the whites for similar of
fences. These charges have been made
and repeated so often that we fear many
good men at the North and in the great
West have been persuaded that they are
true. Hence we are not surprised that
there is still lingering in the minds of many
good men and honest patriots there, a
doubt as to the propriety and justice of
according to the South the full measure of
their rights as individuals and as co-equal
States in the Government of the United
States. And hence wo account for their
supporting Congress in the enactment oi
the Civil Rights Bill, which was passed ap
parently for the purpose of securing to
the negroes those indisputable rights
which his condition of freedom so impera
tively demanded.
The Radicals claim that, but for the pas
sage of the Civil Rights Bill, the Southern
negroes would be in a worse condition to
day than when in slavery. They claim
that the passage of that law broke down a
system of State legislation in the South
which would have nullified and destroyed
all the good which emancipation was to
effect for the black race. Here, in the
South, they tell the negroes that all the
rights which they enjoy are due to this
legislation of Congress. And they tell
them, further, that the white people of
the South—tho Democrats—will never ac
cord to them any of the blessings of free
dom except such' as are extorted from them
by the power of the Federal Government
administered by the Radical party.
We propose to show that these pretences
of the Radicals are wholly and utterly
false. We intend to prove from the laws
on the statute books of Georgia, passed by
a Legislature chosen alone by white voters,
and without the slightest pressure from
the Federal Government, that all the
rights which the black race enjoy to-day in
Georgia they derive from the white peo
ple of the State. We intend to show that
the much lauded Civil Rights Bill does
not give the blacks a single right, does
not afford them the slightest protection,
which had not been secured to them by
the statutes of our own State before the
passage of the Civil Rights Bill.
We desire that the Northern mind, also,
shall be instructed upon this subject. We
wish the people there to sec that in our
voluntary legislation—unawed by Radical
threats and unseduced by Radical prom
ises—we have gone quite as far in securing
the negroes their full rights, and in pro
viding for their due enforcement, as have
the Radicals themselves; and, further than
this, we propose to show that all that por
tion of the Civil Rights Bill which estab
lishes and defines the rights of the negroes
is copied, almost word for word, from the
act of our own Legislature'entitled “Ad
Act to define the term ‘persons of color,’
and to declare the rights of such persons.”
This bill was passed before the passage of
the Civil Rights Bill; it was introduced
into the Legislature in January, 1866, and
was finally passed and approved by the
Governor nearly or quite a month before
the latter bill became a law.
We give the two enactments, in parallel
columns, that our readers may mark the
identity of language used in both laws :
GEORGIA BILL. CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
Be it enacted , iCe., !
That all persons ;
born in the United j
States, aud not sub- I
ject to any foreign |
power,. excluding I
Indians, not taxed, ;
are hereby deoland j
Sto be citizens of the |
'United States ; and j
■|SUch citizens, of j
ieverv race and color,
without regard to
!auy previous condi-
Itiou of slavery or in
•|voluiitary servitude,
except as a punish- j
, ment for crime, j
;| whereof the party 7 |
—hall have been duly
, convicted, shall have
, the same right iv j
i'every State and Ter
ijritory in the United
- States to make and
I enforce contracts ; <
?to sue, be parties, :
i and give evidence ;
1 to inherit, purchase,
) lease, sell, hold, and
- convey real and per
, sot; .. property ; and
rto full and' equal
fj benefit of all laws
7 1 and proceedings for
-Ithe security of per
elsons aud property
.las is enjoyed by
;.! white citizens, and
h : shall be subject to
ilih,e puuishme u t,
(pains and penalties,
and to none other,
(any law, statute,
ordinance, regula
tion or custom, to
the contrary not
i withstanding.
| Became a law
j April 9th, 1866.
Section I. Th e
General Assembly of ’
the State of Georgia
do enact that all ne- >
groes, mulattoes,.
mustizoes and their
descendants, having
oue-eighth negro or i
African blood in
their veins shall be
known in this State;
as persons of color, j
Sec. 2. That per
sons of color shall!
have the right toj
make and enforce]
contracts,to sue, be,
sued; to be parties, j
and give evidence;!
to inherit ; to pur-j
chase, lease, sell,!
hold and convey,
real and personal
property, audio have
full aud equal bene
; fit of all laws and
1 proceedings for the
security' of person
and estate, and shall
; not be subjected to
| any other or ditfer
i ent punish men t,
pain or penalty for
the commission of
i any- act or offence
; than such as are pre
; scribed for white
i persons committing
like acts or offences.
Approved Mar c h
7ih, 1866.
I
• .
Will the people of the North note this
fact; That our Law which gives to the
negroes all the rights which are claimed
for them under the Civil Rights Bill, ex
cept that of citizenship, and which under
the Constitution of the United btates
could only be granted by Congress, was
passed nearly a month before the Civil
Rights Bill. When Radical speakers urge
them to vote for that party in order that
the poor negroes of the South may be se
cured in their rights, point them to this
Law of the State of Georgia, and which
can be found on page 239 Georgia Laws
1865-6.
During the season of 1867 the fruitgrow
ers of Southern Illinois shipped to Chi
cago 600,000 boxes of peaches, and 30,U00
bushels of strawberries.
OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
General Rosecranz at White Sulphur
Springs—Various Versions of His
Mission—His Hostility to Gen. Grant-
Southern Society—Business Prospects —
Commercial and Financial.
| Editors Chronicle A Sentinel:
Nzw York, August 28, 1868. —There
are various rumors afloat here as to the
true meaning of the gathering at White
I Sulphur Springs. Rosecranz lias, you
know, 4 just been confirmed for the Mexican
| mission, and one account is that the pur-
I pose of his visit to the Springs is to pro
cure the views of the late ConfcderateGen
erals on the prospects of a military move
looking to the ultimate _ annexation of
Mexico. To confirm this view it has lately
I come to light that it is one of Grant’s few
j ideas to hate that country, and it is men
| tioned, as a probability, that, if elected,
j he would precipitate a collision with it, in
| the double hope to annex it, and, by the
I turmoil inevitable on that process, to dis
tract popular attention the present
| domestic troubles. With this, as one
| story, there is another, that this confer
i ence is meant to help .Grant’s prospects
for the Presidency, it being assumed that
between old West-Pointers the ties of past
companionship would prove stronger than
' subsequent antagonism. The absurdity
of such a supposition is evident, but
! still, as one of the say-so's of . the
day, I give it. In first place,
Rosecranz is quite bitter against Grant, so
that he would hardly work for his advance
ment, as this wild tale Vresupposos, and
in the next, it is insulting to our old Con
federate leaders to suppose they would do
anything to aid the siveY.si.')f that party
which has acted toward Jfe unfortunate
i South with such persistent malignity and
ill faith. Beyond these two stories there
! is a third one,here, current, which is much
! more probable than either, to the effect
j that it is liosecranz’s object to procure such
| an expression of opinion from the leaders
I of the South as may tend to rebut some
of the strongest obstacles now existing in
i the North to a real reunion of the two
j sections. Thus, it is a fundamental article
| of faith with many thousands of Northern
j voters that, were the army once withdrawn,
! a Northern man’s life in the South would
; not be worth an half hour’s purchase,
j Others again are firmly persuaded that
nothing is so ardently desired as to reduce
| the negroes back into slavery, little know
! ing, poor idiots,that the South could hard
| ly be hired to such a step. And others
again, there are, whp think that a restora
tion of the Southern States to political
power would bring with it an increase in
tho burden of taxation,by reason of‘ a rec
ognition and assumption of the Confed
erate debt. These seem wildideas,doubtless
to the reader, but such as they are they
have many believers here, and are made
use of with no little effect among the more
ignorant and prejudiced masses. To give
some authoritative denial is what Rose
cranz’s mission to the Springs may result
in, though it is not myown private opinion
that he, in reality, went there for any fur
ther purpose than merely to meet and con
verse with his old antagonists. By the
time this secs print you will, doubtless,
know the upshot of this matter, which has
created considerable sensation here in po
litical and journalistic circles, and has,
therefore, been dwelt on at some length.
The leading papers hurried off their special
correspondents to the spot at the first inti
j illation, and in the accounts of these
,Titers, it is easy to sec that tho grace of
Southern society has far from lost its old
ms power. One correspondent says that
the White Sulphur is far more richly gift
ed by nature in all the attributes of a first
class watering place than the far-famed
Saratoga, and then discovers that the ele
gance and beauty of the Southern belles
are beyond comparison, from all of which
you will see that the social sceptre has not,
as yet, departed out of Seeessia into the
land of Shoddy.
In general politics, the prospects are so
hopeful that, what with the promise of an
abundant grain yield superadded, there is
a very perceptible improvement in business
tone. With a popular verdict in favor of our
our old time Constitutional Governmentand
ajgood crop to commence the era of restored
law with, it is easy to see that the material
interests of the country must greatly pros
per. In the dry goods market the Fall
trade has set in steadily, and, though not
| now at its usual volume, will, it is thought,
: swell into healthful pi/ ■urtiona; Wool
ens are very active; prints, ginghams and
muslins fair, and the coarser fabrics dull.
Cotton is feverish, it being a matter of
great doubt even with the best informed
as to what the crop will reach. Provisions
are steady. In the money market United
States securities are somewhat shaky
within the limits of from two cents to frac
tions. Something appears to be wrong
with the German market, always a good
placer heretofore but not an overwise one,
as 1 atn led to think. There is also some
thing the matter on this side of the water,
it seeming to be felt that the debt, as tt
were, is on trial in this canvass with the
chances somewhat against it. A minor
disturbing circumstance is found in the fact
that on several occasions both 7 30’s and gold
notes have been variously decided upon
by official experts at different times as
genuine and not genuine. Where doctors
disagree it is felt that there is not much
safety in any outsider arriving at a correct
decision. It will be remembered that it
was once charged that duplicate bonds
had been stricken off in uuknown quanti
ties, from the genuine plates, purloined for
the occasion, and though this has been
denied there every now and then peeps out
an awkward fact which goes to confirm the
original statement. The truth is that this
“national debt” is exquisitely sensitive to
all sorts of external impressions, and the
future before it is one that is not very
difficult for a thinking man to see. This
present canvass is but an incident in its
existence, and so far as the ultimate result
goes, will make almost no difference in the
inevitable end marked out in the nature of
all things financial. To be plain about it,
this debt is going just the way that the
C. S. money went, though with a far less
rapidity. It may last, without much
deterioration, for years, hut, in tho end, it
will have faded away and somebody will
be left in the lurch. These are troubled
times financially as otherwise, and the best
thing a moneyed man could do would be to
meditate the maxim—Maximum tangibili
ty, Minimum risk. A 5.20 bond just re
j verses this adage, being the minimum of
i tangibility—since intrinsically the pa
per is only fit for a segar light
er —and the maximum of risk,
having no better basis of value than the
monetary obligation of a people who have
| been taught that a legal or constitutional
obligation, if distasteful to them, might be
disregarded without cither sin or shame.
Now if, instead of putting money in a
j bond, one were to put it into a stock of
goods, or a cotton factory, or a flouring
mill, or a plantation, or printing press, or
railway, or house, or ship, it is evident one
I would have the maximum of tangibility
| and the minimum of risk, for land cannot
run away, and ships, horses and factories
cat) be fully insured.’ There are sqaa'ls
ahead, and a well-wisher advises tangible
investments in the South. The per cent
age man be less, but then better to have a
| tangible six per cent, than to pile up a
i cent per cent profit, and. then have both
principal and interest disappear in a finan
| cial whirlwind. FiDELIg.
FRO 41 ATLANTA.
Bultoclc and his Appointments—Judicial
Pap and its Recipients — B7io and What
They are—None hut Scalawags on
Guard — The Choice of the People is not
the Choice of His Excellency—Stone too
Heavy for the Senate—His Record
Killed him—The Eligibility Question —
Magnanimity of the Democrats —The
Skoichegan Skunk Reads out the Las
civious Joseph—Simms and Turner on
the Rampage—Higbee and Dunning
Sandioitched in—The Negroes Betrayed
by the Radicals—The Augusta Munici
pal Bill, dl'c., d-c.
SPECIAL C RaESP.XDESCE OF SHJ CHL 3X70-1 A SENTINEL.
Atlanta, August 31, 1868.
Editors Chronicle k Sentinel: The
Governor has, for some days, been re
markably reticent in regard to certain Ju
dicial appointments. For reasons best
known to himself, though not entirely un
known to other-, nominations for Judges
in certain of the Judicial Circuits have
been withheld, and some are still with
held. In the meantime appointments on
committees to visit the several public insti
tutions, scattered about the State, have
been made in the Senate with less party
exclusiveness than usual, a fair proportion
of Democrats being placed upon such com
mittees.
On Friday the name of the Hon. Noel
B- Knight was sent in for confirmation, as
Judge of the Superior Court of the Blue
Ridge Circuit, instead of W. T. Crane,
whose name had been withdrawn by the
i Executive on account of the determined
opposition made to his confirmation in the
> Senate. He is, by birth, a Virginian; has
been a member of the Blue Ridge Bar for
many years, and is regarded, I believe, as
personally unobjectionable, butissaidto pos
sess, to a very limited extent, that legal abil
ity which for a longtime has characterized
those who have presided over the courts of
this circuit. He has proven himself some
! thing more of a partisan than well befits
a high judicial station. No opposition
was offered to his confirmation, lie being
as unobjectionable as any one in the Cir
cuit who was allied with the Republican
party. It is said, however, that the people
of the Circuit greatly desired the appoint
ment of David Irwin, who has been their
Judge for many years of his life, and
whose fairness, courtesy, and impartial
justice, as well as his universally acknowl
edged legal ability, had won tor him the
confidence and affection of the people.
Such men as he, however, are too pure,
too true, and too exalted in enlightened
public esteem to be honored in these times.
In fact, in such a corrupt administration
of our State government, there is but little
doubt but that “a private station is the
post of honor. ” If Judge Knight had
been passed by, the next name upon the
Radical role would probably have been
John A. Wirnpey, the late Radical
candidate for Congress in the
Sixth Congressional District, who
was defeated by Colonel Christy,
of Athens. This gentleman was
anxious to avoid the difficulties which lies
between him aud a seat in Congress, by
quietly settling himself in a judicial posi
tion, which would comfortably retire him
from participation in those political con
flicts which are becoming daily more omin
ous of defeat to him and his sort.
The name of A. W. Stone, formerly of
this city but now of Savannah, was sent in
for Judge of the Eastern Circuit. Some
men have glided into power here simply
because of their obscurity, no one knowing
anything about them. Unfortunately for
Mr. Stone and fortunately for the country,
he was personally known by some members
of the Senate, and being kn nvn, was re
jected. It is believed that if Governor
Bullock would advise more with those who
have come directly from the people and
who represent them here, and less with the
carpet-baggers, that his appointments
would be much more likely !o give general
satisfaction.
Two other days have been spent by the
House on the eligibility question. Not
withstanding the Democrats had it in their
power, aided, as they are in this fight by
the more respectable portion of the Radi
cals, to have given shape and direction to
this debate, as well as to have forced a
final decision. Yet in a spirit of magna
nimity and forbearance,;they have permit
ted the debate to go on. It is to be hoped
that the magnitude of the issue involved
may be taken as a sufficient excuse for this
otherwise willful waste of time aud money.
Up to this time but three of the negro
members, including Bryant, who spoke
vice Colby, have spoken. Bryant occupied
the whole of Friday’s session in a vain
effort to prove that Judge Taney and his
associates knew nothing of the Constitution
—that this is an age of progress—and it
certainly must be when such as he will
attempt to palm off their judgment as
superior to that of Henry Clay, Daniel
Webster, Berrien, Calhoun, ct al—intel
lectual giants, before whom the pigmies of
the present day, "though perched ou Alps,
are pigmies still.”
His speech was such as to give a number
of recruits to the Democratic party—for he
read all out of his party —even Governor
Brown—who daro say or believe that
negroes, under our new Constitution, are
ineligible to office. He wants “no rotten
timber” in his party—he calls for “a grand
rally, from the mountains to the seaboard,”
and will, “at the November election, ap
peal to the people for a reversal ofthe de
cision of the House of Representatives,”
should it decide contrary to his ideas.
Sims and Turner occupied the floor on
Saturday and to-day—much to the edifi
cation and delight of their black brethren
and sisters, large numbers ot whom have
crowded the lobbies and galleries on the
two days they have been speaking, and
quite as much to the disgust of the ladies,
who are out in large numbers and sur
passing loveliness every day. Mr. Higbee
of the Senate, and Mr. Dunning of this
city, were Sims’ right and left bowers on
Saturday, sitting quite near him during
his four hours’ speech, and drinking iu,
with evident gusto, every word he said.
Mr. Dunning has paid Porter, the negro
three hours’ orator to-day, the same com
pliment, and Mr. Higbee, no doubt, would
have done the same thing, but his valuable
services could not be spared by the Senate.
The principal arguments used by these
negro orators are, that the Declaration of
Independence says “ all men are born free
and equal”—that the emancipation proc
lamation made them citizens—that the
Civil Rights Bill, tho Reconstruction Acts
and the 14th Article have made them eli
gible to office, aud that the late Constitu
tion of this State ratified all of these.
With that superstitious reverence for God,
peculiar to their race, they advise them to
look to Him, who. they say, will, in his
own good time, as He has heretofore done,
revenge all their injuries. Ido not think
a farther notice of this debate would be
either instructive or interesting to your
readers.
It comes with a very bad grace from
them now to charge the majority with op
pressing them, when they recollect that,
when white members were charged with
ineligibility they voted en masse to turn
them out. They say they did so under
the dictation of their party caucus, and
should not now be held responsible for it.
Poor negroes ! betrayed in the House of
their friends, so-called , they will yet find
who their true friends are.
Petition after petition has been present
ed to Governor Bullock, begging him to
issue a proclamation ordering the dis
banding of the various organizations,
which arc drilling all over the country,
preparatory to some demonstration, war
like or otherwise. He has failed to do
anything in tho premises, and to day the
Senate has passed a resolution requesting
or requiring him to do so, at once. In the
same body, to-day, when the Augusta
municipal hill came up, Messrs. Conley
and Ilungerford each offered a substi
tute. The bill and substitutes were
postponed, and made the special order for
Wednesday at 11 o’clock. I see Mayor
Blodgett in the Senate mixing pretty free
ly with Senators, evidently trying to get
his own axe ground.
There is but little outside news here.
The Brunswick Circuit is yet unprovided
with a Judge, as well as the Eastern and
the Tallapoosa. Nothing definite has
transpired as to the probable appointees—
if we except the Eastern appointment,
and the failure to confirm Mr. Stone as
noted above—and the rumor that Mr.
O’Neal, of Lowndes, is to be Judge of
the Brunswick, so soon as the Senate
shall pass the bill, passed by the House to
put Lowndes county iu tho Brunswick
Circuit.
Mr. carpet-bagger Prince, your so
called immediate Representative in Con
gress, is here busily at work among the
negro members from his District, making
sure his nomination. The white llepre
sentatives say they will not submit to it,
but will insist on Hon. T. P. Saffold as
the candidate. ’ Constitution.
CORRESPONDENCE CHRONICLE A SENTINEL.
Letter rroin Burke County.
Enthusiastic meeting at Buckhead, 714
District—Speeches by Stephen A. Cork
er and others Organization of a Demo
, cratic Club — New paper at Waynesboro.
Burke Cos., Ga., Aug. 29, 1868.
Editors Chronicle A Sentinel:
Gentlemen :— A large and enthusiastic
meeting was held atFuiiwood Chapel, 71st
District, on Saturday last. Being present
I had intended giving you full particulars
at an earlier day, but owing to an accident,
was prevented from so doing. By 10
o’clock a. m., there was a large number of
people at the Chapel (including quite a
number of freedmen). The mooting was
called to order by Colonel John F- Dawson,
who, in a few appropriate remarks, stated
that the object of the meeting was to ad
vance the interests of the Democratic party
and for the organization of a Democratic
dub. Your correspondent was then honor
: ed with a call to address the meeting and,.
suffice it to say, done the best he could.
! Captain Stephen A. Corker followed.—
H : s speech was animated and full of
! striking faots. He eulogized Seymour and
Blair and spoke upon their eminent
fitness for the high offices to which they
hive been nominated. At times he was
very eloquent, and he was frequently
cheered.
Captain Corker was followed by Mr.
Bird and Jacob Spencer (the latterafreed
man), whose remarks were of the right
stamp, and were deservedly applauded.
Steps were then taken to organise the
Club, and the following gentlemen were ]
i unanimously elected officers of the 71st
District (Burke County) Democratic Club: j
John A. Hollins, President.
JohnM. McCullers, Ist Vice President, j
Jacob Spencer (colored), fid Vice Presi- j
dent.
W. I. Hodges, Secretary.
E. A. Gordon, Treasurer.
Resolutions were thtm read and adopted,
and, with three rousing cheers for Sey
mour and Blair, the meeting adjourned.
It is the intention of the Club to give a
barbecue during the latter part of Sep
tember.
The cotton crop from Waynesboro to
Buck head looks fair, especially that plant
ed late, that planted early having suffered
materially from the drought. Not much
over one-half a corn crop will he gathered.
Preparations are being made everywhere
throughout the county for the great bar
becue at Waynesboro on Thursday next.
A general invitation is extended to every
body and everybody’s friend, and one ofthe
largest gatherings of the campaign is an
ticipated.
Anew paper, to be called the “South
ern Vindicator,” is soon to make its ap
pearance at Waynesboro. It is to be is
sued by Mr. Henry S. Hill, late ot the
"Georgia Clipper," of Warrentou. Mr.
Hill is a practical printer, and a young
man of energy and ability. The first’ num
ber is expected to make its appearance
next week. Hastily yours, P.
FOB THE CHBOXICLS i SENTINEL.
Relief.
Palmetto, Ga., Sept. Ist, 1868.
Messrs. Editors : Your policy upon the
relief question, and proposed adjustment
thereof, strikes the great popular chord
that will eoutrol the ensuing election. As
an evidence of the soundness of your policy,
in the three Militia Districts adjoining
Coweta and Fayette counties, we have
about six hundred registered voters. There
are about two hundred negro voters.
There are Dob outside of the negro voters,
ten professed Republicans. Yet, in the
three Democratic Clubs belonging to said
Districts, we have, after strenuous efforts,
only about one hundred and twenty-five
members—just one-fourth of the vote.
And why is this ? Here are, at least, two
hundred voters anti-Radical in every feel
ing and impulse who will not affiliate with
us, because they know not our position on
the all-absorbing question of Relief- I
find, by talking with them, that they do
not intend to vote in the ensuing election
unless they are thoroughly satisfied that
our party mean a fair and equitable ad
justment of their indebtedness. What is
true of these three Districts equally ap
plies through the circle of my travels. This
non action must be remedied. It is too
potent to be ignored.
In addition to this there is a still un
der current of Radicalism that, cynscious
ofits infancy, lies still, but is yet resolved
to swell the current of’ negroism. They will
number up to hundreds in this county.
Radicalism is not as dead as it seems to
be. It feels its infamy and,therefore,skulks
day-light. Nevertheless it is resolved
upon its full purpose, and everywhere is
assiduously engaged in its foul and hidden
retreats. Although everything indicates
a Democratic triumph, yet in view of the
momentous issue involved, it imperatively
behooves us to leave no stone unturned.
If our members in the Legislature do not
array themselves on the side of relief, if
they countervail any aud all efforts of re
lief; in other words, if they do not show
themselves as good or better relief men
than the Radicals, my word for it, a Radi
cal triumph would crown the iudiseretion.
Do what we may, say what we may, and
agree as wo may to a decided majority of
our white population, relief is a vital
question, and he assured that the debtors,
who number their thousands, are resolved
to make it the paramount question.
If, Messrs. Editors, you travel through
the country and mix with the people at
their homes and in confidential circles, you
will find that lam correct iu these views.
The remedy is in our hands. If we do not
defeat Radicalism by an overwhelming
majority it will be because your counsels
on relief have not been heeded by the
party. And I warn the party now if they
do reject your policy and counsels on relief,
they do it at the peril of success.
Most respectfully yours, &c, &c.,
E.U. M.
FROM WASHINGTON.
GEN. ROSECRANZ IN WASHINGTON.
IIIS CONFERENCE WITH THE REPRESENT
ATIVE MEN OF THE SOUTH.
Tlicr Desire Pence, Fraternal Feeling. Pros
perity mill Happiness.
No Address has been Prepared, as was
Reported, and General Rosecranz de
nies that he Sought 'the Interview at
the Request of Certain Parties in
Washington —Troops to be Sent at Once
to Charleston —Governor Seymour Cer
tain of the success of the Democratic
Ticket.
Special Despatches to the Baltimore Gazette.
Washington, August 7, 1808. — Gen.
Rosecranz arrived here from the Virginia
Springs to-night, and kindly granted your
correspondent an interview. During an
interesting conversation the General said :
“I visited Virginia on my own judg
ment alone, and not at the suggestion of
any one else. I had known the great
power of the representative men of the
Southern people during a terrible struggle
of four years, and I had a desire to see
and converse with them freely and ascer
tain for myself if that great power could
not be exercised now for good. I saw the
very heart of the Southern people, and I
am happy to say I found it all right. The
great leaders of the South desire peace,
fraternal feeling, prosperity and happi
ness, and they are prepared, if allowed to
do so, to exert all their power and influ
ence to that end. Oar conferences were
free and unreserved, and I am fully satis
fied that it is not the Southern people who
stand in the way of a full and complete
reconciliation.”
But, General, would you favor me with
a copy of the address which it is reported
you have in your possession and which you
are to deliver to the Democratic National
Executive Committee for distribution?
The General replied : —“X have no such
address, nor has any such been prepared.
The report to which you allude is a pure
fabrication, as was the telegram from this
city that I sought the interview with the
Confederate Generals at the instance and
request of certain parties here. I have
written nothing on the subject. In a few
days I shall have completed my business
with the State Department, grid will then
return to mv home in Ohio, where I will
reflect upon the wholq subject of my Vir
ginia visit. What my conclusions may be
lam unable now to say. I Lave the facts
I sought for, but I have yet to determine
the precise use to be made of them. I
; only wish the whole people knew
their Southern brethren qs well as I do.
If they did there would be no necessity for
the cry ‘Let us have peace,’ for there
would bo peace and prosperity,”
Such i3 a brief report that General
Rosecranz has furnished your correspond
ent of an “interview” which has attracted
the attention of tho whole country.
The General is in fine health and spirits,
but was dusty and much fatigued from
travel, having just ianded from the ears.
Major General Meade was in consulta
tion to-day with the President and Secre
tary of War relative to the petition of the
citizens ofCharleston for protection against
insult and outrage on the part of the blacks,
who are now being urged by carpet-bag
Radicals to the perpetration of every act
likely to lead to serious results, hoping
thereby to secure a pretext far demanding
arms for the negro militia. The Pres
ident directed that troops be ordered to
South Carolina at once to protect the
j citizens.
; A telegram from Governor Seymour to
day says : “I feel certain of ihe success of
! the Democratic ticket and the preserva
j tion of the Government. ”
10 f J . M.—General Rosecranz is now
I with the president. E.
' Sea Island Cotton.—We announce
1 with pleasure the receipt of the first bale
of the new crop of Sea Island Cotton.
! Messrs. Tison <s Gordon received it on
! Saturday by the steamer Lizzie Baker ,
and wts from Glynn county, Ga.
A few hours after the arrival of the
Lizzie Balter, the steamer City Point, from
| Florida, arrived, bringing eight bales,
! seven of which were from Micanopy, and
I consigned to Messrs. John W. Anderson’s
j Sons and Cos. The other bale was con
! signed to John L. Villalonga, Esq. This
bale was grown on the plantation of Mr
John R. Bevill, in Florida. It has been
shipped to Messrs. Baring Bros. & Cos.,
Liverpool, via New York, per steamship
Marmion. — Sav. News <<r Herald, 20th.
j New Cotton.—On Saturday last
| Messrs- Frost & Adger, Cotton Factors
| (Adger’s Wharf], received from Messrs.
; W. C. & L. Lanier, of West Point, Geor
j gia, a bale of new Alabama Cotton, weight
j Svejhundred and eighteen pounds. It was
j sold at thirty-five cents per pound,—
j Charleston Mercury.
j Among the 180,000 persons buried in
j Greenwood Cemetery, New York, there
1 are but seven centenarians.
NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVII. NO. 36.
(communicated. )
Cotton and the Cotton Crop.
Messrs. Editors: —ln persistently urging
the planters last year to a prompt liquida
tion of their indebtedness to their factors,
you caused the ruin of many honest men,
who otherwise, in obedience to their better
judgment, would have held their cotton
for the increased price whieh they felt
certain it would bring in the Spring. Your
articles inspired a quixotic sense of honor,
under the influence of whieh they placed
themselves and all they had at the mercy
of their creditors. Could you have in
spired the factor with like sentiments all
would have gone well, but never in the his
tory oi trade were an honorable and confiding
people so ruthlessly sacrificed. No factor,
unfit for Bedlam, hut that knew that it
was impossible for the crop to pay for ad
vances at the prices for which he sold it,
and that there must be a balance against
the planter still unpaid. lie further knew
that he must wait for this balance until
another crop was made. Now it is a
plain case that the factor, with the plant
er’s cotton in his warehouse, knew that his
debt was safe —he knew that if he sold the
cotton at the then rates, that his debt
would be only partially paid; upon the
basis of the cotton in store he could have
arranged with the bonds for a long delay—
while if he sold it, a balance would be still
due, for which he would have no security
beyond the chance of next year’s crop,
or on the farmer’s price of land, the
only property which the evil fortunes of
the war had left him. And yet every bale
was sold, and the lower the price the more
speedy the sale—while every mail brought
a letter, “send up your cotton.” It is
not my province to attempt to fathom
men’s motives; I only know that we were
slaughtered in the house of our lriends.
Now, sirs, take my word for it: the cot
ton crop of this year is a failure—there
will not be over six hundred thousand
bales to spare for England and Europe,
and I tel! the planters your time has
come, if you will but use it as you ought;
debt or no debt, factor or no factor, don’t
sell a hale until you are satisfied that you
have pushed it up to the very highest
point. The speculator bought your cotton
last year at nine cents net, and he pushed
it up to thirty. If the market opens at
thirty keep your cotton until you can get
sixty cents. You will get it if you do but
resolve not to take less, and I call on you,
Messrs. Editors, to urge the people to this
course as persistently as you did to a dif
ferent one last year. Cotton Planter.
from the Macon Journal tfc Messenger , Sept. 1.
ANOTHER DIFFICULTY IN
TWIGGS COUNTY!
DESPERATE AFFRAY BETWEEN A SHERIFF’S
POSSE AND NEGROES!
One Negro liillcil, and One White Wan tuul
One Negro Wounded !
Gentlemen in town yesterday from
Twiggs county report a renewal of the late
troubles and a desperate and fatal ren
contre between a Sheriff’s posse and three
negroes. The particulars are as follows :
Sheriff Stokes received information that
Berry Hill, a negro of desperate character,
who worked on the plantation of John H.
Dennison, was in the habit of drilling fifty
or sixty negroes. The Sheriff, upon this
ground, issued a warrant for Berry and
placed it in tho hands of one of his Depu
ties, George W. Lee, and ordered him to
make the arrest.
On Saturday last Deputy Lee summoned
a posso of ten or twelve men aud went to
the house of Berry for the purpose of car
rying out the order. When they rode up,
they saw Berry standing in the yard in
front of his house. Mr. Lee at once called
to him to come to him. But he retreated
into his house, and in an inslant the posse
received a volley of buchshot from tho
door of Berry’s house.
Thomas Melton, who had alighted from
his horse, was wounded by this lire in both
thighs. Several buckshot went, through
the flesh but no bones were struck.
The whole party then opened upon the
house with guns and pistols. The lire was
returned, vigorously. In a few moments
the Sheriff’s posse, seeing they were fight
ing at a disadvantage, were ordered to
charge. They did so, broke down the
door, entered the house and then followed
a desperate fight at close quarters. Berry
was at last seized, but still refused to sur
render. lie kept up tho fight, and event
ually got out of the house and into his
yard. Here he soon fell mortally wound
ed. He lingered until Suuday night and
died.
Two other negroes were in there with
him. In the melee one leaped from the
house and tried to escape. Ho was shot
through tho hip and captured. The third
was captured and found to be not wound
ed.
Seven or eight shots were fired from the
house at the Deputv and his men, but no
one was hit except Mr. Melton.
Upon searching the house it was found j
to be a miniature arsenal, guns, pistols,
powder and shot, were there in profusion, j
The two men with Berry say they did not j
fire a gun, and their story seems to be S
believed. They were taken to Jefferson- j
ville and lodged in jail. The ono shot j
through the thigh was not dangerously ;
hurt. The wounds of Mr. Melton aro not ;
dangerous.
Berry did not wait until the object of j
the Deputy and his men was made known
to him, but as soon as he saw them ride |
up he ran into his house, seized a double- |
barreled shot gun, and turned it loose ;
upon them from his door. He then closed *
and barred the door, and when tbeflro was !
returned by the party, ho fired six or
eight times through oracks in the house.
He fired at random and did not hit any 1
one else.
He was of a notoriously bad and desper
ate character. He formerly belonged to
Mrs. F. A. Finch.
We learn that Peter Eaaom, a colored
man engaged in the Hardin Smith riot,
was arrested on Saturday and lodged in
the Jeffersonville jail.
Wc also learn that Alfred Fleming,
Chairman, or President of the Loyal
League of Twiggs county, has disbanded
that organization.
There is no excitement of any conse
quence in the county. The people seem
determined to carry out and uphold the
law, let it cost what it may.
Conservative Meeting at Sanders-
VILLE- —Upon the invitation of the citizens
of Sandersville, a committee of the color
ed Democratic Clubs of this city, of which
Thomas Glenn, late porter at the Court
House, is Chairman, visited that town on
Iriday last, for the purpose of addressing
their colored friends on tho political issues
of tho Jay. Upon their arrival the loyal
leaguers manifested signs of hostility, and
the citizens proposed to escort them around
the town, which proposition was declined,
because they had an abiding confidence in
their ability to convince the;? colored
brethren that they were their best friends.
On Saturday morning a platform was
erected, and n large meeting of whites and
blacks assembled and listened to speeches
i lloa Thomas Glenn and other members
from the Democratic Committee.
The result was that, at the conclusion of
the meeting, the head men of the loyal
leagues mounted the platform, shook
hands with the members of tbo committee
and congratulated them upon their-suc
cess as political speakers, and moreover,
: invited them to attend a barbecue on
next Saturday.
Glenn wore upon his breast a handsome
Seymour and Blair medal, and at tho con
clusion of the meeting a large number of
colored men were seen wearing the same
description of medal, which it seems they
already had iq their possession, but had
been afraid to wear openly, prior to the
meeting.— Savannah Republican, Sept. 1 st.
Culture of Peppermint.— Passenger*
1 who ride over the Central Railroad along
! the flats where Mud Creek Sows through
Wayne county, have iheir attention di
rected to the large fields of peppermint
: which grows there. The soil appears to be
admirably adapted to the culturo of this
Elant, and it grows luxuriantly. The
yons Republican says : “Wayne county
produces more peppermint than any other
section of the country of the same size in
the world ; and the number of acres de
voted to its propagation increases annually.
The season just past has been an unusually
good one for peppermint raisers, and the
crop has been harvested in excellent con
dition. Some growers have finished dis
tilling, and havo put their oil in market.
A first-class article brings $4 75 per pound,
but most growers are holding back for $5.
Mr. H. G. Hotchkiss and Messrs. Hale &
Parshall, of this town, are the largest pep
permint dealers in this section, if not in
the United States. Most of' their oil is
exported to Europe. “-—Rochester Union,
August 22.
New Sea Island Cotton. —The steam
er City Point, which arrived here on Sat
urday from Florida, via Savannah, had on
board nine bales of this year’s lon.g staple
crop, which were delivered at Savannah,
and pronouncod by judges a very superior
article. The cotton was grown on the
plantation of Mr. Simonton.—6 lutrleston
Mercury ,
From the JsaGrangc Rcj»ort?r.
EX-GO VERJiOR JOSEPH E. BKOWJT.
Ills Amours with Another Man's Wife!
Ills Correspondence with Her in Cipher!
HE YIELDS TO THE GOO OE LOVE.
One to look at Joseph E. Brown would
hardly think him susceptible of Love’s
impression outside of his own family ;
but it seems that this Boanerges of lladi
.calism has, in one instance at least, yielded
to the inexorable power of the "sweet
face and intelligent eyes” ot woman. We
do not give publicity to this private cor
respoudenee of Joseph for any purpose but
to show that the man has some of the
poetry of human nature in his soul, not
withstanding his whole outward man
would seem to give the lie to such an as
sertion. It will be seen that Joseph ad
dresses Mrs. Martin as his “Best and
Dearest .” Wonder what Mrs. B. will
think of these carressing terms of endear
ment ? “Best and Dearest!" which
means that Mrs. Martin held supreme
sway in his heart—a superior place in his
affections to that occupied by his own law
fully wedded wife ! Oh! Joseph, what a
cruel man you are.
Now, Joseph might be excused for his
youthful indiscretions—his unlawful
amours—if he had not given his illicit love
a higher place in his heart to his lawful af
fections. _ But Joseph was excited. He
was carried away. The “sweet face and
intellectual eyes” of Mrs. Fanny Martin
bewildered him. The most indiscreet part
of the whole affair is that be put his feel
ings in black and white; and, in consequence
of which, the original letters, in cipher,
are now in our hands. There is no hoax
in this matter. The correspondence is
partly in cipher and partly not.
These letters are sent to us by a young
man in Meridian, Miss., who received
them from the injured husband of Mrs.
Fanny Martin. We omit our friend’s
uame, giving only the initials, lie writes:
“Meridian, Miss., Aug. 19, 1808.
"Mr. Willingham: —l send you copies
of lefters written partly in the alphabet
used by Murrell and Copeland, and partly
in common English; and i send you the
alphabet that you may see that the tran
script is correct. These letters were hand
ed me a few days ago by the injured party
with instructions to use them as l thought
proper, and I turn them over to you with
the same liberty.
“If they are worth anything to the Demo
cratic party of Georgia—if they arc worth
anything to the virtuous people of iny
native State—give them to the public, that
they may behold their Ex-Governor and
would-be United States Senator in his true
light.
“Mr. Martin, the husband of the lady
who fell in the clutches of Brown, is a citi
zen of this place, and is well known as a
man of responsibility. Mr. Martin would
not make any statement which ho is not
able to substantiate. He once wrote a let
ter to Brown on pretended business that
he might te et his real autograph, and seve
ral who have seen Brown’s writing say
they are quite certain it is the same.
“Those letters need no comment from
me. I will let them go before the public
and be judged by that public. They may
seem light as straws to him, but, to the
public, they contain “confirmations strong
as holy writ,” of this vile and corrupt
heart. Yours, truly, S. S. J.
TRANSCRIPT OF LETTER WRITTEN IN CIPHER.
Macon, March 10, 1805.
“ Best and Dearest: —l have no letter
from you for a week. Do write. The
Legislature will adjourn to-morrow. 1
have to go to Upper Georgia in about two
weeks. The trip will consume probably
ten days. When you come give yourself
as much time as possible. I hope Capt.
Eugene C. Smith will telegraph me his
whereabouts and the time when he will be
at the Brown House in Macon. If J am
called off I will leave a note for him there,
or I will send it by mail to the care ot ids
mother at her home. lam obliged to see
him soon. Direct your letters, in future,
in envelope, which you will back to Wetz
folder & Cos., Milledgeville, and mark con
fidential on the seal of the enclosure.
They will hand it to me. I never past so
long a month. Am I crazy, or what is
the matter? Thy sweet face and intel
lectual eyes haunt me every moment, while
my heart in the distance beats close to thy
heart.
“If I could get a letter from Capt.
Smith soon, I should know better how to
make my engagements. Your Own.”
This letter is post marked “ Macon, Ga.,
March 10,” and is addressed to “ Mrs.
Fannie Martin, care of Dr. Duncan, Mont
gomery, Ala.,” with the word “ confident
ial” marked across the seal of the en
velope.
The following letter is without date,, the
whole being written in cipher, excc.pt the
poetry:
“ Dearest ! I arrived at this place by
private conveyance in company with other
gentlemen to-day. Tmv iS t go to Milledgc
vnle by first train. lam very anxious to
hear from and to sec you. I have not
heard one wcod from you since I left you.
I uaixiety to know it your child is
born and when and how the mother and
child are. I wish you to send me a letter
by first express, directed as herctolore. 1
shall be very uneasy till I hear. ] must
see you soon. I cannot bear this dreary
absence much longer. Your Own.
II ’Tis not the loss or love’s assurance ;
It is not doubting what thou art:
But ’tis the too, too long endurance
Os absence that affects my heart,
“The fondest thoughts two hearts can cher
ish,
When each is lonely doom’d to weep,
Are truits on desert isles that perish,
Or riches buriod in the deep.
“What though untouched by zealous mad
ness,
Our bosom’s peace may fall to wreck ;
Th’ uinioubting heart that breaks with
sadness
Is but more slowly doom’d to break.
“Absence! Is not the soul torn by it
From more than light or life, or breath ?
’Tis L,etho’sgloom, but not its quiet—
The pain without the peace of death.”
“I have been down sick, on the way from
Savannah to this place. Had a very
fatiguing trip.”
The husband of Mrs. Martin writes :
“Though Fanny Martin and myself
were married in spring, ’O4, she spent all
her time from home with Brown, and she
did give birth to a bastard child in fall,
1865. Use these letters as you like.
J. 11. Martin.”
“The first intimation I had of her preg
nancy was from Brown’s letters. In Aug.
1864, she left home. I never saw her
again until Feb. 14 in Macon, On 12th
Sept, gave birth to tho child and since
died. Martin.”
The following will explain the whole in
trigue—the amours of Joseph E. Brown
with Mrs. Fannie Martin. We regret
that Mr. 11. D. Harris is not alive:
“Brown House, Macon, June 27,1865.
"Mrs. Fannie Martin : As your son
was staying with me, I take liberty to
writo and let you know that I am well, and
am sorry that lam not able to assist your
son at this time. You know I would if
j possible. I would like t<j hear from you,
: and how you enjoyed your trip. I send
! you a letter from Gov. Brown. Ho is all
1 right. Write and let me know when you
think of coming to Georgia.
“Excuse bad writing. See if you can
do anything for me in your country, and
believe me your friend,
H. D. Harris, Brown House.”
Col. Martin, the husband, writes upon
tho hack of this letter as follows :
“Harris, the writer, kept the bar at the
Brown House, and knows that Brown and
1 Fannie Martin occupied rooms on each side
| of the ladies’ parlor, and Brown kept the
key and passed to her room as he pleased,
day or night Harris kept bar of Trout
j House, Atlanta, and knows enough tooon
: detnn both when Wilson came to Macon.
| They went to Milledgeville—to hotel first,
theu to Governor’s Mansion; from thence
;to Planters’ Hotel, Augusta; remaining
! some weeks at that place.
| “This letter sent by Fannie Martin’s son,
j opened by him, and delivered to me. Ex
j Governor Brown is the author.
.. J. M. Martin.”
i Col. Martin desiring to secure Joseph
E. Brown's autograph, wrote to that indi-
I vidua! on pretended business and received
! the following reply :
I “Milledgeville,Nov. 30,’65.
“Col. Jas. H. Martin — Sir : I have
no knowledge of any of the transactions
referred to in your letter. Very respect
fully, See. , “Joseph Brown.”
Col. Martin writes on the back or.' these
letters as follows:
“The alphabet is the one used by Mur
! rell and Copeland, the land pirates. So
says Copeland in his confession. You are
jat liberty to use these papers. Georgians
j say, that are here, that they believe Brown
; the writer—though he made an effort to
i disguise his band.
As stated, the two letters written to
Mrs. Martin, and imputed to Brown, are
written mostly in cipher. A comparison
of the style of handwriting of letters
placed in our possession from the Ex-
Governor with these two letters establishes
the fact that they arc all written by Joseph
E. Brown,and there ean be no hoax in the
matter.
